TWR Volume 38 Issue 5 Wednesday 1st March 2023

Dunolly & District Community News

ISSN 2653-4754 Issue 5

Wednesday 1st March 2023

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Welcome Back Dunolly Country Market

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hat a re-launch of our monthly Dunolly Market on Sunday, 26 February with 51 stalls and a 700+ crowd weaving their way through Broadway as they enjoyed the day. Many came to happily browse through the large range of wares, get something delicious to eat or simply catch-up with friends and neighbours.

From 8 am when the market opened, to 1 pm – delighted locals and tourists flocked to the Market crea ng a wonderful Country Village atmosphere.

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An exhausted but jubilant Market Manager Lynda Vater has already received confirmed commitments from the current stallholders, as well as a growing wai ng list for the March market. ”There was something for everyone - Classic cars fresh produce, plants, gold detec ng stuff & books, cra s, photography, DVDs, collectables, bric a brac, cafes, historic streetscape, CFA sausage sizzle, Loddon Valley Paramedics display - it was bigger than Ben Hur.” “It’s so great for Dunolly. Anything that brings people into the town… to look around this fabulous built town and they can see the poten al of living and maybe opening a business in this town…is just great.”

“Thank you to all the stallholders who made a leap of faith on a relaunch of the Dunolly Country Market & a huge thank you to all the folk who came today - you made our day.” said Lynda.

Held every Fourth Sunday of the month, the next Dunolly Country Market will be Sunday, 26 March 2023. To book a stall or for more informa on, contact Lynda Vater on 0418 875 453 or email Lynda.vater@gmail.com

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Grow it Local Free Seeds Healthy Loddon Campaspe has partnered with Grow It Local to encourage and educate residents across the region about healthy ea ng, cooking and growing local food.

To celebrate the partnership, Grow It Local, Healthy Loddon Campaspe and Central Goldfields Shire Council have launched the Autumn 2023 edi on of the Grow It Local Seed Service – a ‘patch-to -plate’ adventure that makes free heirloom seeds and instruc onal content available to local residents.

Paul West, Grow It Local cofounder said, “Grow it Local was born of the belief that if everyone grew their own food, we’d be happier and healthier. A vibrant community life is essen al for health and wellbeing. Grow It Local is the perfect way to connect to like-minded folk in your neck of the woods, share some food, some gardening ps and to have a bit of a chin wag”, said West.

Central Goldfields Shire Mayor

Cr Grace La Vella said it was wonderful to see the Grow It Local campaign launched locally here in the Central Goldfields.

“What a fantas c opportunity for local residents to get involved in growing their own food and choosing healthy ea ng op ons.

“Thank you to the Victorian Government’s Healthy Loddon Campaspe ini a ve for this unique partnership which supports the health outcomes of our local residents.”

This instalment in the Seed Service is a Greek-inspired, ‘seed-

to-spanakopita’ adventure and celebra on of Australia’s favourite gardening guru Costa Georgiadis.

That’s right, we’ll be learning to grow Costa’s great grandma’s delicious spanakopita!

There is a limited supply of free seeds which will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. To register, residents need to visit h ps://www.growitlocal.com/ stores/free-seed-service to receive a package containing heirloom seed varie es including kale (black Toscana), rainbow chard and spinach (Bloomsdale).

Par cipants will then learn to grow with Costa alongside a na onal community of backyard, community, and ‘wherever there’s some space’ gardeners.

This includes instruc ons and inspira on for each stage in the grow-along journey from ‘patchto-plate’.

Support is also available via Grow It Local’s garden guru who can help troubleshoot any issues in your patch.

Get Active Kids Eligible families can apply for vouchers of up to $200 and use them at a registered Get Ac ve Kids Voucher Ac vity Provider without having to worry about upfront costs.

Member for Ripon, Martha Hayle welcomed the program that will support local families to pay for spor ng equipment, uniforms, and memberships in a range of ac vi es – even learn to swim classes for toddlers.

“No ma er what sport you play, the Get Ac ve Kids Voucher Program will make it easier for local families to be involved.” Ms Hayle said.

There are currently more than 1,600 ac vity providers registered across Victoria. Local Clubs, associa ons, and organisa ons can register as a Get Ac ve Kids Voucher Ac vity Provider to be able to redeem a voucher.

To be eligible they must be affiliated with a recognised state spor ng associa on or equivalent governing body.

Families can also con nue to claim reimbursement for any expenses already incurred from 28 November 2022 to 10 May. Almost 80,000 vouchers have been snapped up in previous rounds of the program, with nearly a quarter of those helping children join a local sports club for the first me.

Importantly, about half of

recipients surveyed indicated they would not have been able to par cipate in their chosen sport or ac vity without the voucher.

To be eligible, kids must be aged 18 and under, a Victorian resident, named on a valid Commonwealth, Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card and named on a valid Medicare Card at the me of applica on.

A special considera on stream is available to support children residing in Victorian Care Services, temporary or provisional visa holders, undocumented migrants and interna onal students aged 18 and under at the me of applica on.

Applica ons for this round of vouchers close on 10 May For more informa on go to: https://www.getactive.vic.gov.au/ vouchers/

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What’s On

Only in Dunolly

Friday, 3rd March 2023

Saturday, 4th March 2023 Variety Club Bash are coming to town.

25 cars and 60 people. Dunolly will be a morning tea des na on on their rally. Es mated Time of arrival 10.30 – 11am. Let’s give them a warm Dunolly welcome.

Goldfields Music Club Open Mic and Jam night each Friday at the Dunolly Golf Club - 6:30pm to midnight each week - all players and public welcome with $5 entry with door prizes and meals available up to $10 for plated meal (cash only).

Drink Me! Eat Me! Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

Dinner Service available commencing at 5pm.

Bookings Essen al. Please call 0493 243 005

Sunday March 19th. 2pm un l 5pm.

In commemoration of the World Harmony Day, the Rural Australians for Refugees are hosting a Fund raiser for the ASRC (Asylum Seeker Resource Centre).

Join us for a pleasant afternoon in the Alice in Wonderland Garden for the Mad Hatter’s tea party .

Costumes are encouraged and there will be a prize for the most innovative design.

Dress up in the theme or borrow one of the selection of top hats.

Enjoy the Queen of Hearts Jam Tarts and cucumber sandwiches with champagne, non-alcoholic punch with lots and lots, and lots of cups of tea!

Hasten along. Hurry, hurry, or we’ll be late ! Looking forward to seeing you all.

Rachel Queen of Hearts – Off with your head!

High Tea in the garden of 1787, MaryboroughDunolly Road, Dunolly.

Costs and booking details to be confirmed.

Monday 9.15 - late Tuesday 9.15 - 2.30 Wednesday Closed Thursday 9.15 - 12pm Friday 9.15 - 12pm Saturday and Sunday Closed

Give Bek and Casey a call today 0448 780 638

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Le ers and No ces THANK YOU The Dunolly Neighbourhood Centre would like to thank the Dunolly Probus Club for their recent dona on of $100 for the Neighbourhood Pantry, the money is much appreciated.

Kath Ryan, Co-ordinator DUNOLLY / BEALIBA RSL SUB-BRANCH Members Friday March 10th at 12 at midday will be the holding of the Annual General Mee ng [AGM], this is Elec on me and all posi ons become vacant. We follow with short Monthly General Mee ng [MGM] then light lunch.

Please make effort to a end.

Poten al members most welcome.

Lyn Gale Secretary

DUNOLLY LIBRARY Join us for a casual book chat at the Library on Thursday 9th March to celebrate Australian Reading Hour.

What have you read lately?

What’s on your to - read list?

Need some inspira on?

Dunolly Library 3.30 - 4.30pm Join us for a ernoon tea at Dunolly Library 42 Market Street FREE Event Bookings not required.

AGM The Deledio Reserve Sports Commi ee AGM will be held on Tuesday the 7th of March at 8.30 pm at the Deledio Reserve clubrooms.

If you have an interest in our shared cause for upgrading the pavilion, we would love to invite you to come and offer your support.

Kath Ryan, Secretary

Nance Esmore’s 101st birthday Nance Esmore (nee Hancock) is celebra ng her 101st birthday with a return visit to her birthplace, Dunolly.

Nance is looking forward to catching up with rela ves and local families who have stories to tell and photos to share about the old pioneering families of Dunolly.

The family is mee ng at St John’s Church on March 11 at 11am to hear the wonderful Fincham organ and to tell stories and share reminiscences over a light lunch in the St John’s Hall.

Philip Ashton has prepared a fascina ng and informa ve video of Nancy when he interviewed her a few years ago and this will be shown in the hall on March 11 at noon.

The family hope that any of the old families who remember her or have a story to tell will come along to St John’s.

It will be wonderful to see rela ons and old friends from such wellknown old families such as the Hancock, Taylor, Kerrison, Tappe, Atherton, Acker, Willats, Fle , Wa s and Polinelli families along with others who have an interest in Nance and the local history.

There will be light refreshments in the hall and me to catch up with stories.

Please register with rachelbuckley@bigpond.com or 0427 275 006 to help with catering numbers. Nance will be delighted to see you.

Rachel Buckley

Rosie’s Ramble

I thought I must be seeing things when I went through town on Wednesday. There were at least two cars in the street that looked like escapees from an ac on movie. One was very low to the ground and very expensivelooking. The other looked like the owner had built it himself. They were a rac ng a lot of a en on, mainly from male passers-by.

Same day in Maryborough l saw a sign that seemed to say that the local police had all gone to a higher place. It is on the corner of Nolan and Clarendon Street, it says POLICE and is poin ng up to the sky.

There is a par cularly nasty scam that appeared on my Gmail page, saying that they could recover any monies that were in deceased estates and asking permission to do so for me (good luck there). It made me feel quite ill.

While I was in Maryborough, I saw a man trundling along Alma St in charge of two push bikes. He was riding one and guiding the other one with his free hand.

Pre y good effort.

Heard on the ABC that scien sts studying snakes have proved that they (the snakes) can hear sound through the air, not just ground vibra ons. Their ears are in folds near their eyes. That should brighten your day.

I o en wonder, in idle moments, who decided to use their forks upside down, like the Americans, and then convinced others to follow suit. Handy for picking up peas and pasta, but a bit awkward for meats etc.

Rosie

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BATTLE WITH NATURE I always approach my veggie garden with op mism following the usual hot Summer and with the approaching milder Autumn, comes rain which sparks enthusiasm.

Last year, my daughter was visi ng a er a couple of years including COVID, so I wanted to make a special effort.

My brother-in-law had generously forked over the area and added animal manure, so all was set for a successful growing season. Plots were marked out and rows placed.

Broad beans are popular at my house so they were planted first.

Silver beet is another showy edible, then broccolini which was a new venture.

All was progressing well!

I had two varie es of seed potato so when my daughter arrived in August, we lovingly enjoyed plan ng those. True, there wasn’t any produce to eat but proof of my endeavours were there and

fun was had. My daughter’s visit came to an end before the humid weather cycle struck from the north. My backyard is always at risk of flooding with heavy down pours.

Under, went the veggie patch and I feared for the potatoes. Then the mildew struck the broad beans, followed by wind which blew from all quarters.

Somehow the beans being about three feet high, managed to stand! The weather pa ern moved on.

Spring arrived, beans were picked (a fair crop), potatoes flowered then dug, presen ng me with excitement and lots of new potatoes to eat and store. Sadly, the silver beet went to seed something for the hens to eat.

Broccolini turned into ‘Gigantos’, two foot high leaves but not a sign of flowers or heads, sigh! But as always with gardening, pa ence paid off and lots of meals were picked as it matured.

Hopefully it won’t put me off this year!

Helen Jesser

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Located in the old Nurses’ Home beside the hospital on 18 Havelock Street (top of Bull Street). Monday to Thursday 9.30am to 3pm; and Dunolly Arts Hub, on the corner of Thompson and Alice Streets.

MONDAY: Mosaics at the Arts Hub from 10am; Ballroom Dancing at St. John’s Hall from 6pm Intermediate skills required; Card making with Rhonda: third Monday of the month from 1.30 pm at the Centre; Whispering Weeders: last Monday of the month. This friendly group go on enjoyable ou ngsno gardening involved!!

TUESDAY: Woodwork, 9am un l 12.30.

WEDNESDAY: Table tennis at the Golf Club on Separa on Road from 9am to 12pm (evening session available if enough people are interested); Cra at the Centre from 10am- bring your own ac vity.

THURSDAY: Croquet at the Golf Club on Separa on Road from 10am – weather depending; Family History: from 7.30pm at the Centre. If you’re interested in coming along, but find the evening difficult, let me know.

SATURDAY: Star ng soon - “Got A Song To Sing!” from March 11th. Meet at the Arts Hub from 2pm; call to register interest.

SUNDAY: Golden Triangle Archers meet on the fourth Sunday at 10am, Deledio Reserve on Elgin Street (behind the RL Williams oval). Covered shoes compulsory, and parents must stay with children.

COMING SOON: Introduc on to computers, start me will be confirmed once we have a tutor organised. Feel free to contact me at the Centre to express interest and once we’re up and running, I will get in touch with the details.

New Power Saving Bonus from State Government There is a new Power Saving Bonus from the Victorian Government, star ng March 24th hooray for more money!

It looks like it will operate the same way as the current PSB, in which power consumers visit the Energy Compare website to see the different offers that are available.

I’m happy to help you apply from Monday the 27th of March, so give me a call and I’ll book you an

appointment. The other Power Saving Bonus is s ll running, so make sure you apply for that before it finishes on March 23rd.

Meals on Wheels, My Aged Care, and services available for the future I’ve had the opportunity to assist my neighbour this week with an inquiry into Meals on Wheels availability and how to access other services.

The Central Goldfields Shire Council-run Meals on Wheels service visits Dunolly on Mondays, and the cost per meal is $10.70.

The meals are delivered cold-chilled but can be popped in the freezer to use later.

To access this service and other services such as home-help, you need to be assessed through the Federal Government’s ‘My Aged Care’ service.

This is a government subsidised service to help elderly people remain in their home longer, or to find the right aged care home for their individual needs.

There is a phone number you can use: 1800 200 422 or the inquiry can be made online.

If you think this service is something you would like to get started, but find it all a bit daun ng, I’m happy to offer my assistance as an advocate. Just give me a call, and I’ll set aside some me for you to get it started.

Dunolly Neighbourhood Pantry - Monday to Thursday, 1.30 to 3pm at the Centre. This is a ‘dry pantry’ with stock items that have a long shelf-life.

BYO bag.

Dunolly Neighbourhood Pantry ‘A er Hours’ This is available all the me, in the chest of drawers on the veranda.

Kath Ryan, Co-ordinator 5468 1511 admin@dunnhc.com.au

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It’s been wonderful to see so many people out and about enjoying the last week of summer.

Thank you to everyone involved in organising the Dunolly Pool Party on Saturday – from looking at the photos on Facebook it looked like it was a fantas c day for local families to come together to enjoy the pool as well as each other’s company.

On Sunday, we celebrated the official opening of the Skate and Scooter Park in Maryborough.

This too was well a ended by our community – with people of all ages coming together to celebrate this valued community facility.

Thanks again to the funding partners who made this possible as well as the young people who came together to advocate for it back in 2018.

On Monday night I was fortunate to a end the Zonta Club of Central Goldfields Interna onal Women’s Day event. It was an inspiring night to hear from Maryborough born ABC State Poli cal Reporter for ABC Bridget Rollason as the guest speaker.

Thank you to everyone involved with organising such a great night.

This weekend we are invi ng everyone to join us for the re-opening of the newly redeveloped Central Goldfields Art Gallery.

A community celebra on will be held on Saturday 4 March from 10am to 4pm and we’d love for you to join us!

The Gallery will re-open with the first headline exhibi on of its 2023 program – Ladder to the Stars: Dean Bowen Sculptures – as well as the annual Community Art exhibi on.

There will also be story me, art ac vi es for children/young people, music from Jan Stephenson from the Groove Dudes Dunolly, badge making hosted by Central Goldfields Youth, coffee, sausage/ veggie sizzle thanks to Rotary Maryborough; and a talk by Andrew Stephens, author of Ni y Gri y, Dean Bowen sculptures followed by book signings.

For more details visit: www.centralgoldfields.vic.gov.au/gallerycelebra on Mayor Cr Grace La Vella Street tree requests now open To submit a request contact Council’s Customer Service team on 5461 0610. Requests close 10 March 2023. Trees are limited to one per house block.

Residents will play a key role in watering the trees as they establish their roots.

Powerline inspec ons underway Ci Power and Powercor Australia is currently undertaking powerline inspec ons from the air as part of their year-round vegeta on inspec on and tree-cu ng program.

If you live in Maryborough or Dunolly you may no ce helicopters in the area between now and early April. The helicopters are fi ed with advanced Light Detec on and Ranging (LiDAR) technology to accurately iden fy the distances of trees to powerlines.

This informa on is fed back to teams that will cut the vegeta on away from powerlines to keep the network and community safe.

The helicopters will be using the Maryborough Aerodrome for landing and refueling and are expected to land in Maryborough several mes across this period.

Aged Care Feedback Over the past few weeks, we invited our community to share their views on the Commonwealth Home support program (Aged Care Review) that provides in home support and other aged care services in Central Goldfields Shire.

This is in response to the Commonwealth Government introducing significant changes to the funding and delivery of aged care services, including those delivered by Council.

Thank you to the more than 170 people who completed the survey and those who a ended informa on sessions within the community and at the Mill House last week.

Your input is important to us so that we can be best prepared for these changes.

The feedback will now be put together with a report to go to Council mid-year to be considered.

Skate and Scooter Park opening The official opening of the Maryborough Skate and Scooter Park was held last Sunday 26 February with skate clinic, demonstra ons and compe ons, hosted by the YMCA and funded through the Victorian Government’s Freeza program.

Thank you to the community members who have taken the me to share their concerns about our new Skate and Scooter Park.

Whilst hair line cracks can be quite normal in concrete slabs of this size, we are working with the contractor in accordance with the 12-month defect guarantee period to determine if any of the larger cracks need a en on and any further steps we might need to take.

We’ll keep the community updated. Rest assured the facility is safe and structurally sound for the community to use now and well into the future.

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Op Shop News

Dunolly Community Garden News

By Liz Spiteri

This week the Community Garden had two days of ac vi es. Due to the hot weather forecasted for Thursday a ernoon we decided to have an early ‘meet-up’.

Anna was busily working away when Michael & I arrived.

Between the three of us, tomatoes were harvested, gardens were watered, damaged fruit collected and disposed of, as well as a small amount of weeding.

Because we were planning our stall for the Dunolly Country Market, I spent me packaging up seeds while Anna worked on the cupboards. Shortly before we were ready to pack up for the morning, Rick arrived, so he died up the edges of the walkway with his trimmer.

On Sunday we had our stall at the market! Veronica, Lisa and I looked a er the stall and met so many lovely community members. We very much enjoyed cha ng with everyone and hearing about how they are using the share table to drop off their excess harvests or how they jump at the chance to get some lovely fresh tomatoes, plums etc, these

stories made our hearts sing!

Obviously the Share Table is a ‘give and take’, we need people to share their home harvests, and we love people to take what they need, even if they are unable to gi back to our Share Table.

We're very hopeful some of the people we met through the markets will join us on a Thursday in the near future. If we didn't get to meet you, pop down and introduce yourself!

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To all our local children, please encourage your a er school/ kindergarten carer to come along to the Op Shop. We already had a generous number of children’s books, then two more large boxes arrived last week. We will now have to find some more spaces for the children’s books. So come along Dunolly and district families and take a wonderful selec on from our book sec on that will stop “The I’m Sooo bored, I’ve got nothing to do” Syndrome in its tracks. Help us to help you open up the wonderful horizons which literature can bring to us.

Collectors of lovely china will delight in some of the recent arrivals. Pre y lady figurines in beau ful pastel shades of po ery which would make an a rac ve addi on to a dressing table or china cabinet. The teapot selec on has also received some new dona ons which are in the most tasteful and beau ful shapes.

Plenty of T-shirts are hanging on the crowded racks. T-shirts for your spor ng ac vi es, your house pain ng jobs, or fabric pain ng crea ons. We also have some lovely skirts for a dressedup look. Some of the skirt fabrics are in lovely light co on pa erns, whilst others are neat linen pencil line, for office wear. You can spend $3 and look “a million dollars”!

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WHAT A WEEKEND!

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ONLY IN DUNOLLY!

Le page: Collage of five photos from Dunolly Country Market on Sunday, 26th February.

Close-up photos of market stock on tables and cars by Lynda Vater.

Le page: single photo: Another great turnout for the Dunolly Gay Group’s monthly Get Together at the Gordon Gardens on Saturday, 25th February. The “BYO everything” gathering is open to everyone.

This Page: Collage of five photos from the Dunolly Pool Party on Saturday, 25th February 2023.

All photos by Greg Keegan, Catching Shade Photography.

We are planning on being able to show more photos taken at these community events on our re-vamped website in the future.

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The End of an Era – Farewell to the Gold & Grain Café Well, we all knew that it was going to happen eventually, but most of us have probably been like ostriches and hidden our heads in the sand, un l last week’s reality check.

Watching many hospitality businesses in Dunolly come and go over the years, or else change ownership and focus, the Gold & Grain has been a breath of fresh air in town, providing a constant in these ever-changing mes.

A great tourism drawcard, Linda, Georgine and their wonderful staff have embraced the Café patrons who have visited from far and wide to sample the many delights on the menu.

They have made many friends in the process, many of whom have treated the café as a home-awayfrom-home! The ambience and décor of the Café suited all seasons, with a roaring fire in the winter and a shady dining area on the deck, to cater for relaxed lunches on hot summer days.

A er adap ng to the various lockdown situa ons and the vagaries of the public during those mes, the family rallied and reinvented the business, changing the focus to catering for the a ernoon and evening market, including their very popular takeaway pizzas.

We are sure that everyone understands the reasons for Linda and Georgine’s re rement, as they have both owned hospitality businesses for many years.

Although they will be sorely missed, one thing for sure is that they will close the Gold & Grain with an even wider circle of

friends than what they could have ever imagined.

Thankfully, they will all be staying around Dunolly, so we will not be losing them completely.

The property at 71 Broadway will remain on the market. It is hoped that in the near future, an entrepreneur with a hospitality background will decide to purchase and move into the comfortable residence and take up the challenge of opening a new restaurant or café, with an already established, well-equipped commercial kitchen and clientele.

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MDHS Hospital Progress Update Early works on the $100 million Maryborough and District Hospital redevelopment project are ramping up.

Northern car park – more parking on the way Civil works to make way for new onsite parking at the northern end of the hospital were completed in late 2022.

This included fencing the boundaries, upgrading stormwater systems and the installa on of retaining walls.

Located between Clarendon Street and Florence Lane, the new car park will bring more than 40 new car spaces in the first stage of works to provide safe and be er access to the hospital and nearby colocated services.

Dental services – new facili es taking shape Works con nue to progress on the new dental facili es located above the Clarendon Medical Centre on Neill Street.

The floors have been strengthened to allow for heavy dental equipment. The wall frames were completed, and plumbing and electricals roughed in, to make way for plastering in December.

The plastering is finished and the walls and ceilings are ready to be painted. Upcoming works include the

comple on of electrical and mechanical ceiling services and vinyl floor installa on.

Reloca on of family services MDHS relocated physiotherapy and allied health services to High Street in September 2022 to make way for the refurbishment of the former Health and Movement Centre.

Anglicare Victoria, the Centre of Non-Violence and The Orange Door network moved from the former Wellness Centre on Clarendon Street to newly refurbished facili es in November Other ac vi es In the coming months, we can expect to see a lot more works and contractors onsite as we move into the construc on stage.

The project team will con nue to work closely with Victorian Health Building Authority, who are leading the project, and the Central Goldfields Shire Council to minimise the disrup on to services and the community as much as possible.

The project team is mee ng with staff at Central Goldfields Shire Council to discuss how we can work together to minimise impacts for pedestrians and parking as the project ramps up.

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Church Notices St John's Anglican Church, Dunolly Rev Canon Heather Blackman Parish Office, Nigh ngale Street, Maryborough. Phone 5460 5964 Please contact for service dates and mes.

Catholic Church, Dunolly

There will be assembly at St. Mary's Church, Dunolly on Sunday, March 5th at 8.30am.

Uni ng Church, Dunolly

World Day of Prayer Catholic Church, Dunolly World Day of Prayer - The World of Prayer was begun many years by women praying for peace. The movement grew worldwide, so now every first Friday in March in every country people get together and pray for world peace.

This year's service was prepared by the women of Taiwan who live in the shadow of a big na on which is not friendly towards them. This year the gathering in Dunolly is at St. Mary's Catholic Church on Friday 3rd March at 10am. A small plate of food would be appreciated.

R. Mecredy

Rev Chris Venning will lead worship on Sunday March 5th at 9.30am. UCAF will meet on Thursday March 2nd at 2.30pm at the church. Heather Cooper will lead devo ons.

World Day of Prayer service at St Mary’s will be held on Friday March 3rd at 10am.

Uni ng emergency relief will be in Dunolly this Thursday March 2nd from 1.30pm.

Op Shop open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am.

“The Lord will guard your coming and going, now and always”.

Psalm 121:8

St David’s Anglican Church, Bealiba Davies Street Bealiba Sunday Eucharist: 8am second and fourth Sundays of every month.

Priest-in-Charge Reverend Judi Bird.

New Horizons Church, Bealiba Bealiba Public Hall Every Sunday 3 pm.

Wednesday Bible Study Dunolly 10.30; Bealiba 11 am Contact Veronica for more informa on 0427 345 577

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Stories from C ynthia

By Cynthia Lindsay In wri ng about modern day schools in this paper recently, I made men on of a me when I volunteered in a programme at our Dunolly Primary School.

This programme was known as Special Friends and we volunteers, were each allo ed a student with whom to spend extra me out of the classroom, in order to help them feel comfortable with their peers and encourage their self-confidence.

My very first protégé, as I named them, was a fourth grade indigenous boy who was rather quiet and economical with words.

For some weeks, I could only manage to get him to talk by bringing up subjects that I thought might interest him.

Then one day, a er quite a few visits, when I arrived, he came in and announced with a big smile, “Guess what, I am ge ng my bedroom painted.” That was quite a breakthrough.

His mother lived interstate and he had lived here since he was a toddler with his dad.

He loved cooking, so we would whip up biscuits or li le cakes.

At the end of the session he would take them into his classroom and would tell the class how they were

made, and then everyone would clamour for one and he would hand them round. That certainly was good for his ego.

He loved sport and was such a good footballer that some mes when he was in Grades 5 and 6, he played with the under 17s.

This small, wiry boy would swerve in between the bigger players, get the ball and kick a goal. His aim was to one day play in the AFL. He also coerced me into playing golf and he decided he would be ‘Happy Gilmour’,so we set up a ‘hole’ between the goal posts and of course he always ran rings around me.

I visited this young man un l he went to high school and some mes, he would drop round to my house with a mate and offer to do odd jobs.

I would give them pocket money to barrow the firewood up to the house or sweep the shed.

When he visited, he was always carrying a football.

I used to go to the school concerts with his dad to cheer him on; his dad referred to me as his ‘other mother’ and I was very chuffed.

A er he le school, he got himself an appren ceship and s ll played footy but unfortunately an injury and the demands of his job put paid to his football career.

He came one day to introduce me to his lovely girlfriend.

I call him one of my success stories.

Cynthia

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Central Gold ields Residents and Ratepayers Assoc. Inc. What an amazing happening week for Flynn Ward.

The Pool Party and the Dunolly Country Market were extremely well-patronised and quite possibly overshadowed the Skate Park opening.

The community of Flynn ward be proud and keep se ng your standards high.

Extremely well done and fantas c to see, be part of and hear great reports.

While driving around Flynn Ward this weekend, we no ced the number of fallen limbs and trees on the roadside everywhere.

This was men oned to us while a ending the Dunolly Market. A number of people showed concern how, over the past two years this has not been addressed.

Quite possibly, since the SES opera ons were paused - could it be that the amazing work the SES did has not been picked up by the Shire?

Once again this highlights the value of our volunteer groups around our Shire.

Please support our volunteer groups.

Another concern was that it appears Microdevelopments are being passed on a regular basis by Council in the Maryborough area, yet there are many planning applica ons outside the Maryborough area which are being stalled, ignored or not ac oned.

Our Councillors need to be aware of this, we need to raise this issue with all of Council and have this issue

DUNOLLY AND MARYBOROUGH DISTRICTS FUNERAL SERVICE Specialising in prepaid and prearranged funerals with special pensioner discounts

5461 1979 If no answer call: John: 0418 995 424 Jono: 0437 099 624

addressed, and addressed immediately.

In the Council’s second quarter update, many projects listed for Flynn Ward s ll seem to be si ng idle.

Is it me our Councillors and Council realise that there is more to the Central Goldfields Shire than Maryborough?.

The Dunolly community is certainly doing their bit with their events, which are leading the Shire with tourism.

Maybe it's me they got some recogni on from the Shire. It is great to hear from the community how well they have done, it would be nice to receive some more support from Council.

A er all, it certainly appears Flynn Ward seems to be doing the lion’s share of tourism for our Shire.

No $2 million gold display, no $3 million Art Gallery, and the list goes on.

Well done Flynn Ward - stand tall and be proud.

Our next Ratepayers mee ng will be in Dunolly on 4th April - me and loca on TBC...

Thank you all and please look a er each other.

Regards Wayne McKail, President

49 Alma Street Maryborough 3465 We conduct a mobile veterinary service throughout the Maryborough area

DUNOLLY AREA EVERY SECOND TUESDAY We are available for ∑ House calls for small animal consultations, vaccinations etc. ∑ Routine farm consultations. ∑ Routine horse and farm visits including pregnancy testing and horse dentistry.

All appointments for call-outs must be made before midday on a Tuesday.

Of ice hours - 5461 4466 After hours service available

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Dunolly Bowls Club Grand Final Teams Dunolly Blue v MHS Tartan at Newstead Saturday 4th March Skipper P. Waters Third C. Williams Second T. Long Leader S. Wintle Manager P. Waters Emergency B. Mortlock

A. Weir G. Dobbin F. Mifsud J. Smith

T. Galafaro A. Parkes B. Lanfranchi B. Cann

Tuesday 7th March Dunolly Blue v Talbot at Highland Skipper Third Second Leader Manager Emergency

A. Weir M. Davies J. Morse G. Dobbin R. Pickering F. Mifsud B. Cann A. Raven S. Chaplin K. Waters

T. Galafaro C. Williams S. Chaplin K. Stephens

Moliagul Build & Landscape Pty Ltd onsite welding - retaining walls - paving concre ng - roof shee ng - solid plastering owner builder assist - repairs & maintenance or freshen up that garden or create a new outdoor entertaining space For an obliga on free quote Call Keith 0418 953 473 or email moliagulbl@gmail.com SLUDGEBUSTERS P/L Septic tank cleaning Grease traps EPA LICENCE 5461 2975 Mobile 0417 598 614 Greg Butler AT BETTER THAN REASONABLE RATES

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Fire Brigade/SES

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Dunolly Neighbourhood Centre

5468 1511

18 Havelock St. Dunolly M - Thurs 9.30am - 3pm

Dunolly Post Office

5468 1010

102 Broadway, Dunolly M - F 9am - 4.30pm Lunch 12.30pm - 1.30pm

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5468 1054

83 Broadway, Dunolly Tues/Wed 9.30am -3.30pm

Dunolly Rural Transac on Centre - Services Australia Agent, VLine Bookings, Tourist Info.

Administra ve Services

5468 1205

109 Broadway, Dunolly M - F 10am - 3.30pm

Community Bank Maldon & District

5468 1596

109 Broadway, Dunolly M - F 10am - 2pm

Dunolly Medical Prac ce

5468 1104

24 Havelock St. Dunolly

Dunolly Hospital

5468 1000

24 Havelock St. Dunolly

Dunolly Pharmacy

5468 1522

119 Broadway, Dunolly

Dunolly Preschool

5468 1334

94 Maude St. Dunolly

Dunolly Primary School

5468 1111

8 Elgin St. Dunolly

Central Goldfields Wildlife Rescue Ranger Snake Removal - Hodgsons

0409 654 950 0490 415 734

Dunolly Community Garden Dunolly Library

94 Maude St. Dunolly 5461 0679

42 Market St. Dunolly Tues 9am - 1pm Thurs 1pm - 5pm

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Cowabunga! It’s our Pool Party!

A

lthough the weather chose cloudy skies to grace the day, it did not stop us from making the Dunolly Pool Party the perfect way to celebrate the end of Summer.

With a giant inflatable slide and jumping castle, slushies and popcorn on offer, along with the CFA’s sausage sizzle, Wheelie Bean Coffee, Whataburger and the Pool Kiosk, kept the 300+ crowd well fed on the day.

With all proceeds from all sales going to our worthy volunteer- run CFA, the Pool Party raised just over $1,100.

Captain Greg Humphrey said, “Special Thanks to Jake, his family and everyone in the community

who came and supported the day which helped us raise much needed funds. We even ran out of sausages and had to re-stock!”

Organised by Jake ‘Everywhere’ Meyer who made this happen within a two week period by harnessing the power of community support said he’d like to “thank everyone involved organising this community event and providing all the fun.

Big thanks for your me and effort…the kids’ smiles, the families spending the day out and the size of the crowd speaks for itself!”

We can’t wait for this to be a regular Summer in Dunolly event. Well done Dunolly!

Photos by Greg Keegan, Catching Shade Photography

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