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Upper Yarra remembers

By Callum Ludwig

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Upper Yarra residents stopped and reflected at 11am on Saturday 11 November remembering those who have served, and often died, in the name of our country.

RSLs, cenotaphs and war memorials from across the region and the country paused at the 11th hour and paid tribute to these heroes for Remembrance Day, including those that came from their very own communities.

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Chasing targets

By Callum Ludwig Ambulance Victoria (AV) responded to 96,594 Code 1 cases between July and September this year, 2002 more than the same period last year with the 2022/23 financial year the busiest on record, with more than 400,000 lights and sirens responses, almost 1100 every day, across the state. A local paramedic, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said non-emergency call outs are an overwhelming majority of their workload.

“These calls take around an hour to assess, refer and complete our paperwork before we get back out on the road,” they said.

“Recently, I have attended to call-outs of a sore nose, a splinter in a thumb and a request to prescribe medication, which we cannot provide.”

Victorian paramedics responded to 66 per cent of Code 1 cases between July and September within the state-wide target of 15 minutes, a big improvement from 61.7 per cent in the

previous three months and 64.3 per cent the same time last year. In the last quarter, 53.7 per cent of Code 1 cases in the Yarra Ranges were responded to in the target time with an average response time of 17 minutes and 11 seconds, 73 per cent in Maroondah with a 13 minute and 55 second response time, 72.8 per cent in Knox with a 134 minute and 54 second response time and 50.8 per cent in Cardinia with a 17 minute and 20 second response time.

The local paramedic said firstly it is a good idea to consider your local GP as a first point of

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“Your GP can provide ongoing community care and management and please consider transport to hospital by private means by a family member or friend if you are experiencing a non-life threatening emergency that requires hospital care,” they said.

“A hospital will treat an acute problem with likely subsequent referral to your GP or specialist.”

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Training pays off

By Dongyun Kwon

Yellingbo CFA responded to a two-car collision on Wednesday 8 November.

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By Callum Ludwig

SES Lilydale Unit rescued two drivers who had a two-vehicle collision cooperating with multiple local emergency agencies on Wednesday 8 November.

Picture: LILYDALE SES FACEBOOK and tasks that we do. But the majority of weeks, we have two or three different streams of training operation on any given night which means we’ll have some general skills. Some of our newer members obtain new skills as well

as road rescue training,” he said.

“This is what enables us to make sure that when we get complex jobs, our members have the skills and knowledge they need to be able to perform in those situations.”

Many calls in busy day for Healesville CFA

By Dongyun Kwon Healesville CFA had several call-outs all day on Monday 6 November.

The first call-out was a shed fire on Merlin Street in Chum Creek at around 1.21pm.

Healesville CFA captain Brian Earl said multiple CFA units were on the site to help put the fire out.

“A shed detached from the house was fully alight when we arrived and crews worked pretty quickly to gain access to the shed to put the fire out which was spreading to a nearby car in the house,” he said.

Seven CFA units responded to the fire including the units from Bayswater, Healesville, Coldstream and Yellingbo.

Mr Earl said each brigade supported his team in a different way.

“Bayswater came up to help us fill up the bore and maintain our breathing apparatus stuff which fireys wear on the back to keep clean air. So they come up to refill those cylinders,” he said.

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Seven CFA units responded to the shed fire on Merlin Street in Chum Creek at around 1.21pm.

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a normal brigade that came up to give us a hand.”

The incident was under control at 2.15pm.

The second call-out was a burn-off down the River Street around 10.20pm.

Mr Earl asked landowners to keep a good close eye on burn-offs.

“We’ve had a bit of a run lately of burn-offs getting out of control. Other brigades also had the same issue,” he said.

“So I just want to remind the general public that if they are burning off, double-check the forecast for the days after and make sure to register the burn-offs.”

The last one was two false alarms from RACV Healesville Country Club and Resort at 11.06pm and 2.35am the next morning.

“Normal crews from Healesville and Badger Creek responded to an alarm at RACV and it was a false alarm. We did unnecessary paperwork and returned it. A handful of hours later, we called back there again,” Mr Earl said.

It was a busy 24 hours for Healesville CFA from a shed fire to burn-off to two alarms.

Challenging road and weather conditions contributed to a two-car collision in Yellingbo on Wednesday 8 November.

A driver had stopped on HealesvilleKoo Wee Rup Road to remove a tree from the road when the incident occurred.

Yellingbo CFA Captain Jeremy Hardy said as the person was about to try and remove the tree, the second driver driving behind hadn’t noticed in time.

“It is a 100km an hour speed zone on that part of Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road and obviously in those conditions and at that speed, it does take long distances to stop safely. Drivers do need to think about what’s over the next hill or around the next corner at that speed and in those conditions, ” he said.

“They even need to be well aware of the conditions when they consider their safety in stopping to be a good Samaritan by removing debris on the roads to make it safer.”

The driver of the first vehicle may have suffered a dislocated shoulder, while the driver of the second vehicle was unharmed.

An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said paramedics were called to an accident in Yellingbo at around 6pm.

“A man aged in his 50s was assessed at the scene but no emergency treatment or transport was required,” they said.

When stopping due to a road hazard, make sure to pull over to the side of the road if possible, but away from any further hazards and turn on your hazard lights. Avoid stopping near a corner, bend, turn or crest.

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SES Lilydale Unit rescued two drivers who had a two-vehicle collision cooperating with multiple local emergency agencies.

It was around 11.30am when the unit was alerted to the complex collision at HealesvilleYarra Glen Road between Armstrong Road and Yarra Glen Bypass in Yarra Glen on Wednesday 8 November.

SES Lilydale Unit controller Shaun Caulfield said his team was advised two people were trapped in two separate vehicles while they were on the way to the job.

They were joined by the SES Healesville Unit, Yarra Glen CFA, Ambulance Victoria and Victoria Police.

“One of the vehicles was on its side in the water. Local towing operators were moving the car in the water back onto its wheels. The driver was actually in the water,” Mr Caulfield said.

“We used hydraulic rescue equipment to gain access to the driver trapped by his seat and the steering wheel.”

The crew cut away the driver’s door, the rear door, and the B-pillar to remove the dashboard and allow paramedics to take their patient to a waiting air ambulance.

The other crew worked to free the occupant of the second vehicle, whose car had come to a stop 200 metres up the road.

“Both patients were extensively trapped in their respective vehicles. And after around 45 minutes to an hour, both occupants had been released from the vehicles and were transported to hospitals,” Mr Caulfield said.

One driver was airlifted by HEMS and the other by road to a Major Trauma Service.

Mr Caulfield emphasised the importance of regular training.

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Drunk in public no crime The Victorian Government’s health-led response to public intoxication reforms recommended through the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody came into effect on 7 November 2023.

Public drunkenness is no longer a crime, and police and other organisations will take other actions to keep intoxicated individuals safe without putting them in custody.

Minister for Mental Health Ingrid Stitt said simply being intoxicated in a public place should not be a crime.

“For too long we have seen First Nations Victorians disproportionately affected by current laws and too many tragic outcomes when they are in custody,” she said.

“These health-led reforms strike a balance between supporting people who are intoxicated and community safety, and while there is always more work to do to close the gap for vulnerable people in our community – this reform will undoubtedly change and save lives.”

The changes come into effect in line with Melbourne Cup Day, with Victoria Police personnel still to be present trackside at Flemington, in the CBD, and at major entertainment precincts for the event, drug and alcohol testing sites around the racecourse and high-risk areas and extra transit police and PSOs on the state’s public transport network monitoring for antisocial behaviour.

A Victoria Police spokesperson said with public drunkenness decriminalised on Cup Day, members will continue to encourage

Public drunkenness has been decriminalised from Tuesday 7 November. drunk people to seek support and assistance from family or friends.

“There will also be the option of referring them to the public intoxication response service overseen by the Department of Health,” they said.

“However, if they refuse and are not presenting a risk to others, there will no longer be a role for police. If a drunk person commits a criminal offence, they will be dealt with

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swiftly by police.”

Police will operate with a new plan of action for extremely intoxicated persons, who may have previously been taken into custody, going forward.

If first on the scene, police personnel will remain with the individual if they require urgent ambulance assistance until paramedics arrive.

If they don’t require medical attention, po-

lice will offer to help individual contact family or friends so they are safe, assist them in obtaining public transport or refer them to a public intoxication support service managed by the Department of Health, such as on-demand outreach teams or new sobering centres in Collingwood (for the general public) or St Kilda (dedicated for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people).

There are currently no dedicated services in the Outer East, though the region will be serviced by the centralised, 24/7, statewide public intoxication response services.

If the intoxicated individual refuses police assistance, or if an event worker comes across the person, there will be no role for the police in those circumstances.

Event workers are encouraged to follow the same steps as police in providing care and help for the individual.

If a drunk person is presenting a risk to other’s safety, police can attempt to de-escalate the situation and use move on and breach of the peace powers to remove them if unsuccessful.

It remains an offence for a licensed venue or event to serve an intoxicated person or allow them to remain on licensed premises.

More than 85 per cent of Victoria Police officers have undertaken mandatory training regarding the new response model and changes, with most of the rest estimated to be officers on leave who will complete it upon their return.

Report shows drug consumption is on the increase The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC)’s latest National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program has revealed a concerning increase in methylamphetamine and cocaine consumption in Australia.

Sampling between April and June this year at 55 wastewater sites around the country showed that consumption of the two dangerous drugs had increased to the highest levels recorded since 2020.

ACIC acting chief executive officer Matt Rippon said that this report underlines the pervasive and ongoing threat posed by serious and organised crime groups in Australia to illicit large profits at the expense of the Australian community and forms part of a multi-dimensional approach that targets supply, demand and harm reduction critical to reducing drug use in Australia.

“Drug consumption estimates derived from wastewater data, when used in combination with other data such as seizure, arrest, price, purity, health and availability data, provide the most comprehensive, empirically-based insights into Australian drug markets,” he said.

“In turn, this data reveals drug market resilience, but also points of vulnerability that presents opportunities to inform harm reduction strategies that improve the safety of

oxycodone and ketamine in both capital cities and regional areas across the country but decreases in the average consumption of heroin, 3,4-methylenedioxymethylamphetamine (MDMA) and fentanyl.

While there is no updated regional data for Victoria, capital city data showed: Alcohol consumption slightly increased but remained below the average for Melbourne.

Cannabis consumption decreased and remained below the capital average.

Cocaine consumption shot up, taking it significantly above the capital average.

Fentanyl consumption sharply decreased to remain under the capital average.

Heroin consumption increased, remaining strongly above the capital average.

Ketamine consumption sharply decreased but remains above the capital average.

MDA consumption drastically decreased, taking it well below the capital average.

MDMA consumption slightly decreased, almost bringing it down to the capital average.

Methylamphetamine consumption increased, taking it above the capital average.

Nicotine consumption slightly decreased, remaining below the capital average.

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New wastewater monitoring data from recent months has shown an alarming rise in cocaine consumption in Australia, including a large increase in Melbourne. Picture: ON FILE the Australian community.”

The report, the 20th conducted, also showed an increase in the average consumption of alcohol, methylamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA),

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Mr Rippon said the wastewater work extends far beyond the report including exploring new technology developed by their university partners to take sampling to an increasing variety of sites beyond wastewater treatment plants and to more remote areas of the country.

“With these advances applied to law enforcement, health and broader community harm reduction purposes, our work will generate greater understanding of emerging drug market issues and responses,” he said.

The report covers a population of about 14 million Australians, 55 per cent of the country’s population, by monitoring the 20 capital city and 35 regional wastewater sites. There are 12 participating sites in Victoria, two in Melbourne and 10 in regional areas.

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Use non-urgent options

By Callum Ludwig Ambulance Victoria (AV) responded to 96,594 Code 1 cases between July and September this year, 2002 more than the same period last year, showing just how crucial is to have ambulance services available.

Always call Triple Zero (000) in an emergency, but there are alternatives for urgent care that keep paramedics ready to respond and may even provide the required medical care to patients sooner.

A Department of Health spokesperson as Victoria’s health system continues to face historically high levels of demand, it is vital to save Triple Zero and ambulance resources for those most in need.

“We’ve established a range of alternative options for Victorians to get care without needing to call Triple Zero or visit an emergency department, such as Priority Primary Care Centres and the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department,” they said.

“The latest quarter was the fourth busiest on record for Ambulance Victoria, and we continue to grow the state’s paramedic workforce and hire more Triple Zero operators.”

Victorian paramedics responded to 66 per cent of Code 1 cases between July and September within the state-wide target of 15 minutes, a big improvement from 61.7 per cent in the previous three months and 64.3 per cent the same time last year.

In the last quarter, 53.7 per cent of Code 1 cases in the Yarra Ranges were responded to in the target time with an average response time of 17 minutes and 11 seconds, 73 per cent in Maroondah with a 13 minute and 55 second response time, 72.8 per cent in Knox with a 134 minute and 54 second response time and 50.8 per cent in Cardinia with a 17 minute and 20 second response time.

A local paramedic, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said non-emergency call outs are an overwhelming majority of their workload.

“These calls take around an hour to assess, refer and complete our paperwork before we get back out on the road,” they said.

“Recently, I have attended to call-outs of a sore nose, a splinter in a thumb and a request to prescribe medication, which we cannot provide.”

The 2022/23 financial year was the busiest for Ambulance Victoria on record, with more than 400,000 lights and sirens responses, almost 1100 across the state every day.

The local paramedic said firstly it is a good idea to consider your local GP as a first point of contact for less urgent matters.

“Your GP can provide ongoing community care and management and please consider transport to hospital by private means by a family member or friend if you are experiencing a non-life threatening emergency that requires hospital care,” they said.

“A hospital will treat an acute problem with likely subsequent referral to your GP or specialist.”

The opening of Priority Primary Care Centres (PPCCs) and funding to expand the Victo-

Sky-high demand makes saving Triple Zero (000) calls for emergencies never more important. rian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED) in 2022 are helping to spread the load, with 27 PPCCs now operating across the state and the VVED offering 24/7 free telehealth consultations.

AV’s Secondary Triage Service, which celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, also continues to respond to nearly 500 Triple Zero (000) callers each day to keep emergency departments cleared where possible, including 36,566 people between July and September this year.

Patients with urgent issues that don’t require an emergency response, such as mild infections and burns or suspected fractures and broken bones, are perfect for PPCCs. The closest PPCCs to the Yarra Ranges are: The Maroondah PPCC at the Mountain High Shopping Centre, Shop 28, 7-13 High Street, Bayswater, open from 8am to 11pm Monday through to Sunday, with bookings available via phone: (03) 9344 6888 or by searching for it on the HotDoc website The Narre Warren PPCC at 60 Victor Crescent, Narre Warren, open from 8am to 11pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 10pm on week-

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Secretary of the Victorian Ambulance Union (VAU) Danny Hill said any time an ambulance crew responds to a case, even if it’s a low acuity health matter, they have to do a full assessment.

“They have to document everything that’s occurred, they have to try to organize followup care for the person and during that time, they’re not available to respond to a real emergency if it comes in,” he said.

“I think sometimes people think ‘I’ll call Triple Zero just to see what’s going on’ and while that may be well-meaning, if people are not looking at better options first, they can really tie up ambulance resourcing and leave them unavailable to respond.”

The VVED, which started as a trial conducted by Northern Health in October 2020, requires no referral and any person can connect directly from a device with a camera to an Australian credentialed clinician. Through the VVED, patients can receive self-care advice, prescriptions, or referrals for tests, scans or other services at facilities close to their home or be asked to attend their nearest emergency

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Common and suitable ailments for contacting the VVED include Covid-19 and mild respiratory illness, headache or other pain, non-time-critical injuries, nausea and vomiting, urinary infection, palpitations, dizziness, mild allergies and insect bites. More examples and other frequently asked questions can be found at vved.org.au/faqs/.

Mr Hill said you’ll likely get the medical care you need far quicker through alternative services.

“As soon as the ambulance gets you to the hospital, you’re probably going to be put into the waiting room and you could be there for many hours because the emergency department is there dealing with road trauma, with heart attacks, with strokes and has to prioritise those patients, ” he said.

“Our members certainly have reported that they use them, such as paramedics who have young kids that dong their heads at school or need a couple of stitches because of afterschool sport, and they’ve all reported back that they get a really good turnaround and response from PPCCs.”

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Review of Optus outage Yarra Ranges locals were forcefully disconnected as Optus experienced its worst network outage last week.

Now the Federal government has announced an inquiry into the outage and will conduct a post-incident telecommunications review.

“Connectivity is absolutely essential for Australian consumers and businesses, and the impacts of this outage were particularly concerning,” communications minister Michelle Rowland said in a statement on Thursday 9 November.

“While we welcome that Optus services were restored over the course of the day, it is critical the Government conducts a process to identify lessons to be learned from [Wednesday’s] outage.”

Across the country, those who were connected to the telco provider were unable to access any networks on Wednesday 8 November, causing delays to transport, health and education services, alongside several businesses who were forced to close their doors.

At approximately 1.30pm on Wednesday, Optus reported its services were coming back online after the eight hour hiatus, with locals taking to social media to share their complaints

and distress from the outages - some sharing they would be ‘considering changing providers’.

Hills locals shared they had “trouble calling their doctor who was with Optus”, reports of university networks going down, and one Cardinia tradesperson saying they had to go to their job site and “hope for the best”.

One local shared they had been toying with the idea of moving from Optus Mobile for a while now, and the outage brought that decision to the top of the queue.

In Melbourne’s South East, Metro Trains reported delays to their services while the network was down, whilst Eastern Health said inbound and outbound calls were impacted, however, they managed to keep their services running as per normal.

Metro Trains CEO Raymond O’Flaherty said they apologise to their passengers for the delay to their travel after a communications outage stopped trains on the metropolitan network.

“Our engineers worked quickly to rectify the issue and we were able to resume trains shortly before 6am.”

“We thank passengers for their patience while trains return to their normal timetable,” he said.

The nation’s major banks, including Westpac, ANZ and CommBank also reported outages to their services, with several customers unable to access accounts, make or receive payments for the majority of the day.

CBA customers have also reported they could not transfer money or make cash withdrawals because they were unable to receive an SMS verification code.

Optus customers on landline were also unable to contact emergency services during the outage, and were advised that only mobile calls to ‘000’ may get through.

According to the Australian Government, the outage affected as many as 10 million people nationwide.

Communications minister Michelle Rowland vented to the press at around 11am, stressing it was vital for Optus to be “transparent and timely” in finding a solution.

However, despite Optus sharing a public statement on their Facebook page ‘Optus Help’, the network disabled comments after thousands of complaints.

The post shared at around 7am said that “some services across fixed and mobile are now gradually being restored”.

“This may take a few hours for all services to recover, and different services may restore at different sites over that time.

“We reiterate our apology to customers for the nationwide service outage that has occurred this morning.

“We will continue to provide updates as we have information available,” they said.

Ms Rowland said she will task her Department with developing the terms of reference for a post-incident review. Further announcements around the terms of reference and next steps will be made in due course.

“It is critical that industry and Governments take stock following large-scale outages, given no network is immune,” she said.

“The Government hopes the review may also help support major telecommunications providers to improve post-outage processes.”

Customers were impacted across the nation, including in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, and Brisbane all recording widespread impacts from the outage.

The cause of the outage has not yet been confirmed, however, Optus has ruled out the chaos was caused by hackers.

Rate rise will hurt mortgage holders, home buyers

By Poppy Johnston and Andrew Brown, AAP

The Reserve Bank of Australia has increased the interest rate for the 13th time.

Picture: ON FILE “(RBA governor) Michele Bullock has made it very clear that the RBA is going to have to keep acting if inflation doesn’t come under control sooner,” she said.

Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones said the government was exercising fiscal restraint in order to not make inflation higher.

“We’re delivering, ensuring that as new revenue comes in that it’s banked and goes towards paying down the previous government’s debt and bringing down the deficit, fiscally responsible, not doing the cash handout thing,” he told Sky News.

“We’re doing what we can to ensure tar-

geted cost of living relief, which is actually helping to bring inflation down.”

RateCity research director Sally Tindall urged borrowers to haggle for a lower rate from their lender to insulate themselves from the increase.

Finding a variable rate below six per cent will likely still be possible, she said, with the average owner-occupier paying 7.11 per cent if they haven’t fought for a better deal.

Rising interest rates are also eroding borrowing power for those hoping to get into the property market.

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The 13th cash rate increase in the Reserve Bank’s fight against inflation will be unwelcome news for mortgage holders, home buyers and industries sensitive to higher interest rates. In a move widely expected by economists amid persistent price pressures, the Reserve Bank jacked up the cash rate to 4.35 per cent at the November meeting.

Provided lenders pass on the 25 basis point increase, RateCity analysis finds the average variable rate mortgage holder with a $500,000 loan will be slugged an extra $76 a month. The 13 rate hikes collectively have added $1210 – or 52 per cent - to monthly repayments.

Opposition finance spokeswoman Jane Hume said the Reserve Bank had no other option but to lift interest rates due to inflation being higher than expected.

“The RBA has really been left with no choice and they sent the Albanese government a very, very direct message yesterday, and that is that they need to do more to get inflation down,” she told ABC Radio on Wednesday.

“Unfortunately, Labor still has its foot on the accelerator, and that means the RBA has to do all the heavy lifting.”

Senator Hume said domestic factors were behind core inflation remaining high, which was driving a higher cost of living.

year to comfortably afford a mortgage on the average Australian house, according to Finder analysis that included the November hike.

That shoots up to $261,773 in Sydney, the least affordable housing market in the country. Assistant Employment Minister Andrew Leigh said the recent interest rate rise would make it difficult for mortgage holders.

“It will be a big squeeze in many Australian households who are feeling the pinch on the mortgage,” he told ABC TV. “We know when inflation is too high for too long, it has an adverse impact on the economy.”

Finder head of consumer research Graham Cooke said the dream of home ownership was dwindling for many new buyers.

“People are looking at stretching themselves financially in order to purchase a property,” he said.

Higher interest rates are also putting pressure on industries at the coalface of the inflation fight, including retail, hospitality and construction.

CreditorWatch chief economist Anneke Thompson said demand in these sectors had already contracted, and higher interest rates would force consumers and potential home builders to think more carefully about their future spending decisions.

“Most discretionary retailers will be already accepting stock for the Christmas season, and this cash rate rise will have many of them worried about stock levels and sales over what is usually their busiest period,” she said.

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Broad-toothed rat fears

By Callum Ludwig The Australian Government has added more than 20 plants and animals, including one most commonly found in the Yarra Ranges, to the threatened species list ahead of a daunting bushfire season.

The broad-toothed rat, found in the Yarra Ranges National Park and the Dandenong Ranges National Park has been reclassified from vulnerable to endangered in the recent update.

The additions join the list of over 1700 species listed for protection.

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said previous fires had pushed species to the brink.

“As the weather turns hot and dry again, we’re acting to give our wildlife a better chance during the next bushfire season,” she said.

“Preparing now will help us save more endangered animals and plants if fires break out.”

The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) has the broadtoothed rat currently listed as Vulnerable to extinction under Victoria’s Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) and is set to take on the Federal Government’s conservation status in due course. The Victorian Environment Minister is awaiting formal notification from the Federal government before Victoria can adopt the updated status of affected species and amend the FFG Act Threatened List accordingly, achieved through Victoria’s Scientific Advisory Committee and Ministerial statutory process which will take place in the coming months.

“Through Biodiversity 2037 and a record investment of $582 million since 2014, we are able to protect Victoria’s natural environment and halt the decline of our native flora and fauna,” a DEECA spokesperson said.

Broad-toothed Rat populations have been decimated by cats and foxes, habitat destruction, population fragmentation, bushfires and climate change, with the species having disappeared from more than 50 per cent of the areas

One of the Broad-toothed rats which was recently discovered in Healesville. they were found in prior to 1990.

Ms Plibersek said the commonwealth needed to work more closely with state, territory and local governments to ensure environmental protection laws were properly carried out.

“Housing developers also needed to play a role in ensuring new homes were not coming at the cost of threatened species,” she said. “(We need to make sure) if we’re going to build housing, we’re still protecting the most important areas and we’re also doing things like planting new wildlife corridors to connect up bits of remnant bushland,” she told ABC Radio on Wednesday 8 November.

With funding from the Victorian Government after the 2019-20 bushfires, the Arthur Rylah Institute and Museums Victoria undertook surveys for the species finding that sites surveyed post-fire indicated that there is considerable damage from introduced herbivores which has ushered in landscape-scale introduced herbivore control to mitigate the effects where the small rodent is found. Genetic sequencing and a risk assessment to facilitate potential genetic rescue were also conducted and will be incorporated into the Action Statement once it is published within 6 months.

“We need to have better laws, but we also need to send a strong message to developers

Picture: ZOOS VICTORIA to say nobody wants to live in hot, baking dry, new developments,” said Ms Plibersek.

“You do better with developing places where people want to live ... where they can see mature trees left in places, where they can see areas of natural bushland remaining.”

A Zoos Victoria Wildlife Detection Dog, Moss, managed to uncover a previously undiscovered population of Broad-toothed Rats in the Coranderrk Bushland next to Healesville Sanctuary. After sniffing out the species’ distinctive grass-filled bright green scat, researchers were able to survey the area and find three of the rats, which will remain where they are as it is a predator-free, fenced area.

Fire preparation works begin across Yarra Ranges Yarra Ranges Council and contractors are slashing roadside grass to cut back winter/ spring growth, as part of its annual Fire Slash program.

The program, which runs every year through to December, involves slashing grass on more than 800 roads across the Yarra Ranges.

Council’s Parks and Bushland Teams monitor each site for access, organising slashing when the ground conditions permit.

Yarra Ranges Mayor, Jim Child, said that this year we are anticipating a higher fire risk than we have over the past few years due to the El Nino weather conditions.

“Over the past few years’ it has been wetter than average, however this year is seeing a ‘normal’ bushfire risk which means we need

Road side slashing has begun in the Yarra Ranges.

Picture: ON FILE to start acting now to clean up around our homes” Cr Child said.

“For those residents that are new to the Yarra Ranges, you need to ensure that you have downloaded the Vic Emergency App

and start getting your emergency plan organised.

“For our longer term residents – you know what to do, update your emergency plan and prepare your property by clearing up around your home including gutters, clearing fallen leaves and twigs, keeping grass cut short and where possible use pebbles and not mulch in garden beds close to your home.

“Drains and road shoulders on rural roads are a particular focus for us – some nature strips and drains will be slashed as part of the program, to ensure sight and safety for drivers, and that drainage remains clear.

“Ahead of the fire season, you’ll see an increase in mowing as you travel through the region. Please be understanding as we continue this important work.”

Cr Child encouraged community members to make the most of their weekly FOGO bins and bundled branches collections (coming to the region from December) to keep properties fire-ready.

“We all have a part to play in preparing for the fire season and minimising the risk of fire spreading,” he said.

“This doesn’t have to be a colossal body of work, though – regularly mowing grass, picking up sticks, branches and leaf litter, mowing your nature strip and keeping a good clear area around your home can all help to reduce the risk of grassfires starting and spreading.

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Safety fires local finalist

By Dongyun Kwon

Healesville resident Michael Tisbury nominated as one of four Victorian finalists for Australian of the Year. a 12-month clinical trial.

He divided three cohorts of firefighters to find out the best way.

One cohort didn’t do anything to just test how quickly the body naturally gets rid of PFAS, another cohort donated their blood every three months and the other cohort donated their plasma every six weeks.

Mr Tisbury said the result was outstanding.

“We were aiming for a 5 per cent reduction in PFAS levels over a 12-month period. What we’ve achieved was an average of about a 30 per cent reduction in the plasma donation cohort and a 10 per cent reduction in the blood donation cohort,” he said.

“That was really exciting and eco peerreviewed was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and is now

been adopted by a number of international countries as a treatment for people.”

Mr Tisbury has worked for Fire Rescue Victoria since 1989.

“I love being a firefighter. I love being there to help members of the community when they are probably the most vulnerable, but, at the same time, I want to make the environment of firefighters as safe as I can,” Mr Tisbury said.

Mr Tisbury has been pivotal in FRV’s work to remediate fire stations and equipment that have been contaminated by historical use of PFAS, including a project to remediate FRV’s Corio fire station which brought PFAS concentration in surface and water runoff at the station to levels well below the ecological screening criteria.

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tamination, which was completed in 2022, and resulted in two-thirds of FRV’s equipment having PFAS levels that meet the criteria for safe drinking water.

Fire Rescue Commissioner Gavin Freeman AFSM said Mr Tisbury’s efforts were outstanding and had led to safer conditions for firefighters globally.

“ACFO Tisbury has left no stone unturned in his work to rid firefighting of harmful PFAS contamination and should be commended for his exceptional work, which has undoubtedly reduced the risks that firefighters face in their line of work,” Mr Freeman said.

Victoria will name a single finalist for Australian of the Year in a ceremony on 14 November.

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A Healesville resident nominated as one of four Victorian finalists for Australian of the Year.

Fire Rescue Victoria Assistant Chief Fire Officer Michael Tisbury AFSM said he was very honoured and blown away.

“There are a lot more deserving people.

They really deserve a pat on the back because it means they’ve made a positive impact on somebody’s life,” he said.

“I should be very proud of being nominated. I am just a firefighter who is passionate about the safety of firefighters. That’s my job and that’s what I do.”

Mr Tisbury has received acknowledgment for his efforts to protect firefighters from harmful per-fluoroalkyl and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and ground-breaking work in Victoria.

“PFAS is a family of toxic chemicals that were manufactured by trim and it is linked to a whole lot of different illnesses including various cancers. Our exposure has really come to our firefighting foam contained PFAS,” Mr Tisbury said.

“The reason why I am so passionate about it is because I’ve been to too many funerals of firefighters. The majority of those firefighters have died because they got cancer.”.

His journey started in 2011 when he became aware of PFAS through the documentation in regard to CFI official training.

“There were significant levels of PFAS in the water which we used for drilling. But, there’s very little information about it and nobody could tell me the safe and unsafe levels of PFAS,” Mr Tisbury said.

“That’s why I started doing my own research and reaching out to people overseas.”

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Teaching the future

By Callum Ludwig The Warburton Primary School is adopting a new approach to education, becoming a pioneer of the ‘Teach the Future’ campaign.

The Teach the Future initiative is a partnership between Victorian teachers and the Department of Education to phase out some outdated stereotypes of teachers and grow the workforce.

Warburton Primary School Principal Nathan Van Der Monde said Teach the Future is exactly what quality teaching is about.

“So many jobs that our students will have when they finish school and go into the workforce do not exist yet. We teach students skills and knowledge that can be applied to problems that have not occurred yet,” he said.

“We want students and young people to have the problem-solving and critical thinking skills and strategies to allow them to have a productive and successful life - not just for themselves - but for the betterment of the whole community.”

Earlier this year, the Victorian Government made degrees for secondary school teaching free for students who enrol in the next two years, with the final payments made if they then work in Victorian government schools for two years after they graduate.

Mr Van Der Monde said yeaching is the best job on earth though it’s not without its challenges or pressure.

“But it is one that gives you genuine impact on both an individual level with students and at a community level. The ‘Teach the Future’ campaign is about taking back the narrative around teaching and getting people to consider teaching as a career, when they may not have thought about it before,” he said.

“Teaching has also changed so much since most adults were in school, so the campaign is also about redefining teaching and communi-

Warburton Primary School Principal Nathan Van Der Monde is an ambassador for the Teach The Future campaign.

Picture: ON FILE cating the richly rewarding aspects of the career to the Victorian community,” “Teaching is dynamic, reflective, and student-centred in a way that it has never been before and the professional learning and leadership opportunities within the Department of Education are unparalleled.”

The base salary for a graduate teacher in a Victorian public school begins at $75,726 with opportunities to earn as much as $123,257 as a leading teacher or a learning specialist.

Mr Van Der Monde said it is a priority, but also a great opportunity to build the workforce and continue to impact the future positively.

“We are in the lucky position to be growing larger as a school and we’re adding another grade in 2024. Finding a teacher is hard, as there is a large teacher shortage at the moment in the state. I am experiencing the teacher shortage firsthand, when advertising the position,” he said.

“The post-Covid world has left us with less teachers across the state.”

The minimum Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) requirement for students wishing to study to become a secondary school teacher is 70, as well as requirements for literacy and numeracy standards.

Mr Van Der Monde said the relationship of trust and sense of care that a student believes they have with their teacher has an enormous impact on their wellbeing and their academic progress. “Teachers have a unique role in society. Students will see more of their teacher during the school week in the classroom than they will see their own family.” he said.

“It is a privilege and a huge responsibility.

Students thrive when they are seen, heard, and supported by someone who is an advocate for them. Teachers are that person for so many young people.”

Other incentives include the Targeted Financial Incentives Program, which provides up to $50,000 to teachers from Victoria, interstate and overseas to work at rural, remote or hard-to-staff positions in government schools and the Returning Teachers Support Service (RTSS) to support teachers not working, or casual relief teachers who worked less than 10 days in the last term, to return in a full time, part-time or casual capacity.

Product Director at Oxford University Press Lee Walker said it’s important that we look at how language about teachers is being used in the community as these shape peoples’ perceptions and can contribute to stereotypes.

“We know from our Oxford Children’s Language Corpus Australia that the word ‘teacher’ is currently in the top 500 most frequently used of all the words Australian children chose to include in their writing,” she said.

“From the writing samples we collected, students regard their teachers with admiration, and describe them as admirable, awesome, amazing, beloved, caring, cool, fantastic, favourite, funny, great, kind, nice, spectacular, and wonderful,” “It’s encouraging and reassuring to know that students have such respect for their teachers, and hopefully the broader community can develop this same appreciation, too.”

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Experience aids others

By Dongyun Kwon A family fun day event is coming to Yarra Glen Racecourse on Saturday 25 November.

A car and bike show, She Won’t Be Right Mate, was initiated by Marcus Reeves to raise funds for people who suffer from mental health and addiction.

“It’s not just a car and bike show. It is pushed towards families and kids. There’s a bunch of kids’ activities that families can let the kids run off throughout the day,” Mr Reeves said.

“We’ve got face paint, jumping castles, a petting zoo, reptile interactions. We’ve also got raffle items and auction items.”

Mr Reeves said he started the event in 2019 as he went through his own personal struggles with severe depression, suicide, alcohol and drug use.

“There’s a week period that I don’t remember when my family did come and take care of me, flew down from Canberra. I had that as a wake-up call and I needed to try and do something different,” he said.

“I didn’t know any way to deal with problems other than using alcohol and drugs. Since I quit alcohol and drugs, I have been sober.

The people at Eastern Health supported me to deal with the depression.”

“Then, I decided to help other people who suffered similar problems. I want to let them know they are not alone.”

This is the third time for She Won’t Be Right Mate.

The previous events went successfully which enabled huge amounts of donations for mental health patients.

The first one ended up having about 150 cars along with about 1,500 people coming and raising $11,000 throughout the day.

“We donated the money to Eastern Health to get their gym equipment which patients can use for fitness and exercise,” Mr Reeves said.

She Won’t Be Right Mate 2022 succeeded to raise $18,000 which donated to Eastern Health to improve support for parents and carers, children, young people and families.

Picture: DONGYUN KWON The second event even doubled the first one, which attracted approximately 280 cars and 3,000 people along with raising $18,000.

“The money went towards an Eastern Health program, called faPMI, to improve support for parents and carers, children, young people and families,” Mr Reeves said.

“We are going to donate the money to Eastern Health this year as well.”

Mr Reeves emphasised the importance of a small change from a single person.

“If even one individual can draw inspiration or hope from this event, then collectively, we will have made a difference in someone’s life,” he said.

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Founder of the event ‘She Won’t Be Right Mate’ Marcus Reeves said he started the event in 2019 as he went through his own personal struggles with severe depression, suicide, alcohol and drug use.

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Chill relief for Cire pantry

By Callum Ludwig The community pantry at the Cire Community Hub in Yarra Junction has received a boost due to the generosity of a local couple.

Lilydale residents Peter and Colleen Mitt have been recently helping deliver frozen meals and donations from the pantry through their connection to the Life Ministry Church in Chirnside Park and noticed the program had probably outgrown their original freezer.

Colleen said she and Peter spoke about it as they noticed more and more clients on the books seeking meals from Cire.

“We just thought that we really do need to get them a bigger freezer, if we could consider it, so long story short we went ahead and did that,” she said.

“I’ve been on that journey where I’ve had very little, I relied on support and different community services myself personally so I really understand the struggle so this opportunity was just a no-brainer, to be honest,” “We were there, we saw the need and we just met the need.”

Members of the Life Ministry Church regularly provide and donate to the program, as well as a few of those like Peter and Colleen who help deliver the meals.

Peter said they’re grateful and feel blessed that they are able that they can make those resources available to meet a community need and serve the church in a small, non-descript way.

“Being part of the church community, we want to honour not only God but also the church and the community, because that’s just the way we want to conduct ourselves, this is very much a small token gesture of being able to physically meet a service the community needs in a very simple way,” he said.

“It’s the way communities are supposed to operate, volunteering is a service that all people at some stage in their lives do need, and we know, especially in this day and age, there are a lot of people out there that are going without and are fortunate to have support services like Cire to help.”

Colleen and Peter Mitt with the freezer they bought for the Yarra Junction Cire Community Hub.

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Blessing for animals in the past, present and future

By Dongyun Kwon An animal blessing will be held at Queens Park in Healesville on Saturday 18 November.

The ceremony will be dedicated to the well-being of all animals in the past, present and future inspired by World Animal Day. Nalandra Buddhist Institute’s spiritual director His Eminence Zimo’G Rinpoche said the idea of Animal Blessing came up from one of his fellows.

“In 2009, I was looking at doing some events and it was really

close to World Animal Day. One of our fellows shared the idea of hosting a Buddhist version of Animal Day.” Rinpoche is looking forward to the upcoming 12th Animal Blessing, hoping more animals come over.

“The previous events went well, but only a few people showed up,” Rinpoche said.

“Although it has fallen very late [from World Animal Day which was on 4 October], I think late is not late because it is always good to have a distance between

World Animal Day and Animal Blessing to remind people of World Animal Day once again.”

People are encouraged to bring their own pets as ambassadors of other animals in the world.

Even animals unable to attend or who are deceased will be also remembered in the blessings through pictures of them.

“This is not only for animals in the present, but for animals in the past and future because the animals in the past are still in the intermediate state,” Rinpoche

said.

“We will cut through all the suffering, dilemmas and illusions which may not be necessary for them [animals in the past] and they will be reborn in the future.”

Rinpoche said he would read the special Sutra by Rinpoche because each one of those syllables would bear a huge amount of blessings.

“After that, the blessing Mantra also blesses the water in the vase. Then, animals will come up to me one by one to receive the blessing code,” he said.

His Eminence Zimo’G Rinpoche gave a blessing to Moira Brown’s dog Rusty in Animal Blessing 2018.

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Healesville High School Captain Celeste Duthie recites In Flanders Field poem.

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Students in remembrance

By Dongyun Kwon All veterans who have given their lives in combat for Australia and Commonwealth nations were remembered once again on Saturday 11 November.

The Remembrance Day services took place in Yarra Glen and Healesville as well as other places in Yarra Valley.

Yarra Glen Returned and Services League president Stephen Shortis said he was emotional because this year’s service would be his last one in Yarra Glen.

“I have been doing this for a long period of time and I want to say thank you to all the people who helped me,” he said.

Local veterans, RSL members and Yarra Glen Primary School students took part in the service.

The service started with a welcome address

by Yarra Glen RSL secretary Edward Bartosh.

An excerpted letter from Walter George Parker from Bullecourt, France in December 1916 was read by George Miller.

Yarra Glen Primary School leaders Lachlan Bosua and Claire Lofaro recited the poems In Flanders Fields and The Victory Emblem respectively.

Lachlan said he was grateful for getting an opportunity to recite the poem.

“I really like to participate in Anzac Day and Remembrance Day because I have some of my relatives who fought in the war,” he said.

Claire said she was nervous for awhile, but after she got off the nerve, she was able to think about how important it was to do the poem.

“It’s important to commemorate and remember all the people who participated in the war and helped our country,” she said.

After the students’ recitations, Mike Watkins recited The Ode, followed by a one-minute silence while Last Post was played by Gabby Shortis with her bugle.

Local community groups and attendees laid wreaths and poppies.

Yarra Glen RSL secretary Edward Bartosh said the service went very well, even though it’s normally a smaller crowd than Anzac Day. “It’s our duty to remember those who have gone before us and we will keep doing this whether there’s 20 or 400 attendees,” he said.

Yarra Glen Girl Guides was on the site standing around the Cenotaph and helping raise and lower the flags during the service.

Queen’s Guide recipient Erin Allison said she has participated in the service since 2013.

“This would be my 10th year doing this and I have enjoyed and liked allowing the other girls to do it and watching them step up and be part of the community,” she said.

“Today, we have four girls standing around the Cenotaph and I organised their formation.

We also helped raise and lower the flags.”

Christmas Hill Primary School principal Maria Parks emphasised the importance of passing the spirit of Remembrance Day down to the younger generation.

“Today, two of my students took part in the laying of wreaths. It’s really important for young people to take part in these kinds of services to help them understand the history behind these special days we celebrate,” she said.

Christmas Hill Primary School Grade 6 students Maggie (left) and Onyx took part in the laying of wreaths.

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Local veteran John Harris in solemn remembrance as the Last Post is played, who also delivered The Ode. Picture: KATH GANNAWAY

Healesville High School Captain Ethan Nikcevich recites the response poem to In Flanders Field.

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Upper Yarra remembers

By Callum Ludwig The Upper Yarra stopped to remember those who served on Saturday 11 November.

Services were held at RSLs, cenotaphs and war memorials across the region and the country for Remembrance Day, including one at the Seville War Memorial despite the recent vandalism.

Chair of the Seville War Memorial Committee Anthony McAleer OAM said despite the vandalism of the memorial, the committee were adamant they weren’t going to let this shameful act stop the important community event.

“Nor will it prevent us from remembering and paying tribute to all of those who undertook service for our nation,” he said.

“At this moment all over the country in towns, villages and cities people are coming together as Australians to commemorate our heritage and to remember those who have served, suffered and died for our nation in time of war.”

Services in the Upper Yarra were also held at the Wandin Cenotaph, the Millgrove Memorial Rock, the Upper Yarra RSL and the Warburton RSL. In the absence of Seville Primary School, Lilydale Police Sergeant Brendan de Schwartz gave a historical reading.

When the First World War ended in 1918, the people of the district gathered for a thanksgiving ceremony and on this occasion, the shire president said the following words; ‘We cherish the memory of all those who while fighting fell,” he said.

“66 from homes within the shire have fought their last fight and sacrificed all so that others may be free. They fell at the post of duty, citizens, soldiers, heroes, giving up all to home and humanity, “It is ours to keep their memory green and the most fitting monument we can raise to their memory, to perfect and maintain the peace and freedom for which they fought and died.”

Peter Patterson from the Mt Evelyn RSL gave The Ode to the Fallen, Chandler Ward Councillor David Eastham read out the names of those from Seville who died at war, local poet Jim Brown sang the national anthem and Graeme Black from the Seville Township group gave acknowledgements at the Seville service.

Stephanie Johnson, the niece of Private Bruce Bethune who died in Papua New Guinea while serving 80 years ago, read from her poem in tribute to him.

“As they lay in and had a well-earned rest, after battling conditions that can’t be expressed, clouds that burst in the mountains and rain deliver, a once quiet creek turns into a raging river,” she said.

“Before the break of the new day, another young life was swept away, that lad now 20 with a smile so bright, had gone into the great tunnel’s light,” “To his family a telegram came, ensuring life would never be the same, as his loss cut mailcommunity.com.au

Wandin North and Wandin Yallock Primary School students had an important role in the Wandin service. raising and lowering the flags and laying wreaths.

Picture: SUPPLIED through a small town’s heart, and tore his family’s lives apart. Letters came with words of sympathy and grief, telling tales of a happy chap whose life was too brief, a lad who spoke of his family and farm with pride, right up till the day he died.”

The Mt Evelyn RSL, Seville Township group, Seville CFA, Bruce Bethune’s nephews Ian and Alistair Johnson and representatives for Evelyn MP Bridget Vallence and Casey MP Aaron Violi laid floral tributes at the memorial.

Jim Brown told the story of a man named Alex Parker, an adventurer who lived in Papua New Guinea in the 1930s and went on to be a spy in the region during World War II, climbing up trees and reporting back on the activity of Japanese troops, using Australian colloquial terms to make up his own code, such as ‘a koala bear who just had a crap on the beach.’

In his acknowledgements, Graeme Black also said that discussions with State and Federal Governments are underway to hopefully organise funding to restore the vandalised memorial to its former glory.

Floral tributes laid at the Seville War Memorial.

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Nailing greater confidence

By Dongyun Kwon Badger Creek Primary School students come to Badger Creek Men’s Shed to learn carpentry skills every Thursday.

Badger Creek Men’s Shed invites different grades of students each term for a program named School Children Day. Year 4 students have grabbed this opportunity during term four.

Badger Creek Men’s Shed vice president John Liyton said they started to run the program six years ago.

“We had to stop this due to the Covid for about three years and restarted this last year,” he said.

“When I first started this, I used to bring one from the higher-up years, Grade 5 or 6.

“It was a bit of an incentive for young students to have fun outside school during school hours, especially students who usually mucked up a bit in school. If they muck up, they couldn’t come across the men’s shed as a punishment. It worked for them. It was a carrot in front of a donkey.”

Mr Liyton said students could learn many skills while picking up something for themselves.

Badger Creek Men’s Shed committee member Greg Suhr added the program instilled selfconfidence into the students.

“Students make their own stuff here. Sometimes, they are stuck and don’t know what to do next. They know we’re the so-called experts and where to come to ask. While getting through all these processes, they get skills on how to solve unexpected problem and how to ask questions. Finally, they can get their own masterpieces which gives them fantastic confidence,” Mr Suhr said.

Four students, Alba, Elodie, Leon and Annabelle, attended the School Children Day on

Badger Creek Primary School students come to Badger Creek Men’s Shed to learn carpentry skills every Thursday (John, Greg, Elodie, Leon, Alba, Annabelle and Lucy, from top left to bottom right).

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John (left) and Leon (right).

Greg (middle) helped Annabelle (left) and Elodie (right).

Annabelle hammered nails along with support from Greg.

Leon prepared tools before he started woodworking.

9 November. All of them enjoyed what they were doing.

Leon said he liked to come to Men’s Shed where he could do a fun activity.

“Today I am making a strong birdhouse,” he

said. Annabelle said she loved to come here because she made things while she learnt new skills.

“I can show these to all my friends and parents and proudly tell them I made these,” she

said.

“I’ve learnt how to hammer the nails in and how to sand better. Now all my things just go completely flat and straight, not splintered.”

Helping Kenyan orphans while completing coursework

By Dongyun Kwon Healesville High School year 12 students hosted Multi-Topic Trivia Night, collaborating with Healesville Rotary Club.

The Multi-Topic Trivia Night was to raise funds for the Milking Cow and Goat Project, run by the Rotary, aiming to aid orphans in Kenya.

It was also for students to complete their year 12 VCE Vocational Major which required them to carry out a community-based project as part of their coursework.

Healesville High School senior school head Gabrielle Plunkett said she was proud of what the students had done for the event.

“Our students have done pretty everything for the event. They created all the questions and answers, found a suitable venue considering parking, space and cost while managing promotion and bookings,” she said.

“On the night, they collected entrance fees, promoted the raffles, organised the games and collated the answers. They also tried to create a fun atmosphere.”

The MC for the night was Healesville High School captain Connor Fallon, who read all the questions and answers while entertaining the crowd.

Five more students, Monique Willemsen, Lucas Hubbard, Makenzee Harbison, Chris Visolit and Brodie Grace took part in the event along with support from the two teachers, Gabrielle Plunkett and Kaylia Tierney.

The partnership between the school and Rotary has been for several years and this year’s event culminated with over 60 guests coming along and raising $1600.

The fund would be met dollar for dollar by Rotary, which amounted to $3200 in total.

Milking Cow and Goat Project manager Wilma Best said the donation would be used to install a borehole to supply a reliable source of water for the farm animals and the schools in Kenya.

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The event culminated with over 60 guests coming along and raising $1600.

The project started in 2007 when Ms Best met a priest working in the diocese of Meru who spoke to her about the story of the orphans in Kenya.

Healesville High School year 12 students hosted Multi-Topic Trivia Night collaborating with Healesville Rotary Club.

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The orphans also get vegetables grown in a kitchen garden nourished from manure of the cows and goats.

the story of the orphans in Kenya.

“I met him in Uganda and he told me that at least eight of the orphans, he was taking care of, were dying from starvation,” Ms Best said.

The project grew fast, reaching 26 milking goats to feed orphans and 10 Holstein Friesian Cows to deliver milk to schools by 2010.

“For example, there is a school with 250 children. Fifty per cent of them are orphans and some are from single-parent families. We

“He did a presentation explaining what the previous donations have been used for and this year’s goal of installing a borehole,” Ms Plunkett said.

The Multi-Topic Trivia Night wrapped up successfully thanks to the support from the local community.

“The senior citizens donated the hall which was amazing and a shout out to all the businesses in Healesville and the Yarra Valley for supporting us,” Ms Plunkett said.

help them to get milk and vegetables that we are able to grow through the manure from the goats and the cows,” Ms Best said.

Ms Best said she really loved collaborating with Healesville High School Students.

“I’ve been doing this with them for years and the high school students have been consistently supportive of this project,” she said.

Father Jason, who runs the orphanage in Kenya, was a guest appearance on the night.

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Free footy beckons Stacked

schedule of events

By Callum Ludwig The resurgent Yarra Junction Junior Football Club is offering free footy for players once again for season 2024.

Having already waived the cost of registration in 2023, the opportunity was available again due to the generous support of local sponsors and businesses.

President Kyle Ousley said they are thrilled to be able to offer free footy again.

“After Covid and the effect it’s had on our kids and I’m sure other people’s kids, where they wanted to be sitting on the couch playing their Nintendo Switches, we figured if we can get by without get by without having to charge the families anything, why not,” he said.

“Everything that you try and go and do, whether its footy or basketball or tennis or netball, the parents are always forking out money,” “We don’t need to make money around here, we just need to get the kids out there playing sport and having fun.”

Next year, the Eagles will be fielding Auskick for kids aged 5-8, an Under 9s boys team, an Under 10 Girls team, an Under 11s team and an Under 13s team.

Vice President Georgia Strahan said this year gave kids who were wanting to try footy for the first time the opportunity to do so.

“It really gave them the opportunity to be able to just try it without that financial burden on the families or parents, they could just come and have a go for one game, and most of them did that and then stuck with it as well,” she said.

“Being able to play a team sport is really important for kids, the kids might not go to the same school but they’ll see each other at the shops and they play footy in the same colours so it creates a kind of family and to meet other kids they wouldn’t necessarily meet.”

A milk crate full of second-hand footy boots is on hand at the club for kids to borrow and give it a go until they are settled, while families

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The Yarra Junction Junior Football Club Committee and players are keen to welcome new players for 2024.

Picture: CALLUM LUDWIG can also return footy shorts and socks if kids decide footy isn’t for them.

Ms Strahan said being able to work together as a team helps kids for the rest of their lives.

“I look back to my junior footy here and junior basketball and it sets you up to then be able to work as a team in your business life or later on in your life,” she said.

“I think it’s really important that we give the kids the opportunity to be able to do that and have a safe place where they can go and for us to create a good culture around them.”

For a period between 2013 and 2017, the club was unable to field any junior sides, until a small group of dedicated parents and volunteers revived it, starting from the ground up by reestablishing Auskick.

Ms Strahan said there are lots of family connections around the club.

“When we did have juniors, it was such a strong club and there are people who’ve gone right through from juniors right through play seniors, even if they went and played somewhere else for a few years and then came back,” she said.

“I know for myself, my son now plays here in the juniors, my daughter in the Auskick and my daughter’s dad plays in the reserves side so the kids get to wear his jumper number and stuff, which is significant to them.”

Anyone interested in joining the junior sides can contact Kyle at 0417 124 828 or Georgia (girls) at 0425 459 370 or email yjjunioreagles@outlook.com.

A Family Fun Day for our faunal emblems

By Callum Ludwig A community event to celebrate the conservation of Victoria’s faunal emblems, the Helmeted Honeyeater and Leadbeater’s Possum, is coming up.

Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater (FOHH) is hosting a Family Fun Day at Yarra Valley ECOSS, with support from other community and government organisations and a grant from the Upper Yarra Community Recovery Committee, on Saturday 18 November.

Environmental Coordinator at FOHH Eliza Lamb said not only will it be a celebration of the faunal emblems and a fundraiser for the group, it’s also a really great way for the local community to come and have some fun with them.

“There’s lots of free activities being offered over the course of the day and it’s a really great way for the local community to find out about what all of the different organisations working with our threatened species are doing,” she said.

“It’s a chance for them to find out how they can get involved in the conservation of threatened species and what they can do at home.”

Among the activities will be an interactive wildlife display from Blacksnake Productions, indigenous education, face painting, music and arts and crafts, including a visit from artist local artist Renate Crow who organisers the Belgrave Lantern Parade and Renewal Fest and Feast events.

Ms Lamb said there are lots of ways for the community to get engaged in conservation management.

“We run education programs and habitat restoration events within the (Yellingbo Nature)conservation area, but we also work with landholders in the surrounding region as well to help them to make improvements on their property, not only for conservation but also for their livelihood, whether it’s agriculture or climate change mitigation,” she said.

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A Family Fun Day is set to celebrate Victoria’s faunal emblems, including the Helmeted Honeyeater.

Picture: ON FILE might learn about activities and events across the region with the Friends groups or some of the other partner organizations and decide to get involved.”

As well as FOHH and the Friends of the Leadbeater’s Possum groups, the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), Parks Victoria, Zoos Victoria, Melbourne Water, Yarra Valley Water, Gardens for Wildlife, Trust for Nature and the Landcare Network will all be attending and helping run the event.

Ms Lamb said young people are really passionate about wildlife in the area.

“For them, by going along to the event with their family, they know they are contributing to the conservation of threatened species, I

see it all the time when I’m out with visits to schools, young people are really passionate and they are great communicators about the importance of saving threatened species,” she said.

“For parents as well, this event will be providing information as to how they can take that learning further, which is really important, whether it’s through activities run by us or partner organisations, they can find out ways that they can get involved as a family to make a difference and extend that learning for their children.”

The event will be held from 11am to 3pm with parking available at Wesburn Park. Limited parking will be available at Yarra Valley ECOSS for those with limited mobility.

The Woori Community House is set to continue to be a hive of activity over the next month, with a wide range of accessible activities and seminars.

Manager of the Woori Community House Sonja Mazar said there is lots on offer and that it was important to offer a wide range of activities to cover the many interests of community members.

“It is important to facilitate and offer opportunities to community members that are of interest to them and to promote and preserve our way of life,” she said.

“The events are only a gold coin donation so that they are accessible to all members of the community and that nobody needs to miss out due to cost.”

Defibrillator Training hosted by Reive2Survive will be held on Tuesday 14 November from 6pm to 7pm, helping inform residents on how to use a defibrillator as more publicly available AEDs are installed throughout the Upper Yarra.

Neami National will hold a Suicide Prevention session on Wednesday 15 November from 10.30am to 12pm and Monday 27 November from 1pm to 2.30pm, helping attendees to recognise and respond to the risk of suicide as well as improve their confidence in holding conversations about suicide and mental health.

Residents can run through bushfire scenarios on Sunday 19 November from 2.30pm to 4.30pm, including a simulation to show how a major fire would impact the local area.

A local beekeeper will be sharing their knowledge and some tasty honey in ‘The Magic of Bees’ on Tuesday 28 November from 7.30pm to 8.30pm.

From one insect to another, a seminar on keeping the Yarra Valley fruit fly free will be held on Wednesday 29 November from 7pm to 8.30pm to help inform residents on how to protect the area from the damaging pest.

Attendees can come along and Build a Caddy on Tuesday 5 December from 1.30pm to 3pm.

An informative session on emergencies and people at risk will be held on Sunday 10 December from 1pm to 3pm so attendees can make some plans for themselves and neighbours in the event of a major emergency.

“I would encourage all community members to come to as many activities as possible to meet other locals, learn new information and skills and let us know what else they would like to attend,” Ms Mazar said.

“I would like to add that bookings are essential, especially for catering purposes.”

Anyone wishing to book their place can do so by contacting the Woori Community House at info@wooricommhouse.org.au or 5964 6857, or by booking online at wooricommhouse.org.au/ ourcourses.

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Early Years award honours Victoria’s very best early childhood organisations and professionals were celebrated for the outstanding work they do setting children up for success at school and beyond, at the 2023 Victorian Early Years Awards on Thursday 9 November.

Children Minister Lizzie Blandthorn congratulated the 10 winners and 16 finalists at an awards ceremony in Melbourne.

“Congratulations to every winner and finalist for their outstanding contributions to children’s learning and development – your brilliant work is what makes us the Education State,” Ms Blandthorn said.

Established in 2006, the annual Victorian Early Years Awards celebrates the exceptional work of the state’s early childhood sector in improving the learning, health and wellbeing of young children and their families.

Aboriginal inclusion and perspectives in making early childhood services accessible to Koorie children and families were recognised for the first time, through a new award commemorating the life and legacy of Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri woman Aunty Rose Bamblett.

The Yirram Burron and Perridak Burron Early Learning services in Ballarat took out the inaugural Aunty Rose Bamblett Koorie Early Years Legacy Award for their educational programs based on Aboriginal perspectives that enhance children’s love for land and community.

This year also saw the first-ever Educator of the Year Award, which went to Kinglake Ranges Children’s Centre Director Sue Bullock for using data, evidence-based practices and empathetic leadership to create a better quality learning and working environment for students and staff.

The Early Childhood Teacher of the Year award was presented to Glen Education Glov-

ment or to further develop their program or initiative. To find out more about this year’s winners, visit vic.gov.au/victorian-early-yearsawards.

Winners of the 2023 Victorian Early Years Awards Category 1: Improving Access and Participation in Early Learning Fast-tracking 15 hours of Three-Year-Old Kindergarten for children at risk, Northern Schools Early Years Cluster Category 2: Supporting Parents to Build their Capacity and Confidence The HoPES team strengthening the Early Years, Tweddle Child & Family Health Service Category 3: Creating Collaborative Community Partnerships Darebin Best Start Aboriginal Reference Group, Darebin City Council Category 4: Promoting Children’s Health and Wellbeing By Five Paediatric Project, By Five Category 5: Continuity of Early Learning Greater Dandenong Early Learning Alliance, Keysborough Primary School Category 6: Early Childhood Teacher of the Year Rachael Gemmill, Glen Education Glover Street Kindergarten Category 7: The Emeritus Professor Collette Tayler Excellence in Educational Leadership Award Early Childhood Education Team, Early Childhood Management Services Inc. Category 8: The Aunty Rose Bamblett Koorie Early Years Legacy Award Yirram Burron and Perridak Burron Early Learning, Ballarat & District Aboriginal Co-operative Category 9: Educator of the Year Sue Bullock, Kinglake Ranges Children’s Centre Minister’s Award The Northern Schools Early Years K-6 model, Northern Schools Early Years Cluster Inc.

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Victoria’s very best early childhood organisations and professionals were celebrated for the outstanding work they do setting children up for success at school and beyond, at the 2023 Victorian Early Years Awards on Thursday 9 November.

Picture: UNSPLASH er Street Kindergarten’s Rachael Gemmill for leading her team to exceed in all seven areas of the National Quality Standard for education and care, and for using evidence-based strategies to support children’s wellbeing.

The Minister’s Award was presented to the Northern Schools Early Years Cluster, a community-based not-for-profit organisation that manages 15 kindergarten services in multicultural communities experiencing high levels of disadvantage across the municipalities of Merri-bek, Hume, Melbourne and Macedon Ranges.

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model (K-6), the Northern Schools Early Years Cluster was recognised for helping children to develop a sense of belonging, connectedness and confidence during their transition from kindergarten to schools.

“The State Government’s $14 billion Best Start, Best Life reforms support every child to benefit from our skilled and dedicated early childhood teachers and educators - no matter their background or where they live,” Ms Blandthorn said.

Awards were also announced in six other categories with award winners receiving $15,000 to support their professional develop-

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New cohort of Future Leaders for grape and wine sector A number of innovators, thinkers and trailblazers from across the grape and wine sector, including two from the Yarra Valley have graduated from the intensive five-month leadership development program, Future Leaders.

This program aims to foster the individual talents of each of the participants and enhance their leadership skills for the benefit of the greater Australian grape and wine community.

Future Leaders is coordinated and funded

by Wine Australia and supported by Australian Grape and Wine. This year’s cohort joins a community of more than 100 graduates who have taken part in the program over its more than 15-year history.

Wine Australia chief executive officer Dr Martin Cole said bold ideas and brave minds would pave a path forward for a sector facing major challenges.

“The standard of applicants this year was exceptional. The diverse range of people and expertise clearly demonstrates the wide range of talent that our sector needs,” Dr Cole said.

“It’s times where our community is facing major hurdles that we need to attract and retain the future leaders of our sector. This group is well-positioned to embrace change and bring new ideas in what’s been an incredibly changing operating environment.”

Australian Grape and Wine chief executive officer Lee McLean echoed Dr Cole’s thoughts and reiterated the Australian wine sector’s support for the program, emphasising the importance of investing in the sector’s emerging talent.

“It’s exciting to see the diverse array of talented people in the Future Leaders cohort this year. With leaders like this stepping up in their businesses, regions and associations, we are well placed to drive progress and success in our sector in the years ahead,” Mr McLean said.

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Future Leaders 2023; (from top left to right) Amy Blackburn, Steven Paul, Andrew Shedden, Belinda van Eyssen, Bodhi Edwards, Caitlin Davies, Eloise Jarvis, George Taylor, Jamie Pike, Katie Spain, Kendall Clements-Virag, Lucy Etheridge, Monica Gray, Ray Ruiming Chen and Andrew Duff.

Picture: SUPPLIED been compiled into the book Thought Leadership volume 4, which will be launched at today’s graduation. Topics include how the sector should respond to climate change; long-term sustainability; marketing; exports, business structures, and market diversification. Graduates Lucy Etheridge, Bodhi Edwards and Caitlin Davies reflected on their experiences through the program.

Yarrawalla Vineyards general manager Lucy Etheridge said Having the opportunity to be among such an inspired group of people, who I wholeheartedly now consider friends, has been a privilege.

“The program has helped me realise, and be comfortable with, my value as a leader within the Australian wine sector and beyond,” she said.

“The program has exceeded my expectations, enhancing my leadership skills through self-discovery and providing me with a whole new industry perspective,” Senior Industry Advisor at Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA Bodhi Edwards added.

“I am grateful to the wine industry for supporting the delivery of the Future Leaders program through Wine Australia. Future Leaders has skyrocketed my professional development through engaging modules delivered thoughtfully through Pragmatic Thinking,” Jericho Wines sales and marketing coordinator Caitlin Davies said.

The graduates of the Future Leaders 2023 program represent all aspects of the Australian grape and wine sector, from viticulture and winemaking through to marketing and sales.

The Future Leaders for 2023 are: Amy Blackburn, AVL Wines (Sunraysia) Andrew Duff, Briar Ridge Vineyard (Hunter Valley) Andrew Shedden, Endeavour Drinks Group (Melbourne) Belinda van Eyssen, The Cutting (Barossa) Bodhi Edwards, Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA (Adelaide) Caitlin Davies, Jericho Wines (Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale) Eloise Jarvis, Cape Mentelle Vineyards (Margaret River) George Taylor, Treasury Wine Estates (Barossa) Jamie Pike, Pikes Wines (Clare) Katie Spain, Wine journalist and feature writer for Good Food, WBM, and Gourmet Traveller (Adelaide) Kendall Clements-Virag, Pernod Ricard Winemakers (Adelaide and Barossa) Lucy Etheridge, Yarrawalla Vineyards (Yarra Valley) Monica Gray, See Saw Wines (Orange) Ray Ruiming Chen, Endeavour Drinks Group and Rongo Wines (Melbourne and Yarra Valley) Steven Paul, Oakdene Wines (Geelong).

Applications, to join the next Future Leaders program, will open in late January 2025.

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Renovating the world is like renovating a house, it needs ‘good bones’.

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Renovating the world

By Maria Millers It seems that the world we inhabit has become more and more filled with uncertainties, ambiguities and cruelties. Writing after World War I, the Irish poet Yeats in the Second Coming wrote that: Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere, The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

Many feel these words resonating today as earthquakes, floods, pandemics, massacres and wars are streamed into our living rooms daily. It’s hard to not think otherwise.

Some of these images are confronting and bring distress and anxiety. The response is to turn away. We avoid watching or listening to anything that disturbs the peace of our personal lives. We surround ourselves with all the material distractions our world allows us, or at least allows some of us. We turn to travel, endless sport, reality shows and remain uninformed. It has even become obligatory to warn viewers and listeners of content that may be

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But what about our children? Should we shield them from these harsh images? We already know that many of our youth experienced depression and anxiety from the isolation during the pandemic lockdowns. Should then parents protect their children from seeing the brutality of war and its innocent victims?

Or are we in danger of raising a generation of Pollyannas, blindly optimistic and in denial of the real world with all its flaws?

In her poem Good Bones, American poet Maggie Smith questions whether her role is to draw her children’s attention only to the good things in the world despite the fact The world

is at least fifty percent terrible. The poem was written after the gun massacre at the Pulse gay club in Orlando Florida where 49 people died and scores were injured.

She emphasises the brevity of our time on earth and how we live as if we were immortal.

The speaker has no illusions about the world but wants to protect her children from this hard reality yet instil in them that the world is like a house that is structurally sound (has ‘good bones’ in the American real estate parlance) but is desperately in need of renovation and could be transformed into a beautiful home. And as every astronaut has told us, our planet Earth is so beautiful from space, yet so vulnerable. Just as it now suffers under the strain of so many things, it too can be renovated into beauty. We have the means but need the will to do so.

The poem ends on a hopeful note that just like any real estate ‘shithole’ that is structurally good and can be turned into a beautiful home, so too we can treat our earth the same way: This place could be beautiful, right? You could make this place beautiful.

Hopefully our youth is engaged, well equipped and ready for renovating our world.

Good Bones Life is short, though I keep this from my children.

Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways, a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways - Maggie Smith I’ll keep from my children. The world is at least fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative estimate, though I keep this from my children.

For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird.

For every loved child, a child broken, bagged, sunk in a lake. Life is short and the world is at least half terrible, and for every kind stranger, there is one who would break you, though I keep this from my children. I am trying to sell them the world. Any decent realtor, walking you through a real shithole, chirps on about good bones: This place could be beautiful, right? You could make this place beautiful.

Sunday 19 November the 2023 Woorilla Awards event will be held at the Emerald Hub from 2-5 pm. Live music, entertainment, raffles. A great afternoon for the whole family.

panied by presentations of local history on the journey back to the Upper Yarra Museum.

After the event is rescheduled, riders will begin from the Cob Bikes Cafe in Warburton at 7.30pm to register, with 70 tickets available per night for $10 each including a hot drink with sweets at the Museum.

Attendees can hire bikes from the Cog Bikes if required.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit upperyarramuseum.org.au/ride-into-history.

Stay tuned to the Upper Yarra Historical Society Facebook page to find out the rescheduled dates.

Community members can place out bundles of branches (each tree limb should be no longer than 1.5m, no wider than 200mm) out for collection in their usual waste collection spot, and they will be picked up on their designated week.

To have branches collected, put them out where your bins are usually collected from on the Sunday before your collection week Tie the bundles with natural fibres, like cotton or jute string. Never use metal wire or plastic, as this can clog mulching machines and contaminate the product.

Bundles need to be lifted safely by one person and fit in our collection truck, so try to keep bundles not too heavy. If you’re in doubt, make two smaller bundles so we can safely collect them.

Only place branches out for collection.

Please use green bins or local waste transfer stations to dispose of weeds and green vegetation.

Check your collection date at yarraranges. vic.gov.au/Environment/Waste/BundledBranch-Collection.

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Yarra Ranges Christmas Window competition starts soon Businesses across the Yarra Ranges can get into the festive spirit early and enter into Yarra Ranges Council’s Yarra Ranges Christmas Window competition.

Locals are encouraged to vote for their famailcommunity.com.au

vourite window with the chance for them to win one of four local prizes up for grabs from the Urban, Hills, Valley and Upper categories.

The businesses with the most votes from each category will also receive a hamper of locally sourced goodies.

The competition will start on Monday 20 November and will close on Wednesday 20 December and businesses can upload pictures of their Christmas Window Displays at any time during this period under the categories.

Winning businesses will be contacted by 21 December.

Submissions can be made at shaping.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/yarra-ranges-christmaswindow-competition-2023.

Ride Into History postponed

Bundled Branches collection coming up

The Upper Yarra Historical Society (UYHS)’s ‘Ride Into History’ event, originally slated for November 11 and 12, has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances.

The event is set to be a slow-paced bicycle ride on the Lilydale to Warburton trail accom-

Yarra Ranges residents and property owners are being encouraged to reduce excess vegetation by making the most of the upcoming Bundled Branches collection.

Council’s Bundled Branches collection runs through November and December.

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FOGO cuts landfill waste Jim Child It’s been just over a month since we began FOGO collections in Yarra Ranges, giving the community the opportunity to ensure food scraps and garden waste stays out of our landfill.

I’m extremely proud to announce that, after the first month of collections, we’ve seen a reduction of landfill waste of about 41 per cent, compared to last October.

Now, I know that change is never easy, and this is one of the biggest changes we’ve ever had to the bin system since recycling began.

It’s required a change of thinking, a change to how we do things at home and changes to our routine, but I’m proud of the way our community has embraced the new collections.

The food and garden organics you put in your FOGO bin will be composted and used to enrich soil in parks, gardens and farmland, which is far better for the environment and will

Mayor Jim Child has served the Yarra Ranges alongside deputy mayor Sophie Todorov for the last 12 months.

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The need behind the FOGO bins is simple.

We all need to do more to protect the environment. The approach of the past – sending things to be buried in the ground, where

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they’ll stay forever – has to be avoided wherever possible.

Everything we buy and use has to end up somewhere, and the simple reality is that if what you have doesn’t get re-used in some way – through repairing, recycling or composting –

it ends up in landfill.

We’re all responsible for the things we use, but initiatives like the FOGO bin help our community members to get rid of hard-to-compost items like meat, dairy, bones and weeds. They are then processed and will be used to help grow something new, which is a fantastic result.

I’d like to sincerely thank our community for how quickly they’ve embraced this change – by asking questions, by giving it a go and understanding the need for this change.

If you’d like to know more about FOGO, or see a list of what can go in your bins, please visit yarraranges.vic.gov.au/whywasteit On a separate note, this column will be published on the day we as Councillors elect our Mayor for the coming year – the last year of our 2020-24 Council Term.

I’d like to thank the community for their trust, their support and their engagement over my last two years as Mayor.

We’ve had a few years unlike any other, and I’m proud of how we’ve navigated many unprecedented and unexpected problems together, as one community.

I look forward to welcoming in our new Mayor tonight, 14 November, and supporting them, with you, for the next 12 months.

CARTOON

Killers of the Flower Moon Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro Rated M 4.5/5 Killers of the Flower Moon is a phenomenal historical drama from filmmaking legend Martin Scorsese.

Set in 1920s Oklahoma, Killers of the Flower Moon is about a series of murders committed upon the Osage Native American Nation over the rights to oil on their tribal lands.

Like Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon is very long (206 minutes) but deeply engaging. The costuming, set design and cinematography are exceptional, and the film has a potent atmosphere of charisma, conspiracy and matter-of-fact cruelty. The screenplay is extremely tight, with every detail returning meaningfully later on.

Scorsese is a master of heavy silence and authentic, suspenseful slowness: slow but richly-detailed pacing that evokes a life unfolding, immersing you in its setting and the plight of its well-developed characters.

Killers of the Flower Moon is driven by three enthralling central performances.

Leonardo DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, a greedy, loyal man who loves his Osage wife

and sincerely cares for her even as he commits increasingly heinous acts for his uncle.

Lily Gladstone is remarkable as Ernest’s wife Molly, a strong, witty woman whose grief and wasting illness visibly eat away at her. Robert De Niro (in his tenth collaboration with Scorsese) is chilling as “King” Bill Hale: a warm, fatherly figure on the surface with a manipulative, ruthless nature.

I hesitate to call Killers of the Flower Moon better than Oppenheimer, but it is more accessible due to its smaller scale and more linear narrative.

A riveting, superbly-acted film that never wastes a moment in its three-plus hours, Killers of the Flower Moon is playing in most Victorian cinemas, and will eventually be released on Apple TV Plus.

- Seth Lukas Hynes

Season finale of Clue success for Eltham Little Theatre Eltham Little Theatre Clue: On Stage ELT’s final production for 2023 was Clue: on Stage A farce about seven people who were invited to dinner by an unknown and mysterious host.

The guests are unknown to each other and wonder why they have been sent an invitation.

Then! Their questions are answered.

The butler who greets the guests was played

by Emily Goode, giving a good projection but unfortunately her voice was not too clear and did leave a bit of a puzzle as to what she was saying.

Mr Green was played by Warwick Smith who was a nervous man but a surprise at the end.

Colonel Mustard was portrayed by Ryan Purdey. Good stage presence and projected well.

Mrs White was played by Sophie Stewart, an interesting character well portrayed by Stewart.

Mrs Peacock was played by Seona Murphy.

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Kemp’s curtain call essence of such a character.

Miss Scarlet was played by Del Jordan, a suspicious character and one not quietly thought of by the other guests. Jordan caught the character as envisaged giving a good interpretation.

Professor Plum was played by Philip O’Brien. A good interpretation of such a character.

Yvette the maid was portrayed by Kate Taylor who added to the standard of the evening with her portrayal. Mr Boddu/Cop was played

by Jackson Langelaan, giving a good portrayal of the various characters.

Two more cops were played by Vicki Smith and Kate Possingham, both adding to the fun

of the evening.

James Anderson was the motorist and Chief. As the motorist Anderson had an unexpected surprise and as the Chief he carried the role well.

Last but not least was Lonni Allan as the cook and singing telegram. A good portrayal of both characters.

As it was the final show, ELT had the audience around tables and each person brought their own food and drink, which made for a fun evening and the play was enjoyed by the audience.

A fun night and a good end to a successful season by Eltham Little Theatre.

CPP COMMUNITY THEATRE Little Women Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott, adapted by Anne-Marie Casey and directed by Jenn Walter.

Christmas Eve, 1862, With their father away on the frontline of the American Civil War, the four March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy journey into adulthood, each determined to pursue a life on their own terms. But growing

up means contending with love and loss, as well as the myriad twists of fortune that shape a life.

Information Night and Auditions: Come along to the theatre’s information night to hear more about the play itself, the director’s vision and take part in a read through of the script.

Please note, for this production CPP will be looking to cast those aged 18 and over.

INFORMATION NIGHT: Tuesday 14 November at 7.30pm - 10.30pm AUDITIONS by appointment only: Sunday 18 November from 12pm - 6pm.

Tuesday 21 November from 7.30pm - 11pm.

LOCATION: The Factory, Unit 20/8-71 Bayfield Road East, Bayswater 3153 Any queries please email auditions@cppcommunitytheatre.com.au REMEMBER: The Basin Theatre. The Sum of Us Opened 3 November and closes 3 December.

The 1812 Theatre Art 16 November – 10 December.

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PUZZLES No. 159

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PROPERTY

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AWAITS

PROPERTY OF THE WEEK

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AWAITS THIS unique opportunity awaits the astute buyer or investor. Move into this home that enjoys a private outlook and consider the many possibilities.

The two residences are on one title however are accessed through independent driveways, and the homes are separately metered for both electricity and gas. The second residence is currently rented for $1400 pcm, retain the tenant or vacant possession is available! The rental income could assist with your mortgage, fund your retirement, or enjoy the convenience of multigenerational living! These homes are easily accessed from Blue Bird Avenue.

The main residence has a cottage garden entry, double carport and storage shed, and then a two room (one fully lined) workshop, currently utilised as storage & home gymnasium. There is a formal entry way that then opens to a living area with ornate fireplace, charming bay window & split system air conditioning and is open plan with the kitchen/dining area. The kitchen is equipped with an island, dishwasher and 900mm oven & stove top. The home then flows to a second sitting area where there are three bedrooms and the family bathroom & laundry located from the central point.

The bathroom features a claw foot bath, separate shower, and gorgeous stain glass windows. The master bedroom has a walk in wardrobe and ensuite, whilst the further 2 bedrooms both have built in robes. This home also has ducted gas heating and a fully fenced back yard as well as a cosy front deck.

This fantastic property may be subdividable (STCA) offering even more possibilities for future development or potential financial returns.

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

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

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 147 Woori Yallock Road, COCKATOO Description: 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 garage Price: $850,000 - $920,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Aaron Day 0407 365 994 or Brennan Mileto 0422 996 451, BELL REAL ESTATE EMERALD 22 MAIL

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MOUNTAIN VIEWS, SUNSHINE, TRANQUILITY IF mountain views and peaceful living are on your wish list, then look no further as this spacious, feel-good home awaits you.

Be greeted by high ceilings, large open plan living and dining with a snuggly cosy fireplace to add to the genuine warmth this home offers. Large windows spanning the front of the home allow you to take in the glorious views of Mount little Joe and the front verandah is the perfect spot to soak up those views.

Three bedrooms all with built in robes and the master with ensuite is convenient for family living. A centrally located kitchen will be a great space for the family chef to cook up a storm and enjoy gazing out at your garden views.

Outside has been terraced allowing the garden to flow beautifully as you make your way around and soak up that fresh air and sunlight.

A bonus separate studio space perched at the top of the garden is just the spot to absorb the best of the views while lounging on the deck and relishing in the serenity. The property has been a successful B&B for years so an opportunity awaits for the new owners or this could be a wonderful place to call home.

A short stroll to the aqueduct walking trail, or to the spectacular golf course or take a wander down to the pristine Yarra River and into town, so many delightful cafes and shops to enjoy – a Warburton lifestyle awaits. ●

Opportunity Awaits You to start or branch out on an existing business at the Iconic Warburton Golf Club.

There are 2 rooms available to lease which can be used as Consulting Rooms or Office space.

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 7 York Street, WARBURTON Price: $680,000 - $720,000 Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 garage Inspect: By appointment Contact: Rebecca Doolan 0401 832 068, BELL REAL ESTATE - YARRA JUNCTION mailcommunity.com.au

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ULTIMATE PRIVACY, CHARACTER HOME DRIVE past and you’ll almost miss it.

Tucked away below the foothills of the National Park, this piece of paradise has been thoughtfully created. The immaculate established and manicured gardens bring an abundance of wildlife creating a haven for nature lovers.

The home provides four bedrooms (with built-in robes), two bathrooms, two toilets (including powder room), and three spacious living zones, including study area, meals and formal lounge / dining. The extensive care given to the fixtures and fittings of this home shows. The master with walk-in robe, en suite with heated floor, heated towel rail, integrated toilet, wall-to-wall walk-in shower and Caesar stone benchtops. The main bathroom provides a two metre walk-in shower, freestanding bath and character timber vanity. There is a large laundry with double linen and additional mud room.

It doesn’t stop there. The floors are hardwood, the windows are double-glazed, cornices decorative and lights LED. The kitchen is a chef’s delight, with timber benchtops and quality appliances, and a standout with dual ovens Falcon Classic 110 and Scandia combustion stove.

The home is heated and cooled by ducted heating, top of the line Quadrafire wood heater, and split system. In addition, it is supported by a 19-panel solar system and is

insulated throughout. Externally, the property provides a built-in spa and large undercover entertainment decking.

Set on five acres with two acres of river reserve land, one of the best assets of this property is its unfettered dual access to the convergence of Captain Creek and Island Creek, making it one of the select few properties in the district with dual water frontage.

The land is divided into four paddocks with water to each. Abundance of water supply extends to four tanks totalling 75,000L and access to pump from the creek. There is also a large chicken coop and a variety of orchard trees including Fuji apples, and there is a small lake complete with pump house and landscaped surrounds.

There is no shortage of shedding, with three main sheds totalling approx. 217m2 of storage. The main shed is 9.5x10.5m includes a 9x9.5m triple carport and concrete-based stable and tack room with hot wash for animals. In addition, there is a second 6x10m shed with epoxy sealed floor, laundry and wood heating, perfect for workshop or accommodation pursuits.

Separate to that are an abundance of wood and garden sheds for annual use.

This Glenburn property is more than just a home, it’s a lifestyle. Inspect today. ●

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PREMIER COUNTRY RETREAT ON 5-PLUS ACRES IF you are looking for an escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, look no further than ‘Sunset House’. Nestled within a five-acre oasis, the home is surrounded by immaculate English gardens that boast a mix of mature shade trees, lush lawns and vibrant florals.

Steeped in history the original 1920s cottage has been extended and renovated to create an inviting haven for all that you can’t help but to fall in love with. Cleverly designed to combine the old with the new, the original intricate decorative ceilings, oak panelling, double hung windows and open fireplace create an ambiance and charm the complements the architectural design of the extension.

This family-friendly floorplan ensures ample space for growing families. The heart of the home is the enormous open plan living area, vaulted ceilings and huge doubleglazed windows create a sense of grandeur seldom come by.

The chef of the family will cook up a storm in the huge kitchen that features not one but two ovens, dishwasher, huge pantry, excellent under bench storage and breakfast bar. The kitchen seamlessly flows to the vast living and dining area that creates a warm and in inviting space for family gatherings and entertaining. Two sets of doors open to the decked veranda and create a transition between the indoor and outdoor living areas.

The three bedrooms are zoned separately and form part of the original residence.

The master suite bathed in natural light is its own private oasis, boasting beautiful windows, French doors, garden vista views and a private decked verandah, this is the ideal place to sit back, relax and enjoy the serenity. An adjoining private retreat features the original open fireplace, stunning decorative ceiling and Oak wall panelling.

The two updated bathrooms and large laundry complete the residence. For yearround comfort there is heat transfer system to the bedrooms from the living room coonara, ducted heating and a split system.

To reduce the cost of living, the home is connected to a 47,000L closed loop water storage system (mains water is connected if required) and an extensive 24V DC off-grid system which provides uninterruptable power and reduces the grid demand (a further break down of this system can be provided on request).

Outside the embellishments continue, for those who love to entertain there is a variety of outdoor living areas. Separate to the main residence, there is a spacious decked and covered outdoor entertaining area is set privately amongst the established gardens and over looks the lush lawn areas where the kids can run and play while you entertain your friends and family.

Meander up the garden path discover a charming updated cottage that is ideal for extended family, lucky older children or BnB accommodation potential (Subject to Council Approval). Recently renovated the cottage offers complete comfort, featuring a modern kitchenette, bathroom, wood fire, split system heating and cooling and decked veranda that oversees the private cottage garden.

For the toys and tools, there is a bounty

of shedding including a massive 8.3m x 10.9m workshop complete with three phase power, adjoining storeroom and office, a separate storage room, mancave or office, carport and machinery bay. Additional sundry shedding includes a potting/garden shed, studio, tool shed, multiple purpose room (currently used as a grooming room), a glass

house and a huge chook pen and run.

Perfect for those with a green thumb, there is raised vegetable gardens ready waiting for next seasons vegetables, put in a little bit of time and love and reap the rewards. A variety of fruit trees are scattered over the property.

Located within easy walking distance of

the thriving Gembrook township, enjoy the advantages of a rural country lifestyle with all the modern amenities at your door step.

This is a property you need to inspect to truly appreciate the oasis that has been created throughout the years. Call today to arrange your inspection! ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 65 Beenak East Road, GEMBROOK Description: 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $1,600,000 - $1,750,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Justin Barrot 0438 683 781 and Brittany Barry 0412 861 094, BARRY PLANT EMERALD 26 MAIL

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1230 Pakenham Road MOUNT BURNETT

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“CHESTNUT HILL ESTATE”

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FEDERATION BUNGALOW ON 20-PLUS ACRES BE prepared to buy today, as you will not want to miss out on this amazing property that has been loved, cherished and established by the current owners for over 40 years.

House 1: The Grand Lady - A one of a kind for our area, this original Federation Bungalow was moved here from inner Melbourne in 1983 and showcases all of the features you would expect in a gem such as this.

Entering through magnificent stained glass doors, and into the main lounge, you are greeted with hardwood flooring, sash windows, high ceilings and ornate plasterwork, and ensconced in a fire place is a combustion wood heater to keep the home snuggly and warm.

An open design kitchen and meals area offers flexibility for large family dining and the kitchen provides an island bench in the country style kitchen, complete with a cute pantry/larder.

Moving on through the home to the next wing, a wide hallway gives access to the 4 bedrooms, bathrooms and the secret Attic room.

A glorious and expansive master bedroom has an open fire and showcases a feature bay window where you can sit in your favorite chairs and read your books, and also provides a walk in robe and full ensuite.

The further 3 huge bedrooms also feature open fire places and character features everywhere you look.

Pull down stairs from the ceiling give fun access to a large Attic which the kids would love, or you could take over as an art room, a secret music room or whatever your imagination allows.

House 2: The cottage - a cute 2 bedroom weatherboard home with its own separate entrance off Eacotts Road, private yard and even a paddock. The snuggly lounge with woodfire is the perfect place to nestle on a cold winters night and the country kitchen and bathroom give that real country cottage appeal. While you could certainly do some upgrades on this, its perfectly livable and ideal to rent out being a very private part of the property.

The property: 21.50 acres of beautiful Hoddles Creek soil, with a mix of red dirt and grey, where lush plantings are thriving in this beautiful environment. The owner has created a botanical wonderland with a maze of camelias, age old oaks, an array of maples, rhododendrons and too many more to mention here.

Picturesque open paddocks are plentiful, with room for horses or livestock to roam in the sunshine or shade under the native

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This beautiful property could see you getting lost for hours on end, exploring the

delights of each season and wandering aimlessly.

We look forward to showing you this very special property. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 320 Eacotts Road, HODDLES CREEK Description: 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms Price: $1,450,000 - $1,595,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Tony Fanfulla 0419 870 513 or Samantha Price 0438 795 190, BELL REAL ESTATE - YARRA JUNCTION, 5967 1277 28 MAIL

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‘Blackwood Manna’ - Three homes on 8.5 Acres with Yarra river frontage Discover this truly one of a kind property situated along the picturesque Yarra River. Nestled on 8 & 1/2 acres of lush green fields, this estate features not one, but three distinct homes: the Main House, Oak Cottage, and Waratah Cottage. The Main House is the centerpiece, standing proudly with Oak Cottage and Waratah Cottage on either side. Upstairs, you’ll find a spacious bedroom and lounge, perfect for a parent’s retreat. Downstairs, the kitchen is a standout feature, complete with a walk-in pantry, a cool room, a pizza oven, and exquisite Blackwood kitchen countertops and cabinets crafted from reclaimed timber sourced from the property. This property presents a marvelous opportunity for a Bed and Breakfast, as the Yarra Valley is in high demand for accommodation options. This property is a year-round delight with numerous possibilities, contact us today!

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This gorgeous renovated modern cottage is ready for you to just walk straight in and unpack.

An open plan kitchen offers loads of cupboards and bench space with electric cooking and dishwasher, and you are going to love the stylish bathroom, with a deep luxurious bath and large walk-in shower.A well thought through layout gives you a spacious living zone complete with wood fire and split system, which then opens to a lovely undercover deck where you can entertain and enjoy looking out to your private country property of just over 1100m2 (approx). Two good sized bedrooms are in the main house, with further accommodation available should you desire in a ripper of a bungalow with its own wood heater, and currently with a bar and a fantastic space to play, party, or set up as a work from home.

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STYLISH HOME IN SUPERB HILLS SURROUNDS THIS move-in ready residence is primed to offer new owners the ideal Dandenong Ranges lifestyle. Perfectly presented and set upon a lovely quarter-acre, family-friendly garden with double carport, this home makes it easy to imagine a life here.

At this home’s heart is a stylish and sun-filled kitchen featuring crisp white cabinetry, stone benchtops, subway tiles, floating shelves, and quality stainless steel appliances including gas cooktop. Living areas lined with new flooring, including the family room with warm wood fire, provide plenty of space for relaxation and the perfect spots from which to enjoy garden views. Entertaining is also effortless here with a covered alfresco and aggregate patio overlooking the lush landscape.

In addition, there are 3 immaculately presented bedrooms on offer. Each of the rooms features cosy carpet and ample storage. The shared bathroom boasts a walk-in rain shower and smartly integrated laundry facilities.

This gorgeous home takes the guesswork out of buying a property. Ready and waiting for a fortunate family to move right into complete comfort, this home will impress.

Plan your viewing today. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 7 Nobelius Street, EMERALD Description: 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2 garage Price: $680,000 - $748,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Brad Conder 0422 639 115 or Daniel Steen 0434 979 142, CHANDLER & CO REAL ESTATE 30 MAIL

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So rarely found in Upwey, with approved plans this flat rear block (504m2 approx) located on a quiet street walking distance to Upwey Main Street provides one lucky purchaser the chance to build their brand new dream home (Subject To Council Approval).

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David Thorne and Jamie Elliott would open the batting the would put on their best opening partnership for the season of 77 before Jamie Elliott was caught on 25. This would bring Luke Falkingham to the crease and David and Luke would put on a further 33 runs before David was run out for 68.

With David going out, this would bring in the side’s youngest player Lachie Alderman and Lachie would but on a batting master class crunching 6 sixes and 6 fours on his way to 90 (not out).

Wandin would finish their batting innings on 7/243.

With the small ground at Seville, Wandin bowlers would still need to bowl well to defend their total, and that they did with all bowlers bowling tight and picking up wickets but the pick of the bowlers would be Lachie Alderman again with figures of 4/11 off 5 overs, a true man of the match performance from Lachie.

Wandin would bowl Seville out for 147 with a win of 96 runs.

Wandin 2nd XI v Eastfield 2nd XI

by Rick Painter Wandin would win the toss and elect to bowl first, with the Wandin Bowlers applying the pressure in the first twenty overs and keeping the scoring chances limited. They would be slightly in front with the score at 3/60.

The shackles would be loosened in the second twenty but wickets would continue to fall around innings mainstay Sineth Lowe (69) and Eastfield would finish on 9/177 with Jackson Kneebone 3/37 and Joel Galvin 2/40

Wandin Cricket Club results. the wicket-takers.

Wandin would start their innings in a hurry Joel Galvin (28) and Bryce Edwards (78*) playing a number of quality strokes mixed with riding their luck. The pair would have the Eastfield bowlers and fielders struggling to contain the runs on a fast Wandin oval, Edwards and first drop batsman Dave Marshall (62*) would continue the run spree and deliver Wandin the team’s second win in a row in only 29 overs, this time against the top of the ladder team and creating a very tight competition after Round 5.

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by Charlotte Edwards This week Wandin women’s team took on Templeton Cricket Club at Templeton.

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Templeton won the toss and elected to bat, Wandin capitalised on their decision and started the innings with some amazing bowling.

Emma Curwood and Keeli Friend opened the bowling and bowled exceptionally. Curwood and Friend kept the opening batsmen

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to a very low total by the 5th over, Friend later ended her bowling spell with a very well-deserved 2/6 and Curwood had a tidy 1/24 with a catch hit straight to the safe hands of Vice Captain KP. Charlotte Edwards and Niina Lazarus took the ball and wickets began to fall. The fielding was very impressive and no runs were getting past the Wandin team. Edwards later finished on 2/22 and Lazarus took a very important 2/11.

Jacquie Lowrie produced a very impressive 1/9 followed by Nyree George and Alannah Peet bowling really solid overs.

Wandin didn’t just attack with the ball but the fielding was a step above usual. To finish the game off Nyree stopped a quick single by attacking the ball hard, throwing it to the bowlers’ end and straight into the hands of Edwards who took the bails off to send the batter back to the sheds. This innings was an incredible team effort, with all players contributing wickets, run-outs and intensity, as Templeton finished on 9-89 Wandin knew this was definitely within reach.

Charlotte Edwards and Jacquie Lowrie opened the batting and set Wandin up for an amazing start. The two worked together really well and no runs were left on the felid. Lowrie was bowled a beautiful delivery and was sent back 8 runs. Kirwan Peluso came in to bat, hit two fours and kept the run rate ticking over.

Peluso finished on a neat 14 runs. To finish off the innings Tangi Clancy came in and knocked the ball around very well and had a beautiful 4. Charlotte Edwards and Tangi Clancy chased down the runs and ended an amazing game.

Edwards finished her bat on 36* alongside Clancy on 6* Wandin produced an amazing game of cricket and saw a very exciting win. By working as a team Wandin’s hard work led to a win that was very deserved and the ladies cannot wait to take on the previous B grade side next week at Bayswater.

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Colourful bowling

By Peter Brennan On Melbourne Cup day, Yarra Junction Bowling Club exploded in a riot of colour, as the club held its inaugural Melbourne Cup tournament.

Bowlers came from far and wide to contest for prize money and a beautiful perpetual trophy. There were prizes for best dressed, a cup sweep, raffle, and all that goes into a good day.

Congratulations to the organisers, who did a wonderful job. The trophy was ultimately won by a team from Upwey-Tecoma, with a team from Warburton as the runners-up. It was hot and by day’s end the splendour was a little bedraggled, just as it was at Flemington.

The midweek team hosted Monbulk and did it tough, in the first game played in real heat. Sweltering in the low thirties, it was a reminder of how hard it can be to adjust to heat, when one is not used to it. Several players suffered from the heat, and the game was a slog from the start. Neither team was able to open up a lead, and at day’s end Junction won two of the three rinks but lost overall by two points. Another agonisingly close loss for the midweek team, for whom the season has not started well.

The weekend team faced a challenge, travelling to Eastwood Golf to play on the grass.

Traditionally slow and always difficult, Eastwood is in a beautiful setting. High on a hill it overlooks the golf course and seems on a level with the nearby TV towers on Mt Dandenong. The surrounding bushland has many stag trees, and there always seems to be many birds. The cool change had come in and the hot weather of the previous few days had turned grey, cold, and overcast. The problem for a visiting team is always one of judgement of weight and grass, being the angle of bowling needed. Skippèrs can be plagued with a plethora of short bowls and nothing behind, and it does not make them happy. Although it seemed Junction was starting well Eastwood gradually pulled away. On any end, Junction could have the advantage and then Eastwood

By Ron Hottes

Too close to call at Yarra Junction Bowling Club.

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would steal it away. By halftime Eastwood had a substantial lead, yet it felt like Junction was still in the game. In the second half the sun broke through, the clouds cleared to a blue sky, the birds started singing and flying above the green, and Junction started clawing back the deficit. It took a while to realise it was happening, as all four rinks were locked in their individual battles, but then with only a few ends each to play the aggregate score was level. It was an exciting finish, and that is a word not always used to describe lawn bowls. Junction failed in the end, as each of the teams went down on their final end, and Eastwood won overall by four points. It was a loss that held a promise of better things, and it was a most

enjoyable match, even though losing is never easy. Junction remains in the second spot on the ladder, and next week will host top-placed Mitcham in a home ground top of table blockbuster.

The Community Cup continues, with most teams registering at least one win. Little Yarra Egg Farm are the current leader over Cire and U3A. It is a most enjoyable competition.

All visitors are welcome at Yarra Junction Bowling Club and are encouraged to try their hand at this enjoyable sport. Age and presumed ability is no impediment. There are many people who enjoy bowling. You might too. Come on down to our beautiful spot by the river, and have a go.

Winning form comes to a halt at Warby

By Garry Lewis Unfortunately, the Warburton Bowls Club failed to continue the improved form from the previous week with all pennant sides going down in disappointing performances.

The weekend Warburton 1 side played the top side Mooroolbark 1 away on their grass green and struggled overall to handle the breezy conditions before going down 64 shots to 88.

However, full credit to Chris Neale’s rink who fought back from a 12-shot deficit early in the game to record a 6-shot victory.

Rink scores were as follows: S. Lord 15/ 26; T. Appleton 14/ 23; C. Neale 23/ 17 and S. Lee- Tet 12/ 22.

The Burras top side looks forward to regrouping at home this weekend against Monbulk 1.

Warburton 2 played the top side Vermont South 2 at home. Despite gaining an early lead, the Burras couldn’t hold off a determined fightback from the opposition before

Women the winners at Warburton

Tony Van Meurs sends down a bowl.

Picture: SUPPLIED going down, 53 shots to 84.

Rink scores were G. Wynd 11/ 29; P. Summers 12/ 15; F. Wagenaar 16/ 16 and M. Reynolds 14/ 24. They too look forward to regrouping against Croydon 3 away this

weekend.

Playing at home the Midweek side came up against a determined Healesville 1 combination who handled the hot conditions extremely well. The Burras suffered their first loss for the season going down 55 shots to 61.

Rink scores were as follows: S. Lord 23/ 13; G. Walsh 17/ 24 and R. McKail 15/ 24.

They now face Monbulk 1 away this week on their tricky fast green.

The first round of the Wednesday Night Barefoot Bowls Triples Competition, sponsored by Yarra Valley Professionals Real Estate, was unfortunately washed out due to the stormy weather last week.

Hence it will now commence this Wednesday 15 November with a doubleheader, two rounds of 8 ends each. All Teams are asked to be at the club by 6.30pm for a roll up in preparation for the 7pm start.

Social Bowls continues to be played on Mondays from 12 midday with everyone including new and beginning players encouraged to attend.

Wednesday 8 November, Stableford: The ladies are coming to dominate both the Wednesday and Saturday comps.

Last Saturday, Deb Hamment took home the top prize and the Monthly Medal, when she blew the field away with a Nett 61 and the midweek event this week saw a similar story, with not one, but two very popular ladies filling the top two spots.

Both ladies played together but did not mark each other’s card so the men can’t claim collusion there. No, in her own right, the lovely Ineke De Graaf amassed 41 points to just edge out her good mate, Patricia Eldridge, by one point. The male members pity poor Henk and Mick, life must be hell at home boys, well, at least until next week’s comp. Anyway, good shooting, Girls; all members really are pleased for you.

With winning scores like that, the ball rundown only got to 36.

Other winners on the day were for NTPs, and they went to Ross Machar (3rd), Ken Barratt (5th), Darryl Ward (9th), Noel Hyndman (12th) and Mario De Vincentis (15th).

Twilight: A healthy field of 40+ members contested Twilight this week. The best result was posted by Peter Fox, recording a solid 21 points.

This was good enough for Pete to take home the top voucher. Matt Maloney grabbed the runner-up prize with a none-too-shabby 20 points. (When is the handicapper going to catch up with you Matthew?) Balls only reached 18.

The three NTP winners were Steuart Hawke (3rd), Dave Hatt (5th) and to Pacey Luttgens (9th).

Saturday 11 November, Stableford: This was Remembrance Day for 2023, and a number of the playing field respectfully observed the 11am tradition.

But this Remembrance Day can be remembered for another reason, the scores posted by Kevin Bargar and Peter Bell. Both men recorded 40 impressive points, but clearly, K.B. had a better back nine, because he was declared the B-Grade winner, and Peter had to settle for the runner-up voucher. Great results by both men, though. In A-Grade, there was a clear winner and that man was Peter Whitehead, returning a more-thancreditable 39 points.

The ever-consistent David Hatt took home the runner-up voucher, for the AGraders, with a healthy 37 points. Balls in A-Grade reached 34, but in B-Grade only down to 35. Also, there were only three NTP winners on the day, because there were two double-winners. Having a very good day on the Par 3’s were Clinton Toohey, winning both the 5th and 15th, and not to be outdone, Geoff Sharp snared the 9th and 12th. Tex Van Der Kooi grabbed the only other NTP with a beautiful tee shot on the 3rd.

Riders ready to compete at Lilydale Show

By Anita Prowse Coming up next weekend is the annual Lilydale Show where lots of local riders will be competing, so wishing everyone a great weekend and hopefully the weather stays lovely.

Pop down and support everyone if you can.

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types of competitions throughout next year.

HRCAV 2023 Awards Night is on 25 November, hopefully, lots of local riders will pick up an award.

North Metro Zone Show Jumping Day is being held on Sunday 26 Novemberat Wyena Horse and Pony Club on Croydon Road, Warrandyte South. PCV Only Grades A – E Classes, entries are open at Event Secretary.

Pony Club Memberships for 2024 will be available to purchase from around the second week of December, lots of different types to suit individual situations.

Cars and floats at Wesburn Park.

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Brothers lead to victories

By Chris Handasyde U12-4: Healesville 0/166 defeated Mt Evelyn 8/61 Healesville batted first and dominated the bowling. All batters remained retired or were not out which was a first for the season. Louis Keath 36*, Manny Winrow 23*, Mika Kerst 21* & Kael Senti 15* were the top scorers whilst Alex Simmons 7* hit his first boundary in cricket.

Healesville’s score was too high for Mt Evelyn to chase landing on 8/61. Seven Healesville bowlers got a wicket each and there was 1 run out in a dominant team performance.

U12-9: Healesville 37 defeated by Wandin 0/117 Wandin batted first and with sound batting, Healesville’s bowlers were unable to get a breakthrough as Wandin built a score of 117. It wasn’t their night with the bat either, however Harry Muller, Angus Holmes and Felix McMahon all showed some fight and batted plenty of balls and spent valuable time at the crease.

U14-3: Healesville 5/143 defeated Ainslie Park 3/128 Playing at Queens Park, Healesville were sent into bat. The tallest (Sam Keath 25*) and smallest (Henry Harding 4*) players partnered up to open the batting and got their side off to a great start as the middle order (Raff Morcombe 28, Harry Duff 19, Bram Tessyman 10* and Patrick Leonard 16*) piled on the runs to get Healesville to 5/143 from their 25 overs. Ainslie Park put up a great fight and steady partnerships saw them fall short by 15 runs in a great game of junior cricket. Harry Duff captured 2/11.

U14-7: Healesville 3/128 defeated Chirnside Park 43 Healesville batted first at the Don Road oval and the siblings got to work. Austin (18*) and Alex (10*) Simmons batted great and Taylor 25*

Healesville Cricket Club results. and Summer 20 Caldicott smashed up plenty of runs. Mika Kerst 19, Tully Ellis 13* and Tom Quaggin 11* round off the top run scores in a super batting inning that saw us reach 3/128 from our 25 overs. Ainslie Park was always behind the run rate with wickets falling constantly. Summer took 2/12 whilst Alex Simmons, Mika Kerst, Tom Quaggin and Tully Ellis all got a wicket each.

U16-4: Healesville 8/127 defeated Eastfield/ Mooroolbark 84 Batting first Denzel Parsons 24* and Eli Prentice 18 got Healesville off to a good start as the side built a solid score of 8/127. The team

Picture: UNSPLASH bowled well to dismiss Eastfield/Mooroolbark all out for 84. Sam Drummond took 2/5.

Seniors 1st XI: Healesville 1/124 defeated Lusatia Park 123 On a fast Queens Park oval, Lusatia Park won the toss and elected to bat. Michael ‘Jacko’ Jackson opened the bowling from one end and claimed 4/10 and at the drinks break Lusatia Park was 7/63. Some better batting by the lower order ensured they finished with a score of 123. The Handasyde brothers opened the batting together for the first time in the 1st XI and got Healesville off to a flying start with Josh (69) dominating the innings as Tom 24* stayed

Healseville supports a great cause

By Ian Milgate Last Monday a team from Healesville Bowling Club went down to the Chirnside Park Country Club to support a special Charity day for the Bowls Gr8 for Brains which focuses on four key elements of improving Mental health, those being physical exercise, re-integration into social environments, stimulating brain functions and engaging in programs that divert attentions away from previous trauma, with a community based program that runs at local bowls clubs.

The four members from Healesville who bowled were John Clarke, Colin Lowe, Steve Graham, Steve Bulled who had the opportunity to play against the Australian Bowling Champion karen Murphy AM. Healesville bowlers were blown away by the experience and were very proud to be supporting such a great cause.

John Clark organised the team in the event.

Both Tuesday’s teams played Wednesday due to the Melbourne Cup. With many players still away due to illness, Healeseville managed to pull 2 teams together.

Team 1 were away to Warburton and expected a tough game against their old rivals.

They got off to a good start on 2 rinks and continued plugging away until we wore them down with some excellent bowling from the two Steve’s, who obviously picked up a few good pointers from Karen Murphy during Mondays match, finally over running Warburton by 6 shots 61 - 55.

Steve Bulled’s rink had the highest winning rink and won a pen each for their effort.

Steve Bulled, Robyn Turville, Damian Key, Ian Milgate 24 - 15 Effie Laban, Robert Ayres, Chris Hawting, Bob Brown 13 - 23 Steve Graham, Robert Broadhurst, Hilda Gurney, Gerda Otto 24 - 17 Team 2 played at home to Bayswater and wanted to keep their winning streak going.

Healesville were on song right from the start and by the lunch break had a handy lead.

After the break with some good bowling from all the rinks they continued on to beat Bayswater by 36 shots 76 - 40.

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Saturday’s Team 1 played at home against Heathmont winning by 31 shots 91 - 60.

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It now puts Healesville in 2nd place on the ladder, 1 point behind Chirnside Park.

Next week they play Mooroolbark at home.

John Fitzpatrick, Barry Parker, Colin Jarvis, Jodie Ward 23 - 16 Len Cosson, Gerry Gommers, Anne Holland, Glenda Graham 22 - 14 Wally Mays, Mike Adams, Leonie Fitzpatrick, Judy Veermann 31 - 10 Saturday’s Team 1 played at home against Heathmont who were sitting 2nd. on the ladder with Healesville sitting 3rd, so the team expected a cracker game as Heathmont always put in strong sides.

But, Healesville showed that even the top sides can loose, with Healesville winning by 31 shots 91 - 60.

The rink with the highest winning score was Adrian Beales rink, so they will receive a pen soon.

Steve Graham, Rob Broadhurst, Chris Hawting, Ian Milgate 22 - 10 Steve Bulled, John Clark, Wally Mays, John Howard 15 - 18 Adrian Beales, Effie Laban, Bob Brown, Gerda Otto 30 -17

Mark Ward, Colin Lowe, Robyn Turville, Robert Ayres, 24 - 15 Saturday’s Team 2 played away at Donvale with a full side of players who were keen to get a win, which would put them on top of the ladder.

To their credit, they fought hard all day to come away with a win beating Donvale by 16 shots 69 - 53.

All players put in a good team effort with the highest winning rink going to Barry Parkers rink who were very deserving of a pen.

Next week they are at home against Mitcham who are second on the ladder one point behind us, so it should be a nail biting game.

Len Cosson, Anne Holland, Russell Smith, Mark Cookney 18 -15 Barry Parker, Judy Veermann, Karl Tok, Leonie Fitzpatrick 36 - 8 John Fitzpatrick, Mike Adams, Glenda Graeme, Jill Cookney 15 - 30 Corporate Bowls is back on Wednesday 15 November for the hotly contended Charles Hort Trophy.

Everyone is welcome to come on down and watch some great bowling along with a snag and refreshments.

steady at the other end. Ryan Webster (27*) took over once Josh was dismissed to finish off a comprehensive win.

Seniors 2nd XI: Healesville 145 defeated by Lusatia Park 9/206 Lusatia Park won the toss and batted first with most players making runs and at a good run rate. Tom Dalley 1/31, Eli Prentice 2/6 and Jack Drummond 0/15 off 5 were the only bowlers to be hit for less than 4 an over as Lusatia Park posted 9/206. Healesville lost early wickets in the run chase and never looked like chasing the runs down. Father-son duo of Max (26) and Ben (28) Wallace along with Curtis Adamson (19) were Healesville’s top scorers.

Seniors 3rd XI: Healesville 167 defeated by Mt Evelyn 6/179 Playing at Don Road oval, Mt Evelyn batted first and their top order got runs to put themselves into a strong position. Aman Singh 2/18 and Tyler Braden 2/22 were Healesville’s multiple wicket takers. The run chase got off to a bad start with Jesse Thomas getting a duck but he wasn’t the only one with five ducks in the innings. Matt Kellalea 45 and Aman Singh posting his first 50 for the club gave the side hope and Sam Keath 17* at the end almost got them home in a tight game.

Seniors 4th XI: Healesville 6/138 defeated by Chirnside Park 5/260 Chirnside batted first and with 3 guys retiring on 50 they were too strong for Healesville’s bowling attack to post 5/260. Megan Schelfhout 2/29 and Henry Harding 2/26 bowling his leg spinners were the side’s best. Healesville didn’t have the firepower to chase down the runs but made sure they batted out their overs with Ethan Nikcevich getting 51*, Matt Harding 26 and Denzel Parson 25.

Dylan heads to nationals Having been selected for the 2023-24 Vic Metro U17 Male Emerging Players Squad in July, Upper Yarra cricketer Dylan Walker has been selected as part of the squad that will compete in the U17 National Championships in Ballarat next year.

Dylan Walker has spent his junior cricket playing for Warburton and the merged Seville Burras side, though he will now ply his trade for Ringwood as part of his rise to the top.

Dylan made his 1st XI debut at the senior level in 2021 at the Seville Burras, getting to play alongside his dad Mick and also featured in the Outer East Eagles representative side in the Youth Premier League last summer, fishing fourth in the Stars League, which is affiliated with Big Bash League franchise the Melbourne Stars.

Dylan is a bit of an all-rounder, bowling left-arm off-spin and facing up as a right-hand batter.

In 48 career matches prior to the start of this season, Dylan had hit 1153 runs at an average of 52.41 and a high score of 100 not out, while also nabbing 82 wickets at an average of 12.05 and best figures of 5/7.

Dylan Walker.

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