This Week in Falls Creek & Mount Beauty - 23 October 2020

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SPRING EDITION TWO

FRIDAY 23RD OCTOBER 2020

Our Beautiful World

Having an excellent bird watcher photographer in town provides us with a unique look at our wonderful, natural environment. Refer article Page 3. Top: A male wood duck and family. Left: Australian Reed Warbler in action. Center: Yellow-faced Honeyeater. Right: The migratory Latham's Snipe. All pics courtesy Ern Reeders

MAJOR FUNDRAISING INTIATIVE For Olympic skier Steve Lee

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o all our Snowsport and Mountain Adventure Enthusiasts, friends and family of Australian alpine ski racing legend, Steve Lee, a fundraising initiative, #steveleefightback, has recently been launched after the three-time Winter Olympian a debilitating stroke on ANZACsuffered Day Dawn Service: 5:45am Service at Eagle 6th6:15am.

September this year. Rock - including

A TIME TO REMEMBER

ers of a Bagpipe recital.. All friends and visitors onnel welcome.

For further It was 18 hours beforeinformation Steve madeplease it to pect call 03 5758 1202 or visit www.fallscreek. hospital from his home in Falls Creek, the scale com.au/Events. occurred.after being discovered in the afternoon on Mount Beauty Service now the Anzac floor of bedroom his beloved Dayhis Services are asby follows.

The Vets and Paddy. The amount of time Early Morning Service will take place that Middle nephew Bi-Centennial Park, Avenue d by hadinelapsed between theLakeside stroke occurring Diggers marching down Hollonds Street last year, led by the shire offices) beginning at 7am. upportedand(beside Jim Crebbin on his WW1 Motor bike. Pic - Ken Bell. medical assistance meant that the news A small informal service with a speaker wasfrom not the good. local RSL. All welcome.

The address for the day will be offered by ctator students from the Mount Beauty Secondary The Anzac Day March will come down show Steve had suffered a large inoperable stroke, College. Speakers will be school captains, Hollonds Street, starting from the assembly point atically.

Parkof Street, near the Police Station at 10:45am, Katerina Trnka and Connor Vickers. At our likes which could not be reduced s a very the in local service, wreaths will be laid by many butmedication marchers should assembled and ready to ratitude with to be prevent further impact. community representatives and members of go at 10:30am.

Whilst Hollonds Street will not y and in He was put on standby to have part of his the public are invited to do so if they wish. be closed, traffic movement will be restricted as express Always amenable to getting in front of the camera to help with promotional shots for his beloved resort – theremoved marchers come down the Further details on the service from Mr Bob skull to reduce thestreet. swelling. ers.’

Steve in action for photographer Chris Hocking.

Williams, President, Mount Beauty RSL The Commemorative Service will take place ortunities He was disoriented, unsure of what was on 5754 1585, or 0427 784 499. at the Cenotaph, beginning at 11am. The ther with snow and COVID-19 restrictions that shut Only days before, Steve had been testing Motion ofwith Loyalty will be offered byhis Councillor paralysis down left side. Following the service, everyone is invited a day thathappening down regional Victoria and Melbourne Tony Keeble of the Alpine Shire.

Prayers will a new inflatable rig for his backcountry to the Mount Beauty Senior Citizens atefulness His sisters, Kerry and Tracy took charge of Rooms for a BBQ Lunch, refreshments and thanks to a second wave of the virus. expected be led by Sister Eileen Reardon of the Catholic snow mobile ski experience business at Steve's Fight supporting their Church and Back, the Guest Speaker on the daymother, will the traditional activities (read two-up), plus FallsofCreek anda ski the• surrounding “I can tell you that both Paddy and I be Flight L Richard ALTC Bandiana.. a couple beers and fewtouring old stories.

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needed support after seeing Steve for the first time a week after his stroke,” says Kerry, Steve's elder sister.

“It is very confronting. How can a young 58 year old man, fit as any 20 year old, be lying in a wheelchair, convinced he was in New Zealand planning tomorrow’s ski day and clearly with significant impairments.”

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A TOUCH OF BIRDLIFE Last week the reality of Steve’s condition begun to set in. The rehab team have confirmed that Steve will need 24/7 care for the rest of his life. Whilst the family hold hope for recovery, they are now planning for the harsh reality that Steve will need much more monetary support than we could ever have imagined. Further from the extensive medical costs that will follow him through his life, he will need modified living arrangements, disability vehicles, ongoing occupational therapy and many more things that our beloved Steve most definitely never budgeted for ever needing. While the government, through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) may cover some basics, we are aiming to give Steve life choices & he really needs our help.

“The ski and snowboard community is a close one. We are all bonded by a love of snow, something that Steve Lee has in spades. What he doesn't have in spades are the dollars necessary to help him through the next phase in his recovery,” says ski journalist Rachael Oakes-Ash. “The #steveleefightback fundraising platform has been put together to help him and his team. We know 2020 is tough for everyone but even if you can donate the cost of a coffee or a beer, every bit helps.”

Please go to: https://asf.org.au/ communities/snow-australia/steve-leefightback/ where you can make a donation.

Then follow, and share #steveleefightback on all social platforms.

Read Rachael Oakes-Ash’s (aka Miss Snow It All) remarkable story about Steve Lee here: https://www.snowsbest.com/steve-leestroke-help/.

This article prepared by the team at Falls Creek Resort Management and we are sending our strength and support to Steve and his family on his road to recovery. •

In Our Local Area

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n this column we look at a few species that have been in the neighbourhood.

In fact it's been a bumper winter for the small birds that live on nectar, seeds, grubs and insects.

Latham's Snipe This is our international visitor and it arrives without quarantine or visa. It's a medium size bird that breeds in Japan and East Asia and migrates annually to eastern Australia where it settles in freshwater marshlands and grasslands. Mount Beauty has four and I've made three sightings on Heathy Spur on the High Plains.

They're shy and hard to spot. When you get close unknowingly they shoot off low and fast making it a challenge to get a photo.

They use their long bill in a sawing motion to bring worms out of the mud.

Australian Reed Warbler This is a small bird with a big call and many of the reed stands in the valley have had some as residents this spring. They're shy but if you observe a stand from across a river or from the end and wait for a while you may get a glimpse. They live off insects and spiders and it's thought that some head north in winter.

Australian Reed Warbler - Pic by Ern Reeders

Australian Wood Duck Mount Beauty has two families. One started with 17 chicks and is now down to 11. The other with 10 now down to 7. They forage on the grass, take to water for safety and nest in tree hollows. The chicks in the town family have been getting an education in road traffic and they are quite happy to bathe and feed just metres from the road.

The brood of 17 was either a creche - yes, they do cooperative rearing - or might have been nest parasitism where a mother lays her eggs in another couple's hollow.

The male has a plain chocolate brown head with a slight mane at the back of the neck, giving the species its other common name, the Maned Duck. The female has horizontal stripes on her face. • Ern Reeders 20.10.20

Yellow-faced Honeyeater Yellow and black face stripes distinguish this bird that despite the name also eats insects and seeds. They're forest dwellers and as well forage among the large shrubs and trees in Mount Beauty's parks and gardens where they could be seen calling to each other in twos and threes. Some of them migrate northwards each year to avoid winter's cold.

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As trade allows, we will expand our dinner hours.

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MEDICAL CENTRE NEWS Meet Our New Doctors

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amian completed his undergraduate medical training at the University of NSW at Randwick and Albury-Wodonga in 2017, graduating with distinction. He has since undertaken post-graduate training with the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, recently being awarded their Certificate. He is currently working in general practice and is undertaking training with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. Other post-graduate pursuits have included: Advanced Life Support 2, Rural Emergency Skills Training and Point of Care Ultrasound. His areas of interest are broad including, paediatrics, emergency medicine, sports medicine, point of care ultrasound and chronic pain.

Prior to his career in medicine, Damian worked in project management and planning and has been a professional ski patroller for 15 years, including working at

SPRING IS GARDENS Time to get out and enjoy!

Dr Damian Heman

the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver.

Damian is a long-term resident of the Kiewa Valley having moved here with his wife, Skye, in 2005. Together they have two boys who have been lucky enough to call Mount Beauty home. When he’s not working at Mount Beauty Medical Centre you will find him enjoying downhill and backcountry skiing, Nordic skiing, mountain biking or at the skate park. •

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TUESDAY, 3rd NOVEMBER

Dr Brett Goodsall

Brett has been keen to move to the North East for years, and recently made that dream a reality by moving to the Valley with his partner Kath (and their chickens) to undertake extended skills training in Alpine Health.

Together they look forward to getting to know the region, the community and all it has to offer.

Originally from Sydney, Brett undertook his medical training at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia. His experience includes emergency medicine, paediatrics and obstetrics and gynaecology and his training has taken him to the Red Centre, Arnhem Land in the Top End and through the southern and south-eastern states.

Brett enjoys all areas of general practice with a particular interest in skin cancer, sexual health, emergency medicine and children’s health. Brett is committed to developing strong relationships with his patients, with an emphasis on helping them to better understand and look after their own health and wellbeing.

At home Brett and Kath love cooking up a storm, and are soon to introduce a new family member in the (chunky) shape of a black Labrador puppy. Brett loves road and mountain biking, hiking and skiing and looks forward to seeing you out on the trails! •

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STINGRAY We'll be watching!

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GRAND FINAL DAY SATURDAY 24th OCTOBER Book your PRIMO seat for the Grand Final now! All 4 screens with sound.

Wear your club jumper scarves and hats! GAME ON!!

Extra Hours: Friday 23rd Oct to Monday 2nd Nov: 8am ‘til late!

Regular hours: 8am – 2pm for coffee, snacks, lunch & drinks!

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Falls Creek & Mount Beauty THIS WEEK - Spring 2020 Edition TWO

NEW PROJECT FOR FALLS CREEK Ultra Fast Broadband

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any people will know Steve and Benn Sugden from their involvement with Koki Lodge.

How many people will be aware that they have another major string to their bow. The business is titled ‘Valve Networks’ and is the service of providing ultra fast broadband over fibre optic cables. The company has done major installations in high rise buildings in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. And now it is the turn of Falls Creek Alpine Resort to take advantage of this fantastic service.

The guys started the project last summer – digging trenches and running cable underground through many parts of the village – and the opportunity exists for every business to sign up and receive the very best in high speed communications. Below is a summary of what the team have been up to.

GPON is Gigabit Passive Optical Network.

This network is the only one of its kind in a ski resort in the country. We have plans to run Free-to-Air TV over this network and add a number of local information channels.

Steve and I view this entire project as a network for the village. We plan to offer free Wi-Fi hotspots at key locations within the village, the first will probably be at the pizza oven/picnic area in the Village Bowl.

Construction: The network build involves installation of underground pipes and surface pits. This provides the opportunity for work and local jobs in Falls Creek.

Ongoing support and maintenance: The network will have ongoing local support and maintenance also contributing to jobs in Falls Creek.

Other notes:

Civil works for this summer are already underway and should be completed by mid-May 2021 with date exclusions for Christmas, Easter, 3 Peaks, etc. The team are actually trenching about 100 metres per day.

Falls Creek Resort Management have been very helpful in moving this project forward.

Steve and I are funding it ourselves, so we appreciate FCRM's can-do attitude. Special thanks to Fred Weir and Callum Brown.

Stage 1 (March 2020 to May 2020) of the rollout completed with the following areas included

We would like to thank individuals and businesses that have already signed up for fibre based Internet.

• Arlberg Street; • Schuss Street; • The Village Bowl Circuit.

And as work progresses, it is also appropriate that we thank our team of workers and colleagues who manned the picks and shovels during Stage 1:

Stage 2 (October 2020 to May 2021) of the rollout will include: • Parallel Street; • Christie Street; • Falls Creek Road; • Slalom Street; • Sitzmark Street; • Snowgum Lane; • BHP road up to Woodsmoke and Windy Corner.

Depending on expressions of interest our priority routes may change. For example we currently have Feathertop, The Hub, Les Chalets, and Woodsmoke as priorities because of expressed interest. Sitzmark Street and part of Falls Creek Road is complete.

We plan to offer free Internet (until the June 1st, 2021) for buildings that sign up before New Year’s Eve 2020.

A major project that has the ability to benefit everyone in the village. Pic – Courtesy Valvenetworks.

Zorren Miller, JJ (Kilimanjaro Apartments), Martin Dean (Nelse Lodge), Jamie Jansen, Peter Mundy, James Wruck (Attunga Lodge), Paddy Dodd, Steve Bond (Feathertop Lodge), and a few of the boys from Frying Pan Inn. Further enquiries should be directed to: Em: sales@valvenetworks.com.au. Steve on Mb: 0413 440 479. Benn on Mb: 0417 003 225. Further details in future editions as work progresses. •

Technical details: We are installing 48 core fibre cables as part of a GPON network.

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THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AT WEST PEAK

DINE IN & TAKE-AWAY

Thur 22nd Oct: 3pm - 9pm • Dinner from 5:30pm.

Fri 23rd Oct: 12 noon to 9pm • Lunch: 12 - 2pm • Dinner from 5:30pm Sat 24th Oct: AFL Grand Final Day and Evening Starts 7:30pm AEDT

12 noon and closing after the Grand Final

Lunch: 12 - 2pm • Dinner from 5:30pm.

Sun 25th Oct: NRL Grand Final Day and Evening Starts 7:30pm AEDT

12 noon and closing after the Grand Final

Lunch: 12 - 2pm • Dinner from 5:30pm.

Thurs 29th & Fri 30th Oct: 3pm - 9pm • Dinner from 5:30pm.

Sat 31st Oct & Sun 1st Nov: 12 noon to 9pm. Lunch: 12 - 2pm.

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Beautiful range of fresh-made Pasta to enjoy in the restaurant or to take away!

Freshly baked sour dough loaves available Mon, Tues & Wed nights from 6pm. Pre-order recommended.

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FALL LINES Raising Girls A few weeks ago Roslyn Bloomer from The Kiewa Valley, teamed up with one of the world’s best parent educators, Australia’s very own parenting author and psychologist Steve Biddulph, to organise some of Steve’s world famous webinars for bushfire affected areas of Victoria.

The Raising Boys Webinar was a HUGE success with 1062 families logging in on the

night to listen to Steve! The next webinar is ‘Raising Girls’ and will be streamed online for free for parents in bushfire affected shires on October 29th 2020 at 8pm.

The webinar ‘Secrets of Happy Children’ will also follow a few weeks later.

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summer and Resort Management would like to get your feedback on events, visitor demographic, mountain biking and general observations.

In Edition Sixteen of Winter, Friday 25th Therefore you are invited to join the September, this paper presented an article on relevant Resort Management personnel theand challenge Mitch Cook has taken on. for a other members of the community summer season debrief meeting.

The concept of ‘Everesting’ is fiendishly This meeting take place on challenge simple, yet it is a will fiendishly difficult 26th from 9:30am toWednesday complete. Pick anyApril climb, anywhere into the around 11:30am in the Boardroom above world and ride or run repeat after grinding Foodworks in QT. If you have any specific agenda items, please email http://joprothero@fallscreek.com.au.

We look forward to seeing you all there. •

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I then stared racing the national series.

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FALL LINES Team Mount Beauty News At the recent Team Mount Beauty Annual General Meeting, an enthusiastic committee was elected. In the report of the AGM, the previous committee were thanked – and now it on to business. If you were not aware, we had many more nominations for the general committee positions than we had places available. This is a great problem to have, but it does mean we have some committed members who missed out and are keen to be more involved. We also have a small army of other keen members who have expressed interest in helping out but don’t have the time to be involved at committee level. As a result, your committee voted unanimously to create four TMB Sub-committees.

Our aims: • To harness expertise within the club; • To encourage Member engagement with all facets of our Club’s operations; • To include a wider cross-section of club Members in directing our club’s future; and • To make committee processes more streamlined.

The Sub-committees are: Trails; Events; Juniors and Communications/Governance.

These Sub-committees will make recommendations for the general committee

to action. Ideally, each sub-committee will comprise at least one TMB committee member and two club members. There will be a maximum of six people on each subcommittee.

Project Working Groups: In addition to Sub-committees, we will also have Project Working Groups which will deliver various projects from time to time.

We currently have exciting plans for the BMX Pump Track which are continuing to evolve.

What we'd like you to do: Please consider putting your hand up and joining us as we take our Club to the next level. If you are interested, you can nominate yourself for a sub-committee or Working Group by emailing: info@tmg.org.au.

Keep your eye on the TMB Facebook site, the website or this paper for more positive news. •

Libraries Re-opening Alpine Shire Libraries are very excited to welcome you back through our doors as of last Wednesday, the 21st October.

The following restrictions are in place to keep us all COVID-safe: • A maximum of 10 people may be in the library at any time.

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WHO

2D Tawonga Crescent.

8:30am – 5pm Mon – Friday 10am – 12noon Saturdays.

Ph: 03 5754 3400 for appointments Doctors: Mark Zagorski, Jeff Robinson, Libby Garoni, Skye Delaney, Laura Zagorski, Angela Stratton, Lauren Cussen, Matthew McAlpine, Brett Goodsall & Damian Heman

WHAT

Fully accredited General Practice with 41 years of service to the Upper Kiewa Valley.

CONTACT Ph: 03 5754 3400

Em: enquiries@mbmc.com.au Wb: https://www.mbmc.com.au/

Falls Creek Medical Centre is currently closed!

To make an appointment, please phone 03 5754 3400.

You will be directed to a doctor for a Tele-Health appointment. Our Doctors are on call 24 hours a day, Seven days a week from Mount Beauty!

Your local practice – supporting the community!

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• Toilets are not available for public use.

• Meeting rooms are closed and unavailable.

• Please continue to return your items via our returns chute.

You may now visit your local branch during our regular opening hours – please note we will be closed Friday 23rd October for the AFL public holiday.

Mount Beauty Library Tuesdays 9:30am - 5pm.

Wednesdays 1pm - 6pm.

Thursdays 9:30am - 5pm.

Fridays 1pm - 5pm.

Saturdays 9am - 12noon.

Ph: 03 5754 4305 Em: mtblibrary@alpineshire.vic.gov.au •

WHAT'S ON FUTURE EVENTS 2020-2021 Some things to look forward to!

OCT 23 All Alpine Shire votes should be in the post by this date!

NOV 11 Remembrance Day Service. 10:45am The Cenotaph, Mount Beauty.

NOV 20-22 Ignition Mount Bike Festival at Falls Creek has now been cancelled due to COVID-19. Falls Creek will announce the opening of the Mountain Bike Trails as soon as track maintenance has been completed. Further details on

Ph: 03 5758 1200 DEC 12 If all goes well this should be Carols

by Candlelight on the Les Peart Oval.

Further details as the time approaches.

MAR 7 Peaks Challenge Falls Creek. Around 1500 cyclists will visit for Falls Creek for one of the greatest and challenging rides in the Southern Hemisphere. https://www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/ APR 2-5 Easter Celebrations at Falls Creek

Ph: 03 5758 1200 APR 17-18 Alpine Challenge has been postponed to this weekend in April 2021. Refer: https://www.runningwild.net.au/

Visitor Information Centre

MEDICAL SERVICES - Upper Kiewa Valley WHERE WHEN

HOW

• If you need to stay longer than 15 minutes we are required to take your personal details.

- OPEN FOR BUSINESS From the Saturday of Melbourne Cup Weekend, Saturday 31st October, the Falls Creek Information Centre will be open for business seven days a week.

Sat, Sun & Public Hols: Weekdays:

10am -3pm 9am – 5pm

Located upstairs in the Resort Management building, cnr Slalom Street & Bogong High Plains Road.

Ph: 03 5758 1200 Em: info@fallscreek.com.au Wb: www.fallscreek.com.au

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