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Front page: The Swiss Mountain Hotel at Blampied is an ongoing project for Jim Frangos, pictured. The old school house has been restored and Jim is currently working on the garden and preparing an operational vineyard. Read the story of the Swiss Mountain Hotel by Tony Sawrey on page 9.
July 27, 2020 Issue 190 Hotel history
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Wattle they do next? The Daylesford Hotel had an interesting makeover last week with floral artist Denise Robinson covering its balcony with wattle. Denise said she just wanted to put a smile on the faces of owners Anne-Marie Banting and Rosi Hebel. Mission accomplished - with lots of smiles from passing pedestrians and drivers as well.
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RESWICK's Gail Carrick has nominated the team of The Local as Legends of Lockdown. Very humbling and much appreciated. And we honestly did not pay Gail for her nomination. :)
"MY LEGENDS are a team of two amazing people, Donna and Kyle, and their amazing assistants.
These legends have gone “over and above”, in continuing to bring wonderful news and stories to their community, to hearten them during lockdown and these stressful times. Laughter, information, inclusivity and inspiration prevail. My legends, these community legends, have extended their newspaper production to a weekly print, despite any concomitant challenges and hardships, so that we, the readers, can be more regularly informed, encouraged and inspired by their varied articles. My legends’ output includes stories of inspiring people, inspired happenings in the local community, and thoughts of life and our lives: how they can be better, what we can do to effect change, how each of us is an integral part of our community, and to remind us, in subtle and more direct ways, that the community we live in, just happens to be one of the best communities around. Thank you to TL, our Legends of Lockdown. You’ve made changes to bring us extra warmth, heart and peace, with your weekly publication and special orientation towards that which will shine even more positive lights for us."
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O YOU know a Legend of Lockdown? They don't need a cape but they do need to have gone above and beyond.
The Local would like to recognise those people. Maybe they have served hundreds of meals to people in need, perhaps they have knitted warm clothing to keep others warm or perhaps it's just a neighbour who has helped deliver groceries to your front door? Maybe it's a healthcare worker on the front line, someone who has set up a community helpline or a person who has kept the community informed. And everyone has enough going on, so we want to keep it simple. Just email your legend along with 50-100 words about what they have done to enter legend status. We also need their contact number - some people don't like surprises. We will keep the entries happening until the end of August, so there is plenty of time to have a think about who has helped get you, or others, through this extraordinary time. If lockdown lifts by then, and let's all hope it does, we are hoping to have a ceremony to say thanks! If we are still socially distancing then we will publish names and details in editions of The Local.
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Human fault is its own corrector, it draws attention towards reform. Others may see it clearer than we do, although we hide it, but that's the norm.
I read with great interest, and then disappointment, the article written by journalist Tony Sawrey on the Convent Gallery in Daylesford, published in The Local, June 29, 2020 Issue 186.
Human fault, according to the old gent
Unless you see your fault, it stays, But when you give it an honest eye, Your chance to change has just begun, and you stand to benefit, by and by. That's how simple the whole thing is. There's magical power in conscious attention, so keep your mind on the better things and become your own better invention. - James Baillie James has been writing poems as a hobby since 11 years old, and at 72 is still learning how to do so better. Poems for Local Lines come predominantly from a group of poets. However, other locals who would like a poem considered for publication can contact Bill Wootton - cottlesbreedge@gmail.com
Budget adopted
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EPBURN Shire Council's Capital Works Program for 2020/21 will be $12.99 million, 71 per cent of general rates, with $3.102 million of funding from new borrowings used to complete the Hepburn Hub at The Rex. 21.
The council adopted its 2020/21 Budget at a council meeting last Tuesday, July
Mayor Cr Licia Kokocinski said the budget provided for the delivery of more than 100 services, from home care for the elderly, to road construction, urban planning, environmental initiatives, leisure facilities and so much more. “The $12.99 million Capital Works Program for 2020/21 will be used to improve, renew and create new infrastructure, with large and small projects to be delivered across the shire,” she said. Other projects and initiatives to be delivered across the shire include: • Over $1.60M on road improvements, upgrades and rehabilitation; • Over $1.28M on gravel and road reseals; • Over $5.0M will be invested in the renewal of community buildings including several projects relating to early childhood facilities; • $1.71M for recreation facilities, including detailed design work for Trentham and Glenlyon recreation reserve community pavilions, in order to seek government funding, and continuing investment into play and outdoor fitness spaces; • $549,000 on new and upgrades to footpaths and cycleways; and • $207,000 on parks and open spaces works • Over $270,000 of strategic planning activities, including Stage 3 of the Hepburn Planning Scheme Review; • Development of a shire-wide aquatic strategy ($80,000); • Funding for the Council elections ($210,000, October 2020), and develop a new Council Plan including community consultation; • Increased resources for Parks and Gardens, Early Years, Health and Wellbeing, Planning; and • Continued funding for programs such as libraries, biodiversity, aged and disability, tourism, reconciliation and sustainability. Resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, State Government have initiated a Working for Victoria Scheme from which Hepburn Shire was successful in securing $1.583M of funding for the employment of 33 positions on six-month contracts. In addition, council was awarded a grant of $100,000 for an ICT infrastructure support program and a grant of $58,000 to address Community and Social Isolation, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Not once does Tony identify and name the nuns who educated hundreds, if not thousands, of young people from the Daylesford area, in their primary, secondary and boarding school based at the now Convent Gallery, for over 75 years. This is sadly yet another example of the achievements of women being silenced or belittled by not naming them. They were the Presentation Sisters founded by Nano Nagle in Ireland. Father Corbett, parish priest at St Mary’s in St Kilda wrote to the Sisters asking them to come “to the ends of the earth” to open a school. The first of them arrived in 1873, and Daylesford was their first establishment outside Melbourne. The imposing solid and extensive Convent Gallery buildings are testament to the Presentation Sisters’ vision for education, and their strong enduring commitment to the people of Daylesford. Let’s name them and give credit where it is due in the future.
- April Honeyman, Daylesford
Ed's note: Tony Sawrey's historical features have been mainly focusing on buildings around the region. He is also limited by a word count - and would never dream of belittling or silencing women. But thanks to this letter drawing attention to them, Tony thinks the Presentation Sisters would make a good feature in their own right. So keep an eye out for their story. Letters and musings are always welcome. Please keep them shortish and to the point. Email donna@tlnews.com.au Any addressed Dear Sir will be deleted.
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Move over Jackson Pollock, here's Millie!
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OSING her eyesight doesn’t define Millie Gouldthorpe – but the stunning visual art that she now creates because of it is certainly starting to.
“It’s since the COVID that I’ve really gone mad on the art, it was a happy place that I could let go of all of my frustration and suddenly I’m finding that I’m splashing colour everywhere,” Millie explained, with her faint but stirring North Welsh accent. Millie, a former nun, is in her 70s and lives with her dearest soul mate Jude, also a former nun, in Winter Rose Cottage in Daylesford. “As you know, this is the rainbow community hotspot and Jude and I often say that we’re going to have t-shirts made up that say ‘yes, we are’ on the front…. And ‘not’ on the back.” There’s a long and fabulous story about how Millie ended up where she is now, though it’s probably best told over a bottle of wine, and with Jude, too. Their stories range from gasp-worthy, to hilarious, to jaw-dropping, and back to hilarious. And strong. Always, so strong. It was Jude who met Millie at the airport after she flew from New Zealand a bit broken, with her heart aching and searching for meaning after her husband died. Now, years later, after being a nun from her 20s to her 40s, as well as a beautifully trained singer, Millie started off her late-in-life career change by going to the U3A art session last year. “I’d pick up a colour and tip it out, throw it straight onto the canvas and it was saving paint, because I wasn’t using a palette, but it was also giving me great delight in seeing how these colours would end up, how they would tangle, I was driven to doing this sort of art.” Then, when Millie couldn’t go to art class anymore because of the pandemic, she converted the carport into a studio with the help of Jude and some other friends. “They would say ‘your art is so good, look at the colours’ and I would say ‘I’m not really an artist’ and they would say ‘have you seen Jackson Pollock’s paintings, yours are so much like that’ and I said ‘oh, looks like he’s copied me’. “I call it ‘bubble-gum art’ and Jude says ‘don’t call it that!’ and so now I’m doing my ‘bubble-gum series’.” Even now, with three of her beautiful works on display at a Castlemaine Art Gallery exhibition, Millie is still hesitant to call herself an artist. Even though she is. She’s a talented and confident woman, with a natural instinct for colour and beauty and meaning, and she’s producing not less art but more as her macular, her central Millie, pictured above, has some of her work on show at That Bargain Place in vision, slowly fails her. Daylesford “I can’t ever see the painting as a whole, my eyes are like looking through a colander and if I tip my head, then I can get a feeling of the whole but it’s intriguing, I think it’s good that I can’t see the whole, because it’s the sum of the parts,” she said, as only an artist could explain. (This article is supported by the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas.) “I might have lost sight, but I’m gaining in vision, and when I look at what I produce, it gives me comfort. The canvases are just flowing out, if I haven’t got a canvas in front of me I’m hungry for one.” With all her sight, non-sight, insight… Millie’s view on her world is pictureperfect. “I’m just going along with whatever makes me feel joy and positivity. I feel blessed.”
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Community News A WORD FROM THE MAYOR Our Shire, along with other rural and regional shires, continues to face some real challenges to maintain the health of our people and the Shire’s economy. While we in this Shire have only recorded 2 positive cases of the virus (and that was back in March), we should not be complacent. The State Government has imposed broad, stay-at-home restrictions for people located in the greater Melbourne metropolitan area and the Mitchell Shire. It is trying to navigate the thin line between forcefully regulating movement, human behaviour, and potential eventualities, and not stymieing social and economic pursuits. What this has meant is that some rules appear to be inconsistent – this can’t be helped. Local government has limited powers and I am dismayed, despite consistent messaging, that there may be a belief that we have more power than what we actually do. This crisis is not a time for polemics, intellectual, political or otherwise. Nothing is to be gained by looking for loopholes or indulging in intellectual gymnastics. The one sure way we can defeat this pandemic is for people to follow the rules currently in force. Yes, demands will change as circumstances and knowledge changes. This is the nature of things today. At the Hepburn Shire Council level, we continue to maintain council functions under changed circumstances. Our priorities have had to change and residents need to be aware of this and make allowances. To aid recovery, Council at its last ordinary meeting resolved to establish two important committees – one for social recovery and the other for the economic recovery of the Shire which will provide the basis for recovery activities in this Shire. The review of the Planning Scheme is now out for public input and master plans continue to be developed, as is tree and roadside management works across the Shire. Residents should be aware that when workers are working outdoors, they are at risk and their changed work patterns should be respected. Simultaneously, this Council, like all councils across Victoria, is required to implement various aspects of the new Local Government Act, many of which need to be implemented by 1 September, 2020. Two important reforms are now out for public input: New Governance Rules and Public Transparency Policy. We would have preferred to spend more time developing these new rules with greater input from you, the community. However, the legislated demand that new rules need to be in place by 1 September has meant that public consultation processes have been truncated. Although the time frame is short, we welcome feedback on these documents, which are available on our website or in Customer Service Centres/Libraries. To residents, stay safe, look after and care for your families, and importantly, care for your neighbours and even for strangers.
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Priority Projects for 2020-21
Did you know you can view Council’s priority projects for 2020-21 on our website? These Priority Projects form part of an Investment Plan for the future and are in addition to our usual list of infrastructure projects, including those maintaining our roads, drains, bridges, footpaths and much more. The Investment Plan focuses on infrastructure projects such as community and sporting facilities, connectivity through roads and pathways, building on our tourism offer through the development of our natural built assets, including mineral springs reserves, trails and parks. These projects are based on community consultation, Council’s strategic and annual plans, and complement existing Australian, Victorian and Local Government strategies and policies. It’s envisaged that when delivered, these projects will enhance community health and wellbeing, drive economic growth and employment, and improve our overall liveability into the future. You can view all these priority projects at www.hepburn.vic.gov.au/ priority-projects/.
Local Law No. 2 - Community Reference Groups At the Council meeting on Tuesday 21 July 2020, Council endorsed the Terms of reference for the Local Law No. 2 Community Reference Groups. These groups will work with us on guidelines around: • Firewood collection on Council land • Salvaging at Council managed transfer stations • Planting on nature strips. Invitations for expressions of interest from community members are now open. Visit our website to learn more - www.hepburn.vic.gov.au. We look forward to working in partnership with these groups to support the implementation of Local Law No. 2.
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Keeping a check on mental/physical health
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ITH COVID-19 pretty much a fixture in our lives for now, Springs Medical Centre’s Dr James Smith says it has never been more important to look after both our mental and physical
Dr Smith said while people needed to gauge their own mental health it was important to seek help sooner rather than later if needed. “It is a very stressful time for pretty much everyone at the moment and if people do have a history of things like anxiety or depression they might be susceptible at times like this for it to be exacerbated so I would seek help quite early. “If you are someone who hasn’t had issues with mental health in the past but are starting to feel like things are getting out of your control, or are sad or anxious all the time, then you should also reach out early. That might initially be a chat with someone you trust, a family member or friend, but I would also check in with your GP. “GPs are on the front line of mental health and we deal with anxiety and depression all the time, it is much more common than many people would think. We can then clarify whether you are going through a stressful time or whether you actually have a mental health issue that might need further treatment like medication or talking to a psychologist, or even general counselling with your GP. “I would say to get help early before it becomes a problem that is getting out of control. If you seek help early you can get on top of things much more quickly than if it becomes an ingrained problem which is harder to deal with.” Dr Smith said while it could seem difficult it was important that people kept up with their exercise, ate well and minimised alcohol. “People do tend to indulge in those things (alcohol) more in this sort of situation where there is not much else to do and life is getting stressful but they need to try and keep to their normal limit and find other healthy outlets to reduce stress like exercise and keeping social, obviously within the confines of what we can do at the moment – like talking on the phone or in Zoom meetings. It does take mental fortitude, but we need to try and do that.” Dr Smith said it was also important that people kept up their physical health checks with many consultations being able be to be held over the phone in the first instance. If a physical checkup was needed, there were strict infection controls in place with both staff and patients required to wear a mask. “You really can’t put things off until the crisis is over because it may not be over for some time and we don’t want physical health issues going by the wayside because you are waiting this out. We are probably getting to a point where you have to accept life has changed quite a bit and for quite some time. People need to live with these restrictions with a view of a long-term change in our lifestyle, so make sure you continue to engage with your health providers in this new normal.” Dr Smith said while it was normal for people to be concerned about contracting COVID-19, the risk in regional Victoria was low and those who followed social distancing, hand washing and even mask guidelines could reduce the chance of transmission to almost zero. “At the moment, they are only mandating masks in the lockdown areas in Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, but I think it is probably prudent in our situation as well. It is a personal choice, but I will be wearing a mask out in places like supermarkets until things change. At least at the moment. “Just look after yourself, look after each other, seek help early if you feel you are not coping. This problem is not going away for some time, so we need to be vigilant in looking after our physical and mental health.”
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The Local put out a shout-out on social media asking people what they were doing to keep motivated. Here are a few replies…with more next week. Email donna@tlnews.com.au with your ideas. I've increased my self-care activities. Last weekend gave myself a wellness retreat at home. Also taking opportunities to take on projects I've not had time to previously get to. Knitting for charity without feeling the guilt that I should be doing something else! Working, cooking, moving house, getting cottage prepared for our new tenant, cleaning, treadmilling, working, cooking, working, cooking, cleaning, working, cooking, cleaning, lol… I keep motivated growing things from seed, also working on biodiverse habitat restoration projects. Volunteering at Good Grub Club and teaching my nine-year-old grand-daughter and godson to cook via Zoom every week conducting ‘cooking lessons with G’ma’.
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The history of the Swiss Mountain Hotel
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LAMPIED is one of several localities motorists pass through on their trips around the Central Highlands.
It consists of a cluster of houses, St Joseph’s Church and most prominent of all, the Swiss Mountain Hotel. The place has been trading for nearly 160 years and is now an ongoing redevelopment project for businessman Jim Frangos. Today the weatherboard pub and its surrounding buildings have put the small farming community on the map as a popular tourist stop. Jim Frangos is well known in the Daylesford hospitality industry from the time he purchased and developed the old Belvedere Hotel on the corner of Vincent Street in the early 70s. But he had always been interested in the old crumbling pub out on the A300 as well, so he bought the site and reopened it for business in 2014. The hotel was originally constructed in 1864 as a stopover on the Ballarat coach road and christened the Manchester Hotel. In her 1997 thesis The Italian-Speaking Settlers of Daylesford, writer Bridget Carlson noted: “It was placed on the market by one George Hambrook in 1886 and the La Franchi family became its proud purchasers. An inventory of the goods handed over at the time of sale, dated 7 December 1886, recorded the sale price of the hotel at 50 pounds.” With over 80 years of the hotel’s history associated with La Franchi ownership, the place is as much a story of Swiss Italian immigrants in the Daylesford goldfields as it is a public house. Many of the La Franchi clan emigrated to Australia between 1853 and 1864 from Coglio, Switzerland with Andrea La Franchi and his wife Margherita finding their place in bustling Blampied. They changed the hotel name to reflect their Maggia Valley origins, raised nine children and made their life serving passing travellers, miners, timber workers and farmers. The hotel itself was a rectangular structure clad in hand-hewn weatherboard, with a bar, small dining room and family quarters and was probably not intended to remain in one place for very long. “It was built as a movable premises which was pretty typical of the time,” says Jim. “They used to just sit them on the ground. The stumps were just tree branches and they just put the bearers down on that.” However the site grew over time with yards and sheds being built and the addition of the old Mt Prospect school building which still remains. A bootmaker also leased an area at one end of the hotel as his workshop. When Andrea La Franchi died in 1893 Margherita took over until her own death in 1933. The license was then transferred to daughter Florida who ran it with her sisters Olimpia and Margherita until the property was sold in 1967. Much has changed in the hotel in the years since the La Franchi family departed and the majority of those alterations can be attributed to the efforts of Jim. While the exterior is almost exactly as it was, the interior has been extended with large glass doors opening onto a paved courtyard. The rooms where the family lived in the past are now a large restaurant area serving regional comfort food with a modern twist.
“It's an ongoing project for sure. The old school house has been restored, we are currently working on the garden and preparing an operational vineyard. But the Swiss Mountain Hotel will always stay a pub, one that has never been de-licenced and the oldest original weatherboard hotel still operating in Australia.”
Words: Tony Sawrey | Images: Reproduced with kind permission of Jim Frangos (Thanks to the Daylesford and District Historical Society for their assistance with this article. ) Above, daughters Olimpia, left, and Florida with friends outside the pub, 1920s. Below, Andrea La Franchi with two of his sons, Anchigi, left, and Alfredo, right, in the 1890s
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Historic subdivision leads to The Hamlet
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N HISTORIC subdivision has been used to create a new estate, to be called The Hamlet, in Glenlyon.
The estate will have between 23 and 25 lots ranging in size from 2400 square metres to two acres. It is being developed by Sean Lenaghan and Jamus Campbell, of the Camlen Property Group, along with a third silent investor. Mr Lenaghan provided The Local with an original township plan dating back to 1927 which shows the area, the entrance to Glenlyon from Daylesford, bounded by the Daylesford-Malmsbury Road, Gooches Lane, Collins Road and Spring Street. He said the land was currently subdivided into 19 Crown allotments with the developers planning to further subdivide some of the larger ones to create the final estate. Mr Lenaghan said the developers were very mindful of the character of the township and were working on an estate which provided high-quality housing with a country feel. This included putting in Victorian cypress post and rail perimeter fencing along with planting hundreds of maple trees in keeping with Glenlyon’s much-loved avenue of oaks and elms. Internally, the blocks have already been divided by post and wire fencing to ensure an open feel to the estate. Covenants will be put in place to maintain that fencing along with requirements meaning houses cannot be built up to the fence lines. Sheds and carports will also have strict regulations. “We have been informed by what is in Glenlyon and in keeping with the streetscapes. Glenlyon is renowned for its avenue of trees and we believe the maples will add to the reason people come to the township, particularly in Autumn.” Mr Lenaghan said the original white timber farmhouse, which sits on the Daylesford-Malmsbury Road, would be retained and renovated with new landscaping, painting and a new kitchen and bathroom. “We are mindful it will set the tone for what we are doing on our estate and it is pretty highly visible on that corner.” He said Hepburn Shire Council was still looking at whether the three smaller roads around the estate would need to be upgraded to bitumen but the developers hoped not. “I have spoken with quite a few of the neighbours and while you don’t ever get a consensus most people are very happy with what’s there. And if you drive around Glenlyon the streetscapes are very much unmade roads and that is part of the appeal of the character of the town. “Collins Road could be improved with a little maintenance and we are hoping Spring Street, which has very little traffic, could be upgraded but still wind its way through the trees there. If a wide bitumen road is required by council, it would lead to the loss of some very significant trees within the reserve and that is not something we would wish to see and would be a loss of amenity for the area.. But ultimately, that is up to the council and its engineers.” Mr Lenaghan said he did not think the estate was high density and was in keeping with many blocks already subdivided in the Glenlyon township zone. “Closer to town there are a lot of homes which are on 2000 square metres of land or less so we are not trying to do something which is a density or scale that is not replicated elsewhere, with our average lot size being in the order of 3,700 square metres.” The sale of the estate will be staged and most likely start in Spring with agents Belle Property Daylesford. And there has already been some interest, both locally and from Melbourne. “Property in Glenlyon does not last long and you have that great connectivity with Daylesford along with having three townships on your doorstep which are just 20 minutes away – Malmsbury, Woodend and Kyneton. So you can jump on a train and be in Melbourne in an hour if you want.”
Holcombe Ward Cr John Cottrell, whose ward takes in Glenlyon, said he thought the subdivision would be quite impressive when finished. "It is not a new subdivision, the land was subdivided a long time ago and, in fact, the land bounded by Gooches Lane, the Loddon River, Ford Street and McMahons Road is the town centre, and it is all subdivided. "I have no problems with it at all and the development of land is inevitable, many other subdivided areas, which have been used for farming purposes, will eventually come onto the market. "The developers are putting quite a bit of money into it to make it look OK - I think the fencing and mature trees are great. Lots of developers would just flog off the land." Meanwhile, Glenlyon Progress Association secretary Claude Forell said Glenlyon was on the brink of the biggest housing development and population increase in living memory, "a significant change of pace for a place whose current residents number about the same as 130 years ago when the iconic shire hall was opened". "We have not made any formal representations to Hepburn Shire Council on the matter, but local surveys both by us and the shire’s planning consultants show that Glenlyon residents overwhelmingly wish to preserve their rural village ambience and don’t want denser, suburban-style development. People are particularly concerned about adequate water supply and proper sewage disposal, and want council to require all new houses to install water tanks. "Both we and the developers reacted strongly against a proposal by shire engineers, before having inspected the site, for a wide, bitumen-sealed road on the extension of Spring Street, which for decades has been fenced off and is covered with scores of mature eucalypts. "This would be a ridiculous requirement, in striking contrast to the disgraceful present condition of Collins Road on the northern perimeter - a dirt track stripped bare of gravel and riddled with water-filled potholes." Hepburn Shire Council planner Nathan Aikman said a number of towns in the area had been masterplanned during the goldrush days and because the subdivision already existed there had been no opportunity for objections. Anyone who bought a block of land would still have to apply to council for a building permit, he said.
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At last, the name Jim Crow is set to go
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FTER a decade-long community campaign, Jim Crow Creek at Franklinford is to get a new and indigenous name.
The name is offensive because Jim Crow laws were used to suppress African Americans. They were state laws passed in Southern USA establishing different rules for blacks and whites. The name comes from an early white performer in black face acting the buffoon and talking distorted and exaggerated African American English. Oddly enough, a Jim Crow is also a tool for bending rails. Four authorities had to approve the change, including Mt Alexander Shire, into which the 22-kilometre long creek flows. The others are the traditional owners, the Dja Dja Wurrung, North Central Catchment Management Authority and Geographic Names Victoria, which is part of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. A petition sponsored by Daylesford's Michelle Clifford was backed by over 230 people with the aim of having the Dja Dja Wurrung and their culture more widely recognised out of respect for the history of what happened at Franklinford. Hepburn Shire Council set up a Reconciliation Action Plan group which “very strongly” backed the change said council Arts, Culture and Reconciliation officer Donna Spiller. “It’s in the pipeline.” Added Mayor Licia Kokocinski: “I’m confident that it will happen.” The renaming of the creek can be seen as a small, symbolic gesture in a district with a sad history. Franklinford, Larne-ne-barramul, the land of the emu, in the language of the First People, was home to the Loddon Aboriginal Protectorate Station, established to “civilise” and protect the indigenous people. Here, Methodist preacher Edward Parker came as the official “Protector” of the indigenous, setting up the station in 1841. He arrived with glass beads for the “natives”, as well as 42 looking glasses, three old muskets and farm tools. Historians write that the early years of the Protectorate were marked by violence between the indigenous people and squatters. Attempts to run a Protectorate school were not successful. The teacher had tuberculosis.
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The protectorate began with about 200 people, but lasted only 10 years before the Dja Dja Wurrung were sent to far-off Healesville. At the end it was down to 20 to 30 and only a handful learned to read and write or have a trade. After the death of his 35-year-old wife Mary following a miscarriage in 1842, Parker is said to have become more fixed on his 10,000 acres (four hectares) of grazing land and was accused of both land speculation and falsifying government expenditure He kept the land and equipment after the mission closed, also entering Parliament, dying aged 62 in 1865. He left nine sons and two daughters, 10 of them by his second wife. The Local sought comment from the chief executive officer of the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation, Rodney Carter, but there was no response at time of going to press. He has been reported as saying that the renaming in Dja Dja Wurrung language would not only be valuable but also be a positive step forward for the wider community. It is seven years since the state government in a landmark native title settlement officially returned the land to the Dja Dja Wurrung. It extends from near Creswick to Woodend, up to Rochester and across to Donald.
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A wicking garden of your own
Because of the plethora of excellent articles and videos on the Net, illustrating all of the finer points of wicking, I have just provided a brief outline, complete with a set of photos, to set you on the right path and hopefully whet your appetite,
What you need (apart from the container itself )
A level site to ensure even absorption of water; Slotted 90mm poly agricultural drainage pipe to go the length of the bed; 90mm poly elbow, and enough solid pipe, long enough to reach 20mm or so past the height of the bed; Two end caps for the main pipe; (If necessary) a large enough sheet of heavy-duty black plastic to waterproof at least to the height of the reservoir; A sheet of fairly rigid wire or steel mesh and a sheet of shade cloth or something similar (to place between the reservoir and soil); Sufficient amount of fine gravel, if possible scoria or a similar porous rock for the bottom 150mm of the reservoir section - the smaller the rocks, the better the absorption rate; Good water-retentive garden soil for the top 150mm of the reservoir; and compost, loam etc. for the 300mm of plants.
Putting it all together
The first step is to put in a 2-3cm layer of gravel to bed the ag pipe, which runs full-length down the centre with the elbow and upright pipe at the nearest end to the water supply and one of the caps at the other. Next, fill the rest of the 150mm with gravel and cover this with first the mesh, then the shade cloth to prevent the soil clogging the pore spaces. On top of this, spread the next 150mm with the water retentive soil to form a “saturation” level.
The “growing” level is the last and this should be a mix of quality organic soil and mushroom compost. Now fill the reservoir to about 200mm via the upright pipe, using a garden stake as a dipstick, and place the second cap loosely on top to keep out bugs. Once the soil is damp (you may need to water from the top to "prime" the wicking) it’s planting time.
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First of all I would like to dedicate this edition to Gail Carrick of Creswick. And thank her for her kind words. I was feeling a bit blah last week. Weight of the world, not being able to see the end of this stupid coronavirus stuff, sad about my mum. You know the deal. Then I checked my emails. And there was an email from Gail nominating The Local and its crew for being Legends of Lockdown. I won't go into it now but you can read it on page 3. Now normally I wouldn't run something so complimentary about myself but I felt that because it was really a tribute to the crew, it was OK. More than OK, it was really lovely. And made me feel right about the world again - even though it did make me cry a little. Happy tears. Gail quite rightly said we would take ourselves out of the running, seeing we started the Legend awards, but pretty much anyone who gets nominated is a legend in our view. Especially our amazing crew! (Oh, and as I said on page 3, we don't know Gail and no money changed hands...) Second on my list today is saying "thank you" to anyone who is wearing a mask at the moment. Now I know we don't have to but when I shopped at Coles Woodend last week those without were the odd ones out. A couple of weeks back it was the other way around. So yay. I talked to one of the doctors at Springs Medical Centre and he said that while it was not mandated he would definitely be wearing a mask if he was in a supermarket. Certainly can't hurt, just keep up that social distancing and handwashing too. We also talked about mental health - check out page 7 - and his main take was if you are depressed or anxious, get help early. I guess like most illnesses, getting things diagnosed earlier rather than later generally leads to a better outcome. I know, been there. Thirdly, another thank you, this time to our wonderful website developers, Lee and Ro from Trio Agency in Kyneton. We committed to a you-beaut website back in the old days, pre-COVID, and it's finally coming to fruition. It's a place where the community will be able to upload events and gigs (when they return), sports results, houses for sale...pretty much anything. And we will do our bit and keep the good news coming. It's going to be bigger than Ben Hur and we have a launch date of August 30. Don't worry about saving the date - if you are a reader of The Local you will know all about it. And we hope everyone will jump on board. It's been another crazy week in the time of COVID but I feel like we are getting closer to the end, or at least we can see it from here. And I have realised there is still lots to be grateful for. Just sayin'...
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AST night the power went off as it does all the time here at TL HQ. In fact, sometimes I scratch my head as to how we have been able to publish our magazines.
It is not only the power going out spasmodically which knocks around the routers and equipment, and yes, I have an uninterruptable power unit and yes, I have a backup generator, but all those measures don’t prevent the bumps in continuity that knock out fragile electronic systems in computers, routers and chargers. The other issue we face here at TL HQ is, that because of the location of the mobile phone tower, being almost on top of the roof of the office, we do not get a lot of signal. A very tall tower will emanate signal in a mushroom pattern so around 250 meters from the tower is the sweet spot for signal and if it is located 50 metres from you, well good luck. This is great if you are worried about growing an extra head from the radiated emissions, which by the way some days I could use, but not so good if you're trying to run a business. But back to the power outage. I am not too sure why the power goes or the brownouts happen but when they do it is a matter of systematically turning everything back on and always saving as you are going. I have noticed the editor's left hand, and particularly the little finger and forefinger becoming quite stumpy and worn down due to the continuous “control S” on the keyboard. Is there a world where the power stays on, the light bulbs last longer than a month and the water keeps going even when the power is out? It seems that the peccadilloes have been out in force here, it is as if the universe's blackhole of anti-tech has opened and gobbled up the office. It all started last night when the TV remote gave up the ghost. My first thought was the batteries, but no, after trying multiple sets of batteries, we laid it to rest and now use the old incidental exercise to change channels and adjust the volume. The next morning, discovering the power had gone out, I did my usual systematic restart discovering one router had been knocked out, as in dead, so I “hotspotted” off my phone, chewing up any data I had in around four hours. One of the things I also had to do was log into the bank using my third party authenticator, which also didn’t work and after three attempts, it was time to call the bank and wait for 30 minutes for a human to get on the phone. Then there was the phone which keeps cutting in and out because of my aforementioned close quarters to the phone tower. I love the country life but I do take umbrage at the forcefield that seems to keep swallowing up my tech. Gremlin rant over…
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T HEPBURN Golf Club, the men played Stableford on June 27. Wayne Mobbs won A grade with 35 points, just scraping in after a count back with three other players. Mick Yanner won B grade with 36 points.
Winner of C grade and best score of the day was Andrew Guiney with 37 points. The July monthly medal was played on July 4 concurrent with the last round of the 54-hole championship. A grade winner on the day was Bernie Frith 76-10-66. B grade and medal winner was John Krunic 80-16-64. Nearest the pin on the 11th was Shane Nevill. The A grade 54 hole champion is Tom Hamlin. B grade champion is Neil Bruce. C Grade champion is Noel Bull. A couple of matches for the doubles KO were played on July 11. Bernie Frith and Neil Bruce handed it to Tom Hamlin and Mick Yanner with a 5 and 3 win. The other match was a bit tighter with Graeme Lucas and Kevin Gilchrist winning 2 up over Andrew Guiney and Barry Files. The rest of field played Stableford with Tom HE Quarry Street Reserve Committee of Pedretti having best score of the day with 39 points and Management has received a grant of $4480 also winning nearest the pin. American foursomes was from Hepburn Shire Council’s Biodiversity played on July 18. Leon Hedwards and Rickie Cox came project. out the winners with 73-7 7/8-65 1/8. Nearest the pin Committee chair David McCallum said the on the 15th was Tom Pedretti. grant was a significant boost to putting into place the Management Plan adopted last year. EPBURN Shire Council has received The Management Plan identifies four zones funding through the Victorian including General Parkland (the pavilion and Government’s 2020-21 Local Sports surrounds), Bushland Reserve (from the Lelant/Victoria Infrastructure Fund. streets corner to the drain), Bushland Recreation (from The Calembeen Park – Change Facilities Project has the drain to High Street) and the Island (now cleared received $117,000 towards an upgrade to the public and planted). amenities to provide contemporary universal access, A major focus of the biodiversity project is gender-neutral and family-friendly change facilities, renovating the Bushland Reserve and this will see the Disability Discrimination Act-compliant accessible planting of a variety of indigenous plants in this area. pathways, landscaping and park furniture. The pine tree, identified as a weed, is being removed. Council has also received $30,000 funding to Brian Bainbridge, the shire’s biodiversity officer, undertake the development of a shire-wide Aquatics assisted the committee in preparing the plan, along with Strategy to guide the future strategic direction of aquatic local garden expert Jill Teschendorff, whose recent book facilities throughout the Hepburn Shire. Grow Wild is guiding the choice of plants.
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A new exotics area on the Lelant Street side of the park, between the drain and red bridge, is being established. The donated mulch piles are now ripe enough to use to lay out this area, which already has dogwoods and flowering plums. Exotic plants will be moved there from the Bushland Reserve, so the latter can be cleared of weeds, and new planting commence. “The June 2018 review of all the trees in the park recommended that attention be given to the gums’ under-storey,” said committee member Fay Magee, who supervised the re-planting of the island. The plan's vision for the Trentham reserve is for it to be a place where the natural and recreational landscape is managed and protected for its own sake, and for the enjoyment of residents and visitors. Anyone interested in volunteering for working bees can email David McCallum at ronniedog892@gmail.com or Fay Magee at faymagee@gmail.com
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NOTICE OF THE PREPARATION OF AN AMENDMENT Amendment C80Hepburn Hepburn Shire Council has prepared amendment C80hepb to the Hepburn Planning Scheme. All land within the Shire of Hepburn is affected by the amendment. The amendment proposes to: • introduce a new Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) to replace the Municipal Planning Statement (MSS) • introduce nineteen new or revised local policies • introduce a specific General Residential Zone schedule to Creswick • change the Township Zone to Neighbourhood Residential Zone to Clunes, Trentham, Daylesford and Hepburn Springs that includes new permit requirements • change the Lost Children’s Memorial Park, Daylesford from a General Residential zone to a Public Park and Recreation Zone • introduce clearer application requirements to all properties affected by the heritage overlay • update permit requirements and exemptions to the existing Environmental Significance Overlays 1 and 2 across the Shire • remove the Development Plan Overlay from three sites: WD Seeds, Creswick Golf Course Resort and former Daylesford Abattoir • introduce a new Significant Landscape Overlay (SLO) – SLO2 around Mt Beckworth and extend the existing SLO1 around landscape features, vistas and views • introduce local heritage protection for ‘Potato Huts’ in Little Hampton and Trentham (identified as HO988) • split the two existing Neighbourhood Character Overlay Schedules in Daylesford into six separate schedules providing one schedule per precinct • remove the Design and Development Overlay areas from land in Daylesford that currently doubles up with the NCO controls • includes the Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve in a Public Park and Recreation Zone • introduce a Design and Development Overlay 6 within a 500 metre radius of the Daylesford Material Recovery Facility • introduce the Hepburn Heritage Strategy 2020-2030 as a background document • extend the protection to all dry stone walls across the Shire regardless of when they were constructed • update clauses throughout the planning scheme to clarify wording and content to meet the requirements of the Ministerial Direction, ‘The Form and Content of Planning Schemes’. You may inspect the amendment, any documents that support the amendment, the explanatory report about the amendment free of charge at the following locations: • Hepburn Shire Council website. www.hepburn.vic.gov.au/planning-building/hepburn-planning-scheme-exhibition/ • the Department of Land Water and Planning website, www.delwp.vic.gov.au/public-inspection. Any person who may be affected by the amendment may make a submission to the planning authority about the amendment. Submissions must be made in writing giving the submitter’s name and contact address, clearly stating the grounds on which the amendment is supported or opposed and indicating what changes (if any) the submitter may wish to make. Name and contact details of submitters are required for Council to consider submissions and to notify such persons of the opportunity to attend Council meetings and any public hearing held to consider submissions. The closing date for submissions is Friday 28 August 2020. A submission must be made to the Planning Scheme Review Officer, Hepburn Shire Council PO Box 21 Daylesford 3460 Victoria or planningscheme@hepburn.vic.gov.au. The planning authority must make a copy of every submission available online for two months after the amendment comes into operation or lapses. Evan King CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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DRAFT PLAN FOR PLAYSPACES IN HEPBURN PLAY IS FOR EVERYONE Hepburn Shire has developed the Draft Hepburn Shire Playspace Strategy 2020 – 2030, Play is for Everyone, to improve the future provision of playspaces (inclusive of playgrounds, skate, scoot and BMX facilities, outdoor adult fitness spaces, water play and dog parks) throughout the Shire and would like the community to review it. The purpose of this Strategy is to provide guidance for the planning, design, management and activation of the Shire’s playspaces for the next 10 years. This Strategy has been developed using community feedback, assessment of current playspaces and research into current ‘industry’ best practice. You can review and provide feedback on the Draft Strategy by visiting Council’s website https://www.hepburn.vic.gov.au/playgrounds/ The consultation will close on Sunday, 16 August 2020. For more information please contact Council’s Sport and Active Recreation Projects Officer, Kathie Schnur, on email kschnur@hepburn.vic.gov.au or phone 03 5321 6136.
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