NEW COUNCIL SWORN IN
By LIAM DURKIN
THE people have spoken.
Latrobe City Council will be amix of old and new for the next council term.
The new council was officially sworn in on Monday. Four incumbents retained their position, while five fresh faces join the new nine single-ward structure.
The number fourcarries particular gravitas, as incredibly, that was the number of votes that determined the fates of long-time councillorGraeme Middlemiss, and challenger Steph Morgan in the Yallourn Ward.
Councillor-electMorgan won with 2027 first preference votes,ahead of Mr Middlemiss on 2023 -making for a percentage difference of just0.1,enough to get Ms Morgan over the 50 per cent margin required.
TheVictorian Electoral Commission recounted Yallourn Ward votes last Thursday.
For Mr Middlemiss, who has served on every counci ls in ce 1997, his local political career came to an end
in the most brutal fashion imaginable.
He had been on council longer than roughly 40 per cent of the local population have even been alive.
The result may point to an appetite for change, as the battle betweenthe youthful Ms Morganand an ageing
Mr Middlemisswas largely seen as a decision between past and present.
That said, in acount decided by literally four votes, there is little doubt luck played apart.
As Mr Middlemiss departs, so too does nearly 30 years’ experience.
His council colleague Sharon Gibson, who was elected unopposed and is now suddenlythe most experienced councillor, wished to pay tribute to Mr Middlemiss, saying he was the voice of reason in the chamber.
“Hiswisdom and knowledge Iwill dearly miss,” she said.
Another long-serving councillorhas also been forced to fall on their sword, with former mayor Kellie O’Callaghan losing the Boola Boola Ward to David Barnes.
Ms O’Callaghan served four consecutivetermssince winningelection in 2008, but won just 41.79 per cent of the two-horse race this time around.
Evergracious, Ms O’Callaghan sent her best wishes to the incoming council.
“I am grateful to have had the opportunity to serve our local community and to have had the chance to share in your experiences, celebrations and shared challenges,” she posted.
“Thank you to thosewho have offered support and encouragement.
“I wish the incoming council well and thank the council officers for their professionalism, commitment to our community and preparedness to be determined to providetrusted guidance and support.”
Ms O’Call aghan appears to have adopted a‘life goes on’ approach in the wake of her loss. In the four days since the result was obvious, she made three community campaign posts not related to council on her LinkedIn.
Given her heavy involve ment in an um be ro fl ocal init iativ es ,a nd
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appearance on seeminglyevery board and committeeinLatrobe, it is likely Ms O’Callaghan will still be aprominent figure in the region -justminus the councillor tag.
Ms O’Callaghan and Mr Middlemiss join Brad Law and Dan Clancey as nonreturningcouncillors,afterthe latter two ruled themselves out of the race.
Returning to council will be Ms Gibson in the Newborough Ward, along with Darren Howe (Tyers Ward),Tracie Lund (Morwell River) and Dale Harriman(Loy Yang).
Three of the four have all previously served as mayor.
Mr Harriman has served on council since 2008, coming on at the same time as Ms O’Callaghan.
Ironically, current mayorMrHowe faced anervous count againstchallenger David Little, edging ahead by just over six per cent
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Four votes decides Yallourn Ward
Brutal game: Graeme Middlemiss, who has ser vedonLatrobe City Council forclose to 30 years, lost his seat by just four votes. File photograph
PoliceBeat with TomHayes
Appeal forfootage
POLICEare appealing for CCTV/dashcam footage in relation to aseries of commercial burglariesthat occurredinthe Moe CBD in the early hours of Tuesday, October 22.
Police are hoping business owners in the CBD can check their cameras from midnight through to 7am thatmorning, looking for anyone hanging around the area.
Also anyone driving through the Moe CBD between those times is asked to check if they have dashcam footage.
If you believe you have any relevant footage, contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or at: crimestoppersvic.com.au
Retirement village drowning
AMAN has died after drowning in apool at a retirement village in Traralgon.
Emergency services were called to the scene
at the Dalkeith Heights Retirement Village on HazelwoodRoadinTraralgon, where aman was found face down in the water about 1.30pm on Wednesday, November 6.
Apolice spokeswoman said paramedics tried to save the man, but he died at the scene.
Policewill prepare areport for the coroner. The circumstances surrounding the man’s death are not suspicious.
Anyone with more information or who witnessed the incident is urged to contact Traralgon Police on 5172 2700.
Car theftinvestigation
POLICEare investigating an attemptedcar theft in Morwell on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.
It is believed two males gained entry to the vehicleonAshleyAvenue at about 4.15am, before beingdisturbed by the vehicle’sowner and fleeing.
The males allegedly fled the scene in asilver HoldenCommodore sedan with registration AKC246, bearing false registration plates.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit an online confidential report at: crimestoppersvic. com.au
Locals to inform council budget
IN order to help inform the 2025/26 Latrobe City Annual Budget, Latrobe City Council is inviting the community to have their say on what services and programs they value most and howthe budget could be allocated.
The Budget funds delivery of quality services and capital works across Latrobe City.
Council also wants to hear about any specific projects people would like considered as partof the Budget process or ideas abouthow money may be spent across the municipality.
Latrobe City CouncilChiefExecutive, Steve Piasente encouraged people to have their say.
“In less than three minutes, you can complete asurveyand provide your feedback on what
areas you would prioritise in the 2025/26 Annual Budget,” he said.
“It’s important to council that we provide people with the opportunity to help shape the Budget before it’s drafted.
“Council operates asignificant Budget, which provides over 70 services to the community and on average invests over $30 millionincapital works programs across the municipality each year.”
People are invited to submit their Budget feedbackvia council’sHave YourSay engagement platform: yoursa y.latrobe.v ic.g ov.
au/2025-26-budget-community-consultation
Submissions close 5pm on Tuesday, November 26,2024.
Crash landing at Latrobe Airport
By TOMHAYES
EMERGENCY services were called to Latrobe Regional Airport last Friday (November8), after an incident developed in the air.
It was reported that asix-seater lightpassenger aircraft,carrying apilot and passenger, was forced to make an emergency landing after experiencing ahydraulic failure in the landing gear. No injuries were reported from the landing.
"Two Traralgon West CFA units alongside
FRV and SES responded to reports of an aircraft incident on AirfieldRoadinMorwell at around 2.19pm," aCFA spokesperson said.
"Crews discovered an aircraft was having difficulty landing. Incident was deemed under control at 2.54pm."
Airport operations promptly enacted the emergency response plan, and Latrobe City Council extendedits thanks to emergency service teams for their quick response and support in managing the incident effectively.
Where the election was won
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MR Howe’s deputy Ms Lund also only attracted barely 50 per cent of firstpreferences,although admittedly she was up against two opponents in Dorothy Long and John Ellingham.
Granted there is generally hostility toward those at the top(as voterturnout for Kamala Harris proved), the statistics could also indicate voter confidence is waning, and more importantly, that no council position should ever be taken for granted.
While the US didn’tget arematch, the Budgeree Ward did.
The showdown between Leanne Potter and Melissa Ferguson turned into ano-show from Ms Ferguson, who lost her position on council after attracting just 33.71 per cent of the vote.
Ms Ferguson had initially decidedtostepdown, before backtracking as the registration deadline loomed closer.
Like Harris, Ms Ferguson might have left her run too late, although by the same token, people in the Budgeree Ward would have known what theywere voting for, much like the incoming US President.
Ms Ferguson defeated career councillor Darrell White in the 2020 election, aresult seen as the local equivalent of Scott Morrison’s miracle 2019 federal election triumph.
Similar to ScoMo, such an effort might have meant she was long odds to win again.
Not far from Budgeree, the Jeeralang Ward was always going to have anew councillor.
Joanne Campbell(44.69 per cent)got the nod in a competitive preference race against PeterDuncan (40.82); the pair well ahead of Alex Maidana on 14.49.
Ms Campbell will be afamiliar name to many locals, having been one of the main advocates for
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Ms Pugsleycomes in as something of an unknown quantity, although she is the recipient of abusiness award from Moe Rotary.
Ms Gibson took to the lectern at Monday's declaration,sayingthe incoming council had a responsibility to the people of Latrobe City.
"We really need to turn our Valley around," she said.
"We can't playgames, there is so muchatstake."
STAYING with politics, attention now turns to the federal election.
An election is expected to be called for May next year, and candidates are already campaigning to win seats.
While the federal seat of Gippsland, regarded as one of the safest in the country, will likely be amere formality for incumbent Nationals MP Darren Chester, the seat of Monashcould well and truly be up for grabs.
Historically asafeLiberal seat, the dynamic changedatthe last electionwhenincumbent Russell Broadbent lost his majority.
Seizing the opportunity is South Gippsland lawyer, Deb Leonard,who is running as an independent.
Ms Leonard launched her campaigninLeongatha last week, where she declared apolitical analysis had said the seat of Monash was genuinely winnable for an independent.
Ms Leonard can expect tough competition from Liberal candidate Mary Aldred, who is generally perceived as carryingverystrongpoliticalaccumin.
The Monash game has changed even more now that Moe (traditional Labor territory) is part of the electorate.
Moe’s Labor values are reflected in the attitudes of most long-termresidents,and aquick drive through town will find many cars sporting trade union stickers.
The political divide existsjust down the road in Morwell, where historically, some locals have been perceived to be sympathetic to the ultraconservative views of the National Civic Council. Those belonging to that group have hence been referred to as “groupers” by Moe people, which is where the term originates.
the Gippsland Regional Aquatic Centre, Traralgon The Moe Ward waswon by Adele Pugsley, who gained
per cent of the vote from Guss Lambden.
Mix and match: NewLatrobeCitycouncillorsAdelePugsleyand LeannePotteralongside returning councillors Darren Howe,SharonGibson andDale HarrimanatMonday’s declaration. Fellow councillors Tracie Lund, David Barnes,Steph Morganand Joanne Campbell were absent. Photograph: Liam Durkin
Valley pauses for Remembrance Day
By TOMHAYES,KATRINA BRANDON AND BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
MONDAY, November 11 2024 marked 106 years since the end of World War 1.
Hundreds of people throughout the Latrobe Valley stopped to pay their respects to the fallen.
Traralgon
AROUND 100 people attended theRemembrance Dayservice in Traralgon, coming together on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month.
As the service continued, more and more locals going about their day stopped to join in the service, some even tuning in from across Franklin Street.
Traralgon RSL President, Ron Culliver officiated the service for the final time in his career,after deciding to retire in March next year.
Groups and individuals of the community were presented with the opportunity to laywreaths
To be exact, 52 Traralgon locals lost their lives during WW1, each of their names etched onto the town's Cenotaph.
Mr Culliverceremoniously recited The Ode of Remembrance,while amember of the City of Traralgon Band performed the Last Post
Gerard Lappin performed the flyover, crossing over thetown directly above the Cenotaph before the formalities began.
TonyMcMullen recited In FlandersFields,while Pastor Randall Green also took to the microphone before the service concluded.
Morwell
THE Morwell Remembrance Day service also saw around 100people attend.
More than adozen local veterans helped lay wreathsalongside other local citizens and schools.
DonFuller, president of the Morwell RSL branch, officiated the service.
As 11am came around, attendees stood for a minute'ssilence, after the Australian and New Zealand national anthems were played.
Federal Member for Gippsland, DarrenChester, Memberfor Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath and Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, sent apologies as Parliament sat for the day.
Mr Fuller said that Remembrance Dayisa day to rememberthose killed at war and to be remembered in service. He mentioned he was pleased with the turnout.
Morwell Central Primary School and Morwell Park Primary School students took part in the service, with students leaders laying wreaths and reciting In Flanders Fields.
Moe
MOE RSL held its Remembrance Day service with arespectful showing of more than 50 people from all corners of the community.
President of Moe RSL, Steve Mayes emceed the service, with local veterans from Moe and district front and centre honouring their fallen comrades. Wreatheswere presented by representatives from LowannaCollege,Baringa School, Moe South Primary School, and Moe Police.
Latrobe City Council was represented by Adele Pugsley, the newly elected councillor for the Moe Ward.
There was aparticularly great moment following the minute’s silence at 11am, where during the national anthemalmostall in attendance joined in chorus to usher the final verses.
It was apoignant moment of togetherness and patriotism when it coincided with the flag masks being drawn seeing the Australian flag shake in the wind.
Tribute: Localslaidwreaths at the Traralgon Remembrance Dayser vice Photograph: TomHayes
History: Remembrance Day2024 marks106 yearssincethe endofWorld War1(Traralgon cenotaph pictured). Photograph: TomHayes
Lest we forget: Vietnam veterans Peter Schears andIan Cainesatthe MoeRSL Remembrance Dayser vice Photograph: BlakeMetcalf-Holt
Respects: MorwellRSL veterans cametogether forRemembrance Day on Monday Photograph: Katrina Brandon
Honour: Local veterans at the Moe RSLstand
Day Photograph: BlakeMetcalf-Holt
Turnout: Around 100peoplecame to the Traralgon ser vice,with manyjoining in offthe street as theser vice continued. Photograph: TomHayes
Harriers take on the hospital course
By MOLLYIRVINE
ON the first Thursday night run of November2024 (November 7) and with the weather getting better, 62 participants completed the TraralgonHarriers 5km course around Latrobe Regional Hospital. Amongparticipants was new runner Rickie
Glover,who completed the course in awonderful time of 25:22, as well as the returning Rob Embleton who completed it in 48:47.
With the run both starting and finishing near the LRH carpark, the out and back course took runners along the trail 2.5km toward Morwell, before turning around and heading back to Traralgon.
The first threerunners across the line were again the ever-so-speedy Peter Cutler (18:04), followed by the ever-improving Andrew Greenhill (19:59), and the ever-consistent Glenn Graham (21:41).
For the females,the fastest timeswere Karen Graham (24:20), followed by an awesome personal best by RebeccaAnderson(25:12), and then Glover coming in third.
Tomorrow's run(Thursday, November 14) is the Carol &Barry Summersgill Championships held at theEdwardHunter Bush Reserve, Moe on Coalville Road. Check in time is from 5.30pm with either a 3km, 6km or 12km run option.
Now is agreat time to becomeamember in asafe, supportive and inclusive club that is the Traralgon Harriers. Additionally, your first two runs are free before having to decide if you want to join.
For more information, visit: traralgonharriers. org.au
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5km results:
Peter Cutler 18:04, Andrew Greenhill 19:59, Glenn Graham 21:41, Trent Kooyman 22:20, Dempsey Podmore 23:16, Miles Verschuur 23:16, Clinton Jolly 23:17, Seth Bomers 23:44, StephenRenehan 23:48, Jason Odlum 23:51, Chris VanUnen 24:00, Dave Mann 24:17, KarenGraham 24:20, Martin Lynch 24:32, Geoffrey Francis 24:33, Ron Verschuur 24:40, Shane Gavin 25:11, Rebecca Anderson 25:12, David Barr 25:21, Rickie Glover 25:22, Samantha Riddle26:34, Matthew Deppeler 26:38,Chesney Podmore27:53,Kimberly Imperial 27:55, Ree Graham 27:58, Darrel
Strength: Traralgon Harrier Shane Gavin continues to showconsistencyinhis running, even when he is busy par ticipating in his new found love of powerlifting Photograph supplied
Cross 28:36, Toby Grzmil 29:40, Desley Gray 29:42, David Hood 29:43, Liz Kenney 30:16, Angeline Snell 30:33, Megan Scott 30:47, Alfie Warner 31:20, Angelo Gaudiano 31:22, Bjorn Luxmann 31:22, Phillip Mayer 31:29, Tania Whitehead 31:40, Claire Macumber 31:40, Adrian Sutcliffe 32:08, Peter Sanders 32:59,Mandy Ellis34:21,EllaWarner 34:31, Catherine Leonard 35:08, Danelle Wright 38:57, Ann Bomers40:31, Timothy Graham 41:54, AndrewLegge 46:00, Kristina Creighton 46:20, Robert Embleton 48:47, Peter Grixti 48:48, Ian Heafield 49:57,MichelleColwell 50:57, Anja Norwood 50:57, Kathy Quinn 50:57, Barry Higgins 51:06, Belinda Heafield 51:06, KyleeEarl52:00,Amelie Dalton 55:00, Lilly Sanders 59:00, Kat Kent NTR, Callie Cook NTR, Sav Mavrofridis NTR.
RSL continue to edge through
By MICHAEL HOLROYD
MIDWEEK pennant bowls continued Tuesday prior to aweek offfor the Melbourne Cup holiday.
In Division1,Traralgon RSL had their second one shot victory in arow defeating fierce rival Traralgon withonly the rinkofPhil Mustoe together with Titch Hore, Elaine Muir and Ross Sizeland winning 27 to 13.
Trafalgar had all rinks up against Morwell Club. Matt Schreyer, together with Mary Holdsworth, Heather Taylor and Ted Kuklinsky won 34-16 and AdamProctor and hisrinkofSue Robinson, Helen Robertson and Paul Dawson won 25-7.
Newborough had theirfirst win for the season at Warragul, winning 32-19.
Drouin defeated Moe with only one rink up. LesFirth togetherwith Helen Kerkvliet, Mary Firthand David McIlfatrick won 30-13.
IN Division 2, Newborough (2) had abig win over Trafalgar (2) with Robert Cook and his rink of Brian Carpenter, Bev Luck and Len Middling winning 28-9.
Drouin (2) won all rinks at home against Morwell Club (2), winning 36-14. Morwell (2) had abig win at Traralgon(2) with Rita Reddiex and her rink of Jack Prendergast, ShirleySkinner and James Turner winning 27-14.
Neerim Districtwon all rinksathomeagainst Yinnar, winning 24-13.
DIVISION 3 saw Morwell (2) have agood win at Yarragon with Alex Monroe and his rink of Lou Edge, Denise Pigdon and Palma McNeill winning 29-13.
Traralgon (3) won all three rinks against Drouin (3)withJoyce Halesand herrinkof Graham Webb, Robert Mabiliaand Bill Bishop winning 22-13.
Churchillhad agood win at home against Newborough (3) despite onlyhaving one rink up as Craig Flanigan and his rink of Dai Morris, Helen Dyson and Dianne Thomas won 25-14.
DIVISION 4 matches were all very closely fought.
TraralgonRSL (2) defeated Morwell (3) by six shots,Longwarry defeatedWarragul (2) by three shots and Moe (2) defeated Garfield by five shots.
DIVISION 5 returned some big wins, with Yallourn North defeating Trafalgar (3) by 45 shots, Drouin (4) defeated Newborough (4) by 13 shots and Yinnar (2) defeated Traralgon (4) by eight shots.
In Division 6, Warragul (3) defeated Morwell (4) with Gladys Atki nson winning 39-15. Traralgon (5) defeated Traralgon RSL (3) and Neerim District (2) defeated Churchill (2).
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Boat rampupgrade in the works at Blue Rock Lake
PEOPLE of all abilities can look forwardtobetter access to the water at Blue Rock Lake thanks to an upgrade at the Old Tanjil Road boat ramp.
Acontractor has been appointed to construct the newall-abilities pontoon that will replace the existing one, with works planned to start early next year.
Southern Rural Water is partneringwith the Victorian Fisheries Authority’sBetter Boating division to deliver this project.
The project, valued around $529,000 has been funded through the reinvestment of recreational boatinglicenceand registrations fees, and will include:
Awheelchair-accessible gangway;
An all-abilities parking bay;
Agangway gradient indicator;
Awider landing area with seating and a hoist for easy access to boats, and;
Akayak launching platform.
Southern RuralWater Managing Director, CameronFitzGeraldsaidthe company was excited
to deliver aproject that will expand recreational opportunities for everyone.
“The new pontoon will provide modern, fit-forpurpose infrastructure that enables people of all abilitiestosafelyaccess and enjoy the water,” he said.
This upgrade will enable more people to enjoy the great outdoorsatthis popular destination, where 640,000 trout and native Australian bass fingerlingshave been stocked in the past five years by the Victorian Fisheries Authority.
The boat ramp upgrade complements the existing all-abilities playground and picnic facilities at Blue Rock Lake, creating awelcoming and accessible space for anyone wanting to connect with nature.
The northern pontoonand the Old Tanjil Rd boat ramp will remain open during construction, with appropriate fencing and signage to ensure safety.
The nearby Spillway Rd boat ramp will also be available for those wishing to launch their boats.
Funding available for tech trials
IRRIGATORS in the Lake Wellington catchment canapply for funding to trial emerging technologies and methods on their farms.
Agriculture VictoriaSenior Irrigation Extension Officer, AlexisKilloransaidthe programsupports the innovations of irrigators from any agricultural sector within the Lake Wellington catchment through rebates of up to $30,000.
"The program, implemented by Agriculture Victoria and The West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (WGCMA), promotes practice change in agriculture for both the benefit of agribusinessesand the environment," she said.
"This year, it includes the upper Latrobe Catchment, alongside the Macalister Irrigation District. Catchments include the Latrobe, Narracan, Morwell, Tanjil, Thomson, Macalister and Avon rivers and their tributaries."
Ms Killoran said proposed projects must demonstrate on-farm activities which help achieve the objectives of the Lake Wellington Land andWater Management Plan, by meetingone or more of the following objectives:
Reduction in nutrients and other pollutants in the Gippsland Lakes;
Manage the impacts of salinity and highwater tables;
Sustainable regional economic growth;
Improved understanding and management of social and cultural values, and;
Reduced greenhouse emissions from irrigated agriculture.
"The last round of funding saw four dairy businesses receive grant funding to host demonstration sites on their farms", Ms Killoran said.
Newry dairy farmer James Clyne adapted his pivot irrigation system with Variable Rate Irrigation technology, Tom Gannon in Tinamba used aself-cleaning filter to efficiently utilise effluent through his pivot irrigator, Jess and Stephen Knight from Stratford upgraded to apipe and riser system with automated effluent distribution and WilcoDroppert andSandraJefford in Clydebank trialled solar powered automationsoftware for their sprinklers.
Expressions of Interest must be submittedby Tuesday, November 26, 2024 before 4pm.
Successful applicants will develop aproject timeline during planning, with projects required to start before March 1, 2025 andbecompleted by March31, 2028.
The Lake Wel li ngt on La nd an dW at er Management Plan is primarily fundedthrough the stategovernment’s Sustainable IrrigationProgram (SIP), regionally implemented in Gippslandby Agriculture Victoria and the WGCMA.
Southern Rural to consider feedback
ATTENDEES to apublic meetinginWillow Grove had their say on Southern Rural Water’s carbon reforestation offsets proposal for Blue Rock Lake.
Southern Rural Water hosted acommunity consultation drop-in session at Willow Grove Community Centre, which was attendedby around 60 people and representatives from local community groups, Willow Grove CFA, and Baw Baw Shire Council.
Southern Rural Water’s carbon reforestation offsets proposal involves planting trees to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target.
It’s proposed to plant out 75 hectaresofnew forest at Blue Rock Lake, with aproposed planting start date of mid-2026.
Planting involves amixture of native and local tree, shrub and understorey species to establish new and permanent forest cover. These projects earn one Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) for each tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) sequestered by trees as they grow.
Southern Rural Water ManagingDirector, CameronFitzGerald, thanked the community for their participation.
“It was great to meet and speak with so many residents and forthem to engagewithour project team and expert consultants,” he said.
“We have made it clear that community safety is paramount to everything we do, and we’ve demonstrated that commitment in our proposal by implementing severalbushfire buffer zones, including at Willow Grove.
“We believe our proposal strikes agood balance -but we won’t make afinal decision until we have consideredall the feedback from the community."
The community can provide feedbackvia a surveyonSouthern RuralWater’s website at: surveymonkey.com/r/blue-rock-reforestation The survey has been open for two weeks, and closes tonight (Wednesday, November 13). The Southern Rural Water website (srw.com. au/carbon-reforestation-offsets) will continue to be updated with the latest information.
Out with the old: Anew pontoon willbeconstructed at Blue Rock Lakenextyear Photograph supplied
Healthy Gippsland launched
AGENCIES involved in improving the health and wellbeingoflocal people arebeing encouraged to badgetheirworkunder the brand ‘Healthy Gippsland’.
The new brand will unite projects and campaigns from groups involved in population health in the region, such as local government, community health, hospitals and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations.
Health yG ipp sland was recentl yl au nc he d at al earning and netwo rking eve nt hosted by the Gippsland Region Public Health Unit (GRPHU).
GRPHU Director,AnneliesTitulaer said Healthy Gippsland reflected the “collective mission” many agencies share in their work to improve population health.
“Weare allmakingacontribution to ahealthier region,from strategic and urban planners designing the next neighbourhood, to health promoters
supporting schoolstooffer healthy food and drinks in their canteens,” Annelies said.
“Healthy Gippsland will not only bring all of this worktogether,but encourage the community to join our quest. It may be as simple as taking part in a local activity promoting good health, or assisting agencies like the GRPHU in the development of health and wellbeing initiatives.”
Morethan50populationhealthprofessionsfrom across the region attended the GRPHU event in Morwell, and donned ‘Healthy Gippsland #teamprevention’ t-shirts. They will now have access to an online Healthy Gippsland portal, which will store resources and share best practicework from across the region.
“I’m hopingour inaugural Healthy Gippsland Showcase was asource of inspiration for participants. It was great to learn what colleagues are doing across the region and how they are addressing challengesintheir community,” Annelies said.
Moving with thetimes
THE Latrobe Valley Express' sister paper, the Sale-based Gippsland Times,has moved to a weekly issue.
The Gippsland Times’ printed issueisavailable each Wednesday.
The weekly Gippsland Timescosts $2, the same as previous issues, but will present better value for money as it will be at least double the size of its previous incarnations.
The Gippsland Times was previously abi-weekly, publishing on Tuesdays and Fridays.
The decision to change to having asinglepaid newspaper each weekcame aftermuch consideration, and is emblematic of awider trendinthe media industry.
Somewhatironically,the GippslandTimes is Gippsland's oldest newspaper, and was the last in the region to move to one paper per week.
The Express was previously aMonday/Thursday until 2021 when the Thursday issue was put on hold, before moving solely to aWednesday issue.
The Warragul Drouin Gazette (published Tuesdays), South Gippsland Sentinel Times (Tu esd ays) and Ba ir nsdale Adv ertis er (Wednesdays) are all weekly's.
The Express will continue to work in tandem with the Gippsland Times.
Both papers crossover readership in some parts
Timestheyare a-changin’: Member for GippslandSouthDannyO’Brien discusses the GippslandTimes’ transition to aweeklypaper with editor David Braithwaite.
(mainly around Heyfield and Rosedale), and are available from Traralgon distributors.
Women in dair yluncheon
GIPPSDAIRY’Sannual ladieslunch is taking place at Moe Racing Club on Friday, November 29. The much-anticipated event is organised by the GippslandWomeninDairy Working Committee, and celebrates the hardwork and achievements of dairying women across the region.
All farmers and industry professionals are invited to gather off the farmtonetwork and hear from an inspiring panel of speakers.
This year’s event theme 'Wise Words' aims to showcase the knowledge and lived experiences of apanel of local farming women, including Lyn Hornby, Thelma Hutchison,and Chris Anderson. Through hard work and determination, all three women have built successfulcareers in dairy. They are guided by theirpassion for the industry and the development of the next
generation of farmers. The panel session will be facilitatedbyGippsDairy’s Farm Engagement Lead, Kim Price. Event emcee, Allison Potter grew up on her family farm in Poowong North, whichher father convertedfrombeef to dairy in 1997.
Allisonhas spent most of herprofessional career in fieldservices roles and is currently the head of field servicesfor Bulla. Sheisan experienced dairyand beef farmer, and oneof the founding members of the Gippsland Women in Dairydiscussion group. Registrations for the eventcloseFriday, November 22.
To register, go to:dairyaustralia.com.au/ events-calendar/women-in-dairy-ladies-lunch-wise-words/a3aIS0000005NV0YAM
Photograph: Stefan Bradley
Is it about my cube?
THIS year marks the 50th anniversary of the Rubik’s Cube
As ymbol of pro blem solving, intelligenc e, creativity and perseverance, the Rubik’s Cube has infiltratedart, design, and popular media, uniting people across generations and backgrounds around the globe.
The simple cube with nine squares of six colours is one of the most recognisable puzzles, and in Australia has made asignificantimpact on pop culture.
The Rubik’s Cube is more than justa toy; it’s acultural icon,asport,and of course acomplex math puzzle.
Invented by Professor ErnöRubik, aHungarian architect, in 1974 and launched globally in 1980, Ernöcreated the Rubik’s Cube to useasan educational tool to help his students understand three-dimensional spaces.
The prototype of the cubewas crafted from wooden blocks.
Since its launch, the Rubik’s Cube has gained worldwidepopularity,with hundredsofmillions of units sold globally
“The Cube is an imitationoflifeitself or even an improvement on life,” the inventor (now aged 80) said.
This sentiment reflectsthe Cube’s ability to engage users in critical thinking andhelp them acquire problem-solving skills useful in everyday life.
According to Ernö: “the problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life and our whole life is solvingpuzzles. The cube encapsulates the timeless values of curiosity, perseverance, and ingenuity, embodying the very essence of human nature. Celebrating its 50th anniversary is atestament to these enduring qualities that have deeply resonated with millions of people across the world.”
“From aspiring solvers and casualenthusiasts to competitivespeedcubers, the Rubik’s Cube captivate scuriousmin ds and helps dev elop problem-solving skills across generations."
As aSTEM-accredited puzzle, the Rubik’s Cube supports brain development and cognitive skills by allowing childrenand adults to use theircreativity, while developing and encouraging intelligence.
Around the globe, it’s estimated that one out of every seven individuals has attempted to solve the Rubik’s Cube, although most people are unable to complete the elusive solve.
The Cube remains engaging because it presents achallenging task,with more than 43 quintillion possible combinations.
To celebrate the anniversary, aspecialedition Rubik’s 50th Anniversary RetroCube™ is available.
Anostalgic nod to the past, it is designed to look and feel like the classic puzzle from the 1970s featuringboxy edges, slowturning mechanism, and classiccoloured stickersinareplica of the 1980s packaging.
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Spelling out the dangers as Schoolies celebrations start
ACT for Kids is encouraging parents to have a crucial talk with their childrenbefore they head off for Schoolies celebrations.
This follows reports of OnlyFanscreators targeting school leavers to film explicit content.
The warning comes after content creators posted videos to social media claiming they already had many soon-to-be high school graduates applying to be partofsexuallyexplicitcontent which will be latershared with audiences on OnlyFans, who pay to watch.
Whileschool leavers should enjoy the celebrations, Actfor KidsChief Executive, Dr Katrina
Lines said youngsters needed to be reminded about the potential long-term consequences of sharing explicit material online.
“Any videos or images of them can remain online forever, especially if theyhavenocontroloverhow, when and where they are posted,” Dr Lines said.
“It’s also critical they understand informed consent before agreeingtothe filmingofany sexual activity.
“We were also disappointedbythe language used by one creator describing school leavers as ‘barely legal’and explicitly stating the benefit to themselves of selling teen sex content. We fear
this is exploiting young people, who may never have experienced sexual interactions before, to make money.
“It’s so important for parents and carers to have conversations with their children about safe sex practices, respectful relationships and consent at all stages of their development, but especially before Schoolies celebrations begin.
“We want school leavers to have fun, feel empowered to make gooddecisions and say ‘no’ if they feel uncomfortable about asituation during their celebrations.”
Further advice for parents:
Talk regularly with your child about safe sex, consent and respectful relationships;
Don’t make it awkward -it’s important to remember if you don’t talk to them, they may get their information online or from an unsafe or unreliable source;
Remind your child they can always ask you questions and talk to you, or offer them acontact number for asafe resource, and;
Obtain the names and numbers of your child’s accommodation provider, closest friends and theirparents before they head to Schoolies.
Brain buster: It is 50 years for the Rubik’s Cube Photograph supplied
Rose festival brings Morwell to life
By KATRINA BRANDON
HUNDREDS swarmedtothe flower bedsfor the Morwell International Rose Garden Festival at the weekend.
Some 4000 blooming flowers were on show, along with food, entertainment, and lanterns lit during the night at Morwell Centenary Rose Garden.
On Saturday, more than 300 peopletook to the rails on the Spirit of Bendigo steam train to attend the festival.
Beloved scone sf rom the Country Women's Association(CWA) were not to miss, and all eyes were drawn to the food trucks and the main stage for entertainment, whether it be the Grubby Bucket Show featuring Costa the Gnome, Dirtgirl and Scrapboy from Dirtgirlworld, or local musicians.
The festival didn’t stop at the Morwell Centenary Rose Garden, but flourished throughout the town, withthe Latrobe CommunityConcert Band and Latrobe Regional Gallery participating in Saturday's events.
On the weekend, young children ran alongside the garden beds. Many people also participated in local events such as the Cut Rose Competition and daily workshops on Saturday.
Edwin (Ed) Cowlishaw, fromTriple M's breakfast show opened the event on Saturday and expressed that thefestivalhas agreat legacy, not only celebrating the beauty of theMorwell Centenary Rose Garden, but also the education of the community and the importance of the environmental sustainability of the region.
"The beautifulnight light displayadds adifferent dimension to the festival, and you will see the rose garden transform into aspectacular show when thesun goes down. It is areal spectacularshow here," he said.
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Buzzy: TheRose Garden Festival wasbusyas abee on both Fridayand Saturday, bringing hundreds of people to Morwell forthe weekend
Early viewers: Morwell’sSophie (5) and Lucy (9) Kontogeorgos enjoyed the festival. Photographs: Katrina Brandon
Long haul: Geelong’sGraemeand Marina Rootes,JennyCar ter, Angelaand DennisSims sit down forsconesafter thechugging trip down to Morwell on the steam train.
Mass: TheMorwell Rose Garden Festivalinfull swing.
All smiles: Trafalgar East’sHannah (6) andMorwell’s Hazel (6) were dazzled by theAGL lights throughout theMorwell’s Rose Garden.
Choo-choo: More than 300peoplearrived by steam train from all over the statefor the Morwell Rose Garden Festival.
responded to morethan 85 per cent of Code 1patients within15minutes
Rapid response from local paramedics
PARAMEDICS and first respondersacross Victoria responded to close to 100,000 Code 1patients between July and September this year.
In the Gippslandregion, crewsresponded to 6188 Code 1cases between July and September.
Performance against the 15-minute targetfor Code 1cases improved in 59 of Victoria’s 79 Local Government Areas (LGAs) compared with the previous quarter.
The biggest improvements for Gippsland were in the South Gippsland LGA and the Sale Major Population Centre.
In the Morwell major populationcentre, paramedics attended 87.1 per cent of Code 1patients within 15 minutes -which was the second-best result in the state.
Acting Gippsland Regional Director,Paul James said Ambulance Victoria continues to work with hospitals to transfer patients as quickly as possible and ensure all Victorians receive the right care at the right time.
“Our expert Secondary Triage team of nurses and paramedics also make areal difference by connecting patients with the care they need while
helping free up crews for patients in time-critical emergencies,” Mr James said.
“From July to September, 41,142 people whodid not need an emergency ambulance were instead connected to more appropriate care by paramedics and nurses in Secondary Triage.
“In 2023/24, paramedics referred nearly 43,000 patients to the Victorian VirtualEmergency Department (VVED), with over three quarters cared for without transport to aphysicalED.”
Mr James said it is also important that everyone does their part. If your matter is not an emergency, consider using alternative care options and keep highly skilled paramedics available for patients most in need.
“In lessurgent cases, there aremanyoptions people can access when they need timely medical care and health advice all day every day -but not an emergencyambulance or calling TripleZero (000),” Mr James said.
“Thisincludesthe Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED), UrgentCareClinics and other options such as your GP or pharmacist, or Nurse On Call on 1300 60 60 24.”
The need for new fire stations
MEMBER for Gippsland South, Danny O'Brien is heapingpressure on the state governmentto provide funding to rebuild Mirboo North and Foster fire stations.
Mr O’Briensaidthe need for the new stations has been known for avery long time, and it was past time for the Minister for Emergency Services, Jaclyn Symes to put money on the table.
“I understandthat alease arrangement has finally been signed off on for Foster CFA to build on anew site, which is on former railway land in Foster,” Mr O’Brien said.
“This is great news -Iknow that captain David Jonesand his volunteers have been waiting for this for many years, butitisonly asmall step that cannot progress without Labordelivering the much-needed funds to facilitate the construction of anew station.”
Mr O’Brien said Mirboo North CFA was in the same boat, with the need for arebuild being acknowledged for along time and even promises made, but to date no funding provided.
“Captain Trent Venten and the team there at Mirboo North have had promises made -infact we celebrated beforethe lastelection as the CFAgave advice that they were providing capital funding, but the money has been nowheretobeseen in subsequent budgets.”
Mr O’Briensaidapart from the need to bring them up to modern standards, there are clear OH&S concerns, with both of thesebrigadeshaving trouble literally getting trucks into the stations.
“You can go to either side of the folding doors and see the chips on the brickwork, because the trucks simply do not fit," Mr O'Brien said.
“Indeed, both brigades are limited in the trucks
thatthey can get because some of the newer trucks simply will not fit in their outdated and very old stations.”
Mr O’Brien said CFA volunteers need and deserve better from the state government.
“We urgentlyneed fundingfor both of these stations, and Iurgethe Minister to ensure it is provided as quickly as possible.”
Ms Symes said funding had been provided for Yarram Fire Station, and discussions were underway to address the needs of Mirboo North and Foster.
"Danny O'Brien has been astrong advocate for fire stations in his electorate. Very happy that I've ticked offone of the three that he asked me to take alook at and that is Yarram," Ms Symes said.
"I'm aware of the advocacy for the others, and in theusual way we will continue to support CFA, their priorities and seek to addressthe needsof volunteers across the state."
The state government has delivered more than $100 million in recent years to ensure firefighters have the trucks, resources and equipmentthey need to keep Victorians and themselves safe.
Thirteen new fire stations have opened since 2022, with another 18 stations currently in the land search, design or construction stage.
The stategovernment saysitwill continue to work with CFA to determine priority infrastructure upgrades and projects.
Foster and Mirboo North are servicedbyDistrict 9brigades in Victoria’s South-East region. The state government has moved to assure the community they will be protected in the event of fire.
Speedy: Paramedics
around Morwell duringthe last twomonths File photograph
ONE POINTERS
1. What is the capital of South Korea?
2. What is Nutella made from?
3. In the bible, what trade did Jesus do for work?
4. What are the only mammals with wings? TWOPOINTERS
5. What was the name of Hook’sboat in “Peter Pan”?
6. How many legs does acrab have?
7. How many colours are in aregular bag of M&M’s?
8. Sir Anthony Hopkins is an actor of what nationality?
THREE POINTERS
9. What countr yhas the oldest most elderly population?
10. Starchild, Demon, Spaceman (or Space Ace), and Catman are the on-stage personas of what band?
11. To what class of creatures do spiders, scorpions, ticks and mites all belong?
12. Which TV series featured oil-rich countr y bumpkins?
FOUR POINTERS
13. Where was singer Ricky Martin born?
14. What is aDutch sea wall called?
FIVE POINTER
15. I’ll give youfive historic eventsand yougivemethe decade they occurred. One point for each answer:
1. Lunar Landing .2.Invention of the internet 3. Titanic sunk 4. First human heart transplant 5. India became independent from Britain
Howdid youfare?
37:
improvement; 0-8: Hit the books.
Howtoplay. Using the 9letters in the gr id, howmany wordsoffour letters or morecan you list? The centreletter must be included and each lettermay be used onlyonce No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural wordsending in ‘s’.
Recycling to the rescue
VICTORIANS are turning trash into treasure, saving one billion containers fromlandfill in thefirst 12 months of the Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic).
That’s$100million going backtothe community, makingitAustralia’s most successful container deposit scheme in its first year of operation.
The scheme allows Victorians to returneligible drink containers for a10cent refundatmore than 640 return points across the state. Containers are then processed to make new items,reducing waste and working towards acircular economy.
Since CDS Vic launched on November 1last year, charities and community groups have used it to raisemore than $950,000for grassroots activities across the state, and over590 jobs have been created.
Vic Retu rn (schem ec oo rdin ator) Chief Executive, Jim Round is proud of the community’s enthusiasm for recycling in the scheme’s inaugural yearand is confident CDS Vic will makeanongoing impacttowards sustainability.
“Thejourney doesn’tstop here. We are committed to seeing the scheme go from strength to strength over the next 12 months and the years ahead,” he said.
“Across the state,weare working with communitygroups likeScoutsand major sporting
organisations like AFL Victoria and Tennis Victoria to ensure we reach as many Victorians as possible.”
The scheme allows Victorians to returneligible drinkcontainersfor a10cent refundat647 return points across the state. Containers are then processedtomakenew items, reducing waste and working towards acircular economy.
“Next time youreturn containers,wishour incredible depot operators and over-the-counter businesses ahappy first birthday!” Mr Round said.
To mark this achievement,Victoria’s youngest environmental champions -primary school students -are sending powerful messages through their ‘Message in aBottle’ installation at Scienceworks. These messages, written inside 320 recycledbottles,remind us of the importance of recycling containersand how it shapes the future of the planet.
The interactive installation is on display until January 27 next year.
Visitorscan also bringtheir own used containers for return at the onsite Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) in the Scienceworks carpark.
To find out more about CDS Vic and to locate your nearest refund point, visit: cdsvic.org.au
Goes around,comes around: Scout groups have worked closelywithlocal clubsand communitygroups to helpthe
Bridging knowledge gap
By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
STUDENTS from St Kieran’s Primary School, Moe have been showingtheir cards, treated to the sport of bridge.
Facilitated by local bridgeplayer Laura Ginnan, she has presented the trick-taking card game to many neighbouring primary schools.
The secondtimearound playing for the St Kieran’s students, they were beginning to gain quite the confidence around the table.
Hendrix and Nate both believed themselves to be the best after goingtoe-to-toeinthe last two sessions of play.
Using astandard deck of 52 cards,the four players aim to achieve the highest score dependant on suit andnumber.
Not only can bridge be fun for the kids, card games can also offer some preliminary mental aerobics with alittle numeracy mixed in.
The table of all boys agreed it was one of their favourite card games, surpassing the classics like Go Fish and Uno.
Funtimes: St Kieran’s Primar ySchool, Moe students have been goingafew rounds of bridgeover the lastfew weeks. Photographs: BlakeMetcalf-Holt
Great guns: Primar yschool aged kids have been among the most enthusiastic par ticipants in theContainer Deposit Scheme Photographs supplied
circulareconomy.
Tactics: Beauand Nate during an intense bridge battle
Electric boost forlocal Foodbank centre
By KATRINA BRANDON
FROM paddock to plate, Foodbank Victoria is now ready, with the help of AusNet and Mondo, to help more people in need with its new electric van.
The new, refrigerated van is the result of a $300,000 grant from AusNet, and two charging stations at Morwell Community Food Centre and another at Yarraville have been added.
The grant comes from AusNet’s$12 million Energy Resilience Community Fund, which was created after February’s storm to support local recovery efforts and provide grants to community and not-for-profit organisations, local councils, and small businesses to help build and strengthen community energy resilience.
On October 29, AusNet and Foodbank unveiled the new van at the newly-established Morwell Centre.
Foodban kV ic tori aC hief Execut ive, Dave McNamara said: “This donation is wonderful. It meets part of our ambition to make the centre financially and environmentally sustainable and help build afood-secure Gippsland”.
“Being able not to have to fill with fuel all of the time, run to Yarraville becausethere is another chargingstationinYarravilletomakesure that the van is consistently fuelled by the sun.”
Mondo Head of New Energy Markets, Gavin Lewis, had the honours on the day to help share the features of the new electric vehicle.
“Asweknow, vans and trucks are the lifelines of
Recognising “invaluable” info sharing on offshore wind
THIS month marked the 30th meeting of the Star of the South Community Advisory Group, aforum establishedin2020 to seek advicefrom and share information with the community on Australia's mostadvanced offshore wind project
Chaired by Gippslander Ian Gibson, the advisory group bringstogether20members from Foster to Lakes Entrance every two months to be briefed on project updates.
Star of the South’s Regional Engagement SeniorManager, Paul Johnson said the group’s involvement has been invaluable over the past four years.
“Since 2020 we’ve discussed awide range of topics in depth, such as project timing, fishing, jobs, supply opportunities and transmission," he said "Each meeting is an opportunity to share information, answerquestions, and discuss what’s happening in local communities."
Meetings have also been taken out ‘on the road’, with informativesitevisits across the region to give members abetter understanding of key project locations, construction activities and long-term plans.
The group recently visited Port Anthony to learn more about how Gippsland ports currently service and oil and gas industry, and how they could play akey role supporting Star of the South.
“We now have 20 peoplefromacross Gippsland with adeep understanding of the project, offshore wind and the energy system -they're agreat resource forpeople in local towns to tap into,” Mr Johnson said.
Alla nR oger s, ap art -time resi den to f McLoughlin’s Beach and passionate angler, has been an active member since the group’s inception.
“Living in asmall coastal community, Iwanted to make sure that locals were informed about project developments that could affect us," he said.
"Fishing is important to us, and my involvement has allowed me to both share knowledge and different views from my community.
“I’ve learned so muchabout renewable energy and offshore wind. It’s satisfying to be able to share what I’ve learned with my neighbours and help them understand what’s proposed.”
Australia, carrying the things that we need every dayand, in this case, vitally carrying the food that we need and helping the people that need our help,” he said.
“If Ihave to be honest, this may be my new favourite (project). The van should be cheaper to maintain, quieter, and more sustainable in the long term. The big battery canchargethe van from zero to 100 in an hour, but generally, you will charge it 20-30 minutes daily.”
Foodbank Victoria has delivered close to 80,000 meals since it opened in May; 25 local charity
partners are being supported with wholesome food, and 73 per cent of fresh produce, including almost 70,000 kilosoffruit and vegetables. Currently, accordingtoFoodbank, 37 per cent of regional Victorians cannot afford the food they needfor themselves and their families. People don’t have direct access to the Morwell Community Food Centre yet, but it can be accessed through the Foodbank’scharity partners listed on their website. Mr McNamara said people can click the Find Food link and search their postcode to find the nearest support group.
Clocking up the ks: Foodbank’snew electric food vanisonthe road Photograph: KatrinaBrandon
Federationplaying itspart in clean energyfuture
SENATOR Jess Walsh visited Federation University Australia's Asia Pacific Renewable Energy Training Centre (APRETC) in Gippsland, highlighting the federal government’s support for job creation and workforce training for the region’s emerging offshore wind industry.
Developed in partnership with major international wind energy players like Corio Generation, Iberdrola Australia, OSMI Australia, and Origin XRES,APRETC addresses the region’s growing demand for skilled renewable energy workers.
Based at Federation University’s Gippsland campus in Churchill, APRETC is positioned to supportGippsland’s clean energyfuture and build apipeline of skilled workers, by convening community and buildingconfidence within the region.
“Gippsland has the expertise, resources and community support needed to drive their role in Australia’s clean energy future, and it’s places like Federation University Gippsland that are driving that future," Senator Walsh said.
Gippsland’s coast has been identifiedasa
prime offshore wind zone,capable of supporting significant power generation projects.
The federal government hasgranted12feasibility licences for offshore wind projects off Gippsland’s coast.
These initiatives are projected to generate more electricitythat the entire state generatedlastyear and create more than15,000 construction jobsand 7500 ongoing jobs, in manufacturing, engineering and operations.
The recently established Net ZeroEconomy Authority prioritises regions experiencing economic transitions, suchasGippsland, to ensure no community is leftbehind. Theauthority will work closely with local unions, employers, and government bodies to ensure job security in emerging industries.
The federal government says it is committed to ensuringregional communities have clear pathways to new careers in thriving industries.
Free cancer information session set to help community deal with the disease Call for worker’srespect
TRARALGON andsurrounding area residents diagnosed with cancer and their loved ones will have access to afreecancer information session.
The sessionisscheduled for Thursday, November 21.
Cancer Council Victoria’s Managing Cancer program is run by local health professionals and will be held at Latrobe Regional Health.
Topics covered in the session will include:
-Dealing with treatments and side effects; -Learning how to relax and manage stress; -Communicatingwith family, friendsand colleagues, and; -Information on diet and exercise.
Cancer Council Victoria’s Education andTraining Program Coordinator, Tracie Julian said more than 550 people took part in the program across Victoria in 2022.
“Run by experts in arelaxed and comfortable environment, the sessions have proven extremely beneficialfor both people with cancer, andthose supporting them,” Ms Julian said.
“The program provides auniqueopportunity for anyone with cancer, as well as their friends and family, to ask questions of ahealth professional outside of the hospital setting and connect with other Traralgon locals who are going through a similar experience.”
On average, 518 people are diagnosedwith cancer in the region each year.
The program has runfor morethan25years and was regularly conducted at hospitals and healthcare services throughout Victoria.
“We’re really proud that attendees continuetotell us how valuable these sessions are,” Ms Juliansaid.
Onerecent programparticipant said it gave them “a broader insight into cancer and the continuous work that is being done to eradicate it”.
Another said: “It was informative, and it is good to be listened to, connect with others and to listen and learn”.
To register, or to find out more, phone Belinda Hua on 03 5173 8770, or email at belinda.hua@lrh.com.au
THE state government is launching anew awareness campaignurging drivers to slow down, be patientand show respect when encountering workers on the state’s roads.
Researchfromthe Traffic Management Association of Australia revealed an increase in physical and verbalaggression towards roadworkers, including statisticsshowing that roadworkers are verbally assaulted on average once aweek and will report one motorist refusing to stop once afortnight.
The‘We’rePeople Too’ campaign will remind drivers that their actions can impactthe physical and mental safety of Victorian roadworkers, and in some instances these actions can have deadly consequences.
The campaign will run across multiple media platforms untilNew Year’s Eve -and will feature four Victorian roadworkers sharing details about their lives when they’re away from the roadside.
The state government recently launched the $964 millionroad maintenanceblitz, which is the state’slargest ever single-year road maintenance investment -and roadworker crews will be completing thousands of projects on the network until mid-next year.
Drivers are askedtobepatientand pay attention, including to temporary speed zones established around worksites to ensure roadworker safety. Penalties apply for not obeying reduced speed limits.
Hazards including roadside excavations, the presence of heavy machinery, or achange in space available for through traffic are just a few of the reasons for reduced speed limits. Under the Victorian Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030, the government is working across education, infrastructure, policy, and technology to halve road deaths,reduceserious injury and ultimately achieve zero trauma by 2050.
Collaboration: Professor Ivan Mareels and Senator Jess Walsh with local advocates Mikaela Powerand MichelleAnderson. Photograph supplied
Art students awarded
DeliveredtoSecondary
photography exhibition held on campus.
Now in its third year, Captured: Student
Capture: Morwell’sSebastian Dietrich took out firstprize in TAFE Gippsland’sstudentphotographycompetitionfor this shot, titled ‘Clark’
Photography Competitionand Exhibition boasteda display of 50 images at TAFE Gippsland’s Yallourn campus.
TAFE Gippsland Visual Arts teacher Tara Littlesaidthe VDSS Certificate III in Visual Arts (Photography) students got to enter five of their best photographic pieces for display.
“This is agreat opportunity for our students to show off their work and for us at TAFE Gippsland to show our dedication to supporting arts in the Gippslandregion,” she said.
“The judging panel was madeupofapanel of professional photographers and they certainly had their work cut out for them! The students received some great feedback and the winners collected some great prizes, with alifetime membership to Karen Alsop’s Story Art Education going to the first place winner, a$500voucher from Ted’s Camera House for second place and a$250voucher from TAFE Gippsland for third.”
The overal lw in ners of the judging were announced at the start of the exhibition:
Fir st: Cla rk by Se bas ti an Di etr ic h( fr om Morwell); Sec ond : Ma xibon by Sid An ders on (from Morwell), and; Third: FurballbyIsabella Davey(fromDrouin) Ms Davey also won the People’s Choice Award.
Local apprentices recognised
GIPPSLAND’S top apprentices and trainees were honoured at Apprentice Group Australia’s annual awards and graduation ceremonyat Marvel Stadium.
The night belonged to apprentices Sarah Lord and Nathan Borg, bothGippsland locals, who each tookhome two awards for their remarkable resilience and dedication. The pair expressed gratitude to the committed AGA fieldofficers who guidedthem throughtheirapprenticeships and made alasting impact.
Nathanwas nominated fortwo awards: best in auto,engineering and horticulture and AGA Apprentice of the Year.
Nathan started his apprenticeship in 2018 in Hoppers Crossing, but lost his employment and apprenticeship during COVID. After adifficult fewyears and relocating to Morwell, he finished hisapprenticeship in 2024.
AGA noticed Nathan’s dedication to finish his apprenticeship (he also had anewborn in 2018 and welcomed asecond baby in June this year), and he is now aqualified automotive mechanic.
Nathan works for Gippsland Motor Group in Traralgon, who have hiredhim fulltime from
The Range Retirement Village is aretirement living community in Moe, boasting alive-in Manager and high-quality residential villas set inside agated community.
The Range offers elegant new and refurbished two and three-bedroom independent living villas, set in attractive and well-manicured surrounds. Each villa features an open-plan living area,wellappointed kitchen, private courtyardgarden and single or double garage.
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AGA. He has plans to continue his careerin the automotive industry and eventually wants to work in ahighperformance shop.
Congratulations: Morwell’sNathan Borguponaccepting hishonoursatthe Apprentice Group Australia awards Photographs supplied
Support: Nathan Borg (right) with fieldofficer Jacob McKenzie
TAFE Gippsland’s VET
School(VDSS) students havehad the opportunity to showcase their photographicflairagain this year, at aspecial student
Depth: Morwell’sSid Anderson took this shot, titled ‘Maxibon’.
Photographs supplied
Spiritual centre
LATROBE Valley Spiritual Centre (2 Avondale Road, Morwell).
Join us every Sunday for service,startingat 2pm. Doors open at 1.30pm.
Guestspeaker every week with demonstrations from an invited medium, followed by acuppa and afternoontea.
For enquiries, phone Amanda Webb on 0411 051 044.
Moe dance
BALLROOM dance lovers have been doing it in style this month.
Moe Social Dance Club celebrated Cup Day with their best dressed racing style. ‘Winners’ were named for best and worst! Everyonehad afun night with the added bonus of acup draw.
Many of the club members also attended aball weekendatBairnsdale in their finest attire. The weekend consisted of three events over the long weekend.
The club holds dancesevery Monday at the NewboroughPublic Hall from 7.30pm. Cost is $8. All welcome.
There is often aspecial teach dance offered at 6.45pm
Dancing takes persistencebut is oneofthe healthiest things you can do, not just for exercise but it is also proven to prevent dementia.
For more information, phone Russell on 0457 543 856.
Chess action
BEN Jackson returned to chessbattleswith three tactical victories in Latrobe Valley Chess.
Following threewins andone draw, Ian Hamilton was defeated by the attack of Emma Jackson.
Peter Bakker began the round with two defeats and recovered form later on to find two wins.
The assistance to others wasvaluable from Jack Wu, who also had one win and one loss.
Accepting two draws and conceding two tight games helped Hannah Jackson improve her skills.
Steve Ahern and Jack Holme fought out a lengthy drawbut both playerswere overshadowed in other battles.
PhoneCliff Thornton on 0413330 458 or Ian Hamilton (0400 221 649) for details on local chess
CommunityCorner
with Liam Durkin
Old time dance
NEX TT oong abbie Ol dT ime Danc ew ill be Friday, December 6commencing from 8pm at the Toongabbie Mechanics Institute Hall at the VillageGreen, Toongabbie.
Music will be supplied by Norm Lade with Monte Carlo, lucky door prize and raffle.
Admission is $8. Those attending are asked to bring aplate to share.
For further information, phone 0419 874 958. Everyone is welcome to come along for anight of fun and dancing.
Field naturalists
THE subject of the Latr obe Valley Field Naturalists’ Club meeting on Friday, November 22 is Jean Galbraith: Writer in aValley.
Dr Meredith Fletcher, who was director of the Centre for Gippsland StudiesatMonash Gippsland for 20 years, has written abiography of the world-famous Gippsland botanist and writer, Jean Galbraith.
In herpresentation, Dr Fletcher will provide an overview of Jean Galbraith’s writing on Australian florafor adiverse readership includingnaturalists, gardeners and children.
Ms Galbraith wasafounding member of the Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club.
Shediscovered several newplant speciesincluding the Wellington Mint Bush. Following on from Dr Fletcher’s talk, this month’s general excursion is to the western side of Tyers Park, enjoying the wildflowers and birds of this area’s lowland and damp forest.
Directions for the excursi on on Satur day, November 23 to the western side of Tyers Park are: turnnorthoff the Yallourn North-Tyers Road into Manuels Rd,then take the secondroad on the right (Blairs Rd). Follow along underthe power lines and just afterthe entry to the park there is aparkingarea on the right. Meetthereat10am. Everyoneismostwelcome, both to the meeting and the excursion.
For more information, phone club secretary Rose on 0410 237 292.
Cakestall
TRARALGON Cancer Volunteer Group are holding acake/slice stall at Bunnings this Saturday (November16) from 9am.
Come along and get some yummy baking from these wonderful ladies -come early before they sell out!
Lemon butter, pickles, chutney and relish will also be available.
The group will also be at Traralgon Centre Plaza during December to wrap all your Christmas presents.
If you would like to join the group,phone Raelene on 0407 368 848. New membersare always welcome.
Social dance
JOIN Latrobe Valley DancePromotions Inc to have fun, socialise and dance the night away at the end of year social ballroom dance
The dancewill be heldThursday, November28at the Girl Guide Hall (18 Margaret Street, Morwell) from 7pm to 10pm at acost of $5 per person.
Those attending are asked to bring aplate of supper to share.
Since this is the last dance for the year, feel free to come dressed in Christmas attire.
Phone Norm on 0428 543 737 or Lynda (0428 489 041) if you have any questions, or email: latrobevalleydancepromotioninc@gmail.com
Time to Tango
GIPPSLAND Tango is held Wednesday nights in Yarragon.
Classes takeplacefrom 7pm at St David’s Uniting Church Hall (9 Campbell St), Yarragon. ProfessionalTango instructors,choreographers anddancers Fabio Robles and Michelle Di Monte will lead the way.
Come along anytime or call Naomi on
819 to find out more. No partner necessary.
Bug blitz
CITIZEN scientists are invited to EdwardHunter Reserve, Moe on Sunday, November 24 to scour the reserve for insects, spiders and other creepy crawlies. Bring apair of gardening gloves to prevent getting stung and acameraorphone to take photos of thecreatures you spy. Bugs Bioblitz committee memberswill help you identify the bugs. Thoseinterested are asked to consider downloading the iNaturalist app before this event to allow you to submit photos.
Every observation can contribute to biodiversity science. iNaturalist shares your findingswith scientificdata repositorieslike the Global Biodiversity Information Facility to help scientists find and use data.
The Bugs Bioblitz will run from 9am to 11am. Participants should meet at 9am in the Coalville Rd car park near the A-frame picnic shelter Morning tea will be provided following the activity. For further information, call Jane on 0403 656 351.
South Gippyride
TRAMPS (Traralgon and Morwell Pedallers Inc.) metatthe Dumbalk Memorial Park and toured south along the Dumbalk-Sony Creek Rd for a short distance, then continuedalong theStony Creek Rail Trail to Buffalo for arest. The group passed several other cyclists and walkers out enjoying the fine weather. Fish Creek is apleasant little town and anice place for lunch, with atakeawayfood shop next to the park.
On the wayback, TRAMPScalledinto Stony Creek and admiredthe race trackand football ground. Go-Karts wereracing in the‘distance’. As usual, the group wound down with coffee; at MirbooNorth this time on the way home. Next next ride is this Sunday(November 17) at Stratford Apex Park from 9am, where riders will travel to MarlayPoint for lunch.
TRAMPS welcomes new riders. For more information, visit www.tramps.org.au or phone Paul on 0459 823 422 or Vance (0403 662 288).
Christmas cakes
THE very popular TraralgonLions Club Christmas cakes have arrived and are on sale at all the usual outlets.
Stockists are: Rutters Butchery and Poultry in Ma nny’ sM ark et, RACV, CBA, West pac, Ramsey’s Barbers, Miss Millys, Hillcrest Family Medicine, Stoddart’sButchery, Margaret Squires Optometrists, Traralgon RSL, Traralgon Bowls Club and Keith Williams Real Estate. Cakes will also be on sale at the Traralgon Farmers Market. Lions Christmas puddings are available at Ramsey’s Barbers, Hillcrest Family Medicineand the Traralgon Farmers Market. The Traralgon Lions Club’s 48th annual senior citizens Christmas party is on again this year. The party is at the Premiere Function Centre in Grey St, Traralgon and will be held on Sunday, December 8starting at 1.30pm. All theusual attractions including Borderline and the rockers plus afew surprizes are in store. Afternoontea will be served and Santa will drop in for avisit.
Tickets are free and are available out the front of Darren Chester’s office in Franklin St, Traralgon on Wednesdays and Fridays this month between 10am and 12 noon or at the spinning wheel in Traralgon Centre Plaza. Tickets are also available from Pat on 5176 6238. There are very few tickets left so if anyone is thinking of attending they need to get in fast. Buses will call at the aged care facilities as
Great times: Moe Social Dancehosted aMelbourne Cuptheme forthe long weekend.Attendees came dressed in theirfinest attire. Photograph supplied
Insight: Dr Meredith Fletcher will present at Latrobe Valley FieldNaturalists’nextmeeting. Photograph: KylieSingleton
required. For transportorotherenquiries, call Glen on 0408 587 523.
Birdwalks
FRIENDS of Morwell National Park willbehosting aseries of guided bird walks in the national park this Sunday (November 17).
The walks willdepartevery hour on the hour from 8am to 12pm from the Kerry Road car park.
This free, family friendly activity is agreat way to learn about local birds while enjoying the natural beauty of Morwell National Park. Bring binoculars if you have them and wear clothingand footwearappropriate forthe conditionsonthe day.
More information can be found on the website at www.friendsofmorwellnp.com.au
These bird walks complement the launch of the new publication Birds of Morwell National Park,which will take place at 2pm this Saturday (November 16) at Yinnar &District Memorial Hall
The book featuresphotographs and descriptions of more than100 local birdspecies, as well as helpful advice for beginner birdwatchers. Copiesare available for $10 at the launch and the bird walks.
Bookingsfor the launchcan madebysearching for Birds of Morwell National Park on Eventbrite.
Spooky scenes
TRICK or Treat -Walhalla style.
Children dragged their scared adults through the haunted cemetery to be met face-to-face with theGrimReaper at Stringer’s Park, then walking alongthe road they were greetedbythe crew from Walhalla Witchery and given tempting sweets in the old museum.
People were seeing other ghoulie apparitions suchastearfully red eyed ghostsinthe firestation SarahHanks’ ghost who suffered from smallpox was calling out for her husband William. As the nightwent on, and on. even more charactersmade their moves on the trick or treaters.
Bridgeresults
TRARALGON Bridge Club results:
With view to help others
Men’s breakfast
LAST men’s breakfast for 2024 is this Saturday (November16) from 8.30am. JeffDukes will be sharing his story Location is above Shaw’s Arcade Moe, accessed from the RSL carpark via stairs or lift in the arcade.
Monday, November 4: Equal 1st Barb Brabets and Monika Cornell(54.17 per cent), Moira Hecker and Robin Hecker (54.17). Tuesday, November 5: 1st NS Greg Nicholson and Jean Barbour (60.59), 2nd NS Geoff Dixon and John Marsiglio (57.78), 1st EW Kaye Douglas and Roshni Chand (61.09), 2nd EW Kevin Taylor and Marion Taylor (59.84). Thursday, November 7: Greg Nicholsonand Kaye Douglas (63.69), 2nd Rob Grahamand GlenisLohr (58.93). If you would like to play or learn more about bridge, phoneTraralgon Bridge Club President, Greg Nicholson on 0419 365 739. The bridge club will have astall at the Latrobe Fitness &Wellness Expo at Morwell Leisure Centrethis Saturday(November 16).Comealong and find outwhatbridgeis all about.
Hosted by Gippsland Christian Church. Enquiries can be madetoDavid on 0412 780 512.
Social tennis
MORWELL Social Tennis is held every Monday and Friday morning from 9am to 12pm at Ronald Reserve off Vary Street, Morwell East. Only $2 for modified tennis whichdoesn’t require alot of fitness.
This is afriendly, fun group who don’t mind laughing at themselves and each other when a swing and miss occurs.
Just come along or phone Naomi on 0405 739 819.
Orchid club
IT hasbeen agreat year for flowering orchids, despite the cold frosty mornings during winter. Many types of orchids grow well in Gippslandand it becomes apassion for many Gippsland Orchid Club Members.
Attending monthly meetings assists the club in gaining knowledge from experienced growers. The club held it’s annual meeting last month. Congratulations are due for Marita Anderson who has been elected president for the next 12 months Specialthank you to Geoff Young for his work as presidentinthe last year and committee members for their input.
Next Meeting is tomorrow (Thursday, November 14) at the An glican Hall, 100 Grey Stree t, Traralgon. Doors open at 1pm for a1.30pm start. This month there will be ademonstrationand discussion on Sarcochilus orchids.Sarcs are Australian natives and are veryrewarding to grow. The group will alsoendeavourtotransplantsome of the very small seedlings planted in ‘grow plugs’ twomonths ago. Hopefully someofthe plants will be ready for their next transplantstep.
After the ‘demo’, the group will enjoy an afternoon tea. Those attending are reminded to bring along asmall plate of food to share.
For additional information, ring secretary Pat on 0407 741 621.
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MOE VIEW Club is calling on the community to embrace the festive season spirit of giving and help raise money for The Smith Family’s Christmas Appeal.
Moneyraised will ensure thousands of students experiencing disadvantage can be supported in their education next year.
The charity aims to raise $4.91 million nationally through the appeal, which will provide more than 11,700 children with access to critical learning and mentoringprogramstohelpthem stay engaged andmotivated at school.
This includesprograms like student2student, which pairs younger students with young reading buddies, and after-school learning clubs, where students get support with their homework from trained volunteers -manyofwhomare VIEW club members.
MoeVIEW Club President, Sue Riches said this work is more important than ever as families face theongoingeffect of cost-of-living increases.
“TodayinAustralia, one in six children are growing up in poverty, limitingtheir abilityto make the most of their education. Everyone is feelingthe on-goingeffects of the cost-of-living crisis, but it is not felt equally,” she said.
“For families who were already doing it tough, the higher cost-of-living means having to make tough choices betweeneverydaybills and being able to support their children’s education.
“All funds raisedthrough donations to the Christmas appeal will ensure students can take part in The Smith Family’s evidence-based numeracy, literacy, tutoring, digital and mentoring programstohelp them catch up and keep up at school.”
Nationally, VIEW clubs currently support more than 1700 studentsonthe charity’s flagshipLearningfor Life program, which provides educational, personal and financial support.
“We love hearing abouthow well our studentsare doing on the programand receive several letters a year which detail their achievements, hopes, and dreams. We are so proud of the young people we support, and there’s no better time than Christmas to show them our generosity,” Ms Riches said. VIEW (Voice, Interests and Education of Women) is anational women’s organisation and support network, bringing together women to enjoy social activities, develop skills,and make connections -all while supporting Australian children experiencing disadvantage.
For those who are interested in finding out more aboutVIEW or wouldliketojoin, visitview.org.au For more information on the appeal, go to www. thesmithfamily.com.au or call 1800024 069.
If youdare: Walhalla got intothe Halloween spirit. Photograph supplied
Pedal power: TRAMPS riders taking in the sights andsounds of South Gippsland.
Photograph supplied
Celebrating innovation in the health sector
THE upcoming2024Primary Health Awards will celebrate outstanding achievements and innovation across Gippsland.
This year’s theme is ‘Transformation’, honouring teams that have driven impactful changeinpatient care, workplace culture, and access to healthcare.
Atotal of 34 nominees have been named across the categories.
The award categories are:
Transforming practice through multidisciplinary care;
Transforming workplace culture;
Transforming care through digital solutions, and;
Transforming access to care through inclusive practice.
Theevent,hostedbyGippsland Primary Health Network(PHN)isanopportunitytocelebrateand reflect on the rapid change and innovation taking place in the healthcare sector.
Gip ps land PHN Chief Executive, Amanda Proposch congratulated the nominees, thanking everyone who entered the awards.
“The breadth, quality and strength of the nominations speaks to the incredible work happening in healthcare in Gippsland,” Ms Proposch said.
“The nominees are driving genuineinnovation and transformation in care for people in our region.
I’m excited to have an opportunity where we can come togethertorecognise and celebrate this work”
The awards nominees range from small remote clinics to someofGippsland’s largest health
services, and capture creativity and innovation in thehealthcaresectorinGippsland -from clinics offering virtual care solutions to new communityled models of care.
The event will also feature keynote speaker Dr Nick Coatsworth, one of Australia’s foremost experts in healthcare and atrusted voice in providing clear, evidence-based information to help guide public health policies and individual behaviour.
The winners will be announced at Gippsland PHN’s annual meeting and awards ceremony on Wednesday, November 20.
Latrobe Valley nominees are:
Transforming practice through multidisciplinary care
Latrobe Health Assembly
Latrobe CommunityHealth Service
Transforming workplace culture
Gippsland Suppor tServices
Yallambee Traralgon Village
Transforming care through digital solutions
Federation UniversityChurchill
Latrobe Health Assembly
Transforming access to care through inclusive practice
Project Health General Practice,Traralgon Gippsland Centre Against Sexual Assault
Control High Performance
Latrobe Health Assembly
Latrobe CommunityHealth Service
Twoperspectives on transition to renewable energy
GIPPSLANDlocaland former coalworker Tony Wolfeand Gippsland Climate ChangeNetwork
Chief Executive, Darren McCubbin have come together for anew film series looking at the transition to renewables.
The pair joined former farmers, parents and community leaders to deliver frank and optimistic perspectives that highlight what regional Australia can be gaining from the energy shift.
The film series Good Neighbours is hosted by Neighbours star Ryan Moloney (aka ‘Toadie’), and follows Ryan as he hits the road to the Latrobe Valley and Horsham, Wollongong, Goulburn and Crookwell in NSW to learn about Australia’s shift to renewableenergyand the regional communities making it happen.
Following the declaration of the Gippsland offshore wind zoneinDecember 2022 and the granting of feasibility licences in May this year, Mr Wolfe and Mr McCubbin provide two different perspectives on how an offshore wind industry might look in Gippsland.
“I was born in the Latrobe Valley and I’ve worked in the coal industry for well over 40 years,” Mr Wolfe said.
“Offshore wind is ano-brainer for Gippsland because we are transitioning awayfrom fossil fuels and we need something to replace that with.”
“This region is mostly supportive of the change,” Mr McCubbin added.
“We have been part of energy generationin Australiafor acentury. The idea now is that we’re going to change to cleaner renewables.”
Regional stories in the film series have been profiled in ajoint submission to help articulate a
range of issues for the Select Committee Inquiry on Energy Planning and Regulation to consider, such as:
How can traditional energy regions continue supplying power to the country via offshore wind?
How can communities benefit from hosting
large scale renewable infrastructure like wind and solar farms?
How can communities own large scale renewables themselves?
How can regional communities reliant on heavy industry be powered by offshore wind?
Farmers have farmed with transmission for decades -whatcan we learn?
What are the pros and cons of living next door to awind farm?
RE-Alliance, Community Power Agency and Yes2Renewables have lodged ajoint submission to the Inquiry, urging the Select Committee to carefully consider the regional stories highlighted by the films.
One solution being called for is for the federal government to fund Local Energy Hubs for regional communitiesinthe upcoming Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook.
Local Energy Hubs would be anetwork of 50 outreach centres staffed by trusted locals to answer questions about transmission and renewable energy projects whilehelping households, businessesand farms get more value out of going electric.
For more information on Local Energy Hubs, head to: localenergyhubs.org.au
The Good Neighbours series can be watched for free at: thenewjoneses.com
Aero club taking to the sky for 75 years
By KATRINABRANDON
TAKING flight 75 yearsago, the Latrobe Valley Aero Club (LVAC)recently celebrated their anniversary.
The club's enriched history includes many aviation memories and members who have soared to great heights. Many people, such as British Royal Air Force, 454 Squadron RAAF Mosquito Pilot in Europe, John Francis (Jack) Webster DFC, is one of many to settle in Morwell and help in the early stages of the club. Among the alumni is Desmond Percy Kelly -the firstAustraliantoeverfly jetpropelled aircraft.
Desmond Percy Kelly, or Des Kelly, was born in Morwell on May 20, 1920. Des started abicycle business at age 16, then sold it to establish Kelly Brothers Motors with his brothers Brian and Don, selling motorcycles and BritishStandard motor cars.
Des’ involvement with aviationstarted with flights alongside various visiting aviators at Morwell. In 1939, Des started to fly with Howard Morris at Essendon Aerodrome.Hewas initially rejected by the RAAF and later joinedthe Australian Military Forces, serving with the 13th LightHorse Regiment as aDespatch Rider before being accepted into the RAAF in June 1941.
Des became aleading figure in establishing LVAC, which was formed in 1949. He was president for 20 of the first 25 years and became alifemember. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appointedDes aMember of the Order of Australiainthe 1980 Queen Birthday Honours for services to aviation. Ove rt he year s, the LVA Ch as also held grand events like the Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia’s Australian Light Aircraft Championships in 1978, 1988,1998, 2004, 2013 and 2017, the earliest flying display held in April 1938 and the firstofficialair pageant held on Australia Day in 1950
Some membersdescribeaviation as asense of freedom, and something in your blood. There are many reasons for going into aviation, but one of them is family.
“It’sadisease.Icaught it when Iwas eight. Cousinhad aplane and used to fly overthe house. Aviation is quite different now,” long time member John Willis said.
Others have differentexperiences. LVAC vice president Philip Reevesspentseven hours oneway driving to see his son in South Australia and
decided that it was time to learn to fly. Now, it keeps him social.
“I get to see him probably about twiceayear. The last time Idrove back, Ithought this was the last time Iwould drive up and do it. Ialwayswanted to try and take some lessons to see if Ihad attitude,” he said.
“If Ididn’t have an interest in aircraftaway from my property, Iprobably wouldn’t have areason to get outside the front gate. For me, it is social. The learning has been terrific as it keeps my brain working. The skill base of this place is amazing. It’s areally closely kept secret.”
Mr Reeves told the Express that LVAC doesn’t
just fly; they also teach flying, do restoration projects, repairs, and even rebuildaircraft. He said that the learning process at LVAC is much more skill-based than other institution-based aviation education programs.
“If you get out of here with someone ticking off your red boxes that you can fly an aeroplane, you can fly an aeroplane. When you come out of those institutions in Melbourne, they are unlike the skill-based that is done here with instructors who are really hands-on with you in the aircraft, and it takes as much time as it takes to get you up to the required standard,” he said.
Experience in aircraft differs from aircraft and
pilot ability. LVAC member John Warren said that most people don’t realise how different it is in smaller aircraft compared to jets and car travel. He said flying at 10,000 feet means seeing more detail of everything you can see and enjoy, whereas, in acar, youcan’talways appreciate or see certain things.
While the profession and hobby are somewhat pricey, Mr Warren, Mr Reeves, Mr Willis, and member Fiona McRae said that it is well worth it and if you are thinking about it, you should go out and have ago.
For more informatio n, go to: latrobevalleyaeroclub.com.au/
Taking flight: Latrobe ValleyAeroClub membersJohn Willis,Philip Reeves,Fiona MacRae,John Warren and JackKofoed celebratethe club’s75th anniversar y.
Photograph: Katrina Brandon
Reality of council report revealed
LATROBE City Counci l’s 2023/ 24 Annual Report essentially sings platitudes to the council leadership.
Look deeper and it is not so rosy.
There are concerning signs of project cost masking. This is where individual project performance is obscured by groupedfinancial reporting. Asimple example: If council planned five communityprojects at $1 million each ($5 million total), but actually completed only three projects at $1.5 million each ($4.5million total), current reportingwill show an ‘under budget’ of $500,000. This masks the reality that fewer services were delivered to you theratepayer and that individual projects cost 50 per cent more than budgeted.
There is indications of cost masking in the Latrobe City Council’s 2023/24 Annual Report.
The Traralgon Flood Recovery projects show $4.7 million less spending than anticipated, explained away as being “delivered over multiple financial years.”
Themultiuse pavilionatTraralgonRecreation
Reserveshows an underspend of $1.72million, while the Traralgon Indoor Multi Sports Hall reports an underspend of $2.64 million.
What’snot cleariswhether these represent
genuine savings or areduction in project scope or simply deferred or dropped projects.
Given all businesses in Australia are struggling with increased costs, if Latrobe City Council has actual skills or techniques in saving such substantial individual project cost, this knowledge would be helpful if shared with the Latrobe City people.
To avoid the risk of cost masking, Latrobe City Councilneedstoimplementproject-by-project reporting that shows original budgets, actual costs, timeline changes, and reasons for any variations.
This should includestatusupdates on all planned projects and impact assessments when projects are cancelled or delayed.
This is basic management accounting and given the expected skill associated with achief executive on asubstantial six-figure salary, implementing basic management accounting and project reporting should be aminimum expectation.
This transparencywould benefit all of Latrobe City
Ratepayers will better understand how their money is being used and what services are actually being delivered.
Latrobe City Council will gain improved project management capabilities, better cost estimation
Batteries back-upand benefit
COMMENT
BY DEB LEONARD
WHEN Iwas akid, Iremember being excited about power outages. We broughtout the torches and candles, and ate all the ice cream before it melted. It was like an impromptu camping trip in your ownhome. As an adult, abusiness owner and aparent, Ifeel vastly different.
More than 50,000Gippsland households were plunged into darkness earlierthis year, the latest in astring of crippling outages caused by severe weather. Many homes were without power for days, some for weeks.
This wasthe region’s third major outage in three years -each linked to asevere storm. We know extreme weather is hitting harder and more often. But we are not preparing for it. In recent weeks, Ireached out to locals to ask how the power cuts affected them. The stories of impactvariedfar further than Icouldimagine. The consequences for many are far more severe than torches, candles and melted ice cream.Local businesseslostseveraldays of income -adevastating blow for any smallbusiness, let alone one struggling in apost-pandemic world.
Adairy farmer without back-up power walked her cows for miles twice-a-day to milk at aneighbour’s farm. Arestaurant owner was forced to dispose of thousands of dollars of perishing food. Schools, kindergartens and childcare centres, the lifebloodofcommunities, were forced to close, disrupting education and forcing working parents to scramble for childcare. Aparent at Ellinbank Primary School told me it was the third time this year the school had been affected by lack of power. With no toilets or running water, the school could not function. How can our children thrive when their schools are crippled by something so basic?
Consequences of outages extend far beyond money and inconvenience. Our health and sometimes even our lives are at risk. Older people were left vulnerable without power or cooling. Parents could not boil water for their babies’ formula.
One parent told me of her child who relies on constant cooling to prevent life-threatening seizures. If the power goes off in aheat wave, their life is in serious danger.
Adaughter told me of how she was unable to check on her elderly mother in her nursing home due to mobile service collapses.
People withanxiety or PTSD found the isolation and stress of the outage overwhelming. Support workers, the unsung heroes of the communitytold me they worked unpaid overtime to check on their vulnerable clients.
Residents from SouthGippsland say they are planning to leave the area after three freezing nights without power. The stress and damage to their health was too much.
IgrewupinMelbourne before moving to Gippsland 16 years ago. In Melbourne, Itook reliablepower for granted.Ifthe powerwent out in Hawthornfor aweek, there wouldbe national coverage. Leaders would scramble to get the problem fixed. But when the powergoes out for weeks in Mirboo North, it barely gets a mention in the mainstream media.
Surely these increasinglyfrequent outages arenot conducive to athriving economy and wellbeing of acommunity?
Our region is resilient. But there’s only so much we can take.
View: Independent candidate forMonash
Deb Leonard says increased subsidies for home battery systems will provide long-term resilience from poweroutages in the face of storms Photograph supplied
Of the local residents Ispoke to, those least harmed were those who had installedsolar and batterysystems at their home or business. Largelyunaffected by the outage, many were openingtheir homestoneighbours and friends to cook, charge their phones and have awarm shower. But this shouldn’t be aDIY crisis management effort reliantonthe goodwill and strength of acommunity.
We need solutions, and we need them now. Increasedsubsidies for home battery systems, coupled withstrategic investment in community batterystorage andmicrogrids will provide immediate relief and long-term resilience.
Imagine entire towns powered through outages, schools remaining open, and businesses able to function.
This isn’t apipe dream; successful programs in other regional areas like Euroa have shown it’s possible to create resilientmicrogrids. As afurther benefit, in an economy where many are struggling to pay their bills, this initiative wouldprovide substantial cost of living relief through lower energy costs.
If the solutions are there, why are we not implementing them? The loss to the economy and to healthand welfare of the community surely warrants the investment. What is the roadblock holding our politiciansback from making decisions that safeguard the community?
Change likethisrocksthe boat. Microgrids andcommunity batteries threaten the income of traditional energyproviders. But failing to move forward with innovative solutions is unacceptable.
We deservebetter. Gippsland deserves the same energy security as any inner-citysuburb. We need to invest in afuture where power outages are adistant memory, not arecurring nightmare.
Iwant my kids to have the same opportunities as city kids. Iwant my parents to be able to stay safe as they get older. And Iwant our communities to be prepared for what the future holds. We need leaders who will ensure better solutions for our community.
Deb Leonard is running as an independent for the seat of Monash Editor’s note: The Monash electorate now takes in Moe. Afederal election is expected by
for future projects,and much stronger publictrust. Most importantly, detailed projectreporting will drive innovation and improvement in council operations by clearly identifying what works and what doesn’t.
With anumberofnew councillors elected this month, it’s the perfect time for council to embrace achangefor the better in its project reporting.
The people of Latrobe City deserve nothing less.
Damian Andrews
President -Latrobe City Council Watch
Speak foryourself
TO the one, (‘What have the Romans ever done?’ Latrobe Valley Express Opinion, 06/11/24), in whose head Iclearly dwell, even when I’m taking asabbatical, may Isay your anticipatory “humorous, mundane and boring” are certainly covered this (last) week, by regular correspondents Bergens, Lis and Correa.
Particularly the mundane.
Oh well, sabbatical resumes...
John Duck Trafalgar
Fair ’s fair
THE leadstory in the last issue of theExpress (‘Enough is enough’ 06/11/24) outlining the plight of local TAFE and police regarding manning, pay and resourcing is yet another instance of the growing disconnect between state and federal Labor governments and the Australians they are supposedto be serving.
Whilst our politicians have aclearlydefined salary scalethat is automatically reviewedand indexed each year by an ‘independent’ tribunal, it was concerning to read that this was not the case with avital profession like TAFE teaching.
The Herald Sun reported in April this year that the Master Builders Association (MBA) had estimatedthat the construction industrywould need 500,000 new tradies over the next three years to offset an ageing workforce and an industry exit rate of eight per cent.
Data from arecent study by the National Centre forVocationalEducation Research showed that to September2023, just 42,000 apprentices had been taken on in Australia -a25per cent drop over the previous year.
Accordingtothe MBA’s chief executive, this meant they would not be able to meet the government’s building and constructiontargets,including 1.2 million new dwellings under the Housing Accord, or the transition to net zero by 2050.
Further complicating the situation has been the collapse of almost3000Australian construction companiesinthe last 12 months, largely as a result of thedifficulty of procuringlocal timber, the increased costs of importing it from overseas and supply chain difficulties e.g transporting it to where it is needed.
One of the lessons to be learned from the result of the US election, and our own local council elections, is that people value real action over words and a plan over platitudes.
While our elected members continue to roll out the same old tired, stock phrases about how they are ‘fighting’ for the rights of TAFE teachers and police, and how they are happy to meet with them and exchange meaningful dialogue,inthe end very little is getting done.
Given our high rates of local unemployment, we need to encourage more young people to consider a trade career and also to make it easier for employers to take on this huge investment.
For instance,Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party introduced avery successful national apprenticeship scheme in 2019 where first year trainees attracted a75per cent wage subsidy from the government, dropped to 50 per cent in their second year and 25 per cent in their third year. This took considerablefinancial pressureoff employers, who eagerly committed to it again when asecond roll out of the program was offered the following year.
Just as apprentices are an investment in the future, so too are the people like TAFE teachers who train them.
Whateverhappened to the concept of a‘fair day’s work for afair day’s pay’, which has been a cornerstone of Labor movement in the last 100-plus years?
Greg Hansford Newborough
Take note Albo
TRUMP becoming the 47th president of the United Statesmeans that the whole rotten edifice and the enormous power costs to households and industry that Net-Zero is causing will be torn down within ayear.
On this note, (outgoing) US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellensaysthat Net-Zero is necessary to combat the “existential threat” of climate change at acost of $3 trillion per year by 2050 to America. Starkly silhouettedagainst this Nostradamuslike alarmism,Trumpasserts:“The thing that’s an existential threat is not global warming where the ocean will rise, maybe one-eighth-of-an-inch in
thenext497 years, but nut jobs and zealots like Al Gore, Biden, and his fellow doomsayers.”
Trump labelled the Biden policies to fight climate change as a“green new scam.” Running mate and now vice president-elect JD Vance recently stated: “Electricity already costs 30 per cent more than it did when Ms Harristook office, with projections of another 30 per cent increase next year. Gasoline prices are up 42 per cent. The Net-Zero scam is alreadystiflinginvestment in thecoal, natural gas,and nuclearplants that Americans rely on for reliable, affordable ‘base load’ electricity.”
President Trump has vowed to tear up the Paris Agreement that Biden signedassoonasheenters the White House.
PeterDuttonshould do the same whenhedefeats Albo at the upcoming federal election.
Joseph Lis
Morwell
Major milestone
WE have heard time and time againpeople tell theirchildren, ‘Never walkpastThe Salvoswithout givingadonation,because they helped us (or your grandparents)duringthe war.’
It is asentiment that has been around for generations and still exists today.
This year marks the 125 year anniversary of The Salvation Army’s Red Shield Defence Services (RSDS) supporting thoseduring thesedifficult times.
On behalf of The Salvos, it has been an honour to have served defence members, shoulder to shoulder, during times of war over the past 125 years. We cast our minds back to the second Boer War in November 1899, when Salvation Army founder WilliamBoothsaid, “Investigate what can be done for our soldiers in the field of battle.”
Since then, The Salvos have been looking to find ways to support Australia’s service men and women wherever they find themselves.
Indeed,there hasn’tbeen amajorconflict or peace-keeping effort sincethe BoerWar where The Salvos haven’t been theretobring support and hope.
From the two World Wars to conflicts in Malaya, Korea, Vietnam,Cambodia, Somalia, East Timor, and the Middle East, The Salvos have been there. During major conflicts, the RSDS, affectionately known as the Sallyman or Sallyma’an, were on the ground with soldiers to provide awarm drink or refreshments, abitetoeat, and most importantly aplace to have achat in asafespace.
TheSalvos are proud of the strong bond we have created with our service men and women across thenation and around the world.
In these times of devastating violence, hardship and injustice, The Salvos look to bring aglimmer of hope and support to those who really need it. We continue this important work to this day.
In Darwin, Townsville, Brisbane, Singleton, Holsworthy, Canberra and Adelaide, we serve those who serve and willcontinuetodosointo the future It is aprivilege to do so
Major Brett Gallagher
Chi ef Comm iss ioner of The Sal vati on Army’s Red Shield Defence Services
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HOROSCOPES
by Joanne Madeline Moore
November 11 –November 17,2024
Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19)
Finances, joint ventures, secret deals and trust issues are on the table as the Supermoon (on Saturday at 8 28 am EDST) highlights hiccups involving self-esteem and/ or financial management Strive to be less impulsive and extravagant, and more cautious with cash and credit Don t spoil a potentially productive week by being physically reckless or making inappropriate comments Slow down and consult with loved ones along the way
Taurus (Apr 20 - May 20)
This week the Supermoon (in your sign) emphasises your practical side So do your best to handle current situations in a suitably sensible and pragmatic fashion
When it comes to a romance, work partnership or joint venture, avoid getting stuck in a boring rut The planets push you to find creative ways to express yourself personally and within relationships But don’t believe everything you hear! Keep your Bulldust Detector switched onto high
Gemini (May 21 - June 20)
With the help of the Supermoon, use the power of your fertile imagination and trusty intuition to get to the bottom of a problem thats been bothering you If you listen to the wisdom of your inner voice (and pay attention to the symbolism in your dreams) it will point you in the right direction You re also keen to work constructively with a colleague or communicate creatively with a friend But don’t get carried away and promise more than you can deliver
Cancer (June 21 - July 22)
The silvery ever-changeable Moon is your power planet
Libra (Sep 23 - Oct 22)
And many sensitive Crabs feel emotionally volatile and vulnerable around the time of the Full Moon This weeks Supermoon is in earthy Taurus, so you’ll probably feel more grounded (and less moody) than usual But you still need to be extra careful and consistent in the way you communicate with other people (especially children, teenagers, work colleagues and close friends)
Leo (July 23 - Aug 22)
There’s a Supermoon and a Sun/Uranus opposition, so expect some disruptions and/or surprises that could stir up friction between family needs and work responsibilities With dynamic Mars marching through your sign, its time to be bold and courageous! Inspiration for the week comes from painter (and birthday great) Georgia
O Keeffe: “I’ve been terrified every moment of my lifeand I ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do ”
Stylish Librans appreciate quality and luxury, but don t overdo it or you’ll end up being the most beautiful bankrupt on the block! This week the Sun, Supermoon and Uranus stir up your money and self-esteem zones, so it’s time to get your finances in order, work out a new budget, and plan to live in a more sustainable way With Venus in your home zone (from Tuesday until December 7) you re in the mood to cook up a storm with family and friends at Villa Libra
Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21)
What an unpredictable week, Scorpio! The Sun (transiting through your sign) opposes disruptive Uranus, and theres a dramatic Supermoon in your relationship and joint ventures zones So start flexing your adaptability muscles, and expect some thrills and spills along the way Your motto for the moment is from singer-songwriter-musician Neil Young (who turns 79 on Tuesday): “As you go through life, you’ve got to see the valleys as well as the peaks ”
Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21)
This weeks earthy Supermoon highlights your health, daily routine and work zone But expect some surprising developments and stressful moments along the way Resist the urge to be argumentative, extravagant and super self-indulgent On the weekend you need to slow down before you blow a fuse! Try to ground your fiery energy and calm your busy mind Some meditation contemplation, yoga, chanting or Tai Chi could be just what the doctor ordered
Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 19)
Fault-finding Saturn could exacerbate a problem with a relative, neighbour or student But hopefully Venus (moving into your sign) will come to the rescue and teach you an important celestial lesson If you look for the best in the person involved, and work hard on improving your communication skills then the relationship will gradually improve and have a good chance of longevity Its important to take baby steps, with a heart full of love and forgiveness
Aquarius (Jan 20 - Feb 18)
By DEBBIE LEATHAM
SOME of the streets of Yinnar have been named after its early settlers.
This is the case for Firmin Street, named after George Firmin who settled at Scrubby Forest in 1874.
George was born in 1832 in Tollesbury (Essex), England. In 1852 he left England for Ballarat. Like manyothers,George was hoping to strike it richatthe Ballarat goldfields. While George toiled for some time looking for gold and was a witnesstoevents at the Eureka Stockade in 1854, he eventually tried his luckwith abullock team and commenced hauling timber and supplies between Ballarat and Melbourneand the surroundingarea. The bullock team provided more wealth than digging for gold.
Eventually in 1863, George moved his family to the Narre Warren area where he continued to use his bullock team to move vital mining supplies to goldminers in the Walhalla area.
In 1874, George took over the run of Scrubby Forest and he is recognised as one of the first settlers of Yinnar.
George, his wife Maria and family of 11 children settled in an area where there was no school, no storecloserthanRosedale, no post office nearer than Morwell Bridge, or achurchtoattendon Sunday. George, together with other pioneering families helped establish the township of Yinnar.
In 1884, aMechanics Institute was built on land donated by George, and in 1888 George donated more land for the building of St Matthew’s Church of England.
On the social side, George organised apicnic on New Years Day and he would ride around the district inviting all the settlers. George continued to operate his bullock team in the district as well as farm his land, though ably assisted by his older sons. George was also an active participant in local politics, lending avoice to improve life in the Yinnar district. George was acouncillor for the ShireofTraralgon from 1880 to 1892 and was shire president in 1885. From 1895 to 1903,George was acouncillorfor the ShireofMorwell, and was once again shire president from 1898 to 1899.
Virgo (Aug 23 - Sep 22)
Saturn squares Mercury (your patron planet) wh ch can make you even more self-critical than usua Don’t be too hard on yourself, V rgo! Sometimes t’s a good dea to look at th ngs from a total y d fferent perspect ve As poet (and birthday great) Marianne Moore observed (and Morticia Addams wou d agree): “Your thorns are the best part of you ” Saturday morning’s Supermoon sh nes a bright spotlight on trave , adventure, education and aspirat ons
The Supermoon and Sun/Uranus opposition could stir up your restless and reckless side, as you unleash your Inner Rebel But try to do so in appropriate ways that don’t upset loved ones, antagonise authority figures, or endanger your personal safety! A professional or domestic challenge could also test your mettle Aim to approach problems with a brand-new perspective Be inspired by birthday great, Neil Young: “One fresh take can change everything ”
Pisces (Feb 19 - Mar 20)
You’re n the mood to book an adventurous hol day or p an a new course of study However – on the weekend – hidden tens ons cou d bubble to the surface w th a family member, neighbour or work co league Be extra dip omatic and try not to take crit c sm persona ly Socia media s also a potential m nefield, as the planets st r up your communicat on zone So be careful you don’t send the wrong message to the wrong person at the wrong time!
COPYRIGHTJoanneMadelineMoore2024
Pioneer: Anumber of roads in theLatrobe Valleyare named afterGeorgeFirmin, the early settler who servedinthe ShireofMorwell. Photograph supplied
It is no surprisethat in his obituaryin1912, George was noted as “a man honorable in all his dealings,whose word was his bond; who thought of others even more than himself, and was honoured, respected and highly esteemed by all with whom he came into contact”.
In addition, Firmin St, Traralgon and Firmin Road, Churchill all are named for GeorgeFirmin -a worthy pioneer who blazed atrail. Debbie Leatham is from the Yinnar and District Historical Society and Museum and also agreat great granddaughter of George Firmin.
Headon making waves in UK Firmin Street, Yinnar
This week my stars are telling
By AIDAN KNIGHT
THOMAS Headon is ayoung pop artist who has enjoyed astunning trajectory.
Some of his works have charted as high as #23 in the UK charts,and he hascollaborated with artists such as GFlip, and even had achanceto support Elton John on his final tour.
However, many fans and casual listeners may not know that the Warner Records artist was raised in the Latrobe Valley.
Attending St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School, Traralgon and Kurnai College, Churchill before he travelledthe world, Headon has now played 85 different venues around the world ranging from the Enmore Theatre to the Brooklyn Bowl.
Now one of Australia’s most exciting young musical talents, Headon honed his skills busking coversaround Victoria, including on PhillipIsland It was his own unique song writing though that earnedhim accolades andhis music features on the soundtrack to popular Netflix show Heartstopper
Now returning to our ears with his first release in
seven months, his new single ‘Panic!’ wasreleased last October, and is the second single from his upcoming debutalbum he finished creating in December 2023.
Headon has described it as “the perfect way to sum up how much I’ve been operating on autopilot”, and deals withthemes of anxiety and feeling overwhelmed. This kind of earnest relatability in his songs is what allow the Traralgon-raised star to resonate with ayoung audience, and appeal to fans of Harry Styles, Troye Sivanand other generational pop artists of that vein.
While he may be too much of abig deal now to ever play avenue in the Latrobe Valley, the now London-basedsongwriter keeps aclose connection to Traralgon, stating in interviews he still returns home everyyear for Christmas, and his time on the Australian festival circuit are some of his fondest performing memories.
‘Panic!’ is availablenow on allstreaming platforms, and the debut album from Thomas Headon is anticipated for release early next year.
Claiming him: UK musicianThomas Headonwent to school throughout Gippsland. He has since gone on to work with artists such as EltonJohn. Photograph supplied
TheGuide
JAMIE OLIVER:FAST& SIMPLE
10, Friday, 7.30pm
Jamie Oliver (pictured) is so keen to makecooking as easyand fussfree as possible thatitwouldn’t be surprising if the affable chef released aseries (and of course,a tie-in cookbook) wherehewhips up delicious meals without asingle dish, tool or appliance –perhaps even a meal that cleans the dishesfor you?
Oliver’s passion formaking our lives both healthier and simpler is clear:this new entryshows us how to save time in thekitchen on weekdays with some clever tricks, batch recipes and pantry essentials to keep on hand. Thetasty treat starts off with agochujang chicken traybake, aquesadillatoastie and cheesybolognese buns, as well as cheeky cameos from his son River and pooch Conker.
COUNTDOWN 50 YEARS ON
ABCTV, Saturday, 7.30pm
Do yourself afavour –make adate with the couch for this Countdownanniversary celebration– 50 years after the livemusic showthat changed Australia’s recording industryforever premiered in 1974.For 13 incredible years,Ian “Molly” Meldrum introduced Australian audiencestotunes from Skyhooks, Sherbet, ABBA, Madonna and so many more. SpicksandSpecksfavouriteMyf Warhurst and ABC regular Tony Armstrong (both pictured) takeonhosting duties tonight joined by Countdownheavy hitters including DarylBraithwaite,Marcia Hines Kate Ceberano and Ross Wilson. With liveperformances, as well as behindthe-scenes storiesand unseenfootage, youwon’t want to missit.
Wednesday, November 13
ABC TV (2) SBS (3)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News
Mornings. 10.00 The Space Shuttle That Fell To Earth. (PG,R) 10.55 Q+A. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club
Address 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00
Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (R) 3.00 ABite To EatWithAlice.(R) 3.30 Long Lost Family.(PG,R) 4.15 Grand DesignsNew Zealand. (R) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow.(R)
7.30 7.30 8.00 Hard Quiz (PG) 8.30 Question Everything. Presented by Wil Andersonand JanFran. 9.05 Fisk. (PG, R) Helenand Roz are forced to relocate. 9.35 PlanetAmerica 10.05 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 10.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 11.15 ABC Late News. 11.30 The Business. (R) 11.50 Mother And Son. (Mdl,R) 12.50 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 1.35 Killing Eve. (Mav,R) 2.20 Long Lost Family.(PG,R) 3.05 Rage (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Doctor At The Door.(R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30.(R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Michael Mosley: Wonders Of TheHuman Body (Premiere, PGa)
8.30 TheJury: Death On The Staircase: TheRelationship (M) The jury listens to the neighbourspeak. 9.35 TheOld Man (MA15+v)Chase tells Zoethe truth about hispast. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Desperate Measures. (Malv) 12.40 Miniseries: Holding. (Mal, R) 2.30 Paddington Station 24/7.(PGa, R) 3.15 The Autistic Gardener.(R) 4.10 Peer To Peer.(PG, R) 4.40 Bamay.(R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight.
PICK OF THE WEEK
Past
(1965,PG) 8.00
(2017, PG) 10.00 Beneath Hill 60.(2010,M) 12.15pm Black Box. (2021, M, French) 2.40 BreakerMorant. (1980,PG) 4.40 When Mum Is Away…With The Family.(2020,PG, Italian) 6.35 Spitfire. (2018,PG) 8.30 Tigerland. (2000,MA15+) ColinFarrell. In 1971,agroup of young American men undergoes military training before departingtofight in the VietnamWar 10.30 Police.(2020,M,French) 12.20am Redemption Of ARogue.(2020,MA15+) 2.10 Klondike. (2022, MA15+, Ukrainian) 4.05 Gloria Bell. (2018,M)
10, Tuesday, 8.40pm
Forthosewho liketheir topical televisionwitha cheeky twist, TheCheapSeatshas become essential viewing on aTuesday night.Ittakes an especially skilled hand to makelight of the heavy news cycle we find ourselves in these days, but if anyone can do it,it’scomedians Melanie Bracewell and TimMcDonald(both pictured). Tonight’sfourth season finale will see thepairdissect the week’snews, look back on thebiggestgaffs, stories andviral moments of 2024 andaward thecoveted Reporterofthe Year gongtoa worthycontender from theworld of news. Bubbly “culturalcorrespondent” Mel Tracina will reveal the ridiculousness of the year’s reality TV –she watchesitsowedon’t have to
SEVEN (7,6)
6am Morning Programs. 8.00 DD India News Hour 9.00 ForThe Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.00 Paddington Station 24/7.(PGad,R) 10.50 Our Coast.(R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 48 HoursToVictory.(PG,R) 2.55 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 3.30 Plat Du Tour 3.40 The Cook Up.(PG, R) 4.10 TheSupervet. (PGa,R) 5.05 Jeopardy!(R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorningShow. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorning News. 12.00 My KitchenRules. (PGl, R) 1.30 Border Security: International (PG, R) 2.00 Catch Phrase. (PG, R) 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia
6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 HomeAnd Away (PG) Lyrik becomes public enemy number one.
7.30 The1%ClubUK. (PGl, R) Hosted by LeeMack.
8.30 TheBig Trip (PGl)Comedian Dave Thorntonleadsfour celebrity teams on ajourney across the Outback.
9.45 FirstDates UK. (Mls) Singles experience the thrills of dating.
10.50 TheLatest:Seven News
11.20 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera (PGa, R)
12.20 Stan Lee’sLucky Man. (MA15+av)
2.00[VIC]HomeShopping.
4.00 NBCToday 5.00 Sunrise 5am News.
5.30 Sunrise.
NINE (9,8)
3.00 BillyThe Exterminator. 3.30 Storage Wars: New York. 4.30 Storage Wars 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 HighwayPatrol. 8.30 The Force: Behind TheLine 9.30
6.00 9News.
AREMARKABLE PLACE TO DIE Nine, Sunday, 8pm
Logie-winningactress Chelsie Preston Crayford (Underbelly: Razor)plays homicide detective Anaís Mallory, who leaves a stellar career in Sydneytomove back hometoQueenstown –a remarkable place with which she has acomplicatedhistory. Anaís is determinedtounravel themystery of the deathsofher father and sister –ataskcomplicatedbyher fraught relationship with her mother Veronice (Rebecca Gibney)and by issues with her former fiancé, who is now married to her bestfriend. Amid breathtaking scenery, Anaís and her team solve aseriesofintriguing cases, while her suspicions about the tragedies that havebeset her family come moreand moreinto focus.
TEN (10, 5)
6.00 Today 9.00 TodayExtra.(PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Heart Of The Manor.(2021, G, R) Ashlynn Yennie, Ross Jirgl,Madison Boyd 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point (PG, R) 4.00 9NewsAfternoon 4.30[VIC]TippingPoint Australia.(PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30[VIC]WINNews. 6.00 The Talk.(PGa) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R)
7.00 ACurrent Affair
7.30 Taronga:Who’s WhoInThe Zoo: Lion Toothache. (Return, PGm)
8.30 Listing Melbourne. (PGl) Thestakes haveneverbeen higher for the team.
9.40 Britain’sMostExpensive Houses. (PGl) BrokerLee tries to find abuyer
10.40 9News Late.
11.10 Law& Order: OrganizedCrime. (Mav)
12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Hello SA (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop.(R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.(R) 4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory.(PGa) 4.30 ACurrent Affair.(R) 5.00 TodayEarly News. 5.30 Today
(92,
6.00 DealOrNoDeal. Hosted by GrantDenyer. 6.30 TheProject Alook at the day’snews. 7.30 SharkTank. (PGa) Apanel is pitched inventions. 8.40 NCIS. (Mv) Alieutenant returns home to findasurprise party being thrown forsomeone else at his place. 9.40 NCIS:Origins (Mav) Frank races to locate amissing body. 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 TheProject. (R) 12.05 TheLateShowWith Stephen Colbert (PG) 1.00 HomeShopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.
THE CHEAP SEATS
Thursday, November 14
(2)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story.(R) 10.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 11.00 Plum. (Ml, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Grand DesignsAustralia. (PG, R) 2.00 Anh’s Brush With
5.00 Antiques Roadshow.(R)
of the day
7.30 7.30 Presented by Sarah Ferguson. 8.00 Grand Designs Australia: Sutton Farm. Hosted by Anthony Burke.
Long Lost Family (PG) Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell follow one woman’s search for her birth mother
(R)
Long Lost Family (PG, R)
1.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.30 Magic And TheBrain –The Science Of Illusion: ACatalyst Special. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30.(R)
ABC FAMILY (22)
6am MorningPrograms. 10.50 Our Coast. (R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 2.05 48 HoursToVictory. (PGa, R) 3.00 Plat Du Tour.(R) 3.10 Railway Vietnam.(PG, R) 3.40 The Cook Up.(R) 4.10 The Supervet. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PGd,R)
6.30 SBS WorldNews.
7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG) Bianca Hunt gets behind the lens 8.30 Japan: World’sMostPunctual Train: From OsakaToThe South Of Japan. (PG, R) Part 2of2.Takes alookatthe SanyoShinkansen routes that connectOsaka and Fukuoka. 9.25 Paris Has Fallen. (M) Pearce’s plan is in motion.
10.20 SBS WorldNewsLate
10.50 Miniseries:The Typist. (Mav,R)
11.55 Faking Hitler (Mln, R)
2.40 Paddington Station 24/7.(PG,R) 3.30 TheAutistic Gardener.(R) 4.25 Peer To Peer.(PGa, R) 4.55 DestinationFlavour ChinaBitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.05pm Kangaroo Beach. 6.20 Bluey 6.25 Paddington. 6.40 Pfffirates. 6.50 Ginger And TheVegesaurs. 6.55 HeyDuggee. 7.05 Andy And The Band 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep 7.35 Little Lunch. 7.50 Operation Ouch! 8.20 BTN Newsbreak. 8.25 Secrets Of TheZoo.(Premiere) 9.10 Teenage Boss: NextLevel. 9.40 DoctorWho 10.25 Merlin 11.10 Late Programs.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews 12.00 MOVIE: HiddenFamily Secrets. (2021,Mav) Alex Paxton-Beesley,Madelyn Keys, Sonja Smits. 2.00 Your Money& Your Life 2.30 Border Security:International. (PG, R) 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia.
6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Home And Away (PG) Roorebuffs Bree’s actofcharity.
8.00 HighwayPatrol. (PGadl)Members of the highway patrol encounter adog that lovestoride ahog
8.30 Australia’s Most Dangerous Prisoners (MA15+av) Explores what life behind bars is likefor prisoners Leslie Camilleri,Brett Cowan and Judy Moran
9.30 Body In TheBin: Murder Of LouiseKam. (Madv) An investigationintothe 2021murder of 71-year-old mother Louise Kam. 10.30 TheLatest: SevenNews. 11.00 What TheKiller Did Next: Peter McMahon. (Mav,R)
12.00 Magnum P.I. (Mav) 2.00 Home Shopping (R) 4.00 NBCToday 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise
6.00 Today. 9.00 TodayExtra.(PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PGm, R) 1.00 My Way. (PG) 1.30 Getaway.(PG,R) 2.00 Pointless.(PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30[VIC]TippingPoint Australia.(PG,R) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R) 5.30[VIC]WINNews.
6.00 9News. 7.00 ACurrentAffair
7.30 RPA: Jane’s Jugular (PGm) Amum of two needs doctors’help
8.30 Emergency (Mm) Doctors carefully remove ascrew from apatient’s thumb after ahome DIY mishap
9.30 A+EAfter Dark. (Mm) Nightshift staff deal with drunkenness in the cubicles. The victim of adog attack might haveatooth in thewound.
10 30 9News Late.
11.00 Casualty 24/7 (Mm, R) 11.50 Resident Alien. (Mav) 12.40 Tipping
6.00 Deal Or No Deal Contestants compete in ahigh-stakes game where they must beat TheBanker to win acash prize. 6.30 TheProject. Thehosts and guest panellists takea look at the day’snews, eventsand hot topics. 7.30 Soccer AFC2026FIFAWorld Cup qualifier.Third round. Australia vSaudi Arabia. From AAMIPark, Melbourne 10.30 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather 10.55 TheCheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presented by MelanieBracewell andTim McDonald. 11.55 TheProject (R)A look at theday’s news. 1.00 TheLate ShowWith Stephen Colbert (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBSMornings. 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 TheMovie Show Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Hustle 1.25 WhoKilledThe WCW? 2.20 Ice Cowboys. 3.05 The WineLovers’GuideToAustralia. 3.40 WorldWatch 5.40 TheFastHistory Of Toys. 6.05 Blondie: Glass Heart. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats DoesCountdown. 8.30 Greatest Escapes WithMorgan Freeman. 10.10 Television Event 11.50 Late Programs.
6am
Spitfire. (2018,PG) 7.55 The Mole Agent. (2020, Spanish) 9.35 Emu Runner.(2018,PG) 11.25 Mass. (2021, M) 1.30pm The Man WhoKnewInfinity. (2015,PG) 3.30 The Ipcress File. (1965,PG) 5.30 The Bridge On The River Kwai.(1957,PG) 8.30 Six MinutesToMidnight.(2020,M) 10.25 The Conference. (2022, M, German) 12.30am I’mNot There.(2007, M) 3.00 Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Our Law 2.00
Friday, November 15
ABCTV (2) SBS (3)
SEVEN (7,6)
NINE (9,8) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Planet America. (R) 10.30 IWas Actually There. (PG, R) 11.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Shetland. (Mlv,R) 2.00 Plum. (Madl, R) 3.00 ABite To Eat With Alice. (R) 3.30 Long Lost Family (PG, R) 4.15 Grand Designs NewZealand. (R) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow (R)
6am MorningPrograms. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. (PG, R) 2.55 ThePoint:Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 3.00 NITVNews: Nula. 3.30 Plat Du Tour 3.35 The Cook Up.(R) 4.05 Wonders Of Scotland. (PG, R) 4.30 Jeopardy! (R) 4.55 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.25 Mastermind Aust. (R)
6.30 SBS WorldNews. 7.35 Lost TreasuresOfAncient Rome: Nero’s Lost Wonders. (Mav) Archaeologistsreveal Nero’sprivate theatre 8.30 Castle Secrets: Inspiring AMonster,A Death Ritual, Reaching Da Vinci. Acastle in ruinsprovides inspiration. 9.25 Kennedy:Into The Political Jungle (1946-1956) JFK begins acareer in politics. 10.15 SBSWorld NewsLate 10.45 TheLesson. (Mal) 12.25 The Wall:The Chateau Murder.(Mav, R) 2.55 Inside The Modelling Agency.(R)
5.00 Rage. (PG)
Hey Duggee. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep 7.35 Star Wars: YoungJedi Adventures. 7.50 The Strange Chores 8.00 Scooby-Doo And Guess Who? 8.25 BTN Newsbreak. 8.30 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!” 8.55 Robot Wars 9.55 Doctor Who. 10.45 Late Programs.
3.50 Paddington Station 24/7.(PGa, R) 4.40 Bamay.(R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight.
FAMILY (22) 6am The Bridge On The River Kwai. Continued. (1957,PG) 8.00
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews 12.00 MOVIE: ADate With Danger (2021,Mav,R) 2.00 Catch Phrase. (PG, R) 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia. 6.00 Today 9.00 TodayExtra.(PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Dancing Through Christmas. (2021,PGa, R) AnnaLynne McCord, Colin Lawrence. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 TippingPoint. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30[VIC]TippingPoint Australia.(PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R) 5.30[VIC]
6.00 SevenNews.
7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Melissa King exploresThe Calyx. 8.30 Growing Home With Jamie Durie: TheBig Reveal. (Final, PG) Jamie Durie finally reveals his eco-masterpiece, showcasing his new home’s interiors, landscapes and grid-independent technology.
9.30 Murder In TheGoldfields. (Madv, R) Caroline Overington investigates three murders in the sparse desertof theWestern Australian Goldfields. 11.30 GetOn Extra. Alookat theweekend’sbest racing.
12.00 Taken. (Mav, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
5.00 NBCToday
6.00 9News
7.00 ACurrent Affair.
7.30 David Attenborough’s Planet Earth III: Forests. (PGa, R) Narrated by Sir DavidAttenborough
8.40 MOVIE: Spencer (2021, Mal) Diana Spencer,struggling with mental-health problems, decidestoend her marriage to Prince Charles. Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Jack Farthing.
11.00 Inside Beverly Hills. (PGm) An escapist exploration of Beverly Hills.
11.50 MOVIE: Dancing Through Christmas. (2021, PGa, R) AnnaLynne McCord.
1.35 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 SkippyThe Bush Kangaroo (R)
4.30 Global Shop.(R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 DriveTV. (R)
TEN (10, 5)
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by GrantDenyer.
6.30 TheProject. Alookatthe day’snews. 7.30 Jamie Oliver: Fast &Simple. Presented by Jamie Oliver. 8.30 Matlock. (PGa, R) Matty settles into hernew role at Jacobson Moore. Olympia takes on alawsuit involving a developmentally delayedteenager
Saturday, November 16
ABCTV (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7,6)
6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage.(PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 ShakespeareAnd Hathaway: Christmas Special. (PG, R) 1.25 Grantchester (Final, Mv,R) 2.30 Question Everything. (R) 3.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 3.30 River (PGa, R) 4.40 Classic Countdown Extras. (PG,R) 5.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 5.30 Landline.(R)
6.00 Australian Story: Comeback –Shayna Jack. (R) Leigh Sales chats with Shayna Jack.
6.30 Back Roads: Evandale, Tasmania (Final, R) Heather Ewart visitsEvandale
7.00 ABCNews. Takesalookatthe top stories of theday,including coverage of developing stories andevents.
7.30 Countdown50Years On.
Myf Warhurstand Tony Armstrong celebrate the 50th anniversaryof Countdown
9.05 Midnight Oil: TheHardest Line. (Ml, R) Chroniclesthe extraordinary journey of the iconic Australian rock band, Midnight Oil, from their humble beginnings on thenorthern beaches of Sydney to becomingadvocates for social andenvironmental change. 10.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.
6am MorningPrograms. 9.20 GrowingA Greener World. (R) 10.20 Ageless Gardens. (PG) 10.50 Soccer.2026FIFAWorld Cup CONMEBOL Qualifier.Uruguay vColombia. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Figure Skating.ISU Figure Skating. Grand Prix4.Highlights. 4.30 Plat Du Tour.(R) 4.40 AncientEgypt By Train. (R) 5.35 Forgotten Frontlines. (PGa, R)
6.30 SBS WorldNews
7.30 SecretsOfThe Royal Palaces. (Return) Stories from behind palace walls.
8.25 TheCotswoldsWith PamAyres: Cotswold Wildlife Park. (R) Part 4of4
PamAyres takes awalk on thewild side in theOxfordshire town of Burford 9.15 Treasures Of India With Bettany Hughes: TheSouth. (R) Part 2of2
Professor Bettany Hughes travelstothe heartofThanjavurtolearn about its history
10.10 So Long, Marianne. (Mals) Axel reconnects with Marianne. 11.10 Paris Paris. (PGals, R) 12.05 Hope. (Madlv,R) 2.20 Face To Face. (Ma, R) 4.15 Peer To Peer (PG, R) 4.45 DestinationFlavour China Bitesize. (R) 4.55 Destination FlavourDown Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight.
6am WorldWatch.
10.00 TheMovie Show Noon Scrubs 2.05 Beyond Oak Island. 2.55 United We Drive. 3.20 Jungletown. 4.10 WorldWatch. 6.05 The Future With Hannah Fry. 6.35 The Secret Genius Of Modern Life. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 GreatAustralian Concerts: Missy Higgins. 9.35 Great Australian Concerts: The Living End. 10.40 Fighter Pilot: The Real TopGun 11.35 Late Programs.
NITV (34)
6am Morning Programs.
1.35pm KenyaWildlife Diaries. 2.25 NITVNews: Nula. 2.55 MOVIE: Ping Pong Summer. (2014,PG) 4.30 Great LakesWild 5.00 Taste Of The Territory 5.30 The Shaman’s Apprentice. 5.50 Taste Of The Territory 6.20 News. 6.30 The Other Side. 7.30 DeadlyFunny 2022. 8.40 MOVIE: Cujo.(1983,M) 10.20 MOVIE: AmazingGrace. (2018) 11.55 Late Programs.
6am The Man Who Knew Infinity.Continued. (2015, PG) 6.40 Emu Runner. (2018, PG) 8.30 Limelight.(1952,PG) 11.00 The Conference. (2022, M, German) 1.05pm The Program. (2015, M) 3.00 The Bridge On The River Kwai. (1957,PG) 6.00 Race. (2016, PG) 8.30 Ava. (2020, MA15+) 10.20 5To 7. (2014,M) 12.10am While We’reYoung. (2014,M) 2.00 HamburgerHill. (1987, MA15+) 4.05 The Program. (2015,M)
6.00 NBCToday 7.00 WeekendSunrise. 10.00 TheMorning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Hunter Race Dayand CaulfieldThousand 3.00 To Be Advised. 5.00 SevenNews At 5. 5.30 Border Security:Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)
6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (PG, R) Apassenger at Melbourne Airport is concealing an illegal importinher luggage.
7.30 MOVIE: TheSound Of Music (1965,G,R)Onthe eveofWorld WarII, anovicenun becomes agoverness to alarge Austrian family.Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer,Eleanor Parker 11.10 MOVIE: LastNightInSoho. (2021, MA15+alv,R)A fashion student travelsbackintime. Anya Taylor-Joy,Thomasin McKenzie 1.35 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship.Round 12. Adelaide500.Day 1. Highlights 2.30 HomeShopping. (R) 4.00 Larr yThe Wonder Pup. (R) Follows aterrier called Larry. 5.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PG, R)
7TWO (72, 62)
6am Shopping. 8.30 Travel
Oz. 10.00 IEscaped To The Country 11.00 Harry’s Practice 11.30 GetOn Extra. Noon EscapeToThe Country. 1.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 2.00 EscapeTo The Country 3.00 HorseRacing. HunterRaceDay and Caulfield Thousand. 5.30 Animal Rescue. 6.00 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn. (Return) 6.30 The Highland Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country 11.30 Late Programs.
6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Timbersports. 1.00 MotorRacing. Supercars Championship.Round 12. Adelaide 500.Day 1. Qualifying and support races. 3.00 Motor Racing.Supercars Championship.Round 12. Adelaide 500.Day 1. Pre-race and race 23 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Football. AFL Women’s.Finals. 9.15 MOVIE: Terminator2:Judgment Day.(1991,M) 12.05am Late Programs.
6.00 Getaway.(PG, R) 6.30 ACurrent Affair (R) 7.00 WeekendToday 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday.(PG) 12.00 Surfing Australia TV 12.30 Our State On APlate.(PG, R) 1.00 Great Australian Detour.(R) 1.30 My Way. (PG, R) 2.00 20 Years Of Convoy 3.00 David Attenborough’s PlanetEarthIII.(PG, R) 4.00 Helloworld 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 9NewsFirst At Five. 5.30 Getaway.(PG) 6am MorningPrograms. 10.00 The Weekly Kick-Off.(R)
6.00 9News Saturday.
7.00 ACurrentAffair
7.30 MOVIE: Gladiator (2000,Mav,R) Aftera successful Roman general is betrayed andhis family is murderedbythe emperor’s heir,heseeks revenge.Russell Crowe, JoaquinPhoenix, Connie Nielsen
10.35 MOVIE: Conan TheBarbarian (2011, MA15+sv, R) Abarbarian seeks revenge. Jason Momoa,Stephen Lang
12.40 Australia’s TopTen Of Ever ything. (Ms, R) Acountdown of jokers and jesters.
1.35 Surfing Australia TV (R) Showcases Surfing Australia’s programs.
2.00 TheIncredible Journey Presents. (PGa) Religious program.
2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping (R)
4.30 Global Shop (R)
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
9GEM (92, 81)
6am Morning Programs.
8.30 Tomorrow’sWorld. 9.00 TurningPoint. 9.30 TV Shop 10.00 Helping Hands. 10.30 Antiques Downunder 11.00 Edgar WallaceMysteries. 12.25pm MOVIE: Huckleberry Finn. (1974) 2.50
MOVIE: TheTruth About Women. (1957,PG) 5.00
MOVIE: How To Murder Your Wife.(1965,PG) 7.30
MOVIE: When HarryMet Sally.(1989,M) 9.30 MOVIE: Mermaids. (1990,PG) 11.45 Late Programs.
6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Ice Hockey.NHL.Regular Season. Columbus BlueJackets vPittsburgh Penguins. 1.30pm Children’s Programs. 2.40 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: Black –Victini AndReshiram. (2011) 4.40 MotorwayCops: Catching Britain’s Speeders. 5.40 MOVIE: TheFlintstones. (1994) 7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets. (2002, PG) 10.45 Late Programs.
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ABCTV (2) SBS (3)
SEVEN (7,6)
NINE (9,8) 6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 WeekendBreakfast. 9.00 Insiders 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week.(R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.45 Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen. (R) 3.15 Long Lost Family.(PG, R) 4.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.00 Grand DesignsAustralia. (R)
IWas
There: WoomeraDetention Centre Breakout. (PG, R) Alook at the Woomeradetention centre protest.
9.55 YouCan’t Ask That: Public Housing. (Madl, R) 10.55 Miniseries: Marriage. (Final,Ml, R)
11.55 Miniseries:Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (Mav,R) 12.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.05 Australia Remastered: Nature’s GreatDivide. (R) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)
6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey 7.30 MOVIE: NancyDrew.(2007,PG) 9.05 Fresh Off TheBoat 9.50 Speechless. 10.10 Doctor Who 10.55 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22)
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6am MorningPrograms. 10.00 FIFAWorld Cup Classic Matches. 11.30 Ageless Gardens. 12.00 APAC Weekly 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 12.55 Plat Du Tour 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Plat Du Tour 3.05 Such WasLife. (PGa,R) 3.15 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 5.05 Wonders Of Scotland. (R) 5.30 Forgotten Frontlines. (PGav,R)
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Venice From Above:City On Water Exploresthe sights history and engineering of Venice from anew perspective, the air 9.45 JFK Revisited: Through The Looking Glass. (Mav,R)Re-examines the assassination of President John F. Kennedy through recently declassified evidence 11.50 Waterman: Duke–Ambassador Of Aloha. (PG, R) 1.35 RoyalAutopsy. (MA15+s, R) 3.20 HowToGet FitFast. (R) 4.15 Peer To Peer (R) 4.45 DestinationFlavour China Bitesize (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al JazeeraNews.
6.00 NBCToday 7.00 WeekendSunrise. 10.00 MorningShow. (PG) 12.00 Be Our Guest! Behind The Scenes Of Beauty And The Beast: The Musical.(PG, R) 12.30 Border Security. (PG, R) 1.00 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Round 12.Adelaide 500. Day 2. Qualifying and supportraces. 3.00 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship.Round 12. Adelaide 500. Day 2. Pre-race andrace.
6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 My Kitchen Rules. (PGl) Hosted by Colin Fassnidge and Manu Feildel. 8.35 Tsunami: TheWaveThat Shook TheWorld. Documents the story of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami as told by survivors on its 20th anniversary 10.35 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: The Morning ton Monster (MA15+av,R)
A look at the case of John Sharpe. 11.45 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship.Round 12. Adelaide 500. Day 2. Highlights. 12.45 TheStar ter Wife. (Mas, R) 2.00 Home Shopping (R)
3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise
7TWO (72, 62)
6.30 MOVIE: Encanto (2021, PGa)
Amagicalfamily discovers it is in danger Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero 8.30 TheCheapSeats (Mal, R) From major news stories to entertainment and viral videos, presenters Melanie Bracewelland Tim McDonald take alook at the week thatwas. 9.30 Ambulance Australia. (Mal, R) Follows dispatchers and paramedics, including two first responders,asthey help apatient in needofurgent care after an incident involving acar.The situation is classified as acode1A, the most serious emergency.
10.45 Shark Tank. (PGa, R) Apanel is pitchedinventions. 11.45 AmbulanceUK. (Ma, R) An 85-year-old collapses and cuts his leg. 1.00 Home Shopping (R) 5.00 Hour OfPower
TEN (10, 5)
6.00 Hello SA.(PG,R) 6.30 ACurrent Affair (R) 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 CrossCourt. 10.30 Surf Boats. (R) 11.30 FishingAustralia. 12.00 DriveTV. 12.30 ThePet Rescuers. (PG, R) 1.00 Attenborough’s Wonder Of Song. 2.00 MOVIE: Loch Ness. (1996,G,R)Ted Danson, Joely Richardson, Ian Holm. 4.00 Explore TV 4.30 Helloworld 5.00 9News FirstAtFive. 5.30 Postcards. (PG) 6am MorningPrograms. 9.00 Loving Gluten Free. 9.30 KeyIngredient. 10.00 PoochesAt Play. (R) 10.30 The YesExperiment. (R) 11.00 Jamie Oliver: Fast &Simple. (R) 12.00 Dessert Masters. (PGl, R) 1.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 1.30 GCBC. (R) 2.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 2.30 Basketball. NBL.Round 9. Melbourne United vAdelaide36ers. 4.30 Luxury Escapes. 5.00 News.
6.00 9News Sunday.
6.00 TheSundayProjec t. Alookatthe day’snews. 7.00 Desser tMasters Hosted by Melissa Leong and AmauryGuichon 8.00 TheGraham Nor ton Show. (Mlv) Graham Norton is joined by guests including Paul Mescal,Denzel Washington, Saoirse Ronan and Eddie Redmayne. 9.10 FBI. (Mav) The sisterofanFBI profiler is the victim of an attempted kidnappingand sexual assault 10.10 FBI:International. (Mv) Tate embarks on an undercovermission 11.10 TheSundayProject (R) Alookatthe day’snews. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBSMornings 6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 MovieShow. Noon In My Own World. 1.00 StatesOfUndress. 1.55 Jeopardy! 4.00 WorldWatch 4.30 PBS Washington Week. 4.55 Fashionista. 5.10 Shane Smith
6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Leading The Way. 8.00 David Jeremiah. 8.30 Shopping. 9.00 Better Homes. 10.00 TheGreat Australian Doorstep 10.30 South Aussie With Cosi. 11.00 The Surgery Ship. Noon Golf.Men’s NSW Open. Final round. 5.00 Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country 7.30 Rosemary&Thyme. 8.30 McDonald And Dodds. 10.30 Great Scenic Railway Journeys. 11.15 Late Programs.
(2016, PG) 8.30
Tippett: Mad Dreams AndMonsters. (2019, PG) 10.05 TheCity Of Lost Children. (1995,M,French) 12.05pm While We’re Young.(2014,M) 2.00 The LastWave. (1977, PG) 4.00 The Great Dictator.(1940,PG) 6.20 Flash Of Genius. (2008, PG) 8.30 Rendition. (2007, MA15+) 10.45 Mama, I’mHome. (2021, M, Russian) 12.45am Late Programs. 6am MorningPrograms. 2pm Rugby League. MurriCarnival. Replay 3.00 Our Stories. 3.15 BlackAs. 3.20 Football. NTFL Women’s.Under-18s. St Mary’svSouthern Districts. Replay 4.40 MOVIE: Amazing Grace.(2018) 6.10 News. 6.20 WildMexico 7.30 Great LakesWild. 8.30 Walkabout To Hollywood. 9.30 MOVIE: The Last Wave.(1977,PG) 11.30 Late Programs.
7.00 60 Minutes Current affairs program. 8.00 ARemarkable Place To Die. (Premiere, Mlv) Adetectivereturns to herhome town where she cracks cases while confronting ghosts from her past 10.00 9News Late.
10.30 See No Evil: TheMan In The Cowboy Hat. (Mav) Documents the murderofDebraNovacluse.
11.30 TheFirst48: Jackpot. (Mav) Aman is shot dead in hisdriveway 12.20 World’s GreatestNaturalIcons: Wind (R) Alook at icons carvedbywind. 1.30 TV Shop:Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Vic tor y. (PGa)
4.30 DestinationWA.
5.00 TodayEarly News. 5.30 Today.
6am Morning Programs. 7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today 8.30 The Incredible Journey 9.00 TurningPoint. 9.30 TV Shop 10.00 Thunderbirds 10.30 My Favorite Martian. 11.00 Getaway 11.30 MOVIE: TheSmall Back Room. (1949, PG) 1.40pm MOVIE: Geronimo (1962, PG) 3.50 MOVIE: Run ForThe Sun. (1956 PG) 6.00 M*A*S*H. 8.00 Tennis. Billie Jean King Cup.Quarter-final. 2am Late Programs. 9GEM (92, 81)
6am Children’s Programs. 12.30pm Basketball. WNBL.Southside Flyers vUC Capitals. 2.30 MotorwayCops: Catching Britain’s Speeders. 3.30 MOVIE: ThePink Panther.(2006 PG) 5.30 MOVIE: Agent Cody Banks. (2003, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Superman Returns.(2006,M) 10.45 MOVIE: TheBrothersGrimsby.(2016, MA15+) 12.30am Gotham. 1.30 Love After Lockup 3.00 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Storage Wars Noon Fish’n Mates. 12.30 Step Outside. 1.00 Red’sFishing Adventures. 1.30 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League.Match 30 Melbourne Stars vBrisbane Heat 5.00 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League.Match31. Sydney ThundervSydney Sixers. 8.30 MOVIE: Venom. (2018,M) 10.35 MOVIE: Zombieland. (2009, MA15+) 12.25am
Monday, November18
Sales.
TheSpace Shuttle That Fell To Ear th. (PG) NASA engineers analyse filmfootageofapieceof debris striking theshuttle Columbia
9.30 Media Watch. (PG)
PresentedbyPaul Barry
9.50 Q+A. Presented by Patricia Karvelas. 10.50 ABCLateNews.
11.05 TheBusiness. (R)
11.25 PlanetAmerica. (R)
11.55 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 12.40 Parliament Question Time. 1.45 Long Lost Family.(PG,R) 2.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.35 Solar Storms: AWarning From Space. (R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30.(R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R)
6.30 SBS WorldNews
7.35 Into SouthAmerica With Nick Knowles (PGa) Nick Knowles reaches Argentina.
8.30 8Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M) Gameshow, featuring contestants Sarah Millican, Tom Allen, Roisin Conaty andPhilWang. 9.25 NeverMind TheBuzzcocks. (M) Hosted by GregDavies.
10.05 Have IGot News ForYou
U.S. (Mals) Hosted by Roy Wood Jr 11.00 SBS WorldNewsLate.
11.30 ACriminal Affair (Mals) 1.10 Pray ForBlood. (MA15+av, R) 3.00 Inside The Modelling Agency.(Ml, R) 3.55 Peer To Peer.(R) 4.25 Bamay.(R) 5.00 NHK World EnglishNewsMorning 5.30 ANCPhilippines The World Tonight.
6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Home AndAway. (PGa) Harper fears for her unbornchild
7.30 My Kitchen Rules. (PGl) Modern Italians, Simone and Viviana, takeonthe traditional Italians, Mikeand Pete,atKitchen HQ
9.00 Murder In ASmall Town (Premiere, Mav) Adetective movesto aquiet, coastal town only to encounter numerous murdermysteries
10.30 S.W. A.T. (Mav)Hondo’s long-time friend asksfor help 11.30 TheLatest: SevenNews. 12.00 Lopez Vs.Lopez. (PGals)
12.30 Satisfac tion. (R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBCToday 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 9News
7.00 ACurrentAffair
7.30 RBT. (Madl) Alook at random breath-test patrols.
8.30 Murder Down Under: Bodies In TheBarrelsP t2
9.30 AKillerMakes ACall: Lewis. (MA15+av) Takesa look at the case of DawnLewis, whofatally stabbed her lodgerGlenn Richards. 10.30 9News Late.
11.00 Chicago Med (MA15+amv) Asher helps awoman froma rural clinic 11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 12.40 Pointless (PG, R) 1.30 TV
5.30 Today
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by GrantDenyer. 6.30 TheProject Alook at the day’snews. 7.30 Dessert Masters. (PGl) The five remainingcontestants musttell the judgesa compelling story across three differenttasty
(73,64) 6am Morning Programs. 1.40pm Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke. 2.00 Shortland St 2.30 The Cook Up
500 Day 2. Highlights. 4.30 TalkingW 5.00 American Resto. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Aussie Gold Hunters. 8.30 Outback Crystal Hunters. 9.30 Bamazon. 10 30 JadeFever. 11.00 Late Programs. 9GO! (93, 82) 6am Flash Of Genius. Continued. (2008,PG) 7.45 The Great Dictator.(1940,PG) 10.00 5To7.(2014 M) 11.50 The Justice Of BunnyKing. (2021, M) 1.45pm Race.(2016,PG) 4.15 Phil Tippett:Mad Dreams And Monsters. (2019,PG) 5.50 The KidsAre Alright. (2021, PG, Spanish) 7.30 LikeFather,Like Son. (2013,PG, Japanese) 9.45 Broker.(2022, M, Korean) 12.10am Late Programs.
5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls. 6.30 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 LoveIsland Australia 10.00 MOVIE: Austin PowersInGoldmember (2002, M) Midnight Seinfeld. 1.00
Tuesday, November19
10.10 Paddington Station 24/7 (PGa, R) 11.00 SecretCities. (PG, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 HaveI Got News ForYou U.S. (Mals, R) 2.50 The Weekly Football Wrap. (R) 3.20 Plat Du Tour 3.30 The GreatSeparation. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters AndNumbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.(PG) 11.30 SevenMorning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 2.00 CatchPhrase. (PG, R) 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia.
Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 GreatCoastal Railway Journeys: DoverToMargate. (PG) Hosted by Michael Portillo 8.30 TheZelensky Stor y. (Final, PG) The Zelenskys reveal what happened in the firsthoursofthe Russianinvasion. 9.30 World’sGreatestTrain Journeys From Above:Copper CanyonRailway (R) Alook at the luxuryElChepe train. 10.25 SBS WorldNewsLate. 10.55 Babylon Berlin. (Manv) 12.45 Son Of.(MA15+av, R) 2.25 Inside The Modelling Agency.(Ml, R) 4.15 Peer To Peer (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour ChinaBitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe WorldTonight.
6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Home And Away (PGa) Eden tells Cash to back off 7.30 My Kitchen Rules. (Final, PGl) Hosted by Colin Fassnidge and Manu Feildel. 9.10 Defying Gravity:Cur tain Rises On Wicked. Takesabehindthe-scenes look at Universal Pictures’ two-part adaptation of Wicked 10.10 Aler t: Missing Persons Unit Wayne goes missing. 11.10 TheLatest: SevenNews. 11.40 Air Crash Investigations: No Warning. (PGa, R) 12.45 Satisfac tion. (MA15+as, R) 1.45 Your Money& Your Life. (PG,R) 2.00 [VIC] HomeShopping. 4.00 NBCToday 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.
Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning 12.00 MOVIE: ACountry Christmas Harmony.(2022, PGa, R) Brooke Elliott, Brandon Quinn. 2.00
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Head ‘Into the Light’ this spring
RENOWNED Latrobe Valley artist, Dr Tony Hanningiscurrently presenting Into the Light,a survey exhibition of his artworks, at the Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale.
Dr Hanning,who livesatYinnar South where he has an art studio, has anational and international reputation as an accomplished artist in drawing and painting,but is perhaps best known for his extraordinary glass pieces. He hasalso had astronginvolvement in the Latrobecommunity, having beena councillor at Morwell Shire from 1981 to 1985 and at LatrobeCityfrom1997to2003, and was Mayor of Latrobefor two terms -in2000and againin2002/03.AMinisterial appointee to the Australia Council (Visual Arts Board) from 2000-03,hecompleted aPhD at Monash University in 2008.
Dr Hanning established Australia’s first tableware hot-glass studio in Australia with Nickand PaulineMount in 1980,named Budgeree Glass, situated on the outskirts of Boolarra. Together, Dr Hanning and the Mounts achieved enormous success, making glassware for department stores around Australia.
In the course of his career, Dr Hanning has visited North America four times and has become acquainted with leading hot glass artists such as RichardMarquis and PaulMarioni.Aspart of atwo-manteam, Dr Hanning created adecorative glass wall in the Seattle Police Station, and his work has since become acquired by many leading galleries and institutions around the world, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Tacoma Art Museum in the USA, and Parliament House in Canberra.
Dr Hanning is renownedfor his intricate etching and carving of images into the surface of glass forms.
He is amaster andaworld leader of this technique, which has led to exhibitions and acclaim from aroundAustralia and internationally. Dr Hanning’s imagery draws on arange of natural and industrial imagery in his work, but he is particularly known for the ‘cameo’ glass vessels, such as CIT. These stunning pieces -typically vases,bowls and spheres -carry imagesofstructures and strange architectures, often containing mysterious floating objects, glimpses of landscape, and opticaleffects, all executed with ageometric precision.
Into the Light also includes arangeof paintings, drawings and photographs by Dr Hanning, showing the fullrange of his art practice.
Pastel drawingslike Sale Wetlands show his meticulous technique and ability to capture theunique atmosphere of each location, as well as aremarkable sense of light.
Into the Lightisafree exhibition and spans more than 40 years of artmaking, making it an idealopportunity to discover the art of Tony Hanning in depth.
The exhibition closes on November 24.
Fun and festivitiesatformal
By KATRINABRANDON
SUITING up for dance, feasting and chatter, Gippsabilityheld aformal at the Morwell RSL on November 1.
About 25 pe opl ej oin ed th e festiv ities, whether that be chatti ng, dancing, sin ging or participating in classy acts. The crowd’s favouriteact of the night was persona DJ Butterknife, hailing from Cranbourne, who was ready to lay down some “sick” beats.
The even tw as planned by all attendees, who are oftenfoundto have disadvantages, including not having attended an event like a formal in the past due to anxiety.
“Whatwefind is that the individualsdonot get the opportunity to do whatalot of mainstreamindividuals might experience,” Gippsability
Co-Director Anthony Drouggas said
“Tonight was about giving them the opportunity to go outoftheir way to lookamazing and really go that extra step.
“Tonight was aventure quite afew months ago. It all revolves around giving these guys something that they have never had. They have never had agala or aformal. Most would hear about it but never know what it is like to have their own thing.”
Gippsability Disability Support Services is afamily-founded and operated business led by directors Mr Drouggas and Yannick Teijken. The service is set up to support people
in achieving their goals, up-skilling, and providing things they wouldn’t necessarily get to, such as dining in arestaurant.
BothMrTeijken and Mr Drouggas have worked for many years in disability support in Gippsland, and thought it was time to start anew support system in Morwell.
Mr Teijken told the Express that they started the business because they saw alackofup-skill services in the regionand were bothpassionate about group support. He also said that many people who come to Gippsability often lack confidence and feel they don’t belong or will be accepted.
“A lot of them won’t even have the confidence to walk into anice establishmentbecause they feel like they don’t belong,that they don’t feel thatthey wouldbeaccepted,” he said “Thereare even some in there now (atthe formal) feelingoverwhelmed.
As soonasIwalked in, Isaw acouple of people who were teary and almost on the verge of panicking. You get around, and they will get through this, which will be alineinthe sand for them.”
The Gippsabilityteam aims to create asafe, secure,supportive environment and hopes to provide and give encouragement to their clients.Events such as the formal become ‘lines in the sand’ or apoint where they can confidently cross.
“The underlying thing our guys get is acommunity,a safe place, and
genuine friendship. Our guys come to us adifferent amount each week, but they hang out outside of us. For example,onweekends, they will call each other,” Mr Teijken said.
“We are averynon-transactional business, which makes it more difficult. But we want to get to know all of our people. We all do because we all take aholistic interest in their lives. It isn’t in therefor aday and then good luck.”
Mr Drouggas said Gippsability’s
structure focuses on mental and physicalhealthand wellbeingas three key aspects. He said that as long as someone is mentally stable, taught resilience, how to adjust to situations, physical health, and nutrition, it helps keep things in order with the individual feeling better about themselves.
Throug hout the forma l, each attendee could be seensharing a conversation,dancing, or enjoying the night’s festivities.
Precision: Yinnar Southartist Tony Hanningisaworld leader in hot class works. Photograph supplied
Joy: GippsAbilityCo-Director AnthonyDrouggas, Zack Williamson, Kylie Booth and Connor Williamson dancing to YMCA.
Social: Bonnie Milne andTraceyChapman enjoyedthe skits,dancing and chatterthroughout theGippsAbilityformal.
Friendships: MistyMeersand Kerr yn Haines at the formal.
Photographs: Katrina Brandon
Smooth: Chris Barley, Selina Wolfe, Kylie Boothand Connor Williamson were some of many who took to thedance flooratthe Gippsabilityformal.
Special relationshipsformed
DALKEITH Gardensresidential aged carehome hasformed aspecial partnership with aTraralgon preschool, buildingintergenerational relationships and connections.
Three and four-year-oldsfrom Sara Court Preschoolhave been visiting residents at the Benetas aged care home on an almostweekly basis since Novemberlastyear.
The 90-minute sessions bring together roughly 20 residents and 20 children to share arangeof activities, including colouring, painting, active games, gardening, blocks, books, craft and dancing
Theprogram provides residents with enthusiasm to be active and engaged, participating in activities anddiscussingthings theymay nothave thought about fordecades.
For the children, the program provides alittle wisdom and an opportunity to thrive, grow and see things froma different perspective.
Overall,the interactions haveenhancedwellbeing, fostering emotional comfort for both generations through meaningful connections and relationships.
Anumberofstudies,includingthose carried out by Stanford University and the AmericanAssociation of RetiredPersons, has highlightedthe benefitsof intergenerational connections.
Benetas Chief Executive,Sandra Hills OAM said both residents and children had benefitted from the program,livingand seeing things fromanother generation’sperspective.
She said said some of the most treasured
moments were experienced when the children and residents sang and danced to songs together, prompting happiness and laughterwhile bringing asense of calm and belonging.
“We know how important intergenerational connections are to both children and seniors,” Ms Hills said.
“At Benetas, we have rolled out similar programs at some of our other residential aged care homes to supportour residents to remain connected to their communities.”
Latrobe City Council manages Sara Court Preschool.
Latrobe City CouncilChiefExecutive,Steve Piasente said he had heard from council’s early childhood educators about how the program has helped typically shy children become more confident, by interacting and expressing themselves to the aged care residents rather than their peers.
“The program has helped children’s confidence grow, it has supported development of theirsocial skills, and has promoted their emotional growth through cross-generational engagement,” Mr Piasente said.
“This is atruly special concept that enriches all those involved, and shows that the importance of play is ageless.”
The program hasalsobeen nominatedfor a Victorian Early Years Award.
‘New’ borough by name, nature
NEWBOROUGH East PrimarySchool will be home to afuturechildcare centre.
The state govern me nt anno unce d Newborough East as one of six locations for new centresacross the state, which will provide more than 500 places for children up to six-years-of-age.
Centres are expected to be opened by 2027.
Meeniyan Primary Schooland Nicholson (East Gippsland) is also included for Gippsland, whilethe remainingthree locations are Avoca Prim ary School (near Balla rat), Cohuna Consolidated School (near Kerang) and Red Cliffs (Mallee region).
Newboroughand Meeniyan will both have centres built on campus, as will Avoca and
Cohuna. Red Cliffs and Nicholson will have centres built in-town.
Fees will be lower than the average for each area. The state government says this support and other subsidies mean families on low incomes will typically pay only asmall fee each day. All government-owned centres will also include Free Kinder. Many of the centres are locatedonlocal schoolsites with spacefor other supports like maternaland childhealthand playgroups, giving busy families ahub for the services they need close to home and helping them to ditch the dreaded double drop-off.
Familiescan apply for enrolmentvia: vic.gov. au/early-learning-victoria
Reading challenge to support many avenues
THE state government is supporting young Victorians to pick up abook this year and take part in the Premiers’ Reading Challenge.
Each year, the much-loved Premiers’ Reading Challenge encourages children and young people across Victoria to read aset number of books, with apublished list of new and exciting titles suited to different reading levels.
Minister for Local Government,Melissa Horne announced morethan$1million to support public libraries across Victoria as part of the Premiers’ ReadingChallenge Book Fund.
This support will help libraries purchase copies of the books listed, and update and grow their collections for the community to enjoy.
Public libraries play an important role during the Challenge, with many young readers
visiting their local library to access the books included on that year’s list.
Since the Premiers’ Reading Challenge launched in 2005, it has helped teachers and parents inspire more than 4.3 million young Victorians to read more than 60 million books
Public libraries are highly valued by families across the state -almost two millionmembers borrow more than 30 million books each year.
The Premiers’ Reading Challenge Book Fund supports local councils, regional library corporations, My Community Library (Myli) and Vision Australia.
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Busy as bees at Toongabbie
TOONGABBIE Primary School Grade5/6 students have been building billy carts to race against Traralgon South Primary School. This project is an initiative developed by the Traralgon South Men’s Shed. Race day is coming up this Friday (November 15).
The Grade 3/4 students stayed at Waratah Bay Beach for camp.
Each year, Toongabbie Primary joins Traralgon South, Gormandale and Tyers schools to run camp program for children in Grade 3to6
The camp program provides childrenwith the
opportunity to build resilience and independence as they undertake various activities.It also provides opportunity for children to make connections with others before moving on to secondary school.
Last Sunday,the school heldits fete, with each class running an activity.
The Found ation and Grade 1s held a chocolate toss; Grade 2/3 aplant stall; Grade 4/5 aguessing game and the Grade 6s hosted skill tests.
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Generational: Local agedcareresidents have been visited by preschool children to shareina range of activities. Photograph supplied
Sweet: Toonggabie Primar ySchoolFoundation and Grade 1students withchocolatefor use at theschool fete Photograph supplied
New earlylearning centre upand running at St Paul’s
By KATRINABRANDON
ST PAUL’S Anglican Grammar School celebrated the official opening of the Traralgon campus’ Early Learning Centre (ELC) extension.
The extension includes the addition of athird ELC room, a$1.13 million project brought on by a$600,000capital grant under the state government’s (VSBA DET) Building Blocks Program.
The expanded facility accommodates an additional 22 placesfor kinder,addressing the growing demand for earlylearningoptions. The schoolnow offers flexible pre-kindergarten programs available two or three days aweek and pre-prep programs three or four days aweek, aligning with the state government’s gradual scaling up of early learning hours available to children before commencing school.
St Paul’s Director of the ELC, Fiona McDonald, told attendees at the launch the school is looking forward to using the new facility's indoor and outdoor spaces.
“The new space is welcoming, open, and bright, allowing for natural flow between the indoor and outdoorenvironment.Itisamazing when the little people are between the two areas in this space,” shesaid.
Memberfor Eastern Victoria, Harriet Shing attended the ceremony alongside St Paul's board chair Paul Jennings and The Right Reverend Dr Richard Treloar (AnglicanBishop of Gippsland), who performed the dedication ceremony.
“I am happy to be part of the next step to ensure that the futures and opportunities for students and families right across Gippsland are realised to the best extent possible," Ms Shing said
“We are so delighted to be able to assist with funding and support. The $600,000 that we have contributed through arange of grants builds on the really strong relationships we do have with St Paul’s. As aschool, the community here is second to none.
“Benefits here will be felt by and experienced by people who can fit into small chairs. It will be a delighttosee the impact of thisbuilding and all that it represents now and into the future. Ican’t waittosee what elsewecan do from here.Itisa really strong partnership.”
The ceremony was openedbythe ELCstudents, who performed a‘Welcome to Country. 'Itwas followed by readingsand performances by secondary school captains, Glen Treble, Amelia Wells, and Mitchell Rong.
MorwellCentral Athletics Day
STUDENTSatMorwell Central PrimarySchool
were very excited when the school's second attempt at an athletics day came to fruition.
The original datewas pushed back due to inclement weather.
Prep to Grade 6students thoroughly enjoyed events such as discus, throwing bean bags at targets, hurdling and the 200 metre sprint.
Green Housewas the luckywinner,but all agreed everyone tried their best and had fun.
Kudos: St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School Principal Cameron Herber t, The Right Reverend Dr RichardTreloar (Anglican BishopofGippsland),Member forEasternVictoria Harriet Shing,and St Paul’sboardchair Paul Jennings uponthe unveiling
Education: St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School has officiallyopened itsnew EarlyLearning Centre extension Photographs: Katrina Brandon
Machine: Harmonyand John deckedout for Green House
Allegiance: MorwellCentral Primar ySchool stafferDavid McKeane suppor ting Yellow House
Hearty: Oscar having abreak forsome well earned lunch.
I’m blue da ba dee: Staffsuppor ting Blue House; Kristy,Kim, Reneeand Stephanie Spirit: Dustinand Thomas had fun on athleticsday Photographs supplied
Paper paves way for community projects
FOR the last 28 years, the Mirboo North Times has operated as avolunteer run weekly community newspaper. It has kept the community informed and up to date withlocal news,while also providing financialsupporttocommunity groups and projects around Mirboo North.
This year the volunteer team decided to ringfence adonation of significant value in anew sub-fund within the Mirboo North &District Community Foundation.The new Mirboo North TimesCommunity fund will be aperpetual fund which will invest $179,000and supportcommunityled projects into the future from its investment earnings.
On Wednesday, November 30 agroup of past and presentvolunteers of the Mirboo North Timesmet to celebrate the 28-year milestone.
These community volunteers took on the operationofthe Mirboo NorthTimesonavolunteer basis back in 1996 when other avenuestoensure the continued existence of the paper as acommercial business were exhausted. From that time on, though there has been changes in the technology used, the volunteers were responsible for writing, editing, compositing, printing and distributing what is currently a36page A4 newspaper. Up until 2024, the MN Times had been produced by these volunteers weekly, though this year the impact of thestorm andthe reduction in volunteer numbers hasreduced that to fortnightly.
At the celebration event it was emphasised that the community newspaper has avery sound business model, throughits strong readership, local sponsorship and alow-cost base. This has long enabledthe newspaper to give financialsupport back into thecommunity. It is estimated that this
The gift of giving
KEITH Chenhall Charitable Trust celebrated its 21st birthday at the Traralgon Courthouse, with representatives from 23 organisations that have received funds since the Trust began distributions in 2003.
Acrowd of around 70 people celebrated the generosity,community spirit and foresight of Keith Chenhall, who died 10 years ago.
The theme for the event was ‘the gift of giving’.
TheCityofTraralgon Band provided music, and each organisation displayed aposter in the courthouse outlining the positive impact of the money received. Speakers also referred to the results and outcomes made possible by this financial assistance.
Keith ChenhallOAM was born and raised in Traralgon and took over and ran his family’s shoe shop in Franklin Street.
He was alifemember of Traralgon Apex, alife member of the Traralgon City Band, amember of theTraralgon Cemetery Trust, amember of the Traralgon Chamber of Commerce and parishioner and honorarylay canonofthe Anglican Parish of St James. He played aleading role in the construction of the St James Anglican Church and its associatedbuildings. He wasa great supporter of the Eisteddfod among other community organisations. Keith never married, and his olderbrotherDrene died when the Japanese ship Montevideo Maru was sunk in 1942 while transporting prisoners of war. Having no family, Keith establishedthe charitabletrust in 2001 and began distributing money two years later.
Perpetual Trustee Company manages the fund and provides an amount for distribution each year, which will continue in perpetuity.
Traralgon organisations with Deductible Gift Recipient Status apply to the KeithChenhall Charitable Trust Committee each February, and successful organisations receive funding in June.
TheEisteddfod, guides, scouts, emergency services, agedcare, Latrobe Regional Health, men’s
support was in excess of $100,000 over the last 28 years.
At the end of 2023 the committee of volunteers at the Mirboo North Times realised they could make amoresignificant donation to the community,and still have funds to continue operations.The decision was made to donate $179,000 to anew sub-fund within the Mirboo North &District Community Foundation, and secure the value createdby28 years of volunteer effortfor future community benefit. The team also decided that theMirboo North Times Community Fund would be perpetual, honouring the hard workofthe volunteersover the 28 years of service.
What does that mean in practice?Ifweroll forward another 28 years, estimating average growth andgrant-making, the Mirboo North Times Community Fund willhave grown from the original donation of $179,000 to avalue of $410,000. More significantly, it will have given grants to community organisationsand projects to the value of more than $307,000.
The donation of $179,000, which was made at the beginning of 2024, was invested by the community foundation and in the six months to June 30 has already earned almost $5000. Early in 2025, the teamatthe Mirboo North Times will give guidance on how the earningsofthis investmentshould flow back to support the community through grants.
“While we don’t have detailed figuresfor all of the 28 years, it looks like the amount of financial support provided to the community would have been in excess of $100,000," Mirboo North Times Treasurer, Joy Koh said.
"Recent projects that we have supported include the Mirboo North Swimming Pool redevelopment,
Groups: Representatives from community groups who spokeatthe function; Monique Wilson (1st Traralgon Scouts),Ameli (Cityof Traralgon Band), Shane Moore (Eisteddfod), MyraKraft (CityofTraralgon Band), John Warren (Yallambee) and Elizabeth Delahunty (Latrobe Regional Health).
Trust exercise: KeithChenhall Charitable Trust committeemembersIan Keith(chair), Louise Grzegorczyn, JennyHammett, CarolCreweand Dr Pratish BandopodhayayOAM.
Photographs supplied
shed and City of Traralgon Band are just afew of the organisations that have been supported.
For further information on the Trust, including enquiries about makingabequest, phoneIan Keith on 0419 313 831
the Mirboo North Op Shop’s purchase of abuilding, the supportofaChaplainatthe Mirboo North Schools and the project to ‘Revitalise Ridgway’.”
Mirboo North &District Community Foundation Executive Officer, Ruth Rogan paid tribute to all who had made the Mirboo North Times possible.
“Congratulations must go to the team of volunteers at the Mirboo North Times, both past and present, who have not only kept this community informed and connected but have given itsfinancial support to strengthen the community," she said.
"It is theirhard work, foresightand commitment which is honoured in the Mirboo North Times Community Fund which will in turn support this community for decades to come.”
Copies of the Mirboo North Times are available to purchase in shops within Mirboo North, or you canget apost or email subscription by emailing mntimes@outlook.com.
To find out more about how to secure donations for the benefit of your community, email Ruth Rogan at info@mirboodistrictfoundation.org.au
New gardenbrightensup Trafalgar’scarefacility
ANDREWS HouseResidential Aged Care, Trafalgar has openedits newcommunitygarden
The fruit, vegetable and sensory garden was 12 months in the making after Andrews House secureda$65,000 Public Sector Residential Aged Care (PSRAC) grant. It was designed in consultation with residents and includes an orchard, raised vegetable boxes, flower beds, a chicken pen, walking paths and seating areas. West GippslandHealthcare Group Board ChairJo-AnneMoorfoot cut the ribbon and declared the garden officially open alongside facilitymanagerLucy Lewis, lifestyle coordinatorMerita Rawlykand resident MickDonohue.
Guests and residents enjoyed an afternoon tea that included lemonade made with lemons and mint from the garden, sponge cake and orange and poppy seed muffins using fresh eggs from the chickens, Thelma and Louise, and cheese andspinach rolls using spinach grown in the new vegetable garden.
Merita said the area hadalreadylifted the spirits, physical activity and social interaction among residents and staff.
“It encourages asense of community,” she said. “Residents are volunteeringtheir time to keep it neat, clean and tidy and they’re out there enjoying morning tea with their friends. It encourages teamworkand buildsself-esteem and self-confidence. By growing their own produce, residentsare able to connect to previous interests.
“I believethe community garden is an area for both fruitful and spiritual harvest.”
Ms Moorfootcongratulated Merita and Ms
Lewis on leading and completing the project, as well as residents for their input on the design.
“I’m always so impressed with how warm and welcoming and how muchlikeafamily this place is,” she said.
“I think the garden is awonderful addition to what is already awonderful facility. It is a legacythat we willbeable to have for many years to come.”
Come one, come all: AndrewsHouse Lifestyle Coordinator MeritaRawlyk, resident MickDonohue,West Gippsland Healthcare Group BoardChair Jo-Anne Moorfoot and AndrewsHouseFacilityManager Lucy Lewis cut the ribbon to officiallyopen the garden
Photographs supplied
Team effort: Past and present volunteersofthe Mirboo Nor th Times
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BOWLEY, Margaret (Margie). Formally of Paynesville and Heathmont.
Margaret Bowley (Ma), deeply loved wife of Brian. (dec.). Adored mother of Graeme, Suzanne, Janette and mother-in-law of Sue, Mark and John.
Cherished Grandma of, Beth, Rebecca, Bonnie, SarahDawn, Holly, and their partners. Great Grandma of David, Daniel, Harrison, Aria, Percival and Chase. You loved us endlessly. We remain proud of who you were, and what you helped us become. While we can no longer embrace you in our arms, our love will always hold you in our hearts.
Eldest son of Jack Farnham and Ivy Farnham [nee Pitcher] (both dec.). Brother to Jim (dec.), Margaret (dec.), Lynette, Malcolm, Michael, Joy (dec.) and Stan. Pop to Fiona, Rebecca; Cassie, Gabe; Paul, Racha el, Christ ine, Matthew; Janelle, Jesse, Hannah, Leah; Peter, Matthew, Benjamin, Daniel; Ryan, Renée; Maddison, Braydan, Michael, Holly; Jack, Gabbie; and their partners and children.
FLINTROP, Mary Ellen. Passed away 24 October 2024. Much loved mother of Kristin, Chloe and Skye. Beloved nanna of Sienna, Lucia, William, Beau and Aailah. Adored daughter, sister, aunty and friend. Will be dearly missed Resting in God'shands Private funeral was held 7th November 2024.
JARICH, Anton 'Tony'. 26/3/1970 -7/11/2024. Atruly beautiful soul who touched our lives with love. His kindness, generosity and happy attitude will be remembered and treasured always by all of us at Morwell Market. 'Bless You' ♥♥♥
KERSHAW, Roy Jack. Passed away peacefully at Strzelecki House, Mirboo Nth, Saturday, 9November 2024. Aged 92 years Form erl yo fB ur leig h Waters, Queensland. Partner Lorne. Children Kathryn, Lynn, Michael, Christopher and John. Grandfather and great grandfather. Who was dearly loved and will be sadly missed With love
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MURRAY, William Douglas. In loving memory of Doug. 3/11/1943 -6/11/2024. It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our father. He was aloving husband to Jill (dec.). Father to Sharon, Joanne, Michael and Krystal. Father-in-law to Peter, Tony and Tim. And very proud to be the grandfather of Josh, Ellie, Tess, Beth, Jett, Isla, Bella and Judah. He was ahard worker, a Sensei, amusician,a mentor aloyal friend and above all aunique character with an unbreakable spirit. He will be dearly missed Acelebration of his life will be held at adate yet to be decided with the support of Latrobe Valley Funeral Services. All are welcome to attend and pay their respects.
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The Funeral Service for Mr George Farnham will be held at St Joseph's Catholic Church, Witton St, Warragul on TUESDAY (19 November) at 2pm. The Service will also be live-streamed. To view George's Service please visit: www.nielsenfunerals.com.au
PROEBSTING, Hans Juergen Karl. 1/3/1950 -10/11/2024. Passed away 10 Nov 2024. Late of Hawthorn Village, Bright. Rest In Peace
At the conclusion of the Service the cortege will leave for the Warragul Cemetery, Victoria St, Warragul. No flowers by request. Adonation in memory of George may be made to the Rotary Club of Warragul. Envelopes will be available at the Church.
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BURNEY (née Jones), Laura Helen. Passed away peacefully after ashort illness.
Aged 88 years Cherished wife of Eddy. Beloved mother of Peter (dec.), Paul, Geoffrey, Donald and Neville. Loved and adored nan by all her grand and great grandchildren.
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BURNEY, Laura. 6/11/2024. Dearly loved sister-in-law of Joyce and Don. Loved aunty to Karen and Rudy (dec.), Raymond (dec.) and Jay, Carly and Trent and families.
DOWN, Glen Anthony 'Tock'. It's with great sadness we share that Dad/To ck passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones on Friday, 8November 2024.
Aged 74 years Loved husband of Yad (dec.). Loving father of Melanie and Shane, James and Renee. Adored Poppy-Tock to Daisy, Spencer, Nevaeh and Evie, and Lila, Eva and Autumn. Reunited with Mum He'll be deeply missed Off to the 19th Hole
FLINTROP, Mary. (Williams).
Aged 59 years
Deeply loved daughter of Anita and the late Bill Williams. Beautiful and loved sister of Sally, Ruth and Kay. Precious memories of our childhood and lives together. Aloved aunty to Erin, Amy, Dan, Kayleigh, Fern, Jarrod, Alex, Ezara and their families.
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HENRY (nee Murphy), Shirley Cecilia. 17/9/1930 -6/11/2024.
Aged 94 years. Late of Glengar ry, Glengarry West and Orbost. Died peacefully at Tannoch Brae Aged Care, Geelong.
Daughter of Leo and Annie (dec.), sister of John (dec.). Loved wife of Rob (dec.) and mother and mother-in-law of Stephen and Amanda, and Russell and Ann-Maree. GrandmatoThomas, Beth, Ella and Phillipa, and their respective partners Marina, Harry and Mia.
Much loved, respected and missed by all.
Along life,well lived Always there for us
HENRY (Murphy), Shirley Cecilia. 17/9/1930 -6/11/2024. Dearly loved sister-in-law, neighbour and friend of Doug and Brenda Henry (both dec.). Loved aunt of Helen and Graeme, Nola, Kaye and Trevor (dec.), Colin (dec.) and Eric. In peace Iwill lie down and sleep. Psalm 4v.8
JARICH, Anton (Tony). Passed away suddenly on Thursday, 7November 2024. Born 26 March 1970. Much loved by all his friends and will be sadly missed by all. Rest in peaceTony For Service details visit: latrobevalley funerals.com.au
KOPPE (DeVries), Jenny (Janke). Passed away peacefully at LV Village Aged Care Newborough 6November 2024. Aged 84 years Dearly loved and loving wife of Bill for 66 years. Dearly loved mother of Annie and Roland, Robert and Halina, Martin and Julie and Paula. Adored nana to all her grand and great grandchildren. Deep gratitude to all the staff at LV Village for the love, care and support given. Those we lovedon't go away They walk besideus every day Unseen, unheard, but always near Still loved, still missed and forever dear
LESIW, Ramon. Of Lakes Entrance formerly of Churchill. Passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Monday, 4th November 2024.
Aged 77 years Loved and adored husband of Olesia. Loving Dad of Adam, Eric and Katrina. Father-in-law of Scott. Poppy to Neesha, Ryder, Jake, Abbey and Hollie. We will love and remember you always Now resting in peace
LINSELL (Welton), Kerry Anne (Kez). 19/4/1979 -31/10/2024. Passed away suddenly but peacefully at Latrobe Regional Health after a brave battle with cancer. Beloved daughter of Cheryl and Brian Bauman and Keith Welton (dec.). Much loved sister of Steve, Jade, Brad and their families. Loved wife and friend of Paul.
Dearly loved and sadly missed Forever in our hearts
McARTHUR, Ian. Passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on 4th November 2024. Aged 92 years Loved and loving husband of Marilyn for over 60 years. Much loved father and father-in-law of Lisa and John Brenton, and Sue and Ian Magee. Much loved and adored Da to Jack, Xavier, Alanna, and Sarah. Forever in our Hearts
SANDALL, Paul. 23/5/1962 -29/10/2024. An informal memorial will take place, date to be announced.
WILLIAMS, Rodney Kenneth. 31/12/1944 -5/11/2024. Suddenly after astroke. Husband of Alix for nearly 56 years. Father of Ewin and Geoff, and his partner Emily. Grandfather of Amelie and Camille, Charlotte and Katelyn.
BOWLEY. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mrs Margaret (Margie) Bowley will be held at Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Hwy Traralgon WEDNESDAY (13 November2024) commencing at 1.30pm. The Funeral for Margie will also be livestreamed. To view the livestream, please visit our website.
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BURNEY. The Committal for Cremation and Service to celebrate the life of Mrs Laura Helen Burney will be held at the Gippsland Memorial Park Rose Chapel, Cemetery Drive Traralgon, THURSDAY (14November 2024) commencing at 2pm. Laura's service will be livestreamed, to view the livestream visit our website.
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DAVENPORT. The Service for Mrs Thelma Jean (Bub) Davenport, will be held in the Gippsland Memorial Park Chapel on TUESDAY (19 November 2024) at 2pm.
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KERSHAW. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mr Roy Jack Kershaw will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 437a Princes Drive, Morwell MONDAY (18 November, 2024) commencing at 11am.
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KOPPE. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mrs Jenny Koppe will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Ave Newborough, TUESDAY (19 November 202 4) comm encin ga t 11am. Jenny's service will also be live streamed. To view the live stream, please visit: latrobevalley funerals.com.au and click on livestreaming.
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DOWN. The Funeral of Mr Glen Anthony 'Tock' Down will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princess Highway, Traralgon on FRIDAY (22 November 2024) comm-
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LESIW. Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of the late Mr Ramon Lesiw of Lakes Entrance will be offered at St Brendan's Catholic Church, Lakes Entrance
GRECH, Emmi Rose. 9/11/2002 -11/11/2002 22 years of missing you. In our thoughts always our beautiful girl. Love Mum, Dad, Tahli, Ruby and Sharnee XXXX.
LINSELL (Welton).
AService to celebrate the life of Kez Linsell will be held at the Rose Chapel, Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon on TUESDAY (19 November 2024) at 11am.
APrivate Cremation will follow.
In lieu of flowers, a donation in memory of Kez may be made to the Olivia Newton John Cancer Foundation. Envelopes will be available at the Chapel.
McARTHUR. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mr Ian McArthur will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Highway Traralgon on THURSDAY (14 November 2024) commencing at 10.30am. In lieu of flowers, online donations to Dementia Australia would be appreciated, please see our website for details.
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WILLIAMS. Following aprivate family cremation, amemorial service for Mr Rodney Kenneth Williams will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Ave Newborough FRIDAY (22 November 2024) at 1.30pm. No flowers by request. Rodney's service will also be live streamed, to view the livestream please visit: latrobevalley funerals.com.au and click on livestreaming.
KNIBBS, Darren Wayne. 10/11/2005. Gone are the days we used to share, but in our hearts you are always there. The gates of memory will never close, we miss you more than anyone knows. With tender love and deep regret, we who love you will never forget. Your loving parents Sue and Wayne.
KNIBBS, Darren Wayne. 10/11/2005. My mind still talks to you, My heart still looks for you, But my soul knows you're at peace. Still missing you Love your sis Carolyn and niece Addy XXX.
NIJENHUIS, Paul. 11/9/1956 -10/11/2013. 11 years without you but forever in our hearts. Love Gaye (Poss) and Zac XXX.
PHILLIPS, Jessica. 1924 -2022. Mum/Nan, so very much alive in our everyday lives, often fondly spoken about. Greatly Missed Jen and family XXX.
Sherriff sees limited action
FOOTBALL
ALTHOUGH Morwell’s Casey Sherri ff and Hawthornlost at the weekend, they are still alive in the race for AFLW premiership glory.
After finishing secondonthe ladder,the Hawks set out to play the third-placed BrisbaneLions last Sunday, November 10 at Ikon Park.
to be the last goal of the match. Both sides had chances to turn the game around late, scoring a behind each, but the margin stayed at six points to the favour of the Lions.
Sherriff had aquiet outing in her first final as a Hawk, with just the two disposals, applying the pressure with four tackles.
As Brisbane progress to the preliminary final, Hawthornwill be left to play Port Adelaide this weekend in asemi-final, who defeated Richmond at the weekend in the elimination final by fourgoals.
The Lions came into the match as favourites, most likely because of its finals experience in recent years comparedtoHawthorn, but after seeing what either side dished up in the home and away season, this certainly wasn’t going to be one-sided.
The Hawks had the scoreboard pressure in the opening term, with seven scoring chances. However, perhaps they were alittle costly was the inaccuracy, etching 2.5 (17) to the Lions 2.1 (13).
Nonetheless, Hawthorn powered ahead,and managed to keep the pressure on Brisbane, who needed to respond in the second half after falling behind by 11 points up to halftime.
Andthat they did, completelyflipping the script on the Hawks, kicking three straight goals to a single behind, to lead by agoal heading into the final term.
With aspotinthe preliminary final on the line, neither side could afford to spare an inch.
Brisbane got the first,stretching out to their biggest lead of the match, 12 points. From here, the Hawks needed two goals and change to hit the front, seemingly difficult after that third quarter.
They did get the next however, but it turned out
AMAIRA, Maria Dolores. 8/11/1935 -2/4/2012. To our precious Angel in Heaven, We all miss you so much. Wishing you awonderful birthday in Heaven. Your forever loving husband and soulmate Fabrizio and your forever loving children XX.
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TRARALGON’S Lily-Rose Williamson ultimately missed out on playing in her first AFLW final, unable to find aspot at the selection table ahead of the Bombers' elimination final against Fremantle.
The Bombers would eventually get knocked out by the fifth-placed Dockers, 5.6 (36)to4.2 (26), but not as easy as they might’ve thought.
Essendon went ahead by 10 points at quarter time,before the Dockers returned with athreepoint lead at the half.
The Bombers came back at the Dockers in the thirdtermtoleadinto thefinal change,but the Dockers weretoo strong to see Essendon off by 10 points.
IN the other qualifying final, North Melbourne Kangaroos also progressed to the other preliminary final,defeated AdelaideCrows by seven points, 5.8 (38) to 5.1 (31).
Adelaide will host Fremantle at Norwood Oval this Saturday afternoon, while Hawthorn return to Ikon Park to host Port Adelaide in the two semi-finals.
White busy, but United loses
BASKETBALL
NBL BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
AFTER an inspiring victory over Sydney Kings where Traralgon’s Jack White nailed two crucial threes, Melbourne United followed it up with a gruelling home loss to top-seeded New Zealand Breakers on Monday (November 4), 113 to 79.
United felldown 55-31 at halftime, unableto ever find themselves into the game.
White finished with 10 points,two assists, asteal and his season-low two rebounds in 20 minutes.
In Round 8, United reversed their fortunes to win convincingly againstBrisbane Bullets on Thursday, 120-103 at Brisbane Entertainment Centre.
White contributed 17 points while only missing one shot all game, adding 17 rebounds and five assists.
United followed the win up with another victory over Perth Wildcats, 106-97.
Whiteadded 12 pointsand four rebounds as Melbourne added their sixth win of the season after a32-12 third quarter performance. At the time of print, United sit three wins clear on top of the NBL ladder, despite playing an extra
Firstwin for ShelleyatGeelong
BASKETBALL
WNBL BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
and two assists in the monumental win in Geelong's second official game in the major league. United would then fall to Bendigo Spirit at Red Energy Arena, 95-78.
O'SULLIVAN, Michael Stephen. 12/11/1943. Happy 81st Birthday Grandad! We love and miss you everyday Love Case, Rorza and Jamesy.
MOE'S Jaz Shelley and her new team of Geelong United secured their first win in the WNBL last Thursday(November 7) after defeating Southside Flyers, 90 to 87. Even better, it was on their home deck of Geelong Arena.
Shelleycontributednine points, three rebounds
Shelleyadded another nine points, four rebounds and three assists in the loss.
TRARALGON'S Jade Melbourne also lost to Bendigo Spirit however, at AIS Arena, 99-76. Melbourne poured in 21 points, three rebounds and three assists.
After two games, Melbourne is currently fourth in points per game across the entire league.
AFLWEXPORTS BY TOM HAYES
Closecall: Brisbane Lions edged out Hawthorn in thefirst week of AFLW finals Photograph: AFL
Juniortennison showinMorwell
TENNIS
LVTA
LATROBE Valley Tennis Association's junior tournament for 2024 was held at Morwell Tennis Club.
Forty-three players from eight different clubs had agreat morning of tenniswithmanyvery close matches.
LVTAPresident, SallyKirstine was very impressed with the quality of tennis and the spirit in which all matches were played.
Kirstine wished to thank Morwell Tennis Club forhosting theevent and to parents who helped on the day.
RESULTS
Section 1Singles
Winner: Eshan Shankar (Pax Hill)
Runner-up: Harrison Crane (Traralgon)
Section 2Singles
Winner: Bosco Ke (Traralgon)
Section 1/2
Doubles
Winner: Eshan Shankar (Pax Hill)/Oliver
Stephenson (Traralgon)
Runner-up: Harrison Crane/BoscoKe (Traralgon)
Section 3/4
Singles
Winner: Zeerus Ghayan (Pax Hill)
Runner-up: Danielle Game (Pax Hill)
Section 3/4
Doubles
Winner: Grace Wilk/Relic Vann (Traralgon)
Runner-up: Evie Speirs (Traralgon)/Amber
Koopmans (Moe)
Section 5Singles
Winner: Murray Riseley (Traralgon South)
Runner-up: Harry Taylor (Yinnar)
Section 5Doubles
Winner:Murray Riseley (TraralgonSouth)/ Rose Rami (Morwell)
Runner-up: Harry Taylor/Henry Cleaver (Yinnar)
Section 6Singles
Winner: Bastien Koopmans (Moe)
Runner-up: Sienna Zimora-Moore (Moe)
Section 6Doubles
Winner: Bastien Koopmans/Sienna ZimoraMoore (Moe)
Runner-up: MasonWilk/SpencerCrane (Traralgon)
Section 7Singles
Winner: Reid Murphy (Thorpdale)
Runner-up: Zane Burge (Morwell)
Section 7Doubles
Winner: Reid Murphy/Finn Archipow
(Thorpdale)
Runner-up: Zane Burge/Seth Tindall (Morwell)
Section 8Singles
Winner: Jack Gordon (Pax Hill)
Runner-up: Eli Brady (Pax Hill)
Section 8Doubles
Winner: Jack Gordon/Eli Brady (Pax Hill)
Runner-up: Walter Lappin (Morwell)/Baylea Wilk (Traralgon)
Section 9Singles
Winner: Quinnie Tiong (Pax Hill)
Runner-up: Maryam Elkersch (Morwell)
Section 9Doubles
Winner: Quinnie Tiong/Jasper Sheen (Pax Hill)
Runner-up: Maryam Elkersch/Cevine Rami (Morwell)
Trafalgar Boxing Gym supporting region’syouth
BOXING
By LIAM DURKIN
TRAFALGAR Boxing Gym is proving thereismuch more to boxing than simply throwing punches.
The gym is helpinglocal youth on their life journey through programs advocatingcommitment, dedication and hard work.
The gym setting offers participants an inclusive and safe space, where they are able to come and diligently work toward their fitness and mental goals.
For Sophie Crameri, she attributed her newfound clear headspace to her time with Trafalgar Boxing Gym.
While the sport naturallycarries with it connotations of barbarism, the fitness benefits cannot be glossed over.
Gippsland Power have been frequent visitors to Trafalgar BoxingGym over the years during their preseason.
Outside the ring, Trafalgar Boxing Club trainers
Shane Cameron and John Cassar are supporting kids from all walks of life through avariety of means.
Cassar oftentakestimeout of hisown dayto talk to kids about issues that mightbeaffecting them.Hehas donethis for closeto10years,and undoubtedly had apositive influence on many local youngsters.
Cameron has spent 20 years training and coaching boxing, and professionally, hopes to oversee some more pro-fights in the future.
The club hasreceived support from MoeRSL, who have formed astrong partnership.
MoeRSL President Steve Mayeswas on hand recently to see the great work the gym is doing, and presented asignedframedartwork of legendary Australian boxer Johnny Famechon.
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Community: Trafalgar Boxing Club’sLocky Deluca, Moe RSLPresidentSteve Mayes, Jasper McQualter,ChaceMara, LincolnGraham(kneeling)Zander Murto,Scarlett Murto,Sophie Crameri andTrafalgar Boxing Gymhead trainer Shane Cameron and assistant John Cassar Photograph: Liam Durkin
Set, match: Section 3/4 winner Zeerus Ghayan and runner-up Danielle Game Photographs supplied
Sportsmanship: Section 7Doubles winnersReid Murphy and Finn Archipowwithrunners-up Zane Burge andSethTindall.
Medals: Section3/4 Doubles winnersRelic Vann and Grace Wilk. Runners-up Amber Koopmans and Evie Speirs.
Active: Latrobe ValleyTennis Association juniortournament Section 1/2Doubles medal winnersOliverStephenson, Harrison Crane,Eshan Shankar and BoscoKe.
Total tennis: Section 6Doubles winners Sienna Zimoraand Bastien Koopmans.Runners-up Mason Wilk and Spencer Crane.
Effort: Section 5Doubles runners-up HarryTaylor and Henry Cleaverwith winnersRose Rami and MurrayRiseley.
Geoff Watt MemorialRun 2024
ATHLETICS
GEOFF WATT RUN
THE annual Geoff Watt Memorial Fun Run & Festival was another resounding success. Held at the athletics track in Warragul named after the Gippsland legend, the festival welcomes runners and Little Athletes from acrossthe region to participate in all great things running.
Events included ahalf-marathon, 10 kilometre run and 5km run, as well as akids fun run.
The half-marathon took runners out the back of Warragul, past the Warragul Country Club and further along Dollarburn Road.
Runners were challenged with extremely steep hills in ruralWarragul as part of the more than 20km trek.
Damien Smith won the half-marathon in atime of 1:25:41. Mia Urie was fastest female, finishing first in 1:39:37.
The 5km run was won by Cash Smith (19:13) and Janet Robinson (23:43).
Sam Treasure took out the 10km in 37:49, and Hayley Adams the women’s in 42:16.
Back at the track, aLittle Athletics Australia Junior Coaching Clinic saw green and gold representation on hand to run the show. Paris Olympian and Australian High Jump Champion Yual Reath and former Olympic throws coach Gus Puopolotook charge and provided participants with arange of fundamental learnings.
The Geoff Watt Memorial Fun Run &Festivalis Gippsland’s longest running fun run event.
Rollercoaster course stuns Harriers
ATHLETICS HARRIERS BY BARRYHIGGINS
SOME of the newerHarrier members not familiar with the Thursday, October 31 course around Clarkes Road on the Traralgon outskirts were lulled into afalse comfort zone whenthe trail startedwith agentle uphill and then alevel path.
It became aHalloween horror shock when they wereconfronted with two monstrous rollercoaster hills -the second concealed behind the first. After that they had agentle but longuphill slope to finishthe 6km circuit It is rumouredthat someseasoned members were absent becauseoftheir knowledge of the challenging terrain. Despite the hills, Peter Cutlerran an excellenttime, with Andrew Greenhill and Miles Verschuur crossing the linetogether almostthree minutes later. Glenn Graham, Dave Mann and Matthew Deppeler had asocial outing, all finishing together.
Karen Graham, Chelsea Fox and Rebecca Anderson finished in the top half of the field. In her first outing across the unrelenting hills, Rebeccawas pleasedthat she managed to run all the way, with no walk breaks.
Megan Scott had aleisurely jog in her lead up to the Great Southern Endurance Run, a 56km mountain trail run through the Alpine National Park on November 16. AnumberofHarriers, family and friends tookpartinthe GeoffWatt Memorial Run at Warragul on Sunday, October 27.Many commentedthat it was an excellent event with lots of support and muchentertainment. This Thursday’s run/walk (November 7) is the LRH Hospital Run, starting from the northern end of the Village Avenue carpark. Coming events are the 10km and 25km Boolarra Rail Trail Runs this Sunday (November 10) and the Carol and Barry Summersgill Cross Country Championships on Thursday, November 14.
PeterCutler 22:48, Andrew Greenhill25:40, Miles Verschuur 25:40, Glenn Graham 28:45, Dave Mann 28:54, MatthewDeppeler 28:59, Seth Bomers29:30, Mar tin Lynch 29:35, DempseyPodmore29:38,Karen Graham 29:45, Trent Kooyman 29:55, Jason Odlum 30:33, RonVerschuur 30:54, Anthony Magaldi 31:19, GaryFox 31:20, Peter Sanders32:17, Shane Gavin 32:36, Chelsea Fox32:59, RebeccaAnderson 34:03, Darrel Cross 34:48, ReeGraham 35:15, Chesney Podmore36:53,MarkLansdown 37:32, Kat Kent 37:33,Megan Scott37:37,Michelle Sawyer 38:11, LucyMagaldi 38:11, Collette Hofmann 40:02, Phillip Mayer40:11, Kaye Livingstone 41:25, TaniaWhitehead 41:56, Andrew Legge 44:00, Danelle Wright 46:18, Ann Bomers50:51,Lynda Jones 51:22, LukeWitham 54:50, Kristina Creighton 54:50, TimothyGraham 54:50, Paul Smith 59:06, NickHodson 59:25, KyleeEarl59:25, Belinda Heafield 59:49, BarryHiggins 59:49, Ian Heafield 1:03:56, Anja Norwood 1:06:29, KathyQuinn 1:06:29, LilySanders1:07:54. Duty volunteers: Chris VanUnen, Andrew Panayiotou, Adrian Sutcliffe
GEOFF WATT MEMORIAL RUN
(40 0m): EmilyOdlum 1:49. (10km): Gordon Knight 41:39, Danelle Wright 1:14:14.
(Half marathon): Ian Cornthwaite 1:32:07(thirdmale), Chris Buckley1:34:49, Yani Cornthwaite1:40:06 (second female), Cour tneyEllis 1:40:53 (thirdfemale), Matthew Deppeler 1:47:15, Liam Durkin 1:53:32, Angelo Gaudiano 2:25:11.
Gun: Samuel CataldoofMoe LittleAthleticswins the 400m Aperloos Baker yunder17event.
Community: Star tofthe 2.5km Warragul Countr yClub Runatthe GeoffWattMemorial FunRun.
Photographs supplied
Howit’sdone: Yual Reathshows offhis high jump skills
No catching him: Men’sL&F EyecareGeoff Watt Memorial half-marathon winner Damien Smith.
Reps: Australian highjumper Yual Reath, Member forMonash Russell Broadbent, former Olympian and event organiserKathyWattand Australian sprinter NanaOsuwu-Afriye.
And they’reoff: Kids star tthe 400m event.
Victory: Charlotte Har tcher of Moe Little Athleticswon the GirlsWarragulCountr yClub 2.5kM event.
Sweet success: Winner of the women’s Warragul Downtowner 10k-HayleyAdams
Traralgon emerging as the top team to beat
BOWLS
STRZELECKI NORTH
SATURDAYPENNANT
BY MICHAEL HOLROYD
ROUND 5ofWeekend Pennant continued with Traralgonwidening their leadontop of the ladder in Division1
In another closely fought match, Drouin continued their goodform fromlast week against Longwarry,astheywon thethreerinks of Les Firth, Steve Barr and Graeme Aubreyat Trafalgar, only to find the home team rinkof Nathan Cook with Sean Tatterson, Darren Kane and David Cook won32to6,leavingTrafalgar the winners by nine shots.
Morwell’s recent good formfell away when they visited Traralgon RSL. Ross Sizeland and his rink of Peter Barnes, Terry Hunter andPhil Mustoe had a44-19 win along with Alan Kanavan and his rink of IanHartley,Laurie Melhuish and George Cargill who won 32-20 to help them to a46-shot win with all rinks up.
Newborough returned to formwith agood win at home against Warragul. Led by first time skipper Danny Van Zuylen and his rink of BarryDaley, Steve Gibcus and Jo-Anne Michaels, the team won 32-8, making for a29-shot victory. Traralgon was toostrongatLongwarry, winning
threerinksled by James Scullin and hisrink of Jedd Ladgrove, Shane Chapman and Wayne Barnes 27-16. For Longwarry, Glenn Pask and his rink of Hank Metselaar, Dale Weller and Ian Peterson defeated the gun Traralgon rink of Vin McIlwain 28-24,leaving Traralgonthe winners by 22 shots.
DIVISION 2 sawMoe came home from Neerim District with abig win, with Chris Goldsbrough and his rink of Bob Rennie, Stuart Caines and Barry Hawkett winning 32-14 to give Moe a23-shot victory.
Thorpdale shocked visitors Garfield with only the rink of Brendan Jennings along withBrian O’Connell, Robert Preston and Geoff Savige winning 26-10, leaving them one shot up in an upset victory.
Traralgon RSL (2) travelled to Morwell Club withthe home club winning by 40 shots. Glenn Trembath and his rink of Steve Kilpatrick,Sue Karleusaand Lynne Smithhad a30-11victory and Tara Harle and her rink of Jo Leslie, Matt Rogers and Roger Rejmer won 25-8.
Traralgon (3) welcomed Traralgon (2) who had a24-shot victory, with Trevor James and his rink of Derek Hewling,Graham Crossand Greg McRonald winning in ascore line reading 28-8.
DIVISION 3 had Boolarra continuing their
good form, with Chris Ward and his rink of Tony Snell, Janet Napier and John Cargill winning 23-12 as they won overall by 19 shots.
In atight game at Moe (2), Yinnar snuck home by threeshots,with the best rink of Luka Djordurovic, Leanne Emond, Peter Rennie and Jenni Harris winning 24-18.
Newborough (2)had agood win against Newborough (3)by23shots, with AlbertVan Stekelenburg and his rink of StuartGemmill, Jeff Edwards and Len Middlingwinning25-12.
Trafalgar (2) had anarrow four shot victory at Drouin (2), with Frank Farrugia and his rink of Anthony Dalgleish, BarryLeicester and Peter Watson winning 25-14.
DIVISION 4 featured Longwarry ‘s unbeaten run coming to an end at Traralgon (4), losing by seven shots, with the home team rink of Ian Wills with Maureen Rooney, Len Rawlings and Cheryl Reynolds winning 22-11.
Neerim District(2) hadthree rinkswell up against Morwell (3), with RogerTill and Jim Schroeder both winning 26-13.
Yarragon got back on the winners list against Churchill, with Sam Mazza and his rink of Tony Hiriart, Harry Langres and Margaret Arnold winning 28-7. Warragul (2) with all rinks up had asoundwin at home against Yallourn North,with Greg Mitchell and his rink of Ken Landman, George
Moi and Glynis Mitchell winning 23-12.
DIVISION 5 saw Boolarra (2) get on the winners list with all rinks up against Yallourn North (2). Peter Gair and his rink of Bev Thompson, Michael Schelling and Ross Bramley won 35-10.
Traralgon (5) had abig win at home by 51 shots against Morwell Club (2), with Peter Doble and his rinkofJim Barling, Bob Lorenz and Barry Fernance winning 44-7. Garfield (2) defeated Drouin (3) by eight shots. Trafalgar (3)defeated Warragul (3) by 14 shotsand Traralgon RSL (3) won allrinks against Morwell (4).
DIVISION 6 results were: Drouin (4) defeated Newborough (4), Traralgon (6) defeated Trafalgar (4) and Neerim District (3) forfeited to Longwarry (3). Moe (3) had the bye. In Division 7, Moe (4) had abig winagainst Traralgon RSL (4), Thorpdale (2) and Churchill(2) drew and Warragul (4)forfeited to Traralgon (7).
MIDWEEK Pennant resumed Tuesday, November 12 following abreak for the Melbourne Cup.
Results were not known when the Express went to print.
Bunyip backinthe Ellinbank District Football-Netball League
He added only one on grand final day.
He has played in practically every state for regional townsand clubs, he’s evenplayed overseas in the AFL’s Londonand US competitions providing his audience what that experience is like.
NAR NAR GOON took out the West Gippsland premiership defeating Phillip Island led by popular social media personality Thomas Baulch (aka Prime Train) winning ararely seen accurate grand final scoreline, 14.3 (87) to 10.3 (63).
Baulch makes football content under the name ‘Prime Train’ playing games for amultitude of different clubsand postinggame day ‘vlogs’ -regularly scheduled videos across aday or event.
Baulch managed eight games for Phillip Island during the season, playing all after round 15 and booting 15 goals across that time from the midfield.
GOLF
CHURCHILL &MONASH
StablefordSaturday2nd November 2024.
AGrade Winner: D. Burridge 40pts
BGrade Winner: B. Barnes 40 pts
CGrade Winner: B. Mathieson 39 pts
D.T.L: 1. P. Junker 38, 2. R. Zomer 38, 3. C. Gosling38, 4. M. Hutchison 38, 5. B. Cluderay 37,6.C.Gilfillan 37,7.B.Kilday36, 8. A. Sharrock36, 9. S. Turner 35 c/b
N.T.P: 3rdC.Gosling,5th C. Gosling,12th (Pro Pin) D. Cluderay,14th D. Taylor Birdies: 3rdJ.Welsh, C. Gosling, 5th. D. Taylor,12th T. Collins, R. Madigan
Target Hole: G. Sanders Melb Cup Day4BBB StablefordTuesday 5th November 2024.
Winners: P. Kearns,R.Sands,W.McGrath
53pts c/b
RunnersUp: S. Vary,C.Gardiner,R.Dent, A. West 53 pts Third: J. Clegg,C.Fleming,M.Soppe,Greg Beyer
MIRBOONORTH
Tuesday5th November,Stableford
AGrade: PDraper (11) 41pts
BGrade: MPayne (13) 42pts
CGrade: NBaker (24) 41pts c/b
DTL: PCummaudo 40, GRenwick, I Duncan, JHughes,S Woodall, JGunn, 39, NTP: 4th IDuncan, 6th JMcFarlane,13th JRobbins,16th CGunn, Birdies: 6th NBickerton, 16th TomTraillW Reynolds
Saturday9th November Stroke(R1
Championship)
AGrade: NBickerton (9) 63nett
BGrade: JMcFarlane (16) 68nett
CGrade: DTaylor (28) 65nett
DTL: EWoodall, BBradshaw67, DWoodall
68 TimTraill, JKus 69 c/b
NTP: 4th NBickerton 6th SWoodall, 13th TimTraill16th RHawkins
Birdies: 4th NBickerton JMcFarlane, 6th GRenwicck, WReynolds,J Hughes 13rh TimTraill, PDraper,L Gervasi, 16th T Whitelaw MOE
Sunday, 03 November 2024 ,OPEN
Sunday9holeStableford
Grade AWinner: Hecker, Christopher (31)
21
Sunday, 03 November 2024, OPEN Sunday Medley Stableford
Grade AWinner: Donaldson, Leanne (25)
However, he has played the most games for Phillip Island out of them all but fell short on the last day of the season.
The deserved premiers had six players boot two or more goals on their way to the flag.
IN other news out of the West Gippsland Football Netball League, Bunyip appears likely to re-join the Ellinbank District Football Netball League after clubs approved their application to enter the competition.
The Bulldogs currently hold one of the longest losing streaks in country football, having not
36
Tuesday, 05 November 2024, OPEN Medley StablefordMens
Grade AWinners: Whitehead, Glenn(11)
40
Grade BWinners: Doak, Shaun (13) 39
Grade CWinners: Pearson, Stephen (29)
41
Place Getters: Lee,Judy 40, Mead, Barry 39, Borg, Kathy38, Coad, Matthew37C/B Cahill, Joshua 37 C/B,Radovich, David 37, Hibbs,Steven36C/B,Stansbury, Les 36 C/B,Spiteri, Patrick36C/B,Buckman, Peter 36 C/B,Silk, Matthew36C/B
Great Score: Brad Woodall (Birdie) @8
LukeVan Der Meulen (Birdie) @8
Shaun Doak (Birdie) @4
Shaun Doak (Birdie) @14
Charles Weir (Birdie) @14
Nearest to Pin: 8th Brad Woodall 14th Shaun Doak
Wednesday, 06 November 2024,Twilight Stableford
AGrade Winner: KathyBorg(23) 20 Birdies: KathyBorg@4th
Wednesday, 06 November 2024 WOMEN'S WEDNESDAY 9HOLEStableford
Grade AWinners: Hooper,Rosie (54) 7
Wednesday, 06 November 2024 WOMEN'S CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS Stroke
Grade AWinners: Donaldson, Leanne (25) 72
Grade BWinners:Stewart, Leahann (29) 71
Place Getters: Griggs,Andrea 73, Fitzpatrick, Robin 74,Borg, Kathy74
Great Score: KathyBorg(Birdie) @4
Helen StanlakeTarget Hole PrizeWinner
Thursday, 07 November 2024 OPEN
Medley Stableford
Grade AWinners:Wilson,Graeme (9) 42
Grade BWinners: Donaldson, Murray (14)
40 C/B
Grade CWinners: Matthews,Max (22) 41
Place Getters: Hall,Bill40, Borg, Manny39
C/B ,PEEL, Michael 39 ,Pedemont, Joseph
38 C/B ,Brien, Kevin38, Buckman, Peter37
Backman, Phil 37,Veenman, Laurie 36 C/B, Beveridge,Eric36C/B,Morrow,Brett 36
C/B,Brien, Graeme 36, Stansbury, Les 35
C/B
Great Score: Laurie Veenman (Eagle) @12
PeterRodaughan (Birdie) @8
Bill Hall (Birdie) @4
Joel Poole (Birdie) @8
Greg Boorer (Birdie) @14
Nearest to Pin: 4th Dale Collings ,8th
Laurie Veenman ,14th MannyBorg
Saturday, 09 November 2024 WOMEN'S
won agame since the end of the 2022 West Gippsland season in ayear they won eight games
Since they’ve had two successivewinless seasons.
Their overall record since the league's formation is 32 winsand 87 losses.
Bunyip Football Club spoke of their excitement regarding the news on their Facebook page.
“We would sincerely like to thank the EDFNL board and club members for voting in favour and welcoming us back home,” they said.
“We still await final confirmation from WGFNC clubs, and would like to acknowledge and thank all the wonderful people and clubs for their support and friendship.”
Bunyip is one of the afew remaining clubsin country Victoria that is not acombined club -the football club was supportedbythe netball club
SCOREBOARD
SATURDAY Stableford
Grade AWinners: Stewart, Leahann (29)
32 Saturday, 09 November 2024 MEN'S 2nd
Rnd Club Championships Stroke
Overall Winners:Bassman, Jeffrey (17) 67
Flag Winner
Grade AWinners:Poole,Joel (5) 70
Grade BWinners:Bassman, Jeffrey (17) 67
Grade CWinners:Allen, Ray(28) 71
Place Getters: Harber,John 70 C/B
Spiteri, Paul 73 C/B
Veenman, Laurie 73, Savige,Bruce 74 C/B VanDer Meulen, Luke74C/B,Weir,Liam74 Bassman, Aaron 75 C/B,Cunningham, Steve75C/B,O'Farrell, Kevin 75 C/B, Cropley, Mike 75 C/B
Gross Winner: Aaron Bassman (-2) 73
Great Score: Vincent Powell (Birdie) @4, Graeme Wilson (Birdie) @14,Steve Cunningham (Birdie) @8,Liam Weir (Birdie) @8,Lee Wilson (Birdie) @14, Aaron Bassman (Birdie) @8
Nearest to Pin: 4th Vincent Powell, 8th SteveCunningham,14th Tony Johnson
MORWELL
Women Wednesday6th November 2024
Stroke-Monthly Medal
Medal Winner: CPeter 70 nettc/b
R/Up: Lvan Rooy 70 nett
DTL: STurner 73 nett
NTP: 2nd Lvan Rooy 8th STurner 11th STurner 15th Lvan Rooy
Count Putts: IYoshimura33putts
TRAFALGAR
Tuesday05/11/2024 -Nocompetition
Thursday: 07/11/2024 -Strokeand
Monthly Medal. Players:59,Women 19, Men 40
Women’s Winner: Cheryl Deppeller (29)
Runner Up: Sue Balfour (31)
ScratchWinner: KarenMacGregor (46)
DTL: Aileen McNair (31), Nola Fordham (31), Sue DeVries (34), Cheryl Toyne (34)
NTP: Sue Klemke(13)
Par3 Event: Heather Savige
Men’s Winner: Ed Hayward(25)
Runner Up: Max Taylor (30 c/b)
ScratchWinner: RayWilliams (41 c/b)
DTL: RobCusworth-Warner (30), RonPyke (31), Russell Balfour (32), Tony Shearer (33), NormMether (33), John Robinson (33)
NTP: Tony Shearer (13)
Par3 Event: GeoffThomas,Laurie Snowball, Tony Shearer
Friday,November 8th 2024, Open Men’s& Ladies Stableford
AGrade Winner: Noel Cornish 39 pts
BGrade Winner: PeterCooke44pts
with the move.
The Bulldogs have seen success on the netball courtwinningthree premierships across grades in West Gippsland.
Bunyip last played in the Ellinbank District Football Netball League in 2016 and were placed in the start-up West Gippsland competition ayear later by AFL Victoria as said by club president Steven Sheppard.
FELLOW Ellinbank District FNL club Yarragon has also been in the news with the arrival of former GWS ruckman Braydon Preuss. Preuss played 28 games at AFL-level across six years for the Giants, North Melbourne and Melbourne -hewas delisted by GWS following the 2024 season.
DTL's: MatthewSilk 38, Tristan Ashby37, Simon Caygill 35, MickWest 35, Jordan Chapman 35, PeterHobson 34
Eagle: 6th: Tristan Ashby
Birdies: 2nd: Glen Roberts,RyanMortimer, Noel Cornish5th:Warwick Griggs,Noel Cornish, Dale Gude 11th:MarkScammell
Saturday, November 9th 2024, Monthly Medal Stroke– 1st RoundClub
Championships
Medal Winner: PeterBurghardt 63 nett
AGrade Winner: Wayne Robbins 66 nett
BGrade Winner: PeterBurghardt 63 nett
CGrade Winner: Phil James 68 nett
ScratchWinner: Wayne Robbins 73 gross
DTL’s: Zavier O’Reilly67, RonDavey 67,Tim Cross 68, Bruce Aplin 68, Richie Parsonage 68, George Petkovic 68, MarkRobinson 69, PeterMoss 69, BarryDwyer 69, Dick Sheehan 69, NickGray70, Chad McKie 70 C/B
NTP’s: 2nd: PeterRhodes 5th: Peter Hobson 11th: ParisChristian 13th:Tim Cross 15th: Jeff Hasthorpe
Eagle: 14th:Adrian Jones
Birdies: 2nd: StevePearse 5th: Wayne Robbins, MickWest, LukeBryant, Phil Town, PeterHobson 11th:Zavier O’Reilly YALLOURN
Ladies.Tuesday5th November 9Hole
Stablefordwinner
Sue Caldow (35) 20 pts On c/backfromJudy Budge
Thursday7th November.18Hole
Stablefordwinner
Div 1: LynMcAlister (19) 39 pts
Div 2: Sue Riches (35) 36 pts
DTL: Betty Dobson (31) 36pts Sue Caldow (35) 34pts Evelyn Graske(42) 34pts
NTP: 2nd Loretta Booth 8th Sue Riches 14th n/a 16th JanWilson Birdies.14th LynMcAlister 16th JanWilson Gobblers: LynMcAlister 9th &14th Judy Budge 18th TENNIS
ProfessionalgolfersdescendonTrafalgar
GOLF
By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
THE Community Bank Trafalgar &District
TrafalgarPro-Amtook place Wednesday, November
6asthe second stop of the Gippsland Swing apart of the PGA of Australia’s Adidas Pro-Am Series.
BenMurphy claimedvictory after asix-under 64 performanceout at theTrafalgar Golf Club.
Murphystarted positivelywith birdiesatholes 10 and 12 and abirdie on the 16th, but then mellowed with seven consecutive pars.
Breaking the wayward streakwithaneagleat the Par 5sixth,heconcluded with abirdie on the seventh, closing his round of 64 finishing one shot clear of Harrison Wills (65).
While this was Murphy’s first time at Trafalgar, he said it bowed well having to not overthink it, subsequently lauding the country course on what was abeautiful day topping 30 degrees.
“Perfect fairways, perfect greens, cool layout. (A) great golf course,” he said.
Travelling from Morning Peninsula, Murphy pocketed $2694 for his win and bogey-free effort.
Atotal of 53 professionals participated at Trafalgar alongside 107 amateur golfers.
Besides amomentary stoppage due to lighting in theafternoon, Trafalgar Golf Club Captain Peter Moss said the day ran smoothly.
“The day was asuccess for the TrafalgarGolf Club. Thanks to all of our wonderful sponsors and the volunteers who assisted leading up to the event and on the day,” he said.
“All of the professionals spokehighly of the course.”
PGA of Australia National Events Manager, Heath McLeod said the Gippsland Swing, which began its week in Sale before heading to Trafalgar, Traralgon and then Yarram, is an integral part of their community venture.
“Events like these (at Trafalgar) are great to get out into regional areas and promote the sport, promote professional sport, but promote the game as awhole,” McLeod said.
“It’s agoodopportunity for local amateurstocome and mix it with the pros.
“It is the only sport where the amateursget to play in the competition with the professionals.”
Afixture of games separatedbymorning and afternoon playersoffered professionals and local amateurs achancetomingle, discuss their love for the game, tell stories both grand and small, and see the professionals give tips and advice.
“The pros are out there, Imeanitistheir day job, so they are out there and they’re competitive and trying to win against the other pros, but there’s alot of interaction between the pros(and the amateurs),” McLeod said.
While it is acommunityevent, the Trafalgar Pro-Am still carried asignificant prize fund, meaning there was still atensefeeling among players in themidst of play.
Geelong professional Matt McFarlane was visibly frustrated with his finish during the morning session.
Winning does go along way for these golfers, who don’t necessarily live the lifestyle one would expect as professional athletes, with the sport only taking up afraction of their day-to-day lives, having to pay for travel and accommodation out of their ownpocket.
To put it in perspective, aTrafalgar Golf Club official spokeabout oneprofessionalusing his campervan to travel from one event to another -who arrived the night prior to the pro-am and slept at the golf club.
An additional$600was on offer for the Trafalgar Golf Club Shoot Out which followed the afternoon players in which all professionals on the day battled it out to see who could drive the furthest -taken outbyJake Hughes.
The amateur winners were: AM sessionAGrade: ScottMcKinnon (42 points). AM BGrade:Paris Christian (37). PM AGrade:Anthony Moscato (40). PM BGrade: Glenn Doolan (36 point).
Drivefor show: Trafalgar Golf Club’sMickWest tees offthe firsthole.
Professionals: Jack Sandic (left) and AnthonyChoat (third from left)withMickWest and Hoppy Ing from Trafalgar Golf Club
Congratulations: CommunityBank Trafalgar &District Trafalgar Pro-Am winner BenMurphy (centre) alongside CommunityBank Trafalgar &District representatives Gavin Duffyand David Balfour Photograph supplied
Not to be confused: ProfessionalJakeHughes with Phil Johnson andJeffBrown at theTraralgon Pro-Am. Hughes wonthe shoot out competition forthe longest driveatTrafalgar Photographs: BlakeMetcalf-Holt (unlessotherwise stated)
Fore: Golf proMattMcFarlane (second from left) with CW,HankFiddelaersand Mick Bennettfrom Trafalgar Golf Club
On target: Trafalgar Golf Club’sMickBennettputtingduring theTrafalgar Pro-Am.
Precision: Professional MattMcFarlane lines up his ball at theTrafalgar Pro-Am.
Tenacious Tigers punish Toongabbie
CRICKET
CLVPREMIER A
BY LIAM DURKIN
THOSE who enjoy nothingmore than sitting boundary side with cold drinkinhand watching attackingbatsmanship were treated to some good displays in Round 5ofCricket Latrobe Valley.
The first lot of two day games reached their conclusion at the weekend, with major team and individual innings standing out.
MORWELL did know this was atwo dayer right?
The Tigers mowed down Toongabbie’s total of 194 at Keegan Street in just 51.5 overs.
Havingbeen set adecent enough target at stumps, the home side said ‘whatever you make, we can make more, and twice as quick’.
Quick was indeedthe mannerfor Morwell veteran Mark Cukier, who made 86 off 116 balls, striking 12 fours at arate of 74.13.
His opening partner Fayaz Homyoon (37 off 87) playedasupporting hand to perfection, getting Cukieronstrike in afirst wicketstand which yielded 108.
Runs continued to come from the middle order, with Jordan Campbell(34 not out off 40) and Blair Clymo (27) seeing the Tigers to victory.
EX STUDENTS are like Mirboo North in September -you can never write them off.
Havingscratchedout187onDay1againstCentrals, the Sharks did as they usually do with the ball, hunting as one to work their way through each wicket.
Each wicket eventually saw the Lions rolled for 130 at Terry Hunter Oval. The pack mentality from Ex Students was perhaps summed up by the fact all five bowlers took awicket.
Adam Brady led the charge with 3/18, while team leaders Jimmy Pryde (3/25)and MitchHarris (2/38) did likewise.
Harris had the distinction of dismissing former Sri Lankan Test playerNuwan Pradeepfor aglobe JakeLittlejohnand Jaxon Murdoch each got starts for Centrals, but wouldhave been disappointed to not turn their 30s into scores of greater substance.
On asidenote: what was aformer Test player doing batting at number 11 in alocal cricket game?
SLOW and steady wins the race -just.
CATSalmost made amealofwhatlookedlike arelatively straightforward run chase against Raiders.
The visitors started the day needing just 56 to win with eight wickets in hand.
However, amiddle order collapse triggered by a run out very nearly saw CATS bundle the points, before scampering home by two wickets.
Returningbatsman Nathan Harrap added nine to his overnight score of 30,yet when Tom Robertson and Harri McCollcombinedtosee him short of his ground, it provided an opening for Raiders.
From 3/127, the scorewas soon 6/142.
SamGissara however provided the level head required, making an unbeaten 18 in partnership with Harry Cooper, who held up at the other end.
Eric Porigneaux had made 32 earlier in the day, while UK import Owen Palmer scored 47 on Day
1and then had little to no reason to bring his kit on Day 2(wasted Saturdays).
Raiders are still searching for their first win, but have come mightily close on acouple of occasions (one run loss to Moe and now this).
Robertson took 3/22 and McColl 2/54.
BOWLERS have it tough when even 275 isn’t anywhere near enough.
Runsflowed at Fred KingOval, as Glengarry defeated Moe by five wickets.
More than 550 runs were scored across the two days, with batsmen making the most of friendly conditions and the wide open expanses of the Glengarry outfield.
Moe was able to dismiss one-third of the Marks’ cheaply, sending Frank packing for abloblateon Day 1, however the other two, Sam and Ben Marks batted together for agood chunk of Day 2inan eventual winning partnership.
Sam played apatient hand of 48 not out off 139 rocks, in total contrast to Ben who blasted 57 red off just 46.
Skipper Nat Freitag was among the runs yet again, this time making 73, while Al Jenkin and Cam Graham helped the cause with scores of 46 and 37 respectively.
The Lions toiled across nearly 80 overs,and in fairness most kept their economy rates however around three.
Young leg spinner Jordy Shields(3/41) continued to get important exposure, and will take some lessons out of bowling against genuine quality on an unresponsive track.
Tough starttoseason forGippsland Pride
CRICKET
GIPPSLAND PRIDE BY LIAM
DURKIN
SOME of theregion’s brightestyoung cricketers took to the field for Gippsland Pride last Sunday. Gippsland Pride plays against opponents from across the state, under acompetition governed by the Victorian Country Cricket League.
The under 21s were opposed to Barwon Rockets atScorpionPark,Leongathafortheopeninground.
Saturday, November 9
Raiderspair Ben Riversand Darryn Stares were Latrobe Valley’slocals,along with coach Rob ‘Barney’ Webber, while Trafalgar’s Owen McLeod-Agland also gained selection.
Pride decided to have ahit, but were knocked over for 110. Rivers helped out with 24, but was bereft of much support.
Barwon easily chasedthe total,losingjust four wickets in less than 25 overs.
The under 18s also found the going tough just up the road at Leongatha Recreation Reserve.
Batting first, the home side managed 147, which was chaseddown in 30.3overs for the loss of only three wickets.
Jacob Bloomfield (Latrobe), Jordan Shields (Moe) and Ashton Wright (Rosedale-Kilmany) made up the team from the LatrobeValley Express readership.
Wright made 49 and took 2/41, while Bloomfield opened the bowling and Shields returned an economical 0/19 off seven overs.
CRICKET LATROBEVALLEY -LOWER GRADE SCORES
Premier B(Round6): Ex Students 5/150(A McCormack 55*, CPotalej 25*, VPenrose 2/30) def CATS 149(LPass 42,DChurchill5/25), Glengarry 4/257 (A Hodson 64*, BMayberry 61, PHenry 58, SSaju46* RJohnson 2/42) def Churchill 194 (B Kearns 57, PVan Rossum 54, JFrancis 2/22, L Balakrishnan 2/25, JDuncan 2/27, JPorter 2/39), Toongabbie 4/92(MFarley 36, JBruce 26) def Jeeralang-Boolarra 91 (L Smith 46, BCooper 3/4, MCooper 3/33, KStoddart 2/18), Thorpdale 3/75 (J Durkin 40*) def Traralgon West 74 (K O'Connell 4/10,LMorphett 3/23, RKerrison2/5), Morwell 9/277 (K Fortuin 99, RSemmler 75, AMcCarthy 3/35, GShaw2/30) def Mirboo North 208 (C Anders 73, TBasarke 54, GShaw27, RGray3/26, C Seymour 2/25, ZCheffers 2/57).
BGrade(Round6): Imperials4/132 (D Campbell28, TBell 26, MFenech 2/23) def Centrals 9/130 (D Rodge 49, EJarvis3/21, LBermingham 2/30), Gormandale 8/272 (H Crean 102*, GSwan 45, DNorton 35, PShrubb30, VPeddinti 3/85, RDuncan 2/26) def Latrobe 122 (S Gedara 41, G Swann 3/14, HCrean 3/18, DGanegodage 2/14),
Moe7/133 (A Savige56*,A Van Zuyden 3/39, E Sharp 2/8)def Rovers 7/131 (R Ritvik3/26), Raiders 9/144 (H Rai 43, AWilkes 4/22, JCoombs 2/20)def Willow Grove113 (L Cumiskey 45, JVarghese3/18, NSandu 3/26, JBerryman-Lambert 2/9).
Premier C(Round4): Morwell 1/135 (M Smith 67*,BWilliams 50) def Moe130 (G Edwards 35*,CJohnson 3/25, BWilliams 2/23, CMonds 2/31), Toongabbie 91 (R Farley 31, DMorris 4/19, JShankland2/6, ASmith 2/22)def Imps79(A Smith 29, BHood 5/24, WZalesiak 3/8, JPearson 2/28), CATS4/243 def Mirboo North 81 (player scores not available), Rovers 8/137 (D Brain 44, DCanning 31, RMatthews 30, DMoorhouse 2/2,E Dissanayake2/14) def Centrals5/135 (T Poursanidis 34*, JPoursanidis 33, SRajapakse 29, JSpaulding 2/26), Ex Students 3/57 def Glengarry 53 (T Dwyer 29, MIsles 4/12, LBastin 3/15, T Kosterman 2/6).
CGrade (Round 4): Gormandale 6/70 (B Peavey 31*, LWalsh 5/10)def Willow Grove 69 (A Archipow 36, BPeavey 4/10, JAinsworth 3/12, TGafa 3/26), Jeeralang-Boolarra 1/54 (E Stanton 28*) def Imperials 53 (W Bassett 25*, CStanton
4/14, AParker 3/7), Churchill 8/288 (C Dekaste 120, SWernham 100 ret, ABremner 3/14, AAtkinson 2/33, TAnderson 2/71) def Latrobe71(MLawrence 36, RHarrington 3/19, STobin 3/20, CDekaste 2/1), Rawson 179(LWatson63*,J Wiseman 47, BJarvis 29, FMahoney 2/4, BMahoney 2/24, PMills 2/36) def Raiders 21 (M Williams 3/5, JCargill 2/1,O Brouwer2/7, JWiseman 2/7), TraralgonWest -bye
Thursday, November 7
Women's Championship (Round 4): Willow Grove 0/39 def Rovers 7/18 (K Schultz 3/8, H Ferguson 2/1), Mirboo North 4/60 tied Ex Students 6/60 (K Collins 2/8, ADean 2/13), Morwell 1/99 (R Ball 31*, NFreeman 30*), def Raiders 0/98 (T Hunt 20*, RCarr 19*)
Women'sPremier (Round 4): Latrobe 4/82 (T Anderson 30*, Dvan Vliet 2/10) def Churchill 2/81 (D Cole 30*, SForbes 19*, SRockliff 2/11), Willow Grove 2/87(MDonoghue 30*, KMann 30*) def Imperials 3/81 (R Reid 31*, CMaree 20), Raiders0/133(AQuinsey-Munro 33,GSanders 31*, SBlines 30) def Centrals2/84(KDoble 28, KPeters 25*).
CRICKETLATROBEVALLEY
Cricket Latrobe Valley women easily beaten by Sale-Maffra
CRICKET GCL BY LIAM
DURKIN
CRICKET Latrobe Valley senior women were defeated in Round 3ofthe Gippsland Cricket League.
Latrobe Valley lost to perennial finalists Sale-Maffra, going down by seven wicketsat Sale Oval on Sunday in the GCL Women’s Moe Racing Club and Club Eastwood competition.
The visitors won the toss and elected to bat, but were skittled for just 85.
Kim Peters stood tall with an unbeaten 33, however four globes among the card told a story of woe.
The Sharks then won with relativeease, taking only 23.2 overs to do so. Abi Dean had some success with the ball, nabbing 2/14.
LATROBE Valley had abye in the opening round of GCL under 13s and 15s. Both grades will play their first game this Sunday (November 17), each travelling to Wy Yung to play Bairnsdale.
The under 18s nextgameisSunday, November 24 against Leongatha at Wonthaggi.
SCORES for the senior GCL match between Latrobe Valley and Leongatha were not available at time of print. Sale-Maffra defeatedBairnsdale in the other GCL match for Round 2.
Senior GCL resumes Sunday, November 24, with Latrobe Valley hosting Bairnsdale at Ted Summerton Reserve.
Juniors
Under 16 (Friday, November 8, Round 5, T20s): Willow Grove 5/99 (Z Larkin 30*, Dvan der Stoel 30*, AHurley 2/13, AFernando 2/21) def Centrals 6/98 (A Hurley 24, SFernando 22, DWalsh 2/22), Toongabbie 8/84 (B Cooper 19, GSanders2/4) def Raiders 5/77 (J Dunn 31*),Gormandale/Rovers 6/137 (C Young 33*, KSenthilkumar 31*, JSmith 27,A Smith 22, JHowell 2/18, JMooney 2/22) def Morwell/Latrobe 67 (J Mooney 33, CYoung 2/11, CMonaghan 2/12, CBoyes 2/16, KSenthilkumar 2/16), Ex Students 4/124 (L Henry 19*, RConway 18*, DSmith 17*, LRichards16*)def Moe 5/36 (K Micallef 22, KHart-Theissling 2/5), Glengarry -bye. Under 14 (Wednesday, November 6, Round 4, Day 1): Ex Students 2/80 (C Adams 13*, L Mackay 13) leads Centrals 3/57 (J Poursanidis 35*, JHazelman 2/5), Mirboo North 2/155 (J Calafiore 50 ret, LChila 50*, LRoberts 18*) leads Moe 4/46 (L Chila 2/4, RTeagle 2/6) Morwell 3/91 (J Sterrick 43, WFrankland 18*,NSallee 2/1) leads WillowGrove 3/76(NSallee 27*), LatrobevsJeeralang-Boolarra (in progress), Gormandale/Rovers -bye.
Latrobe on the board, Cobras tamed
BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
THE firstmatches of twoday cricket in Cricket Latrobe Valley AGrade concluded at the weekend. Round 5started afour-week stand for two day cricket through to 2025.
IMPERIALS concluded strongly at Catterick Crescent after declaring in their first innings for 4/354, offering Traralgon West achancetochase in twoinstances.
On both occasions, the Eagles were all out, beginning with 155 in their first innings and then 122 in the second, thus losing by an innings and 77 runs (outright).
Traralgon West captain Robert Wilkie entered thefold as play carried over from Day 1after first inningstop run-getters Hayden Kimpton (42) and Luke Phillips (41) went out. Wilkie sat firmly for more than 20 overs, before falling for 21. The Imperialsdefence continuedwith theirform from Day 1, with Todd Mann collecting 6/79.
Asmussen
CRICKET
By LIAM DURKIN
TRAFALGAR Cricket Club legend John Asmussen is set to make club historythis Saturday, when he lines up for game number400
In classic club cricket style, his milestone is dependent on him not getting called into work, aroadblock that has prevented him reaching the milestone much earlier.
Assuming he does play, the man known as ‘Assy’ will take the field at Trafalgar High School for his record when the Third XI takes on Drouin. Asmussen has played 40 years with the Ships, makinghim easily the longest-servingplayer in the club’s more than 130-year history.
Traralgon West was sent right back in with a mountaintoclimb, needing to score 200just to make Imperials bat again.
The visitors fared no better second time around, with only FreddieBowser responding positively after sustaining aroyal duck in the opening innings, making 53 off 59 balls second time around.
While it was agood early sign for the Hawks, no one else could follow suit, as they were rolled for 122.
Mann took an additional3/40 with four maidens, alongside Anubhav Anubhav (3/10).
LATROBE secured their first win for the season, defeating Willow Grove on first innings at Joe Tabuteau Reserve (Moe Racecourse).
After ahorrid startinwhich the Wolveswere bowled all out for 74, the Sharks switched and found batting just as difficult, yet still finished on 118 in their first innings.
Willow Grove attemptedtoset up areverse outright when they returned to bat,and tooka gamblewithasportingdeclaration of 8/191-a lead of 147.
Latrobe once againled aphenomenal bowling attack with Steven Hanning and Anthony Bloomfield collecting all of the first three wickets.
WillowGrove’s Luke Payton top-scored in the second innings withasublime 103 off 126 (five sixes) as the main driving force which gave the Wolves every chance of pulling off awin.
Cody Mackay took 4/34 and Hanning 2/26 with three maidens for the Sharks.
Latrobe decided not to risk losingfirst innings points, and shut up shopfor 20 overs in their second innings.
The Sharks were 2/34 when hands were shook.
MIRBOO NORTH won on first innings against Gormandale.
Havingposted 245, the Tigersfromthe south then bowledtheir namesakes out for 173 at Stoddard Oval.
Gormandale lasted just shortof13overs before Day 1concluded, tallying atotal of 36, meaning they still had much to offer if they looked ahead to win.
Campbell Peavey succumbed for 28, caught by younggun Linc Chila.
Gormandalecontinuedtosuffice, with Patrick Brooks the standout making 56 off 79 fromnumber eight.
Brooks appeared to be flying, takinghis side ever-so-close to victory, with seven balls dribbling across boundary during his stint.
His dismissal however ended up being all she wrote for Gormandale.
Mirboo North quick Max Woodall tore through the order, taking career-best figures of 7/61. Anton Thomas took the other poles to fall, claiming 3/39.
ROVERS handed Churchill its first loss for the season.
Taking to Duncan Cameron, the home side won by three wickets, chasing the 227 required. Rovers started Day 2at3/46, and began to find theirfeet in numbers with captain Ewan Williams compiling 61.
Tyler Pearcebackedthings up by adding59, alongwith Damien Guigley, who held strongfor 33. Ryan Ayres (2/25) and Matt Harvey (2/43) took multiple wickets for the Cobras.
one off creating new club benchmark
There has beenplentyofchanges during his career (not least the number of leagues Trafalgar hasplayedin), but aconstant has been his dedication andloyalty to the red and white.
Officially, the breakdown for his games is: -205 (First XI); -3 (A Reserve); -142 (Second XI); -31 (Third XI); -9 (Fourth XI), and; -9 (T20s).
These games have been scattered across the Warragul District Cricket Association, Central Gippsland Cricket Association and Latrobe Valley District Cricket League.
While he will be celebrating 400 games of cricket, Asmussen wouldhaveplayed well over 500 days of cricket considering the number of two day matches among his lot.
Playing as atop order batsman, the diminutive Asmussen has stood tall as areliable occupier of the crease.
He is fourth on the club’s all-time batting aggregate, with ahigh score of 134.
Statistics haveperhaps not shownhis truevalue, as he has often opened the batting and made life easier for those coming in down the order.
His finestknockmay well have been in the 2014/15 CGCA first grade Grand Final, where he batted for 40 overs and finished 23 not out.
The innings played ahuge roleinthe Ships winning the premiership, as it took critical time out of the game after they had won on first innings. That premiership capped off afairytalefor Asmussen, who finally found himself in awinning First XI premiership after playing in twolosing
grand finals in the 1990sand missed theclub’s 2006/07 WDCA triumph. Additional premierships have come in 2004/05 (Second XI) and 1989/90 (Third XI), making him the only Trafalgar cricketer to win aflaginthree different grades.
The number three is also appropriate for Asmussen’s significant off-field contribution, as he has thrice been named TCC best club person. He has servedasclubpresident, spent countless years on the committee and coached anumberof junior teams.
He would often coach juniors on aSaturday morning,before headingoff in all directionsto play his own game in the seniors.
Many of the juniors he coached went on to become future teammates.
His efforts were formally recognised and his legacy assured in 2009,whenthe clubbestowed Asmussen with the honour of Life Membership. He is one of only 16 peopletoachieve this honour.
Goannas tie in Traralgon hit out
CRICKET VETERANS
BY ANDREW SMTIH
GIPPSLAND Goannas Over 70s cricket team took to Duncan Cameron Reserve, Traralgon lastSunday for theirmatch against Essendon Barkley Street.
The visitors won the toss and sent the home side in.
Neil Meredith top-scored with 27 not out in atotal of 138.
The Goannas took an early wicketwith the new ball, but found wickets hardtocome by fromthere.After 20 overs the Essendon score
DCooke b TMann 2
was 2/75, pushing on to 2/112 after 30 overs.
An easy winfor Essendon looked on the cards, howeverthe Goannas peggeditback through the efforts of Barrie Nunn,KelvinBond and Andrew Smith bowling the last eight overs.
Aflurry of runouts and abit of nervous batting and bowling meant the result would be close, and come the final over, the visitors needed five runs to win in Smith's final over.
The result was atie,both teams making 138 off their respective 40 overs.
Meredith was awarded by the opposing captain as the Goannas' best player for his excellent allroundperformance.Meredith also madespecial mention of Heather Farley's great fielding effort and vocal support.
Rasool 20
Mackay 4 NWheildon cL Duncan bCMackay 7 DWalsh not out 14 NWeatherhead cC Freshwater bCMackay. .4
RFiddelaers not out 3 Sundries (1b 6lb 0w 2nb) 9 TOTAL (60 overs) 8Dec 191
LATROBEBOWLING
CMackay12-2-34-4, SWilson6-0-25-0,S Freshwater 3-0-27-0, K Chapman 7-1-20-0, JBloomfield 6-2-23-0, SHanning 11-3-26-2, A Bloomfield 4-1-10-1, SRasool 11-3-19-1.
LATROBE 2NDINNINGS (TARGET 147FOR OUTRIGHT)
JColtman bN Weatherhead 22 LDuncan cL Payton bB Edebohls 4
out 7
not out 0
(0b 1lb 0w 0nb) 1
(19.4overs) 2/34 WILLOW GROVE BOWLING
NWeatherhead 1.4-0-2-1, RFiddelaers 3-0-8-0, LTumino 4-1-13-0, L Payton 3-1-4-0, BEdebohls 7-4-6-1. Result: Latrobe wononfirst innings by 44 runs
IMPERIALSVTRARALGONWEST at Catterick Crescent
IMPERIALS 1STINNINGS TOTAL (63.4 overs) 4Dec 354
TRARALGON WEST 1STINNINGS (RESUMED 4/94) FBowser cJSkingle bT Mann
HBright bT Mann 0 Sundries (0b 4lb 0w 2nb) 6 TOTAL (53.2 overs) 155
IMPERIALS BOWLING
TStarkey 5-2-13-1, TMann 26.2-7-79-6, HDunstan6-3-9-1, J Randall 9-3-17-1, DThompson 7-1-33-0. TRARALGONWEST 2NDINNINGS (FOLLOWING ON)
FBowser cT Mann bT Starkey 53
HKimpton lbwD Thilakarathne 18
MGriffiths bD Thilakarathne .11
LPhillips cS Aitken bA Anubhav. 6 BGriffithsbAAnubhav. 1 JCooke cR Morley bAAnubhav. 4 RWilkie cJ SkinglebSAitken. 3
BFleming bT Mann 1
RFalla cJSkingle bT Mann 0
DCooke bT Mann 14
HBright not out 0
Sundries (4b 6lb 1w 0nb) 11
TOTAL (42.1 overs) 122
IMPERIALS BOWLING
AAnubhav7-3-10-3, TStarkey 6-1-36-1, TMann12.1-4-40-3, D Thompson 3-0-17-0,SAitken 3-1-7-1, DThilakarathne 11-9-2-2.
What aman: John Asmussen is preparing to play his 400th game forTrafalgar CricketClub Photograph supplied
Cricket Latrobe Valley
Italian Australian Club T20 Competition
POOLS
Pool A: Traralgon West, Imperials, Toongabbie,ExStudents
Pool B: WillowGrove,Mirboo Nor th, Churchill, Raiders.
Pool C: Centrals,Glengarry, Jeeralang-Boolarra, Gormandale
Pool D: Latrobe,Rovers, Moe,Morwell
Venues arefirst listed team
Toptwo from each pool qualify finals.
POOL AFIXTURE
Round 1-Tuesday,November 19
Traralgon West vs Imperials
Toongabbie vs Ex Students
Round 2-Tuesday,November 26
Ex Students vs Traralgon West
Imperials vs Toongabbie
Round 3-Tuesday,December 3
Toongabbie vs Traralgon West
Imperials vs Ex Students
POOL BFIXTURE
Round 1-Tuesday,November 19
WillowGrove vs Mirboo Nor th Churchill vs Raiders
Round 2-Tuesday,November 26
RaidersvsWillow Grove
Mirboo Nor th vs Churchill
Round 3-Tuesday,December 3
WillowGrove vs Churchill
Mirboo Nor th vs Raiders
POOL CFIXTURE
Round 1-Tuesday,November 19
Centrals vs Glengarry
Jeeralang-BoolarravsGormandale
Round 2-Tuesday,November 26
GlengarryvsJeeralang-Boolarra Centrals vs Gormandale
Round 3-Tuesday,December 3
Gormandale vs Glengarry
Jeeralang-BoolarravsCentrals
POOL DFIXTURE
Round 1-Tuesday,November 19
Latrobe vs Rovers
Moe vs Morwell
Round 2-Tuesday,November 26
Rovers vs Moe
Morwell vs Latrobe
Round 3-Tuesday,December 3
Moe vs Latrobe Rovers vs Morwell
FINALS
Quarter finals: Tuesday, December 10
Semi final: Tuesday, January14, 2025
Final: Friday, January17, 2025
T20 tournament launched
Partnership:
CRICKET
CLV
TIME to hit out or get out.
Anew chapter in local crickethistory begins next week, withthe launch of the inauguralItalian Australian Club Twenty20 Cricket Competition.
The competition is set to bring intense action, community spirit, and plentyofentertainment for theLatrobe Valley.
This eagerly anticipated competition, organised by CricketLatrobe Valley (CLV), features 16 teams across four pools, offering local players the chance to showcasetheir talents and compete in afast-paced T20 format.
The competition will officially get underway next Tuesday (November 19), with matches scheduled
every Tuesday evening starting at 5.30pm.
With T20 cricket’s dynamic, short-form nature, it promises to be athrilling tournament offering plenty of runs, wickets, and nail-biting finishes.
The games will be held at various venues across the region, with the Grand Final slatedfor Friday, January 17, 2025, at 7.30pm under lights at the prestigious Terry Hunter Oval, Traralgon.
The competition will be divided into four pools, with each pool comprising four teams. The top two teams from each pool will advance to the quarterfinals, whichwill be played on December 10. After aseries of exciting matches, the semi-finals are set to take place on January 14, culminating in the Grand Final three days later.
CLV wished to pay trib ute to the Italian Australian Club, Morwell, saying they had been
instrumental in bringing the competition to life.
“Their generous support and dedication to local community sportshas made this event possible, and they continuetobea key partner in promoting the game of cricket in the region,” the league said.
“Cricket Latrobe Valleyextendsits thanks to the Italian Australian Club for their ongoing commitment to grassroots cricket.
“Additionally, aspecial mentiongoes to Loy Yang BPower Station, the major partner of CLV, whose sponsorship has been pivotal in ensuring the success and sustainability of the league. Their support underscores the importanceoflocal businesses and community groups in fostering the growth of regional sports.”
Be sure to come down, get involved, and cheer on your favourite teams this summer!
Campaigning pays off for localclubs
LOCAL football-netball clubs will share in TAC and state government funding.
Churchi ll Junio rF oot ball Club ,H ill End Football-NetballClub, MorwellJunior Football Club, Newborough FNCand Traralgon Tyers
United FNC are being recognised for their work campaigning to prevent road trauma during the 2024 season.
Minister for Roads and Road Safety, Melissa Horne announcedthe Gippsland clubs wereamong 233community clubs that will share in $600,000 to promote road safety in their communities.
The clubs will receive up to $10,000 through the program, which is delivered in partnership with AFLVictoria.
The program encourages clubs to engage with players, members and their communities on key road safety issues and promotesafebehaviours.
Successful clubs are able to use the money for a range of initiativesincluding education programs, club transport initiatives, new equipment and uniforms and facility upgrades and improvements.
Around 40 per cent of successful applications havecome from regional Victoria where serious road trauma risk is highest.
Transport Accident Commission (TAC) Chief Executive, Tracey Slatter thanked allclubs who prioritised road safety.
“The power of peer-to-peer support, leadership and education cannot be underestimated -and I thank our localfootball and netballclubsfor being road safety ambassadors and caring for their communities,” she said.
Players, officialsand supporters from regional clubs often travel longdistances on high-speed roads to get to training and games, and their
leadership is critical to preventing road trauma. AFL Victoria-affiliated clubs fromacrossthe state were invited to apply for the program and show how they supported road safety throughout the year, including taking part in the TAC’s Road Safety Round.
As part of this year’s program, clubs were asked to start conversations and be apartofthe campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of speeding, with the tagline -‘Show up for your team. Slow down on the road’.
The TAC Club Rewards Program is part of the TAC’s 32-year partnership with AFL Victoria, which aims to empower clubs to develop aculture whereall players and members are expected to be safe on the roads.
More vouchers to combat cost of living
Eligible families whohold health care cards or other concession cards can apply for vouchers or a reimbursement of up to $200 per child.
Minister for Community Sport, Ros Spence announced the Get Active Kids Voucher Program willreceive an extra$3million-followingthe initial huge uptake of vouchers from parents right across the state. The boost will make sure more kids are hitting sixes, slam dunking and making asplash this summer -with Round 8ofthe vouchers now open. The vouchers help parentscoverthe costsof sports memberships, registration fees, uniforms and equipment.
Prior to this top up being announced, ahuge 150,000vouchershad alreadybeen providedto families since the program launched in 2020.
More than half of the families say their kids would not have been able to participate in sport without the voucher.
From soccer to dancing, there are more than 70 sports and more than 2100activity providers included in theprogramacross the state -meaning kids across Victoria have the chance to take part in awiderange of sports and activities.
The program is open to kids aged 18 and under who are named on aCommonwealth Health Care CardorPensioner Concession Card, and named on aMedicare Card.
Aspecial considerationstream is also available to support childrenincare,temporary or provisional visa holders, migrants and international students. Familiescan apply for the vouchers onlinebefore redeeming them at an activityproviderlike alocal sporting club.
For more informationand to apply for avoucher, visit: getactive.vic.gov.au/vouchers
One-shot win at Traralgon Pro-Am
GOLF
By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
PROFESSIONAL and amateur golfers gathered at the Traralgon Golf Club for the two-day event of the Traralgon LatrobeCity WINNetworkPro-Am Classic.
From the Mornington Peninsula, Ed Donoghue claimed his maiden professional title in aone-shot clinch finishing nine-under par.
Debuting on the course, Donoghue praised Traralgon’s surface and while naturally jubilant with the victory, admitted the thought of securing his first trophy after so many times finishing second played on his mind.
“Pretty happy, it’sthe first time I’ve been here so Ididn’t really know what to expect but the course (was) definitely better than Ithought, (it’s) areally great course,” he said.
“I haven’t won apro-am before, I’ve come second so many times, so I’m just happy to get over the line -very relieved.
“It was kind of in the back of my head alittle bit but Iknew Iwas hitting the ball really nicely, so Iwas cutting alot of opportunities.
“To be honest,I thought Iwas due to winone and it happened.”
Donoghue wentbogey-free during his day one six-under performance that featured near perfect weather, only to see the second day arrive with a gustily wind leading to five straight pars.
He would then decompress and refocus to birdie threeofhis last four holes to jump to the top of the leaderboard.
“When Idid that, Ikind of thought Iwas in with agood chance, but yeah Ididn’t look at the leaderboard with like nine holes to go, so Iwasn’t really surehow everyone else was going,”Donoghue said.
However, Donoghuedid have to sit idly after com pleting his roun d, as amateur Matt hew Dahlsen came through trailing only by one shot.
Dahlsen, fromthe Peninsula-Kingswood Golf Club, arrived at the 18th hole right in front of the clubhouse with his ball sitting off the green -ifhe nailed it, Donoghue would be holding the winner’s trophy with someone else.
Dahlsendidn’t, which meantDonoghue finished proceedings ashot clear of the rest with Andre Lautee and Dahlsen on eight-under, claiming the classic win.
Donoghue tookhome more than $5000 for his breakthroughwin and his single stand during the Gippsland Swing, as he now prepares for the New South Wales Open starting tomorrow (November 14).
The pro’s shoot-out proceeded play with Matthew McFarlane collecting the $1000 for the longest drive.
Traralgon Golf Club hailed thetwo daysas another successful event, whichgavelight to some of those rising in the professional ranks as well as localtalentwhich competed with some of the best.
Chairman of the Pro-Am Committee at the Traralgon GolfClub, Andy Milbourne summed up the pro-am calling it “a great two days”.
“It’s been really successful, we’ve hadalot of people out watching and followingthe groups which is always good to see and we’ve seen some good, young up-and-coming talentout there on the course as well as far as the pros go,” he said.
“Day two, of course, the weatherhas made it certainly tougher, the greens have been running quick with abit of wind and everything else combined, it’s certainlymadethe playvery interesting out there for sure.”
Milbourne said the pros found the course to be “a good, challenging course”.
“Our curator, Nathan Arnett, he’s done afantastic job with his crew to be able to get the course up to the standard that it is and it’s probably, Isuppose I’m bias, it’s probably one of the best courses in the Gippsland area, so he’s done agreat jobthere,” he said.
“We like to improve on it every year, so we go around and we talk to not only the pros but also the classic players and also the sponsors and just the clubgolferswho areplaying out there,and just see how we can make the course better and make the clubhouse experience better formthem as well.”
Previous to the opening of the pro-am, Traralgon Golf Club also held their annual junior Ambrose pro-am with nine professionals guiding 27 young, local golfers.
“This is our third year that we’ve done this and the pros love coming up for it,” Milbourne said.
“They just love giving tips to the kids and as a junior it was something Inever had the opportunity to experience, so we’re trying to pass on thatreally good experience to the kids and they are relishing (in) the fact that they get to be up close and personal with these pros.
“We’re looking to try and expand that into the near future, so that willbesomething to look forward to.”
were the
off the
Lenny Batalha, Sonny Batalha, Johnny Foster and McFarlane
winning group with ascore of 27
stick finishing nine-under.
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Rubbing shoulders: Doug Veldman, Lachlan Pollardand RayVan Poppel from Traralgon Golf Clublinedupwithprofessional Hayden Webb (second from right)
Topnotch: Traralgon Latrobe City WINNet work Pro-Am Classic winner Ed Donoghue presentedTraralgon Golf ClubChairman of the Pro-Am Committee, Andy Milbourne.
Teacher: Jack,Oscarand Harr ywereamong anumber of local kids shepherded by professionals likePeter Vassiliadis the dayprior to the Traralgon Pro-Am. Photographs: BlakeMetcalf-Holt
Team: ChurchillFootball-Netball ClubPresident MarkAnswerth, Jason Dowlingand RodWarewithprofessional BrockGillard.
Byebye ball: ACTprofessional Aaron Maxwell loads up on the tee.
