Our Team

Editor

Angela Ang

Produc on

Sharron Fitzgerald

Paula Kilgal

Copy Edi ng

Jenny Sco

Proofreading

Sharon Shay

Photographer: Greg Keegan

Distribu on: Helen Jesser

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Tuesday 9.30 am to 3.30 pm

Wednesday 9.30 am to 3.30 pm

Phone: (03) 5468 1054

Email: welcome@thewelcomerecord.com.au

Web: www.dunollynews.org

Town Hall 83 Broadway Dunolly, VIC 3472

Public Mee ng – Future of the paper and Urgent call for Volunteers

Dunolly Town Hall, Thursday, June 1st 2023 5.30-6.30 pm

If you wish to volunteer but unsure of what is involved, The Welcome Record staff will be on hand to answer ques ons on what is required to produce our weekly community paper. Please join us – We can’t wait to meet you.

What’s on Dunolly

Friday, 2nd June

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.

Coming soon

Sat. June 10th/Sun. June 11th

KING'S KANGAROO CADDY at Tarnagulla Golf Club.

This is such a good event - For example, if your handicap is 30, we divide that by two for the 9 holes, which equals 15. During the 9 holes, you choose to have 15 free, extra shots whenever it suits you. You might use a few on the one hole if you'd like to. If I hit a ny Tee-Off or a sideways one, I would use one of my free, extra shots and Tee Off again. Don't leave any free, extra shots unplayed. So, our wonderful scores for the nine holes will be added up and then it's me for a beau ful morning tea and lots of talking and laughing.

If Men don't have an official handicap, it will be 30. Women will be 36. Let the games begin!

Tee-Off is between 9.30 and 10.00 a.m. Entry is $15 (free for school children) and free for Members. Register at lraad@mail.com; on 0481 008 006 or in person on the morning.

The Queen/King’s Birthday Weekend

Sat. June 10th – Mon. June 12th

What a Weekend! Three exciting and unique events for you to enjoy during the long weekend.

Saturday June 10th

LOOK OUT IT’S TRIVIA NIGHT WITH A TWIST!

SWINGING SIXTIES

TRIVIA NIGHT at the Dunolly Town Hall. Enjoy LIVE Music from 7pm – 11pm and dancing to 60’s classics. Prize for Best dressed 60’s costume.

$20 BYO nibbles, drinks available from the Footy Club Bar (proceeds going to Dunolly Football Netball Club).

Tables of 10. Book a table or individual. Hosted by the glamourous Melbourne based musical theatre sensa on “adore handel” (shown above)

Limited Tables selling fast so book now: call Rachel 0427 275 006 or email rachelbuckley@bigpond.com

Sunday June 11th

FourTune SONGS THROUGH TIME, 2pm at Buckley’s of Dunolly, 1787 Maryborough Rd. Dunolly.

Enjoy this accomplished singing Quartet from Melbourne featuring Kimberley Colman, Christelle de Graaf, Helen Koehne and Luke Bell with Pianist Pamela Chris e. Refreshments at short interval.

Bookings: Rachel 0427 275 006

Monday June 12th

A ROYAL AFTERNOON IN BEALIBA, 2 pm at The Divine Studio, 12 Davies St. Bealiba. Join us to hear Special Guest speaker from Melbourne, Ross Gairn, talk about his me working at Buckingham Palace for the Royal family (Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip) during the 1970’s. Bookings are essen al $20.00 per person. Bookings Rachel 0427 275 006 . More info visit: www.bealiba.com.au

Presented by the Dunolly Gilbert & Sullivan Society

Saturday June 24th

FREE ENTRY: The Songs of Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday & inspira onal ar sts from the 1920’s to the 1950’s, at the Maryborough Golf Club. Presented by popular Jazz combo Smith & Holiday at the Maryborough Golf Club, 125 Park Rd. Maryborough.

Enquiries: 5460 4900

Bereavement

Horsfield, Graham V Graham V Horsfield passed away peacefully on 23 May, 2023

As per Graham’s wishes there will be no funeral but a memorial, at a date to be announced.

Sheila Hodgson

What is Happening to our Beloved Welcome Record?

Dear Editor,

My husband and I bought a 288 acre back block from the lovely George and Dorrie Birke in September 1975.

We wanted a property at a distance from Melbourne with an airport nearby, to fly to on weekends as we were both pilots and had Murray grey ca le to move to a larger property, (as they kept breeding) and our 20 acres in Yarrambat was insufficient.

When we purchased the deligh ul property at the base of Mt Bealiba with exquisite views, naturally Melbourne friends visited frequently too and it was wonderful.

We always bought Shirley Akers

The Welcome Record – the yellow book and friends agreed that when Maurice re red from Monash University we would become involved. Sadly, it came to a close and thankfully Ken Roberts had it re-established. A er re ring in 1984 we repainted our Beechcra Debonair and took a holiday to Fiji that had been postponed. Then in 1985, sold our home in Clayton North and moved into our large shed on the farm.

Fred Blake the friendly plane salesman at Moorabbin airport suggested Maurice put our plane on his line while away. Not expec ng it to sell, you can imagine our disappointment

Dunolly Probus Club

Anyone wishing to become a member of the Dunolly Probus Club are most welcome.

We meet at the Dunolly Bowls Club on the 3rd Thursday of each month and we have bus trip or a lunch at one of our local venues on the 1st Thursday of each month. Please feel free to ring Wayne Stephens on 0428 297 508 or Carmel Spiteri on 0409 510 124. Come and have a cuppa and make new friends.

when we rang from Tullamarine to say we were coming to collect our Beechcra and was told it had been sold and gone to the western district to a gliding friend of ours.

Bill Rootes agreed to our parking the Land Rover in his hanger in Maryborough for transport to our farm. Then his hangar burnt and Maurice bought a Datsun Ute garbage truck (GT) from Monash to replace it.

An American friend visi ng the farm, Jay Kent worked at Monash as a pilot and asked Maurice to come to Washington State to manage his hotel in Index in the Cascade Mountains. Of course, I said “No, we are going to build a home here”. Maurice said, “Make me an offer I cannot refuse…” So it was 1988 before we completed our special home with the views when an adver sement came in the Record for a typist.

I had been a secretarial teacher for 25 years in NSW/Victoria and fronted up. The volunteers were such a happy family, it was a delight to work with them. When they needed a printer Maurice was able to call on staff at Monash to provide Pip (gave everyone the pip).

Maurice spent some me as Editor and when Ted Aus n the printer went to Western Australia to visit his family, we had to do the prin ng, ho hum. We were Secretary and Treasurer on the commi ee and were there all those 21 enjoyable years. Now, where has all that enjoyment to be working for our local community disappeared? The many volunteers were wonderful, keen, eager, happy workers with many being there a very long me. Please do not close; our book is required but perhaps doesn’t have to be so sophis cated, we are easy going folks.

Old Carolyn Butler, Dunolly

From The Editor:

Indeed - where are the volunteers?

To clarify the recent Maryborough Adver ser ar cle, The Welcome Record is financially viable with a healthy 75% increase in online readership triggering increased adver sing.

Our crisis is directly linked to the current lack of volunteers to share the load of producing the paper each week.

The world since The Yellow Book was produced has changed and Technology is vital to produce the Paper efficiently with a significantly reduced produc on staff of 2. However, we need volunteers who can commit to a fixed amount of me in the office each week to assist in the repor ng, edi ng, distribu on and processing of editorial content. This has been difficult for many as we all simply lead very busy lives. This cri cal issue of diminishing volunteers is not unique, as most if not all community groups are undergoing a similar crisis. We hope, as the le er says, some volunteers will “front up.”.

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; Card making with Rhonda: every third Monday of the month. Ballroom Dancing: from 6pm ( mes vary according to season) at the Dunolly Golf Club. Intermediate skills required, but call me at the Centre for further details.

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! 3.30-5pm, ages 6 to 16, term 2.

THURSDAY: Croquet at the Golf Club on Separa on Road from 10am; 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. Covered shoes compulsory and parents must stay with children.

Upcoming Cra Exhibi on at the Arts Hub: August 12th & 13th

We look forward to seeing the crea vity our town has to offer! The Arts Hub is the perfect space to showcase the cra ing talents of our community, so get in touch with Lynda to exhibit your work.

Power Saving Bonus, plus help for other online forms

The power saving bonus is s ll current, so make sure you don’t miss out- give me a call, and I’ll help you! Any other online form you need help with, just ask.

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. The ‘a er hours’ pantry is on the veranda, and is kept stocked for anyone unable to visit during opening hours.

Backyard Rejuvena on takes shape: Our backyard is star ng to look fabulous- thanks to Paul Vater for pain ng the woodworkers’ container this lovely charcoal colour. The next step is for Lynda and Faye to a ach a bird mo f along the side, then we place some planters with dwarf citrus trees in front. The woodworkers will make some wooden planters for the north facing edge of the concrete slab, and we’ll place some lovely shrubs to provide an extra layer of shade. We’re planning a ‘Spring Fling’ fundraiser for late September, to raise funds for our solar panel project, and the backyard will provide a beau ful backdrop for the fes vi es.

The Dunolly Neighbourhood Centre and the Woodwork Workshop members would like to thank Steve Marsden and Tony for their generous dona ons of wood and machinery. We deeply appreciate your contribu on as our workshop is run by volunteers and rely on dona ons to keep on going.

Thank you all for the great support of Cuppa for Cancer.

All the scone makers and washer-uppers and ………...so many. What a small community can do, when we all heave together so well.

The Newbridge Fashion Parade was also most successful. Big thanks to all the models, whose ages ranged from 88 years to 14 months. Li le Cooper was the star, crea ng a fashion parade with fun and laughter.

Scarves, hats, jackets, coats, woolly socks, warm nightwear for all shapes, sizes and ages.

It is June this week, so at least the weather has an excuse to behave like Winter now. Plenty of books in the bookshelves for the long, long Winter evenings. A mug of hot soup brings good cheer. What a lovely lot of colours and shapes are available in mugs at the Op Shop.

Brighten up your clothing with one of our jewellery pieces. Folk like to bring jewellery to the Op Shop rather than discard it.

So much is spent on a jewellery item for a once-off occasion, then we re of them. Jewellery can be passed round from person to person, unlike your favourite jumper, which usually ends up as a pet’s bedding. One person’s pearl can begin another happy life decora ng the new owner as pre ly as it did at first.

Lions Club Book Sale

Maryborough Lions Club Bookshop are holding their June Sale from Friday 2nd June -Sunday 11th June, 2023. All our books are reduced by 50%.

Our shop is open Monday to Friday 9.00am.4.00.pm. Saturdays 9.00am-1.00 pm. Open Sundays during the sale only 900.am to 1.00.pm. 124 High Street, Maryborough 3465. Telephone 0484.764.578.

LOST & FOUND

Sunglasses

A pair of prescrip on sunglasses has been found in Laanecoorie near Angus Causeway, a few weeks ago. You may pick them up from the Dunolly Rural Transac on Centre, 109 Broadway, Dunolly.

Centralised Kindergarten Registra on Program. Please see Council’s website and Facebook page next Tuesday for more details.

New Dunolly Footpath

The new 250 metre footpath along Broadway - from Daly Street to the railway line, is now complete. The project was delivered as part of Council's 2022-2023

The mee ng was livestreamed to Council’s Facebook page and a video of the mee ng is available at: www.centralgoldfields.vi c.gov.au/ councilmee ngs

Kinder Registrations

Special Council Meeting

The May Council Mee ng was held on Tuesday 30 May at 6pm at the Community Hub in Maryborough and was open to the community to a end.

OPEN Registra ons for 3 and 4 year-old kindergarten in 2024 are now open. 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. Parents and carers can apply for all kindergartens across the Central Goldfields Shire using one form - with all seven kindergartens par cipa ng in the

All Victorians are eligible to pick up two free packets of Rapid An gen Tests (RATs) through Council to help with early detec on and treatment of COVID-19. RATs are available at Council’s Customer Service Centre,

Flood Recovery Works

The flood events in October 2022 caused significant damage to infrastructure and property throughout our municipality. We know our residents are keen to see infrastructure and the road network restored as soon as possible and the truth is – we do too. You can read about the process to date and what roads are included in the first round of works at: www.centralgoldfields.vi c.gov.au/ floodrecoveryworks

We’ll update this page weekly with works completed to date. Until these works are complete, we remind motorists to drive to the conditions and please be careful when using the roads, especially gravel ones.

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