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L-R: Amy, Ruby, Maeryn and Emily.

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The wait is over

By Callum Ludwig After 13 years of schooling came to an end for the class of 2022, the wait was over for many students awaiting their final ATAR. Almost 50, 000 students graduated with their VCE Victoria-wide this year, a completion rate of 98 per cent and 15,163 students graduated with their VCAL. Maeryn, Ruby, Emily and Amy were four of Upper Yarra Secondary College’s top achievers for 2022.

Maeryn said she is going to take a gap year

now that she has finished school.

“I do have a job at the school for Term One, as someone is going on leave and they needed someone to fill in. Ms Finn said I should do it and so I will be helping out as a lab tech,” she said.

Ruby said the year was pretty stressful but she was glad they got to go through the year out of lockdown.

“We were studying in a classroom again, which made it a lot easier, which I know would have been a lot harder if we were locked down.

My score didn’t get me into my first preference,

but I didn’t really want to do that in the end anyway,” she said.

Amy managed to achieve a study score of 44 for Outdoor and Educational Studies, meaning she appeared on the honour rolls released to the media.

Amy said she really enjoyed the year and didn’t find it as stressful as everyone talks it up to be, having more free time than she was expecting and doing the subjects like Outdoor Ed that she loved.

“My plans are to do a diploma of Sport and Coaching at the Carlton College of Sport and I

don’t yet know what job I want, but I hope to eventually end up working in the sport industry,” she said.

There will be more students doing VCE in 2023, with VCAL being replaced by a VCE Vocational Major and Victorian Pathways Certificate.

Emily said she thinks she will get into her first preference, but she would also be happy with her backups.

“The school and the community within the school helped so much with the struggles we had as well,” she said.

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IN BRIEF Book immunisations early Yarra Ranges Council is offering immunisation appointments.

Bookings are now open for 2023.

Catch-up vaccination appointments can also be booked if your child has missed a vaccine they would normally have received through school.

The immunisations are being run out of these Yarra Valley venues: The Yarraburn Centre, 1 Park Rd, Yarra Junction Healesville Community Link, 110 River Street, Healesville Please note Council does not administer COVID-19 vaccines.

You can book a 2023 immunisation through the council website.

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Car smoking after Don Valley accident

Firefighters arrived to the shed fully involved.

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Shed up in flames

By Callum Ludwig Four Upper Yarra fire brigades had an early rise this morning as they attended a shed fire in Launching Place.

The Hoddles Creek, Hillcrest, Yarra Junction and Yellingbo brigades were called out to the scene at 3am and found the shed fully involved.

Second Lieutenant at Hoddles Creek CFA Brett Kerford said the incident was on Milners Road.

“Fortunately, the fire wasn’t spreading to anything nearby at the stage we arrived and the guys and girls were able to knock it down reasonably quickly,” he said.

“The shed and all the contents inside were a write-off, but nothing outside was damaged.

The property inside was the typical tools and other workshop items and luckily, the owners were insured.”

No one was inside the shed and crews worked quickly to contain the fire and put it under control within the hour then remained on the scene until just before 6am.

Mr Kerford said the fire is believed to have originated from an electrical fault involving an air compressor.

“Because of the time, the fire had probably been burning for about 20 minutes before it was noticed. The neighbour tried to attack

it with a garden hose but wasn’t able to do much good. The owners were really good, and walked around providing water to keep us all hydrated,” he said.

“This occasion was a bit of bad luck, but it is important to be wary of things like drying clothes too close to fires and heaters or overloading powerboards.”

Thankfully the owners had insurance, as the shed was unable to be saved. All damage was minimised to the shed, with the nearby boat and cars protected.

Mr Kerford also praised Hillcrest CFA’s Rochelle Pulton for her work in control of the incident, under the guidance of some others.

Postie spotted losing parcels out of van

By Callum Ludwig Media outlets have recently shared a video from an incident in Wandin North on Friday 9 December in which an Australia Post delivery driver is seen driving with the boot of the van wide open.

Parcels were seen falling out of the vehicle and onto the road in the video. In total, five parcels had to be recovered and were since delivered without damage.

An Australia Post spokesperson said they take seriously their responsibility to deliver mail and parcels in our care and the vast majority make it to

their destination safely.

“This does not meet the high service standards we expect of our people to deliver to the community and we sincerely apologise,” they said.

“All parcels have since been accounted for and delivered safely.”

The incident is believed to have been an honest mistake but Australia Post is working with contractors to ensure similar incidents do not occur again.

Australia Post is expected to deliver over 52 million parcels throughout December, with the last two years each reaching that figure.

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An Auspost delivery driver was filmed with their boot open and parcels falling out in Wandin North.

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Early on the night of Friday 16 December, Hillcrest and Yarra Junction CFA were paged to a car smoking as the result of an accident.

A Ford had veered off of Don Road into the scrub.

Once on scene crews established the car was safe and there was no risk to anyone. The person involved was a little bruised and cut but is expected to make a full recovery.

Crews were on the scene for about an hour and a half before they headed off home.

Upper House results declared The final results for the Victorian Upper House have been released after over three weeks of vote counting.

In Eastern Victoria” which covers suburbs such as Wandin, Seville, Coldstream and others in the Evelyn electorate” the following people were elected: Renee Heath, Liberal Party Tom McIntosh, Labor Party Melina Bath, The Nationals Harriet Shing, Australian Labor Party Jeff Bourman, Shooters, Fishers and Farmers In the Northern Victoria Region” which covers the Eildon electorate” the following people have been elected: Wendy Lovell, Liberal Party Jaclyn Symes, labor Party Gaelle Broad, Nationals Rikkie-Lee Tyrell, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Georgie Purcell, Animal Justice Party

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Man charged after upskirting investigation Detectives have charged a man with more than 35 offences following an extensive upskirting investigation.

The investigation commenced after a 20-year-old woman reported an upskirting incident on a city-bound Lilydale train on Friday 6 May. Detectives executed a search warrant at a South Melbourne address on Wednesday 6 July and seized a number of portable storage devices which were subsequently examined by the Transit Digital Forensic Intelligence Team.

It is alleged electronic files recovered depicted upskirting, child abuse material and vision of several people filmed through a window while at home.

The man was bailed to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday 14 February 2023.

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Sod turn for $2 million hub

By Callum Ludwig Cire Services has received a major boost with the announcement of a $2 million Early Years Learning Hub to come to the Yarra Junction site, due to some funding from the Department of Education’s Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) to support Cire’s major investment.

Construction is scheduled to commence in February 2023, with the Cire team keen on committing to an opening date in February 2024.

Cire CEO Gus Seremetis said the projects will create a state-of-the-art precinct at Yarra Junction for children from birth and preschool through to Year 12.

“Cire is very excited about what these projects mean for the Upper Yarra, providing easily accessible and quality education and resources, state-of-the-art facilities and support,” she said.

“Cire’s substantial co-contribution of several million dollars is testimony to our commitment and confidence for the future of the Upper Yarra, and the region, and in providing the best possible learning and education opportunities and support for children and their families.”

The new hub will comprise a 118-placelong day care service with an integrated funded kindergarten program for both 3-year-olds

L-R: Yarra Ranges Council mayor Jim Child, Cire CEO Gus Seremitis, Facilities Manager Rafx Hamilton and Executive Manager of Early Learning Diletta Lanciana.

Yarra Ranges Council Mayor Jim Child and young Cire student Tahlia in the turning of the sod to mark the occasion.

Pictures: CALLUM LUDWIG and 4- year-olds. It will also have Cire’s Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) program on-site, as well as meeting rooms and consulting spaces for external agencies.

Yarra Ranges Mayor Jim Child commended Cire for its vision and ongoing commitment to the region at a turning of the sod ceremony for the announcement and said Cire’s achieve-

Casey’s top volunteers and groups honoured Casey MP Aaron Violi invited a number of volunteers and community groups across the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges together to recognise the community contributions one another through his first Casey Volunteer and Community Awards.

Held on Saturday 10 December at Chirnside Park Country Club, over 41 individuals and four community groups received awards for their time and dedication to the Casey community.

Mr Violi said volunteers and community groups are the heart of Casey.

“We are fortunate to have so many passionate locals working to strengthen our communities. They give so much of their time and energy to the Casey community, it’s important that they have their hard work recognised and rewarded,” he said.

The Community Award recipients were: Foothills Community Care Kalorama-Mt Dandenong Fire Brigade Macclesfield (CFA) Large Animal Rescue Selby Community House The individual Casey Volunteer Award recipients were: Tom Hardstaff (President, Yarra Glen Men’s Shed) Lee Kirkby (President, Montrose Men’s Shed) Gerran Wright (President, Upwey Men’s Shed) Keith Atkin (1st Belgrave South Scout Group) Margaret Brooks (Monbulk Girl Guides) Samantha Curley (Mooroolbark Girl Guides) Hayley Ennis (Mooroolbark Dragon Guides/Chirnside CFA) Jenny Haley (Montrose & Seville Scouts) Michelle Hall (Monbulk Lady Nighthawks CWA) Sandy McElroy (Yarra Ranges District Scouts, Mooroolbark Girl Guides) Philip McElroy (Mooroolbark Girl Guides) Marie and Chris Mutton (Mooroolbark Girl Guides) Tracie Owens (1st Lilydale Scout Group, Cub Scout Leader at Seville Scouts) Jaydine and Nathan Rumney (Mooroolbark Girl Guides) Anne Bishop (Supporting young people who attend The Good Life Farm) Rhonda Carson (Volunteer, Caladenia

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Casey MP Aaron Violi with volunteers and community groups at the awards.

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and Rosemary Haysom (Caladenia · John Dementia Care) · Rodney Cox (Lilydale Judo Club) · Franc D’Couto (Lilydale Judo Club) Francis (Volunteer, Healesville · Sherree Sanctuary) Schoch (Youth Leader, Mt Evelyn · Elyse Girl Guides) · Erin Allison (Yarra Junction Girl Guides) Doudney (Scouts – Warburton, · Dawn Yarra Junction, Seville, Woori Yallock and · Rotary) · Vicky Sinton (Yarra Junction Girl Guides) Greaves (HICCI - Healesville In· Lorraine ter-Church Community Care Inc) · Glenn Hammond (HICCI) Lambert (Southern Cross Kids · Tim Camps) · Roger Purser (Yarra Valley Railway) Ruscitti (Vice-president + mainte· Cos nance, Lilydale Yarra Valley Show) Utting (President, Monbulk Recre· Paul ation Reserve, Vice-president MADCOW) Wolff (Volunteer, Selby Community · Judy House) · John Allwood (Mt Evelyn RSL) Eyram Kunkpe (Grade 6 at Wes· Miriam burn PS, Volunteer Koha Community Cafe)

Fullagar (Upwey Township Group, · Linda Upwey Archies) Grooby (Founder, Tribe-Monbulk · Belinda Youth Inc) · Deb McLeod (Holy Fools) · Deborah Hamilton (Holy Fools) · Rachel Ryan (Holy Fools)

ments have been remarkable since its humble beginnings as the Yarra Junction Neighbourhood House in 1976.

“Cire has gone from strength to strength since those early years to become one of the largest not-for-profit organisations in the Yarra Ranges and a valued partner and friend of the Yarra Ranges Council,” he said.

“We commend Cire for its initiative and forward-thinking in helping meet the needs of our communities who are often geographically disadvantaged because they are at the farther extreme of our municipality.”

Cire Early Learning’s existing centre, currently co-located at 43 Little Yarra Road with the Cire Community School, will be redeveloped into a quality learning environment for Years 5 and 6 students thanks to another Victorian Government grant awarded by the Block Grant Authority.

Cire also operates through outreach and sites at Lilydale, Yarra Junction, Mount Evelyn, Chirnside Park and Badger Creek in the Yarra Ranges.

Well deserved praise for Upper Yarra volunteers

By Callum Ludwig Yarra Junction Girl Guides leader Vicky Sinton has been recognised for her volunteer efforts with a Casey Volunteer Award from Casey MP Aaron Violi.

Ms Sinton has been a leader at the Yarra Junction girl Guides for six years, having been a girl guide there herself growing up.

Ms Sinton said she learned so much and made so many fond memories during her time as a guide that she wanted to be a part of making that happen for other girls as well.

“The past year has just been a little bit extra busy for not just me, but I think a lot of guides leaders because we’ve been trying to make up for a couple of years of not doing many fun events. We try and do camps, day events, and other adventurous activities,” she said.

“Elyse [Schoch] who got an award as well, myself and others are a part of a team within the Yarra Ranges district to bring bigger adventures and help ensure we meet minimum numbers, which has helped us do sailing days, canoeing days and other camps which is great for giving girls more opportunities.”

As well as Ms Sinton and Ms Scoche, other girls guides who received Casey Volunteer Awards included Erin Allison (Yarra Junction), Margaret Brooks (Monbulk Girl Guides) and Samantha Curley, Sandy and Philip McElroy, Jaydine and Nathan Rumney and Marie and Chris Mutton (Mooroolbark Girl Guides).

Ms Sinton said that because girl guides has such a wide age range, it is important that girls have a range of opportunities.

“It’s hard to cater for all the ages with an age range from five years old to 17, it’s definitely enabled us to make sure we can provide a bit more of a variety to give those girls. Next year, we are planning things like horse riding, visits to the city for a day and other camps already,” she said.

“I would definitely encourage girls thinking of joining to do it because I personally think that they’re missing out if they don’t at least give it a go. At Yarra Junction, the leaders don’t plan too many events, the girls tell use they want to give something a go and we make it happen.”

Recently, Yarra Junction Girl Guides raised over $800 at a trivia and raffle night to go towards their members attending Jamboree in January 2023.

Ms Sinton said she thinks that being fun and spontaneous has made her a good leader.

“Sometimes I think it is really beneficial for an adult in a leadership position to show you

Vicky Sinton while out adventuring with the Yarra Junction Girl Guides. Picture: SUPPLIED can still get involved and have fun, to show kids there is a need for that. We had a water fight night a couple of weeks ago and I was saturated after being chased around with buckets and water guns so it’s definitely not boring,” she said.

“Guides was something that I’ve stuck around with because I was not a sporty child even though I gave things like netball a go and just never really clicked with it despite liking being outdoors. I had great leaders growing up and that made it a fun experience. Now when we have a camp or sleepover it’s pretty mentally, emotionally physically exhausting, but it’s always so rewarding just to know that they’ve had such a good time as well.”

Miriam Kunkpe was also honoured last weekend to be the youngest person this year to receive a Casey Volunteer Award for her work at Koha Community Cafe in Warburton. Miriam, who is twelve years old, is in grade 6 and is a school captain at Wesburn Primary School.

She has been working at Koha every Thursday evening since February this year as part of the team of young people in the dessert kitchen.

She contributes to every aspect of running the small kitchen, whether it’s serving, cleaning up or packing away at the end of the night.

Miriam enjoys meeting people in the community, working in a great team and learning new skills at Koha. It’s something she looks forward to every week. mailcommunity.com.au

CLASS OF 2022

Schools out, results in

By Callum Ludwig VCE students across the state nervously awaited their results on Monday 12 December, and the students at Upper Yarra Secondary College (UYSC) were no different.

The results were dropped at 7am, with students potentially finding out they had done enough to make it into their dream course while others will need to interview or apply for a university to continue their studies.

Head of Senior School at UYSC Kate Feagan said the class of 2022 were a lovely cohort.

“You always see cohorts coming through and they’ve got core groups of students among each other but I didn’t notice that much in this group. They all sat together and socialised together, which is a fantastic thing given the last couple of years leading up to 2022,” she said.

“Considering the limited ability to have those relationships with each other, it was great. These guys are a testament to consistent effort across the year and what that gets you and achieving ATARs of 80 and beyond is really impressive. Sometimes I don’t know if they understand the gravity of what they’ve achieved but being in the top 20 per cent of the entire state is pretty amazing.”

Maeryn, Ruby, Emily and Amy were four of UYSC’s top achievers for 2022.

Maeryn said she is going to take a gap year now that she has finished school.

“I do have a job at the school for Term One, as someone is going on leave and they needed someone to fill in. Ms Finn said I should do it and so I will be helping out as a lab tech,” she said.

“The year kinda sucked, and I think I would’ve been happier if I did different subjects but I’m happy with how well I did.”

49,581 students graduated with their VCE Victoria-wide this year, a completion rate of 98 per cent. 15,163 students graduated with their VCAL. Ruby said the year was pretty stressful but she was glad they got to go through the year out of lockdown.

“We were studying in a classroom again, which made it a lot easier, which I know would have been a lot harder if we were locked down.

My score didn’t get me into my first preference, but I didn’t really want to do that in the end anyway,” she said.

“I am going to go to uni, that’s the plan so far but it is still a bit uncertain. That and I will be working part-time and hopefully travelling later.”

There will be several changes to VCE and VCAL starting in 2023. The state government has allocated $277.5 million to reform the system, with VCAL being replaced by a VCE Vocational Major and Victorian Pathways Certificate, aiming to provide students with more opportunities for apprenticeships, traineeships, further education and training, non-ATAR university pathways or pathways into the

School’s out for Amy, Ruby, Maeryn and Emily. workforce after leaving school.

The reforms were introduced after a review published in November 2020 found that more needed to be done to make vocation and applied learning schools “high quality, highly regarded, relevant to the needs of students and employers and available to all.”

Emily said she thinks she will get into her first preference, but she would also be happy with her backups.

“The school and the community within the school helped so much with the struggles we had as well,” she said.

“The year was a mix of being really challenging at times, like when he had lots of SACs in one day, but also probably the most fun year of school with my friends and everything happening.”

Amy managed to achieve a study score of 44 for Outdoor and Educational Studies, meaning she appeared on the honour rolls released to the media.

Amy said she really enjoyed the year and didn’t find it as stressful as everyone talks it up to be, having more free time than she was expecting and doing the subjects like Outdoor Ed that she loved.

“My plans are to do a diploma of Sport and Coaching at the Carlton College of Sport and I don’t yet know what job I want, but I hope to

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Steps towards microgrids

By Callum Ludwig A step forward was taken in introducing smarter energy storage for Yarra Junction and Healesville at the Active Energy Precincts Community Workshop in Yarra Junction last week, which followed a recent one in Healesville.

The Active Energy Precincts Project is a collaboration between Monash University, Birdwood Energy and three local government areas (LGA) including the Yarra Ranges.

Yarra Ranges Council’s Energy Resilient Communities Officer Amy Gregorovich said the microgrid study came about after Monash University was awarded $1.9 million from the federal government’s Regional and Remote Microgrid Reliability Fund.

“The grant was to use their microgrid, smart energy, storage and commercial expertise to help two towns in each LGA explore the potential of localised electricity grids. A microgrid is a system for managing electricity supply and demand on behalf of locally interconnected homes and businesses,” she said.

“Yarra Junction and Healesville were chosen to be the study towns as the microgrid models are centred around community ‘hubs’ of activity that can be activated during times of need, especially during grid outages following extreme weather events. Both Healesville and Yarra Junction have hubs of community facilities in close proximity to essential services (shops, banks, pharmacies etc) that the microgrid modelling could focus on. Both towns also have a recent history of extreme weather events - Yarra Junction Recreation Reserve and The Memo have acted as relief centres in the past.”

Initial community and Council discussions began in late 2021, where larger energy users in the community were consulted one-on-one.

Ms Gregorovich said a survey was then circulated to interested residents and businesses

Yarra Junction residents and business owners tune in at the workshop. Picture: PRIYA GALKETIYA in mid-2022, asking questions about their individual energy priorities and what they would like to see at a community level.

“Overwhelmingly, energy resilience was a key priority for the majority of respondents, with 53 per cent of respondents reporting that power outages had major impacts on their daily lives. Furthermore, survey respondents were taking actions to improve energy resilience at their own homes, through installing solar and/

or batteries, but were also interested in seeing solutions be implemented at a community level,” she said.

“These results have shaped the microgrid design to date – the modelling of a microgrid in Yarra Junction has been centred around the Yarra Junction Recreation Reserve, and in Healesville, around The Memo and the Healesville Community Link/Library building.”

Residents, small business owners, and rep-

resentatives from community groups attended the workshops and identified community ownership, the potential benefits to vulnerable people in their communities and the importance of having energy-resilient community hubs where locals can seek relief and community information during times of need as the most important aspects of the project.

Ms Gregorovich said communities in the Yarra Ranges are becoming more exposed to extreme weather and related power outages as the climate continues to change.

“We had 3,000 homes/businesses without power and/or internet for over a month following the June 2021 storms. We hope these microgrid feasibility studies, and other pilot projects detailed in our Liveable Climate Action Plan, can help our communities become more resilient to these extreme weather events, whilst also supporting a transition towards renewable energy and lower energy costs during times outside these events,” she said.

The project team will be running another round of community engagement in early 2023 prior to the feasibility report being published in May 2023. Residents and businesses can find out more about the project at www. yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Environment/Sustainable-communities/Microgrid-Projects or they can contact sustainability@yarraranges.vic. gov.au to be added to the newsletter list.

Project Lead from Monash University Priya Galketiya said they are also installing monitoring devices at other businesses, Council facilities and the houses of residents who had given permission to access their solar generation and electricity use data.

“This data will help us understand the community’s power usage and optimum pathways to efficiently use assets such as batteries, solar generation and opportunities such as electrification, for example, heating and cooling or electric vehicles, to provide greater benefit to participants.”

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Police operation begins The Christmas and holiday period is always a dangerous time on the roads and police will be doing their best to drive down road trauma with Operation Roadwise.

The statewide road policing operation has kicked off as the number of lives lost in Victoria reaches 236, already surpassing last year’s total of 234 and sitting well above the five-year average of 221.

Acting Assistant Commissioner Road Policing Justin Goldsmith: said the level of road trauma we’re experiencing this year is quite alarming.

“We’re also trending well above the five-

year average. Nobody is immune from road trauma – it is something that impacts all of us, and it’s up to every road user to do their bit to keep themselves and other road users safe.

We don’t want to see anybody else succumb to road trauma this year, particularly at Christmas,” he said.

“For those who simply choose to ignore the road rules – your Christmas will be costly. The penalties for speeding, drink and drug driving and using your mobile phone are significant, and we make no apologies for enforcing these rules – it could save someone’s life.”

The operation will see police provide highly visible enforcement on Victoria’s major arterial

roads and highways in an effort to reduce road trauma and detect dangerous drivers before someone is hurt.

Police intelligence shows there is an increased risk of impaired driving associated with end-of-year work and social functions, with vulnerable road users like pedestrians also deemed at risk, particularly around busy shopping centre precincts.

Last year almost 130,000 motorists were tested for alcohol and drugs during Operation Roadwise, with police anticipating the increase to a 12-day operation this year from 10 days will likely see even more motorists undergoing tests.

With 40 per cent of last year’s Operation Roadwise infringements issued for speeding, police are reminding motorists to keep the foot off the accelerator to avoid a costly Christmas – the penalty for speeding by more than 10km/h but less than 15km/h is $370 and three demerit points, with those exceeding the speed limit by more than 25km/h facing even more significant penalties and a suspended licence.

Last year, 536 mobile phone infringements were issued to drivers. The penalty for using a mobile phone while driving is $555 and four demerits.

RACV urges Victorians to put safety and security first RACV is urging Victorians to keep safety at the forefront of their plans ahead of the summer holidays, with some useful tips to address potential risks at home and on the roads.

RACV General Manager Automotive Services, Jackie Pedersen, said it was important that everyone who takes to the road is aware of changed driving conditions brought on by extreme weather events throughout the year.

“Heavy rain – brought on by the La Niña weather phase – has contributed to flooding that has deteriorated the quality of roads, causing potholes and other hazards for roadusers,” Ms Pedersen said.

“Leave earlier wherever you can to avoid any unnecessary rush and remember to have patience with your fellow motorists.”

RACV has recently published advice from an RACV Drive School instructor for motorists encountering potholes.

RACV is urging Victorians to keep safety at the forefront of their summer plans.

Picture: ON FILE RACV also recommends that motorists check that their roadside assistance and car insurance policy is up to date before they leave.

“It’s very good practice to get in the habit of also checking the fluid levels under the bonnet, including oil, coolant and even the windscreen washer level. Checking tyre pres-

sure is also a must.”

Ms Pedersen said that scheduling regular stops and sticking to main roads will make for a safer, more predictable journey.

RACV Head of Home Insurance, Kirsty Hayes, says there are simple precautions that you can take to make your home safer over Christmas.

“Christmas lights are a beautiful way to decorate at Christmas, but using power boards in your home can be risky if not used properly. It is important to ensure that you don’t overload power boards by attaching double adaptors or additonal extension cords to them. It’s also important to use good quality power boards with overload protection,” Ms Hayes said.

“Candles... must never be left unattended and always be extinguished before you leave a room. Never touch or move a candle while it is burning or while the wax is liquefied.

“It is important to have a fire extinguisher and fire blanket in an accessible area of your kitchen.

If you don’t own a fire extinguisher and a fire blanket, they are great items to add to your Christmas list.

“It’s also good practice to let a trusted neighbour know of your plans if you will be away from home for an extended period of time.”

Due to increased rainfall in Victoria, the state is expected to have below normal bushfire risk at the start of Summer. As the risk will potentially increase towards March, RACV recommends that Victorians use this time at the start of Summer to prepare their property.

“Make sure you regularly maintain the area around your home and yard to ensure it is free of excess vegetation and debris – this includes gutters and pipes,” Ms Hayes said.

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Chateau Yering purchased ASX listed Elanor Investor Group has purchased Chateau Yering in the Yarra Valley in a deal brokered by Burgess Rawson and HTL Property.

Purchased by leading tourism and leisure asset owner Elanor Investors, the timeless property adds to the listed entity’s growing stable of boutique and experience-driven accommodation assets nationally.

“From our first inspection of the hotel, we saw immense potential in Chateau Yering; and plan to elevate the experience for future guests in order to deliver a unique luxury experience in one of the world’s best wine regions” commented Elanor Investors Head of Hotels, Marianne Ossovani.

“We are excited to roll out our platforms and expertise in this sector, with a major focus on upgrading the rooms and common areas; to not only drive revenue but ultimately create an accommodation and events offering that encourages repeat visitation” added Ossovani.

Burgess Rawson’s, Head of Asian Investments, Zomart He said assets of this nature rarely come to the market and it was a pleasure to work with our partners to connect our client with the right prospective buyers; and in doing so generate such a high level of interest through the extensive and publicly marketed campaign.

“We received more than 160 enquiries throughout the campaign,” he said.

HTL Property Managing Director, Andrew Jolliffe said the sale of such an elegant and historical accommodation property, situated in one of Australia’s most visited tourism regions and so proximate to Melbourne, is symptomatic of broader wave of astute investment capital washing over the nation seeking pockets of opportunity.

“The recent increase in demand for experience and boutique accommodation assets has

Chateau Yering. not abated. We are seeing both private and institutional capital aggressively target the sector as demonstrated by this sale and further announcements to be released in following weeks,” commented HTL Property Director, Nic Simarro.

Built in 1854, Chateau Yering has welcomed well travelled guests for more than a century and regularly accommodates weddings and high end corporate events in its outstanding indoor and outdoor function areas.

Picture: SUPPLIED The historic 32 room luxury chateau is surrounded by 100 hectares of magnificent countryside and is situated adjacent to the award winning Yering Station Winery.

According to the Yarra Ranges Council database, the Ryrie brothers settled at the site in 1837. It was the centre of the region’s largest cattle run and the site produced Victoria’s first wine in 1845 and was later the site of one of the region’s largest and most famous wineries.

Under the management of its next owner, Paul de Castella, Chateau Yering developed into one of the most successful nineteenth century Victorian vineyards. The Chateau Yering Hotel was reborn in 1997 as a 5-star property.

The stable suites, created from the historic stable at the property, are named after the first three winners of the Melbourne Cup. There’s also a drawing room and library in the historic home.

Housing crisis pushes more to homelessness New data has revealed the Victorian housing crisis affecting the Yarra Ranges among the rest of the state is fuelling homelessness with more people seeking help due to evictions and housing affordability stress.

The latest Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s Specialist Homelessness Services report highlights the desperate need for more social housing.

The report shows that the number of people attending homelessness services whose main reason for presenting was a housing crisis (including evictions), rose by 9 per cent in 2021/22.

The number of people seeking help from services because of housing affordability stress increased by 5 percent.

In total 29,858 people came to homelessness services primarily for accommodation reasons, and an additional 7,049 came due to housing affordability stress.

Victoria’s housing crisis has been underpinned by soaring rents and plummeting vacancy rates.

Council to Homeless Persons is calling for the re-elected State Government to commit to building a pipeline of social housing beyond the Big Housing Build, as well as to invest in services assisting people experiencing homelessness.

“The only way to solve the housing crisis is to increase Victoria’s ongoing investment in social housing. The Big Housing Build is a good start, but that program is only funded until 2024 and we need longterm commitments to properly address the crisis. The latest data lays bare the stark human impact of just how unaffordable housing has become,” Council to Homeless Persons Chief Executive Officer Jenny Smith said.

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Warburton review

Town plans

By Mikayla Van Loon

By Callum Ludwig Yarra Ranges Council announced that its Draft Warburton Urban Design Framework is now ready for broader community review and input at the Tuesday 13 December Council meeting.

The framework is a part of the larger Warburton Place Plan adopted in 2021.

Yarra Ranges Council Mayor and O’Shanassy ward Councillor forwarded the motion and said it is extremely important that Council went through the process of drafting the framework.

“What a journey this has been, the Warburton community outlined their vision and values through an extensive community engagement process during late 2018 and early 2019 which resulted in the Warburton Place Plan. As the community identified the need for the place pla, this framework provides practical design solutions to realise the intent of the design, development and public realm actions within the township,” he said.

“The framework will assist Council decision-making in the areas of development, infrastructure, and programs for Warburton that aligns with the community expectations. With the recent announcement by the Minister of Planning regarding support for the majority of the Warburton Mountain Bike Destination project, it is timely to engage the community around solutions and a future character to support alignment across the projects in the area.”

The framework’s focus lies along the Warburton Highway, the primary access and activity corridor for the Activity Centre, extending from Mayers Bridge in the west to Warburton Water World in the east, including the two commercial centres and Warburton Recreation Reserve. It also includes the north bank of the Yarra River/Birrarung and will look to enhance Dammans Road and the various pockets of open space along its length, while proposing

Warburton is set for a revamp under the draft Warburton urban Design Framework. Picture: ON FILE a new southern connecting road south of the Water Wheel building.

Chandler Ward Councillor David Eastham seconded the motion and said he wanted to emphasise Cr Child’s mention of the alignment of the town.

“There’s been a lot of conversation around potential additions at Warby while still retaining the character and so on. This recommendation that we’ve got in front of us tonight will ensure that the community’s wants, desires needs are documented and that we can futureproof and plan the decades ahead for a very important part of our municipality,” he said.

The largest aspect of the projects included

in the framework is the Warburton Recreation Reserve Revitalisation at an estimated cost of $21,008,880, making up over half of the total $41,543,392 projected costs.

The revitalisation would include the relocation of tennis courts, new tennis courts, new netball courts, new cricket nets, a new pavilion, investigation of pedestrian paths, car parking, accessibility, public toilets, relocation of the skate park, furniture, hard and soft landscaping, and road access.

The full suite of projects would be delivered over the next 10 to 15 years dependent on funding.

Know where your emergency refuge is

By Callum Ludwig While the wet and cold weather may be pushing it to the back of our minds, we are in the midst of bushfire season and particularly once the heat picks up, it’s important to be fire ready.

Yarra Ranges Council discussed the annual Neighbourhood Safer Places report at the 13 December Council meeting, which checks all of our local emergency resorts are up to scratch.

Chandler Ward Councillor David Eastham spoke to the motion and said neighbourhood safer places and community fire refuges are extremely important for regions like ours.

“Having spent a couple of years in that neighbourhood safer place and community fire refuge portfolio, I know just how much the community value these,” he said.

“Obviously looking outside with the weather that we’ve had recently, it’s easy to think that is the last thing on our mind, but I remember hearing once that every season we don’t have a bushfire, we are probably one season closer.”

There are 18 designated Neighbourhood Safer Places within Yarra Ranges to retain the designation for the 2022/2023 fire danger period: Belgrave Recreation Reserve (Oval), Reserve Road Belgrave Alexanders Car Park, Terrys Avenue, Belgrave Halley Supple Reserve (Oval), Bounded by South Gateway and North Gateway, Coldstream Dixons Creek Recreation Reserve (Oval), Melba Highway (between Pinnacle Lane and Lorimers Lane) Dixons Creek Queens Park, Bounded by Don Road, Maroondah Highway and Badger Creek Road (entry off Don Road) Healesville RACV Healesville Country Club Underground Car Park, Healesville-Kinglake Road (near corner Chum Creek Road) Healesville Lilydale Recreational Reserve area, Main Street (Maroondah Highway) opposite Hutchinson Street Lilydale Lilydale Lake Park (Between Car Park, Playground and Rotunda), Swansea Road Lilydale Millgrove Recreation Reserve, Moore Crescent Millgrove

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In the event of a bushfire, it is crucial to know which neighbourhood safer place or community fire refuge is your last resort.

Picture: ON FILE Recreational Reserve (Oval), · Monbulk Moores Road (near McAllister Road) Monbulk

Hills Secondary School (Oval), Bound· Yarra ed by Old Hereford Road, Mikado Road and

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Burdap Drive (Reserve access Road) Mount Evelyn Upwey Recreation Reserve (Oval), Alexander Ave (opposite Austral Ave) entry also via Chosen Ave Upwey Dandenong Ranges Community Cultural Centre ‘Burrinja’ (Rear Car Park), Corner Glenfern Road and Matson Drive Upwey Wandin North Reserve (Oval), Corner Clegg Road and Warburton Highway Wandin North Warburton Recreation Reserve (Oval), 3455 Warburton Highway Warburton Woori Yallock Recreation Reserve (Oval), Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road opposite Nester Road Woori Yallock Yarra Valley Racing Centre Yarra Glen (carpark area), Armstrong Grove Yarra Glen Yarra Junction Recreation Reserve (Oval), Park Road (off Warburton Highway) Yarra Junction.

Cr Eastham said keeping up with your local safer place is extremely important.

“These places really are, as they say, the last resort. As the CFA, Victoria Police and any

other emergency services will say, if you do end up at a neighbourhood safer place in a bushfire it is most likely going to be extremely uncomfortable for you. But they have met certain criteria, whether it be the distance to vegetation, or taking into consideration the slope and gradient of the landscape around them as well,” he said.

“Each year these assessments are carried out and I want to thank Victoria Police, CFA and other stakeholder groups that come together and help us with these assessments. There are a number of safer places that won’t be in place this year, due to the projects going on there.”

In addition, there are three Community Fire Refuge (CFR) locations within Yarra Ranges municipality which will remain designated during the fire danger period: Millwarra Primary School East Warburton Campus, Woods Point Road East Warburton Ferny Creek Primary School, School Road Ferny Creek Wesburn/Millgrove CFA Fire Station, Warburton Highway Millgrove.

Yarra Ranges Council has no designation responsibility for CFRs. All councillors voted in favour of the motion and it was passed unanimously.

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Yarra Ranges Council has approved a review of five structure plans for some of the main activity centres in the shire.

The review of Chirnside Park, Mooroolbark, Healesville, Coldstream and Monbulk’s structure plans consolidated information, updated project scope, removed completed actions and updated changes of council departments.

With the normal lifespan of a structure plan being 20 years, the council undertakes reviews regularly to ensure the growth and advancement of the towns are reflected in planning.

Councillor Johanna Skelton put forward the recommended motion to accept the updates and said it was part of the council’s process to do so.

“It’s a policy neutral, bureaucratic thing we need to do to ensure everything stays up to date for these townships and all the energy that has gone into the community engagement and the material in those structure plans is not changing, so that’s the important bit for me,” she said.

“It seems important and prudent to go through and replace the outdated aspects of these plans because there are things that are very much out of date.”

For Chirnside Park the updated actions refer to public transport connectivity, pedestrian access on Kimberley Drive and within the Eastridge/McMillans sites, as well as a coherent road system.

In Mooroolbark the updates are mostly in response to the level crossing removal and incorporating better streetscapes, looking at repurposing the temporary station car park for affordable housing, actively encouraging the development of The Terrace Shopping Centre and better community spaces.

Healesville’s structure plan had a large list of amendments to facilitate sustainable residential growth, working with tourism destinations, provide cultural opportunities and conduct an urban design framework.

As the councillor for Ryrie ward, Fiona McAllister said she remembers when the structure plans for her area were being put together, bringing together over 100 people for hours.

“These documents are really key and yes it is about removing actions that have been done and it is hugely rewarding to see those lists because sometimes those lists are very long but it does keep them living and I think that is really critical in that they are not documents that sit on the shelf,” she said.

“I’m a huge fan of [having these documents] come back into the chamber very regularly for us to have an opportunity to revisit, look at what is still relevant because the towns change, Coldstream has changed, Healesville has changed and some things we have in those plans from six years ago aren’t quite right.”

Coldstream’s revised action list refers to the relaxing of requirements in the Green Wedge Zone in commercial areas, exploring opportunities to expand the Coldstream trail experience, aesthetic improvements for shop fronts and improving Coldstream’s drainage issues.

Up in Monbulk, the revisions look at appropriate planning zones to housing change areas, improved street activation, encourage ‘shop-top’ housing and retail and commercial business zoning.

Seconding the motion, Cr Todorov said these reviews were essential to the future of these towns.

“It’s looking at future use, looking at land use development, open space, even potentially looking at planning scheme amendments as well, which impacts other things like infrastructure and transport links,” she said.

“It is important these structure plans remain fluid so they are adapting to changes.”

Councillors voted unanimously to approve the motion. mailcommunity.com.au

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Park plan hotly debated The draft Wesburn Park Masterplan, which is set to dictate what the 10-year future of the park will look like, was a key point of discussion at the Tuesday 13 December Council meeting.

Yarra Junction resident and President of the Wesburn/Yarra Ranges Dogs group Nicole Marie spoke at the meeting, representing over 110 members of the group who utilise the space and particularly the off-lead dog area.

Ms Marie said she believes the masterplan is neither equitable nor responsive to the diverse needs of the municipal community, referencing the Local Government Act 2020.

“A lot of the people in the Upper Yarra region that are a part of the do park’ area, this is the only one we really have, in Wesburn. We have been offered other sites but they are in flood zones and a large percentage of the year, they are underwater,” she said.

“The dog area is getting $10,000 for improvements, which includes the dog agility equipment and about 900 metres of fencing.

I’m in landscape design construction, that’s what I do when I’m not working for Council, and 900 metres of fencing you are not going to get for 10 grand, you are not going to get any good improvements.”

After initial community consultation, Council included a new potential option which realigned the off-lead dog area to maintain this space for current users, including some car parking and fencing for dog off lead users at Wesburn Park and to redistribute 60 car spaces from the original plan around the oval.

Ms Marie was asked by Councillor Andrew Fullagar if the dogs’ group was consulted on the use of the park and she said the group’s presence was recognised back in 2021.

“We’re a local group that should be there just as much as the pony club, or the cricket club, or anyone else. We’ve got a bigger number of team members, we pay annual fees for

Wesburn Park is a popular spot for fog owners to let their dogs off the leash. our dogs, and yet we get nothing for it,” she said.

“We’ve got some sand that stuffs up our lawn, we’ve got a seat that’s too far away and we’ve got an agility space that gets burnt every other Friday night.”

As well as Cr Fullagar, Chandler Ward Councillor David Eastham, Ryrie Ward Councillor Fiona McAllister and Lyster Ward Councillor Johanna Skelton were all actively involved in the discussion, asking questions to both Ms Marie and the Manager of Recreation, Projects and Parks at Yarra Ranges Council Phil Murton.

Questions posed by Councillors to Mr Murton regarded issues around the highly-publicised hoon activity in Wesburn Park, what the rollout of different aspects of the plan will look

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like, the shifting of costs since quantifying was last done and agreement with the concerns about how $10,000 could achieve 900 metres of fencing.

Mr Murton said the master plan certainly sets a high level of the direction of what they want to see occur within the park, but as features are being delivered they will look to engage further with Yarra Ranges Dogs and other groups in the community.

“There are measures that we can look at, obviously as Nicole mentioned, the placement of rocks and other things,” he said, in regards to preventing hoon activity.

“The phasing of the implementation is largely driven by when funding is available, with a number already funded through the

Warburton Mountain bike Destination or the Wesburn Park Masterplan.”

“Through the Master Plan process, all of the items that have been outlined go through a quantity surveyor review. As each of these moves into the delivery phase, further assessment gets done and budgets will be looked at, this is what we hope is an accurate guide. Below $10,000 can deliver a significant amount of fencing depending on what kind of fence it is. But as you said, from when this was made, there may be some changes based on market fluctuations.”

Yarra Ranges Council Mayor and O’Shanassy Ward Councillor Jim Child forward the motion.

Cr Child said he passionately supports this recommendation with no reluctance whatsoever.

Without this particular master plan, we’d be sitting in no man’s land with the Wesburn Recreation Reserve, it would still be the barren space that it is now,” he said.

“I think it puts this land to great use, both for the community and also our visitors.”

Cr Fullagar was the only councillor who voted against the motion, having commented before the vote about his reluctant support for the project.

“This is a huge change for Wesburn Park, a $15 million commitment over 10 years and I know that’s not all going to come from Council and we rely on state and government grants, but it just concerns me that we’ve got a group such as these who have submitted tonight, who feel that there hasn’t been sufficient consultation.”

“I just want to flag that we must have ongoing consultation to make sure that we remain on track. I’m just concerned that we have such a huge project that will totally change Wesburn Park, I just hope that we’ve got this one right.”

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ADRA’s free festive cheer

By Callum Ludwig The ADRA Redwood Community Centre in Warburton is holding an end-of-year celebration to help locals through Christmas.

Free fresh fruit and vegetables will be available for those who otherwise might be able to afford them for their Christmas spread.

Organiser of the event Christian James said the opportunity became available after ADRA received a Pop-up Food Relief Market grant.

“It’s important for people to have access to fresh food at Christmas time, we’re seeing a lot more people use our facilities and services and because of the financial strife people are in, a lot of people are struggling to put food on the table,” he said.

“When I think Christmas in Australia, I think of fresh mangoes and cherries. So I feel it’s really important that these people are able

to have those things in their home so that they can have a nice lunch or dinner with their loved ones.”

The event will be set up similarly to a night market, held from 5pm to 7pm Thursday 22 December.

Mr James said the people at ADRA are thankful that they’re able to be in a position where we can help other people.

“For these people, it will be like doing a 180.

Going from that not being able to see what kind of food, if anything, they’re gonna be able to share at Christmas time to be able to have a roast with roast vegetables or a fruit salad or even a pavlova, the difference is vast,” he said.

“It will also give them more self-confidence, the stress will be taken off them and they can be joyous. We take access to food for granted because we are able to so easily, but people are struggling out there.”

Christmas church services across the Yarra Valley

By Callum Ludwig For those who wish to celebrate the birth of Jesus over the Christmas period, a number of churches across the Yarra Valley will be hosting services in the lead-up to and on Christmas Day. The Warburton Presbyterian Church held a carol service on Sunday 18 December from 2pm and will be holding its Christmas Day service from 9.30am.

Pastor at Warburton Presbyterian Church David Reid said all are welcome.

“Come and join us in celebrating the good news of great joy for all the people,” he said.

The Wesburn Baptist Church also held its Community Carols Service on Sunday 18 December from 7pm, and the Christmas Day service will be held at 10am.

Palotti College at 80 McNamaras Road Millgrove does not have a Christmas Day service, but it will host a mass at 8.30pm on Christmas Eve starting with carols and followed by supper. All are welcome to join.

Millgrove Baptist Church is holding a Christmas Day service at 9.30am.

The River Valley Church in Millgrove will also hold its service on Christmas Eve at the Millgrove Community Centre, with a sausage sizzle and obstacle course for kids from 5.30pm prior to the 6pm service.

Upper Yarra Anglican Church will be celebrating Christmas with Yarra Junction Uniting Church with a 9.30am Christmas Day service at St. Mary’s, Warburton, 3360 Warburton Highway.

Woori Yallock Presbyterian Church’s Christmas Day service is 9.30am, rather than its usual 10am start.

St Thomas A Beckett at 40 Milners Road Yarra Junction is hosting a Christmas Eve Vigil Mass at 6.45pm with Carol singing and a

Attendees will be able to bring their own bag and fill it up from the assortment of fresh produce, and there will also be children’s activities and light snacks available.

Mr James said Christmas should be a joyful time, not a very stressful one and people shouldn’t have to go without.

“We have regulars who come in every week because they need it. We have our big family groups who struggle to be able to make ends meet because of their large family size, and then we have those that are single and struggle because they’re the only income and have to pay exorbitant amounts just on their rent and things like that,” he said.

“We have also been able to run a gif shop for people that are doing it tough, single parents mostly, who have been able to come in and get brand new toys that they will then be able to give to their kids, which is quite important.”

ADRA has been supplying food to those in need all year, but they have an abundance of fresh fruit and veg in for Christmas. Picture: ON FILE

The Chookhouse wins best decorated window

By Callum Ludwig

Christmas services across the Upper Yarra.

Picture: ON FILE 7.00pm Mass Service The Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Warburton is holding an 8am Christmas Day Mass.

Healsville Yarra Glen Uniting Church will be hosting a community Christmas lunch in the Darron Honey Centre at 12:30pm on Christmas day, 286 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville. If people are interested in joining, they can let reception at HICCI (03) 5911 6000 know.

The Christmas services are: 7:00pm at Yarra Glen on Christmas Eve 11:00am at Healesville on Christmas Day – followed by the lunch

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Yarra Ranges Council’s Christmas Window Competition bought festive cheer across the shire this year, with four winners picked from Chirnside Park, Warburton, Sassafras and Monbulk.

The four winners were picked from four different categories: urban, hills, valley and upper. The winners were voted on by the Yarra Ranges community and each received a hamper of locally sourced goods.

Yarra Ranges Mayor Jim Child said the competition celebrates the creative, colourful and luminous window creations of local businesses.

“Yarra Ranges businesses really decked out their windows for this holiday season and collectively, they have made a valuable contribution to the heart of the Yarra Ranges, raising spirits and drawing in customers during an important season for trading,” he said.

The Chookhouse took out the Upper Yarra category, with the special Christmasthemed window put together by Tayla Osbourn who has worked at the store for nearly four years.

Ms Osbourn said all of the gorgeous decorations came from a mystery delivery.

“My boss ordered it, and you have no idea what is in it until it arrives. My boss is really good with what she buys for the window, and when I put it together it’s just matching colours and likenesses, and it is a really enjoyable part of the job,” she said.

“In the last eight months I’ve picked it up really quickly, and the whole window probably only took me two hours with an hour here or there for tweaks. Of course,

Tayla Osbourn with her proudly put together Christmas window at The Chookhouse.

Picture: CALLUM LUDWIG we’ve been selling stuff out of it, so I’ve been jumping in and out of the window every three or four days to readjust things.”

The competition received 31 entries and over 300 votes for this year’s competition, and The Chookhouse received 24 votes.

Ms Osbourn said people have commented on the display quite a bit.

“I never realised but just the tiniest bit of fairy lights and stuff makes people notice.

I’ve had so many people apparently see it in the evening when it’s all lit up and the streets empty.

“People would see it on a Friday night and then come in on a Saturday morning and said how gorgeous it is,” she said.

“On a Friday night, we try to have everything lit up with all the ornaments and whatnot, and quite a few locals have said how much they appreciate it, with dare I say, makes me feel pretty good.”

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Hundreds of quilting hugs

By Mikayla van Loon

Quilts given to orphans in Sri Lanka via Mukti Australia.

Heading into 2023, Deb said QFO will be looking to gain more members to keep up with the demand of finishing the quilts with wadding, backing and binding.

“We’ve got about 40 members, probably about half of those would be active and would walk in the door and work. Then some of them are down in Gippsland and interstate as well.

“So we just need more people here to literally keep the machines going to do the whole process. It slows down a little bit if we don’t have all of those people here.”

Meeting every Tuesday and every second Saturday of the month, Deb said she hopes to encourage more people with a passion for sewing to join the group, no matter their

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“We have three octogenarians in our group.

So Yvonne, Christine, and Pauline…and isn’t it wonderful to have these very active eighty year old women who are still thriving with thread and fabric,” she said.

“We have many in their 70s, many in their 60s and some in their 50s and I spoke to a girl the other day who is probably in her 20s and she wants to come and sew with us.”

Another aspect Deb said will be a focus in the new year is raising more funds through sponsorship to ensure the group can grow and supply more quilts while keeping equipment and people safe.

“We take every opportunity we can to raise

money and we do it mostly through our markets because all of our fabrics are all donated to us, the labour is all donated to us. It’s all in kind.”

Deb said QFO’s home at the Edwin Spencer Burr Reserve hall is a “nice, safe, welcoming environment to be in” surrounded by lovely people all striving to make a difference.

“It gives us a sense of purpose. We all love sewing, so to turn your sewing into something productive and valued and to give warmth and comfort is wonderful.”

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Quilts for Orphans members Christine, Deb, Elaine, Cheryl and Yvonne with a raffled Christmas quilt that was sent via an anonymous donor. Elaine was the luck winner.

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For a small group of Yarra Ranges sewers based in Hoddles Creek, they have one simple mission - to give a fabric hug to those in need.

This mission sees them gift hundreds of handmade quilts each year to local, Australian and international organisations who support orphans, refugees, premature babies and women escaping violence.

Quilts for Orphans (QFO) brings together the expertise of 40 local sewers and many more people around the country who stitch together colourful quilts of all shapes and sizes.

Secretary Deb Woodward said over the years, QFO has distributed quilts to people in Syria, Afghanistan, Vietnam and Timor Leste, as well as in Mooroolbark, Warburton and Frankston.

“Since 2007 we have given away thousands of quilts. Last year there were just under 500 and they went to people like the Australian Syrian Association,” she said.

“They put a container together every couple of years with household goods, and a lovely pile of quilts, and they’ve gone to the Syrian refugee camps.”

Partnering with Sydney based organisation Mahboba’s Promise after a member heard the story of Mahboba’s work from an Afghani friend, Deb said “we instantly supported them”. “[They have] four orphanages in Afghanistan, in Kabul and out in the suburbs and they’re basically for children for education and to be housed, many are displaced children. So we started sending quilts to Afghanistan through Mahboba many years ago,” Deb said.

When war broke out again in Afghanistan, Mahboba was able to support 10 children and 10 adults in getting to Australia who are now housed in Sydney, with QFO supplying quilts for the beds for their arrival.

“That’s just beautiful and the kids just hugged them and that’s why we call them fabric hugs. It’s just a beautiful comfort and it’s a very simple mission of ours, to provide comfort.”

Deb said Mooroolbark’s Billanook College is also a wonderful supporter of the QFO, hand delivering quilts to children in Thailand when students go over there to help with building projects.

80 or so quilts have also been hand delivered to orphanages in Vietnam to both children and adults living with disability caused

by Agent Orange 50 years after the war through Change the One. More locally, Deb said the handmade fabric hugs are often supplied to Warburton women’s refuge Benwerren or Treasured Babies in Mooroolbark.

“Last year, too, we had contact from a caseworker in Frankston who had a dad and his kids living in a car at Christmas time. We were straight down there with quilts.”

With many finished quilts sitting on the shelves, Deb said QFO is preparing to send 50 to flood victims in Victoria via Jan at Oz Comfort Quilts who is organising the distribution.

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Leadbeater’s Possum laying on a ream of paper is a confronting but truthful contrast about the endangered animal’s life.

Connection and concern

By Renee Wood The Memo’s exhibit by Kinglake artist Michelle Stewart expresses a deep connection and concern for the environment.

Consequence is part of the Burrinja Climate Change Biennale 2022 which aims to highlight significant issues around the urgency and impact of the climate crisis.

As a diploma of horticulture holder and landcare group member, Stewart has seen the affects of logging and other environmental destruction and uses her art to voice her concerns.

Stewart said living in Kinglake and always being surrounded by the bush has informed her work which tends to make comment on how the forest is being used as an economic resource.

One of the pieces in the exhibit is called ‘marking that passage of life and death’ which is a reflection on statistics for how many species have gone extinct since colonization.

It’s a beaded piece that’s filled with 232 beads with 100 frosted to mark the species that have been declared extinct.

“It is a way of being able to mark the issues that I find quite daunting, it gives me a way to be able to voice them,” Stewart said.

Her pieces also shine a light on how beautiful our natural assets are and how connected we can be with what surrounds us.

With glass as her medium, Stewart said it lures you in for a closer, deeper look.

“They need to get in closer to see that it is made of glass and then that makes them look closer at the pieces…So it’s a look at it deeper,” Stewart said.

Some of the pieces are wearable art which stems from Stewart’s jewellery making background.

“The small sculptural pieces are that scale that you could hold and that makes it a bit more personal, so it makes it human scale.

“It’s for us to be a part of or for us to hold or to wear or to be with.”

Small sculptures of the helmeted honeyeater and leadbeater’s possum also sit on top of a ream of paper.

“They’re critically endangered already and we’re still logging their habitat.

“It can be overwhelming and part of the reason that I make the artwork is to process it as well. So it’s a way of working through it for me as well and paying honour to the land and trying to to show people how beautiful it is, and how magical it is.”

In the exhibit there is an audio aspect where you can link up to a podcast with ABC Radio National that Stewart was part of to hear more about her thoughts on the environment.

Consequence by Michelle Stewart runs until Sunday 12 February 2023.

Michelle Stewart’s exhibit at The Memo shows a profound concern for the forests.

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Big year ahead for band after debut single released

By Callum Ludwig A pair of talented Yarra Valley locals have dropped a debut single as part of their band From The Other Side.

From The Other Side are a five-piece punk rock band, and the single and music video ‘My Anthem’ was released on Tuesday 13 December.

Lead guitarist and Yarra Glen resident Paul said a few of the members met before Covid hit and had started jamming.

“Once that was over, we put some ads out for other band members and those like [lead singer] Rose answered the call,” he said.

“We really knew each other for six months at the absolute most, but it doesn’t feel like that. It feels like everyone has known each other for years, we’re all on the same page when we are in the room together.”

As well as Paul and Rose, the band is made up of Healesville resident Marc on bass, drummer Jonah, and rhythm guitarist Justin.

Rose wrote the lyrics and melody for ‘My Anthem’ after Paul began the process of creating the song and she said the song is about a guy who has given up on himself and all his hopes and dreams and everything he really wanted.

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L-R: Marc (bass), Jonah (drums), Jett Rose (vocalist), Paul (lead guitar), Justin (Rhythm guitar).

Picture: LUKE RAY “I was thinking about how we as a band were starting a bit late and were wondering ‘Are we too old to do this?’ and thinking about whether we had failed as a result, and took that idea further to inspire the song about a guy who feels as though has completely

failed,” she said.

“I ran with it and just thought of lyrics about someone that’s not doing what they want to do, apologising to his parents for not being the kid they wanted him to be, which a few of the band members can relate a bit with,

so there are some meaningful things in there.”

The music video was directed by Luke Ray, who also did the band’s photography and the music was produced and engineered by Chris Themelco from Monolith Studios.

Paul and Rose said the band members’ personalities are so different, but it all works.

“Jonah’s like the annoying little brother, he’s quite a lot younger than the rest of us but Marc is like Jonah, only 20 years older. Justin is the oldest guy in the band and is absolutely lovely, he takes on the responsible dad role and looks after us all,” said Paul.

“Paul keeps everybody level-headed and organised and makes sure everything is running where and when it should be, but he’s also a big teddy bear. It works well because I can be pretty scattered and out there, I will get all the ideas, the locations we need, the people, do the social media stuff and Paul will help pull all of that and my scatterbrain into line,” said Rose.

You can listen to ‘My Anthem’, watch the music video and keep up to date with From the Other Side on their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/@fromtheothersideofficial.

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Top ten best films for 22 This year’s good films were marked by fun coincidences and creators going against the grain.

We got three Stephen King or King-adjacent films, two of which are about phones: The Black Phone and Mr Harrington’s Phone. We got two movies about the multiverse. Halloween Ends, the third and final film in David Gordon Green’s trilogy, took the franchise in a bold and divisive new direction, much like Halloween 3: Season of the Witch in 1983. We got After Yang and After Blue. Black Adam and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever are both superhero films with black heroes and a strong focus on character growth.

Like Joker from 2019, The Batman is a great DC Comics film without the baggage of the main series. After several middling films, the best Star Wars content is currently on television, namely Obi-Wan Kenobi and the critically-acclaimed Andor. This year’s MCU entries feel more individualistic: Thor: Love and Thunder has Taika Waititi’s unique blend of humour and pathos, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is unmistakably a macabre, scary and funny Sam Raimi movie. The Northman is more of a conventional blockbuster than Robert Eggars’ other work, but still has his darkly surreal vision. The bombastic Baz Luhrmann shows unusual restraint where needed in his excellent Elvis biopic.

Three Thousand Years of Longing is another resoundingly imaginative work from the esoteric George Miller, whose varied filmography ranges from Mad Max to Happy Feet and Babe.

Here are my picks for the top ten best films of 2022.

10. The Northman. An enthralling historical thriller with stunning costumes, props and cinematography and a powerful combination of cunning and gut-wrenching violence.

9. Men. One of the best horror films in years, with a remarkable central performance from Jessie Buckley and a near-flawless escalation of dread. The only reason it doesn’t place higher is the silly ending.

8. Don’t Worry Darling. A tense, stylish psycho-

logical thriller about a young woman struggling against a glamorous yet oppressive system. I’m in a relative minority who loved this movie; as a Matrix fan, I particularly enjoyed all the clues pointing to the simulation twist.

7. Nope. A fascinating, creepy and frequently fun sci-fi mystery with outstanding character development, Nope is also a wonderful love-letter to classic moviemaking.

6. X. Director Ti West shows an astounding command of suspense, both in nailbiting individual sequences and the chilling total narrative. Lurid but never gratuitous, X has some clever deconstruction of the slasher genre in a story about youth, envy and sexuality.

5. Everything Everywhere All At Once. This film

is a superhuman balancing act: hyperactive and utterly bonkers yet deeply poignant and moving, and set across multiple universes yet laser-focused on its core family and their troubled but loving dynamic. In its own crazy way, Everything Everywhere All At Once may be star Michelle Yeoh’s career-defining film.

4. Three Thousand Years of Longing. An enchanting character study about a genie and a professor, each trapped in different ways, suffused with visual splendour and a love for storytelling, science and knowledge.

3. The Menu. A gourmet dark comedy about class, obsession and retribution. The Menu has a fun ensemble cast, stunning cinematography, a duelling dynamic between leads Anya Taylor-Joy and Ralph Fiennes, and a tone of clever, cruel hilarity, with ample helpings of disturbing and laugh-out-loud moments.

2. The Innocents. A darkly grounded story about superpowers and the challenges of childhood, The Innocents is a sterling example of indie filmmaking fundamentals: a small cast and apartment setting and simple camerawork and editing, conveying extraordinary depth and impact.

1. The Black Phone. An unparalleled fusion of psychological and supernatural horror, with the latter adding macabre intrigue to the former. The Black Phone has riveting performances from Mason Thames and a mercurial, terrifying Ethan Hawke, harsh atmosphere, exquisite pacing balancing despair with hope, and an ending that feels both exhausting and triumphant.

It feels as if cinema has been reinvigorated in 2022, with blockbusters returning to prominence and film productions in general regaining larger scales and casts, and I very much look forward to the films of 2023.

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Support your Local It has become a sad trend of the last few years, that the Mayor’s Message at the end of the year is wrapping up a difficult time, and hoping for better in the coming year.

Even though we have battled our way through storms, floods, and Covid, I continue to be in awe of our community, for the way in which we come together and support one another.

The Yarra Ranges is the best place in the world to live, to visit and to work, and the community is at the heart of that. Time and time again, we show how connected, how resilient and how vibrant we are – even in times of adversity.

Christmas means different things for each of us, but in a time when the words ‘normal’ and ‘routine’ needed to be abandoned, the approaching season feels like a very welcome time of regularity, charged with a renewed sense of meaning.

However you celebrate, I encourage everyone to find their reason this festive season in Yarra Ranges – to get behind our ‘Buy, Employ, Enjoy’ campaign, which has a strong focus

Jim Child on supporting local businesses and helping them get back on their feet after the past few troubling years.

This is one of our first festive seasons without Covid-19 restrictions in place, and tourism is back as the weather warms up. There’s never been a better time to visit a local business for gift shopping, Christmas catch-ups and family lunches, or to get out in our parks, trails and reserves to see everything the region has to offer.

From berry picking from local farms to exploring one of our 55 towns to experience our best local produce and captivating local art you’ll find it all in Yarra Ranges this season.

There’s also local Christmas Carols and community wishing trees where you can donate to help others make the most of the festive season. If you have any last-minute Christmas shopping to do, I encourage you to buy from local traders to support our local economy.

If you’re not sure where to start, can I suggest visiting yarraranges.vic.gov.au/buylocal for a directory, where you can find more than 400 business listings - to help you find whatever it is you’re looking for, for anyone in your life.

There are so many people in our communities who are deserving of our deep and ongoing gratitude for all the work they have done to protect and support us this year and for these people especially.

In the spirit of Christmas, I hope each of us have an opportunity to stop, to relax, to and find time for the people we care about and come into 2023 replenished and ready.

For all those heading away over the break, please travel safely and take extra care during this busy time on our roads.

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Looking ahead Kemp’s curtain call Now it’s December and your local theatres have closed for the Festive Season.

But no! Rehearsals for the new year are progressing.

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre have forwarded their program for 2023.

The opening play is ‘Family Values’

by David Williamson and directed by Ian Frost.

Season: 9 – 25 February. Matinees: Sundays 12 and 18 and Saturday 25 February.

Show number two is ‘Barefoot in the Park’ written by Neil Simon and directed by Pip Le Blond.

Season: 20 April - 8 May. Matinees: Sundays 23 and 30 and Saturday 6 May. Play number three is ‘Switzerland’ written by Joanna Murray-Smith and directed by Helen Ellis.

Season: 28 June – 15 July. Matinees: Sundays July 2 and 9 and Saturday 15 July.

Play number four is ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare’ (abridged) (revised) (again) written

by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield and directed by K.J. Amey.

Season: 7 – 23 September. Matinees: Sundays 10 and 17 and Saturday 23 September.

Play number five is ‘Fracked! Or Please don’t use the F-word’ written by Alistair Beaton and directed by Alan Burrows.

Season: 16 November – 2 December.

Matinees: Sundays November 19 and 20 and Saturday 2 December.

Bookings: 9735 1777 Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, office hours 10am to 2pm.

CPP Community Theatre has advised your correspondent that congratulations are in order for the cast of their opening show for 2023.

The show, ‘Sense and Sensibility’ adapted by Kate Hamill and based on the novel by Jane Austen.

Directed by Kathryn White, the performance season is from 14 April – 22 April.

The company can’t wait to jump into rehearsals and bring this new production to life. The company asks that you stay up to date with rehearsals by visiting the Facebook and Instagram pages.

Maroondah Festival On a rather warm and sunny day, and after a long hiatus, the much-loved Maroondah Festival was back in full force earlier this month.

A group of volunteers welcomed and spoke to lots of people perusing the festival, handing out flyers for the upcoming information night for Sense and Sensibility and talking up CPP. The team also handed out Oliver and Sense and Sensibility colouring sheets for the kids (and big kids) and a number of people signed up for the mailing list. It was such a wonderful opportunity to really showcase who CPP are and what the community means to them. A very big thanks to Fee Rosel, Robyn Dalton, Jenny Gay, Cassie Quinlan, Helen Taylor and Steph Vawser for volunteering their time. The CPP A Cappella choir is going to be bigger and better than ever next year. CPP will be aiming to increase its performances throughout the year so please keep this in mind if you would like to join in the fun. If you would like to be involved, or have any questions get in touch with CPP Community Theatre at 0447 014 584 between 1pm amd 3pm.

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When ‘did Christmas really start anyway?

Focal Point Christmas day is just a few days away when most of us will try to replicate some of the great Christmases we have known.

However there can be a lot of pain around Christmas for many, especially the lonely and the grieving.

There is often an unreal expectation that somehow all the family conflicts of the past year will dissolve on the day, but a little too much to drink easily brings the old issues to the fore.

Of course most children will still be untainted, and will be going to bed excited and eager to wake up the next morning to surprises.

For many weeks now people have been sighing and complaining that Christmas seemed to start earlier each year and the instore carols are driving them crazy.

So, when did Christmas start? A long time ago - around two thousand and twenty two years give or take a few years when ‘Julian’ and ‘Gregory’ fiddled with the calendars.

You might say that sounds like it belongs to a mythical saga before the mists of time, but in fact it is linked solidly with our current history and evidence of that time is in many places in the world.

Have you ever tried to make the link between the Jesus of Christmas and the Roman roads you might have walked on in the Middle East?

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You may have seen the Roman roads and bridges in Britain, and the ancient buildings of Greece that you might have taken photos of? In fact it is all very tangible.

No, the Christmas story did not float out of the ‘long ago ether’. Jesus as the baby, and eventually the man, are rooted solidly in history. BC and AD, Before Christ and AD (Anno Domini) The year of the Lord, have allowed us to date our years. So 2022 speaks of 2022 years from the birth of Jesus.

So what does it say that Christians have celebrated the birth of Jesus at Christmas every year since? I understand it to mean that this Jesus was no ordinary baby. He was the Son of God sent to earth to redeem fallen people, so that their relationship to their creator could be restored.

Of course, if we appropriate that as true, then doesn’t the message suit today well? Don’t we live in a fallen world?

Haven’t we got far away from our creator?

Don’t we need restoration? Aren’t we desperate for relationships and belonging? Aren’t we people who are searching for love? The world I live in is screaming for these things. And do you know what? Christians believe that Jesus still lives today in His Heaven advocating for us as He promised he would do all those years ago and calling us to Him so that He can be the answer to the questions above.

From where I sit as a Chaplain and pastoral worker, I see many in crisis and I firmly believe that where they’re at is the very place where Jesus stands to meet them – at those metaphorical crossroads – at their point of crisis.

So next time we complain about Christmas starting early, and are annoyed with the carols, let’s try to see if we can locate the real Jesus of Christmas who transcends time but lives in it – our time.

This is a matter of God’s Grace and our faith working in tandem.

He did say that whoever looks for Him will find Him. If you would like to get some of this unpacked over a coffee give me a call on the number below.

Many blessings and a safe and Merry Christmas.

0487698201 Graeme Dawson, Chaplain to community

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Looking back at top five PASSION FOR PROSE WITH CHRISTINE SUN With Christmas fast approaching, it is time to reflect on the progress we made in 2022 while planning new projects and fresh goals for 2023.

This year we reviewed 32 books and featured a series of literary programs and events, including but not limited to the Australian Children’s Laureate, Melbourne Writers Festival, and UNESCO Cities of Literature Network Meeting. We even received a reader’s request to feature a book published a century ago.

That special request led to coverage of not just Australian authors but also those overseas. Indeed, while this reviewer has been prioritising Australian books – and will always do so – there are numerous excellent reads from around the world that are worthy of our attention. So, below are this reviewer’s Top Five books for 2022: 1. Costa’s World: Gardening for the soil, the soul and the suburbs by Costa Georgiadis (2021) – A delightful read for all who care about our environment and wildlife, full of extensively researched and superbly presented resources for individual and community gardens.

One of the best and sincerest communicators of citizen science.

2. Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff (2021) – A stunning illustrated dark fantasy of epic scale, featuring complex characters, intricate plots, dazzling writing, and a great sense of humour. A detailed survey of vampires as “an object of desire, an exploration of im-

mortality, a study in morality, or just plain terrifying”.

3. Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan (2008) – A timeless masterpiece, beautifully written, achingly tender yet emotionally powerful and mentally haunting. This winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel is worth reading by all females but especially male readers who are mature minded and fighting to safeguard women’s rights.

4. The Winter Road: A story of legacy, land and a killing at Croppa Creek by Kate Holden (2021) – Winner of the Walkley Book Award, NSW Premier’s Literary Award – Douglas Stewart Nonfiction Prize, and NSW Premier’s

History Award – Community and Regional History Prize, among others. An intense, confronting piece of investigative journalism.

5. The Gaps by Leanne Hall (2021) – This “complex and absorbing dual narrative psychological thriller” is the winner of the 2022 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Young Adult Literature. A compelling exploration of vulnerability and strengths of those teenagers who have lost their loved ones to violent crimes.

And, finally, we have two honourable mentions. The first is Leonard and Hungry Paul by Irish author Rónán Hession (2019). A quiet

book celebrating kindness and friendship in our seemingly ordinary life, recommended by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.

Meanwhile, Sistersong, by Devon-based author Lucy Holland (2021), is recommended

by Exeter UNESCO City of Literature. A successful marriage of fantasy and historical fiction about ancient Britons facing the arrival of Christianity and the Saxons.

So, here is a heartfelt THANK-YOU to all our readers who have been supporting the “Passion for Prose” column since February 2021.

This reviewer will return in January 2023 with more recommendations of interesting Australian and international books.

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All welcome for lunch

By Callum Ludwig The Yarra Junction Over 50s friendship has been able to gather for a free community meal, hoping to encourage some of the Upper Yarra’s older residents to come together.

The lunch aimed particularly to target those who are lonely and isolated or financially struggling or even homeless, and over 50 people attended.

Organiser Carole Corcoran said they hoped to provide a Christmas meal for those who didn’t have anything or anyone to celebrate Christmas with.

“A lot of these people wouldn’t even have a roast chook, unless they went down to Woolies and decided to buy for, for some of them, to have a proper cooked meal is out of the usual,” she said.

“We can hear from the chatter and noise in the hall that people are really communicating with each other, which is something they wouldn’t normally do. It’s important for these people to try and get out and about in the community.”

The free meal has been supported by one of Yarra Ranges Council’s Upper Yarra Community-Led Recovery Grants which provided up to $10,000 for projects to help the community bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic and other strains such as the June 2021 storm event.

Ms Corcoran said it’s about convincing people that it’s okay to come out of their homes again.

“They’ve been frightened, Covid has scared a lot of people and now they’re hibernating in their homes, hoping it doesn’t strike them.

They won’t mix with people now,” she said.

“We had our card group, as usual, this Monday, with a light lunch and they loved it this Thursday we are going to the Healesville RSL, so we are getting them out when they otherwise wouldn’t. I asked one chap what he is doing Christmas Day and he said he would go have a few tinnies by the river and it really

Members of the Yarra Junction Over 50s group gathered to enjoy their community meal in the chatter-filled Yarraburn Centre. broke my heart, that’s not Christmas Day.” Another spokesperson for the Over 50s Friendship Group who wished to remain anonymous said they want to let people realise there’s more to life than sitting in a chair watching television. “They lose contact with a lot of friends, trapped in four walls with the ‘magic box’,” they said.

“Why be alone? That’s the kind of person we want to have come here, out of their chair.

We will provide the entertainment or the meal, but we aren’t there to pick them up, we want to encourage them to come.”

Local traders have supported the group as well, with Cortella Homewares providing a discount on their plates and cups and Yarra Junc-

tion Woolworths providing $100 to purchase the food.

Yarra Ranges Council Community Development Officer Michael Goodrich has been working with the group to utilise the grant and said it has been a privilege.

“What we started here, going on four years, to respond to the issue of people living in isolation, it’s really amazing to support the community-led approach to supporting each other,” he said.

“Building connection through Covid-19 has been a real issue. The meals are actually about building friendships, connections, and an even more resilient community through that as well. It’s been great to work with these vol-

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unteers, a passionate community with amazing skills and hopefully, they can access Round Two of the funding as well.”

The meals were catered by three young volunteers, including a qualified chef, who dedicated their own time to cook for the over 50 attendees.

The Over 50s Friendship Group is hoping to continue to self-sustain their monthly meals and frequent social outings through the openage ballroom dance at the Wandin North Hall as the Star Mail previously reported is beginning on Saturday 28 January 2023.

The next free community meal with the Yarra Junction Over 50s Friendship Group will be on Wednesday 18 January.

Toastmasters’ area director of the year Toastmasters International strives for excellence, respect, service and integrity.

All forms of leadership have these qualities, from club, area, division to district.

Every now and then someone goes above and beyond the call of duty.

Their very own Elinor Jack who is a member of Ringwood Toastmasters and Lilydale Toastmasters has received the award of Area Director of the year for 2021-2022.

Elinor was an integral part of guiding the clubs through one of the most difficult times when the State of Victoria was going into lockdown and coming out of lockdown. The buoyancy meant that Elinor had to be agile and think on her feet with the constant changes surrounding her.

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were pushed online, after the agonising call was made not to have contests face to face because of the Victorian lockdowns. Elinor provided an outstanding service to the District to make sure that judges were briefed, that areas met their targets with enough judges and that protocol was followed consistently.

In Elinor’s own Area, Area R35 which was made up of Healesville Toastmasters, Lilydale Toastmasters, CFA D13 Toastmasters, LMC Toastmasters and Wandin Toastmasters got together to volunteer their time to ensure that the Area Contests ran smoothly by providing fluid teamwork. Members stepped up at the last minute to fill roles and meetings were held via SMS messaging to keep Elinor up to date with the area contests.

Elinor showed respect especially when challenges happened. They were faced to-

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gether as a team.

Elinor had monthly Area Council meetings with all clubs both as a collective and also one on one to keep track with how the clubs were travelling during the challenging time of COVID. All clubs were willing to strive for excellence and took part in a monthly article in the local paper to help create awareness of what they do in each club.

Elinor’s kindness and support help lift the clubs up during a time that was erratic and had many insecurities. All the clubs rode the wave together with Elinor.

It is little wonder that Elinor received the Area Director of the year award for her ongoing support and tireless service during what was one of the difficult and challenging times in Toastmasters.

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Elinor Jack has been named as the Toastmasters Area Director of the Year Award.

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TRADIES DELIGHT ON A HUGE BLOCK LOCATED centrally in Yarra Junction amongst the hustle and bustle is this property that will entice tradies and first home buyers alike.

The house is 3 bedrooms and 1 bath with a crackling wood fire and split system aircon/heating also.

A huge front deck surrounded by gorgeous native gardens is the perfect possie to sit and wonder and watch the world go by.

A large shed at the front is an added bonus for storage and/or workshop.

Rear access through the property gives the potential for more shedding at the back if you desire, as well as a laneway behind the property potentially adds more access.

Located only minutes from everything Yarra Junction offers this location can not be matched! Call now for inspection and don’t miss out on this gem! ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 2382 Warburton Highway, YARRA JUNCTION Description: 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 garage Price: $630,000 - $680,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Leah Bannerman 0448 924 266, BELL REAL ESTATE - YARRA JUNCTION. 5967 1277

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A MASTERPIECE OF STYLE AND DESIGN A MASTERPIECE of style and architectural design, this impressive family home is a complete ‘one off’ and was built with a superior, quality finish and a 7 star energy efficiency rating.

German engineered, the double glazed windows and doors are a show stopper and encompass every room to highlight the surrounding 2,4185m2 property and beyond.

Sleek, stylish and designed for ease of use, the kitchen boasts gleaming granite benchtops, Bosch electric and convection ovens, induction 4 burner cooktop and dishwasher and flows easily into the light filled lounge.

Brilliant bamboo flooring stretches throughout both levels of this craftsman built home and leads out onto dual, wrap around timber deckings that both protect the home from inclement weather and also provide peaceful outdoor entertaining at its finest.

With five bedrooms (or four plus home office) there is certainly room for everyone.

The office can be found on the main level along with the master suite that comes complete with a resort style luxury ensuite, whilst downstairs, its a teenagers dream – A spacious lounge / rumpus room with wet bar plus three large bedrooms that all contain walk in robes and outdoor access to the beautiful decking. Warm and cosy in the winter months, the spilt system heating/ cooling is quick and convenient while the Coonara style wood fire can run all day and give endless heat.

Outside, the block gently slopes and goes beyond the fence line where you can discover your own hidden oasis along the Monbulk creek. A sealed driveway, parking for two cars, a 3 x 3m storage shed, two wood sheds and an enclosed veggie patch complete this Hills lifestyle package.

Within walking distance to Belgrave Heights Christian School and in easy reach of Belgrave and Tecoma train stations plus many local schools and shops, this property is your dream come true. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 11 Glen Road, BELGRAVE Description: 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $1,045,000 - $1,160,000 Contact: Sharyn Chandler 0439 882 442, CHANDLER & CO REAL ESTATE 22 MAIL

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SPACIOUS HOME, PRIVATE WITH 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 fur-

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· 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 · 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.

Please note: All property details shown are correct at time of publishing. Some properties may have been sold in the preceding 24 hours and we recommend that you confirm open for inspection times with the listing agent direct or the listing office. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 24 Moxhams Road, MONBULK Description: 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 8 garage Price: $870,000 - $950,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Samantha Scott 0438 680 032, BELL REAL ESTATE, EMERALD

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All the hard work has been done. This immaculate home features 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 living areas, modern kitchen with stone bench tops & master with WIR & ensuite. Other inclusions are GDH & split system heating & cooling. The brilliant outdoor entertaining area leads out to the huge backyard with plenty of room to store the caravan or boat.

FOR SALE

Character 3-bedroom mud-brick residence set on approx. 780m2 garden allotment. Featuring the use of natural timbers & brick flooring, gorgeous leadlight windows, well-equipped galley kitchen, a generous living area with wood heater. Offering 2 large bedrooms plus a loft bedroom/study. Outside there is a covered area with garden views & storage shed.

FOR SALE

$790,000 - $850,000 Inspect

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$550,000 - $600,000

Healesville 5/5A McGrettons Road FOR SALE Contact Agent Inspect

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Perfectly located at the end of a leafy court you will discover this generous sized home. Featuring a bright formal lounge at the front, while the main open plan living & dining areas are at the rear. Incorporated here, is a large family kitchen, a spacious master with WIR & ensuite, GDH & split system heating & cooling, double garage & low maintenance garden.

$600,000 - $660,000 Inspect

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DUAL LIVING AND MODERN MASTERPIECE ONLY 3 years young, this architect inspired home offers views and a flexible floorplan to suit any family. Designed with dual living in mind for multi-generational living, the floorplan can be utilised as it currently is with 2 generations sharing the home or opened up to be a large family home.

Polished concrete, square edged cornices and double-glazed windows are just some of the features of the home along with hydronic heating and refrigerated cooling.

The kitchen is the hub of the home, adjoining the living room and enjoying views to the distant hills, it also offers a large walk-in pantry behind a timber door as well as Caesar stone benchtops, 900mm Falcon oven and dishwasher.

The large master bedroom and ensuite makes you feel like you’re on holidays every day with a well-proportioned ensuite including fee standing bath with 180 degree views out the windows.

The large second bedroom also offers a full ensuite and nearby there is a study nook for those that work from home. Down the other end of the house, the 3rd bedroom with large ensuite adjoins the large family room.

The shed is large at 20m x 8m in three bays and includes caretaker quarters with bathroom and 2nd toilet and also a mezzanine upstairs, which could be an ideal games room.

Access to the property is via a quiet sealed road all the way to the front gate, with plenty of room to park the cars, boat, trailer or caravan or any toys you want!

There is 200,000 litres of water storage and 16kW of solar panels, making this a very low-cost living home. There are fruit trees, 6 paddocks and a dam with plenty of space for any animals.

If your dream is to get ‘off the grid’ and back to low-cost living, then this is the home for you. Come and enjoy the Yarra Valley lifestyle today! Fresh and inviting, this home is ready for a new family.

Young homes of this quality do not come up for sale often, so be quick! All the hard work has been done. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 575 Sheepstation Creek Road, HODDLES CREEK Description: 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 7 garage Price: $1,650,000 - $1,800,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Mick Dolphin 0429 684 522 and Jane Mortimer 0457 620 542, RANGES FIRST NATIONAL, 9754 6111 24 MAIL

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PRIVATE AND WELL POSITIONED LOCATED in a prime location is this beautifully and lovingly renovated 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom home.

As you arrive at this property nestled opposite the golf course, which provides a gorgeous park like view, you will notice the welcoming entertaining deck and landscaped front garden.

On entering the warm and cosy home, you are greeted by slate floors and character filled exposed beams, a wood heater, two split system air conditioners, and bi-fold front window that opens up onto the front entertaining deck. Allowing the light to flood

into this fantastic entertaining area as you enjoy the picturesque view.

As you flow through to the modern and stylish kitchen, and continue down the hallway towards the stain-glass window, you will notice the barn-door features leading to each of the two generous bedrooms.

This immaculately presented home also contains a European laundry, is rendered, and has a landscaped and low maintenance secure rear yard. With a great flat area for children or pets to enjoy, there is also a handy garden shed, as well as having a separate rear access to the property. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 3 Luke Place, GUYS HILL Description: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom Price: $745,000 - $785,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Brennan Mileto 0422 996 451 or Aaron Day 0407 365 994, BELL REAL ESTATE, EMERALD

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3407 Warburton Highway, Warburton

17 Douglas Parade, Yarra Junction

$650,000 - $715,000

15 Leith Rd McMahons Creek

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2457 Warburton Highway, Yarra Junction

$580,000- $630,000

Location! Location! - 1/4 acre and close to EVERYTHING!

Just over 2-year-old home on over 1000sqm.

In the heart of Yarra Junction here you will find this solid brick home consisting of 3 bedrooms, all with built in robes, as well as semi ensuite. The kitchen overlooks your decking and stunning gardens.

With a single carport that has extra height for the camper or van as well as backyard access with a vehicle, boxes getting ticked already! A fabulous and good size garden shed also seconds as a man cave with wood heater and tv! Another garden shed for your potting needs or extra storage is there also. Yarra Junction is a hub of the Yarra Valley and this opportunity with the location and subdivision potential (STCA) can not be passed up! Extras include an asphalt drive, easy gas heating, air-conditioning, fully fenced 1200sqm+ gorgeous block, decking also can be contained with gates for kids or animals. Call now for an inspection and don’t miss out on this gem!

This home is a real treasure and being only a couple of years old, a very rare find for the area. The spacious 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom home has all the luxuries, with double glazed windows, floating floors, ceiling fans, split system just to name a few. The kitchen looks out upon the backyard where you can enjoy all the birdlife that like to visit, the backyard is fully fenced so perfect for the family dogs or kids to explore. The lounge has a wood fire which does an exceptional job making the home cosy all year round. Master suite is just that with a large walk-in robe through to ensuite. So much on offer in this home with lots of storage. Outside has a large double garage with a concrete floor and power. The property backs onto state forest and just a short stroll to the aqueduct trail, plenty of spots to explore this is a must to inspect for all who enjoy the country fresh air.

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YOUR COUNTRY LIFESTYLE AWAITS SITUATED on almost 1 acre, this character home with large verandahs is what you’ve been dreaming of.

Upon entering the home, the first thing you’ll notice are the high ceilings, then the sense of space.

Well zoned too, with parents’ main bedroom with ensuite, built-in robe and walk-in robe at one end of the house and kids 3 bedrooms at the other, right next to the rumpus room. Most rooms have French doors to access the verandah.

Centrally the home has a chefs own modern kitchen with dishwasher, porcelain sink, Caesarstone bench tops and Belling oven, meals area as well as 2 other separate living rooms and a large study.

Comfort is provided by 3 split systems and near new gas ducted heating with the property connected to mains water and mains gas. Special features include picture rails, ornate plasterwork and polished hardwood floor boards.

The main bathroom has a claw foot bath as a centrepiece. Outdoors there is plenty of room on almost one acre for children and pets to romp around amongst established gardens with several varieties of fruit trees - lemon, mandarine, apple, mulberry and more.

Also, 3 cross overs to give plenty of space for vehicles and an in/out driveway plus a three bay American style garage with mezzanine storage.

All of this within walking distance of childcare centre, shops and the wonderful eateries that Gembrook has become renowned for.

Gembrook is a quiet country town around an hour from Melbourne at the end of the Puffing Billy Railway line, shops, primary school, cafes and restaurants as well as bus transport are some of its many features. Once you live here, you may never leave! l

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 16 Quinn Road, GEMBROOK Description: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 garage Price: $1,200,000 - $1,320,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Mick Dolphin 0429 684 522 and Janet Hawkins 0409 117 432, RANGES FIRST NATIONAL, 9754 6111 26 MAIL

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GEMBROOk 16 QUINN RoAD

$1,200,000-$1,320,000

WEll-ZONED HOME WITH PARENTS RETREAT, RUMPUS, TWO lIVING AREAS & A STUDy! Situated on almost 1 acre, this character home with large verandas is what you’ve been dreaming of. Upon entering this home, you will notice the high ceilings, French doors, picture rails, ornate plasterwork and polished hardwood floor boards. offering a sense of space, the parents’ retreat is located at one end of the house & the kids 3 bedrooms at the other with a rumpus room. Centrally located chefs modern kitchen with dishwasher, porcelain sink, Caesar stone bench tops & a Belling oven, meals area as well as 2 other separate living rooms & large study. Comfort is provided by 3 split systems, near new gDH, with the property connected to mains water and mains gas. outdoors there is plenty of room amongst established gardens and several varieties of fruit trees, also, 3 cross overs to give plenty of space for vehicles and an in/out driveway plus a three bay American style garage with mezzanine storage.

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WALk To BELgRAVE ToWNSHIP!

$356,000 - $395,000

DRIVEWAY ACCESS 3 HARDY STREET SELBY. If you are tired of old homes, here is your chance to build with the quality you want. The huge LEVEL home site (30m wide x 15m deep) has been prepared many years ago on this 2,959sqm block. The width is a rare 60m which allows for more building possibilities. Enjoy the tranquil treed aspect and the quaint tree fern-lined babbling creek. Most services are readily available & the location is ideal- walk to school, bus & 2k from Belgrave Central.

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BElGRAVE 44 BELgRAVE-gEMBRook RoAD ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRy yET CONNECTED TO CBD!

$815,000-$870,000 3A 2B 1E

Set on a corner block in a parklike setting with two driveway entrances and offers plenty of off-street parking. This gorgeous light-filled, extensively renovated character home offers an open plan lounge & dining, a study, bathrooms boasting beautiful French tapware, a hostess kitchen with a fireplace and Caesarstone bench tops. Additional features include gDH, reverse cycle A/C, leadlight features, timber floorboards, cedar blinds, oFP, huge attic storage and extensive landscaped front and back yards.

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FAMILY STARTER WITH FILTERED VALLEY VIEWS 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 canopy 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.

Hardwood timbers bring warmth and character to the home and along with lovely large windows, make this property a perfect family starter!

All bedrooms are large, with the main bedroom having an ensuite and all have a colourful view of the surrounding gardens.

Warm and cosy, there is a charming wood heater and also ducted heating throughout and although needing some small repairs, you will find another wood heater on the timber decking - perfect for enjoying a Friday night outdoors with friends and family.

Outside, the rear yard is fully fenced and contains a garden shed, wood shed and an old but useful studio that would be great as general storage.

Located perfectly in easy reach of both Monbulk and Olinda townships and only a short drive to Belgrave train station, this property has so much to offer for a growing family. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 30 Upper Coonara Road, OLINDA Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $685,000 - $750,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Sharyn Chandler 0439 882 442, CHANDLER & CO REAL ESTATE 28 MAIL

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PREMIER FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH SPARKLING POOL ON HALF AN ACRE

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Offers Close Dec 20 Unless Sold Prior A flawless fusion of space, style, and superb outdoor entertaining areas, this centrally situated residence in a prime Glenfern Rd location is ready to impress. Focused on providing premier family comfort in a prized lifestyle location only moments from public transport, schools, shopping, and restaurants, this is a top lifestyle property with all the trimmings.

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32 Lomond Avenue, KILSYTH METICULOUS HOME ON COVETED CORNER BLOCK

$750,000 - $790,000 3A2B2C

This meticulously maintained home on a coveted corner allotment opens endless options for astute investors. Capturing prime position only 750m from Churinga Shopping Centre, this property is perfect for first homebuyers, discerning downsizers, or developers determined to capitalise on subdivision potential (Subject To Council Approval).

FOR SALE

35 Glen Road, BELGRAVE

$610,000 - $670,000 1A1B

SWEET STARTER HOME IN SPECTACULAR LIFESTYLE LOCALE

This sweet starter home situated near beautiful Birdsland Reserve is calling astute investors that can spot immense potential. With several updates already complete and a sunlit interior that overlooks the generous ½ acre allotment backing onto Monbulk Creek, this is an outstanding opportunity to enter the market in this exceptional lifestyle locale.

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By Bryce Edwards Wandin Women’s vs Officer Wandin won the toss and elected to bat against opponent Officer. Opening the batting was both Sky Wilson and Belinda Cuddon who saw a partnership of 50 runs before Wilson was dismissed. The batting innings for Wandin continued strong, with Charlotte Edwards and Nyree George finishing up the 20 overs. Wandin were 5/136 after their 20 overs Continuing the strong innings before, Olivia Edwards and Emma Curwood opened the bowling attack, confining Officer to 2/62 after drinks following a run out from Edwards, and Curwood’s ball being caught at point by Dionne Wilson. Nyree George continued the sharp bowling with her own wicket, but the works of Curwood and Wilson’s amazing keeping allowed Curwood to end up 3/16 off her 4, and Wandin won by 19 runs.

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Wandins Captain David Thorne would lose the toss and South Warrandyte would choose to bat first.

Wandins opening bowlers in Hamish Lammott and Daniel Trembath would get Wandin off to the start they needed with Hamish picking up the opening wicket and Daniel keeping it tight at the other end.

Wandin’s first change bowler and first-gamer for Wandin’s 1st XI Leigh Curwood would come in to bowl and ripped through the top order with 3 wickets.

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Coldstream won the toss and elected to bowl first.

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Brave Bloods take win Under 12-9 Healesville 3/102 defeated by Yarra Junction 6/109 – by Adam Keath Valiant loss in the top-of-the-table match between Yarra Junction and Healesville. Yarra junction started well protecting their wickets for the first 7 overs, some good bowling and catching in the middle of the innings slowed the scoring with Gus Morcombe 2/3 and Declan Kruize 2/9 the pick, Tom Quaggin 1/9 and Jackson Lehman 1/9 were the other wicket takers. Yarra Junction at the end of their 23 overs 6/109. Healesville’s batting started off strong again and wickets were hard to come by but with 12 runs needed to win off the last over it was just a little too much, Healesville falling short by 7 and finishing 3/102. Best with the bat Louis Keath 19, Fin Coleman 11 and Ryder Hudson 10.

Under 12-4 Healesville 2/159 defeated Chirnside Park 69 – by Matt Harding Super effort in the field to save a stack of runs from the ever-reliable Monty. Great caught and bowled by Henry Harding (2/7) even after a collision with the batter, Tully Ellis chimed in with two wickets (2/3) in a great Captain’s performance. Taylor Caldicott knocked the stumps down to continue his great form of late with the ball (2/12). The Caldicott brother and sister combination opened the batting with Talyor and Summer both making 12. Ben Hunter (7*) was looking great defensively with the bat and got a great run out looking at just one stump earlier in the match. Another great knock from Raff Morcombe (60*) and Henry Harding (22*). Endo Gotch (9*) played his best game with the bat and kept well also. The call of the day when running between wickets was Archie Hempel (9*), well done for great confident calls.

Under 14 Healesville 92 defeated Mt Evelyn 5/83 – by Liam English Good batting performance from Darcy English making 29 and Raff Morcombe making 22 to set a defendable total. Good effort from Raff Morcombe getting 2/5 and Henry Harding 1/7 to keep Mt Evelyn to 83 runs.

Under 16 Healesville 8/124 defeated Laburnum 121 Playing at Queens Park, Healesville bowled first and struggled to get early wickets. But some great bowling later in the innings by Sam Drummond (4/11) enabled them to bowl out

It came down to the wire for the Healesville 1st XI. Laburnum for 121. The run chase built momentum mid-way through the innings with Lucas Parker 29* and Bailey Rutley 20* scoring quickly and well supported by Sam Drummond 14* to enable Healesville to reach the total with 1 over spare.

Seniors 1st XI – Healesville 7/209 defeated South Warrandyte 7/208 –

by Josh Handasyde This week the Healesville 1st XI faced off against South Warrandyte for the second time in three weeks but this time in a one-day match. Once again Healesville lost the toss and was sent into the field with South Warrandyte getting off to a quick start before spinner Josh Handasyde was able to dismiss 2 of South Warrandyte’s batsmen in the one over and shortly after opener T.Woodward was unluckily run out after a strong drive from Joel Holewa deflected off bowler Josh Handasyde’s hand onto the stumps which had South Warrandyte at 3/85 at the drinks break. A fantastic one-handed diving catch from local hero Brenton Damrow gave Handasyde his third wicket leaving him with figures of 3/40 off his 8 overs. But the pick of the bowlers was Damrow with 3/28 with a scintillating hat trick late in the innings to ignite the Bloods as South Warrandyte ended at 7/208. The Bloods went out to bat and were quickly on the back foot at 3/15 and the situation got worse when Michael Jackson was

elyn in for a bat. Scott Fawdry picked up the danger man Luke Paterson for just 10 before Steve Martin came in at number 3 and made a classy 96* and paired with Chris Doyle (61*) for a late partnership to push Mount Evelyn to 5/218 off their 35 overs with Jack Drummond picking up 3 wickets. Needing 219 to win Ben Mackey (17) and Tom Handasyde (21) started strong but were both dismissed before the drinks break. Riley Cameron (43*) was the highlight with the bat and paired with Moss Fawdry (19) and Jack Drummond (27*) to push closer to the target but fell short ending the innings on 7/163.

Seniors 3rd XI – Healesville 3/180 defeated Ainslie Park 169 – by Sam Drummond Healesville 3rd XI was sent into bat first with the dynamic duo, father and son Jack and Dave Plunkett opening up. The two quickly made runs with both batsmen making 27 and 28 respectively. Curtis Adamson came to the crease but was caught for 8. Gabriel Houlihan was next to bat and batted the rest of the innings compiling 37 not out. Matt Wilkinson, batsman of the match, came in afterwards retiring not out for 54 having hit a monstrous six to cap out the half-century. Vinny Plunkett 13* batted out the innings with Gabriel. Healesville finished the innings at 3-180. D Sykes and T. Flahavin opened the batting for Ainslie Park making 32 and 14 respectively. Bailey Rutley and Gabriel Houlihan managed to dismiss the two openers. DJ Parkinson and GA Thomas then came to the crease, making a combined total of 61 with Parkinson making 21 (run out) and Thomas making 40 (caught). Sam Drummond and Denzel Parsons took the two wickets, ending what was a well-needed partnership for Ainslie Park. G. Walles was dismissed

by Gabriel Houlihan with a small total of 1, sending N. Delahunty into bat who finished with 28 before being dismissed by Bailey Rutley. Wickets then began to fall with MJ Thomas, A. Vanhoogstraten, I. Dharmasena and M. Sykes making 12, 1, 1 and 0 respectively. The best bowling figures for Healesville were 3-24 off 5.3 overs (Sam Drummond) and 3-28 off 5 overs (Bailey Rutley). Curtis Adamson was the fielder of the match, taking two lovely catches.

Congratulations to Healesville 3rd XI on their first win of the season and good luck to both teams when they come back after the break!

Seniors 4th XI – Healesville won by forfeit

Picture: ON FILE sent to hospital after being struck in the face by bouncer and skipper Kris Anderson out shortly afterwards, leaving the Bloods at 5/34 chasing 208. Luke Chandler and Ben Wallace got to work at rebuilding the innings and got the total to 5/90 at the drinks break. Ben Wallace departed with the score on 130 which bought Troy Poynton to the crease with the team requiring 78 from the last 15 overs of the game.

With some great batting from Luke Chandler and support from Troy Poynton, the Bloods were able to get it down to 50 runs required when Poynton was bowled for 17. Luke Chandler was dismissed soon after for a match-winning 92 off 85 balls leaving the Bloods 7/167 requiring 40 off 6 overs. Liam English and the ever-energetic Dillon Kerr joined at the crease and were busy from the start running hard between wickets and chipping away with ones and twos with the odd boundary and were able to get it down to 5 runs required off the last over before Kerr hit the final boundary to give the Bloods a 3 wicket win with 4 balls remaining. Kerr 21 off 14 balls and English 19 off 18 balls getting Healesville over the line. Heading into the Christmas break Healesville sits fifth on the ladder with 4 wins and 3 losses but even on points with third.

Seniors 2nd XI – Healesville 7/163 defeated

by Mt Evelyn 5/218 – by Ethan Nikcevich Healesville won the toss and sent Mount Ev-

A few strong results pre-Christmas for Yarra Junction

By Rob Boxell Under 10s

Junction played down at Woori this · Yarra week, captain Wilson lost the toss and Woori elected to bat first. The weather looked foreboding but the Eagles bowled extremely well. Archer took 3 wickets in his 3 overs followed by Wilson and Sam who both took 2. Jaxon bowled incredibly well also, taking one wicket, and getting a runout. The rain held off and we went in to bad in high spirits. The whole team batted well, getting some good runs off the bat and a few players getting some personal bests in runs. On the whole, it was a great game and the kids had a ball.

Under 12s vs Woori Yallock/Launching Place The U12s were looking to carry on their unbeaten run when they took on Woori/ Launch down at Junction. Skipper for the evening Aiden Fogerty won the toss and elected to field first and that decision paid off after an early wicket from Tyson Oates put pressure on the opposition from the start. Wickets from Alexander Mason and Fogerty continued to put the squeeze on which then led Luke Dark to come into the attack to claim a wicket and finish with great figures of 1/3 off 3 overs including a wicket maiden. Woori/Launch finished their innings on 5/51. Tyson Oates and Kye Van De Maat opened the batting for Junction and it didn’t get off to the best start with Oates clean bowled fourth ball of the innings and Van De Maat quickly followed. This led to Jordy Thornton coming to the crease who steadied the ship alongside key knocks from Alexander Mason (7) and Wil Joseph (6) to finish on his highest score of 14* to help Junction to the win and finish on 8/82 off 23 overs and continue our unbeaten run.

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Skipper Carly Millar came out to the crease and with Hilton, put on a partnership of 32 before Hilton was bowled for a gritty 10.

Charlene Booker came in and was run out first ball which led to a mother/daughter partnership between Millar and Anelise McCracken of 10 runs before McCracken chipped one back to the bowler for 2. A flurry of late wickets when trying to up the

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run rate left Junction finishing on 6/82 off 20 overs with Millar finishing on a career-high score of 27*. Kuth and Alannah Bomford opened the bowling and it couldn’t have got off to a better start when first-year player Jade Bennett caused a wicket to fall the first ball of the Montrose innings with a direct hit run out. Montrose regrouped thanks to a good partnership and some slack bowling.

Millar brought on Bec Brown and Tara Wilson and that decision changed the game as Montrose lost 6 wickets for 11 runs as Brown and Wilson tore through the middle order as they fell from 1/27 to 7/38 with Wilson finishing with great figures of 2/8 off 4 overs.

Rachel Pilton continued with her wickettaking form with 1/6 off 2 overs and Bennett came into the attack to bowl her first over in competitive cricket finishing with 0/1 off of her solitary over. Montrose finished on 9/63 off their 20 overs but the undoubted superstar of the day with Brown who created history by finishing with figures of 5/10 off her 4 overs and claiming the first-ever 5fa for the women’s side. Another win leaves Junction on top of the ladder and on a four-match winning run.

Yarra Junction 6/82 (C Millar 27*) def Montrose 9/63 (R Brown 5/10, T Wilson 2/8) 3rd XI vs Woori Yallock/Launching Place The 3 rd XI travelled down the highway to Woori Yallock to take on the merged Launch and Woori 2nd XI. Upon winning the toss, Yarra Junction chose to bat first. Julian Bennett and Rob Boxell opened the batting, with Bennett departing early on. This bought Paul Ainsley to the crease, another member of YJ’s English invasion. Boxell and Ainsley put on a 36-run partnership until Boxell holed out on a run-a-ball 20. Ainsley stayed solid at one end, forming good partnerships with Jordan and Yeoman. Eventually, Ains-

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ley was out for a very well-put-together 50.

A cameo from the evergreen Glenn Thompson (36 not out) helped get the score to 156.

Going into the field, the boys toiled away for 17 overs before getting the first breakthrough, Bennett taking a quality catch off the bowling of Aaron Stewart. Another wicket saw the hosts go into the drinks break 2/81, requiring 76 runs to win off 15 overs.

Enter Jack Bishop, called into the team at the eleventh hour, and only playing his fifth game ever, Bishop bowled 6 overs to take 4/29, which saw the visitors keep Launch/ Woori to 8/151, winning their first game for the year.

Yarra Junction 8/156 (P Ainsley 50, G Thompson 36*) def Launch/Woori 8/151 (J Bishop 4/29, R Boxell 3/17) 2nd XI Yarra Junction 8/83 def by Hoddles Creek 5/85 (L Van Der Vlugt 2/11, T Pilton 2/17) 1st XI vs Mt Evelyn Losing the toss, Yarra Junction were sent into bat first against Mt Evelyn. Losing a couple of early wickets put Yarra Junction on the back foot as they had to claw their way for every run. Small partnerships added up, with most batsmen getting starts. A few unlucky calls saw Yarra Junction 8/93. The YJ tail wagged, with Rhys Matthews, Jordan Poynton and Ant Davis able to take the score to a defendable 149.

Going into the field now, Poynton and Dan Crewe opened the bowling and were able to get three early wickets to have the hosts 3/13. When Poynton managed to get a run out late in the day, it saw the hosts 4/59 as stumps were called. Yarra Junction now sits in the box seat but it’s still anyone’s game.

Yarra Junction 149 (K Bomford 31, R Matthews 28) vs Mt Evelyn 4/50 (J Poynton 2/12)

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Corporate cup ends

By Ian Milgate Corporate Bowls Challenge The final was played under cold wet conditions but this did not dampen the spirits of the teams playing off in the final. Everyone was feeling the cold but they were determined to keep going as the Charles Hort Memorial Trophy was insight. There were some great bowls put down, especially from the winning team who blitzed their opponents, putting several bowls around the jack on every end. We would have welcomed them straight into our Pennant sides, they were that good, but due to family commitments they declined, but could see them down the track.

The winning team was Above Board Plastering beating Provit Cult 14 - 0 Third place winner was Australian Hot Taps beating Total Shutters 5 - 3 It was a great night with plenty of food and refreshments inside the warm club rooms after the match to celebrate the winning team of the Charles Hort memorial Trophy. The Corporate Challenge starts again in February 2023 so if you would like to get a team together and enter, contact Effie Laban on mobile 0432258493 by middle of January. The comp runs for six weeks on a Wednesday night starting at 6.00pm but a 5.30pm start for Chris and Mike’s famous $2 sausage, onion in bread.

Tuesday Pennant Team 1 played our friendly rival, Warburton at home and although the game is fearlessly fought for bragging rights, it is played in good spirit. Both teams played some great bowls but at the end of the game Warburton ran out winners by 3 shots 54 - 57 Robyn Turville, Rob Ayres, Ian Milgate, Steve Bulled 13 - 17 Steve Graham, Bob Brown, Hilda Gurney, Gerda Otto 24 - 15 John Clark, Effie Laban, Russell Smith, Barry Parker 17 - 25 Team 2 played away at Eastwood on quite a

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The winning Corporate Challenge team was Above Board Plastering. slow grass green so we knew it was going to be tough, but added to that being short of players made the task even harder but to their credit they didn’t give in and only fell short by 4 shots 50 - 54 Mike Adams, Glenda Graham, Judy Veermann 10 - 22 Gerry Gommers, John Howard, Colin Jarvis 20 - 11 Rob Broadhurst, Anne Holland, Karl Tok, Len Stewart 20 - 21 Saturday Pennant Team 1 played at home against Donvale 2 and this was a must win match to stay in the pack, unfortunately Donvale got the better of us and we went down 75 - 83 .

Adrian Beales, Bob Brown, Rita Featherstone, Gerda Otto 21 - 23

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Ward, Steve Bulled, Brad Chandler, · Mark John Simnett 17 - 21 Hoffman, Colin Lowe, Robyn Turville, · Mark Ian Milgate 11 - 28 Graham, John Clark, Mick Feather· Steve stone, Rob Ayres 26 - 11 Team 2 played away against Chirnside Park 3 for the last game of the year so they wanted to go out on a high, and they did beating Chirnside park by 36 shots 78 - 42. All rinks up with Barry Parkers rink up by 28 shots. Well done everyone and the win cements their top spot on the ladder.

Russell Smith, Rob Broadhurst, John Howard, Judy Veermann 21 - 17 Mike Adams, Gerry Gomers, John Fitzpatrick, Leonie Fitzpatrick 22 - 18 Barry Parker, Effie Laban, Wally Mays, Ted Upton 35 - 7

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Pre-Christmas hitout at Warburton golf

By Ron Hottes Wednesday 14 December, Stableford: When it comes to streaks of good form, in sporting events, there are levels of that type of form! A player might be in “rare form”, perhaps even “red-hot form”. But the winner on this day was John Hall, and he is clearly in WHITE-HOT FORM! John’s score posted was an exceptional 42 points, and this gave him his third win in a row, definitely a rare exploit! Laurie Doyle took home the runnerup voucher with 38 points, a total that would win on many other days! With these scores recorded, balls were lucky to extend as far down as 33. The NTPss were shared among K.B. (3rd), Clinton Toohey (9th), Mr Scotland Leckenby (12th) and John Haynes (15th).

TWILIGHT: On a fine, but very cold afternoon/evening, top-class scores were always going to be rare! One classy score was posted by Danny

Warburton Golf Club results. Picture: ON FILE Fox, one of the very consistent A-Graders!

Danny’s solid 20 points still only snuck in on a tight countback! Paul Osbourne, another consistent A-Grader, was the unlucky runner-up, “dudded” over the last three holes! Both boys deserved the vouchers that are coming their way! Balls extended to 16, also on a countback, with Ash Hall being the lucky-last recipient! NTP winners were as follows: Andrew Yuill,( our regular Bairnsdale guest - on the 3rd), Chris Connell,

(second shot approach - on the 6th) and to Shane Campbell ( 9th - well done, Bomber!)

Saturday 18 December, 4-person Ambrose and Christmas lunch/Presentation: This novelty event can produce some stunning scores and so it came to be! ( It’s all about how you use your collective handicap!) The winning team, with a superb Nett 55.7, consisted of Jaqui, John and Ashleigh Hall, plus Grant Rankin. This was a most appropriate win as The Professionals ( Ash Hall is the Principal Director), sponsored the event, this being their 20th consecutive year of support! The runner-up team included Peter Whitehead, Paul Osbourne, Ken White and David Hatt, and they posted a Nett 55.5, to be just “pipped on the post!” There was no ball rundown, but there were five NTP winners. They were: Tom Barr (3rd), Kenno (5th), Peter Fox (9th AND 12th—good shooting Pete!) and Lee Creedy (for an excellent tee shot on the tricky 15th!)

Yarra Junction unable to topple Lilydale

By Peter Brennan They say Christmas is a time to be humble, and there is plenty of humility at Yarra Junction Bowling Club, as the club heads into a monthlong break in the Pennant competition. The weekend team had its back against the wall after a couple of bad losses but hoped that the home game against Lilydale on Saturday would turn their fortunes around, and hopefully reclaim their spot in the top four. But it was not to be. Despite the much-hyped home ground advantage and the beautiful sunny conditions, the wind gods decided to throw a party with gusty swirling winds that changed on a whim, and Junction failed to cope with the erratic squalls as well as Lilydale did. It was difficult and frustrating for all players, and definitely not fun, but Lilydale held firm and ran out winners by twelve points. Yarra Juncmailcommunity.com.au

The Yarra Junction Bowling Club were unable to close the gap on the top four. Picture: ON FILE tion remains in fifth position, but now a gap has opened up beneath the top four, so other results will have to run their way, even if they embark on a winning streak, which will require a little more confidence than players currently feel.

The midweek team had a bye and remains

in third position.

Barefoot Bowls commences in January, and all are welcome.

As players see the year out and take a welldeserved break, the club would like to thank President Ian Macgregor for his constant and tireless contribution to the club, secretary Dave England for his ceaseless dedication to what can be tedious work, Elly Byrne and Liz Luckhurst for basically doing everything all the time, treasurer John Byrne for his ability to add up, and finally a special mention to Graham Steel who keeps the grounds beautiful by working all the time. Graham is also a fully accredited coach and offers free coaching to anyone tempted to try Lawn Bowls, with all equipment available.

Merry Christmas and a happy and safe New Year.

Two wins from three for Warby

By Garry Lewis The Weekend Warburton 2 side entered the festive break with a resounding victory over the top side, Ferntree Gully 3, at home on Saturday in perfect bowls conditions. This victory moves them up to third place on the ladder.

Scores were close for most of the first half before the Burras pulled away with all rinks winning, 98 shots to 63. Peter Summers rink came from a long way behind in the second half to win 26/ 16.

Other rink scores were S. Darwall 24/ 17, G. Lewis 30/ 13 and G. Wynd 18/ 17. They look forward to recommencing on January 14 against Chirnside Park 2 away and consolidate their position on the ladder.

Unfortunately, the Warburton 1 side came up against a very hot Mulgrave 1 side at home to go down 101 shots to 58. The opposition led for most of the game and managed to pull off the big shots when needed. Rink scores were: T. Appleton 17/ 24; A. Donohue 13/ 28; C. Neale 8/ 29 and C. Lord 20/ 20. The Burras are determined to give their all against another highly talented Essendon 1 side away after the break.

The Midweek team played Healesville 1 away in their final game before the festive break. In an exciting finish the Burras managed to get home by 3 shots, 57 to 54, to hold on to fourth place on the ladder. Rink scores were G. Walsh 25/ 17; S. Lord 15/ 24 and R. McKail 17/ 13. They play Upwey Tecoma 1 on January 17 at home after the break.

Unfortunately, poor weather conditions continued to dampen the Wednesday Night Barefoot Bowls Triples Competition last week before the break. Hopefully, conditions will have improved by January 25 when the competition recommences with a series of double headers to make up for lost time.

Once again the Club is conducting its’ PINK DAY Triples Tournament, sponsored by Professionals Real Estate, on Sunday February 12 th 2023 from 12 midday. Female and Male entries accepted of all abilities, including Beginners. $10 per player ($30 per team) Three games, Raffle and Prizes and BBQ Sausage Sizzle. All proceeds to go towards the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Entries to Rayna Zunneberg 0419472450 or the Club 59662391.

The club continues to welcome any new or beginning members to join the small but progressive community club.

Social Bowls continues to be played on Mondays from 12 midday with excellent numbers regularly participating. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun!

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