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Bottle your tap water.

REDUCE PLASTIC WASTE CHOOSE TAP!

Water is the best choice, if you’re out and about and are unsure of what beverage to choose, Choose tap! It will save you loads of money and you can get it just about anywhere, anytime all you need is a reusable bottle. When you have a water bottle nearby it’s easy to remember and it will save you from the temptation of unhealthy sugary drinks when you’re out and about.

Live healthy We all know water is good for you, it’s essential for health living and staying hydrated, is crucial for sporting, mental and academic performances.

Keep a bottle in the fridge so it’s always ready to go. Tap water tastes so refreshing when it’s nice and cold.

Did you know?

• If our brains don’t get enough water, our ability to concentrate can decrease by 13 percent and our short term memory can drop by 7 percent.

• People can lose between one and two litres of water an hour in sweat just when doing

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moderately hard exercise. Staying hydrated is essential for good health and performance in all areas of life from the sporting arena, to the office or the classroom.

• Light-headedness, dizziness and headaches are early signs that we are not getting enough water.

Remember your reusable bottle and choose tap It’s now easier for you to choose tap water! With the support of the local council, Westernport Water is establishing permanent water refill stations in the community and also makes its hydration station available at community events.

Publicly accessible refill stations are a better alternative to sugary drinks and pre-packaged bottled water for the community, both financially and environmentally.

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Coast is 10!

We are so thrilled to be celebrating this milestone birthday and our 40th edition.

Anyone who knows me will testify that I’m a music tragic. I still buy CDs and love to catch a live band whenever I can. Like publishing, the music industry has been turned on its head by the online revolution. But in recent years, the trusty LP has led a quiet rebellion. Vinyl is back in a big way – collectable, enviable, beautiful!

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Over here in the land of publishing, there’s a similar story playing out. While the big corporate newspapers batter each other into obscurity, many small, niche publications that focus on a local area, just like we do at Coast, are flourishing.

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I’ve always believed that magazines are more than just words on a page. It’s a visceral experience when you hold a magazine in your hands … the feel of the paper, the colours, the design and even the smell of the ink. We are so proud of the wonderful photographs and amazing stories that feature on our pages. We’re immensely grateful to the people who invite us into their homes and share their stories, and those businesses that support us and help to make Coast such a vital part of our life by the ocean.

So, while we have a new website in the works and are bravely traversing the new cyber frontier, we are still defiantly, happily, print-proud. Happy birthday … our gift to you is this special birthday edition. Stay tuned for many more.

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MARCHING TO HIS OWN TuNE 48 Jack-of-all-trades and master of many, South Gippsland identity Percy Brewer has led a jam-packed life, marching to his own tune every step of the way.

LIfE fORCE 34 Ray Godbold spent his lifetime nursing and caring for others, and now is using his final days to campaign for Dying with Dignity.

SuRfING fOR CHANGE 42 Looking into the wide eyes of a hungry child pleading for food was a pivotal moment for passionate surfer Mick Lowe.

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TEN YEARS LIVING THE DREAM 14 10 years and 40 editions, we look back on the people and places that made this coast great.

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5 THINGS WE LOVE ABOuT ‌ BERWICK 84

people 27 28 82

15 minutes of fame Jade Cranton

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Colleen Gilbee and Kaylene Mendola

one for the ages

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eat out 96 104

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SAVOuR THE fLAVOuR 93 Our coast provides skilled chefs, artisan producers, vignerons and passionate foodies with the perfect backdrop for culinary delights for all palates. Enjoy!

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143 a good read 145 fitness

Surfer Brian Tancheff rides the waves of life through his personal surfing odyssey.

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dAncE hAll dAYS SummER 2006

If Romeo and Juliet were alive today they’d been lucky to find each other in cyberspace or perhaps in a stopwatch dating session. Which begs the question: Where is all that old fashioned romance?

Atom bomb bAbY

Autumn 2006

“My mother lived in Saijo, only a short train ride from Hiroshima. She was in the rice fields with her father when the atom bomb was dropped.”

‘Karol Brown is an Atom Bomb baby’

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tAkE mE to vEnuS SummER 2007

“If I can make just one person happy each day, I’m doing good.’

If you multiply that by your lifetime, you’ve done pretty good, I reckon. “

lollY lEgS SpRi ng 2006

If you haven’t had the pleasure of exploring the small coastal hamlets of Venus Bay and Tarwin Lower, located on and near the shores of South Gippsland, make a note in your diary as two ‘must see’ destinations this summer. You will feel like you’ve landed on another planet – one where sand, sea, rivers and holiday fun rule supreme.

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“I can’t whistle in tune, and the horse wobbles along. I get to sing and nobody tells me to shut-up.”

Ted Grambeau Spring 2007

Top surf photographer Ted Grambeau started out as a young man with big dreams – and they’ve only got bigger.

On the farm Winter 2007

Doug met his wife-to-be at an old time dance in Dalyston. “I remember there were these two young chicks sittin’ up with Edie Jeffries, and Charlotte caught my eye and I asked her to dance.”

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Autumn 2007 Having just finished a new album with Neil Finn – Nick Seymour (ex Crowded House fame) and his gorgeous gal Nicola McCutcheon take time out at Kilcunda as a break from their jet setting lifestyles, to share their life, love and a few laughs with Coast Magazine.

Prom walks SUmmer 2008

Wilson’s Promontory is Australia’s southernmost National Park. Located a leisurely 3 hours from Melbourne, it is recognized the world over for its stunning coastal scenery, breathtaking beaches, granite headlands, and unique vegetation and geology. We take a walk with local ranger Ryan Duffy.

A fisherman’s tale Autumn 2008

Never paint your boat green, set off on a Friday or carry pork or bananas on board. These are just a few superstitions of sea-wary fisher folk, but for third-generation fisherman Josh Rule, life on the rough seas of Bass Strait has little to do with luck. We hop aboard the ‘Sandgroper’ and talk to the Newhaven skipper to discover the ‘secret life’ of fishermen.

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lAughing At lifE wintER 2008 “I’m a Leo, and love hamming it up,” admits Kerry Spokes as she welcomes us to her Fish Creek art gallery. The words cheeky, brash and grounded also come to mind as I meet the renowned artist for the first time.

15 minutES of fAmE SummER 2009

Pete Murray is in a great place in his life and career.

Guitarist, singer, songwriter and now producer, it seems there’s no end to his talents. His happiness shines through in his new album, ’Summer at Eureka‘, which he produced and recorded at his home in Byron Bay’s hinterland.

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“I’ve been working with cattle all of my life. I guess every young fella would like to live in Queensland in 1926 when the whole world revolved around horses and cattle, but it didn’t happen for me.”

SwEll mAmA’S wintER 2009

Move over Kelly Slater! A go-getting bunch of surfing mums may be coming to a wave near you soon. Swell Mamas, the brainchild of friends Lucy Cousens and Geraldine Archibald, gives local mums the opportunity to get out of the house, socialize . . . and catch a wave or two.

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dAk

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David Alexander Kopleman (otherwise known as DAK) doesn’t consider himself an artist. “I just like to dabble and make stuff,” he shrugs, standing near his latest creation – a 10-foot rusty metallic flower that swirls and pivots in the wind.

Thin green Line Spri ng 2009

Sean Willmore, director of the Thin Green Line Foundation, doesn’t know where his next mortgage payment is coming from. But that’s nothing compared with not knowing if you and your family will survive another day.

Do you see what I see?

Winter 2010

I stumbled onto surfing in my early 40’s when I was in New Zealand. I was sitting out in the water of a beautiful volcanic peninsula and thinking ‘How good is this? Mark Seymour

Counting Sheep Autumn 2010

We pay homage to the great Australian working dog – a four legged friend with a work ethic like no other.

Neil Luke – On his knees SUmmer 2010

I grew up in a violent and poor area. But when I started surfing I realised you can surf whether you stand up, kneel or lie down, whether you are rich, poor, strong, weak, big or little.

The ocean doesn’t discriminate. You are free.

THE 20th EDITION

Spri ng 2010

Spectacular landscapes define this coastline. Prehistoric rock formations, quiet bays and crushing surf beaches are only some of the treasures to discover.

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cuRl SummER 2011 Aloha Barry, the crazed, confused cartoon character emerged from the mind of Phillip Islander Darren Marks.

A photogRAphER’S EYE Autumn 2011

“Mel Gibson only had 15 lines to say in the film but I adored photographing him.” She also loved photographing the animal stars of Babe: the pig, the capuchin monkey, a mouse, and a goose called Ferdie were among the best actors she has ever met, she laughs. Are stars different? “ – Carolyn Johns

A living tREASuRE SummER 2012

loSt giRl wintER 2011 We could hear a lot of crying, but we had to keep quiet.

When we heard the gunfire coming closer, we had to start running because that meant the soldiers were close Haluel Herjok

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Eighty-seven is a lot of years to recall – especially lived at the lightning pace of Ruth Heffer.

My taped interview (which is over three hours long!) is full of laughter as between the two of us, and with the help of an Excel spreadsheet, we work through the years and events of an extraordinary life.

the SHOW Autumn 2012 Beyond the fairy floss and showbags, we discover the highly competitive world of pickles, jams and who can bake the fluffiest sponges at the annual Bass Coast Summer Agricultural Show.

into the blue Winter 2012 Cape Woolamai on Phillip Island is world renowned for its waves, but if you trade your wetty for walking shoes, you won’t be disappointed.

Journey into the dreaming Spri ng 2012

It wasn’t until I was about 22 that I realised that there are people who look like me and are my real family. It was really overwhelming to look around and to know I was connected to these people.

Steve Parker

Bathed in glory

fifteen minutes of fame

Spri ng 2011

Autumn 2013

MR PErfect SUmmer 2013

Growing up, I never noticed that I only had one leg, because I was doing what everyone else was doing.

I was out there running around the oval, no ‘buts, no excuses.

That’s how I was brought up.

Amanda Drennan

You had to do two poses, so I practised because you didn’t want to make a damn fool of yourself – and damned if I didn’t win it! Percy Hinton

Pigs may not fly, but they sure can swim! In the small coastal hamlet of Kilcunda, we bump into new residents Katia Langenheim and her pet pig Euphemia, and discover the wonders of raising ‘a four-legged friend of a different kind’ by the coast.

Euphemia [greek for happiness]

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wonthAggi – A REgionAl gEm wintER 2013 Only 135km from Melbourne, Wonthaggi is a vibrant township with a colourful history. In 1909, a variety of nationalities were drawn to the area to work in its black coal-mines. What started out as a mere tent city became a vibrant boom town in the 59-year life of the mine. Operations closed in 1968, with over 17 million tonnes of coal having been taken from the maze of shafts and tunnels.

thE night pARtY SummER 2014

Rick Sands and Buck Lexton have shared more than a few bizarre moments together. After 16 years of friendship, travelling, absences, ashrams, marriage and babies, synchronicity has brought them back together to form The Night Party.

A doctoR without boRdERS

SpRi ng 2013 Jess Holden is a girl on a mission to save the world.

“I know how long it takes for somebody to bleed to death.”

on thE upcYclE

SEcREtS of thE SEA

When they’re not tinkering on their 5-acre property way down south in Yanakie, you’ll likely find eloquent concreter Grant Flather and his Scottish wisp Helen Wilkinson foraging for artistic gems.

Dewey Buttonshaw was born into an unusually talented family.

His father fought in the Spanish Civil War and with the French Foreign Legion, while his brother became the global art director of Quicksilver.

Despite an abundance of artistic, legal, military and naval bloodlines, young Dewey was encouraged to tread his own path in life.

Autumn 2014

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oRiginAl hipStERS SpRi ng 2014

It was like a scene from a romance movie – he had his phone in the air running towards me, yelling ‘we bought a caravan’.

Janey Rainey and David Friend

how i mEt YouR mothER Autumn 2015

A humble cattle farmer, Scott Andersen didn’t quite know what to expect when meeting a toddler he’d fathered via a sperm donation

RoAd wARRioR wintER 2015 There are actions so precise that a matter of seconds, or centimetres, can mean the difference between life and death.

Master stunt-driver Russell Allan came to learn that over the course of his 35-year career as a precision driver for film and television.

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Mother load Mornington Peninsula author Leigh Van Der Horst has written a moving account of losing her mother to cancer. Her book reveals the sisterhood amongst motherless mothers and offers comfort and encouragement to women who battle the loss and grief of their precious mothers. Find out more at www.leighvloves.com.au.

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I grew up on Phillip Island and was always the kid with a sore something … Mum would sign me out of the school crosscountry run because I didn’t even want to walk it!

I attended a promotional activity at the 2012 Melbourne Marathon through my job, and I recall turning to my colleague and saying: ‘Bucket list!’. To which she replied, ‘You’re on. Let’s do the half-marathon next year’. I’d never run in my life, but I started training and never stopped. I ran the full Melbourne Marathon in 2013, and have completed it every year since.

The ‘Runmum’ Facebook page started as a way for me to vent, debrief and stay accountable with my training. It grew in popularity and I was amazed that people were actually interested – it still surprises me!

We hold ‘virtual runs’ and challenges to keep people motivated and to raise awareness and money for small charities where the money really makes a big difference.

There have been so many highlights, like running the Paris and London Marathons in April was amazing. Seeing the streets of Paris come to a complete standstill for 54,000 runners as we ran by the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower.

My singlet had an Australian logo on it, and the Aussies in the crowd cheered as I passed. It was amazing – 41,000 runners completed the course and I was one of them. And the London event was simply electric!

There are some downsides to my passion, like the time I spend away from my family. And once I had to pull out just over half-way through a marathon: I was having trouble breathing, my temperature was up and I was struggling, so I stopped.

But when I got home I jumped on the treddi [treadmill] and completed the distance – I just had to get it finished in my head.

During the week I run before work and have breakfast at my desk at Phillip Island Nature Parks. I get to watch the sunrise in an amazing setting before most people are out of bed.

I was never ambitious. I just wanted to be the best wife, mum and person that I could be, and I feel that running and Runmum allow me to do this. I love watching people discover what they’re capable of, and seeing them ‘find their feet’, often with the kids out there alongside them. I guess getting more people moving in any way is a good thing, and we do this while raising awareness and money for some fantastic charities.

Everyone who runs has a different reason for doing it. For me it’s because one day I may not be able to, and also because I want be the best version of me that is possible! I believe that if you want something badly enough, you can get it.

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Colleen Kaylene Sleepless nights, early morning feeds and animals in the bathtub … it’s all in a day’s work for local wildlife carers Kaylene Mendola and Colleen Gilbee. These amazing ladies care for the sick and injured animals of Bass Coast.

We talk to them about the love, sweat and tears that goes into this vital job …

Colleen Gilbee: 15 years ago, I moved from Bendigo to Phillip Island, following my surfer husband. I needed a change and to be honest, I haven’t looked back. When we got to the Island, I knew I wanted to work with animals. I’d always been involved with them and I wanted to study veterinary science. Sadly, my mum got sick and I had to leave school so that dream was never realised.

When in doubt, we call in the experts. It’s a huge responsibility making the decision on an animal’s life … whether we can save them or if it’s kinder to put them to sleep. Jenny and Russell at the Newhaven Vet have been just amazing. If they don’t know something about a particular breed of animal, or how to treat it, they will go out of their way to find the best solution.

I met Kaylene while working at the Nature Park. We were very similar in the way we thought and felt about the care of animals. Marg Healey (who was in charge of the animal hospital at the time), Jan Gorman and Tanya Murray became our mentors. They took us under their wing and taught us everything they knew about caring for sick and injured animals. Recognising the incredible need out there, we went one step further and both became wildlife shelters and that enables us to take in and care for more diverse wildlife. We are very lucky we have such supportive partners, with the late nights, early feeds, animals in bathrooms and such.

Wildlife on the Island is so vulnerable, so we really need to get the message out there – IF YOU HIT AN ANIMAL, PLEASE STOP.

I’ve known Kaylene for 12 years now. When we met, we realised how lucky we were to share a passion for animals … and to have had such wonderful teachers and mentors. I am quite emotional and Kaylene is pragmatic. When I get too attached she’s there to remind me that we need to ready these animals to get back to the wild. We keep each other real and it’s great to have someone to bounce ideas off and share problems with. We support each other emotionally … it’s a hard job at times.

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Even if you’re rushing to work, stop and check if are dead or in pain. It only takes a moment. Often these animals could be carrying babies, and the babies will die a slow, painful death in the pouch. We encourage people to stop – then they can call us. We will either rescue the animal or put them out of their misery. There is now more awareness of what we are doing, and people have asked how they can help us. So with a small amount advice and safety instructions we now have a few caring people helping us, by checking and marking dead animals by spraying a cross on the body. This way we know someone has checked this animal and it saves us a lot of time.

These small helpful things are a huge help to us.

Kaylene Mendola: I grew up in Melbourne and I first moved down to the Island about 15-20 years ago. Then my mum got sick, so I had to go back to Melbourne. When she passed away I came back to the Island and got a job at the Nature Park, where I met Colleen. I was working in retail, but Marg at

the Penguin hospital knew Colleen and I shared a passion for animals. At one point they got inundated with sick and injured animals, so they asked us to help out. We had some great instructors and it just grew from there.

I’ve always had a love of animals but I didn’t realise there was such a great need for wildlife carers. Phillip Island is so unique in terms of its wildlife. We don’t just have penguins. There is such a broad and diverse range of native and rare breeds in such a small area … it’s amazing.

There was so many wildlife in need of rescuing and care (and not a lot was being done) so we decided to start our own shelters under the guidance of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.

We both work full time … I run my own business and Colleen has just started a new job in Wonthaggi. Colleen often calls me during work hours with an animal that needs help, and the locals are really supportive and will let us know as soon as they see an animal in trouble. I’ll put up a sign on the shop “I’ll be back soon or sometimes someone I know may be sitting in the café next door and they will keep an eye on the shop for me while I go off and tend to the animal.

The influx of people at peak season means so many more animals are being hit by cars. We don’t want to see any animal suffer if they don’t have to. As sad as this job is at times, it is incredibly rewarding and fulfilling. We don’t get a lot of sleep but it’s all part of the job. People have doctors and dentists to go to when they are ill, but our wildlife have nothing … so we step in to try and fill that need.

Colleen is a great person and she is incredibly maternal with the animals. She loves taking on the new little babies. They need love and care – and we have to replicate that nurturing to help them survive without their mothers. We try to do

everything that their mothers would do and Colleen is just amazing with them.

Spring is a really busy period, with babies are being born, and more animals being hit by cars. Please stop if you hit an animal. Keep our numbers in your phone, call the local vets or the police. They are all very supportive of what we do.

People have often come into my shop asking how to help.

Just buy some line marker paint, and check any animals you pass to see that they are dead and not carrying any live young.

Mark the animal with a cross, and it saves us time having to check it again. Both Colleen and I spend a lot on fruit, vegetables and nuts for our animals - so any assistance with this is greatly appreciated.

These amazing ladies receive no assistance or funding in the care of local wildlife. If you would like to help, donations of supermarket vouchers (for animal food), petrol or Vet care vouchers are a great help and can be dropped into the Earth and Surf shop at 90 Thompson Ave, Cowes.

The shelters cover the whole of Bass Coast, so if you’ve hit an animal or see one in need of help, please call Colleen on 0409 428 162 or Kaylene on 0412 258 396 – the local vets and police also have these numbers.

If you see a wombat with mange, currently there is a Mange Program and a special group treating these animals. You can call 0431 600 325 for assistance.

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For most people, moving through the emotional stages of shock, anger, grief and acceptance after a terminal diagnosis can take weeks, sometimes months.

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life force Ray Godbold spent his lifetime nursing and caring for others, and now is using his final days to campaign for Dying with Dignity.

It is a still winter day in Inverloch, the sharp cold forcing your body to curl into itself for warmth. Shafts of sunlight spear through the windows of an earth-coloured dining room, casting a soft yellow focus onto Ray Godbold’s 59-year-old face.

His cheeks are drawn, his fair hair thin and frayed from the bursts of chemotherapy drugs pumped through a PICC line into his left upper arm.

when the dreaded disease struck with terrible irony: stage four gastroesophageal cancer, which Ray says blackly was growing “like the Sigourney Weaver alien” in his stomach, and climbing up the back wall of his esophagus. The prognosis was dire. He had twelve months left to live.

Ray and his wife Robyn, both long-time nurses, have lived in South Gippsland for the past three decades. They raised three children (Tara, Ella, Rory) in a home that Ray designed to take in streaming light from the north across its living room – a simple pleasure he relishes as he stretches out a bony hand to catch the rays of the mid-morning sun.

For most people, moving through the emotional stages of shock, anger, grief and acceptance after a terminal diagnosis can take weeks, sometimes months. For the veteran midwife and palliative care nurse, who in 34 years of nursing had witnessed the entire spectrum of living – from the first breaths of a baby to the last gasps of the dying – the reality hit much faster. “I went through all of those stages in about ten minutes.

I’m quite frank about it. I’m going to die. I feel a little bit cheated, but that’s about all. I’ve never been angry. I feel like I’ve been full circle. I’ve got three beautiful kids, all established with beautiful partners, and two beautiful grandchildren. As much as I’d love to hang around and see them grow up, I know it’s not going to happen.”

Three years ago, these humble baby-boomers were lapping up the glorious sunsets of Broome: a framed portrait of them smiling on the sands of Cable Beach marks the point in time before the sun went down on their radiant future. As emptynesters, Ray and Robyn were nursing across the Top End – Ray as the regional cancer care coordinator for the Kimberley –

Young Hugo and Ivy know that Pa isn’t well and is getting ‘special medicine’. When the time comes, Ray and Robyn hope Bendigo psychologist Shona Innes’ book Life is Like the Wind will help clarify the passing of their grandfather. “It explains the life force as the wind, and stresses that we aren’t just a body.

Something else is driving us – our consciousness.” >

His stiff, emaciated body, hidden behind a baggy tartan shirt, rises to greet me. His eyes are bright with anticipation, his voice warm and lyrical as he welcomes me into his family sanctuary of the last 21 years.

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Three years after his diagnosis, Ray can still eat – mostly liquid food like soups and yoghurt – but any more than 100mls and he regurgitates. To control the pain, he’s taking high doses of morphine each day. “I look okay dressed, but undressed it’s a pretty horrible sight. When you see someone with my chickenman physique …” Robyn and I burst into laughter. “He’s always been able to make me laugh,” says Robyn. “Yeah, I’m still funny,” chimes in Ray. “Haven’t lost that.”

He’s down from 80kg to 53kg – his skin taut against his bones.

But his mood is bright, his humour sharp, and he seems buoyed by the chance for his death to spark meaningful debate around the desire for the ‘good death’ captured so eloquently by poet Dylan Thomas. It’s the bad deaths that haunt Ray. “I’ve watched patients die in terrible circumstances.

I recall one woman in the 80s with uterine cancer: we could do nothing to control her pain and she was screaming for my entire eight-hour shift. It’s why I’m drawn to the Dying With Dignity cause. Dr Rodney Syme is a great humanist.”

the touch. At the tail-end of his nursing career Ray assisted the dying, soothing the weak and broken through their last hours and breaths. “I wanted to help people when they were most in need,” he says. His wife says what made Ray a wonderful palliative care nurse was that people trusted him. “Ray is one of the those people that can make people feel comfortable.”

His gentle, larrikin way – frank and open – seemed to resonate with people from all walks of life. “One of my patients was the leader of the Hell’s Angels in Darwin, who lived about 100 metres from the Humpty Doo pub. He had liver failure and he wanted to go home to die. So we hopped into the hospice ambulance, with his wife in the front drinking a can of Bundy and Coke first thing in the morning.” Ray remembers the hot Territory sun blazing down as they drove the dying bikie home, a full-scale reception by his loyal gang members awaiting him. “We backed into his place and there were about fifty of his Hell’s Angels mates there.

So we got him set up on the verandah and instructed two of his friends on how to administer the morphine. I don’t know who used it – probably all his mates! – but I wasn’t going back to check.”

His wife says what made Ray a wonderful palliative care nurse was that people trusted him.

In May, Dr Syme publicly handed Ray a bottle of Nembutal, the illegal drug that will quietly send him to sleep after he ingests it, stopping his heart within a matter of minutes. Ray calls it his ‘control’, the ability to leave this world on his own terms, and not in endless pain as his body shuts down. “I know with the type of cancer I’ve got that it’s not going to be a nice end. I’m getting close to looking like a war vet from Changi.”

“It makes my heart jump when I see him,” says Robyn. “My concern is that he’s just going to get thinner and thinner till he eventually starves.” A series of articles in The Age by Konrad Marshall about Ray’s push for euthanasia reform has put the issue squarely in the spotlight. “If I can put my two bobs’ worth in before I go, I will, with full consideration that there won’t be any heat on Robyn and the kids … post.”

Nursing was an unlikely career for Ray, who grew up in the gritty underbelly of the Collingwood housing commission flats. His father was a supervisor on the trams, his mother a tea lady at the Diamond Cut Lingerie factory in Smith Street. “I went to Fitzroy High School. Dad got me a job at the tramways counting tickets. But as a kid I liked writing. Even won a competition. But it wasn’t achievable dream. I had no support.”

At 23, he did a day’s work in a hospital. He was good at it. Had

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We’ve been talking, drinking tea, leafing through photo albums for more than two hours, stopping only for a small bowl of homemade potato and leek soup, when Robyn senses that Ray is tired. The bond between them is strong – love of the highest order, rising to the challenge of what it is to unite ‘in sickness and in health.’ “We’ve done it all together. We’re a team,” says Ray. As the cancer ravages her husband’s body, Robyn’s thin frame is also shrinking under its load, acutely aware that the end is drawing near. “The first rounds of chemo weren’t too bad,” says Ray. “They’re getting worse as I go along, but putting up with the three or four days of hellish symptoms is worth it … I persist because it’s giving me more time.”

The time left is spent thoughtfully, diligently, with the pointed purpose that only the dying can understand – painting the bedrooms, reading, emailing journalists, listening to music, tending the garden, planning a trip to Omeo with close friends.

Then there are plans to write a pro-euthanasia submission to his local council member, which he hopes will support Greens MP Colleen Hartland in her push to legislate for medically-

I do want Robyn to leave the door open for ten minutes for my spirit to leave.

assisted suicide. To date, it has been voted down sixteen times in the Victorian Parliament. “The Catholic lobby is more powerful than we realise. Tony Abbott did promise that he’d allow a conscience vote … we’ll get around to it eventually.”

There are no regrets, and much gratitude for a tightknit family, and a distinguished medical career that has been of great service to others. “That’s what it’s all about, really – having people around you, and having a laugh.”

In a corner of his bedroom, he has both of his parents’ ashes boxed up, waiting to lay them to rest in a family plot at the Melbourne Cemetery. “I need to clean the grave up first. My grandparents are in there. I think I’ll go in there. I haven’t decided yet. Maybe the inlet … (he pauses to look at Robyn) – any way the wind blows.”

When the life force that is Ray Godbold passes through the door, and up into the ether, the wind may be still for a moment, but his life, his work, his legacy – the fight for the right to a gentle death, for himself and for all those who come after him – can never be extinguished.

Ray will turn 60 in January 2016. He’s already defied the odds by surviving three years. “I don’t think I’ll make it. I’d like to, but I’m pretty sure I won’t.”

As he prepares for his death, he bears no bitterness at his misfortune – and acknowledges that once he stops chemotherapy, the tumour will take hold. He believes in his own judgment to face that fate, the power of love and care surrounding him, and not the will of an omnipresent God. “I was raised as a Catholic, but I’ve gone full circle and have now become an atheist. I haven’t seen any evidence in my working or social life that persuades me there’s a supernatural person looking after anyone’s welfare.”

All he wants is to be with the people he loves, and for his spirit – his life force – to go gently into that good night. “The wind is there. I’ve felt it on a couple of occasions after someone has died. I do want Robyn to leave the door open for ten minutes for my spirit to leave.”

Raymond Grant Godbold died at home in Inverloch on 13 August 2015. In her father’s eulogy, his eldest daughter Tara said that when he was well enough to take the Nembutal he was not ready to die, and when he was ready to die he was not well enough to take the Nembutal – the liquid drug that would send him to sleep and stop his heart. Robyn says his last few days were not as painless as they would have liked, but that his last 15 hours were peaceful. Ray asked that this story be presented to the Victorian Parliament Standing Committee on Legal and Social Issues, which is holding an inquiry into end-of-life choices. Guests at his funeral at the Inverloch RACV Resort, with its breathtaking views across the Bass Coast, received a CD of Ray’s favourite songs including The Wailin’ Jennys’ The Parting Glass and Charlie Parr’s Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down.

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events guide SEPTEMBER Climate Change Café 14 september 74 Glen Forbes rd Dalyston shannons nationals 19 september PI Grand Prix Circuit Cnr. Gap & Back Beach rds Phillip Island Coal Creek 19 september Pirates Day Korumburra www.coalcreekvillage.com.au/events/ pirates-day/ Inverloch Library Life and times of Henry Handel 25 september 16 A’Beckett st Inverloch Australian Cartoons – Vietnam War 1 september – 30 november Vietnam Veterans Museum 25 Veterans Dr, newhaven Contact: 5956 6400 www.vietnamvetsmuseum.org spring in south Gippsland september to november www.springissouthgippsland.com.au rACV Gippsland Wine show 25 september rACV resort Inverloch www.trybooking.com or gippslandwinegrowers@gmail.com

OCTOBER Great east rail Trail ride 2 – 4 october Contact: 0428 556 088 Dalyston www.greateast.com.au Contact: 0428 556 088 West Gippsland Arts Centre Performances in october include: Australia Day, The Happiest refugee Live, Isla Grant, Godspell, John Williamson, Xpressions Drama Festival, Flak www.wgac.com.au small Business Clinic, Wonthaggi 13 october Mentoring sessions from 10.30am 76 McBride Avenue Contact: emilie Barkley 1300 BCoAsT (226 278) – bookings essential www.basscoast.vic.gov.au Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix 16 – 18 october P.I. Grand Prix Circuit, Cnr. Gap & Back Beach rds www.phillipislandcircuit.com.au www.motogp.com.au Artists’ society of Phillip Island exhibition & sale 31 october – 3 november, 10am – 5pm Cultural Centre, Thompson Avenue Cowes Contact: Warren 5956 8815 small Business Clinic, Cowes 10 november Mentoring sessions from 10.30am 91 – 97 Thompson Avenue Contact: emilie Barkley 1300 BCoAsT (226 278) – bookings essential www.basscoast.vic.gov.au Phillip Island Jazz Festival 13 november 2128 Phillip Island road Cowes

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shearwater Festival 21 november Cowes Cultural Centre Cowes Australian Adventure Festival 23 – 25 october www.adventurefestival.com Victorian spring Garden & Lifestyle show 25 – 27 september. 10am Mornington racing Club 320 racecourse rd Mornington www.springgardenshow.com.au Inspired Gardens of Gippsland 31 october – 2 november 10am to 4.30pm each day jindigardner@bigpond.com

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Star gazing @GECKO GALLERY An extraordinary exhibition is coming to Gecko Studio Gallery in Fish Creek on 18 October. Torres Strait Islander artist Tommy Pau presents a galaxy of work titled Ad Wer, or “Story of the Stars.”

Ad Wer is the Torres Strait Islanders’ science of astronomy.

This body of work conveys observations of the stars that governed their cosmos. In Torres Strait Islander culture, the stars revealed the symbiotic relationship of space and time, and assisted Islanders to navigate, plan, plant, hunt and perform important ceremonies.

The artist spoke to many elders to reference this amazing body of work. The linocuts are a visual documentation of Islander astronomy, and attempt to preserve and maintain the Ad Wer. The artist reflects: “Careful observation of the stars by our ancestors guided Islanders to understand and acquire the knowledge of Nature’s time and temperament to aid them in their pursuits of life . . . By observing the rotation of constellations and naming them appropriately, Islanders were able to read nature to their advantage and work with it for sustainability of their island cosmology. Growing up, we were awakened early to observe the rest of the day’s events and begin our chores before going to school or meeting with

cousins and friends to play. Traditionally, old men woke early to observe the stars to discover what kind of day it would be.

They also did this in the evening to predict what the next day would be like.”

The exhibition runs from 18 October to 21 November.

To view this incredible work, visit Gecko Studio Gallery in Fish Creek 15 Falls Road Fish Creek 3959 Ph 03 5683 2481 info@geckostudiogallery.com.au www.geckostudiogallery.com.au

This artwork depicts Tagai and his crew on their fishing journey. It was customary to have a spiritual man on each journey for bidding fair weather. This piece shows Tagai drawing forces from the spiritual world to control the natural.

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Surfing for Looking into the wide eyes of a hungry child pleading for food was a pivotal moment for passionate surfer Mick Lowe.

Stepping off the plane out of his life on Phillip Island and into the unknown of South Africa felt strangely “familiar and natural” to Mick, who recently spent seven months volunteering with the ‘Waves for Change’ organisation. But as he drove past the townships and vast expanses of shanties he was gob-smacked. “I remember thinking this is really, really serious,” he recalls.

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Waves for Change focuses specifically on communities that experience high levels of violence and poverty. The charity works and supports three communities in South Africa – Khayelitsha, Masiphumelele and Lavender Hill – all of which suffer third world challenges.

The Khayelitsha program operates at Monwabisi Beach, where Mick experienced a huge culture shock. Two shipping

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containers – one for surf gear and one for cooking – and a little garden area were surrounded by barbed wire and protected by security guards. “It was so different from Australia and the safety and structure I was used to. Tim Conibear (founder of Waves for Change) had created something out of nothing. I thought ‘Wow. This is beautiful and so resourceful’,” says Mick.

The program involves a daily surf and life-skill education session with the neighbouring Kuyasa community and then the sharing of a cooked meal. “One boy put out his hand and looked at me with his beautiful eyes asking for more food,” recalls Mick. The vision haunted him. “It kept me awake at night knowing he was going home hungry. It was gut wrenching to realise that every child deserves food >

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and we have enough resources in the world to provide it. But at that moment, when he reached out to me, I didn’t have the resources to give him more. It was really challenging to witness a young person so hungry, but so gratifying to know Waves for Change can provide food for these kids.”

This was just one of the many game-changing moments in the months that followed. Mick quickly found his feet, working closely with the local men and women who act as mentors for the children undertaking the unique surf therapy and community-building program. He enjoyed his role working with the local Wave for Change coaches who were studying to become youth workers. “Through teaching the local kids to surf, they also teach life-skills like how to stay safe in the townships and how to cope with danger.” He worked closely with the coaches to develop their mentoring and leadership skills along with assisting in their own personal development.

“Waves for Change is all about being sustainable. It’s not about us dictating – the messages need to come from the people themselves. It’s the combination of mentoring, life coaching and surf teaching that has a profound effect on the young people.”

For the passionate surfer, it was a revelation to see how Waves for Change has used surfing as the vehicle to access the kids of South Africa. Humans love taking risks, and surfing offers that plus the healthy addiction to want more: it’s a win-win situation. “Back at Phillip Island, it was always about surfing for myself. I didn’t want to share it with others. But in South Africa, it’s about connection and communication. It’s a community sport – not just an individual thing.”

Through teaching the local kids to surf, they also teach life-skills like how to stay safe in the townships and how to cope with danger

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Another highlight was experiencing the direct benefits of his contribution to the program. “I loved seeing the coaches develop and improve their skills. I spent a lot of time with them outside of work and they would share their stories with me. In youth work there’s a phenomenon we call the ‘butterfly effect’, because typically you don’t see the results of your efforts for years. But in South Africa the effect was immediate.

That was really powerful.”

His own transformations were also rapid. “I realised that we all experience the same emotions whether we are hungry, experience depression or lose a loved one. The circumstances are certainly different in South Africa, but across the world we all experience things on a ‘human’ level. We can feel the same emotions in a mansion or a tin shed. We think of people in third world countries in certain ways, and they think of us as the ‘pricks in the first world countries who wouldn’t know what it’s like’. But through my own experiences, I know we share authentic emotions.”

It took Mick thirty years to find the courage to follow the path towards his dream of becoming a motivational speaker and mentor. Up until his thirtieth birthday, he had walked the safe path. “I wasn’t fulfilled or enjoying life. I didn’t know why, because I had what I thought I wanted – friends, a building apprenticeship, a life on Phillip Island and the ability to surf every day.”

A definite catalyst was meeting his partner Rachel, who encouraged him to pursue personal development. “I moved away from a trade to my occupation of choice and it kept growing in momentum.” He began to share his journey >

SpRing ExhibitionS ten separate exhibitions, bringing the very best of Australia’s contemporary painters and sculptors, will be run through Manyung’s three galleries during the busy Spring period.

Visitors can see and acquire quality, original artworks and take full advantage of Manyung’s wide range of art services, including: · Free in-home art consultancy · Free access to the mobile gallery service. · Framing and restoration. · Local and international freight.

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Coming home, he felt raw, empty, confused. I was at a complete loss. I almost disowned Australia.

through speaking at schools and other forums and also working with youth in crisis care accommodation for the Salvation Army.

home equals expressing your full potential and living that life.

Realising your full potential can be challenging, but don’t die with your dreams inside of you.”

One day as he waited for a coffee, he glanced through a surf magazine and opened to an article about the Waves for Change charity. “I thought it was so cool and I immediately wanted to get in touch with them. It was also aligned with what I was doing with the Salvation Army, bringing homeless kids to the Island for surf coaching.”

A rapport developed between Mick and Tim, who offered him the opportunity of going to Africa as a volunteer. “I committed to seven months of self-funded time. That was a really strong moment in my life, accepting that offering to go over there and contribute and grow as a person.”

Coming home, he felt raw, empty, confused. “I was at a complete loss. I almost disowned Australia. I told my friend nothing had changed. And he said of course nothing has changed, except the way I now viewed things as a result of my experience in South Africa. That really resonated with me, and I felt grounded. I know how lucky we are to live in Australia.”

Mick has now achieved his personal dream of working as a mentor and motivational speaker, teaching surfing, giving talks about his experience in South Africa and providing personal life-coaching to help people achieve their goals.

“In a way, I went to South Africa for me. But if we do what we really want to do, then our circle of influence grows.”

Mick’s main message is: “Home is where the dream is. Coming

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www.waves-for-change.org Mick is holding a yoga, mediation and surfing retreat on Phillip Island 27–29 of November Contact: 0438 404 084 thedogs81@hotmail.com

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to his own tune

Jack-of-all-trades and master of many, South Gippsland identity Percy Brewer has led a jam-packed life, marching to his own tune every step of the way.

Foster’s tiny RSL Club is now the centre of Percy Brewer’s world. This is where the eighty-two-year old focuses his passion, working the bar three days a week and injecting his infectious energy into the club. Here he is able to share his memories of his own thirty-one years of service with others who have dedicated theirs to a military life.

Leslie Percival Brewer was born in Thornbury in 1933.

Although Melbourne-born, Percy and his parents spent more time visiting his grandfather’s farm at Mt Best, near Foster in South Gippsland. They took over the farm in 1941 and the adventure began. The only child loved the freedom, even if it was a little rough at times. “I remember nearly cutting my finger off when I was four. They took me to the Toora Hospital and the nurse had to sit on me ‘cos the doctor said I was too little to have chloroform. So they stitched me up with no painkillers!” recalls Percy, who is slightly deaf from “letting big bangers off” during his time with the bombardiers.

“There were no electric lights or refrigerators. The house overlooked Bass Strait, so once the Japanese came into the war, we had blackout screens on all the windows.” He handmilked six cows each morning and night before attending the tiny Mt Best Primary School of twelve students. “Of those twelve, about nine of them were my cousins!” he laughs. He thought school was “all right” despite getting the strap “a bit”.

When he was twelve, he went on his first muster, droving cattle to Yanakie. “We had to carry our frying-pans and kettles

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in our pack saddles and the local butter company would drop the chaff off for us from Foster. My father never went: I was on my own camping with other guys. We had a lot of fun.”

Money was tight, so Percy had to leave high school at Year Nine level to work, milking cows and cutting ferns. Somehow, he also managed to fit in learning carpentry with his uncle and completing an apprenticeship as a motor mechanic in the Holden garage in Toora. When called up for National Service his dad wrote away stating that they needed him for farm work. “They said I could come when the cows stopped milking, so I started in May 1952.”

Off he went to Puckapunyal: “I joined the Regular Army and did six years there.” Percy was a bombardier “two striped”.

In 1958, Menzies decided to downsize the army and asked everyone to drop back a rank or leave. Percy left and returned to Mt Best to find work.

He became Shire Ranger, picking up cattle off the roads, visiting wrongdoers and calling in fines. “Once I got chased by a guy with a shotgun,” he recalls. “I went back with the local policeman and he pulled a gun on me and the policeman!

As we were running away, I asked the sergeant why we were running, and he said, “If we run now, we can always go back later!”

Foster was a lively little place in the sixties. Percy recalls drunken runs to Mirboo South after closing time. “There was a

policeman in Foster, so the pub had to close at six o’clock. We wanted a drink on Saturday night, so we fixed it! The Mirboo South pub never closed, so we drove over there. We fought everyone, though. Well, I didn’t fight – the others did!” he laughs. “There were often skirmishes – over women, or over nothing at all. It was on for young and old in those days!”

Along with football and the odd skirmish, music was in his blood. Home-taught by his father, Percy would travel the district to accompany him at soldier send-offs, and then he started his own band. “I had the gig at the Tarwin Lower pub every Saturday night from 1958 to 1966,” he says proudly. “No other band beat that record.” His first wife played piano, so they got double pay. “The nearest police station was at Inverloch, and the sergeant, Charlie Cummins, had his own table and got waited on hand and foot,” he recalls.

at Balcombe and became deputy Bandmaster of the Royal Artillery Band in 1974 and Bandmaster in 1976.

Still restless, his first marriage ended and he met his current wife at a party in Melbourne. Together they took on the caravan park at Port Welshpool. There were many memorable moments, like when Percy took up ‘fishing’ and only stopped when he ran out of hand grenades, and when they sprayed the caravan park “heavily” with DDT to get rid of mosquitoes. “It worked well. It got rid of the mozzies, but it killed the magpies and the fish too – it killed everything!” he says with a shake of his head.

He recalls playing for Prince Charles and Lady Diana at the Royal Ball at the Southern Cross Hotel

A short career in building left a major legacy for the region.

Percy was involved in several major projects including the construction of Barry’s Beach Wharf and the upgrade of Foster Primary School.

Unable to settle into civilian life, he rejoined the army as a Reservist in 1968. “I always said if I went back in the army, I would join the band.” He was sent to the school of music

Life got busy. For eight years, while they had the farm at Mt Best and the caravan park, Percy was wharf manager for the Fishermen’s Association, foreshore ranger for the Shire, the BP agent, bandmaster of three bands and an active member of three Masonic lodges. “I was going buzz, buzz, buzz. I got sick; my blood pressure was way up. The doctor told me I was in big trouble and said: ‘Percy, this has to stop.’ It did: I stopped everything and went full-time army.”

Back in the army, his blood pressure improved (“I haven’t taken a tablet since”) as he focused on music. “The army was a tough teacher. You just had to know what you were doing, and there was no mucking around.” He recalls playing for Prince Charles >

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I always said if I went back in the army, I would join the band.

and Lady Diana at the Royal Ball at the Southern Cross Hotel in 1985 as a highlight. “We had a 36-piece band selected from around Australia. I got in as a vibes player – they said I was the best vibes player in the Australian Army.” He nailed his solo on ‘Mr Sandman’ and afterwards Prince Charles came up to him and complimented him on his performance.

Other career highlights include playing in TV shows The Sullivans and The Anzacs, performing at the Flemington Races, Melbourne Cup and AFL Grand Final. “You don’t know you’re alive until you’ve ‘played’ a Grand Final,” laughs the Tigers fan.

Oh yes, and Percy is an octogenarian computer whizz. As quartermaster in the Commandos, he had to manage the new computerised system. “In the army, if you are going to use computers, you also need to know how to service and repair them. I loved it.” He now builds his own computers and uses his knowledge to manage the RSL’s system.

After 31 years of service, he retired in 1993. Leaping into civilian life, he took on the role of Toora Football Club secretary. It was tough. “I had a hell of a job training people. If they said they’d be there at nine o’clock and weren’t, I couldn’t handle it. It took a good ten years to get that out of me.”

Needless to say, Percy is a punctual man.

Turning his drive to the local Toora RSL Club, he took the

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membership from fourteen to seventy-two. Now his focus is on Foster. “I just enjoy the mateship,” he says as proudly as he points out a photo of himself standing alongside RSL legend Bruce Ruxton.

With no regrets and a full schedule including rehearsals and playing gigs with his band The Blue Notes, ‘Sunday Morning Sippers’ at his house and at least three days a week at the RSL, Percy appears happy with his lot. “I was largely self-taught and army-trained,” he reflects. “In the Commandos, our motto was ‘strike swiftly’ – and I live by it to this day.”

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On the rocks Shaped by the pounding waves and driving winds of Bass Strait, a rocky outcrop stands sentinel at the exposed, western end of Phillip Island, marking the entrance to the sheltered waters of Western Port.

The aptly named Seal Rocks is home to about one quarter of Australia’s total fur seal population, providing an important breeding area and nursery for around 30,000 Australian fur seals. Seal Rocks is also the location for that happy union when tourism and conservation come together to deliver a truly positive and gratifying outcome.

It hasn’t always been such a happy story, however. In the early 1800s, seals were hunted throughout the Bass Strait region including Seal Rocks. Sealers became the first Europeans to live in Victoria in order to pursue their quarry, and by 1825 they had all but decimated the seal population at Seal Rocks. For over a century, seals suffered at the hands of the occasional hunting party and fishermen who perceived the seals as a threat to their productivity. In order to protect a

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dwindling seal population the Government created a wildlife reserve at Seal Rocks in 1928 and seal hunting was banned in Victorian waters.

Continuing on from the important research commenced in 1966, Dr Rebecca McIntosh heads the seal research team at Phillip Island Nature Parks, and makes the sometimes treacherous trip out to Seal Rocks every 1 to 2 months. The team’s tasks include the collection of scats to assess the seals’ diet, and the monitoring of the seal population by recording the numbers of pups at the end of breeding season. Both of these activities provide us with a much greater understanding of this marine mammal and their ever-changing environment.

One of the most challenging tasks for the research team during their regular visits is to attempt the removal of debris from entangled seals. Nature Parks’ staff rescue an average of 20 entangled fur seals each year, and it is the pups that are the most susceptible to becoming entangled. Their natural curiosity can lead them to investigate or play with a whole range of objects they find in the water. Entanglements are often life-threatening and can occur from a range of discarded items including fishing nets, fishing line, plastic bags, balloon strings, hats, and even the plastic yokes that hold a six-pack of beer cans together.

It is in this area of seal entanglements that tourism has contributed greatly to the success of seal rescue. In December 2014, Phillip Island Nature Parks commenced its Wild Oceans

Ecoboat Tours, which give visitors an up-close and personal view of the seals out at Seal Rocks. These daily tours operate year round from Cowes on a 47 seat rigid-hulled inflatable boat, giving unprecedented access to the seal colony. Visitors on-board the boat, with the assistance of the crew and the Nature Parks’ ranger guides, have made numerous sightings of entanglements while watching the seals out at the Rocks.

These sightings are reported to the research team who are then far better prepared for their regular trips out to Seal Rocks, with advance knowledge of what they can expect to encounter. Rescues are only possible on the rocks themselves, as once the seals have entered the water, researchers have no hope of catching them. In Dr McIntosh’s own words: “Rescuing seals is an enormously difficult task and it’s a problem best tackled by ensuring these materials don’t find their way into the marine environment in the first place.”

This simple but important conservation message is delivered by the ranger guides on the Ecoboat Tours and is brought home in no uncertain terms when visitors come across a hapless seal, most often entangled in an item that should not have found its way into our oceans in the first place.

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Live the dream From the very beginning, Coast Magazine has celebrated living, working and relaxing by the coast. Live the dream has became become part of the Coast catch-cry. Celebrating our 10 year anniversary (and 40 editions) we thought it was the perfect time to explore all the things that make it possible for us all to live the dream.

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Living the dream When we talk about living the dream, no one can go past our beautiful beaches and natural environment . . . it is the backdrop to all that we do. But it also includes keeping fit, taking care of our health and being our best. It’s about enriching our souls with art . . . it’s the houses we live in . . . the lessons we learn and the opportunities we create for our families.

Whether you’re a jogger, cyclist, swimmer or yoga enthusiast, there are plenty of options available for keeping fit. It seems Lycra is the new black these days, and the team at Cross Over Cycles in Wonthaggi stocks an incredible range of mountain bikes, road bikes, cruisers and BMX’s, as well as some very cool cycling gear. They walk the talk too, with information about local cycling events and race reports on their website. If you prefer to keep your feet on the floor in your race for fitness, the team at Voyage Fitness 24-hour gyms (Leongatha and Wonthaggi) can help you with your training programs and goals.

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Get out and enjoy your coast, saddle up and take a trip with Bass Coast Fat Bikes. This unique cycling tour takes in our iconic beaches, with a local guide andShed ‘fat bike’ Chris 2,fanatic 120 McKenzie St Baillie. Explore the beaches on wide tyres. Experience the growing fat bike phenomenon, and have heaps of fun!

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Relaxation Revival After eleven years, Wonthaggi’s Revive Beauty Therapy has expanded its premises and undertaken a true relaxation revival.

Revive’s new McBride Avenue location offers an oasis of calm in the heart of Wonthaggi. Alison Adams and her team have put their energies into a purpose-built destination complete with a deep free-standing bath, rain shower and double treatment room that’s perfect for couples and friends wanting to enjoy simultaneous treatments. And while it’s larger than the original premises, Alison’s philosophy is to keep the Revive experience personal and intimate.

“We offer a full relaxation experience that’s customised to our clients’ individual needs and body types,” Alison explains. “All our team members are fully-trained beauty and spa therapists.”

Enjoying a treatment at Revive is definitely like a mini-holiday away from the everyday. “It’s a place to drift away, relax and rejuvenate – that’s the journey our spa treatments take people on.”

Revive’s signature treatments are the ‘Balinese Concept Facial’ and the Hawaiian Lomi Lomi and Hot Stone massages. These are all one-and-a-half hours of complete indulgence where you can forget the outside world and enjoy being cocooned in the sumptuous goodness of organic products.

“The Uspa products that we use are a gorgeous Australianmade range that is predominantly organic with a little Balinese inspiration,” says Alison. “The massages are both very grounding treatments for when your life becomes a little

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over the top,” says Alison who will also be offering specialised pregnancy massages in the near future.

Given the skin’s important role, facials should not be considered a luxury. “The skin is the body’s largest organ, and needs to be nurtured, nourished and protected,” says Alison.

“We offer many treatments from pure relaxation ‘journey’ facials through to resurfacing skin peels and correction.”

The benefits of spa treatments are more than skin-deep. You’ll walk out feeling radiant and fabulous, but your soul will also sing. “The experiences we offer don’t just work on the skin; they improve your inner health as well.” So there’s no need to pack your bags – just check into Revive for your next mini-break.

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Land and Sea coming together When we dine on the seafood delicacies of fresh King George Whiting cooked in white wine butter and capers, we’re part of the great circle of hospitality moving from paddock to plate, from sea to skillet – where commercial fishermen like Neville Clarke are taking in their Corner Inlet catch in a way that preserves both the fish and the waterways.

Photo by David Fletcher.

Corner Inlet is an internationally recognised Ramsar wetland, noted for its extensive shorebird habitat for birds like the longmigrating Red Knot which arrives each summer from its arctic breeding ground, and marine ecosystems alive with colourful sponge gardens and decorative seahorses.

Seagrass meadows are the marine pasture of Corner Inlet and are ecologically valuable as the feeding and breeding grounds of many of the inlet’s fish species. The condition of seagrass is greatly influenced by what happens in the inlet and its surrounding catchment.

Sustainable fishing is helping preserve that precious environment. Neville demonstrated the ‘haul seine fishing technique’ – a low impact style of fishing which tows a net in a circle towards an anchored buoy, which is then slowly hauled in by hand.

The net line glides over the seagrass without causing damage, which Clarke demonstrated to Foster dairy farmer Brendan McGlead on a recent boat trip – land and sea coming together in the spirit of sustainability.

Brendan and his wife Rachael’s 300-acre dairy farm with 200 head of milking cows has been in the family for 90 years and runs between Stockyard and Old Hat Creek at Foster and Corner Inlet to the south.

“Nutrient runoff is a big concern to everybody. I’m constantly looking at what we can do to improve, especially because our dairy shed is 800m from the Inlet and we border two creeks.

No one wants to ruin their industry.”

Having been part of a Farmer-Fisher Day-out in June, the third generation dairy farmer saw going out on a fishing expedition

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with Neville Clarke and his crew as an opportunity to learn more about how the fishing industry worked so that together, Corner Inlet’s industries can ensure that dairying, fishing and the natural environment thrive.

Ian Duffus has worked on both sides – as a dairy farmer and now a deckhand – a somewhat symbolic showcase of how all enterprises in the Corner Inlet are sharing knowledge in a bid to keep the catchment healthy.

“Farm stocking rates have increased fourfold in the last 20 years, making it critical to reduce sediment runoff to help improve water quality down in the inlet where I work,” says Ian. Good water quality is central to the health and condition of the inlet’s diverse habitats and ecosystems and essential to the health of the local economy.

Industry, government and the community have worked together in the stewardship of the land and sea, fencing off and revegetating river banks, stabilising steep and eroded gullies and improving on-farm effluent management systems to keep soil and nutrients where they belong, as on-farm assets.

The Corner Inlet Connections project is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Programme. The Farmer-fisher Day was supported by the Fisheries Resource Development Corporation on behalf of the Australian Government. For further information call the WGCMA 1300 094 262.

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A Phillip Island estate that was once filled with hope of a new future before being left derelict and desolate has been brought back to life, with the Scenic Estate Conservation Reserve recently opened to the public.

Penned by developers in the 1960s as an opportunity to own a ‘scenic’ seaside slice of the Island, the 28-hectare farmland was subdivided into 332 blocks and sold to investors; many of whom lived in Hong Kong and had never been to Australia, let alone Phillip Island.

In 1983, the State Government deemed the land as an inappropriate development due to its high tendency to flood and the land lay dormant; inappropriately used by dirt bike and 4WD enthusiasts and a magnet for illegal dumping – a far cry from the seaside vision it was once set out to be.

Having begun to voluntarily acquire land since the 1980s, Bass Coast Shire Council had the foresight in 2013 to set the Councilowned land within Scenic Estate aside for environmental conservation purposes and in partnership with Phillip Island Nature Parks, Parks Victoria and the community, developed the Scenic Estate Landscape Design Plan.

After 12 months of work to turn the site into an area for the preservation of wildlife, and the protection and improvement of a habitat for fauna, Scenic Estate Conservation Reserve opened to the public on 1 July, 2015.

Works completed includes 1.5km of walking tracks that take advantage of panoramic views across Western Port to the north, and a boardwalk that provides visitors with access to a variety of unique vegetation including native grasslands and coastal vegetation.

The boardwalk provides an easy and convenient way for visitors of different ages and abilities to navigate their way around the estate and the construction of two picnic areas give them a chance to take a break from exploring the reserve.

A viewing platform overlooks a world heritage RAMSAR wetland and Churchill Island Marine National Park and provides a home for native wildlife, many species of native birds including six species of threatened birds, and endangered grasslands and indigenous vegetation.

“This in turn links the site with the nearby attractions of Churchill Island, Forrest Caves and the Koala Conservation Reserve, integrating a range of ecotourism experiences.”

Council is now looking for interested volunteers to join a ‘Friends of Group’ to assist in the development of an annual on-ground works plan including re-vegetation, seed collection and weed control.

If you’d like to be involved in this group, please contact Council’s Sustainable Environment Team.

Bass Coast Mayor, Cr Kimberley Brown, said the Reserve provides a key link in moving towards the future vision of Phillip Island being a connected series of environment based experiences.

“Scenic Estate is sited along the Phillip Island Tourist Road, and is easily accessed by car or bike via the shared pathway across the Island from Newhaven to Cowes,” Cr Brown said.

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A piece of Cake Have you ever wondered why cooking shows are so popular? Why? Because people love to cook!

For the past 21 years Leanne and Kanen Dicker have specialised in cooking appliances, refrigeration, air conditioning and television’s - offering great service and competitive prices. Realising how popular cooking and home entertaining had become (and seeing the need in Wonthaggi) they decided to embrace everything in kitchens and home appliances as well.

Leanne believes one of the iconic brands that optimises the home cook is KitchenAid. “People love to create, try different recipes and enjoy home entertaining. KitchenAid produces a wonderful machine with a host of accessories that is great for cake making, bread and pizza dough, pasta and ice cream – it even slices and dices your vegetables!,” she laughs.

They carry top brands appliances such as Miele, Smeg, Electrolux, Beko, Bosch and have the largest range of small appliances including mixers, juicers, grills, toasters, kettles . . . with brands including Breville, Sunbeam, Kenwood, Russell Hobbs and more.

For the cake bakers, they stock an amazing range of decorating equipment including fondant cutters, piping nozzles and bags, cake tins, Satin Ice Fondant and Wilton Gel colors. “Customers come in for their supplies and return with photos of their gorgeous creations. They are just wonderful!

We’ve had Minion cakes, deer heads, 80th birthday and wedding cakes . . . just amazing! We had a rep show us how to use the fondant and it’s so easy.

If you can do play dough, you can do fondant. My daughter Lucy created a Super Mario cake which looked incredible – the colors are just beautiful.”

Leanne is excited to announce a range of décor and giftware including Woodwick candles that will be in-store in October. “It’s a natural fit to complement our store electrical and small appliances, cooking and bakeware – it’s a one stop shop for every home cook and entertainer.”

An institution in Wonthaggi, their store has evolved over the years but still resides at the same address – 15 Murray Street, Wonthaggi.

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Local Education, Global Reach Learning through experience is a valuable opportunity that is offered from Prep to Year 12 at Newhaven College.

Camps, excursions, public speaking and performing on stage are a regular part of the curriculum and senior students are invited to broaden their knowledge of the world through international tours. Twenty-one intrepid College students in Years 9 to 11 have just returned from the trip of a lifetime to Borneo for a 29-day adventure with World Challenge. Arriving in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Phase One of the Expedition saw the challengers trek through the Croker Range, in the shadow of Asia’s highest mountain, Mt Kinabalu where their experiences included white water rafting and zip-lining. The travellers headed to Sepilok to meet the Orang-utan, the Sun Bears and the Proboscis Monkeys. Each was amazing in its own right.

In Phase Two of the Expedition the challengers travelled south to Ba’ Kelalan, a small community about four kilometres from the Indonesian border. In Ba’ Kelalan they worked in the local community to built a concrete path, patch some pot-holes in other concrete paths, dig numerous drains, and assist with the clearing of a rice paddy.

The month long journey concluded in Kuching on the Southern tip of Malaysian Borneo with several luxurious recovery days in a resort before the exhausting 30-hour journey home to Melbourne.

Newhaven’s next tour will depart in September. Sixteen students will spend two weeks attending Ibaraki Christian Junior High School in Japan during the College’s annual Japan tour. Students will experience Japanese life as they live with a school family and attend the school as well as participate in sightseeing and other cultural experiences during their stay.

The College’s European Art History Tour is set for 2016.

Twenty-two students will travel to cultural and historical landmarks throughout Europe including The Eiffel Tower and Louvre in Paris, Rome, Florence, and Ypres and the Western Front in Belgium.

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We are an independent co-educational school offering a comprehensive and seamless education for students from Prep through Year 12. We invite you to tour our school to experience school life in action.

Tour daTEs: 9 September & 14 October at 9.30am.

WE arE Enrolling for 2017. For enrolment enquiries, contact Kelly Fuery on 5956 7505 (option 1) or visit www.newhavencol.vic.edu.au

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Local Education, GLOBAL REACH The bright minds of Kate Foster’s three children were the inspiration behind her new business venture ‘Begin Bright’ – a career move that has allowed her to re-enter the workforce on her own terms.

Kate has always had a passion for teaching. Her ‘light-bulb’ moment came early when she chose to do her high-school work experience at her local kindergarten. “That’s when I discovered I wanted to teach,” she reflects.

In March, Kate started her own Begin Bright franchise in Leongatha – and hasn’t looked back. “It’s given me the opportunity to help and work with students as well as have my own family time.”

After taking time off teaching to raise her three children, she was looking to re-enter the workforce in a family-friendly way. “I am very lucky to be blessed with three gorgeous children who have a love of learning, and I wanted to foster that in others. I want to see kids excited about letters and numbers, and to be super confident, no matter what task may be thrown at them,” says Kate.

Along with ongoing tutoring, Kate and her enthusiastic colleague Jemma Farbus run school-holiday workshops. “They are crazy fun! We get to do lots of science experiments, arts and crafts, and also meet heaps of new children and parents who wouldn’t normally come to Begin Bright.”

Kate lives and breathes her philosophy that a child’s potential is infinite. “I believe that kids can do anything they put their minds to. Quite often I get kids into Begin Bright Leongatha who are scared to try new things in case they make mistakes.

But I love mistakes: they’re proof that you’re trying, and you can always learn from them.”

By chance, she saw the passionate CEO of the Begin Bright early learning program on television and knew she had to find out more. “I noticed that there was a need for primary tutoring in the area, and I also thought that the local children would benefit from the School Readiness program.”

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Sometimes IT TAKES A VILLAGE “Oh, the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done!

There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.”

“So be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O’Shea, you’re off to Great Places!

Today is your day!

Your mountain is waiting.

So...get on your way!”

– Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Every child is precious, especially those faced with unique challenges such as intellectual disability, and Autism.

South Gippsland Specialist School in Leongatha has a precious motto – ‘Together We Grow’ under the logo of a tree’s umbrella of leaves, which is a beautiful metaphor for the work it does for children who need specialist learning.

Not just a dedicated school – a second family – that extends its branches of support to welcome students with special needs aged between 5–18. With big classrooms, a pool, multipurpose hall, fruit and vegetable garden, a chicken coop, and a café style kitchen, nobody is missing out on fun and learning.

Our unique kitchen has doors that can be opened up to the courtyard for celebrations, which makes for a wonderful al fresco experience in the fresh air of this beautiful part of Gippsland.

Personalized education programs around Literacy, Numeracy, Communication, Art, Science, P.E., Swimming, The Arts, ICT, Kitchen, Garden, Life Skills and Work Experience deliver a broad range of knowledge and skills.

Small class sizes, one teacher and support worker for each classroom, and social workers, speech pathologists and occupational therapists on hand give every student at South Gippsland Specialist School a chance to thrive.

Dr Seuss inspired us with his delightful spin on planning and success. “So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life’s A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed).”

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We also want children to experience success, to reach their full potential academically, socially and emotionally, to function independently and cooperatively within the school and to engage in local community programs and activities so they can feel like a valued part of the region.

It’s a framework based on respect, learning, safety, teamwork and social justice, which is how children grow to become empowered members of society. Our focus on social skills and building positive relationships goes beyond text book learning so that children have a caring and stimulating school environment to rely on.

As parents and guardians you are the family tree, and we are the outstretched branches, the open arms, ready to share the load and show your child the beauty and wonder of learning and friendship.

For a tour of the school, please call (03) 5662 4496 during office hours and let us show you our philosophy in action.

Together we grow.

Our dedicated staff adopt a flexible approach to teaching and learning bringing with them a variety of skills, interests and experiences to enhance programs.There is strong commitment to the development of the whole child and we are sensitive to individual student abilities and circumstances. Our supportive environment encourages students to be enthusiastic learners.

Our broad curriculum aims to encourage our students to function independently and cooperatively within the school and local community maximising potential in all areas of development. Students are encouraged to reach their full potential in a safe learning environment that fosters positive community relationships.We pride ourselves on providing a caring, stimulating environment for all students and welcome you to visit our school at any time.

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building stronger communities

Talking and learning San Remo, Cowes and Grantville Bendigo Community Bank® branches are serious about the ‘community’ in their title. Every year thousands of dollars go back into the local community to support, care for and nurture the people of the region.

In June this year, the San Remo, Grantville and Cowes branches of the Bendigo Community Bank® presented over $100,000 in grants and sponsorships to support local groups and projects.

For Chairman Terry Ashenden, the presentation night (held at the Phillip Island RSL) highlighted the Community Banks® strong links to local people. “These grants and sponsorships are tangible evidence of our involvement in the local community. It is a concrete way we can return and repay the fantastic support we receive from all our customers. San Remo District Financial Services Ltd are extremely proud to be able to assist these wonderful projects.”

Nine different groups are now able to achieve their aims thanks to a very welcome injection of funds from the Community Banks.

Community Promise Our Bank believes successful customers and successful communities create a successful bank – in that order.

First and foremost, we’re a good bank. But it’s the way we help communities to prosper that makes us unique.

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• Kilcunda CFA – $25,000 to purchase a new brigade vehicle • National Vietnam Veterans Museum – $6039 for a security system upgrade and $2380 for security ID cards for volunteers • San Remo Pre-School – $8250 for new fencing • Phillip Island Community Learning Centre (PICAL) - $22,000 to build an access ramp • Bass Coast Health – $12,555 for it’s project to tackle mental health issues – “You Aren’t Alone”

“We return approximately 80% of our profit to the local community in the form of sponsorships and grants.”

• Phillip Island Cemetery Trust – $435 for cemetery improvements

purchase of a new fire tanker, San Remo District Financial Services Ltd promise to match that with a $10,000 sponsorship.

• Newhaven Primary School – $7000 for shade sails • Bass Valley Primary School – $7000 for new gymnasium scoreboard • San Remo CFA – $4701 for two defibrillators for their trucks As part of the evening’s celebrations, a special ‘challenge’ sponsorship was announced for the Phillip Island CFA. If the CFA is able to raise $10,000 towards the

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The Cowes Yacht Club was also presented with a defibrillator on the night.

This latest round of grants and sponsorships is part of an ongoing commitment. Since the first Bendigo Community Bank ® branch was established in San Remo in 2003, San Remo District Financial Services Ltd has given back $2.1 million to the local community. This truly is banking by and for the community.

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Oggy Dog and me

It’s not often that a man gets his surfing nickname from a black lab / bull terrier cross. But that’s the reality for Phillip Island surfer Brian Tancheff. And just one of the many hilarious yarns he has to tell about his surfing life.

Brian Tancheff has just clocked up thirty-five years of living and surfing on Phillip Island. He wouldn’t trade a moment, yet acknowledges that his two children have had the surfing headstart he wishes he had. “I moved down to the Island when I was twenty-one, the same age my son is now,” says Brian. “My son Geordie and twenty-year-old daughter Michaela grew up surfing: Geordie is already a better surfer than I am.”

The Island’s new generation of young surfers might have the home advantage in surfing hours, but they didn’t get to experience the Island as it was for Brian over thirty years ago.

Growing up in Melbourne’s bayside suburbs, Brian first surfed Port Phillip Bay. “I was about eleven and I went down to surf

Black Rock beach with my brother Noel. I loved it – couldn’t get enough.” He first tackled ‘real waves’ at Point Leo on the Mornington Peninsula. Noel and I stayed at the campground at Point Leo and I went out on a Hot Buttered pin-tail sixfoot-nine board I’d bought second-hand from Mordialloc Surf Shop,” he recalls.

From that point on, surfing was his passion – with football coming a close second. Each Wednesday was Sports Day at Sandringham Tech, so it was down to surf at Flinders with his mates Andrew and Dale Ponsford. Through the summer school holidays, Brian and his mate Craig Botterial made the pilgrimage to Bell’s Beach. With boards under their arms and wetties over their shoulders, they caught the train to Geelong and hitched rides the rest of the way. “I can’t remember how long that took – it was just pure dedication,” Brian admits.

In the early 1970s, Brian started surfing Phillip Island. He was completing an apprenticeship in Melbourne and counted the hours until Friday night when he and a mate would drive down, surf all weekend, then head back for work Monday morning. “We rented a house in Surf Beach – it was a permanent rental that we only used on weekends.”

Back then the Island was a very quiet place with a lot fewer people. The surfers formed their own subculture. “There were the Sar (Sunderland) Bay Boys and Smiths Beach crew and Woolamai crew. I knew them all and there was no real friction.

But we were definitely in the minority and we had to stick together. I was aware that people thought we were a pack of druggies,” he states matter-of-factly. “But it was the opposite >

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The pair became one, Brian’s mates nicknaming him ‘Oggy’ in honour of his dog – and it stuck.

amongst my family and friends. They looked up to me as a surfer and thought that it was a good thing to be doing.”

Brian and Craig Maddison, along with Craig’s puppy ‘Ogden’, took off to Margaret River for eight months at the end of their apprenticeships to continue the surfing adventure.

“It was a great time,” Brian recalls. When the trio returned to Melbourne, the experience had cemented Brian’s desire to live by the coast and he moved to the Island. He even tried his hand in the industry, opening a surf shop in San Remo, called ‘Maximum Surf’ in 1984.

Craig moved away, leaving Ogden (Oggy) with him for company. She was his constant companion for the next seventeen years, spending endless hours on the beach,

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running away and guarding Brian’s towel in equal measure.

The pair became one, Brian’s mates nicknaming him ‘Oggy’ in honour of his dog – and it stuck.

A passionate advocate for the Phillip Island Boardriders’ Club, Brian has been “heavily involved” in the sport of surfing for many years, holding positions as Club Captain, Vice President, Social Secretary and committee member for fifteen years. “The Club offers a social outlet, it’s great for fitness, and opens you up to all the Island beaches. Young guns like Glyndyn Ringrose were just coming through in my time and it’s great to see where they all are today.”

Brian took his role as Social Secretary “very seriously”, organising many memorable events at Chinaman’s, a large

barren area on Phillip Island also known as ‘Bottleneck Beach’ and the site of many social events before the Boardriders got its own clubhouse.

he says proudly. “I also won a Victorian title in the over-forties.

There are lots of memorable surfing moments, but I’ve only ever won one Victorian title.”

Every Australia Day long weekend, the Club hosted the Victorian surfing titles. Afterwards, the crew would all get together at Chinaman’s. The ‘Iron Man Event’ was a highlight. “I came second one year – that was unforgettable,” he laughs. That year, the entrants had to eat a small can of Kitty Cat, then run around a circuit; come back, scull a can of beer and run around the trees again; down a tin of baked beans covered with Tabasco sauce, run again; eat raw abalone and run yet again; and then polish off a helping of Salada biscuits packed with peanut butter. “You had to do it all without throwing up. I nearly made it, but didn’t quite succeed and ended up coming second!” laughs Brian.

Brian’s favourite Island break is Cape Woolamai, “because of its diversity of beach-breaks”. He is also partial to Right Point at the western end of the Island. “Surfing is about freedom and mateship – it’s a fraternity, really,” he muses. “It’s also pure exhilaration when you are on the wave, turning and realising you have the control, skill and confidence – and the fitness – to pull it off.”

Obviously excelling on the surfing social scene, he had equal success on the waves…

Obviously excelling on the surfing social scene, he had equal success on the waves, winning the Teams Titles at Torquay: “I was always team manager with John Mason as team coach,”

After a double hip replacement, Brian still paddles out whenever he has the chance and keeps in touch with the mates who were with him when it all began. “I’m currently riding a six-foot-three swallow-tail thruster and my mate Craig, who named Oggy-dog is shaping my next board.” Brian never got another dog: “There was only one Oggy.” And his surfer namesake continues to carry the loyal black dog’s spirit out into the waves.

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One for

the ages

When 17-year-old Beth Densley met Alex Mackay at a dance at the Woolamai School, she never imagined it would lead to a lifetime partnership.

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The dance was in tiny, single-room school. “I rode there on horseback,” smiles Beth. “I grew up riding horses and kept it up until I was over 80. My sister and I used to ride to the dances together.” At first, the shy farm-boy with a shock of wavy hair was just “one of the local fellas”, but over time (and more dances) the two came together as a couple.

An alert and cheerful 97-year-old, Beth now lives at Rose Lodge in Wonthaggi, while Alex, extremely frail after suffering a stroke, lives next door in a nursing home, where Beth visits him every day. Like many people of her generation, she seems immensely practical and resourceful.

Beth and Alex married in the Methodist church in Dalyston in 1939. “It wasn’t a big wedding,” said Beth. “It was mainly family and a few friends. My sister and Alex’s brother were our attendants.” Afterwards they went back to the farmhouse for afternoon tea and then headed off to their Melbourne honeymoon in a Silvertop taxi.

A keen cricketer, footballer and tennis player, Alex always had the family involved in local sports clubs. “But the work had to be done before you went,” says Beth. “You were up early and on the go.” He played football for Bass until he was 45 – when he played two games in one day and his photo was on the front of the Melbourne Sun newspaper! Beth shared his love of tennis, and together they joined the local club. Alex and a few mates got the old courts at Woolamai back in working order and his lifelong passion for tennis saw him playing for Australia in an over 80s tournament.

Outside of the family, horse-riding remained Beth’s great love.

“My parents had bred horses, but when the girls were young I never really had the opportunity to ride,” Beth explains. “Later on, we were given a mare by a local family and were lucky enough to have a stallion on a neighbouring farm. So we contacted them and took her for a visit and she eventually got in foal. When the foal – Gypsy – arrived, I rode her for 20 years.”

You have to work hard in a relationship, she says briskly. There’s a lot of give and take.

Their first home together on a farm in Nilma North didn’t provide the most auspicious start to married life.

“The owner suggested that if Alex burnt the house down, he’d build us a new brick house with the insurance money,” explains Beth. “Now we didn’t have a lot when we started off, so we didn’t want to lose the little bit that we did have. So of course Alex declined.”

That refusal left the newly-weds looking for work and a home.

Hearing of their predicament, a kindly neighbour offered Alex work clearing a bush block nearby, and his brother drove over on his motorbike to help find another house. While Alex was out clearing the block, chopping down trees and splitting posts, Beth (who was now expecting their first baby) was in charge of the house – without running water or electricity.

“We never had a house with power until my youngest was eight,” she chuckles. “No phone either.”

Gypsy was an excellent stockhorse.

“She was very good with cattle”, says Beth, but the pair shared plenty of adventures off the farm as well. Beth and a friend formed an adult riding club. “We went to ever so many different places,” she smiles. “About once a month, we’d all meet at someone’s place and have our lunch. After a cup of tea we’d go off on a ride, then we’d come back, have afternoon tea and head home.” Their riding trips took them all around Gippsland, to farms, reserves and beaches. “One time, we even went to French Island,” recalls Beth. “We put the horses in two trucks, and some others stood alongside the trucks on the punt.” Although her horse-riding days are behind her now, she cheerily confirms that she was still riding in her 80s.

76 years after that fateful meeting at the school dance, Alex and Beth number their descendants at almost 50. They have truly left their mark on the world!

The capable and adaptable young couple moved for work several times before finally returning to live in Woolamai.

Beth has a treasure-chest of memories from their early years: Alex driving cattle across the Princess Highway to Dandenong Market; saving up to buy their first car (a single-seater Morris Cowley); a horse-riding accident while pregnant with her third daughter.

The sprightly great-great-grandmother observes that “life has changed so much” since the days she rode her horse to the dance. However, throughout it all, there have been several constants – her husband, her family and her love of horses.

“You have to work hard in a relationship,” she says briskly.

“There’s a lot of give and take. I don’t mind admitting there were times when I could have just walked out the door. But (she laughs), we’re still hanging in there.” She concedes that Alex may have had “to put up with a bit as well, living with five girls and their mother”, but they were a good team. The girls helped inside the house and on the farm. “All my girls could sew…they all made their own deb dresses,” recalls Beth. “And I can remember Gwen helping her dad saw through a tree.”

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BIRDS The leafy parks and streets provide an ideal living environment for an expansive array of birdlife.

Careful planning has allowed waterways to remain in local estates, allowing people and birds to co-exist happily.

5things we love aBout BerwiCK

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Main STreet The Main Street of Berwick is iconic.

Its leafy trees and amazing variety of shops makes it a great shopping destination. One of the best strip shops in Australia, stroll around in beautiful sunshine and smell the fresh air.

Historic Architecture Berwick has some of the most beautiful historic buildings in Victoria including the quaint Post Office and the Old Cheese Factory.

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Picture Framers & Designers

Picture This Berwick provide a range of services including custom framing and home consultations from our in-house interior designer. We also have a mix of classic and contemporary homewares to suit all styles.

Call us today on (03) 9769 8686 16 Gloucester Ave, Berwick hello@picturethisberwick.com.au

www.picturethisberwick.com.au

Billy Lidz Children’s boutique! Brands include Sudo, Bebe, Fox and Finch Baby, I dig denim, Beau Hudson, Huxbaby and lots more! Baby’s through to size 14!

Shop 6 Blackburne Square Berwick VIC 3806 tel: 03 9707 5593

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5things we love aBout BerwiCK

fOOD Berwick is a bit of a foodies paradise, with restaurants, deli’s, cafes and grocers that will tempt any palate (and pocket!).

PARKS Berwick has a selection of the most beautiful parks and gardens. Autumn is our favourite time of year, with nature producing an amazing pallet of colours in the abundant foliage.

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Paperworks Gallery

At Go Vita Health Foods Berwick, we are passionate about your health and vitality because we know, if you are healthy and well, you can enjoy your life to the full. Our friendly staff includes qualified naturopaths and nutritionists who can give you honest health advice about our extensive range of supplements and foods. As a member of Go Vita Good Health Club member you will get: • 20% off RRP on most products every Super Tuesday™ • Receive our award winning Go Magazine, four times a year, packed with great health advice and articles together with special discount coupons • VIP Super Sale Days – invitation only sale days throughout the year Come in to the store today and become a Go Vita Good Health Club member, membership is free.

Monday to Friday 9am – 5.30pm Saturday 9am – 1.30pm Sunday Closed 1 Blackburne Square Berwick ph 9707 1148

Original artwork and handmade gifts set in a family property.

Contact us for art classes and opening hours.

Garden and Art show 19th and 20th September 10am to 5pm.

26 Inglis Rd, Berwick 3806 0408 072 491 andrea07@bigpond.net.au Facebook: Paperworks Gallery

VISIONS OF BERWICK HAIR SALON

Ph: 9707 2313

visionshairandbeauty.com.au

Shop 3 Blackburne Square Berwick, 3806

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Service that will make you smile!

At Visions of Berwick Hair Salon we pride ourselves on making our customers happy. We think it’s important that you get the hair styling and colouring that you want, and we do everything we can to make you smile with delight. We provide: · Men’s and women’s hairstyling and beauty treatments · Family hair care (we love children too!) · A personalised service just for you · A warm, caring atmosphere and fully qualified staff Drop in any time to have a chat with one of our experienced staff about your hair or beauty needs. Try us !

Mon, Tue, Wed & Fri 9am – 5.30pm, Thu 9am – 8.30pm, Sat 8am – 2.30pm Shop 3 Blackburne Sq, Berwick VIC 3806 (03) 9707 2313 visionsofberwick.com.au

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At Gilda Fashion Boutique we are passionate about women finding and loving their own style and we are here to help you create it.

We combine our collection of clothing, shoes, accessories and the new addition of homewares/lifestyle products with personal style.

Women’s favourite fashion brands can be found in store like Wish, Cooper st and Seduce, denim from Mavi jeans, and evening dresses from Very Very plus many more well known Australian designed brands.

Personalised customer service is high on our agenda but also realise the growth of online shopping and launching our new website soon.

Monday 12pm – 5pm, Tuesday – Thursday 9.30am – 5.30pm Friday 9.30am – 6pm, Saturday 9.30am – 3pm 2 Gloucester Ave, Berwick VIC 3806 9796 1320 gildamelbourne@hotmail.com Facebook and Instagram: Gilda Fashion Boutique

Tender loving care.

Our pet stylists Nicole & Tarrah are industry trained professionals combining over 25 years experience.

So you can be sure your pet is in the best possible hands.

Shop 5, Blackburne Square, Berwick Phone: 9769 4121 pussnpoochgrooming@gmail.com Puss n Pooch Grooming

• Cat Grooming • Dog Grooming • All Breed Clipping • Colouring • Nail Care / Soft Paws • Pet Boutique

Puss N Pooch Grooming

Specialising in quality custom made window furnishings and decorative accessories complimented by an extensive instore range of soft furnishings and giftware.

Berwick Curtain Nook

Shop 7&8 Village Arcade 48 High Street, Berwick VIC 3806 PH: 9707 3362 www.berwickcurtainnook.com.au coast 89

Framing, decor, and design Picture This Berwick

The best of Berwick Latest news and products from your Berwick retailers

The Sak Little Black Bag $299.00

Looking good Full grooming service Puss n Pooch Grooming

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Uspa natural skincare and haircare products Jessie E make up & beauty

Beautiful hair Matrix Total Results Visions of Berwick $34.95

An artists jewellery Drysdale Berwick Village Jewellery

Hand crochet animal cushions La Dan kids Billy Lidz Children’s Boutique RRP $89.00

Heavenly organic Chocolate Pana chocolate individual bars wrapped 45 grams Go Vita $7.35

Pink Ruby Gildas $159.95

Original artwork Paperworks gallery

Make your home beautiful Curtains and more Berwick Curtain Nook

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Member: Jewellers Association of Australia

Stockists of Distinctive Gold and Silver Jewellery Pieces.

James Drysdale as a Craftsman Jeweller specialises in hand making, remodelling and restoration of fine jewellery.

Monday 9.30 – 5.30, Tuesday to Thursday 9.00 – 5.30 Friday 9.00 – 6.30, Saturday 9.00 – 1.30 2 Blackburne Square, Berwick Victoria, 3806 Phone: 9707 2647 Email: berjewel@ozemail.com.au Web: www.berwickjeweller.com.au

Mon to Fri 9.30am – 5pm, Sat 9.30am – 3pm 1A/67 High Street, Berwick 9769 4846 littleblackbag@outlook.com Follow us on Facebook

Mobile makeup for all occassions. Jessie E travels all over Australia.

Specialising in bridal makeup.

Berwick home based business, offers a very professional, clean and relaxing environment.

Gel nails and toes Waxing inc xxx Facials and massage Spray tanning and teeth whitening Eyelash curling, tinting and extensions Bridal “one stop shop” packages available.

Hair also available at request Berwick 0410 411 869 jessie_ebeauty@hotmail.com jessiee.com.au

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At Little Black Bag we aim to bring you the seasons most essential contemporary accessories; from handbags, wallets, clutches, shoes, jewellery, scarves and wraps. Little Black Bag brings the brands to Berwick.

The Sak San Francisco, Miz Mooz New York, Guess, Valentino, Eos, Sue Sensi, Olga Berg, Urban Originals and Billini just to name a few.

So if you’re after leather or non-leather products in the latest colours and styles for day or night, we have what you’re looking for.

After all every girl needs is a Little Black Bag...

Live the dream Stunning coastal landscapes by Coast Magazine photographer Warren Reed

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spring 2015

savour the avour

Pristine oceans of abundant seafood, rolling green hills dotted with contented cows, vineyards overlooking hills and valleys, and rich soils provide a home for perfect produce. Our coast offers skilled chefs, artisan producers, vignerons and passionate foodies . . . all with the perfect backdrop for culinary adventures. Enjoy!

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spring

where to eat guide

Aherns

Bellvale Winery

29 Toora Road, Foster Call 5682 2095

95 Forresters Lane, Berry’s Creek Call 5668 8230

After 30 years in business, owner Paul Ahern understands what customers want. “Our customers are looking for good quality, fresh produce,” says Paul. “They also want to be able to find some less common and exotic ingredients. People coming to Ahern’s know our staff really know about Gippsland and the products that we have on the shelves. They understand that our personal connection with local producers means we’re stocking quality products.”

This magnificent property in the Tarwin River Valley produces some of Australia’s finest Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

The family-owned business run by viticulturalist John Ellis was established in 1998. Bellvale has produced many awardwinning wines and most recently, their Estate Level and Stony Block Pinot Noir picked up silver medals at the London International Wine Challenge.

Outstanding quality on our doorstep.

www.aherns.com.au

www.bellvalewine.com.au

Trulli Woodfire Pizzeria offers inside, al fresco and garden area dining. You can find antipasto plates, and beer and wine on tap in addition to our woodfire oven pizzas. Our food menu is designed to be take away or dine in.

The Deli is stocked with homemade fare such as pasta and sauce, biscuits, fresh bread and an ever expanding gluten free range. Find a bit of info about South Gippsland in the information area while you stop in for a bite!

Three Function areas both private and public available.

03 5664 7397

93 Whitelaw St, Meeniyan (Sth Gipps Hwy) rhia@trullipizzeria.com.au Hours: Wed-Fri: 4-late | Sat-Sun: 12-late (Closed Mon & Tues) www.trullipizzeria.com.au

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BURNT TOAST

THE Cape Kitchen

Charmed Cafe

10 Vista Place, Cape Woolamai Call 5956 7033

1215 Phillip Island Rd, Newhaven Call 5956 7200

70 Watt Street, Wonthaggi.

Ph: 0487 714 274

In name only! A great place to enjoy an all-day breakfast, or perhaps you’re in the mood for a light lunch or a steak sanga.

The café’s beef, cheese and macaroni pie is earning it a huge reputation, and other great offerings include a large range of other tempting house-made pies, cakes and slices. Great coffee and smoothies, too.

Open from 6.30am 7 days a week.

The stunning view and an inventive menu make this a unique dining experience, focusing on local ingredients and fresh produce. Specializes in beautiful breakfasts and lunch options to suit every taste and budget, plus an All-Victorian wine list and All-Gippsland beer selection. The Cape Kitchen also hosts Pop Up Dinners and special events - ring or email them for details or to join their mailing list.

A family-operated business of four generations, Charmed Cafe lovingly offers all-day breakfasts and delicious lunches of wraps, roasts, fresh chicken schnitzel, meat and double beef burgers. All meals are home-cooked, with daily specials always available. This delightful cafe is open from 8am till 4 pm, and welcomes phone orders too!

www.thecapekitchen.com.au

Always on sale: Fresh fruit and vegetables Local and imported delicacies KGS mayonnaise, hummus, chutney and jams Gorgeous home and giftware items

Kilcunda General Store Mon – Sat: 7am – 5pm Sun: 7am – 4pm 3535 Bass Highway, Kilcunda Ph: 5678 7390

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dine out

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Room with a view Perched on a cliff top overlooking the surf break at Forrest Caves, The Cape Kitchen is the perfect spot to enjoy fabulous food and the famous Phillip Island coastline.

Nestled between Newhaven and Surf Beach, this beautiful restaurant has been serving delicious breakfasts and lunches since December last year and has fast become a local favourite.

You can’t visit Cape Kitchen and not mention the view.

It’s a knockout. When we arrive for our lunch date, smiling restaurant manager Samantha Holcombe ushers us to our seats. The windows run almost floor to ceiling and with the native grass waving in the breeze just in front of our table, it feels like you’re sitting the cliff top. As we sit looking out across the ocean, watching the surf roll in, it’s hard to imagine a more beautiful lunchtime setting.

With such an eye-catching view, I probably would have been happy if I was served a vegemite sandwich. But fortunately, The Cape Kitchen’s menu is far more impressive. With a focus on local and seasonal produce and some distinctly Australian flavours (kangaroo and salt bush anyone?), their ‘city meets

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country’ selection has some very tempting options. The lunch menu includes salmon, duck, scotch fillet, tagine and what could possible be the ultimate gourmet comfort food – Truffled macaroni and cheese.

After conferring our waiter, we decide to go with the Cape Table lunch menu, which includes a fantastic range of salads, as well as ordering an old favourite – Twice cooked Pork Belly – from the regular menu. We also study the drinks menu featuring an all-Victorian wine and all-Gippsland Beer selection, before deciding on a glass of The Cape Kitchen Shiraz which proved to be smooth and eminently quaffable.

We decide to order salads to share so we can mix and match them with our main meals. The tofu and mushroom salad is an instant favourite. Served on a bed of watercress and endive, the crispy battered tofu and the silky mushrooms are topped with a light sauce that has a hint of sweetness. It’s good >

I probably would have been happy if I was served a vegemite sandwich.

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enough to eat on it’s own (and I admit, I did), but it also works beautifully with the Kangaroo. Superb stuff.

There’s a distinctly middle-eastern flavour to our next salad.

Curried cauliflower sits atop a bowl of shredded cabbage sprinkled with pistachios, apricots and sultanas and tossed in a creamy curried sauce. We loved the spice flavours and the combination of crunchy raw vegetables and nuts with the dried fruit and cauliflower is wonderful … imagine an exotic coleslaw as a starting point.

Taking our taste-buds to another continent, the Soba Noodle salad has a hint of seasame oil and contrasts crisp vegetables with the silky noodles. A perfect match for our pork selection.

The smoky flavour of the Kangaroo in Pepperberry marinade evokes memories of bush dinners and open campfires. The meat is amazingly tender and I’m impressed by how mild the taste is. Our second selection from the Cape Table menu – Pan fried Barramundi – is equally impressive. With a crispy skin top, this firm, mild flavoured fish was fresh and lovely and went beautifully with the cauliflower salad.

Our selection from the main lunch menu, the Pork Belly was served on a bed of cauliflower puree, accompanied by charred zucchini. This dish was bursting with contrasts: a touch of aniseed mixed with a hint of honey; tender pork nestled under a crispy top; smooth puree scattered with tiny crunchy cauliflower flowerettes. The charred zucchini is a masterclass on how good this unassuming vegetable really can be … banish any memories of watery, mushy vegetables … this is bursting with flavour.

The man behind all these fabulous flavours is Phillip Island’s Luke Smith. After ten years travelling and cooking in some of Australia’s leading establishments, Luke returned home keen to share his knowledge. While he says he tries not to over-complicate things; “I let the food do the talking …” he’s keen to introduce new flavours and ingredients to the menu.

His three-man chef team already make as much as possible on-site including their own jams, sauces and doughnuts – but long-term they hope to expand to include cheese, yoghurt and even salami. They currently forage from the native plants on the grounds and plan to establish a big garden and to grow some of the rare ingredients on-site. There are big plans in progress for this wonderful site and when the new decks are completed they will provide a superb outdoor dining option over summer.

After a short break and some intensive whale watching, we selflessly decide to tackle dessert – all in the name of research for our loyal Coast readers. A surplus of mandarins, donated by a friendly local, has been put to very good use. Could there be anything more satisfying than cracking the toffee top before dipping into mandarin infused brulee? It teams beautifully with the poached pears and chocolate soil embellishments.

The Duo of Doughnuts served with homemade jams and cream are a light, sugary treat to end our lunchtime feast.

With mouth-watering flavours and breath-taking views, The Cape Kitchen is a total dining experience.

The Cape Kitchen is located at 1215 Phillip Island Road, Newhaven. Bookings 03 5956 7200.

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Connells Bakery

Fig & Olive

Call 5672 1050, 33-35 Murray St, Wonthaggi or 5678 2133 Bass Service Centre

115 Thompson Ave, Cowes Call 5952 2655

Delicious fresh bread, trays of glistening slices and cakes, good coffee and friendly service are the Connells trademarks. You can start the day with their Big Breakfast Pie, or something sweeter. For lunch, there’s a great selection of fabulous pies, including the award-winning Miners Pie and platters of salad. Truly scrumptious.

This relaxed and stylish restaurant specialises in wood-fired pizzas, which are also available to take-away. A contemporary Australian twist on Italian-inspired dishes, the regular menu includes a range of seafood dishes and pastas and is complemented by nightly specials, tapas nights or two course lunch specials.

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The Foreshore Bar & Restaurant 11 Beach Rd, Rhyll Call 5956 9520 A great meeting place where you can indulge in a local drop with a menu that delivers unpretentious hearty dishes, packed with flavor and flair, featuring local produce, fresh seafood and extensive gluten free options. After 10 years in operation this is perfect for lunch or dinner any time of year and remember to leave room for dessert! A relaxed friendly atmosphere topped with amazing water views. www.theforeshore.com.au

We grow, make and bottle on Phillip Island Beautiful Cellar Door with stunning bay and farm views

Vineyard & Winery 96 McFees Road Rhyll Phillip Island Hours: 11am – 5:30pm 7 days a week in Summer & School Holidays Other times: 5 days a week (closed Tuesday & Wednesday) Ph: 5956 9244 www.purplehenwines.com.au

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Gusto Gelateria

Harry’s on the Esplanade

9 Williams St, Inverloch Call 5674 6164 If you can’t visit Italy this year, then a trip to this fabulous gelateria might be the next best option. Their range of exquisite housemade gelato features the classics we know and love (chocolate, lemon, tiramisu…) plus some new combinations (we love the apple pie flavour). Also stocks a great range of desserts including gelato cakes, chocolate chip cookie gelato sandwiches and Italian doughnuts. Open from 2-9pm.

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17 The Esplanade, Cowes Call 5952 6226 It’s worth a visit for the view alone plus the menu uses local, natural and authentic produce. Seafood fresh off the boat and Island-grazed beef and lamb are specialties.

Artisan breads, cakes and ice-creams are all made at the in-house bakery. Open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner, plus breakfast on Saturday and Sunday. Harry’s also offers “EzyMeals” – restaurant quality frozen meals for delivery or pick-up.

HOUSE OF BLANCHE 104 Graham St, Wonthaggi Call 0401 663 842 There’s a touch of old-world-glamour to this gorgeous little café and the homemade cakes and biscuits are an absolute indulgence. You know there’s something special in the air when the regulars ring to reserve their Devonshire teas – those fresh scones just fly out the door. Beautifully prepared food, excellent coffee and a great range of teas … all served with a smile. www.houseofblanche.com.au

www.harrysrestaurant.com.au

Where there are no strangers... only friends you’ve yet to meet

• WINE & BEER • MUSIC • DELICIOUS FOOD • LOCAL PRODUCE • WOODFIRED PIZZA • TAKE AWAY

Open Thursday–Sunday: 9am–8pm Friday dinner till late

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1075 Loch-Kernot Rd, Kernot Phone: 5678 8555

IGA San Remo

Island Pies

135 Marine Pde, San Remo Call 5678 5337 There is always a great array of specials at this newly renovated supermarket. But where the store really shines is in their wide range of local products, from vegetables to honey to snap-frozen fresh seafood. And their incredible selection of gourmet cheese is perfect for weekend entertaining or the ultimate holiday snack.

5-6 Forrest Rd, Newhaven Call 0418 296 216 This place is a mecca for pie-lovers. Don’t miss their great range of mouth-watering meat, chicken and vegetable pies as well as pasties and spinach and cheese rolls.

Pies come in single and family sizes. Indulge your sweet tooth with one of their slices, cakes or strudels.

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Tapas

al fresco dining all homemade

open 7 days breakfast and lunch, dinners friday and saturday

Kernot Food & Wine Store 1075 Loch-Kernot Rd, Kernot Call 5678 8555 You always get a warm country welcome at this beautiful heritage store. Mouthwatering woodfired pizza, home-made pies and local produce are the highlights of the menu, and there’s also a great local wine-list. The store regularly serves up a fabulous selection of live music. Open Thu – Sun 9am-8pm.

Friday dinner till late.

9 a’beckett street, inverloch 03 56 74 1188 info@velanine.com.au www.velanine.com.au

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Kilcunda General Store 3535 Bass Hwy, Kilcunda Call 5678 7390 This quirky, friendly café is a local haunt and firm favourite for visitors. Renowned for beautiful breakfasts, delicious lunches and fabulous cakes, ingredients are fresh and locally-sourced where possible. As well as great food and coffee, there’s a gift shop packed with sustainable, locally-produced items, and you can pick up a jar of the store’s own range of jams, chutney and mayo.

Open 7 days from 7am.

Kilcunda Ocean View Hotel 3531–3533 Bass Hwy, Kilcunda Call 5678 7011 With hearty-sized portions and favourites like chicken parma, local steak and salt & pepper calamari on the menu, “The Killy” is a great lunch or dinner option. Fresh seafood and local produce are a focus.

With great views and friendly service, no wonder they’ve been named as one of the Top 20 Country Pubs in Victoria (Herald Sun, July 2015).

Lithostylis Call Dean 0407 815 940 Micro wine producers LITHOSTYLIS are turning heads with their sparkling 2010 Lithostylis Cuvée Oberon. A Pinot Noir and Chardonnay blend from the red soils of Leongatha and inspired by the Oberon bay surf. Aged for 3.5 years with aromas of spiced pear, lemon and brioche, underpinned by a delicate palate of apples and savoury complexity. Perfect for springtime luncheons. www.lithostylis.com

www.kilcundaoceanviewhotel.com.au

Waterfront Restaurant Phillip Island

celebrating and supporting the community come in today, collect your card and enjoy the benefits outdoor dining area. coming this summer keep up with the transformation follow us on Facebook

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The Cape Kitchen 1215 Phillip Island Road Newhaven, Victoria 3925 hello@thecapekitchen.com.au T 03 5956 7200 thecapekitchen.com.au

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Preorder your coffee and beat the Queue.

Don’t waste your time waiting in line to place your order, just download “beat the Q” from your App Store and search for Connells bakery to view and order from our menu. your order and payment will all be taken via the app and you can can then collect everything from our coffee station at the store you have ordered with!

It is our aim to provide quality fresh food at reasonable prices and service that will make you want to come back for more, we hope you come visit either of our stores to see for yourself.

Baked fresh from our family to yours BASS: Located inside the service centre 03 5678 2133. open Mon to fri: 6.30am– 3pm Sat & Sun: 8am– 3pm WONTHAGGI: 33-35 Murray Street 03 5672 1050. open Mon to fri: 6am–5pm Sat: 6am–1.30pm

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dine out

Local ingredients, international flavours

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For many people, their memory of a Phillip Island holiday includes a trip to the RSL in Cowes for steak, a parma, or fish and chips.

The Lone Pine Bistro is relaxed and welcoming when we arrive for lunch. Surrounded by decking and windows, the restaurant is filled with light and our corner table is a perfect spot for an unhurried meal. The substantial menu is complemented by daily specials and we are struck by the variety of dishes on offer.

In recent months, the menu here has been revamped, with world cuisine the new catchcry. While there are still some tempting bistro staples, such as fish and chips or schnitzel, we decide to test some of the international flavours on offer.

First up, the Shanghai Noodle Bowl. This generous serve of Singapore noodles mixed with julienned Asian vegetables, beef and prawns is served in a delicious Kung Pao sauce that’s sweet, salty, sour and spicy all at once. This fabulous noodle bowl with a touch of heat delivers a big taste, but the overwhelming impression is one of freshness. The garnish of candied peanuts is incredibly moreish and contrasts beautifully with the tender beef and soft noodles.

In a word‌yum!

The next dish is a delicate Pork Belly that melts in your mouth.

Using the sous-vide technique, the pork is sealed in a plastic >

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bag and then cooked in a water bath at low temperatures.

The slow cooking ensures the pork is evenly cooked with all the moisture – and flavour – sealed in. Served with a potato pancake, Spanish chorizo, an apple reduction sauce and an amazing pickled vegetable salad, this dish packs quite a punch. I’m not surprised that it’s one of the most popular items on the menu.

Our final order is Seafood Linguini. With a seafood pasta connoisseur in our midst, the bar was set high – and happily the meal didn’t disappoint. The sauce, which included fresh prawns, calamari, scallops and organic mussels in a cream base, was rich but not over-powering, with the seafood taste infused right through the pasta. This luxurious dish avoided two common pitfalls … overcooked pasta drowning in a sea of sauce … the linguine was al dente and perfectly coated. A double thumbs-up.

The new dishes appearing on the Lone Pine Bistro menu are doing so under the watchful eye of head chef Nevin Jarrett.

With so many visitors to the Island, Nevin’s team is focused on providing international flavours and quality meals. A virtual United Nations team of cooks from India, Asia, South America, Canada – and one Australian – are eminently qualified to deliver! You can see the influence the team’s background and training have on the new menu and the daily specials, particularly with dishes like Butter Chicken and Korma. In addition, many of the old favourites are receiving an upgrade … these days the chicken parma is made from free-range chicken breast and the famous steaks are chargrilled to increase the flavour.

“This really isn’t standard RSL fare, and often people are quite surprised when they see the menu,” explains Nevin. “We still feature a lot of the traditional favourites, but we try to balance them with new dishes and let the daily specials provide a

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‘wow’ factor.” Wherever possible, the team uses local produce and sources its vegetables from local farmers’ markets. Fish from Bass Coast and a Gippsland Natural corned beef from Phillip Island also feature on the menu, while a selection of local wines grace the wine list.

A decision to make all desserts in-house has proved immensely popular with customers, and we are persuaded that we shouldn’t leave without tasting the Vanilla Crème Brûlée. Served with homemade shortbread and a compressed fruit salad, it’s light as a feather and not too sweet, rounding off a perfect meal.

For a fabulous, truly family-friendly dining experience, you cannot go past this place. It’s worth noting that the menu offers a range of gluten- free and vegetarian options (many of the other dishes can be modified if needed) and the specials board changes daily. Open for lunch and dinner seven days a week, we recommend making a booking – particularly on weekends and holidays.

A place for all occasions

Phillip Island RSL has function rooms that cater for all life’s occasions. Special function and wedding packages are available with a choice of rooms at the RSL and the 19th Hole Bar at the Phillip Island Golf Club. These versatile venues can cater for anything from an intimate gathering for 15 people to a major celebration for 200. Details are available at www. phillipislandrsl.com.au, by emailing functions@pirsl. com.au or calling 5952 1004. All RSL members receive a discount on function bookings.

McClelland Gallery Café 390 McClelland Rd, Langwarrin Call 9789 1671 ext 1 Functions: 0402 080 973 Overlooking a beautiful lake and a suite of spectacular sculptures, this is a relaxed and inspiring venue. Now is a great time to book your wedding celebration, Christmas function or other event for the summer months. Have a look at our function information at mcclellandgallery.com or email christopher.read@mcclellandgallery.com or call to arrange a free tour and quote.

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Megabites 132 Graham St, Wonthaggi Call 5672 3344 New owners Michael and Helen have a family history of over 100 years of service in Wonthaggi, and it shows! All-day breakfast until 2pm, freshly baked rolls, homemade soups and curries, great coffee, smoothies with homemade frozen yoghurt and an imaginative take on the humble toasted wrap are some of the specialties of this friendly café. Fully licensed, with a ‘ready to go’ option for busy people.

Phillip Island Chocolate Factory Café 930 Phillip Island Rd, Newhaven Call 5956 6600 This bright and airy café opens out onto an expansive deck and not surprisingly offers a great range of chocolate treats. Drawing on owner Panny’s Indian/Malaysian heritage, the café also serves a variety of superb curries, and the satay wraps are legendary.

Fully licensed, with an impressive range of local and Australian wines.

Open 7 days from 10am. www.phillipislandchocolatefactory.com.au

www.mcclellandgallery.com.au

Lone Pine Bistro at PhiLLiP isLand rsL – open for lunch and dinner 7 days a week – family friendly, gluten free options, senior’s menu, groups small and large.

Book online www.phillipislandrsl.com.au or 5952 1004.

Function rooms for all of life’s occasions at both venues – 19th Hole Bar & Function Facility at the Phillip Island Golf Club and ANZAC Room at the Phillip Island RSL. Enquiries: functions@pirsl.com.au or 5952 1004.

For aLL oF LiFe’s occasions

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Phillip Island RSL

Purple Hen Winery

Sherwood’s Restaurant

225-243 Phillip Island Rd, Cowes Call 5952 1004

96 McFees Rd, Rhyll Call 5956 9244

5 Thompson Ave, Cowes Call 5952 3773

Famous for locally-grown, grass-fed beef and tasty parmas, the menu features high quality, affordable dishes with a focus on local produce. Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner, take your pick from a range of seafood, grills, salads and beautiful desserts. The kids are well catered for with their own menu and playroom. Bookings recommended during holiday periods.

This award winning winery located on Phillip Island produces a variety of elegant wines, and is particularly well known for fine Pinot Noir and Shiraz. Their cellar door opens from 11am, 7 days a week during school holidays and over the summer. Please check their website for other opening times.

Purple Hen also provides a tasty black board menu to accompany your wine tasting.

Enjoy elegant and casual dining just 100m from the Cowes foreshore. The daily dinner and lunch menus focus on fresh produce and beautiful seafood. With plenty of vegetarian, gluten free & dietary friendly options available. Also serving Phillip Island’s best seafood platter.

Private function room with beer garden also available.

www.pirsl.com.au

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LocaL produce at its best.

We offer an ever increasing range of fresh produce, local products, an extensive local and international cheese selection, on-site butchers and a fully stocked deli.

facebook.com/sanremosupermarket 135 Marine Pde, San Remo, VIC 3925. Phone: 5678 5337. Fax: 5678 5756.

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Chocolate Cafe

Chocolate Desserts The Phillip Island Chocolate Factory the sweetest attraction on Phillip Island

Home of Pannys Amazing World of Chocolate, a unique, interactive & educational celebration of all things chocolate.

• Daily hot curry lunch from 12 – 3pm • Hot Chocolate made with real chocolate • Choc dipped frozen bananas

Phillip Island Chocolate Factory, 930 Phillip Island Rd, Newhaven phone 5956 6600 web www.phillipislandchocolatefactory.com.au coast 109

Locally owned ďż˝ Locally grown

Great relationships take time. Paul Ahern's personal connection with local producers guarantees the freshest, best selection.

Di Todd supplies avocados and figs, in season, from her orchard at Mardan, to Aherns. Di's avocados spend a long time on the tree. A longer growing time period, almost twice that of Queensland fruit,allows the avocados to develop a high oil content and fabulous flavour

Fresh. Local. Quality.

Wholesale suppliers throughout South Gippsland

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Fill up and reFuel.

Our fuel prices are very competitive.

We also offer a large variety of drinks and confectionery, a wide range of conveience items and we are open 24/7.

With today’s busy lifestyles, convenience is everything. If you’re looking for fresh bread, magazines and fuel, look no further. Star Mart is Caltex’s chain of retail convenience stores, offering all this and more.

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Three Aces Café Shop 2/148 Thompson Ave, Cowes Call 5952 6384 The 3 Aces is the perfect way to start the day. How about a Huevos Benedictos: poached eggs, chilli bean mash avocado chipotle hollandaise toasted Turkish. Or perhaps a Strawberries & Cream Crepe: balsamic strawberries meringue crumble ice cream french style crepe is more your style?

A great range of soups and sweet treats and a regular kids session on Thursday mornings, so there’s something for the whole family.

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Trulli Woodfire Pizzeria 93 Whitelaw St, Meeniyan Call 5664 7397

Vaughan’s Café & Deli Shop H,10 A’Beckett St, Inverloch Call 5674 6877

Delicious wood-fired pizzas are the speciality of the house, but don’t miss the antipasto plates or amazing deli range (including handmade sauces and pasta).

Hosts Francesco and Rhia give everyone a big family welcome and their food will transport you to the Italian countryside.

Dine inside, al fresco or in the garden. Open Wed – Fri from 4pm, weekends from 12pm.

A great place to enjoy a unique blend of coffee, enjoy a bite to eat or indulge in gourmet treats. Vaughan’s stocks a wide range of local and imported products, including gourmet cheeses, smallgoods, antipasto and a range of gluten-free options.

All day brunch menu, including fresh juices, house made cakes and catering. Open 6 days 8am–4pm plus once a month for Spanish inspired tapas.

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FRESH FOCUS.

We pride ourselves on serving fresh seafood and sourcing as much of the produce locally as possible. Behind the bar, the local focus continues, stocking a wide variety of Australian craft beer and Gippsland wines. With great views and the friendliest service it is no wonder the Ocean View Hotel Kilcunda (the Killy pub) was named by the Herald Sun as one of the top 20 country pubs in Victoria.

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Lounge Bar – 03 5678 7245 Ocean View Bistro – 03 5678 7011

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Warrook Farm

9 A’Beckett St, Inverloch Call 5674 1188

4170 South Gippsland Highway, Monomeith Call 5997 1321

Situated in the heart of Inverloch, this café hums 7 days a week, producing fabulous breakfasts and lunches. On Friday and Saturday nights, they turn down the lights and serve up a beautiful selection of dinners.

Free-range, organic and local produce all feature heavily on the menu, including Gippsland lamb and local wines. www.velanine.com.au

Step back in time with this historic homestead and genuine Aussie farm experience, then treat yourself to delicious home cooking and country hospitality.

Enjoy roast lunch in the homestead restaurant, or chose from the café menu.

Indulge in a traditional Devonshire tea, or try your hand at making damper. Open everyday (except Xmas) 10am-4pm. Also available for group tours and excursions, weddings and special functions. www.warrook.com.au

Gusto Gelateria, meaning ‘flavour’ and ‘taste’, was born out of a love for gelati! We make all our gelati and gelato based desserts in house, crafting our product into creamy goodness for you to enjoy!

Being from the Puglia region in Italy, we know good gelati and strive to bring our authentic product to you.

We create our product with natural ingredients to bring you a healthier alternative. You can also find gelato

Watermark @ Silverwater Resort 17 Potters Hill Rd, San Remo Call 5671 9300 With an eye for presentation and an innovative approach to flavours, ingredients and techniques, Watermark sets the bar on local fine dining. The menu focuses heavily on fresh local produce and innovative reinterpretations of classic dishes and their seafood is a standout. Exceptional food served in such a stunning locale is an absolute winner and you don’t have to be a resort guest to enjoy it. www.silverwaterresort.com.au

cakes, doughnuts, gelato a stecco (think magnum) and other yummy treats in our freezers!

Pop in to satisfy your own craving, or take a litre home with you for the family. Whatever your desire, we’re here to please! Remember, Stressed is just Desserts spelled backward!

thurs/fri: 2–9pm, sat: 12–9pm, sun: 12–5pm, 7 days a week from december.

9 williams st, inverloch, 5674 6164, made_in_inverloch@gustogelateria.com.au

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White Salt

State Coal Mine

7 Vista Pl, Cape Woolamai Call 5956 6336

State Coal Mine Garden St, Wonthaggi.

Call 5672 3053

Fresh, mouthwatering, locally caught fish and seafood is a feature, with calamari freshly crumbed daily. The juicy meat for White Salt’s great burgers is also locally sourced. All chips and potato cakes are expertly hand-cut by Matt and Nat, who welcome you to call in for lunch or dinner Thurs–Sun 12 noon till 8pm, or dinner seven nights a week 5–8pm.

Home cooked cafe style menu for breakfast, light lunch or something sweet, we pride ourselves on value for money with great service. Groups catered for, and ample parking is available in a hidden oasis! www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/ state-coal-mine-h.a.

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Freshest local seaFood on the Island Local fresh produce with seafood straight from the boat, Island grazed beef and lamb and in-house bakery.

Fast, fresh, quality restaurant food at your convenience.

Home delivered or pick up.

Waterfront dining With panoramic bay vieWs

RestauRant Cooked FRozen Meals – at youR own table

17 The Esplanade, Cowes Vic. Ph (03) 5952 6226 www.harrysrestaurant.com.au

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A piece of Island hIstory There’s a touch a magic and a wealth of history in this magnificent Phillip Island property.

Set amongst two acres of landscaped formal (and very private) heritage gardens, Glen Isla House combines countryhouse elegance and old world charm right in the heart of Cowes. When you enter the grounds, you are transported back in time and leave the stress of the modern world behind.

One of the Island’s oldest homes, the original Glen Isla homestead was built in 1870. Today this extraordinary property offers a mix of heritage and modern, yet classic architectural accommodation. With direct access to a pristine beach within a three-minute walk, it’s no wonder Glen Isla House has a wall full of awards as an acclaimed provider of luxury accommodation.

For owners Ian and Madeleine Baker, restoring the property to its former glory has been a labour of love. When they bought the heritage homestead 16 years ago, it was in desperate need of love and attention.

“While fundamentally sound, there was considerable work required to bring the homestead back to its former glory both internally and externally.”

“The entire house was re-roofed, room interiors re-plastered, bathrooms brought up to today’s standards, electrical rewiring carried out, and the kitchen had a complete make-over. From research and a collection of historical photos from the turn of the century and early 1930’s, we were able to envision a restoration that preserved the original look, both inside and out.”

The restoration project took two years to complete, with the construction of the architect- designed guest wing and other accommodations in the same architectural style as the original homestead. This has elevated the property to the upper echelons of the luxury small hotel and boutique accommodations market.

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As well as the heritage suite (originally part of the homestead), guests can stay in individually-themed and purpose-designed classic deluxe rooms, or the self-contained, two-bedroom selfcatering Gate Cottage. Every option provides absolute privacy, serenity and old-world charm.

After being awarded Trip Advisor Excellence Awards for five consecutive years, Glen Isla House was inducted into the site’s Hall of Fame, and was declared “one of the Top 10 Luxury B&B’s in the world” by the company.

Ian and Madeleine lived and worked overseas for many years with expatriate postings in Singapore, London and Philadelphia. The accommodations and hospitality at Glen Isla House have been inspired by their experiences and extensive travels in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Over the years, they have built a sound and profitable lifestyle business in Glen Isla. Strong relationships in Europe with a select group of travel companies working in the discerning traveller segment, repeat guests in the domestic travel market and stays related to major events at the Grand Prix circuit are well established. There is potential for considerable future growth as the current owners operate the business for only eight months of the year, and additional accommodation

Glen Isla House Photos by Dave & Nicci Temple – Open2View units could be added on vacant land within the boundaries.

For the present owners, these achievements are not only the realisation of a dream, ; they also mark the point for moving on. With seven grandchildren and a passion for travel arising from their years residing and working overseas, they’re now seeking to step back into retirement, spend more time with their family, and further their travels in Australia and Europe.

Glen Isla House features: • Authentic heritage suite • Six purpose-built deluxe hotel-style rooms • The two-bedroom self-catering Gate Cottage • Elegant dining room with seating for up to 22 guests • Fully-equipped restaurant-grade commercial kitchen

• Three-bedroom/four-bathroom, two-storey residence (the historic Glen Isla homestead) • Office, double garage and attic complex • Temperature-controlled, purpose- built cellar, (fully racked and insulated) – for the serious wine collector.

• Set in just under two acres of authentic heritage gardens with direct access to a pristine sandy beach • The business is offered as a going concern with forward bookings to March 2016, established administrative processes, web and social media sites, mature relationships with travel companies in Europe and client history etc • 1700 metres from the Cowes township, shops and restaurants, and 10 minutes drive from the world-famous Penguin Parade, and the Grand Prix circuit.

The property and business are for sale by set date of 13th November 2015 (Inspection strictly by appointment only) For information about purchasing this successful lifestyle business, beautiful residence and slice of Phillip Island history, please contact: Contact Hans Rubens 0409 796 216

32 McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi, VIC 3995 (03) 5672 5558 hrubens.wonthaggi@ljh.com.au wonthaggi.ljhooker.com.au

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Old Dalyston Deli for sale The Old Dalyston Deli is up for sale and this gorgeous old church could be the answer to all your prayers.

Kelvin Simpson and Nicola Bellward have spent fifteen heavenly years building up their unique Dalyston home and business and are now ready to move on.

The stunning property features a large 100-year old house, converted old church, 2.5 acres of lush grounds and gardens and huge veggie patch.

Currently operating as a café and function centre, the complex has endless possibilities from lifestyle business to the perfect family home.

Nicola and Kelvin have recently focussed on creating a space for others to enjoy good food and drink in the restored church and grounds. Their hard work has paid off and the ‘Old Dalyston Deli’ has become firmly established as a popular café, restaurant and function venue.

“The café would be perfect for owner/operators to walk straight in or could be leased out to provide an income stream,” says Nicola. “Alternatively, the church building is perfect for a home conversion or for an art gallery or retreat – the options are endless.”

The 100-year-old house is huge and would make a gorgeous B&B or boutique accommodation set up. Originally the old Presbytery with maids’ quarters at the back, the house could easily be divided into separate living areas. The dining room is impressive – Nicola and Kelvin have even considered using it as a 40-seat restaurant!

The blueprint for expansion is also set – the house comes complete with existing plans for a revised kitchen/living area with a large deck overlooking the lawns.

And for those who dream big, there’s the prospect of building additional accommodation within the grounds, and the rear of the property lends itself to subdivision in the future.

Whatever your vision, opportunities to purchase a property like this are rare. And with the charming backdrop of the rolling green Gippsland Hills and the pristine ocean just five minutes away, what are you waiting for?

The property and business are for sale by set date of 13 November 2015.

Enjoy it as it is. Subdivide (stca) and sell a portion of the property.

Enjoy the serenity while you run your business and decide what is best for you . . . your options are endless.

Contact Hans Rubens 0409 796 216

32 McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi, VIC 3995 (03) 5672 5558 hrubens.wonthaggi@ljh.com.au wonthaggi.ljhooker.com.au

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Hillside home coming

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Nestled in the hillside overlooking Leongatha, the Mountain View village provides an opportunity to enjoy a country lifestyle with a difference.

This small, resort style community is at the forefront of a new trend in retirement lifestyle. Environmentally friendly, beautifully designed and focused on providing residents with secure and welcoming surroundings, there are just 45 Villas planned for the site which looks over Leongatha and across the Gippsland hills.

George and Fran Evans were among the first residents to move into the new complex. The couple were in their early 70s when they decided the time was right to downsize from their home in Mt Martha. After seeing an advertisement, they drove over for a visit. “We didn’t come down with any preconceived ideas,” laughs George. “Fran wanted to have a look and I decided I’d humour her. I didn’t have any intention of shifting, but I just fell in love with the place the minute I walked out on that balcony overlooking the community centre.”

For Fran, it really was all about location, location. “The view is just beautiful and the quietness of the place is amazing. I was never a good sleeper but I sleep so well here. It’s just perfect.”

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Adding to the appeal was the security of a gated community and the peace-of-mind of the onsite staff and maintenance team. “The time just felt right, said Fran. “We are both still very active, and it is good to know you are well looked after but still in your own home, doing your own thing.”

Another draw card was the quality of workmanship in their three-bedroom villa. The rooms are spacious with high ceilings and the north-facing sliding doors in the lounge let the winter sun come streaming in. Careful planning means an abundance of storage. With quality fittings and appliance, the home is impressive looking and practical to live in. “I love the kitchen and the walk in shower. Everything is so easy to clean… it just makes life a breeze,” smiles Fran.

Outside the front door, the keen swimmers are regular users of the indoor pool. In fact George has taken on a de facto role as the pool caretaker. All the residents are able to use the facilities in the impressive Community Centre, which includes a full kitchen, gas fireplace and plenty of spaces for getting

together, reading a book or having a quiet cuppa. Fran and George have even hosted a family Christmas at the Centre and both say the view from the centre balcony is one of the things they most love about their new home.

The pair are real ambassadors for the joys of Mountain View life. When potential new resident, Maggie asked to meet some of the existing residents, the Property Manager’s first thought was Fran and George and it proved to be a prescient decision.

The trio are now firm friends and Maggie can often be found in Fran and George’s villa as she waits for her new home to be completed. The room is filled with their conversation and laughter … “we just clicked…it was amazing … we started talking and haven’t stopped!”

After spending five years in Mirboo North, a shoulder injury last year made Maggie realise that if her health wasn’t good, managing her home and garden could become an issue.

“I needed to start thinking of the future. I wanted to be in charge of my own future. I didn’t want something to go wrong and then other people to have to make a decision for me.” A friend suggested she look at Mountain View, then she was introduced to Fran and George, and as the saying goes ‘the rest is history’.

For Maggie, the low environmental impact of the buildings, including the solar panels, eco-friendly lighting and excellent insulation were also important considerations. Just as important was the ability to still live life her way. The mix of >

We are both still very active, and it is good to know you are well looked after but still in your own home, doing your own thing.

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community and privacy was perfect. “I felt this was just the right size to be friendly…I need vitality, but I also need the opportunity to recharge my batteries.”

For many of the residents, the desire for a simple lifestyle, with less maintenance worries was a key factor in their decision to move to Mountain View. Moya and David Allen were finding it increasingly difficult to manage their home and garden in Foster. “I think the garden was getting a bit large,” smiled Moya. With three lawns on different levels, and many plants and shrubs it required constant maintenance. “And it was a large house too,” explained David. “When going away on holidays, you had to organise someone to work in the garden, cut the lawns … it was very difficult getting away. That’s why Mountain View is ideal with the lock up and security. One can get away for quite a long period of time with no maintenance worries.”

Similarly, for newest residents Margaret Cruikshank and Stan Pomroy, it was the upkeep on their two-acre property at Yanakie that eventually prompted their decision to make the move. Being able to stay in the country near family

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and in close proximity to Melbourne was important to the couple. The quality of the building and the helpfulness of the Mountain View staff were deciding factors in their shift.

Margaret describes their move as ‘downsizing, but upscaling’.

“Our house wasn’t a big house really, it only had three bedrooms, just like our villa. And the kitchen here is bigger than my old one!” The ample storage space and well thought out design features throughout the house also impressed the couple.

For all these residents, Mountain View not only provides a comfortable and relaxed lifestyle, easy access to on-site facilities and the convenience of Leongatha on the doorstep, it provides security, friendship and peace-of-mind.

Mountain View Leongatha offers low maintenance, 5 star efficiency rated brick homes with 24/7 emergency on call service, as well as an onsite the Bowling Green, heated indoor pool and stylish resident’s lounge. Call 1300 306 255 for more information. www.mountainviewleongatha.com.au

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David Musker from Jindivick Country Gardener says many people are overwhelmed by the idea of designing their own garden but it’s actually easy if you approach the task logically and creatively!

Start by really thinking about how you want to use your outdoor area. Usually this use falls into categories like public area, private area, utilities like sheds or a clothes line, a vegetable production area and entertaining area. If you are looking for inspiration for vegetable garden designs, outdoor seating or dining areas, or for private quiet courtyards etc, it does help to search the internet.

around 4pm … because that is when the sun is streaming in from the west. Once you understand this, the rest is easy!

When you are choosing which plants to have in your garden, make sure you read the labels. If it says morning sun, don›t plant it >

Once you’ve worked out what you want then it’s just a matter of locating it. You need to know the direction your home and land is facing … this is very important as all plants need particular conditions and knowing the direction of sunrise and sunset will enable you to provide correct conditions for your plants and yourself.

North facing is usually the best choice for an outdoor area. If you aren’t sure where that is, just remember west is the direction of the setting sun. Cast your mind back to last summer and those hot afternoons

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in an exposed position in full sun. Mostly labels on plants are a very useful guide to size, conditions required and growth habit.

• Euphorbia lambii – a plant that handles full sun, is drought hardy and is visually dramatic all year round.

The current fashion is to mass plant or at least plant a group of the same thing together.

Of course any garden needs contrast and planting should be about creating beauty without creating too much work.

• Cyclamen hederifolium – use it as a ground cover in the dry shade. It multiplies readily, creating a carpet of soft pink to white flowers and patterned small dark green to silver leaves.

Feature plants offer a focal point in any garden, and a contrast of foliage and form creates interest. For instance, many gardens use a weeping tree to create that difference.

Colour, form and texture also help create difference, so make a visit to your local specialist nursery to find that special plant you need.

• Eumorphia prostrate – a hardy striking shiny diver ground cover for full sun positions and dry conditions.

If you are looking for something a little unusual, some wonderful plants to consider are: • Sonchus arboreus – from the Canary Islands, with beautiful foliage and striking growth habit, flowering in mid winter.

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Once you’ve selected your plants, always note their watering needs. It’s surprising how many plants once established are quite capable of surviving with little water, provided they are well mulched of course.

If you plant according to the size predictions on labels this will reduce the need for constant pruning, but remember – there is no such thing as a no maintenance garden!

If it’s done thoughtfully it doesn’t have to create lots of work but all gardens need a level of care … an untendered garden is the

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Remember, creating beauty is a noble thing to do. This is part of the beauty of a garden … it’s your relationship with the garden that makes the whole thing worthwhile.

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Furnished with love Wendy White has always loved furniture … and she’s turned her private passion into a thriving business.

words eleanor mckay photos warren reed Stepping into the new Southern Bazaar store in Wonthaggi sends my brain into frenzy … I want every second item I spy.

Located in the “Paris end” of McBride Avenue, only two doors up from The Coffee Collective, the store is a stylish addition to the street. Filled with furniture as eclectic as it is beautiful, the pieces range from retro and vintage to industrial, Japanese antiques or 70s Tessa designs.

“We stock locally-made pieces and furniture from all over the world,” says Wendy. “I buy what I love … and I love beautiful timber and things that are really well made.” She keeps a keen eye out for quality original pieces and furniture with a local connection. “People come into the store almost daily with furniture to sell,” she smiles. “Some people just want to completely redecorate; others are downsizing and the old furniture doesn’t fit into their new home. I pick pieces that I can do something with … that I can change or restore, or just put straight in on the floor.”

A stunning chest of drawers catches my eye and perfectly exemplifies Wendy’s approach. A batch of 1950s timber drawers, used to store tobacco at the old Inverloch supermarket, have been fitted into a new frame to create an eye-catching industrial piece. “I like to restore and re-upholster pieces and give them a new life, or bring them back to their former glory.” Glory-days indeed! The piece is local history and a work of art wrapped up in one. “A feature piece of furniture is like an artwork,” agrees Wendy. “It’s functional and interesting, and people really like to buy local history.” >

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Eschewing a focus on any one trend or style, Wendy says that these days, “people want to buy individual pieces. I always tell my customers, ‘Pick a piece that is practical for your lifestyle’.

Putting an older piece into a new home can really bring in some personality. Some wear-and-tear creates character that can make a piece unique.” Wendy’s own preference is vintage and retro over antiques or furniture that is simply for looking at. “You have to use it, appreciate it, put your markings and your personality into it. That’s what makes it special.”

A quick look around the store reveals Wendy’s other passions.

Several pieces of Japanese furniture are on display, including two gorgeous shoe lockers (perfect for any hallway), exquisite kitchen dressers and even an Astro Boy storage box. “I love Japanese furniture pieces,” Wendy confesses. “They are so individual, and use such beautiful timbers.” She also loves to have furniture restored, particularly the iconic Melbourne brand Tessa. “Their 70s designs are timeless and classic. They’re made with Tasmanian blackwood or Victorian Ash and are still incredibly popular.” Working with a hand-picked team of local upholsterers and furniture-makers, including Max Dunn from South Gippsland Upholstery, Wendy lovingly brings the pieces back to life.

relief to know that Wendy is on hand to offer practical tips and advice. Her love of decorating and individual furniture has attracted clients from Inverloch to Melbourne, across to the Peninsula and beyond.

A visit to Southern Bazaar really does take you around the globe and through the decades. If you are planning a trip to the Wonthaggi store, just remember it only holds a fraction of Wendy’s stock, so leave enough time to check out the Inverloch warehouse as well, located at 42 Cashin St in Inverloch’s Industrial Estate, behind Mitre 10. All Southern Bazaar’s stock can also be viewed online at www.southernbazaar.com.au.

As well as her wonderful selection of restored and bespoke pieces, Southern Bazaar stocks an extensive range of soft furnishings, cushions and accessories (cupboard handles, anyone?). And if you can’t find that special piece in store already, Wendy is happy to try and source it for you.

For all of us, buying furniture for a house is an intensely personal experience. For a decorating novice like me, it’s a

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aspirations in design Graeme Alexander Homes P/L Designing and building your vision is a very personal and rewarding experience.

Helping create the Peninsula Dream for now 30 years, we encourage you to be as much a part of the journey as you wish.

Your involvement increases your enjoyment from the original design lines through to the construction and beyond - we are with you all the way.

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We also serve freshly ground coffee and delicious individually created continental rolls.

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monthly exhibitions of contemporary artwork | art materials | picture framing | jewellery | ceramics

on Wednesday 21 October (See local papers closer to the date for registration details) Contact Principal’s Secretary Mrs Jenny Damon for more information on 5662 4906 Horn Street LEONGATHA www.mackillopleongatha.catholic.edu.au

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a good read NON-fICTION How Phillip Island’s little penguins beat the property developers and won an eighty year war.

PenGuIn LAnD

by Gregor Buchanan How Phillip Island’s little penguins beat the property developers and won an eighty year war.

In the late 1920s almost 1,000 housing lots were created on the Summerland Peninsula. Gregor spent many a summer holiday at the Guest House there before his family built a holiday house overlooking the surf beach in 60’s.

Penguins lived under the house – and in burrows throughout the area. Today all the houses, Guest House, Motel, and shops have been removed. Going behind the scenes, this book reveals how it happened and the intrigue that can arise when development and property rights collide with the environment.

TEEN fICTION

FroM VenICe To IsTAnBuL

by Rick Stein From the mythical heart of Greece to the fruits of the Black Sea coast; from Croatian and Albanian flavours to the spices and aromas of Turkey and beyond the cuisine of the Eastern Mediterranean is a vibrant melting pot brimming with character. This totally delicious book from Rick Stein includes over 100 spectacular recipes discovered during his travels in the region. The ultimate mezze spread of baba ghanoush, pide bread and keftedes. Mouth watering garlic shrimps with soft polenta. Heavenly Dalmatian fresh fig tart. Packed with stunning photography of the food and locations, and filled with Rick’s passion for fresh produce and authentic cooking, this is a stunning collection of inspiring recipes to evoke the magic of the Eastern Mediterranean at home. A fantastic Christmas present or to add to your own collection of special cookbooks.

NON-fICTION JAMes HALLIDAy WIne CoMPAnIon 2016

by James Halliday This book is recognised nationally as the industry benchmark and in previous years has been a popular gift to put under the Christmas tree. James shares his extensive knowledge through tasting notes, each with vintagespecific ratings and information about wineries and winemakers. It contains notes on 3,859 wines, 92 new varieties. 1,317 winery profiles, best wines by variety, fivestar wineries as well as an index showing availability of food, accommodation, music events and cellar-door sales. A must-have guide for anyone visiting a wine region. This year it comes with a bonus gift of a wine stopper (while stocks last).

“Let’s be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.”

sTAy WITH Me

by Maureen McCarthy “There is nothing to say to this because I know he means it. There would be all kinds of ways of disposing of a body on this property. No one knows me anymore ......” Tess is trapped in a desperate situation and knows she’s got to get away - her violent partner now threatening not just Tess, but their daughter as well.

Then suddenly a chance meeting with a stranger offers a way out, and a road trip back to the heart of Tess’s past, and the family she’s left behind. But can she ever trust again? An electrifying story from one of Australia’s the bestselling teen authors.

fICTION THe DusT THAT FALLs FroM DreAMs

by Louis de Bernieres From the author of “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin” comes this highly anticipated new novel. In the brief golden years of King Edward VII’s reign, Rosie McCosh and her three very different sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent, with their neighbours, the Pitt boys on one side and the Pendennis boys on the other. But their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of war that will engulf them on the cusp of adulthood. When the boys end up scattered along the Western Front, Rosie faces the challenges of life for those left behind. Confused by her love for two young men - one an infantry soldier and one a flying ace - she has to navigate her way through extraordinary times. Can she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the Great War?

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A day of inspiration The latest initiative from the Southern Business Women’s Network (SBWN) is transforming the definition of community into something tangible.

On 9th April 2016, SBWN is hosting A Day of Inspiration: Grow, Educate and Connect at the Leongatha Town Hall.

The event is an opportunity for local men and women to learn, be inspired and connect with others in similar businesses, industries and employment.

The chair of the SBWN committee Megan Vuillermin said the idea for the event came from the group’s first strategic plan.

“Our network is about helping women to grow personally and professionally. One of our goals was to host a seminar with keynote speakers where people could network and get ideas and inspiration, and we’re extremely excited to see this coming to fruition.”

There is plenty of inspiration in the impressive line-up of speakers assembled for the event: • Peter Thurin: Businessman, sportsperson and author of ‘Blackbelt in Excellence’ • Susan Barrett: CEO, Sales Philosopher and author of ‘Everybody Lives by Selling Something’ • Sadhana Smiles: CEO of Harcourt’s Victoria (Telstra Business Woman of the Year – Vic 2013) • Chris Helder: Certified practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming specialising in advanced communication and behavioural modelling SBWN is keen to involve local sponsors, so if you are interested in supporting the local business community and this wonderful initiative please contact Gillian Mertens or Julie Blackman on 5678 3388.

In conjunction with local high schools, the Network has also launched a program in support of young women. From each school, a Year 11 girl who demonstrates leadership, initiative

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From Left: Terry Guilford (Secretary), Deanne Staley, Jackie Laurie (Treasurer), Gillian Mertens (Publicity), Megan Vuillermin (President), Shas Patullo (Membership), Libby Thompson, Gill Hardman (Vice President) and Kahren Richardson (Webmaster). Absent: Patricia Hanrahan (Events). and a commitment to helping others in the community will be awarded a sponsorship to assist her through her Year 12 studies.

For ticketing information on A Day of Inspiration, more details on the young women’s sponsorship opportunity, or to find out about the Southern Business Women’s Network, please visit www.sbwn.com.au or email admin@sbwn.com.au

fitness tips

Choose health and be happy!

Treat your body like it’s somebody you love.

Control your weight

Eat a balanced diet

The choices we make every day have an effect on our body. Alcohol, smoking, overeating, sitting at a desk all day … the list is endless. There are, however, many things we can do that are great for our body, and will ultimately make us healthier and happier, and allow us to live longer (all things going to plan!).

To manage your weight you need to calculate the calories you put into your body and the calories you burn. The National Heart Foundation recommends a waist measurement of less than 94cm for men and 80cm for women regardless of your height or build. Fat stored around your internal organs has the greatest negative impact on your overall health.

There are so many diets available, but you need to get advice on the best plan for you. Your goals will help guide this, but remember your body needs a balance of proteins, fats and carbohydrates – and fresh is best. The less processed food you eat, the better.

Exercise regularly

Drink in moderation

Exercise is vital in improving your health.

The benefits are hard to ignore – not only does it help control your weight, improve your mood and sleep patterns, and raise your energy levels, but it also reduces the likelihood of illness and disease. As a general rule, aim for around 30 minutes of moderate to intense exercise per day. It takes about six weeks to create a habit, so start today and don’t give up until you feel you can’t live without it.

For both men and women, drinking less than two standard drinks per day reduces the lifetime risk of harm from alcohol-related disease. Along with health issues such as kidney and liver disease, the calorieconsumption involved is also a risk factor.

Most of us would be surprised to learn that, calorie-wise, a glass of wine is comparable to a Mars Bar.

Your body is nearly 70% water, and functions best when you are hydrated. Dehydration is one of the leading causes of daytime fatigue, and water works as a lubricant to keep your joints moving properly. Even your eyeballs operate better when you are hydrated.

Find your Fit

Drink lots of water

So, to sum up – eat (healthy), drink (in moderation) and be merry! Most of all, get some exercise – it will change your life!

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where am I?

“The most truly beautiful time of the day for me is the dawn. Tranquil and peaceful.

It’s the calm before the storm that makes up our day.

Enjoyed by bakers, tradespeople, joggers, photographers . . . everyone who needs to makes an early start is rewarded with nature’s power.”

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Coast photographer Warren Reed captured this stunning landscape on our coast.

Do you think you know where it might be?

Why not drop us a line on Twitter or Facebook and tag your suggestions #coastwhereami There’s a yearly subscription of Coast magazine to win. @ourcoastmag CoastMagazineAustralia Don’t forget, limited edition images such as this can be viewed and purchased at warrenreedphotography.com.au The Autumn 15 edition – Where Am I – featured a photo taken of the rocks at the tip of Cape Woolamai.

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