The Local Issue 48 June 22, 2015

June 22, 2015 Issue 48 Urban foraging

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Front cover: Patrick Jones and Meg Ulman are among a group of people who enjoy foraging and creating productive gardens. Read their story opposite.

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Urban foraging offering fresh healthy options Words: Kate Taylor | Image: Alison Pouliot

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F YOU go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise… and maybe a free dinner.

Getting fresh food for free has advanced from the idea of dumpster-diving and locals are embracing it; finding fruit, nuts, mushrooms and other delights in nature and eating what would otherwise be wasted.

The idea of ‘gleaning’ - a farmer deliberately leaving parts of his field unharvested originates as far back as The Bible as an early form of social welfare.

But modern incarnations - laning, urban foraging, community gardens and free food projects – are as much about helping those struggling to buy food as they are about choosing to eat fresh, healthy food that is easily accessible from trees and shrubs on public land or overhanging fences.

Meg Ulman and her partner Patrick Jones are experts at the practice; they developed a map of fruit and nut trees on public land in the Daylesford area.

“We have a fully productive garden, including chickens and ducks. We haven’t shopped at a supermarket for seven or eight years,” Meg said.

For the Ulman-Joneses it’s all about avoiding the exorbitant tourism dollar driven economy that has pushed up prices in the town.

“City people can’t really do it because they are time-poor and moneyrich. We can do it because we are money-poor and time-rich…and we love it. We’ve got time to make everything and grow whatever we can.

“We have our garden, but also the co-op and food swaps and community gardens.”

The couple also holds walks from their home which teach people the basics of how to forage safely, what to look for, what to avoid, and the incredible range of delights that occur naturally - just needing to be harvested and eaten.

Even the couple’s two-year-old son can happily identify hawthorn berries on a walk.

“He’s growing up with an ecological literacy.”

Interestingly, Hepburn Shire Council does not have either a map of productive trees, or a policy governing the planting of productive trees as opposed to ornamentals on public land.

However council’s infrastructure manager Bruce Lucas had a warning in response to questions about the safety of foraging blackberries, which are classified as a weed and are sprayed by council.

“The herbicide used is Raze and is typically used for the base of white guideposts and other roadside furniture as part of the road maintenance program and drainage maintenance works.”

Meanwhile, mushroom expert Alison Pouliot - who spotted the potentially fatal death cap mushrooms growing in the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens - also cautioned about foraging for mushrooms.

“Identifying edible mushrooms takes time and practice and of course it’s vital not just to know the edible species but also the toxic lookalike species. Also be aware that a great variety of animals rely heavily on fungi at this time of year so be conservative with the quantity you collect,” she said.

“We have a fully productive garden, including chickens and ducks. We haven’t shopped at a supermarket for seven or eight years.” - Meg Ulman

See Patrick and Meg’s photo on our front cover.

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Talking art and culture in pubs

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ILL Rivers has been immersed in arts and culture for more than 40 years - first as a journalist specialising in food, wine and the arts and later as the media director of The Australian Ballet touring nationally and internationally. She talked to The Local’s editor Donna Kelly.

DK: What happened after The Australian Ballet gig?

JR: When I finally extricated myself to spend more time with my own family and develop a more ‘normal’ life, I continued working in dance on a couple of dance boards bringing The Australian Dance Awards to the Arts Centre in Melbourne from the Sydney Opera House, and working on Marilyn Jones and Dame Margaret Scott’s team to run a National Choreographic Workshop - Dance Creation for emerging choreographers. I also started a series of public programs - Artspeak at the Arts Centre, talking to leaders in the arts. And that’s what I’ve started again in Central Victoria. Conversations in pubs.

DK: What’s your Macedon Ranges story?

JR: I’m a country girl at heart - a sheep farmer’s daughter from North Canterbury, New Zealand and it’s always been important to connect to the landscape. We shared a co-operative farm at Apollo Bay when my children were growing up and when that was sold it was a natural move to the Macedon Ranges - initially Drummond, in Hepburn Shire and a smaller one-acre place in Tylden for the past 18 months.

DK: You sound busy - why start Conversations in Pubs?

JR: The overarching aim of my professional career has been to demystify the arts - to make it accessible to everyone and enrich their everyday life. Getting to know the people involved in making it happen - the creators and motivators, on a relaxed, personal basis, listening to their views and inspiration, asking them questions, chatting over a coffee or glass of wine, breaks down perceived barriers we have in our new world countries, which are not founded on an inbuilt sense of our cultural history - and only now belatedly grasping an understanding of the culture of the first Australians.

DK: What is your goal with them?

JR: My aim is to expand and multiply the conversations - even if for practical reasons of available time and space we sometimes have to take them out of the physical pub to an imaginary one — The Conversation Arms and Voices?

DK: Who attends?

JR: There are so many people in what the Chinese call “The Golden Years” in the region who had not the time previously to explore the arts and developing culture, but the guest conversationalists are from a full spectrum of fields - visual arts such as Stuart Purves, director of the Australian Galleries in Melbourne and Sydney, dance, books, music, film - so they appeal to a range of ages and interests. There will be a series of winemakers too.

DK: Finally, tell us a little about your upcoming book….

JR: I’ve just returned from researching a book about the benefits of engaging in arts and culture in the UK. There is some serious work happening there about measuring the value to our health and wellbeing. There are real breakthroughs in marrying art and science…watch this space.

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On the front line 5

Walking the blue line in Trentham Words: Kate Taylor | Image: Kyle Barnes

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HEN it’s coming out of the Trentham station, modern policing is a blend of community engagement and law enforcement – with occasional bullet holes.

It’s a way of walking the blue line that sees Acting Sergeant Matt Beel using visible presence out on the roads in his four-wheel-drive to reduce road injury, rather than hiding behind a speed camera.

And the ‘more-carrot-than-stick’ approach is working – the area experiences on average less than one theft per week and one arrest per month.

A day can involve a number of small jobs from attending CFA meetings to speaking at schools, setting up a breath-testing station and serving paperwork from the courthouse.

Or it can be one long job – an operation conducted in one of the local state forests or national parks to enforce compliance on recreational vehicles, motorbikes, trail bikes and four-wheel drives as well as camping regulations and protection of wildlife.

“Usually it’s three per cent of the population creating ninety per cent of the required police response,” Acting Sgt Beel said.

“This is a nice country town with not a lot of crime. I had a lady ring up about an internet scam and she came in and showed me all the paperwork and I explained to her: that’s just how eBay works. Another lady brought me homemade bikkies. It’s nice – it’s very refreshing to be in a community like that.”

A typical day in the life of a country copper: 10am: Call to attend a reported hole in a water tank, the result of a bullet.

These incidents are usually caused by hunters from the western areas of Melbourne travelling to shoot feral pigs; shooters often get frustrated and look for targets such as road signs and in many cases, farm equipment. Hunters caught shooting across farmland are charged with firearms offences.

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1pm: Take a seat on Municipal Emergency Management Plan meeting to discuss with those in attendance including CFA, SES, council as well as hoteliers and restaurant owners, planning for potential emergencies including bushfire and flood.

2pm: Use a chainsaw to cut up and remove a tree from across a road due to a wind storm in the area. Halfway through, a farmer comes over with his tractor to assist and a CFA unit stops to help drag the tree off the road.

4pm: Call to attend a truck that has gone sideways on the Western Highway.

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No cash, no cooking: how monks and nuns live in the Wombat State Forest Words: Kevin Childs | Images: Kwanghai and Seto

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eep in the tranquil Wombat State Forest the chanting of monks and nuns in saffron, red or brown filled the air. A $2.3 million, 60-hectare Buddhist monastery was being opened.

From across Asia, 500 followers came to take part, from countries such as Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia. Here, where some of ‘The Man From Snowy River’ was filmed, are monks and nuns from a strand of Buddhism that bars holding money or cooking. Meals are provided by followers, who may also come to meditate, or in the case of one monk, by walking for 75 minutes with a bowl to nearby Trentham.

Few forest monasteries worldwide follow the strands of Buddhism practised here in Beaches Lane, Newbury. A monastery spokesman, the Venerable Jaganatha, known as Jag, said the forest tradition died out about 1000 years ago. Newbury is also unusual because few monasteries worldwide have women Above, nuns enter the event hall, below Venerable Jag Lead Monk of the learning the early teachings of the Buddha and being ordained.

Newbury Buddhist Monastery project.

As one of the three major streams of Buddhism it is not connected to the Dalai Lama, for instance who, as we spoke, was receiving a rock star welcome in Sydney. “We don’t pay much attention to that,” said Jag. Three monks and a nun are now at the monastery, which started eight months ago. Jag says eventually up to 20 monastics as they are known will be there, and 20 lay people as supporters and for meditation. “Some lay people stay for a night, some for two weeks.”

For monastics the path to full ordination is at least five years, but can take 10 to 20 years, he said. Buddhism is the fastest-growing non-Christian religion in Australia, although representing just 2.5 per cent of the population. The latest Census shows 500,000 Buddhists, of whom 70 per cent were born abroad.

Nun Ayya Upekkha says she favoured strict practices and meditation and explored the forest monastic tradition in NSW. She learned of other women who wanted training and guidance and set out to help establish this forest monastery.

“I don’t consider myself a teacher,” she says, “just a learner with a big L plate, learning from everything and this is the truth. I’m just being ‘pushed’ into the front line because there are not enough teachers around.”

As for raising the large amount of cash needed to complete the purchase, Jag says, “Nothing significant was ever done without being bold.”

The monastery seeks donations on its website, including to buy steel-capped boots for rough and heavy work and coveralls for fire safety. Readers are directed to a site where these may be ordered.

The place is also on YouTube and there is a site where followers book to bring a meal.

Mornings at the monastery are spent working, says Jag, and the afternoon given over to study and contemplation. Most of the buildings used in the film The The aspirations of these Buddhists are well captured by a verse chanted at the Man from Snowy River are collapsing. One fell in recently and Jag says they are opening. dangerous and must be avoided.

In all of this, however, how do they get on without cooking or cash? Jag, 40, Radiating kindness over the entire world: a Queenslander whose background includes a brief time as a soldier, says he has Spreading upwards to the skies, gone for up to two days without food. He came to Buddhism when studying mass and downwards to the depths. communications and doing a unit called “Australia, Asia and the Pacific”.

Outwards and unbounded, As for money, Jag says: “We hold strongly to this stricture because where Freed from hatred and ill-will. there’s money there’s power and where there’s power there’s corruption.”

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8 Opinion

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Just sayin’ with Donna Kelly

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Y THE time you read this we will have two work experience students on our team at The Local.

We were asked ages ago, by Marg from Daylesford Secondary College, and how could you say no? Not just because she is lovely but because how else do kids find out if what they dream about is what they really want to do.

One of our work experience students is keen on photography and the other is keen on journalism. So a perfect team. We have given them five stories to complete, one each day so they learn about deadlines, and if they are up to scratch, and I am sure they will be, we are going to publish some of them in The Local.

So a couple of bylines in an award winning magazine (just sayin’) and one that a senator believes is the future of regional publishing. Not bad before you have even left secondary college. And maybe they will love it and join the brave, very new world of journalism in the future, or maybe they will hate it and save themselves a three-year degree at RMIT. I got my start in journalism as a work experience student. It was in the old days, 1980 from memory, and at the then Frankston Standard. A venerable newspaper which had done Frankston proud for more than 100 years.

I was nervous as hell. Yes, hard to believe, but I was quite a timid teenager who only came out of my shell after five years of part-time work at Myer where I found it hard to sell shoes without talking to the customers. But I digress...

I remember turning up at the office and the editor, a big gruff bloke, very true to form at the time, telling me to head off with the photographer for the day.

The next day it was court - that was interesting for a 15-year-old - and then media conferences, council meetings, 60th wedding anniversary interviews - and then the week was over. And I was hooked. I couldn’t believe you could have all this fun and get paid.

Back to school and then university and then a job came up right back at the Frankston Standard. Perfect timing. Except one of the journos working there had a daughter needing a job. I learnt a new word - nepotism. Anyway, not much later I was hired as a cadet at the Southern Peninsula Gazette down in Rosebud and the daughter and I became great friends.

Final quick story. Two years ago Kyle and I were sitting at the bar of the Radio Springs Hotel and a big gruff bloke sitting next to me said “you’re not Donna are you?” and I said “you’re not Tony are you”. And we started chatting. Tony had started his own stable of publications and we mentioned we wanted to start The Local but couldn’t find an affordable printer. And Tony just grinned and said “I know one”. And I learnt another word - serendipity. So you really never know where work experience will lead. Just sayin’...

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Daylesford Bulldogs rebuilding for future Words: Dan Lonergan | Image: Kyle Barnes

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INCE they joined the Central Highlands League in 2006 from the Ballarat League, Daylesford has made the finals each season and actually been one of the most successful clubs, winning three flags in the seniors from six grand final appearances.

The under 18s were premiers in 2009 and 2013 and the under 15s in 2010, but this year is uncharted territory. As we enter the second half of the season, the Bulldogs are set to watch the finals from the crowd in all four grades. All four teams are in the bottom six with the under 15s last.

However, the club is in good hands as far as its future is concerned. Its president is a Daylesford football club stalwart at the ripe old age of 33, Bernie Jurcan.

He has played through that great era and was part of the 2009 premiership, but is very optimistic about what lies ahead, although he does concede they have lacked numbers in the under 15s especially at the start of the year, but says they are starting to pick up now.

“In the teams that won the flags, we mostly had local boys,” he said cheerily as we sit and chew the fat about footy at his business, the famous Istra Meats (which he bought from his parents) near the Trentham Road just outside Musk.

Jurcan is the right man to be leading Daylesford through what he describes as a necessary rebuild.

“Those premierships were mainly made up of a core group of eight players.” They included ruckman, Scott Winduss and the Adams brothers Luke and Joel, who is the senior coach and recently played his 300th game for the Bulldogs in the reserves.

“Those guys feel now it’s time to give it away and develop the kids. We have just one regular senior player over 30, with 12 under the age of 20.”

Jurcan says footy is cyclical. “You can’t be up all the time, even if you want to, but we have always developed our own and that won’t change.”

He is full of praise for neighbours Hepburn. They are in contention again and they do spend money on players, but Jurcan says Hepburn has a hard working committee always raising that money.

He adds that there is not the bad blood between the two teams that there seemed to be years ago. “We go about picking our players a bit differently to them, but they still have good juniors as well.”

Daylesford is also making changes off the field with new clubrooms. Building is set to begin in September and Jurcan hopes they will be finished by May next year. “It’s a very exciting time for the club and the

new facilities are so important to ensure our future and make sure we continue to thrive in this league.”

The State Government is contributing $1.15 million to the project, the Hepburn Shire Council $500,000 and the club is in the process of raising the remaining $250,000.

Jurcan proudly says that all their players who are good enough to play in major country leagues, like Luke Adams who won a Bendigo League Best and Fairest with Castlemaine, and Scott Winduss, come back.

“There’s young Seb Walsh at the moment. He is with the Shepparton Bears in the Goulburn Valley Football League but we expect him to eventually return to Daylesford along with Jordan Alexander, who has spent some time in the strong Geelong League.”

Bernie’s love and passion for the Daylesford Bulldogs shines through as he talks about them and the league. He is a busy man juggling the club presidency and his business but is lucky that wife Ruth is heavily involved in the netball club.

He is also a fan of the new points system for recruiting which is coming in soon to country football around Victoria. It’s designed to make leagues more even. “Because most of our players are home grown, we probably have the lowest amount of points in the league.”

Jurcan says the club is already on the lookout for a new senior coach for next season, with Joel Adams electing to stand down after next season and the president is confident whoever takes over will be involved in a vibrant and close knit team.

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Humble tea cosy on display at Kyneton Museum

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HE story of the tea cosy apparently started in the early 1800s when a British farmer mistakenly placed his woollen hat on his teapot, and returned to find the tea still warm.

Making a hat the first predecessor of cosies.

The tea cosy became popular in Britain after the price of tea became affordable. Teapots became larger, and larger pots meant finding a way to keep the tea hot.

Showcasing both the traditional and trendy, is a colourful display at the Kyneton Museum from June 26 to July 25, where the tea cosy becomes more than just a humble cover, it becomes a work of art.

A remarkable selection of tea cosies from the museum’s collection will be on show along with those created by crafty people from the community.

Kyneton Museum is at 67 Piper Street. Open Friday to Sunday from 11am to 4pm with schools and touring groups by appointment.

Link: mrsc.vic.gov.au/museum

Sharon Boxshall, left, and Maria Turner put a giant tea cosy to the test.

Image: David White

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A Sparkling Life (AN ONGOING column by Marian Sidwell and her recollection of living in Daylesford - and early childhood memories. The first excerpt ran in The Local, Issue 28, September 15, 2014. Back issues at tlnews.com.au) Drawing by Daylesford artist Brian Nash art@briannash.com.au

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CHOOL cookery classes I adored. We were divided into three groups - the Pantry Maids, the Kitchen Maids and the Table Maids. They were all great learning curves.

As Pantry Maid I learnt the logic of having big labelled clear glass canisters in the pantry. They were wiped over each day and their levels checked for top-up purchases. With a list of things to buy for the menu of the day, together with the top-ups, we would take our big baskets and hike, being Daylesford, up and down the main street, in and out of the various shops in our pursuit of value for money.

Food shops in Daylesford were plentiful. I loved going into Doyle’s delicatessen for two shillings’ worth of sliced cold meat.

Mrs Doyle would be encased behind the counter in a flywire mesh prison slicing meat, weighing frankfurters, cutting cheese and the smell of it all was delicious. Her only contact with us was made through a tiny sliding mesh window that was whipped open and shut with lightning speed.

“Adams” cake could be had from across the road at Elderfields.

Nobody could come close to matching an “Adams” cake in their ovens at home. We had our favourites which were plain orange, light fruit and best of all, the triple tiered rainbow sponge with thick imitation cream and rich chocolate icing. The great thing about the shop was that big chunks or little chunks could be cut off to our choosing from the big slab kept at the shop. The size of the chunk purchased of course was determined either by our appetites or the cash flow at the time.

At home Mum’s supply of home-made goodies in their various tins and bins never seemed to last very long. I think it was the aroma wafting from the oven as she opened its big black double doors. Boiled fruit cakes, sponges, fairy cakes, rock buns, jam and coconut tarts; just the sheer joy of having an oven forever hot.

Fishing was Dad’s great love. Every available moment was spent squatting over reels, hooks, sinkers, lines and bait at favourite spots too numerous to mention. In summer or winter his attire was the always the same – navy blue full cover overalls, gum boots and the felt hat. Being a red head he had a thing about his skin. Ultra violet readings, ozone layers and greenhouse gas and their effects were years away. His thing was avoidance of blisters, bubbles and pain. And, being the true blue angler he was, he fished before sun-up and at sun down anyway.

When it came to fishing I think I had more fun with him in the pursuit of bait than I ever did with fishing. The West Street swamp was one of our favourite haunts. West Street on the side of the intersection where our house stood was a good bitumen road but once it crossed in front of our house it became a driveable gravel road for a short distance then it dropped dramatically to a first gear job and then stopped a short distance from the lake. From there the West Street track took over. It was extremely steep, rocky in places, heavy in undergrowth and blackberries that seemed forever wanting to keep us humans at bay but never quite succeeding.

In winter it would put up tricky slippery bits for us to manoeuvre, in spring it would shoot out new growth that never quite enclosed us and then in summer it would send out the most delicious sweet smell of ripening blackberries and the sounds of singing cicadas so it didn’t really have much hope of keeping us away. It couldn’t even come up with a snake.

Here is the solution to last week’s crossword. This week’s crossword is on page 20. All the answers are somewhere in The Local. Good luck!

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

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

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False Expectations Appearing Real

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HEN you shrink into fear and let worry permeate your being, it becomes one of the most fundamental energy leaks that drain the human body of vitality.

You must own this, once you recognise what is occurring and it is starting to pull you backwards, it is time to make amendments to get yourself back on track.

Sounds easy? It actually is. Awareness is the key once again. When you are self-aware and listening to the feedback that your body is giving, you can take action relatively easily. It is being conscious, waking from a semi-slumber as we go through the motions that are toxic to being present to ourselves.

We hear you go ho hum as you are reading this, feeling like we have covered off on this topic already. Well we have news for you – this message is going to repackaged, re-played, audited and juggled around but still convey the same message. Why? Because the power of FEAR is paralysing so many people at this time and until it is acknowledged how embedded it is into the psyche of each individual, we will keep dressing up the message and sharing it a different way.

Fear stops you from following your dreams, trusting yourself and others. Have you listened to the words of parents randomly and noticed the “lingo” that has fear attached? “Don’t go near the water you will drown” “get down from that tree before you break you leg”, “be careful, you will fall off your bike”.

What is funny is our most pervasive fears are ones that are not often discussed out loud; it is often the ramblings of our inner critic or negative ego that activates and heightens our own personal anxieties.

So today, we ask you once again to shine the light on this darker aspect of yourself. Catch yourself with your negative talk, check yourself when you are saying no to something that you are not on automatic pilot, which is keeping you in your comfort zone. In fact, if you do not do something regularly to get out of your comfort zone – do something about this. By trying to always play safe, do the right thing, not challenge your own attitudes and beliefs you are living only half a life, with fear owning you more than you would care to admit.

So rejoice in your small victories of re-claiming your life against fears and anxieties that are holding you back. Your mantra when you feel fear creeping into you psyche: FEAR = False Expectations Appearing Real.

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OGA for Nepal in Daylesford, a fundraising event organised by Adrian Thia from le.yoga. daylesford, and held in the Daylesford Town Hall, has raised more than $1100, bringing fundraising for Nepal to $1790.

Money went to Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders).

Adrian said the purpose of the event was to bring people together and highlight that “we don’t have to be kind only during a disaster or when extreme pain happens”.

“Nepal was used as it was close to our hearts...one student was lucky enough to miss the disaster as she was heading there for her honeymoon in two weeks and quite a few Daylesford residents who were there were unharmed by the event. Giving to Medecins Sans Frontieres is like a gift that keeps giving. Supporting volunteers, no religious undertones and 90 per cent of the fund actually reaches the volunteers.”

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Who’s who in The Local’s crew - Kyle Barnes “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” ― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

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y story starts as a young man working with his father on a commercial longline vessel off the coast of the North Island in New Zealand in a little town called Houhora.

It had a population of about 500 and proudly boasted the most northern pub in New Zealand, about an hour’s drive from Cape Reinga.

By the time I was 18 I had my commercial captain’s licence and was able to command commercial vessels up to 25 metres. The problem was in my view I had no experience. I had sat in class and learnt how to navigate, all about ropes and all about longitudinal bending moments (how a vessel moves and twists). However I had never put these into practice and my job consisted of baiting hooks (15 kilometres of them) and steaming out to the radar marks provided by dad, putting out the longline and bringing it back up again hopefully laden with snapper to set the market.

So I decided to increase my qualifications, gain a marine engineer’s ticket and take off to Fiji, where I had a job as a deckhand on a 123 foot tall ship with masts the same height. Did you know there is only one rope on a windjammer (tall ship)? It is the bell rope. The others have odd names like Flemish horse, buntline and hawser. So after a little time in the tropics making the movie Return to Blue Lagoon, I had literally “learnt the ropes” and with our arrival back to New Zealand became the first mate. Many years and boats floated under my command from tug boats to tin ships. Eventually in my early 20s I left the land of the long white cloud for the “land of milk and honey” - Australia.

I landed in Hamilton Island and found myself a job straight away working as a water ski instructor - well actually yelling at the Japanese to keep their arms straight and legs flexible. Personally I had never skied before. After a week I meet my future wife Donna who was back from Japan working as an interpreter. We moved around in the years that followed, with me working on all sorts of vessels from running boats out to the Great Barrier Reef to the high speed catamarans on the Brisbane River, even a stint on the “egg cartons” - the tourist boats that sail the Yarra River. Eventually I found myself in the world of sales, brokering multi-million dollar power boat deals from my office under the West Gate Bridge.

Then came the tree change, a move to Daylesford. There was no ocean here, only Lake Daylesford, so I invested in my other passion that had been with me since I could afford a camera - photography.

Donna, who was back in journalism, used to take me along on jobs with her so as I could learn the trade, and eventually I got paid work with Fairfax and during a short stint in Hervey Bay I was shooting the front page of The Independent every week.

A few years later, while I was working at The Advocate, we came up with the idea of a true home-grown community paper and The Local was born. From time to time I still mess about with boats as in the summer of 2014 when I worked as a boating safety officer for Transport Safety Victoria, educating boaters on the bay and boat ramps. But mostly you will find me around the Central Highlands, shooting photos or doing everything else associated with running a small business.

And that’s my abridged story. For the full story you will have to buy me a beer. Or two!

By Kyle Barnes General manager and photographer at The Local And occasional boatie.

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New bulk billing clinic to open

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NEW bulk billing medical clinic will open in Daylesford tomorrow, Tuesday, June 23.

Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative is opening the satellite bulk billing medical clinic which will initially be open on Tuesdays.

It is for people with health care cards living in the Hepburn Shire region and is also available for children up to 16 years old.

The cooperative’s chief executive officer Karen Heap said patients on health care cards had been travelling more than 30 minutes each way to gain no gap bulk billed health care.

“It’s fantastic that we have been able to provide access to essential medical services closer to their homes.”

Cooperative health manager Jo Warren envisaged the new clinic saying “I live in the Hepburn Shire and realised from seeing local media reports and comments on social media, that there was a need to have a bulk billing clinic in Daylesford for people with health care cards”.

Jo and a doctor the cooperative’s Baarlinjan Medical Centre in Ballarat will work at the clinic which is at Hale House, 24 Raglan Street, Daylesford.

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Thanks from The 5000 Club

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S the organiser of The 5000 Club I would like to thank all the people involved in the event, The Opening of the Oven.

To the wonderful and tireless volunteers - special congratulations. We provided a three-course meal for about 90 people and coped with this so well.

Various supporters need to be mentioned including Matt at Spa Meats for the delicious lamb, Coles through Second Bite for the fresh produce, Mell and Jules of Keeping Daylesford Warm, Norma for her berry pies and the people who came to celebrate with us the handover of the beautiful new oven to the Anglican parish council. The oven was bought with funds raised by the volunteers of The 5000 Club and Simon Burgess of The Good Guys Brighton gave us a major deduction on the cost.

Ballarat MP Catherine King performed the opening with grace and style and our local councillors Mayor Kate Redwood and Cr Pierre Niclas attended along with other key people.

The 5000 Club demonstrates the strength of this community and how important it is to create opportunities for people to meet and feel welcome and valued.

Loretta Little The 5000 Club, Daylesford

U3A book showcasing shire

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O CELEBRATE its 15th anniversary Hepburn Shire’s U3A (University of the Third Age) is compiling a book about events in the Hepburn Shire, covering the years 2000 to 2015, as seen and experienced by past and present U3A members.

President David Hall said Hepburn Shire Council had provided a $2000 grant.

“The book is a U3A community project and will not only be an historical and social document of interest to all shire residents, but it will provide a very broad look at the shire for people contemplating a move to the region.”

To be released at the beginning of October, the book will look at the attractions, environment, events and people of Daylesford and the shire’s villages as well as U3A’s activities over the past 15 years.

More than 20 members have contributed material to the book.

U3A’s second semester starts on July 20 with an introduction to the program on July 8. Anyone interested in attending the introduction or joining can contact secretary Anne Tamblyn on 0411 866 643.

Meanwhile U3A is still looking for pictorial material for its book or stories of interest from past U3A members. Contact Ms Lockyer by June 30 on 0429 101 066 or keira.lockyer@bigpond.com

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MAKERS MARKET

Two Markets – One location Spring has sprung – The grass is ris – I wonder where the birdies is???

The Town Square in Trendy Trentham The Trentham Farmers Market has joined with Trentham Makers Market

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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

TRENTHAM STATION SUNDAY MARKET Victoria Street, Trentham On the fourth Sunday of each month 8.30am - 2.30pm Enquiries/Bookings – Kaye / Leigh 5424 1466 or Ross 5424 1509 A great variety of stalls in and around the beautiful Trentham Station **Permanent carriage stalls open every weekend** Including - Craft in the Carriage, Kaye’s Soaps and Candles, Leigh’s Homemade Preserves, Snax on the Trax & Trentham Olde Worlde Lolly Shoppe Trentham - Always relaxed and refreshing!

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SUPPORTING MARRIAGE EQUALITY

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Nick Bunning & Lindsay Smith

THANKS to everyone who put up their hand to support marriage equality in Australia in the last edition and again on this page. These pages will be given to Ballarat MP Catherine King who hopefully will take them to Canberra to support Bill Shorten’s private member’s bill for Marriage Equality. It may only be a small voice but if every magazine or newspaper around the country did the same thing it would become a loud voice for equality. From all the crew at The Local!

ISSA OUATTARA SCULPTURE PARK FRANKLINFORD Homecoming exhibition on June 27 and 28 at the Historic Church Franklinford (corner Hepburn-Newstead Rd/ Franklinford intersection) from 9.30am to 5pm.

All welcome, our friends, neighbours and art lovers, to come and say hi to Issa, enjoy a glass of bubbly and see his latest creations.

‘homecoming’ exhibition 27th / 28th June 2015 www.IssaOuattaraSculpture.com or Issa Ouattara Sculpture on facebook.

Your chance to own a much loved daYlesford gem Vendor is retiring, all offers considered

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Swimming tips saving lives and winning awards

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AM Matthews, a staff member at the Kyneton Sports & Aquatic Centre, has won the Teacher of Swimming & Water Safety award at the annual Aquatics and Recreation industry awards dinner.

It is the second award for the centre, with Marie Noonan winning last year.

Pam said she had been teaching swimming for more than 10 years.

“I really love teaching the kids. I just let them take away a little bit of information that one day may save their lives.

That’s what I get out of it.

“The kids love to have fun. And if you make it fun it becomes easy learning and they seem to get it a whole lot better.

“It is a dream job.”

Pam said she liked to think of the award as won by the entire centre.

“It’s all team work, it’s for everyone.”

The award recognises the outstanding contribution by an individual to the teaching of swimming and water safety, including teaching effectiveness, professional development, leadership and commitment to excellence.

Pam will represent Victoria as the state nominee in her category at the National Awards ceremony later in the year.

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Cosy Corner www.daylesfordbowlingclub.com.au 10am - 11pm Sunday - Thursday 10am - midnight Friday - Saturday 8 Camp Street Daylesford Ph: 5348 2130

licenced Cafe & Restaurant 3 tenth street Hepburn Springs bookings 5348 2576 www.cosy-corner.com.au

Breakfast Weekends 9am to 11am.

Lunch Friday - Tuesday from 11am.

Dinner Thursday - Tuesday from 6pm.

Coffee & Cake always on.

Tuesday Locals’ Curry $ Hotpot Night $18 (main menu not available) Fish Night Friday $26.50 inc. glass of wine. (a la carte also available)

Kitchen re-opens Friday, June 26!

26 - 28 Albert Street Daylesford 5348 3711

The Pie is back!

We are now well and truly into the prettiest season of the year, Autumn.

And to warm up our bellies, our most popular dish is back on the menu.

House made pies, served on a bed of mash with peas and jus.

In the colder months, our opening hours have changed. We are still open for dinner seven nights a week. Lunch is now served Friday - Monday only except for school holidays when we will remain open seven days a week.

Open for Dinner 7 Days from 5pm.

Lunch Friday-Monday from noon

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT OUR WEBSITE OR CALL US ON 03 5348 2335

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My shout!

By Roy Lever

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LOVE American pale ales.

They are big in flavour and aromas, they are a great pairing with steaks or spicy and smokey BBQ dishes, and fortunately for Aussie hop lovers, the style is also popular with a lot of brewers here in Australia. This means a hop fix is available anywhere you look.

As far as beer styles are concerned, APAs are relatively new, first being brewed in the States in 1975 by the Anchor Brewing Company.

“Liberty Ale” was a big hoppy style beer with a big malt backbone, brewed to celebrate the anniversary of Paul Revere’s infamous ride.

Quick history lesson – Paul Revere was an 18th Century silversmith and patriot in the American revolution who became famous riding his horse throughout the night to alert the Colonial militia that the British forces were approaching before the battles of Concord and Lexington.

It’s ironic that this style of beer was developed to commemorate this historical event, as American Pales are very similar to IPA’s which originated in England, but I digress.

Traditionally in America this style uses native hops such as Cascade for both bittering and aroma, they are well balanced by the malt, and are often quite dark (for a pale ale) in colour, and are distinguished by East Coast and West Coast variations .

Here in Australia the line between a pale ale and an American-style pale ale is starting to blur. Big fruity hop aromas with a big whack of bitterness backed onto biscuity malts are the norm.

Here are a couple to try. One is from OT (over there) and one from just up the road.

God Bless America.

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Sierra Nevada Brewing Co (Chico, CA USA) Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, 5.6% abv, $24 per 6 x 355ml bottles.

This is a standard of the pale ale world. It pours a deep clear amber colour with a tight white head. It opens with a spicy herb and floral aroma, which is mirrored across the pallet. It has a medium mouth-feel, biscuit is the base with a dose of pine and a spicy bitterness thanks to the magnum and perle hops along with a generous amount of cascade for aroma which helps this old favourite to finish quite clean. Along with Anchor’s Liberty Ale, Sierra Nevada pioneered pale ales around the world.

Food match: spicy sausage or smoky ribs.

Bridge Road Brewers (Beechworth, Victoria) Beechworth Pale Ale 4.8% abv $22.99 per 6 x 330ml bottle.

It states on the bottle that this is a “new world” pale. I’m not sure what that is, but I’m happy to go with it. The Beechworth pale has a beautiful deep orange hue. It is bottle conditioned with some yeast sediment but pours quite clear with a tight white head. Passionfruit and wild grass aromas hover above a bready malt base. It has a good mouth-feel and the flavour reflects the hop aromas of fruits and bready malts. Thanks to the big whack of hops at the end of the brewing process, this pale finishes quite dry and is almost astringent on the tongue. This is a cracking beer which is brewed in small batches and changes slightly each year.

Food match: pizza or chilli prawns.

You will always read my articles first in The Local but to catch up on past reviews head to my blog www.myshoutbeerreviews.wordpress.com Feel free to follow me and make a comment.

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Gig Guide Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn

Matt Gurry Rock & Pop Cover - Saturday, June 27, 9pm Mission Jade Fundraiser with Buck Jr/Cam Kettle/Cyndi Boste/The Cartwheels - Sunday, June 28, 2pm

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SOURCE DINING (FORMERLY ANNIE SMITHERS’ BISTROT) REOPENS ON THURSDAY 25TH JUNE 2015

SIN Dance Night with DJ Dusty Stylus - Monday, June 22 Buck Jr – Friday, June 26 Chris Harold and Loveland – Saturday, June 27 SIN Dance Night with DJ Arlecchino - Monday, June 29

After two years of ownership, Tim and Michelle have decided it was time for a new name.

The Grande Hotel, Hepburn

The source and provenance of a product, and genuine commitment to ensure the enjoyment of our guests, a connection to our region and its’ culture and people drives the excellence that is Source Dining.

Marlene Dietrich tribute – Friday, June 26, 8pm The Legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll – Friday, July 3, 8pm Me and Mrs Jones – Friday, July 10, 8pm

Join us for lunch or dinner and celebrate the reopening of our business.

The Cosmopolitan, Trentham

Zeebs vs Miss Vitula – Sunday, June 28

LUNCH THU TO SUN FROM 12PM DINNER THU TO SAT FROM 6PM

Radio Springs Hotel, Lyonville

Adrian Deakin - Thursday, June 25, dinner Jude Parsons Set – Friday, June 26, dinner Family Farm Band – Saturday, June 27, dinner Mr Geoffrey Williams – Sunday, June 28, lunch Ms Liz Frencham – Sunday, June 28, dinner

The Age Good Food Guide, 2015 One Hat Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards, 2014 Two Glass rating

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The Perfect Drop Restaurant & Wine Bar

Locals Night - Wednesdays $50 - 5 courses inc bubbles

Monday to Thursday - 4pm until late Friday to Sunday - 12pm until late

Happy Hours 4pm - 6pm Daily $10 Cocktail & $1 Oysters

Live Music in the bar on weekends.

Mondays Service Industry Night 8.30pm until late

www.theperfectdrop.com 5 Howe Street, Daylesford 5348 1100

Sunday (Funday) $3.50 Pots all day

THE OLD HEPBURN HOTEL

An authentic country pub with a focus on food, family and entertainment.

MENU

Modern Australian with pub classics - Midweek specials.

We can design a menu for all occasions.

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Host to local musicians and some of Australiaʼs premier artists.

THE PUB

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7 nights dinner - Lunch Fri/Sat/Sun. Courtesy bus.

Group bookings (up to 100 guests).

Beer garden.

236 Main Rd, Hepburn

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Our prime lamb & aged beef is produced on the family farm ‘Green Hills Natural’ near Malmsbury & the beef dry aged on our premises in Daylesford.

We make an excellent range of gourmet sausages, including the famous Swiss Italian ‘Bull Boar’, Malaysian chicken, Greek lamb and more.

Oxtail is one of the tastiest, succulent cuts of meat and very versatile.

Makes amazing casseroles, soups, braises and ragus.

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Original artworks containing daffodils will again attract a prize of $500.

This year there will be an additional award of $200 in memory of Esther Rose who passed away recently.

The Esther Rose Memorial Daffodil Art Prize for the best watercolour containing daffodils has been made available by her husband, Ken Rose.

Esther was the first winner of the Daffodil Art Prize in 2007 with ‘Narcissus – a Kyneton Celebration’ and again in 2010 with her watercolour of Kyneton’s iconic landmarks ‘Perpetual Pride’.

Meanwhile, keen photographers are also invited to enter the Art Photography Exhibition and Prize with works reflecting ‘A Moment in Time’.

The photography competition will be judged by internationally renowned photographer Simon Griffiths and will attract a prize of $250 and a runner-up prize of $100.

These awards will be announced along with the Daffodil Art Prize at the opening of the festival in Kyneton on September 3.

“This year both competitions will attract a small entry fee as we need to update some of our display infrastructure,” festival secretary Marg Dearricott said.

“As before we will use the daffodil art winner to promote the exhibition and festival in future years. We are looking forward to vibrant and interesting entries in both the art and art photography competitions.”

Entries are now open for both prizes and close on August 14.

Details: kynetondaffodilarts.org.au or 5422 2282.

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Harper Lee Cafe - perfect for adults and kids Words: Kate Coleman | Images: Supplied

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OMETIMES it can be hard to find a great café that caters to the needs of both adults and children, so upon entering Harper Lee Café with my four-year-old daughter Rose, and one of The Local’s crew Dianne, I was pleased to see such an open and inviting space, along with a kiddies’ corner.

Harper Lee Café and Foodstore was opened in January by Carolyn Hoult. It provides a variety of freshly made food that appeals to local office workers, tradies, students, mums out enjoying a coffee and friends having lunch together.

The menu includes an all-day breakfast, freshly filled focaccias and homemade pies. There are also gluten free and vegetarian options including the roasted vegetable frittata and salad ($10). It was a difficult choice for me as I couldn’t decide between the burger with chips ($14) or the smashed avocado, crispy bacon and onion relish on sourdough ($14.90) but the burger was the winner in the end. I was more than impressed with my choice - a juicy beef burger, bacon, egg, onion, tomato, cheese and lettuce stacked into a bun, served with a side of fresh crunchy chips with a home-made roasted capsicum relish. The serving size was more than generous and I probably didn’t need to eat the entire burger, but found it hard to leave...

Dianne went for the healthier and more lady-like option of an English muffin topped with avocado, spinach, mushroom, cheese and a perfectly poached egg ($10). The meals are all presented with some serious finesse for a reasonably priced cafe, and the smoked salmon and crispy tortilla stack with preserved lemon, capers and salad ($14.90), looked very impressive as it was taken to the next table.

Dianne enjoyed sipping a latte and I opted for a soy hot chocolate which was very comforting on such a cold and wet Kyneton afternoon. I shouldn’t forget little Rose, who polished off a kids’ chocolate milkshake ($2.50) and an egg and bacon sandwich from the take away menu ($6) after already eating two sandwiches at kinder that morning…wow, she can eat! Other choices for the kids include some toasted fruit loaf with butter ($6) or the standard choice with my children is always a bowl of chips ($4) that they generally fight over. My husband and I love to go out and try different cafes, so it is a win-win situation when we can get a nice cup of tea or coffee, while the kids enjoy a milkshake or hot chocolate ($3.50) without breaking the bank.

The atmosphere in Harper Lee is relaxed with amazing décor and light fittings, a large communal table and the kids’ corner by the window has a mini table and chairs with pencils, a blackboard and books. There are vintage shelves throughout the store housing local olive oil, chutney and muesli for sale, along with cushions, mugs, and other homewares. Every Friday there is a seniors’ menu for only $15, which includes either a soup and main, or a main and dessert. Harper Lee is also available to book for functions, such as birthdays or weddings.

In summary, there is something to suit every budget and I look forward to going back again soon for their quality food and friendly service.

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HRIS Macquet, who manages six truffieres including in Glenlyon and Wheatsheaf, is hosting The Victorian Truffle Festival from June to August.

The event includes Truffles Tastings 101 at the Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre on July 4 and 18.

Chris said he arrived in Australia from France in 2000 and immediately selected East Trentham as an ideal place to grow truffle.

“When we had first signs of truffle in 2005 we published this, wanting more people to enjoy one of the world’s most exquisite flavour sensations. Soon there were some 40 truffiere established in the Central Highlands region.

“In 2010 we established the Victorian Truffle Festival in Trentham and now we manage half a dozen truffiere from Macedon to Ballarat, using the best of Australian and French practices in inoculation, infectation, planting, caring, finding, and grading of truffle.”

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Next are any stems that aim directly into and clutter up the centre of the bush.

So once they’re cleaned out select three to five healthy, evenly spread strong stems as the framework of your “new” rose bush and take each one back to healthy strong bud, taking care to choose the ones that will grow outwards rather than in towards the centre of the bush. These can be shortened to around 20 to 30cm to keep the bush compact.

Standard roses can be pruned in the same manner to form a neat urn-shaped head ON’T let the wintry blasts and seemingly endless days of at the top of their stem. Climbing roses need much the same treatment, with the intermittent showers seduce you into thinking it’s time to hang exception that long water shoots will replace the short stems of the bush varieties. up your gloves and put the gardening tools into hibernation Just shorten them to the first good strong bud and tie them to the trellis or fence just yet. to form an even framework. Last year’s growth can also be shortened and tidied, Spring is a long way off yet and there’s much to do to prepare your garden removing weak or diseased wood. for the coming burst of spring growth. This is particularly so for your deciduous In every case it is essential that every cut you make is clean and clear of any fruiting trees and ornamentals. jagged edges or tears to the bark around the wound, similarly branches should Admittedly, you do have until mid to late August but it’s always best to have never be bruised or damaged in any way. Open wounds at this time of year, then pruned before the sap starts flowing and dormant buds become active. especially in our climate, will inevitably lead to debilitating viral or fungal Athough roses aren’t technically deciduous plants, they do hibernate and infections and - in the case of roses - the dreaded die back which can lead to the respond well to a good cut back at this time of year - not only to tidy them up loss of the stem right back to the base of the plant. but, more importantly to encourage strong, healthy new growth. If you live in The main way of reducing the chance of die back is to make each cut diagonal, a particularly heavy frost area, leaving your roses until August could avoid any not straight across, to allow moisture to drain away from the wound, and to cut as possible damage to fresh young spring growth. close as possible to the selected growth bud.

Although some may find pruning roses a daunting proposition, apart from the Make sure your secateurs are clean and sharpened and, rather than have to ever-present thorns, it helps to know that they are almost bullet-proof, surviving struggle with two or three goes at the cut on the heavier wood - use a pair of the in almost every climate and soil from snowbound alpine slopes to Central longer handled pruners normally reserved for fruit trees. By the way, always use Australian roadsides in anything from clay to beach sand. So there is little they what are called bypass secateurs. have to fear from any secateur wielding “Brown Thumb”. If it’s any comfort If you have to resort to using a pruning saw on the heavier branches, clean up the - anything you may care to cut off will usually be replaced by at least two jagged edges with a very sharp knife or box cutter. determined young shoots. The most important thing you need to remember is to Simple hygiene is essential at all times. Make up a batch of either lime sulphur or ensure that these are pointing in the best possible direction. copper sulphate mixture to spray your roses, fruit trees and vines after pruning as The main aim for you is to create a compact shapely bush with strong new protection against disease, taking special care to treat the pruned ends. As a special growth that will provide lots of big colourful blooms. Here are the steps to precaution against transmitting disease, it’s a good idea to fill a small container success. I don’t believe that any growing wood on bush or standard roses should with either methylated spirits or a weak solution of washing bleach in which to dip be more than three years old. Any older and it simply diverts growth and energy the blades before moving on to the next plant. away from younger, more productive branches. So, along with any dead or diseased wood, that’s the first to go.

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Natural affinity with rock

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HERE’S no denying rocks are about as commonplace as people in the Hepburn region.

But for local residents Anthony Nagle and Al Dickerson, rocks are more than an ordinary mineral.

“We both share a natural affinity with rock and have put together a few wonderful projects using rocks of all sizes and recreating natural settings around dams and in other feature landscapes,” Anthony said.

While both men have worked with rocks much of their adult life, they have now come together as Red Oak Constructions.

The business prides itself on creating unique landscapes which showcase some of the region’s finest materials.

“We came together to combine Al’s experience in excavation and his flair for working with rocks with my experience in designing and creating natural landscape settings,” Anthony said.

“We make a formidable team and feel excited about working together to create settings we know will bring great pleasure to our clients,” he said.

Providing honest service with creative flair, Anthony said Red Oak Constructions made every effort to create special settings for its clients.

The company also specialises in drystone walling.

“Drystone walling is perhaps my greatest love, so we are keen to see more of this wonderful historic and significant feature being created in the local area. This ancient art is so appropriate to the region.”

Having travelled around Australia for a number of years, Anthony witnessed much of Australia’s natural beauty.

With a love for the outdoors, he ultimately found himself working as a landscape apprentice and discovered his ‘calling’.

Thirty years later Anthony said he felt lucky to be earning a living doing something he truly loved.

“Landscaping has been a great creative outlet for me. It has kept me fit and healthy into my early fifties and has been challenging and immensely rewarding.”

For more information about Red Oak Constructions, email redoakconstructions@gmail.com or call Anthony Nagle on 0407 047 468 or Al Dickerson on 0400 801 722.

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FUNDRAISER for Hepburn resident Jade Chadwick will be held at The Old Hepburn Hotel on Sunday, June 28 from 2pm.

At the age of 11 Jade was diagnosed with the rare disorder, familial adenomatous polyposis.

The only option to live past the age of 18 involved removing her colon and 10 centimetres of her small intestine.

She had a simple rule to cope - only be upset on the first day of bad news, and then it was back to practical, rational thinking.

But the young woman then found out she had glandular fever and gall stones.

Jade had her gallbladder removed but in December 2014 she was admitted to hospital where she was told several more abnormal polyps had appeared in her stomach and could not be removed.

“I was told the polyps were not cancerous but were well on their way and my GP said if my stomach wasn’t removed, it would become highly risky.”

For Jade, a woman who felt destined to become a mother and now married to Trent, this was the biggest blow of her life.

So with the stomach operation inevitable, Jade started researching IVF procedures.

Jade’s medical history disqualifies her from being able to adopt, so she became determined to freeze her eggs while she still could and make sure her baby was screened for the FAP gene.

The cost is upwards of $18,000.

The fundraiser will include live music with The Cartwheels, Cyndi Boste, Buck Jr, Cam Kettle and NASH, along with door prizes, comedy, raffles and facepainting for the kids. Adults are $10 and children are free.

Meanwhile, a Trivia Night, organised by the Hepburn Football and Netball Club will be held at the Hepburn Primary School on Friday, June 26 from 6.30pm. Bookings to Jason Olver 0429 481 618.

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HE women played the June Monthly Medal and Elaine Kirby Memorial event on Wednesday, June 3.

Winner of A Grade was Mari Gruer with nett 67. Winner of B Grade and the medal and Memorial Trophy was Jan Thompson with nett 66. NTP was Rose Mobbs. The men’s 13 hole competition was won by Kenny Rea with 34 points.

The men played stroke for the June monthly medal on Saturday. Winner of A grade was Con Care with 77-12-65. Winner of B grade and the medal was John Krunic with 87-23-64. NTP on the 8th was Graham Cronin.

The following week, the women played an Interclub Stableford event against Creswick Golf Club on Wednesday, June 10. Winner of A Grade was Rose Mobbs with 29 points on a count back from Bev Smith. Winner of B Grade was Wendy Wetzel with 33 points. NTPs to Rose Mobbs and Glenda Rozen. 9 hole NTP Sue Boland. Creswick’s Heather Pearce 27 points on count back from Rhonne Dryne.

NTPs Rhonne Dryne and Beth Evans. Hepburn Springs 179 def Creswick 149.

The men’s 13-hole competition was won by Laurie Beard with 26 points.

NTP on the 11th was Peter Vendy. The men played a three-person Ambrose on Saturday, June 13. Best score of the day was Leon Hedwards/Graeme and David Lucas with 60-7-53.

Pennant Flag

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EPBURN Springs Golf Club fielded five pennant teams in 2015.

Two women’s teams and two men’s teams made it to the final of the Ballarat District Pennant season. A women’s team from Hepburn participated for the first time in 2015 in the Sunday pennant event and narrowly missed out on the chance to play in the final.

The Division Three Women’s team won its final with a stunning finish to the game by Julie Guiney who sank a long putt to get to a play off on the 19th hole, which she won to enable the team to bring home the pennant flag.

Other players were, pictured above right, from left, Jan Smith, Lyn Joyce, Shirley Rodda, captain Gaye Rodgers, Mary Davis, Julie Guiney and Gale Orford.

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AYLESFORD Dharma School is launching an IndieGoGo online campaign to raise $450,000 to build a new school.

Principal Joel Hines said since the school opened in 2009 it had been located at the Daylesford Lawn Tennis Club rooms.

“At that point we had 15 students, but every year we increase in size and we need a new home for the 60 children who now attend our school. A new venue would also mean that we could create a secondary school, currently we only go to year 6.

“We believe the world needs more children like this, children who will grow into adults with values and qualities than can make a true difference.”

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Quilting bee for cancer research

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HE Spa Quilters will support cancer research with the Biggest Quilting Bee at the Holy Cross Hall, Daly Street, Daylesford on July 9 from 1pm to 4pm.

People are asked to bring their sewing, knitting or crochet and join in for afternoon tea, with a raffle, giveaways, free motion quilting display and trading table.

All proceeds to cancer research.

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