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Students impress all After competing in the annual Rotary Club of Lilydale primary school speech contest, three students walked away as winners after wowing the judges with their confidence and passion.

Ella, Elisha and Galin presented their speeches for a second time at Rotary’s regular monthly meeting on Tuesday 10 October.

Each electing to speak about different topics that mattered to them, the students drew on family history, personal qualities and what makes them happy to perform with incredible enthusiasm.

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Grade 6 students Ella, Elisha and Galin wowed as they performed their speeches for the Rotary Club of Lilydale.

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A win for heritage After six long years of working towards heritage protection for Lilydale, the final list of sites will be submitted to the planning minister for approval.

Yarra Ranges councillors unanimously voted to add a further two significant sites after the community consultation process last year raised the need of protection for an olive tree and a property on Warburton Highway.

The outcome came as quite a relief to the Lilydale and District Historical Society who

began working on the submission in 2017 and has been liaising with the council about the 13 sites requiring heritage protection.

Society treasurer Phil Burton, on behalf of president Sue Thompson, spoke at the council meeting on 10 October in support of the new additions.

“This final step has been a long time coming, the slow progress has probably been worth it,” he said.

Not only is the outcome a great result for

the town, Ms Thompson said at the 11 April meeting that the Society’s work has led to a greater understanding of the town’s history.

“This is vital to us as the buildings we have today were created in the past and to properly preserve and interpret them we must know the who, what, where, why and how it was created,” she said.

“While all that information may not be included in each citation of each building, we certainly now have that in our archive and it’s

now of course accessible to anybody.”

The councillors thanked the Society, and all historical societies across the shire, for their commitment to preserving the Yarra Ranges’ history.

“We have 13 across the Yarra Ranges and nights like tonight are only one moment where I think we see the huge value, just this passion and wealth of knowledge and the stories.”

More information about the sites added to the heritage list can be found on page 5

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Vital step forward

By Callum Ludwig Local homelessness crisis service Anchor Community Care has welcomed the Victorian Government’s Victorian Housing Statement released last month, believing it ‘takes vital steps forward in addressing chronic housing shortage in Victoria.’

Fiona Nicholls, Anchor’s acting CEO, expressed optimism about the Statement’s potential to address the housing crisis over the coming 10 years.

“Anything that opens up more rentals and improves access to housing is desperately needed in the Yarra Ranges,” she said.

“Investment in social, public, and community housing has been neglected by successive governments over a number of decades. This Statement is a step in the right direction to bring into attention the importance of social and community housing that will help to lower the very concerning number of Victorians entering homelessness due to housing and rental stress.”

Over 1600 people in the Outer East are on a waiting list for access to social housing.

Mrs Nicholls said that there are still many specifics to be ironed out.

Anchor Community Care believes that while more could be done, the Victorian Housing Statement could help reduce homelessness.

Picture: ON FILE “The proposed reforms to planning laws will take some time and will no doubt hit snags along the way,” she said.

“Particularly in the Yarra Ranges, where residents often come up against complex scenarios, we’re nevertheless hopeful that in the long run, problems will start to get solved and great outcomes achieved.”

While pleased by the investment, Anchor also supports the view of the Council to Home-

less Persons that the required amount of social housing needed is closer to 60,000 new homes over the next 10 years.

Mrs Nicholls said the Statement creates a positive climate for increasing the number of programs such as Youth Foyers and Anchor’s Supporting Transitions program.

“These initiatives offer young people a safe and stable place to grow, reducing their likelihood of entering or re-entering homelessness,” she said.

“New investments in housing and accommodation will grow exponentially if the new Housing Statement delivers on its promise to bring in the likes of super funds and others to inject investment capital into areas that need growth, such as the Yarra Ranges.”

Anchor would also like to see more targeted support for factors that often drive homelessness such as domestic violence, mental health, alcohol/drug issues, and education and employment.

“Without adequate local services to address the root causes of homelessness, a substantial portion of the population will continue to struggle to exit the homelessness system, regardless of the number of available houses,” Mrs Nicholls said.

Australia ultimately votes ‘no’ on voice

By Andrew Brown, AAP Australians have rejected a proposal to enshrine an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution.

A progressive vote count on Saturday showed the ‘no’ vote in the referendum was ahead 56 per cent to 44 per cent, with more than two million votes tallied.

A majority ‘no’ vote in NSW, Tasmania and South Australia - forecast by ABC election analyst Antony Green - was enough to kill off the government’s proposed constitutional change.

Some voters in Western Australia, which is three hours behind eastern states, were still to cast a vote when the outcome was first speculated.

A referendum requires a majority of votes in a majority of states to succeed.

The ACT was the only jurisdiction to support the reform, but its tally only goes towards the national vote and not the stateby-state total.

‘Yes’ campaigner Thomas Mayo said he was devastated by the results, which had signalled a “sorry day”.

Mr Mayo said he did not blame the Australian public for the referendum outcome.

“It’s not (Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s) fault, it’s not the Australian people’s fault, it’s the people that have lied to us ... they are the ones that should be blaming,” he said.

“We have seen a disgusting campaign

from the ‘no’ people.”

‘No’ campaigner Warren Mundine said advocates against the proposal had engaged with the community.

“I knew that we could win every state, and that we could have a chance to get the majority vote,” he told ABC. “The reality is that we went and spoke to the people out there.”

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who pledged the constitutional change in his 2022 post-election speech, said earlier in the day he had done everything possible to ensure a successful referendum.

He said the ‘no’ campaign had “spoken about division while stoking it”.

Mr Albanese said the road to reconciliation with Indigenous Australians had not ended despite the referendum outcome, and that a new way forward was needed with the same level of optimism.

“Just as the Uluru Statement from the Heart was an invitation extended with humility, grace and optimism for the future, tonight we must meet this result with the same grace and humility, and tomorrow we must seek a new way forward with the same optimism,” he said.

“This moment of disagreement does not define us, and it will not divide us. We are not ‘yes’ voters or ‘no’ voters. We are all Australians.”

Assistant Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy said the vote was “so important” to Indigenous Australians.

“This was always going to be about three

per cent of the population, who are asking for an advisory body,” she said.

“Referendums are tough to win. We have seen that with the statistics in terms of eight out of 44 (referendums succeeding).”

Coalition senator Kerrynne Liddle denied the result had shown Australians were against Indigenous people.

“They didn’t say ‘no’ to reconciliation.

They did not say ‘no’ to improving the lives of Indigenous Australians,” she said.

Liberal MP Julian Leeser, who had spearheaded a Liberals for Yes campaign, said he was disappointed by the result.

“Though the ‘yes’ case is lost tonight, I know that the cause of reconciliation will ultimately succeed,” he said.

“To every Indigenous Australian I say, this was a vote about the constitution, it was not a vote about you. It is an undeniable fact that you are our land’s first peoples and I honour you this night.”

Independent senator and ‘no’ campaigner Lidia Thorpe said she was not surprised by the referendum outcome.

“I’m not surprised that we’ve got ‘no’ votes coming out strongly, because people either don’t know what it is about or, that in terms of the black sovereign movement, we don’t want to go into the constitution,” she said.

About 6.1 million Australians voted early and 2.1 million eligible voters applied for a postal ballot, with some 9.2 million Australians casting their vote on Saturday.

It was the first referendum held in Australia for 24 years.

Gang arrests Police have arrested 26 people linked to youth gangs and organised crime including a man from Croydon North and woman from Healesville.

A series of warrants and Firearm Prohibition Order (FPO) checks were conducted by Greater Dandenong police as part of Operation Alliance over the course of a week from 2 to 5 October, with arrests made in connection to serious offences including burglaries, car thefts, robberies, affray, and firearm related offences.

The most recent arrests included a 27-yearold Croydon North man and 21-year-old Healesville woman who were arrested in Berwick, following the use of ANPR technology which detected a blue Subaru bearing allegedly stolen number plates.

The pair allegedly fled from police on foot and were arrested in the yard of a property on Earlsfield Drive. They were allegedly found in possession of 1,4-Butanediol and MDMA, along with identification documents believed to be stolen goods. It will be further alleged they were involved in a petrol drive off in Ringwood late last month. The man was charged with 20 offences including theft of a motor vehicle, theft of petrol, possess 1,4-Butanediol, commit indicatable offence while on bail, drive while disqualified, and display incorrect plates. He was remanded to appear at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on 16 October 2023.

The woman was charged and summonsed with nine offences, including theft of a motor vehicle and stating a false name. She will appear before court at a later date. Anyone with information about illicit firearms or gang-related crime is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or to submit at confidential crime report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au

Kitchen fire a reminder Lilydale CFA firefighters were called to a kitchen fire on Sunday 8 October where they arrived to find the house filled with smoke and the occupants were suffering from smoke inhalation but had importantly gathered at the letterbox.

Wearing breathing apparatus firefighters entered the home to find that the oven had been on fire, causing significant damage. Using a garden hose to extinguish the fire, the homeowner was able to stop the spread of the fire.

Although the cause of the fire is yet to be determined, it is a reminder that if appliances are constantly ‘tripping’ the power, it may be a warning sign. When electricity reaches unsafe levels, it automatically cuts or ‘trips’ the flow of power to prevent overloading, reducing the risk of fire.

Car roll over A car rolled onto its roof on Wednesday 11 October after a vehicle crashed into a parked car on Hightech Place in Lilydale.

Six emergency service vehicles were in attendance, with CFA crews and SES working to make the area safe.

It was cleared by early afternoon.

Emergency service crews responded to a car roll over on Wednesday 11 October.

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Heritage to be protected

By Mikayla van Loon Extra heritage protection has been granted by Yarra Ranges Council for significant trees and properties across Lilydale.

After the proposed change of the Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, under Amendment C207, to apply a heritage overlay to significant locations in the suburb went out for community consultation in November last year, two more items were identified as needing protection.

At the 11 April council meeting, councillors voted to refer an olive tree and a 1930s property to an independent panel for consideration of their heritage value.

The planning panel’s findings were handed down in a report and supported the amendment with some modifications to the applications.

The olive tree at 2-4 Albert Hill Road and Heatherlie, a property located at 57 Warburton Road, as well as the pine trees lining the driveway, will now be included in the planning scheme.

It was accepted by the panel that the olive tree was one of the earliest plantings in the suburb and was formative in Lilydale’s settlement in wine country.

An adjustment to the 15 metre curtilage was made to reduce it to 5.9 metres in radius to protect the tree.

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More significant sites across Lilydale will join the heritage protection list after receiving approval from Yarra Ranges Council. 289699 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS surer Phil Burton, on behalf of president Sue Thompson, spoke at the council meeting on 10 October in support of the new additions.

“This final step has been a long time coming, the slow progress has probably been worth it,” he said.

With discussions of protecting Lilydale’s history first beginning in December 2017, the need for heritage overlays became apparent in February of the following year leading to the employment of a heritage architect at the council.

“This has been a very difficult and costly process but has been cheap compared to the value of the story of each of the buildings and homes and people who lived and worked in them. It is both priceless and timeless.

“Once gone, it is forgotten along with our sense of where we came from.”

Pleased with the outcome of the final round of heritage overlays to be applied, Ms Thompson said in her written statement that after four submissions to the council since 2017, she was glad the one at the 10 October meeting would be the last but left some wise words.

“I want to stress that heritage overlays are just one part of protecting and preserving our history. Our history is woven through most facets of council activities and greater consultation should be built into council’s processes.

“This would mean staff throughout the council would have to consult or at least contact and inform relevant local heritage organisations.

“I look forward to seeing heritage overlays from other parts of the municipality being reviewed, updated and added.”

Cr Fiona McAllister passed on her “heartfelt” thanks to not only members of the Lilydale Historical Society but also the broader heritage groups.

“The role that all of you…have played in the conversations and where we’ve landed today and I guess it goes out more broadly to all our historical societies, our heritage groups for their critical role,” she said.

“We have 13 across the Yarra Ranges and nights like tonight are only one moment where I think we see the huge value, just this passion

and wealth of knowledge and the stories.”

Despite costing the council $55,000 to employ a heritage expert to prepare background on the two items under assessment, as well as covering the $5000 cost for the panel hearing, councillor Sophie Todorov said it was a necessary step in achieving better protections.

“We know this has come at a cost to the council but [it was] an important cost and one we needed to bear,” she said.

“It’s given our municipality some better planning controls around the protection of the significant historical places which do form our identity and shape our history.”

Supported in moving the motion by Cr Tim Heenan, he said learning that some of Lilydale’s street trees didn’t have heritage protection left him “gobsmacked”.

“I just thought something that would have been planted prior to the turn of the 20th century would have had the protection,” he said.

“It’s great we can protect the history of the future…To look at the future we need to understand the past and I think that’ll always be the case.

“Unfortunately in Yarra Ranges, throughout the whole of the two and a half thousand kilometres, we haven’t got a lot of history that exists in structures but what we’ve got is important.”

The motion to approve the amendment and forward it to the planning minister was unanimously voted through.

Council seeks funding of $2.4M towards projects

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“Because of course it wasn’t just about Lilydale railway station, it was the gateway to the Warburton rail line and to the Healesville railway line as well before both of those had closed in the mid ‘60s and the mid ‘80s.”

Cr Heenan said he was hopeful that by putting the station forward for funding “we might be able to pick up the substantial money needed so that we can start to plan about the future of having a community space in Lilydale.”

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“It’s more than what we would normally ask for but this we’ll see immense benefit to the community, opening the future potential long term use of a Lilydale community house,” she said.

“It’s something we’ve never had as a standalone facility; they’re currently operating out of the senior citizens centre with limited capacity and space. “[It could] also open up to allowing the historical and well known Victorian Railway

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Yarra Ranges Council has endorsed four projects to put forward for the next round of the State government’s growing suburbs fund scheme.

The projects include updating three playspaces and the restoration of the former Lilydale Train Station building.

Seeking a total of $2.4 million, the growing suburbs funds work on a ratio of one to one, with the council contributing half of the amount required.

The proposed playspaces requiring upgrades include those at Mount Evelyn Recreation Reserve, Kemp Reserve and Bimbadeen Reserve totalling $850,000 combined.

“All in my opinion are reasonably justified,” Councillor Sophie Todorov said.

“I’m really pleased to see [the Lilydale heritage station] included in the application, as it is the most fantastic opportunity to actually leverage funding for a project which does come at a cost of approximately $2.4 million.”

As a council owned building, funding from VicTrack and the Level Crossing Removal Project from renting the land will contribute to the council’s payment of $1.2 million, as well as funding from the Lilydale Revitalisation Board, leaving a sum of $16,000 to be paid from rates.

Cr Todorov said should the council’s application be successful, it opens up the ability for

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$500k community boost

By Callum Ludwig

The Warburton Tennis Club’s 120 year celebration in 2024 has been boosted by funding from Grants for Community. 318882 art entities and service clubs.”

21 projects have been funded in the Hills, 13 in the Upper Yarra, 11 in the Valley, 14 in the Urban areas and 10 are seen to have benefits for the whole region.

Lyster Ward Councillor Johanna Skelton said as a community, you don’t necessarily think about what enables community events to happen.

“You just see wonderful groups doing wonderful things and lots going on, and you see a vibrant community or you go along to a festi-

val and have a wonderful day,” she said.

“Obviously the Council funding might be part of what enables that work to happen, but it’s largely a lot of volunteer hours or it might also be fundraising on top of that.”

Streeton Ward Councillor Andrew Fullagar removed himself from the chamber prior to the discussion of the item due to a conflict of interest.

Ms Skelton said a lot goes into making all of these things happen, but the Council is often the lynchpin or the seed that allows the other

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possibilities to take place.

“Half of me says ‘What can Council do to really amplify the good work we do and the warm fuzzy feeling, but part of it is just how awesome that group after group able to do these wonderful things, and that’s enough,” she said.

“No reservations at all obviously about this one before us tonight, and as always, I cannot wait to see all the events and the programs and things happen.”

The motion was carried unanimously.

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Yarra Ranges councillors have unanimously agreed with the recommendations for the 2024 Grants for Community program at the Tuesday 10 October Council meeting. $500,000 is set to be distributed between local community groups for arts and heritage projects, community development and festivals and events.

Walling Ward Councillor Len Cox OAM spoke to the motion and said he thinks it’s one of the better things the Council does every year.

“We’ve put aside half a million dollars to give to various groups and individuals to do something in and for the community that Council may not do it all otherwise, and if they did, may not do it as well,” he said.

“It has been one of the great success stories, each year there’s more and more hardworking groups and individuals putting in for a grant, many of them receiving it and they covers every field of activity in our community.”

17 Arts and Heritage projects will be funded to a total value of $160,133, 35 Community development projects to a total value of $241,920 and 14 Festivals and Events to a total value of $97,805.

Ryrie Ward Councillor Fiona McAllister said in the build-up to next year’s budget, she will be pushing for Council to increase their spend on the program.

“We get a huge return on investment and even if we can only increase it by another $50,000, it does see another five or six incredible groups bring something amazing to life,” she said.

“It is a lovely patchwork of diversity of community occurrences and groups; street fairs, film festivals, history capture projects, installations and to groups as varied as primary schools, tennis clubs, skateboard associations,

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Health focus ‘on track’

By Tanya Steele Health and wellbeing are on the Yarra Ranges council agenda with progress and updates emerging as mostly positive.

Councillors unanimously endorsed its Active Recreation plan for the Yarra Ranges at their recent meeting on 10 October.

The plan will guide the council’s decisions and planning to encourage people to be healthy and active in the community – with the aim to increase physical activity by 15 per cent over the next 10 years.

Deputy Mayor and Melba Ward Cr Sophie Todorov said at the meeting that overall the endorsed plan sees better collaboration, partnerships with other stakeholders and capacity building and leadership to actually improve the health and wellbeing outcomes for all of the community.

“I just find it really pleasing to be able to have a health and well being plan update and particularly two years into this current plan it’s an opportunity to update the public and not only ourselves on the mid-term progress of the plan, what we’ve achieved in the last two years … and what focus council will actually take over the next two years as well,” she said.

The councillor has been part of a refresh on the health and wellbeing advisory committee which developed the plan – Cr Todorov said the committee now sees a diverse group of 12 from the community who provided wonderful insight, feedback, passion, and suggestions which would feed into council plans and policies.

Streeton Ward Cr Andrew Fullagar added a cautionary note and said that while the health and well being plan is hugely far reaching and foundational, it was vital appropriate resources were allocated to it.

“I note that there has been some limited progress in some areas – in particular drug and alcohol, gambling, healthy eating and food re-

“The water playspace (in Seville) has been a huge success. The community are really proud of it” a quote from the recent engagement survey.

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“In summary, this report could be described as a comma and a question mark – a pause and a reflection on the original plan, I am confident it’s on track.”

Ryrie Ward Cr Fiona McAllister also spoke to the motion and said she would also like to thank the disability advisory committee, who

along with the positive aging reference group (PARG), Yarra Ranges Council’s youth ambassadors and skate clinic participants from across the Yarra Ranges were engaged for contributions to the plan.

“Some of the many valuable things we do are around do around connection, resilience and health and well being and to pause and

celebrate a few...gives me gratitude and joy.

Cr Todorov said the plan underpins much of the council’s other work and the motion was carried unanimously.

“It’s really encouraging to see us consulting with this really valuable group of people seeking their input as well – I fully support the progress updates,” she said.

Engagement for the plan ran earlier this year from 10 July to 31 August and asked members of the public to weigh in on ways to get people more active for their health.

The engagement found that 89 percent of residents said they would be more active if there were something interesting, appealing, accessible and convenient for them available.

Mayor and O’Shannassy Ward Cr Jim Child said community feedback was positive, identifying opportunities for new facilities, safety and access improvements and event programming.

“I’m thankful to the many community members who took time to take part in our online engagement or have a chat at community pop-ups,” he said.

Key themes which emerged were requests for the opportunity for diverse, convenient, safe, accessible and social activities that also allowed for time spent in the outdoor and natural environment.

The plan will be implemented as the budget is allocated and funding becomes available in late 2023.

“Through our engagement, we’ve identified road crossings, lighting, shared use paths and trail links in need of improvements and interest in more events to give opportunities for parents, families, and older adults to get active,” Cr Child said.

The Active Recreation Plan has been partially funded through a grant from Sport and Recreation Victoria and is now available to view in full on the Yarra Ranges website.

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Healesville Bowling Club upgraded their club house with new the green and the Beryl Ayres Pavilion thanks to the grant from Yarra Ranges Council.

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Yarra Glen Cricket Club was hit by heavy rain a few weeks ago.

Grants flow for local clubs

By Dongyun Kwon A round of Capital Development Grants has been approved by the Yarra Ranges Council unanimously during the council meeting on 10 October.

The grants will help local communities to carry out projects that will improve and benefit not only sport and recreation clubs in the Yarra Ranges but also the wider community through improvements to buildings, outdoor spaces and outdoor facilities as long as the area is owned or maintained by the council.

Cr Tim Heenan pointed out the missed opportunities for local sports clubs during the pandemic.

“During the pandemic, lots of our community clubs, in particular sporting clubs, absolutely ended up with zero opportunity to raise any sponsorship,” he said.

“The pandemic hit every single club in

Yarra Ranges really badly and It’s taken them a couple of years to come out of it and the game back on their field now.”

Cr Fiona McAllister added the grant would be helpful to the local communities to recover the damage affected by natural disasters.

“I just want to point out Yarra Glen Cricket Club who are at the top of the risk, unfortunately painted by flooding again on the weekend,” Cr McAllister said.

“They are now more than ever to be much appreciated by the council’s support.”

The grant is helpful and essential for the local communities, especially for the clubs that are self-managed and self-funded.

“The grant from the council is marvelous, we are run by volunteers, so we accept any aid from the council or anyone with open arms,” Healesville Bowling Club Treasurer Leonie Fitzpatrick said.

The club received the Capital Development

Grant for the first time in 2022.

It was used to restore the club room and build a new pavilion.

Healesville Bowling Club has applied for the grant again this year to change their old scoreboard and get ambulatory aides to make the club a safer and easily accessible place for everyone.

“We allocated the cost of hockey stick handles which the bowlers use to aid to get on and off the green so they can enjoy bowling for longer and easier,” Ms Fitzpatrick said.

“Our old school boards were very ancient and probably a trip hazard, so we’ve allocated the funds to order new scoreboards that are a lot safer, they can go into the ground and are easier for our members to move.”

The following clubs will be the recipients of the grants: $24,000 to the Yarra Glen Cricket Club $24,000 to the Mt Evelyn Cricket Club

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· $24,000 to the Wandin Community Hub · $20,000 to the Yarra Glen and District Pony Club Inc · $14,000 to the Lilydale Bowling Club Incorporated · $12,000 to the Mount Evelyn Tennis Club · $10,535 to the Upper Yarra Pony Club Inc · $10,000 to the Lilydale BMX Club Inc · $8,500 to the Lilydale Tennis Club · $8,050 to the Wesburn Junior Football Club · $5,275.50 to the Monbulk Netball Club · $4,600 to the Lilydale & District Model Flying Association Inc. · $3,910 to the Hoddles Creek Cricket Club Inc. · $2,285 to the Healesville Bowling Club · $1,805 to Mooroolbark & District Miniature Railway & Steam Club Inc · $888.50 to the Selby Tennis Club

Increasing activity on the horizon for the Yarra Ranges

By Tanya Faulkner “A healthy community equals a happy community, and that’s what we’re all about,” The words of Yarra Ranges Councillor Andrew Fullagar sang true at the recent council meeting on 10 October, commenting on activities and recreation in the municipality.

Yarra Ranges Council has recently endorsed its Active Recreation Plan for the community, bringing welcomed changes for the municipality over the coming years to increase public participation in exercise and sport.

Addressing the requests made by public consultation of what locals want in the Ranges is key for the Active Recreation Plan, which found locals, in particular, wanted social active recreation opportunities, a diversity of active recreation opportunities, recreation with connections to nature, convenient locations that are co-located with compatible facilities and safe, active recreation designed to maximise usability.

All of these ‘wants’ have been taken into consideration by Yarra Ranges Council when drafting the incoming Active Recreation Plan.

The motion was initially endorsed by deputy mayor Cr Sophie Todorov who said the plan was well received by the community.

“The plan has gone out for well over a month for community feedback in the Yarra Ranges, and over 80 per cent of respondents indicated they were happy with the plan,” she said.

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“The plan is focused around our people and how we can best design our open spaces and play spaces to serve our people and encourage involvement.

“It looks at age, gender, culture, advantage and disadvantage, ability and disability, and what activities can be most accessible to the community with little cost,” she said.

The plan is said to also prioritise marginalised and priority communities across the Ranges.

The top five concerns outlined from community feedback were centred around safety, lighting, facilities including drinking fountains, or work commitments causing reduced physical activity, which the new plan addresses to be improved in the Yarra Ranges.

What Cr Todorov was most pleased with were the opportunities available to council in the foreseeable future.

“What strongly emerges in the plan are opportunities to partner with existing clubs and groups to keep costs low, improve our existing facilities and make them more accessible, safe and social,” she said.

Over the next ten years, the Yarra Ranges Council has a target to increase activity in the municipality by 15 per cent, which the Active Recreation Plan will support council in providing the appropriate services.

Cr Fullagar echoed the majority of Cr Todorov’s statements, who was also pleased to endorse this plan through council, as a subset of councils’ Health and Wellbeing plan.

“Active recreation is defined as leisure time activity taken outside of structured activities and competitive sport.

“This plan encourages the health and wellbeing of the community through the provision of appropriate infrastructure and recreational programs through council and the community.

“It’s good to get people out of their chairs and out onto the trails,” he said.

Cr Fullagar describes the plan as being “wide ranging and aspirational” which “promotes health, inclusion and community activity”.

The motion was carried unanimously by Yarra Ranges councillors.

More information can be found at shaping.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/draft-active-recreation-plan. mailcommunity.com.au

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Students impress Rotary

By Mikayla van Loon Public speaking can be a task many people avoid but for three Grade 6 students from across Lilydale and Montrose, it came with relative ease.

As winners of the Rotary Club of Lilydale’s primary school speech contest, Montrose Primary School student Elisha and St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School students Ella and Galin were given the opportunity to perform their speeches once more at the club’s monthly meeting.

On Tuesday 10 October, their passion, confidence and capability shone through as each of them took to the mic.

Each choosing a topic of their liking, Elisha, Ella and Galin said it was something that resonated with them.

For Elisha, that was kindness.

“My topic was the importance of kindness. I just felt like kindness is a part of what I do and I felt like that it had a lot of connections with my personality,” he said.

Ella drew inspiration from the Anzacs for her speech, having had “great great grandparents that were in the war”.

“I wanted to capture a fake diary entry from our soldiers perspective and what it was like on the front lines of Gallipoli and I wanted to capture all of the gruesome stuff and how hard it was,” she said.

“The Anzacs had a very low chance of winning and I wanted to put it in perspective, so I was trying to tell people that it was actually really hard for them to win.”

Galin also spoke on a topic that meant a lot to her - the meaning of happiness.

“What happiness means to me is my family.

They mean a lot to me, they make me happy and it’s always such a safe place to be,” she said.

“Everyone deserves to have happiness.

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Although having wanted to take part in the speech contest last year, Galin said this year it just all felt right to give it a go.

“I wanted to give it a shot because it was my last year at primary school, so I wanted to give it my all,” she said.

“When I heard that there was a topic about happiness that was the one that really made me strive to do it.”

Making speeches wasn’t ever something Elisha had tried either but he said he has grown

more confident since taking part in the school production.

“I haven’t tried it before but recently when we started at school doing the speech, I went through lots of different stages until now but I’ve just started becoming really good at public speaking,” Elisha said.

“Especially early in the year with getting a lead role in the school production because that involved a lot of talking.”

As a house captain and having been part of the contest last year, Ella said she “likes presenting speeches to lots of different people” and it all helps her get better.

“When we were elected for the role, we had to do a speech and we have to present at as-

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“So that’s pretty good because then that also helps me with my speaking and all that kind of stuff so when I get to [the speech contest], it gives me more confidence so I know how to do it properly.”

Presenting not just a speech but an impassioned point of view, Ella brought props and Elisha and Galin used hand gestures and changes in their voice to deliver powerful portrayals of happiness, kindness and the Anzacs.

“During speeches, it’s about my opinion, I’m the one who’s writing about what I think and it’s a great way to show your emotions and how you’re feeling when it comes to actually writing it,” Galin said.

Walling’s tree nominated

By Tanya Steele One of Edna Walling’s heritage tree plantings continues to delight the hearts of Victorians as the National Trust “Tree of the Year” award was announced on 9 October.

The Dunn’s white tree in Mooroolbark has been nominated among several other trees of note, staking its claim as a beautiful specimen from Bickleigh Vale village – which remains one of Walling’s crown achievements as a horticulturalist.

Environmental heritage advocate Jelena Ljubisic who coordinates the significant tree register and the significant tree committee at the National Trust in Victoria said the competition helps to celebrate the joy and benefits trees bring to the community.

“Victoria might decide that a tree out in the Dandenong Ranges or the Yarra Valley is their favourite,” she said.

The Dunn’s White Gum is a large white trunked tree and has been listed for its aesthetic and rarity reasons at a state level.

The gum is the only known specimen of the species in Victoria and is within an area owned and planted by Edna Walling.

The tree at Bickleigh Vale in the road reserve adjacent to ‘Sonning’ was built by the famous horticulturalist in 1921 and then rebuilt in 1936 following a fire - it is not open to the public.

Trees nominated for the award often have a dramatic history or a majestic canopy - they don’t have to be the biggest or the oldest of their kind, just a tree that is loved by those around them.

Anyone can nominate a tree to be on the significant tree register - Ms Ljubisic said that the criteria usually fall under four different categories – scientific, historical, aesthetic and social significance.

“For example with the scientific category - the most common criteria is outstanding size, particularly if it is a large tree for its species,” she said.

Exploring the National Trust’s database is quite interesting and Ms Ljubisic said

The distinctive white gum made the nominee list for 2023.

Picture: SUPPLIED you can look at trees from all over Victoria some have quite detailed descriptions and history.

“The other important thing for that criteria is the context of the environment that tree grows in - so for example trees of the same species,” she said.

Shortlisted trees were selected by the National Trust’s significant trees committee from public nominations and the 2023 shortlist includes pines in Port Fairy, Eucha and Blackwood, Moreton Bay figs in Altona and Portarlington, gums in Toorak and Guildford and a London plane tree in Kyabram.

Voting for the tree to be crowned the 2023 winner will be held by an online poll, and will open to the public on Monday 16 October 2023 until midnight Sunday 29 October.

The winner for this year’s “Victorian Tree of the Year” will be announced on Tuesday 31 October.

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NEWS Community Bank Mt Evelyn invites you to their

2023 Business Breakfast Party time

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LAST CHANCE TO RSVP events@medfsl.com.au or call 9737 1833

Connecting local business.

25th October, 7am-8.30am (6.45am arrival) Mt Evelyn Sports and Community Hub Tramway Road, Mt Evelyn Connect with other businesses and community groups in the region over a delicious free breakfast, and find out what’s on the horizon for business and the economy as you hear from:

Mount Evelyn’s biggest party is making a highly anticipated return as the streets turn into a bustling and vibrant show of dance, costumes, food and stalls on 29 October.

The first Mt Evelyn Street Party to be held since 2019, a committee of 20 was quick to sign up to assist in the planning.

“The committee has literally been in place for a year. That’s how long it takes to plan and execute something like this,” Street Party committee treasurer Tim Herlihy said.

Having received the largest amount of funding from a range of sources including Yarra Ranges Council, the State government, Bendigo Bank, Professionals Real Estate, local MPs, schools and early learning centres, not to mention the in kind donations, Mr Herlihy said it’s enabled the committee to put many of their ideas into action.

“It’s a free community festival with activities for all ages with a youth hub for youth oriented stuff, this is a first for us to have a specific youth area and that’s in Mount Evelyn skate park,” Mr Herlihy said.

“There’s market stalls, there are cooking demos of various types of international and Indigenous food, a classic cars display, a pin up competition and there are dance demos.”

Having always wanted to provide a dedicated space for young people within the festival, Mr Herlihy said it’s great it can now be offered.

“It’s something that has been talked about from time to time to have something that caters for youth but there hasn’t previously been someone on the committee who’s been committed enough to actually make it happen,” he said.

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“This year, we have Dan Hickingbotham, who is a creative pastor at Discovery Church.

He’s been the driving force behind getting the youth hub going.

“It’s been great that there have been some new people coming on to the committee and it has been a very ‘go for it’ committee.”

Some of the most loved elements of the street party will also make a return, with rockabilly style dancing, the best dressed competition and a chess tournament.

Also hear from Australian Idol contestant and local Josh Hannan from 10.30am on the main stage.

Hoping to make it as accessible as possible, there will be shuttle buses running from both the York on Lilydale car park and Morrison Reserve to the centre of the party.

Over 100 volunteers have also given up their time throughout the day to ensure the event runs as smoothly as possible and to ensure it can be free for the community.

To get the street party set up, traffic management will be in place from 7am, with the festival getting underway at 10am and running until 4pm, with an extra hour of road closures for pack up.

With so much to look forward to, Mr Herlihy said he’s excited about bringing the community together for one of the town’s most loved events that has a 20 year history.

“I’m looking forward to the street party running for the first time since 2019.

“The goal of the Mount Evelyn Township Group through the street party is to provide no cost or very low cost entertainment and activities for the community of Mount Evelyn and that’s what we do, that’s why we run it.”

Join Casey Grandmothers for Refugees on Thursday 26 October for a screening of ‘The Staging Post’, a one hour documentary about friendship, connection and the power of community.

Speakers, discussion of the film and conversation is also promised for the evening.

Drinks and nibbles form 5pm, with the event wrapping up at 7pm.

The screening event will be raising funds through entry donations to support refugee organisation the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project.

It will be hosted at the Tudor Village Community Centre, located at 520 Maroondah Highway Lilydale.

Everyone is welcome to join. For all inquiries contact Evol on 0406 378 889.

Ever wanted to see inside the Montrose Fire Station or try your hand at using a hose? Well now’s the chance with the Montrose Fire Brigade Open Day on Sunday 22 October.

With rescue demonstrations from Wandin Rescue, kids fire safety demonstrations, virtual reality fire fighting and the CFA’s own Captain Koala stopping by there’s lots of learning and fun to be had.

Not to mention the mini fire trucks, raffles and prizes to be won.

There will also be a coffee van and barbecue to keep the community fed and coffee-d.

It will run from 10am to 3pm at 877-879 Mount Dandenong Rd, Montrose.

The VIEW Club The Yarra Valley VIEW Club is a leading women’s organisation with close to 300 clubs across Australia, all dedicated to supporting underprivileged Australian children with their educational needs through The Smith Family.

Make lasting friendships, share ideas and feel like you are really making a difference whilst also enjoying various interest groups, outings and meeting women from all walks of life.

Join us for our monthly lunch at Chirnside Park Country Club, 68 Kingswood Drive, Chirnside Park on Tuesday 31 October when we will be celebrating Melbourne Cup with lots of fun and horsing around.

Contact Val on 0419 007 728 for any enquiries.

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SHEEN SHINES IN LILYDALE

Sheen in heart of town Sheen Panel Service is proud to be operating out of their brand new Lilydale branch.

Not only do they offer top quality panel beating and spray painting services, but as an opening special, they’re also offering an excess reduction on insurance to customers for a limited time.

Being in business since 1969, Sheen Panel Service ensures customers get their vehicle back in its pre-accident condition and looking as good as new!

They strive to make the whole process as streamlined as possible to ease the burden on customers, start to finish.

As Sheen is a family run business, these values stand out in how they interact with customers, who are treated with respect and honesty.

The business genuinely cares for the repair

of vehicles, providing a seamless experience.

Accident replacement vehicles are available (including vans, utes etc), and they also have pick up and drop off services.

Customers can have peace of mind with a lifetime guarantee on all repairs, and they only use genuine parts.

Being in business for more than 50 years, they regard this as one of their greatest achievements, showing that Sheen’s procedures have stood the test of time.

They have also raised more than $5 million in charitable funds during this period.

To find out more, contact 9088 8688 or reach out to their friendly staff at 56 John Street, Lilydale.

Opening hours are Monday to Friday 7am to 5:30pm, Saturday 8am to 12pm.

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Drawing inspiration Finding the

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By Mikayla van Loon Appreciating small, somewhat mundane moments in life for some might seem tedious but for Mooroolbark artist Toshi Singh it’s what brings her the greatest inspiration.

Having been selected by the Yarra Ranges Council Regional Exhibitions Program to hold her first exhibition at the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, ‘The Everyday’ explores what that means across two cultures and countries.

“This is the work I have done in the past three to four years and my inspiration is like it says ‘everyday’, I like to find beauty in uneventful days and the people I meet, the places I travel to, and nature,” she said.

“For a lot of people their art is based on social issues and all of that, mine is not that. I like to find beauty in just the little things in life. Inspiration is everywhere, you just have to find it in the smallest of things.”

Originally from Bangalore in India, Singh moved to Australia to be with her husband just over four years ago and highlights the stories, moments and parts of society in both her home country and local suburban life in Mooroolbark.

“I’m still in the process of understanding what everyday means in this context because this is still very new to me,” she said.

“I just go around my area in Mooroolbark.

It’s very diverse, you have people from all ethnicities.

“I collect a lot of references for myself. It’s not like I see someone and I just start painting them. I compose something in my head and then I try to show ‘this is how everyday looks to me’.”

Making the move to Melbourne just prior to the outbreak of Covid-19 around the world, Singh went back to India for what was meant to be a short time.

“I went to India for 20 days and then it was pandemic times and I couldn’t come back for a whole year,” she said.

It was during that time of lockdown that Singh said she completed a number of artworks, observing the streets of India and painting memories of her childhood.

“My art isn’t just the things I see, it’s also some of my childhood moments that I don’t have a photograph of but it’s very close to my heart.”

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Toshi Singh draws on the everyday movements, stories and scenery of both her home country, India, and local suburb, Mooroolbark.

Picture: MIKAYLA VAN LOON One in particular depicts her grandmother cooking for a special festival where her family would gather together.

For Singh it’s the smaller details that matter most, like the rattan cart, the clay-based wood stove and the red dot called bindi that married women wear on their forehead.

“These little details are very important for me to show in my work because that’s what evokes nostalgia.”

Singh’s artworks also show the hustle and bustle of markets, as well as the street corner shops that appear everywhere.

“We are all tea drinkers and tea as in Chai.

Every corner of the street, every nook and cranny you’ll find a Chai stall and it’s not a fancy cafe sort of place, they’ll just sit on the road side and make fresh tea.

“We have a lot of street dogs. So there’ll be one under the bench or just waiting for a biscuit. So all these little things coming together is very important for me.

“I could have not done the dog at all but I feel like it would have taken away from it because if it’s a street scene you will find dogs there.”

Inspired by India’s love of colour, Singh’s use of watercolour and gouache brings a vibrancy to her artworks, making them burst with cultural and personal stories.

Having always loved to draw and putting her skills into practice becoming an architect, Singh said she never imagined she would have her own art exhibition.

“I always loved to draw even as a child. I used to draw a lot and my parents used to encourage me but nobody encourages you enough to take it up as a career.

“But I ended up doing this anyway. So everything led to this which is very interesting. I never thought that this would happen.”

And despite the ups and downs of the last four years, Singh said they have been incredibly creative.

“2021 when I finally was able to come back to Australia, that was the time when I was pregnant and then 2022 it was just parenthood, we were struggling because we don’t have many family or friends.

“It’s 2023 now so we are still parents and struggling but these four years have been very fulfilling and these have been the most creative years of my life.”

See ‘The Everyday’ upstairs in The Chambers gallery at the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, located 35-37 Castella Street Lilydale until 3 December.

The gallery is open Wednesday to Sunday 12pm-4pm.

Museum’s exhibition is award winning

By Mikayla van Loon Yarra Ranges Regional Museum has been awarded for one of its most innovative and collaborative exhibitions steering it into a new realm of creative exploration.

‘Hard Place/Good Place: Yarra Ranges’ was named the winner of the 2023 Victorian Museums and Galleries Award for Small Project of the Year on Tuesday 10 October.

Museum program director Megan Sheehy said she and the team certainly weren’t expecting to walk away with the award given the incredible standard of work submitted.

“It was quite a surprise to be honest. The calibre of the projects we were up against in that category I thought was incredibly impressive and the project we were putting up is fairly non-traditional in the museum sector,” she said.

Forming part of a broader exhibition for The Big Anxiety festival, Hard Place/Good Place told the stories of seven young people after experiencing the June 2021 storm event.

Having identified a gap in how young people’s stories are told, if at all, the exhibition was set in motion to share the lived experiences of Willow Swaneveld, Harry Bruce-Tennant, Fionn, Jess Stewart, Claudia Tibbals, Kayla Delacoe and Damien Mauch.

Using augmented reality to immerse the viewer, Ms Sheehy said it was a medium and mechanism chosen to appeal to younger audiences but also add to the storytelling ability.

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Museum program director Megan Sheehy accepting the award on Tuesday 10 October.

Picture: SIMON FOX PHOTOGRAPHY forms of storytelling can’t really get to,” she said.

The introduction of this kind of technology into the Museum, Ms Sheehy said, was just the beginning after seeing such success with Hard Place/Good Place.

“We are known as a history museum, and often museums tell stories about the past. So one of the shifts we’re really looking to make is to be able to tell stories of the present and possible futures as well,” Ms Sheehy said.

“So our role as a museum is a lot more relevant in our community and culturally relevant and helping to facilitate some of those conversations.”

Being such a collaborative exhibition, seeing the Museum partner with the University of NSW and departments within the Yarra Ranges Council, Ms Sheehy said it was those connections that made the exhibition possible.

“To be able to develop an augmented reality

project as a small museum would have been well beyond our means and budgets so the partnership element was important.”

Not only is the recognition of an award a nice outcome for the Museum, Ms Sheehy said there have been some other unexpected benefits to come from the exhibition.

“Willow Swaneveld who was one of the participants ended up winning the Council’s young person of the year.

“Also she and one of the participants went on ABC radio with Virginia Trioli to talk about the impact of the storm on them, which really helped raise the profile of what happened when it had happened in such an isolated place.”

The stories of these young people will forever be accessible as well with each of the participants granting the Museum permission to archive their experiences.

“We have actually acquired the stories into the museum’s collection, so that they’re held in perpetuity.

“Museums often have oral history collections. So we do oral history, interviews of people to understand their stories and their life stories and different aspects of contributors but what’s really interesting in the shift here is we’re capturing the current with lived experience stories. “[They can] then go on to really provide, 20 or 50 years down the track, a really strong research potential for people trying to understand what happened in that experience.”

If this story has brought up anything from the storm event of 2021, Lifeline is contactable on 13 11 14.

Delving into the paradoxical world of art and science, artist Clare James brings to life the creative essence of nature in her newest exhibition ‘Wonderscope’.

Hosted by the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum in Lilydale, launching for the September school holidays, James said she was asked to create a “family focused” event, designed with tangible elements that was “engaging for all ages”.

“I wanted a tactile exhibition and I suppose I wanted the kind of exhibition that I like to go and see where there’s little worlds to look into,” she said.

“Celebrating nature and the wonder and amazement that I have being in nature and immersing myself in nature but then the beautiful fluid relationship between science and nature.”

The biggest feature of the exhibition is the kaleidoscope, something James said she’d always had a desire to make.

“I wanted something little kids could climb onto because the more you put your head into it and turn, the better it is.

“It’s really all encompassing and this eternal like it just keeps splitting and splitting. If you want to find a sense of wonder in anyone, even the most boring adult could put their face up to a kaleidoscope and everyone who comes in is like, whoa, that’s wonder.”

Pairing the kaleidoscope with intricately hand painted critters and insects, aquariums and terrariums, as well as a replica of James’ studio, it’s like taking a step into her realm of wonder.

“I wanted to show kids one side of art that is also the everyday, so that’s what my studio looks like and my imagination.”

Often describing herself as “right on the cusp” of both science and art, James said it’s very much a “fascination and a reverence for nature” for her rather than data driven.

“Both scientists and artists are often asking questions. If I look deeper or closer at something, I find my sense of wonder is always very close to the surface, I can have my mind blown really easily by just looking under a microscope,” she said.

It was drawing these two ideas together that led to the name ‘Wonderscope’, to look at something more broadly but also hone in on smaller details.

Since the launch of the exhibition, James said over 1500 people have been to experience the wonder, with two months left to witness the joy.

‘Wonderscope’ is located in The Box gallery within the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum at 35-37 Castella Street Lilydale.

See the exhibition until its closing date on Sunday 10 December from Wednesday to Sunday 12pm - 4pm.

Healesville artist Clare James wanted to create a sense of wonder for both adults and children in her current exhibition.

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How they’re earning less We all know women are still hugely unrepresented in many sections of the economy and when they are, they still often earn less than men for doing the same job.

From sportfields to the boardroom elite, women are earning much less than their male counterparts.

Last week, Harvard academic in Economic Sciences, Claudia Golbin, was named the Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences. In a comprehensive piece of work she delved into 200 years of women’s work participation with a focus on the US experience.

It seems as the economy changed from an agrarian to an industrial base in the early 19th century, fewer women participated in the workforce until the growth of the service sector in the early 20th century.

She found that women participation was not a linear progression, but depended on structural changes and evolving attitudes to women working and their responsibilities for home and family.

The contraceptive pill allowed women to make further strides but child rearing has proved a permanent block on the progress towards wage equality.

Claudia Golbin’s research concludes that much of the wage disparity between men and women today is not attributable to differences in education and occupational choices, but arises when they have children. More precisely with the birth of the first child.

Child care and housekeeping are the two biggest areas for women when they return to work. This includes taking care of dependent children and elderly adults, domestic cleaning, food and other household shopping and preparation, ferrying kids and elderly relatives to activities and medical appointments and other unpaid activities.

It is no wonder working women are increasingly presenting with symptoms of burn out as they juggle work and what has become known as the second shift, as employed mothers take on so much more housework and childcare than their partners.

Melbourne writer, poet and playwright Gayelene Carbis in her poem The Bride Who Became Frightened When She Saw Life Opened, After the painting “The Bride Frightened at Seeing Life Opened” by Frida Kahlo, addresses this growing area of conflict.

It’s not clear if the narrator of the poem works outside the home, nor does it matter, the point is that every aspect of housekeeping is her responsibility with her partner refusing to help with the most basic of chores or childcare.

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WOORILLA WORDS an outdated gender role, with no feelings of empathy for his partner who carries the full brunt of domestic responsibilities? The man is not overtly violent but he maintains control, for example by not letting the woman read in bed.

Perhaps, he is the primary breadwinner and expects not to have to help with any domestic jobs. Would the situation be different if the woman was the higher earner? Would this have made a difference? Statistics show that women regardless of their earning capacity still end up with all the chores.

So, every night she still has something to do, the second shift, from tending to her daughter to washing and folding clothes; to preparing the evening meal and putting out the rubbish. The spare lines of the poem build up to the inevitable momentary release of pent-up feelings: I hate you, but then this is followed by acceptance.

Sadly many women would have no difficulties in relating to the narrator’s experience as social change moves at a glacial pace.

The Bride Who Became Frightened When She Saw Life Opened After the painting “The Bride Frightened at Seeing Life Opened” by Frida Kahlo She hasn’t read a book in seven years he doesn’t like the light on if she gets in before him, he says nothing she could read all night but the thing is, he’s in bed by nine every night she has something to do she folds their washing in three piles on the kitchen bench and once he’s passing through and it’s on his way so she asks him to take one pile the kids’ clothes put them on the bed, that’s all she asks The Woorilla Poetry Awards event will be held on 19 November 2023, from 2-5 pm.

A great afternoon of music, poetry and refreshments.

CHIRNSIDE PARK Meadowgate Milk Bar 3 Meadowgate Drive CHIRNSIDE PARK Coles Supermarket 239-241 Maroondah Highway CHIRNSIDE PARK Woolworths Supermarket 239-241 Maroondah Highway CHIRNSIDE PARK 7 - Eleven 242 Maroondah Highway CROYDON NORTH Croydon Hills Milk Bar 158 Nangathan Way CROYDON NORTH Eastfield Milk Bar 11 The Mall KILSYTH Woolworths Supermarket Churinga SC, Russo Place KILSYTH Kilsyth News & Lotto 520 - 528 Mt Dandenong Road KILSYTH Kilsyth Laundrette87 Colchester Road KILSYTH Woolworths Supermarket Canterbury Road Kilsyth KILSYTH TSG Tobacco Churinga Shopping Centre Mt Dandenong Road LILYDALE Lilydale Marketplace SC 33-45 Hutchinson Street LILYDALE Lilydale Village SC 51-59 Anderson Street LILYDALE Coles Supermarket Lilydale Village Castella Street & Maroondah Highway LILYDALE Lilydale Community Centre 7 Hardy Street LILYDALE Eastern Laundries. 2/4 Williams Street East LILYDALE Lilydale Lakeside Conference and Events Centre 1 Jarlo Drive LILYDALE United Petrol Service Station 473 Maroondah Highway LILYDALE Caltex Lilydale 346 Main Street LILYDALE Caltex Woolworths 31 Hutchinson Street LILYDALE BP Service Station 87 Warburton Highway LILYDALE Shell Service Station 469 Maroondah Highway LILYDALE 7 - Eleven Lilydale Cnr Maroondah Highway & Cave Hill Road LILYDALE Coles Express 469 Maroondah Highway LILYDALE Hutch & Co Cafe 251 Main Street LILYDALE Round Bird Can’t Fly 170 Main Street LILYDALE The Lilydale General 110 Beresford Road LILYDALE Yarra Valley Smokery 96 Main Street LILYDALE Bee Seen Cafe 178 Main Street LILYDALE Blue Turtle Cafe 222 Main Street LILYDALE Gracious Grace Castella Street LILYDALE Melba Coffee House 33-45 Hutchinson Street LILYDALE Lilydale Munchies 7/75 Cave Hill Road LILYDALE The Mustard Tree Cafe 3/28 John Street LILYDALE Freda’s Cafe 2 Clarke Street LILYDALE Ray White Real Estate 164 Main Street LILYDALE Stockdale & Leggo Real Estate 281 Main Street LILYDALE Professionals Real Estate 111-113 Main Street LILYDALE Grubs Up 1 Industrial Park Drive LILYDALE Olinda Creek Hotel Maroondah Hwy LILYDALE Crown Hotel Maroondah Hwy LILYDALE Yarra Ranges Council 61 - 65 Anderson Street MONTROSE Montrose Authorised Newsagency 912 Mt Dandenong Road MONTROSE Bell Real Estate 896 Mt Dandenong Tourist Road MONTROSE IGA Supermarket 916 Mt Dandenong Road MOUNT EVELYN Fast Fuel 1 Hereford Road MOUNT EVELYN IGA Supermarket 38- 40 York Road MOUNT EVELYN Post Office 12 Station Street MOUNT EVELYN Authorised Newsagency 1A Wray Crescent MOUNT EVELYN Red Robin Milk Bar 35 Hereford Road MOUNT EVELYN Library 50 Wray Cresent MOUNT EVELYN Milkbar 28 Birmingham Road MOUNT EVELYN York on Lilydale 138 York Road MOOROOLBARK Coles Supermarket 15 Brice Avenue MOOROOLBARK Corner Milk Bar 38 Bellara Dive MOOROOLBARK Fang & Yaoxin Mini Mart 108 Hayrick Lane MOOROOLBARK BP Mooroolbark 103 Cardigan Road MOOROOLBARK Coles Express 2 Cambridge Road MOOROOLBARK Mooroolbark Coin Laundrette28 Manchester Road MOOROOLBARK Professionals Real Estate Brice Avenue MOOROOLBARK L J Hooker Brice Avenue MOOROOLBARK Fletchers Real Estate 1/14 Manchester Road MOOROOLBARK 7-Eleven Manchester Road

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Keeping our history alive Many people are amazed at the records and information historical societies hold. Yet the collections have been carefully gathered up by very dedicated members throughout the years or donated by people anxious to ensure the information and knowledge is kept safely, locally, for future generations.

Among our society’s collection is a large ledger which recorded all the sales made by one of the local brick makers Henry Hyne and his son Leo. The ledger lists all his sales – initially timber and nails – from 1885 through to 1903.

Each customer has his/her own page which is carefully listed in the index at the front. To us this is enormously important as it can help us date when certain buildings were erected.

Recently we were able to present this infor-

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Lilydale and District Historical Society president mation before a panel hearing on a property which clearly demonstrated when the building was erected and of course where the bricks came from.

The 1880s and 1890s was a time of mas-

A thriller set in Tasmania A review of Blackwater by Jacqueline Ross,

by Christine Yunn-Yu Sun Blackwater, by Melbourne-based author Jacqueline Ross, is a psychological thriller bordering horror story set in contemporary Tasmania. Specifically, it is situated in the Tasman Peninsula, with Port Arthur being the first European settlement there.

While the story is inspired by the peninsula’s dark past as a penal colony, it draws our attention to a relatively less explored part of this history – the convict women and the so-called “female factories”.

The story is perhaps influenced by Dephne du Maurier’s 1938 Gothic novel Rebecca – with a twist Here, the first-person narrator Grace, heavily pregnant, accompanies her husband King to visit his dying father. Also residing in the dilapidated and ominously named family home “Blackwater’’ is King’s eccentric twin sister Ruth.

Grace waits for King to put the property on the market after his father’s death, but stories of mysterious deaths and disappearances throughout the history of the house begin to emerge among the locals. Worse, King starts developing bizarre behavioural and psychological patterns. Even more frightening is Ruth’s increasing hostility towards Grace and her unborn child.

“A baby will never be born at Blackwater.” As Grace desperately tries to protect her baby, we cannot help but wonder whether the house is haunted.

The author does a fine job depicting the sad legacy of Tasmania’s “female factories”, making it reasonable to assume that, like radiation residues, all that misery and suffering would surely have some impact on the physical surroundings.

We are therefore reminded of classic Gothic/horror novels such as Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, Stephen King’s The Shining, and even Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black.

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PASSION FOR PROSE WITH CHRISTINE SUN However, as described by novelist Charlotte Northedge via The Guardian, houses are such a central part of our lives, “to the extent that a new genre of domestic noir has emerged in the last decade, as writers explore fears around home ownership, family breakdown and marital disharmony”.

Northedge quotes horror author Joe Hill as saying: “Houses aren’t haunted – people are.” In Blackwater, Grace, already stressed by her pregnancy, finds herself trapped in an unknown and unwelcome house, surrounded by strangers. Not only does her unfamiliarity with her husband’s background contribute to her insecurity about their marriage, but her discovery of the plight of convict women in the area further exacerbate her fear for the safety of her baby.

With that said, fans of psychological thrillers with a hint of the supernatural will find this story highly enjoyable. Readers may also want to try the audiobook, which is superbly narrated by Arianwen Parkes Lockwood. The monotone voice of Ruth – and that scary little song she sings near the end of the story – is particularly chilling.

Indeed, there is something about firstperson narratives in fiction that is surprisingly suited for audiobooks, as if we are listening to real people describing their adventures and experiencing their fears and doubts in real time. In this sense, thrillers seem to be a perfect genre for audiobook listeners.

sive change in Lilydale. The early 1880s were a boom time while the late 1880s was the onset of a depression and the plummeting of land and property prices. Like the rest of the state, Lilydale re-bounded in the 1890s and this was reflected in the many new buildings erected.

One of Hyne’s major clients was David Mitchell and linking the ledger with pages from the Lilydale Express we can establish what the bricks were used for – kilns, buildings and drainage and residential projects.

The ledger also shows the development in brick production. Early sales were in small batches of one or two hundred delivered every few days as they were hand made using small wooden moulds. Later, Hyne converted to steam brick making and through much trial

and error, invented and patented machinery for making bricks so his production increased as did the delivery frequency.

Hyne, who came to the Lilydale region looking for gold in the Upper Yarra, soon settled in Lilydale on the corner of Anderson and Main streets, the site of the present Hyundai car dealer. He was an engineer and inventor and was soon also making agricultural pipes for drainage. His pipes were installed at the de Castella and the de Pury families’ vineyards and in the Mildura and Riverina irrigation areas. Other products included roof tiles, ridge tops and finials.

For more information, read our Bricks by the Million book available from our website shop at www.lilydalehistorical.com.au for $5.00.

ABBA’s best coming soon Mamma Mia! The Princess Theatre Melbourne is now the home of Mamma Mia. Opening night was Friday 29 September.

A great fun show mixed with a little poignancy and based around various songs from ABBA. The story is about a mother, Dona and her daughter Sophie. It’s Sophie’s wedding coming up and she wants her father to give her away.

But! There is one problem, no-one knows who her father is. Sophie found an old diary of her mother’s discovering she could have a choice of three fathers. Even her mother does not know which is the father.

So Sophie writes to the three with an invitation to her wedding.

The show is all about who Sophie’s father is and the effect it has on the wedding.

A bright, breezy terrific production with great lighting effects. The set was a Greek villa and in the story was designed by one of Sophie’s fathers, Sam Michael. Also a stone wall which dropped in and out as required.

Donna Sheridon was played by Elise McCann who gave a wonderful performance added to by her great singing voice. Some great scenes when she sees her old boyfriends and queries why they are here. Some of the replies were hilarious as they had been advised by Sophie of the situation.

Sophie was played by a very versatile Sarah Krndija. A wonderful and moving performance as Sophie particularly meeting her father for the first time. Krndija is not only a talented actress, she is also a violinist and speaks English, Croatian, Serbian and Ukrainian.

Donna’s friends, Rosie and Tanya, were

Kemp’s curtain call played by Binanca Bruce and Deone Zanotto.

Bruce was marvellous as Rosie and Zanotto gave a stirling performance as Tanya added to by a good singing voice. The three fathers were Sam Michael, played by Martin Crewes, Harry Bright was played by Drew Livingstone, and the third father was Bill Austin played by Tim Wright. All three handled their roles comfortably giving great performances which were enjoyed by the opening night audience. Sky, Sophie’s husband to be was played by Lewis Francis. A good performance well balanced by Krndija, and a good singer.

One of the funniest scenes in the production were the dancing scenes more particularly where Sky’s friends danced in swimming flippers.

The ensemble was well balanced and added to the standard of the evening. Like all good shows the company received a standing ovation and they played and sang to ABBA’s music long after the finish of the show, plus the audience could not keep still and there was dancing in the aisles from the audience and all ages were kicking up their heels.

A great night of musical theatre and a production not to be missed.

Horrifically unnecessary Directed by David Gordon Green, The Exorcist: Believer is a competent but grossly unnecessary horror sequel.

Single father Victor (Leslie Odom Jr.) arranges an exorcism after his daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) and her friend Katherine (Olivia O’Neill) are possessed by a demon.

As with Green’s Halloween sequel trilogy, Believer shows a strong command of character and dialogue (no doubt carried over from Green’s comedy roots), with long stretches devoted to Victor and Angela’s family bond.

The performances are universally solid, Jewett and O’Neill are ghastly troopers as the possessed children, and the film features plenty of anticipatory chills, skincrawling unease and macabre terror.

However, Believer suffers from diluted focus and a lack of originality.

Certain callbacks to the iconic 1973 Exorcist, such as the green vomit and 360-degree head spin, are well-executed, but Ellen Burstyn is crowbarred in as Chris McNeill for little more than legacy clout.

At its core, The Exorcist was a battle between the possessed child Regan, her desperate mother and two priests; Believer is crammed full of characters, most of whom are thinly-developed, which splits our focus too far.

Moreover, Katherine has very little development compared to Angela.

Believer emphasises the importance of other faiths in saving the girls, as The Exorcist was a very Catholic movie, but the exorcists involved all preach some form or offshoot of Christianity, so the film’s attempt at diversity feels half-hearted. Believer also has some disconcerting anti-abortion themes.

Unlike Green’s Halloween trilogy, which reinvented the franchise, The Exorcist: Believer is a well-crafted, often creepy but shallow soft reboot that mishandles its fanservice and its new ideas.

The Exorcist: Believer is playing in most Victorian cinemas, but I recommend the original or the outstanding Exorcist III from 1990.

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CONTEMPORARY NORTH FACING HOME ON 5 ACRES See page 17

PROPERTY OF THE WEEK

CONTEMPORARY NORTH FACING HOME ON SPRAWLING 5 ACRES THIS impressive residence offers contemporary luxury with minimalist design on a no through road surrounded by larger properties. Positioned perfectly North facing with an expansive view this property is a rare find.

Consisting of 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, open plan living, and laundry.

There is ample space and storage for comfortable family living and the kitchen with stone benchtops also comes complete with a large walk in pantry and scullery neatly integrated into the service area of the home.

Some of the many features double linen cupboard, built in study nook, LED lighting, wood heating, ceiling fans, include built-in robes, offering convenient storage solutions, while the master bedroom boasts a large walk-in robe and a stylish en suite. The home also comes complete with commercial grade double glazed windows to take advantage of the uninterrupted panoramic views.

Adjacent to the home is a 6 x 9m garage with concrete base and power, as well as an undercover breezeway for storage of outdoor equipment.

The open-plan living area is a welcoming space with built-in TV cabinetry and outdoor wired speakers, allowing you to enjoy your favourite music both indoors and on the outdoor undercover entertainment decking.

This extends onto the open alfresco custom eco wood decking with exposed beams adding to its architectural charm.

Adjacent to this area, a bluestone-paved outdoor space and vegetable garden adds versatility to your outdoor living options.

Situated on 5 acres of fully fenced land with a 7mgL dam stocked with trout. This property offers ample space for a variety of pursuits.

This is more than just a home; it’s an opportunity to enjoy a lifestyle that blends modern comfort with the beauty of nature in a regional setting.

Don’t miss the chance to experience the unique charm of this property for yourself.

Contact us today to arrange a viewing and discover the incredible lifestyle that awaits you. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 88 Weber Road, KINGLAKE Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 garage Price: On application Inspect: By appointment Contact: William Verhagen 0437 371 969, INTEGRITY REAL ESTATE - YARRA VALLEY mailcommunity.com.au

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LOADS OF CHARM IN THIS HOME SIMPLY move in and unpack, as there is nothing left to do in this gorgeous home.

A spacious and inviting environment with native plantings, stunning mountain views and a very convenient location add to the instant appeal of this property.

The home proudly showcases a large deck where the beautiful northerly views to the mountain range are a magnificent feature of this already lovely home.

Internally you will enjoy quality furnishings, a spacious lounge and dining area with adjacent galley kitchen, great storage and a lovely outlook from your many windows.

The master bedroom has doors to the deck where you can enjoy a nightcap under the stars and offers excellent storage in the walk through robe and into the stylish full ensuite.

The light filled main bathroom services the further 2 spacious bedrooms, which enjoy quality carpets and double built in robes.

Off street parking is in abundance, so bring the caravan, the trailers and the extra cars and still have room for your friends to park when they come to visit.

This is a delightful home that will be a treat to inspect and an absolute joy to live in. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 2/4 Douglas Parade, YARRA JUNCTION Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Price: $690,000 - $750,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Samantha Price 0438 795 190, BELL REAL ESTATE - YARRA JUNCTION, 5967 1277 18

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LIFESTYLE AND PROFITABLE FARMING OPPORTUNITY SITUATED on 60 stunning, private and peaceful acres you will find 50 acres of an immaculate, successful and profitable Cherry Farm + 10 acres with approved plans and permits for an executive, family home.

The farm consists of approximately 20,000 cherry trees and over $1,000,000 of infrastructure including full bird netting, an off-grid amenities shed, a machinery shed, a storage shed and a contractor designated campsite with caravan and accommodation.

This farm has been set up with the best of everything in terms of infrastructure and every aspect of running the property is documented, leaving you nothing to do but launch into your own extremely profitable, lifestyle, farming business and set your family up for life. The farm is currently being run solely by a couple who work full time during harvest, being November to January and between 1 -3 days per week the remainder of the year with the assistance of contractors for the picking and pruning when required.

Key aspects of this amazing opportunity include: · 60 immaculate acres, fully fenced and privately located in the beautiful Yarra Valley, 50 acres, being home to approx 20,000 trees, all under nets (3 years old) which come with the balance of a 10-year warranty, · Established supply agreements to packhouse/distributor (approx. 95% of crop), · Single lane packing line to supply markets and direct channels (approx. 5% of crop). · 20 Megalitre bore, · Scientific growth plan in place to ensure the best crop every time,

‘Boundaries are approximate’. · Fully documented and streamlined process, Contractor camp area and facilities, Machinery shed, Storage shed, Fully insulated, off-grid amenities shed with kitchen and bathroom, 10 clear acres with approved plans and permits for a stunning 4-bedroom home, Room on the 10 acres for the horses, hobby farm or whatever you desire, Designated Hipcamp site for additional income, Outstanding income for a comfortable 2-person business in the majority part-time, 1 year hand over by negotiation, All equipment required to efficiently run the farm is being sold

separately at heavily reduced prices, (chattels list available) and Purchase and settle before 30th November 2023 and keep the return from this December’s harvest, forecasted to be $500,000+.

If you are looking to escape the rat race, provide a profitable legacy for your family, find stunning land to build your dream home with the option of making an income, (whether you run it or employ a manager), or maybe you are purely looking for a profitable farming business – this is the opportunity of a lifetime!

Being sold as a going concern this

opportunity comes complete with all the perks of being a primary producer – so don’t hesitate, call now for more information.

Check out the video at: https://youtu.be/ z9diqxJZNq0?si=mTy4kI3sVDsAXoQj Call Samantha Scott for more information and to arrange a private inspection - you will definitely be impressed.

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IMMERSE YOURSELF IN NATURE AND VIEWS WOW! What a home! Nestled on over ½ an acre is this gorgeous 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home. Enjoy peace, quiet and privacy with the convenience of being only 5 minutes from the amenities of Emerald township.

This spectacular home with its large windows and cathedral ceilings offers you a beautiful vista to enjoy as you snuggle by the cosy open wood fire in the living room.

With a formal dining room, and then an open plan kitchen & sitting area with fire place this home is made for relaxing. The well laid out kitchen has an island, electric oven, induction stove top and split system air conditioner for year round convenience.

The master bedroom has built in robes and a fully renovated ensuite that includes a free standing bath, shower, toilet & vanity.

The second master bedroom also has a built in robe and ensuite. Whilst the third lovely bedroom enjoys views to the rear garden.

Wander out onto the covered deck to enjoy the views, or potter in the backyard with the paved walkways, vegetable gardens, 2 garden sheds, built in barbecue area and waterfall all within the fully fenced rear yard.

This property has it all so don’t miss out call to arrange a private inspection today.

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HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 11 Sunnyside Terrace, EMERALD Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Price: $800,000 - $880,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Aaron Day 0407 365 994 or Brennan Mileto 0422 996 451, BELL REAL ESTATE, EMERALD

STYLISH FAMILY HOME THIS immaculate home is bursting with family friendly features. There is a gravel driveway that leads to both a double carport an doff street parking spot in front of the home. The home is private with a well established front hedge.

Inside you will discover a bedroom with a built in robe. Then the home opens up to an open plan kitchen with a generous butlers pantry with its own sink, and dishwasher.

The Kitchen features a gas oven and stove top, and is open plan with the dining and lounge room. Enjoy cooking up a storm in the kitchen as your guests and family unwind by the wood fire or enjoy the ease of the split system air conditioner.

There is a lovely family bathroom/laundry with black tap wear, toilet, and a rain head shower over the bath tub. Continue down the hallway to discover two generous bedrooms both with ceiling fans and built in robes.

At the end of the hallway is the master bedroom with built in robes and a stylish ensuite with toilet and shower with black tap wear.

Externally, there is a fully fenced large backyard that has been beautifully landscaped. The backyard features a large covered entertaining area with concrete flooring, and then a workshop area and a large garden shed. The gardens beds along the retaining walls are very tidy and there is a large grassed area offering plenty of space for the trampoline and family pets.

This property has it all so don’t miss out call to arrange a private inspection today.

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HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 100 Woori Yallock Road, COCKATOO Description: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $750,000 - $820,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Aaron Day 0407 365 994 or Brennan Mileto 0422 996 451, BELL REAL ESTATE, EMERALD 20

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P 5968 6222 311-313 Main Street Emerald

100 Woori Yallock Road, Cockatoo

$750,000 - $820,000

Outstanding Outdoor Entertaining with Stylish Family Home!

The gravel driveway leads to a double carport & off street parking. Inside, discover a bedroom with a BIR. Then the home flows to an open plan kitchen/dining/lounge room with gas cooking, a generous butlers pantry with its own sink & dishwasher. Prepare dinner as your guests & family unwind by the wood fire or enjoy the split system AC. There is a lovely family bathroom/laundry with black tap wear, toilet, & a rain head shower over the bath tub. Continue down the hallway to discover 2 generous bedrooms both with ceiling fans & BIRs. At the end of the hallway is the master bedroom with BIRs & an ensuite with toilet & shower. Externally, there is a fully fenced large backyard with a large covered entertaining area with concrete flooring, workshop area, & a large garden shed. The garden beds along the retaining walls are very tidy & there is a large grassed area.

Aaron Day M 0407 365 994

Brennan Mileto M 0422 996 451

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Beautifully renovated home with gorgeous treed outlook, and so close to town!

This fantastic family home has 3 bedrooms, all with BIRs, & 2 lovely bathrooms. The freshly painted home with open plan kitchen/dining/lounge & plush carpet in all bedrooms is the epitome of move in ready! The kitchen is equipped with Induction electric stove & oven, stone benchtops & a great Laundry/ butlers pantry. This home will be cosy & comfortable year round, with zoneable reverse system ducted heating & Refrigerated Cooling throughout & efficient Heat Pump for hot water. Enjoy the views across to the Cockatoo trees, & the convenience of being only moments from Cockatoo main street. Extensive landscaping has been completed outside, with plenty of off street parking available. The garden beds are freshly planted, & there is a garden shed. This block has dual access.

Aaron Day M 0407 365 994

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49 Pakenham Road, Cockatoo

Brennan Mileto M 0422 996 451

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An Outstanding Approx. 9 Acres, with Abundant Shedding & a 2 Storey Home!

Character, Charm, Dual Accommodation & over 5 Cleared Acres!

Offering approx. 9 acres of flat to gently sloping land with an area of bush & then large cleared & well fenced paddocks with electric fencing. There is a round yard, & a scenic dam. The home is conveniently laid out, with a double car port at the front entry & then a cosy wood fire heater in the lounge room. There is a built in bar in the loungeroom & the lounge has a vaulted ceiling & is open plan with the kitchen. There are 2 bedrooms downstairs, & the family bathroom. Upstairs discover a large master bedroom with exposed rafters & Juliet balcony overlooking the well maintained paddocks. Externally is a DLUG with glass sliding doors & 3 internal rooms, one with a wood fire heater. There’s also an outhouse & numerous miscellaneous sheds & fenced dog yards. This home has mains electricity & tank water.

The home has a circular asphalt driveway, manicured gardens, 10-foot ceilings, decorative ceiling roses & cornicing, mains gas ducted heating, evaporative cooling, some double glazing, 4.5kW of solar, double hung windows & hardwood floors. There are 4 oversized bedrooms, then a loungeroom with split system & a large dining space. The kitchen has a 1200mm Falcon stove, & adjoins the dining area with walk in pantry. The rear deck overlooks the solar heated in ground pool, hut, orchard & veggie patch & 4 fenced paddocks with water. The Parent’s Retreat joins the Master bedroom with WIR, & ensuite. Externally is a 10m*12m, 3 bay/6 car American Barn with concrete floor & power.

There is also a concreted basketball half court, chicken run, & a Dependent Persons Unit containing a bedroom, study, bathroom, open plan kitchen/living area with split system AC, carport & shedding.

Aaron Day M 0407 365 994

Bethany Day M 0438 844 968

Samantha Scott M 0438 680 032

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TRANQUIL RETREAT ON A QUIET STREET NESTLED proudly on a serene, quiet street, this meticulously presented 3-bedroom home invites you to experience gracious living. This property is ready for you to move in and enjoy, with all the hard work already done.

This residence offers three generously sized bedrooms, each providing ample storage space to accommodate your family’s needs, ensuring comfort and convenience.

The large modern bathroom invites you to unwind and relax in the deep soaking bath, offering a tranquil escape from the world.

As you enter the open-plan living area, the soaring raked ceiling creates a sense of space and grandeur. The generously sized, light-filled kitchen is a chef’s dream, featuring quality stainless steel appliances, a dishwasher, and stunning stone waterfall benchtop. It’s both a functional and stylish centrepiece for the home.

For those who love to entertain, this property is perfect. An outdoor undercover

area provides ample space for hosting gatherings with friends and family. The tiered yard is a fantastic play area for kids and animals to safely play.

Car accommodation is plentiful as the property boasts a double carport with attached workshop/studio or teenage retreat offering versatility and convenience, while the massive flat area at the front of the home is the perfect place for your dream shed.

Special features include gas ducted heating, split system heating and cooling, floating floors and a natural colour pallet throughout.

Situated in a peaceful locale, this property is strategically close to all essential amenities while offering beautiful views, a splendid garden, a superb entertainment area, and a turnkey ready interior.

Contact me to arrange a private viewing and make this exceptional property yours. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 1 Sunnyside Terrace, EMERALD Description: 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2 garage Price: $830,000 - $910,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Riley Nicholas 0488 501 218 and Sue Colic 0421 772 610, BARRY PLANT, EMERALD 22

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1 Sheriff Road, Emerald

17 Nettleton Road, Monbulk

3 Emerald Close, Emerald

LIVE THE DREAM IN THE HEART OF EMERALD

LIVE FREE AND EASY ON OVER 11.5 ACRES

ARCHITECTURAL BRILLANCE ON 2.5 ACRES

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GUIDE $1,350,000-$1,485,000 INSPECT By Appointment CONTACT Lana Maher 0408 535 075 Barry Plant Emerald 5968 4522

20 Clink Road, Pakenham Upper

27 Neville Road, Gembrook

5 Holman Road, Emerald

RURAL LIVING WITH HUGE POTENTIAL

VALLEY VIEWS ON OVER 1 ACRE

POSITION PLUS POTENTIAL

GUIDE $870,000 - $957,000 INSPECT By Appointment CONTACT Riley Nicholas 0488 501 218 Barry Plant Emerald 5968 4522

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SERENE OASIS - YOUR DREAM HOME AWAITS

IMPRESSIVE FAMILY ENTERTAINER ON 2,588M2

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“DEGANWY’ - A HOME ON FOREST’S EDGE IN an idyllic Hills location, only a short walk to Belgrave’s bustling main street and train station whilst peacefully positioned on the edge of the Sherbrooke Forest, ‘Deganwy’ is ready and waiting to be restored to its former glory.

A wonderful project for those looking for a renovator, this brick veneer home boasts three bedrooms with an overall spacious

floorplan and with a lick of paint and some cosmetic construction would see this home transform into a comfortable family property.

A stunning, wrap around patio shows the beautiful era of the home giving you a taste of the character and charm this home provides.

Reverse cycle air-conditioning / heating plus a Nectre wood heater have been added for convenient temperature control year round.

Situated on a near flat, 1/3 of an acre block, you will discover established gardens, an 8 panel solar power connected to the grid, solar hot water, a greenhouse plus three water tanks (mains water also available) – The perfect opportunity to be as close to off grid as you can be!

A double garage acts as great storage/ workshop for those who like to tinker on

their latest hobby and easy access driveway is perfect for loads of parking. Two street access with a “straight through” driveway.

Enjoy the easy stroll to Killik or Macawber Tavern for a Sunday afternoon catch up with friends, or take a walk through one of the many magical trails within the adjoining Forest setting - The choice is yours! A walk through this beautiful property is simply a must. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 1 Cole Avenue, BELGRAVE Description: 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2 garage Price: $720,000 - $780,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Rachel Eastwood 0401 117 761 or Sharyn Chandler 0439 882 442, CHANDLER & CO REAL ESTATE

EXQUISITE FAMILY HOME STEPS FROM TOWN SITUATED in prime position and spectacular inside, this impressive family home is the ideal blend of convenience and comfort.

Held by the same family for 36 years and now ready for new owners to move right in, this is the Dandenong Ranges lifestyle you’ve been waiting for.

Walk to Upwey township and train station from this home’s landscaped 2,005sqm (approx.) allotment. Highlights including a double carport, silver birch grove, fernery, paddock, open and covered patio, and terraced lawn create an established feel and leafy outlooks from every window.

The architecture of this residence affords a wow-factor moment from your first step in from the covered verandah. Double-storey cathedral ceilings and a wall of windows saturate the living area with natural light while relaxing in front of the open wood fire in cooler months is the only place you will want to be. On the upper level, the dining area, family room, and newly refurbished kitchen with shaker cabinets, Germania 900mm cooker, and Miele dishwasher all capture exquisite elevated views through the lower level gable windows.

Enviable accommodation is also provided with 3 generous bedrooms on offer. The family bedrooms feature quality carpet, floor to ceiling windows, and built-in robes. They share a stylish bathroom with soaking tub.

The main bedroom is equally appealing while also enhanced with a walk-in robe and modern shower ensuite. Add to this an updated laundry with ample storage, linen storage, gas ducted heating, evaporative cooling, and an under-house storeroom/ workshop, and this prized family home is guaranteed to provide exceptional liveability.

Designed for houseproud buyers in a pocket position rich with local history, this property promises to impress. Plan your

viewing today. · 2,005sqm (approx.) property with lush landscaped gardens · Stunning brick home with double carport

and covered verandah entry · Lower level lounge with open wood fire, cathedral ceilings, and double-storey windows

· Newly refurbished kitchen with shaker cabinets and quality appliances · Beautiful bedrooms including main with modern ensuite and walk-in robe ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 4 St Kilda Avenue, UPWEY Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 4 garage Price: $990,000 - $1,085,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Brad Conder 0422 639 115 or Daniel Steen 0434 979 142, CHANDLER & CO REAL ESTATE 24

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63 Glen Harrow Heights Road, BELGRAVE BEAUTIFUL HOME BACKING ONTO PARKLAND

$960,000 - $1,050,000 5A3B2C

FOR SALE

$730,000-$770,000

38 Morris Road, UPWEY

CLASSIC HOME WITH COVETED NRZ2 SUBDIVISION ZONING

3A1B

This exquisite rammed earth residence offers elevated comfort and a premier Dandenong Ranges location backing onto Sherbrooke Forest Circuit and Coles Ridge Walking Track.

Set upon a splendid 1,899sqm (approx.) allotment with sealed drive, oversize double garage, and large outdoor entertaining area, this is a rare offering in a revered locale.

With a desirable location only 750m from cafes, shopping, and Upwey Station, this 2,015sqm (approx.) property has the potential to be a very profitable investment. Already adorned with a residence ready for rental or renovation plus exclusive NRZ2 zoning for subdivision (STCA), this is an exceptional opportunity in an outstanding lifestyle location.

Suzie Brannelly

Brad Conder

M 0490 506 910 | E suzie@chandlerandco.com.au

M 0422 639 115 | E brad@chandlerandco.com.au

Rachel Eastwood

Daniel Steen

M 0401 117 761 | E rachel@chandlerandco.com.au

M 0434 979 142 | E daniel@chandlerandco.com.au

FOR SALE

1 Station Street, BELGRAVE START A NEW HILLS LIFESTYLE HERE

$730,000 to $760,000 3A1B2C

Start your new Hills lifestyle in prime position within walking distance of bus transport, Tecoma Station, Belgrave township, and Belgrave Outdoor Pool at this charming Western red cedar residence. Set upon an elevated 1,772sqm (approx.) allotment to afford an under-house double garage, this welcoming home is a wonderful addition to any property portfolio.

FOR SALE

106/1172 Burwood Highway, UPPER FERNTREE GULLY

$350,000 - $380,000 1A1B1C

CONVENIENT APARTMENT LIVING

On the fringe of the Dandenong Ranges National Park and with the famous 1000 Steps almost at your front door, this beautifully presented apartment gives you the best of both worlds – A city living feel with convenience and within a friendly Hills community.

Sharyn Chandler M 0439 882 442 | E sharyn@chandlerandco.com.au

Suzie Brannelly

Rachel Eastwood

M 0490 506 910 | E suzie@chandlerandco.com.au

M 0401 117 761 | E rachel@chandlerandco.com.au

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SERENE RETREAT WITH ABUNDANT NATURE DISCOVER the tranquillity of 21 Cornelius Crescent, Healesville - a stunning property nestled on approximately 12 acres of pristine bushland, teeming with native wildlife. This peaceful haven offers a meticulously renovated 2-bedroom house and so much more. If you’re seeking a serene escape with modern comfort and natural beauty, your search ends here.

Step inside this immaculate residence, where no detail has been spared in creating a modern and comfortable living space.

The renovation work showcases a level of craftsmanship that is truly remarkable.

From the sleek and modern kitchen to the luxurious bathroom, every corner of this home exudes quality and style. The bifold doors open up to a generous front deck, providing the perfect spot for morning coffee or evening relaxation while taking in the tranquil surroundings.

The cleverly designed study can easily be transformed into an extra bedroom, offering flexibility for your family’s needs. All year round comfort is supplied with the addition of reverse cycle ducted heating and cooling throughout the home. Imagine waking up to filtered mountain views and the soothing sounds of nature, all from the comfort of your own home.

Outside, the expansive 12 acres of bushland are a nature lover’s paradise.

Explore the bush, observe native wildlife, or simply enjoy the peaceful serenity that surrounds you. A cleared area on the property is perfect for growing your own vegetables or creating a garden oasis. With a double garage and carport, there’s ample space for your vehicles and storage needs or STCA there is plenty of room to build extra shedding. All this is positioned just a 5 minute drive from the town centre on a no through road.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to own a piece of Healesville’s natural beauty, perfectly paired with a top-tier renovation.

Contact us today to schedule your private viewing and experience the serenity of this amazing property. Your peaceful retreat awaits. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 21 Cornelius Crescent, HEALESVILLE Description: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 4 garage Price: $1,295,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Jane Nunn 0432 375 940, jane@integrityrealestate.com.au, INTEGRITY REAL ESTATE 26

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MAKE YOUR NEXT MOVE WITH INTEGRITY Integrity Real Estate is a family-owned real estate agency servicing the Yarra Valley, Kinglake Ranges and surrounds. Our team draws on over 70 years real estate experience to provide premium property services, with unmatched personal service that only a family company can provide.

21 Cornelius Crescent, Healesville

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$1,295,000

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P 5966 2530

3407 Warburton Highway, Warburton

31 Cairncroft Avenue, Launching Place

$670,000- $730,000

14 Alexandra Court, Woori Yallock

P 5967 1277

2457 Warburton Highway, Yarra Junction

$770,000-$810,000

Time to unwind and soak in the views!

Entertain in Style and Class all year round

With some of the most sought-after views in the Yarra Valley, this beautifully presented 3 bedroom brick home, set on a glorious allotment of over 1/2 an acre (2016sqm) will certainly entice you.

A magical feature of this property is the large rear deck that offers a special space to entertain or to simply sit and gaze off into the vast mountain spectacular in front of you.

Beautifully maintained gardens surround the property and other features include a crackling wood heater for the cold winters and split system air conditioning for the heat of summer, solar, lots of off street parking, a single carport and a large lock up garage.

All set in a no through road just a few hundred metres from the entrance to the iconic Warburton Trail.

Situated in peaceful, picturesque semi rural surrounds and with sensational Yarra Valley views to admire it’s a place you won’t want to leave. The home is superbly presented inside and out and offers 3 great size bedrooms all with built in robes and a luxurious main bathroom. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ever changing Valley views from the spacious family/living room, plus an additional meals/dining area, the kitchen will impress with modern up to date appliances and quality fixtures and fittings with ample bench and cupboard space. Outside is an entertainers paradise where you can entertain in style all year round with a huge covered entertaining area. Loads of car accommodation with a double carport and separate lock up garage. A fantastic well looked after home, with great views and situated in a very sought after area, it’s a great place to call home.

Tony Fanfulla M 0419 870 513 Inspection:

By Appointment

Samantha Price M 0438 795 190

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350 Tarrango Road, Yarra Junction

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Peace and Privacy, mudbrick home on 15 picturesque acres

Views with space, peace and privacy

Escape to a truly unique haven, nestled amidst the breathtaking natural beauty of the bush and wildlife, where your dream of a peaceful and picturesque lifestyle becomes a reality. This extraordinary property, spanning approximately 15 acres, offers the perfect blend of serenity, established gardens, and equestrian enthusiasts’ paradise. The property is already set up for horse lovers, several paddocks with post and rail fencing, two spacious stables featuring rubber flooring, solar lights, and automatic water systems. Enjoy a 20x40 metre horse arena equipped with sprinklers, ensuring the best training conditions for your equine companions. A charming mud brick home boasting four bedrooms and an inviting sun-filled conservatory ideal for entertaining. Don’t miss your chance to make this remarkable property yours.

Nestled at the end of a quiet street this neat and picturesque property offers a peaceful lifestyle.

The home features 3 good sized bedrooms all with built in robes plus a semi ensuite effect in the main bedroom and a bonus optional loft storage/bedroom/study or games room. Spacious open plan living/family rooms with sensational views of the valley and mountain vista, the kitchen is well appointed with ample bench and cupboard space including a separate meals/dining area.

Outside is a gardeners delight with an array of established trees and flowering shrubs, the terraced and paved back yard is the ideal spot to entertain and enjoy the peace and serenity. Ample car accommodation with a sealed driveway and large carport with separate garden shedding, a superb home for the growing family situated in picturesque and colourful surrounds.

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P 5966 2530

P 5967 1277

3407 Warburton Highway, Warburton

225 Big Pats Creek Rd, Big Pats Creek

$850,000 - $935,000

2457 Warburton Highway, Yarra Junction

23 Rupert Road, East Warburton

$700,000-$770,000

Stunning home in peaceful location with its own creek

Character Californian Bungalow

Surrounded by majestic trees and with a spring fed permanent creek running through, this is Yarra Valley living at its best. Set on 1 & 1/2 acres approximately in the most picturesque setting is this beautifully renovated home. The recent renovation means almost everything in the home is brand new and never used. This includes new carpets in the four large bedrooms and all new fixtures in the two well equipped bathrooms. There’s two large living areas, one on each level, both with beautiful new hardwood flooring. The brand new kitchen is well appointed with stainless steel appliances including large 5 burner stove, rangehood and dishwasher. A complete repaint inside and out tops off the stunning presentation. Just 5 minutes from cafes and shops of Warburton Main Street along the Yarra River with an abundance of tracks for walking or riding.

An Original Californian Bungalow home on almost 1500sqm, a 1940’s style home just oozes charm.

Timber floors, sash windows, high ceilings, a gorgeous classic window seat in the main living area, French doors which open out to the formal dining, pretty as a picture. The kitchen is light and bright with lots of bench and cupboard space for the chef in the family and flows onto the warm sunny family room which opens out to the deck overlooking the large grassy back yard. 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom which is very neat and bursting with character. Creature comforts include wood heating and split systems for all round comfort. A double garage, greenhouse, veggie garden completes this picture. Set in a quiet location just minutes walk to the Yarra river, local primary school and the bustling streets of the Warburton Township.

Tony Fanfulla M 0417 870 513 Inspection: Sat 11.00-11.30am

Samantha Price M 0438 795 190

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13 Woodleigh Court, Launching Place

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Rebecca Doolan M 041 832 068 Inspection:

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Bring the Family and prepare to stay a while

Charm and Character in abundance!

Full of much love and over 35 years of happiness, this beautiful home is now being offered to a lucky new family to enjoy. The pretty as a picture home has a French provincial vibe and offers 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, with a gorgeous lounge and a kitchen to tug at your heart strings, a dining room that has a built-in buffet with excellent storage for all of your special crockery and French doors leading outside to your lovely gardens. The master bedroom is privately ensconced away from the further 3 bedrooms, through French doors off the lounge, and has a lovely full ensuite to enjoy, walk in robe, views to the mountains and even a fancy chandelier. Other features include natural gas ducted heating, split system heating and cooling, a 2-year-old solar system, double carport, ceiling fans in the bedrooms, and in walking distance to the local primary school. Call now!

This captivating property is set to tug on your heart-strings. Inside polished timber floors, high ceilings and decorative features just start the picture of what living in this home will truly be like. A beautiful country kitchen showcases ample bench and storage, 900ml country cooker, dishwasher and a beautiful outlook through your casement windows, this space is divine! There are three generous and pretty bedrooms, the master has direct access to the gorgeous main bathroom and provides triple robes. A stunning bathroom, where you will love the pedestal basin, and the bath to soak in after a day pottering in the garden. Outside there’s a lock up workshop & double carport tucked behind a remote roller door and privacy fencing, the corner block creating a wonderful space to use and enjoy every square meter of the 693m2 block!

Tony Fanfulla M 0419 870 513 Inspection: Sat 1.00-1.30pm

Samantha Price M 0438 795 190

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By Jamie Strudley It was a very busy Saturday morning of little athletics at Morrison reserve as our club members enjoyed another fun morning of athletics.

Some persistent drizzle made high jump competition difficult, and some waterlogged sand forced a modification of the long jump and triple jump events.

Enthusiasm was still high with many athletes achieving some early season PB’s and setting their individual standards for the remainder of the season.

Our seniors were in action in round 2 of AVSL with athletes competing across events at Knox and Doncaster tracks. Some excellent early season form shown by most athletes, with another five club records broken. Stand outs were Carolyn Rosenbrock breaking the club 5000m walk record by over six minutes and Lis Coffee breaking a 400m record that had stood for nearly 10 years. Also great to see our relay teams in record breaking form. Records (pending confirmation) were: 5000m Walk Women Open & 40+, 28.42.4 Carolyn Rosenbrock 400m Women 40+, Elisabeth Coffee 67.23 4x100 Open Women, 55.97 (Taryn Bourke, Shani Bullard, Erica Purcell, Ashleigh Rooke) 4x100 Open Men, 47.02 (Mitch Mullens, Ash Almond, Oliver Duncan, Liam Russell) Results from round 2 of AVSL: Women 100m: Ashleigh Rooke 13.33 (1.7); Taryn Bourke 13.95 (1.6); Shani Bullard 14.28 (1.0); Elisabeth Coffey 14.89 (2.9); Kathi Hewitson 17.03 (0.1); 200m: Mia Strudley 32.28; 400m: Brigitte Rice 65.76; Ashleigh Rooke 66.44; Taryn Bourke 67.25; Elisabeth Coffey 67.23; 800m: Rori Jones 2:35.79; Kristina Nackovski 2:38.31; Mia Strudley 2:43.26; 1500m: Brigitte Rice 4:39.9h; Brienna Coffey 5:59.2h; 3000m: Rori Jones 12:34.44; 100m Hurdles: Shani Bullard 22.12 (1.0); 5000m Walk: Carolyn Rosenbrock 28:42.4h; 4x100m: (Taryn Bourke, Shani Bullard, Erica Purcell, Ashleigh Rooke) 55.97; Discus: Ashleigh Rooke 30.79m; Hayley Wilkins 27.91m; Meg Sparkes 26.42m; Shot Put: Anne-Marie Ebbels 6.89m; Sharon Cook 6.37m; Meg Sparkes 6.22m; Hammer: Sarah Ebbels 33.71m; Anne-Marie

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Lilydale’s Junior Open Singles Doubles team Ari Marappan, Rishabh Chowdhury, Joshua Jamieson and Ryan Taylor.

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The men’s relay team was represented by Mitch Mullens, Ash Almond, Oliver Duncan, Liam Russell.

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Hayley Wilkins 31.76m; Ashleigh · Javelin: Rooke 23.58m; Meg Sparkes 16.22m; Jump: Shani Bullard 4.15m; Elisabeth · Long Coffey 3.52m; Kathi Hewitson 2.73m; Sharon Cook 1.44m; Men 100m: Mitchell Mullens 11.06 (2.6); Liam Russell 12.20 (1.8); Oliver Duncan 12.55 (1.9); Joseph Johnston 13.89 (0.9); 200m: Bradley McMeeken 38.18; 400m: Liam Russell 54.85; Oliver Duncan 59.44; Joseph Johnston 64.87; 800m: Mitchell Pointon 2:17.52; Michael Clarke 2:30.13; Bradley McMeeken 3:21.62; 1500m: Alistair Coffey 5:17.0h; 3000m: Mitchell Pointon 11:21.08; Michael Clarke 11:42.93; 4x100m: (Mitchell Mullens, Ash Almond, Oliver Duncan, Liam Russell) 47.02; Discus: Ash Almond 27.20m; Shot Put: Ash Almond 8.81m; Hammer: Ash Almond 25.28m; Javelin: Ash Almond 48.39m; Long Jump: Liam Russell 5.42m; Oliver Duncan 5.36m; High Jump: Oliver Duncan 1.54m; Triple Jump: Michael Clarke 10.30m; Jared Byrne was chasing a fast time in the Melbourne Marathon on Sunday morning, running an exceptional 2 hours 53 mins 26 seconds.

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The women’s relay team Taryn Bourke, Shani Bullard, Erica Purcell, Ashleigh Rooke.

Training for our six-12yo starts this Tuesday from 4.00pm. Seniors training (12yo plus) continues on Tuesday and Thursday from 5.30pm at Morrison Reserve. Check the socials and website for more details. Yarra Ranges Athletics welcomes and encourages all athletes of any age or ability.

If you, or someone you know, wants to join in the fun of track and field registration is now open. Go to www.lavic.com.au or www.athsvic.org.au or email info@yarrarangesathletics. org.au for information about events and registration.

For information on training, how to join or trial, photos, results and updated news, visit the website at yarrarangesathletics.org. au or check us out on Facebook. Run, Jump, Throw…too easy!

Future of the Outer East taking shape

By Marcus Uhe Officer, Emerald and Berwick Springs will all make the leap to the Outer East Football Netball League’s Premier Division next season while Gembrook Cockatoo will hold its place as part of an expanded 12-team competition in 2024.

The move is one of the final recommendations of the League’s Competition Structure Review project, completed in late-September, as three senior divisions become two.

In a memo from league Chief Executive Brett Connell distributed to league football and netball clubs and the Yarra Rangers Umpire Association, the decision to increase the top division from nine teams to 12 was to justified as a means of providing clubs with “surety in terms of competition structure, protection from major disruption and with a firm focus on establishing competition stability.”

“While a 10 (team) Premier competition was the preferred model from club findings, the Board took a longer-term strategic approach in their view, following strong club feedback at the February AGM related to providing competition stability,” Connell said.

“It is the Board’s position that we will transition to a 10 (team) Premier competition when we have a clearer position on the movement of clubs.”

Division One will field 11 teams, but may revert to 10, pending the outcome of Broadford’s application to join the Kyabram District mailcommunity.com.au

to do so.

Other key recommendations from the review include: Junior netball will be offered again by Outer East Football Netball The development of a strategic plan, including an Umpiring Strategy, a Women and Girls Strategy for the future growth of girls and women’s football, and support at junior football and netball levels through the partnership with AFL Victoria and Netball Victoria A structure for the Veteran’s competition to be confirmed early in 2024 A restructure of junior football age groups from six boys/mixed competitions to seven, and from three girls competitions to five, with the inclusion of Under 18s and Under 10s for girls football A hybrid Third Grade of football with Under 18s and Under 19s competitions offered, with clubs able to field teams in either, or both, competitions 2024 SENIOR FOOTBALL AND NETBALL DIVISIONS PREMIER DIVISION: Narre Warren, Woori Yallock, Wandin, Olinda Ferny Creek, Monbulk, Pakenham, Upwey Tecoma, Mt Evelyn, Gembrook Cockatoo, Emerald, Berwick Springs, Officer/ROC. DIVISION ONE: Seville, Healesville, Belgrave, Hallam, Powelltown, Yarra Junction, Warburton Millgrove, Alexandra, Broadford, Yarra Glen, Yea.

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The overwhelming desire of clubs to participate in a same day football/netball model, meanwhile, will see the standalone Berwick and Beaconsfield Netball Clubs recommended to join another competition for 12 months to allow the Outer East to “fully explore alternative options for 2024 and for the future,” according to the structural review.

Those clubs will still have the option of competing in the league’s junior netball competition for 2024, should they choose

Season bright for Lilydale

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Round 2 results for Lilydale Tennis Club in the Eastern Region Tennis Competition.

Junior Open Doubles (JOD10) Lilydale v Yarra Glen After round 1 Lilydale was sitting outside the top 4 with no wins recorded yet.

Lilydale was represented by Haady Aziz, Nenuka Withanage, Lachie Sweet and Ollie McDonald.

Lilydale played away this round against Yarra Glen. For the second week in a row it was another exciting and close match. In the end Lilydale recorded their first win of the season, winning 28 games to 26.

Junior Open Singles Doubles (JOSD4) Lilydale v Warrandyte This team started the season with a BYE. Lilydale was represented by Ari Marappan, Rishabh Chowdhury, Joshua Jamieson and Ryan Taylor.

Lilydale played away this round against Warrandyte. In a very even match it was Lilydale that eventually won the day 5 sets to 3 – winning 44 games to 37.

Result: 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 2-6, 2-6 Open Rubbers 19 (OR19) Lilydale Green v Mt Evelyn After round 1 Lilydale was sitting on top of the ladder after a convincing win last week.

Lilydale was represented by David Halkidis and Noah Burow.

Lilydale played at home this round against Mt Evelyn. In a very close match it was all even with both teams winning 3 sets each – however Mt Evelyn won the day winning 24 games to Lilydale 21.

Result: 1-6, 6-2, 1-6, 0-1 (super tiebreak), 7-6, 6-3 Open Rubbers 25 (OR25) v Koonung Park After round 1 Lilydale was sitting in fourth place on the ladder.

Lilydale was represented by Levi Daly and Tim Bassett.

Lilydale played at home this round against Koonung Park. In a very exciting match, it was Lilydale that won the day overall 5 sets to 1 – winning 27 games to 17.

Result: 7-5, 6-0, 6-1, 0-6, 7-5, 10-1 (super tiebreak) Lilydale Tennis club welcomes all players of any age and ability. For information on how to join Lilydale Tennis Club please visit https://play.tennis. com.au/lilydaletennisclub.

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