TWR Volume 38, Issue 15, Wednesday 10th May 2023

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What’s on Dunolly

Friday, 12th May

Goldfields Music Club, Open Mic and Jam Night

Each Friday at the Dunolly Golf Club, Separa on Street - 6:30-11:30pm each week. All players and public welcome with $5 entry, lucky door prizes, bar, meals available, CASH ONLY VENUE.

Saturday 13th May

Lyster Opera presents The Corona on of Poppea Victoria Theatre, 71 Commercial Road, Tarnagulla

Music by Claudio Monteverdi.

Libre o by Francesco Busenello

MoreInfo:0410890388www.lysteropera.com.au

Saturday 13th May

PAR THREE PAR-TEE Tarnagulla Golf Club

Nine holes of par threes Tee-off from 9 -10.00am

This is an individual fun event and we will put you together with other lovely people. To play golf, just turn up and of course, everyone is welcome. We can lend you clubs, balls tees. $15 for non-members and free to all members. Even if you don’t play golf, just come along, The Clubhouse is a great way to make new friends.

FUNERAL SERVICE

CHAPPLE (nee Egan) Patricia Mary: Passed away peacefully at Maryborough Hospital on Tuesday 2nd May 2023. Aged 83 years.

Dearly loved wife of David. Loved mother and Mother-in-law of Amanda and Bre , Anthony and Mira.

Devoted Nanna of Sacha and David, Hailey and Aydan, Chris e and Kellan, Courtney and Andrew, Sco and Jess.

Loved Great Nanna of Fynn, Oscar, Mia, Harvey, Leroy, Mariah, Willow, Sage, Ivy and Cruze.

"She lived her life to the fullest.”

A Graveside Funeral Service to celebrate the life of the late Mrs Patricia Mary CHAPPLE will be held at the Dunolly Cemetery on TUESDAY Week 16th May 2023 commencing at 1PM.

AGRICULTURAL SHOW TO RETURN

Calling interested community members who would like to see the much loved Shire’s Agricultural Show make a return.

A mee ng to gauge people’s interest is to be held on Wednesday 24th May 16.00-17.30 at the Maryborough Community Hub.

A representa ve from VAS (Victorian Agricultural Shows) h p:// www.vicagshows.com.au/ will be a ending to share informa on of what’s involved. All welcome, please bring your enthusiasm, & ideas! For more informa on, contact Cr Liesbeth Long on 0429 108 007.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Dunolly Bowling Club

Bowlers, Sunday 21st May is our A.G.M, Presenta on, followed by a Commi ee mee ng. BBQ lunch star ng at 12.00 noon.

Nomina ons for various roles within the Dunolly Bowling Club are s ll open - Nomina on forms are available at the bar.

If you can spare some me, please volunteer for one of the many posi ons that are available, it is not only the volunteers club it is also your club.

Hannah

Delconte

CYNTHIA’S STORIES RADIO DEBUT

For those readers of the Welcome Record who enjoyed reading Cynthia’s Stories over the past few years you can now listen to them on radio. Local Maryborough radio sta on Goldfields FM approached me to read my stories on Alice’s Restaurant which will be aired on Saturday 13th May at 11.00am. The future mes are to be decided.

Cynthia Lindsay

Last chance for Mother’s Day. We are open un l 4pm Thursdays and Fridays if you need to slip into Op Shop for a lovely cup or mug for mum’s breakfast in bed. We have plenty of illustrated recipe books, that once sat in the expensive book shops for the mother who has everything. You can create a special breakfast in bed for mum, from our lovely selec on of cooking books. Remember to make sure that a er the food prepara on, the kitchen is le in good order and condi on. That could be THE best Mother’s Day gi of all.

Winter fashions from the Op Shop will be modelled at Newbridge Hall. The date: Tuesday 23rd May. The me: 1:30pm. The Fashion Parade is a fundraiser for Newbridge CWA. Everyone is welcome to a end.

Do you like to snuggle under a warm doona in your bed with a good book, on these cooler nights? Our bookshelves cater for all tastes in reading material. Novels fill up almost the whole wall in the first ves bule on the right as you come through the front door passage. If non-fic on is your choice, there are plenty of travel books. - rela ng daring adventures, Na onal Geographic magazines and a wide variety of books for the younger readers. The recent cooler weather is a reminder to Dunolly and district folks, that the Op Shop has a wonderful selec on of coats and jackets. That cold wind will cause those coats and jackets to sell very quickly. Come along this week while there are s ll plenty from which to choose.

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, beginners welcome; Ballroom Dancing from 6pm mes vary according to season) Intermediate skills required call the centre for further details, new venue TBC; Card making with Rhonda: every third Monday Whispering Weeders: last Monday of the month.

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; Hub Club 3.30pm - 5pm ages 6 to 16.

THURSDAY: Croquet at the Golf Club on Separa on Road from 10am – weather depending; Family History: from 7.30pm at the Centre. Discover your roots, our members are very skilled and happy to help.

SUNDAY: Golden Triangle Archers meet on the fourth Sunday at 10am, Deledio Reserve on Elgin Street (behind the RL Williams oval). Covered shoes compulsoryandparentsmuststaywithchildren.

Solar panel project at the Centre

We have a helpful working group mee ng monthly at the Centre, with the aim of bringing solar panels to the Centre. This will not only reduce the cost of power usage, but will also make use of all that sunshine we get in central Victoria. At present, we have two quotes with another on the way, and will soon start the process of applying for grants to pay for it! We will have a fundraiser in a couple of months, so please keep a lookout for adverts. We’ll make sure the fundraiser will be an entertaining a ernoon!

Power Saving Bonus- $250 bonus for each household connected to the grid…

Members of our community who need a li le support applying for this bonus can give me a call for an appointment. All I need is your most recent power

bill plus about ten minutes, and you should expect a cheque in the mail! There’s a bit of rigmarole involved with the applica on, but I’m always happy to help you get a li le more money in your back pocket.

Card making with RhondaRhonda will be back this coming Monday the 15th at 1.30, for some more crea ve card making for you to enjoy. The cost is $12 inclusive, and you will be thrilledwithyourcrea onsattheend.

Dunolly Neighbourhood Pantry-

Monday to Thursday, 1.30 to 3pm at the Centre. This is a ‘dry pantry’, so we stock items that have a long shelf-life. This service is open to any community member needing that li le bit extra. Dona ons of long-shelf items such as nned goods, pasta and rice, toothpaste, shampoo etc are most welcome. The ‘a er hours’ pantry is on the veranda, and is kept stocked for anyone not able to visit during opening hours.

At the moment, I’m not able to accept fresh items (hopefully I will in the future), but fresh items can be dropped at the Dunolly Community Garden share

admin@dunnhc.com.au

WORKS UPDATE

Our Parks and Gardens team are currently landscaping around the Maryborough Skate and Scooter Park. A number of different ground covers will be planted including small shrubs and grasses with the intent that when they mature, they will provide a blanket cover over the moulded area. The project is expected to be complete by the end of next week. Patching works have been carried out on the Dunolly-Avoca Road this week.

COFFEE CHAT

Everyone is welcome to join our Councillors for a coffee at the Bull and Mouth Hotel, 119 High Street, Maryborough on Wednesday 31 May from 10am to 12noon. Meet and greet with our Councillors and chat about the issues important to you.

FOR FAMILIES

Kinder enrolments 2024

Registra ons for 3 and 4 year-old kindergarten in 2024 will open on Tuesday 30 May, 2023. Kindergarten is a great way for all children to learn, have fun and make new friends. It supports them to become confident learners and develop the necessary skills they will need in a safe and supported environment. We’ll let you know in this Council News on how to enrol closer to the date.

SUPPORTED PLAYGROUP – TERM TWO

The Central Goldfields smalltalk Supported Playgroup is back for Term Two. The program provides weekly playgroups in various loca ons during a school term Sessions include me for play, morning tea, music, laughter and conversa on. Supported Playgroups are for families/guardians and their children from birth to 5 years. There is no charge and morning tea is provided. For more informa on, visit

www.centralgoldfields.vic.gov.au/ supportedplaygroup, contact Council’s Supported Playgroup Facilitator’s on 0427 702 567 or the Goldfields Family Centre on 5461 6500 or email supportedplaygroup@cgoldshire.vic.gov.au

SERVICE GOES MOBILE

Our Maternal and Child Health team have gone mobile with their new Outreach Learning and Development Van – The Gold Mobile.

Funded by the Victorian Government, the Gold Mobile will enable our Maternal and Child Health, Supported Playgroup and Immunisa on teams to deliver services throughout the Shire. The external design of the van features contribu ons from children a ending local kindergartens.

FLU VACCINATIONS

The flu season is here and the flu vaccine is recommended for everyone.

It is free for young children aged six months to five years, people with chronic medical condi ons, pregnant women, and those over 65 years. If you aren’t eligible for a free vaccine, the cost is only $15. You can now make a booking to have your influenza vaccine through Council’s immunisa on service.

Our immunisa on team will visit the following loca ons over the coming week for dedicated flu sessions:

· Wednesday 3 May - 4pm – 7pm: The Community Hub,Maryborough

· Friday 12 May - 8.30am – 11.30am: ANA Hall, Talbot

· Monday 22 May - 3pm – 6pm at The Community Hub, Maryborough

· Wednesday 31 May - 3.30pm - 6.00pm at Dunolly Senior Ci zens Centre.

To book visit www.centralgoldfields.vic.gov.au/ immunisa on or call 0428 894 724.

Central Goldfields Shire hosted two food network mee ngs to bring people together, people in the community and organisa ons with an interest in food.

Everyone has to eat, so it interests us all, one way or another.

The keynote speaker was Lou Risdale from the Ballarat Laneway project.

Lou was inspired by the Food is Free movement that started in America.

In eight years, the Laneway has established an open space community garden that holds regular workshops, has over 40 garden beds, provides a drop off point for food waste that fuels their compost making, worm farms and has a surplus free food point where people can access freshhomegrownproduce.

The network mee ngs were a catalyst for ge ng people together to talk about a broad

range of food issues across the Shire, such as increasing

Lovel’s Septic Tank Cleaning Service

For all your sep c cleaning needs trust the family with over 30 years experience. Servicing Dunolly and surrounding areas.

Forpromptserviceatextremelyreasonableratescall: Mark 0428 179 870 or leave a message on 5468 1212

ChurchNotices

Catholic Church, Dunolly

There will be Mass at St Mary's Church on Sunday 14th May at 8.30am. R .Mecredy

Uni ng Church, Dunolly

Worship on Sunday, May 14th at 9.30am, will be led by Julie Ramsay.

The Op Shop is open on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10.00am. Cuppa for Cancer in the Op Shop on Thursday May 25th from 10.00am. Admission $5.00. All welcome.

Uni ng emergency relief visits Dunolly fortnightly and the next visit will be on Thursday May 11th from 1.30pm.

“Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.”

Romans 10 : 17

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.

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

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.

Bealiba Bowls

What a sight we were entertained with, this week. An errant bowl disappeared under the stack of chairs never to be seen again.

All of a sudden we saw two legs in the air poking out from under the chairs then Heather’s body appearing as she shimmied out, bowl in hand. Well done Heather!!

Pairs night saw some very close results but it was congratula ons to the teams of Malcolm Campbell & Gary McClelland along with Shirley Coburn & Ian Lovel, both teams scoring two wins.

We also welcomed Stephen Manning, a visitor from Melbourne. Stephen bowled well for his first me but paired with his Mum, they didn’t manage to post awin. WehopetoseeyoubackagainsoonStephen. Happy Bowling. Chris Evans

Heart Health Check

Acoali on of key Australian heart organisa ons congratulated the Australian Government for taking strong ac on to protect Australian hearts by extending the Medicare Heart Health Check for two years with at least 250,000 Australians expected to take up a Check in that me frame.

The coali on includes the Na onal Heart Founda on of Australia, the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilita on Associa on, Baker Heart and Diabetes Ins tute, Australian Cardiovascular Alliance, Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Ins tute, Heart Support Australia and Hearts 4 Heart. The Heart Health Check was first introduced in 2019 and since then has been taken up by more than 450,000 Australians, saving thousands of lives.

Tanya Hall CEO and founder of leading pa ent organisa on Hearts4heart said:

“

Hearts4heart welcomes the con nua on of the MBS Heart Health Check, which is a vital step towards improving the heart health of Australians. This commitment to heart health will undoubtedly help save lives and reduce the burden of heart disease in our communi es.”

Disaster seems to have followed me around this week.

I ventured out for the first me for quite a while to do grocery shopping at Anna's. Had a fair trolley full by the me I had finished.

Wai ng at the checkout, I moved about an inch to the le to let someone pass when disaster struck. A tall box on the top of a stand suddenly flung itself onto the floor.

It was full of small packs of lollies which sca ered over all over the place - Anna quickly gathered them and put them in a basket. She has enough to do without that. The second was yesterday, when I had a flood in the laundryandthetoiletandthepassage.

Serves me right for not checking for things that would block the plug hole.

It took a lot of unnecessary work to clean it up, it cleaned out under the washing machine though!

I see the yellow peril near the bakery has been redecorated to fit in with the heritage of the street. Those bright pink bollards really blend in.

I am fascinated by the deodorant that promises to make one's underarms so er. Who has hard underarms??

ROSIE

Dunolly Golf Club

A wonderful day presented itself for the May monthly medal and a small but enthusias c band of golfers took part.

Shenae Hunt con nued on her winning way, winning the women’s event by a considerable margin from Jenny Lovel, making her first appearance this year. In the men’s sec on, Ian Arnold returned to form to defeat Darren Hunt by three shots, with Josh Hunt a further four off the pace.

Nearest the pins went to Jenny Lovel on the 18th, Shenae on the 13th, and Darren on the 12th. This Saturday sees the staging of the Bill Willmo Championship.

This is our first Board Event for the year. It is a Stableford compe on over 18 holes, and it should be a great day.

We are really keen to see as many players as possible a end, especially those who have not yet been able to make it this year. The Willmo family have contributed greatly to our club over many years, and it would be a shame if our numbers were low for the event.

All are most welcome, including all injured and recovering members and friends. Please bring a plate to share, and let’s make it a fantas c day.

Ian Arnold

Central Gold ields Residents and Ratepayers Assoc. Inc.

The Dunolly Country Market is a couple of weeks away, so please get yourselves ready. Take a stall, if not, make sure you a end. Place this event as a MUST - tourism is very important. There has been some concern around Council's lack of informa on being placed out to the locals. Reports are that the Council Facebook page is becoming a social page, and not addressing actual infrastructure or development concerns.

CGR&RAI understand that vaccina ons and social messages are very important, however, knowing what is going on in our Shire is also important. Un l Council understands that the community needs more than social reports, we ask you keep in touch withtheCounciloffice54610610,orcontactyour local elected representa ve.

On 31st May, 2023 there will be the second 'Coffee with the Councillors' to be held at the Bull and Mouth Hotel in Maryborough from 10am to 12noon. If you are unable to a end, please email your quesons in and ask someone who is a ending to listen for your ques on.

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The last ‘Coffee with the Councillors’ was a coffee with the Mayor. Well done to our Mayor for a ending and running that event. There are s ll several answers outstanding from that mee ng in February and

wehopethoseques onswillbeanswered.Twothat come to mind are the planning situa on (from Dunolly residents), and also Ranger behaviour re animals, impounding and costs.

It is good that Councillors have taken this step. Quarterly listening posts were introduced by the former Administrators when they cancelled ques on me at mee ngs, ci ng that the same ques ons were being asked and that it was non-produc ve. However other than a couple of wards, these quarterly listening posts have been missing. More public consulta on is most welcome.

With winter quickly upon us and the roads in the condi on they are in, CGR&RAI ask you to add that few extra minutes to your journey and drive very carefully. Not only the potholes and edges, but roadside debris also is a very concerning. In all shires there are Council roads and State roads. Please be aware of which road is controlled by which body. This is a link to the latest VicRoads register h ps://vicroadsmaps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/ webappviewer/index.html?

id=e8fa54687853433eb58e51584b36f681

Please keep an eye out for those needing a hand this winter. Some mes the smallest effort can mean the world to others. Look a er each other. Stay Safe

Wayne McKail, President

DUNOLLY FNC

Netball Report

11’s - The girls started our day on a great note. Each of them put into prac ce things we have prac ced at training and came out very confident.

We won the game 13-1. It was a great team effort but incen ves went to Natalie, Ruby and Alanah.

13’s - No game

15’s - The girls stepped out on the court looking strong. Defensive pressure was great and the a acking end were working seamlessly. Even a er many posi onal changes they con nued their great form and ran out convincing winners 40 11. Incen ves went to Miya and Hannah

17’s- It was a very scrappy start for both teams with not many goals shot in the first quarter. Both teams se led in the 2nd and we saw a much nicer game of netball.

Dunolly came out strong in the 2nd half and played some great netball all Around to come away with the win. 20-10. Incen ves were awarded to Teagan and Chloe.

C-Grade - The ladies stepped out against a very strong Trentham ou it.

They fought hard all day and never gave up but unfortunately Trentham were Too strong. We went down 5-44. The incen ve was awarded to Katherine.

B-Grade - It was nail bi ng game from the first whistle. With it being a couple of goals in it the whole game.

We had a great 2nd quarter and managed to sneak away to a 4 goal lead.

Trentham managed to peg there way back and although we put in a tremendous effort we went down by 3 goals. Losing 31-28.

The incen ve went to Ma sse this week.

A-Grade also had a ght game with both teams demonstra ng some solid defensive pressure. We went into the 2nd half 3 goals up.

Our 3rd quarter wasn’t the best and Trentham capitalised on this taking a 4 Goal lead going into the last.

It was a low scoring quarter and we managed to peg back a few goals but unfortunately le our run too late going down 28-30.

Incen ve went Ash.

Mel Schodde Netball Coordinator

DUNOLLY FNC

opportuni es to end the game 69 Point winners.