The Local Issue 112 December 4, 2017

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The Local - The Heart of the Highlands

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December 4, 2017 Issue 112 Short Fuze

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The Local - The Heart of the Highlands

The Local is a fortnightly community publication covering the Central Highlands. The next edition is out on Monday, December 18, 2017.

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HE Local is a free publication distributed throughout the Central Highlands of Victoria. The first "monthly" edition was published in September 2013 and immediately became fortnightly thanks to the demand of our readers and advertisers.

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We love writing about local people doing inspiring things and even local people doing ordinary things. And as some people, mostly politicians, have found out, if you are not local you will not appear in the pages of The Local.

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Natasha Morgan, left, and Sue Waters make a start on Daylesford's Vincent Street.

Christmas elves come out to play, again

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Meanwhile, Natasha Morgan from Oak and Monkey Puzzle, got in contact with Sue and asked if she could do with a hand.

Natasha then designed a template using gum branches with gold spray and decorations to go on every second verandah pole up and down Vincent Street. The For the past three years the Daylesford Ninja Elves have been decorating the decorating starts this Monday, December 4 from 2pm until 7.30pm. town's main street, with community donations, some Hepburn Shire Council Meanwhile, Trentham elves are also gearing up for a festive display. funding, and out of their own pockets.

Elf coordinator Sandy McKinley, who runs An Acre of Roses, and has a floral The elves are headed by volunteers Sue Waters and Rae Pfeiffer and the effort background, said after seeing the Facebook conversation, there was a feeling of "if started when Sue drove into town three years ago.

Daylesford can do it, why can't we?".

"It was around Christmas and I saw the council banners but I didn’t think they "We've got about 10 vollies, men and women, and are doing something with looked Christmassy," Sue said. eucalyptus, hessian and a touch of silver. Stylish and festive."

And so the Ninja Elves were formed and started turning up in the dead of night, Sandy said the elves would be putting together the decorations at the rear of the with plenty of tinsel and good will to all.

However, this year Sue and Rae, who were spending up to $500 each of their own Trentham Collective this Thursday with decorations going up along Market and High streets on Friday. money, decided it was starting to become too expensive to fund.

"It's all about a community collaboration and official foraging. A village “Last year we got a grant from council for $500 but it didn’t go far, so this year I thought I just can’t afford it and posted that I was sorry, but I was out, on Facebook," collaboration that will bring people together for Christmas. We have a lot of things happening here, the Food Hub, Christmas Cheer, the Carols, the Farmers' Market Sue said. it's a real groundswell of the community doing something positive, and putting aside, And that's when the magic started. Resident Suzanne Casio Williams saw Sue's issues and challenges, for Christmas.

Facebook post and set up a GoFundMe page which raised just short of $3000.

"With a bit of Trentham style."

“I was gobsmacked," Sue said. "I had no idea the GoFundMe account was made until about an hour after it kicked off."

USINESSES and the community have raised just under $3000 in less than 24 hours to ensure Daylesford's Vincent Street has plenty of Christmas joy.

Words & image: Kyle Barnes

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Skulls, plants, art: coming together for Bettina

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S A child, Bettina Ralph grew up in Montreal spending many cold winter hours drawing, playing and making “stuff with bits and bobs”.

After 28 years in Australia, celebrating the anniversary this week, Bettina's “stuff” is now her art and she also runs accommodation services and an events company, Special Touch. She spoke to Donna Kelly.

Donna: When did you get into art?

Bettina: I have enjoyed art and plants all my life, however to actually make it and sell is coming up to three years next winter.

Donna: What’s your medium?

Bettina: I use plants in everything I make - be it a jar, diorama or large glass vessel.

Tillandsia (airplants) are sometimes featured as well as miniature indoor plants. Most people of my age group would remember terrariums being all the rage in the 70s.

Personally I love them as they can bring a little bit of nature into your home, no matter how big or tiny.

Donna: How did you get into skulls – do people find them freaky or interesting?

Bettina: Most people are quite fascinated with the skull pieces, some a bit “really, they are real!”. The same goes with plants…after they’ve picked a leaf off.

Donna: Where do you find skulls – as long as the answer won’t see you in jail…

Bettina: I have foraged in paddocks; farmers and friends have gifted them. It’s quite easy here in the country where we have livestock (or not live). The demise of a living being has gifted me with a part of itself to create something cool with.

Donna: What do you hope your art says to people?

Bettina: Appreciate that anyone can do art, with anything you may find or source.

You are only limited by your imagination and a glue gun.

Donna: Where can we see your work?

Bettina: I have been fortunate to have the opportunity to have support and show pieces at several galleries, cafes and shops in Daylesford, Bendigo and Melbourne at the RAW Artists Showcase. My terrariums are also at Bowen & Kenneth in Daylesford and Trentham's Chaplin’s at The Muse. They are also coming soon to Tonks in Castlemaine.

Link: www.rawartists.org

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Of billycarts, Tuscaloosa and Pedretti power

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ALK to Jeff Pedretti for a while and the conversations get around to his relatives, the Tinetti family. And there are the Rosettis at Yandoit, to say nothing of the Gervasoni family.

Besides embracing the district’s pioneers, Jeff’s world is also a way of looking at change in Daylesford and Hepburn, the rise and fall of sporting and other community facilities, of what can unite society and how things may crash.

Not that he’s one to dwell on the negative side of events, not when there’s a story to be told about the applebox billycart, made by his brother-in-law Neville Bones. Powered by a motor-mower engine, it had young Jeff careening down the main street of Hepburn brakeless, avoiding a head-on by crashing into what is now the Blue Bean Love Café.

According to Jeff, Neville’s such a handyman that he mostly paid for his $3000 house by rebuilding a Model A Ford, making some of the parts.

And if, as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, Jeff has plenty of pictures, such as an old photo of a magnificent bridge now lost to flood.

It was the Cobb and Co bridge between Clunes and Maryborough, used to cart milk from Smeaton.

Jeff poses in the 2009 shot below huge tree trunks propping up the curved bridge the year before it went.

Nearby is a family shot of the Pedrettis, taken in 1995, showing 26 of them. Now there are 40.

For the record, Jeff is the second youngest. He had five brothers and a sister. Billy, 72, once delivered freshly baked bread to Yandoit by Holden HR van every Thursday, and has long held the cleaning contract at Daylesford Secondary College. Carol, 70, is retired and has lived for 40 years in her Fourth St home adjacent to the old family home, now Jeff’s. Peter was killed in a car accident at Trentham when 15, while Allan, known as “Tom”, 62, is a backhoe driver for the Shire. Then there’s 60-year-old Steve, with his Hepburn panel-beating business. Like the oldest, the youngest, Neil, 50, is also a cleaner.

Jeff, who’s 54, had a couple of decades with what is now Home Hardware, joining at 15 before the end of the school year. He’s also been in the supermarket game, but his passion is fitness. He’s a personal trainer and runs classes.

His interest in sports gear (“If I look good, I train good”) took him down a wonderful path. As a 23-year-old, he phoned a business in the US State of Alabama wanting to buy some clothing. His accent intrigued the woman at the other end. He was equally fascinated with hers and they began corresponding.

Jeff decided to visit this woman, Sharon, in Tuscaloosa. Jeff’s mate, plumber Lindsay (Popeye) Olver decided to go as well. It turned out to be a case of unrequited love, but while there they saw a flyer for a black-tie ball and at Jeff’s insistence bought bow ties, which they wore with t-shirts, footy shorts and thongs.

They greeted a large cop on duty with their best Paul Hogan-style, “G’day mate.”

He said, “I kinda figured you’d do something like this”. The cop fought with Aussies in Vietnam, remembering them cracking stubbies as bullets flew. Unlikely as that seems, the diggers’ attitude was, “Let the stupid bastards shoot: once they’re out of bullets we’ll attack”.

The upshot was the cop plonked the two mates at the bar saying it was on him.

Jeff spent $1.

Arriving home in the early hours, they soon found a stretch limo waiting. Jeff forgot he’d agreed to go on a top FM radio station.

The three-hour interview included a call to Popeye’s dad, who was easing his thirst at the Old Hepburn Hotel and who delighted the Alabama audience with a story of a kangaroo going over the top of his car in the main street.

From the US Jeff made it to the Italian region which his farming ancestors left in the 1800s. There, Pedretti Street led to more Pedrettis, villages of them. “I didn’t want to leave.”

Back home he helped run a community gym in what is now the Convent Gallery, a training centre at the secondary college, built men’s and women’s basketball from scratch to 14 teams, before they folded and played footy for Hepburn until his knee went and he moved to umpiring.

And the other pictures? A Collingwood premiership side, star player Alan Didak, autographed guernseys of club after club, plus a venerable Richmond blazer.

Then there was the story of how he met the Mafia…for another time.

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Trentham author sharing a story from within

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HEN EJ Dawson writes a story, she already knows she has an audience.

As a self-published author, EJ is doing what she always knew she wanted to do; she had written stories constantly as a child, and grew up with that special inner script that only writers possess.

“I feel like there’s a story within me that people want to hear,” EJ explains.

She started her self-publishing journey in 2015, and is now well into her sci-fi fantasy series – but it wasn’t quite as simple as just suddenly deciding to self-publish a book.

“I realised I need to write, it’s something I always wanted to do, but I never ever felt I had the right story to do,” she said.

It was an online prompt, a one-liner story idea, that first gave her the inspiration for her sci-fi fantasy series.

“It was an airship chase across the desert, and I started writing the story and it was wonderful, it was set in a world like our world, but an alternative reality.

“It was the story I wanted to publish.”

With three books in the series now available online, EJ has much bigger plans in the works – and that is one of the reasons that she chose self-publishing over the alternative of pitching to publishing houses.

“The series is 10 books and 11 novellas. My first instinct was, there is no publisher who is going to look twice at my manuscript - they don’t like a big series unless you’re an established author. If you say ‘I’ve got 10 books and 11 novellas', they’ll usher you quite quickly to the door.”

And so her self-publishing journey has been a well thought-out one, with EJ having employed a professional editor, and a professional to design the book covers.

Still, even with social media advertising and the word-of-mouth spread that creates popularity among the self-published, it is hard to make a living as an author.

“A lot of self-published authors have to work full-time, and it’s not uncommon for them to earn less than $10,000 a year.”

EJ too works full-time – but she uses her daily commute to outline text in her mind, before typing it out when she’s home.

Home being Trentham, where she has joined the Woodend Writers Group and also linked in with fellow local author Dee White, who helped launch EJ’s most recent book.

Now, not only does EJ know she has an audience, but she is having the impact that fiction writers strive for.

“I know that somebody’s going to read my story one day, and it’s going to mean something to them, and it’s going to be important. I’ve always known that I was going to be a story teller.”

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A path of healing destiny for Jaqi Mudge

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AQI Mudge is a Shamanic healer – and she agrees it is not “a normal career”. In fact, she railed against it for many years doing all the things society still mostly expects of women, going to university, getting married, having children.

But throughout Jaqi suffered from anxiety and depression at key points in her life, including shocking post-natal depression. That lead to a full breakdown and she could only watch as she lost everything, her marriage, her job, her car, her mental health.

“I was penniless and heart-broken, my life was turned upside down and I felt I had been stripped of everything. I now know that was all to humble me so I would rise from the ashes. And it was when all my visions just expanded out into an awakening experience. But I just thought ‘I can’t tell anyone because I think I am mad here’. Animals were talking to me, native American chiefs were coming and doing ceremonies with me, Aboriginal people were coming to talk to me.

“But I was starting to crack this normal 3D realm breaking through to the other side, I didn’t know what it was at the time, it was terrifying but basically they worked with me for a very long time and they did healing after healing. Then my aunty called me and asked me to attend my cousin’s women’s circle and I did and I felt like I was home.”

Jaqi said she was also asked repeatedly to return to her former lives as a medicine woman, but every time she pushed it away, the anxiety and depression returned.

Once she accepted her calling life only got better. “I try to live from my heart, not my conscious life, and once I became more balanced with one foot here and one in multi-dimensionality, then life really started to pick up and I felt good again.”

Jaqi also realised she would need formal training so as well as 10 years with her cousin, Melbourne medium Kirrily Frost, she also went on to train with The Four Winds Society in America and is a certified practitioner of Dolores Cannon’s Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique.

“People call me an energy medicine practitioner and a spirit medium. I also work shamanically and do quantum healing hypnosis technique. I work with energy, spirit…the spirit of consciousness that unites everyone and connects everyone’s higher self. When working with anyone my intention is to bring my awareness into my heart chakra and sit in a state of presence where all my intuitive abilities are enhanced. I am able to use all my ‘clairs’, clairvoyance, clairaudience, claircognizance – clear seeing, clear hearing, clear knowing, clear everything, and let the information come in, in any way it wants to come in. In that way I can do readings with people who want to connect with loved ones who have passed, also loved ones still with us, it’s all energy and doesn’t matter if it’s in the body or not, that way healing can be achieved.”

Jaqi’s clients come from a broad spectrum of those who are burdened by grief, to those who want their house cleansed of spirits who are yet to move to the other side, or the light, or those who want to find the basis of an illness or something that is stopping them going forward, which she sometimes finds in past or future lives through multi-dimensions. "We think of time as linear whereas in my work you step into timelessness. Time is more circular which enables me in a quantum hypnosis to move back in time to other lifetimes or forward into the future. It’s been a really interesting aspect which I love working with. Primarily what I do is about bringing everything back into balance.”

Jaqi has also done a number of local house cleansings where, once the owners have left because they “tend to panic rather than be curious”, she sits and asks who is present, and if they would like to come and chat for a while.

“Sometimes a grandma comes in, sometimes a child, they come because they know I can help with the healing. It is hard for them to find someone who can see them, hear them, feel them - feeling is my strongest sense.

"They come and talk to me, they want to tell me their story, why they are unhappy, why they are hanging around.”

In one recent cleansing Jaqi talked to two men who had been “a little naughty, we would call them criminals” and they were scared to move on in case they were going to burn in hell, something taught to them in their Catholic upbringing. Jaqi held a ceremony, helped cleanse them and watched as they took off toward the light to be greeted by family.

In another case, a woman and her children, who she had buried on land that later was built on, were “sung” to the light, one by one. “Each one had a different song they wanted me to sing. One by one I sang that song for each of them. I asked them why do you want me to sing the song and I heard some higher guide say they wanted to travel home on the vibration. I just did my best go at it and felt each one’s heart get lighter and lighter and lighter and it got brighter and brighter until I got no sense of them. I saw a river and saw them on the other side of the river and they were all waving and I had chills, I get a lot of chills, and they were full of smiles and they just felt really really happy.”

Jaqi, who is based at Lyonville, also offers free services for those on health care cards every Tuesday.

Link: www.healwithjaqi.com

Note – A few days after our interview, Jaqi did a house cleansing at our home, the former school at Glenlyon, built in 1862. I am a non-believer, in religion and spirits, but must admit a few strange things have happened occasionally over our 13 years there. Being positive that someone was walking down the path but no-one was at the door, spoons missing, the feeling I had just missed seeing someone in the mirror by the kitchen, a rush of wind going past, in a closed house. Jaqi sent us her recording from the day. But that’s a story for another time…

Words: Donna Kelly | Image: Kyle Barnes

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Just sayin’...

Pick me, pick me...

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OW don't get me wrong, I mostly like the BOM. That's the Bureau of Meteorology. And how you say it on a plane. Because you can't say BOM on a plane.

Anyway, I quite like it. The BOM keeps Kyle amused for hours. Which is sometimes a good thing. You see, Kyle doesn't read so he doesn't see it as a real activity.

Which means if he's bored and sees me reading, he says "What do you want to do?" and I say "I'm doing it" and he says "But what do you really want to do?" and I put my book down...

So if Kyle is busy looking at the BOM he is not bored. It turns out that I have married a weather geek. Kyle loves looking at the weather and seeing where it is coming from and where it is going to. I just look outside and wonder if I need jacket or perhaps an umbrella.

But I don't like the BOM now. And it's all just really over a storm in a tea cup.

That's the weekend we just had.

Now on Thursday, we watched the television and listened to the BOM people.

And they said the weekend was something like Armageddon and we would be lucky to survive. And the bloke from the BOM's severe weather desk was asked how bad it would be, from one to 10. He stared down the cameras and said "10!" and then added words like "unprecedented". It was full on and while you never look forward to disaster we were at the ready, with cameras poised, to catch the action. Which never came.

Yes, there was a bit of rain, which is good for the garden, but the only "dramatic" footage I saw, so dubbed by the TV station, was on Sunday when a young bloke was filmed being "rescued" from his car down Melbourne way. But seriously, he pretty much stepped out of his car, into barely ankle deep water, and made his way to dry land where he was "checked" by paramedics. Mostly for embarrassment I would have thought.

And while it is great the weekend mostly passed without drama I can't help but feel sorry for all the cancellations that happened throughout the state. In Daylesford, we lost the Highland Gathering, in Trentham the Christmas Carols were delayed. And as a tourist destination so many pubs and restaurants and cafes opened their doors to... no-one. No-one wanted to travel because they had been told the roads would be flooded and who wants to travel in pouring rain and hail and lightning and thunder.

But some did alright out of it. Apparently the shopping centres were full, because if you can't travel, you can still shop. And some stores had good sales of sandbags.

Anyway, for some reason you can't criticise the BOM. Apparently they do their best and if anything had gone really wrong, I wouldn't be writing this column. But I wonder if that severe weather desk man wishes he had come up with a "six". Just sayin...

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SPCA Victoria has officially handed over the keys to its Castlemaine Animal Care Centre to Mount Alexander Animal Welfare.

RSPCA Head of Operations Tegan McPherson said RSPCA Victoria looked forward to further exploring ways of collaborating with MAAW. “RSPCA Victoria wishes the Mount Alexander Animal Welfare group all the best. We will continue to share our expertise with them and look at ways of collaborating to provide the best animal welfare outcomes for the Castlemaine community.”

RSPCA Victoria ceased operation of the Castlemaine Animal Care Centre on Thursday, November 30.

On that date, any animals currently in care were transferred to another RSPCA Animal Care Centre for re-homing. Animals still in quarantine remained in MAAW’s care.

“RSPCA Victoria has signed a three-year lease with MAAW, with the option to purchase the Castlemaine property at the end of the lease,” Ms McPherson said.

Some former RSPCA Victoria staff and volunteers will also take up new positions with MAAW and share their knowledge and experience.

(With the handover of the shelter, there is no pet in this edition of The Local. Pick me, pick me... will continue from the December 18 edition. Adoption, always the first option. - Donna )

Mount Alexander Animal Welfare is at 24 Langslow Street, Castlemaine.

Phone 5472 5277.

(Pick me, pick me is run in memory of Rosie and Curly. We picked them.)

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In a combined effort, The Local and Daylesford Mowing & Firewood has some free firewood for someone in need for next winter.

Markets will be held on Friday, December 8 and Friday, December 15 from 5pm-8pm

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From recorder to flute to baton, a musical career

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Donna: When did you get involved with the Daylesford & District Brass Band?

Jenny: I joined the band in 2005 to play bass drum (flutes not allowed). My conducting skills were needed when Ray Harris, our then bandmaster, became ill.

When Ray passed away, I conducted at his funeral. In the banding tradition many of your fellow banding friends will turn up for your funeral with their instrument.

I conducted 70 players that day. Ray asked me to take over the Daylesford band for him. It’s been a great privilege - another huge learning curve.

ENNY Jordan’s great-grandfather was a picture show man and all her grandparents were musicians, piano teachers, church organists, violinists and good singers. Jenny, pictured above holding flowers, grew up in Melbourne where her dad worked for the Tramways Board and her mum was on home duties. She was a keen recorder player in primary school and learnt flute at MLC, playing in the school orchestra. Jenny says her music career is based on life-long learning, lots of short courses and an attitude of “watch and learn”. The Daylesford & District Brass Band conductor told her story to Donna Kelly.

Donna: When did you get involved in music?

Jenny: I started teaching a primary school music program in north-east Victoria and taught a few local flute students. Moving to Melbourne, a single mum with two kids, I was incredibly lucky landing a job teaching woodwind at five Melbourne schools. Steep learning curve. I taught clarinet, flute, oboe and saxophone. Watch and stay one lesson ahead indeed. At Moorabbin High School that year, someone stuck a baton in my hand and said, “You can take the band!” So, I’ve been conducting for 34 years. Moving back to the north-east, I taught for 18 years at secondary schools and conducted school bands. I became the “regional instrumental coordinator, organising professional development training for other teachers (bonus…and me, too). I organised lots of band tours, concerts and music camps and eventually realised it was more than a job. I have a passion for music education and love seeing students discover the joy of playing and listening to all kinds of music. After “retiring” to Daylesford, I went back to work for six years at Daylesford Secondary College teaching woodwind and had fun building up the concert band. In my final year we did a music tour to Canberra and played at Parliament House. Funny story, having worded up all the students about going through security to get in, it was me who got hauled aside. They wouldn’t let me take my conducting baton into the House.

Donna: Is it hard keeping everyone in line?

Jenny: Yes, quite challenging when your husband is in the band. Do I need to say more? And sometimes there are a few other conductors in the band…

Donna: Do you need new band members? Do they need to know how to play?

Jenny: We always warmly welcome new players! Sometimes an ex-player or muso from another band is in town and they just drop in for a blow. The band provides players with instruments and organises training. We are keen to enter in the National Band Championships at Easter next year, because they will be in Melbourne, and we have a great band. We specially need more cornet players, trombone and baritone.

Any brass players would be hugely welcomed.

Donna: Finally, where can we hear the band next – I hear you are busy over Christmas…

Jenny: Yes, very busy, it’s my favourite time of year. Let’s see, carolling on the bus in Hepburn and Daylesford on December 11 and 18, carolling at the street markets in Daylesford on Friday nights. And best of all, our Carols by Candlelight on Friday, December 23 in the Hepburn Sound Shell at dusk. Bring a picnic, rug, and song sheets and candles will be for sale. It’s magical. You just can’t beat a brass band.

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RSL open again

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Daylesford RSL committee member Gary McIntosh said various administrative shortcomings going back years had now been rectified by the hard-working committee. New updated accounting software has also been installed.

“It has really been a mammoth team effort. While we have been able to continue our extensive welfare work throughout the closure, members and visitors alike are once again looking forward to the inclusive community spirit and camaraderie offered to all at the premises.”

Meanwhile, Gary said his horse, Buddy had been at the RSL and at Anzac Day and Remembrance Day commemorations, particularly with this year, October 31, being the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba, the last charge of the Lighthorse Brigade in WWI. Daylesford RSL is also the first sponsor of the newly established 'Path of the Horse - John Monash Equine Therapy Centre' at Trentham which is doing great work helping veterans and others suffering with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and other problems.

EPA Illegal Waste Disposal Strikeforce’s Chris Webb said that was where hikers, campers and anyone going bush for fishing or a barbeque can help, by reporting what they find.

“The faster EPA hears about an illegally dumped load of waste, the faster we can do something about tracking down the culprit, prosecuting them and having the mess cleaned up,” Mr Webb said.

“The problem is serious, there are fly-by-night skip bin hire firms that specialise in dodging the cost of proper recycling and disposal by abandoning tonnes of waste wherever and whenever they can.

“That illegal dumping contaminates the environment and is unfair competition for the honest local businesses who pay the fees for proper disposal and recycling.”

The dump sites often include construction and demolition waste, hazardous materials such as asbestos and household rubbish. A large percentage of those materials should have been recycled, instead of winding up in a local creek or park.

Local councils across the state spend around $30 million every year cleaning up abandoned waste, and two thirds of EPA’s prosecutions every year are for illegal waste dumping.

Anyone who sees waste dumped in the bush or abandoned on private land can report it to the EPA by calling 1300 EPA VIC (1300 372 842) or go to www. epa.vic.gov.au

PRING and early summer are the peak times for illegal dumping, according to the Environment Protection Authority Victoria, To catch up with a glider, koala, owl or wallaby over The move comes after a four-month closure with the and the Victorian bush is often the target for skip summer, join a guided night tour of Hanging Rock with green light to re-open coming from RSL Victorian State bin loads of rubbish. an experienced park ranger from December through to March.

The walks are suitable for all ages and are a rare opportunity to experience Hanging Rock and its native inhabitants after dark, so book early as spaces are limited.

Guided night walks start at 7pm, on Fridays, December 8, January 12, February 16 and March 16.

The cost is $56.50 per family (two adults and two children), $23 per adult and $11.50 per child. Bookings are essential.

For more information or to book your space, contact 5421 1468.

To keep up-to-date with what else is happening at Hanging Rock during summer, visit mrsc.vic.gov.au/ hanging-rock or like the Macedon Ranges Naturally Cool Facebook page.

AYLESFORD RSL Sub-Branch has re-opened its bar, general trading and facilities.

Challenge yourself with our crossword! Look for the answers in the pages of The Local. Last issue's solution is on page 42.

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Woodchop at Lumeah Quilt donation for CAFS

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HE Daylesford Lumeah Lodge annual woodchop will be held in honour of Korweinguboora woodchopper Tom Howard, who passed away earlier this year, on Saturday, December 9 from 10am.

Residents from the Trentham and Creswick aged care facilities will come together at the Lodge to watch woodchoppers including a Santa woodchopper and champion woodchopper John Coffey.

Harold Suckling, who is a driving force behind the event, said there would also be three young acts from Beaufort Axemen’s Club with the youngest just 12 and the oldest 16.

Everyone is welcome on the day and volunteers would be appreciated. To volunteer call Marguerite from the Daylesford Hospital on 5321 6517.

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CAFS is a major provider of foster care and out-of-home care to 100 children every night, and the Quilters have been donating their handmade gifts of love for CAFS children for more 20 years. The quilts are made with love and are cherished by the children.

More than just a bedcover, these quilts have provided comfort when home life is unsteady, and years later, many children still have their quilts and look to them when things may not be going right.

CAFS Placement & Support program manager Melissa Riddiford said the beautiful quilts mean more to a child than people may know.

“We hear so many stories. There was a 10-year-old girl who came into care with absolutely nothing. She was given a beautiful quilt and still has it now over 15 years later, at age 25. She said that she treasures it, and wants to pass it down to her children, as a reminder of when she received it and how it made her feel."

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Kyle’s Rant

Preparing for fire season

O, IT feels like it’s been a couple of weeks of fresh starts, kind of a feeling about the place that is not normal for this time of year.

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Usually this time of year I feel like I am dragging myself along, hoping to slide through the end of year goal posts with a beer in one hand and a large ham on the bone in the other.

However, the end of this year has some fresh starts to it, kind of a cleansing of the spirit, well certainly around my place.

Firstly, there was the visit from the spider man – no, not the one in the tights, the one who comes and puts down poison everywhere to kill off the ants and spiders that make it between the cracks in the 156-year-old school building we call home.

Now I know there are naysayers out there who say the poison could shorten my life but I argue that there is nothing like a high-speed huntsman running up your leg to cause a bit of a spike in the blood pressure which also can lead to an early grave.

Anyway, I will take my chances with the bug powder.

The second cleansing was the poo tank getting emptied and cleaned. Now I know that isn’t a big deal to you people in the towns with your fancy sewerage plants. And 'once the seat is down you never give it a second thought' attitude. But for us in the sticks you don't want to ever get caught with a full tank around the holiday season. In fact, any time. We once had a wedding celebration coming up when we realised the tank was overflowing onto the grass. I started ringing around and asked Donna how much she wanted to pay. "Whatever it takes," was the rather loud reply.

Anyway, moving on to the third act of cleansing, it was during our interview with Jaqi Mudge (check out page 7) that I got thinking about a couple of residents of the spirit world that had been knocking around our place, possibly because it is such an old building.

Now she who must be obeyed, that's Donna, is a non-believer. However, she lets me get on with my thoughts of the spirit world and things that go bump in the night.

And I think it comes down to a lot about your upbringing. I was bought up in the Jehovah’s Witness religion which had a very stern view on demons and ghosts.

I remember one time running to tell my mother there was a ghost under my bed and she calmly replied “That’s because your room is probably haunted, so go back to bed and pray”. Yes, my childhood was my nightmare and a psychologist’s dream.

So enter Jaqi. She sat in our house and did whatever it is she does and when we came back home all signs including the movement you see from the corner of your eye and the weird feeling you get like someone else is in the room, had all disappeared.

Donna has listened to the recording and told me the outcome, remaining the sceptic that she is, but quietly buoyed that maybe this life is not the end...

For me there is a restored sense of balance and after 13 years of residing in the house, a sense of ownership.

Cleansing rant over…

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HE Fire Danger Period for the Macedon Ranges Shire has begun and residents who haven’t started to prepare their properties for summer are urged to make it a priority and ensure they are fire-ready.

During the Fire Danger Period fires cannot be lit in the open air without a written permit from CFA or council’s fire prevention officer.

CFA District 02 operations manager Bill Johnstone said that most forecasts indicated an above-average fire season.

“It is important to prepare your property to minimise any chance of fire taking hold or spreading. It’s also just as important to undertake mitigation work, including slashing, grading and general property clean-up before the fire danger ratings increase,” he said.

Council is also busily preparing for the fire season with roadside slashing works and fire prevention inspections well underway.

Council is almost half way through its roadside slashing program - which targets high traffic roads near grasslands and township boundaries, and focuses on preventing fires from starting on roadsides.

Fires start on roadsides due to hot vehicle exhausts, mechanical failures and collisions. Council slashes high-use roadsides to reduce the chances of these incidents resulting in a fire.

Almost 400 fire prevention notices have been issued since October, with inspections continuing in the east and then the south of the shire.

To access council’s free green waste service, proof of residence such as an original rates notice or driver’s licence must be presented at the time of disposal.

Leaf litter, lawn clippings and prunings are accepted. Loads must not contain weeds, wire and other rubbish.

To find out more about what you can and can’t do during the declared Fire Danger Period, visit cfa.vic.gov.au/can For more information about preparing your property and council’s transfer stations' hours and locations, visit mrsc.vic.gov.au/fireready or contact council on 5422 0333.

Meanwhile, a community event to discuss bushfire risk and fuel management in areas across the Hepburn Shire will be held on Sunday, December 10 at Hepburn Fire Station from 11am to 1pm.

Forest Fire Management Victoria Midlands District manager, Jasmine Filmer said: “We are keen to talk to local residents to gain better understanding of community perceptions of bushfire risk and approaches to management in the DaylesfordHepburn Springs area”.

“There will also be opportunity to discuss summer fire predictions and preparedness with Forest Fire Management Victoria, CFA and Hepburn Shire Council as part of this event.

“People are invited to drop in to this combined agency community meeting and barbecue to discuss the bushfire risks in the local landscape, emergency responses and community safety with experienced fire managers.

“Bushfires are a part of life in Victoria. Forest Fire Management Victoria, CFA and Hepburn Shire Council are committed to working safer together with local communities in decision making about bushfire management.

“This means understanding the priorities of each community and working with them to determine local solutions to reduce bushfire risk."

Geelong Businessman, Mark Ward has ownership of the Mill Markets group and brings years of expertise to this amazing concept. The Mill Markets operate three massive venues located in Ballarat, Daylesford and Geelong. With a total of over 12,000 square metres of undercover floor space, (3 acres), treasure hunters have the opportunity to spend many hours browsing and meandering through the eclectic mix of products. There is a fantastic variety of home decor, furniture, records, vintage and new clothing, books, fine china, glassware, industrial items, jewellery, antiques as well as Australian pottery, homewares, memorabilia, retro fashions and collectables. We also have many stalls selling new products and have gift vouchers for those people who have everything!

All goods are from the 1850’s right through to present day. Mill Markets lease space to hundreds of dealers, which allows small business operators and collectors who otherwise could not afford the overheads of their own shops, to showcase their goods. This equates to a wide and diverse range of products, available and open to the public, seven days a week. Enjoy a wonderful trip down memory lane through hundreds and thousands of items available for purchase at all three locations. With over 500 stall holders over three venues, there is always something for everyone. Travel The Amazing Mill Markets ‘Golden Triangle’ and enjoy quality food and coffee at each. All venues open 7 days 10.00am-6.00pm (excluding Christmas Day).

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Opportunities for life with Windarring

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We are a person-centred, community-based organisation committed to eliminating barriers to participation, inclusion and acceptance for people with disabilities in their local community.

Windarring partners with individuals and their networks to develop support plans which include a choice of activities, community participation, connection and inclusion. With Windarring you can learn life skills, gain independence, get involved in your community, train for a job and improve your health and wellbeing.

Support services are focused on achieving individual outcomes, consistent with Disability Industry Standards. Windarring is a registered and operating National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provider.

We aim to ensure that all people with disabilities, their families and carers have freedom to choose individually tailored services that open up opportunities for participation, inclusion and acceptance within their local community.

Our services include: • Individual one-on-one support; • Group programs; • Recreation, living skills, information technology, art and performing arts; • Respite services; • Accommodation support; • Employment support, vocational training and pathways; • Supported employment in our National Disability Enterprises; • Supported holidays; and • Complex communication skills For more information about Windarring services please contact Ms Di Nancarrow – Deputy Director on (03) 5422 7001, email intake@windarring.org.au or visit our website.

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Strong team behind rainbow-tick accreditation

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S WITH all great projects, there’s been a strong team behind the new extension, and the upcoming rainbow-tick accreditation at Hepburn House.

The rainbow tick is expected to be officially given in February, and pre-planning has already begun on the building of the 46-bed extension.

And the community, along with residents and staff, has been with the project every step of the way.

“Consultation and community engagement is a fundamental part of this process,” explained Hepburn House spokesperson Dianne Jones.

“The Ageing with Pride Committee was established in early 2017, and committee members include staff and members of the wider community. They have met and actively supported the process to ensure that Hepburn House is able to provide an environment where older members of the LGBTI community will feel safe and free from any fears of discrimination they may have suffered in the past.”

With strong values, Hepburn House strives to provide an equitable and inclusive environment for all service users, including those from LGBTI communities, their chosen families, as well as Hepburn House employees, volunteers, service providers, and the wider communities.

“At Hepburn House we value diversity of thought and experience and believe that our inclusive and collaborative culture contributes to our success.”

The 46-bed extension is set to include a theatre, a gym, multi-purpose rooms, and large communal spaces as well as small intimate lounge areas - and all bedrooms will have en suites.

It will also include a purpose-built area with 15 beds specifically to care for residents with dementia.

“When you decide to live at Hepburn House, you choose to live in what we feel is a real community, somewhere you can connect, build new friends, maintain old ones, and stay in touch with chosen families, friends and groups.”

Hepburn House is a government-funded aged care facility which offers all levels of care, from respite to permanent.

Hepburn House is located at 1 Hepburn Road, Daylesford. For more information, call 5348 8100 or visit www.hepburnhouse.com.au Advertorial

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Our volunteer workforce provide invaluable support including but not limited to: • Delivering Meals on Wheels • Volunteer Transport Driving Although most do not set out to volunteer for the sake of their health, • Visiting residents and providing activities in our Aged Care facilities the effects of volunteering are associated with less stress, better life adjustment after • Fundraising retirement or illness, fewer feelings of loneliness and depression, better physical health • Supporting young learner drivers through the TAC funded L2P Learner and increased life expectancy.

Driver Mentor Program It is widely known that one of the core benefits of volunteering is the impact it • Gardening has on the community and its people.

Volunteers are often the glue that holds a community together, enriching the lives If you are interested in becoming of the people that live in that community. a volunteer at Hepburn Health Hepburn Health is fortunate to have the support of over 230 volunteers helping Service and would like more out in a wide range of areas within the health service and out in the community. information on getting involved, The volunteer opportunities are as diverse as the volunteers themselves. please contact Janine Fleming, International Volunteer Day is celebrated on December 5 each year and once Volunteer Services Manager on again we would like to thank all of our wonderful volunteers at Hepburn Health 5321 6556 or janinef@hhs.vic.gov.au for bringing their skills, commitment and passion to supporting people in our community.

IVING to others through volunteering has proven to increase happiness leading to longer and healthier lives.

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Roses the hero of the day at Garden Show

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RENTHAM’S “Cottage Garden Flower Show” was held on Saturday, November 25 with the rose the hero of the day.

“The rose was definitely the hero of the day judging by the numbers entered and the overall best exhibit which was won by Annabelle Bishop with a magnificent Container of Mixed Roses,” said one of the organisers Anne Walker.

“After a spirited opening by our parish priest, Reverend Melissa Clark, an enthusiastic band of visitors discussed the attributes of the winning blooms and admired the creativity of the entries.

“We were all amazed by the Christmas table centre-piece entry that featured Baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph in a garden.

“The People’s Choice award, which was instigated by Jim Sinatra, caused much serious focus and was sponsored by The Local. This was a popular win for Norma Proctor with her entry of a Collection of Cut Flowers featuring multi-coloured acquilegeas. Norma turned 90 a few weeks ago and was ‘tickled pink’.

“And doesn’t it warm your heart to see the youngsters coming in bearing their precious entries?”

Raffle prize winners were: 1st prize - a planter pot filled with multi crop products donated by Multi-crop and won by Ian Hansford; 2nd prize - a parlour palm donated

by Robyn Langford and won by Kath Morrison; and 3rd prize - two bags of premium potting mix donated by Kyneton Gardening Supplies and won by Rosalie White.

Clockwise, from above left, the committee with Coliban Ward Cr Sebastian Klein, where experience is the name of the game, the overall winner - "a Container of Mixed Roses, Ajay Ryrie with his 1st prize winning arrangement in an egg cup - in the shape of a duck, Anne Walker and Reverend Melissa Clark.

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Recipes for Christmas and entertaining Oven roasted turkey with sage, citrus and currant stuffing I like to wrap the whole turkey in buttered fine cotton muslin, or a length of knitted cotton stockinette, before cooking. This is a product used in the motor industry and is found in rolls at most hardware shops. A square metre of cotton muslin is also ideal. If using new fabric, first wash in hot soapy water and rinse well. Soak the dry fabric in 250g (or more as needed) of melted butter before wrapping the turkey.

Turkey, cranberry and prosciutto sausage rolls

Crisp cookies – good for cookie cutters

This biscuit is crisp and delicious. Make it with 1 tablespoon olive oil cookie-cutters in mind – it does not distort during 1 onion finely chopped baking.

2 cloves garlic, chopped 2 tablespoon finely chopped sage 240g butter 500g turkey meat – mince, or chopped cooked meat 2/3rd cup caster sugar ¼ cup cranberry sauce 1 egg 2 eggs, well beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard ½ teaspoon salt Salt and pepper 2 ½ cups plain flour, sifted Turkey stuffing: 4 sheets frozen puff pastry 200g chopped bacon with rind, 1 chopped brown 16 slices prosciutto Cream together butter and sugar until light and onion, ½ cup raisins or currants, ½ cup chopped pecans, One egg mixed with ¼ cup water – egg wash creamy.

Beat in the egg, add the vanilla, salt and the ¼ cup chopped fresh sage or one tablespoon of dried Poppy or sesame seeds for garnish (optional) flour, beating until all are well blended. sage, 3 cups fresh breadcrumbs, 2 tsp orange zest, 1 beaten egg.

Oven to 200C. Wrap dough in cling-film and chill for 3-4 hours Melt butter, stir in onion, add bacon and cook before using. Overnight is good. Preheat your oven to through. Add currants, pecans, sage, breadcrumbs and Heat oil in a medium frying pan, add the onion orange zest and mix well. Set aside to cool. and garlic (plus turkey mince if using) and cook for 4-6 180C. Roll out dough to around 6mm thick and use a cookie cutter to make shapes.

Pre-heat oven to 180C. Wipe out turkey, stuff minutes or until soft and meat is half-cooked. Place loosely, tie up turkey or secure with metal skewers. Place the onion mixture in a large bowl and cool. Add sage, Place shapes on a baking tray lined with baking a whole small orange in the neck cavity, if you wish, or cooked turkey, cranberry sauce, mustard, eggs and salt parchment and place on centre shelf of oven. some stuffing. Pull buttered stockinette over the turkey, and pepper and mix well. Set aside. and tie ends closed with string, or wrap with muslin and Bake until pale golden, around 8-10 minutes. secure with string. Place the turkey breast side upwards Cut pastry sheets in half, line with prosciutto. Fill in a large baking dish, positioned in the centre of the with turkey mix, roll up pastry and seal with brushed-on Cool on wire racks. Dust biscuits with pure icing oven. Cook for 45minutes per kilo of turkey weight. egg wash. Cut to size. Brush pastry surface with egg wash Cover with foil when removed from oven, and rest for 30 and sprinkle on seeds to wet surface. Make small cuts in sugar as needed, or sandwich pairs together with icing, or decorate with royal icing as you wish. minutes before carving. Note: I have cooked a very large the top of rolls with a sharp knife. Place on trays lined turkey in this way, but cooked it overnight at 100C. with baking parchment in middle of oven and cook until This dough allows for quite large shapes to be cut This is only advisary – and as ovens are notoriously golden brown. from it. unique I suggest you be certain that temperatures in your oven are accurate. Cooking time in this case was around 12 hours and resting time was 30 minutes.

Gravy:

The juices from the cooked turkey pan should be collected and used as the base for your gravy.

Recipes for Christmas and entertaining Cranberry and pomegranate champagne cocktails

Warm Christmas punch and mulled wine

Sorbets using fresh fruit

This has to be easiest way I've found to make sorbets These recipes serve eight – increase ingredients as you – ideal as a frozen treat, or as a palate cleanser during a wish. long dinner. Please experiment for yourselves – I've only use berries, kiwifruit and melons of differing varieties. I Punch: suggest you also try pineapples, mangoes, paw-paws and Squeeze the juice of two oranges into a heavy frozen and strained lemon and orange juices, and very saucepan. Cut another orange into eight segments ripe skinned tomatoes for a savoury sorbet. Quantities and press a whole clove into the peel of each section. can't be given – you will soon see what is produced from Place the cranberries, pomegranate juice, water and Add these to the juice in the pan. Add a cup of sugar the fruit you use. sugar in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring until the and stir. Add four tablespoons of water and continue sugar has dissolved. Increase the heat to high and bring stirring to dissolve sugar. Add the peel of a lemon, and Cut de-seeded and peeled melons into chunks. to boiling point, and cook for 15 minutes or so until a teaspoon each of cinnamon and nutmeg. Simmer for cranberries have broken down. a few minutes then turn off heat and allow to cool until Kiwifruit is only peeled, but I de-seed tomatoes. needed.

Place these chunks into a freezer bag, knot securely, Using a hand-held blender, blend until smooth.

When required, add 1/3rd cup each of brandy and then freeze.

Strain though a sieve and allow to cool completely. rum, and a bottle of non-alcoholic cider and heat, but do not allow it to boil. Simmer for a few minutes, then When frozen, place slightly thawed chunks into your Pour ¼ cup of the syrup into each champagne flute, turn off heat. Serve, placing a clove-studded orange peel food processor and blend into a smoothish granita – top with champagne and drop in pomegranate seeds. in each glass. then place into a lidded container and re-freeze.

If this is too sour for your taste, add some sugar cubes to each glass prior to serving. This is a lovely I have not as yet needed to add sugar to the final mix punch for Christmas Eve – it has the reputation for – the fruit has been sweet enough – but you may if you helping greatly with parcel wrapping and is blamed for wish to.

You will certainly need it if you are using lemon loud, enthusiastic and off-key carol singing! juice. Add this during the final processing, to taste.

Mulled Wine: An interesting flavour was added by including a Place strips of the peel of 2 oranges, 1 lemon and 1 few torn basil leaves to a kiwifruit sorbet – perfect for a lime into a large saucepan with 250g caster sugar. Add palate cleanser prior to a meal of roast beef. the squeezed juice of the oranges. Heat over moderate heat until simmering and sugar is dissolved. Add 1 To serve, scoop sorbet by pulling a warmed spoon cinnamon stick, 4 fresh bay leaves, ½ teaspoon nutmeg across the sorbet's surface, digging a little as you do, and and ½ teaspoon vanilla. Add one bottle of red wine and place the sorbet in a glass. Pile up sorbet and add fruit simmer again until mixture starts to thicken. Boil for and/herbs as you wish. about 5 minutes. Set aside to ‘mull’, add 3 star anise pods, then when ready to serve, strain and heat through, then add another one or two bottles of red wine. This is All recipes courtesy of, and copyright to, Tonia Todman. www.toniatodman.com served warm.

1 cup frozen cranberries ¼ cup pomegranate juice ¾ cup water ½ cup caster sugar Chilled champagne to serve Pomegranate seeds to serve

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Christmas carols and events

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Due to last weekend's predicted crazy weather, Trentham Carols in the Park has been postponed to Friday, December 15.

Carols in the Garden at Woodend Carols in the Garden will be held at St Mary's Anglican Church in Woodend (15 Buckland Street) on December 22 from 6.30pm. There will be a sausage sizzle and Black Cat Coffee van in attendance.

Carols in the Sound Shell at Hepburn Springs Carols by Candlelight will be held at the Hepburn Springs Don't miss Santa at the Leonards Hill Market on Saturday, December 16 from 10am to noon. With Sound Shell on Friday, December 22 from 7pm.

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Daylesford Brass Band The Daylesford Brass Band will be kept busy during the silly season. They will be holding carols around Hepburn and Daylesford on Monday, December 11 and Monday, December 18 starting at 6.30pm, Carols by Candlelight at the Hepburn Springs Sound Shell on Friday, December 22, from 7pm, and carols in Vincent St/Carols at The Daylesford & Trentham hospitals on Saturday, December 23. The band also plays in the New Year's Eve Parade on Sunday, December 31 and at the Glenlyon Sports Day on Monday, January 1.

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HE Marigolds are holding two free concerts with mainly early music at the Daylesford Library on Friday, December 15 at 4pm and at the Convent Gallery chapel on Sunday, December 17 at 2pm.

The Marigolds' founders include Gudrun Markowsky and Jenny Corr who were among five women who came together to sing in 2005 - and added Paul Kennedy for the bass line.

Other members are Annie Pyers and Jude Walton.

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HE Artisan Market and Stockroom Sale is being held at Mingus Gallery, 76 Main Road, Hepburn, on the three weekends before Christmas.

Exciting and eclectic items will be for sale including paintings, cards, ceramics, jewellery, sculpture, preserves, tiny terrariums - and some big ones too.

There will be upcycled and recycled objets d'art and the newly formed Spa Artists' Co-operative will be featured in the gallery with large and small art works available for Christmas giving.

All proceeds from sales will go directly to artisans and artists with the gallery charging zero commission. This is an excellent opportunity for younger people to have a go at exhibiting their wares in a supportive and community focused environment.

The Artisan Market and Stockroom Sale will be held on December 9 and 10, 16 and 17, and 23 and 24 from 10am to 3pm.

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HE annual Trentham Little Gallery Small Affordable Works Christmas Exhibition was opened on Friday with a record field of almost 50 artists.

Little Gallery co-founder Rose Wilson said the show was created by the artists’ co-operative in 2014 to offer the region’s legion of talented emerging and mid-career artists a chance to exhibit alongside the many local established names.

She said not charging the artists a commission on their sales helped local artists as the traditional gallery business model based on heavy commissions on sales made it difficult for artists to price their works at levels accessible to the public.

“We get visitors saying that affordable, original art can be the perfect Christmas gift for that person who says they otherwise have everything they need,” she said.

“And we also get canny investors looking for small prices by big names, or looking for a chance to snap up works by new names destined to become the next big things in the art world”.

The show runs until December 31.

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Short Fuze: Old punk mixed with rock

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UNK band Short Fuze are already turning heads and winning competitions. They chatted with Kyle Barnes – who also took their first professional photos. That's them on the front page!

Kyle: Who are you?

Jade: Our names are Jade, Lachlan, Tom and Eric. We’re all in year 8 at Daylesford Secondary College.

Kyle: What do you all play?

Jade: I am the singer, Eric plays bass, Lachlan is the guitarist and Tom is our drummer.

Kyle: Why the name Short Fuze – temper issues?

Jade: We thought it was kinda unique, none of us had heard anything like it, well, at least not locally.

Kyle: When did you get together?

Jade: The boys had been in a couple of bands throughout high school but didn’t have a stable singer so Lachlan invited me to sing in the band and now we’re here. We’re all really passionate about music.

Kyle: What do you play?

Jade: Old punk with a mix of various rock.

Kyle: Where do you practice?

Jade: We practice every Wednesday after school at my grandparents' shed built specially for music.

Kyle: Where have you played so far and where can we hear you soon?

Jade: We played at the Spa Bar (Daylesford) and at the Hepburn Radio open mic comp where we ended up winning first place. At the moment we’re in the midst of writing an EP but that will be finished very shortly. We’ll update you on when our next gig is on our Facebook page called Short Fuze.

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Kyle: Where do you hope your music takes you in the future?

Jade: We’d love to travel on the road around Australia and inspire other young bands.

Kyle: Finally, when you are not playing, what/who do you listen to yourselves?

Jade: We all share in common our interests for Weezer, The Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, The Ramones, The Beatles and The Easybeats.

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Kombucha attracting increasing fan base

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OMBUCHA is the latest offering from the Daylesford & Hepburn Mineral Springs Co.

Brewed in Daylesford, Daylesford Organic Kombucha is embedded with living cultures which can to improve digestion and enhance immune defences. It also has a low sugar content.

“While very much an ‘on–trend’ drink, it’s the ancient, natural fermentation process and resultant wellbeing benefits that have attracted an ever-increasing fan base,” coowner Brylie Rankin said.

“With tea as its foundation ingredient, Kombucha is formed through the fermentation of bacteria and yeast, commonly known as a ‘SCOBY’ - a ‘Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria and Yeast’. The SCOBY provides a protective layer and drives the ferment to deliver the drink’s signature fizz and bitter-sweet tang.

“The Daylesford Organic Kombucha range has four different flavours, each certified organic, vegan, gluten free, and naturally lower in sugar. The flavours include Apple, Lemon, Ginger, Lemongrass & Mango and Raspberry Lemonade."

Brylie said after she and Mitch Watson arrived in Daylesford in 2006, they were shocked at the proliferation of imported mineral water, in a region that possessed the highest number of mineral springs in the country.

“So, with little more than a $5000 credit card and a drive to create change, we began bottling our first local mineral waters in the spring of 2006, delivering just 300 cases to the local shops.

“Since then, key initiatives have seen the business become a blueprint for a sustainable small business. Carbon emissions of the entire car fleet are offset through Greenfleet, with contributions so far helping to plant nearly 1400 native trees.

“Our innovative eco-keg design uses the existing reticulation systems seen in many restaurants and bars to enable DHMSCo water to be offered by the glass or refillable bottle - the unit is returned for recycling, closing the loop. The business is continually reviewing business practices and encouraging other businesses to think outside the box, for the greater good of future generations to come.”

The business won the Premier’s Sustainability Awards in 2015 and the Australian Organic Award for Excellence in 2016.

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BULLARTO 120 BARHAMS ROAD

ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME ON 21 ACRES WITH PANORAMIC VIEWS This stunning property at the pinnacle of Dolphins Hill showcases panoramic views over the Central Highlands, and is located just 10 minutes from Daylesford. This architect-designed and energy efficient residence features flexible open plan indooroutdoor living all year round. A separate apartment with its own entry would suit additional family quarters or income-producing accommodation. A versatile property in a spectacular location.

௭ 4 º2 Ê 2 FOR SALE $1,150,000 CONTACT Rae Corris 0408 358 772 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

DENVER LOT 2/130 SPRINGHILL ROAD

20 HECTARES (APPROX 50 ACRES) FARMING & BUSHLAND ADJOINING WOMBAT STATE FOREST Approx half bushland with cleared farming zoned land at Denver, with easy access to Woodend, Trentham, Daylesford and Kyneton. This attractive undulating allotment will suit those seeking lifestyle/farming opportunities (subject to Council approval) and adjoins Wombat State Forest where there are many bushwalking and horseriding trails.

Adjacent Lot 1 (20 hectares /approx 50 acres) is also available for sale. Cleared land.

DENVER LOT 1/130 SPRINGHILL ROAD

20 HECTARES (APPROX 50 ACRES) ADJOINING WOMBAT STATE FOREST A large parcel of cleared farming zoned land at Denver, with excellent access to Woodend, Trentham, Daylesford and Kyneton. This undulating corner allotment adjoins Wombat State Forest where there are many bushwalking and horseriding trails.

Adjacent Lot 2 (20 hectares /approx 50 acres) is also available for sale. Approx half cleared, half bushland.

DRUMMOND 291 PUDDING BAG ROAD FOR SALE $380,000 + GST if applicable CONTACT Rae Corris 0408 358 772 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

SOLID FAMILY HOME WITH VIEWS ALONG THE VALLEY This 12-year-old home is set high on the block overlooking a large dam and positioned to take in the long views along the valley. With generous portion sizes all around and ample storage this practical design features a central hallway that links the bathroom with 4 bedrooms, all with BIR and an ensuite in master. The large living room offers good levels of natural light, a fan forced wood heater, split system heating/cooling, and dining area with separate kitchen and walk in pantry.

FOR SALE $380,000 + GST if applicable CONTACT Rae Corris 0408 358 772 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

௭ 4 º2 Ê 2 FOR SALE $585,000 CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

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DAYLESFORD 7 LITTLE STREET

HEPBURN SPRINGS 3461 203A MAIN ROAD PRIVATE BLOCK WITH EXTRAORDINARY VIEWS Build your dream home on this vacant lot with fabulous views along the Breakneck Gorge and Elevated Plains, just a short stroll to the iconic Hepburn Hotel and a short drive to Hepburn Village or Central Daylesford. With all services available including an existing brick garage and carport.

• Large 1560 sq mtr block • Mature trees, established gardens, orchard, rock walls & paved pathways • Separate private driveway

FOR SALE PRICE $220,000 CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 Michael DeVincentis 0417 142 152 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

INVESTMENT OR FIRST HOME OPPORTUNITY This neat and tidy home offers bright and light spaces with 3 bedrooms, central bathroom, second toilet, full laundry, kitchen/dining with gas cooking and dishwasher and lounge with an open fireplace. The fully fenced backyard is a blank canvas for those who love gardening or low maintenance yard for permanent rental. Currently being used as a weekender, this property would be suitable for a first home owner, weekender, holiday accommodation or investment property.

௭ 3 º1 FOR SALE PRICE $365,000 CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 Michael DeVincentis 0417 142 152 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

DAYLESFORD 28 LEGGATT STREET ELEVATED LOCATION - LAKE DAYLESFORD Building sites of this calibre rarely come to market. 28 Leggatt Street is 748m2 and one of four available blocks with a wonderful, elevated building position and current planning permit. Lake access at the rear along the council reserve. Views to Lake Daylesford, Wombat Hill Botanical Gardens and the Town Centre.

• 748m2 block with current council planning permit • General Residential Zone- schedule 1 (GRZ1) with all services connected at front of block - power, water, natural gas, sewerage & NBN internet.

• Access via a private roadway.

• 2 other blocks available: 30 Leggatt St 841m2 and 30a Leggatt St 821m2 FOR SALE PRICE $380,000 CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 Michael DeVincentis 0417 142 152 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

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Kitchen dreams

By Rebecca Ciaramidaro | www.choice.com.au

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HETHER it's an industrial, rustic, modern, or contemporary look that you're going for, there'll be a bench top to suit. While we often consider what's going to look good, there are other important factors such as budget and ease-of-cleaning that shouldn't be overlooked.

We've put 16 bench top materials to the test in our labs, assessing their ability to resist heat damage, staining, impact, cutting and abrasion.

In our test we included: Bamboo and butcher block; Polished concrete; Sealed granite; Laminate; Marble; Porcelain; Solid surfacing; Tile; and Ultra compact.

Bamboo and butcher block - Bamboo or butcher block can give your kitchen a great rustic feel. Bamboo is eco-friendly and also a less expensive option. They can be sealed with oil or with polyurethane. If you choose to have an oiled finish, keep in mind that you'll need to regularly re-apply the oil to prevent drying out and cracking. Spills should be attended to straight away with a damp cloth (for oiled surface) and warm soapy water or spray and wipe type products for polyurethane surfaces. Harsher abrasive cleaners will damage and strip the surface of its gloss.

How they fared - Both types perform similarly in our tests; however, polyurethane was more resistant to staining. The oiled finishes were affected by the bleach, which left behind a white mark. On the other hand, the oiled finishes performed a little better in our impact test in comparison to the polyurethane finish.

They're prone to scratching, and if you place hot saucepans on the surface you'll end up with some nice scorched rings that you'll need to deal with. You can repair any damage made to the bench top by sanding back the surface and refinishing with oil or polyurethane. The downside is that even if the damage is in one spot, for the finish to look consistent you'll probably need to sand back and reseal the whole bench top.

Polished concrete - If you're going for an industrial look, you'll achieve it with a polished concrete bench top, but this option can be pricey. Many factors, like cement, aggregate and sand, will influence the final colour of your concrete bench top, ensuring you'll end up with a unique product. Raw concrete is porous so will need to be sealed/polished to avoid staining and damaging the surface.

How it fared - Take care not to drop or knock concrete – especially the corners and edges, which are prone to chipping. During our impact test the edge chipped off.

Following our abrasion test, obvious scratch marks were left behind with the polish being removed, so take care and avoid using scourers to clean the surface. Our heat test left some bubbling of the surface coating. Whenever the surface is damaged, a repolish is recommended. Leaving the surface damaged can potentially allow for spills to seep through, which can potentially damage the surface permanently.

Sealed granite - If you want your kitchen to have all the bells and whistles and your budget allows it, a natural stone-like granite is a great option for your bench top. It's extremely durable and will be a life-long feature in your home.

How it fared - Granite performed excellently in all tests except for the abrasion test where it scored very well. Scratch marks were only visible under light. It's a porous material so it'll need to be sealed to give it stain resistance and you'll need to continue to reseal it regularly.

Laminate - If you're on a tight budget a laminate bench top is worth considering.

Laminate (layers of paper over a chipboard, ply or MDF board) has been around for a long time and has come a long way. Now you can get a laminate bench top to suit any style you're after – woodgrains, marble and granite looks are all achievable with laminate. You can even create a waterfall finish with seamless joins. Laminex and Formica are the leading brands when it comes to laminate.

How it fared - In our abrasion test scratch marks were obvious on the laminate and our cutting resistance test left faint knife marks. Our impact test saw both Formica and Laminex dent with a slight crack in the surface. Heat damage can also be an issue with laminate products – the Formica left a burn mark, but interestingly there was no obvious damage in the Laminex bench top. Both tops removed all stains with a cleaner. Keep in mind that once the surface is damaged, continual exposure to liquid spills and water can cause the board underneath to swell.

Next edition check out how Marble; Porcelain; Solid surfacing; Tile; and Ultra compact fared.

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Keeping cool in summer Take care of your air conditioner While the most cost-effective way to feel cooler as the mercury rises is to turn on the ceiling fan, air conditioners can provide better performance and work more efficiently if you carry out a couple of maintenance tasks such as cleaning the filter and ensuring the outside motor is well shaded.

Ventilation The best way to cool your home is to give the hot air an opportunity to escape.

Ventilation in the ceiling and vents in rooms with heat generating appliances such as the kitchen can help particularly in the evening.

Cool paint options While darker colours may be in vogue at different times for home design, lighter colours lead to a cooler home – it's as simple as that. If you live in regions where the issue is mostly how to keep your home cool rather than keeping it warm, consider lighter tones for your home.

Keep your ceiling fans on The breeze created through the use of ceiling fans can go a long way to making everyone in the home feel cooler, even though the temperature of the room may not be reduced. Ceiling fans cost a few cents a day to run and the latest DC fans cost even less and are almost silent on the lower settings.

Turn on the dishwasher just before you go to bed Kitchen appliances can be a big heat generator, so if you hold off on turning on the dishwasher till you turn in, you won't be adding to the room temperature.

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Nicely positioned close to picturesque Daylesford Lake precinct, this interesting property is an easy relaxing stroll down to the main street. Set on a large leafy allotment with excellent aspects, it’s eminently liveable or ready to rent out as it is, yet offers the opportunity to “do your own thing” with the deceptively large floorplan. Other features include high ceilings, gas heating to living, large kitchen/meals with gas stove plus large rear and front yards.

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Locals’ $10 pizza

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Wombat Hill, looking west.

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CHRISTMAS PARTY Dance music Dress in your best Christmas outfit if you like $500 CASH PRIZE FOR DIAMOND REWARD MEMBERS Drawn 7.45pm Swipe your member card for entry between: 4pm - 5pm 5pm - 6pm 6-pm - 7.30pm

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Gig Guide The Spa Bar, Daylesford Live Piano Improv – Wednesday, December 6, 7pm-10pm Edgeley & Williams – Thursday, December 7, 7pm-10pm.

DJ Beats with DJ Francis Comber – Friday, December 8, 9pm-11pm Black & Blue – Saturday, December 9, 7.30pm-10.30pm Live Piano Improv - Wednesday, December 13, 7pm-10pm Norm Gray Jazz Trio – Thursday, December 14, 7pm-10pm.

DJ Beats with DJ Zolly Gold – Friday, December 15, 9pm-11pm Ten Story Tale – Saturday, December 16, 7.30pm-10.30pm Live Piano Improv – Wednesday, December 20, 7pm-10pm The Hollands! – Thursday, December 21, 7pm-10pm.

DJ Beats with DJ Clay Ravin – Friday, December 22, 9pm-11pm Gillian & Terry – Saturday, December 23, 7.30pm-10.30pm Live Piano Improv – Wednesday, December 27, 7pm-10pm DJ Beats – Friday, December 29, 9pm-11pm The Zero Point – Saturday, December 30, 7.30pm-10.30pm The Family Farm Band – Sunday, December 31, 8pm-11pm, 11pm - DJ Beats

Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn Croaky Karaoke – Friday, December 8 40 Thieves – Saturday, December 9, 8.30pm Spicks & Spectacles Interactive Music Show – Sunday, December 10, 5pm Croaky Karaoke – Friday, December 15 Gruesome Twosome – Saturday, December 16, 8.30pm Arian Lane – Sunday, December 17, 5pm Croaky Karaoke – Friday, December 22 Matty Chaps – Saturday, December 23, 8.30pm Cam Kettle – Sunday, December 24, 5pm Croaky Karaoke – Friday, December 29 Gilly & Terry – Saturday, December 30, 8.30pm

RACV Goldfields Resort, Creswick Mark Kuntsi – Friday, December 8 Vincent Emanuel - Friday, December 15 Don Fisher - Friday, December 22 Mark Kuntsi - Friday, December 29

The Criterion Hotel, Castlemaine J Krushh – Saturday, December 9 E11EVEN – Saturday, December 16 DJ Dion Brownfield – Sunday, December 24 Jackknife – Sunday, December 31

Blue Bean Love Cafe, Hepburn Springs Scott Fraser – Friday, December 29 Catherine Traicos – Saturday, December 30 Ellerby – Sunday, December 31

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Meal deals for locals...and visitors too!

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VERYONE loves a good meal deal. So here are the dining establishments offering great food and great prices!

Monday:

Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford - Monday Meatball Madness - $20 (Vegetarian too) Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn - Frugal Foodies - $20 Grande Hotel, Hepburn Springs - Locals' Night - 2-courses $35, 3-courses - $45

Tuesday:

Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford - Burger Night with chips - $20 Five Flags Hotel, Campbells Creek - parma night - $16

Wednesday:

Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford – Pot (or glass of house wine) and Parma - $20 Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn - Frugal Foodies - $20 The Spa Bar, Daylesford - $10 pizza

Thursday:

Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford – Steak Night - $20 Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn - Schnitzel Night - 5pm-7pm- $15 The Spa Bar, Daylesford - $10 pizza The Plough, Trentham - Locals' All Day Dining - 2 courses $27/3 courses $32

Saturday:

The Surly Goat - lunch special - two courses and a glass of wine - $40 Tastings at Bellinzona, Hepburn - free wine tasting of up to six choices of regional wines when you order a pizza, platter or purchase a bottle of wine.

Sunday:

The Surly Goat - lunch special - two courses and a glass of wine - $40 Grange Bellinzona, Hepburn - two courses and a glass of wine - $45 Old Hepburn Hotel - Sunday roast - two choices of meat with all the trimmings $15 from noon until sold out.

Every day

Casa El Ray, Daylesford - burrito with fries $17, spud with soft drink $17 and three tacos with soft drink $20

Happy Hours:

Criterion Hotel, Castlemaine has Nibbles 'n' Bubbles Happy Hour with wine, sparkling and beer specials with free dips and nibbles, 5pm-6.30pm

Raffles:

Fundraising raffles for local organisations are held on Friday evenings at The Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn and The Farmers Arms Hotel, Daylesford.

Friday:

The Surly Goat, Hepburn - lunch special - two courses and a glass of wine - $40 Grange Bellinzona, Hepburn - two courses and a glass of wine - $45 Tastings at Bellinzona, Hepburn - free wine tasting of up to six choices of regional wines when you order a pizza, platter or purchase a bottle of wine.

Criterion Hotel, Castlemaine - Express Jalapeno Poppers $12, Fried Chicken Wings $12, Refried Bean Rolls $12, Fried Baby Calamari Tostada $16, 12-2.30pm

18 wines by the glass.

14 beers & cider on tap.

That’s a real pub.

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The RACV Goldfields Resort is looking for two motivated and creative Chefs de Partie (one specialising in pastry), to join our growing kitchen team on a full-time basis.

The key to your success will be your ability to work in a fast-paced environment, and multi-task whilst ensuring the effective operations of the kitchen and delivering a consistently high standard food experience for our members and guests! Flexibility is essential with availability required across a 7-day roster.

To apply go to www.racv.com.au/careers.

Food and Beverage Supervisor - Creswick RACV Goldfields Resort has an exciting opportunity for a part time Food and Beverage Supervisor to join our team.

To be successful in this role, you will be experienced and passionate about quality food and drinks and leading teams who deliver great customer experiences. Flexibility is essential, with availability required across a 7 day roster.

To apply go to www.racv.com.au/careers.

New Year’s Eve Dinner Swing into the New Year at our exclusive 3-course New Year’s Eve dinner and live music by Sweet Biscuits. Children welcome.

Date: 31 December 2017 Time: 7.30pm to 12.30am Dress: Smart casual $145 pp, includes 3-course dinner with canapes and a 5-hour beverage package*

To book call 03 5345 9600 or email dining_goldfields@racv.com.au *Beverage package includes wine, beer, soft drink. Spirits available at bar prices. Dietary requirements must be advised at time of booking.

A special thank you to all our wonderful customers for their support throughout the year, we wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Make yours a Special Local Festive Season with our local free range hams, pork, turkeys and our ‘Green Hills’ premium lamb & Aged beef.

We also have a gourmet range of cheeses and house crafted small goods.

Call 5348 2094 or call in and place your order now and have a really happy Festive Season

Seniors Card Holders 10% Off OPEN SUN 24TH DEC 7AM-3PM 37 Vincent Street. Daylesford.Phone 5348 2094 Find us on Facebook Mon - Thurs: 7am - 5.30 pm Friday: 7am - 6pm Saturday: 7am - 1pm

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Enticing menu at The Plough@Trentham

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HE first thing I noticed at The Plough was its degustation menu. Not many hotels offer one and this looked enticing. Five courses for $55 - add another $35 and you can get five matching wines. That's great

The menu includes Roast beetroot and walnut salad with Meredith goat's cheese, Herb infused chicken with braised lentils and pepper sauce, Pan fried garfish with a salmon mousse and creamy chive sauce, Crispy skin duck with raspberry and roasted Jerusalem artichoke and Vanilla creme brulee with mixed berries. And the drinks are just as impressive. But with the weekend's predicted crazy weather alert we didn't have time to sit back and enjoy the slower pace, which manager Mitch said was part of the attraction, but we will be back to partake.

In the kitchen here is Brendan Hutchinson and he is doing some great things keeping both the locals and visitors happy. Apparently Thursday night, locals' night, has pretty much regular bookings with patrons wandering around chatting to each other, while those with holiday houses in the region are loving the city-smart cuisine, still at country prices.

Drinks While we perused the menu I opted for The Plough Chardonnay from Yenda, NSW ($8) and Kyle chose a pot of Boag's Draught from the tap ($6.80). As you would expect from a hotel, the drinks list is extensive with plenty of local drops on offer, along with a nice cocktail list mostly around the $15 mark. While we sipped our drinks, a complimentary amuse-bouche arrived, wafers topped with a slice of chorizo and with a piping of creamy avocado. A very nice touch.

Entrees For our entrees we chose the garfish from the degustation menu ($16) and the Pan fried gnocchi with roast pumpkin, flaked almond and cumin yoghurt ($17). The first was just a beautiful looking dish, the garfish stuffed with a delicate salmon mousse and served with confit cherry tomatoes, slivers of pickled zucchini rounds and that creamy chive sauce. It was a huge punch of flavour - something I would never usually choose but will keep an eye out for. The gnocchi, which also comes as a main, was light with the perfectly roasted pumpkin and flaked toasted almonds the perfect complement.

The yoghurt was a delicate touch underneath, but again a powerhouse of flavour.

Mains I love a good pasta dish so mains for me was easy, the Roast pumpkin and chorizo linguine with chilli, olive and garlic ($31) while Kyle opted for the 36-hour, yes, 36hour, slow-cooked blade steak with mash, peas, mushrooms and red wine sauce ($31).

My dish was perfect. The linguine was al dente with my palate zinging with chilli and garlic and beautifully cooked chorizo and olives. Mitch offered a generous serve of shaved parmesan, which I happily accepted, and I was a happy diner. Meanwhile, as Kyle's massive steak arrived, we both wondered where the steak knife was, but as Mitch explained later, if he is asked for one, something is wrong. Cutting this steak is like slicing through butter, almost falling apart, and one of the best Kyle has sampled.

His description was like an upside down pea floater, with the steak sitting on a bed of mash, mushroom and peas and loads of that red wine sauce. A real winner, especially on a cooler day, or when you want to go home totally satiated.

Dessert We were lucky enough to get something special here, a dessert in the making, soon to be on the menu for $13. The chef's intepretation of a pina colada, with coconut panna cotta, mango granita, saffron roasted pineapple and a tuile biscuit. Just fantastic!

Words: Donna Kelly Oh, something else, The Plough is hosting a Christmas party on Friday, December 22 from 5pm with live music, local food and an outdoor bar. See you there! Images: Kyle Barnes

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Volunteers often the first to provide support

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NTERNATIONAL Volunteer Day is celebrated worldwide on December 5 , in recognition of the positive solidarity of volunteers around the world who answer calls in times of crisis, helping save lives today and supporting those who want to continue living their lives with dignity tomorrow.

Instability is frequent and intense for hundreds of millions of people around the world. In both developing and industrialised countries, political and armed conflicts, poverty, hunger, health crises, natural disasters and now climate change, all contribute to an increasing number of people living in unstable environments.

Throughout history, collective action was needed to answer the urgent call of such tragedies—saving lives today and supporting those who want to continue living their lives with dignity tomorrow.

Volunteers are often the first to offer support in times of natural disasters, economic instability, forced migration or humanitarian emergencies.

Everywhere in the world, volunteers provide assistance to people and whole communities being pushed to the brink.

Volunteers, often members of affected communities, help people to rebuild their lives in the immediate aftershock of a tragic event.

Are you interested in supporting young people in your local community?

The Hepburn L2P Learner Driver Mentor Program is looking for more Volunteer Supervising Drivers/Mentors to assist learner drivers under 21 to log their 120 required hours of logged driving practice.

Full training, vehicle and support is provided.

Current Police Record and Working With Children Checks are required (at no cost to the volunteer).

Please contact Janine Fleming, Volunteer Services Manager if you would like more information about the program.

5321 6556/0457 851 953 janinef@hhs.vic.gov.au

The Hepburn L2P Learner Driver Program is funded by the Transport Accident Commission and supported by VicRoads.

Through their ongoing support, volunteers also help people and communities be better prepared to face uncertainty in the future.

Estimates suggest that there are a billion people in the world who volunteer each year. Those numbers always go up when tragedy strikes. Despite their contributions, the vital role of volunteers is not always sufficiently recognised or acknowledged. This year, we give recognition to the role of volunteers as first responders so that we may demonstrate the value of this stated scope.

The Local says thank you to all the wonderful volunteers in the Central Highlands region this International Volunteers Day on December 5 - and every day!

Without you and what you do, the wheels would fall off!

WayOut donation

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OBAW Community Health’s WayOut program has received a $900 donation from Kyneton business Proper Pilates. The donation will contribute directly towards supporting same-sex attracted and gender diverse young people across the Macedon Ranges.

Proper Pilates is a classical pilates training centre. Every month during the year the Proper Pilates team hosts a fundraising event with a commitment to donate proceeds from four events specifically to local causes.

When it was time for the team to brainstorm the next local cause, the decision was an easy one.

“As local business owners and members of the LGBTIQ community, we want to play a positive role in helping young people in our local area better understand each other, feel safer, free to be who they want to be, and find their place within our region,” said Wade Edwell, Proper Pilates owner.

“In selecting WayOut for our October fundraising event, we could both raise funds for the group, and also draw awareness of our clientele to their great work, and we’re so happy that the result was so positive.

“We’re incredibly grateful to our clients who turned out in such wonderful numbers to support our efforts.

"It is wonderful to see that the community is so supportive of this worthy cause, and really do want to help LGBTIQ young people find a happier place in the world.”

Participants of WayOut’s social group House of Awesome were in attendance at the cheque presentation, as well as a number of Cobaw staff including chief executive officer Margaret McDonald.

“Donations such as these enable us to continue delivering local services to our community. We’re extremely grateful to the Proper Pilates team and all their clients who attended in support of the WayOut program,” Ms McDonald said.

Link: www.cobaw.org.au

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Multi-function climbers

Climbing plants can serve many more purposes than to grow over trellis, cover an unattractive fence, or provide shade over a pergola. Many, like the attractive native ramblers, kennedya rubicunda (running postman) and hardenbergia (native lilac), make wonderful ground cover plants for large areas, or for cover on large sloping banks. The yellow and cream-flowered honeysuckle - lonicera caprifolium, pictured, is going great guns up and around the trunk of a huge eucalypt. Admittedly it needed the support of wire netting for the first metre or so of its growth, but the ensuing young stems soon found their way up the rough textured bark to now reach more than two metres in height and are still going.

Cistus - the rock rose summer survivor

If you have looked despairingly at a hot, barren spot in your garden and wondered what you could grow there to not only survive but thrive in the summer's heat, with little water, yet provide loads of colour when all about them are wilting, you could do no better than one or more of the now many colours of cistus.

Once limited to a deep mauve-pink or white, both with a distinctive purple to black blotch at the base of each petal, these days, many new hybrid forms and species are readily available. Growing from low ground-hugging plants to medium sized shrubs, they thrive in any well-drained spot or large container, needing only an occasional feeding and a good trim when flowering is finished. The variety cistus criticus, pictured, can be kept to about 45cm with a good trim every year after flowering ends.

Hi Glen, I have a question re a home-made garlic oil spray. Made from garlic, oil and soap. Just wondering how often I need to/can use it on the veggie garden, mainly for basil and mustard plants at this stage. - Wendy Hi Wendy, The good news is that natural soaps are relatively harmless to all but the tenderest plants, and unlike oil-based sprays, don't leave any built-up residue to clog up the pores. In fact, the main reason for using it in sprays is as a wetting agent to break up the surface tension of the water allowing the spray to spread and reach into all the nooks and crannies of the foliage. Only toxic systemic chemical sprays have a long-term effect. As most insects have a mini life span it's always a good idea to respray within three or so days to catch any hatchlings before they can reproduce.

Luckily, most natural ingredients have little or no effect on the "good guys" bees and the tiny wasp-like hover flies that just love young aphids. I noticed my own roses were heavily under aphis attack, but left them to my squadron of hover flies to feast on them. - Cheers, Glen Hi Glen, I thought I was clever following your advice about mulching around my shrubs and was delighted to be presented with a trailer load of newly-buzzed chips from a friend's gum tree that had lost some huge limbs in a recent storm. That was until I found out the tree was infested with grubs and other nasties. Should I remove the chips or can they be treated safely with a natural grub eradicator to prevent any harm? - Denise.

Hi Denise, The good news is that among the great range of commercially produced natural garden sprays, there are now several that are specifically suitable for killing grubs etc. Your usual garden outlet or nursery should stock them and can recommend the best for your needs. To ensure that the spray gets down to where they are lurking, the chips should be wet, right down to the soil. Unless you catch the end of some really heavy rain, give the beds a good watering. The moisture in the wood will help spread and absorb the spray to help lengthen its effectiveness. - Glen

Do you have a gardening query? Email glenzgarden@gmail.com

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To market, to market, to buy some Chrissy pressies

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OU can find everything you need at weekend markets, from fresh fruit and veg to handmade jewellery and wares, throughout the Central Highlands and surrounds. Here are just a few.

Daylesford Railway Market – every Sunday Wesley Hill Market - every Saturday Daylesford Farmers’ Market – first Saturday Trentham Neighbourhood Centre Makers’ Market - first Saturday Golden Plains Farmers' Market - first Saturday Castlemaine Artists’ Market – first Sunday Kyneton Farmers’ Market - second Saturday Ballan Farmers' Market - second Saturday Kyneton Rotary Community Market – second Saturday Maldon Market – second Sunday Clunes Farmers’ Market - second Sunday Trentham Farmers’ Market and Makers’ Market - third Saturday Glenlyon Farmers’ Market – third Saturday Leonards Hill Market - third Saturday Creswick Market - third Saturday Talbot Farmers’ Market – third Sunday Woodend Lions Market - third Sunday Trentham Station Sunday Market - fourth Sunday Buninyong Village Market - fourth Sunday Daylesford & Hepburn CWA - Saturday, December 16 & Sunday, December 17 - Daylesford Town Hall

Want to advertise your market? It's free. Just email news@tlnews.com.au

The Trentham Farmers Market has joined with Trentham Makers Market

Third Saturday, 9am - 1pm

Country Market Leonards Hill Hall Saturday, December 16 9am - 2pm SANTA will be present 10am-noon Photos will be taken by Miss H Photography Locally grown produce, Plants, Sausage Sizzle, Jewellery, Devonshire Teas, Preserves, Crafts, Collectables...

STALLS AVAILABLE (No Take Away Food Stalls) Enq/bookings phone 5348 3351

TRENTHAM PETROL & STUFF

1 Market St PH 5424 1611 Mon - Sat 8am - 6pm Sun 9am - 6pm

Petrol, oils, swap & go gas, firewood permits, farm produce / produce store, ice, milk, soft drinks, take-away pies, coffee, confectionery, local honey etc. rusty junk, secondhand books, old wares

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A unique heater manufactured in Daylesford from Australian products Servicing Daylesford and Districts.

Supply Design & Installation Services Domestic & Agricultural Bore, Dam & Tank Pumps Sprinkler & Drip Systems 0427 508 840

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Cleaning and servicing of pools, hot tubs and jacuzzis.

Water chemistry and water balance Commercial properties Domestic applications Reasonable rates All enquiries welcome Noel 0419 554 319 Declan 0438 212 107

Consulting in Administration & Management Book-keeping Administration Payroll Temp service Supplier monthly reconciliation Qualified to manage a small team of office workers Christ Jules Services Julie Hanson 0459 619 701 julphil.hanson@gmail.com www.christjulesservices.com.au

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We stock The Local!

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electrical appliance repair service washer, dryer, fridge, dishwasher, oven, cook top etc.

Available to assist with all general accounting services and preparation/electronic lodgment of Tax Returns and BAS for Individuals, Sole Traders, Partnerships, Trusts and Companies.

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Are you a tradie? Want people to be able to find you? Why not advertise in The Local's Trade Pages? They are really well read and it costs just over $20 per week. And unlike other newspapers, we don't cram your advert into the smallest possible space! And let's face it, you are reading this!

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5000 Club Xmas lunch

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O ALL our 5000 Club friends...

We will be having a special Christmas lunch on Friday, December 15 at noon. All are welcome to attend.

Following the lunch, the 5000 Club will be closed for the holiday season, reopening on Friday, January 19 at noon.

We wish all our friends a joyful Christmas and New Year, and congratulate our wonderful volunteers on another successful year.

- Loretta Little, Organiser, 5000 Club, Daylesford.

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EVIN Gilchrist and Leon Hedwards were happy golfers after winning the Hepburn Springs Golf Club’s Men's Golden Putter with a score of +7. Image: Contributed

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News 43

Rijk Zwaan Australia is an independent, international organisation specialised in the breeding, production and marketing of vegetable seeds.

We employ around 80 people in Australia, with the majority at our Daylesford site. Our parent company is located in The Netherlands, and is amongst the top five vegetable seed companies worldwide.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER/ADVISER (Full time)

Are you ready for a “tree change” to beautiful Daylesford? Would you thrive in a challenging role within an international company where your talents can shape its success? If so, apply for this full-time vacancy for Human Resource Manager at our office in Daylesford, Victoria.

Within this role, you are responsible for Human Resources for the whole company. Mutual respect, a great sense of responsibility and strong involvement of the employees are the main themes of the Rijk Zwaan company culture.

Therefore recruitment, the development of employees and support of managers are the key aspects of this role.

We are seeking a Human Resource Manager with:

• Masters/Honours degree, preferably in the of Human Resources or Psychology • Masters/Honours degree, preferably inarea the area of Human Resources or Psychology • At least 5 years’ relevant experience • at least 5 years’ relevant experience • Experience in recruitment, coaching and and career counselling • experience in recruitment, coaching career counselling Furthermore, you are enterprising; you have empathy, focus on quality and enjoy working with people from a range of backgrounds.

You have excellent social skills and find working within an international company exciting.

Interested?

Please email your application to Helen Spencer: h.spencer@rijkzwaan.com.au or for enquires call 5348 9002 Alternatively, you can apply at rijzwaancareers.com We will consider your application carefully, which may take some time Applications close Friday December 29

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