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Horseman Richard Caig with some of the equine staff of Boomerang Holiday Ranch

40-year anniversary at Boomerang Ranch

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HE Boomerang Holiday Ranch on the western edge of Daylesford has been around for so long it has practically taken on the status of local cultural treasure. Since 1978 when it was carved from a bush block by Jim Gull, it has played host to countless kids and adults looking to experience horse riding on trails through Hepburn Regional Park.

Back in 1985, Jim Gull’s son Rodney invited Theresa Cook and her husband Noel, who passed away in 2016, to go in partnership with them. While they were keen to be involved with a horse-riding ranch, Theresa and Noel thought they may stick at it for three years.

But by 1992 the Cooks had taken over the running completely, expanding the site and adding more accommodation so they could take groups of up to 80 people.

“At the beginning it was set up mainly for city families to come up and enjoy the country life and give their kids a chance to work with horses and learn to ride,” says Theresa.

“But over time larger groups such as schools began to visit. Other things have changed a little bit too, we used to take 30 horses out at a time but that is limited to 15 these days in the Regional Park. We have areas we are permitted to go into and we make sure it is looked after. And we are very lucky to have that beautiful bush out there to ride in.”

Son Brendan now looks after the day-to-day running of the farm and its 65 working horses and ponies. There are also six other staff who come and go depending on how busy things get. And it does get busy - besides weekly school groups, there is Easter which has always been active. Then there are the families who have continued to visit on long weekends for the last 30 years. Or kids who came on camps returning when they have grown up because they remember the good times they had.

And, especially over the last few years, an increase in day visitors just coming to have an hour’s ride before going off to have lunch somewhere. "It’s definitely seven days a week," says Theresa. "It’s a lifestyle, it’s not just a job, it’s a lifestyle."

Late last year the ranch marked its 40th anniversary and the word was put out that they would be having an open house celebration. “People came and went all day,” says Theresa. “We even had one family that was at the original opening of the place back in the 70s.

"The atmosphere was like a big reunion and everyone just came, reminisced, had a laugh and caught up with one another. There was nothing special organised, we just said December 9 is our 40th, come along. If they couldn’t make it on the day, people rang us and said we will come and see you later, so the occasion actually stretched out for several more weeks.”

Now that the celebrations are complete, 2019 holds no big plans, The Boomerang Holiday Ranch will simply continue the way they are going and welcome everybody back. That said, was there any concern about the recent Hepburn fires and did they have to go and move all their stock?

“Everything was fine. We actually picked up a couple of horses that were closer to Hepburn and brought them here. Even though we are in the bush we’ve got a lot of firefighting equipment, so we were not worried. I mean I didn’t even know about it for a while, I had people in for dinner and had finished doing things about 7.30pm.

I came out of the kitchen, looked down the gully and said to my grandson 'I think there’s smoke at Hepburn'. Later everyone was ringing up asking if we were OK. Maybe I’m a bit blasé but I’ve lived here for 40 years and I knew we were safe.”

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Back to school!

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HE Local asked Central Highlands schools to send in photos of their preps - and these very eager students were the result!

Left, St Augustine's Creswick, front row, from left, Chase, Lily, Blake, Echo and Hudson, middle row, Mills, Myles, Evie, Riley and Billy, back row, Emmaline, Evie, Willow, Jack, Celine and Dylan. Absent: Giuliano.

Middle left, Hepburn Primary School, from left, Vivian, Merri, Kai, Ward and Harley. Absent: Raylan and Olivia.

Bottom left, Kyneton Primary School, from left, Liam, Alfred, Leo, Alex, Hazel, Sunday, Nour, Juliana, Hayden, Bronte and Alexis.

Bottom right, from left, front row, Kinga, Audrey and LuLu, second row, Archer, Bobby, Micky, Eden, Eden and Chloe. third row, Smith, Amelia, Gilbert, Leo, Jetsun and Olive, back row, William.

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Coles Woodend now employing 157 staff

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OLES Woodend has created 68 new local jobs and an enhanced shopping experience with its market‐style supermarket which opened last November.

An additional 89 team members transferred from the former Woodend store.

Store manager Ben Ebell said he had been thrilled to bring a state‐of‐the‐art Coles supermarket to regional Victoria and create so many new jobs in Woodend.

“We had a number of young adults starting their first job ever and we were delighted to welcome experienced Coles team members across the store who have been serving locals for decades,” he said.

“The team is passionate about the community and we will continue to support local causes with fundraising initiatives and give back to residents where it matters most.

“With the warmer months upon us , we are donating food and drinks to the local CFA firefighters on total fire ban days throughout summer. We’re also sponsoring the Woodend Hesket Football Netball Club, Rotary Club and Bowling Club, as well as supporting local businesses such as Josh’s Eggs.

“Partnering with local suppliers has always been a focus for Coles, and we proudly stock Josh’s Eggs which are based right here in the Macedon Ranges.’’

The supermarket features an in‐store bakery with delicious artisan style varieties by Laurent and a flatbread machine to make fresh flatbread daily, a continental deli with a large selection of cheeses and an in‐store butcher with a slice on request service.

Customers can also enjoy a self‐serve olive bar and an extensive fresh produce area with fruit and vegetables displayed on ice.

The store also offers a Click&Collect service which will offer a new level of convenience for Coles shoppers. Click&Collect allows customers to shop for their groceries online and pick them up from the store where a Coles team member will deliver groceries directly to their car boot.

“The team is passionate about the community and we will continue to support local causes with fundraising initiatives and give back to residents where it matters most."

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Mary Doumany and her Delta electric harp

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OR most people, the sound and image of the harp ring with associations to angels, celtic ballads, New Age music or symphony orchestras.

For Central Highlands harpist Mary Doumany, the harp is a source of sonic discovery and untapped possibilities. She uses it to perform jazz, experimental music, soundscapes, rock and everything in between.

Born into a musical family, Mary began lessons on the piano at seven. “Love of music brought my parents together. They were both singers, with different musical interests, intersecting at opera,” says Mary. “Dad loved traditional music so the house was often filled with the sounds of flamenco, Greek, Russian and Arabic music.” Her paternal grandfather was an oud player whilst her maternal grandfather played for the silent movies at Sydney’s Princess Theatre during the 1930s.

It all went into the sonic melting pot for the budding musician who finally started harp lessons at the age of 12, going on to graduate from the Queensland Conservatorium and then on to studies in London.

“It seemed the most mysterious thing at the time, this contraption standing nearly 185cm tall, with seven pedals and strings hanging in mid air.”

The harp became her passion, taking her all over the world. She moved to Melbourne from Queensland in 1990 and formed a band with bassist Jeremy Alsop called The Lovers. They got noticed by John Farnham and Ross Fraser and were signed to their label, Gotham BMG. For the next 10 years, Mary’s focus was on writing songs and singing with the harp. Nominated for five Aria awards, their recordings featured luminaries Slava Grigoryan, David Jones, David Hirshfelder and Joe Chindamo.

During this time, she kept her classical gigs going with the Melbourne Symphony and Australian Pops orchestras as well.

“I guess I have an insatiable appetite for exploration. It led me into jazz and experimental music, and it got me singing with the harp as well,” she explains. On tour to Japan with James Hullick’s sonic art group, The Bolte Ensemble in 2014, Mary fell in love twice: once with her current partner, Michael and once with Tokyo and its vibrant music scene. Since 2014, she has been spending time between the Central Highlands and Tokyo - playing, teaching harp, voice and piano and composing.

Teaching is another of her passions, helping others find their unique voices through music.

On Sunday, March 10 from 3pm at the Kyneton Mechanics Institute, Mary will introduce her newest love to the world: the Delta electric harp.

Made of graphite, it operates like an electric guitar and it can be held across the body or put on a stand. “This changes everything,” she says. “I’m only at the very beginning of my exploration into the possibilities of an electric harp - new sounds and increased volume. I’ll be playing rock, world and experimental music at the concert.”

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Railway Farmers' Market open for business

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Raoul said due to the limited size of the area and attachment to their current locations, existing local produce sellers at the market, notably Des O'Toole's honey, Stella's bread, Pero's wines, Tom and Lorraine's produce, Phillip's produce/ It also supports the Daylesford community by providing a weekly, family-friendly condiments and Verna's produce would remain in their current locations.

“So please do tour the market if you are coming for the produce alone (the spice/ tourist attraction and a place for visitors and locals to shop for just about anything pulse stall opposite the station is a must, bring a container for plastic-free pulse including local produce and products. shopping). Yvonne and Jenny will continue to be a source of produce that does not Manager Raoul Benedict said the market had recently introduced a local foodgrow well in our climate, avocadoes, oranges, bananas etc. as well as selling in and out focused section of the market, the Railway Farmers' Market, with the motto, Buy of season produce so you will be able to shop at the market all year round.

Local, Support Local Producers.

“I am also very happy that local ethical meat is now available with Brooklands "I started managing the Daylesford Sunday Market over four years ago and with it having a history spanning over 33 years at the time, it was already a very established and Mt Beckworth Free Range farms giving us all access to meat from farms where the welfare of the animals is a priority. Due to power needs they are outside of the institution. main area just down from Maia's sausage van."

“One of my first observations was that while we live in one of the most fertile Current local producers include Goldfields Farmhouse Cheese, Adsum parts of Australia with an abundance of small enterprises making a living from the Farmhouse, Des O'Toole Honey, Stella's bread, Barfold Olives, Mt Franklin land, or trying to, there was no area of the market focused on these hard working locals. There was very little focused weekly access to the broad variety of local produce Organics, Two Folds Bakery, Tree Top vegan cheeses, Big Harvest Moon cordials, and local producers' products to the community and to visitors to Daylesford and its Brookland Free Range Farm meats, Mt Beckworth Free Range Farm meats, Daylesford Cider, Three Goannas' beverages, David's chocolate truffles, Pero's Wines, surrounds.

Danny's Farm tarts and ice-cream, Blackforest Jams and Berries, Verna's produce, “Over the years I have encouraged the local focus which has increased and the Phillip's produce/condiments, Oh So Good pruffles/granola, Stan's plums and establishment of a farmers' market area was needed. It now has a new home on the preserves, Tom and Lorraine’s produce, Sense Craft teas and Enki Body. railway grounds as a section of the market dedicated to local food producers from If you are a local producer from within 50km of the market who would like to within a 50-kilometre radius of the market. join the Railway Farmers' Market, please contact 0476 527 999 (SMS only number).

"This will provide our small-scale producers with a weekly sale point, provide locals with a place to buy high quality freshly picked local produce and products made from that produce knowing that buying directly from their near neighbour will Words: Contributed | Images: Kyle Barnes keep their money within the community."

HE Daylesford Sunday Market is run by the Daylesford Spa Country Railway, a volunteer-led not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the restoration and preservation of Victoria's railway heritage.

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Daylesford Motorfest

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HE inaugural Daylesford Motorfest, held on February 17 was the biggest event the town has seen, according to organiser Peter Olver.

Mr Olver, who started Cars and Coffee with 20 cars at Lake Daylesford five years ago, said 2000 vehicles had taken part with up to 6000 people wandering Victoria Park for a look.

"I wasn't surprised because it was exactly as I envisioned it five years ago but it was pleasing to see and we had no hiccups at all," he said. "We are getting rave reviews from councillors and state tourism organisations and already working on better public parking and better traffic flow for next year.

"We had cars from Vic Park to the Farmers Arms roundabout, and from Vic Park to Sailors Falls. Accommodation was well up in the region so it was also great for local businesses."

Mr Olver praised Hepburn Shire Council's help in preparing Victoria Park for the event with the grounds left "in an immaculate condition". He also thanked a huge number of volunteers and committee members for their work in making the event come together. "If everyone thought this year was great, just wait until they see what we do next year."

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A bristling block of almost city – jammed with hipster cafes, hair salons, bookshops, galleries, retro furniturers, fine wool and wineshops, smart cars and forever-tarting-up, the T-Rex theatre – Daylesford eases off to country at either end.

Two glistening fountains bracket the strip, one gothic-lit down the post office end, one at full splash near the dead mower shop, viewable from a corner table at the Taj. And always, volcanic-soiled Wombat Hill looms over the Convent's cool balconies.

Follow red valerian kiss-me-quicks leaning through emu-wire front fences, past bluebells and pale jonquils till Swiss-Italian planted cedars join flaky-ribboned manna gums and candlebarks along goldless gullies and steep ridges and soon you’re in gentle Hepburn Springs.

Chimneys ease woodsmoke at dusk, bagged horse poo sells at the side of the road.

Ivy advances on fading guest houses, The Red Star’s been eclipsed by Nico’s Blue Bean and Merv still serves rissoles at the Savoia, where the bottleshop bell rings in the bar.

Trains trickle to Bullarto once a week.

Sunday markets surge and annual parades release floats and tractors and firetrucks.

Black ice slicks up the road in winter, the cold seems to go on forever – but all are welcome under the regional rainbow.

Poems for Local Lines will come predominantly from a local group of poets who came up with the original idea. However, other locals who would like a poem considered for publication can contact Bill Wootton cottlesbreedge@gmail.com Two Towns was written by Bill Wootton who lives in Hepburn Springs and likes it. He writes and shares his poetry regularly in Daylesford, Trentham and Woodend.

Roadside stalls

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HE Local has been out and about checking out our region's roadside stalls - and there are heaps to be found.

If you have the time, take a drive around, it's worth the effort!

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eft, this roadside stall is a snap shot of what is produced at Fleurs de Lyonville in Lyonville of course.

Mum Janae, dad Chris, daughter Gigi and son Atticus, under the watchful eye of dog Peggy, stock it full every Saturday morning for the weekend with organically grown veggies, flower posies, freshly cut herbs, free range eggs and plants. They originally started their farm stall with surplus from the garden that they wanted to share with the community. "As our farm has developed into a 'bee-friendly' flower farm we now offer our flowers as well," Janae said.

Head to 35 Leishmans Lane, Lyonville.

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RICING is kept pretty simple at Teldorado in Drummond North. There are succulents for sale and you pay what you feel like for the many varieties available.

The shop is open every day at 311 Taradale Road, Drummond North. Just head to Malmsbury on the Daylesford-Malmsbury Road, turn right into Zig Zag Road, (pick up a bottle of wine at the winery), turn right into Taradale Road and follow the sign.

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ASALT Rock Cottage Native Nursery is Verna Baker's roadside shop at 609 Basalt Road, Basalt. "It has always been my dream to own my own nursery. Over the past 10 years I have built up,

specialising in summer and spring bulbs and native trees for revegetation, as well as cottage plants and seasonal fruit and veg seedlings. I also sell seasonal fresh farm produce including my free range eggs, bedding straw, bagged cow manure and the odd bric-a-brac." Enquiries for bulbs and native tree tubestock orders: Verna on 0401 159 506.

Meet the Hoveys of Hillcrest Farm, Dean

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COTT and Simone Hovey, pictured above, and their children, Tabitha and Jamison, are originally from the Gold Coast and arrived in Dean in 2011 with their pets - including the chickens, all in the car. Their fur family has grown considerably over the years, with off the track racehorses, orphan lambs, street cats and kittens, orphan calves and displaced dogs all joining them, but they wouldn't have it any other way.

"Our farm came with some well established fruit and nut trees and this is how the roadside stall was started - there was far more produce than we could ever use and as we both have a background in hospitality, we became creative with our produce, we stepped back in time a little, sourced the oldest recipes we could find and started preserving," Simone said.

"We scour second-hand bookshops and find the oldest, most well-loved books we can find. There is nearly always one page which the book naturally opens to, is covered in spills and has frayed corners - these are the best recipes, because they have been well tested and work.

"Most of our recipes follow a three-day process - they are from a time when people had more disposable time, but we adhere to this and don’t rush the process.

It's nice. The house was built in 1895 and a lot of our recipes are from the same era.

"We are very aware of the fast-paced world we live in and the roadside stall encourages people to stop for a moment, reflect on a time when life wasn’t quite so busy and appreciate food for what it is. People love to stop for a chat and are taken back to a time when their grandparents used to cook and preserve. We are completely preservative-free and natural.

"We try to grow as much as possible ourselves and have developed a great market garden, but we are not opposed to climbing a tree or sourcing local produce to make our jams, chutneys or pickles.

"We are so enthusiastic about sharing our passion for real food and the amazing area we live in, we are in the process of creating a market shop at the back of the property - Hillcrest 1895 'The Farmacy'.

"There are so many amazing producers in the area, who are equally as passionate about their produce and products; we are hoping to showcase them all. Walking into The Farmacy will be like stepping back in time - real food as nature intended."

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MANDA, Dragi, Logan and Ava Koleski moved in 2011, from Melbourne to Korweinguboora, starting Loganberry Farm, above.

"After watching countless episodes of River Cottage and Gourmet Farmer, the kids were excited to grow their own food. With an abundance of berries and flowers from my own cut flower garden, the idea of a roadside stall was born.

"We initially started selling organic blueberries in 2017 and with such a positive response from the locals and visitors coming into Daylesford and the surrounds, we thought we would extend our range. Beautiful free range eggs from our lovely ladies are available daily, whilst seasonal organic strawberries, and organic vintage posies and flower bunches from our cut flower farm, are often on offer."

Head to 1640 Ballan-Daylesford Road, Korweinguboora.

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Madelaine back at Hepburn House

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OMING back to work at Hepburn House after six months of maternity leave was an easy move for Madelaine Lewis-MacDonald.

Maddy has worked at Hepburn House since 2015 and loves the home-style environment that Hepburn House strives to create.

“I have worked at Hepburn House for the past four-and-a-half years and I love the fact that staff and residents at Hepburn House feel like family,” Maddy explains.

Maddy was originally employed to join the team of Personal Care Workers looking after Hepburn House residents and she became an Endorsed Nurse after completing her Diploma of Nursing in 2017.

The team of Personal Care Workers is accompanied by registered nurses, as well as regular visits from allied health professionals for the residents.

Now working three days a week at Hepburn House, Maddy also looks after her eight-month-old son as well as the family farm – along with her husband and their two border collies.

“I became a carer for my grandparents on the farm when I was 18, so it’s something I have always loved doing.”

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

In-house activities are available to residents, from special interest groups to Morning Melodies, as well as regular outings – often for shopping, coffee and cake.

An on-site kitchen provides meals for residents that can be specifically made to meet dietary and religious requirements.

Hepburn House is located at 1 Hepburn Road, Daylesford.

For more information visit www.hepburnhouse.com.au or call 5348 8100.

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HE Amrita Kirtan Evening, held at the Daylesford Town Hall on Saturday, March 16, from 6pm to 7.30pm, will be led by a multitalented group of devoted Melbourne Kirtanists from Kirtan@Kindred with decades of experience. Their divine chanting will heal and nourish the soul.

This event is supported by volunteers from Amrita Australia Limited, a public benevolent charitable organisation inspired by the world-renowned humanitarian and spiritual leader - Sri Mata Amritanandamayi, known as Amma.

All door and meal proceeds will go towards the charitable activities of AAL, which include breakfast clubs, soup kitchens and more.

Tickets are $10 for entry and the main meal is $15. Pre-purchase tickets for door entry and meal, $22. Chai and snacks available separately. Meals are served from 5.15pm to 6pm, and 7.45 pm onwards Details: Per on 0418 133 426 or Nava on navaamma@gmail.com Link: www.amritaaustralia.org.au.

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Essence Health & Wellbeing

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Reflexology is a simple way to cope with the pressures of everyday living and bring about a balance of body, mind and emotions. Proven benefits lie in its ability to switch on the para-sympathetic nervous system She is particularly well known and respected for her – “rest and digest” and counteract the effects of stress.

Reflexology is used to assist with many conditions as 14 years of ownership and management of the renowned well as simply maintaining good general health.

Shizuka Ryokan Japanese country spa and wellness Over the past couple of years, Margaret has been retreat in Hepburn Springs, a winner of the prestigious working at Daylesford Aromatherapy producing Victorian Tourism Award for Health and Wellbeing products and assisting customers in understanding the Tourism. benefits of essential oils and making appropriate choices With her wide skill base, Margaret is able to in oils and skincare. personalise wellness services to her clients depending Aromatherapy is more than just about lovely on their own particular health requirements. Her smelling essential oils. Often called nature’s medicine, passion for wellness has been accumulating for over 25 essential oils are highly-concentrated extracts harvested years, starting with studying massage therapies before from flowers, herbs, spices, woods and grasses. Yet, continuing with a Diploma of Aromatherapy and a aroma is just one aspect of this therapy. When applied Diploma of Reflexology. At the conclusion of both these courses, Margaret was awarded the College Award to the body, the molecules of essential oil permeate the layers of the skin and enter the blood and lymph and for Most Outstanding Student and Most Outstanding activate the body’s natural healing ability.

Student in Clinical Practice.

Essential oils also act directly on the limbic system of As part of her professional development, Margaret the brain - our centre for memory, emotions and desires. has continued studying specialities in fertility and In this way the oils can have a powerful effect on our maternity reflexology, hot stone therapy, oncology moods and emotions. massage, emotional freedom techniques, mindfulness Depending on a client’s specific requirements, meditation and infant massage instruction. With very the essential oils may be administered via inhalations, few qualified reflexologists practicing in the Hepburn compresses or foot baths. Tailor-made take-home creams Shire, Margaret is well placed to benefit both locals and and remedies can continue the benefits of the oils. visitors to the region.

Massage is another way to enjoy this wonderful Reflexology is a safe, holistic, non-invasive therapy involving the reflex areas in the feet, hands, face and ears. therapy because you receive the therapeutic benefits of the essential oils as well as the healing power of massage.

By using a combination of pressure techniques on those reflex points, imbalances in the mind and body can Margaret’s wellness services are available in Hepburn Springs by appointment. Link: www.essence.com.au be addressed and a healing response can be activated.

ssence Health & Wellbeing is owned and operated by Margaret McConvill, a highly qualified complementary therapy practitioner with a wide range of experience.

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30, 39, 43 Dandyman

Cream - The Final Show

32

Cornish Hill Reserve

Vincent St Daylesford

31

Cornish Hill Walk

29

Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve

ChillOut Morning Bush Walk - The Nomads

ChillOut Parade

29

14, 16, 39

Hepburn Golf Course

ChillOut Golf 2 person Ambrose

29

Victoria Park

Bush Dance

ChillOut Carnival Day

14, 35

15, 18, 39

World Famous Beagle Tent

World Famous Beagle Tent

35

World Famous Beagle Tent

Baby Bi Bi Bi

Become The One

41

Author Talk Benjamin MacEllen

32

Daylesford Library

Daylesford Town Hall

Poof Doof presents Bush Doof

ALL EVENTS

Daylesford Pool

Vincent St Daylesford

ChillOut Parade

Peacock Pool Party

Daylesford Town Hall

Bush Dance

Daylesford Town Hall

Victoria Park

ChillOut Carnival Day

Kids Bush Dance

Venue

Event

5:30PM

5:30PM

Thursday 7-Mar

7:00PM

5:00PM

8:00PM

Friday 8-Mar

12:00PM+

11:00AM

3:00PM

10:00AM

10:15AM

9:30AM

8:00PM

7:00PM

9:00PM

7:00PM

2:00PM

10:00AM

1:00PM

2:00PM

8:00PM

Saturday 9-Mar

11:00AM

10:00AM

11:00AM

6:00PM

10:00AM

9:00PM

10:00AM

11:00AM

Sunday 10-Mar

For full program details refer to our 2019 ChillOut Festival Guide or head to chilloutfestival.com.au

ChillOut Festival 2019 Planner

OFFICIAL CHILLOUT EVENTS

11:00AM

10:00AM

Monday 11-Mar

Chill

Food

Circus

Live Music

Activity

Prance

Activity

Activity

Dance

Dance

Dance

Circus

Theatre

Cabaret

Talk

Circus

Dance

Dance

Dance

Prance

Dance

Prance

Dance

Dance

Family Friendly

Family Friendly

Family Friendly

Family Friendly

Family Friendly

Family Friendly

Family Friendly

Family Friendly

Family Friendly

Family Friendly

Recovery Party

Roller Derby Pride Premiership

Shake Your Tail Feather Launch Event

SOS “ABBA” Show

43

29

13, 27

31 The Farmers Arms

Daylesford Town Hall

The ARC

Palais-Hepburn

Daylesford Hotel

Yana Alana - QUEEN KONG & The Homosapiens

Yard Party

23

33

33, 40

Palais-Hepburn

Daylesford Hotel

Palais-Hepburn

The Farmers Arms

10:00AM

5:30PM

12:00PM

10:00AM

5:00PM

8:00PM

7:00PM

5:00PM

7:00PM

7:00PM

5:00PM

5:30PM 5:00PM

5:00PM

6:30PM

10:00AM

5:00PM

12:00PM

8:00AM

10:00AM

11:30AM

1:00PM

12:00PM

2:00PM

12:00PM

7:00PM

9:00PM

2:00PM

12:00PM

12:30PM

5:00PM

10:30AM

5:00PM

8:00PM

8:00PM

10:00AM

5:00PM

9:00PM

7:00PM

6:00PM

4:00PM

10:00PM

10:30AM

8:30AM

12:00PM+ 12:00PM+

5:00PM

6:30PM

Plan ahead and don’t drive during the festival. There is a free shuttle bus operating throughout Dayleford to all major venues.

For more information, head to chilloutfestival.com.au

Thick ‘n’ Juicy

Wendy Stapleton Swinging Sixties Show

41

World Famous Beagle Tent

The Dykeside

Recovery Lunch

43

Palais-Hepburn

41

Raising Rainbows

10, 12, 23

Daylesford Library

Daylesford Town Hall

Stony Creek Gallery

Rainbow Story Time

29

Stony Creek Special Exhibition

Poof Doof presents Bush Doof

15, 42

Peppers Mineral Springs Hotel

23

Peppers Chill Session

30

Daylesford Pool

Spa Bar

Peacock Pool Party

12, 32

Palais-Hepburn

Daylesford Library

World Famous Beagle Tent

Grand Poobah

Anglican Church

Old Hepburn Hotel

Palais-Hepburn

Daylesford Town Hall

Bellinzona

World Famous Beagle Tent

World Famous Beagle Tent

Musk Farm

25, 33, 40 Spa Bar Music Nights

Out and Proud Speakers Corner

Palais Salon and Bluehouse Show

27

My Other Closet

20, 32

30

LOL Big Gay Comedy Night

Loyal Order of the Rainbow

Lite Nite Dance Party Feat Ladyhood

41

25, 35, 41

La Cabarisque

37

25, 31

High Tea at Bellinzona

Kids Bush Dance

31

13, 32

25, 30, 40 Her Majesty’s Secret Circus

Give a F*ck Cabaret

33, 42

Anglican Church

Gay and Pray

Gay Paris French Market

39

30, 39

Frank & Connie’s Kitchen

Frank & Connie’s F&CK Fiesta

31, 40

Daylesford Hotel Old Hepburn Hotel

Drag Bar

Flanny Friday

Daylesford Bowling Club

33, 40

Dolly’s Disco Bingo

35

Daylesford Hotel

27

DH Welcome Party

25

10:00AM

8:00AM

12:00PM

Dance

Comedy

Cabaret

Dance

Comedy

Exhibition

Dance

Cabaret

Dance

Prance

Food

Food

Dance

Chill

Dance

Chill

Prance

Dance

Talk

Theatre

Chill

Comedy

Dance

Cabaret

Dance

Food

Circus

Cabaret

Chill

Church

Food

Dance

Dance

Bingo

Dance

Family Friendly

Childrens Event

Family Friendly

Family Friendly

Family Friendly

Family Friendly

Family Friendly

Family Friendly

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PROPOSAL TO JOIN SERVICES

HEPBURN HEALTH SERVICE & KYNETON DISTRICT HEALTH

Hepburn Health Service and Kyneton District Health are exploring a proposal to join health services to improve patient care and community health outcomes. We invite community input from 15 February to 15 March 2019.

HOW TO HAVE YOUR SAY ATTEND A COMMUNITY CONSULTATION SESSION Session

Date / Time

Kyneton

Wednesday Kyneton Health Service, 27 February, 7-25 Caroline Chisholm Drive, 10.30am-12.00 Kyneton noon (morning tea)

Kyneton

Wednesday 27 February, 6.30pm8.00pm (supper)

Kyneton Health Service, 7-25 Caroline Chisholm Drive, Kyneton

The proposal to join health services aims to combine the management and governance of the two organisations under one entity, pending Ministerial approval. Hospitals and facilities will remain in place in their current locations at Kyneton, Daylesford, Creswick, Clunes and Trentham. No local community will be disadvantaged. There will be no reduction in services, staffing or funding.

Trentham

Thursday 28 February, 10.00am-11.30am (morning tea)

Trentham Projects and Activity Group Meeting Room, 22-24 Victoria Street, Trentham

Daylesford Thursday 28 February, 6.30pm8pm (supper)

Central Springs Inn 6 Camp Street, Daylesford

Communities are reassured that their local health service will continue to service local needs.

Clunes

Friday 1 March, 10.30am-12noon (morning tea)

Esmond Gallery, The Warehouse, 36 Fraser Street, Clunes

Creswick

Friday 1 March 4.00pm-5.30pm (refreshments)

The Lindsay Room, The American, 90 Albert Street, Creswick

The proposal aims to enhance the capability of the health services to meet the needs of our community, and improve access to personalised, high quality health care - close to home.

For the last two years, Hepburn Health Service and Kyneton District Health have been operating with a shared CEO and a memorandum of understanding in place to enable the two health services to work in partnership to address the health needs of towns and communities across the region.

A due diligence analysis is also being undertaken to assess the clinical, governance, financial, human resource, technological and regulatory impacts of the proposal before any decision is made.

Joining health services aims to: • • • • • •

Improve access to a range of health services across the region.

Strengthen services, enhance quality and deliver more consumer-driven care.

Share knowledge, skills, expertise and training of nursing, medical, allied health and other staff in the local area to improve patient care.

Enhance opportunities for workforce and professional development.

Improve operational effectiveness – over time this will allow us to invest more in patient/client care.

Ensure future sustainability and addressing challenges such as: attracting and retaining staff and specialists; securing funding for new services; meeting changing patient needs/services; new legislative requirements; infrastructure; technology, etc.

Consultation is also being undertaken on the draft Strategic Plans for Hepburn Health Service and Kyneton District Health, which outline the priorities for the health services over the next 3 years.

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Please RSVP to: Kyneton District Health by email: events@kynetonhealth.org.au or T: (03) 5422 9900; or Hepburn Health Service by email: rsvp@hhs.vic.gov.au or T: (03) 5321 6500.

FILL IN A SURVEY: www.surveymonkey.com/r/HepburnKynetonHealthServices WRITE, EMAIL, PHONE OR VISIT US AT: Kyneton District Health Kyneton: 7-25 Caroline Chisholm Drive, Kyneton 3444 Tel: (03) 5422 9900 Email: info@kynetonhealth.org.au Hepburn Health Service Daylesford: 17 Hospital Street, Daylesford 3460 Tel: (03) 5321 6500 Email: info@hhs.vic.gov.au Clunes: 69 Service Street, Clunes 3370 Tel: (03) 5345 9750 Creswick: 1 Napier Street, Creswick 3363 Tel: (03) 5345 9150 Trentham: 22-24 Victoria Stt, Trentham 3458 Tel: (03) 5421 7200 Visit the Websites: www.kynetonhealth.org.au OR www.hhs.vic.gov.au Visit the Facebook pages: www.facebook.com/HepburnHealth www.facebook.com/KynetonDistrictHealth

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To market, to market...

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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 Sunday 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 Woodend Farmers Market - first Saturday Castlemaine Artists’ Market – first Sunday Trentham Community Group Market - second Saturday 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

Letter to the Editor New Festival – Waste, Rubbish & Apathy

The Daylesford community is getting excited about an upcoming festival to highlight the hazardous delights of the area. Friends of Ajax Rd are to apply for $450k in grants from local and state government. Some of the events include:

Rubbish Grab, a fun event for all the family. Just get a large bag, gather anywhere along Ajax Rd and the surrounding bush – you can spend all day or all week at this event. No prizes for where the rubbish comes.

Guess the weed, a bio-sustainable activity; warning not suitable for children, possibly too upsetting. Adults will be challenged with this endless activity. You are permitted to use mobile search engine as the variety of weeds is immense.

Participate in a mock emergency, limited to fit and able persons only. The simulated emergency will be a fire on the edge of the Hepburn Regional Park, just beside the Transfer Facilities on Ajax Rd. Peg your nose challenge – come along and paint your free wooden clothes peg, use your imagination to show your talent. Once completed all participants will gather at the corner of Ajax Rd and Midland Highway to walk down past the Materials Recovery Facility. You will need to place the peg on your nose at some point getting closer to the transfer facilities as the stench of local household waste will skyrocket.

The winner will be the last to put peg on before throwing up!

Art & Waste – a major prize will be given to one creative artist using free rubbish, waste, food scraps, nappies, green waste, metal scrap, tyres or e-waste to produce a visual delight. 1st prize will be 1000 m3 of mulch, 2nd prize 2500m3 of mulch (noxious weed pile).

Future thinking – as a legacy of this festival we are devoting $50 of the $450k budget towards planning for the future needs of Daylesford’s waste. We will be hoping to attend as many strategy meetings and conferences about the urgent waste issues. We shall engage several consultants to report on future needs, regional solutions, customer satisfaction, caring about neighbours and actually engaging with the waste recycling industry. More to follow.

Don’t you Love, Living Life in Daylesford

- Friends of Ajax Rd, friendsofajaxrd@gmail.com

The Trentham Farmers Market has joined with Trentham Makers Market

Third Saturday, 9am - 1pm

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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DAYLESFORD & CRESWICK

DAYLESFORD 80 WEST STREET

CONTEMPORARY DESIGNER RETREAT ON 1377M2 Situated within walking distance to Lake Daylesford and Daylesford township, “St. Etienne” is currently successfully offered on the Holiday Accommodation market.

This three-bedroom Federation home circa 1912 maintains its period features whilst adopting a minimalist and contemporary style in the native surrounds of a woodland garden. The residence features a central hallway, three generous bedrooms with original open fires, a central modern bathroom with a freestanding tub and walk in shower, large bright living area with mansard ceilings and a contemporary kitchen featuring Miele appliances. An open dining area also opens to an undercover entertaining area and an enchanting silver birch forest.

a3 b1 c2 FOR SALE PRICE $1,050,000 - $1,075,000 CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328 HEPBURN 2 FIFTEENTH STREET

LA VILLETTA - PRIVATE & PEACEFUL LOCATION, TRANQUIL VIEWS, MINUTES TO DAYLESFORD This beautiful country retreat is one of the hidden secrets of Hepburn Springs and presents a unique opportunity.

Exclusively situated down a private laneway, the superbly presented home is nestled high on a large allotment of 1249 sq.m. and overlooks the valley to the neighbouring farm providing a perfect rural outlook yet close to all the attractions of Hepburn Springs, and just 5 minute drive to Daylesford. High vaulted ceilings and split level living combine with elegant décor to create a sense of light and space, while the front verandah and garden pergola are the ideal settings for a leisurely breakfast or relaxing at the end of the day.

a2 b1 c2 FOR SALE PRICE $485,000 CONTACT Rae Corris 0408 358 772 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328 ID and contact details are required at all open for inspections

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DAYLESFORD & CRESWICK

DAYLESFORD 14 CENTRAL SPRINGS ROAD

CENTRALLY LOCATED MASTERPIECE Situated in a prime location overlooking the Botanical Gardens, this thoughtfully designed residence has recently undergone a complete transformation.

Impeccable craftsmanship is evident as soon as you enter with a wide hallway featuring a ‘hidden’ panel that turns the ensuite of the second bedroom into a powder room. A bespoke over scaled steel framed sliding glass door welcomes you to a light filled dining/living zone and the well-appointed Hamptons style kitchen featuring premium Ilve-Bosch fixtures and fittings with walk-in butler’s pantry. Expansive Glass bi-fold doors open to a large rear entertaining deck with a servery window from the laundry and with stunning 120-degree views over the Daylesford countryside.

a3 b3 c2 FOR SALE PRICE $1,125,000 - $1,149,000 CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 OFFICE 43 Vincent Str eet, Daylesford 5348 2328 DAYLESFORD 25 PERRINS STREET

A MODERN COUNTRY LIFESTYLE Hidden from view by established gardens this stylish and contemporary residence has a wide inviting entry deck and refreshing water feature that create the impression of arriving at an exotic villa.

Private but not isolated, the property is located in a quiet neighbourhood in central Daylesford and just a short walk to Lake Daylesford. Providing all-season tranquil country living where open plan living leads to a generous outdoor entertaining area, this home will suit those seeking a secure family home, private secluded retreat or holiday accommodation.

• Land area approx. 1000 sq.m, carport, rear garden securely fenced • Lovely water feature, established trees, 2 garden sheds, fruit trees, lawn areas

a2 b1 c1 FOR SALE PRICE $530,000 CONTACT Rae Corris 0408 358 772 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328 ID and contact details are required at all open for inspections

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DAYLESFORD & CRESWICK

NEWLYN 166 KINGSTON-NEWLYN RD

ELLERSLIE HOMESTEAD ON APPROX. 40 ACRES Currently home of “Ellerslie White Suffolk Stud” this versatile property features approx. 40 acres with “shearers quarters” guest accommodation, a large machinery shed, hay shedding, multiple car garaging, beautiful established gardens and an outside bathroom and washhouse with original copper. The grand residence features wide verandas, a central hallway with 3 bedrooms with fireplaces, period bathroom with claw foot bath, central large sitting room/formal lounge, dining room with views over the house paddock and access to veranda, open plan dining/living/ kitchen with farmhouse sink and gas cooking. The “shearers quarters” make an ideal guesthouse and feature open wood fire, fully functioning shearing stands and holding yards.

a 4 b 2 c 12 FOR SALE PRICE $1,350,000 - $1,400,000 CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328 HEPBURN SPRINGS 2A SWISS MOUNT AVENUE

ECO HOUSE IN THE HEART OF HEPBURN SPRINGS Situated in a highly desirable pocket in Hepburn Springs this “Passivhaus” has been designed and built to a high-level German standard, equivalent to 10+ in the Australian ratings. The design of the home ensures that it is completely airtight from the outside climate with high level of insulation (underfloor, in roof and in walls), triple glazed windows and doors and an air exchange system providing active ventilation making it a very clean airspace. This remarkable residence provides 3 bedrooms, 1bathroom, 2 wc’s, modern open plan kitchen/dining/ living with large panoramic windows looking towards Doctor’s Gully, reclaimed timber floorboards, electronic external blinds and split system heating/cooling.

a3 b1 FOR SALE PRICE $539,000 CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328 ID and contact details are required at all open for inspections

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DAYLESFORD & CRESWICK

DAYLESFORD 68 RAGLAN ST SOLID HOME IN IDEAL LOCATION Leave the car at home and walk to everything that Daylesford has to offer. Ideally situated a block from Daylesford main street, this home oozes with potential. This brick veneer has been lovingly maintained and features two good sized living areas, separate kitchen with plenty of bench space and storage, three good sized bedrooms with BIR’s (WIR & ensuite in master), bathroom with bath, full laundry with toilet and rear yard access. Outside the back yard is fully fenced for pets or children with an outdoor entertaining area and established gardens.

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FOR SALE PRICE $545,000 CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

IDEAL FAMILY HOME OR INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY Situated in central Daylesford across the road from St Michaels primary and Daylesford College this 3-bedroom home is on a generous corner allotment with 2 street frontages, offering potential for future development/ subdivision (STCA). Ideal renovation project, family home, or permanent rental investment.

• Approx. 700m2 - Zoned General Residential 1 • All town services connected – Power, Water, Sewage, Natural gas, NBN Internet

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FOR SALE PRICE $470,000 CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

HEPBURN 47 WESTERN AVENUE

BULLARTO SOUTH LOTS 1,2,3,4 & 5/65 PEARCES ROAD

13.5 HECTARES / 33 ACRES OF PASTURE & NATURAL BUSHLAND Your own piece of Australian countryside just 1 hour from Melbourne, and 10 minutes to each of the vibrant towns of Trentham and Daylesford. With rich volcanic soil and a peaceful rural outlook over surrounding farmland to the nearby Wombat State Forest, this is an impressive small farm holding and ideal site for a country retreat.

• Corner location – Pearces Rd and Bobbys Lane.

• Springfed dam, tall eucalypts & blackwoods, native birds, kangaroos, wallabies and wombats.

DAYLESFORD 24 SMITH STREET

FOR SALE PRICE $540,000 CONTACT Rae Corris 0408 358 772 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

ID and contact details are required at all open for inspections

VACANT 1 ACRE BUILDING ALLOTMENT BETWEEN DAYLESFORD AND HEPBURN Situated in a tightly held location between Daylesford and Hepburn Springs, this superb 1 acre allotment features views along Doctors Gully.

• 4444m2 Land Size – LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE (LDRZ) • Services Available – Mains Power, Town Water and Telephone • Ideal lifestyle block for your dream country residence (STCA)

FOR SALE $395,000 - $415,000 CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

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The future is modular!

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The newest prefabricated buildings are lighter and have stronger structural components than traditional homes.

One modular building company grew out of talk between four university students with a construction background. Thirteen years later Modscape in Brooklyn, The advantages in these homes include greater safety for workers, no weather delays and reduced waste, all meaning cost savings. Cutting waste also makes modular Melbourne, employs about 60 people in its design office, plus contractors.

It got off to a challenging start: the first project was in the Kimberley. homes more environmentally attractive.

The most popular homes are four-bedroom houses, costing from $1.2 million to And some companies say a home can be ready in nine months to a year. New $2.5 million, says Chris McRae, of Modscape’s sales and marketing team. “Everything research shows this could even be cut to less than a month. is site specific,” she says. Within a highly engineered steel frame even the kitchen and Researchers at the University of Melbourne are looking at how this growing bathroom can be built ready for delivery. industry can provide safe, affordable and sustainable housing, while also offering the Another prominent firm is ArchiBlox, of Burnley, which recently trucked in a opportunity for some of the 40,000 former car industry workers to transfer their minimum-impact holiday home to Wilsons Promontory. Designed to catch both skills.

The Melbourne School of Engineering wants to see modular building grow from morning sun and moonlight, it comprises a module for sleeping and one for living, with a wrap-around deck.

5 per cent to 15 per cent by 2025, contributing to around 20,000 new jobs and Over at Kilsyth, a company called Prebuilt set out on a new path in 2001, $30 billion in growth. They are supporting this research with large-scale testing and building well-designed, high-quality modular buildings that it says were a million training facilities at a new campus at Fishermans Bend. miles from the “boxes” coming off production lines.

In European countries such as Sweden, prefabricated modular housing makes up It has now built more than 300 homes, costing from $200,000 to $2.5 million.

70 per cent of the construction industry.

It says research shows the prefabrication of trusses, frames and other parts of these Because Australian supply is unable to meet growing demand, costs are rising, homes can reduce waste by 52 per cent. contributing to a housing affordability crisis. A shortage of “tradies” can often delay The homes are designed with passive solar orientation and solar panels in mind. building work, the researchers say.

And for the really green, eco-extras include green and wildflower roofs.

The researchers see a huge demand in the building industry for new techniques And then, down in Gippsland, the family firm of Anchor Homes began modular that will enable the development of faster and cheaper construction. building in 2005. This business grew so quickly that within five years the firm Modular homes come in three basic styles: abandoned the joinery and brick-veneer market. It says it now makes more than 50 • Simple elements: Beams, columns or other parts of a structure that have been homes a year in Stratford, describing its work as quick, high quality, cost-effective and manufactured to be easily bolted into place onsite; eco-friendly. Anchor says its homes can be delivered in half the time of traditional • Panelised systems: Used for walls and include elements such as insulation, houses. utilities, waterproofing and external and internal cladding. These components are Above, a Modscape home at Franklinford | Image: John Madden, right a designed to allow for rapid assembly and flat pack transportation; and • Volumetric systems: Three-dimensional modular objects that comprise the floor, Prebuilt home at Daylesford | Image: Contributed ceiling and wall components of a single room.

Words: Kevin Childs

REFAB used to mean a dull box of a building. These days, however, its advocates say it can bring astonishingly pleasing designs in less expensive homes trucked to a site.

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New Biggin & Scott branch in Creswick

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IGGIN & Scott Daylesford has opened a new branch in Creswick.

Principal Michael DeVincentis said the new office would cover areas including Creswick, Smeaton, Clunes "and everywhere in between".

"We have great local knowledge of the area with our new sales executive Nik Bradley living in Blampied and having previously worked in real estate in Creswick, myself being a Mount Prospect resident and Biggin & Scott Daylesford fellow director Tom Shaw having his hometown in Newlyn," he said.

"The expansion is just the next logical step for Biggin & Scott Daylesford."

Michael said he believed that the Creswick to Clunes corridor was the next big growth corridor for the region.

"I see Creswick as I saw Daylesford 20 years ago.

It has a great group of people living there, the new supermarket is being built, and I wish we had that French bakery in Daylesford.

"Everything is pointing to Creswick having its own little boom in the next few years. And you are so close to Ballarat and all that a big city can offer."

Biggin & Scott was established in Chapel Street during the 1890 property boom and has been trusted by generations of Melbourne property sellers, investors and landlords. Founders were TGL Scott who was the Mayor of Prahran and a local identity, and Kevin Biggin.

Biggin & Scott Creswick was opened by Hepburn Shire Mayor Don Henderson. Among those attending From left, Nik Bradley, Michael DeVincentis were Kevin Biggin, grandson of his namesake, along and Tom Shaw, above, the opening with the Biggin & Scott corporate team.

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MOTOBEAN CAFÉ 15 Ellesmere Place Malmsbury For Sale Contact agent for details

Julian Davies 0439 802 323

julian.davies@woodend.rh.com.au rh.com.au/woodend (03) 5427 3200

Motobean Café, Malmsbury’s star attraction, is For Sale.

This is a rare opportunity to own and run a thriving and highly profitable restaurant and accommodation business and iconic property in a charming historic country village.

A destination attraction to all return patrons, Motobean has become a favourite tour-stop for motorcycle and car clubs, city day-trippers and locals who want to proudly show her off to visiting family and friends. Pop in for a speciality coffee and fresh simple meal sometime soon and experience for yourself the unique, vibrant atmosphere of Country Victorian hospitality.

So, if you’ve been champing at the bit to move into the country and showcase your hospitality skills, please call Julian on 0439 802 323 for more detailed information. Let’s turn your dream into your reality. Motobean Café may be your golden opportunity!

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22 Orford Street Daylesford 4 2 1 Cornish Hill House Spacious open plan design. Views across Daylesford treetops from the entertainment deck and is surrounded by private low maintenance gardens and lawn areas. Whitewashed timber flooring throughout living zones, barn-style high ceilings in the main lounge area and a separate entertainment/ TV room complete the designer aesthetic of this home. The home offers 4 bedrooms, of which there are 2 master size bedrooms, each offering luxurious ensuite bathrooms with freestanding baths. The other 2 bedrooms, in a separate wing, are serviced by a family bathroom. The open plan dining and kitchen is perfectly appointed and spacious, has stainless steel appliances, freestanding 900mm oven range, dishwasher, stone benchtops and plenty of storage complete the picture.

161 Main Road Campbells Creek 1 1 3 Charming Victorian period home circa 1896 Sitting in a leafy garden in Campbells Creek. With a neat, easy to maintain front garden. The property offers 3 bedrooms, two with BIR, a central lounge with open fire and French doors to the garden, large size bathroom with laundry and separate toilet and a bright open plan dining and kitchen with views to the side and rear garden. There is a lovely sized side garden and back yard with a shed and garage with private rear access, you can sit outside in the garden or on the verandah. This property is a 6-minute drive to Castlemaine and Castlemaine train station for an easy commute to and from Melbourne or Bendigo. Walk to the Post office for your milk, bread and the newspaper or partake in a beverage from the local Campbells Creek hotel. This special property won’t disappoint.

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36 Phillips Road Dry Diggings

15 Leggatt Street Daylesford

Dress Circle Location

Lakeside Views

High on the hill between Porcupine Ridge & Mount Franklin, this premium modern residence offers a spacious main bedroom with a deluxe ensuite and WIR, Formal entertaining wing separated by a large open plan casual living & kitchen zones followed by 3 queen size bedrooms for family & guests with a central bathroom.

Secure shed, workshop and double garage, fenced paddocks and 3 dams and 150,000 litre water tank. All set on 69.2 acres of beautiful undulating land.

Located on the foreshore of Lake Daylesford, “Balconies Lakeside” features 4 oversized bedrooms each with WIR, ensuite, (three with lake views and private balconies). Downstairs is a self-contained apartment with open plan living/ kitchen space, kitchen with gas appliances, a generous sized bathroom and master bedroom with WIR. Set on 921 sqm approx. with terraced landscaped gardens with pond and cascade. The property is a great business and beautiful home that would also work well as holiday accommodation or a private holiday house as all furniture is available.

Land Size 921 sqm approx.

Contact Nathan Skewes 0439 322 630

Land Size 70 acres approx.

Contact Will Walton 0412 511 717

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3832 Creswick Newstead Road Kingston

55 Main Road Hepburn Springs

Grand Residence

Walking Distance to Hepburn Village

“Lone Hand” a grand residence, currently the home of Heatherington Park Poll Hereford Stud and 15 mins to Daylesford. Amongst lovely gardens, including private cricket oval and club rooms. 3 bedrooms, formal lounge & dining rooms, billiards room, study, cellar, open plan living/dining/kitchen. Full of period features incl ornate fireplaces, pressed metal ceilings, bay windows, magnificent gardens. Outside, a 5-car garage and enormous multi-use shed.

Sitting on a 1000sqm corner block this quaint weatherboard cottage in Hepburn Springs is set to impress the astute buyer. Offering two King size bedrooms, living, dining/kitchen, bathroom, separate laundry and small back deck looking into the tree lined back yard. It is only minutes walking to the amazing Hepburn Village with cafes, restaurants and bars and a lovely stroll to the Hepburn Bath house and natural springs.

Land Size 20 acres approx.

Contact Will Walton 0412 511 717

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2/8 Queensberry Street Daylesford

1670 Ballan Daylesford Road Korweinguboora

Luxury Villa

Hedge Heaven!

This contemporary and stylish villa is secluded and offers views over Daylesford to the Wombat State Forest. excellent size bedrooms, the master with a spa ensuite, central bathroom, laundry, generous open plan living, dining and kitchen, this villa is luxury. The private entertaining deck is perfect to take in the view. Live in it, put it on the weekend rental market or use it as a weekender, it is set to impress.

Sitting behind the beautiful hedge is a small established front garden leading to a well-presented weatherboard cottage boasting a vine covered verandah. 3 bedrooms, master with ensuite. Study/nursery, central bathroom with laundry, front living room, central kitchen with meals area and gas wood fire. Large backyard. Big shed and lawn area. Entertaining area. Side entrance with a secure garage.

Land Size 408 sqm approx.

Contact Annette Leary 0407 917 054 / Will Walton 0412 511 717

Land Size 2130 sqm approx.

Contact Annette Leary 0407 917 054 / Will Walton 0412 511 717

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Design with Indre Kisonas

Art Deco explained Style of luxury and modernity

Art Deco was truly an international style, in reaction to the natural forms and curved lines of plants and flowers seen in Art Nouveau. Art Deco appeared just before WWI, combining fine craftsmanship with rich materials through to the 1930s post-Great Depression, featuring streamlined mass-produced and technology-driven designs.

There was a desire to be ‘modern’. Influences ranged from Cubism’s geometric forms suggesting triangles and squares were the basis of all compositional arrangements. Bright colours of Fauvism, exotic styles of China and Japan, India, Persia, ancient Egypt and Maya Art, and then there was the technological advances created by WWI. At this time Pompeii and Tutankhamun’s tomb were being excavated.

Travel was more accessible and safer. French nationalism felt challenged by the increasing export of less expensive German furnishings leading to an International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in 1925 held in Paris. This is where the name ‘Art Deco’ came from. Ancient motifs with machine age elements represented luxury, glamour, exuberance and faith in social and technological advances. No styles of old were to be tolerated at this international event.

The use of exotic ebony, mahogany, ivory, inlaid silver, turquoise, mother of pearl and tortoise shell became more subdued with the Great Depression in the 1930’s.

New materials were used in design and design was for the masses.

Bakelite, the precursor of plastic, was invented and able to be moulded into telephones, radios and lamps. Aluminium and stainless steel was invented, plywood with veneer and lacquer coatings replaced exotic timbers.

Chrome adornments were used on cars and furniture. Rounded edges and streamlined forms dominated the later part of the Art Deco period. Lead crystal glass was replaced by demi crystal so that it was now accessible for ornaments and sculptures.

Buildings were adorned or ‘decorated’ representing their purpose.

Theatres became decorated by sculptures showing music, dance and excitement. Power companies showed sunrises, the Chrysler building showed stylised car hood ornaments. Classic heroes were being replaced by depictions of every day workers and families.

For Art Deco examples think not only of the Chrysler building but of the Empire State Building, the Bugatti, streamlined ocean liners and train engines, bakelite radios, rounded club chairs, fashion of the ‘flappers’ and bracelets (with enamel, jade and coral as new materials) since fashion now had sleeveless dresses and ladies’ arms to adorn.

Ladies were beginning to smoke in public, so cigarette holders and boxes were popularised and adorned. Diamond encrusted Cartier wrist watches, poster art with ‘Metropolis’ typeface, and deco zigzag and geometric wallpaper.

For a short-lived design movement, Art Deco touched every facet of life. The rapid evolution in technological advances sees Art Deco as the time of change, towards being modern. Art Deco was the modern approach to design and by 1939, there were examples of this style in almost every country in the world. More than 100 years after Deco’s inception, we still admire and emulate its style. See where you can find an example.

I hope that you have learned something new.

Indre Kisonas - principal designer at iok design www.iokdesign.com.au | indre@iokdesign.com.au Top image: John Mayger - taken at the inaugural Daylesford Motorfest

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Malmsbury Botanic Gardens - a stroll through history I'd been aware of the existence of historic botanic gardens in Malmsbury for many years, even long before I moved over from Adelaide.

The Castlemaine and Malmsbury gardens, among the first in country Victoria, were established around the same time in the early 1860s with support from the Royal Melbourne Botanic Gardens, and frequently came up in my searches for family history.

Subsequent passing visits through the area and the occasional coffee break afforded only a roadside glimpse of a tree-lined lake framed by an imposing high arched, bluestone viaduct and the promise to "one day stop and take a closer look".

Malmsbury is located on the first railway service in Victoria, from Melbourne to Sandhurst (Bendigo) - opened in July 1862 with the completion of the viaduct, pictured opposite page, and now registered as a National Landmark.

Soon after, in July 1863, a formal proposal to the State Government resulted in an area of 9.6 hectares including the river and lagoon being reserved and gazetted as a public garden in September 1863, and work commenced.

Over the years the gardens, for various reasons, including an area on the far side of the river as part of water supply infrastructure, began to be reduced in size. In 1868 an additional area was excised as a site for the Malmsbury Town Hall, leaving the gardens at the present size of 6.28 hectares.

Unlike the manicured and preened pavilion- and arbor-studded, lawns and exotic flower beds, found in many botanic gardens for the promenading gentry of the Victorian era, rural public gardens provided much more functional but no less attractive roles in the community.

Some more mundane than others as is stated in this salute to progress: "The current toilets date from the 1960s. An earth closet was originally behind the Town Hall, replaced by a water closet in 1909."

Decidedly more park, than ornamental garden-like, what remains of the early and subsequent massed plantings, including 200 Tasmanian blue gums, a hedge of 1500 hawthorns, conifers, oaks and plane trees and an avenue of Lombardy poplars designed for foot races, are now shaded copses scattered across this grassy parkland. A perfect spot for family picnics and quiet history-seeking walks. And there is much to find here.

Such things as the remnants of a long-gone hedge maze, the sites of an 1882 three-rink bowling green, 1894 tennis court, the remains of a fish hatchery and a bluestone drinking fountain.

Other historic items include a memorial arch dedicated to those who died in WWI and a suitably plaqued and now huge eucalyptus muelleriana planted by the then state government minister Joan Kirner to celebrate Victoria's sesquicentenary Water features have always played a central role in public gardens, here the dominant feature is the lagoon, originally known as the swamp until it was deepened and edged with bluestones.

There are two small islands, reached from the "mainland" by an attractive timber bridge and featuring an imposing blue-stone clad fountain.

But above all, overlooking it all, the greatest monument of all, the spectacular viaduct.

Like all other parks and gardens, especially those including Malmsbury without dedicated staff for daily care, the long drought-inflicted summers play havoc with their looks.

However, we're looking forward to our next visit‌sometime in late March or early April. With all those huge deciduous trees, I reckon the autumn colours will be spectacular.

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Using your home to buy an investment property

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HE main aim of a large number of Australians is to pay off their home.

This is a great idea as the interest on your home loan is not tax deductible, and the more you pay off your home, the more equity you build. There is an ability to utilise this equity to purchase an investment property.

With local house prices increasing, and loan payments reducing your loan, it is likely that you will have built up significant equity in your home.

The banks will allow you to access this equity to use for investments and you can re-borrow against your main residence, and use these funds as a deposit for an investment property.

Although the funds are secured against your main residence, the interest will be tax deductible if the loan is used to buy an investment property, as it is the purpose of the loan, not the security, which determines the interest deductibility.

Once you buy an investment property, the interest on the loans is tax deductible, and all of the running costs can be claimed as a tax deduction as well. This includes items such as water and council rates, insurance, property management fees, and depreciation. Depending on the age of the property, you can also claim a tax deduction for the original building costs.

If the outgoings are more than the incomings, then this will cause a rental loss.

This rental loss is then able to offset any other income you have and reduce your personal income tax.

With house prices constantly increasing over time, and having the tenant paying the majority of the costs, it is a fantastic way to provide for your future.

Shane Corbett is an accountant with MOR Accountants in Ballarat.

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The Shelter Shed Looking for somewhere to stay in the Central Highlands, perhaps with your pooch? Look no further.

The Shelter Shed is a private studio apartment, set on a half an acre in the grounds of an old school at Glenlyon - and fully fenced. Enjoy a quiet drink on the deck while your pup runs free.

Or stroll down to the welcoming Glenlyon General Store for a coffee, breakfast, lunch or Friday night dinner/drinks.

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INTRODUCING GEMLIFE a new concept in over 50’s living GemLife Woodend, a luxury over 50s resort development.

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Conveniently located, residents have Melbourne’s vibrant shopping, business and entertainment precincts only one hour away, and the stunning countryside of the Macedon Ranges on your doorstep.

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“Location is a key priority for GemLife,” said Sales Manager, Julie Cahill. “GemLife actively searches for development locations that offer beautiful, natural surroundings and also the convenience of thriving local communities.”

Our feature home, Whiteley, is one of twelve architecturally designed homes to choose from.

All home designs feature two or three bedrooms, two bathrooms, two-car garages and flexible entertaining areas.

Homes are completed with top-of-therange appliances and fittings including ducted air conditioning, ceiling fans, security screens, window coverings and landscaping.

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appliances and a deluxe walk-in pantry make the kitchen a gourmet’s delight.

High 2.7 metre ceilings and open plan living spaces create a stunning lightfilled area to relax or entertain.

“The resort offers every amenity for a healthy and active lifestyle,” said Ms Cahill.

“World-class resort facilities include a heated indoor pool and spa, gymnasium, sauna, cinema, tennis court, bowling alley, games room and bowling green, to name a few.”

GemLife Resorts do not charge entry or exit fees and home owners retain 100% of capital gain. Other benefits include the option of caravan and boat storage, and all GemLife Resorts are pet-friendly.

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YNETON properties are among regional pockets that are being snapped up in much quicker time frames than last year, according to the Real Estate Institute of Victoria’s latest Days on Market data.

CEO Gil King said a large reduction in the Days on Market was an indicator of intense competition from buyers in the area. Based on the REIV’s Days on Market report for January, the current hot spots were Bendigo suburbs, seaside holiday havens and Gippsland towns.

The REIV recorded reductions of at least 30 days on market in 18 regional Victorian towns comparing January 2018 with January 2019, while three towns recorded differentials of more than 100 days.

Topping the list was the southwest coast gem of Portland, the site of Victoria’s first permanent European settlement, where properties sold 177 days faster.

Another seaside town took out second place, with picturesque Apollo Bay shaving 116 days off its days on market. Property markets in holiday hot spots tend to experience a spike during the summer period with more people in town enjoying all they have to offer.

Property listings are lasting just over a month in Maldon, which experienced a 105 day reduction in its days on market.

Dwellings in Lakes Entrance sold 87 days faster this January compared with 2018, while those in Venus Bay, which has a permanent population of fewer than a thousand people, were on the market for 82 fewer days.

Other strong performers were Heathcote with a 58 day reduction, Numurkah (56), Morwell (44), California Gully (43), Eaglehawk (42), Myrtleford (40), Lake Wendouree (40), Portarlington (39) Cape Paterson (38), White Hills (37), Newborough (35), Stratford (34) and Kyneton (31).

Properties are snapped up in Winter Valley faster than anywhere else in regional Victoria, at 17 days, and are also moving fast in Newington where they last 18 days on market. Days on market for Newcomb, Lake Gardens and Grovedale were also narrow at 19 for each.

For days on market and other detailed property information including sales results, median prices, trends and statistics, visit the market insights section of the REIV website.

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T FRANKLIN, Woodend and Trentham were among the top five regional Victorian properties which fetched prices of more than two million.

The most expensive property to sell under the hammer was a luxurious Metcalfe estate which netted $3.28 million, breaking its own record for the central Victorian town, having sold in 2009 for $2.27 million.

The second most expensive auction sale was a modern masterpiece in Mt Franklin which sold for $2.55 million (breaking Mt Franklin’s record), followed by a Woodend property with views of Hanging Rock and Mt Macedon which changed hands for $2.3 million in November.

Fourth spot was secured by a Trentham lifestyle retreat which sold for $2.2 million and rounding out the top five auction sales was a red brick family home on more than half an acre in Geelong West that went for $2.17 million.

Fences: boundaries, first impressions and rules

HERE is a reason why the term ‘white picket fence’ conjures up images of and aspirations for dream homes and enviable lifestyles.

A fence is not just a practical boundary to keep pets and children in and unwanted visitors out, it is also an important visual feature of your property and can add thousands to the value of your home.

You only get one chance at a first impression and a property’s fence is one of the first things that prospective buyers will notice about a home. With the current competitive market, vendors should look at every opportunity to maximise their home’s appeal.

Victorians take the aesthetic value of our boundaries very seriously, there is even a Facebook page dedicated to poor brick fences which has more than 55,000 followers!

With the selling season upon us, it is timely to take a look at your perimeter divider with fresh eyes and assess if it needs a paint, repair, replacement or, for those who have built or are building a new home, what type of fence you should erect.

The cardinal rule for selecting a fence, as well as being practical of course, is to ensure that it complements your home. For example, erecting a modern fence around a heritage property is not a good look and vice versa.

Do your research, there are a plethora of websites out there that can help you to compare different options and get a few quotes if repairs or construction are required.

You’ll need to take into account the height and perimeter required, durability and maintenance requirements and budgetary constraints. Popular materials include wood, vinyl, aluminium, steel, wrought iron and brushwood.

For major repairs and new fences, you will also need to consult your neighbour or neighbours. The Fence Act outlines rules around who pays for a fence, the nature of fence to be built, notices required and dispute resolution.

Generally, neighbours will share the cost of boundary fencing and the best case scenario is that you both agree informally on the type of fence, contractor, cost and location. If you can’t reach an agreement informally, you may need to follow the processes detailed in the Fences Act. Councils and government are exempt from the requirement to share the cost of a fence so if you border public land, you will pay the full cost of any required divider.

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Cinque Oakley Bryant opens in Daylesford

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Michelle has not only followed her father’s footsteps into the field of law, now she is also the face of the new Daylesford office as her father was before her.

Back in the 1980s, Dean Cinque practiced law from his Vincent Street office, with the work mostly involving conveyancing, wills, estate, planning and commercial law.

“It was basically all the sorts of things you would find in a country town, general practice,” Dean explained. “My daughter Michelle lives in Daylesford, and we want to rekindle our firm’s family connection with the town.”

Cinque Oakley Bryant is one of the largest firms in Ballarat, where the head office is based, with six lawyers as well as a team of experienced legal staff.

The firm provides legal services in conveyancing, family law, leases, wills and estates, commercial law, criminal law, civil litigation and other areas of practice.

“The philosophy of the firm has always been service to its clients and the law above all else,” Michelle said.

“I will be the face of the Daylesford office, and other lawyers will attend when required, providing a full range of services to our local clients.”

Cinque Oakley Bryant is offering half-price wills and powers of attorney for local clients for the month of March.

“I am really looking forward to bringing the practice back to Daylesford because not only do I get to live here, but work here as well.”

Cinque Oakley Bryant will be located at Suite 3, 22-24 Howe Street, Daylesford (Elliott Accounting) with the branch opening from March 4, 2019. To make an appointment at Cinque Oakley Bryant please call 0499 227 593 or 5331 5466.

From left, Dean Cinque, Michelle Cinque and Brett Bryant Advertorial

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Bells Water Gardens @ Newlyn

Bells Water Gardens has been in the water garden business for over 25 years, building and maintaining ponds and growing a diverse range of aquatic plants for the nursery trade and public.

We are passionate about building natural eco-system ponds, adding beauty and encouraging wildlife, allowing interaction with nature. Water gardens built by us are quiet, contemplative places to rest and energise the senses.

Contact us for all your water garden requirements or come and see our nursery at 1 Campion Rd, Newlyn.

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55 RAGLAN STREET DAYLESFORD Fontaine

Sublime charm & modern function are the perfect combination in this renovated 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom period residence - a home that doesn’t just fit into the area, it shows a way forward.

Generously proportioned bedrooms, leading off the wide hallway and the 2 exquisite bathrooms with bespoke cabinetry and Encaustic floor tiles, are a delight, set against a backdrop of original period features.

Relaxed family living wraps around the chef’s kitchen, & the covered alfresco area becomes an extension of your entertaining zone, stepping down to a shaded north facing garden.

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114 EUREKA STREET BALLARAT EAST Rare P&O Art Deco landmark

Harking back to the golden age of cruise ships, this 1930s P&O Art Deco home still is the epitome of class and style, with classical curved walls, porthole windows and the flat roof line capturing the romance of a former era.

Yet behind the classic façade, is a generously proportioned family home that ushers in a blend of period and contemporary fixtures, with formal and informal living zones, centerpiece kitchen and 2 bathrooms, 6 bedrooms, upstairs cinema and lock up garage.

A home that is comfortably positioned on the large 846sqm block and ideally located close to the CBD, train station and some of regional Victoria’s best schools.

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39 HOSPITAL STREET, DAYLESFORD Elevated former miners cottage with a contemporary twist comprising 3 bedrooms, en-suite and 2nd bathroom and separate studio ideal for a home-based business or 4th bedroom. A sunny north facing open plan living environment overlooks a deep established garden and there is undercover parking & shedding For Sale $600,000–650,000 4

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15 WYNVALE RISE, HEPBURN Elevated block of 1134 sqm with registered 2 lot Plan of Subdivision for 2 dwellings in a quiet cul-de-sac location. An easy walking distance to local landmarks including The Bathhouse, General Store, Clifftop and the Old Hepburn Hotel, as well as Hepburn Primary School and the Golf Course, makes this an enviable opportunity to build and hold in your portfolio or live in one and rent/sell the other.

For Sale $275,000

28 ROSS STREET, MALMSBURY Ideally situated in one of the Macedon Ranges most popular village destinations, this lightfilled home flows easily with 2 sunny bedrooms (main with WIR and study) bright and spacious living/casual dining, making this an ideal weekender or permanent base, advantaged by a sunny north-eastern orientation with a semi-rural feel.

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Big, small or smart, these pools are going swimmingly

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OMETHING of a boom appears to be happening with pools - whether they are former shipping containers, smart phone operated or plunge pools designed for limited spaces - and limited budgets.

To be fair, other poolmakers say that a shipping container pool goes through an expensive conversion, with another layer of steel welded within the corrugated steel walls to make the shipping container watertight, adding a lot of weight.

They say the fibreglass shell may cause worries similar to those with traditional fibreglass pools: so-called "spider cracks" on the surface, difficult and expensive to repair, a charge robustly denied by the container crew.

Australian Spas and Pools in Keysborough offers a Canadian-designed pool with smartphone-controlled water jet, temperature and lighting.

And just to add to the mix, The Little Pool Company makes a fibreglass pool suitable for small sites where excavation may be limited. Described as a non-corrosive composite exoskeleton, it comes in various shapes and colours. All that is needed, says the firm, is a level concrete pad and a certified electrical connection.

Then there's Melbourne Plunge Pools which specialises in custom-built, precast concrete plunge pools, which it says are ideal for limited spaces.

The 20-year-old firm says most work is completed offsite and customers could be swimming within a matter of days after the pool is delivered.

The pools have a solid concrete seat and top step, are waterproofed and fully tiled including granite coping pavers.

Meanwhile prices for various pool companies range from six-metre pools for $24,900 and 12 metres ones at $38,900, while nine types of plunge pools are available from $11,000.

If you like your downtime by the water, it's worthwhile taking the plunge.

Given that there are an estimated 170 million steel shipping containers around the world, their popularity as relatively inexpensive pools should not come as a surprise.

Online, a seven-metre container ripe for conversion may sell for $2000. To have one dropped in ready to fill just add a zero and a few hundred dollars.

The cost and convenience of these pools, as against their in-ground cousins, are crucial to their popularity.

The Queensland firm bearing the basic title Shipping Container Pools, has installed 500 pools in two years and now says they are going on the trucks at a rate of 20 a month.

No damage has been done to this brand by an appearance on the TV show The Block, with the pools also to be featured soon on Better Homes and Gardens. "We like to think we’re fancy," says Kathryn Wilson, of the firm’s sales team, "but we come from humble beginnings."

The father-and-son team of pool builder Johannes and Jonavan Roux, architect and designer, began making them as a hobby. Jonavan made his first one next to his shed, while installing an in-ground pool with his father.

When potential customers came to look at in-ground pool designs they were fascinated by the container job. Before long the container pools were being shipped around the nation and to places such as Vanuatu. Famously, one was installed on a clifftop, on a steel frame two metres above the ground.

The deal is that a pool arrives in the morning, followed by a water truck ,which fills it in an hour or two and by the afternoon children are splashing. Of course, an Words: Kevin Childs | Image: Contributed by Shipping Container Pools approved concrete slab is needed first, usually a day’s work by a concreting firm, with the site slightly bigger than the pool.

Those who sell these pools say buyers can overlook just how the cost of putting in an in-ground pool can rocket up. Sites where digging is hard may need jackhammers, with bills mounting with the arrival of plumbers and electricians.

Shipping containers are plonked on the ground, many with in-built plumbing, heating and electrical systems. They cater for difficult backyards with a six-metre plunge pools, as well as a 12-metre job.

These pools take on a bit of personalilty as their owners paint murals or put in windows using acrylic panels.

One couple bought a pool for their rented home, planning to move it once their house was up in a couple of years.

Kyneton 4/79 Wedge Street

Auction Saturday 16 March at 11am UNLESS SOLD PRIOR

Scotsman's Hill - Notably one of Kyneton's Finest Examples of Modern Architecture

Reserve Price $1,750,000

Intermode architect design along with a resident green thumb has delivered up a masterpiece set high on Scotsman's Hill on a site of 6201m2 with magnificent views over lush green treetops, framing a panoramic view of Mount Macedon and unique outlook over the Kyneton Racecourse.

View By appointment Sandi Barry-Mueller 0408 392 347

Woodend 178 High Street

Price $1,475,000

The Oaks - An Exceptional Residence on 3450m² in 3 Separate Crown Allotments and 2 Titles This elegant 4 bed, 3 bath residence has been renovated/refurbished to the finest detail whilst also retaining many original features including polished timber floors, high ceilings, lead light and stained glass windows, ornate open fireplaces, original cellar, external timber fretwork and timber ceilings.

View By appointment John Keating 0419 880 444 Sandi Barry-Mueller 0408 392 347

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Cinque Oakley Bryant opens in Daylesford

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HE opening of the Daylesford branch of Cinque Oakley Bryant represents a homecoming for local lawyer Michelle Cinque.

Michelle has not only followed her father’s footsteps into the field of law, now she is also the face of the new Daylesford office as her father was before her.

Back in the 1980s, Dean Cinque practiced law from his Vincent Street office, with the work mostly involving conveyancing, wills, estate, planning and commercial law.

“It was basically all the sorts of things you would find in a country town, general practice,” Dean explained. “My daughter Michelle lives in Daylesford, and we want to rekindle our firm’s family connection with the town.”

Cinque Oakley Bryant is one of the largest firms in Ballarat, where the head office is based, with six lawyers as well as a team of experienced legal staff.

The firm provides legal services in conveyancing, family law, leases, wills and estates, commercial law, criminal law, civil litigation and other areas of practice.

“The philosophy of the firm has always been service to its clients and the law above all else,” Michelle said.

“I will be the face of the Daylesford office, and other lawyers will attend when required, providing a full range of services to our local clients.”

Cinque Oakley Bryant is offering half-price wills and powers of attorney for local clients for the month of March.

“I am really looking forward to bringing the practice back to Daylesford because not only do I get to live here, but work here as well.”

Cinque Oakley Bryant will be located at Suite 3, 22-24 Howe Street, Daylesford (Elliott Accounting) with the branch opening from March 4, 2019. To make an appointment at Cinque Oakley Bryant please call 0499 227 593 or 5331 5466.

From left, Dean Cinque, Michelle Cinque and Brett Bryant

Last drinks!

IT'S the end of an era as Old Hepburn Hotel co-owner Amber Dooley prepares to close the pub's doors for the last time. The pub has been a local watering hole since 1912 - with the Dooley family, including dad Russell and brother Jason, taking over in 2003. "I am sad to go because I am going to miss the people, the locals, the Friday Night Coopers Club and I am going to miss my staff like crazy - and the pub. We have put a lot of love into it, a lot of ourselves, time and money, a lot of blood, sweat and tears. I feel like I am the custodian, but everyone has to move on and I have three boys who are at an age where they need their mother at home at night." Amber said she plans to find work in the industry and then study at TAFE to become a hospitality teacher. Meanwhile, the big farewell is on Sunday, March 10 from 6pm with Light Nite Dance Party with DJ LadyHood. Mark the date and head to the Old Heppy to say farewell. Image: Kyle Barnes

The pucker chukka chaps mount up to do good

Mingela Homestead owners and polo mates, left, Tolga Kumova and Ben Kaye Images: David White

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OLO, a sport mostly associated with spots like Portsea, is arriving here with a well-heeled bump.

Not that it hasn’t been played in the Central Highlands, but until now it’s been private.

All that’s changing at Drummond where the Porsches, Bentleys, Mercs and a Ferraris were lined up recently as planning got under way for a big not-for-profit fundraiser next month.

Mingela Homestead, with its 18 polo ponies, is the venue. Until recently it was owned by one of the Calvert-Jones family, who is also the nephew of tycoon Rupert Murdoch. The sale of the 404 hectare property was, we were told, a tearful occasion for the family, whose younger member moved to Los Angeles.

In came a mining magnate, 39-year-old Tolga Kumova, and his equally successful share trader mate, Ben Kaye, 40, helped by another friend, AFL boss and polo fan Gillan McLachlan.

Intriguingly, while Young Rich List member Tolga tells of coming out of Springvale in its rough-and-ready days, Ben has been playing polo at this ground for 15 of the 18 years the Calvert-Jones family owned it. “I thought if I’m going to get into this game, I’ll do it properly,” says Ben. He dropped out of university to join a stockbroking firm, putting his success down to hard work. He now runs what he says is a little boutique merchant banking company.

Where Ben seems laid back, poking sausages on a barbeque as we talked, Tolga is gung-ho. His story could scarcely be richer: his dad worked 12 hours every day driving taxis, while his mother was on an invalid pension. He lasted less than a year in a stockbroking firm before going his own way and puts his first break down to a client leaving Tabcorp to get into the market.

With head-spinning speed, Tolga tells of a $10 million investment in gold yielding $150 million. (“I think I just got lucky”).

Two Englishmen flogged a uranium licence to Tolga and a colleague in Africa.

There was no uranium in that part of Africa, Mozambique, apparently, but Tolga found the area contained the world’s largest graphite mountain. The $300,000 licence went in value from $20 million to $500 million.

At 36 his business collected $40 million from Chinese investing in mines in Far North Queensland. He also came across $12 billion worth of nickel.

Tolga and Ben are hosting the fundraiser for TLC for Kids from 11am to 5pm on Saturday, March 23. This organisation offers emotional and practical support for 850,000 children in Australia and New Zealand who must go to hospital. It is expanding to provide outings for dying children. Ben Kaye says he wants to enjoy the game and help the community.

For $55 the public will see competing polo teams on what Ben says is the best field in Victoria. Potential car buyers will have a line-up of Bentleys to check out, while Porsche-driving Farmers Arms publican Mitch Duncan will offer his brew of beer.

Organisers say Australia’s best player Jack “Ruki” Baillieu, who’s played beside the Princes William and Harry as well as their father, the future king, will be there. The Baillieus have a polo club at Eynesbury, between Werribee and Melton, while there is also a club at Yaloak Estate, Ballan.

So what is it about this sport, a version of which was played by mounted nomads in Central Asia with up to 100 men a side? The game followed the nomads’ migration to Persia, now Iran, between 600 B.C. and 100 A.D., before spreading to Tibet, China and Japan, and then south to India, where the British took it up in 1859. It arrived here in 1874.

“The moment you get on a horse, you don’t think of anything else,” says Ben. “It’s a fantastic competition where you have to do everything with your legs. You need what’s called polo fitness.” That, and some money, it seems.

Words: Kevin Childs | Image: Kyle Barnes

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Mushroom social enterprise now paying off

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EED mushrooms? Head to the Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre!

That's right, the centre has moved ahead with its Mushroom Farm Social Enterprise and is now selling mushrooms and grow-your-own kits.

Acting manager Danny Liversidge said the activity had started as a way to create meaningful activities for people with any type of disability within Hepburn Shire.

"We teach people literacy, numeracy and life skills here at the centre every Wednesday 9.30am to 3pm via our All Abilities Group - new people are welcome to join - and the Mushroom Farm was one way to embed these skills," he said.

"We built the farm last year, and now production has started with selling mushrooms both from the centre and soon from the Daylesford Sunday Market.

"Members of our All Abilities Group will have an opportunity at the market to interact with the public, providing a community engagement opportunity for those interested. If there are parents out there, or carers, of people with disabilities we would love to hear from them.

"We are hoping this will become a self-funding social enterprise that will really take off and be supported by the community."

Danny said the centre was also looking for more people to become involved in the enterprise as volunteers.

Sponsoring the Mushroom Farm already is the Daylesford Farmers Arms. Head chef Chris Timmins is buying the mushrooms and using them in a hero dish for the hotel's autumn menu.

Chris said supporting the social enterprise was a great way of helping people with disabilities in the community by encouraging them to go out into the community doing worthwhile activities. "On top of that we have found the mushrooms are great quality. We love using local ingredients and supporting the community."

Farmers Arms Hotel manager Mel Nolte said the mushrooms had created a real buzz in Danny Liversidge, left, and Chris Timmins check out the the kitchen and staff were excited about cooking with a product that was produced locally - mushrooms from the Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre and helping the local community.

Words: Donna Kelly | Image: Kyle Barnes

See Chris's recipe for Creamy duxelles, pan fried oyster mushroom with parmesan and truffle oil on page 28.

A Social Enterprise Supporting Our All Abilities Group 13 Camp Street, Daylesford 5348 3569 | admin@dncentre.org.au | www.dncentre.org.au Our mushrooms are growing and our social enterprise is becoming a reality.

We have exciting times ahead at DNC and we want to share it with our community!

Come to our Open Day and see why we’re excited!

We’ll have loose mushrooms and Grow-Your-Own kits for sale, as well as samples and tastings!

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Sunday 10th March 2019 from 10.30 RALLY SITE: BULLARTO HALL & RAILWAY GROUNDS VIA DAYLESFORD OLD VINTAGE TRACTORS & CRAWLERS DON'T MISS THE VINTAGE PARADE AT LUNCHTIME DURING LUNCH TIME THERE WILL BE DEMONSTRATIONS OF ANTIQUE STONE CRUSHER (OVER 100 YEARS OLD)

DYNO TESTING WOOD CHOPPING

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A MOBILE PHONE THROWING COMPETITION FOR THE LADIES

Entertainment provided by the Daylesford Community Brass Band And the Daylesford Pipe and Drum Band

----- Trophies and keepsakes to share amongst the contestants A GREAT DAY OUT FOR ALL

Admission $7.00 Children under 16 $3.00 Family ticket 2 Adults and children $15.00 � Restored vehicles $5.00 per vehicle

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Come for cocktails, stay for dinner

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Words: Donna Kelly | Images: Kyle Barnes

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HERE'S a new evening tradition starting up in Daylesford - cocktails by the lake.

Boathouse Restaurant co-owner Susanne Devine has always been a dab hand behind the bar and is putting her skills to the test and making up some delicious concoctions, ranging from $12 for a very pretty Pimms to $18 for more adventurous tipples. We headed there last Friday for dinner and drinks by Lake Daylesford. It's the perfect setting for warm summer, and cooler autumn, nights.

We started our evening with a cocktail each - and why not? I chose the French Martini with Absolut Vodka, Chambord and pineapple juice. Amazing. You wouldn't want too many though, it would be easy to have two or three, and Susanne is generous with her pour.

Kyle, after a long day, opted for the Espresso Martini with Absolut Vodka, Kahlua and Allpress Espresso, to wake him up. It sure did, there's a real kick of caffeine happening there. And you must admit that there are few more pleasant places to be than Lake Daylesford as the sun sets, the shadows grow longer and the ducks and geese head off for their resting places.

But back to the Boathouse. We asked Susanne and co-owner Claire Levine to decide on our meals, which was a great move, because we often end up having the same thing if we are left to our own devices.

For entrees we were served House-cured ocean trout, horseradish cream, watercress & apple salad ($18) and Onion Bhaji - Indian spiced onion fritters with raita ($18).

This is a great combination. The fresh trout, and there is plenty, is a real treat. I wrapped mine around the salad, like a mini sushi roll, and dipped it in the horseradish cream. The fritters were perfectly cooked, delicately fried strips of onion, the spice pulled down by the delicious raita. The array of flavours coming out of the kitchen here are just mouth-watering.

Next were mains. Susanne very kindly offered us three to sample. Pulled Pork Soft Taco - slow cooked pork shoulder with tomatillo salsa, Jalapeño sour cream and shredded cos ($28), Confit Duck Leg - with red curry coconut dressing, Asian slaw and basmati rice ($32), and Fig & Jamon Salad - fresh figs, jamon, buffalo mozzarella, pinenuts and salad greens with apple balsamic ($27).

All were fantastic, but for me I would have the duck every time. It was absolutely falling off the bone, so tender, and the side salad, rice and dressing was a wonderful combination of sweet and sour. The Fig & Jamon Salad was also a winner - it is a beautiful dish, popping with colours and tastes.

Mind you, Kyle loves his meat and his favourite dish was the Pulled Pork Soft Taco - lots of baby tacos to wrap around the tender pork and lettuce, before topping it with the salsa and sour cream. He was in pork heaven. All of these dishes are also really easy to share if everyone at the table wants a taste.

We were done but Claire insisted on a couple of desserts - and who are we to say no? First up was the Classic Vanilla Bean Brulee - with pistachio and orange biscotti and then the Chocolate Delice - rich chocolate delice with dulce de leche and mint crisps (all desserts are $14).

What can I say? We both tasted each and entered a food coma. The brulee is creamy perfection with crunchy biscotti while the Chocolate Delice is, well, chocolate in all its glorious forms.

The sun has gone, the gums are swaying gently in the evening breeze, we are sated and it's time to go. Another fabulous dining experience at Boathouse Restaurant.

ON THE BANKS OF LAKE DAYLESFORD

Exquisite water views from any vantage point, The Boathouse Restaurant offers a sophisticated dining venue for lunch and dinner.

You can take in the beautiful views from our warm and cosy indoor dining area for winter catch ups and our outdoor deck and seating area during the warmer months.

The Boathouse Restaurant provides year-round comfort with stylish food and a relaxed yet professional style of service, making it the perfect place to enjoy a glass of wine over a meal with family and friends.

LUNCH Wednesday to Sunday 11.30-2.30 DINNER Thursday, Friday & Saturday 5.30-8.30

LABOUR DAY LONG WEEKEND Thursday March 7th – Lunch & Dinner Friday March 8th – Lunch & Dinner Saturday March 9th – Lunch & Dinner Sunday March 10th – Lunch & Dinner Monday March 11th – Lunch

The Boathouse Restaurant does not take bookings for lunch but welcomes guests on a walk in basis. Bookings available for dinner.

2 Leggatt Street, Daylesford | 03 5348 2199

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Creamy duxelles, pan fried oyster mushrooms with parmesan and truffle oil

In a separate pan take fresh oyster mushrooms (small is best).

Pan fry in a little bit of butter with salt, pepper and garlic until slightly coloured.

Stir pasta through creamy duxelles sauce, add your cooked oyster mushroom, toss through together.

To finish, top with fresh shaved parmesan and a drizzle of truffle oil.

Recipe courtesy of Farmers Arms Daylesford head chef Chris Timmins.

Find out where they get their mushrooms on page 24.

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Meal deals for locals...and visitors too!

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

Sunday:

Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn - Roast - $16-$22 - depending on time Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford - Roast, a pot or glass of wine or soft drink - $25

Monday - Friday (Not available public holidays or school holidays)

Monday: Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn - Parma Night - $16-$22 - depending on time Daylesford Cidery, Musk - Pot of Daylesford Cider & any pizza - $20 Peppers Mineral Springs, Hepburn - Feed me - includes a glass of beer or wine $45pp

Wednesday:

Galley Diner, Daylesford - lunch deal - burger, soft drink, fries - $17 Casa El Rey, Daylesford - lunch deal - burrito, soft drink - $15

Community Lunch:

The 5000 Club, Daylesford is open for lunch from noon every Friday at Stanbridge Hall, Central Springs Road, Daylesford. All welcome.

Raffles:

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

Cosmopolitan Hotel, Trentham - Locals' Night. Weekly specials @ $18

Thursday: Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford – Steak Night - $25 Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn - Burger Night - $16-$22 - depending on time The Plough, Trentham - Locals' All Day Dining - 2 courses $27/3 courses $32 The Cosmopolitan Hotel, Trentham - Woodfired pizza specials

Friday: Criterion Hotel, Castlemaine - Express Jalapeno Poppers $12, Fried Chicken Wings $12, Refried Bean Rolls $12, Fried Baby Calamari Tostada $16, 12-2.30pm Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn - Parma Night - $16-$22 - depending on time

Introducing our newly refurbished (and now private) dining room.

Perfect for functions and parties.

For bookings please email functions@farmersarmsdaylesford.com.au 1 EAST ST DAYLESFORD

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Gig Guide Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn

Flanny Friday with SistaVille - Friday, March 8, 5pm CREAM Women’s Music Showcase - Saturday, March 9, 3pm Light Nite Dance Party with LadyHood - Sunday, March 10, 6pm

Criterion Hotel, Castlemaine

Howling Owls - Saturday, March 2 Uncle Dumpy - Saturday, March 9 Balls ‘n’ All - Saturday, March 16 Bittersweet - Saturday, March 23 The Regular Joes - Saturday, March 30

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Live music with food and drink stalls - Saturday, March 9, 11.30am-4pm Live music - Friday, March 22, 4pm-7pm

Bellinzona Resort, Hepburn Springs Benji & Ed - Friday, March 1, 7pm

Daylesford Cidery, Musk

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Dana Crowe - Saturday, March 9, noon-3pm

Cosmopolitan Hotel, Trentham

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Slim Dime - Sunday, March 3 Sarah Wilkinson - Sunday, March 10

Peppers, Hepburn

Live music with food and drink stalls - Saturday, March 9, 11.30am-4pm Live music - Friday, March 22, 4pm-7pm

Blue Bean Love Cafe, Hepburn

The Lefties - Friday, March 1, 6pm-8pm The Old Married Couple - Saturday, March 2, 6pm-8pm Never Easy - Sunday, March 3, 6pm-8pm Jazz Deuce - Friday, March 8, 6pm-8pm Ellerby - Saturday, March 9, 6pm-8pm Open Mic - Sunday, March 10, 6pm-8pm

Spa Bar, Daylesford

Live Piano Bar - Wednesday, February 27, 7pm-10pm Smokey Town - Thursday, February 28, 7pm-10pm DJ Beats with DJ Sach - Friday, March 1, 9pm-11pm Black & Blue - Saturday, March 2, 8pm-11pm Live Piano Bar - Wednesday, March 6, 7pm-10pm Open Mic Night - Thursday, March 7, 7pm-10pm DJ Beats with Pancho Combo & Friends - Friday, March 8, 8pm-1am The Zero Point - Saturday, March 9, 8pm-11pm, followed by DJ Beats with Clay Ravin, 11pm-1am

The Palais, Hepburn Springs

DJ Thompson N Wells - Thursday, March 7 Blue House Saloon with DJ Kista - Friday, March 8

For more ChillOut music events check out their program on pages 15-18!

BEER GARDEN

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Mains from $20

2 Courses $32 / 3 Courses $40

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2 Courses $30 / 3 Courses $35

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Networking!

The Local, in conjunction with Hepburn Shire Council, will hold a Local Business Networking event on Friday, March 1 from 5.30pm to 7pm.

Venue: Bellinzona Grange, Hepburn All welcome.

For further information email donna@tlnews.com.au

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Then it's on to Found, a collection of considered Finally, perhaps you are after a lunch or dinner spot, and unique items collected and chosen to enhance your or some take away? Jackie's on Vincent is the answer.

Chef and owner Jackie together with his wife Lisa, bring world and your home. Found hopes to surprise and delight everyone who comes through the shop door and Asian and Western culinary delights to their dining visits its website. Everything at Found has been curated room. Both were former chefs at Lake House for years. to create a mood, a feeling from one piece to a complete They showcase dishes which are made using both Asian First stop, or last, could be at a real wine and cheese collection. Items in their discovered state, all unique, all and Western techniques. Jackie's on Vincent is open for original, all beautiful. dinner seven nights and lunch Thursday to Tuesday. And haven in Daylesford! Wine & The Country and Dos Enough retail therapy, time for another break and don't forget that takeaway!

Delicatessen sit right next door to each other, so you have access to over 500 wines and more than 50 cheeses Pancho is that place. Fresh from the city to beautiful from around the region and the world. Dine-in or take Daylesford, Pancho offers a contemporary and exciting breakfast/brunch and lunch menu. Generous and away, seven days. considered, their interest in reinventing the classics Next door is the Daylesford District Community paired with specialty coffee, local wine, beer and houseBank. The Community Bank is owned by local made sweets finds them at home in the region's food shareholders and profits derived by the company are returned to the community through sponsorships grants scene. and donations and to shareholders as a dividend. That's very local banking!

More food, and time for a break at The Galley Diner.

This American-inspired eatery offers a great array of very reasonably priced meals - think handmade burgers, barbeque ribs, fried chicken and loaded fries - and you can eat in or takeaway. There's also a great selection of drinks.

Keep wandering down and you'll find the newly Providing access to your money, where opened and calming space, Beyond the Gate Gallery & Studio. Art is a means by which both motivation and when you need us. and emotions are expressed. From differing roots, yet a long-held friendship, Penny Reilly and Maggie Schirmer We’re open convenient hours and want to make your have brought together a unique collection of “opposites banking as simple, straightforward and convenient as attract” in their new gallery. Fine art and resin art possible with our online, phone and e-banking services. combine to complement one another seamlessly. A must see!

During the footpath closure, we are open for business as Right next door is the Daylesford Tarot Readers, a continuation of an esoteric, new age, spiritual shop usual. Drop into our branch at 97 Vincent Street, that has been part of our community for many years.

Daylesford or phone 5348 4186 to experience the Its readers and owners strive to use all their abilities to Bendigo service. provide understanding and healing to its clients. Think tarot, palmistry, reiki, ritual, books and crystals.

Just a few steps further is Nomadic Son, the place to find authentic handmade wares that you can't find anywhere else. Established in 2010, Nomadic Son prides bendigobank.com.au itself on quality, unique kilim rugs, ceramics and home textiles. There is a full online website showcasing their Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited, ABN 11 068 049 178 AFSL/Australian Credit amazing selection of floor rugs.

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Tom's Life raising money to cure brain cancer

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YNETON District Health in conjunction with Campaspe Family Practice presents Tom's Life, an exhibition depicting the life of eightyear-old Tom Gray, who passed away following a short battle with brain cancer.

Soon after Tom’s 8th birthday, he was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and given just months to live. His doctors advised his parents to "go and make some memories".

Within two weeks the family, from Strathmore, set off on a holiday to Cairns to show Tom the Great Barrier Reef and crocodiles and spend quality time with his parents and siblings. Just four and a half months after Tom fell ill, he died in 2016.

Award-winning Kyneton rtist Daniel Butterworth heard of Tom's story and approached Carly and Simon Gray, offering to create a series of paintings depicting Tom’s life, from being a newborn, a healthy child, his illness and his death.

"If I can help people through pain and troubled times by splashing a bit of paint around, I will do it every time," Daniel said.

These emotionally-charged works will be on display at an exhibition at the Kyneton Hospital/Campaspe Family Practice during March, and money raised from the sale of paintings or donations will go to the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation.

Tom’s mother Carly said: "It is extremely confronting, but ultimately the exhibition is to raise awareness of brain cancer so there can be more research, so that more funds can be raised so that it doesn’t happen to any other children or parents."

Dad Simon said if there was "anything we can do, no matter how uncomfortable that makes us feel, we’re going to do it, all we want is for no-one else to sit in that room and hear that news".

Tom’s Life will be launched on March 7 from 6.30pm at the Kyneton Hospital/ Campaspe Family Practice. RSVP events@kynetonhealth.org.au. The exhibition will be on show from 10am to 4pm on March 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23.

Brain cancer kills more children than any other disease and survival rates for brain cancer have barely improved in the last 30 years.

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Just sayin’...

By Donna Kelly

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Please pick me!

Meow!

HE inaugural Daylesford Motorfest. Wow!

For anyone who made their way to Daylesford's Victoria Park for this event - it was an absolute cracker of a day. We arrived a little early, to get photos, but watched in awe as amazing vehicle after amazing vehicle rolled past.

I am not even much of a car buff - although I would like to own a Holden Prem one day - but I thought it was just spectacular. There were vintage cars, hotted up cars, cars with their interior doors dot painted, utes, combi vans, vintage motorcycles...and they were everywhere. On the oval, under the trees, around the sides of the oval. And lots were on the road making their way in. When we left, about 10.30am, they were stretched from Victoria Park to the second roundabout in town.

I talked to someone who went and loved it but had no idea who had organised it. So here goes. It was the dream of Peter Olver. A man who loves cars himself but also loves the community.

He started Cars and Coffee five years ago at Lake Daylesford with just 20 cars. It was a community fundraiser and something to bring the community together. At the same time he had a vision. Something for the town, something bigger than Ben Hur. So he gathered a committed and energised committee and went about making it happen.

It wasn't all smooth sailing/driving. He hit roadbumps here and there, especially when he talked about 2000 cars pulling into Vic Park. Hepburn Shire Council were supportive, after a while, but wary. And fair enough, says Peter. He had the vision and the dream - and had seen similar events around Australia and in America.

And so it came together. A day in February was chosen. Perhaps partly because the weather has more chance of being good. No real car buff is going to bring their pride and joy out in the rain. But also because February is a time when some businesses do it a little tough in the Central Highlands. School holidays are over and it's not quite time for events like ChillOut or the Lost Trades Fair.

So February was chosen - and the sun shone. And Peter and his team of not just committee members but a huge array of volunteers, built it and they came. In droves, from as far away as Perth. And the inaugural Daylesford Motorfest was a huge success.

"Peter for Citizen of the Year" a few Facebook posts said. But while Peter appreciates the sentiment, he is not about that. And he is not one to rest on his laurels. He is already working on better parking and better traffic flow and planning for a bigger and better event next year. And also working on how to distribute the money raised to the many charities and worthwhile organisations we have around the region. Because while it was about cars and a great event, it was also, at its core, a fundraiser for those in need.

A great event for the region, that raises money for the region. Amazing. Just sayin'...

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We run good news stories about amazing people and places, and festivals and events. And our fantastic advertisers run great deals for locals and visitors alike.

To give back to the community, The Local has been running its Connecting the Community adverts for five years. The adverts are for not-for-profit groups and organisations to lend a hand when finances can be a bit tight - or just don't exist. We all know how hard it can be to make volunteer-run organisations work on the smell of an oily rag!

To apply just email donna@tlnews.com.au with your event or organisation. We also put call-outs on our Facebook page and those of the various communities in our wonderful region. We work on a first-in basis, with a nod to time-lines too.

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Kyle’s Rant

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CAME from a lot of money. The trouble is it wasn’t mine.

You see back before my quiet life began in the Central Highlands, I sold boats. Now I am not talking tinnies, most of the boats I sold back in 2005 were between $500,000 and $4.5 million. In fact, I once was on the ABC for selling the largest boat in the smallest booth at the Melbourne Boat Show. It was a set-up media stunt but what the hell?

This life of flash cars, boats and hedonistic restaurants came about through pure happenstance. I was a good boat handler - but with 138 parking and unparking of the Brisbane City Cats a day for 18 months prior to my Melbourne move, who wouldn’t be?

This skill made it easy for me to demonstrate the handling capabilities of large craft and the secret was not to tell the client about my past so they would think "If he can park the boat, so can I".

Anyway, I was very successful in this highly-stressed and demanding job selling floating gin palaces to the rich and sometimes famous. Some of my memories of my sometimes rambunctious but usually nice clients was one woman’s complaint that the bed was too hard to make in her new $850,000 sports cruiser. (That’s not even a first world problem luv, I thought.)

Another was the threat of a client planning to sue me because when I specced up his $80,000 worth of navigation electronics, I wasn’t clear on the autopilot instruction. He had set the autopilot and then proceeded to have dinner below decks and run up on Mud Island down the bottom of Port Phillip Bay. He thought the autopilot would divert his course and speed around the island. True story.

Anyway, back to the sanctuary of the Central Highlands, and last week the memories came flooding back when David White and I did our photo shoot for the polo (see page 22-23).

When I teed up the shot the woman from TLC - the charity which the March 25 match will raise money for - I asked for a Bentley car to be in the shoot as they are the major sponsors. I was met with "how many do you want?".

I stalled for a couple of seconds and replied "I have never been asked that question before" and stumbled back with a rather high pitched "three?".

She replied that would be fine, so I asked her how many could I have asked for?

She replied 10 or so.

Anyway, the shoot went well. David and the guys from Bentley and TLC did a cracker of a job, it's just to have three vehicles with a combined value of slightly north of $2 million sitting on a polo field in Drummond seemed a little surreal.

Surreal rant over…

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The Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens' begonias are at their best right now, thanks to head gardener John Roach, pictured. John said the flowers on display were the most colourful he had seen in his years at the gardens.