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REGIONAL Victorians are likely to remain cautious about international travel, despite some airlines planning to resume flights to many international destinations from October 31.

Qantas and Jetstar expect to resume international passenger flights to most of its international destinations at the end of October — four months later than the previous estimate of July.

The date change coincides with the expected completion of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Sale travel agent Jackie Ingram, from Flying Colours Travel, said Gippslanders were not going to “rush into” international travel, with many clients indicating they would prefer to wait for confirmation of the success of the vaccines.

However, on Friday she said people were already queuing up to book flights to New Zealand, after it was announced that the trans Tasman travel bubble would open up again from July 2021.

“We know there is going to be a lot of travel to New Zealand, where many regional Victorians have family they haven’t seen for close to 12 months, but in general overseas travel will be slow to take off again,” she said.

“I believe people will want to wait until at least 2022, when we have more information about the vaccine and whether it has been effective.”

Such is the rapidly-evolving nature of the pandemic, Auckland went into a snap seven-day lockdown on Sunday following the discovery of a mystery local COVID-19 case linked to the more infectious UK strain. All flights into Victoria from New Zealand have been cancelled until after March 6.

The latest developments are unlikely to put travellers off New Zealand in the longer term, providing the cluster can be quickly brought under control.

Ms Ingram said the virus had changed the future of travel, and people would in the future be required to prove their health status with a “digital health passport” before travelling overseas.

Air New Zealand has already said it will trial a digital ‘travel pass’ app developed by the International Air Transport Association on its Auckland-Sydney route in April, and Ms Ingram said other airlines were likely to follow suit.

The app will automatically forward information about a traveller’s vaccination status straight to airlines, which could potentially refuse passengers who are not vaccinated.

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Better management of our native forests is needed: Howitt Society Philip Hopkins BIODIVERSITY in forests declines as fuel loads increase, a result of long-term mild burning no longer being used to manage ecosystem health in Victoria’s native forests, according to the Howitt Society.

However, “decline of biodiversity has historically been most severe in lightly populated, non-forested areas”, said the society in its submission to the Legislative Council’s inquiry into ecosystem decline in Victoria, which has reconvened after pausing last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The society is named after Alfred Howitt, the renowned naturalist who did ground-breaking research in geology, botany, mineralogy, forestry and anthropology in Gippsland in the latter half of the 19th century.

The society’s members include land and fire management practitioners — scientists, foresters and landholders in Gippsland — who advocate policies in the spirit of Alfred Howitt.

In its submission, the society said people’s impact on biodiversity had been severe in heavily populated areas near forests.

“In eucalypt forests, biodiversity starts to decline as shrubs increase in density and add to fuel mass and structure within four years of mild burning,” the Howitt Society said.

“This can be addressed by sustainable fire management as employed by Aboriginal people for 40,000 years before Europeans arrived.

“Modern technology can be easily integrated with traditional and scientific management principles to improve efficiency.”

More than 150 years ago, Howitt identified disruption of Aboriginal burning as the ultimate cause of eucalypt declines, the society said.

“He described the death of large tracts of Red gum on the east Gippsland plains and of Manna gum at Omeo,” the society said.

“Howitt (1891) was right to conclude that anything lessening that force (human fire) would ‘very materially alter the balance of nature’.”

His insight had been amplified and extended by modern historical research.

Inquiry into ecosystem decline

Almost 1000 submissions have been accepted by the committee heading a Parliamentary Inquiry into Ecosystem Decline in Victoria.

Last week the Legislative Council’s Environment and Planning Committee held two days of public hearings for the inquiry, hearing from experts and organisations working in the field of wildlife and threatened and endangered species, as well as organisations dealing with invasive or threatening species.

The inquiry is examining measures to restore habitats and populations of threatened and endangered species.

The terms of reference include the extent of the decline of Victoria’s biodiversity and the

The society noted that traditional Aboriginal burning expert Victor Steffensen maintained that trying to manage individual species was a distraction.

Rather, whole ecosystems should be managed with ‘the right fire’.

“He is, in effect, a proponent of holistic science and holistic management. When Steffensen criticises ‘Western science’, we believe that he is really criticising the specialised academics who ‘have the ear’ of governments but can’t see the big picture,” the society said.

The Howitt group said the legislative framework protecting Victoria’s environment — grasslands, forests, the marine and coastal environment and native species — was adequate.

“But the legislation is mostly counterproductive because it is based on ‘terra nullius’ or the wilderness myth.

“Australian ecosystems need people. Ecosystems have declined and will continue to decline, with lack of management,” the submission said.

“Loss of species, chronic decline of eucalypts and megafires are all facets of ecosystem decline in the absence of frequent mild burning.

“Firebreaks, waterbombers and fuel reduced

likely impact on people and ecosystems; the adequacy of the legislative framework protecting Victoria’s environment and ecosystems, particularly in the context of climate change impacts; the adequacy and effectiveness of government programs; and opportunities to restore the environment while upholding First Peoples’ connection to country.

The reporting date for the inquiry has been extended to April 30, 2021.

Once the report is tabled in parliament, an electronic copy will be available.

Submissions and transcripts can be found at parliament.vic.gov.au/epc-lc/inquiry/995

zones on urban fringes can’t stop firestorms, ember showers and catastrophic destruction. Only landscape management can restore healthy and safe landscapes.”

The Howitt Society emphasised that employment and authority in land and fire management must be decentralised as well as diversified.

“Landscapes can’t be managed by remote control. Local knowledge and flexibility to deal with emergent circumstances are essential to successful ecological maintenance as well as wildfire control,” the submission said.

The society said despite all the megafires and lesser infernos, no forest-dependent species had become extinct because there were still plenty of trees and forests to sustain them.

“Unfortunately, aquatic species living downstream of forests have declined as a result of erosion, siltation and ash pollution of our waterways,” the submission said.

Victoria has lost at least 21 species of small and medium-sized mammals since European arrival.

“None of them are forest-dependent and most of them (17) didn’t even live in forests, so their extinction had little to do with megafires and nothing to do with logging,” the submission said.

The Howitt Society says the lack of mild burning promotes robust invasive and exotic plants which provide food and shelter for feral herbivores, at the expense of native animals.

Two species of birds — the Night Parrot and the Chirruping Wedgebill — had become extinct in Victoria, but they lived in the arid interior and were not affected by clearing, logging and climate change.

Similarly, the only reptile to become extinct in post-European Victoria was the Western Taipan from the semi-arid zone.

“A dozen bird species are critically endangered in Victoria. None of them are forest birds. They live in wetlands, woodlands, grassy plains, mallee and shorelines,” the society said.

The submission cited the connection between weeds and feral animals.

“Lack of mild burning promotes robust invasive and exotic plants which provide food and/or shelter for feral herbivores at the expense of natives,” the Howitt Society said.

“Increased overall biomass of herbivores — feral, domestic and native — provides increased food resources for feral carnivores.”

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MHR says JobSeeker changes ‘fair’: support services disagree

QUANTUM Support Services in Gippsland has sent a stern message to the federal government, saying it is “not realistic” to think that people can live on $44 a day.

The service provider’s comments come after the government announced it was increasing JobSeeker payments by $25 a week as of April 1, 2021, which is a daily rise of $3.75 a day.

Quantum chief executive Natalie McDonald said the amount would not even cover a loaf of bread and a bottle of milk.

“The base rate for the JobSeeker supplement will be $44 a day to cover essentials like food and toiletries, basic utilities, rent which continues to rise and costs for searching for a job,” she said.

“It is not realistic to think that people can live on $44 a day.

“This amount is 41 per cent less than the minimum wage, and sits below the poverty line.”

Ms McDonald said once the Coronavirus Supplement ceased and the new JobSeeker payments began, people on unemployment benefits would be receiving far less than is acceptable to be able to keep a roof over their heads.

Quantum expects the result will be an increase in individuals and families reaching out for its services.

“Since the pandemic began Quantum has seen an increase in our services — we aren’t out of it as yet and there are still so many affected by job loss,” Ms McDonald said.

“The decision to adjust the rate by $25 per week, while welcomed, just does not go far enough.

“It will put more pressure on a system that is already highly utilised by those at most disadvantage”.

The increased coronavirus supplement will be replaced by the new base rate of about $620 per fortnight.

People will be able to earn $150 per fortnight without affecting the base rate, and other welfare support payments such as rent assistance and pensioner education supplements are still available.

Gippsland MHR Darren Chester said the government’s decision to permanently increase the JobSeeker base rate was a fair approach to a difficult issue.

“JobSeeker was temporarily set at emergency levels to support people through the pandemic but the increase was not sustainable and was acting as a disincentive to people getting a job,” he said.

“In making these decisions, the federal government has carefully considered the balance between trying to encourage people to take jobs as they become available, while at the same time supporting Australians who find themselves out of work.

“It is the biggest permanent increase in unemployment benefits since 1986 and sets the base rate at 41 per cent of the minimum wage.

“Keep in mind, many people who receive JobSeeker, also receive other payments such as rental assistance and family payments, to support their household incomes.”

But Anglicare Victoria chief executive Paul McDonald said the new rate would leave hundreds of thousands of Australians to languish far below the poverty line.

Mr McDonald said that after more than two decades without a rise in the rate of unemployment benefits, the government’s announcement amounted to an average increase of less than 20 cents per year for job seekers.

Another easing of COVID restrictions

“This announcement comes after a year which saw a widening gap between the haves and the have-nots during the pandemic,” he said.

“The rich stayed home and got richer, the poor lost their casual and insecure jobs and struggled to make ends meet.

“It is good to see the government acknowledge that the unemployment rate needed to rise, but $4 a day is not enough to address the kind of poverty which leads to people regularly skipping meals so their kids can eat,” he said.

“About one in six children live in poverty in Australia, and this will do absolutely nothing to change that.”

Mr Chester said he understood that many Gippslanders found themselves unemployed through no fault of their own.

“Our welfare safety net is intended to help people get back on their feet and find a new job,” he said.

“On that point, I am constantly contacted by small business owners and farmers who report they have jobs available in our region, but some people are unwilling to work.

“This is where the federal government needs to get the balance right with ‘mutual obligation’ requirements intended to make sure people are genuinely seeking employment as they receive taxpayer-funded benefits.

“We will have an ‘employer reporting line’ established to allow for business owners to report people who reject suitable jobs they are qualified to undertake, to overcome persistent concerns about some people refusing to take jobs.”

The changes announced, Mr Chester said, were intended to make sure the mutual obligation rules were followed and unemployed people could be helped to get back to work as soon as possible.

“It’s not intended as a punishment — the best form of welfare is helping people get a job,” he said.

“I appreciate this will be a controversial issue with many different views but as I said at the outset, I believe the increase to the JobSeeker base rate is fair, and gets the balance right between providing much-needed support and still providing incentives for Australians to take jobs as they become available.”

The State of Emergency — which needs to be declared so the Chief Health Officer can issue directions to respond to the pandemic — will be extended to 11.59pm on March 15.

Premier Daniel Andrews thanked Victorians for their efforts.

“I want to thank every Victorian for their patience,” he said.

“It’s been a hard slog, but Victorians are doing what they do best as we work to beat this virus: staying the course and looking out for each other.”

For more information on the new coronavirus settings, visit coronavirus.vic.gov.au

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RESTRICTIONS across Victoria eased again on Saturday, returning to the settings in place at the beginning of summer.

Masks are now only be required on public transport, in ride share vehicles and taxis, in sensitive settings such as aged care facilities — and in some larger retail settings including indoor shopping centres, supermarkets, department stores and indoor markets.

While masks are no longer mandated in most circumstances, they are still recommended indoors or outdoors when distancing can’t be maintained.

Victorians can now host up to 30 people in their homes per day.

Outdoor gatherings in public places like beaches and parks can increase to 100 people.

The planned increase for office workers to return to work can go ahead at 75 per cent across public and private sectors.

For many workers, this meant returning to the office yesterday.

Density limits in pubs, restaurants and cafés will remain at one person per two square metres for indoors and outdoors with no other cap, so long as electronic record keeping — a QR code — is used.

For small operations, there will be no density limits if patron numbers are under 25, and they must keep records.

For beauty services, businesses remain at one person per two square metres — if they also introduce electronic record keeping.

For businesses where that’s not possible, density limits of one person per four square metres will apply.

Retail businesses also remain at one person per two square metres, and electronic record keeping is recommended where practical.

Funerals and weddings are subject to a density limit of one person per two square metres.

The same rules will apply to nightclubs and community facilities like libraries, RSLs and community halls.

In gyms, the density limit remains at one per four square metres , with exercise classes limited to 50 indoors and 100 outdoors.

Gippsland MHR Darren Chester says the government’s decision to permanently increase the JobSeeker base rate is a fair approach to a difficult issue, but Quantum Support Services says it is “not realistic” to think that people can live on $44 a day.

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Pent-up demand for travel has locals making inquiries

From page 1 Qantas has also said it is assessing the use of digital health pass apps to help support the resumption of COVID-safe international travel, with the CommonPass and IATA Travel Pass smartphone apps being trialled on the airline’s international repatriation flights.

Ms Ingram said the “health passport” would most likely become like the Yellow Fever card required for some travel destinations.

“It will just be routine, and you won’t be able to travel without it,” she said.

Strangely, cruising is one form of travel that Gippslanders are not willing to give up.

Ms Ingram said she was already booking European cruises for 2022, and each week her agency was fielding enquiries about when Australasian cruise holidays would resume.

“Australians love their cruising, and while many people may not want to fly overseas for a while, they’ll happily cruise because they are such good value and because of the strict protocols that are now in place,” she said.

Industry predictions are that travelling confidence will remain low for some time, and that international travel and flight capacity may not fully recover until 2024, well after COVID-19 is expected to be under control.

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The bluebottles are back

REPORTS of bluebottles washing up along the 90 Mile Beach have prompted warnings for people to know how to treat stings.

Posts circulating on social media have reported bluebottles, also known as Portugese Man O’ Wars, washed up at Loch Sport, Golden Beach, Paradise Beach and Seaspray in recent weeks.

The bluebottle is actually a colony of four kinds of ‘zooids’ — the float, the tentacles, digestive and reproduction polyps — which are dependent on one another for survival.

Fairly common along Australia’s eastern coast during summer months, the fleets of blue-coloured floating blobs often wash up on beaches after north-eastern winds and warmer currents cause mass strandings along the coast.

Bluebottle stings rarely cause serious medical problems, but they can cause intense skin pain which can last from minutes to many hours.

Life Saving Victoria general manager of lifesaving services Liam Krige said bluebottles were a normal part of the marine environment.

“Although bluebottles are small, their stings can be very painful and cause a white welt on the skin with a prominent beading effect,” he said.

“This is just one of the reasons we recommend swimming between the red and yellow flags where lifesavers are monitoring the conditions, can alert you to any dangers including bluebottles, and can assist with first aid.

“If stung, you should leave the water immediately, and if possible, seek assistance from lifesavers who are trained to provide first aid for marine bites and stings, and can alert other

People should steer clear of washed up bluebottles, because even when they are dead, their tentacles can still pack a painful punch. beach-goers.

“If you are at an un-patrolled location, you should wash off any remaining tentacles and immerse the sting in warm-to-hot water.

“If the pain continues, ice packs may also be effective, and if it persists, you should seek medical advice.

“Even when dead, their stings can be sharp, so it’s best to steer clear and alert local life savers.”

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Practitioners added stings could also cause nausea, vomiting, general feeling of malaise and a subsequent dull ache in joints.

Rarely, people may experience breathing difficulties, and if they do, an ambulance should be called immediately.

The RACGP does not recommend applying alcohol, vinegar or rubbing the area, as this may cause discharging of the bluebottle nematocysts and worsen pain.

Submissions sought on air pollution

Litter found scattered around the Den of Nargun included toilet wipes, plastic, food waste and aluminium cans.

Trio charged over mess left at the Den of Nargun

THREE Dandenong men have been fined $2146 by the Conservation Regulator for a range of offences, including littering, lighting a fire in a park and illegally camping near the Den of Nargun in the Mitchell River National Park last year.

The group used a stolen supermarket trolley to transport camping equipment about 500 metres to an area where it is illegal to camp.

Litter was found scattered around the site, including toilet wipes, plastic, food waste and aluminium cans.

Officers gave the campers an opportunity to clean up, however on returning the following day, found the site still a mess.

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning thanked the people who reported the group, which enabled prompt action to be taken against offenders.

The Den of Nargun is a place of great cultural significance to Gunaikurnai Traditional Owners is and one of east Gippsland’s most stunning natural areas.

Reports of illegal activity in forests or parks can be made to DELWP on 136 186.

THE Legislative Council’s Environment and Planning Committee is inviting submissions to its inquiry into the health effects of air pollution on Victorians.

Exposure to common air pollutants can exacerbate respiratory and cardiovascular conditions, lead to premature death and cost the Victorian economy hundreds of millions of dollars per year.

Vehicle transport, electricity generation, heavy industry, bushfires and dust storms all contribute to poor air quality.

Committee chair Sonja Terpstra said the inquiry was seeking to determine what could be done to minimise the effects from pollutants.

She said clean air was an essential part of living a healthy life, encouraging anyone people to share their views on Victoria’s air quality to make submission to the inquiry.

“We’re keen to hear from people across our state who have information or suggestions they want us to consider, to ensure that Victorians can enjoy clean air in all the places they live, work and play,” she said.

The committee will seek to identify state-wide practical, real-time, cost-effective mitigation strategies, and determine to what extent these strategies are ensuring that Victorian air quality continues to track towards meeting or exceeding current international best practice standards and is enforced.

It will also determine the effects of economic and population growth on air pollution and health outcomes, and will aim to strengthen commitments across all Victorian government portfolios to reduce air pollution and minimise the impact on the health of the Victorian population and environment.

Submissions are due by Friday, April 2, with public hearings to be held in May and June.

A final report is scheduled to be presented to parliament in late August.

To make a submission visit www.parliament.vic.gov. au/epc-lc and click on ‘Inquiry into Health Impacts of Air Pollution in Victoria’.

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Clean air forum on tonight PEOPLE concerned about air pollution are invited to a forum in Morwell tonight to hear about a new campaign.

The People’s Clean Air Action Plan is being supported by a coalition of environment, community, legal and health groups.

The Victorian action plan calls for the state government to install better pollution control standards for coal-fired power stations, and increase air quality monitoring, with better access to information.

It is also calling for a reduction in vehicle pollution, the phasing out of wood heaters and legislation covering health-based ambient air quality standards.

The forum, to be hosted by Environment Justice Australia, is also tying into calls for submissions into a state Parliamentary Inquiry into Health Impacts of Air Pollution in Victoria.

Environmental Justice Australia lawyer Bronja Lipski accused state and federal governments of giving Latrobe Valley coal

generators “preferential treatment”, despite pollution breaches and reports outlining the health and economic costs of air pollution.

“We have the ability to reduce toxic pollution in the air we breathe — we just need the Victorian government to do its job and implement the measures needed to reduce toxic emissions to as close to zero as possible,” Ms Lipski said.

The People’s Clean Air Action Plan is being backed by Asthma Australia, Lung Foundation Australia, Doctors for the Environment Australia, Healthy Futures, Environment Victoria, Communities for Clean Air, Maribyrnong Truck Action Group and Voices of the Valley.

The People’s Clean Air Action Plan Latrobe Valley launch event will be held at the Morwell Bowling Club tonight from 6pm.

To register, visit envirojustice.org.au/event/ peoples-clean-air-action-plan-latrobe-valley

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Heavy rainfall, floods, high tides and warm weather increase mosquito numbers, resulting in higher numbers of cases.

Dr Bolam said the early summer conditions, particularly in coastal areas, were conducive to mosquito breeding.

The virus is passed between mosquitoes and certain animals, such as wallabies and kangaroos.

Infected mosquitoes can then sting people, making them unwell.

Symptoms of Ross River Virus can include fever, rash, headache, aching muscles and joints and fatigue.

The onset of symptoms may be from two to 14 days following a sting from an infected mosquito.

While most people recover

completely within three to six months, some people report symptoms for years, and many people need to take weeks off work to recover.

People experiencing symptoms should seek medical attention from their GP. There is no evidence that Ross River Virus can be spread directly from one person to another.

Many local councils work routinely with the department to monitor and limit mosquito numbers.

About 12 councils, including Wellington Shire, currently participate in the state mosquito-borne disease program and receive funding for mosquito surveillance and vector control.

Mosquito traps are set up in the field, and the mosquitoes that are caught are sent to Melbourne for testing.

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POLICE are reviewing CCTV footage following an attempted break-in at the Wellington Bargain Centre in Sale early Thursday morning, where an intruder tried to smash the front entrance, causing about $2000 damage.

Proprietor Mark Webster said the would-be thief failed to gain access, and fled in a vehicle when disturbed.

It is believed police were able to track the alleged offender’s car for a short distance down Raglan St, but called off the pursuit when the vehicle reached dangerously high speeds.

The incident happed about 3am on Thursday, when a vehicle pulled up on the footpath outside the Wellington Bargain Centre.

Police allege a person wearing a hoodie and a face mask then attempted to smash in the front door of the store using a sledge hammer or similar implement, before being disturbed.

The offender then got back into the vehicle, possibly driven by a second person, and sped off.

Mr Webster said it was unclear what the would-be thieves were after, but some expensive guitars had been on display in the window, including an $800 Gibson.

“They might have been after that, or maybe they thought we keep jewellery and things like that on the premises — who knows what they thought?” he said.

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Gippsland South MLA Danny O’Brien has welcomed a new public inquiry into the use of school buses by the wider community. gauge the views and experiences of people in rural and regional communities.

The inquiry is scheduled to hand down a final report before the end of the year.

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EXPANDED use of school buses in rural and regional Victoria is the focus of a new public inquiry which is seeking community input.

The Legislative Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee is considering whether the wider public should have access to school buses, so they have more opportunity to travel.

Committee chairman Enver Erdogan said the enquiry would look at the transport disadvantages experienced by rural and regional Victorians, particularly youth, the elderly and low-income households.

“We would like to hear from as many people as possible across our state so we can get a true picture of the transport limitations faced by rural and regional Victorians,” he said.

“Their experiences will be important as we seek to understand how school buses could be used to get more people connected socially and economically.”

The committee will analyse evidence from other jurisdictions, locally and overseas, showing the effects of expanding the school bus system.

Gippsland South MLA Danny O’Brien said it was good the issue was being looked at.

“Members of our rural communities in Gippsland have limited access to public transport, while some school buses have plenty of room for extra passengers,” he said.

“I’ve had first-hand feedback from my community about the frustration of a young adult who was catching the bus for years on the way to school, but could not continue to do so to get to a new job or tertiary education when still too young to get a driver’s licence.

“However, we need to hear feedback from the community on issues of student safety and the risks and rewards of allowing adults onto school buses.

“In some areas the school bus is full and even school students are unable to utilise the service.

“If we can ensure child safety and school students are not disadvantaged in any way, this may be an option that could work well for the community.”

Mr O’Brien encouraged all parents of current school bus users and potential users of the school bus to make a submission.

“This is your opportunity to have your say — please make a submission.”

The inquiry will also look at the cost of extending mainstream school buses to the general public and how a fare system would work.

Once submissions have been received public hearings will be held to hear from witnesses and

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Repellents containing picaridin or DEET are recommended for use on exposed skin to deter mosquitoes.

“When mosquito numbers are high, and the lab detects virus in these mosquitoes, there might be an increased risk of acquiring Ross River Virus in the coming days if the weather conditions are favourable,” Dr Bolam said.

“Mosquitoes need stagnant water to breed, but they also prefer mild, calm, and more humid air to fly and bite.”

Dr Bolam said people could take simple steps to avoid being stung and protect themselves and their family against mosquito-borne diseases.

“Victorian mosquitoes can be active throughout the day, but the peak period is often around the late afternoon and into the evening as well as around dawn and dusk,” he said.

“Everyone is encouraged to wear long, loose fitting clothes and use repellents containing picaridin or DEET on exposed skin.

“People should ensure that insect screens fitted to doors and windows around the home are in good condition.

“Mosquito numbers can be reduced by getting rid of stagnant water around the home or campsites.

“Mosquitoes will breed in any receptacle that can hold water, including old tyres, fish ponds, unmaintained swimming pools, unsealed water tanks and pot plant holders.”

A well-tolerated and effective vaccine for Ross River Virus was developed about 10 years ago, but it was not considered financially viable to manufacture.

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AN increase in reports of Ross River Virus, including in east Gippsland, has prompted health officials to urge Victorians to protect themselves from mosquitoes.

Victoria’s Health Department executive director for communicable disease, Dr Bruce Bolam, said there had been 448 cases of Ross River Virus across the state to February 25.

In a typical year, about 200 cases are notified to the department.

In contrast, almost 2000 cases were notified in 2017 after widespread springtime flooding in late 2016 created massive mosquito breeding sites.

This summer, the majority of the cases have been in residents of the east Gippsland, Surf Coast, Bellarine and areas.

The warning follows a Gippsland Times report on February 9 which revealed at least 10 local people had been ill with the virus.

Well-known Sale woman Michelle Ross, co-proprietor of Redd Catt in Sale, was diagnosed with the virus in December, and believes she contracted it after being stung by mosquitoes while exercising near Lake Guthridge.

She reported debilitating pain, fatigue and numbness in two fingers.

She is continuing to recover.

Another woman who was recently diagnosed with Ross River Virus told the Gippsland Times she had not travelled out of Sale this year, and must have caught it locally, she believes while gardening.

She said the virus had caused her to experience debilitating flu-like symptoms, as well as painful and swollen joints.

A viral infection transmitted through mosquito stings, Ross River Virus disease occurs throughout most

AUTHORITIES are seeking information about an unattended fishing line last week in a Gippsland creek, after a platypus was found hooked through the bill.

It is illegal to leave lines unattended in most jurisdictions because they can snag and kill platypus and other wildlife.

The platypus was found at 1am and eventually taken to a vet to remove the hook.

The animal was determined to be healthy after its ordeal and was released back to the wild.

Anyone who finds unattended fishing line is advised to confiscate it and report to the hotline 13 FISH (13 3474).

Last month the Conservation Regulator said it was investigating the drowning of a platypus found entangled in an illegal commercial fishing net in the Thomson River at the Bruntons Bridge campground, near Walhalla.

Unattended nets and traps in public waterways are dangerous for wildlife including platypus, turtles and rakali (native water rats), due to their underwater foraging behaviour.

The platypus was listed as a vulnerable species by the state government in January.

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Creating a buzz in Bundy Sarah Luke

BUNDALAGUAH Primary School will be a hive of activity later this month, when Gippsland Apiarists Association holds its annual Beekeeping Field Day. President Neville Hirth and his loyal band of local apiarists have been, well, busy as bees preparing for the day, aimed at encouraging budding apiarists to spread their wings.

Neville, who used to be cautious around bees and was even once knocked out by a bee sting, is now a seasoned pro at handling bees (and their rear ends).

He takes great care tending to his “ladies”, which are spread across somewhere between 15 and 20 hives locally.

Neville began his journey as an apiarist by chance, when a colony took up residence in a possum box in his backyard some 15 years ago.

After an apiarist friend helped him contain the swarm, he was hooked.

“I just found it so fascinating — you get to know the bees,” he gushes.

“Don’t underestimate the similarities between humans and bees.”

And he’s right — European honey bees are surprisingly similar to humans, and watching the politics, social sciences and drama of a hive for a week is almost as addictive as a week of reality television.

Queens rule the roost, and have distinct personalities, dictating the overall vibe of the hive.

If she’s a clean queen, the hive will be rid of pests.

If she’s a productive queen, there will be plenty of honey all around.

If she’s an angry queen, run.

Queens are looked after by female worker bees, who pretty much do everything — they feed and clean up after the queen and drones, clean the hive, nurse the young, build and repair wax cells, seal honey, pack pollen, guard the entrance, forage for pollen and water, fan the hive with their wings when it gets too hot and even carry out dead bodies.

Drones — the male honeybees that make up about five per cent of a colony — don’t do half the work of their female counterparts, and instead have two roles: eat and mate with queens.

They are booted from the hive in late autumn, when the female workers eventually decide they

are a drain on resources.

“Unlike with humans, there’s no hospital — you’re alive or you’re dead, and if you’re not working, we don’t want you,” Neville says.

“It’s pretty cut-throat.”

Neville says there’s plenty of reasons why people should get into beekeeping, not the least the environmental benefit it provides.

“We need pollination — there’s not enough, and there’s entire industries that rely on it, like the almond, avocado and macadamia industries,” he said.

“They’re even great for just your own garden, or if you’re growing veggies.”

And of course, backyard beekeeping comes with one particularly deliciously golden benefit — honey.

“One box of bees can produce up to 17 kilograms of honey, and if you extract a couple of times a year, you can double that,” he said.

“Like any farming though, it’s dependent on seasonal and environmental conditions.”

Harvested honey can range in taste, smell, texture, consistency, and colour — from pale blonde to dark amber.

“The honey that you get varies greatly on where they’ve gone shopping,” he said.

“You get some nice honeys, you get some strong honeys, but like a good red wine, you might like this and your partner might like that.”

Of course, honey also has medicinal and antimicrobial properties, and is full of antioxidants — but

all of that is irrelevant to Neville, who is diabetic.

He doesn’t mind; he’s just in it for the love of the craft.

Neville even creates quite the buzz around the office, when he receives his queens via post, direct to front reception.

Much to the bemusement of his work colleagues, he stores them in the dark stationary cupboard for safe keeping, and hopes to God no-one mistakes the queen cage for a box of staples.

“You just get sucked into it, and then it becomes part of your life,” he said.

“I get told off when I’m driving for checking out the tops of trees for blossoming.

“It’s just so interesting, and it’s very rewarding.”

Based on previous years, Neville is hoping for a turnout of 100 or more people to the field day, but urges those who have been considering beekeeping to finally take the leap this year.

Rebuilding bee populations in Gippsland is important, with more than 320,000 hectares of honey-producing habitat burnt in east Gippsland during the 2019-2020 summer bushfires.

The field day will be held at Bundalaguah Primary School on Sunday, March 21, from 10am until 3pm.

Stalls will be on site selling hive equipment, safety wear, plants, honey and honey products.

There will be demonstrations aimed at beginners, who have either just bought a simple backyard hive or are wanting to.

Topics covered will include caring for a hive during winter, whether it’s necessary to feed the hive during cooler months, safe use of a smoker, how to spot disease and harvesting honey.

There will be a static display (without bees) demonstrating how to open hives and add a queen excluder, and a general explanation on brood and brood frames.

Live hives will be opened and brood boxes inspected, to determine the brood pattern and health of the queen and hive.

Beekeeping equipment will be raffled on the day.

Volunteers are also needed, and those who can should take protective equipment for the live bee inspections and demonstrations.

Food will be available from the school’s parent group, with money raised supporting the school.

Entry costs $10, with children admitted free.

To register attendance or to volunteer, phone Neville on 0417 347 688 or Brian Teese on 0419 539 574.

Sale-based apiarist Neville Hirth is encouraging those who have been thinking about backyard beekeeping to take the plunge this year, and attend a beekeeping field day planned for later this month at Bundalaguah Primary School.

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Preventing haystack fires A Guide to Farmers What causes haystack fires?

Haystack fires have a range of causes such as sparks from machinery and equipment, embers from nearby burn-offs, or bushfires and lightning strikes. Hay can also self-ignite when excessive heat builds up. This is called spontaneous combustion, or spontaneous ignition, and is the leading cause of haystack fires in Victoria.

Haystack fires can happen in any type of bale stored in a haystack. Even hay stored as single bales can spontaneously ignite under some conditions. Haystack fires can spread quickly into the surrounding area and often result in thousands of dollars of damages.

Why does hay heat?

If hay is too ‘green’ (the internal plant moisture content is too high) or if some of the hay becomes damp before, during or after baling, a complex series of biological and chemical processes may cause the hay to heat. This is because the plant material is still alive and using energy (respiration) and that microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, are able to grow in the moist environment.

These processes, alone or in combination, generate heat which may result in the loss of dry matter, nutritive value, and reduced palatability.

If heating remains undetected and the stack is not pulled apart to allow heat and moisture to escape, such processes may continue and internal bale temperatures will keep rising. When the temperature reaches about 70°C, it may then increase rapidly to the point of spontaneous ignition (approximately 180°C).

Spontaneous ignition may occur within two weeks of baling and may continue to pose a threat more than three months afterwards.

Signs of heating hay Regularly monitor all haystacks for signs that the hay is heating by using a temperature probe or a crowbar, although this will not detect heat deeper in the stack. Other signs of heating include: • • • • •

steam rising from haystacks condensation or corrosion under hayshed roofing mould growth in or on bales unusual odours (burning, musty, pipe tobacco or caramel) slumping in sections of haystack.

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Minimising the risk Make sure hay is fully cured (dead and dry) and at the recommended moisture content before baling. The recommended moisture content will vary depending on the type of crop and bale being used. Use a correctly calibrated moisture meter to check hay moisture levels throughout the baling process. Be sure to test plant nodes and heads inside leaf sheaths for hidden moisture, particularly if baling drought-affected cereal hay.

It’s important to remember that just one damp bale is enough to ignite a haystack, so make sure you protect all bales from rain, leaking roofs and spouts, and runoff. If some bales become damp, they should be stored separately and closely monitored.

Make sure haystacks are limited in size and have enough airflow to allow heat and moisture to escape.

It’s important to know the history and moisture content of the hay you purchase.

Store hay away from possible sources of ignition (such as roadsides, workshops, and fuel and chemical storage areas) and away from vegetation that may produce embers if a fire does occur.

Be careful when using vehicles, machinery and equipment near haystacks, especially on high fire risk days.

Store hay well away from powerlines because hay can be a source of ignition. If hay does ignite under or near powerlines, it could be very dangerous and may disrupt the local power supply.

Protecting your assets Store hay in a number of different locations around your farm and limit the size of the stacks. This will reduce the risk of losing all your hay if a fire does occur.

Hay should be stored away from houses and other key assets. Do not store vehicles, machinery and equipment with your hay.

Create and maintain fuel breaks around haystacks. The wider the break, the more useful it will be at helping to stop a haystack fire from escaping into the surrounding area, or to stop a fire from reaching your stored hay.

What to do if hay is heating If there are signs that the hay is starting to heat, pull the stack apart to improve airflow and allow the bales to cool.

Be aware that very hot hay may suddenly catch alight if it is pulled

apart. If any part of the stack is near or above 70˚C or you see or smell smoke, you should call Triple Zero (000) immediately and ask for assistance from CFA. Do not walk across hay that may be heating. Charred bales inside the stack may suddenly collapse and result in entrapment, and the rush of air may result in a sudden flare-up.

Preventing haystack fire Key things to remember 4 Ensure hay is fully cured before baling.

4 Bale and store each bale type at the correct moisture level.

4 Know the history of hay that you purchase, particularly its moisture content.

4 Protect hay from rain, leaking roofs and spouts, and runoff.

4 Store hay in a number of different locations around your farm, away from key assets. Limit the size of stacks to reduce the risk of losing all of your hay.

4 Do not store vehicles, machinery and equipment in your hayshed.

4 Be careful when operating vehicles, machinery and equipment near your haystacks.

4 Create and maintain fuel breaks around your haystacks.

4 Regularly monitor stored hay for signs of heating.

4 It only takes one heating hay bale to ignite a whole haystack.

Further information Agriculture Victoria agriculture.vic.gov.au Australian Fodder Industry Association afia.org.au Knowledge, Patience and Experience: The Cure for Quality Hay (Technical Notes, AFIA 2008) Country Fire Authority cfa.vic.gov.au Contact CFA Community Safety (03) 9262 8444 or cfa.vic.gov.au VicEmergency Hotline 1800 226 226 (or via National Relay Service on 1800 555 677) if you are hearing impaired).

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Heyfield community embraces innovative microgrid project

RESIDENTS gathered at the Heyfield Wetlands Information Centre last week to celebrate the official launch of the town’s innovative project to design a more sustainable and equitable local energy model.

During the next three years, hundreds of households, dozens of businesses, and local schools will be actively involved in the study via energy audits, real-time monitoring and control, data sharing and analytics, public displays and teacher-led online activities for students.

Microgrids and other types of local energy systems are now being explored by communities around Australia and internationally, as part of the accelerating transition to a distributed and digital renewable energy future.

Typically, they aim to more closely match energy supply and demand within a defined area, such as a town or a campus, seeking benefits including lower energy costs, as well as cleaner and more reliable energy supplies for residents and businesses.

MyTown Microgrid is bringing together a community, leading researchers and Australian businesses to find the best way for Heyfield to access more affordable, reliable and cleaner energy.

Receiving $1.8 million in funding from the federal government’s Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund, the project is being led by the Heyfield Community Resource Centre, Wattwatchers Digital Energy and the University of Technology, Sydney.

Additional financial support is being provided to the resource centre by the state government’s Latrobe Valley Authority.

This is Heyfield’s second time around when it comes to community-led action for cleaner energy and carbon reduction, having drawn national attention a decade ago with its Sustainable Smart Town ‘Flags’ program, which engaged nearly half of Heyfield’s then 700 households and won recognition from the United Nations Association of Australia in 2012.

Julie Bryer from the Heyfield Community Resource Centre said Heyfield residents cared about each other and wanted the best for their children and grandchildren.

Pictured from left, Latrobe Valley Authority economic development and investment director Moragh MacKay, Heyfield Community Resource Centre bookkeeper Julie Bryer, resource centre manager Caroline Trevorrow, Wattwatchers program manager Tim McCoy, MyTown community liaison officer Emma Birchall, Institute for Sustainable Futures research director Scott Dwyer and The Change Agency representative Kristy Walters.

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“This project will make a really big difference, and helps build on the sustainability initiatives that we’ve been running here over the last decade,” she said.

Trialling a novel strategy, MyTown Microgrid combines a community-led approach with the latest ‘Internet-of-Things’ technology and data science techniques.

Hundreds of energy devices will be offered to residents, schools and businesses in the town, in tandem with deep-dive audits to profile how Heyfield uses electricity.

Wattwatchers program manager Tim McCoy noted strong demand from the community to participate in the data collection phase of the trial.

“We’ve seen really strong interest from members of the Heyfield community to engage in the project and their energy future by installing devices in their homes or businesses,” he said.

“The state-of-the-art Wattwatchers devices will gather real-time energy use and generation to help form a bigger picture of Heyfield’s energy needs.”

The project also seeks to create the tools and resources to make it easier and faster for other communities around Australia to replicate and understand whether a microgrid makes sense for them, including assessing alternative local energy solution models.

Research lead Dr Scott Dwyer from the University of Technology, Sydney’s Institute for Sustainable

Futures said there were many options for communities looking to more sustainable ways of sourcing their energy.

“Navigating a path through these can be extremely challenging for towns like Heyfield,” he said.

“What technologies and partners should they choose?

“What business model is right for them?

“How can you ensure the benefits are equitably shared within the community?

“Faster and easier ways for understanding, designing and implementing microgrid technologies are needed for interested communities, and this project will take us a step closer to achieving this.”

Autumn firewood collection has begun being more realistically mapped for the benefit of communities to reflect where firewood can be practically and legally collected,” he said.

“Many firewood collection areas have changed from block areas to linear roadside areas where firewood can be collected within 50 metres of a road.

“There will be firewood available in some districts in VicForests coupes and along fuel breaks and planned burn boundaries for a short time before the planned burning program starts in those areas.”

There are no domestic firewood collection areas available south of the Princes Highway in Latrobe District in autumn 2021.

“We want to remind the community that firewood can only be taken from designated collection areas in state forests or parks during approved collection seasons and is for personal use only and cannot be sold,” Mr Conway said.

He added it was important to stay within collection limits, which were in place to prevent households stockpiling large volumes of firewood from public land and denying others a supply.

Collection limits include taking a maximum

of two cubic metres per person per day and a maximum of 16 cubic metres per household per financial year.

The felling of trees and cutting of hollow logs for firewood is also prohibited, as hollow logs and dead trees provide habitat for a wide variety of native species.

Firewood collectors must also abide by current COVID regulations.

Firewood collection from roadsides is managed by local government agencies and usually requires a permit. Residents should phone their local councils directly for more information.

Under the Forest Act 1958, people who collect firewood outside designated collection areas or season or take more than the maximum allowable amounts can face fines of up to $8261, or a maximum penalty of one-year imprisonment or both, if the matter goes to court.

The autumn season closes on June 30. More information, including interactive online maps, will be available once the season opens at ffm.vic. gov.au/firewood

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Designated firewood collection areas opened across Victoria yesterday, allowing communities to gather wood for personal use.

FIREWOOD collectors across Gippsland are being urged to begin planning their firewood needs as part of the opening of the autumn collection season.

Yesterday, designated firewood collection areas opened across Victoria, allowing communities to gather wood for personal use.

Forest Fire Management Victoria Gippsland deputy chief fire officer Geoff Conway said there was expected to be an increased demand for firewood this autumn, partially attributable to the coronavirus pandemic and the 2019-20 bushfires.

“We are urging people who rely on firewood for heating and cooking to consider all energy options, including purchasing firewood from local merchants selling legally obtained wood,” he said.

“Financial assistance is also available for people on low incomes who purchase firewood or wish to transition to other energy sources.

“Where firewood supply is scarce, priority access can be given to particular sections of the community such as local residents,Traditional Owners and those who depend on firewood for heating.”

Mr Conway said this was managed at a regional level, so local factors could be accounted for.

“In Gippsland, firewood collection areas are

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Air Force 100 — centenary of Air Force THIS is significant month for the Royal Australian Air Force, as we approach 100 years of service to Australia as an independent Air Force on March 31, 1921.

RAAF Base, East Sale, has contributed to that service since April 22, 1943, as the home of aviation training.

There will be a series of national events, with a particular focus on March, but there are others scheduled later in the year, culminating with an Air Force Centenary Memorial Dedication in November at RAAF Base Point Cook and then as part of the Avalon Air Show.

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Then Squadron Leader Peter Clark on deployment in 2010.

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Indigenous welcome ceremony ON March 29, 2021, soils from Air Force bases and regions, collected by Indigenous elders from those areas, will be brought together as part of an Indigenous welcome ceremony, to be held at the Australian War Memorial’s For Our Country sculptural pavilion.

At the centre of this pavilion is a ceremonial chamber for depositing of soil from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nations from across Australia.

To collect soil from RAAF Base, East Sale, we had the pleasure of inviting Gunaikurnai elders Aunty Doreen Thomas and Aunty Lena Thomas, as well as Grattan Mullett, from the Gippsland Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation and Elizabeth Mullett, to a small symbolic event.

The soil was collected in a coolamon (an Aboriginal carrying vessel) that had been presented to the base in 2016.

we commemorate the Air Force centenary.

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THERE will also be flag raising ceremonies and a commemorative service on March 30 and 31, but the main event to watch out for will be the presentation of a new Queen’s Colour on the occasion of its centenary on March 31, 2021.

Also on parade will be all of the current colours, standards and banners of the Royal Australian Air Force.

It will include seven to be paraded from RAAF Base, East Sale, with the standard for No 30 Squadron, to be consecrated later this month.

The others on parade will be from No 1 Flying Training School, Central Flying School, the School of Air Traffic Control,Air Mission Training School, No 32 Squadron and the Officers’ Training School.

Colour bearers from each of those units represented will have the honour in taking part in the parade.

The Queen’s Colour Presentation Parade will begin at 10.30am, and the ABC will provide a live broadcast on a number of channels and online from 10am to midday.

This will be a spectacular event, full of ceremony and quite symbolic to mark our centenary.

WING Commander Peter Clark has just arrived in Sale as the Commanding Officer of the School of Air Traffic Control.

He began his Air Force career when he enlisted in 1986, and then worked as an engine fitter on F-111 aircraft at RAAF Base, Amberley.

He changed career direction and commissioned and graduated from the School of Air Traffic Control in 1998.

He has been posted around Australia as an air traffic controller, including to Tindal, in the Northern Territory,Amberley,Townsville and even to HMAS Albatross in New South Wales.

Peter has been an instructor at the school he is now in command of, and has deployed on operations twice.

In 2005 he deployed to Balad Air Base in Iraq, then later to the Combined Air and Space Operations Centre, Qatar in 2010.

Peter, along with wife Natalie and daughter Rachel, are looking forward to their time back in Gippsland.

He is a loyal Broncos and Wallabies supporter, so he may have to find an AFL team to barrack for.

Spectacular centenary flypast TO coincide with the Queen’s Colour Presentation Parade, there will be a mass flypast with more than 60 aircraft to fly in waves over Lake Burley Griffin

Soils from Air Force bases and regions, collected by Indigenous elders from those areas, will be brought together as part of an Indigenous welcome ceremony, to be held at the Australian War Memorial’s For Our Country sculptural pavilion. Pictured is Aunty Lena Thomas collecting soil at RAAF Base, East Sale. in Canberra from 10.30am.

This will culminate with our very own Roulette aerobatic team.

This will be the largest flypast that the Air Force has conducted in decades, so again ensure you watch the live broadcast.

Our Air Force, Our People FOR those following the ‘Our Air Force, Our People’ series on Facebook, the first of our two base personnel will soon feature on the Air Force Facebook page on March 19.

The other will now go out in May (more to follow on that).

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Community engagement COMMUNITY engagement will be a large part of this year, and part of that will include speaking with schools and community organisations interested in hearing more about RAAF Base, East Sale, and the Air Force centenary.

While COVID-19 halted initial planning last year, enquiries relating to this and AF2021 can be directed to East.SaleAF2021@defence.gov.au. Note there was a small error in this email address previously, but feel free to contact the ESL AF2021 liaison officer for any information.

Flying rate of effort AS we continue through the year, you will notice an increase in the flying rate of effort, usually as basic flying training students progress to the practical components of their course.

There will also be more flying by the Roulettes as they prepare for displays such as the centenary flypast.

Air Force has 16 different training areas across a 50 nautical mile radius of East Sale, so that we can try to distribute the flying and any associated noise.

But this is also dependent on the type of flying or training that is being conducted, and is subject to variables such as weather.

Enquiries relating to activities at RAAF Base, East Sale, should be directed to the Air Base Command Post on 5146 6888, or via email to esl. abcp@defence.gov.au.

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First graduation for 2021 ON February 18, the School of Air Traffic Control proudly introduced 11 graduating students who will now begin on-the-job training to conduct air traffic control duties across Australia.

During the past nine months, graduates have been trained in general air traffic control, aerodrome control, meteorology, in-flight emergency response, battlefield airspace control and other aviation topics, and have qualified for the Diploma of Aviation (Air Traffic Control).

Training was conducted via mobile platforms, classroom instruction, part task trainers and full immersion simulation in 360-degree tower simulators.

Pilot Officer Jason Culhane was awarded the Gary Haynes Trophy for best performance on course, and Pilot Officer Allysha McPherson received the School of Air Traffic Control Defence Values Award.

School of Air Traffic Control history MILITARY air traffic control training was initially conducted at RAAF Base, Laverton, from August 1946, and was then transferred to East Sale in December 1956, where it was done as part of the Central Flying School.

But on May 11, 1981, the School of Air Traffic Control was formed at RAAF Base, East Sale, as an independent unit.

Squadron Leader Alan Chapman was the inaugural Commanding Officer.

In 1946, the course was only four weeks long, but today, the Air Traffic Controller Course is 36 weeks long and consists of a combination of theory and simulator exercises.

The school also conducts post-graduate training officer, supervisor and instructor courses.

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Letters to the editor From Fr Peter MacLeod-Mille, rector of St Matthew’s Anglican Church, Albury: THE JobSeeker increase shows national leadership stumbling in the dark ,with the Liberals’ past coming back to haunt them.

The grave doubts about the vision of Prime Minister Scott Morrison have been confirmed by his most recent response to the economic plight of Australia’s most vulnerable.

A rescue package of $3.57 a day, bringing financial assistance up to 41.2 percent of the national minimum wage, would not raise too many cheers in the parliamentary dining room.

But those handing out the pennies will never have to worry about spending them because they only have experience of the miraculous quantity of “folding money” following every politician (even under-performing ones) into retirement.

As we ‘hear the pennies dropping’, there should be a rising chorus of disapproval for a leader that famously doesn’t “see a problem” until it’s pointed out by his wife or the media.

The onerous compliance that throws casualties of an economy in crisis through no fault of their own should make any true Liberal blush.

But perhaps the current government, with its unashamed deference toward religious authority, is relying on the mercy of The Almighty to mop up the deficiencies of their own neglect.

It is at these moments that the Sir Robert Menzies who started the Liberal party in Albury appears like Banquo’s ghost showing how far the Liberal party has drifted from the humanity of its founder.

“The moment we establish, or perpetuate, the principle that the citizen, in order to get something he needs or wants and to which he has looked forward, must prove his poverty, we convert him into a suppliant to the state for benevolence,” he told parliament in 1944.

“That position is inconsistent with the proper dignity of the citizen in a democratic country.

“People should be able to obtain these benefits as a matter of right, with no more loss of their own standards of self-respect than would be involved in collecting from an insurance company the proceeds of an endowment policy on which they have been paying premiums for years.”

As I told the current Prime Minister during his visit to Albury, “it is another tragedy of modern institutional life and corporate forgetfulness that Jesus Christ and Robert Menzies have become the same, in that neither would recognise the party they started”.

The feral cat problem must be tackled

protection of our threatened indigenous species.

In other words, cat owners must decide where their real loyalty lays — with their love for an introduced, highly efficient killer, or with their duty as an Australian to protect our defenceless, fantastic indigenous fauna.

One reality must be faced when debating the merits of introducing any cat curfew, that is, the impossibility to effectively police a cat curfew given that there are so few management officers throughout our vast country.

It exasperates me that Wellington Shire Council would trot out feral cat capture figures which are not only four years old, but imply the Wellington Shire Council has somehow automatically done a good job since then.

How can the success — or otherwise — of such a capture program possibly be judged, based upon the results of just one year?

Nor does that old outcome advise how many cats were exterminated, or, if any previous owners of those cats were identified and fined.

Accordingly, any cat curfew review must demand the tabling of all relevant audited historical data.

It also surprises me that no mention was made in the article about the introduction of the Felixer as a means of controlling feral cats.

If Wellington Shire Council (and in fact every council, Australia wide) were fair dinkum about reducing feral cat numbers — and thus give our indigenous fauna the opportunity to repopulate their traditional regions — then there is not only a moral, but fiscal obligation upon all councils, to seriously consider this break-through device during any cat curfew review.

Not surprising senator is pro duck hunting From Meg Williams, Capel Sound: “WE wuz robbed,” cry the shooters.

But the scientific evidence about the dire plight of native duck populations across eastern Australia is on the Game Management Authority’s website.

According to the parliamentary register, Senator Bridget McKenzie is a member of Field and Game Australia, Sporting Shooters Association of Australia, and the Australian Deer Association, so it’s not surprising she shares the outrage of hunting groups.

Post-lockdown, Victorians are itching to explore our wonderful state and support the regions.

We want to see wildlife in its natural environment — not being shot to bits.

Not quite ‘too late’ to act, says PETA

From Trevor Tucker, Sale: I WOULD like to congratulate Liz Bell on her informative article headed ‘Council to consider possibility of a cat curfew’ (Gippsland Times, 23/2) .

In any review conducted by the Wellington Shire Council into a cat curfew, I believe responsible cat ownership is the prime consideration.

From the perspective of those trying to conserve our threatened fauna, cat owners need to be aware that when any cat not within the confines of either its owner’s house, or not housed within an approved outdoor enclosure, then that cat immediately takes on “feral status”, thereby making it fair game to be shot, trapped or poisoned.

Additionally, if any culled feral cat is carrying a microchip ID tag, the owner is likely to be fined.

Whilst understandably, cat-loving people will believe it’s a fair compromise to legitimize a cat curfew, it must also be understood that many more people will oppose it because they are more concerned about the continuous (24/7/365)

SIR David Attenborough, the world’s most famous naturalist, has recently addressed the United Nations Security Council to say it’s “too late”.

Climate change is coming, and will cause massive disruptions and suffering.

With the destruction we have wreaked on nature, he said, civilisation could “quickly break down.”

Australia’s lack of commitment on cutting emissions has been noted by other countries.

It’s too late to start building massive infrastructure, we can’t all afford electric cars — yet there is something each of us can do every day.

It’s clear that animal agriculture is a huge part of the problem.

According to the International Journal of Climate Change, animal agriculture is the largest contributor to greenhouse gases in Australia.

Fifty per cent of our emissions come from the livestock sector.

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From Kit Sargent, secretary and welfare officer, Maffra Vigilance Society: OP-shops are run on the generosity of the people who donate, passing on their pre-loved possessions.

The Maffra Vigilance Society Op Shop is no different.

Our busy band of volunteers unpack and sort countless bags and boxes, donated by the citizens of Maffra and surrounds.

However, every now and then, a surprise occurs.

Krissy Weightman dropped in one day.

She learned Scottish dancing in the hall that preceded our present building.

She told me she was downsizing her Melbourne home and asked if we take donations.

I told her we most gratefully do.

Melbourne to Maffra is quite a distance, however.

Krissy contacted our local carriers, Andersons Removals.

This wonderful company picked up the load and delivered to the op shop, free of charge.

Added to this, Krissy was so impressed with the customer service of driver Rod Veral, that she mentioned it especially.

Also thanks to Melissa, who works in the office at Andersons, delivered the load and helped me stow it in the shop.

How heart warming to have our local carriers, Andersons, pick up a load of donations from Melbourne and deliver to a local charity, free of charge.

And our grateful thanks to Krissy Weightman for remembering an op-shop from her childhood town.

People are kind — thank you all.

An excuse to ‘inflict damage’ on the church MANY people are disappointed with the outcome of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Clearly paedophilia is reprehensible.

But there are those using the outcome of the Royal Commission to inflict maximum damage on the church.

Accordingly, if our personal virtue is limited to deploring the personal vices of others, it is difficult to see how the Kingdom of God is advanced.

For example, there is great need to review a tendency to impose excessive burdens on our clergy.

This is certainly the case, when the burdens imposed are essentially our own personal responsibility.

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Lakes pelicans counting on us THE Gippsland Lakes Great Pelican Count will be back on Sunday, April 11.

The count will be held from 11.30am to noon at many locations around the Gippsland Lakes.

Birdlife Australia project officer Deb Sullivan said this year’s count would be more important than ever.

“Last year’s Great Pelican Count had to be cancelled with late notice, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions in place at the time,” she said.

Nearly 200 people participated in the previous Great Pelican Count in 2019.

“So much important data was gathered by these participants in 2019,” Ms Sullivan said.

“Getting this data in 2021 is going to be vital to understanding the patterns of behaviour of pelicans in the Gippsland Lakes.”

The count is a snapshot of pelicans across the Gippsland Lakes taken at the same time on the same day.

Anyone can be involved in the count.

“Pelicans are distinctive and easy to spot, making it an event the whole family can be involved in.

“Annual counts help provide insights into population fluctuations from year to year and help understand the arrival and departure of nomadic populations that use the lakes in times of high or low rainfall or both,” Ms Sullivan said.

Although pelicans are easily identifiable and iconic, some of their behaviours remain a mystery.

Pelicans are highly mobile and respond to rainfall, but that does not mean that they all move inland to breed.

Research is beginning to show that coastal pelicans generally stay coastal, debunking the theory they all move inland.

“We began colour banding pelicans in November 2018, and we’ll be asking citizen scientists to report bands they see as part of their sightings,” Ms Sullivan said.

“The bands are bright red with white writing, making them easy to read.”

She said the sightings were helping to build a picture of where the pelicans moved to and how they used the Gippsland Lakes.

“Not only have two of our banded Gippsland Lakes pelicans been spotted in Queensland and northern New South Wales, but we also know that a pelican banded with a silver band from Queensland has been spotted around the Gippsland Lakes,which is very exciting and might

Sale’s Pat O’Brien has chronicled his life story into a book, including his 20-plus years service to the National Civic Council where he says he worked to defeat communist interference in trade unions.

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Life, history and religion in newly-released book SALE resident Pat O’Brien has penned a book detailing local history, with a liberal dash of his views on religion.

The book, titled Our World Did Not Create Itself But Somebody Did, looks at various moments in Mr O’Brien’s life, from his early days in areas around Swifts Creek, to his time serving on the National Civic Council.

His time on the civic council coincided with the peak days of the State Electricity Commission, where politicking was often rife.

“Our aim was to recruit people and get them

involved in union affairs, stand for elections and make sure the communists didn’t get too much control, and we were quite successful in that,” Mr O’Brien said.

“I hope it (the book) will be of interest.”

Mr O’Brien is father to Gippsland South MLA Danny O’Brien and well known Sale identity and real estate agent Leo O’Brien.

The self-published Our World Did Not Create Itself But Somebody Did is available at Collins Booksellers, Sale or by phoning the author on 0438 060 205.

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MARYVALE Private Hospital is the first in Gippsland to offer a less invasive hip replacement surgery.

One patient who underwent this procedure was back on the golf course six weeks after having the anterior approach hip replacement.

Mark Krusic, from Sale, said he heard about this type of surgery from another golfer.

“A guy I knew at the golf club told me he had recently had a hip replacement ... and from his walking you couldn’t tell,” he said.

“After the surgery I was using two crutches for about two weeks and I was a bit sore, but by the third week I didn’t need them at all.

“At my six week appointment I asked if I had to have rehabilitation and my doctor said ‘no’, then I asked if I could go and play golf and he said that was fine.

“It was really great; I didn’t know what to expect because I hadn’t had surgery before.”

Maryvale orthopaedic specialist Ilan Freedman said the anterior approach ‘bikini’ total hip replacement “allows patients to get out of bed and walk a lot sooner”. “[It] generally requires less pain medication, and a reduced hospital stay allowing patients to return home sooner,” he said.

Maryvale chief executive officer Lee Garwood said introducing the procedure to the hospital’s repertoire meant people no longer had to travel for the procedure.

Hospital:

We now have two 2 hour visiting sessions each day; 10.30am - 12.30pm and 5 - 7pm.

Aged Care: There are no limits on the number, reason or duration of visitors to residential aged care.

Face masks are mandatory when visiting and visitors must adhere to our COVID-19 screening criteria and temperature testing.

As always, if you have any of the following symptoms, please get tested for COVID-19 and do not visit the health service: fever chills or sweats cough sore throat shortness of breath runny nose loss or change in sense of smell or taste

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Sale resident Mark Krusic back on the golf course after a hip replacement involving a less invasive method.

“It’s very important for us to be able to offer services in a regional location,” he said.

“To not have to drive for two hours to a hospital reduces a lot of anxiety, especially after some of the visitation restrictions during COVID. “I think the opportunity to be treated locally is very important ...”

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be seen at the count,” Ms Sullivan said.

The data gathered will be used by people and organisations such as BirdLife Australia to improve management and increase knowledge of the species.

The Gippsland Lakes is home to one of only two permanent pelican rookeries in Victoria.

Pelicans are colonial nesters, meaning they nest en masse.

The young form crèches that stay together for around three to four months learning to fly, feed and fend for themselves.

“The Gippsland Lakes provide a refuge for nomadic pelicans during time of regional and national drought,” Ms Sullivan said.

There will be 92 sites across the Gippsland Lakes with counters allocated to them.

Registrations are now open at www.loveourlakes. net.au/pelicancount and will close March 31.

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THE annual World Day of Prayer will be celebrated this year on Friday from 2pm at St Mary’s Church, corner Church and McMillan Sts, Maffra. This year’s ecumenical service has been prepared by the people of Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Everyone is welcome the COVID-safe event.

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Dog shows are planned in Yarram this weekend FOLLOWING the hugely successful running of the inaugural Yarram and District Canine Club Championship Dog Shows in March last year, the club has announced that dog shows will be returning to Yarram, and will be expanded during the Labour Day this weekend (COVID-19 rules permitting).

Club president Trever Powell said there would be three shows at Yarram Recreational Reserve during the long weekend, March 6 and 7.

“The highlight of the weekend will be the Elaine Powell Memorial Championship Show, which will be held on the Saturday morning,” he said.

That show is named in honour of Elaine Powell, a local resident and highly regarded member of the Victorian dog world, who was tragically lost to the club earlier this year.

The three championship shows have attracted more than 500 entries and are open to all pure bred dogs registered with the Australian National Kennel Council.

Mr Powell said the club would be COVID-19 compliant, observing all requirements set by the Victorian Canine Association and the Victorian state government.

There will be no charge for visitors to attend the shows, and full catering will be available.

Stratford book sale STRATFORD Historical Society will be will host a book sale during the Labour Day long weekend.

The sale will be held Friday to Monday between 9.30am and 3pm, with all types of books, DVDs and CDs available.

Hardback books will be available for $2 each and paperbacks $1, with children’s books free.

Some items will be available at marked prices.

There will be an assortment of Gippsland Heritage Journals at marked prices.

Vintage tractor pull LONGFORD Vintage Tractor Pull will be held at Longford Recreation Reserve this Sunday, March 7, from 10am (subject to COVID-19 restrictions).

The vintage rally will be fully catered, with camping for exhibitors.

For more information, phone 9758 9049.

Op shop clothing sale WELLINGTON Community Op Shop, 87 Macarthur St, Sale, is having an end of season clothing sale.

Clothes and shoes are priced from $1.

Monday Tucker on pause

SALE’s Monday Tucker has been temporarily paused because of a dramatic fall in demand for the service since recommencing after the COVID-19 lockdowns.

In the interim, organisers plan to implement some much-needed strategies to engage with more people in need in the local community.

They are looking forward to restarting the meal service on Monday, May 10, so it can continue to be a place of welcome and social connection for local people.

Precious pooches are being primped and pampered in preparation for Yarram dog shows this weekend.

People are being asked to support the first Dignity Drive of 2021

WELLINGTON Shire’s residents are being asked to help end period poverty, by participating in Share the Dignity’s first Dignity Drive of 2021.

In 2020, Dignity Drive donations were down because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and restricted access to Share the Dignity’s vending machines, which dispense free period products, because of lockdowns, also resulted in a growing number of women experiencing period poverty.

To help make period products more accessible for women across Australia, Woolworths will donate five cents from each period care product sale, including pads, tampons, liners and period briefs throughout March.

The money will support the installation and maintenance of vending machines.

Wellington Shire residents are also encouraged to donate period care products via the pink donation boxes located at the front of Woolworths in Sale, Maffra and Yarram.

Shoppers can also add a cash donation at Woolworths’ self-serve checkout registers using the donation button.

Share the Dignity founder Rochelle Courtenay said lockdown came in the middle of the foundation’s March 2020 Dignity Drive, and more than half of the Dignity vending machines were closed.

“As a result, many women and girls in need were unable to attend local community centres or schools to get a period pack,” she said.

“I encourage all Australians to head into stores

Esso donates laptops ESSO Australia is giving laptops it no longer needs a new life, by donating them to community organisations.

Longford Gas Plants manager Kartik Garg said because of changes in staffing levels last year, there were a number of laptops returned in excellent working condition.

These have now been donated to community groups from Sale and Traralgon, as well as in Hastings.

“Rather than simply recycling or disposing of the laptops, we thought it would be better to find someone in our local community who could put them to good use,” Mr Garg said.

Local recipients include the Gippsland Employment Skills Training, Sale CFA, A Better Life for Foster Kids and the Gippsland Vehicle Collection.

“The team at Gippsland Employment Skills Training were especially glad to receive 10 laptops, which will be used to support their digital literacy program,” said Mr Garg said.

“Gippsland Employment Skills Training told us that many of their students do not have regular access to computers, and these laptops will help them to learn valuable skills including typing, printing, scanning and file management, as well as get some experience using common programs — all things that are essential in many jobs these days.”

Wellington Shire residents are being encouraged to donate period care products via the pink donation boxes located at the front of Woolworths in Sale, Maffra and Yarram. and make a donation in our collection boxes.”

During the past three Dignity Drives, more than 55,550 period and continence care products were donated in Victoria alone.

Woolworths has been in partnership with Share

the Dignity since 2019 and has donated more than $1.8 million for the charity, with more than a quarter of a million period care products also being generously donated by customers to women in need.

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Film society screening tonight AFTER having to cancel its opening night screening on February 16 because of COVID-19 restrictions, the Sale Film Society will screen the French film Who You Think I Am at The Wedge tonight from 7.30pm.

Society memberships for 2021 can be bought from the The Wedge box office or website before the screening, with a ticket stub or a print-out a receipt able to be swapped for a membership.

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Society members will be in the foyer from 6.45pm to process memberships.

The bar will be open for pre and post show drinks.

There will be no cheese platters as in previous years, but pre-packaged snacks will be available.

There also won’t be communal tea and coffee available.

For more information visit salefilmsociety.word press.com or the society’s Facebook page.

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RACHAEL Beck and Michael Cormick are two of Australia’s mostloved musical theatre stars.

Their relationship began 25 years ago in the title roles of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and they have remained the best of friends ever since, both on and off stage.

Their on-stage connection is rare, warm and genuinely heartfelt.

An evening of stories, fun, laughter and perhaps even a few tears, as the audience is transported to the magic of the world’s most popular musicals.

Scenes seamlessly meld into songs which take you on an emotional journey.

It’s like seeing 10 musicals in one night.

Rachael and Michael will sing, dance and act their way into hearts in this unforgettable performance.

You & I will be performed at The Wedge in Sale tomorrow from 7.30pm.

Tickets cost $53 for adults, $51 seniors and $47 concession, and are available by phoning 5143 3200, or visiting www. thewedge.com.au or the box office at 100 Foster St, Sale.

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Tribute to the Traveling Wilburys THE Traveling Wilburys were a supergroup.

Any band where Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne are the ‘unknowns’ would have to be special, let alone with George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison.

A band that burnt bright across the heavens and seared its songs into the collective memory for all time, The Traveling Wilburys are adored by all generations of music lovers.

Some of Australia’s own superstars have come together to knock out the Wilburys’ fabulous hits and add a little of each of the maestro’s superb sounds and reverbs that have fuelled the direction of music.

Hit after hit sung and played by the powerhouse that is James Black who has strummed and tinkled with rock royalty in Mondo Rock, The Black Sorrows and The RocKwiz Orkestra.

Angus Burchall, drummed superbly with John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John.

Lindsay Field has sung with John Farnham,

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Jimmy Barnes, Glenn Shorrock, Renee Geyer and Brian Cadd.

Glyn Mason has played with Chain, Ariel and Copperwine.

Guitarist Sam See, a founding member of Sherbet, has played with Greg Quill, Goanna and John Farnham.

Paul Cartwright has played with David Bridie, Brian Cadd, Glenn Shorrock, Kate Ceberano, Deborah Conway and Wendy Mathews.

James Black, Lindsay Field, Sam See, Glyn Mason, Angus Burchall and Paul Cartwright will create an unforgettable experience featuring sensational vocals, knockout harmonies and gargantuan guitar work in their reimagining of a truly great band.

The Traveling Wilbury Session will be performed at The Wedge, Sale, on Friday from 8pm.

Tickets cost $69 or $65 concession, and are available by phoning 5143 3200, or visiting www. thewedge.com.au or the box office at 100 Foster St.

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WELL-KNOWN local artist Julie Ward and her sister Margaret O’Brien will host an art show this Labour Day long weekend in the Golden Beach Hall.

Their second exhibition at the venue, on the pre-Melbourne Cup weekend in November, was thwarted when COVID caused many closures.

Because the sisters have continued working in their preferred mediums, oils, pastels and acrylics, they decided they needed an earlier date this year.

Pieces will be available for sale. The delivery of large paintings can be arranged.

Julie, a music teacher in Sale, enjoys painting large and miniature works. Her paintings are essays in strong, bright colours, demanding space and energy for best effect.

Julie has a weekend and holiday studio in Seaspray, where she welcomes visitors to watch the artist at work. She has a long tradition of hosting the annual Easter Art Show at Seaspray, which will still be a major event this April.

Margaret lives in Greensborough, but like Julie, has come to Seaspray all her life to enjoy the holidays at the beach.

After a career in primary teaching, Marg is working in pastels and acrylics to create small adventures in memories of the 90 Mile Beach.

Now that her son has bought a holiday house in Golden Beach, she is especially pleased to be exhibiting at the Golden Beach Hall.

The exhibition will be open at 10am to 5pm from Saturday to Monday.

Entry will be by gold coin donation or phone payment.

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Outside, there are mature native trees, plus a three-vehicle garage and workshop.

The sale of Lot 1 is subject to the sale of Lot 2, Stewarts Lane (see listing below).

Brief details: Property: Three bedroom home on 4000 square metres.

Address: Lot 1, 75 Stewarts Lane, Stratford.

Price: $395,000.

Agent: Wellington Real Estate. Phone Tim Missen on 0488 483 000.

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Mainly used to grow salad mix, cabbages and broccoli, the farm has access to 90 megalitres from a bore with a diesel motor and pump, delivering through underground mains and above ground sprays.

The property’s large shed has a lunchroom and cool stores.

Agents say it is an ideal starter’s opportunity or family partnership, and has been a family owned business for 50 years.

The vendor wishes to retire.

Equipment can be negotiated.

Property: Just over 18 hectares of rich river flats with reliable irrigation water supply, used to farm salad mix, cabbages and broccoli.

Address: Lot 2, 75 Stewarts Lane, Straford.

Price: $450,000.

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There are 4 bedrooms, the main bedroom has a walk through robe that connects to the bathroom with a full sized bath, which has recently been renovated.

The kitchen also been upgraded has gas cooking with a dishwasher and an abundance of bench and cupboard space, the current owner is utilizing the space in the kitchen as dining area, which leaves a huge L shaped living area with soaring cathedral ceilings.

Front and rear verandas are very wide so what ever the weather is doing you can be comfortable, the rear veranda and kitchen have a northerly aspect.A good sized shed (7mx7m) approx has a concrete floor, power and benches, great for the handy person.

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AN AFFORDABLE BEACH HOME IN A QUIET LOCATION AND CLOSE TO THE BEACH. This is a great opportunity to secure your beachside holiday home without breaking the bank.

A solid two bedroom home that just needs the finishing touches to completely rejuvenate the home to its former glory.

Situated on a 731 sqm block of land on the fringe of Seaspray the property enjoys a relaxing rural outlook to the north yet is only a few minutes walk to the Seaspray Surf Life Saving club and shop.

Comprising two good sized bedrooms, a cosy living room with solid timber floorboards, a spacious kitchen ( no stove ) with a separate dining area heated by a wood heater, combination bathroom/laundry and a separate toilet.

An excellent 9m x 7m new garage has power and light and a concrete floor.

The home has been rewired and new fences erected and just requires the finishing touches to make it a lovely comfortable home.

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4/291 York St Sale 15/291 York St Sale 1/10 Rolland St Sale 3/16 Hickeys Rd Wurruk 13/11 Trood St Sale 4/17 Prince St Wurruk 4/14 Mark Ave Sale 3/72 Lansdowne St Sale 2/21 Topping St Sale 3/131 Cunninghame St Sale

2B/R, Car Space, tenanted, $160p/w ................................................................................................................ SOLD 2B/R, Car Space, tenanted, $150p/w ........................................................................................... $95,000 - $104,000 1B/R, renovated, Car Port, tenanted $180p/w........................................................................... $125,000 - $135,000 2B/R. C/Port, tenanted $205p/w ........................................................................................................................ SOLD 2B/R, C/Port, renovated kitchen, rear deck, solar panels............................................................................... SOLD Modern 2B/R Villa, C/Port, tenanted $250p/w ................................................................................................. SOLD 2B/R, Garage, renovated kitchen........................................................................................................Going Going...

2B/R, Garage, excellent location ............................................................................................... $240,000 - $264,000 3B/R, Garage, tenanted $260p/w ............................................................................................... $260,000 - $285,000 2B/R villa, close to CBD, C/Port, private, tenanted $255p/w.................................................... $265,000 - $290,000

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3B/R, C/Port, subdivision potential ( STCA )................................................................................................... SOLD 3B/R, C/Port, brilliant presentation.....................................................................................................Going Going...

Beautifully renovated 2B/R house, Garage .............................................................................. $310,000 - $341,000 3B/R, ensuite, C/Port ...........................................................................................................................Going Going...

4B/R, C/Port, Dbl Garage............................................................................................................ $340,000 - $370,000 4B/R, Ensuite, Dbl Garage...................................................................................................................Going Going...

3B/R, Dbl Garage, Leased $410p/w ........................................................................................... $410,000 - $450,000 2B/R, ensuite, 2 Living areas, Dbl C/Port, garden sheds, superb location. .................... ...... $410,000 - $450,000 4B/R House plus 2B/R unit, great investment ................................................................................................ SOLD

LIFESTYLE/FARMLETS 676B Princes Highway Montgomery 33 Boundary Creek Rd Longford 248 Freemans Rd Stratford 39 Glencoe Rd Longford 17 Evelyn Dve Sale

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23 Davies St Seaspray 8 Ellen Eve Seaspray 93 Sunburst Ave Golden Beach 5 Davies St Seaspray 17 Davies St Seaspray 28-30 Astro Avenue Golden Beach 48 Shoreline Dve Golden Beach 10 Buckley St Seaspray 1 The Boulevard Loch Sport 16 Lake St Loch Sport 8 Wattlebird Cls Seaspray 126-128 The Boulevard Paradise Beach 22-24 Surf Edge Dve Golden Beach David Wheeler Sales 36 years exp 0418 342 575

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Established cattery with 4B/R brick home on 2 acres ( approx. ) ................................................................. SOLD Magnificent 4B/R, study, ensuite home with brilliant shedding and horse stables, 2ha ( 5 acres ) ........... SOLD 5B/R, En-suite, inground pool, Dbl Garage, Machinery shed, 32.3ha (80 acres.................... $950,000 - $990,000 Unique 3B/R, ensuite, 1B/R self cont flat, 13m x13m shed, 2 C/Ports, wetlands views, 1ha(2.5acres)................................................................................................ $990,000 - $1,080,000 Superb 4B/R ensuite, 2 living areas, Dbl Garage, 4043sqm ( 1Acre), 30m x 10m shed with office ................................................................................................. $1,250,000 - $1,350,000

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Vacant land 796sqm, Fenced two sides, rural outlook................................................................................... SOLD 2B/R, rumpus room, 659sq m block ................................................................................................................. SOLD 3B/R, Dbl Garage, C/Port................................................................................................................................... SOLD 2B/R, Dbl Garage, great location ............................................................................................... $240,000 - $264,000 3B/R, Garage, C/Port, fully furnished ............................................................................................................... SOLD 3B/R, Dbl C/Port, Close to shops and beach, 1199sqm block ....................................................................... SOLD 3B/R, Dbl Garage, opposite Beach................................................................................................................... SOLD 4B/R, dual street frontage, close to surf club ................................................................................................. SOLD 3B/R, Dbl C/Port, Lake views, fully furnished.................................................................................................. SOLD 5B/R, 3 Bathrooms, 2 living areas, Lake views, 10m x 7m garage, fully furnished............... $585,000 - $635,000 5B/R, Study, media room, ocean views, 11m x 6m triple garage, 4075sqm ( 1 Acre )........... $590,000 - $640,000 Modern dual occupancy, Opposite Beach, Ocean views, the best available................................................ SOLD 3B/R House plus 2 single bedroom villas, 3rd villa potential on 1ha ( 2.5Acres) Established income ........ ............................................ $675,000 - $725,000 Mark Hurst Sales 0409 442 532

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HIS unique fami mily home, on 32 hecta arre res (about 80 acres) near arr Str tratf r tford f has space, tran trranquility n ty y and an n stunning views vii from almost all every ry y room.

This architectual arr ally-designed l home, bri rimming i with th h char aracter, r is multi ti-level, i sits on an n elevated block and an n features a combinati tion i of bluestone from the th h old New Mar arket r cattl tle l yar ards, r as well as timber tii an and n slate.

The home features an n upsta tai airs i master suite th that h includes an n en suite, study, wal alk-in l robe, reverse cycle air aii conditi tioning i unit an and n third th h livi ving i area. arr The three th h oth ther h bedrooms have built-in war ardrobes. r There is a lar arge r livi ving i area arr downsta tai airs, i with th h a big wood heater, reverse cycle air aii conditi tioning i unit, floor-to-ceiling fll windows with th h access to the th h wide veran andah n ah, h plus there th h is an anoth n ther h sizeable fam amily m or rumpus ru u room with th ha lar arge r screen projector.

The impressive kitchen and an n dining area arr has a wal alk-in l pan antr ntry ry and an n six ix x burn rner n 900mm stove.

Outside, there th h is an n undercover entert rta ta aiinment i arr area, a pri rivate i court rty tyar yard r and an n in-ground swimming pool, which agents ag g say is great for summer.

The propert rty ty is divi vided i into four paddocks, with th h two tw w sets of yar ards r including a cattl tle l cru rush u and an n loading ram amp, m and an n has two road fronta tag ages. g There is an n eight by eight metr tre r machinery ry y shed or workshop, and an n a six ix x by three th h metr tre r air aii conditi tioned i port rta table a office.

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Brief details: Property: A unique, four bedroom family home on 32 hectares near Stratford.

Address: 248 Freemans Rd, Stratford.

Price: Estimated selling range, $950,000 to $990,000.

Agent: Heart Property. Phone Mark Hurst on 0409 442 532.

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More than ample storage is a real feature, with three separate banks of cupboards spread throughout the home.

A drop-down ladder in the passage’s ceiling gives access to the roof space, where full-standing height would allow this area to be converted for storage, another bedroom or living space.

The house has been re-stumped, re-wired, re-plastered and re-plumbed, and walls, ceilings and under floors have been insulated.

The home’s ducted central heating, splitsystem air conditioning and ceiling fans make for comfortable living year-round.

The aluminium windows in the extension on the west and north are double-glazed, and the windows in the private, north-facing living area are shaded by external awnings.

Three sets of French doors open from the living areas onto wide, Merbau-decked verandahs, protected from the weather and adjacent to a large paved area.

A second paved area with permanent Merbau seating is an ideal spot for a fire pit in the secure, private and north-facing rear yard.

Property: Four bedroom, two bathroom sympathetically renovated Californian Bungalow, brimming with period charm.

Address: 11 Fitzroy St, Sale.

Price: $750,000 to $800,000.

Agent: Graham Chalmer Real Estate.

Phone Victoria Cook on 0417 017 182.

The double carport has a remote control panel lift door and a lock-up storage area with power and shelves.

The home’s second driveway leads from the street to a six by seven metre shed, with a work bench, shelves, roller door, side access door and power.

Agents say the extra space in the driveway allows for a large caravan and boat to be stored behind secure 2.1 metre gates, and is rare these days.

In a quiet established street with low maintenance gardens, Gaynor is only a short walk from the shopping centre, the cinema, railway station, primary and secondary schools and the local park.

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HIS gracious Californian Bungalow, Gaynor, was built in 1935, and is still just as classic in design.

The home has an impressive presence in Fitzroy St, on its 1011 square metre block with wide frontage.

The weatherboard bungalow has a terracotta tiled roof, and has been fully renovated and extended in sympathy with the original building.

Its period features include leadlight windows in the front façade, front door and sidelight, a wide entry and passageway, ceiling roses, three metre ceilings and polished hardwood floors throughout.

It has three (or four if needed) substantial bedrooms, with a walk-in robe and en suite adjoining the master bedroom.

The sizeable family bathroom is near the two other bedrooms, which have built-in robes.

There are three large living areas, a study and a light-filled laundry containing a third toilet.

The roomy kitchen has a 900mm cooktop, oven, large island bench, dishwasher and

EW research released by the Regional Australia Institute shows one in five city residents are looking to move to the regions, with more than half wanting to make the jump within the next 12 months.

According to the results, metro movers are looking for more space, want to be better connected to the natural environment and are seeking a more relaxed lifestyle — all the things that regional Australia has to offer.

The appeal of regional Australia was a stronger motivation to move than any dissatisfaction with city life — 77 per cent of potential movers gave both space and connection to nature as reasons to shift.

More than 69 percent of all those surveyed said reducing general stress and anxiety was a major driver for considering a life outside capital cities.

When asked about the reasons for considering a move, 70 percent rated traffic congestion as a major factor, and 68 percent wanted to reduce their cost of living.

The improved general wellbeing that regional life offers was a major drawcard for three-quarters of those surveyed.

More than half said they were already considering relocation before the pandemic.

Larger coastal centres were the most popular locations for potential metro movers, but about one third of respondents indicated an interest in the coast and inland towns.

The institute commissioned qualitative and quantitative research among more than 1000 people in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth who were considering moving to regional Australia, and was carried out in November and December 2020.

Concern about limited job opportunities was identified by respondents as the biggest barrier to moving to regional Australia, even though the latest job vacancy figures show there are more than 54,000 roles available in regional Australia.

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GENTS say this character home, near Sale’s central business district, has plenty of potential as a future home or a great investment.

There are plenty of original features, such as polished floorboards and high ceilings.

There are three sizeable bedrooms, and all the spaces are well lit with large windows.

The updated kitchen has plenty of

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storage and a dishwasher.

The tidy bathroom has a shower over bath, and there is a separate laundry and toilet at the rear of the home.

Other features include split system heating and cooling and gas heating.

The yard is low maintenance and well fenced, and there is a paved undercover outdoor entertainment area and a lock-up garage.

The property is currently leased at $270 per week, until October 2021.

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GENTS say this is an excellent opportunity for those looking for a family home with room to move and a delightful garden.

The stylish home, on a 2034 square metre allotment, has four spacious bedrooms with built-in robes, a huge open plan living area comprising dining and family areas and a large kitchen with a gas cook top, electric oven, dishwasher and walk-in pantry.

The home also has two bathrooms (the master bedroom has an en suite).

The second living area could be a formal lounge or sitting room, which also includes a study nook and adjoining small office.

Outdoors, there is a double carport and an undercover patio with an outdoor spa — ideal for entertainment, agents say.

There is also a barn-style garage or workshop, suitable for those who are handy.

Brief details: Property: Three bedroom home near Sale s central business district.

Price: $309,000.

Address: 122 Fitzroy St, Sale.

Agent: Wellington Real Estate. Phone Tony Kiss on 0419 526 637.

Brief details: Property: Four bedroom, two bathroom home with two living areas and an impressive shed.

Address: 53 Forbes St, Briagolong.

Price: $455,000.

Agent: Gippsland Real Estate. Phone 5147 2200, or Pat Weatherley 0412 435 644.

The well-established garden attracts an abundance of bird life, and will give the new owner plenty of tranquillity.

Central in Briagolong’s township, the home is just a short stroll to the hotel, coffee shop and general store.

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Future-proofing food from pests and climate change

Seasonal variability webinar for sheep farmers today A WEBINAR to help sheep farmers manage seasonal variability will be held today from noon until 1pm.

It will examine the effects of climate variability on farming businesses and highlight opportunities to improve business resilience in a variable environment.

Producers that establish flexible strategies in their business and deploy tactical decision making and management that can adapt most effectively to seasonal variability.

Presented by Lambs Alive agriculture consultant Dr Jason Trompf, the webinar will involve producers who have undertaken reviews which critique their own enterprises, covering enterprise structure, feed demand to pasture supply, infrastructure, animal management, genotype, business and human resource management.

To register, visit agriculture.vic.gov.au/

AGRICULTURE Victoria scientists studying climate change’s effect on food production are looking at how making changes to fertiliser application could help in the future.

The research, undertaken by technical assistant Eva Carreras Navarro and research scientist Piotr Trebicki, looked at wheat under future projected levels of carbon dioxide and different nitrogen application rates, to understand the effect on growth and quality of wheat and its susceptibility to insect pests.

Dr Trebicki said in the right conditions, higher levels of carbon dioxide can increase wheat yield, but can also diminish its nutritional value.

“The impact of these changes on insect behaviour is poorly understood” Dr Trebicki said.

“We grew wheat under current and future projected levels of carbon dioxide and added different amounts of fertiliser to see how it impacts wheat growth and its suitability as a host for insect pests, particularly aphids — one of the major pests of cereals in Australia and worldwide,” Ms Carreras Navarro said.

“Our research shows that future carbon dioxide levels decreased aphid pest population, but by adding more fertiliser it improved host quality

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THE state government’s fox and wild dog bounty collections has returned.

This year, Maffra’s fox and wild dog collection will be held from 9am until 11am on Wednesday, March 24, May 19, July 14, September 8 and October 6.

Maffra’s Agriculture Victoria depot is at 1 Stratford Rd. Yarram’s collections, which are for fox only, will be held from 2pm until 4pm on the same dates.

Yarram’s depot is on Rodgers St. Agriculture Victoria biosecurity manager Jason Wishart said people could submit entire fox scalps for a $10 reward and entire wild dog body parts for a $120 reward during scheduled collection times.

“I urge hunters to refresh their knowledge about the terms and conditions to ensure they submit animal pieces covered by the bounty,” he said.

More than 874,000 fox scalps and 3900 wild dog body parts have been collected inVictoria since the fox and wild dog bounty was introduced in 2011.

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“Identifying the effect of fertiliser application under predicted carbon dioxide conditions is extremely important to prevent counterproductive consequences affecting future wheat production” “With the pressure of a growing population, it is essential to continue investigating the impacts of climate change on food production”, Ms Carreras

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The research was published recently and is the first of its kind internationally.

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“We achieved this last year despite reduced mobility and a temporary pause in collections due to COVID-safe requirements. Although the numbers are lower than previous years,it was still a tremendous effort by our Victorian community.

“Foxes and wild dogs require ongoing

management by all private and public land managers and Agriculture Victoria supports an integrated approach with a range of practices.

This bounty offers an incentive to encourage community participation, but other techniques also are important to effectively manage this challenge.”

Foxes and wild dogs prey on livestock,especially lambs, inflicting significant economic and production loss to Victoria’s livestock sector. They are also detrimental to native wildlife.

The Fox andWild Dog Bounty program received $6.7 million in the government’s 2020-21 budget and will continue until 2024.

The 2021 bounty collections will run until the end of October.

Hunters must comply with COVID-safe requirements at collection centres by wearing a face mask inside or where they can’t physically distance.

Electronic funds transfer is the preferred method of payment.

For more information visit www.agriculture.vic.gov. au/bounty or phone 136 186.

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A NEW scheme to make Victorian farms safer for workers, families and visitors and give farmers money back on safety investments has been backed by the state government.

Last week, Agriculture Minister Mary-Anne Thomas launched the $3 million Farm Safety Rebate Scheme, which will provide a rebate of up to $5000 per farm for infrastructure and equipment to address health and safety risks on farms.

The agriculture sector is over-represented in workplace fatality statistics, making up less than two per cent of Victoria’s workforce, but accounting for 14 per cent of workplace deaths.

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The rebates will support farm businesses to make practical changes to their workplaces and improve the sector’s focus on safety.

“Farms are workplaces but they’re also homes — we want to make sure that everyone that steps onto a farm gets to return home safely,” Ms Thomas said.

“Too many people are killed or injured on farms each year.

“This new program is an easy way to make simple adjustments to farms so they’re safer, and workers can carry on with peace of mind.”

Workplace Safety Minister Ingrid Stitt said lives

were forever changed by workplace deaths and injury.

“We’re working to reach as many people as possible and change the attitudes around farm workplace safety,” she said.

Rural Assistance Commissioner Peter Tuohey encouraged farmers to apply for the Farm Safety Rebate and take up this opportunity to buy and install safety infrastructure and equipment to make their farms safer for their workers, families and themselves.

The Farm Safety Rebate Scheme will close on December 31 or when all funds are allocated.

For more information or to apply for a rebate, visit the Rural Finance website, or phone 1800 260 425.

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New online soils hub launched ahead of autumn sowing

Local irrigators wanted

A local irrigation reference group is seeking landowners to contribute local knowledge on irrigationrelated issues to the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority and Agriculture Victoria. and input.

“What we’re looking for are people who are in the irrigation sector who can provide advice and help us maximise the benefit of any program or incentive scheme that we are offering,” Mr Missen said.

“In the past, the input from farmers on the ground has proved invaluable to fine tuning how we’ve done things, meaning the farming community has benefitted and received a product or service that better suits their needs.

Member of the IRG since 2018, dairy farmer Rod Warren said his experience has been both valuable and worthwhile.

“It’s been really interesting to have input into a range of initiatives and help shape them to better fit with what’s actually needed on the ground,” he said.

“I’d certainly encourage anyone who is currently involved in irrigation locally to put their hands up to contribute.”

Anyone interested in being involved should email Brad Missen at bradm@wgcma.cic.gov.au Expressions of interest close on Wednesday, March 17.

Webinars on farm finance available for young farmers

A NEW express financial literacy course for beginners will focus on farm finance, risk and farm management planning for young farmers.

The new course follows on from Agriculture Victoria’s highly successful Young Farmer Business Bootcamps.

With close to 400 young farmers having already improved their finance skills by doing a business bootcamp, the ‘Farm Finance – Getting Prepared’ starter course will be run as a series of five 90-minute webinars.

Young Farmer project coordinator SarahWallis said the express‘taster’ course was ideal for those who thought they didn’t have time to commit to the business bootcamps.

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“A new e-learning platform has also been launched featuring soil testing and assessment modules,” Ms Strachan.

“Case studies demonstrating the different benefits that soil testing has delivered to red meat enterprises are also available on the soils hub.”

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The sessions will be delivered by agribusiness consultant Jane Foster, supported by Ms Wallis, and participants will have opportunities to ask questions.

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THE search is on for people in the irrigation community to join a local irrigation reference group.

The Lake Wellington Irrigator Reference Group was established in 2018 with a view to contribute local knowledge on irrigation-related issues to the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority and Agriculture Victoria.

WGCMA sustainable irrigation project officer Brad Missen said the current group has been a good resource for the past two years.

“It’s time to allow some of those members to have a rest and recruit some new voices to the conversation,” he said.

“The IRG will continue to provide advice on the Sustainable Irrigation Program as well as a range of extension and incentive programs managed by the CMA or Ag Vic.” While the focus of the IRG does centre on the Macalister Irrigation District, it will also consider issues in the broader catchment including the Latrobe River and irrigation practice around the Thorpdale area.

Supported by staff from both the WGCMA and Ag Vic, the group will meet up to six times a year with members being remunerated for their time

RED meat producers across southern Australia can now access tips and tools to help undertake on-farm soil testing.

The launch of a new soils hub on Meat and Livestock Australia’s website equips producers with practical resources for soil testing and soil management ahead of autumn sowing of pastures and dual-purpose crops.

MLA group manager adoption and commercialisation Sarah Strachan said soil testing was an important step in identifying and addressing deficiencies ahead of sowing, to ultimately optimise feed base production.

“Independent research commissioned by MLA has found potential for a five-fold increase in above-ground dry matter production by addressing feed base under-performance issues,” Ms Strachan said.

“Soil testing is a relatively straight-forward and low-cost process that producers and advisors are using to identify opportunities to improve soil health and develop custom fertiliser and management strategies.

“Soil testing provides an understanding of what course of action is necessary to drive an increase in desirable species, potentially higher stocking rates, improved soil carbon for better rainfall infiltration and reduce limitations to farm productivity.”

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The Seaspray Ratepayers Assoc. will be holding their annual general meeting on Saturday, March 6 at 11am in the Seaspray Hall. All welcome.

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The Memorial Reserve Community Club annual general meeting will be held at the club in Golden Beach on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 1pm.

Nomination forms available at the clubroom or request via email info@vmmr.com.au Nominations close March 21. Members financial at June 30, 2020 are eligible to nominate and vote.

The Beach Bowls Club Inc. annual general meeting will be held on Saturday, March 20 at 4pm at the clubrooms.

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These cattle have been specially held for this annual sale by local breeders and due to the early start to the Season cattle present in forward to fat condition.

Attendance is highly recommended.

An established regular market for all classes of dairy cattle held on the 1st and 3rd Friday in every month

Nutrien Entries Include:-

A/c R and C Heywood 20 Poll Hereford Steers 17 mths (Mawarra Blood) A/c Saron Transport 25 Angus Steers 16 mths (Banquet Blood) extremely quite A/c GD Lee 15 Poll Hereford Steers 16-17 mths (East Gippsland Bred) A/c N Balfour 15 Angus Steers 16 mths A/c “Stoney Creek – Dawson” (Ex TJ and M-EM Higgins 35 Angus Steers 10-11 mths wnd (Innesdale Blood) Never Ever Accredited A/c C and J Pennycuick 30 Angus Steers 10 mths (TeMania Blood) A/c Wauk Wauk 25 Angus Steers 10 mths (Innesdale Blood) A/c Sam Brooker 40 Angus Mixed Sexes 10-11 mths, wnd 6 weeks (Murderduke Blood) A/c GJ and LA Dunsmuir 20 Angus Steers 10-11 mths (Pinora and Leawood Blood) A/c Manyara Springs 20 Angus Steers 10-11 mths (Leawood Blood) A/c D French 6 Angus Steers 10-11 mths (Pinora Blood) A/c AT Bowman 20 Angus Mixed Sexes 10 mths (Pinora Blood) A/c Ashdown Family 40 Angus Mixed Sexes 9-10 mths wnd 4 weeks A/c EF Semmens and K Schotter 20 Angus Mixed Sexes 9-10 mths wnd 6 weeks A/c R and E Newnham 10 Angus and Angus/Hereford X Steers 10-11 mths 10 Hereford/Shorthorn X Steers 10-11 mths A/c G and C Moon 10 Hereford Steers 9-10 mths, yard weaned (Newcomen and Glendan Park Blood) A/c AJ Higgins 50 Angus Mixed Sexes 9 mths (Innesdale and Pinora Blood) A/c D and W Hawkes 12 Angus Steers 8-9 mths (Kunuma Blood) A/c Hillside Pastoral 15 Angus Heifers 16-18 mths unj. (Pinora Blood) A/c GV Condon and CE Lee 16 Angus Heifers 12-14 mths A/c EN and DS Anderson 10 Angus Heifers 10-11 mths (Innesdale Blood)

A/c GJ and LA Dunsmuir 12 Angus Heifers 10-11 mths (Pinora and Leawood Blood) A/c D French 6 Angus Heifers 10-11 mths (Pinora Blood) A/c MP Lee 10 Angus Steers 10-11 mths (Innesdale Blood) A/c G and C Moon 10 Hereford Heifers 9-10 mths, yard weaned (Newcomen and Glendan Park Blood) A/c John Enterprises 10 Hereford/Shorthorn X mixed sexes 7 mths A/c Haydn Ward 14 X 14 SantaX Brangus X Cows with Charolais calves at foot

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BM and GH Missen, Steers 18 mths Livsay, Angus Steers 12-14 mths D and K McMillan Chatolais X Steers Wyrun Pastoral F1 Mixed Sex 5-6 mths L.M.G ff strs 120-160 kg Acacia park black/red baldy F1 140-200kg A Boulton ff str 14-16 mths NL and BJ Peck Speck cows with calves at foot

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A/c B and A Howard 14 x AAX Steers – 2yo.

10 x AAX Steers - 14mths.

A/c Casey and Wicke 7 x Angus steers - 8mths. Pinora blood.

Southern Ocean Views 7 x Angus steers. 8 mths.

A/c Ryslea Lodge 20 x Angus Heifers – 12mths. Landfall Blood.

A/c CF Bowden 19 x Angus Heifers – 14mths.

A/c PJ Rouse 10 x AX Heifers – 2yo. Peace Blood.

A/c Pickle Park Past.

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A/c B and A Howard 5 x 5 Friesian Heifers w. Limo CAF. 3 mths.

A/c Casey and Wicke 1 x 5yo Angus Bull. Ex Pinora Stud. LBW. A/c K Donahue 8 Angus heifers, 14 months

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Darryl Adams Mob. 0408 385 872 Michael Robertson Mob. 0429 104 467

- Dispersal Sale -

Friday March 12, at 11am at Warragul Saleyards

Complete Herd Plus Replacement Heifers

Alex Scott & Staff Entries Include:-

All ‘found’ advertisements are published free.

Simply provide the details of your find for publication. ‘Lost’ advertisements are paid.

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60 Thomson St, Saturday and Sunday, March 6 and 7, 9am start. 60 years of treasures.

No early starters.

Lost and found

The publisher reserves the right to refuse advertisements

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A/c W.G. and K.L. Barry

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Autumn Calving Friesian & Friesian Jersey X cows due to A.I. Friesian and Aussie Red Sires inc VR Faabeli, VR Tokyo & Tapic 140 Spring 2020 calved Friesian and Friesian Jersey X cows re-joined to A.I. Friesian and Aussie Red Sires inc Mirand, Mookie, Popeye. Calving dates & Pregnancy test status available in catalogue.

49 P.T.I.C Friesian and Friesian X Heifers joined to Jersey & Leppin’s Aussie Red bulls for May to October calving.

48 2020 drop Unjoined Friesian and Friesian X heifers Comments: Medium sized cows showing great dairyness having been milked off steep hill country, receiving minimal bale feed. Ideal cows that will work for any dairy farmer All herd cows pregnancy tested. Autumn calving cows have been dried off with dry cow treatment.

After 17 years in the dairy industry our vendors have decided on a change of direction and will be retiring from dairy farming.

Contact: Dean Bailey: 0438 531 672 Korumburra Office: 5655 1133

Livestock

BULLS

Public Notices

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For hire or sale. Angus, Limousin, Hereford, Jersey and Friesian. Very quiet. Ph. 0447 331 762.

KELPIE/BORDER Collie cross pups. 2 male

13 weeks, best suited to farm. Working parents black/black and white, vet checked,wormed, microchipped and vaccinated, Source number MB130817, Microchip no's: 956000012881234, 956000013304690, $350 each. Ph: 0407 347 123.

In accordance with a local law introduced by the State Government on January 1, 2012, it is an offence to advertise a dog or cat for sale unless a microchip identification number of the animal is included in the advertisement.

A registered domestic animal business may use its council business registration number as an alternative.

As of July 1, 2019 a Pet Exchange Reg. No. is also required.

Please go to https://per. animalwelfare. viic.gov.au//

Public Notices

CLOTHING SALE

End of season sale, Wellington Community Op Shop, 87 MacArthur Street, Sale. Clothes and shoes from $1.

KARATE'S BACK! For self defence and

fitness. Call now to book your free intro, Mark Johnson 0431 950 738; http://www.mjsma.com.au

MAFFRA MARKET

Rotary Club of Maffra Community Market, Sunday, March 7, 9am12:30pm, Island Reserve, McMahon Drive, Maffra.

Enquiries: 0409 030 918.

THANKS

My sincere thank you to the lady who returend my wallet which I lost in the Coles carpark on Thursday 18/2/21, and brought to my home address.

Please visit to thank you personally.

- David Castle.

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Trainee Wanted džƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ /ŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ

ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĚǀŝƐŽƌLJ ŽŵŵŝƚƚĞĞ DĞŵďĞƌƐ

'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,E ŝƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ŶĂƚŝŽŶĂů ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ ϯϭ WƌŝŵĂƌLJ ,ĞĂůƚŚ EĞƚǁŽƌŬƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂ͘ W,EƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ĂƌĞ ĨƵŶĚĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ŽďũĞĐƚŝǀĞ ŽĨ ŵĞĞƚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŶĞĞĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ǀƵůŶĞƌĂďůĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ Žƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŵŽƐƚ Ăƚ ƌŝƐŬ ŽĨ ƉŽŽƌ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞƐ͘ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,E ǁŽƌŬƐ ĐůŽƐĞůLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝŵĂƌLJ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ƚŽ ŝĚĞŶƚŝĨLJ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚŝĞƐ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞƐ ŝŶ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚŝĞƐ͕ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ďĞƚƚĞƌ ĐŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďLJ ĐŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ƚŽ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ ŝĚĞŶƚŝĨŝĞĚ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŶĞĞĚƐ͘ dŚĞ W,E ĐŽƌĞ ĨƵŶĐƚŝŽŶƐ͗ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŽ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ƉƌĂĐƚŝĐĞ͕ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƚŝŽŶ͕ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶŝŶŐ ĂƌĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ ŝĚĞŶƚŝĨŝĞĚ ŶĂƚŝŽŶĂů ŽďũĞĐƚŝǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝŽƌŝƚLJ ĂƌĞĂƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƉƌŝŽƌŝƚŝĞƐ ĨƌĂŵĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,E͕ ŐƵŝĚĞĚ ĂůƐŽ ďLJ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĐůŝŶŝĐĂů ŝŶƉƵƚ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞƐ͘ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,EƐ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵĞĂƐƵƌĂďůLJ ŚĞĂůƚŚŝĞƌ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ͘

VINTAGE RALLY

Longford Vintage Tractor Pull This Sunday March 7, from 10am Subject to Covid restrictions.

Fully catered, Exhibition camping.

Longford Rec. Reserve. Enquiries 9758 9049.

Supported by Wellington Shire.

Players Wanted

Boys and girls born between 2003-2007 for Football All ages women and children for Netball

For the position we require: ● ● ● ● ● ●

A reliable person High work ethic Drivers licence A willingness to learn Level 2 First aid (Preferred) White Card

Training will be provided to the successful applicant.

Please send resumes by March 26, 2021 to lvdirectionaldrilling@gmail.com

'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,E ŝƐ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ĞdžƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ĨŽƌ ĨŽƵƌ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĚǀŝƐŽƌLJ ŽŵŵŝƚƚĞĞ DĞŵďĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵĞŶĐĞ ϭ :ƵůLJ ϮϬϮϭ͕ ĨŽƌ Ă ƚŚƌĞĞͲ LJĞĂƌ ƚĞƌŵ͘

ADMINISTRATION POSITIONS Full Time and Part Time

Sale Motor Group are pleased to offer two roles, one full time and one part time role in administration.

Your daily responsibilities will include but not limited to: ● Processing of new and used vehicle sales. ● Processing of bank statements. ● Payout of vehicles. ● Accounts payable and receivable. ● General office duties.

You will have a pleasant phone manor, be punctual and a team player. System training will be provided. Previous motor industry experience would be an advantage but not essential.

To apply, forward your resume and cover letter to Terry Wight: terry@salemotorgroup.com.au

ůů ƉŽƚĞŶƚŝĂů ŶŽŵŝŶĞĞƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ƚŚĞ džƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ /ŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ůŝŶŬ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ Ăƚ ǁǁǁ͘ŐƉŚŶ͘ŽƌŐ͘ĂƵͬĂďŽƵƚͲƵƐͬĐĂƌĞĞƌƐ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƚŝŽŶ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĞŵĂŝů ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ͘ƐĞĐƌĞĂƚĂƌLJΛŐƉŚŶ͘ŽƌŐ͘ĂƵ

ƉƉůŝĐĂƚŝŽŶƐ ůŽƐĞ͗ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ͕ ϳ DĂƌĐŚ ϮϬϮϭ͘

x Leading community services organisation x Salary packaging, and competitive sector remuneration

Manager, Youth

Residential Rehabilitation Program džƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ /ŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ

ůŝŶŝĐĂů ŽƵŶĐŝů 'W ŚĂŝƌƐ ;ϯ WŽƐŝƚŝŽŶƐͿ

'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,E ŝƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ŶĂƚŝŽŶĂů ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ ϯϭ WƌŝŵĂƌLJ ,ĞĂůƚŚ EĞƚǁŽƌŬƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂ͘ W,EƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ĂƌĞ ĨƵŶĚĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ŽďũĞĐƚŝǀĞ ŽĨ ŵĞĞƚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŶĞĞĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ǀƵůŶĞƌĂďůĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ Žƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŵŽƐƚ Ăƚ ƌŝƐŬ ŽĨ ƉŽŽƌ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞƐ͘ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,E ǁŽƌŬƐ ĐůŽƐĞůLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝŵĂƌLJ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ƚŽ ŝĚĞŶƚŝĨLJ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚŝĞƐ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞƐ ŝŶ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚŝĞƐ͕ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ďĞƚƚĞƌ ĐŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďLJ ĐŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ƚŽ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ ŝĚĞŶƚŝĨŝĞĚ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŶĞĞĚƐ͘ dŚĞ W,E ĐŽƌĞ ĨƵŶĐƚŝŽŶƐ͗ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŽ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ƉƌĂĐƚŝĐĞ͕ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƚŝŽŶ͕ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶŝŶŐ ĂƌĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ ŝĚĞŶƚŝĨŝĞĚ ŶĂƚŝŽŶĂů ŽďũĞĐƚŝǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝŽƌŝƚLJ ĂƌĞĂƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƉƌŝŽƌŝƚŝĞƐ ĨƌĂŵĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,E͕ ŐƵŝĚĞĚ ĂůƐŽ ďLJ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĐůŝŶŝĐĂů ŝŶƉƵƚ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞƐ͘ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,EƐ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵĞĂƐƵƌĂďůLJ ŚĞĂůƚŚŝĞƌ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ͘

'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,E ŝƐ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ĞdžƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ĨŽƌ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů WƌĂĐƚŝƚŝŽŶĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƐƵďͲƌĞŐŝŽŶĂů ůŝŶŝĐĂů ŽƵŶĐŝů ŚĂŝƌ ƉŽƐŝƚŝŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ƚŚƌĞĞ LJĞĂƌ ƚĞƌŵ ĐŽŵŵĞŶĐŝŶŐ ϭ :ƵůLJ ϮϬϮϭ͘ ůŝŶŝĐĂů ŽƵŶĐŝů ŚĂŝƌƐ ǁŝůů ĨĂĐŝůŝƚĂƚĞ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌůLJ ŵĞĞƚŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůLJ ƚŽ ůŝŶŝĐĂů ĚǀŝƐŽƌLJ ŽƵŶĐŝů ĂŶĚ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,E ŽĂƌĚ͘

,Žǁ ƚŽ ĂƉƉůLJ

ůů ƉŽƚĞŶƚŝĂů ŶŽŵŝŶĞĞƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ƚŚĞ džƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ /ŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ůŝŶŬ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ Ăƚ ǁǁǁ͘ŐƉŚŶ͘ŽƌŐ͘ĂƵͬĂďŽƵƚͲƵƐͬĐĂƌĞĞƌƐ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƚŝŽŶ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĞŵĂŝů ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ͘ƐĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJΛŐƉŚŶ͘ŽƌŐ͘ĂƵ

ƉƉůŝĐĂƚŝŽŶƐ ůŽƐĞ͗ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ͕ ϳ DĂƌĐŚ ϮϬϮϭ͘

Full-time ongoing Traralgon location

This is a rare opportunity to develop and implement a youth rehabilitation program in a newly built, twenty-bed residential facility based in Traralgon.

The cutting-edge, purpose-built facility is on track for completion in July 2021.

Reporting to an AOD & MH Senior Management Team who thrive on innovation, your focus will be on delivering the program in a culturally safe way, supported by evidenceinformed frameworks, yet with the flexibility to adjust the delivery based on suitability for your cohort of clients.

With the rehabilitation facility being a new addition to Traralgon, you will work in partnership with and become involved in the local and wider community to ensure the goals of our service user are achieved.

About you

džƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ /ŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ

ůŝŶŝĐĂů ŽƵŶĐŝů DĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ

'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,E ŝƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ŶĂƚŝŽŶĂů ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ ϯϭ WƌŝŵĂƌLJ ,ĞĂůƚŚ EĞƚǁŽƌŬƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂ͘ W,EƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ĂƌĞ ĨƵŶĚĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ŽďũĞĐƚŝǀĞ ŽĨ ŵĞĞƚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŶĞĞĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ǀƵůŶĞƌĂďůĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ Žƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŵŽƐƚ Ăƚ ƌŝƐŬ ŽĨ ƉŽŽƌ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞƐ͘ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,E ǁŽƌŬƐ ĐůŽƐĞůLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝŵĂƌLJ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ƚŽ ŝĚĞŶƚŝĨLJ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚŝĞƐ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞƐ ŝŶ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚŝĞƐ͕ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ďĞƚƚĞƌ ĐŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďLJ ĐŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ƚŽ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ ŝĚĞŶƚŝĨŝĞĚ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŶĞĞĚƐ͘ dŚĞ W,E ĐŽƌĞ ĨƵŶĐƚŝŽŶƐ͗ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŽ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ƉƌĂĐƚŝĐĞ͕ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƚŝŽŶ͕ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶŝŶŐ ĂƌĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ ŝĚĞŶƚŝĨŝĞĚ ŶĂƚŝŽŶĂů ŽďũĞĐƚŝǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝŽƌŝƚLJ ĂƌĞĂƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƉƌŝŽƌŝƚŝĞƐ ĨƌĂŵĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,E͕ ŐƵŝĚĞĚ ĂůƐŽ ďLJ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĐůŝŶŝĐĂů ŝŶƉƵƚ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞƐ͘ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,EƐ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵĞĂƐƵƌĂďůLJ ŚĞĂůƚŚŝĞƌ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ͘ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ W,E ŝƐ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ĞdžƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ĨŽƌ ϭϬͲϭϮ ůŝŶŝĐĂů ŽƵŶĐŝů DĞŵďĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵĞŶĐĞ ϭ :ƵůLJ ϮϬϮϭ͕ ĨŽƌ Ă ƚŚƌĞĞͲLJĞĂƌ ƚĞƌŵ͘

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Sales Assistant

Full Time Intersport Sale currently have a position vacant for a FULL TIME Sales Assistant - to average approx. 38 hours per week, with regular Saturday morning shifts.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, reliable, self motivated individual with excellent customer service skills that will form part of our busy team, involving various aspects of a traditional sports store.

A key responsibility of the successful applicant will be stock management and merchandising, and data entry of incoming stock. There may be scope to progress into a management role.

Experience with P.O.S. systems is preferred.

Applicants must have a current drivers Licence, and be available to work weekdays and Saturdays.

To apply please forward a handwritten letter of application, together with a photo and your resume (in-store if you can) to: The Manager Intersport Sale, 300 Raymond Street, Sale, 3850.

Applications close COB Saturday 6th March 2021.

You will be responsible for building a team of AOD Support Workers, providing them with support and leadership to deliver in line with the vision of the service.

This position will be well-supported by the Group Manager, AOD Residential Programs, hence your previous experience may include:

The Fingerboards Mineral Sands Mine is a major project for the local region that will support economic growth and local jobs for many years.

As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting the local community, Kalbar Operation Pty Ltd is launching a Community Grants Program to support community initiatives that enhance the quality of life, heritage, recreation and cultural opportunities and provide long lasting benefits to the wider community.

Grant funding is available for projects within the Educational, Recreational, Environmental and Social aspects of the community.

A total of $40,000 annually will be provided, consisting of five $2000 grants each quarter.

These grants must have a direct positive outcome for the local community, adding to a project in a positive and sustainable manner.

To be eligible to apply local organizations must: ● Be an organization that provides benefit to the broader community. ● The Project must be completed within six months of receipt of funds. This may be extended upon written approval from the committee should extenuating circumstances arise. ● Organizations must agree to expend grant monies only in accordance with the successful grant project application. ● The project must be based within the East Gippsland and Wellington communities. ● Applicants must detail how the project will be funded and delivered.

Applications will close 19th March 2021 at 5pm. Successful applicants will be advised in April 2021 For further information please visit our website at https://www.fingerboardsproject.com.au/

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Team fees waived by club and family meals provided on training nights.

Come and be a part of our family friendly club.

All welcome For more details, please call Karlie Cropley on 0429 331 698

COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM

Situations Vacant

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THANK YOU

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At Latrobe Valley Directional Drilling we're looking to employ a trainee in Cert 3 Civil Construction.

For expressing your sympathy during our difficult time. We appreciate your support, it has meant a lot to us.

- Gary, Kane and Ashlea.

Business Opportunities

Situations Vacant

x Background in clinical leadership in a residential setting x Team Leader or Manager of a residential service x AOD or Mental Health experience within a residential setting Learn more For more information and contact information for these roles, visit www.unitingvictas.org.au Interested?

If this sounds like you, apply today.

Please upload the following as part of your application to https://careers.unitingvictas.org.au x Cover Letter (1 page outlining your suitability for the position) x Current Resume Get in touch Adrian Webber, Group Manager, AOD & MH Residential Services M: 0407 607 280 Position closes: Tuesday, 09 Mar 2021

Intake & Assessment Practitioner x Leading community services organisation x Salary packaging, and competitive sector remuneration Part-time/Full-time positions avail Max-Term to 30 June 2021 Sale location We require motivated practitioner to work creatively within our Intake and Assessment team. The successful candidates responsibilities will range from providing housing support and advocacy to competing comprehensive assessments and plans to support families. This position will allow for significant professional growth through challenging and adaptive, fast paced practice.

Learn more For more information please visit https://careers.unitingvictas.org.au/en/li sting/ Interested?

If this sounds like you, apply today. x Cover Letter (1 page outlining your suitability for the position) x Current Resume (no more than 3 pages) Position closes: Wed 10 March 2021

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Part Time or Full Time Permanent Are you an experienced nurse with exceptional leadership and organisational skills? ● Do you strive to deliver exemplary patient care and professional health services? ● Are you looking at taking the next step in your career?

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Full-time or Part-time work available.

We are very flexible in the hours/days you'd like to work. No night time shifts, no split shifts and time off on weekends. We are seeking a positive passionate employee. Someone who can fit right in and run with the team.

Also a forward thinker and outcome driven.

If this sounds like you then please forward your Resume to admin@cafe3847.com.au

If so, we'd love to hear from you!

This Senior Leadership role is vital to the smooth running of the Gippsland Health Service.

In partnership with AGA, Jet Aviation Defence is seeking motivated individuals to undertake an Aircraft Line Maintenance Traineeship, based at RAAF Base East Sale.

As an Aircraft Line Maintenance Trainee, you will perform a range of specified maintenance tasks on aircraft. The successful candidates will work full time for 24 months and gain valuable hands on work experience at the PC-21 Maintenance Organisation. Whilst gaining experience, trainees will undergo Nationally Recognised training via a Certificate II Aircraft Line Maintenance (MEA20518).

Apply online today at: www.aga.com.au

Cars

Gippsland Times newspaper deliverer required for

Project Supervisor

Position No. 2425 – Full time, Limited Tenure – Kalimna West

Early Learning Centre Co-Educator

Position No. 4409 – Full time, ongoing – Bairnsdale eastgippsland.vic.gov.au/careers

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St Mary’s Primary School Maffra

Teaching Position

Commencing Start of Term Two: Monday, 19th April - Friday, 17th December 2021 Two days per week (days to be confirmed) Please email the principal for more details: jslattery@stmmaffra.catholic.edu.au Applications close at 4pm 26th March 2021

Yoowinna Wurnalung Healing Service Member Yoowinna Wurnalung Aboriginal Healing Service (YWAHS), provides a range of programs and services to Aboriginal families who experience family violence across the Wellington and East Gippsland shires.

YWAHS is currently seeking expressions of interest from individuals who may be interested in becoming members of YWAHS. Interested parties should consider the following selection criteria: ● Be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Person ● Have a good understanding of corporate governance ● Good understanding of family violence and the associated complexities ● Knowledge, expertise, and commitment to the purpose of the organisation and the Aboriginal community ● Be prepared to undertake a National Police check and bankruptcy check ● Pay the relevant membership fees of $2 ● Have a commitment to the purposes of the company For further information about becoming a YWAHS member, please contact Company Secretary Bianca Bassett on 0422 532 490.

You will be suitably experienced and hold a Diploma in Children’s Services. A working knowledge of early years learning frameworks and a passion for excellence is mandatory.

For more detail on the requirements, duties and responsibilities of this role, visit the employment page of the Gippsland Grammar website at http://careers.gippslandgs.vic.edu.au Applications close Sunday 7 March, 2021.

LEGAL ASSISTANT Sullivan Braham Pty Ltd seeks applications for a full time Legal Assistant.

The role: ● ● ● ●

To provide administrative support to senior Legal staff.

Word processing and documentation presentation Diary management, arranging meetings and liaising with clients.

Record management.

The successful applicant should possess: ● ● ● ● ●

Strong writing and communication skills.

Excellent interpersonal skills.

Strong computer skills including knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and Word Well developed organisational skills with the ability to meet deadlines and prioritise tasks.

A positive, professional and pro-active work attitude.

Although not essential previous legal experience would be advantageous. A competitive salary will be negotiable, based on skills and experience.

Applications are sought for the following:

Clinical Midwifery Educator Practice Nurse - Consulting Rooms Speech Pathologist - Grade 1 or 2 Occupational Therapist Grade 2 - New Chronic Pain Clinic

Registered Nurse - Pre-Admission Clinic Midwives Perioperative Registered Nurses Administration Support Officers Range of roles across the organisation

Intake & Administration Officer For full position descriptions and application details, please visit www.brhs.com.au or phone (03) 5150 3637

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Applications close: 5pm on March 4, 2021.

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Applications including a letter of introduction and CV should be addressed to our Principal Partner, John Sullivan, Sullivan Braham Pty. Ltd., P.O. Box 599, Sale, Vic, 3850 (phone 03 5143 1999) or e-mail jsullivan@sullivanbraham.com.au

As one of the largest employers in the East Gippsland region, we offer a range of career opportunities and excellent staff benefits.

Permanent part-time 0.59FTE Working Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays Term 2 commencement

We are seeking an energetic and reliable ELC Co-Educator to support the high quality educational program delivered in our ELC at St Anne’s Campus.

Part -Time fixed term

Expressions of Interest

Laboratory Technician Fixed-term part-time one day per week Term-time position Commencing as soon as possible

We seek an enthusiastic and diligent Laboratory Technician to join our Science Department to work on Wednesdays through until the end of Term 4, 2021. It is anticipated in the short-term that additional days will be required.

You will be an individual who can work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment and can undertake the practical and clerical components of the position within allocated deadlines.

For more detail on the requirements, duties and responsibilities of this role, visit the employment page of the Gippsland Grammar website at http://careers.gippslandgs.vic.edu.au Applications close 5pm Wednesday 10 March, 2021

Please phone Tom 5182 8756

Business Opportunities

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1994 MITSUBISHI

Magna sedan, 6-cyl., maroon, no reg. or RWC, still running and driveable, auto., genuine 116,000 kms, interior VGC, exterior straight but paintwork rough, Eng. No. Y721D39660, has been checked for RWC, list available, could go on club plates when road worthy is complete, $700 ONO. Ph. 0418 292 066.

TOYOTA, Camry '98, V6, white, no reg. or r.w.c., goes well, new tyres, 294000kms, engine no.

1MZ0645013. $1750 o.n.o. Ph 0487 102 380.

JIM'S ANTENNAS Situations Wanted

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MERCEDES Benz 320E, 2001, 6 cyl, 217,000km, immac., c/c, p/s, Wi, S/R, new ent. sys. (Apple Car play etc.), cameras, r.w.c.

Chris Owens Plastering. $8200 neg. 0419 308 917.

Experienced plasterer available for new houses, Caravans extensions, renovations, sagging ceilings, water damage, patching. No job too small.

Qualified trades-man with 25 years experience. Prompt, reliable, professional service.

Ph. Chris 0460 813 299.

PLASTERER

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HALEN van 2013, 19'6" Bathurst, single beds. Full list of contents on enquiry.

Custom built for off-road remote. Always garaged, reg. maintained $88,000 neg. Ph 0431 940 171.

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13CABS Sale

Are you looking for a job that enables you to: ● Work Stress Free at your own pace. ● Work Flexible Hours ● Supplement your Everyday Salary, Pension or Super Income Stream. ● Is Family Friendly Speak to us today about becoming a driver at 13Cabs.

To be eligible all you need is: ● A current full Victorian Drivers Licence ● Be medically fit to drive ● Pass a National Criminal History Check To arrange a confidential discussion, please contact the Manager on 0417 373766

Tenders

Marley Street Community Hub Inc

2/81-83 Marley St, Sale VIC 3850 Marley Street Community Hub Inc is looking for a dynamic community development worker to lead a small team in developing and managing our well established, growing organisation.

Classification: NHACE Agreement 2016 Schedule 2B Level 6 Hours: Permanent Part Time 25 hrs per week.

This challenging but rewarding role provides an opportunity to develop and strengthen a small but vital community organisation based in rural Victoria.

The Manager is responsible to the Committee of Governance for the operation, management, and development of the Community Hub and for ensuring that the organisation operates in accordance with the Committee's strategic decisions, the service agreements with funding bodies and applicable legislation.

Experience in leadership within a community based organisation and a command of community development principles and skills are central to the role.

Applications close 7th March 2021 at 4pm.

For a position description and application details please call Marley Street Community Hub Inc on (03) 5143 2006 or email: mschjobs@gmail.com (Applicants must address the key selection criteria.)

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Franchise for sale. Phone Chris 0466 156 312.

Qualified Plumber

Attractive wages + annual increase + extras. ● Excellent team culture, where people MATTER! ● Opportunity for further training and career advancement Want to be more than just a number? We already have a GREAT team, but we need to grow it! Qualified plumbers, if you've got what it takes, join us!

So, what do we need from you? ● Current VIC Plumbing Registration ● Current driver's licence (manual) ● Industry Induction Card ● Great communication skills ● Positive attitude ● At least 12 months experience as a qualified plumber ● Ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team ● Ability to use technology (use of our mobile app is a daily part of the role. Don't worry though, full training will be provided!).

To apply, please send us an email with your resume to s.robinson@laserplumbing.com.au ●

Manager

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Mark Avenue area each Tuesday

Rates and Valuations Officer

To apply for the role or for further information, go to: https://centralgippslandhealth.mercury.com.au or contact Mandy Pusmucans, Director of Nursing on (03) 5143 8512 or mandy.pusmucans@cghs.com.au

Bairnsdale Regional Health Service

MILKER REQUIRED

1622430

Key functions include: ● Managing and predicting patient flow throughout the organisation. ● Ensuring the safe operations of the Sale Hospital. ● Enabling high quality clinical care and emergency responses. ● Supporting clinical areas in terms of staffing resources and clinical need.

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For 50 bale rotary dairy farm, five minutes from Sale. Approx. 30 hours per week. Phone 0447 443 562.

Aircraft Line Maintenance Traineeship

Chef, Experienced Cook or 3rd/4th yr Apprentice.

Hospital Coordinator

Situations Vacant

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WELLINGTON SHIRE COUNCIL CONTRACT NO 2021-050

Manns Beach Car Park Works

Wellington Shire Council invites suitably qualified contractors to tender for construction of Manns Beach Boat Ramp Car Park works. Works include, but are not limited to, construction and sealing of pavement, line marking, foot path, kerb & channel, drainage and related works.

Practical completion date: 30 June 2021.

All tenderers must register with the Council via Wellington Shire Council’s eProcure website (www.eprocure.com.au/wellingtonshirecouncil) to obtain the tender documents or by contacting the Project Engineer, Kamal Nazar on (03) 5142 3227 or via email: kamalc@wellington.vic.gov.au Tenders are to be lodged via the eProcure website no later than 2.00pm, Wednesday 31 March 2021. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. Late or facsimile tenders will not be accepted

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Situations Vacant

Caravans

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Jayco Designer

1992, poptop, v.g.c., 4.8m 15.74ft, reg'd 11/21, 2 s/beds, sleeps 3, annexe. $7600. Ph 0417 307 968.

ROMA 2004 24ft length, QS bed, full

ensuite, annex and many extras. $38,000. Phone 0407 404 223.

Caravans

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Marine

Deaths

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FIBREGLASS runabout, 4.5mt, just had 40hp Tohatsu o/b fitted and serviced, elec. start and tilt, 2 fuel tanks, Bimini, oil mixes with petrol automatically, tilt and drive on trailer, fish finder, lights, 2 $$$ older caravans, any batteries, both reg. some condition, make or size. safety gear $5800. Phone Please call 0490 044 717 4106 4759 Morwell. any time.

WANTED

WANTED

Advertise in The Gippsland Times and Latrobe Valley Express

Motoring Deal

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

Machinery

Cash paid for older caravans. Phone Ken 0418 547 047.

Engagements

GREY FERGY

Tractor, petrol, 12volt, roll bar, draw bar, good tyres, $1,800 ONO. Phone 0438 438 569.

$53.00* without a picture, or

$66.90* line advert with a colour picture

A total of 16 issues!

All engagement and marriage notices must carry the signatures of BOTH parties.

If under 18, the parents signatures as well.

Birth notices: where both parents are named, signatures of both are required and telephone numbers to enable verification.

Birthdays

Twice a week for 4 weeks in both papers *Price includes Headline plus 4 lines of type Additional lines $7.50 per line

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60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 *Black & white 60 $52.20 60 60 Colour cost $69.60 (Size 1column x 6cm) 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Cash or cre edit card, through our Sale office only

for only $52.20*

Situations Vacant

1620500

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Deaths

Human Resources Advisor

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Temporary full time position (up to March 2022) Enjoy partnering with leaders in a business to navigate HR related challenges?

Perhaps you are looking to apply your HR skills in a different environment?

If so, we want to hear from you!

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BOOTH, Denis.

My Dad, You were never one to look for praises. You went on quietly working for the ones you loved the most.

Your dreams were seldom spoken, your wants were very few. Most of the time your worries went unspoken too.

Dad - your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever.

No more pain now, No more fight. Rest in peace now.

We love you, Peter and Debb; Lauren, Kieran, Patrick and Fletcher; Kody, Ebony, Tyrell, Illiana and Isla; Bryce.

Gippsland Water is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages applications from experienced women and men, people with disabilities, LGBTI, ATSI, culturally and ethnically diverse candidates to best represent and engage with communities we live and work in.

Further information: A position description and instructions on how to apply can be obtained from our website www.gippswater.com.au/careers or by contacting Recruitment on 03 5177 4709.

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BOOTH, Denis.

A kind, hard working, loyal, understanding man.

A father, father-in-law and Pop like no other. Another shining star in the sky to look over us.

Your endless love will continue to bind us together as a strong family.

Love Deb and Tony (dec.).

Are you known for your engaging communication style and ability to build relationships?

Do you have an understanding of e-procurement applications?

Do you have government procurement experience?

If so, we want to hear from you!

Applications close at 5 pm on Monday 15 March 2021.

Shortlisted applicants may be required to undertake a pre-employment medical and a National Police Check.

BOOTH, Denis.

Passed away peacefully on February 28, 2021.

Lifelong friend and "other brother" to Cathie. Who is going to push me up the hills now?

So many fond memories at the farm at Nambrok.

Deepest sympathy to Katy, Bronwyn and John, Peter and Deb and families.

- Cathie, Geoff, Michelle and Greg, Sherrin, Tony, Ellie and Noah.

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BURGESS, James Petherick.

17/1/1934 - 4/2/2021 James passed away at Ashleigh House, Sale.

Aged 87.

Loving father of Peter, Mark and Paul.

I would like to thank the Ashleigh House staff for their care and attention given to my father during his stay with them. Also to thank Dr Iain Nicolson for his medical care in the latter part of my father's life.

May he be in a better place, and have rest.

GRIFFITHS, David Leslie.

18/6/1959 - 27/2/2021 Youngest son of Ken and Lennie. Brother of Ken, Lindsay, Micheal and Robert (dec.).

Lost soul gone to rest.

HALL, Jan. On February 24, 2021, aged 78 years.

Loving wife of John (dec.).

Loving mother and mother-in-law of John and Julie, Heather and Dean.

Nan to Kelly and Craig, Dwayne and Alex, Carley and Matt, Nanny H to Aiden, Harley, Andy, Elle, Jayden and Milly.

Reunited with Dad

BOOTH, Denis.

Champion Gentleman Great mate Condolences to Katie and HALL, Jan. family.

A thousand words could Always in our hearts. not bring you back. . .

- Pam and Lindsay.

I know because I tried, A thousand tears could not bring you back. . .

BOOTH, Denis.

Valued friend and Life I know because I cried.

Member of Sadsacs I really miss you. cycling group. Passed I miss you Mum. I know away peacefully on you're at peace and your body is free from pain.

February 28, 2021.

Deepest sympathy to Katy The world would be like Heaven if I could bring and family. you back again.

A life cycled well.

You're always in my heart, always in my thoughts.

I love you to the moon and back, until we meet again, my darling Mum. - Heather and Dean.

BOOTH, Denis.

The Worshipful Master and Brethren of the Gippsland Lodge offer their sincere condolences to the family of our dear brother Denis Booth.

Iain Nicolson, Secretary Gippsland Lodge 51.

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BOOTH, Denis Michael.

April 5, 1939 February 28, 2021 Treasured and much loved husband of Kath.

Father and father-in-law of Bronwyn, John, Tony (dec.), Debbie, Noddy, Peter and Debb.

Adored grandfather and great grandfather.

Passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 28, 2021.

Denis, no words I write could ever say how sad and empty we feel today.

We are all your branches and you are the vine - the roots of your strength you left behind.

Rest in peace my darling Kath.

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CLARK, Samantha Georgia (Sammi).

22/3/1983 - 19/2/2021 Beloved daughter of Sally and Colin.

BOOTH, Denis.

We cherish the many Sister to Cj, Sessy, Aims memories we have of you, and Eliza.

Dad, and we know you're Adored aunt to Jack, Decca, Harrison, Indigo smiling down on us. and Braxton.

Love you dearly.

Forever in our hearts Forever in our hearts.

- Bronwyn and John, and CLARK, family.

Samantha Georgia.

Mum, life won't ever be BOOTH, Denis. the same, but we will live How incredibly lucky we to make you proud. are to call you our Pop. We love you to the moon You are an inspiration and and back. we will continue to admire - Mads and Evie. you together with our boys.

FISHER (nee Griffith), We love you.

Love Owen, Kobi, Arli and Shirley.

22/3/1936 - 24/2/2021 Perri xx Passed away peacefully at home.

Loved and adored wife, BOOTH, Denis. mother, grandmother, Dear Pop, Wow, so many amazing great grandmother, great experiences together. Our great grandmother and times at the Prom, gentle friend.

Will be missed by all. eskimo kisses and giggles will be forever cherished.

A fighter until the end.

A wonderful role model GLOVER, Phillip Owen. and incredibly great Passed away on Sunday Poppy to our boys, Patrick February 21, 2021 in Karratha W.A. and Fletcher.

Aged 65 years.

Blue eyed legend.

Dearly loved eldest son of I adore you.

All our love Lauren and Ruth and Peter (both dec.). Loved father of Kieran xoxoxoxo Travis and Bryce and their partners.

Grandad of Willow.

BOOTH, Denis.

Miss you so much Brother of Janet, Mark, Kay and Craig (dec.). already. Love you Pop. Love from Kody, Ebby, Resting peacefully now.

Ty, Illiana and Isla.

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Deaths

HALL, Jan. Nan, your smile could light up a room and now you'll light up the sky.

Forever in my heart Carley.

HALL, Jan. Nan, I know you're always there, in our hearts, watching over us.

We miss you so much.

Love always, Dwayne, Alex and Andy.

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HALL, Jan. Nanny H, Goodnight for one last time, be free from your pain. Memories continue to leak from my eyes, but these memories I will keep forever. I promise to speak your name often and love you 'til the end of time.

Reunited with Hally after all this time.

All my love, MIELKE (nee Weiss) Kelly, Craig, Aiden, Ilse Harley, Jayden and Milly.

21/11/1921 - 23/2/2021 Passed away on Tuesday To Nanny H, at Wilson Lodge Sale, Goodbye. I love you to the aged 99 years. moon and back.

Very much loved wife of I will miss you.

Kurt Albert Mielke (dec.).

Love Aiden.

Loving mother of Peter and family, Julie, To Nanny H, Nicholas, Lisa and Seth, I love you and will look Lawson and Gwendolyn. after Nan for you.

Loving mother of Kurt Jnr Love Harley. and family, Maree, Jake and Megan, Bekky and Michael.

Loving mother of Robert and family, Liz, Jasmine, Rohan, Kyle, Jem and Andy.

Ilse has had a wonderful, long life. She, along with her husband Kurt snr, created the opportunity for their three sons to also experience the fullness of life that comes from the MADELEY (nee Telling), strong family values that she and her late husband Patricia Mary. had always fostered.

30/6/1953 - 28/2/2021 Passed away peacefully We miss you very much at home after a long, Mum! courageous battle, aged - Peter, Kurt, Robert and families.

67 years.

Forever loved, remembered and dearly missed

by Denis, Steve, Loz, PHILLIPS, John.

26/4/1934 - 27/2/2021 Cindy, Brad, Johnny, John Phillips of Sale, Sebastian and Alfred.

You were an inspiration formerly of Clunes.

Trish, time to rest easy 'til Passed away peacefully at home with his daughter we meet again. and son at his side.

Son of George and Clarissa (both dec.).

MADELEY, Trish.

Irving Street won't be the Loving brother to Laurie same without you but we (dec.) and Clarissa. know you'll be looking Husband of Shirley (dec.). down on us while we play Father of Tracey, David and Brenda, Monopoly Deal on our (dec.) back deck and we Howard and Madeleine. promise to keep Den in Much loved Poppa of line with his Deal Andrew, Lachlan, Scott, Breakers and Just Say Jamie, Nicholas, Matthew and Samuel.

No's!

A treasured friend and You were our special Dad neighbour gone too soon. and Poppa, imparting your - Rocket, Zoe, Ettie and knowledge and wisdom with love.

Ted Curtis.

A proud and active community member serving in Apex, Rotary, MADELEY, Trish. the Lodge and as a The Madeley family has Justice of the Peace. lost someone in Trish who cannot be replaced, a human with an infectious love for life and the people around her. Her smile, laugh and chats about life will always be remembered by anyone lucky PHILLIPS, John. enough to have known The Worshipful Master you, and will endure as and Brethren of the Gippsland Lodge offer we mourn your loss.

Our thoughts are with their sincere condolences Denis, Steve, Loz and the to the family of our dear extended family. Your Brother John Phillips. love and support for one - Iain Nicolson Secretary another is unparalleled, Gippsland 51. the care you have shown Trish on her journey was truly inspiring. One of the PRICE, Colin.

To our dearest Uncle Col. greatest taken too soon.

Rest easy knowing you Thanks for all the great have left the world a memories, yarns and your extraordinary help better place Trish.

Regards Trent, Michelle, throughout the years, Hannah and Blake and you've taught me so the team at the Star much. You are deeply and sadly missed but never (2003-2017). forgotten.

Love Jonno, Kylie, Blake and your little man MADELEY, Trish.

To Denis, Lauren, Stevie Zayden. and family.

Happy memories of our special friend who will be sorely missed.

From Ian and Lynne Glover and family.

MADELEY, Trish.

Our strong and wonderful friend. So sadly missed and forever in our hearts.Janice and Cam, Simon and Kate, Matthew and Kerry, Andrew and Alicia, David and Kate and families.

MADELEY, Trish.

Trish was a true blue, not a bad bone in her body.

Many beaut memories in the operating theatre.

Cheers Noel.

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BOOTH The funeral of Mr Denis Michael Booth will leave the Mechanics Institute Hall, Hobson Street, Stratford after a service commencing at 11am on TUESDAY (March 9, 2021) for the Stratford Cemetery.

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In Memoriam

PHILLIPS The funeral service for Mr John Phillips will be held at St Paul's Anglican Cathedral, Sale at 11am NEXT TUESDAY (March 9, 2021).

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Briagolong.

March 1, 2001 Thinking of you every day, all the funny things you'd say.

You had so little but gave so much, lots of things Please contact Lett's had your special touch.

Funerals if you are Love you so much. wishing to attend.

- Jenny, Dean, Sarah and Amber.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Lymphoma Australia.

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Sale and Bairnsdale croquet players took part in their annual challenge.

CLARK The funeral arrangements for Ms Samantha Georgia (Sammi) Clark are yet to be confirmed.

FARLEY A funeral service for Mrs Heather Jean Farley of Yarram WAS HELD on Wednesday, February 24, 2021.

FISHER (nee Griffith) A private funeral service for Mrs Shirley Fisher will be held at Delbridge Funeral Chapel, Sale on THURSDAY (March 4, 2021).

Sale regains ‘Sale-dale’ shield

REEVE A funeral service for Mr Murray Gordon Reeve WAS HELD on FRIDAY (February 26, 2021).

In Memoriam

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SULLIVAN, Lynette Rosemary (Lyn).

Five years ago you passed away.

My memories and thoughts are still there for you every day.

Your loving husband, Sully.

Bereavement Thanks

victorious, and this year was no exception, with Sale winning, scoring 14 games and 146 hoops to Bairnsdale’s 10 games and 127 hoops. However, there were many close games, with several being decided at the 13th tie-breaker hoop.

Next year’s challenge will be held at

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MIELKE, (nee Weiss) The funeral service for Mrs Ilse Mielke will be held at St Paul's Anglican Cathedral, Sale at 1pm on FRIDAY (March 5, 2021).

Marlay Point Overnight Race this weekend THE 53rd Marlay Point Overnight Race will be held this weekend.

Australia’s only overnight race in Australia for trailer sailors will start at 7.45pm on Saturday, with crews sailing overnight across Lake Wellington, through McLennan Straits into Lake Victoria and to Paynesville.

The number of yachts competing is expected to be lower because of travel restrictions, with 84 entries received by the end of last week.

Leading up to the start of the race, the Marlay Point Family Fair will be held from noon to 7.45pm at the Lake Wellington Yacht Club, including live music, food vans, a jumping castle and classic car display.

The event will provide a chance for the community to enjoy the result of recent works at Marlay Point, including landscaping on the foreshore and reserve as well as a disability car park.

Sports briefs SALE Bridge Club last week returned to face-to-face games.

A committee to manage the COVID guidelines was set up to ensure a smooth return to play.

Face-to-face play will be held Wednesdays, while the online game will continue on Real Deal Bridge.

The club was fortunate to have the support of Real Deal to complete a set of beginners’ lessons online, and to follow up with an online teaching program and the Monday night online game.

February 24 results: North-south: 1st D Hudson-J Courtemanche, 2nd J Anderson-L Robinson, 3rd K Tierney-P Lonie; east-west: 1st W Smits-M Zarb, 2nd L Bjorksten-L Nedelko, 3rd R Ziffer-M Ziffer.

Heyfield-Toongabbie SADCACs ride

AFTER enjoying an ideal ride in the Lindenow area, Sale and District Sunday Afternoon Cyclists are looking forward to riding from Heyfield to Toongabbie for lunch and return this Sunday.

The ride will leave Apex Park at 10am, with back-up up trailer and the usual coffee and nibbles.

Tuesday mountain bike rides and Thursday road rides continue weekly, leaving the Port of Sale at 9.30am.

New riders are welcome for all SADSAC rides.

For more information, phone Ron on 0490 087 178 or George on 0429 949 322.

From page 32. trained by Lyn Smith at Nambrok, with Barwidgi third for Jenny Gill at Darriman.

Persian Goddess, trained

by Ben Joske at Yinnar won race eight, a 520m mixed grade four and five, from Leo Rose, trained

by Sharon-Lee Chignell at Rosedale, and Alford’s Zipping Sense.

DARRIMAN trainer Bill McMahon produced two winners on Sunday night at Sale.

There was a McMahon trifecta in race eight, the 440m free for all, with Zachary winning in a fast 24.56s, finishing five lengths ahead of kennel mates Inuka and Maxwell.

Three McMahon dogs advanced to this Sunday’s 440m mixed grade six and seven final, with Berdeen winning her heat, a length ahead of Wigram Road, trained by Cheryle Ragen at Kilmany.

Bobby Bean Rose won the first heat by six lengths for Luke Whelan at Metung.

McMahon’s Dr Collette just grabbed second ahead of Barwidgi, trained by Jenny Gill at Darriman, to also advance to the final.

Sunnyside Pride, trained

by Eddie Lieshout at Drouin West, won the second heat, four lengths ahead of McMahon’s Harrison House.

The final heat was won by Patience Pays, trained by Adrian Smit at Longford,

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Bairnsdale, when Sale will endeavour to overcome the apparent home ground advantage.

Entries are now being accepted by Sale secretary Jean Phillips for the Gippsland golf croquet singles championships, to be held in Sale from April 3 to 5.

Local victories at Sale dogs

Bridge is back

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MISSEN. A funeral service for Mrs Margery Jean Missen of Yarram WAS HELD on Thursday February 25, 2021.

SALE Croquet Club at the weekend hosted the annual fixture for the ‘Saledale’ golf croquet challenge shield.

With COVID preventing the event being held last year, Bairnsdale was looking to retain the shield it won in 2019.

Each year the home team has been

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WILSON, Geoff.

Lorraine, Lyndel, Robyn and families wish to thank all who visited, sent cards and beautiful flowers, made phone calls and messages of condolence.

Many thanks to those who attended Geoff's funeral.

We would also like to thank all medical services involved, Pal and Brad Semmens for creating a LYNCH, Jack. memorable day.

March 2, 2020.

In loving memory of Jack Sincere thank you to all.

Lynch (Pop).

Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us every day, Unseen, unheard but always near, still loved, still missed and very dear.

Can't believe it's been one year.

Love always, Jenny, Josh, Jesse, Ash, Seth, Serinity, Deakin, Riley, Brax, Debbie, Maddison and Ebony.

HALL. The funeral of Mrs Jan Hall will leave St John's Anglican Church, corner Church and Thomson Streets, Maffra after a service commencing at 2pm on WEDNESDAY THOMAS, Brett Anthony.

(March 3, 2021) for the As the years go and the candles burn, the hurt Maffra Lawn Cemetery. remains.

We miss you every day.

We love you.

- Mum and Dad, Luke and Jake.

MADELEY For funeral arrangements for Mrs Patricia Mary Madeley please check our website or phone:

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February 17, men’s stableford: A grade: D Bransdon 38, B grade: M Warry 35, C grade: C Miller 32; DTL: N Tacey 36, M Landy 35, R Somerville 33, T Millar 33, G Adams 32, P Alcock 32, K Newsome 32, A Naylor 32; NTP: 2nd R Melville, 7th R Dare, 11th N Tacey, 12th L Maguire, 16th D Bransdon.

February 18, women’s stroke monthly medal: A grade and medal: R Walker 69, B grade: L Noble 71, C grade: M Durrant 72; DTL: C Lovi 72, S Marsden 72, J Murray 73, M Killeen 74, K Boyle 74cb; NTP: 2nd L Reynolds, 7th M Day, 12th R Walker, 16th (second shot) L Thomas; putts: R Walker 24.

February 20, men’s stroke monthly medal: A grade: T Elliott 73, B grade: M Robinson 66, C grade: D Alexander 67, D grade: G

On the links Davidson 69; super medal: B Moyle; DTL: S Magnuson 72, G Reynolds 72, G Brayshaw 72, D Murphy 73, D Murphy 73, B Moyle 73, S Murray 73, S Patten 74, J Gray 74, J Watts 74, R Madigan 74, W Gieschen 74; NTP: 2nd P Warry, 7th M Lathan, 11th J Marsden, 12th D Bolton, 16th M Robinson.

February 23, men’s stableford: A grade: R Nichols 36, B grade: I Templeton 38, C grade: J Alen 38; DTL: S Hall 37, L Jones 36, J Rogers 36,

M Gallagher 36, G Adams 36, N Gutteridge 35, D Lamont 35, J Watts 35, G Brayshaw 35; NTP: 2nd N Tacey, 7th P Alcock, 11th I Templeton, 12th P Alcock, 16th G Adams.

February 25, women’s stableford: division one: K Boyle 37, division two: J Vardy 35, division three: M Durrant 36; DTL: R Walker 36, C Munday 34, L Murray 33, C Lovi 33, L Dunsmuir 32; NTP: 2nd J Sellen, 7th J Murray, 12th A Renehan, 16th (second shot) L Templeton.

February 18, men’s veteran nine-hole stableford: M Kirkpatrick 22, runner-up D Salerman 18; DTL: G King 17cb; NTP: 14th G King; women’s: J Cashman 17, runner-up P Schaper 16cb.

February 20, men’s stableford: A grade: C Turner 38cb, runner-up I Griffiths 38; B grade: K McDonald 37, runner-up J Hunt 35; C grade: M Krusic 37, runner-up D Rowley 35; DTL: D Salerman 37, S Harrap 35, K Stammers 35, R Burns 35, N Wallace 35, P Cousin 34, J Polo 34, M Hurst 34, E Dowsett 34, M Brickle 34, P Jellis 34, B Cahill 34; NTP: 3rd C Purry, 6th S Happap, 11th P McIntyre, 14th D Shaw; women’s: M White 34, runner-up K Manze 31; DTL: 11th K Manze.

February 23, women’s par: J Cashman +2; DTL: M Johns -2, K Bedggood -2; nine-hole stableford: R Wake 15; NTP:

from Tarlee, trained by Gill.

True Collinda, trained by Sam Tyler at Boisdale, won the race one 440m maiden following a fast start.

After his win on Friday night, Bean returned to Sale to see Harper’s Girl win the race five 440m grade five.A clear favourite at the tote, Harper’s Girl cleared away early and won by three lengths.

In race six, the 520m mixed grade four and five, Airly Pablo, trained

by Lesley Russell at Sale, was too strong in the home straight, while early leader Nowhere Nathe, trained by John Boreland at Giffard West, finished third.

Suspense Rules, trained

by Alford, won race seven, the 440m mixed grade four and five, by a head, holding off a strong-finishing Massimo, trained by Dawn Johnston at Boisdale.

In the race 10 440m grade five, the leading dogs collided at the top of the home straight, with Got Girl, trained by Beverley Proctor at Alberton West, recovering first to win.

Fargo, trained by Emily McMahon at Darriman, won the race 11 440m grade five by half a length from California Blond, trained in Heyfield by Susan Northway.

The meet ended with Gotham Princes, trained

by Sean Lithgow at Devon Meadows, winning the race 12 440m grade five from Alford’s Sad But True.

3rd J Cashman, 11th (second shot) P Schaper, 14th J Cashman.

February 24, men’s par: A grade: G Ballinger +6, runnerup S McDonald +4; B grade: T Hickling +6, runner-up I Jones +3cb; DTL: J Wake +3, M Hurst +3, S Harrap +2, S Faux +2, H Holmes +2, D Gaskill +2, D Wheeler +1, G Schaper +1; NTP: 3rd G Angel, 6th M Hurst, 11th A Gaskill, 14th K White.

February 27, men’s stableford: A grade: R Schuback 40cb, runner-up E Dowsett 40; B grade: R Curtis 40, runner-up M Kirkpatrick 39cb; DTL: D Gaskill 39, H Holmes 39, K White 39, C Markovic 38, C Purry 37, R Smalley 37, G Thomson 36, C Markovic 36, K Curtis 36, A Taylor 35, W Brownlee 35; NTP: 3rd M Harrigan, 6th D Wheeler, 11th M Harrigan, 14th G Moulton; women’s: D Grimble 39, runner-up K Manze 37; DTL: D Grimble 39, K Manze 37; NTP: 11th M White, 14th K Manze.

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FIRST STT GRADE - ROUND TWO TW W (RESCHEDULED)

MAFFRA defeated by BOISDALE-BRIAGOLONG Boisdale-Bria golong M Roberts .................. c C Bailey b J Davis 10 T Mann ....................... c L Hopkins b MG Bennett 43 S Noble ...................... lbw N Magnuson 1 L Bolton ..................... b N Magnuson 1 M Annear ................... b B Durrant 6 D Bolton..................... b M Bennett 31 J Lash ......................... c B Durrant b M Bennett 12 L Howard ................... b M Bennett 0 L Hurst........................ not out 30 N Sutton..................... st B Lanigan b M Bennett 0 K Randle .................... not out 4 Extras 9 CC (40 overs) 9/147 B o w l i n g : N M a g n u s o n 8 / 2 / 2 / 2 5 , J D a v i s 8 / 0 / 1 / 17, D Griffiths 8/0/0/40, B Durrant 8/0/1/19, M Bennett 8/1/5/40 Ma ffra D Bedggood .............. c C Stewart b L Howard 25 B Lanigan .................. run out (L Hurst) 15 J Rodda ...................... lbw J Lash 4 J Davis ........................ st C Stewart b D Bolton 7 Z Durrant ................... st C Stewart b D Bolton 2 L Hopkins .................. b J Lash 23 B Sly ........................... b D Bolton 12 C Bailey ..................... b N Sutton 1 B Durrant ................... b J Lash 2 M Bennett ................. not out 3 N Magnuson ............. b J Lash 0 Extras 15 Tot al (37.3 overs) 109 Bowling: T Mann 8/2/0/23, L Howard 8/2/1/22, J Lash 6.3/1/4/19, D Bolton 8/3/3/18, N Sutton 7/1/1/17

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Bulls opening pair Jason Langshaw (37) and Nathan Hibbins (40) scored 72 runs.

With the Bulls 2-79, Steve Spoljaric and Wynd added 30 before Wynd was dismissed for 24. Spoljaric (32 not out) and Kyle O’Reilly (13) took the Bulls towards victory with their 34-run partnership.

Todd Mann scored 43 Both sides now must win for Boisdale-Briagolong against Maffra. this Saturday to make the finals.

Bundalaguah must defeat Rosedale-Kilmany and hope the result of two other matches goes in its favour, while the Swans can advance with victory over Stratford.

ROSEDALE-KILMANY won the battle of the bottom two sides, defeating Longford at home.

Sent in to bat first, the Lizards scored 9-147 before the Warriors won in their 39th over with five wickets in hand.

Adam (48) and Rohan (33) Diamond gave the RK chase momentum with their second wicket partnership of 52. The remainder of the batting order did enough to see their side to victory.

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ROSEDALE-KILMANY defeated LONGFORD Longford K Macgregor-Davies.. c J Carter b D Rowley 5 M Johns...................... lbw O Johnstone 42 C Durbidge ................ c A Wright b J Diamond 13 S Smith ...................... c D Rowley b R Diamond 22 A Tyson....................... c C Whiteoak b O Johnstone 1 B McMaster............... lbw D Rowley 24 A Campbell ............... c R Diamond b J Diamond 10 P Love ......................... c&b R Diamond 4 B Hornby .................... not out 1 P Moylan .................... run out (J Diamond) 0 Extras 25 CC (40 overs) 9/147 B o w l i n g : D R o w l e y 8 / 2 / 2 / 14 , B R e i d 4 / 0 / 0 / 12 , O Johnstone 8/3/2/29, B Fleming 4/0/0/31, R Diamond 8/1/2/28, J Diamond 8/0/2/30 Rosedale-Kilmany A Diamond ................... b L Knight 48 J Carter .......................... b P Moylan 1 R Diamond ................... b K Macgregor-Davies 33 C Whiteoak .................. run out (B Hornby, K Macgregor-Davies) 13 M Walters ..................... c B McMaster b A Tyson 10 A Wright ........................ not out 5 D Rowley ....................... not out 11 Extras 27 Tot al (39 overs) 5/148 B o w l i n g : K M a c g re g o r- D a v i e s 8 / 4 / 1 / 12 , P M o y l a n 7/0/1/35, A Tyson 8/0/1/20, P Love 8/1/0/38, B Hornby 4/0/0/17, L Knight 4/0/1/22 STRATFORD defeated COLLEGIANS Stra tford A Tatterson .................... run out (J Malone, J McGuiness) 39 C Hassett ................... c C Morrison b NE Hurley 10 T Tatterson ................ run out (I Love) 3 J Tatterson ................. c C Morrison b NE Hurley 66 B Channing ............... c J Malone b I Love 16 C Aurisch ................... c J McGuiness b Z Hurley 0 B Walker .................... b Z Hurley 19 L Channing ................ not out 10 S Williams ................. not out 7 Extras 22 CC (40 overs) 7/192 B o w l i ng : M N i ch ol l s 4 / 0 / 0 / 25 , N E H u r l ey 8 /2 /2/3 5, I Lo v e 8 / 1 / 1 / 2 6 , T M o r r i s o n 6 / 1 / 0 / 3 7, C M o r r i s o n 6/0/0/37, Z Hurley 8/1/2/26 Collegians J Malone .................... b L Channing 18 B Hurley ..................... c T Tatterson b L Channing 7 I Love .......................... c S Pendergast b J Tatterson 7 Z Hurley ..................... run out (T Tatterson) 7 C Morrison ................ c T Tatterson b A Tatterson 14 J Allison ..................... b B Walker 41 NE Hurley................... run out (S Anstee, C Hassett) 34 M Nicholls ................. b S Williams 9 T Morrison ................. c T Tatterson b B Walker 2 J McGuiness.............. not out 4 T Glenn ...................... b S Williams 0 Extras 5 Tot al (37.4 overs) 148 Bowling: B Walker 7/0/2/35, L Channing 8/3/2/16, J Ta tterson 8/1/1/19, S Anstee 6/1/0/28, A Ta tt erson 4/01//28, S Williams 4.4/0/2/20

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Boisdale-Briagolong captain Dylan Bolton scored 31 runs and claimed three wickets ts. s

44, Boisdale-Briagolong 38, Heyfield 30 (+0.29), Sale 30 (-0.28), Maffra 24, Wurruk 18.

Third grade: Heyfield 64, Nambrok 54, Maffra 48, Bundalaguah 38 (+0.26), Longford 38 (-0.17), RosedaleKilmany 30, Collegians 18 (-0.37), Sale 18 (-1.1).

Fourth grade: Stratford 72, Bundalaguah Yaks 66, Collegians 60 (+1.12), Boisdale-Briagolong 60 (+1.05), Rosedale-Kilmany 54 (+1.24), Maffra 48, Bundalaguah Buffaloes 42, Bundalaguah Bulls 36, Wurruk 30, Sale 24, Heyfield 18, Nambrok 12 (-0.62), Longford 12 (-1.48), Stradbroke 6.

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Maffra 3-131 (J Pendrick 57*, H Shingles 37, D Butcher 31*, J Goodwin 3-21) d Boisdale-Briagolong 125 (T Langshaw 65, A Sandison 26, H Nettleton 4-35); Stratford 7-156cc (D Devisser 47, Z Penn 26*) d Collegians 76 (T Wrigglesworth 5-14); Heyfield 7-220cc (R Smith 38, J Morgan 36, M Eastham 28, D Birss 25, L Heasley 25*) d Wurruk 123 (L Dabkowski 41*, L Tourtoulas 25); Bundalaguah 6-217cc (M Dowsett 98, N Sellings 81, S Jago 3-13) d Sale 8-98cc (J Boyle 37, J Lenehan 3-21).

Thirds

Sale 4-178 (J White 50, J Woodward 49*, A Jago 45) d Bundalaguah 5-176cc (S Schuback 55, N Fowler 34*, H Wrigglesworth 34); Rosedale-Kilmany 6-175cc (T Love 56*, L Goodwin 48) d Maffra 8-169cc (J Sekhon 71, B Lanigan 34, C Whiteoak 3-32); Heyfield 5-165 (R Winter 77, B Ronan 60*) d Nambrok 163 (A Wellins 43, A Robinson 32*, S Hettiarachchige 32, L Hardy 25, D De Silva 4-32); Longford 7-139 (S Dean 3-26) d Collegians 134 (J Sutton 48).

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Susie Wells (left) with Praise The Power, which won race one.

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Summer Heat, trained by Jack Walkley, won race five.

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A TRIO of local trainers — Susie Wells, Jack Walkley and Bill Wood — tasted victory during Friday’s horse racing meet at Sale.

The day began on a high for Wells, who continued her good run of form with Praise The Power breaking through for his first win.

In his 39th start, the five-year-old gelding won race one, the 2226 metre maiden plate.

Ridden by Matt Allen, Praise The Power had the four-horse race in his control, holding off short-priced favourite Doom Star to win by a neck.

Wells told Racing.com Praise The Power “was very overdue” in recording his first win.

“I thought he’d weaken in the straight,” she said.

“Odds were for me; there’s only four horses.”

It was a disappointing result for Doom Star, trained by Jackson Pallot at Bairnsdale, who had the chance to win, having finishing second in his previous two races.

Summer Heat won race five, a benchmark 58

handicap over 2226 metres for Damien “Jack” Walkley.

Jockey Arron Lynch had the five-year-old gelding well placed heading into the home straight, and had a clear run to win by two and a half lengths from So Able.

The tote paid $18.20 for the win, which proved to be good value considering Summer Heat was stepping back in class after a ninth placing at Sandown. Before that, the gelding placed second at Moe and third at Stony Creek.

I’m Cheeky appeared to enjoy his eight-week break, having won back-to-back races at Sale since returning.

The five-year-old gelding, trained at Sale by Wood, won race six, the 1006m benchmark 58 handicap, by a length and a quarter from The Running Man. Jockey Jason Benbow said I’m Cheeky was settled and was primed for victory.

“He’s in a good space at the moment, and his results are showing that,” he told Racing.com.

Dominant Way, trained at Sale by Troy and John

Kilgower, finished third.

The Greenwattle track was in ideal condition for the meeting, rated “good four”.

Treatz won race two, the 1006m maiden plate, for Rebecca Waymouth at Mornington. The fouryear-old mare, ridden by Damien Thornton, led favourite Mysterious Art throughout the race, and kicked away in the home straight to win by one and a half lengths.

Captain Spud, trained at Moe by Peter Gelagotis, won race three, the 1415m three-year-old maiden plate.

The late former AFL footballer Danny ‘Spud’ Frawley was a part-owner in the horse, with his wife Anita retaining a share.

Ridden by Jaime Mott, the three-year-old gelding, the favourite at the tote, was one of five horses vying for the early lead, but worked hard to get the race under his control.

Kermy made a late bid to win, but Captain Spud held on to win by a neck. The gelding has finished in the first three in all bar one of his five starts.

Mott backed-up with an impressive victory on

The Stager in the next race, the 1415m four-yearold and over maiden plate.

The four-year-old son of dual Cox Plate winner So You Think, trained by Tom Dabernig and Ben Hayes, justified his favouritism, leading throughout then finding an extra gear to win by seven and a half lengths from Lochend Rocky Roy, trained at Sale by Paul Worthington. Another Pluck finished third for Bundalaguah trainer Sharyn Trolove.

Trolove’s Tycoon Felix and Tiny Hussy finished second and third respectively in race seven, the 1415m benchmark 58 handicap.The race was won by six-year-old mare The Cook, trained by Mark Webb at Cranbourne and ridden by Brian Park.

Maldestro chalked up a fifth consecutive victory in the day’s final race, the 1206m benchmark 58 handicap.

The six-year-old gelding, trained by Alan Keenan at Cranbourne and ridden by Alex Bryan, led most of the race and won by one and a half lengths from favourite Over There.

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CROWD limits for local sports need to be reviewed for this season’s local football and netball season, according to Gippsland South MLA Danny O’Brien Mr O’Brien said crowd limits for local football and netball in 2021 were inconsistent and nonsensical, and needed to be reconsidered by the state government.

Raising the issue of caps of 1000 people at country football and netball in state parliament last week, Mr O’Brien said the cap didn’t “pass the pub test”, adding it was wrong that 30,000 people a day could attend the Australian Open tennis, and the government was proudly promoting it would host a rugby league State of Origin game at the MCG in June.

The state government last week announced 50,000 people will be allowed to attend round one AFL matches at the MCG and 28,961 at Marvel Stadium.

“While few of our local sporting clubs would regularly top 1000 spectators at games, there are big rivalry clashes, and especially during the warmer early months of the season and over Easter, big crowds do occur,” Mr O’Brien said.

“This decision really is nonsensical as it’s almost impossible to enforce.

“Social distancing is not a problem because clubs have plenty of room to ensure a safe distance is kept by all.

“2020 was a wipeout for most of our sporting clubs and many were still responsible for ongoing costs such as maintenance, keeping ovals and courts in playable condition and other routine costs,” he said.

“Our regional clubs for all sports rely on the sponsorship of local businesses who have been smashed by three lockdowns, and many will struggle to get back on their own feet let alone support the sporting clubs.”

Mr O’Brien said fundraising would be especially critical this year for clubs to recuperate losses, but it wasn’t going to happen if the government locked fans out.

“We need to get the crowds back to the games to support the clubs and enable them to offer attractive sponsorship packages,” he said.

Mr O’Brien said clubs were desperate to get up and running and were committed to getting through

a 2021 season.

“COVID-safe measures can be implemented — hand sanitising, wearing of face masks and density quotients,” he said.

“By all means, set the social distance parameters — but don’t put a cap on numbers when it is unnecessary.”

According to the latest guidelines released by AFL Victoria, spectator limits will be capped at 1000, with group limits of 100.

Spectators must keep at least 1.5 metres from others, and where venues allow for vehicle access to surround the oval, people are encouraged to remain in their vehicles to watch matches.

Everyone entering a venue must register their attendance.

If electronic record keeping is used, a density quotient of one person per two square metres for outdoor setting will apply. If there isn’t electronic record keeping, the density will be one person per four square metres.

Face coverings are recommended where social distancing can’t be achieved, unless there is a lawful exception.

Where it is expected that crowd sizes will be more than the 1000 patron cap, leagues and clubs can apply through the Victorian Government’s Public Events Framework at www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/ public-events

It is the participating clubs’ responsibility to monitor crowd social distancing, and they can liaise with police to enforce protocols.

Staggered training and match schedules have been encouraged where multiple teams are using the same facilities, with only players and officials allowed on the ground, even during breaks in play.

The Gippsland League played three rounds of junior matches, under the guidelines, before abandoning the season when a lockdown began across regional Victoria.

The North and East Gippsland leagues didn’t proceed with their seasons.

The North Gippsland Football-Netball League season is scheduled to begin April 2, with the Gippsland League beginning the next day.

The EGFNL season is due to begin April 24.

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A CROWD of 1000 fans witnessed a big night at Bairnsdale Speedway recently.

Warrick Taylor from Cranbourne won the 30-lap title race for the unlimited, claiming a third consecutive state championship. Dennis Jones from the Latrobe Valley won the sprintcars and another Valley driver, Daniel Stewart, won the standard saloons, while Bairnsdale racer Matthew Hurley won the limited sportsman and Scott Angus from Melbourne won the division two hot rod final.

In unlimited sedan, Taylor won two of the four qualifying races in the lead-up to the final, with Peter Cox and Lennie Bonnici winning the other two.

Early in the final, Cox put pressure on Bonnici and moved into second spot. Bonnici succumbed to issues with his car.

The chequered flag dropped, and Taylor secured an impressive three-peat from Cox and Brown.

David McKay led the sprintcar final for the first 15 laps before spinning himself out of the lead, while Adam Greenwood, who was fastest through the race, tipped over in his side trying to avoid a stricken Mark Laity.

Greenwood lost the lead to Dennis Jones, who then took the field to the finish line in the Victorian Sprintcar Association feature event.

Shane Steenholdt finished second with Justin Barton third.

The Bairnsdale 500 for limited sportsman began with Trent Wilson leading Troy Curran and Matthew Hurley.

Wilson then broke a gearbox and headed infield as Hurley took control of the race. Hurley was consistent in the final despite others completing faster laps, and went on to win from Curran and Tim McKenzie.

Daniel Stewart led the 15-lap standard saloons final from start to finish, with Jacob Vuillermin trying on occasions to get past his Rosedale Speedway clubmate. Stewart took the win by less than a second from Vuillermin, while Steven Danks finished third.

Scott Angus won the division two hot rods, from Leigh Mitchell and Mel Tatterson.

Bairnsdale Speedway returns on Saturday, March 20, for the Victorian division two hot rod title, standard saloon 1000, VSC junior standard saloon feature, limited sportsman and some visiting stockcars of yesteryear, the Ace of Spades Club.

Hillclimb makes a welcome return MAFFRA and District Car Club recently hosted the first round of the Boisdale Hillclimb Series.

Competitors, families and spectators enjoyed the thrills and spills on the gravel race track, with purpose-built buggies and Subaru WRXs dominating the speed event.

After a tumultuous 2020, this race meeting was the first since March to allow spectator entry, with social distancing and mask-wearing rules enforced.

Competitors were keen to get back to racing, along with new members and junior drivers.

The buggies overwhelmed the Subarus by the day’s end, with Kerran Pridmore fastest at the event with a time of 40.02 seconds. Hot on his heels was Matt Muir with 41.68s and newcomer Patrick Malanaphy, in a well-earned 41.97s.

Junior driver Caleb Muir blitzed the field of competitors in a buggy with a time of 42.2s.

All junior drivers did well, often only mere 10ths of a second behind their senior counterparts.

Natalie Mayall was fastest in the women’s division with a time of 47.04s, followed by Sarah Johnstone with 48.45s.

Luke Henderson in his Honda Civic.

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Renooy 46.82; class G: P.Bartlett 52.5; class H: Kevin Pridmore 47.96, S Small 49.2, C Small 50.4; class I: M Healy 42.55, C Healy 42.56, M Johnstone 43.98; class K: Kerran Pridmore 40.02, M Muir 41.68, P Malanaphy 41.97; class L: N Mayall 47.04, S Johnstone 48.45.

Junior, class A: C Clutterbuck 48.88, H Jones 49.48; class B: B Daly 50.26, A Crawford 53.45, H Britton 54.75; class C: M Gibson 49.62, E Forsyth 50.38; class E: S White 50.75, W Brady 52.35; class F: B Healy 47.91, B Grumley 51.05, L Miller 57.92; class H: D Small 48.15; class I: P Van Ekeren 50.94; class K: C Muir 42.2.

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Got The Torque and the victory David Braithwaite GOT The Torque won the feature of Friday night’s Sale greyhounds meeting for Tinamba trainer Robert Bean.

After taking the lead on the bend, Got The Torque claimed the $7000 winner’s cheque in 24.98 seconds, three lengths ahead of Citadel Of Chaos, trained

by Des Douch at Maffra.

Darriman trainer Bill McMahon had three winners, beginning with Dr Carmel taking out race two, a 440m grade seven, by six lengths.

Dr Lynch won the race five 440m grade five by two lengths from Bomber’s Wonder, trained by Geoff Green at Woodside.

In race seven, a 440m mixed grade four and five, Dr Madison was in third place entering the home straight, but held his inside line to hold off Omega Dodge, trained by Barry Harper at Seaspray.

Another kennel to claim three wins was that of Jordan Cooper at Lethbridge.

Crackerjack Dirt, trained by Carly Poulter, but owned by Cooper, won race three over 520m.

In race four over 520m, Cooper’s Crackerjack Ads won a two-dog battle with Montaro, trained

by Damian Meade at Hazelwood North.

Crackerjack then won the race 11 440m grade five for Cooper.

The night began with Go Rogue winning a 440m

maiden for Brian Alford at Yarram. The second starter showed a clean set of heels, winning by seven lengths.

Colonel Diesel, trained by Douch, justified his favouritism in race nine, a 440m mixed grade six and seven, leading all the way to claim a win from four starts. Five lengths behind was Prize Diamond, trained by Susan Northway at Heyfield.

Race 10, over 440m, was won by Freddie Cruiser, Continued, page 28.

Maffra’s Jordan Rodda walks off after being dismissed.

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Six still in the finals race With one round remaining, make-up of SMCA top four remains unclear David Braithwaite SIX teams remain in the hunt to qualify for the Sale-Maffra cricket finals, with one round to play.

While all teams currently in the top four could, in theory, miss the finals, Stratford’s strong net run rate should protect it if the Redbacks suffer a big loss to Sale this weekend.

On Saturday, the Redbacks moved to the top of the ladder on net run rate after defeating Collegians, and previous leader Maffra lost at home to Boisdale-Briagolong.

The Saints jumped into third place on the ladder with their victory, ahead on the net run rate of Collegians and Sale, who are fourth and fifth respectively.

Sixth-placed Bundalaguah kept its finals hopes alive with victory over Sale, closing the gap to the top four to one win.

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The Saints scored 9-147 from their 40 overs, with Todd Mann making 43 at the top of the order and captain Dylan Bolton 31.

Finishing with 5-40 from eight overs, Mitch Bennett claimed the eighth and ninth wickets of the innings with consecutive deliveries. With the visitors 9-120, the Eagles were looking a below-par chase, however Liam Hurst added valuable runs.

Hurst was unbeaten on 30 (from 19 balls) to give the Saints a competitive total to defend.

After a promising start to the Maffra chase, Daniel Bedggood was dismissed for 25 (from 18 balls).

From 1-43 in the 14th over, the Eagles fell to 5-58 by the 24th, with Bolton claiming two of the wickets to fall and Jonny Lash the first of his four for the day.

Lee Hopkins and Ben Sly tried to get the chase re-started, but Sly was bowled by Bolton for 12 with the score on 78.

Wickets then fell at regular intervals, with Hopkins bowled by Lash for 23. The innings was over next ball, with the Eagles all out for 109.

Lash finished with 4-19 and Bolton capped a good all-round contribution by taking 3-18.

Maffra needs to defeat Longford this Saturday to ensure a finals berth.

STRATFORD was too good for Collegians at home.

The Redbacks scored 7-192 before bowling College out for 148.

Andrew Tatterson scored 39 for the Redbacks at the top of the order before Jack Tatterson provided the backbone for the innings, scoring 66. Bohdi Walker contributed 19 runs from as many balls.

Noah and Zac Hurley claimed two wickets each for Collegians.

The visitors were unable to get the solid partnership early in their innings.

Jayden Allison and Noah Hurley combined for a 61-run sixth wicket partnership, which ended when Allison was bowled by Walker for 41.When Hurley was run-out in the next over for 34, Collegians was 7-134 with six overs to bat and an uphill battle to win.

Walker, Lachlan Channing and Simon Williams,

in his 300th first grade game for the Redbacks, each claimed two wickets.

The result left Collegians only staying in the top four ahead of Sale because of a better net run rate, with a vital match against Boisdale-Briagolong this weekend.

BUNDALAGUAH boosted its net run rate with victory over Sale.

After the visiting Swans made 8-146, the Bulls chased down the target with 55 balls and six wickets to spare.

Hayden Glover and Rohan Blandford combined for a 54-run second wicket stand for the Swans.

Blandford was caught off Sam Bedggood’s bowling for 35 before Jake Wynd claimed Ben Jones’ wicket without adding to the score.

When Glover was run-out for 42, Sale was 4-92.

Coming together at 7-113, Matt Raidal (27) and Liam Gallagher (12 not out) added 28 valuable late runs.

Wynd finished with 3-24 from his eight overs.

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