Page 12 The Moorabool News – 1 February, 2022
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St Anne’s Winery at Myrniong was transformed for a TV commercial set to air in the near future. Photo – St Anne’s Winery
Winery attracts TV crews
By Lachlan Ellis A local winery will feature on our TV screens this year, after hosting a filming crew last month – but we’ll have to wait and see what show was filmed there. St. Anne’s Winery in Myrniong posted photos of the set in December, and St. Anne’s Business Manager, Angus McLean, said it would be exciting to see the property on TV. “It was the most unusual experience; it was a first for us. I’ve never seen such organised chaos before. It was certainly an eye-opener,” Mr McLean told the Moorabool News. “The character of the buildings was exactly what their client was looking for. It’ll be on commercial TV starting in February, I believe. I can’t wait, I think by the time they modify the footage it’ll be hard to recognise our property.” The name of the show is a secret, at least until it goes to air, due to a handshake agreement between St. Anne’s and the show’s producers – but once the show comes out next month,
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Mr McLean said “we’ll be plugging it across our socials”. But this isn’t the first show St. Anne’s has been approached to host filming crew for, with an American series expressing interest too. “We had the location crew for a US sitcom called La Brea, they looked at us last year before they did the first shoot. They ended up filming at Pykes and the Werribee Gorge. They’re also looking at us for the next shoot, so that’ll be interesting as well,” Mr McLean said. “We’re close to Melbourne and we’re on the Western Freeway, so we’re ideally located. When you see a production crew like what came out in November – about 150 of them, cast and crew, catering, the whole lot – you don’t want to be taking that cost too far from Melbourne.” St Anne’s Winery is located on Garrards Lane Myrniong and is a family owned and operated business, since 1972.
How well do you know fire?
Do you know how far an ember can travel before starting a new fire? Or that the heat and ferocity of a bushfire could melt the trailer off a ute? Victoria is one of the most fire prone areas in the world and bushfires and grassfires are a part of life. The fire season is starting earlier and running later. All Victorians need to know how to plan for and respond to fire. During this period of hot weather, make sure you monitor fire danger ratings. If a Code Red or Extreme Fire Danger Rating is declared, do not travel to areas that have dense bush. Instead go to built up cities or towns for the day. #PlanActSurvive If you see behaviour that could lead to a bushfire, it’s up to you to report it and keep our community safe. Call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or go to crimestoppersvic.com.au In an emergency, or if you see smoke or flames, call 000 immediately. Find out how you can plan and prepare during fire season: https://www.vic.gov.au/ how-well-do-you-know-fire
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Dear Editor, The call is out to help fight Australia’s biggest killer this February. Every 10 minutes an Australian suffers a heart attack. Sadly, many do not survive with 48 Australians dying every single day from heart disease - someone’s family member, wife, husband, or special friend that means the world to them. Given that heart disease is our biggest killer, it would be impossible for all Australian communities to not be impacted in some way. The simple fact is that there is still so much for us to learn about heart disease and research saves lives. Heart Research Australia aims to reduce the devastating impact heart disease has on families and the community by supporting world-class and emerging researchers to conduct ground-breaking research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. That’s why this February we invite all Australians to get involved with REDFEB, heart health awareness month, to raise much-needed funds for ground-breaking research into heart disease. Getting involved is as simple as wearing red and donating to Heart Research Australia during the month of February. Nicci Dent CEO Heart Research Australia Dear Editor, There has been significant state-wide commentary over the last fortnight in response to the State Labor Government’s plan to cut the speed limit across our country road network. When Labor assumed government in 2014, they swiftly axed the Liberal and Nationals’ wellsupported Country Roads and Bridges program that was maintaining roads and rebuilding deteriorating bridges across the state.
Since that time, Labor has neglected our road and bridge infrastructure, with funding being cut to the bone – another 25 per cent reduction in the current budget period alone. When it comes to our bridges, Victoria is allocating a mere $20 million a year to slap a band aid across them. That's compared to NSW's annual $500 million fund to maintain and replace their bridge infrastructure. Labor’s lazy policy amounts to nothing more than a scandalous act of sticking their head in the sand and ignoring the issue. Disappointingly, there is now a very real concern that Victoria’s crumbling road network is risking the lives of freighters and commuters. Those of us who live and work in regional Victoria look on and see mega-projects being installed across Melbourne, all while we struggle for basic roads. We don’t begrudge the $52 billion being spent on these projects. We object to the people living in country towns and regional cities not getting their fair share. The bitter pill we refuse to swallow is the total disrespect and lack of accountability Labor takes when spending taxpayer’s money – your money. The gross negligence on the West Gate Tunnel and Melbourne Metro projects sits at approximately $6 billion alone. If I factor in the cost over-runs on all major projects in Melbourne, that cost blows out to a waste of $23 billion taxpayer dollars. That is $23 billion of your money that has gone towards absolutely nothing. Except for the bulging coffers of the contractors bungling these projects under the nose of the state government. That money could revolutionise our road network, and so much more. Yet regional Victorians sit, looking patiently to the horizon, hoping that Labor's city-centric government will someday remember that Victoria extends past the outskirts of Melbourne. Hon Peter Walsh MP Leader of The Nationals