The Local Issue 201, October 12, 2020

October 12, 2020 Issue 201 Vale Don Wreford

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Front page: Australian glass art movement pioneer Don Wreford has passed away but leaves an amazing legacy. Read his story opposite on page 3. Don is pictured here in 2014 with his beagle, Peppy.

October 12, 2020 Issue 201 Vale Don Wreford

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Local Lines Sanctuary Corona came shouting STOP! You heard Greta Thunberg say, How dare you!

David Attenborough agreed then Jane Goodall said she was going to plant five million trees.

Stop the traffic, stop the pollution, the bombing, the rocket launches, the oil tanker spills, the logging and manufacturing all that junk.

Corona said, And most of all stop torturing and killing animals in the way you do as if they can’t feel pain, as if they don’t experience love, bawling chasing the trucks carting away their newborn to be slaughtered.

Lamb of God! They are sentient, intelligent, the essence of beauty.

Listen, Clean your house, take care with people, watch yourself because if you don’t I just might kill you.

Smoke haze over the big cities cleared, In Delhi you can see the Himalayas again.

America burns.

In the sanctuary of the Wombat Forest.

I rake the debris on the forest floor and burn off praying that summer will not breathe her firey breath on this place, all hell breaking loose.

Under the ancient trees where the Dja Dja Wurrung women gave birth, I see an archway Something moves amongst the leaves, the wind perhaps The spirits of those not considered worthy of life, chanting their song of the Dreamtime.

The trees remember them.

Listen! I place my head against the gnarled lumps of bark about the size of an infant’s head The hollow interior of the tree is quiet The sun shines its rays through the great lofty branches of the dense forest that meet like a vaulted ceiling of Gothic architecture This is my chapel, this is my cathedral.

- Frances Guerin

Frances Guerin’s studio, located in the Wombat Forest, serves both her creative spirit and visitors who come for open studio visits, community exhibitions and meditation practice.

Her background in philosophy and transpersonal psychology lends itself to deep enquiry into human consciousness which informs and generates her prolific art practice.

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

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USTRALIAN art glass movement pioneer and founding member Don Wreford has passed away.

The long-time Daylesford resident who, with beagle Peppy, was a familiar sight throughout the town, passed away on Tuesday, October 6, after a brief battle with leukaemia.

Friend and Castlemaine-based fellow master glass artist Richard Morrell said Don was one of the great characters of the Australian art glass movement.

“Don had an eventful life; after completing four years of study at Hornsea College of Art, London in 1964, and in 1967 Don opened the first vegetarian restaurant in London, Manna in Primrose Hill, still there and still famous.

“He then travelled through Africa, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, Mexico, USA, India and much of Europe, studying cultures and indigenous art forms.

“In the early seventies Don taught himself how to work with stained glass before moving to Sydney in 1977 to establish a stained glass studio there. Moving from flat glass to hot glass, Don found his 'metier' and worked under Stan Melis at the Jam Factory in Adelaide, then moved to Melbourne to study under Julio Santos, myself and Denis O'Connor in 1981.”

Mr Morrell said Don was awarded an artist-in-residency at the Phillip Institute of Technology in Melbourne before setting up in Malmsbury in 1988. He then moved his studio to Gisborne in 1990 before settling permanently in Daylesford in 1993, where his hot glass studio in Albert Street quickly became a local arts landmark.

“His fluid, flamboyant style in glass was matched only by his gift for rhetoric; many visitors to his colourful studio being beguiled as much by his eloquence as his remarkably original glass pieces.

“Don Wreford was a child of the sixties; his glass art wonderfully capturing the freedom of expression which epitomised that post-war generation. Given the way the world is moving, we are unlikely to see his like again.”

Last year The National Gallery of Victoria purchased eight pieces of Don’s work for its permanent collection. The Gallery has recognised him as a founding member of the Australian glass movement. Don has work in the permanent collection in The Queensland Art Gallery and has been collected by many famous international galleries worldwide.

In 2004 Daylesford’s Danish community bought a “royal-blue” one-off blown vase to send as a gift for the wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and Australian Mary Donaldson. Don inscribed the vase to commemorate the event.

Don’s daughter Jessie Geraghty Wreford said her father was a wonderful friend to many people and was always interested and engaged in the world around him.

“A world-renowned glass artist, philosopher, wild global adventurer, environmentalist, animal lover…and the list goes on. He lived an incredible life and will be dearly missed by many people. He was a beloved father to my sister Sassa Wreford and I, and everyone who knew him has a crazy story to tell about him."

Don previously lived in Malmsbury and Gisborne but found himself in Daylesford with a gallery, a residence and what would become a collective of likeminded, creative people.

“Many people were drawn to Daylesford and there was also that artistic community, both in Daylesford and Castlemaine.”

Jessie said because of COVID-19 restriction’s Don’s funeral would be a private ceremony on Monday, October 12 at 11am, but could be live-streamed through Verey Funeral Directors' Facebook page.

“Dad was very passionate about Animals Australia and donated to them all the time because he just loved animals, and we ask that people donate to Dad’s chosen charity instead of flowers. At a later date, we will hold an exhibition at the Convent Gallery in Daylesford. This will be a celebration of Don's life and work. We hope everyone can attend this event.”

To share photos or messages email Jessie at gorjessglassjewellery@gmail.com

Above, Don with one of his glassworks, insets, a few of the menu items at Manna and the royal vase, below, with Jessie, left, and Sassa, right

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We’re extending the JobKeeper Payment until 28 March 2021.

The Australian Government is extending the temporary JobKeeper Payment to the end of March 2021. From 28 September, businesses must meet the turnover test and submit their declarations by the 14th of each month.

There will be two new payment rates – one for those who work more than 20 hours per week in the relevant period, and another for those who work less. The employee eligibility date has also changed to 1 July, meaning some businesses could claim for more staff.

It’s part of our plan to keep business in business, and Australians in jobs.

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Helping Hepburn

Council is playing an important role in supporting our community through the COVID-19 pandemic. Our focus for the foreseeable future is to ensure that we have the best chance of avoiding the severe impacts of COVID-19 and that we continue to support the community by providing essential services.

If you need to talk to someone, you can call the COVID Hotline on 1800 675 398 (press option 3) 24/7. They can connect you with local support services in our area.

You can also call our Community Connector on 5321 6457, 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

To fi fin nd out more about how we are supporting the community, business and visitors, and how you can support each other and yourself, visit www.hepburn.vic.gov.au/helping-hepburn/.

Face-to-face customer services at our Duke Street Office (Daylesford), Creswick Hub and The Warehouse - Clunes is available two days per week: • Creswick Hub - Monday 8.30am – 5pm and Saturday 9am12pm • The Warehouse - Clunes - Thursday 8.30am – 5pm and Saturday 9am-12pm • Daylesford’s Duke Street Customer Service - Thursdays and Fridays 8.30am – 5pm.

Of course, you can still contact us online, by phone and by email if that’s easier: • Online Customer Service Requests - www.hepburn.vic.gov.au • Phone - 5348 2306 •

Email - shire@hepburn.vic.gov.au.

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Library Services Update

In response to recent State Government announcements, our libraries have reopened on restricted hours and services. They are running “Click and Collect” and are open: • Creswick Hub - Monday 8.30am–5pm and Saturday 9am-12pm • Trentham Library - Tuesday 10am - 5pm and Saturday 10am1pm • Daylesford Library - Wednesday 9.30am–5.30pm and Saturday 10am-1pm • Clunes Warehouse - Thursday 8.30am–5pm and Saturday 9am12pm.

Don’t forget about our Digital Library, and the wide range of services and collections available and accessible with your library card. This includes E-books, E-audio books, E-magazines, newspapers from around the world, Kanopy Film streaming and Storybox Library. Visit www.centralhighlandslibraries.org.au to see what you can do.

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We have the following positions open: • Sustainability Officer (closes 12 October) • Senior Pool Lifeguard (closes 13 October) • Pool Lifeguard (closes 13 October) • Community Pool Assistants (closes 13 October) • Health and Wellbeing Officer (closes 19 October) • Property Officer (closes 19 October) • Team Leader Community Support (closes 26 October) • Waste Education Officer (closes 21 October) We also have a range of short-term labourer and cleaning contracts available through the Working for Victoria scheme.

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OLA Congdon has nominated Central Highlands Rural Health Social Support Program coordinators and assistants as Legends of Lockdown.

Nola, a Daylesford resident, said the Central Highlands Rural Health group visited older people around the Hepburn Shire - taking them on day, and even overnight, trips.

With the pandemic, visits were currently limited to fortnightly verandah chats and, in between, fortnightly phone calls.

"But sometimes they will just turn up with a happy surprise like a magazine to read or a gift or puzzles to do.

"They look after us so well and when things are normal we go on day trips, do things like a Walk and Talk around Lake Daylesford and even have an overnight trip once a year.

"And we always have a marvellous end of year break-up and Christmas lunch with a really good meal. The girls make sure that no-one is left on their own. You might be by yourself but they are quickly by your side making sure you feel you are a part of things.

"I got involved after my husband died and each girl gives you such a welcoming smile. They are just wonderful and they are our legends."

The coordinators and assistants are Katie Swan (Daylesford and Creswick), Lyn Hull and Deb Annear (Clunes) and Victoria Hanson and Cathy Bloomfield (Trentham).

The program is funded by the Commonwealth Government's Home Support Program.

Pictured, Katie Swan and Nola Congdon

Next edition, our final three legends!

Keith Pyers - Legend of Lockdown

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AYLESFORD'S Keith Pyers has been nominated as a Legend of Lockdown.

The Justice of the Peace, who was appointed in March 1982, has kept the important service running throughout lockdown and earnt the praise of a woman who wants to remain anonymous.

"I had to get some important documents signed and Keith was just so really accommodating and helpful.

"I know that he is very busy because many JPs have stopped work during this period, but Keith has kept going. I also appreciate that he is an older gentleman so it would have been easy for him to stop for a while, it was very good of him to keep working and do everything in a COVID-safe way. I just really appreciated the service and want him to know that he is providing a great service for the community."

Mr Pyers said while it had been recommended by the Justice Department that the Ballarat JP group close down for a few months, he knocked back the first caller but then decided to set up a table on his verandah to receive visitors seeking JP assistance.

"When people need a JP, it is usually for a pretty important reason.

Legend might be too generous. Perhaps runner-up in a club best and fairest!"

But really, when you look at what Mr Pyers has achieved over the years, legend does seem pretty right. His involvement has included: Daylesford RSL - former president and assisting with the Anzac and Remembrance services, Daylesford Highland Gathering - 40 years including being a former president and life member, Daylesford Agricultural Show - 20 years and a life member, Glenlyon Shire and Daylesford Shire - 18 years taking on roles including four terms as shire president or mayor, Daylesford Probus - member and past president and Daylesford Historical Society member.

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ARLIER this year, when Grampians Disability Advocacy was helping Hepburn clients with some major challenges, it became apparent that something had to be done about the clients' house's poor condition.

After exhausting all avenues of assistance, GDA's Kaylene Howell approached The Daylesford Foundation in July for help to repair the 100-year-old home which was leaking, exposed to the elements and falling in around them. The challenge, with limited funds, soon triggered an amazing response from the community.

The Daylesford Foundation agreed to provide several thousand dollars for the urgent and essential works and to assist with project management, meeting with Will Zammit from Artisan Projects to create a plan.

The plan involved the trade-focused works to be completed by Artisan Projects with the assistance of volunteer labour. Over the next few weeks TDF organised donations of structural and decking timber, plaster, paint, carpet and a bedroom window. More than a dozen volunteers laid the carpet, painted, fixed plaster, mulched the trees, spread mulch throughout the garden and cleared the site of all debris.

Rotary also provided temporary accommodation at The Birches.

TDF secretary Jim Foster said due to the outstanding community response the group was able to achieve far more than the original scope of works. That included waterproofing the exterior of the home, renovating the verandah, tearing down and re-building the bedroom, laundry and toilet, transforming the miner's cottage and creating a safe, accessible and functional home.

Kaylene Howell said: “It was a task that I was not sure how it would be able to come to life, but here we are. Generous community spirit has shone through and it is amazing what can be accomplished with this type of collaboration. When I put out the call for help, I did not imagine this type of response, so I sincerely have such gratitude for everyone who stepped up to make this happen.�

Those involved also included: Rotary Daylesford, the disability support team of consultant Jane Kinnear, Kaylene Howell from Grampians Advocacy Group and Luke Morris from Liberty Disability Services. Thanks also goes to Bohdi, Home Hardware, H.Troon, Mackleys Plaster, Malcolm Moore, Mitre 10, Daylesford Rotary, Tyson Tree Services and all volunteers.

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Youth council nominations

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OUNG people aged 16 to 22 are needed to take part in the 2021 Macedon Youth Council.

The Macedon Youth Council is designed to empower young people to play a more active role in public life - it provides participants with the opportunity to build their understanding of government and the role and responsibilities of a Member of Parliament.

Made up of up to 12 young members selected from across the Macedon electorate, the group will meet five times over the year to discuss local issues, learn about the democratic system and how they can more confidently participate in the decision-making processes. A visit to Parliament House in Melbourne is also included as part of the program of activities.

In 2018, Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas made an election commitment to establish the Macedon Youth Council. The inaugural program started the following year with 13 young people from across the electorate chosen to take part.

Issues that were raised and explored as part of the 2019 council included singleuse plastics, youth mental health, renewable energy and the process to Treaty with Aboriginal Victorians.

Members of the youth council will be selected following an application process that can be submitted online. Applications close on Sunday, November 23.

Link: www.mary-annethomas.com.au/campaign/macedon-youthcouncil-2021/ Above, 2019's Macedon Youth Council members

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Safe housing needed

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EPBURN Shire's Safe Place Homes has asked council candidates to show leadership and supply more safe and affordable housing.

CFA, police and SES were called to rescue a car from Bryce’s Flat causeway last Friday. Hepburn CFA's Bruce Bavin said it was a timely reminder not to drive through flooded waterways.

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Spokesperson David Hall has written to each candidate saying a plan was needed to alleviate these major community welfare issues.

"This shire has serious housing problems. Their resolution needs leadership by council. A comprehensive report just published examines the nature and size of the problems and shows the gap between housing needs and what help is available.

"Research of publicly available data commissioned by Safe Place Homes Inc. shows that 484 households in our shire are suffering from housing stress.

"In 2019, 46 homeless persons sought help from CAFS (Child & Family Services) alone. We know there are more from community reports. These are shire citizens who are couch-surfing, sleeping rough or are in temporary, inadequate accommodation.

"In 2019 the disadvantaged in this shire with special social, physical or mental issues seeking care and/or accommodation numbered 701.

"Safe Place Homes, a group of concerned shire community members, is working to increase the stock of affordable and social housing in Hepburn Shire. Unlike most councils in Victoria, Hepburn Shire Council does not have a housing policy. Safe Place Homes made a submission to council in April this year, (which) detailed the shire needs and proposed measures to encourage and facilitate the building of the needed housing in the shire. Following this, the seven councillors voted unanimously to establish a Shire affordable and social housing policy.

"However, council officers advised that no funds exist in the current budget nor officers free to prepare the required policy document. Council has made an application to the Victorian Government for a grant for this task. A decision is awaited.

"On behalf of the many shire citizens urgently in need of housing assistance, Safe Place urges you, when elected to council to immediately ensure that funding is provided in the first year’s budget plan approved by council for this policy development. Further, to ensure that all council staff are made aware that pursuing this pro-active policy is now a major priority task for the council."

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Clunes funding First aid for pets Telehealth help

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The organisation has been named among 78 Victorian arts and cultural organisations that will share in funding totalling $7.85 million through the second stage of Creative Victoria’s Strategic Investment Fund.

Western Victoria MP Jaala Pulford said the funding was aimed at protecting creative jobs, helping organisations survive the prolonged period of restrictions and supporting some of the state’s best creative companies, festivals and venues to find creative and COVID-safe ways to welcome back audiences and earn revenue.

Creative Clunes has received a grant of $46,500 to undertake a strategic review of its current business model in order to future-proof the organisation in a postCOVID-19 world and develop an enhanced website to allow for a year-round online presence.

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could save a furry friend’s life in an emergency, RSPCA Victoria is launching its first ever virtual animal first aid course, Focused First Aid for Pets. The course will be held on Tuesday, November 24 at 7pm.

Focused First Aid for Pets is a one-hour 30-minute webinar focused on providing participants with the best information available to be better placed to help a pet in the case of an emergency situation.

The course will be led by RSPCA's Education and Learning officer and veterinary nurse, Belinda Marchbank.

“Focused First Aid for Pets will teach pet owners the basics of pet first aid, providing people with important knowledge that will support them to act without panic and do the best they can for their pets in the case of an emergency,” Ms Marchbank said.

Five regional and rural health partnerships will see local health services in each of the regions partner with each other to support patients receiving medical care closer to home via telehealth – thanks to a $4.5 million investment.

The investment means Central Highlands Rural Health in the Loddon Mallee Health Network will deliver more services via telehealth.

The coronavirus pandemic has led to the widespread adoption of telehealth by doctors, nurses and allied health providers to deliver acute, chronic, primary and specialty care that does not require face-to-face services.

Each region will receive a regional telehealth lead and local telehealth support officers who will train clinicians and support patients on how to use telehealth, as well as fund equipment such as webcams, computers, tablets and headsets.

ANY pet owners would panic if their pet ACEDON Ranges and Hepburn shires' was involved in an accident, however, residents will receive more specialist learning basic first aid skills for pets can medical care sooner and closer to home mean the difference between life and death. with a boost to telehealth services when they’re To help pet owners learn vital first aid skills that needed most.

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Core Council responsibility is local roads – plans for 20/21 in Coliban Ward include a mixture of resealing and final bitumen resurfacing works in Bowen Street, Church Lane, Forest Street, Gamble Street, Cranneys Lane, Camp Street and Quarry Street. And footpath improvements (part of a greater footpath program) for: Falls Rd. (McCashney Way to Falls Rise), Quarry Street (Albert to Victoria Streets) and High Street (Bowen to Market Streets).

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I hope you will support me to continue representing the Coliban Ward at the Hepburn Shire Council elections.

I welcome speaking with you about what matters to you about living in Coliban Ward and our Shire. You can reach me on 0488 575 855, liciak254@gmail.com or on facebook @LiciaforColibanWard where I post regular updates.

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The Companion Group supporting NDIS

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This enables participants to have choice and control over their own funded support. NDIS-funded supports are to enable social and community access, increase a person’s independence and to reach their goals with the appropriate support.

Each participant who has been approved for an NDIS plan is catered to with the independent support needs required.

The NDIS is there for participants who may have never been able to access certain support, to support their independence for as long as possible.

The scheme can come across as an overwhelming process however Charlotte Brierley, support coordinator at The Companion Group, has been trained in supporting people in getting on the NDIS and supporting them throughout their plan.

A support coordinator’s role is to ensure that the participant understands what has been approved in a plan, working alongside them in accessing and connecting to appropriate organisations and to ensure that in the near future the client will be able to independently support themselves with their plan.

There is a lot of misconception and misunderstanding on what the NDIS can provide, however we are here to help.

As mentioned, this can be a daunting process, however, if you would like support to access the NDIS scheme, or if you are already on the scheme, and would like some support in accessing appropriate support, please do not hesitate to contact us, The Companion Group via our website at www.thecompaniongroup.org and fill out the relevant area of support you require. We look forward to supporting you in building you an appropriate plan for you to be able to complete your goals.

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• New community group meetings – Coomoora & Drummond

• Governing Policy Framework - hepburn.vic.gov.au/governing-policies

• Refurbishment of Drummond Hall / Tennis court lights (Budget)

• Planning Scheme Review (ongoing)

• Daylesford to Coomoora walking/cycling path

• Planning applications - New & In progress posted to website • Disability Advisory Committee

• Stage 1 - to Matts Lane - complete • Stage 2 - Matts Lane to Daylesford-Malmsbury Rd - feasibility

• Coomoora to Glenlyon walking/cycling path

• Accessible toilets policy • Pedestrian (Accessible) crossings policy

• Feasibility Report (Budget)

• Design oversight of infrastructure projects

• Glenlyon – New Town signage

• Audit & Risk Committee

• Glenlyon Recreational Reserve

• Charter upgrade

• Pavilion upgrade – design & construction project (Budget) • Glenlyon Dam - management transferred to GRR Committee

• Major road upgrades – Zig Zag Rd / Back Glenlyon Road

• Public Minutes (posted on website)

• Councillor additional knowledge days per month • Strategic thinking / forward planning • Planning concepts & practice

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Health groups merge

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OBAW Community Health and Sunbury Community Health have merged. The merged organisation, to be known as Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health, will formally launch on January 1, 2021.

“Our organisations have provided services that respond to the needs of our communities for several decades,” Sunbury Community Health CEO Phillip Ripper said.

“By joining together, we will build on the strengths of each organisation and be better positioned to collaborate, take advantage of funding opportunities and share knowledge across our communities.”

Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health will cover an area of over 1700km2 from Sunbury to beyond the borders of Macedon Ranges Shire and its 280 staff and 100 volunteers will be based across four sites at Woodend, Kyneton, Sunbury and Romsey.

Cobaw Community Health CEO Margaret McDonald said despite the ongoing success of both organisations, the environment continued to be challenging for smaller community health organisations.

“As two entities, we often miss out on securing new funding contracts as they are given to larger organisations.”

The amalgamation follows the success of other mergers in the health sector, including that of Kyneton District Health and Hepburn Health which last year became Central Highlands Rural Health.

“We are similar organisations with similar values and a genuine commitment to the individuality of our communities,” Mr Ripper said.

“We have collaborated on a number of projects and truly believe that together we will be in a stronger position to expand services and ensure that community health continues to be delivered close to home.”

Mr Ripper will lead the new organisation with Ms McDonald looking forward to retirement early next year.

“For those accessing our services and programs, very little will change,” Ms McDonald said. “You will receive the same high level of care from the same location.

There will be a new name and a new logo but you can be assured that behind it are the same local staff that you know and trust with their strong connection to the community.”

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Time to hit the amazing Silo Art Trail

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TREETS, silos and water towers. What is the common theme? They are painted with depictions of local life and are offered up for the public to enjoy.

I was stopped going down a side street in Newport, Victoria by a new wall mural.

It wasn’t your usual graffiti or tagging but beautifully painted, photo-realistic street art. It was of shoreline birds endemic to the bay area. I thought you’d appreciate seeing it, so I stopped and took some photos. Jimmy DVate is the artist and it turns out he has contributed some extraordinary paintings on the sides of silos.

Jimmy DVate is just one of the artists involved in the Silo Art Trail. We have a Silo Art Trail in Victoria which consists of eight silos spread over 200km in the Wimmera Mallee region. Jimmy DVate painted on a silo in Goorambat, 16km north of Benalla, Victoria. He is a Melbourne-based artist and depicted Milli, a barking owl that resides at Healesville Sanctuary. Along the Campaspe River in Rochester, DVate painted a squirrel glider and azure kingfisher on more silos. Where possible DVate chooses to depict local threatened species. The ongoing effect of declining river flows causes a loss of habitat for many species of fauna and flora.

In Waikerie, South Australia, DVate with Garry Duncan painted on both sides of those silos, providing a view from the river and land. These Waikerie silos are titled Healthy River Community and add to the Australian Silo Art Trail.

In 2015 a cultural, non-profit group called FORM hired street artists Phlegm and HENSE to paint a series of linked silos in the town of Northam, north of Perth in the wheatbelt region. It was an idea to help reinvigorate the ailing town and it soon became a movement throughout Australia. There are currently 36 painted silos.

It has helped small towns by increasing tourism and keeping small business doors open. It has given confidence to locals to open new ventures. Rural public art has consequently been propelled even though most of these towns remain in the grip of drought.

Two grey nomads who set out to visit some silos got frustrated at the lack of information. They created a Facebook page and in 2019 Australian Silo Art Trail website was launched mapping painted silos, water towers and street art town locations. This map is downloadable so you can plot your own open-air gallery tour using www.australiansiloarttrail.com/map Regional Victorian town folk are being encouraged to visit other regional Victorian folk to help keep business doors open. We all know to be vigilant with hygiene practices at this time so if you have the time, pack the car, take a few days and enjoy the awe-inspiring talent that has produced amazing large-scaled works.

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PORCUPINE Ridge property has sold for $1.317 million, way over its $900,000 to $990,000 price range.

McQueen Broadhurst Real Estate principal Kim McQueen said the Woolnoughs Road property sold within three days of being placed on the market, Thursday, October 2.

“We put the house on the market online on Thursday and by Friday I had six Facetime inspections, all people from Melbourne, who couldn’t come up.

“That same day I had one of those people say they loved it and could we arrange a building inspection. I did that for 9am on Saturday and he rang the buyers and said it was all great with no issues, and they made an offer of $995,000. That was $5000 above the asking price and the vendors were selling at $900,000. We don’t stuff around on prices, if that was the best offer on the day we would have sold at that.”

Ms McQueen said the offer was accepted by the vendors but she also went back to all the potential buyers to see if anyone wanted to make a counter offer. That set off a 24-hour “auction”.

“One person said 'I am in' and we then had five people putting in offers over that amount and ended up with two bidders battling it out for 24 hours before it sold on Sunday night for $1.317 million.

“It was a great result and at the end of the day everybody is happy. The vendors were already happy with the $995,000 offer so they were rapt. They are really beautiful people.”

Ms McQueen said neither of the final two bidders had seen the house in person which was “phenomenal”.

“The house is a very simple barn in the highly sought after area of Porcupine Ridge, on three and a half manageable acres, and very private. You can’t see another building and could be on 50 acres.

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The darling buds of Spring Blame it on the long meaningless hours of confinement in this recent Winter of Discontent or perhaps my latest step toward second childhood, but I can’t ever remember being so excited by the arrival of Spring.

Admittedly, the return of La Nina and her preceding rains have provided us with lush new growth and plentiful blossoms, and the promise of better days ahead. And I had an extra cause for celebration - the first Spring bud growth on my garden’s newest acquisition, 3-metre high transplanted gleditsia “sunburst” (golden honey locust).

It was a refugee, from a neighbour’s major landscape overhaul, that recently arrived in the bucket of a front-end loader and was gently lowered into place over our front fence by crane. (The bud is pictured below.)

Success was never really in doubt but sighting the first little golden leaf bud was an exciting moment. And in the words of the old musical, Spring is bustin’ out all over.

On the downside, lush new plant growth is naturally accompanied by the arrival of a newly-hatched brood of insect pests, including young aphids like those pictured above, to wreak havoc.

Fortunately the warm weather also brings the “good guys”, the predator insects to help take care of them - katydids, preying mantis, hoverfly etc. So don’t be too hasty with the spray gun, even some natural preparations can be indiscriminate in what they eliminate. Most times the label will warn of danger to bees etc. and if there are lasting residual effects.

I usually find that before such initial aphis infestations can get ahold, and when the flowers are still in tight bud form, a good quick spray with the garden hose to wash them away will do the trick.

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True to form, as in most Spring seasons, we’re in for a few bouts of rough, squally weather to cause problems for our trees and shrubs. It is not only the usual broken branches, many plants can suffer less obvious splits and abrasions from being battered against walls and fences.

These fractured, split and weakened branches should be either completely removed or cut back to a strong point of healthy wood to prevent any further damage. Dead wood should be completely removed as well.

You will probably notice that the twine or string used to secure fragile branches to stakes or other supports has caused rubbing or chafing during strong wind, in which case it may necessary to remove the worst-affected branches. Less damaged ones will benefit from a dressing of pruning mastic, sterilising paint, Vaseline or a similar petroleum jelly, over the cuts and scrapes to seal the wound and aid the healing process.

When it comes to the causes of damage to young plants, it’s often the fault of the ties. Fine string, wire, or even wool can cut through the bark of soft young branches with constant rubbing. Even worse, if left unattended for too long on young fastgrowing stems, they can actually strangle them. Old stockings or pantyhose are excellent for tying up plants as their resilience allows some natural movement in the plant and certainly doesn’t cause chafing.

Young trees, particularly in heavy, sodden soils, may be so blown about by the wind that their roots have been dislodged and damaged so that they now rock about.

Look carefully to see if your young plants need re-staking and the soil replenished and tamped down around the roots.

Use three evenly-spaced stakes around plants with loops that pass from each stake and around the main stem, allowing about 5cm of movement in each loop. This way the tree is able to move minimally within the loops, and is almost self-supporting.

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Just sayin’...

Pick me, pick me

By Donna Kelly

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E HAD a medical emergency last week. Yes, an overseas bug, but not coronavirus...no, it was a European wasp.

We get them now and again, and are very careful not to drink from open cans left unattended during the warmer weather. But this little bug found its way not only inside, but into one of Kyle's shoes. How, you ask. Let me tell you.

It was a dark and stormy night. Nah, but haven't you always wanted to start a story like that? No? Just me? OK, onward.

It was Tuesday morning and I had a doctor's appointment. In person. An outing, if you will. Nothing serious, but not to be explained on the phone. And, as I said, an outing, a chance to leave the home. So I finished my cup of tea, popped it down on the tea table (I don't drink coffee...) and looked over to see Kyle putting on his shoes and then fall to the ground. Over-actor, I thought. But then, as he writhed on the ground, I wondered if something was really wrong.

"Is something really wrong?" I asked, with what I hoped sounded like concern, but I could see my outing, I mean my doctor's appointment, slipping by. "It's stung me, it's stung me," he cried. "Get it out!" I ambled over for a little look and saw a squashed wasp in his shoe and what looked like a thread from his black socks dangling from his toe. "Get on the couch," I ordered, only realising then things were serious because he was not saying something like "I love it when you get tough" and wandered off to find some tweezers. After checking my make up, you know, the outing, I wandered back and pulled what still looked like cotton from his toe.

By this point Kyle was heaving in pain, but, you know, bloke pain, so I picked up the keys and just checked "you don't think you are going into anaphylactic shock, do you?". "No," he said. "I'll be OK." But as the next wave of man pain hit, he called me back. "Take me with you...just in case." In the car, during the 10-minute ride, he moaned and groaned and then started panting, talking to himself saying "work through the pain". He could easily have been a Lamaze instructor.

Anyway, we made it. He went off to triage and I saw my doctor. He was an hour, I was five minutes. I asked: "How did you go?". He told me how he went and asked nothing about me. It's all good now but I am still waiting to be asked: "How did you go?" But that's OK. Those are the little gems that partners can store for years, happily ending an argument with a raised "you never care, what about the time..."

The moral of the story is to keep clear of those imported bugs. The ones you can see and the ones you can't. Although Kyle is already plotting his revenge - as you can see by the cartoon opposite. But is that a sting in his hand, or is the wasp just happy to see him? Just sayin'...

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The Local - Connecting the Community

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he Local is all about Connecting the Community. We run good news stories about amazing people and places, and festivals and events. And our fantastic advertisers run great deals for locals and visitors alike.

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

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

There are a few conditions, well mostly that not-forprofit bit, and also that you aren't grabbing a free advert and then we see a whacking big paid advert in other media. That wouldn't be fair.

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WAS wondering how I would feel about turning 200, well not in age, but in editions and as it turns out nothing earth-shattering took place over here at TL HQ. You are currently reading edition 201 and I suppose 202 will pull into the station the same time next week.

The week before edition 200 came out had a kind of a Y2K bug feel about it, but nothing much happened. We were meant to have a big celebration with a big crowd but alas COVID hit and the whole week just wound up at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Trentham blowing the froth off a couple, while I practically got a dislocated shoulder by giving myself myriad pats on the back.

But some ground-breaking work has come to fruition here, and that is a modern, sparkling new website - this website is not just a shop window into our wares like so many sites.

We decided to make this a genuine community billboard. I’m not talking about the grumblers from the Grapevine putting up their hypotheses on why the sheriff has come to town booking all the local cars or the whinges about the roads or the wild wafflings of the great unwashed about the price of petrol.

Our website is so every sports result in our readership can be published, all local businesses can have a mini-website within our business directory and all events are put on a calendar, and once more, it is all free.

We are even asking community groups, clubs or individuals to let us have their news and tell us what’s going on in their part of the world. We can’t always print it, but there is no end of space to this wonderful world of internet.

We have left room for your movies (YouTube scripts preferred), and photos, so if we don’t make the match you can still show the little munchkin’s heroic football mark above the pack. I think we have almost thought of it all in this showstopper of a website - if I do say so myself.

And if you can’t remember www.tlnews.com.au to get into the site on your phone, take the time to create a web app from the website. It takes seconds and that way you just have to press the logo on your home screen. (Google it or ask someone under six.)

Anyway, good folks of the Central Highlands, go forth and prosper, or more particularly, go forth and populate. The website that is. Add your events, your results, your deliberations and your stories.

You're welcome, website rant over…

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Restaurants, Bakers, Butchers, Cafe’s, Local vineyards, Distillers, Brewers and of course each other.

Come and join us for Christmas lunch Let us spoil you with our three-course menu Adults $90, Children 8-12 $45, Children u/7 $25

For bookings and enquiries contact Lee on 0413 222 541

Remember we offer free delivery, T&Cs apply.

Delivery times are Monday to Saturday between 10am and 4pm.

We accept credit cards over the phone or we have an on-board eftpos machine. You will need to be at home for the delivery with proof of age if asked by the driver.

Give the Foxxy team a call on 5348 3577.

Keep safe, everyone.

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Dining 27

Do you feed and water people?

Advertise here.

Pizzeria

La L na Home deliveries Thursday to Sunday Get your pizza fix during COVID-19 Thursday, Sunday, Monday | 5pm - 9pm Friday and Saturday | 5pm - 10pm Tuesday & Wednesday | CLOSED

5348 4123 | 24 Albert St Daylesford | pizzerialaluna.com.au

South Coast Fresh Seafood Now taking Christmas orders, must be in before December 1.

Pick-up December 23, 8.30am until 10am

Fresh seafood available every Wednesday 7.30am – 10.30am In the carpark at the back of The Emporium 89 Piper StreetKyneton.

0402 197 486 | Email freshseafood@live.com.au

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To market, to market Gigs

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with Darren Lowe

OU can find everything you need at weekend markets, from fresh fruit The Guildford Hotel, Guildford (All gigs are outside and bookings are required.) and veg to handmade jewellery and wares, throughout the Central Highlands and surrounds. Here are just a few.

Friday, October 16, 6pm - Featherhead Saturday, October 17, 6pm - Charlie Bedford Sunday, October 18, 1pm - 3 Chord Club for folk, blues & country musicians

Daylesford Sunday Market – every Sunday Wesley Hill Market - every Saturday Daylesford Farmers Market – first Saturday Trentham Neighbourhood Centre Makers Market - first Saturday Golden Plains Farmers Market - first Saturday Woodend Farmers Market - first Saturday Castlemaine Artists’ Market – first Sunday Trentham Community Group Market - second Saturday Kyneton Farmers Market - second Saturday Ballan Farmers Market - second Saturday Kyneton Rotary Community Market – second Saturday Maldon Market – second Sunday Clunes Farmers Market - second Sunday Trentham Farmers Market and Makers Market - third Saturday Glenlyon Farmers Market – third Saturday Leonards Hill Market - third Saturday Creswick Market - third Saturday Talbot Farmers Market – third Sunday Woodend Lions Market - third Sunday

Sunday, October 11, 2pm-4pm

For those reading online, Melbourne singer songwriter Van Walker is scheduled to perform at the pub on Sunday, October 11.

Van, a long time prominent figure in Melbourne singer/songwriter circles, solo and in bands such as The Livingstone Daisies, has released Ghosting, a sprawling two-CD journey, his first in 10 years. Great news for us, this si an excellent country folkinfluenced album, featuring production and guitar work from mate Jeff Lang, Shane Reilly on pedal steel and Dan Musli on dobro. The bad news, or is it cathartic, is this is a break-up record.

A tender, brutally honest and emotionally raw work, which must be hard to perform on a regular basis. A metaphor for our times? A wonderful return to form, sure to be an inspiring gig.

Palais-Hepburn, Hepburn Springs

Trentham Station Sunday Market - fourth Sunday Buninyong Village Market - fourth Sunday All markets subject to COVID regulations and not all may be operating. Check first.

Red Hill Hotel, Chewton

Look out for Locals' Night every Thursday with Supper Club Thursday which will feature dinner and show with local artists, with an accompanying two-course menu.

Got a gig happening, finally? Email news@tlnews.com.au

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Innovative Farm Implements

Specialised implements for most types of farming Small and large acreages All soils and conditions Check us out

www.fixengineering.com.au Links to YouTube working models If it isn’t quite what you’re looking for, If it doesn’t quite do what you want, If you have some ideas of your own to explore:

Ask Mike: 0418 508 573 info@fixengineering.com.au

The Local Classifieds Funeral Services Henderson, Alice Mary (Mary) 21.01.1921 – 7.10.2020

Late of Shepherds Flat.

Passed peacefully at home.

Wife of Norm (dec).

Loved mother of Maxine, Tom, Julie, Pam, Stephen and Stewart.

Private Funeral.

For those unable to attend the service it will be live-streamed on Wednesday, 14th October from 11am via the Verey Funeral Directors Facebook page.

Ballan Plumbing

ABN: 20 007 065 410

Licenced Plumbers & Gasfitters

5368 1036 / 0419106518 www.ballanplumbing.com.au

Support your local tradies!

Wastewater

Ballan

Systems

ABN: 69 105 671 412

Specialists in the installation, servicing & maintenance of all wastewater treatment systems.

ALL ROUND CARPENTRY

1800 020 093

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Licenced Plumbers & Gasfitters

5368 1036 / 0419106518

1800 020 093

www.wastewateraus.com.au Clement F Mooney

Email: c.mooney@bigpond.net.au Available to assist with all general accounting services and preparation/electronic lodgment of Tax Returns and BAS for Individuals, Sole Traders, Partnerships, Trusts and Companies.

www.ballanplumbing.com.au

Tel: 03 5424 1441 Mobile: 0412 584 555 Office: 19 Albert Street, Trentham 3458

Wastewater

A.B.N. 37 961 487 978

Certified Practising Accountant Registered Tax Agent B.Com, C.P.A., M.B.A.

Pierre: 0425 783 871 SOLUTIONS | SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS | SOLUTIONS

Support your local tradies!

Consulting in Administration & Management Book-keeping Administration Payroll Temp service Supplier monthly reconciliation Qualified to manage a small team of office workers

Hepburn Earthworks

Drives, drains, moving dirt, excavation, $400 half day $750 full day man and machine.

Caterpillar Bobcat, excavator and Dual Roller.

Phone: 0438 662 203

Christ Jules Services Julie Hanson 0459 619 701 julphil.hanson@gmail.com www.christjulesservices.com.au

Ph:0434 357 882

POOL AND SPA MAINTENANCE SERVICES DAYLESFORD AND SPA COUNTRY Over 25 years’ experience in the Pool and Spa industry.

Cleaning and servicing of pools, hot tubs and jacuzzis.

Water chemistry and water balance Commercial properties

Daylesford Newsagency & Tattslotto

DAYLESFORD FIBROUS PLASTER WORKS (MACKLEY’S)

Newspapers, magazines, Tattslotto, dry-cleaning, stationery, photocopying and lots more...

• NEW HOMES • RENOVATIONS • CEILING ROSES • ORNAMENTAL CORNICE

55 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2061

Peter Mackley 5348 3085 or 0418 571 331 Gary Mackley 5348 1108

Domestic applications Reasonable rates All enquiries welcome Noel 0419 554 319 Declan 0438 212 107

PLASTERER

Daylesford

Are you a tradie? Advertise here. 5348 7883 Servicing commercial refrigeration domestic and commercial air conditioning

Sales-Service-Maintenance-Installation -Mobile coolroom hire Garry Rodoni: 0417 734 206 Chris Milham: 0436 402 730

E L E C T R I C I A N

John Roberts Electrical Services REG 15644

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Domestic Commercial Industrial Mobile 0439 682 619 Servicing the local community for over 45 years

Phone: 5348 1291

DAYLESFORD APPLIANCE SERVICE

das3460@bigpond.com

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

Call Kiyo on

0419 267 685 Malone Tree Services Liam Malone . Limited Access . Fully Insured .Specialists Qualified . Mulching Available

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