The Local Paper. Northern Suburbs Edition. Wed., May 15, 2024

■ The State Government’s proposed Eltham Hospital has been py on hold, as part of the spening cuts in Treasurer Tim Pallas’s budget. Officially, the project - which was to be sited on Ryans Rd, near Diamond Creek - has been described as “under review”.

A proposed hospital for Whittlesea is slated for the 2025-26 year.

In Government-speak, the Budget Papers attempted to justify the decision to halt the Eltham Hospital project:

“Further service planning will be undertaken ... to determine the optimal care models to best meet priority services in the siginificant recent health investments in Primary Priority Care Centres, and major investments to increase capacity at nearby health services.”

Mr Pallas announced that $813 million would be spent to build the new emergency department and paediatric zone at the Northern Hospital at Epping.

STALKER CHARGED

Centre on show

■ Darebin City Council will showcase the new Northcote Aquatic and Recreation Centre for Melbourne Design Week this month.

Darebin and the architectural design team, led by Warren and Mahoney, will share details of the sustainable community hub on a tour and talk.

■ Detectives from the Fawkner Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team have arrested a man after reports of women being followed in the Coburg area.

It is alleged multiple women were followed by the man between April 29 and May 8.

A search warrant was executed at an address in Coburg on Friday morning (May 10) and a 40-year-old man was arrested.

The 40-year-old Coburg man was charged with mul-

tiple counts of stalking and he was to appear at the Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online at www.crimestoppersvic. com.au

Tim Pallas, State Treasurer

● ● Peter Werner

The body of missing Coles Reservoir (Summerhill) worker Peter Werner was found in a car in Disraeli St, Kew, after he had been missing for some weeks. Police say there were no suspicious circumstances.

✔Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish has taken the State Government to task over the state of regional roads: “The potholes, the shoulders that were not graded and the surfaces that are crumbling and failing on so many roads and highways were there well before the floods.”

✚ A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of Greig Andrew Wanless of Yarrambat, will be held at Ivanhoe Grammar, Buckley Hall, 41 The Ridgeway, Ivanhoe, at 4.30pm on Friday (May 17). A Private Cremation has preceded this service.

Mr Wanless was killed in an accident.

Greig Wanless

? A drop-in information session on Nillumbik Shire Council’s Reconciliation Plan is to be held at the Eltham Library from 10am-1pm on Monday, May 20.

✖A real estate agent in the outer northern suburbs has gone onto social media to criticise a competitor, after both companies were requested by Whittlesea Council to remove promotional signs.

✖Thumbs down to bank officials at Greensborough who were lacking in their support for a card holder whose ATM transaction left her without the cash. Which bank?

✚Bob Milburn, the Worshipful Master of the Whittlesea Masonic Lodge, has died. The funeral service was held last Friday (May 10) at the Ivanhoe Town Hall.

✚Ivanhoe identity Geoffrey Davey has died at age 95. He was raised in Linton St, and had family homes in Rosanna and Deepdene. A memorial service was due to be held yesterday (Tues.) at the Ivanhoe Grammar School Chapel.

$1M DRUG HAUL AT WOLLERT

■ Police from the VIPER Taskforce have seized methylamphetamines with a street value of $1 million and arrested a man following a warrant in Wollert last Thursday (May 9).

The warrant was executed at a residential address on Steen Avenue

During a search of the property, police located five bags of methylamphetamine weighing almost two kilograms and with a street value of approximately $1 million.

Investigators also found a rifle, ammunition, a small quantity of cocaine, cash and luxury handbags and watches.

A 28-year-old Wollert man was arrested and subsequently interviewed by police.

He is expected to be charged with traffick large commercial quantity of methylamphetamine, possess drug of dependence, knowingly deal proceeds of crime, possess firearm/longarm and possess ammunition.

The man was to face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. The Police investigation remains ongoing.

Detective Inspector Craig Darlow, VIPER Taskforce, said: “The negative effects this amount of methylamphetamine would have had in the community are significant.

“This includes further criminality linked to the use and trafficking of drugs but also from the health perspective, which can include fatal overdoses.

“These drugs had a street value of about $1M and this is money that would have funded further crimes in a ruthless cycle.

“Today also highlights how we often see drugs and firearms go hand in hand, so to seize a weapon during this warrant is also particularly satisfying. It also just heightens the further harm that is potentially caused by the trafficking of illicit drugs,” Det. Insp. Darlow said.

BUNDOORA MAN ON RAPE CHARGE

■ Sexual Crime Squad detectives have charged a man following the sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman.

A 48-year-old Bundoora man was arrested at his home address on Friday morning (May 10) and subsequently interviewed by Police.

He has been charged with a range of offences including rape and sexual assault.

He was to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court late Friday.

The charges follow an alleged incident on Sunday, May 5, after the woman was picked up outside a licensed venue in the St Kilda area by what she believed to be a rideshare vehicle.

Detective Inspector Mark Burnett, Sexual Crime Squad, said: “If you have been a victim of a sexual assault, our specially trained detectives are here to support you with sensitivity and anonymity.

“We want to remind the community that we take all types of sexual offending extremely seriously and will follow up all reports.”

Tunnelling to start

■ North East Link Project is in the final stages of assembling two of the biggest tunnel boring machines in the southern hemisphere, before they launch in the coming months.

The final piece of the TBM – a 137-tonne screw conveyor – has arrived at the Watsonia site to help dig the 6.5 kilometre road tunnels that will help take 15,000 trucks off local roads.

A 550-tonne gantry crane has started lowering each TBM piece into the launch box. The TBMs will dig up to 15 metres per day.

MONITIORS AT DAREBIN CITY

■ Municipal monitors have be enappointed to Darebin City Council to support good governance processes and practice.

June Anstee and Ross Millard have been appointed from April 29 until December 31. The monitors will provide a report to Local Goverment Minister Melissa Horne at the end of their term.

Ms Anstee is a solicitor and will bring experience from her previous role as President of the Councillor Conduct Tribunal for Brisbane City Council.

Mr Millard will draw on his financial and accounting expertise and previous role with the Local Government Inspectorate in Victoria.

Ms Horne had previously appointed municipal monitor John Watson to Darebin City Council from April 2022 to January 2023 following governance concerns at the council. Mr Watson provided a report to Minister Horne at the end of his term.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT WARRANDYTE

■ Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal collision in North Warrandyte on Sunday afternoon (May 12).

It is believed a motorcycle rider collided with a Volkswagen Golf at the intersection of Marbert Court and Warrandyte-Kangaroo Ground Rd at 4pm.

The rider, a 54-year-old Templestowe man, died at the scene.

Exact circumstances surrounding the collision are yet to be determined and the investigation remain ongoing.

Anyone who witnessed the collision, with dashcam footage or information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au

■ Casey Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance following an aggravated burglary in Doveton

Investigators have been told an unknown man forced entry into a residential property on Hakea St and stole cash, jewellery, and car keys from the premises about 4am.

There were seven people sleeping inside the property at the time, including three children, however no one was injured during the incident.

It is understood the offender fled the scene in the victim’s white Holden Maloo utility with registration ‘DOMNNT’, worth around $100,000.

Shortly after, an unknown man and the Holden Maloo were captured on CCTV at a service station on the Princes Hwy in Officer where he stole petrol about 5.28am.

The man is perceived to be African in appearance and wearing all black clothing.

Investigators have released a photograph of the stolen Holden utility along with CCTV footage and an image of a man they believe may be able to assist with their enquiries.

WARRANDYTE

Which way now?

■ Goldfields Plaza, Colin Avenue and Melbourne Hill Rd shops could grow to up to four storeys according to Manningham Council’s new concept design for its Neighbourhood Activity Centres, which could help meet the municipality’s housing shortfall.

As the reality of significant population increase and a lack of housing/infrastructure to meet it looms across Australia, government at every level is looking at ways to deal with the short-term and long-term implications.

With the population in Manningham expected to increase to more than 140,000 in the next 12 years, Manningham is faced with the challenge of building 8000 new homes to accommodate an additional 18,000 people.

One option the Council is investigating is the development of Neighbourhood Activity Centres as a way of introducing additional housing in urban/suburban shopping centres.

- Warrandyte Diary

BELLARINE PENINSULA

Remove spikes

■ Pelican activists are calling for removing potentially harmful metal spikes on top of lamp posts in St Leonards and Indented Head. Residents have raised concerns following the installation of spikes on lamp posts along the towns’ ramps and piers by Bellarine Bayside Coastal Management to deter pelicans from roosting in the area.

Heather Snook said she created a petition calling for the spikes removal as it disrupted the pelican’s daily routines and posed a physical danger to the birds.

- Geelong Independent BACCHUS MARSH

Avenue works

■ One of Moorabool’s most famous streets is undergoing works, with motorists warned to expect delays.

Works at Bacchus Marsh’s Avenue of Honour began on Monday, April 29, to replace “several ageing or poor condition trees”, Moorabool Shire Council said. Nine trees have been proposed for “proactive replacement” in 2023-24, with another to be replaced due to storm damage. - Moorabool News

CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS MAN: POLICE

■ Police are appealing for public assistance to identify a man after an assault in Warrnambool.

Investigators have been told the victim was walking in the vicinity of Merrivale Drive when he was approached by an unknown man and assaulted about 6 pm on Tuesday (May 7).

The victim managed to flee the park and was not seriously injured.

Investigators have released a computer-generated image of a man they believe can assist with their enquiries.

The man is described as being of slim build, with a long white beard and freckles on his face.

He was wearing glasses, a multi coloured pastel knitted beanie, and a yellow jacket.

The man also had a bulldog and a chihuahua, or similar type of breeds with him at the time.

BALLARAT

Fatal probe

■ Ballarat Highway Patrol is investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in Lamplough.

It is believed a vehicle was travelling along Sunraysia Highway when it collided with a truck just before 8.15am on Tuesday (May 7).

The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, died at the scene.

The driver and the sole occupant of the truck was uninjured. Exact circumstances surrounding the crash are yet to be determined and investigations remain ongoing.

BENDIGO

5 firearms

■ Members from the VIPER Taskforce have charged a man and seized five firearms, drugs and knives as part of an investigation into the possession of a firearm with alleged links to an outlaw motorcycle gang.

A warrant was executed at a residential address in Bendigo where the firearm was being stored and a 33-year-old Bendigo man was arrested.

During a search of his property, Police located a Lithgow .223 calibre bolt action rifle with the serial number removed, a 12-gauge shotgun, a .22 calibre rimfire rifle, a .308 centrefire rifle, a .177 air rifle, a dagger, two double edged knives, small quantities of what appear to be cannabis and Diazepam and a large quantity of mixed ammunition.

The man was interviewed and subsequently charged with possess unregistered firearm, two counts of possess drug of dependence and three counts of possess prohibited weapon without approval.

His firearms licence was also suspended.

He has been bailed to appear at Bendigo Magistrates’ Court on July 29.

Statewide Observer

STAWELL

Crash death

■ Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a fatal collision at a motor sports club in Stawell last year.

It is alleged a car struck a spectator on Burrong Basin Rd about 4.20pm on November 4.

The spectator, an 18-yearold man from Pimpinio, died at the scene.

The driver of the car, a 28year-old man of no fixed address, was arrested on Monday morning last week (May 6).

He was charged with dangerous driving causing death, reckless conduct endangering life and reckless conduct endangering serious injury.

The man was also charged with a separate incident that occurred in Wendouree on May 3.

The man allegedly lost control and crashed through the garage of a private address on Learmonth Rd, causing major structural damage about 12pm.

H was charged with reckless conduct endangering life, reckless conduct endangering serious injury, and fail oral fluid test.

He was due to appear before Ballarat Magistrates’ Court on Monday afternoon last week (May 6).

Across Victoria

BALLARAT

Lewd acts arrest

■ Ballarat Sexual Offences Child Abuse Investigation Team detectives have charged a man following a series of allegedly lewd acts across Ballarat East and Wendouree.

It is alleged the man exposed himself and performed a sexual act in the presence of the victims between April 10 and Monday last week (May 6).

On four of the occasions sexual acts were allegedly committed in the presence of children aged between 10 and 14.

Detectives last Thursday (May 9) arrested a 50-year-old man at an address in Invermay Park. He has been charged with direct sexual activity at another, seven counts of sexual activity in the presence of a child and one count of stalking.

The Brown Hill man was remanded to appear at Ballarat Magistrates’ Court on May 10.

COBRAM

Witness appeal

■ Cobram Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for witnesses following a series of burglaries in Cobram and Numurkah

Investigators have been told offender/s have attended a business premises between 10.30pm Saturda, May 4, and 8am on Sunday, May 5, on Cobram-Koonoomoo Rd, Cobram.

It is believed that after gaining entry inside the premises, the offenders’ have stolen cash and cut the CCTV security cabling.

A white Toyota Camry was seen casing another business premises on Station St, Cobram, on Sunday, May 5, about 2.20am.

A male has jemmied open a door stealing a step ladder.

Investigators believe that offender/s gained entry to a sporting club on Tunnock Rd, Numurkah, on Sunday, April 5, about 5am.

Once inside the offenders have stolen cash and knocked down a camera. The three incidents are believed to be linked.

LONG GULLY

Hit-run outcome

BAIRNSDALE Violence pushback

■ Crime Statistics Agency data indicates that reporting of family violence has increased in East Gippsland over the past 12 months and it is a trend Bairnsdale Police say will continue to increase due to the current cost of living crisis.

"Drug and alcohol use, recent separation, mental health and recent childbirth are also some of the factors contributing to this increase," Sergeant Prad Pai, Family Violence Liaison Officer, said.

East Gippsland recorded 1783 family violence incidents during 2023, 1332 against females and 441 against men. Per population of 100,000, East Gippsland topped the state ahead of other regional Local Government Areas including Mildura, Latrobe, Horsham and Ararat.

- Bairnsdale Advertiser LATROBE VALLEY

Big winner

■ Latrobe Regional Health is among the big winners in this year’s State Budget, with $44 million in funding allocated.

The State Government contribution will help the hospital staff the expanded facilities that include 44 inpatient beds, 14 medical and surgical beds.

- LV Express

■ Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following an alleged hit-run in Long Gully on Monday, May 6.

It is alleged a dispute between two men occurred on Derwent Drive, when a 51-yearold man was hit by a car about 9.45pm.

He was flown to hospital with life-threatening injuries where he remains in a critical condition.

It is alleged a second man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after allegedly being assaulted when he came to assist.

A 30-year-old Long Gully man has been charged with dangerous driving causing injury and negligently cause serious injury. He was remanded to appear at Bendigo Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (May 8).

GROVEDALE

Evaded Police

■ Geelong Divisional Response Unit detectives have charged two men after they allegedly evaded police in Grovedale.

Police allege a silver Toyota Corolla bearing false plates, was driving erratically on the Surf Coast Highway about 2pm on May 6.

With the assistance of Air Wing, Police monitored the Toyota through Grovedale and near Elaine, along the Midland Highway Officers successfully deployed stop sticks on the vehicle in the township of Elaine

The Toyota continued to drive into Ballarat before coming to a complete stop.

A 25-year-old Brown Hill man has been charged with: deangerous driving whilst being pursued, reckless conduct endanger life, reckless conduct endanger serious injury, theft of motor vehicle, handle stolen goods, eal with proceeds of crime, drive in manner dangerous, drive at speed dangerous, theft, possess controlled weapon. possess prohibited weapon, fraudulently use registration plat, drive whilst disqualified, and enter intersection against a red traffic light.

Melbourne ● ● ● ● Police want to speak with this man.

Cirque Bon Bon

Talk is cheap, gossip is priceless

‘JULIA’ AT SOUTHBANK

■ ■ ■ ■ Melbourne Theatre Company presents Joanna Murray-Smith's Julia from May 31 at the Southbank Theatre, Sumner.

Documenting the lead up to Julia Gillard’s famous 2012 parliamentary ‘misogyny speech’, Julia is a Sydney Theatre Company and Canberra Theatre Centre production.

The play offers an insight into our nation’s first female Prime MNinister, who picked apart the hypocrisy and double standards, and bravely fought the unchecked sexism and misogyny that occurs in contemporary politics.

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● ● Shannen Michaela, contortion foot-archer in Cirque Bon Bon.

■ Cirque Bon Bon arrives in Melbourne at the Athenaeum Theatre, Collins St, from July 11-13.

Hot on the heels of its sell-out run in Brisbane, Cirque Bon Bon's all-star cast of contortionists, acrobats and dancers will transform the Athenaeum Theatre stage.

Produced by ex-Cirque Du Soleil creative director Ash Jacks , the cast includes Australia's own Shannen Michaela who holds the Guinness world record for shooting an arrow the farthest with her feet, world renowned Cyr Wheel artist Alexandre Lane, Aerial Hoop contortion and Hula Hoop artist Ashleigh Roper, Duo Synergy: Brisbanebased hand to hand and skating artists Emma Goh and Scott Lazaravech.

Performance Dates: July 11-13

Venue: Athenaeum Theatre, 188 Collins St., Melbourne Bookings: Ticketmaster - Cheryl Threadgold

Kiss Me, Kate

■ Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria’s second production for 2024 was Cole Porter’s memorable composition, Kiss Me, Kate, linking it to Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, with some help from authors Sam and Bella Spewack, that won them Tony Awards in 1948 for Best Musical and Best Author.

Let me warn you, it is a complex work, requiring everchanging set locations, almost 20 musical numbers, a large ensemble of dancers and lots of cast, upwards of 40. So the stage proportions at Alexander Theatre suited well for this three-hour performance. Sadly, the seating rows are tight with no designated disability/carers seating available.

Once settled, and with weeks of rehearsal over, GSOV’s opening night was off to an impressive Op’nin’, Another Show performed by Susan Hurley as Hattie with the full company. This started us on the journey of a “play within a play”. It is opening night where lead Ian Woolford as Fred Graham and Petruchio, clashes with his ex-wife on and off stage, who is leading lady Lauren Lee Innis-Youren as Lilli Vanessi and Katherine. With passions running high between them many complications occur as the play hits the stage. With so much to hear and see musical numbers such as standouts Wunderbar by Ian and Lauren and later Lauren’s solo rendition of I Hate Men drew very strong applause. Complimenting the many musical numbers, Choreographer Denique Adlam had the Dance Team combining with the Singing ensemble, although some dance sequences seemed a little long while repetitious perhaps necessary to take in the full extent of Porter’s musical score.

The appearance of two gangsters, Michael Capon and Lydia Klimek brought with them some comic relief whenever they were on stage. In particular their rendition of the popular number Brush Up On Your Shakespeare, that went on and on for several reprisals, was well choreographed while backstage worked to set the stage for the finale. Well done.

GSOV has a strong talented production team and all were on show in large numbers, maintaining their reputation in being able to present memorable productions of iconic works. Kiss Me, Kate was one of them.

- Review by Graeme McCoubrie

Julia is helmed by some of Australia’s finest theatre makers, including playwright Joanna Murray-Smith (Berlin, Switzerland) and Helpmann Award-winning director Sarah Goodes (Sunday).

This powerful two-hander features Justine Clarke and Jessica Bentley, who walk audiences through some of the most important parts in Gillard’s life, culminating in a verbatim performance of the 15-minute speech that has earned a place to live unconditionally in the Australian collective social consciousness.

Melbourne Theatre Company’s Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks says: “Julia is an exhilarating piece of theatre that will linger in the minds of Melbourne audiences, long after they’ve left.

“After incredibly well-received seasons at both the Sydney Theatre Company and Canberra Theatre Centre, it is so exciting Julia has arrived in the city that Gillard called home throughout her trail-blazing political term.”

Julia’s creative team includes Renée Mulder (Designer), Alexander Berlage (Lighting Designer), Steve Francis (Composer and Sound Designer), Susie Henderson (Video Designer), Charley Allanah (Assistant Director) and Jennifer White (Voice and Dialect Coach).

Performance Details: May 31 - July 6

Venue: Southbank Theatre, The Sumner Bookings: www.mtc.com.au

- Cheryl Threadgold

He■ Rodrigo Calderon’s one-person show He is at times a moving portrayal and exploration of masculinity, although the show needs greater light and shade in the writing.

Set in a small coastal town in post-war El Salvador, a man engages in several dialogues –with the ocean, with his father, with himself – as he seeks some sense of understanding and acceptance of his life and sexuality as a gay man.

He is conceived and written by SalvadoranAustralian theatre practitioner Rodrigo Calderón, with credits also given to Stephen Phillips, Tony Yap and Bagryana Popov as “loving witnesses” and Edgardo Dib, Matthew Crosby and Damien Miller as “playwriting consultants”.

The script is a confused jumble of both styles and themes which sometimes works and sometimes does not.

Linear storytelling is mashed up with impressionistic moments snatched from memory. Themes touch on matters such as family dynamics, the father-son relationship, coming out in a homophobic culture and so on. Too much is crammed into too short a space of time.

The performance of Rodrigo however is a totally different matter. With a great stage presence and physicality, he totally owns the space and engages the audience. Rodrigo makes the most of a challenging script, taking the audience along on his character’s journey. Marrying sensuality with intelligence, he brings the script to life by giving the audience a vivid sense of the character’s pleasure and pain.

The only credit for something like direction is given to Kendra Keller who is listed as a “provocateur”. Consequently, as Rodrigo himself not only wrote and performed the show but also conceived of and staged it, its shape and feel needs to be primarily laid at his feet. Said shape and feel are generally fine except for a hamfisted, cringeworthy attempt at audience participation which concludes the show.

All things considered, He is both a joy and a disappointment then, vacillating as it does between the sublime and the ridiculous.

Venue: Theatre Works Explosives Factory, Rear Laneway 67 Inkerman Street, St Kilda

Dates and times: Until May 18, Tues-Sat at 7.30pm (NB Fri May 17 performance will be in Spanish without English surtitles).

Duration: 50 minutes

Tickets: $20-45

Bookings: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/ he-by-rodrigo-calderon-tickets774917889267?aff=oddtdtcreator - Review by Peter Murphy

Castlemaine Jazz Festival

■ The 2024 Castlemaine Jazz Festival is gearing to build upon the success of last year's event and is looking to exhibit the best established and emerging talent of the Australian jazz scene.

This year's festival will take place across the June long weekend (June 7-9) and features 38 bands performing in sdix iconic venues, including the historic Theatre Royal, Castlemaine Bowling Club, Phee Broadway Theatre, Coolroom at the Northern Arts Hotel and this year two nights at the Boomtown Winery.

Opening night at the Goods Shed will be a community focused event, featuring local artists such as the Thompsons Foundry Band and the Castlemaine Secondary College Stage Band (division winners in the 2024 Generations In Jazz)

Also featured on the night will be a community choir extravaganza led by Adam Przewlocki (Choir of Hard Knocks) featuring the Divine Divas, Rainbow Voices, Marcapellas, Mainesong and the Castlemaine Secondary College Vocal Ensemble.

The main program features many established artists including Tamara Murphy, Ade Ish, Shirazz and a gamut of big bands in the historic Theatre Royal.

Headlining at the Phee Broadway on Saturday night will be singer, trumpeter, songwriter and three times ARIA award winner Vince Jones, who this year will be celebrating the 50th year of a long applauded career.

- Contributed

■ There will be a special performance of Mad Dogs and an Englishman on Saturday, May 25, as a fundraiser for Pets of the Homeless, a worthy cause that provides medical assistance for companion animals on the streets of Melbourne

‘Mad Dogs’ is the brainchild of Tony Knight, who as well as being a stand-up comedian (he recently appeared with Australian comedy legend Eliot Goblet) also happens to be a world-renowned dog behaviour expert with over 25 years' experience.

He has created a show that combines jokes and shaggy dog stories with actual advice that has had a huge, positive impact on problem behaviour such as separation anxiety. It even contains information among the laughs that can avoid over 95 per cent of dog bites.

According to Tony "The goal of the show is to help people better understand their fourlegged friends and enjoy the learning process at the same time."

Not only is this proving to be the case but Tony is also using the show to raise funds for dog charities around the world.

Performance Date: May 25 at 7.30pm

Venue: Kingston City Salvos, 13/12-16 Garden Blvd., Dingley Village Bookings: https://linktr.ee/maddogsand anenglishmanl https://petsofthehomeless.org.au/ - Cheryl Threadgold

Poetry goes global

■ Contains Strong Language, the UK poetry and spoken word festival, is coming to Australia this August.

This is the first time the annual broadcast festival, founded by the BBC in 2017, is leaving British shores and this major coup will showcase Australian poetry globally.

Contains Strong Language will be presented by Red Room Poetry, and run as part of Poetry Month, Australia’s national annual celebration of poetry.

Red Room is partnering with the ABC and the BBC, with support from the Office for the Arts, the British Council and City of Sydney, to give Contains Strong Language 2024 a distinctly Aussie accent.

Events will be staged at iconic venues across Sydney at the end of August, and broadcast by the BBC and ABC on both domestic and international services, sharing the power of Australian poets and poetry with the world.

UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage will lead a cohort of British poets who, with support from the British Council, will join local writers and spoken word artists in performances, masterclasses, live and online workshops and international writing collaborations.

Newly appointed Red Room Poetry CEO, Jonty Claypole, who co-founded Contains Strong Language in 2017 while at the BBC, said of the collaboration:

“This August, as part of Poetry Month, Red Room Poetry is going to take Australian poetry to the world. Working with the ABC, BBC and British Council, Contains Strong Language will showcase the remarkable diversity of poets and poetic forms in Australia today, giving a rounded picture of who we are, and reminding the world that we are, above all, a nation of exceptional creativity.”

Tony Burke , Minister for the Arts, said the funding support would put Australian artists up in lights on the world stage:

“Our artists are storytellers that help us learn about ourselves, understand each other and let the world get to know us,” Mr Burke said.

- Contributed

● ● ● ● Justine Clarke in Julia.

● ● ● ● Comedian Tony Knight.

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Local Theatre Observations

Shows

■ Bairnsdale Production Line Theatre Company: Anything Goes Until May 19 at Forge Theatre and Arts Hub, Bairnsdale. Director: Beverley Campbell. Bookings: www.eastgippsland.vic.gov.au

■ Williamstown Musical Theatre Company (WMTC):Until May 18, Into the Woods at Centenary Theatre, 71 Railway Place, Williamstown. Director/Set Designer: Shaun Kingma; Musical Director: Daniel Heskett; Assistant Director/Movement: Ashley Tynan. Bookings: wmtc.org.au

■ CLOC Music Theatre: Billy Elliott Until May 25 at the National Theatre, St Kilda. CoDirectors: Lynette White and Chris White; Musical Director: David Clausen-Wisken; Choreographer: Lynette White. Bookings: cloc.org.au

■ Peridot Theatre (a co-production with Encore Theatre) (by Harper Lee, dramatised by Christopher Sergel) To Kill a Mockingbird Until May 19 at the Clayton Theatrette, Clayton. Director: Susan Rundle. Bookings: peridot.com.au

■ The Mount Players: Looped (by Matthew Lombardo) Until May 26 at the Mountview Theatre, 56 Smith St., Mt Macedon. Director: Peter Newling. Bookings: themount players.com

■ Brighton Theatre Company: Hydra (by Sue Smith) May 17 – June 1 at the Brighton Arts and Cultural Centre, Wilson St., Brighton. Director: Michelle Swann. Bookings: brightontheatrecompany.com.au

■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Hearth (by Fleur Murphy) Until May 19 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Damian Jones. Bookings: mordialloctheatre.com.au

■ Beaumaris Theatre: Steel Magnolias (by Robert Harling) Until May 25 at Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Director: Debbie Keyt. Bookings: beaumaristheatre. com.au

■ The 1812 Theatre: The Great Gatsby (by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Adapted by Simon Levy) May 16 – June 8 at The 1812 Theatre, Rose Street, Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Erin O’Hare. Bookings: 1812theatre.com.au

■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG): Happy Coupling May 30 – June 8 at the Strathmore Community Theatre, Loeman St., Strathmore. Director: David Collins. Bookings: stagtheatre.org

■ Smart Artz Theatre: Oedipus the King (by Sophocles) May 30 – June 2 at Horsham Town Hall Theatre, 71 Pynsent St., Horsham. Director: Amy Anselmi. Bookings: https:// www.horshamtownhall.com.au/type/performances/

■ GAB Theatre: Winter Fest 2024. Four short comedies. May 31, June 1 at 8pm; June 1 at 2pm at the Lancefield Mechanics Institute. Pretence by Hayley May Ditcham; Sure Thing by David Ives; Nudity Rider by Hamish Linklater; Bonnet by John Patrick Shanley. Tickets: $20 adult, $15 concession. Bookings: Trybooking or 0419 370680.

■ Torquay Theatre Troupe: The Effect (by Lucy Prebble) June 6 – 16 at the Shoestring Playhouse @ The MAC, 77 Beach Rd., Torquay. Director: Doug Montgomery. Bookings: Trybooking

■ The Basin Theatre Group: Jimmie the Beatle (Written and Directed by Tim Byron) June 8 - 22 at The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd., The Basin. Bookings: 1300 784 668

■ Essendon Theatre Company: The Skin of Our Teeth (by Thornton Wilder) June 13 –22 at the Bradshaw St. Community Hall, Bradshaw St., Essendon. Director: Kadey McIntosh. Bookings: www.essendontheatre company.com.au

■ The Cathouse Players: Gaslight (Patrick Hamilton) June 14 – 23 at Kyneton Masonic Centre, 7 Yaldwyn St. West, Kyneton. Director: Bette Sartore.

■ Malvern Theatre: Lovesong (by Abi Morgan) June 21 – July 6 at 29A80 Burke Rd., Malvern East. Director: George Werther. Bookings: 1300 131 552.

■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Veronica’s Room (Ira Levin) June 2-30 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Keith Hutton. Bookings: kingstonarts.com.au or call 9556 4440.

■ Williamstown Little Theatre: The Real Thing (by Tom Stoppard) June 26 – July 13 at Williamstown Little Theatre, 2 – 4 Albert St., Williamstown. Director: Michelle Swann. Bookings: https://www.wlt.org.au/book-tickets - Cheryl Threadgold

Entertainment

MENZIES AS KING LEAR

■ For the first time since 2010, Bell Shakespeare presents King Lear, starring Robert Menzies in the titular role.

The production stages Shakespeare’s epic of the imagination in an intimate setting as Australian audiences won’t have seen it before.

This new production will be presented at the Fairfax Studio at Arts Centre Melbourne from July 25 -August 11.

Directed by Artistic Director Peter Evans, Menzies brings a unique interpretation to the character, reflecting his four decades of experience working on some of the great productions in Australia’s theatre history, collaborating with acclaimed theatre makers including Barrie Kosky, Jim Sharman and Jean-Pierre Mignon.

Evans and designer Anna Tregloan have drawn from the play’s pagan setting, with the action unfolding beneath a sculptural model of the solar system that extends out over the audience.

In this space evocative of a mythical past, central themes of truth, politics, family, succession, authority and religion are explored by the ensemble cast.

Artistic Director Peter Evans said: “If one were to describe the plot of King Lear it could sound like a fairytale or the set-up for a joke: three sisters – one good, two evil – a controlling father, a fool, a storm.

“But in the hands of Shakespeare, the complexities and nuances of this great play create an astonishing portrait of a family and a country torn apart.

“All our assumptions are upended, our loyalties tested, the depth of our emotions revealed. As in the best of Shakespeare, we can find ourselves in the unlikeliest of characters and situations."

Menzies is joined onstage by Melissa Kahraman as Cordelia and Fool, known for her recent television roles in Stan series Prosper and Bad Behaviour.

Other cast members include Tamara Lee Bailey (Regan), Shameer Birges (Albany), Jeremi Campese (Oswald), Alex King (Edgar/ France), James Lugton (Gloucester), Lizzie Schebesta (Goneril), Michael Wahr (Cornwall), Janine Watson (Kent) and Darius Williams (Edmund).

The creative team includes Tiffany Wong (Associate Director), Anna Tregloan (Set and Costume Designer), Nigel Poulton (Movement, Fight and Intimacy Director), Benjamin Cisterne (Lighting Designer), Max Lyandvert (Composer and Sound Designer), Jack StarkeyGill (Voice Coach) and James Evans (Dramaturg).

Performance Details: July 25-August 11

Venue: Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne Bookings: www.bellshakespeare.com.au/ king-lear

- Cheryl Threadgold

Sherryn in the US

■ Melbourne Observer reviewer Sherryn Danaher's trip to America has included catching up with family and visiting Chicago's Goodman Theatre where her aunt, the late actress Zoe Caldwell, played Countess Aurelia in The Madwoman of Chaillot in 1963.

First, Sherryn and husband Paul visited the Chicago Art Institute with its 'wonderful' collection including American and Impressionist art, and then found the Goodman Theatre and took photos of the building, and shots of the foyer.

Sherryn says: “We had to laugh when a curious box office attendant told us that this Goodman is not the original. The original, where Zoe played, was actually inside the new wing of the Chicago Art Institute

“So we trotted back to the Institute where we spotted a small, inconspicuous plaque on a wall behind one of the expansive exhibition spaces.

“The plaque read that the spot where we were standing was the Goodman Theatre centre stage. Job done.'

Sherryn and Paul are now exploring more treasures of Chicago - 'an historically and architecturally fascinating city' - and hope to catch a current show.

- Cheryl Threadgold

Book Awards

■ The Australian Book Industry Awards were presented last Thursday (May 9) at Zinc in Fed Square in Melbourne. ABIA Book of the Year

■ The Voice to Parliament Handbook, Thomas Mayo and Kerry O'Brien (Hardie Grant Explore, Hardie Grant Publishing)

Audio Book of the Year

■ The Teacher’s Pet, written and narrated by Hedley Thomas (Macmillan Australia Audio, Pan Macmillan Australia)

Biography Book of the Year

■ Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life, Anna Funder (Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House Australia)

Book of the Year for Older Children (ages 13+)

■ Welcome to Sex, written by Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes, illustrated by Jenny Latham (HGCP Non- Fiction, Hardie Grant Children's Publishing)

Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7–12)

■ It's the Sound of the Thing, Maxine Beneba Clarke (HGCP Older Readers, Hardie Grant Children's Publishing)

Children’s Picture Book of the Year (ages 0–6)

■ A Life Song, written by Jane Godwin, illustrated Anna Walker (Puffin, Penguin Random House Australia)

General Fiction Book of the Year

■ The Bookbinder of Jericho, Pip Williams (Affirm Press)

General Non-Fiction Book of the Year

■ The Voice to Parliament Handbook, Thomas Mayo and Kerry O'Brien (Hardie Grant Explore, Hardie Grant Publishing) Illustrated Book of the Year

■ Australian Abstract, Amber Creswell Bell (Thames & Hudson Australia, Thames & Hudson)

International Book of the Year

■ Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros (Piatkus, Hachette Australia)

- Contributed

■ There is something reassuring in the fact that a French novel written 180 years ago can make a terrific film in 2024.

D’Artagnan – The Three Musketeers is the first instalment of the latest film version of Alexandre Dumas’s novel written in 1844, hits our cinema screens this week. Directed by Martin Bourboulon, D’artagnan is in French with English subtitles.

Those who prefer to wait until they can watch the movie at home on their TV screen, shouldf make the effort to see this lush and exciting film at the cinema.

Idealistic D’Artagnan heads from his home in Gascony to join the Musketeers of the Guard. On the way he tries to stop a young noblewoman from being kidnapped and gets himself into all sorts of trouble, which results in him agreeing to three illegal duels with three musketeers who will soon become his comrades-in-arms.

As the Musketeers are always on the side of right, despite the political machinations that threaten to kill them, the film is an engrossing and entertaining journey through their battles against the dark forces, led by wily Roman Catholic Cardinal Richelieu.

This is all played out against the historic background of Catholics versus Protestants, and the stakes are high.

Director Bourboulon has a superb cast of musketeers, with the devilishly handsome Francois Civil in the title role of D’Artagnan, and the other Musketeers are Vincent Cassel as the older and urbane Athos, Romain Duris as the priest-cum-musketeer Aramis, and Pio Marmai as the earthy epicurean musketeer Porthos.

Eric Ruf is the bad guy Richelieu, while Louis Garrel gives a well-judged portrayal of King Louis XIII. While the focus is on the men, there are three brave and feisty females who make their mark – Vicky Krieps as Queen Anne, Eva Green as the mysterious Milady , and Lyna Khoudri as royal handmaiden Constance.

D’Artagnan – The Three Musketeers has plenty of swash and buckle, and a great cast, so it romps along well, taking the audience with it.

The Three Musketeers opens this week at Palace Cinemas and Cinema Nova. Julie Houghton

Auditions

■ PLOS Musical Productions: School of Rock the Musical: May 11 – 23 Dewey and Children auditions. Bookings now open. Adult Principals and Ensemble auditions August 4 – 11, bookings open in July. Director: Brad Fischer; Musical Director: Bev Woodford; Choreography: Jess Pratt and Tahlia Sweetman. Further information and audition booking details: plos.asn.au

■ Melbourne French Theatre: Surprise de l'amour (Pierre de Marivaux)Fluent Frenchspeaking actors only. May 11 at 2pm, May 14 at 7pm at 203-205 Canning St., Carlton. Director: Donald McManus. Audition Bookings: melbournefrenchtheatre.org.au

■ Brighton Theatre Company: Admissions (by Joshua Harmon) June 2 at 12 noon, June 3 at 7pm at the Brighton Arts and Cultural Centre, Brighton. Director: Deborah Fabbro. Enquiries: brightontheatrecompany.com.au

■ Eltham Little Theatre: Veronica’s Room (by Ira Levin) June 15 at 11.00am, June 18 at 7.30pm at 1603 Main Rd., Research. Director: Drew Mason. Audition enquiries: drew.mason@optusnet.com.au Ph. 9382 6284 - Cheryl Threadgold

● ● Robert Menzies as King Lear. Photo: Pierre Toussaint

● Sherryn Danaher at the plaque depicting centre stage of the original Goodman Theatre, Chicago. Photo: Paul Danaher

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■ The Bridge Inn Rd Upgrade has uncovered a hidden part of Doreen’s infrastructure history dating back over 150 years.

An eagle-eyed environmental advisor working on the project was first to notice the edge of what turned out to be a 7m-long timber structure as it emerged during excavation works near the Yan Yean Pipe Track

The timely sighting allowed the project team and heritage consultant Biosis to investigate, document and create a 3D model of the time-worn object from thousands of photographs.

Heritage experts confirmed the structure to be a timber culvert, thought to date back to the 1870s.

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Local Briefs

■ Division 1 fixtures for Saturday (May 18): Hurstbridge v Macleod, Greensborough v Heidelberg, West Preston-Lakeside v Bundoora, North Heidelberg v Montmorency, Banyule v Eltham.

■ Division 2: Watsonia v Thomastown, South Morang v Whittlesea, Lower Plenty v Diamond Creek. St Mary’s v Northcote Park. Panton Hill v Laurimar.

■ Division 3: Epping v Fitzroy Stars. Heidelberg West v Kilmore. Ivanhoe v Lalor. Kinglake v Old Paradians. Reservoir v Old Eltham Collegians. Mernda: Bye.

Keno surprise

■ A Bundoora man has discovered he had scored a $66,000 Keno win.

The resident held a winning Keno Classic 8 Spot entry on Monday last week (May 6). His total prize was $66,205.90. The winning entry was purchased at Bundoora Hotel, 49 Plenty Rd, Bundoora The man plans to buy a new car.

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BOLD WORK FOR WINTER LAB

■ Antipodes Theatre Company presents the fifth Winter Lab, an annual accelerator for bold work and new ideas, taking place July 1-13 in Melbourne.

This unique development initiative pairs lead artists from across Australia with collaborators (actors, dramaturges, mentors and more) to develop a variety of works, all of which are intended for live performance.

This year’s slate includes plays, solo and devised work, and a circus piece (to name a few).

The other main objective of the Winter Lab is to create a community space where artists can get to know each other outside of their individual projects through workshops, panel discussions, and other activities intended to build relationships and address issues relevant to the performing arts industry.

Artists who were chosen to develop projects as part of the Winter Lab include Zya Kan, Andrew Dang, RasSamuel, Margot Fenley, Natalie Frigia and Myfanwy Hockin

A total of six projects were selected by a panel of prominent artists from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds, including Maude Davey, Jonathan Homsey, Vidya Makan and Mama Alto, alongside the Antipodes Producers: Brandon Pape (Artistic Director) and Cameron Steens (New Work Manager).

Additional collaborators, workshop facilitators and discussion panelists will be announced at a later date.

Since the inaugural Lab in 2020, the Winter Lab has supported 35 projects and created opportunities for 247 artists.

Antipodes produced the premiere of Rachel Lewindon and Willow Sizer’s Orlando in November 2023, the first Winter Lab project to be seen through to production, and have continued development of several other works, most recentlyDeath to a Butterfly by Andy Freeborn and Jess Ramsey, following their involvement in the Winter Lab.

Antipodes Theatre Company seeks to provide a collaborative and inclusive environment for producing independent theatre in Melbourne by maintaining or exceeding a minimum of 50 per cent representation – on stage and off – by women, ethnically diverse artists, people with disability, trans and non-binary people, seniors or other members of historically or culturally marginalised communities who are not well represented on stage.

- Cheryl Threadgold

Fiddle Playing at Black Rock

■ When award-winning fiddle player

Peter O'Shea first visited historic Black Rock House, in his words: “the best I can say is it spoke to me. Immediately the historical and paranor-

mal nature of the House grabbed me.”

Peter says that since COVID the life of the performing musician has been a challenge, but at Black Rock House, Peter found his creativity was stimulated.

Of Irish heritage, his early professional gigs as a musician were with a Bush Band called Bushwahzee in the 1980s. “So I became familiar with the music and songs from our heritage.”

A multi genre violin string player, Peter specialised in Celtic music. “I was always intrigued by our own history.”

After acting in a film at The Old Melbourne Gaol, Peter wrote one of his favourite pieces called The Hanging at the Old Melbourne Gaol, and that was the start of composing violin pieces that were directly related to old Melbourne.

Peter was also inspired to compose tunes when playing violin at La Mama Courthouse, Carlton, in a play about Kate Kelly, and is now working on composing a suite of five distinct tunes to be called 'The Black Rock House Suite'.

Peter O'Shea will be one of two musicians entertaining in the courtyard during the next open day at Black Rock House, on Sunday, June 2 from 1pm - 4pm.

Devonshire Teas can be prebooked for $15 per person. www.blackrockhouse.org.au

- Cheryl Threadgold

Woman

In Black

■ The Woman in Black , described as 'one of the most terrifying live theatre experiences in the world' has commenced a national tour. The show will be presented at the Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne from June 13July 6.

The Woman in Black is the second longest-running play in West End history, after Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost story dramatically comes alive in Stephen Mallatratt’s stage adaptation; a study in atmosphere, illusion and controlled horror, produced in Australia by PW Productions, Wood-

ward Productions and Neil Gooding Productions.

Directed by Robin Herford, The Woman in Black stars Australian actors John Waters and Daniel MacPherson.

Written in 1983, Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black has become one of the most successful gothic novels in the English canon.

A perfect example of horror and gothic writing, readers are transported to the eerie setting of Eel Marsh House in the small market town of Crythin Gifford in the north of England.

The story is told through the first person narration of Arthur Kipps, who begins the novel too distressed to share a ghost story with his family, and then recounts how as a young solicitor he was sent to oversee the funeral of a Mrs Alice Drablow, a client of his law firm.

Along the way he encounters many who seem unwilling or unable to share the secrets of Eel Marsh House and its inhabitants, until he himself encounters the Woman in Black, and begins to unravel the mystery of the haunted past and eerie spectre he sees.

Venue: Athenaeum Theatre, 188 Collins St., Melbourne

Season: June 13-July 6

Performance Times: Tues.-Thurs. 7.00pm, Fri.-Sat. 7.30pm, Wed. or Thurs. or Fri. 1pm, Sat. 2pm, Sun. 1pm and 6pm (schedule varies each week)

Prices: From $55.00 (Transaction fees apply)

Bookings: ticketmaster. com.au or 9650 1500 thewomaninblack.com.au

- Cheryl Threadgold

Blues Festival

■ The Winter Blues Festival in Echuca-Moama is celebrating its 25th year. It includes the return of Echuca favourites including Dan Dinnen and Shorty, The McNaMarr Project, The Hoodoo Men, Jimi Hocking’s Blues Machine, Jesse Redwing, The Voodoo Preachers, and more. Winter Blues Festival also welcomes some newer faces on the scene, including South Australian Blues-rock phenomenon Stefan Hauk.

How To Have Sex

■ (MA). 91 minutes. Now available on Prime Video and Apple TV.

Exhausting and frightening, this harshly effective film marks an astonishing directorial debut for 30 year-old cinematographer Molly Manning Walker (she lensed the recent crowd-pleaser, Scrapper), who shows both confidence and human insight in what is currently one of the best films of the year.

Mia McKenna-Bruce (Vampire Academy, Persuasion) gives a starmaking performance as Tara, who, along with her two best friends, Skye (Lara Peake) and Em (Enva Lewis), travel to Crete to party hard while they wait for their school results, which may put them on different career paths.

Managing to get a poolside room at a booked out resort, the trio dive into excessive alcohol consumption straight away, hoping to hook up with like-minded young people also flooding the place.

It’s here they meet Badger (Shaun Thomas), Paddy (Samuel Bottomley) and Paige (Laura Ambler).

Tara is an anomaly amongst the groups, in that she is still a virgin, and in wanting to be like her peers, is determined to lose it during the trip.

She makes a connection with Badger, who seems a little more approachable than the others, a fact that seems to ruffle the feathers of Skye , who reacts with mean, ‘throwaway’ jokes and comments.

As the alcohol-fuelled nights and bleary-eyed days seem to blur together, Tara will find out that this party world isn’t all it’s made out to be.

The presentation by Walker (who also scripts) of these schoolies-type gatherings is completely believable, where so many young people assume this excessive behaviour is a traditional riteof-passage, no matter what the collateral damage is.

As Tara feels more and more that she is nothing more than fodder for young men, but that it all should be deemed okay in the thrill of the moment, the film becomes increasingly unsettling, as a teenager discovers that what they need and what they want are two different things.

As the film goes on, it has the claustrophobic, bubble-type mentality of Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013) and Ted Kotcheff’s Wake In Fright (1971).

Shots of barren streets strewn with rubbish reminded me of the apocalyptic zombie films of George A. Romero , particularly Day Of The Dead (1985).

With all the loud, profane and

non-stop antics occurring, the scenes of silence (or one which charmingly involves child-like jokes) bring a sense of innocence to the fore, and provide a relief, displaying a genuine humanity between characters who are in an environment that crushes it.

Along with the brilliant McKenna-Bruce, there are excellent turns from Peake, Lewis, and Thomas, but everyone is perfectly cast.

How To Have Sex is an outstanding, important film, and one that should be seen (while explicit to a point, Walker cleverly shoots the film so it attains an MA rating, so younger audiences can view it, as they should), offering the highs and horrors of teenagers wanting to let off steam in a way which is considered the norm, even if it is filled with danger, especially for young women. I cannot wait to see what Walker does next.

RATING - ****½

The Great Escaper

■ (M). 96 minutes. Now available on Prime Video and Apple TV. Based on the true story of Royal Navy veteran Bernard Jordan (also shown in the recent The Rifleman, starring Pierce Brosnan), who at age 89, secretly escaped from his care home in 2014 ,to try and attend the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Normandy D-Day landings, this drama, which also employs a thread of humour, is pleasant, and occasionally moving, viewing, helped by two iconic actors who are able to rise above the frustrating script, which puts sentimentality above a more somber examination of the material.

Michael Caine is perfectly cast as Jordan, who intelligently uses his age to inhabit the character, while the late Glenda Jackson, as wife Irene, delivers her sharp oneliners with glee. There are also decent performances by John Standing and Danielle Vitalis. While definitely superior to the The Rifleman, The Great Escaper still feels like it could have been something more, and as such remains mildly entertaining at best, despite the fine work by Caine and Jackson

RATING - ***

● ● Winter Lab Lead Artists: Zya Kane, Andrew Dang, RasSamuel, Margot Fenley, Natalie Frigia and Myfanwy Hocking.

● ● ● ● Aaron Rourke

■ It is a bit unusual to be writing about the creator of an Australian radio soap-opera but I guess most of our readers would remember Gwen Meredith

Gwen wrote every episode of Blue Hills which was heard nationally on the ABC and was probably one of the most popular serials in the history of Australian radio.

Gwenyth Valmai Meredith was born in Orange NSW in 1907 to George and Florence Meredith and was an only child.

She was educated at Sydney Girls’ High School then the University of Sydney from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1929.

During the depression years Gwen owned and operated a bookshop. She joined the Chelsea Drama Club and started writing stage plays.

Her first writing effort was a play titled Wives Have Their Uses

In 1938 Gwen married Ainsworth Harrison

During the late thirties she began writing for radio programs and her early work included scripts for shows such as The Everybodys and Fred and Maggie

In 1943 the ABC decided that they wanted a radio serial set in the rural areas of Australia and Gwen was given the task.

In 1944 The Lawsons was launched and it was on air five days a week at 1pm for the convenience of country people.

The Lawson family lived on a farming prop-

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erty and the serial dealt with the lives of the wonderful characters that Gwen had created.

The series ran for five years and then Gwen decided to create a new serial with different themes and characters.

She got the idea for the title after seeing the distant hills during a country car trip and Blue Hills was born.

The first episode went to air in February 1949 and it ran for 5579 episodes over a period of 27 years.

Gwen began writing radio shows using a typewriter but changed to using a dictaphone when she started writing Blue Hills

Her characters in the show were based on genuine Australians and that is what the listen-

● ● ● ● Gwen Meredith ers loved. More than a thousand Australian actors had parts in Blue Hills - some of the most memorable included Rod Taylor, John Meillon, June Salter, Ruth Cracknell and of course one of the great favourites was the series matriarch ‘Granny Bishop’ played by Queenie Ashton

‘ Granny Bishop's’ daughter ‘Meg MacArthur’ played by Ethel Lang proved to be one of Blue Hills most enduring roles.

During its peak it was estimated that at 1pm half of the radios in Australia were tuned to Blue Hills

In 1955 Gwen and her husband published a travel book titled Inns and Outs and it is still available on the internet.

The final episode of Blue Hills went to air on September 30, 1976, and one listener wrote, "I have just listened to the final episode and find tears in my eyes".

During her outstanding career Gwen worked as a playwright, author, screenwriter, scriptwriter, writer and director.

She retired with her husband to live in Bowral, NSW, where she took up water- colour painting and enjoyed her garden.

For her contribution to the literature of radio broadcasting Gwen Meredith received an MBE in 1967 and an OBE in 1977.

Gwen Meredith passed away in 2006 of natural causes in Bowral at the age of 98.

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NGV FRIDAY NIGHTS AT PHARAOH EXHIBITION

Pharaoh after hours.

Welcoming the winter months, NGV Friday Nights returns recharged and reimagined for an after-hours ode to the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition Pharaoh

Taking place at the NGV International with extended late night access to the winter blockbuster exhibition, the 17-week season presents a diverse line-up of music residencies, pop-up performances, Middle Eastern-inspired food, and an army of drink offerings.

Cabaret queen, Miss Cairo, welcomes guests each evening, bringing her unique brand of exuberance to the stage with songs and story telling in the Great Hall every Friday night, presenting an evening if unexpected encounters with music and art.

From 8pm, a rotating program of guest performance residencies and surprise and delight with unique musical experiences.

Inspired by the Pharaoh exhibition, each week audiences will be taken on a different musical journey, with a selection of music and performances, from jazz to cabaret, to classical, funk and blues.

NGV Friday Nights offers latenight access to the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2024 at Exhibition Pharaoh celebrating 3000 years of ancient Egyptian art and culture.

The exhibition unpacks the phenonium of pharaoh through more than 500 works including monumental sculpture, architecture, temple statuary, exquisite jewellery papyrus, coffins and more.

Exhibition opens June 14 and closes October 4.

National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)

180 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne

At Hawthorn

Painting with Collage workshop

Explore the art of Painting with Collage in this engaging workshop with Nicky Tsekouras.

With Nicky’s help, you will learn how to use paper to make colourful landscapes.

This creative approach combines ripping, tearing and cutting paper and other materials while experimenting with colour and texture to create beautiful, artistic and adventurous landscapes.

The Arts

Join the Gallery for fun and inspiring workshop whether you’re new to collage or looking to expand your creative skills/ All materials provided. When_ Tuesday May 21 at 6,30pm to 8.30pm.

Hawthorn Arts Centre 360 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn Boroondara.vic.gov.au/arts

Heide

■ Heide has unveiled a new exhibition exploring the complex significance of hair in cotemporary culture through a selection of Australian and international works pf art.

Hair Pieces brings together historic and recent works encompassing a wide array of media such as painting, photography, video, installation, sculpture, and recorded live performance.

For millennia hair has been resonant and compelling site of meaning, transmitting ideas about gender, mythology, status and power , the body, psychology, feminism and notion of beauty.

At once radiant and repellent, and often richly symbolic, it has always assumed a particular importance in relation to the self, history and society. Hair Pieces examines the myriad ways in which artists utilise hair to investigate themes encompassing growth, empowerment and transformation.

Arise is a group exhibition by First Nations artists.

In 2024 Arts in Maroondah and Mullum Mullum indigenous Greening Place partnered to develop a callout for emerging First Nationws artists.

The aim was to create an exhibition showcasing artists at th beginning of their careers. The artists in Arise were selected through this process.

Twisted frate – Tara Denny

This exhibition is based on personal experience of the garden as a series of passion and delight.

A backyard space, yearning for love and a place of poetic self-reflection tinged with feelings of loss and longing.

Diaries have long been associated with matriarchal traditions and the private act in her own Denny keeps small snippets, these pages sometimes water marked by rain r the run of a tear or complicated with scratched out words.

While these fugitive marks may obscure accounts of history, they endure as potent symbols evoking the power of memory.

In Twisted Fate these pages and the marks they carry, once secret and hidden away, are opened to become the source and site of poetic resistance.

Exhibition of both Arise and Twisted Fate close on July 14.

Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery

32 Greenwood Ave, Ringwood - Peter Kemp

Vale Max

■ Max Rowley, well known Australian radio actor, voice over talent and the founder of his own radio academy, has died aged 87. His funeral service was held last Wednesday (May 8) at St Thomas Church, North Sydney. He was the voice over announcer on It’s A Knockout and The Great Temptation.

Brazil.The free concert was in honour to celebrate end of Madonna's Celebration tour, and turned out to be biggest ever crowd to pay homage to the iconic artist.

Death of ‘Patty Simcox’

■ Susan Buckner played Patty Simcox alongside Olivia Newton- John in the 1978 cult music musical 'Grease', as one ofONJ’s close buddies at Rydell High. During her acting career the multi-talented Susan featured in the Dean Martin Show, Starsky and Hutch, Love Boat and many more productions. Susan died peacefully, aged 72.

Ricky Nixon doing battle

■ Headline grabber Ricky Nixon's latest venture is to play an amputee in a video series being shot in and around Melbourne. Video traces the life of the amputee doing battle with notorious crim Squizzy Taylor. No details yet as to release dates. Stay tuned.

Readers Digest closes in UK

■ Following decades, upon decades of publication the UK team behind Readers Digest in UK has pulled the pin and ceased monthly publication for good. Reasons appear to be rising production costs and sales downturn. No indication, how this could affect R Digest , Australia, but it must diminish the pool of stories to call upon.

Movie role for Abbie

■ Abbie Cornish started her modelling career in Australia , aged 13. As a teenager she and her parents moved to Hollywood and picked up major roles, and she has just announced her latest role-playing Anna Nicole-Smith in feature film all about life in the

Madonna in concert

with Peter Kemp

■ Saturday May 4 saw 1.6 million fans flock to see Madonna perform in a free concert at Copacabana Beach,

Playboy bubble '

Exhibition closes October 6. Heide Museum of Modern Art 7 Templestowe Rd, Bulleen Arise

● ● ● ● Madonna

Local paper makes world history

■ The 150 years of local newspapers have seen a number of forms of print technology.

The first issues of the Alexandra Times in 1868, were hand-set, with every letter in each issue composed by hand.

After each issue was printed, every letter had to be returned to its proper place in the type case.

The 1930s saw the introduction of linotype machines at the Yea newspaper, where a line-of-type could be set in hot metal.

In April 1984, after taking over from Tom Dignam, Ash Long brought an Itec typesetting computer to Yea.

It used a photo-mechanical process where type was projected onto photographic paper, and then - after beinbg developed - was cut-andpasted onto layout sheets.

Then came desktop publishing. Did you know that Murrindindi was the second place in the world to trial this new process?

The April 1986 edition of Ink magazine was in Yea to witness the Australian-first using “laser technology”.

“The hitching posts have been replaced by ‘no parking’ signs otherwise nothing much has changed outside the little weatherboard offices of The Yea Chronicle since its first began publishing in October 1885,” wrote INK editor John Monks.

“In fact not many people noticed when they stopped using the old linotype machines, and the Wharfedale flatbed press to print a tabloid Chronicle - instead of the solid old broadsheet - in 1984.

“Quietly, without upsetting the calm rural breakfasts of his 12001500 loyal readers, a few weeks agoi Ash Long, the Chronicle’s experienced young editor/publisher set about making Australian newspaper history.

“With no fanfare, The Yea Chronicle became the first newspaper in Australia- and probably the Southern Hemisphere - to be entirely produced using a Macintosh Personal Computer and a Laser Writer,” said the 1986 magazine.

“The honour of producing the world’s first weekly paper using the Apple-Macintosh combination actually went to The Town Crier in Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA (in 1985).”

INK said several newspaper had experimented with the new process, with visitinbg experts challenged to spot the difference.

Apple Laser Writer predicted that desktop publishing was set to capture most of the production done by photo-typesetters.

INK magzine said the price of the system was under $US10,000.

INK contacted John Caust, General Manager of Coates Systems (Australia), to arrange an Australian newspaper to trial: “Find me a paper and we’ll supply the equipment.

“A call to Yea, in the foothills of the Australian Alps, north-east of Melbourne, found us a suitable and willing paper, The Yea Chronicle.

“It was 100 years old last year, had a circulation of about 1500 and was entirely produced by the husband and wife team of Ash and Fleur Long.

“The Longs had taken over the broadsheet Chronicle set on linotype machines and printed on an ancient

Wharfedale in the tiny print room behind the little weatherboard office at 36 High St, Yea.

“Ash brought in his own elderly photo-typesetter and soon has the Chronicle turned into a lively tabloid printed web offset in Melbourne

“Would the Longs like to join the Laser Writer revolution, INK asked and Ash Long replied: “How about the next issue?’

“A few days later we drove up the Melba Highway to beautiful Yea followed by Dianne Howarth, the knowledgeable Coates marketing services representative with the Apple and Macintosh boxes balanced on her back seat.”

INK magazine made a note about someone using a desktop computer and mouse for the first time:

“Ash Long’s fingers were soon flashing over the Macintosh keyboard, but as he used the ‘mouse’ for the first time and thrust it over the edge of his desk he was complaining: “I’ve got to get a bigger desk.”

“In less than 30 minutes as Dianne Howarth looked on Ash was re-setting some long standing Chronicle ads and adding rules with curved corners and tone.

“The front page dummy lead

followed with Ash setting the streamer “Australia first for Yea Chronicle” and then deciding to use the Apple-Mac to shadow the letters.

“Later Apple’s bitten apple symbol was to let into the boxed lead when Ash Long got back to his cutting table.

“The issue of February 26 with type, set by the Laser Writer, caused great interest in Yea with pupils from the local high school - all knowledgeable Apple enthusiasts- coming around to the Chronicle office and Ash actually carrying the Apple-Mac gear across to a retail store and setting the ad they wanted in their shop window.

“Not content with the February 26 issue because a blurred negative had sone less than justice to the part of the laser-set front page, Ash Long proceeded to produce a much cleaner March 5 issue using a wide range of the Apple Mac output including some clearly readable 6point type and a beautifully laser-set page of Yea Chronicle Classifieds.

“After the Melbourne press run finished I asked Ash Long what he thought of the Laser Writer and Macintosh team.

“His report:-

“I found it very ease to use. I had some trouble with communications between the terminal and the printer, but that turned out to be just connections.

“I didn’t have to refer to the instructions very much at all because it really is what they call a very userfriendly system. It was mostly selfexplanatory.

“I now know how to use a mouse, although I kept running off the desk withb it at first.

“The quality is good. Look it’s better quality than my system and with that the quality varies, especially for a country newpaper depending on the chemicals you are using.

“Some of the advantages of the machine were that I found that I could instantly do tones behind advertisements.

“Borders for ads were no problem either. I could do them on the spot with the Apple Mac without all those expensive border tapes.

“They were neat type faces. I had a choice of Helvetica, Times, Courier, Monaco, Chicago and the option of outline, underline, shadowing, italics and also the option of putting typoes into a range of bold or plain ... and you had that on all sizes from 6pt to 72pt.

“We used the Helvetica throughout and of course the Apple-Mac did the H and J-ing.

“Certainly the Chronicle looks neater and if it wasn’t my paper and I was looking at it objectively I couldn’t tell you which was done on which system.

“Look, no one should think that the Apple-Mac Laser Writer is a second or alternative system.

“It’s a genuine stand-on-its-own feet typestetter which is quite applicable to newspapers and to printers and publishers.

“I’d certainly like to have the Apple Mac - mouse and all - permanently on my desk.”

- From ‘Apple’s Day in Yea’ by John Monks INK magazine, April 1986 (Minnis Business Press)

● ● Ash Long and Dianne Howarth test the Apple Laser Writer/Macintosh PC in Yea in 1986.

● ● Ash Long in front of the Yea newspaper office in 1986. Photo: John Monks ● ● Ash Long at the Apple MacIntosh,

85. Tiny

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204. Implement 205. Haggard

207. Drizzles 208. Musical, Porgy & ... 210. Cuban currency 212. Sink in middle 213. Following 214. Clothing 215. Tennis great, ... Borg 217. Ermine 220. Eternal City 222. Singer, ... Horne

224. Italian money unit 225. Blunders 226. Glum

229. Canadian gold rush region

231. Lifeless (hair) 233. Rescue 235. Jazz style, bossa ... 236. Toadstools 237. China's ... Zedong 239. Bark 241. ... mortis

243. Boxing dais

245. White ant 247. Wordless acts

248. Actors Gibson or Brooks 249. Underneath 251. Of birth

253. Murder (2,2) 255. Cash advances

256. Pulverises (fruit) 257. Ravine

258. Old photo shade 260. Scour

262. Haemorrhaged

264. Brazil's ... Paulo 265. Surrenders

266. Metal mixture

268. Howls shrilly

270. Egret

272. US shares index, ... Jones

273. Unwanted plants

274. Verdant

276. Chairs

278. Inflexible

280. Playwright, ... Simon

281. Macho

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87. Tennis champ, Monica ...

89. Mad Roman emperor

91. Recount

93. Disguises

94. Circus performers

96. Demise

98. Festival, Mardi ...

101. Mongrel dogs

102. Female zebras

103. Meal, bangers & ...

104. Quantity of paper

106. Streamlined

108. Plain-spoken

109. Minerals

110. Attracted

111. Earthquake measure, ... scale

113. Dressed

115. Fully satisfies

117. Active European volcano

118. Persona ... grata

119. Eiffel Tower city

120. Heavily scented

121. Restorative medicine

123. Move unsteadily

125. The masses, ... polloi

126. Eskimo coat

127. Flagpoles

128. Jacob's Old Testament twin

130. Racing driver, ... Mansell

132. Verification

134. Marshy

135. Drains (udder)

137. Shout

139. Apple drink

141. Me, ... truly

143. Wigwam

144. Money factories

145. Floor dance

147. Patch up

149. Recorded

151. Trace

153. Cracks (of lip)

154. Israel's ... Meir

155. Tablets

157. Soon

159. Mention, ... to

161. Damascus is there

162. Aviator, ... Johnson

163. Dads

164. Card game

166. Fuse (of bones)

168. Challenger

170. ... Francisco

171. It is (poetic) ('3)

172. Peaceful resort

173. ... Lang Syne

174. Form (conclusion)

176. Valley

178. Giant

180. Golfing body (1,1,1)

182. Asked (question)

183. Healthy

185. Radial or cross-ply

187. Utter (cry)

189. Tibetan priests

191. African language group

192. Super athlete, ... Lewis

193. Army eatery

195. Naval exercises

197. Couple

199. Filled pastries

201. Gullible

202. Greek philosopher

203Killerwhale

282. Small change

283. Delivery vehicle

286. 135 down opera house, La ...

288. Uncovered (facts) (3,2)

290. Elevators

291. Police klaxon

292. Also known as (1,1,1)

294. Skip 296. Run off to marry

298. Half

299. Queens' seats

301. Bops

302. Potato

303. Brown pigment

304. Principle

306. Phoned

308. Jug

309. Styles 310. Stairs, apples & ... 311. Hurl

313. ... & lows 315. Shrieked

318. Rent out again 319. Slum area 320. Nail

323. Judges 325. Nasty 326. Sections

327. The Constant Gardener's ... Fiennes

328. Longbow timber

330. Skating stadium

332. Hitler's Third ... 333. Golfing stroke

334. CDs, compact ... 335. Beliefs

336. Thus far, as ...

338. Neatly

339. Yasser Arafat's group (1,1,1)

340. Salesmen

342. Double agent 343. Sit idly 344. Windies batsman, ... Richards

346. Prima donna

348. Writer, ... Hemingway

350. Itemises

352. Carnival car

353. Seed

355. Fashionable, ... mode (1,2)

356. Movie examiner

359. Religious sister 360. Scene of event

361. Clever

362. Irish paramilitary force (1,1,1)

363. Thai food ingredient, ... grass

364. Composer's work

365. Bombardments

368. Dishes

369. Viola flower

371. Solid

373. Tenancy agreements

374. Snagged

376. First

379. Collar folds

381. Prayer ending

382. Rugby player

383. Ocean phase (3,4)

385. Balderdash

386. Garden water feature

387. Twice

388. Master of Ceremonies

389. Reckoned

390. Stylish

391. Louts

392. Ordered about

393.Scraped(riverbottom)

1. Continuing 2. Sad play

3. Flavour enhancer (1,1,1)

4. On top of 5. Cut (lawn)

6. Debauched

7. Bonier

8. NCO rank, ... corporal

9. Engrave

10. Caviar base

11. Sofa footstool

12. Bosom

13. Gently touch 14. Cricketer, ... Gilchrist

15. Fuel oil

16. Property

17. Little bit

18. Engage

19. Dryly humorous

20. Rude driver (4,3)

21. Encumbered (with)

28. Considered

30. Yemen port

31. Males

33. Nuzzles

35. Betting organiser

36. Doled (out)

37. Namely (2,3)

40. Extinguish

41. Dirty looks

42. Mel Gibson movie, Mad ...

43. Footy Show personality, ... Newman

45. Employ (4,2)

47. Positive electrode

49. Mankind

50. Scorch

52. Tells good story

54. Fishing bait

55. Sighed sleepily

58. Pressed fabric folds

59. Windmill arms

60. Appalling

61. Chatter

62. Mixed (with poison)

64. 12 months

67. Irritating complainers

68. Chanted

70. Strong winds

72. Testosterone & oestrogen

73. Melted (of rock)

75. Contemplated

76. England's Isle of ...

78. Closes securely

81. Withholds vote

83. Tubs

84. Trims

85. Feebly sentimental

86. Vertical

88. Pilfer

90. Lecherous gaze

92. Greek & German currency unit

93. Hymn, Ave ...

94. Car hoists

95. Beauty parlour

97. Excited (3,2) 99. Baseballer, Babe ... 100. AD, ... Domini 102. Unclear 103. Fogs 105. Frenzied

107. SeaChange actress, ... Armstrong 110. Jumbo 111. Teething sticks 112. Contact 114. Number 116. Scurry 119. Book leaves

120. Mediterranean republic isle 122. Lebanese wood 124. 24 in a day 126. Opium source 127. Cares for 129. Fertiliser compound 131. Social outcast 133. Becomes tattered 134. Light rays 135. Northern Italian city 136. End 138. Jerk 140. Refurbish 142. Abandon 143. Siamese 144. Scooter 145. Bacon edge 146. Trudge 148. Hunger 150. Evil spirit 152. Monarch 154. Relinquished (4,2) 155. Election 156. Varieties 158. Longest river 160. Proportional, pro ... 163. Bygone 164. Strain (muscle) 165. "No" vote 167. Office casual 169. Lantern

171. Burrows

172. Integrity

173. Spray can 175. Inscribed

177. Romantic US falls

179. Kenya's capital

181. Sneeze noise (1-6)

182. Prepares (the way) 183. Irrigate 184. Stick-on symbol

186. Resin glue 188. Coronet

190. Burns surface of 191. ... & brace

192. Humbly, ... in hand

193. Mr & ... 194. Wise men 196. Drunkard

198. Apply friction to 200. Transgression

206. Steak cuts (1-5)

209. Tart 211. Actor, ... Sharif

213. Type of orange 214. Yield, ... in 216. Prompts (memory) 218. Similar 219. Roman garments

221. Writer, ... Blyton 223. Singer, ... King Cole

224. Auction items

225. Jostles

227. Yeses

228. NRL legend, Laurie ... 230. Nick

232. Door handle

234. Cupid

235. Weather feature, El ... 236. Dossiers

237. Cantaloupe

238. Friend in war

240. Pontiffs

242. Less frequent

244. Cover with gold

246. Address to royalty (2'2)

247. Caked with soil

248. Stubborn animals

250. Cunning tricks

252. Graphic

254. Inert gas

256. Removes skin from 257. Music guru, ... A Baker

259. Quickly

261. False

263. Lived

265. Dollars & ...

266. Ram zodiac sign

267. Piously 269. Musty

271. Timbuktu's river

273. Thin biscuit

274. Injures with horns

275. Announces (5,3)

277. Deadly sin

279. Three Musketeers author

281. Excavated

282. Cat-like mammal

284. Bullets

285. Pen-points

287. Greenfly

289. Squeeze between fingers

290. Mooed

291. Facets

292. Lethargy

293. Actor, ... Russell

295. Trial

297. Famous Swiss mountain

300. Send (payment)

301. Sudden bumps

302. Ooze

305. Chirp

307. Feels about 309. Clemency

310. Mucus

312. Sharp-tasting

314. Happy face

316. Eject lava 317. ... & crafts

318. Speaks gratingly

319. January birthstone

321. Dry 322. Blades

324. Spurn

326. Ski trail

327. Lives without comforts, ... it

329. Banish

331. Ku Klux ...

335. Submitted (application)

337. Islamic governors

340. Of kidneys

341. Treats royally, ... & dines

343. Dallied

344. Holding dear

345. Blood-sucking creature

347. Dried coconut kernels

349. Small chunk

350. Folk heroes

351. Dubious

352. Male duck

353. Zigzag-edge scissors, ... shears

354. Listen attentively (3,4)

357. Dirtied

358. Wrinkle

360. Floral arrangement urn

361. Fellows

366. ..., steady, go

367. Assault weapon, battering ...

368. Swimming places

370. Truck's unladen weight

372. Snow-covered peaks

374. Vagrant

375. South African conflict, ... War

377. Belonging to it

378. Jar top

380. Chinese ... sauce

382. Centre

383. Liquid crystal display (1,1,1)

384. Teeny-weeny

By Rob Foenander

Piano Wizard

■ Andrew Farrell , also known as The Piano Wizard , will present a new showSongs From Long Ago And Far Away.

The lost treasures of Leon Russell, Rick Wakeman, James Taylor, Brian Cadd, Carole King, Supertramp, Russell Morris, Billy Joel and more are set to take the audience on a nostalgic trip down memory lane.

The show itself has been in the pipeline for a number of years and it’s finally ready to be performed with lots of love and thought, says Andrew.

The Shed Theatre at The Pig and Whistle, Main Ridge, from 2.30pm-4.30pm on Sunday, June 23. Tickets at trybooking. com

Folk Festival

■ The annual Newport Folk Festival is back for 2024. A host of local artists is scheduled to perform at a number of venues around the town on June 28-29.

Program and more info at https:// newportfolkfestival.org.au/

Breaking Chains

■ Melbourne singer songwriter and sought after musician Aaron Schembri has released his new single. Breaking Chains is available on all streaming platforms and is already gaining much applause from fans around the country. Aaron has been working with the Wiggles and Mr Daddy Cool Ross Wilson in recent times in addition to his regular gigs around Melbourne. More info: https:/ /www.aaronschembri.com/

Running boom hits Great Ocean Road

■ The Great Ocean Road Running Festival returns Saturday-Sunday, (may18-19), with nine distances from 1.5km to 60km, including an ultra marathon and scenic trail runs, across one of Australia’s most iconic regions.

In the midst of a global running boom, the event invites runners new and experienced, to swap the city tracks for coastal roads with exclusive access to the Great Ocean Road

In an event first, the full marathon and half marathon events will introduce Brooks Pacers, ready o help athletes reach their personal bests.

With eager anticipation for its grandest year to date, Event Director Brad King says he is thrilled to witness a regional event step into the spotlight, already selling out the three longest distances.

“It is incredible to witness the current running boom and active lifestyle, with regional events like the Great Ocean Road Running Festival feeling the love from the rest of the country and around the world.

“This year is looking to be our biggest and best yet with record participation across the weekend very much in sight.

“This year, we are excited to introduce the Brooks Pacers to assist and support our runners in the Marathon and Brooks Half Marathon events. For almost two decades, we have seen thousands of

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people travel from around the world to experience on foot one of world’s most scenic coastal drives.

“We look forward to welcoming new and familiar faces,” says King.

On Saturday, the 1.5km kids gallop will kick off the weekend in Apollo Bay followed by the family friendly 6km Run and 14km Paradise Run.

On Sunday, the 60km Ultra Marathon and 44km Great Ocean Road Marathon will commence from Lorne, followed by the 12km and 6.5km Trail Runs, and the 10km and 5km Great Ocean Road Walk

Those taking part in the Brooks Half Marathon (23km) will get their start from Kennett River on Sunday.

Organbiisers say the Great Ocean Road Running Festival is the perfect excuse for a seaside weekend staycation with entertainment and activities for all ages. Travel packages and a ‘glamping’ experience are available.

Visitors can hear from local musicians and flow into the weekend with free yoga classes on the beach front.

The kids can keep active at the inflatable sports park and kite festival while enjoying the local wait staff battle it out in the hilarious Pub to Pub Waiter’s Race on aturday.

Racegoers are encouraged to fundraise for a cause close to their hearts.

Ablett Junior at the Gallop

HAMMER EXCAVATIONS

WEEKEND’S LOCAL FOOTBALL MATCH RESULTS

Amateurs

■ William Buck Premier Men’s. Collegians 9.11 (65) d University Blacks 8.7 (55). Fitzroy 14.12 (96) d Old Melburnians 12.7 (79). Old Brighton 16.11 (107) d Old Xaverians 6.5 (41). Old Scotch 13.15 (93) d St Bernards 6.7 (43). University Blues 11.8 (74) d St Kevins 9.16 (70).

■ William Buck Premier Men’s Reserves. Collegians 8.10 (58) d University Blacks 7.10 (52). Old Melburnians 12.6 (78) d Fitzroy 8.12 (60). Old Xaverians 10.12 (72) d Old Brighton 9.8 (62). Old Scotch 12.5 (77) d St Bernards 9.9 (63). St Kevins 14.11 (95) d University Blues 6.9 (45).

■ Premier Thirds Men’s. St Kevins 12.10 (82) d Uni Blues 5.6 (36). Old Scotch 11.11 (77) d Old Brighton 8.12 (60). Fitzroy 9.7 (61) d Williamstown CYMS 2.4 (16). Fitzroy 10.15 (75) d St Bernards 4.6 (30). Old Xaverians 15.9 (99) d Old trinity 10.11 (71).

■ Premier B Men’s. Old Ivanhoe 12.10 (82) d beaumaris 12.4 (76). Caulfield Grammarians 12.10 (82) d Williamstown CYMS 6.13 (49). Old Geelong 17.12 (114) d St Bedes/ Mentone Tigers 12.8 (80). Old Haileybury 13.12 (90) d De La Salle 13.5 (83). Old Camberwell 18.8 (116) d Old trinity 12.11 (83).

■ Premier B Men’s Reserves. Old Ivanhoe 7.7 (49) d Beaumaris 5.5 (35). Williamstown CYMS 17.11 (113) d Caulfield Grammarians 6.3 (39). Old Geelong 8.12 (60) d St Bedes/ Mentone Tigers 6.3 (39). De La Salle 14.11 (95) d Old Haileybury 8.3 (51). Old Trinity 13.17 (85) d Old Camberwell 9.2 (56).

■ Premier C Men’s. Glen Eira/Old McKinnon 11.5 (71) d Oakleigh 7.6 (48). PEGS 23.18 (156) d Monash Blues 5.6 (36). Parkdaler Vultures 15.12 (102) d AJAX 7.12 (54). Old Carey 8.6 (54) d Hampton Rovers 5.12 (42). Mazenod 9.17 (71) d Marcellin 7.4 (46).

■ Premier C Men’s Reserves. Oakleigh 7.12 (54) d Glen Eira/Old McKinnon 7.6 (48). PEGS 11.14 (80) d Monash Blues 1,.8 (14). Parkdale Vultures 13.11 (89) d AJAX 5.5 (35). Old Carey 7.12 (54) d Hampton Rovers 6.8 (44). Marcellin 14.15 (99) d Mazenod 4.2 (26).

■ Division 1 Men’s. Prahran 16.16 (112) d Preston Bullants 6.6 (42). UHS-VU 12.12 (84) d Therry Penola 7.4 (46). Kew 15.14 (104) d Old Yarra Cobras 11.12 (78). Ormond 24.9 (153) d West Brunswick 8.5 (53). Parkside 10.6 (66) d Old Peninsula 9.10 (64).

■ Division 1 Men’s Reserves. Prahran 14.6 (90) d Preston Bullants 10.8 (68). UHSVU 12.1 (73) d Therry Penola 8.9 (57). Kew 17.8 (110) d Old Yarra cobras 8.6 (54). Ormond 11.15 (81) d West Brunswick 10.3 (63). Parkside 15.18 (108) d Old Peninsula 3.2 (20).

■ Division 1 Thirds. Old Geelong 8.12 (60) d Collegians 7.10 (52). Old Melburnians v University Blacks. AJAX v St Kevins. Old Xaverians 21.15 (141) d Beaumris 4.6 (30).

■ Division 1 Under 19. Old Haileybury 11.8 (74) d Old Xaverians 7.7 (49). St Bernards 14.12 (96) d Hampton Rovers 12.7 (79). Fitzroy 14.8 (92) d Glen Eira/Old McKinnon 5.5 (35). Old Carey 8.13 (61) d Old Melburnians 4.10 (34).

■ Division 2 Men’s. Bulleen Templestowe 7.4 (46) d Aquinas 5.8 (38). Whitefriars 12.9 (81) d South Melbourne Districts 10.11 (71). Elsternwick 13.16 (94) drew with MHSOB 14.10 (94). Wattle Park 12.12 (84) d Hawthorn 11.11 (77). Brunswick 14.12 (96) d St Marys Salesian 11.6 (72).

■ Division 2 Men’s Reserves. Brunswick 12.10 (82) d St Marys Salesian 6.11 (47). Aquinas 17.20 (122) d Bulleen Templestowe 0.0 (0). Whitefriars 10.3 (63) d South Melbourne Districts 5.12 (42). MHSOB 15.10 (100) d Elsternwick 4.8 (32). Wattle Park v Hawthorn.

■ Division 2 Thirds. Richmond Central 9.8 (62) d Marcellin 5.13 (43). Old Xaverians 28.21 (177) d Masala 5.2 (32). Old Carey 13.11 (89) d Old Camberwell 5.4 (34). Parkside 14.12 (96) d Kew 7.3 (45).

■ Division 2 Thirds Men’s North. Richmond central 9.8 (62) d Marcellin 5.13 (43).

Kangaroos Old Xaverians 26.21 (177) d Masala 5.2 (32). Old Carey 13.11 (89) d Old Camberwell 5.4 (34). Parkside 14.12 (96) d Kew 7.3 (45).

■ Division 2 Thirds Men’s South. Mentone Panthers 13.13 (91) d Hampton RFovers 2.3 (15). De La Salle 10.8 (68) d AJAX 6.12 (48). Old brighton 8.13 (61) d Williamstown CYMS 1.9 (15). Old Scotch 17.12 (114) d Glen Eira/ Old McKinnon 6.6 (42). ■ Division 2 Under 19. St Bedes/Mentone Tigers 12.6 (78) d Parkside 10.5 (65). Old Camberwell 9.12 (66) d Oakleigh 4.8 (32). University Blues 31.21 (207) d Old Ivanhoe 2.0 (12). Parkdale Vultures 15.24 (114) d St Kevins 4.2 (26). University Blacks 13.13 (91) d Old Trinity 8.7 (55)_.

■ Division 3 Men’s. Power House 17.16 (118) d Richmond Central 4.5 (29). La Trobe University 10.13 (73) d Chadstone 10.4 (64). Swinburne University 10.13 (73). Swinburne University 23.21 (159) d Eley Park 7.8 (50). St Johns 23.16 (154) d Box Hill North 9.13 (67). Canterbury 14.10 (94) d Albert Park 11.13 (79). North Brunswick: Bye. ■ Division 3 Men’s Reserves. Richmond Centra. 9.6 (60) d Power House 6.11 (47). La Trobe 4.7 (31) d Chadstone 2.3 (15).

Swinburne University 16.22 (118) d Eley Park 6.5 (41). St Johns 15.14 (104) d Box Hill North 7.12 (54). Canterbury 6.15 (51) d Albert Park 6.6 (42). North Brunswick: Bye.

■ Division 3 Men’s Thirds South. Parkdale 18.9 (117) d South Melbourne 1.4 (10). Monash Blues 9.10 (64) d Elsternwick 8.13 (61). Ormond 11.7 (73) d Wattle Park 10.10 (70). Oakleigh v Mazenod. St Marys Salesian 14.13 (97) d Masala 3.3 (21).

■ Division 3 Under 19. Collegians 9.9 (63) d Kew 7.5 (47). Ormond 8.7 ()55) d Mazenod 8.4 (52). Preston 15.11 (101) d PEGS 1.5 (11). Monash Blues 9.10 (64) d St Bernards 8.7 (55).

■ Division 4 Under 19. Therry Penola 5.12 (42) d St Kevins 5.9 (39). Williamstown CYMS 14.16 (100) d Glen Eira/Old McKinnon 12.13 (85). Old Xaverians 15.12 (102) d Beaumaris 11.16 (82). Bulleen Templestowe 17.9 (111) d Caulfield Grammarians 12.10 (82). St Marys Salesian 23.19 9157) d MHSOB 7.6 (48). De La Salle: Bye.

Eastern

■ Premier Men’s Seniors. Balwyn 13.14 (92) d Berwick 4.2 (26). Vermont 13.10 (88) d Doncaster East 12.7 (79). East Ringwood 12.9 (81) d Noble Park 7.9 (51). Blackburn 18.15 (123) d Norwood 4.3 (27). South Croydon 11.10 976) d Rowville 9.9 (63).

■ Premier Men’s Reserves. Balwyn 18.18 (124) d Berwick 0.0 (0). Vermont 12.12 (84) d Doncaster East 5.2 (32). East Ringwood 5.6 (36) d Noble Park 5.5 (35). Blackburn 35.21 (231) d Norwood 0.0 (0). Rowville 11.11 (77) d South Croydon 6.0 (36).

■ Premier Men’s Under 19.5. Berwick 17.7 (109) d Balwyn 4.3 (27). Blackburn 15.19 (109) d Norwood 1.0 (6). Noble Park 7.16 (58) d East Ringwood 2.6 (18). Vermont 21.9 (135) d Doncaster East 5.6 (36). Rowville: Bye.

■ Division 1 Men’s Seniors. Montrose 9.11 (65) d Bayswater 8.7 (55). Park Orchards 10.11 (71) d Beaconsfield 7.11 (53). Mitcham 15.4 (94) d Doncaster 6.11 (47). North Ringwood 13.10 (88) d Wantirna South 10.13 (73). South Belgrave 9.17 (71) d Mooroolbark 5.18 (48).

■ Division 1 Men’s Reserves. Montrose 12.16 (88) d Bayswater 1.12 (18). Beacosnfield 7.3 (45) d Park Orchards 6.5 (41). Mitcham 16.14 (110) d Doncaster 1.3 (9). North Ringwood 8.9 (57) d Wantirna South 6.7 (43). South Belgrave 26.16 (172) d Mooroolbark 3.1 (19).

■ Division 1 Under 19.5. Montrose 17.21 (123) d Bayswater 2.1 (13). Park Orchards 10.10 (70) d Beacsonfield 7.4 (46). North Ringwood 10.14 (74) d Wantirna South 4.4 (28). South Belgrave 14.12 (96) d Mooroolbark 1.9 (15). Mitcham 8.7 (55) d Surrey Park 7.2 (44). ■ Division 2 Men’s Seniors. Croydon

11.3 (69) d Boronia 9.7 (61). Mulgrave 9.15 (69) d Heathmont 4.11 (35). Ringwood 10.7 (67) d Lilydale 4.10 (34). East Burwood 13.12 (90) d The Basin 11.7 (73). Waverley Blues 10.8 (68) d Templestowe 7.12 (54).

■ Division 2 Men’s Reserves. Croydon 7.1 (49) d Boronia 5.5 (35). Mulgrave 14.15 (99) d Heathmont 4.3 (27). Lilydale 6.7 (43) d Ringwood 6.4 (40). East Burwood 9.10 (64) d The Basin 3.3 (21).Templestowe 15.11 (101) d Waverley Blues 5.3 (33).

■ Division 2 Men’s Under 19.5. Croydon 7.13 (55) d Lilydale 3.8 (26). East Burwood 14.8 (92) d The Basin 2.4 (16). Heathmont v Mulgrave. Waverley Blues: Bye.

■ Division 3 Men’s Seniors. Donvale 19.13 (127) d Knox 11.16 (82). Ferntree Gully 10.14 (74) d Fairpark 5.5 (35). Upper Ferntree Gully 17.18 (120) d Oakleigh 7.9 (51). Surrey Park 26.14 (170) d Silvan 3.3 (21). Coldstream 16.11 (107) d Warrandyte 11.10 (76).

■ Division 3 Men’s Reserves. Donvale 12.5 (77) d Knox 7.6 (48). Fairpark 9.3 (57) d Ferntree Gully 5.4 (34). Oakeligh District 9.11 (65) d Upper Ferntree Gully 5.7 (37). Surrey Park 10.13 (73) d Silvan 6.4 (40). Warrandyte 7.9 (51) d Coldstream 4.9 (33).

■ Division 3 Men’s Under 19.5. Knox 12.8 (80) d Donvale 5.8 (38). Warrandyte 13.14 (92) d Coldstream 4.3 (27). Ferntree Gully 18.12 (120) d Surrey Park 7.8 (50). Fairpark: Bye.

■ Division 4 Men’s Seniors. Chirnside Park 18.11 (119) d Croydon North MLOC 2.11 (23). Kilsyth 17.10 (112) d Forest Hill 4.2 (26). Whitehorse Pioneers 23.18 (156) d Nunawading 7.8 (50). Scoresby: Bye.

■ Division 4 Men’s Reserves. Chirnside Park 9.6 (60) d Croydon North MLOC 5.6 (36). Forest Hill 8.5 (53) d Kilsyth 5.7 (37). Whitehorse Pioneers 25.23 (173) d Nunwading 0.0 (0). Scoresby: Bye.

■ Division 4 Men’s Under 19.5. Wantirna South 9.12 (66) d Berwick 4.5 (29). Scoresby 9.5 (59) d Ferntree Gully/South Croydon 6.11 (47). Blackburn 11.11 (77) d Mitcham 10.4 (64). Kilsyth 17.12 (114) d South Belgrave 5.2 (32). Chirnside Park: Bye.

Essendon

■ Premier Division Seniors. Keilor 18.17 (125) d Aberfeldie 10.5 (65). East Keilor 12.20 (92) d Deer Park 9.12 (66). Strathmore 15.15 (105) d Airport West 7.15 (57). Greenvale 9.9 (63) d Essendon Doutta stars 6.14 (50). Pascoe Vale 21.13 (139) d Avondale Heights 14.10 (94).

■ Premier Division Reserves. Keilor 12.14 (86) d Aberfeldie 5.2 (32). East Keilor 15.14 (104) d Deer Park 7.4 (46). Strathmore 13.24 (102) d Airport West 3.5 (23). Greenvale 13.13 (91) d Essendon Doutta Stars 1.8 (14). Pascoe Vale 12.10 (82) d Avondale Heights 13.3 (81).

■ Premier Division Under 18.5. Strathmore 35.11 (221) d Airport West 0.0 (0). Keilor 14.4 (88) d Aberfeldie 5.9 (39). Maribyrnong 18.9 (117) d East Keilor 3.1 (19). Pascoe Vale 10.10 (70) d Avondale Heights 8.4 (52). Greenvale: Bye.

■ Division 1 Seniors. Craigieburn 23.12 (150) d Rupertswood 12.10 (82). St Albans 14.16 (100) d Oak Park 9.7 (61). Maribyrnong Park 28.16 (184) d Keilor Park 0.3 (3). Hillside 23.12 (150) d Tullamarine 9.9 (63).

Roxburgh Park 14.11 (95) d Moonee Valley 8.16 (64). West Coburg: Bye.

■ Division 1 Reserves. Craigieburn 14.23 (107) d Rupertswood 5.2 (32). St Albans 13.9 (87) d oak Park 11.10 (76). Maribyrnong Park 27.18 (180) d Keilor Park 0.0 (0). Hillside 18.14 (122) d Tullamarine 7.0 (42). Moonee Valley v Roxburgh Park. West Coburg: Bye.

■ Division 1 Under 18.5. Craigieburn 9.10 (64) d Coburg Districts 5.5 (35). Moonee Valley 15.4 (94) d Essendon Doutta Stars 5.3 (33). Hillside 14.4 (88) d Tullamarine 3.1 (19). St Albans 8.6 (54) d Oak Park 6.12 (48).

■ Division 2 Seniors. Burnside Heights 15.13 (103) d Westmeadows 6.8 (44). Hadfield 14.15 (99) d Northern Saints 13.7 (85). Taylors Lakes 11.11 (77) d Coburg Dis-

tricts 10.11 (71). Glenroy 24.12 (156) d East Sunbury 5.4 (34). Sunbury Kangaroos: Bye. ■ Division 2 Reserves. Westmeadows 7.7 (49) d Burnside Heights 4.8 (32). Northern Saints 28.15 (183) d Hadfield 6.6 (42). Taylors Lakes 13.7 (85) d Coburg Districts 11.4 (70). Glenroy 23.25 (163) d East Sunbury 4.4 (28). Sunbury Kangaroos: Bye. ■ Division 2 Under 18.5. Glenroy 20.11 (131) d East Sunbury 0.0 (0). Northern Saints c Hadfield. Keilor 20.13 (133) d Sunbury Kangaroos 4.8 (32). Strathmore 21.16 (142) Dd Taylors Lakes/Moonee Valley 0.0 (0). Aberfeldie 19.11 (125) d Burnside Heights 2.2 (14). Maribyrnong Park: Bye.

■ Women’s Division 1 Seniors. Burnside Heights 10.8 (68) d Keilor Park 2.4 (16). Airport West 9.14 (68) d Tullamarine 3.3 (21). Greenvale 14.9 (93) d Strathmore/Pascoe Vale 1.2 (8).

■ Women’s Division 1 Under 18.5. Sunbury Lions 4.3 (27) d Burnside Heights 3.2 (20). Greenvale v Pascoe Vale/Hadfield. Craigieburn 4.3 (27) d Moonee Valley 0.4 (4).

■ Women’s Division 2 Seniors. Sunbury Kangaroos 8.6 (54) d Coburg Districts 5.4 (34). Glenroy 15.13 (103) d East Sunbury 4.2 (26). Taylors Lakes 4.7 (31) d Roxburgh Park 3.3 (21). Sunbury Lions: Bye.

Morn. Peninsula

■ Division 1 Seniors. Dromana 20.16 (136) d Sorrento 7.7 (49). Frankston Bombers 11.15 (81) d Mornington 7.10 (52). Red Hill 14.10 (94) d Langwarrin 6.9 (45). Mt Eliza 15.11 (101) d Rosebud 6.6 (42).

■ Division 1 Reserves. Dromana 6.11 (47) d Sorrento 3.5 (23). Frankston Bombers 5.8 (38) d Mornington 5.5 (35). Langwarrin 4.14 (38) d Red Hill 4.9 (33). Mt Eliza 9.8 (62) d Rosebud 1.0 (6).

■ Division 1 Under 19. Sorrento 7.6 (48) d Dromana 5.10 (40). Langwarrin 7.4 (46) d Red Hill 6.6 (42). Mt Eliza 22.9 (141) d rosebud 3.2 (20). Mornington: Bye. ■ Division 2 Seniors. Edithvale-Aspendale 10.14 (74) d Bonbeach 7.6 (48). Chelsea 12.8 (80) d crib Point 6.8 (44). Devon Meadows 13.15 (93) d Somerville 7.7 (49). Seaford 16.21 (117) d Hastings 9.8 (62). Karingal 11.10 (76) d Rye 9.6 (60). Pearcedale 11.17 (83) d tyabb 8.14 (62).

■ Division 2 Reserves. Edithvale-Aspendale 11.15 (81) d Bonbeach 2.4 (16). Crib Point 5.10 (40) d Chelsea 3.7 (25). Devon Meadows 9.4 (58) d Somerville 8.7 (55). Seaford 9.20 (74) d Hastings 5.2 (32). Karingal 2.7 (19) d Rye 2.5 (17). Tyabb 8.8 (56) d Pearcedale 7.9 (51).

■ Division 2 Under 19. Bonbeach 6.9 945) d Edithvale-Aspendale 3.7 (25). Somerville 7.7 (49) d Devon Meadows 6.8 (44). Rye 14.11 (95) d Karingal 2.1 (13). Pearcedale 10.19 (79) d Tyabb 5.6 (36). Crib Point: Bye. Seaford: Bye.

■ Division 1 Women’s. Franmkston 7.13 (55) d Pearcedale 3.2 (20). Mornington 14.11 (95) d Mornington 3.2 (20). Seaford 5.5 (35) d Karingal 2.5 (17). Warragul Indsutries: Bye.

■ Division 2 Women’s. Edithvale-Aspendale 5.7 (37) d Tyabb 2.2 (14). Bonbeach 6.7 (43) d Mornington 6.2 (38). Bass Coast v Cerberus/ Balnarring. Red Hill: Bye.

■ Division 3 Women’s. Seaford 10.9 (69) d Sorrento 1.0 (6). Frankston 3.2 (20) d Pearcedale4 1.2 (8). Warragul Industrials 6.18 (54) d Karingal 0.0 (0). Pines v Rye.

Central Highlands

■ Under 18. Carngham Linton forfeit v Springbank. Gordon 13.26 (104) d Creswick 0.3 (3). Bungaree 14.11 (95) d Dunnstown 4.2 (26). Daylesford 13.13 (91) d Rokewood Cordinhap 6.2 (38). Buninyong 18.12 (120) d Learmonth 3.1 (19). Ballan 14.4 (88) d Waubra 3.6 (24). Skipton v Hepburn forfeit. Clunes v Beaufort, cancelled. Newlyn: Bye.

SCORES FROM WEEKEND MATCHES

Northern

■ Division 1 Seniors. Huirstbridge 11.17 (83) d Montmorency 10.6 (66). Banyule 11.9 (75) d Greensborough 8.17 (65). West PrestonLakeside 18.9 (117) d Eltham 8.7 (55). Heidelberg 14.13 (97) d Bundoora 8.1 (49). North Heidelberg 13.22 (100) d Macleod 14.6 (90).

■ Division 1 Reserves. Montmorency 13.12 (90) d Hurstbridge 4.8 (32). Heidelberg 31.18 (204) d Bundoora 1.2 (8). Macleod 12.12 (94) d North Heidelberg 9.12 (66). Greensborough 16.8 (104) d Banyule 9.8 (62). West Preston-Lakeside 11.6 (72) d Eltham 5. 9 (39).

■ Division 1 Under 19.5. Eltham 11.12 (78) d North Heidelberg 5.12 (42). Greensborough 10.7 (67) d montmorency 9.4 (58). Diamond Creek 8.9 (57) d Heidelberg 7.12 (54). Banyule: Bye.

■ Division 2 Seniors. Thomastown 16.11 (107) d Lower Plenty 2.9 (21). South Morang 15.9 (99) d St Mary’s 6.6 (42). Laurimar 27.26 (188) d Northcote Park 0.2 (2). Whittlesea 19.16 (130) d Panton Hill 1.4 (10). Diamond Creek 19.14 (128) d Watsonia 2.2 (14).

■ Division 2 Reserves. Thomastown 16.11 (107) d Lower Plenty 2.9 (21). South Morang 15.9 (99) d St Mary’s 6.6 (42). Laurimar 27.26 (188) d Northcote Park 0.2 (2). Whittlesea 19.16 (130) d Panton Hill 1.4 (10). Diamond Creek 19.14 (128) d Watsonia 2.2 (14).

■ Division 2 Under 19.5. Laurimar 18.11 (119) d West Preston-Lakeside 7.6 (48). Hurstbridge 11.11 (77) d Whittlesea 8.9 (57). St Mary’s 11.15 (82) d South Morang 7.8 (50). Lower Plenty 19.14 (128) d Thomastown 15.7 (97).

■ Division 3 Seniors. Epping 10.12 (72) d Kilmore 9.9 (63). Old Eltham Collegians 10.11 (71) d Ivanhoe 6.3 (39). Heidelberg West 12.14 (86) d Reservoir 9.8 (62). Old Paradiansw 15.16 (106) d Lalor 8.9 (57). Mernda 14.7 (91) d Kinglake 6.6 (42). Fitzroy Stars: Bye.

■ Division 3 Reserves. Kilmore 19.16 (130) d Epping 0.1 (1). Heidelberg West 14.17 (101) d Reservoir 3.0 (18). Old Eltham Collegians 11.11 (77) d Ivanhoe 3.9 (27). Mernda 18.21 (129) d Kinglake 1.2 (8). Old paradians 19.22 (136) d Lalor 1.3 (9). Fitzroy Stars: Bye.

■ Division 3 Under 19.5. Banyule 9.14 (68) d Old Paradians 5.8 (38). Macleod 9.4 (58) drew with Diamond creek 8.10 (58). Greensborough 23.14 (152) d Panton Hill 11.6 (72). Mernda 18.11 -119) d Bundoora 9.12 (66).

Outer East

■ Premier Division Seniors. Mt Evelyn 5.13 -43) d Berwick Springs 5.6 (36). Wandin 14.12 (96) d Gembrook-Cockatoo 7.7 (49). Woori Yallock 15.15 (105) d Emerald 5.9 (39). Upwey-Tecoma 13.9 (87) d Officer 6.12 (48). Narre Warren 19.14 (128) d Olinda-Ferny Creek 6.9 (45). Pakenham 7.4 (46) d Monbulk 6.9 (45).

■ Premier Division Reserves. Berwick Springs v Mt Evelyn. Wandin 9.9 (63) d Gembrook-Cockatoo 5.4 (34). Woori Yallock 9.6 (60) d Emerald 6.6 (42). Upwey-Tecoma 13.13 (91) d Officer 1.6 (12). Narre Warren 12.13 (85) d Olinda-Ferny Creek 2.5 (17). Pakenham v Monbulk.

■ Division 1 Seniors. Yea 17.25 (127) d Powelltown 4.2 (26). Warburton-Millgrove 11.14 (80) d Belgrave 11.10 (76). Healesville 9.14 (68) d Alexandra 7.7 (49). Seville 25.18 (168) d Yarra Glen 3.2 (20). Yarra Junction: Bye.

■ Division 1 Reserves. Yea 11.15 (81) d Powelltown 2.3 (15). Belgrave 10.13 (73) d Warburton-Millgrove 3.3 (21). Healesville 16.7 (103) d Alexandra 2.1 (13). Seville 27.13 (175) d Yarra Glen 1.3 (9). Yarra Junction: Bye.

■ Under 19 Boys. Upwey-Tecoma 11.7 (73) d Officere 5.8 (38). Gembrook-Cockatoo 16.16 (112) d Wandin 3.5 (23). Narre Warren 9.13 (67) d Pakenham 4.2 (26).

■ Under 18 Boys. Healesville 8.7 (55) d Olinda-Ferny Creek 1.6 (12). Bye: Mt Evelyn, Seville, Upwey-Tecoma, Woori Yallock.`

Southern

■ Division 2 Open Grade. Endeavour Hills 7,.9 (51) d Lyndale 7.1 (43). Murrumbeena 23.28 (166) d Hallam 1.0 (6). Keysborough 13.7 (85) d Black Rock 3.7 (25). Lyndhurst: Bye.

■ Division 3 Seniors. Frankston Dolphins 18.12 (120) d Lyndhurst 8.11 (59).

■ Division 3 Reserves. Frankston Dolphins 10.15 (75) d Lyndhusrt 4.10 (34).

■ Division 4 Seniors. Lyndake 10.12 (72) d Hallam 8.17 (65). Clayton 17.10 (112) de South Yarra 8.2 (50). Moorabbin Kangaroos 14.8 (92) d Dandenong West 13.8 (86). Hampton 14.7 (101) d Doveton Eagles 2.3 (15).

■ Division 4 Reserves. Hallam 8.6 (56) d Lyndale 8.5 (53). Clayton 20.17 (137) d South Yarra 1.5 (11). Moorabbin Kangaroos 13.16 (94) d Dandenong West 5.2 (32). Hampton 31.20 (206) d Doveton Eagles 0.0 (0).

Western

■ Division 1 Seniors. Werribee Districts 19.11 (125) d Altona 10.10 (70). Point Cook 11.13 (79) d Spotswood 10.12 (72). Yarraville Seddon Eafles 13.14 (92) d Parkdale 10.11 (71). Hoppers Crossing 13.10 (88) d Point Cook 8.14 (62). Caroline Springs: Bye.

■ Division 1 Reserves. Werribee Districtys 15.19 (109) d Altona 2.1 (13). Spotswood 7.6 (48) d Point Cook 6.9 (45). Yarraville Seddon Eagles 21.14 (140) d Parkside 4.3 (27). Hoppers Crossing 13.7 (85) d Point Cook 6.3 (39). Caroline Springs: Bye.

■ Division 1 Under 18. Newport 13.11 (89) d Yarraville Seddon Eagles 4.9 (33). Werribee Districts 10.7 (67) d Caroline Springs 10,.6 (66). Spotswood 9.12 (66) d Hoppers Crossing 5.3 (33). Point Cook 14.12 (96) d Altona 7.3 (45).

■ Division 2 Seniors. Albion 39.11 (245) d Sunshine Heights 4.3 (27). Laverton 31.27 (213) d North Sunshine 2.6 (18). Wyndhamvale 24.16 (160) d Western Rams 3.5 (23). Suns 13.10 (88) d Albanvale 10.16 (76). Sunshine 18.19 (127) d Newport 5.8 938). North Footscray 19.18 (132) d Tarneit 4.4 (28). Braybrook 16.14 (110) d West Footscray 11.12 (78).

■ Division 2 Reserves. Albion 20.12 (132) d Sunshine Heights 1.0 (6). North Sunshine v Laverton. Wyndhamvale 24.16 (160) d Western Rams 1.2 (8). Albanvale 7.4 (46) d Suns 5.8 (38). Newport11.6 (72) d Sunshine 9.10 (64). North Footscray 24.14 (158) d Tarneit 1.0 (6). West Footscray 11.10 (76) d Braybrook 10.6 (66).

■ Division 2 Under 18. Werribee Districts 13.15 (93) d Point Cook 10.10 (70). Sunshine Kangaroos 12.18 (90) d Yarraville Seddon Eagles 4.9 (33). West Footscray 24.17 (161) d Caroline Springs Lakers 1.0 (6). Point Cook Centrals: Bye.

■ Women’s Seniors. Werribee Centrals 7.8 (50) d Yarraville Seddon Eagles 0.1 (1). Parkside Spurs 3.5 (23) d Caroline Springs Lakersx 2.9 (21). North Sunshine v Wyndhamvale. Suns 12.11 (83) d West Footscray 0.0 (0). Laverton: Bye.

Country League Goulburn Valley

■ Seniors. Echuca 13.11 (89) d Mansfield 8.5 (53). Kyabram 13.8 (86) d Seymour 12.8 (80). Shepparton United 15.12 (102) d Tatura 12.10 (82). Shepparton 15.10 (100) s Shepparton Swans 14.13 (97). Rochester 18.11 (119) d Mooroopna 9.,8 (62). Euroa 13.22 (100) d Benalla 11.6 (72).

■ Reserves. Echuca 21.17 (143) d Mansfield 1.0 (6). Kyabram 9.7 (61) d Seymour 8.4 (52). Shepparton United 9.13 (67) d Tatura 9.4 (58). Shepparton United 9.13 (67) d tatura 9.4 (58). Shepparton 12.9 (81) d Shepparton Swans 4.11 (35). Rochester 22.10 (142)

d Mooroopna 3.4 (22). Euroa 13.11 (89) d Benalla 6.7 (43).

■ Under 18. Echuca 14.12 (96) d Mansfield 2.3 (15). Kyabram 8.,7 (55) d Seymour 8.5 (53). Shepparton United 22.14 (146) d Tatura 3.3 (21). Shepparton 11.14 (80) d Shepparton Swans 5.6 (36). Rochester 11.12 (78) d Mooroopna 5.5 (35). Benalla 14.4 (88) d Euroa 12.14 (86).

Geelong District

■ Seniors. Corio 12.13 (85) drew with Inverleigh 13.7 (85). Belmont 16.8 (104) d Winchelsea 10.10 (70). Werribee Centrals 18.13 (121) d Bannockburn 9.7 (61). Bell Post Hill 10.8 (68) d Anakie 9.13 (67). East Geelong 16.10 (106) d GW Giants 1.12 (18). North Geelong 9.10 (64) d Thomson 9.9 (63). ■ Reserves. Inveleigh 9.8 (62) d Corio 3. (25). Belmont 18.8 (116) d Winchelsea 1.5 (11). Werribee Centrals 9.14 (68) d Bannockburn 7.3 (45). Anakie 8.14 (62) d Bell Post Hill 4.4 (28). East Geelong 10.9 969 d GW Giants 3.3 (21). North Geelong 10.2 (62) d Thomson 5.10 (40).

Ballarat

■ Seniors. Bacchus Marsh 17.19 (121) d Sebastopol 7.7 (49). Melton 15.6 (96) d Ballarat 3.8 (26). Darley 19.11 (125) d Redan 8.11 (59). East Point 17.17 (119) d Lake Wendouree 8.6 (54). Sunbury 17.9 (111) d North Ballarat 3.12 (30). Melton South: Bye. ■ Reserves. Sebastopol 17.19 (121) d Bacchus Marsh 3.4 (22). Melton 7.9 (51) d Ballarat 5.12 (42). Darley 18.13 (121) d Redan 3.5 (23)). East Point 12.9 (81) d Lake Wendouree 7.4 (46). Sunbury 16.10 (106) d North Ballarat 7.1 (43). Melton South: Bye.

■ Under 19. Bacchus Marsh 7.10 (52) d Sebastopol 4.8 (32). Ballarat 9.7 (61) d Melton 6.11 (47). Darley 17.9 (111) d Redan 6.4 (40). East Point 10.11 (71) d Lake Wendouree 5.6 (36). Sunbury 22.14 (146) d North Ballarat 2.4 (16). Melton South: Bye.

Central Highlands

■ Seniors. Carngham Linton 26.17 (173) d Springbank 12.7 (79). Gordon 16.9 (105) ed Creswick 6.7 (43). Bungaree 13.16 (94) d Dunnstown 5.8 (38). Daylesford 16.10 (106) d Rokewood Cordinhap 15.10 (100). Buninyong 11.14 (80) d Learmonth 6.10 (46). Waybra 10.5 (65) d Ballan 9.7 (61). Skipton 11.9 (75) d Hepburn 10.11 (71). lunes 12.17 (89) d Beaufort 5.7 (37). Newlyn: Bye. ■ Reserves. Crangham Linton 5.7 (37) d Springabmk 4.6 (30). Gordon 9.12 (66) d Creswick 5.3 (33). Bungaree 9.9 (63) d Dunnstown 2.7 (19). Rokewood Cordinhap 16.17 (113) d Daylesford 2.3 (15). Buninyong 8.12 (60) d Laermonth 5.8 (38). Ballan 9.15 (69) d Waubra 1.9 (15). Hepburn 10.3 (63) d Skipton 9.8 (62). Clunes 8.22 (70) d Beaufort 0.4 (4). Newlyn: Bye.

West Gippsland

■ Seniors. Tooradin-Dalmore 10.15 (75)0 d Koo Wee Rup 8.7 (55). Kilcunda Bass 23.13 (151) d Bunyip 0.3 (3). Phillip Island 22.15 (147) d Korumburra Bena 3.1 (19). InverlochKongwak 23.13 (151) d Dalkyston 5.3 (33). Cora Lynn 22.13 (145) d Garfield 5.9 (39).

Warragul Industrials v Nar Nar Goon. ■ Reserves. Tooradin-Dalmore 12.8 (80) d Koo Wee Rup 4.4 (28). Kilcunda Bass 23.15 (153) d Bunyip 0.3 (3). Phillip Island 19.13 (127 d Korumburra Bena 0.0 (0). InverlochKongwak 22.20 (152) d Dalyston 0.1 (1). Cora Lynn 3.12 (30) d Garfield 1.1 (7). Warragul Industrials v Nar Nar Goon. ■ Thirds. Koo Wee Rup 9.15 (69) d TooradinDalmore 7.3 (45). Kilcuna Bass v Bunyip. Phillip Island 18.20 (128) d Korumburra Bena 1.1 (7). Inverloch-Kongwak 12.5 d Dalyston 0.2 (2). Cora Lynn v Garfield. Warragul industrials v Nar Nar Goon.

with Kerry Kulkens

ARIES: (March 21- April 20)

Lucky Colour: Yellow

Lucky Day: Wednesday

Racing Numbers: 1.3.6.9. Lotto Numbers: 1.12.23.36.35.40. You might not understand the situation so take care of what you planned for the future. Consulting experts in financial mattes will be wiser than rely on help of well meaning friends.

TAURUS: (April 21- May 20)

Lucky Colour: Peach

Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 2.3.5.6. Lotto Numbers: 2.15.26.34.40.22.

Many happy surprises coming up and things you have been waiting for will eventuate but not in the way you expected. Try not to irritate loved ones ad they have their own ideas about things.

GEMINI: (May 21- June 21)

Lucky Colour: Green

Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 1.6.8.5. Lotto Numbers: 1.15.26.36.39.8.

Someone you least expected could be instrumental in helping you advance the course of your ambitions. Most of your problems should be solving themselves in a surprising way and romantic overtures are possible.

CANCER: (June 22- July 22)

Lucky Colour: Red

Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 2.3.6.2. Lotto Numbers: 2.15.24.40.33.3. You will have to use the right contacts to advance your hopes ad wishes during this period. Do not deal in an underhanded way with people or you will be found out. In money matters luck can play a deciding role.

LEO: (July 23- August 22)

Lucky Colour: Cream Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 2.3.6.9. Lotto Numbers: 2.15.26.34.40.22. You could feel a little out of place with some new people around you, this is only temporary and your own efforts of assimilating will succeed. Get busy and enjoy life and help someone who could need it.

VIRGO: (August 23- September 23)

Lucky Colour: Lilac

Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 2.3.5.8. Lotto Numbers: 2.15.24.40.33.39. Love affairs should take a turn for the better those who like a bit of a gamble could hit the jackpot. Investors should bring in better rewards. However travel could present a problem or two.

LIBRA: (September 24- October 23)

Lucky Colour: Blue Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 2.6.8.5. Lotto Numbers: 2.15.21.24.10.22. Friends and partners are more likely to be more loving and considerate and you should be feeling happier. Business ventures could be more profitable than usual.

SCORPIO: (October 24- November 22)

Lucky Colour: Orange

Lucky Day: Wednesday

Racing Numbers: 2.3.5.6. Lotto Numbers: 2.15.26.34.40.33. During this period romance should find you in different places and an interesting offer concerning your career mattes. Keep lovers informed of future plans as that will avoid friction later on.

SAGITTARIUS: (November 23- December 20)

Lucky Colour: Dark Blue

Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 4.6.8.5. Lotto Numbers: 4.12.26.35.5.33. Added opportunity to gain more income is about to be coming true be ready to take on chances as they come. Romance looks very interesting some will meet the mate of their dreams and some an old flame could reappear.

CAPRICORN: (December 21- January 19)

Lucky Colour: Silver

Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 2.9.5.3. Lotto Numbers: 5.12.26.34.40.33. Keep a tight record of all your payments and commitments as errors could occur during this period. Better not to promise too much as time might not allow you to do as much as you would like.

AQUARIUS: (January 20- February 19)

Lucky Colour: Cream

Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 2.3.6.5. Lotto Numbers: 1.12.15.26.36.39. Something surprising will change some of your ideas and even opinions very soon. Keep an open mind and let everyone have their ideas and you will find yourself learning something new.

PISCES: (February 20- March 20)

Lucky Colour: Violet

Lucky Day: Sunday

Racing Numbers: 2.6.9.5. Lotto Numbers: 5.12.26.34.40.33. Keep your eye on the job and curb that frivolous tendency to let it all hang out, this is a period of caution in all things. You might not succeed in all your endeavors but something can be tried out later on again.

DOOMBEN 10,000 DASH

■ The Doomben 10,000 run in Queensland attracts the best of our sprinters to their shores and has been won by some of the best-ever sprinters

The top Victorian, I Wish I Win, who hasn’t run for some time, has attracted some handy bets.

He had his last outing in the T.J.Smith, behind the Peter Moody trained mare Chain Of Lightning, his stablemate.

He is one of the best going around, and has been unlucky in a number of his runs, particularly, the Newmarket and the rich Everest

From his early 18 starts, he has won over $1 million having won six with 10 minor placings and always puts in.

Without going much further he is the one to beat, as he handles the reverse way of going in Sydney and Queensland

One that was going to be hard to beat was Overpass, without doubt among the best five sprinters in Australia.

He had been matching it with the best for some time and always put in.

Prepared by leading Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker he always produced his form.

He had won the last two popular Quokka races beating Western Australia’s champion bare, Amelia’s Jewel.

After his second Quokka he has amassed $7 million, winning eight in top company, five seconds and five thirds, and raced against the best. He was going to be hard to beat again.

An untimely temperature change out paid to his chances again, but he won’t be too far away again.

Another of the crack sprinters is the flying mare, Espiona.

She is in the stables of leading trainer, Chris Waller, and always puts in, being by former Blue Diamond Stakes winner, Extreme Choice, trained by Mick Price, the top Victorian trainer.

She has always competed in top company, and has won over $3 million in her 20 starts to date.

She was outgunned in the T.J.Smith, but she will give you a run for your money.

Another smart four-year-old mare is the Graeme Begg trained, Magic Time, a winner of over $2 million from her nine starts with two thirds

She won the time honored Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, over the Caulfield Cup Carnival, and the recent All Aged Stakes in Sydney in great style. She keeps putting in, and will give a good sight here.

One of the best sprinting mares racing in Australia is the James Cummings’s In Secret, a winner of the Newmarket Handicap, and among the best sprinters in Australia.

Her record is impeccable, and is always hard to beat, and is a chance possibly at odds.

Then we have the reliable sprinter, Private Eye, who always puts in and ran a good third last start in the All Aged Stakes at Randwick

He is a model of consistency, having won 11 with seven minors, and $11 million, and always puts in. You can’t leave him out.

Next up is the good mare, Sunshine in Paradise, prepared by leading Queensland trainer Annabel Neasham.

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She recently contested the All Aged Stakes at Randwick on April 20.

One of the best sprinters to come out of Banana-land, Sunshine in Paradise, is good. On her home track she could be the surprise packet.

Her run in the All Aged Stakes was a beauty, and she was unlucky, just missing a place in a top-class field.

The consistent Joliestar is right on the button at the moment, winning the Arrowfield Sprint in good style back on April 13 at Randwick

Consistent, she is by the good sire, Zoustar, and has now won three of her six starts, with three seconds, prepared by top trainer Chris Waller.

Although up in class she is quite capable of running the place.

Another who is good is the Joe Pride trained Mazu, among many others of his top team.

Mazu was most impressive in winning the Hall Mark Stakes, beating the smart Vilana, and Aft Cabin, in good fashion.

Although her form leading up to the Hall Mark Stakes wasn’t flash, she can fire up on his day.

The seven-year-old has so far won over $7 million.

Another Queenslander, Uncommon James, goes alright, being a winner in Queensland back on February 13.

Prepared by Steve O’Dea and Matt Hoysted, Uncommon James is consistent.

One that is pretty smart well down in the betting, and I don’t know why, is a top Queenslander, Antino

Not only a several times winner in his home State, but has been successful in Victoria. Will give this a shake.

Darley moves

■ In another move additionally Triple Time ($22,000), by none other than Frankel, will join the Kelvinside lineup.

A stake-winning two and three-year-old, he progressed to put on a dazzling display at four in the G1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, defeating four champions and the winners of 16 G1’s, including Inspiral, Light Infantry and Modern Games.

In 2024, Darley’s pair of freshman yearling sires, Bivouac ($55,000) and Ghaiyyath ($27,500) drew considerable attention from top yearling buyers.

The yearlings by world champion sprinter Bivouac sold to $675,000, while those by the world’s best racehorse, Ghaiyyath, reached $275,000

Emerging young sires, Too Darn Hot, Blue Point ($44,000) and Microphone ( $22,000), have experienced success with their first twoyear-olds racing.

Between them, they have produced 10 Black Type juveniles, including a G1 winning colt. With sire lines meticulously curated over a 23 year- journey of breeding excellence, Darley’s 2024 Australian Stallion roster stands as a truly exceptional group embodying thoroughbred excellence.

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MIXED RESULTS AT HAMILTON

■ Hamilton opened the week on Monday May 6 with an even eight event card with mixed results throughout the day.

It’s very rare for Kerryn Manning to produce a first starter at big odds but that was the case when American Ideal-Onthecrestofawave filly Surfe La Mer scored in the VHRC Woodlands Stud 2Y0 Pace over 1660 metres paying odds of $15.00.

Raced by Kerryn in partnership with a large syndication including long time stable supporter Ken Salmon, Surfe La Mer was crossed by Splash Of Paint (gate four) who handed over to the heavily backed Golden Tribe (gate six) putting her three back along the markers.

In a swiftly run affair, Surfe La Mer exploded along the sprint lane to register a 4.7 metre margin over Splash Of Paint, with Always Dancing (one/one) third 2 metres away. The mile rate 1-55.9.

■ Stawell trainer/driver Jason Ainsworth is hot at present and 9Y0 gelding Shadow Justice was victorious in the 2160 metre Matthews Petroleum Trotters Mobile.

Settling mid-field in the moving line from the extreme draw as polemarker Onestep Ahead led, Shadow Justice ($26.00) although wide on turning, ran home strongly to defeat Boutika (gate two) trained by father Barry with brother Ashley in the sulky along the sprint lane off the back of the leader by 1.6 metres in a mile rate of 2-01.8.

Keayang Gypsy (three pegs) was third 2.9 metres away. Keayanh Gucci sprinted brilliantly from mid-field to lead on turning looking to have the race well in his keeping only to go off stride shortly after.

■ Horsham part-owner/trainer/driver Aaron Dunn’s smart Art Major-Ark Monroe colt Dee Roe off a short break snared the VHRC GBL Properties Alexandra House Pace over 2160 metres returning a mile rate of 1-55.8.

Going forward from gate five to tackle polemarker Elusive for the front running, Dee Roe had to earn it taking over after hitting the back straight on the first occasion.

Having it all his own way, Dee Roe was too strong at the post. scoring by 3.2 metres from Elusive which moved off his back on turning. Jilliby Sellwood was third 7.3 metres back off a mid-field passage.

■ Geoff Webster made amends for Elusive’s defeat when Flaming Flutter-Dougs Courage gelding Dougs Flame winless in fifteen starts prior to his last start Maryborough success outstayed his rivals in the 2160 metre VHRC Mark Gurry and Associates / Taylor Motors 3Y0 Pace. Vacating a one/two spot prior to the bell to race exposed for the last lap, Dougs Flame fought off all challengers to record a half neck margin from Joanies A Pearler (one/three – three wide last lap), with Shes A Tiny Dancer (one/ two) third a half head away in a thrilling finish. The mile rate 2-00.4.

■ Armstrong trainer/driver Leroy O’Brien chalked up a stable double after Rock N Roll Heaven-Soho Artemis filly Rockin Gemma landed the VHRC CGI / Permewans Mitre 10 Pace over 2160 metres and DownbytheseasideSpokeswoman filly Fancy Free the 1660 metre VHRC Benstud Mares Pace, both driven by Jason Lee.

Rockin Gemma starting from the extreme draw moved forward three wide from mid-field in the final circuit to greet the judge by 3.3 metres, over the pacemaker Montana Pride, with Classact (three pegs) after a slow beginning third 2.5 metres back after using the sprint lane.

Fancy Free after a brilliant beginning from outside the front line, led all of the way to easily account for Littleblabbermouth (gate three) which trailed in 1-54.9. Be The One (three pegs) was third two metres away.

Over the moon

■ Cranbourne was Tuesday’s fixture and 90year-old Sutton Grange owner/breeder Ivan Collison and wife Mavis would have been ‘over the moon’ after their 10Y0 home bred Skyvalley-Val Curl mare Myrtle Vale returned to the winners list for the first time since November 2020 when successful in the Blue Hill Rise Trotters Mobile over 2080 metres at

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Cranbourne Trots on Tuesday May 7.

■ Having start 97 with ten wins on the board and over $62,000 in stakes, Myrtle Vale trained at Sutton Grange by Ross Graham and driven by Kilmore’s Josh Duggan enjoyed a sweet trip from gate three trailing the hot favourite Gunsen Rosie inside her.

■ Angling off the markers when the leader galloped in the last lap to take over, Myrtle Vale although challenged in earnest on the home turn by Sundays Shadow which had moved from the tail at the bell to race exposed, the pair after a head and head struggle all the way up the running with Myrtle Vale refusing to give in, prevailing by a half head margin returning a mile rate of 2-03.8. Against The Bridle a stablemate of the winner driven by Ross came from four pegs to finish third albeit 12.4 metres back.

■ Ross made it two for the night when 8Y0 Bettors Delight-Eastern Lookout gelding Tex Goes Bang (Chris Alford) extricated from three pegs to swamp his rivals in the Lather Up @ Woodlands Stud Pace over 2080 metres, scoring by 8.6 metres in 2-01.3 over Pershing along the sprint lane off the back of the leader King Kulafu which held third 1.8 metres back.

Tempo increases

■ Geelong raced on Wednesday and Darley part-owner/breeder/trainer Michael Burns brought up his 20th winner when 6Y0 Hes Watching-Libra Jaccka gelding Rendezvous snared the 2100 Yabby Dam Farm Pace.

Driven by Gordon based Darby McGuigan, Rendezvous began fast from outside the front line to slot on the back of the leader Bona Khan (gate four).

With the tempo increasing prior to the bell which saw Big Sledge Hammer apply plenty of pressure to Bona Khan and cross at the bell with Bona Khan immediately coming away from the markers, Rendezvous after an easy trip angled outside the leader on the home turn and did best to register a neck margin over Imagination Oro (one/two) returning a mile rate of 1-58.5. Big Sledge Hammer held third 5.2 metres back.

■ Ingliston part-owner/trainer Luke Tabone was victorious with 4Y0 Rock N Roll HeavenWhatahottie gelding Im Wesley in the 2100 metre Hoyts Food Pace.

With Chris Alford in the sulky, Im Wesley settled five back in the moving line from the extreme draw as I Am Marquez led from gate four. Going forward three wide in the last lap, Im Wesley ran home best to score by a neck from a death-seating Asmileandawink, with Shaq (four pegs – one/two last lap – wide on turning) third 4.1 metres away. The mile rate 1-58.

■ Myrniong trainer Jess Tubbs has 4Y0 Aldebaran Eagle-Stoned Till Dawn mare Dichotomy racing at her peak, chalking up win number six by taking the Evolution Lodge Trotters Handicap over 2570 metres in a mile rate of 2-03.7.

With husband Greg Sugars doing the driving, Dichotomy raced by Jess in partnership with mother Cate, Dichotomy raced outside the poleline leader Mielicki before assuming control entering the straight on the first occasion.

When Tristan Larsen revved 20 metre marker Maestro to go forward racing for the bell, Greg allowed him to cross taking a short breather for the final circuit.

Moving outside Baxter on the home turn, Di-

chotomy showed his qualities recording a 3.1 metre margin over Baxter, with Mielicki holding his ground on the back of the pair to finish third 6.5 metres back.

■ Cranbourne’s Scott Ewen (T/D) landed the Southern Cross Feeds Sprint Series (2nd Heat) over 1609 metres with handy 6Y0 Rock N Roll Heaven-Cool Girl Becqui mare Blazin Heaven. Beginning swiftly from gate five to head off Iamawingate (gate two), Blazin Heaven led virtually throughout to greet the judge by 5.2 metres in advance of Iamawingate who used the sprint lane to no avail. Goodtime Miki after following three pegs was third 1.2 metres back. The mile rate 1-58.7.

■ Heathcote reinsman Sean O’Sullivan is having a great run at present and once again combined with Derrinal trainer Glenn Bull to capture the Southern Cross (3rd Heat) with bold front runner Alcatraz Girl, a 5Y0 daughter of Pet Rock and Golden Valour in 1-57.6.

Beginning fast as usual from gate five, Alcatraz Girl led all of the way, defying all challengers to score by 3.2 metres over a deathseating Foregone Conclusion (gate two), with Goodtime Louis (one/one) third 1.5 metres away third.

■ Heat four saw fifteen start 12Y0 Stoneridge Regal gelding Lotakevi successful at his 202nd race appearance.

Given a sweet trip one/one from gate four by Ross Payne. Lotakevi trained at Croydon by partowner John McGillivray ran home nicely to register a 1.1 metre margin from polemarker Etiz Amodel which eased off his back on the final bend. Binno Major (one/three-five wide home turn) finished on for a half neck away third. The mile rate 1-59.3.

Too tough

■ Another big program was held at Shepparton on Thursday with a nine race card. Ross Graham had a profitable night with a training double – 4Y0 Used To Me-Eringa Belle gelding Avant Guard in the 2190 metre Barastoc Trotters Mobile and 4Y0 Skyvalley-Packed Up Early mare Picket Wire the Saddleworld Shepparton Trotters Mobile over the same trip, both driven by James Herbertson.

Avant Guard after going forward from gate four to park outside the pacemaker Starlight Red, outgunned her to score by 6.2 metres. Astro (one/one) was third 3.2 metres back. The mile rate 2-02.9. Picket Wire (one/one) from gate five after Gracias went forward from mid-field to lead approaching the bell.

Easing three wide on the final bend Picked Wire was too tough at the finish for Nakedtruth (five pegs – three wide last lap) by 1.7 metres in a rate of 2-02.6. Buslin Brody after racing parked battled on strongly for third 6.1 metres back.

■ Goornong trainer/driver Nigel Milne made a welcome return to the winners list when 5Y0 Angus Hall-Amelia Darling gelding Inspire raced by the Milne family landed the 1690 metre Jims Diggers Trotters Mobile .

Having start number 20, Inspire went forward from outside the front line to park outside the leader San Antonia Rose (gate three) and just lasted by a half head from Ross Graham’s Whats The Tea which flashed home out wide from three pegs on turning with San Antonia Rose holding third 1.8 metres back. The mile rate 1.8 metres.

■ On a night where toughness was the key, Romsey trainer/driver Chris Svanosio’s Delightful Charm, a 4Y0 daughter of Betterthancheddar and Sentimental Charm went forward from one/ one prior to the bell to park outside Rock The Tableau (gate six) which had made an early move to take over from Roslyn Gaye.

Gaining the upper hand on turning, Delightful Charm defied challengers from all directions to gain the day by 1.4 metres in 1-59.5 from Madam Reactor (four pegs) out wide. Roslyn Gaye used the sprint lane for third 7.4 metres back.

Cosy passage

■ Friday saw popular Maryborough racing with a nine event card and Melton trainer/driver Kaylene Ward’s 5Y0 Love You-I Am Who I Am mare Lovenus at start 18 was a big winner

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This Week

■ Meetings for the week : Wednesday –Shepparton, Thursday – Melton, Friday –Mildura/Geelong, Saturday – Melton, Sunday – Cranbourne, Monday – Echuca, Tuesday – Terang.

of the Aldebaran Park Trotters Mobile over 1690 metres. Raced by the Ward family Kaylene, Kathleen and Peter, Lovenus from the pole enjoyed a cosy passage on the back of the leader Captain Graywood who was given little peace by Frankiethefrenchman and Blackrange Glory.

Angling away from the markers on the final bend as Captain Graywood went off stride, Lovenus catered away in the straight to record her first success, accounting for Touchandgo (three pegs) by 17 metres, with Frankiethefrenchman a game third a half neck back. The mile rate 1-59.3.

■ Everybody’s favourite harness personality Ross Creek part-owner/trainer Katrina Fitzpatrick’s 7Y0 Love You-Focus On Me gelding Kyvalley Surfrider snared the 1690 metre Worlds Best Hoof Oil Trotters Mobile chalking up victory 13 from 109 outings. Driven by Ewa Justice, Kyvalley Surfrider possied three back along the markers from gate three as Tubs Now Slim (gate five) was again the pacemaker.

Angling into the clear approaching the home turn to be just off the speed, Kyvalley Surfrider sprinted through a gap on turning like a gazelle to register a last stride decision by a half head over Aldebaran Marshall (three wide to outside the leader before dropping to his back) and using the sprint lane. Tubs Now Slim was a close up third a neck away. The mile rate 1-59.4.

■ Prolific owners Merv and Meg Butterworth were in the winners stall when former Kiwi 4Y0 Bettors Delight-Ideal Belle gelding Lincoln River first up in Oz was impressive by taking the McPhersons Printing Group Pace over 1690 metres in 1-54.4 for Great Western trainer/driver Kerryn Manning.

Settling a long way off the leader Ozzie Punter (gate three) from gate two on the second line, Lincoln River sprinted sharply racing for the bell to almost cross the pilot which eased to take one/one cover for the last lap after Celebrity Royal rushed to join the pacemaker for the last lap.

Taking over on straightening, Celebrity Royal looked all over a winner with Lincoln Royal giving chase to blouse him by a neck in what was a good performance. Ozzie Punter held third 8.4 metres back.

- Len Baker

■ Monstrous Theatre presents the premiere production of celebrated Australian playwright Ron Elisha’s dangerous new comedyRootless Cosmopolitans It will be directed by Suzanne Heywood and performed at Chapel off Chapel from May 15 - June 2.

Comms job

■ Edward Cranswick has started a new role at the Law Institute of Victoria as Communications and Content Manager. He transitions into comms from journalism, having previously spent over three years at Prime Creative Media, most recently as an Editor. Prior to that, Edward worked as a Journalist at Key Media

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AIR CONDITIONER. Twin model 35-litre tanks. Model XC 235. Power 2.5 HP. 20 metres blue hose. VGC. $150. Wollert. 0412 851 954. H-K

BEER BREWING KIT. Includes two hydrometers, air lock brewing containers, 1 x 25-litre, 1 x 10-litre sping loaded bottle capper. GC. $20. Hastings. 0466 252 967.F-I

BICYCLE. 7-speed fuldup bike. Used twice. Includes helmet, master lock and light. New. $100. Ferntree Gully,. 0433 887 719.F-I

BIKE STAND. olds a stationery bike while you pedal. GC. Paid $180, sell $30. Mt Martha. 5973 4163. F-I

BLINDS. Clarke’s. Suitable for 4 bedroom house, 1 kitchen, 238cm x 120cm down. Dining 2 x 177cm x 125cm. Deck 180cm x 210cm, `100cm c 10cm down. Lounge 230cm x 177cm. Bedroom 1 x 2 60x 180 x 90 @ x 180 bedroom 2+3 175 x 120cm down. Office/bedroom 4 175cm x 120cm. All as new. Charcoal and beige colour. EC. $950 total. Officer. 0407 339 696. H-K

BOOKS, Storey Treehouse. 13 to 143. Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton, Immaculate condition. $25. Brighton. 0402 027 621. H-K

BUNNINGS Complete Guide To Gardening. New. $10. Pascoe Vale. 0419 138 356.F-I

CARAVAN TOWING

HITCH. 3.0 ton. Ease lift, elite. GC. $200. Hastings. 0466 252 967.F-I

CARAVAN. 2011 Jayco Eagle Outback. Inner spring mattresses, bike rack, roof rack, non-smokers, stove unused, good clean condition. $20,000, price is firm. View in Bayswater. Phone Dean, 0407 350 560.F-I

CHILD’S ROCKING HORSE. Fully restored. As new. Steel Support Frame. $65. Mt Eliza. 0412 830 241.

ENCYCLOPEDIA. World Book. Plus Year Books 80/ 81. Science Books 82/83 and World Book Dictionary

A-K/L-Z. $90 or offer. GC. $90. Frankston. 9789 9634.F-I

FRIDGE. LC 400-lt. Bot freezer, stainless finish. HT 1730, Wide 700, deep 660. 6 years old. As new. $300. Hastings. 0466 252 967.F-I

GENERATOR. Petrol. 4stroke. 1000 watts. Ideal for camping. Lights fridge. Small power tools. Little use. VGC, as new. $250. Launching Place. 5967 4412.F-I

MOBILITY SCOOTER. Front basket. Rear larger sealed bag. Two large new batteries. VGC. $2000. Reservoir. 9460 1501. F-I

MOBILITY WHEELCHAIR. Ridge. Purchased 2023. Model Ul8-W12. Metallic red. Trim two-tone grey. As new. $2100. Bellfield. 9499 5896. H-K

PARK BENCH. Wrought Iron Ends. Needs Wooden Slats. Handyman’s delight to put together. Needs a little TLC, paint. GC. $40. Surrey Hills. 9808 9176, after 5pm is good time. F-I

REGISTRATION PLATES. Personalised. MISUBI. B/W. Slimline. VGC. $1500 or offer. Frankston. 9789 9634. F-I

TELEVISION. Panasonic. 32 inch. GC. $30. Mount Martha. 5973 4163. H-K

RIDE-ON Easy Lift for easy cleaning and maintenance of your ride-on lawn mower. Folds flat for easy storage. Like new. $250. Yarck. 0414 718 812.H-K

ROCKING DONKEY. Jakas. Australian Fabric/ Draplon Fur. Chrome SXteel Rockers. Fully restored. As new. $80. Mt Eliza. 0412 830 241.

ROOF TILES. Dark brown. Terra cotta. 150. GC. Free. Launching Place. 5967 4412.F-I

SOFA BED. 2.5 Seat. As new condition. Licorice colour. Includes full-size foam mattress. $400. Mt Eliza. 0412 830 241.

SPORTLINER VAN. With annex, microwave, double bed, sink, hot water, gas, hot plates, TV aerial, kitchen stuff, bedding. Seats 3. Electric brakes very tight, 690,000-km. Easy to tow. Year 209. GC. $13,000. Rosebud. 5986 6352.F-I

TOYS, books, records, DVDs, plants, clothese (emn’s, women’s, mainly 10-16). Plastic plates, knives, forks, dog bowls, jackets, toilet training, bird seed. GC and EC. From $2. Noble Park. 0407 325 030.F-I

VHS TAPES. 4-hour running time. New. Never used. $4 each. Pascoe Vale. 0419 138 356.F-I

VIBRATION TRAINER. Wellness. Clare. Circulation Stimulator. VGC. $200. Frankston. 9789 9634.F-I

WANTED TO BUY

AWA RADIOLA portable transistor model released around 1960-1961. Brown colour preferred. Round dial, plastic white. Average to good working working condition. Will pay $200+. Beaumaris. 9589 1457.F-I

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