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NOTICE OF COMMUNITY MEETING on

WEDNESDAY 16TH OCTOBER AT 6.00PM TO BE HELD AT

THE MURRINDINDI HUB 815 Murrindindi Road, Murrindindi (next to CFA Station) ABOUT An application for a permit for

A RESIDENTIAL HOTEL AND RESTAURANT (Including Function Rooms) To be developed at "Balaclava", 707 Murrindindi Rd, Murrindindi.

A group of concerned local residents would like to assist in informing the community about what is being proposed and provide guidance on how you may put your point of view to Council, which is now inviting submissions from the community.

The application may be viewed on the Council website at: www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/PlanningComment The application reference number is 2017/223

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People

Locals enjoy sunny Spring weekend Photos: Ash Long

Buxton PHOTO: BUXTON CFA/ FACEBOOK

Yea ● Nikkita Steiner and Lily Armstrong at the Yea Railway Market.

● CFA Operations Manager James Dullard presented Wayne Fiske with CFA Life Membership at Buxton. They are joined by Captain Matthew Carlton.

Eildon

Seymour

● Paul Smitheram and Jason Allan at Eildon Bowls Club Division 2.

● Yea’s Dawn Guttridge enjoyed the Seymour Show.

Alexandra

Yea ● Lisa Hanley and Kristy Hanley at Crazy’s Coffee and Donut Van.

● Tim Polson (Alexandra C-Grade) plays against Puckapunyal Wanderers.

Alexandra

Yea ● Alan Boyd (kneeling) checks measures in the Alex.-Wallan Div. 1 game.

● Angela Diab of Yea CFA welcomes newest member Tony Belleville.

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■ State MLC Tania Maxwell , Member for Northern Victoria, officially opened her electorate office last week.

A guest at the event was Justice Party founder and former Federal Senator, Derryn Hinch Also there was Carol Roadknight, her co-founder of the Enough Is Enough campaign.

Ms Maxwell spoke of her passion to advocate for victims, including through reforms to the justice system and a commitment to primary prevention and early intervention strategies.

Since her election last November, Ms Maxwell has travelled across much of her electorate, which covers more than 110,000 square kilometres and 27 local government areas.

Ms Maxwell spoke of the importance of ensuring policy and services are inclusive of regional needs.

The electorate office is at Suite 2, 2729 Faithfull Street, Wangaratta, and will be open 9am-5pm weekdays.

● Tania Maxwell MLC with Derryn Hinch

Top Mason to visit Alex.

Praise for Sue

● Bob Flowers and Sue McNair ■ The Rotary Club of Alexandra had Sue McNair as guest at its latest meeting.

Ms McNair is a Sustainability Officer for the Shire of Murrindindi.

“With only 1.8 people in her department she has a huge range of responsibilities,” said the Club scribe.

“Her job is to apply statutory laws to strengthen the natural environment, reduce consumption, promote solar energy and preserve plants and animals native to the area.

“We have a rare plant called a Round Leaf Pomaderris found in the Shire and efforts are made to identify and preserve it.

“This relates to planning applications, building permits and roadside maintenance. “ Murrindindi Shire is 48 per cent

● Richard Elkington, Deputy Grand Master of Freemasons Victoria ■ The man who will next year be Grand Master of Victoria’s Freemasons, is to visit Alexandra this month.

Richard Elkington, currently Deputy Grand Master of the men’s fraternity, will be at the Alexandra Masonic Centre on Thursday next week (Oct. 17).

‘Right Worshipful Brother’ Elkington will be in town for the Albert Edward Lodge’s installation of Greg Thorneycroft as Master.

He takes over from Shane Wheatland.

Other prominent members include David Dimech (currently Junior Warden), Bob Hocking (Director of Ceremonies) and Stuart Dale (Secretary).

The Installation, and investiture of officers, starting at 6pm, will be followed by a ‘festive board’ celebration.

Crown Land which operates under different rules.

Despite its com,p[aratively low population the Shire is a magnet for visitors, summer and winter.

Coping with this and providing services for locals as well, leads to some conflicts of interest, the meeting was told.

The Shire has a huge deer problem.

DELWP manages the alpine area.

Decisions regarding roadside clearing, firewood permits, saving endangered species of plants and selective spraying of weeds always engender differences of opinion and interpretation.

This, combined with need for fire precautions, make agreement hard to reach.

The Council has recently been working with local groups including Rotary to plant trees in Leckie Park and clean up along the UT Creek.

They also involve Upper Goulburn Landcare and U3A. Sue McNair emphasised her motto of ‘Stronger Together - Be Vigilant’.

Often the Council only becomes aware of problems when they are reported by the public, the meeting was told.

■ An extreme Motorsport event will be held at the Mafeking Rover Park. Caveat, from 10am-4pm on Saturday, October 26.

Local Politics Scapel taken to local health funds

● Cindy McLeish, Eildon MLA ■ The State Labor Government has taken the scalpel to the North East and Lower Hume Primary Care Partnerships asLabor's health funding cuts continue to be exposed, says Cindy McLeish, MLA for Eildon.

Ms McLeish said that Labor had let the community down, failing to fund the important work delivered by the partnerships.

Labor Health Minister, Jenny Mikakos, told Parliament that Primary Care Partnerships were not her priority.

When the Liberal Nationals questioned the Minister in Parliament, Ms Mikakos all but confirmed that funding for all of Victoria’s 28 Primary Care Partnerships has been abolished.

This incldues that of the North East and Lower Hume Primary Care Partnerships, leaving many ongoing community programs at a standstill.

“This comes on the back of a long line of failures and funding cuts to frontline health services by Labor since the 2018 election, including a range of cuts to: dental and community health, women's health, palliative care services, health protection and cancer treatment technology,” Ms McLeish said.

“In addition to concerns about these community programs being axed, what will happen to the local jobs for those who provide these vital services?

“Health prevention is often the first step to tackling some of Victoria's serious health challenges, yet Daniel Andrews has decided to cut funding to this crucial area of need.

“Primary Care Partnerships have played an important role in Victoria's health network for two decades, yet these latest cuts are another example of Daniel Andrews' inability to manage money.

“PCPs bring together local health and human service providers to improve access to services and provide continuity of care for people in their community, focusing on better co-ordination among services.

“These vital services, provided by North East and Lower Hume Primary Care Partnerships, are important to the Nillumbik and Murrindindi communities and we need to make it clear we won't stand for these cuts.”

Ms McLeish said: “If you currently use any of these services and are concerned about these funding cuts from Labor, I want to hear from you. Call or email my office on 9730 1066 or cindy.mcleish@parlaiment. vic.gov.au

Masons Rd one-way

■ Part of Masons Rd in Mernda will be reduced to one-way traffic only as part of a six-month trial to reduce safety risks to motorists and residents.

An advisory committee of the Mayor and North Ward Councillors considered a number of submissions made by residents and emergency services.

At the October 1 Whittlesea Council meeting, councillors agreed to a recommendation to make traffic on Masons Rd oneway only eastbound between Epping Rd and Wilkes Ct as a trial.

Residents of Masons Rd have been lobbying the Council to take action to address safety and dust concerns.

Mayor Cr Lawrie Cox said Council explored many options for the road and consulted with residents.

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Yea A-Grade cricketers received an unexpected fixture last Saturday (Oct. 5) in a last-minute change to the 2019-20 season. Seymour unexpectedly entered the competition, taking the five-side contest to six. The Tigers were expecting a bye, but suddenly had an appointment to attend at Chittick Park.

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Coaches re-appointed at Yea and Kinglake

Local Briefs Vale Kate Hawkins ■ The Yea community is mourning the passing of Kate Hawkins.

A family message said: “The end was sudden and unexpected but for the first time in a long while Kate is pain free and at peace.

She is sorely missed ... particularly by Mac. There is now a new bright star in the firmament.”

Locals at The Fest

■ Amie Grisold, Joe and Mikayla Robassa, and Jacob Fitzgerald will be some of the local artists to appear at The Fest at Kangaroo Ground on Sunday, November 17, at a fundraising event for much needed fire fighting equipment for County Fire Authority units at Kangaroo Ground, Panton Hill, St Andrews and Christmas Hills.

The event - which will include a silent auction, food and music - will be held from 12 Noon-6pm at Easthill Estate, 100 Kangaroo Ground-StAndrews Rd.

Animal blessings ● Steph Ryan, Euroa MLA, with her winning carrot cake.

The Spring agricultural shows at Seymour, Whittlesea, Mansfield, Alexandra and Yea have started. Last weekend saw the Seymour Show take place, and one of the happy winners was Euroa MLA Steph Ryan, who had entered a carrot cake.

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Community leaders are urging residents to comment on the proposal to site a hosp ital in the Whittlesea township. The Victorian Government is investing $675 million to build 10 community hospitals in major growth areas like the City of Whittlesea. These community hospitals will add real value to the way healthcare is delivered in suburban and regional Victoria, providing more access to in-demand services, closer to home. The City of Whittlesea Community Hospital will be managed by Northern Health. A survey is open until 6pm, Monday, October 28. engage.vic.gov.au/ community-hospitals

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Murrindindi residents are voic ing their disapproval at plans for a hotel at the ‘Balaclava’ property at 707 Murrindindi Rd. Kerry Simon remarked at this newspaper’s Facebook page: “The road to and from this property is not up to standard to have all the extra traffic on it, the land is zoned rural and should be kept that way.

This hotel will have little to no impact on the Murrindindi economy as it will be all run in house and money will flow overseas. Say no to this horrendous idea that will wreak havoc on a small, quiet, rural community.”

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Home Creek-Spring Creek Landcare Group is having a free Farm Field Day from 10.30am-3pm at 3391 Goulburn Valley Hwy, Koriella.

Speakers include Cathy Olive, Pat McVeigh, Kerri Goschnick and Cameron Paterson.

Kinglake CFA held its 75-year celebrations at the weekend, accompanied by the presentation of service medals. Well done to all concerned.

Yea real estate agent Deb Robinson has a ‘sold’ sticker on the for sale sign of the iconic Carter’s Milk Bar in High St, Yea. Alexandra RSL will hold a Centenary Celebration of the League at its November 24 Christmas Lunch.

Chookas to the Yappers theatrical group on ‘Lady In Black’ rehears ing for an Oct. 18 opening night.

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Send your contribution to: editor@LocalMedia.com.au Contributions will be published at the sole discretion of the Editor.

■ St Peter’s Anglican Church, Kinglake, was the venue on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 6) for the blessing of animals and pets.

Back to school ● Ash Walsh and Daniel Belsten (standing) at the Yea v Kinglake game.

■ Yea Football-Netball Club The Lakers have confirmed this month announced that Ash the re-appointment of Andrew Walsh, Brian D’Arcy and Fairchild as coach.

Daniel Belsten have been reAt Yea, Ash Walsh will reappointed as coaches for the turn as playing coach. Brian Seniors’ XVIII for 2020.

D’Arcy and Daniel Belsten will It is a vote of confidence for again be Assistant Coaches. the strategy of building the TiThe Division Two competigers team with younger playtion sees the departure of ers over a series of years.

Gembrook-Cockatoo and Yea Seniors finished ninth Seville sides. on the 10-team ladder for AFL Warburton-Millgrove will Outer East. The bottom three join the second division, and if sides were Alexandra, Yea and approved, Broadford will also Thornton-Eildon. join the contest.

The other Murrindindi Broadford will be the Kanteam, Kinglake, finished third garoos, but play in a Bombers on the ladder for the 2019 seablack-with-red-sash guernsey ● Brian D’Arcy son. against Thornton-Eildon.

■ Local students have returned to school this week for Term 4. The summer holidays commence on Saturday, December 21.

Drug bust at Glenburn

■ A community meeting was held in Alexandra last week, focusing on the transition of Aged and Disability services from Murrindindi Shire Council to community organisations Menzies Support Services, Dame Pattie Menzies Centre and Nexus Primary Health.

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Art Show move ■ Detailed plans are already underway for the 2020 Art Show to be conducted by the Rotary Club of Yea from January 24-27.

Opening night will be from 7.30pm on Friday, January 24. The show will be oipen, 10am-5pm on January 25-27, and 10am-3pm on January 28, at the Yea Shire Hall. There will be a French theme.

A sepoarate Craft Show is going to be launched in April around ANZAC Day for all things craft related - pottery, quilts, sculptures, woodwork, knitting and more.

Transition time

Reserves coach

● Police intercepted a vehicle after it stopped at the Glenburn Roadhouse.

■ Staff and customers at the Glenburn Road- ■ knuckle dusters; and a variety of other dugs house were surprised when Police intercepted a with an alleged value of just over $250,000.

Kia Sportage vehicle on Wednesday nigh tlast ■ 26-year -old man from Mt Evelyn was charged with cultivate commercial quantity canweek (Oct. 2).

Investigators from the Croydon Divisional nabis and was to appear at Melbourne MagisTasking Unit charged seven people after dis- trates’ Court.

A 24-year-old man and a 25-year-old man, covering a large quantity of alleged drugs conboth from Croydon, were interviewed by pocealed in the car.

The car was searched and its is alleged that lice and will be charged on summons with drug a quantity of drugs were located within an inter- possession and weapons offences.

A 24-year-old Croydon woman was charged nal cavity of the vehicle with an alleged value in with trafficking cannabis and handle stolen excess of $275,000.

A 26-year-old Croydon man, and a 22-year- goods and was bailed to appear at Ringwood old Croydon Hills man who were occupants of Magistrates’ Court on February 14.

A 55-year-old man from Kilsyth was charged the vehicle were both arrested.

They were both charged with traffick com- with drug possession and firearms offences and mercial quantity of drugs and proceeds of crime bailed to appear at Ringwood Magistrates’ and were to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on February 13.

Croydon DTU Detective Senior Sergeant Jim Court next morning.

Following the discovery Police executed sev- Sutherland said this operation culminated with eral search warrants at addresses in Croydon, a total street value seizure of over $640,000 Croydon Hills, Kilsyth and Mt Evelyn and ar- worth of illicit party drugs and cannabis.

“As a result, a complex and well organised rested a further five alleged offenders.

Items seized following the warrants include: drug trafficking syndicate has been dismantled, a significant quantity of illicit drugs has been ■ Over 250 cannabis plants; kept off the streets and several principal offend■ a large amount of cash; ers have been charged.”

■ a firearm;

■ Kinglake Football Netball Club is searching for a Reserves football coach. The successfulk applicant will show a strong commitment to develop young footballers, and work closly with the senior coaches. Applications close Wednesday, October 23. Questions can be addressed to Seniors coach, Andrew Fairchild, 0423 961 127. presidentkfnc@outlook.com

At Fawcett Hall

■ Fawcett Hall will conduct its propular Cafe and Market from 9am-4pm on Saturday-Sunday, October 26-27, in conjunction with the Alexandra and District Open Gardens.

Golf Trade Day

■ The big Yea Golf Club Trade and Corporate Day is being held from 8am on Friday, October 25. It will be an Ambrose Event, with three people per team (entry is $300 per team). Entry includes a special lunch. There will be a variety of prizes for participants.

Picnic by Pitch

■ A special ‘Picnic By The Pitch’ event is due to be held by the YeaTigers Cricket Club at the Yea Recreation Reserve this Saturday afternoon (Oct. 12). A cheese platter for two will be available for $15. A happy hour will be conducted at 4pm. The event will be staged until 8pm.

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Locals recognised ■ Paul Denham, 4th Lieutenant, Buxton Fire Brigade, provides this report: A special afternoon was held for members of the Buxton Fire Brigade on Sunday (OCt. 6) with 18 members of the brigade being awarded the National Medal for Service.

CFALife Membership was bestowed, by the Country Fire Authority, on three long serving brigade members and seven members were made Brigade Life Members.

The event, held at Saladin Lodge, was witnessed by family and friends with one couple flying from Perth to see their late father recognised for more than 67 years of service to the brigade.

Two of the members awarded the National Medal were amongst the earliest female Officers in CFA. Judy Kleiss and Willie Cureton both held command roles in CFA in the early as 1990s before moving to Buxton and they both took on officer positions at Buxton.

CFA Operations Manager James Dullard presented CFA Life Memberships for ex-Captain Stan Larner and Brigade Member Wayne Fiske along with a posthumous award to exCaptain Graham Fiske, who served as Captain of the brigade for 27 years from 1967 until 1994.

National Medals

■ CFA Board Member Peter Shaw presented the National Medals after citing the preamble for the National Medal warrant.

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● Buxton Captain Matt Carlton, Willie Cureton with CFA Board Member Peter Shaw First, Second and Third Clasp. National Medal with First, Second, Third and Fourth Clasp were presented to Graham Fiske (deceased) and Max Leslie.

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Thanks ■ Brigade Life Membership was bestowed on Branko Bektas, Jeff Cole, Steve McIntosh, Peter Cureton, Wayne Briggs, Ken Carlton, and David Perry.

This was for at least 20 years service to Buxton Fire Brigade or a combined with Ash Long, Editor period of 20 years at Previous winner, Victoria’s best local reporter Buxton and another Now in his 50th year of local newspapers. brigade that hasn't recognised the “For the cause that lacks assistance, member's service to ‘Gainst the wrongs that need resistance that brigade.

For the future in the distance, The presentations And the good that we can do” were made by Captain Matthew Phone: 1800 231 311 Carlton.

Personal Web: www.Long. com.au Organisers said it was to see so years of service to the Wayne Briggs, manyfabulous of local CFA volcommunity by mem- Ken Carlton received unteers being bers of the fire service the National Medal recognised for their and range of other with First Clasp. organisations.

National Medal tireless service to the A clasp is pre- with First and Second community.

Member for sented for each subse- Clasp were presented Eildon, Cindy Mcquent period of 10 to Wayne Fiske, Bill years service.

Kleiss, and Brian Leish, and Murrindindi Shire Mayor, The National Worcester.

Medal was presented Peter Cureton, Sandice McAulay, to Judy Kleiss, Jack Jones (de- congratulated the reBranko Bektas, Sh- ceased), John Larner cipients and thanked annon Frith, Willie (deceased), Stan them, along with their Cureton, Jeffrey Larner, and David families, for helping Cole, and Stephen Perry all received the safeguard the local McIntosh.

National Medal with area.

■ Shadow Health Minister Marie Tehan congratulated Yea Hospital on its efforts to retain services.

Mrs Tehan, MLC for Central Highlands, was guest speaker at the annual meeting of the hospital and Rosebank Extended Care Centre.

She referred to attempts to downgrade hospital services, fought hard by the community.

Crs don’t attend

■ Some Yea Shire Councillors had been unable or unwilling to attend a weekend workshop held at Dookie Agricultural College, said Shire President Cr Bill Wilson.

Bushland bonanza

■ The Lions Club of Yea was set to present its ‘Bushland Bonanza’ event at the Molesworth Recreation Reserve, featuring the Bandicoots Colonial Dance Band.

F’dale: better TV

■ Federal MHR Peter Cleeland spoke to Flowerdale Valley Community Group about poor radio and television reception in the area.

He was accompanied by John Drew of the Department ofTransport and Communications.

Mr Drew said Flowerdale was not alone with the problems it was experiencing.

Operation 10,000

■ Kinglake State Emergency Service Unit launched ‘Operation 10,000’ to purchase Jaws of Life equipment.

The Unit’s area included Kinglake, Kinglake West., Humevale, Glenburn and Melba highway.

Direct dial

■ Whittlesea district telephone subscribers were able to direct dial the world, with changes announced in 1989 by Telecom Australia.

The services came online for phone users in Whittlesea, Wollert, Yarrambat and Mernda.

Gold cup entry

■ The Gold Cup tent pegging team from Yea, competing at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1989, were Kevin Rathbone, Gary Bloom, Graeme Broadbent and John Bett.

Painting prize

■ Stuart McCracken,of ‘Switzerland’,Yea, was named as winner of an oil painting raffled by the Yea Golf Club.

The painting was donated by local artist Marion Bruere.

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Cricket wash-out

■ The first round of the 1989 Yea and District Cricket Association competition was wahed out. The teams to compete in the second day of the round on October 21 were: Flowerdale v Molesworth, Homewood v RSL, Boundary Creek v Glenburn,with Yea having the bye.

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● Buxton Fire Brigade's new Life Members: (from left) David Perry, Ken Carlton, Wayne Briggs, Peter Cureton, Jeff Cole and Branko Bektas.

Absent: Steve McIntosh.

■ GMV-6television personality Chris Eddy opened the Dame Pattie Menzies Centre garden party at Alexandra on the property of John and Lauris Boesch. Josi Williamson unveiled paintings at the event.

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Jack Russell banned from Council meetings ■ Murrindindi Shire Council has banned Jack Russell, of Yea, from its meetings for three months.

The ban, notified in a letter delivered by hand to Mr Russell last Friday (Oct. 4), follows his exclusion during the September 25 Council meeting at Yea. Mr Russell had been previously banned from Council meetings after an incident at the Yea Library in early 2016.

The ban had been lifted by Shire CEO Craig Lloyd.

Mr Russell has initiated a number of law suits against the Council.

After a Magistrates’ Court case, a County Court appeal found a number of charges proven after the Yea Library incident. Mr Russell took the matter to the Supreme Court.

Mr Russell has since taken a separate Court action against the Council and its CEO Mr Lloyd.

Mr Russell has been given until November 4 to file an amended claim in that action.

A pro bono lawyer has been appointed for him to continue the case.

Mr Russell claims that the bans have aggravated a mental disability that he suffers, and that the latest ban aggravates what is an already substantial psychiatric problem.

● Jack Russell At last month’s Council not change his vocal tone tomeeting, Mr Russell was given wards Councillors. a warning about his conduct by “It was just a statement of Mayor Cr Sandice McAulay. fact,” Mr Russell said.

Cr Charlie Bisset moved Mr Russell says the new ban for his exclusion from the meet- provides an added trigger toing. It was alleged that Mr wards his mental ill-health.

Russell took on a “tone” in his Council sources say that the oral presentation to the meet- legal actions initiated by Mr ing.

Russell have brought legal fees Mr Russell says the audio around $100,000. recording of the meeting, These fees have had to be available at the Council funded from rates collected website, proves that he did from local residents.

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● A revised planning permit application has been lodged for 707 Murrindindi Rd. ■ Murrindindi Shire Council has received a The Council says it will consider all of the planning application for the land at 707 submissions made for and against this planning Murrindindi Rd, Murrindindi, to be developed application and then make a decision about and used as a hotel, restaurant and bar. whether to issue a Notice of Decision to Grant a The initial proposal, which was lodged in Oc- permit, or to issue a Notice of Decision to Refuse tober 2017, has been amended and no longer the application. includes a shooting facility, helipad or gaming Chief Executive Officer Craig Lloyd said: facilities.

“We understand the community has concerns The current application for 707 Murrindindi about allegations of illegal shooting on this propRd proposes the development of a 46-room ho- erty. tel with an onsite restaurant and bar for patrons.

“The Department of Environment, Land, The applicant has also proposed having fewer Water and Planning and the Police are the agencar parks on site than required by the cies empowered to investigate and intervene on Murrindindi Planning Scheme. allegations of illegal hunting or firearms matThe application for the use and development ters. Shooting permits are issued and managed of 707 Murrindindi Rd, Murrindindi, is now by DELWPin Victoria. Council condemns illeon public exhibition. Murrindindi Council says gal shooting. it welcomes submissions from the community.

“Council can only assess planning applicaThe Council has extended the public exhibition tions according to the standards and criteria set period until October 30, to ensure everyone has out in the Victoria Planning Provisions, the the opportunity to share their thoughts about the Murrindindi Planning Scheme and the Planplanning application. ning and Environment Act 1987.”

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Coming soon to Murrindindi ■ Murrindindi Shire is buckling up for another fantastic event season.

Murrindindi Shire Council Communications, Tourism and Events Portfolio Councillor, Jackie Ashe, said we are lucky to have a range of annual events in Murrindindi Shire.

There is a stack of new and one-off events coming up too, plus our all our local markets.

"In the next couple of months we've got the Lake Eildon Boating and Fishing Show, Marysville Jazz and Blues Weekend, Eildon Big Fish Challenge, Alexandra and District Open Gardens Weekend, Run for the Roses Picnic Race Meeting, Rotary Club of Yea Open Garden Weekend, Marysville Marathon Festival and The Weekender @ Buxton cycling event - just to name a few," Cr Ashe said.

"These events not only bring our community together to relax and share some fun, but they are a great chance to bring visitors to Murrindindi Shire, which is good for our local businesses and economy.

"You can stay up-to-date with events happening around Murrindindi Shire by checking out the 'What's On' calendar on Council's website or by signing up for our 'What's On' e-newsletter.

"And, if you have an event you want to promote, visit www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/ events for some helpful info on how to get your event listed online for our 'What's On' calendar," Cr Ashe added.

Fair Parking ■ As part of Murrindindi Shire Council's 'Fair Parking' campaign, Council officers have been patrolling towns around the Shire to educate people about their parking safety and access responsibilities, and where necessary, issue warning and infringement notices.

The 'Fair Parking' campaign is beginning to show results with a reduction in the number of parking violations in some areas in the Shire.

Infrastructure Portfolio Councillor, Eric Lording, said that Marysville has been a stand out.

"Council officers were delighted to see a huge improvement in parking compliance in Marysville, and only had to issue one penalty infringement notice during their last patrol there".

"Unfortunately, on a recent parking patrol in Yea, Council officers issued seven penalty notices and three official warnings to drivers who didn't follow parking rules.

“Sadly some drivers are still choosing to park illegally even though there might be legitimate parking spots available not far away," Cr Lording said.

"It is especially disappointing to see some drivers who have received official warnings for parking infringements in the past continuing to commit parking offences.

"I would like to thank all those road users who make the extra effort to park fairly and with consideration for others.

“Safety considerations and access to convenient parking for those who need it really has to be the top priority for anyone looking for a park.

“While finding a convenient parking spot is nice, parking just that little bit further away can also be a great way to get some extra exercise.

"Council officers will continue to carry out parking patrols throughout Spring to ensure road users are doing the right thing," Cr Lording said.

"If you have any questions about parking rules in Victoria, check out VicRoads' website.

“They have a fantastic summary of types of parking, parking lines and zones and other stopping and parking rules," Cr Lording said.

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What The Papers Say NBN replacements

■ Most existing landline phone and internet services in parts of Nagambie and Euroa will be progressively replaced by services over the NBN access network from October 11, as part of the upgrade of telecommunications infrastructure.

Most phone and internet service in parts of Nagambie and Euroa will then be set to be fully replaced by the NBN broadband access network.

- Euroa Gazette

Interim CEO

■ Peter Reeve, Mansfield Shire Council’s interim infrastructure manager, stepped into the role of interim chief executive officer on September 25, and will remain there until the role is filled permanently.

Deputy mayor Paul Sladdin said that former interim CEO Kaylene Conrick joined council nine weeks ago, having always declared a previous commitment which meant her role ended on September 24.

- Mansfield Courier

Go Seymour

■ An exciting new marketing campaign launched by Seymour residents and businesses is hoping to showcase what the town and the region has to offer.

Go Seymour is an initiative of Seymour Business and Tourism in partnership with the successful Go Nagambie campaign.

- Seymour Telegraph

Needle in cake

■ Banyule detectives are investigating two reports of strawberry needle contamination in the past five weeks across the northern suburbs.

The incidents allegedly occurred at a Fairfield store on August 25 and at Eltham on September 22.

Dave Chapman’s 30-yearold stepdaughter Skye was eating a chocolate-covered strawberry on her birthday cake in Eltham when she noticed a needle lodged in it.

- Diamond Valley Leader

110 offences

■ Drink and drug drivers have been a headache for Yarra Ranges highway patrol over the AFL Grand Final long weekend as police cracked down on impaired and dangerous driving.

For the Yarra Ranges highway patrol, driver behaviour had been good overall but there were plenty of concerns that people were not obeying the road rules.

Overall, Police detected 110 offences in the Yarra Ranges. Over the four days, police issued fines to nine people who were caught drink driving and another eight with drugs.

- Mountain Views Mail

Resolution in sight

■ An end to the recycling crisis could be in sight for Whittlesea households, with the council confirming it can break its contract with insolvent recycler SKM. If broken, Whittlesea Council would join Darebin, Moonee Valley, Brimbank and Port Phillip councils in severing ties with the company.

More than 10,000 tonnes of stockpiled recycling has been cleared from SKM’s Laverton North plant by receivers KordaMentha during the past three weeks, enabling some councils to resume recycling services.

- Whittlesea Leader

Road seal on track

■ Homeowners will help pay to seal dirt roads across the Yarra Ranges Schools and kinders will be the first to benefit from a $150 million funding blitz to seal dirt roads across the Yarra Ranges.

Shire councillors have endorsed a priority list of roads to be sealed under the Federal Government funded program announced earlier this year.

- Lilydale and Yarra Valley Leader

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Court Lists Seymour Magistrates’ Court - Criminal Case Listings Thursday, October 17 Plaintiff / Informant / Applicant vs Defendant / Accused / Respondent. Information Division.

Victoria Police - Cummins, C (32371) v Skilbeck, Marcus.

Dfo-Seymour Victoria Police - Lock, M (42446) v Ettia, Joseph. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Kliemt, R (44009) v Bunton, Brandon.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Burke, M (40361) v Heath, Benjamin.

Uni-Yea Victoria Police - Holcombe, S (39769) v Ion, Damon. UniBroadford Victoria Police - Kliemt, R (44009) v Zanetti, Michael.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Crossing, J (42422) v Hussey, Dale. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Bennett, N (36915) v Austin, Daniel. CiuMitchell Victoria Police - Rossetti, T (42521) v Ennis, Daniel. CiuMitchell Victoria Police - Pezzimenti, P (32040) v Sheean, Cynthia Alise. Highway PatrolSeymour Victoria Police - Yates, C (42281) v Johnson, Rachael.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Yates, C (42281) v Paul, Jordan. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Biderman, S (38335) v Tran, Toan. UniBroadford Victoria Police - Urquhart, R (43806) v Le Gassick, Jack.

Uni-Cheltenham Victoria Police - Walton, A (40916) Mcnally, Sharna Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Konidaris, Brett. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Bortolotto, C (40740) v Doyle, Christopher.

Victoria Police - Davies, P (43901) v Knight, Martin. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Barclay, S (36780) v Mcnally, Sharna.

Mounted Branch Victoria Police - Wood, R (24754) v Mc Ardle, Matthew Steven. Uni-Kinglake Victoria Police - Barclay, S (36780) v Pearce, Nathan. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Oraha, Y (42872) v Foulkes, Kathryn.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Malane, J (36750) v Bell, Dean. UniNagambie Victoria Police - Williams, T (43420) v Wells, Brandon.

Uni-Sunbury Vic Roads - Khaissi, C v Clark, Dale. Vic Roads Worksafe Victoria Cihangir, E v Halpin Transport.

Worksafe Victoria Victoria Police - Pezzimenti, P (32040) v Al Ochi, Ahmed. Highway PatrolSeymour Victoria Police - Thornton, J (41346)v Mckenzie, TneilSummer. Uni-Portland Victoria Police - Burke, M (40361) v Heath, Benjamin.

Uni-Yea Victoria Police - Carter, S (42829) v Cathie, Tristan. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Bell, Dean. DtuSeymour Victoria Police - Gordolo, C (30144) v Hall, Neil Russell.

Uni-Seymour

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Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Hall, Neil Russell.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Lock, M (42446) v Ennis, Daniel. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Crossing, J (42422) v Hussey, Dale. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Crossing, J (42422) v Hall, Neil. UniSeymour Victoria Police - De Bruin, E (40307) v Zorbas, Nigel.

Heavy Vehicle Unit Victoria Police - BougoureLatchford, H (43770) v Bell, Dean John. Uni-Mordialloc Victoria Police - Baxter, B (43622) v Mallia, Zack. UniMelbourne West Victoria Police - Edwards, P (42776) v Wright, Jacelle.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Hall, Neil Russell.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Hopper, G (31106) v Edwards, Dylan.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Oraha, Y (42872) v Austin, Daniel. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Evans, R (41791) v Foulkes, Kathryn Leigh. Uni-Wallan Victoria Police - Tait, W (37033) v Chilcott, Matthew.

Uni-Nagambie Victoria Police - Chief Commissioner Of Police (00008) v Kubale, Eleisha Patricia. Office Of The Chief Commissioner Victoria Police - Rhead, A (40227) v Linney, Natalie Jane.

Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Warren, M (41378) v Edwards, Dylan Vic Roads - Lanyon, C v Harris, Christopher Ross. Vic Roads Victoria Police - Thomas, S (40419) v Foulkes, Kathy. CiuMitchell Victoria Police - Kamali, V (42448) v Austin, Daniel. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Chief Commissioner Of Police (00008) v Heaslip, Conor. Office Of The Chief Commissioner Victoria Police - Colosimo, P (43419) v Edwards, Dylan.

Uni-Mill Park Community Corrections Centre - Amodio, O v Vale, Thomas. Seymour Community Correction Centre Community Corrections Centre - Amodio, O v Vale, Thomas. Seymour Community Correction Centre Victoria Police - Chief Commissioner Of Police (00008) v Stefanutti, Eliana. Office Of The Chief Commissioner Community Corrections Centre - Cochrane, S v Hall, Neil. Community Corrections Centre

Community Corrections Centre - Linnett, R v Edwards, Dylan. Community Corrections Centre Victoria Police - Binks, D (40350) v Cathie, Tristan Community Corrections Centre - Macdougall, M v Ennis, Daniel Joel. Community Corrections Centre Community Corrections Centre - Cochrane, S v Cooper, Matthew. Community Corrections Centre Community Corrections Centre - Cochrane, S v Cooper, Matthew. Community Corrections Centre Mansfield Magistrates’ Court - Criminal Case Listings Thursday, October 17 Victoria Police - Chief Commissioner Of Police (00008) v Lewis, Geoffrey Robert. Office Of The Chief Commissioner Victoria Police - Galway, J (29278) v Sooben, Kavish.

Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Scannell, M (35182) v Riedel, Aaron.

Uni-Mansfield Victoria Police - Diepeveen, H (40794) v Bramich, Ashley.

Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Lampkin, B (33527) v Kaschke, Kurt Phillip. Uni-Jamieson Victoria Police - Watkins, R (33441) v Sonnberg, Amy. Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Leach, N (38967) v Kataram, Bhargava .Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Galway, J (29278) v Husain, Shariq.

Mounted Branch Victoria Police - Swan, P (39871) v Kus, James William.

Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Watkins, R (33441) v Sultana, Damien.

Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Woodstock, S (39399) v Lawler, Bonnie.

Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Woodstock, S (39399) v Scott, Kell Drew.

Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Woodstock, S (39399)v Dadwal, Gurpreet.

Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Stevens, M (34763) v Rankine, Trent. UniMansfield Victoria Police - Stephens, S (40205) v Smoglian, Julie Emily. Uni-Alexandra Victoria Police - Stephens, S (40205) v Scott, Lachlan.

Uni-Alexandra Victoria Police - Stephens, S (40205) v Marks, Ruben. UniAlexandra Victoria Police - Stephens, S (40205) v Roper, Daniel. UniAlexandra Goulburn-Murray Water Cherry, Sv Neilson, Roslyn.

Goulburn-Murray Water Victoria Police - Woodstock, S (39399) v Scott, Kell Drew.

Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Leach, N (38967) v Russell, Dale John.

Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Woodstock, S (39399) v Sulieman, Tanyo.

Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Leach, N (38967) v Hudswell, Julie.

Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Scannell, M (35182) v Heath, Melanie.

Uni-Mansfield Victoria Police - Dowell, C (24892) v Evans, Samuel. Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Leach, N (38967) v Shivakumara, Karthik. Highway PatrolMansfield Turn To Page 19

From Our 1939 Files

CWA honour

■ At a recent conference of the Hume Highway Group of branches of the Country Women's Association, Mrs. Campbell was presented with a life member's badge of the Association in recognition of her services as group president for two years.

Miss Learmouth, who was group secretary for that period wa; presented with a set of silver spoons. The presentations were made by Mrs. 0. Hicken, State President.

Alex. Tennis Club

■ The annual general meeting of the above was held on Wednesday evening last. Eighteen members were present. The balance sheet showed a substantial reduction in debt on club house. It was decided to open the season on Oct. 28. Officers elected were:President, Mr. R. Auchterlonie; vice-presidents, Messrs. I. Highett, R. Roberts, Mrs. R. Payne, secretary, J. McKecknie; asst, sec., K. Murray; committee, Messrs. L. Markham, A. Baetge, W. Bounds, Mrs. Draper, Mrs. Courtney, Misses M. McCashney and P. Carter ; selection committee, Messrs. I. Highett, A. K. Murray, and A. Baetge; delegates, R. Auchterlonie, J. McKeckr.ie. C. Hollow, K. Murray. It was decided to enter two teams in the Association.

Rates the same

■ At an informal discussion at the end of the Eltham Councilmeeting on Monday councillors intimated that the Shire rate would be struck at 2/6 in the £- the same as last year.

The rate will be formally struck at the next meeting of the Council and will be due on December 10, 1939.

Surprise cheque

■ A pleasant surprise was included in the report of the Shire Treasurer (Mr. Tingate) to the Eltham Council on Monday, when he stated that a cheque for £912/12/10 had been received from the Public Works Department towards the cost of the Bush Fire Relief Works.

Commenting on the matter Mr. Tingate said that he had not anticipated such a generous response from the Public Works Department when he submitted the claim.

He had anticipated receiving about £400 at the most.

He had communicated with officers of the Public Works Departmentwho had made representations to the Minister, who intimated that under the special circumstances some concession would be granted.

Personal

■ Mr. C. E. Griffiths, Shire Engineer of Whittlesea, is seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia.

Mr. L. W. Clarke, of Doreen, has been appointed chief transport officer for the Whittlesea Shire by the Chief Air Warden, Mr. J. Bunting. Mr. Clarke's appointment was ratified by the Council on Wednesday.

Mr. A. McA. Smith, of Highland, Doreen, entered Heidelberg House,Austin Hospital, last Friday for treatment.

Miss Johnston, of Mernda, is now recovering from injuries received when she fell heavily.

Picinc meeting

■ A meeting will be held at the Masonic Hall shortly to discuss whether the annual picnic will be held next year or not.

Mr. H. G. Glenny, the organising secretary of the picnic is manager of the Commercial Bank at Greensborough. He expressed the opinion yesterday that there was no reason why the picnic should not be held.

For the past few years the picnic has been held at Mordialloc in either February or March, and last year 1614 people were conveyed to the seaside in three special trains.

This total included 950 children who were taken free, and supplied with a bag of sweets each.

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■ There was some regret that those who got to the mid week shoot had not made better use of the opportunity to be better prepared for the 303 shoot on Saturday.

It still was a good day with everyone glad of the warmer conditions and being able to read the wind some of the time. Ted continued his fine tuning of his F Class Standard rifle and practicing techniques that ensure a dead still rifle and only super centres go down the barrel.

Geoff James dusted off one of his old “Omark” rifles and made some good use of older ammunition. Bob Irving was one of the happiest as the 303 he has acquired from Norm Linehan is proving to be capable of some spectacular groups when teamed up with some commercial 303 ammunition. Past member Doug Moser dropped in and proved to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of 303’s, knowledge that was readily shared with other shooters, thanks Doug.

Graeme Kerr dug deep into his gun safe and brought out a Martini Henry action based 303, a beautiful action and a rifle that can shoot well. One of the draw backs to the Martini action is the chance of a “soft” firing pin that causes miss fires and Graeme’s was no exception so it is back to the gunsmith for a reliable firing mechanism.

Graeme still had his No4 303 the later version of the back locking SMLE and the only 303 action that was adapted for the 7.62 NATO ammunition.

Despite the development of “newer front locking actions for the 7.62 Nato or 308 " these No4 adapted rifles still hold many records at 1000 yards at Bisley (United Kingdom) and Camp Perry (USA).

Special thanks go to Andrew and his team who prepared the program, targets and ensured that the annual 303 was contested in the safest possible environment.

Don’t put the 303s away just yet as the annual "Billy Sing” shoot is part of the Dragon Diesel Challenge scheduled for two weeks time on October 19.

Billy Sing was a winner of the Distinguished Conduct Medal in the First World War for his prowess with the SMLE 303 rifle and "for conspicuous gallantry from May to September, 1915, at Anzac.”

- Robert Chaffe

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● From Previous Page Victoria Police - Cusack, S (28652) v Brown, Jarrod. Ciu-Alexandra Victoria Police - Gloster, J (39214) v Goschnick, Dean. Uni-Gisborne Victoria Police - Leach, N (38967) v Hudswell, Julie Ann. Highway PatrolMansfield Victoria Police - Leach, N (38967) v Breier, Paul. Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Whittle, A (42122) v Breier, Paul. Uni-Melbourne East Victoria Police - Swan, P (39871) v Vo, Davidson. Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Blackall, J (39856) v Lawson, Sarah Jane. Uni-Mansfield

Uni partnership

■ Alexandra District Health has commenced a partnership with LaTrobe University to offer student placements for an innovative program for internationally Registered Nurses. This is in addition to the current undergraduate nursing and allied health placements offered at ADH. The Initial Registration of Overseas Nurses (IRON) program prepares students to work as a Registered Nurse in Australia.

After successfully completing the 13-week program, the students are able to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board Australia (via AHPRA).

The IRON students are already qualified Registered Nurses in their own country, and often have many years of nursing experience, and have established clinical skills.

Currently on placement at ADH are IRON students Carl and Kiza, from the Philippines.

Between them they have 12 years of medical and surgical nursing experience. The program has also been an opportunity for the students and ADH staff to embrace diversity and understand cultural and legislative differences.

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Local People

Rebels presentations ■ Aa well dressed and enthusiastic crowd of 160 people gathered last Saturday (Oct. 5) at the Vibe Marysville Hotel for the Alexandra football-Netball Club's Senior Presentation Night.

Everyone enjoyed a twocourse meal, awards, slide show and hospitality.

Certificates of Service were presented in recognition of the following player milestones during the season: 100 games Michael Coombs, Tara Heard, Conor Heaslip, Katherine Quinsee; 250 games - James Kidd; with a special presentation to Michelle Jack in recognition of her 400 games achievement.

President of the Ladies Committee, Kath Hedger, also thanked all of her Committee members and helpers during the year and presented a cheque to the Club, then received a gift of appreciation.

The Barry ‘Sprague’ Thompson Clubman award, sponsored by Alexandra Motorcycles, was presented to John Tossol and the Andrew Whitling.

The volunteer award, sponsored by the Whitling Family, was presented to Andy Daly.

Roger Welch and Mikaela Smith presented the trainer's award to Sam Kidd.

Ray Steyger presented the President's award to Darren Ritchie, and the David Welch Memorial Award was presented to Keith and Ali Ray. Alexandra FootballNetball Club Life Membership was presented to Scott Ferrier in recognition of more than 20 years' service to the Club.

The coaches each presented their respective awards in each grade of football and netball with trainers Mikaela Smith and Roger Welch also acknowledged for their work and commitment during the year, with Roger also announcing his retirement.

A very big thank you to all the trophy sponsors for their support of the Club.

The Player Auction winners were announced with Sue Haggis's team gathering the most points, followed closely by a Ray Steyger team which came second.

Congratulations and thank you to Kate Mullins for organising the auction event and ongoing collection of data during the season.

Thank you to Charlotte and the staff at Vibe Marysville Hotel for their hospitality and also thank you to everyone for attending to make it a great and memorable event.

SENIORS Best and Fairest. Sponosred

by Alan Jane. Patrick Ferguson.

Memorial trophy. RunnerUp Best and Fairest. Ben Wooollard and Brandon Kapakoulakis.

Most Determined. Peter and Anne Norris. Sam Woollard.

Most Consistent. Vita Nova Fitness. Jake Steyger.

Most Improved. Vic Forests. Tom Halligan Best 1st Year. Raymond Hewitt. Blake Azzopardi.

● Darren Ritchie, President’s trophy winner.

Memorial trophy. Leading Munro. Caitlan Haggis.

Goalkicker. Future Fit Finance Memorial Trophy. RunnerBrayden Norris (46 goals) Up Best and Fairtest. Koala Coach's trophy. Sam Kidd Cherries. Ellie Hedger Conor Heaslip.

Most Improved. Electrical RESERVES Contractors Aust. Monique Best and Fairest. Lyn Mann Stillman. Daniel Roper.

Most Determined. Vita Memorial trophy. Runner- Nova Fitness. L:auren Steyger Up Best and Fairest. Koala Coach's Trophy. Lucy Cherries. Jake Keath, Chase Wallis. Shona Gesler.

Pearce.

B-GRADE Most Determined. Noel Best and Fairest. Kevin Serong. Aaron Daly.

Hedger. Bethany Cairns.

Memorial Trophy. Most Memorial Trophy. RunnerConsistent. Vita Nova Fitness. Up Best and Fairest. Koala AaronWestworth.

Cherrie. Kirsty Norris.

Most Improved. Vic ForMost Improved. HBI Conests. Cooper Phillips structions. Carly Hill.

Best 1st Year. Darren Most Determined. Vita Ritchie. Ruben Marks.

Nova Fitness. Brooke Pearce.

Leading Goalkicker. Anita / Coach's Trophy. Lucy Greg Rennie. Isaac Hedger (17 Wallis. Katherine Quinsee. goals).

C-GRADE Coach's trophy. Scott Best and Fairest. Alex SerWhitehead. Ryan Carter. vice Centre. Sally Krijt.

UNDER 18s Runner-Up Best and FairBest and Fairest. Fineblade est. Koala Cherries.Karli Civil. Tom Rouget.

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Runner-Up Best and FairMost Improved. Fineblade est. Koala Cherries. David Ray. Civil. Jorja Gesler.

Most Determined. Vita Most Determined. Vita Nova Fitness. Aaron Nova Fitness. Sarah Mooney.

McDonald Coach's Trophy. Michelle Most Consistent. Luke and Jack. Madison Richards.

Tara Heard. Willem Woolford D-GRADE Most Improved. Vic ForBest and Fairest. Laurie / ests. James Geldart.

Lois Ritchie. Taite Ritchie.

Best 1st Year. Electrical Runner-Up Best and FairContractors Aust. Jye Aldous. est. Koala Cherries. Chelsea Leading Goalkicker. Alex Callander.

Service Centre. Jackson HarMost Consistent. Hair by ris (15 goals) Kirsty. Eliza Gesler.

Coach's trophy. Scott Most Determined. Vita Ferrier. Jordan Ferrier and Nova Fitness. Kim WebberBen Jack.

Lally.

A-GRADE Coach's Trophy. Karen Best and Fairest. Casey Richards. Sarah Haggis.

Review of RU OK Day ■ Alexandra District Health participating in R U OK? Day last month. This national day of action reminds all to ask the question and reach out to those around us who may be struggling.

As well as sharing resources on how to have the conversation and brightening the hospital in our yellow attire, staff took part in a group walks throughout the day.

ADH staff enjoyed the sunshine and set out on the local streets, engaged in conversation and shared a laugh along the way. The event highlighted the importance to engagewith peers and being active, proactive ways to support good mental health.

This week is Mental Health Week from October 5-11 with October 10 marking World Mental Health Day. The aim is to educate and engage Australians around mental health issues through a number of events across the nation.

One in five Australians are affected by mental illness and many do not seek help because of stigma. Mental Health Week raises awareness to help shed a more positive light on mental health.

If you or someone around you is struggling and need help call Lifeline 13 11 14.

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Sport ECDRA

■ Andrew Braden took every stage of the East Central District RifleAssociation's annual “303” shoot contested on Saturday (Oct. 5).

The 303 shoot has had ECDRA shooters and visitors John and Murray dusting off their old SMLE, Smelly or short magazine Lee Enfield, 303 rifles. These are the rifles that were standard issue in the first and second world wars and many of the rifles still in regular use on the rifle range are now over 100 years old. Many of the 303’s shot were "as issued" with open iron sights, some with “peep” sights and some with the as issued low powered telescopic sights.

The event was developed with the limitations of these old rifles in mind, all of which have been carefully maintained in best working order and despite their age are safe.

The Range officer reminded the shooters that safety was paramount and this meant that the now standard electronic targets could not be used because of the possibility of a stray shot damaging the electronics on the target. All the shooters welcomed the reminder of applying the rules for safe operation at all stages of the shoot and Secretary David Wallace said that the targets came through the day in perfect working order even though one target had a faulty sensor identified during the set up and primary safety checks of the targets before the shoot.

The loss of a sensor dose compromise the accuracy of the target the other seven sensors ensure that the accuracy is of academic interest only as it is still less than a marker spotting shots on a well used target.

The near perfect Spring day got the shoot underway in the best possible way in that the wind was gentle and warm so much so that the shooters almost forgot to make the required allowances.

The first stage, a five shot top count shoot from the prone position at 100 yards, set the scene as Andrew Braden took the stage with a score of 47 and eight points clear of the second ranked shooter David Wallace who shot a score of 39.

The Second Stage a five-shot “rapid” on "paper targets” over 50 yards was won by Andrew Braden and this time Murray Hackney, a visitor from Nagambie, took second place. The shoot continued in the best possible way with the shooters ensuring that the Range Officers message of a safe shoot was constantly checked and everyone confirmed that it had been a great shoot even if the only time that the field got close to Andrew Braden was in the 300 yard prone shoot where the next best was David Wallace (20.2) was still three points down from Andrew’s 23.

The final standing or kneeling stage shot on paper targets over 300 yards where a hit was worth five points and a miss zero Andrew got three of his five shots to count by hitting the target. A great effort Andrew and special thanks from all members for the research you have undertaken on the safe conduct of 303 shoots. Andrew made a clean sweep of the shoot winning all four stages, there was a lot of pats on the back for Andrew as the shooters gathered for a cuppa and it was not long before the conversation focused on a suitable trophy for the 303 shoot.

The executive was asked to look into our trophy store and find a suitable trophy for the annual 303 match as it has turned out to be one of the best fun days on the range, a day to remind shooter of the history of the sport and the fun of maintaining rifles that have played such an important part of our short history as Australians.

Results from Saturday’s 303 four stage shoot at Violet Town were: First stage100 yard prone event 5 counting Shots; Andrew Braden 47, DavidWallace 39, Murray Hackney 38, Graeme Kerr 32, Bob Irving 33, and John Dickinson 13; Second stage 50 yard Rapid 5 counting shots Andrew Braden 32, Murray Hackney 27, Graeme Kerr26, John Dickinson 26, Bob Irving 18 and David Wallace 17; Third Stage 300 yard prone, Andrew Braden 23., David Wallace 20.2, Graeme Kerr 20.1, Murray Hackney 12, John Dickinson 9 and Bob Irving 8 and Fourth Stage 300 yard Standing or sitting at a paper target 5 scoring shots a 5 for a hit or 0 for a miss Andrew Braden 15, Murray Hackney 10, John Dickinson 10 Graeme Kerr 5, Bob Irving 5 and David Wallace 0.

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Local Sports History ● From Last Week “Mr Waymount next cointributed Mattei’s well knioln song Non E Vor, which was well received, and later on sang Vanity witll good effect. Mrs. Chrystal sang My dearest heart, by Sullivan, in her characteristically sweet style, for which she wasloudly applauded, and in the second part Rose Marie, by Malloy, with great expression.

Mr. and Miss Ranche rendered To the Woods in a pleasing manner, and Mr. Kelson varied the performance by reciting Shamus O'Brien in a manner which it would be hard. to beat, his delivery being good, marked with power and feeling, and he spoke the "brogue" with perfection, and was dcservedly cheered on concluding his capital recitation.

Mrs. Gotch, who came from Melbourne mainly to give her able services on behalf of the club, favored the audience with Wallace's grand old song of the Minstrel Boy, which was rendered with most perfect expression and fine power, and an encore being insisted on, Mrs. Gotch repeated the last verse with much satisfaction to lovers of good vocalisation.

The Wandering Minstrel followed on the heels of the Minstrel Boy, and in the capable hands of Mr. Dodds lost nothing by having to succeed os fine a rendition as that given

by Mrs. Gotch.

The Minstrel. was obliged to return in response to the demands of the audience and repeat the last verses of his wanderings.

Miss Saunders was equally fortunate in her rendering of She's such a Love, and was also obliged to repeat a portion of the song.

This young lady also sang Yes, if you like it, in good style, which was well received.

Mr. Gordon contributed The Old Brigade" and True till death, and Miss Rasche sang very sweetly The song of the sea" and When Swallows build.

Miss McKay gave a fair rendition of The broken pitcher and in the second part The Silver Rhine, the effect of the latter being marred somewhat by faulty time on the part of the singer.

Mr. Rasche brought the first part of the programime to a close by singing Steering home in his well known style.

After the usual interval Mrs. Gotch and Mrs Chrystal more than delighted the andience by a charming rendition of Offenhach's fine duet In the dusk at twilight, which deserves special recognition for the beautiful blending of the voices of the singers, and the admirable manner in which it was sung, the duet being certainly the piece de resistence of the evening, whose beauty was intensified by the able accompaniment played by Mr. Dodds.

The hudience applauded rapturously, and the ladlies were obliged to repeat the last verse.

Mrs. Gotch also sung AId Robin Gray with great feeling, and again had to respond to an encore.

Mr. Dodds was effective in Father O'Flynn, and Mr. Rasche sang Josephus Orange Blossom in character, and his eccentricities finding favor with the audience he had to return and give a " break down."

As befitting the occasion, the National Anthem brought the proceedings of an excellent entertainment to a close.

Refreshments,as is usual at Yea, were provided for the singers and those coming from a distance, being

kindly given on this occasion by Mrs. Chrystal and Mrs. Saunders.

In January 1891, Yea Cricket Club Hon. Secretary J. Robinson wrote to the Yea Council, asking for a return of the use of the money paid for the Shire Hall on Boxing Night.It was agreed to grant a rebate of one half the amount paid.

In the same month, a meeting of the Yea Cricket Club was held at Davey's Royal Mail Hotel with Mr. Morris (captain) in the chair.

Accounts, amountiug to £14 1s., were passed for payment, and a lot of business of a routine character was got through.

Simultaneously, It was decided to erect a large booth, “Mr. T. S. Scale promising to supply the round timber and saplings.

“The timber is now on the ground, and as the booth is to be a permanent erection, the Committee hope that all cricketers, footballers, and in fact everybody who can spare the time, will roll up this afternoon and take a hand in its erection.”

In February 1891, the Yea news-

● The Australian cricket team at Trent Bridge in 1899 paper reported that the return match Of the Kobyboyn match, the between the Broadford and Yea newspaper reported: “the first match Cricket Clubs was to be played on of the season be tween the above the Yea pitch. clubs was played on Saturday last at “The Yea team will be picked Yea. from the follow ing players, who “Hazeldine captained the visitors, weree requested to be on the ground and Morris the locals. The former punctually at 1 o'clock”” won the toss and commenced batA. Morris (capt.), W. Wilson, T. ting, Hazeldine and J. S. Crawford Quinlan, W. Dwight, W. Devlin, H. being their first representatives, Oates, J. Robinson. H. Thorley, R. Downie and Maynard taking up the Drysdale, J. D. Webster, T. McLeish; bowling.

F. Morris, A. L. Geddes, T. Downie, “Not one of the visitors got into S. Wall, J. Entricken, D. M'Leish, double figures, as the trundling of J. Maynard.

Downie, who was "dead on,'" seThe February 19 issue noted: cured 6 wickets at a cost of 19 runs; “The cricket match between the “Quinlan also bowled well, Broadford and Yea Clubs, which gettihg 2 wickets for four runs. was to have been played on Satur- Kobyboyn's last wicket fell for a today last, did not take place on ac- tal of 49 runs, E. Ferris 8, and C. count of the Broadford team not Ferris 7, being top scorers. putting in an appearance.

“Yea then took the wickets, and “The Yea club were greatly dis- were successful in putting together appointed, as this, is this second time the respectable total of 90 before the the Broadford team have failed to last wicket fell, of which Morris conbe in attendance.” tributed 32 in billiant style, his hard.

Yea had matches with Flowerdale, hitting being done with much freeKobyboyn and Whiteheads Creek, ness.

The Chronicle reported.

“The other batsmen who reached

● Alexandra township, 1867. From a photograph by C. Walter

double figures were Quinlan and Devlin, who compiled 12 each in first-class style. Yea thus gained the victoryby 41 runs.

“The fielding on both sides was fair.”

The Whiteheads Creek home matches were plated at Trawool.

The press preview of the match included the note: “As the journey will be made by train, members are requested to be at the Railway Station punctually at 8 o'clock on Saturday morning.”

The April 16, 1891, edition said: “On Monday evening the Yea Cricket Club wound up its very successful season by a dinner at the Caledonian Hotel.

“About 20 cricketers sat down to a sumptuous spread, got up in Mr. and Miss Conlan's very best style.

“Mr. E. S. Purcell, one of the patrons of the club, presided, and began the toast-list with "The Queen and Royal Family," fol lowing it up with that of "the Yea Cricketers”, coupled with the nane of the captain, Mr. Morris.

“The Chairman said that it afforded him great pleasure to be present on such.an occasion as that.

- “By all accounts, the Yea Cricket Club has had a very successful season , and as he was a great lover of the grand old game, he took great interest in the matches played by the localclub.

“He hoped that it would not be the last time he would have the pleasure of being present at a cricketers' dinner in Yea. (Applause.)

“Mr. Morris, who was warmly received, thanked them for the hearty way in which the toast had been received. It afforded him much pleasure to think that he had been captain of the Yea Cricket Club - an honor which he would not forget and as he was shortly to leave the district, he would always look back to the inany happy days he had spent with the Yea cricketers.

“Messrs. E. S. Purcell, S. Dessour; C. Davey, and P. W. Conlan responded on be half of the patrons, and Mr. Petch for the visitors.

“The ballot for a year's subscription to The Yea Chronicle, for the best fielder of the season, resulted in favor of Mr. Geldes.” ● Continued On Page 73: Yea Association started in 1902

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● Cast of A Normal Child.

Photo: Sarah Walker ■ Presented as part of the Darebin Speakeasy program, A Normal Child will be presented from October 22 to November 2 at the Northcote Town Hall.

If there is a new normal, everyone’s crazy and nobody’s ill.An epic narrative of vast and imperfect comedic proportions, A Normal Child navigates the intricacies of disability representation in this work which can be seen at Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre from October 22 to November 2 as part of the Darebin Speakeasy program.

Examining the right to begin and end life from the perspective of the disability sector, A Normal Child tackles issues of euthanasia, sex, abortion and IVF through an absurdist comedy lens.

A Normal Child is led by co-Artistic Directors of Ridiculusmus, David Woods and Jonathan Haynes, and featuring the Disability Slapstick Plan, an ensemble of four Melbourne artists with different physical abilities.

Ridiculusmus is a multi-award winning theatre company that has been producing seriously funny theatre for over 25 years.

The company’s co-artistic directors, David Woods and Jon Haynes, have established the company as a flagship UK performance group touring nationally and internationally with works passionately wrought from minimal resources that achieve the oxymoronic aim of being both serious and funny.

The company has created over 25 original theatre productions and is regularly commissioned by venues including the Barbican, National Theatre (UK), Royal Court, Soho Theatre, Batterse Arts Centre in the UK and Arts House, Melbourne.

Venue: Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre Dates: October 22- November 2 Tickets: Full $33, Conc/student $28, Preview $25 Auslan interpreted – Friday, October 25 at 8pm Relaxed performance – Wednesday, October 30 at 8pm Audio Description – Wednesday, October 30 at 8pm - Cheryl Threadgold

Tolarno Galleries teamLab: Reversible Rotation teamLab is an international art collective, an interdisciplinary group of various specialists such as artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians and architects whose collaborative practice seeks to navigate the confluence of art, science, technology, design and the natural world. teamLab aims to explore a new relationship between humans and nature, and between oneself and the world through art.

Digital technology has allowed art to liberate itself from the physical and transcend boundaries. teamLab sees no boundary between humans and nature, and between oneself and the world, one is the other and the other is one.

Everything exists in a long, fragile yet miraculous, borderless continuity of life.

Exhibition opens October 5 and rums o November 2.

Tolarno Galleries Level 4. 104 Exhibition St., Melbourne - Peter Kemp

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■ The Langham, Melbourne has been this week recognised as the Number One Hotel in Australia, by Condé Nast Traveler which announced its Readers’ ChoiceAwards.

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My Brilliant Career

● Miles Franklin’s My Brilliant Career is brought to life.

■ Monash University’s Alexander Theatre in With Miles Franklin establishing one of Clayton will play host to an original musical Australia’s most prestigious literary prizes, adaptation of the legendary coming-of-age novel Bryant and Frank agreed it was only fitting that My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin, from another incredible woman, Jeanne Pratt, instiOctober 18-25. gated this “unicorn” of a program.

This production forms part of the Jeanne “My Brilliant Career is about finding your Pratt Musical Theatre Artists in Residence Pro- voice and demanding to be heard. Miles gram, now in its third year.

Franklin wrote it as a teenager in the late 1800s, The program sees a groundbreaking collabo- and her heroine, Sybylla, still feels radical. ration between Monash University performing “She is a girl with no options who values what arts students and professional artists that aims to she has to say above all else and refuses to be create and promote the development of Austra- likable. Sybylla represents our country perfectly lian musical theatre.

- egalitarian, no-nonsense, ridiculous, droll and My Brilliant Career takes us into the world of a teller of ripping stories,” said Bryant and fiery misfit Sybylla as she wrestles against the Frank. restricted life on offer for a young woman in Students from the Sir Zelman Cowen School rural Australia 100 years ago. of Music and Monash’s Centre for Theatre and Growing up in a time when women are sup- Performance join some of Melbourne’s finest posed to be demure and subservient to their hus- music theatre artists and creatives including dibands, wannabe-writer Sybylla is desperate to rector, Petra Kalive, to magically bring to life live an independent life, but will she risk it all in this captivating story that lovers of both the novel hopes of a ‘brilliant career’? and film will enjoy.

Written by Dean Bryant and Mathew Frank, Ticket sales: www.monash.edu/mlive/whatswho won Green Room awards for their musi- on/events/my-brilliant-career/ cals Prodigal and Once We Lived Here, the score Venue: Alexander Theatre, Monash Univerpromises a mix of period Victoriana and con- sity, Clayton campus temporary pop, bringing vividly to life one of Tickets: $20 - $39 Australia’s most loved feminist characters.

Website: https://www.monash.edu/mlive/ Bryant and Frank admit “making musicals whats-on/events/my-brilliant-career/ in Australia is hard work”.

- Cheryl Threadgold

Local theatre shows ■ Hartwell Players: Coriolanus (by William Shakespeare) Until October 19 at Ashwood Performing Arts Centre, 50 Vannam Drive, Ashwood. Director: Tam Dahmen-O'Neill.

Bookings: 0422 010 830.

■ Portland CEMA Theatre Group: Every Brilliant Thing October 10, 11 at 7.30pm at The Portland Business Hub, 33 Percy St., Portland; October 9 at 7.30pm at the Community Function Room, Casterton Memorial Hospital. Tickets: $20 Full, $15 Concession/CEMA Member, $5 Student (under 18). Bookings: www.trybooking.com/BEVGI or 5526 5264.

■ LOTS Theatre Inc: LOTS 7 October 11, 12, 18, 19 at 8.00pm, October 13, 20 (2.00pm matinees), at 'Terminal 7', Parktone Primary School, cnr. Robert and McSwain Sts., Parkdale.

Artistic Director: Maggie Morrison. Tickets: $20 incl. light refreshments. Bookings: Trybooking.

Enquiries: 9580 2387.

■ CLOC Musical Theatre: Mamma Mia! October 11 - 26 at the National Theatre, 20 Carlisle St., St Kilda. Director/Choreographer: Craig Wiltshire; Musical Director: Tony Toppi. Bookings: www.cloc.org.au or 1300 362 547 ■ Babirra Music Theatre: The Producers October 11 - 19 at the Whitehorse Centre, 397 Whitehorse Rd., Nunawading. Bookings: www.babirra.org.au ■ MLOC Productions: Rock of Ages October 11 - 19 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers

www.mloc.org.au ■ Encore Theatre: Almost, Maine October 11 - 26 at the Clayton Community Theatre, Cooke St., Clayton. Director: Laura Bradley. Bookings: 1300 739 099.

■ Powderkeg Players: God of Carnage (by Yasmina Reza) October 11 - 19 at the Dempster Park Hall, 82 Phoenix St., North Sunshine. Bookings: www.powderkegplayers.com/book-tickets-now/ ■ The 1812 Theatre: Ghosts (by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Eamon Flack) Until October 26 at 3-5 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Bookings: 9758 3964.

■ Sherbrooke Theatre Company: We Have Spoken Of This Before (by Alex Broun) October 11 - 19 at the Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd., Doncaster. Bookings: 1300 650 209.

■ OSMaD: Miss Saigon October 17 - 26 at the Geoffrey McComas Theatre, Scotch College, Hawthorn. Bookings: www.osmad.com.au/tickets ■ NOVA Music Theatre: The Wizard of Oz October 26 - November 10 at the Whitehorse Centre, 397 Whitehorse Rd., Nunawading. Bookings: www.novamusictheatre.com.au or 1300 304 433.

■ PEP Productions: The Breakfast Club (by John Hughes) October 24 - November 3 at the Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd., Doncaster. Director: Jennifer Pacey. Bookings:

What’s On Coriolanus

● Milana Markovic-Matovic and Emma Newport in Coriolanus.

Photo: Mark Anthony Hodgson ■ The Hartwell Players present William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus until October 19 at Ashwood Secondary College.

Directed by Tam Dahmen-O’Neill, Coriolanus tells of an old adversary threatening Rome and the city calls once more on her hero and defender, Coriolanus.

Famine threatens the city and the citizens’ hunger swells to an appetite for revolution.

Coriolanus must confront the marching conflict of tradition, ceremony and the voice of an angry people.

Shakespeare’s searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge is put under the lens in this subversive interpretation.

This fresh take on one of Shakespeare's lesser known histories delves into the turmoils of a society divided by its classes, the backstabbing and fickle nature of political office, and the man seething with disdain for the common people, ultimately marking his downfall.

Set in the chaos of a post-apocalyptic world, Coriolanus depicts a man on his quest for power, not unlike the current political climate on our world stage.

A cast of 20 take to the stage to tackle the enormity that is Shakespeare's Coriolanus.

Rehearsals commenced in May this year, including stage combat training and rehearsals with Australian Shakespeare Company's Scott Jackson.

Please note: depictions of violence and fake blood are used in this production.

Dates: Until October 19 (times various) Cost: Adult $20, Concession $15 Venue: Ashwood High School, Vannam Drive, Ashwood.

Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/ book/event?eid=441393 - Cheryl Threadgold

Auditions

■ Peridot Theatre: Waiting for God (by Michael Aitkens) October 13, 14 at 7.00pm at Unicorn Theatre, Lechte Rd., Mt Waverley.

Director: Bob Bramble. Audition enquiries: 0418 586 273.

■ The 1812 Theatre: On Golden Pond (by Ernest Thompson) October 13 at 7.00pm at 3-5 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Chris Procter. Information: 0407 543 081.

■ Peridot Theatre: Waiting for God (by Michael Aitkens) October 13, 14 at 7.00pm at the Unicorn Theatre, Lechte Rd., Mt Waverley. Director: Bob Bramble.

0418 586 273.

■ Warrandyte Theatre Company: Calendar Girls (by Tim Firth) October 20 at 7pm, October 23 at 8pm at Mechanics Institute Hall, Cnr Yarra St. and Mitchell Ave., Warrandyte.

Director: Susan Rundle. Enquiries: theatre@psrundle.com ■ Heidelberg Theatre Company: Gaslight (by Patrick Hamilton adapted by David Jacklin) October 27, 28 at 7.30pm at 36 Turnham Ave., Rosanna. Director: Catherine Christensen. Information: 0403 818 872.

■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Knickers - a Brief Comedy October 27 at 2.30pm and October 29 at 7.00pm at Guide Hall, Glebe Ave., Cheltenham. Director: Barbara Crawford. Enquiries: barbaracrawford@ gmail.com ● Local theatre reviews are compiled by a team on honorary reviewers led

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■ What Am I Supposed To Do (WAISTD) might best be described as an immersive performance instillation that requires audience participation to fulfil its vision.

Ostensibly, the focus is the environment with the audience simulating their own death in the foyer before entering the auditorium.

Viewing from the gallery of the Fairfax Theatre, after entering, objects are passed along the audience members and thrown, eventually, onto the performance space below.

These hats, branches, apples, towels, fans, umbrellas become the props for members of the audience who are corralled into groups that represent businessmen or beachgoers or arborists amongst other things.

The movement of each group is prompted by a leader from the Deep Soulful Sweats ensemble run by Sarah Aiken and Rebecca Jensen.

The intertwining of these group movements and the image they create forms the suggestion of a narrative that would be open to interpretation.

The atmospheric lighting and sound add dimension suggesting how theatrical mood can be created. Audience perception is channelled through the medium of space, light, sound and movement.

The culmination is a ‘script’ of sorts. These turn out to be lines from various entities about the current state of the environment or our attitudes to it and come from the body of the audience now seated in the auditorium.

These quotes become words on a screen.

Eventually the screen shows the image of the audience on the foyer floor.

The oeuvre of dance is impressionistic but the scale and dimension of this work engages as we are part of the story which, ultimately, is the production’s intention. We are all responsible for the environment.

- Review by David McLean

Rite of Spring

■ The Melbourne International Arts Festival brings Yang Liping Contemporary Dance to the State Theatre with its production of Rite of Spring.

This ambitious piece attempts to bring Eastern philosophy and culture together with pagan ritual sacrifice using extracts of Stravinsky’s iconic The Rite of Spring composition.

The traditional Tibetan music composed

by He Xuntian was sublime. Stravinsky’s composition added the right amount of tumult but seemed out of place with the story.

Choreographer, Yang Liping brings creativity to the fore with her cast of technically strong dancers.

Although tedious and too drawn out at times, there were many highlights and clever staging techniques.

Da Zhu was an absolute standout and stole the limelight every time he performed. Maya Jilan Dong and Yimeng Li are also to be applauded for excellence.

Staging was uniquely Chinese having a huge moving golden bowl at the rear, with what appeared to be thousands of Chinese and Buddhist symbols scattered on the stage.

The diligence of the Lama, played by Xiaofan Feng, in his task of arranging and shifting symbols was impressive in its simplicity.

Visual Director, Tim Yip made a spectacular statement with magnificent costuming. Fabiana Piccioli’s lighting design was impressive throughout with the Thousandhand Bodhisattva scene being a highlight.

This performance is about the principles of Yin and Yang, showing the cycle of life and death, and the sacrifices made to allow all peoples to live in harmony.

To do all this in just over one hour is ambitious to say the least and the piece lacked a clear story, though the energy of the performers was spellbinding.

- Review by Lyn Hurst

Mixed reviews

■ Simon Owen’s new 10pm-Midnight Untitled Show began last Saturday (Oct. 5) on 3AW to mixed reviews.

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Entertainment

The Bloody Truth ■ Cabaret performer Nicole Herreen presents her twisted tale turned cabaret in The Bloody Truth, running for three performances from October 10-12 at The Butterfly Club.

When the long-term love of Nicole’s life was found dead shortly after their break up, all fingers pointed straight in her direction.

Nicole has used her music to turn the pieces of her broken relationship into a soundtrack for the broken-hearted.

Not every relationship ends with the ‘happily-ever-after’ we had hoped for, and this cabaret does not hold back when sharing exactly just how messy a break up can be.

Adelaide born and bred, Nicole Herreen has trained and performed all over the country.

Nicole is a regular at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and on QPAC’s stage, with a CV full of leading musical theatre credits such as Jo March in Little Women (The Broadway Musical) at the Brisbane Powerhouse.

“The Bloody Truth is every messy, relatable moment from my love life with a wickedly satisfying fantasy of a very different outcome than the real one.,” says Nicole Herreen.

Exploring how we are all driven to behave and channelling one woman’s rage against the tide, The Bloody Truth is a dark, honest, and hilarious confession on the humanity we hide.

Audiences are invited to witness one woman’s testimony in the face of accusation: to be her judge, jury, and executioner.

Did she do it? Does it matter? Make up your own mind.

Dates: October 10 , 11, 12 Times: 7pm, 5.30pm, 7pm Cost: $26-$35 (full, concession, group (6+), member, early bird) Venue: The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place, Melbourne Tickets: https://thebutterflyclub.com/show/ the-bloody-truth

● Nicole Herreen presents The Bloody Truth.

Rock of Ages ■ MLOC Productions presents the 1980s jukebox musical Rock of Ages from October 11-19 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, Parkdale.

It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard.

Aqua Net, Lycra, lace and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip’s last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and scantily clad groupies line up to turn their fantasies into reality.

Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and resident toilet cleaner) Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing (and longs for smalltown girl Sherrie, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes).

But the rock and roll fairy-tale is about to end when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled Strip into just another capitalist strip mall.

Can Drew, Sherrie and the gang save the strip – and themselvesbefore it's too late?

Only the music of hit bands Styx, Twisted Sister, REO Speedwagon, Whitesnake and more hold the answer.

MLOC’s show is directed by Jane Court, with musical direction by Paul Coles, choreography by Leah Osburn and produced by Andrew Gyopar.

Hit songs include I Wanna Rock, We Built This City and I Want to Know What Love Is. Performance Dates: October 11,12, 17, 18, 19 at 8pm; October 13 at 5pm; October 19 at 2pm.

Venue: Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale.

Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/ BDPUQ - Cheryl Threadgold

● Sherrie Christian (Tayla Thomas) and Drew Boley (James Dale) in Rock of Ages opening October 11.

Photo: Jamie Grima

Victorian Artists Society this month

■ The Victorian Artists Society is holding its Joseph Lucyzynski Exhibition, False Identity 19, until Thursday, October 31, at the Members’ Gallery.

The Society of Women’s Painters and Sculptors: Changing Perspectives Exhibition will continue until Tuesday (Oct. 15) in the Frater, Hammond, McCubbin and Catop Galleries at 430 Albert St, East Melbourne. phone: 9662 1484.

What’s On Selfish Giant

● Emma Muir-Smith, librettist of The Selfish Giant.

■ Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant was first published in 1888. The 131-year-old short story now finds new life as an opera, adapted by two young Victorians, making its world premiere as Victorian Opera’s Youth Opera at Gasworks Arts Park from October 16-19.

Librettist (writer) Emma Muir-Smith, 29, and composer/conductor Simon Bruckard, 28 are both former Victorian Opera Young Artists, who spent many years working with the state opera company on stage, in the pit, and behind the scenes participating in the development of many new works and Youth Operas. This experience guided them to uncover The Selfish Giant and explore its potential to be adapted into an opera.

“I felt it was a story with a lot of dramatic potential that would translate well for the stage,” notes Emma Muir-Smith.

“The Selfish Giant is a story about generosity and community. At its heart, though, it's also a story about the importance of trying to understand one another – something that, for so many reasons, could not be more important right now.”

"Writing a piece for young people to perform has been an enormously rewarding experience,” said Simon Bruckard.

“The music for The Selfish Giant goes through a huge range of styles, from cabaret to folk song, peaceful stillness to driving aggressive rhythms. Different characters inhabit quite different musical worlds. Finding the music that conveys the story's humour, innocence and depth has been an absolute joy."

The story is set in a Giant’s beautiful garden where children love to play each day.

When the Giant discovers this on his return from a seven-year holiday, he banishes them.

With absence of children, Snow, Frost, and Wind cloak the garden in an endless winter.

The Giant longs for the other seasons to return yet his garden is forgotten by them.

When children sneak in one day, spring returns and winter lifts.

The Giant learns a valuable lesson about the importance of generosity and having an open heart; sharing his garden with all children and celebrating the return of each season.

The Selfish Giant highlights Victorian Opera’s commitment to new Australian opera, marking the company’s 22nd world premiere since its formation in 2005, and the importance of providing education pathways for young talent through the framework of a performing arts company.

The production will be directed by Cameron Menzies(The Magic Pudding – The Opera), with lighting by Eduard Inglés (The Second Hurricane) and set and costumes designed by James Browne (Josephine Wants to Dance) in his company debut.

Richard Mills, Victorian Opera’sArtistic Director, notes: “I’m very proud that Victorian Opera has commissioned this work by two talented young locals.

“They’ve both been part of our company family for many years and are now on the threshold of significant careers.”

Performance Dates: October 16 - 19 Venue: Gasworks Arts Park www.victorianopera.com.au/season/ the-selfish-giant - Cheryl Threadgold

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Affection for an arrogant frog

Crossroads

By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au

Country Customs

■ The line up for Country Music at Customs House Williamstown includes: Oct. 20 and 24: Anthony Taylor, Oct. 27 and Jan. 12: Emily Hatton, Oct. 13 Nov. 3 Dec 15. and Jan. 5: Luke Austen, Nov. 10 and Dec. 22: Michelle Gardiner, Dec. 1 and 29: Della Harris, Dec. 8 and Jan. 26: Danny Stain, Nov 17 and Jan 19 :Michael Saleta.

All shows 2pm-5pm. Booking: 9397 8888.

Daisy on a roll

■ Mitcham singer-songwriter Daisy Spratt is quickly building an impressive resume since releasing her first music in 2016.

The accomplished performer with an Americana style has recorded in Nashville, had her music included in TigerAirways inflight entertainment and is now preparing for a schedule of gigs in Tamworth next January. “I'll also be releasing a few more singles next year, and then aiming to work on an album for 2021,” says Daisy. More info at www.daisysprattmusic.com

Citizen John

■ Australia's renowned rock legend Joe Camilleri and the Black Sorrows will showcase songs from their new sophisticated brand of soul and blues album Citizen John at the Memo Music Hall, St Kilda on Friday, October 18. Tickets at www. memomusichall.com.au - Rob Foenander

■ John Rozentals has a chance encounter with a bargain French bottle and recalls a past meeting in Languedoc with its creator.

It was just over 12 years ago that I met French winemaker JeanClaude Mas at the tasting bench of his largish winery on the outskirts of the Languedoc town of Pézenas, where he had arranged accommodation for us in a truly endearing hotel.

He had just started selling his Arrogant Frog label in Australia and was having a laugh at the silliness of his countrymen in thinking that Languedoc produced such ordinary wines as to be largely left to its own devices outside a revered appellation system that was a great marketing tool but often acted against beneficial change and crucial innovation.

Meanwhile, he was growing fashionable varieties such as chardonnay in unfashionable areas such as Languedoc, adopting the latest Australian production and marketing techniques, and selling French wine like there was no tomorrow.

He was exactly what you'd expect a French former-racing-cardriver-turned-winemaker to be charming, good-looking and, yes, racy. I immediately liked him, both for his winemaking skills and for his sense of humour in selling wine to Australians under his new Arrogant Frog label.

The wines were good and they

were very competitively priced.

I chanced across of bottle of Jean-Claude's Arrogant Frog 2016 Chardonnay (Lily Pad White) in a local bottlo the other day and couldn't resist it at just under the $10 mark.

The wine was very good value dry and richly flavoured, though just a little rough on the edges when tasted on its own - and I must admit wondering how the grapes could be grown, the wine produced and packaged, all on the other side of the world, and sold in Australia for what was really a steal.

WINE REVIEWS Logan 2015 Apple Tree Flat Merlot ($10): I often don't like merlots from the large Australian producers, simply because they've been sweetened up for an American market in love with sugar.

Smaller Australian producers rarely suffer from that problem, as shown by this medium-bodied red from Mudgee, which has bountiful blueberry flavours, is dry, and constitutes a real bargain. What more do you want?

Tim Adams 2019 Riesling ($24): That this wine is so good was apparently a triumph of solid vineyard management over adverse conditions.

The resultant dry white shows hallmark citrus (mainly lime) and floral flavours, and on the palate bracing acidity.

Like our Wine of the Week, this is a Clare Valley classic that will

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Stateside with Gavin Wood in West Hollywood

Two Aussie directors back in WeHo ■ Hi everyone, from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites comes this week's news.

Out and About

Global movie business

■ Welcome back to Hollywood 'Tinsel Town', which is the biggest stage in the world, to two Aussie directors David Connell and Rod Hardy.

Movies now take us all around the world and it's great to see lots of Aussies working in the movies in Hollywood.

David Connell is a director of cinematography, and Rod Hardy is a global movie director.

They are here to scope out possibilities for future projects. It's always a beautiful thing when you can create on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.

Young Australian actors are guided by these two men to give the best performance in front of the movie camera.

Alan Johnson, Managing Director of the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites in West Hollywood, also helps with support to the young actors arriving here for the first time to try and fulfill their Hollywood dreams.

Megan Fox and son, 6

● Pictured at the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard are cinematographer David Connell, Ramada Managing Director Alan Johnson and international movie director Rod Hardy.

Protect yourself ■ Data leaks and security breaches are everyday occurrences and becoming increasingly more common, with events like the Equifax breach which resulted in the leak of 56,200 drivers' licenses, passports, and other forms of ID. Capital One was also hit with a data breach, affecting an estimated 100 million US individuals and approximately six million in Canada.

It's natural to wonder if your data is truly safe when opening or using a credit card.

Despite the headlines, a credit card generally comes with protections that can help limit damage.

But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't consider opening or using a credit card.

The personal-finance and data-security expert Adam Levin said credit cards could actually help protect your accounts from damage if your information is stolen.

His advice? "Lie like a superhero" when setting up account-login security questions to shield personal information.

Paying attention to transactions is your best defence.

Identity theft and fraud cost Americans $1.48 billion last year.

Breaches have become the third certainty of life behind death and taxes.

So, it's not a matter of if your information will be compromised, but rather how easy it could be for someone to use it against you.

And using or applying for credit cards generally won't exacerbate the damage.

In fact, credit cards could help protect you, thanks to fraud detection, zero-liability policies, and other safeguards.

Like it or not, we consumers are responsible for managing our credit and our identity because no one knows better than we what we're doing.

Legalisation of marijuana

■ The Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area report on the impact of legalisation in Colorado is devastating for those pushing legalization.

The report found: ■ Traffic deaths where drivers tested positive for marijuana increased 109 percent.

■ Traffic deaths involving drivers who tested positive for marijuana more than doubled between 2013 and 2018.

■ The percentage of all Colorado traffic deaths that were marijuana-related increased from 15 percent in 2013 to 23 per cent in 2018.

■ Marijuana use in the past month for children ages 12 and up increased 58 per cent, and is 78 per cent higher than the national average.

■ Adult marijuana use increased 94 per cent, and is 96 per cent higher than the national average.

■ The yearly number of emergency room visits related to marijuana increased 54 per cent after legalisation.

■ Marijuana-related hospitalisations increased 101 pe rcent after legalisation.

■ Suicides where toxicology results were positive for marijuana increased from 14 per cent in 2013 to 23 per cent in 2017.

■ After revealing her appreciation for motherhood last week, Transformers actress Megan Fox then defended her decision to let her 6-year-old son Noah wear dresses to school.

Speaking with The Talk, Megan Fox said that her son sometimes wants to wear dresses to his "liberal, hippy" school, and she allows him to pick the outfit he desires despite the ridicule he faces from other boys.

"Sometimes, he'll dress himself and he likes to wear dresses, sometimes," Fox said, "And I send him to a really liberal, hippy school, but even there here in California - he still has little boys going, 'Boys don't wear dresses,' or 'Boys don't wear pink.'"

"So we're going through that now, where I'm trying to teach him to be confident no matter what anyone else says," she continued.

Fox went on to say that her son stopped wearing dresses for a while before resuming the practice again.

She claims it stems from his profound love of fashion.

"He had stopped wearing dresses for a while. He just wore one two days ago to school, and he came home and I was like, 'How was it? Did any of the friends at school have anything to say?'" Fox said.

"And he was like, 'Well, all the boys laughed when I came in, but I don't care, I love dresses too much.'"

Low audience for Emmys

GavinWood

From my Suite at the Ramada Plaza Complex on Santa Monica Blvd

More tax for Americans ■ Americans on average spent more on taxes in 2018 than they did on the basic necessities of food, clothing and health care combined, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey.

The survey's recently published Table R-1 for 2018 lists the average "detailed expenditures" of what the BLS calls "consumer units."

"Consumer units," says BLS, "include families, single persons living alone or sharing a household with others but who are financially independent, or two or more persons living together who share major expenses."

In 2018, according to Table R-1, American consumer units spent an average of $9031.93 on federal income taxes; $5023.73 on Social Security taxes (which the table calls "deductions"); $2284.62 on state and local income taxes; $2199.80 on property taxes; and $77.85 on what BLS calls "other taxes."

The combined payments the average American consumer unit made for these five categories of taxes was $18,617.93.

At the same time the average American consumer unit was paying these taxes, it was spending $7923.19 on food; $4968.44 on health care; and $1866.48 on "apparel and services”.

These combined expenditures equaled $14,758.11. So, the $14,758.11 that the average American consumer unit paid for food, clothing and health care was $3859.82 less than the $18,617.93 it paid in federal, state and local income taxes, property taxes, Social Security taxes and "other taxes."

Ameiicans on average paid more in taxes last year than they paid for food, clothing, health care, electricity and telephone services combined.

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■ This years Primetime Emmys Awards show posted the worst initial ratings in the program's 71-year history.

Airing on Fox, television ratings for the Emmys continued their downward spiral, "TV's biggest night had its worst night ever.

The 5.7/10 in metered market results that the Emmys snared is the lowest rating the annual ceremony has achieved in early metrics coming off successive years of new lows in an age of endangered awards shows.

“The host free Emmys is down 23 per cent from last year's ceremony."

Ratings were also down 34.5 per cen t from 2015, the last time the show aired on Fox.

7 million displaced ■ This year's weather is set to be one of the most disastrous on record after new figures showed that weather events displaced a record seven million people from their homes in the first six months of 2019.

That's more people than during the same period in any other year in history.

The number comes from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, which compiled data from governments, the United Nations, and media reports.

"In today's changing climate, mass displacement triggered by extreme-weather events is becoming the norm," the group said in its report.

The New York Times reports the numbers show two main developments that extreme-weather events are becoming even more extreme, and that governments are becoming better at preparing for them with evacuations.

The numbers don't include Hurricane Dorian's devastation of the Bahamas.

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■ If you are considering a move to Los Angeles or just coming over for a holiday then I have got a special deal for you.

We would love to see you at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites, 8585 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood.

I have secured a terrific holiday deal for readers of the Melbourne Observer and The Local Paper.

Please mention 'Melbourne Observer' when you book and you will receive the 'Special Rate of the Day'.

Please contact: Jennifer at info@ramadaweho.com Happy Holidays, Gavin Wood

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■ Remember those corny comedy films featuring Ma and Pa Kettle? Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle was a fine comic actress with a gravelly voice and Percy Kilbride was just perfect as the mild mannered Pa Kettle.

The characters were simple hillbillies who lived on a run down farm with 15children. As a child I thought they were hilarious.

Mary Tomlinson was born in Indiana in 1890. When she became a vaudeville performer Mary took on the ‘stage name’ of Marjorie Main to avoid embarrassing her father who was a minister.

She debuted on Broadway in 1916. Marjorie married in 1921 but her husband passed away in 1935.

Her first film was A House Divided in 1931.

Marjorie became type-cast in high class dowager roles and made six films with Wallace Beery in the 1940s.

She became a contracted player with MGM studios. Some of her films at MGM included Meet Me In St Louis, The Harvey Girls and Summer Stock.

In 1947 she was cast opposite Percy Kilbride as Ma Kettle in the film The Egg And I. The public loved Ma and Pa Kettle and as a result in 1949 Universal Studios produced their first film titled Ma and Pa Kettle.

Marjorie asked to use her own clothes for the role of Ma and loved working with Percy.

Marjorie said, "Percy is the best dead-pan actor

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By Kevin Trask of 3AW and 96.5 Inner FM Marjorie said, "Percy is the best dead-pan actor in the business and a perfect gentleman."

Percy Kilbride was born in San Francisco in 1888 and had worked as a Broadway actor before making his first film in 1933.

Some of his film credits included George Washington Slept Here, The Adventures of Mark Twain and State Fair.

The first film with Marjorie and Percy was a box office smash and was quickly followed in 1950 by Ma And Pa Kettle Go to Town.

Pa's character was a bit on the lazy side and I loved it when Pa was relaxing in his rocking chair in his old bowler hat listening to the radio while Ma bustled around managing the farm, the animals and the children.

● Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride as Ma and Pa Kettle Pa would change the station on his radio sim- fered head injuries. Percy Kilbride was in hosply by thumping the rocking chair on the floor. pital for a week before passing away at the age The series continued to be successful and of 76.

Marjorie Main died of lung cancer in 1975. the team made another seven films together What a comedy team they were and the sebefore Percy decided to retire in 1955 at the age ries of films are available on DVD. of 67.

I have just ordered the complete box set on Their final film together was Ma And Pa Kettle At Waikiki. Two more films were produced in the internet - time to relive my childhood.

Kevin can be heard on 3AW the series without Percy but they were not sucThe Time Tunnel - Remember When cessful - the magic was missing without the faSundays at 10.10pm with Philip Brady mous team. and Simon Owens.

Percy Kilbride and his friend Ralf Belmont And on 96.5 FM were both hit by a car whilst walking along a That's Entertainment - Sundays road in 1964. at 12 Noon.

Belmont was killed instantly and Percy suf-

Incinerator Art Awards ceremony this Friday

■ The Incinerator Gallery will be opening its annual Art Award exhibition this Friday (Oct. 11), showcasing 28 works by shortlisted artists from across Australia, inspired by the theme of ‘art for social change’.

The $10,000 Boathouse Award and $3000 Incinerator GalleryAward will be announced at the exhibition’s opening night with the $1000 People’s Choice Award announced at the exhibition’s conclusion.

The award will be judged by a panel of three art professionals, highly regarded in the industry, including Kate Just (renowned artist and Lecturer in Art at the Victorian College of the Arts), Tom Mosby (CEO of the Koorie Heritage Trust) and Madé Spencer-Castle (Curator at Centre for Contemporary Photography).

The IncineratorArt Award is inspired by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony, who believed that art and architecture practices are ethical enterprises that should aim to bring about positive social change.

The office of Walter Burley Griffin was the original architect of the Essendon Incinerator (now Incinerator Gallery), which is the last remaining Walter Burley Griffin designed incinerators left in Victoria and one of only six left in the country.

It is an award of national significance, which received record number of over 300 entries from all over Australia earlier this year.

Shortlisted artists: Corinna Berndt, Aidan Calabria, A Centre for Everything, Aaron Claringbold & Rebecca McCauley, Stuart Cook, Fayen d’Evie, Pippa Samaya & Anna Seymour, Leslie Eastman, Amala Groom, Robert Hague & Damien Shen, Lee Harrop, Victoria Hempstead, Fiona Hiscock, Department of HomoAffairs, Kenneth Lambert, Jordan Marani, Ashley Perry, Drew Pettifer, Dr Ponk, Louis Pratt, A Published Event, pvi collective, Ralph Rogers, Aemmon Sheehan, Jacqui Shelton, Julie Shiels, Slippage, Bobby Minh Tran, Lilli Waters.

Opening night: Friday, October 11, 6pm – 8pm (all welcome) Exhibition dates: Saturday, October 12 – Sunday, December 1 Performances: Saturday, October 12 , 2pm – 4pm Information at incineratorgallery. com.au or call 9243 1750

The Arts

Obesity and was one of the first authorised prescribers of medicinal cannabis in Australia.

Following the constant barrage of articles and statistics surrounding dependency on pills, Coady's solo exhibition becomes a call to arms, exposing the complex structure f addiction in an immersive, bold show.

Exhibition: October 10 - November 23.

Finkelstein Gallery Basement 2/1 Victoria St, Windsor

OK. With John O’Keefe Jazz giant returns to Melb.

Mornington Peninsula with Peter Kemp

Alliance Française Peregrinations: Danon Kowarsky.

Working from a studio in a 12th century abbey, Damon painted every day for two months: capturing with his watercolour and pencil, the lush countryside, the hills rising up from the river, the midsummer light, and all in an ever-changing hue of green.

Since returning to Australia, Damon has concentrated on a site of etchings inspired by his memories of Brittany.

The subtle and intricate architecture, the open skies and the luxurious green of Léhon permeate each work that will be presented as part of this exhibition.

Exhibition opens October 23 and runs until November 22., Alliance Française de Melbourne 52 Grey St, St Kilda

Finkelstein Gallery Happy Pack - Coady Finkelstein Gallery will present a new work by Coady, titled Primary Instincts.

Dr Karen Hitchcock, a writer and general physician whose clinical work has focused on pain, fatigue, medically unexplained symptoms.

David Hockney: Prints David Hockney has been an important figure on the international art scene for half a century, and he has been among the next experimental in terms of embracing new art forms and techniques.

Whilst his recent show in Melbourne focused solely on his iPad drawings, the NGA's upcoming touring exhibition David Hockney:Prints will explore the broader history of his printmaking practice through key works from the NGA's extensive collection, one of the largest in the world.

Exhibition closes December 1.

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Civic Reserve, Dunns Rd. Mornington

Arts Centre

■ The Arts Centre Melbourne is well known for its theatrical performances in the State Theatre, Fairfax Theatre and Playhouse. What is not always realised that this centre has a great Art Collection.

The centre is the custodian of two of the most significant public collections of Australian visual and performing art works outside of the major art institutions.

This collection of over 800 paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photography and textiles. There are 20th century artists such as Arthur Boyd, Roger Kemp, Inge King, Donald Laycock, Clement Meadmore, Sydney Nolan, John Olsen and Jeffrey Smart.

Arts Centre 100 St. Kilda Rd, Melbourne - Peter Kemp

■ After a 10-year absence George Benson (pictured) is returning to Melbourne for a one night stand at the Palais, April 8 The American jazz guitarist broke all records with the release of Breezin’ that sold three million copies in the USA in 1977. His latest release is Walking to New Orleans.

Len ‘very much alive’

■ It could only happen at the recent Emmy Awards. During the ‘In Memoriam’ segment they flashed up a photo of a very much alive composer Leonard Slakin . Whoops , image should have been Andre Previn who did pass away, aged 89 in February.

Leonard Slakin’s mobile phone went into meltdown with friends checking whether he was alive, or dead. Repeat , he is very much alive, amid a sea of red faces at organisers of the Emmy Awards.

Scary stuff

■ If you were a teenager in the early eighties you will recall the cult classic Evil Dead.Well it’s coming back and headed to the Palais for a one off performance, October 31.

This time the MSO will perform the musical score with original composer Joe Lo Duca playing a guest spot on keyboards . One hell of a blood curdling performance is guaranteed.

Special award for our Judith

■ Judith Durham of The Seekers has been awarded one of the highest awards in Australian music. Judith is the second artist to be inducted into the Australian Women in Music.

Judith joins Helen Reddy as the only other Australian artist to be awarded such a gong. Judith was to receive her award in Brisbane yesterday (Oct. 8 ).

New honcho axes shows

■ James Warbuton was annointed as head honcho at Seven. His feet hardly got comfortable under his executive chair when he started to sack people and programs.

Gone by end of this year is the Sunday Night current affairs after a run of 11years. Host of Sunday Night, Melissa Doyle, is in limbo as to her future.

There’s no chance of her returning to Sunrise where she made her national TV debut with Kochie. Watch this space.

- John O’Keefe

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Movies, DVDs with Jim Sherlock, Aaron Rourke What’s Hot and What’s Not in Blu-Rays and DVDs FILM: CHERNOBYL: Genre: Drama/History/Thriller.

Cast: Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgard, Jessie Buckley, Emily Watson.

Year: 2019.

Rating: MA15+ Length: 5 Hours 30 Minutes/5 Parts.

Stars: ***** Review: In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Russia becomes the world's worst man-made nuclear catastrophe, and this follows the Government lies and cover-ups, the political and global turmoil, and the stories of the men and women who tried to contain the disaster, as well as those who gave their lives preventing a subsequent and unthinkably worst disaster.

Epic five part multi-award-winning series is as good as it gets, a gripping, utterly compelling, heartbreaking and overwhelmingly haunting viewing experience that excels on every emotional level, a powerful and unrelenting series that deservedly ranks atop of other epic series as "Game of Thrones" and "Band of Brothers," and rating higher than such cinematic counterparts as "The Godfather" and "The Shawshank Redemption."

Driven by an astonishingly accurate and no-holds-barred screenplay

by Craig Mazin and respectfully taut and flawless direction by Johan Renck, the stellar cast are all right at the top of their game, headed

by Jared Harris as Valery Legasov, the deputy director of the Kurchatov Institute brought in to aid cleanup efforts, Stellan Skarsgård as Boris Shcherbina, the Council of Ministers' deputy chairman, Emily Watson as nuclear physicist Ulana Khomyuk, and Jessie Buckley as the tormented wife of an ill-fated first responding fire-fighter.

Filmed in and around at an identical decommissioned 'Chernobyl' sister nuclear plant, and winner of eight Emmy Awards including Outstanding Limited Series, Direction, Writing, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design and Music Score, they all combine to present a terrifyingly real, intensely atmospheric, startlingly moving and devastatingly candid portrait of a disaster that came so close to changing the world forever, and proves beyond any doubt that true horror is far from fiction. UNMISSABLE! FILM: TOLKIEN: Genre: Biography/Drama/war.

Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Derek Jacobi.

Year: 2019.

Rating: M. Length: 112 Minutes.

Stars: **j Review: Explores the formative years of the orphaned author J.R.R (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school, and takes him into the trenches of World War I, which threatens to tear the "fellowship" apart, all experiences would inspire Tolkien to write legendary Middle-Earth novels.

Very well made biopic has lots to offer, brimming with beautifully luscious depth of cinematography, striking period detail, production and costume design, impressive WW1 Battle of the Somme reenactments, but sadly falls well short in reaching out beyond the traditional frame of the romantic-biopic into a world it so desperately and earnestly tries to achieve.

The cast are all commendable in their respective roles, all delivering with solid conviction, beginning with Nicholas Hoult as J.R.R. Tolkien, Lily Collins as Edith Bratt, his lifelong love and later wife, Harry Gilby as the young J.R.R. Tolkien, veteran actor Colm Meaney as Father Francis Morgan, Tolkien's guardian and father figure, and most notably, a small but standout turn by veteran actor Derek Jacobi as English philologist, Prof. Joseph Wright, who was a major influence on Tolkien during his university years.

One line in the screenplay by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford states: "I'm surprised you expect us to believe a single word you say, Tolkien," so one can only wonder how believable the screenplay is as a whole, and which I believe should have covered his later years and the creation of LOTR with flashbacks to his school days and the war.

Well executed ghostly [Easter Egg] flashes of "The Lord of the Rings" characters are briefly touched upon throughout the battle scenes, however, if you are looking for a full on "Lord of the Rings" or "The Hobbit" origin story fans may be more than disappointed, because all else is of a highly idealistic, romanticized and fictionalized nature, a "Dead Poets Society" meets "Goodbye Christopher Robin" effort that leaves one unfulfilled and yearning for more, but nonetheless, it remains enjoyable enough on its own merits, and will hopefully inspire to search out more on this remarkable man.

Rourke’s Reviews Gemini Man ■ (M). 117 minutes. Opens in cinemas October 10, including sessions in 4K 3D+.

A long-gestating project that has been kicking around since the mid90's (with the late Tony Scott originally attached), Gemini Man is the perfect example of considerable skill and effort being heaped upon a script that is utterly worthless, cancelling out some impressively staged action scenes.

Will Smith plays Henry Brogan, a veteran assassin who wants to retire after gaining a conscious.

His government agency boss (Brit Ralph Brown, sporting an unconvincing American accent) seemingly okays Brogan's decision, but Henry is soon under attack from numerous assailants, who want to put the seasoned pro out of commission.

One of these young operatives bears a striking resemblance to Henry, and with the help of agent Danny Zakarweski (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and ex-colleague Jack Willis (Benedict Wong), he will find his answers from bureau bigwig Clay Verris (Clive Owen).

Two-time Oscar winner Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Life Of Pi) does his best to try and infuse the third-rate material with energy and excitement, but the risible dialogue, derivative, by-the-numbers plot and idiotic characters forever undercut his endeavours, which is a pity, as he, along with Academy Award winning Aussie cinematographer Dion Beebe (Memoirs Of A Geisha, Collateral), conjure up some astounding action set-pieces (the highlight being a hair-raising motorbike chase).

Shot in the same 4K 3D process that Lee used for Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk in 2016 (but almost no cinema could project), it is a startlingly immersive viewing experience, with incredible depth and closeness, but the drawback is that the high-frame rate clarity makes it look too much like digital video.

Smith is again a dull, one-note presence, which is exacerbated by the fact he plays multiple roles, while talented performers such as Winstead, Wong (who does provide some amusing moments) and Owen are wasted.

Gemini Man delivers some technical delights from a renowned director who certainly wants to push the medium forward, but it is all undone by the simple fact that he and the producers decided to settle on an extraordinarily poor script.

RATING - **

Hustlers ■ (MA). 110 minutes. Opens in cinemas October 10.

What could be flippantly de-

scribed as a female Goodfellas, this muddled drama (inspired by the New York Magazine article by Jessica Pressler) flounders in almost every possible way, ruining what could have been an involving, insightful look at a particular world during a volatile time.

Starting in 2007, Destiny (Constance Wu) begins work at a ritzy NY strip club to pay the bills, the same reason why so many of the women there decide to enter the largely male-run industry.

When the GFC hits in 2008, the clientele, who were mainly aggressive Wall Street types, disappear, so veteran dancer Ramona (Jennifer Lopez), along with Destiny and some other colleagues, band together to give these men a taste of their own medicine.

The foundation is there to explore and examine gender equality and respect, as well as human nature in general, but the script by writer/director Lorene Scafaria (who gave us the terrific Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World in 2012) is frustratingly underwritten, never going below the surface of the multiple characters who fill the landscape, concentrating instead on tiresome plot exposition and over-choreographed poledancing sequences (many of the supporting players are sadly nothing more than a name and costume).

Even the reporter interview/ flashback structure is hackneyed and awkwardly executed. Lopez seems more interested in letting us know she exercised and trained for the club sequences than actually getting under Ramona's skin, while Wu fails to capitalise on her winning performance in the box-office smash Crazy Rich Asians. Hustlers could have been provocative and relevant, but is instead hollow and forgettable.

RATING - **

Penguin Highway ■ (PG). 119 minutes. Available on Blu-ray October 9.

The first film from Studio Colorido, formed by some artists who worked at Studio Ghibli, this is a heart-warming fantasy/drama that maintains interest while offering gorgeous, first-rate animation.

A 10-year-old boy, fascinated by the art of science, teams up with two other classmates to investigate the strange appearance of penguins in their area, and who are able to disappear in equally odd fashion. ing imaginative fantasy along with some worthy, real-world messages.

RATING - **** - Aaron Rourke

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Bleak House - by Charles Dickens He was so good, his touch expressed such endearing compassion and affection, and the tone of his voice carried such comfort into my heart that I stopped for a little while, quite unable to go on. “Yes, yes, you are tired,” said he, “Rest a little.”

“As I have kept Ada out so long,” I began afresh after a short while, “I think I should like to have my own way a little longer, guardian. It would be best to be away from here before I see her. If Charley and I were to go to some country lodging as soon as I can move, and if I had a week there in which to grow stronger and to be revived by the sweet air and to look forward to the happiness of having Ada with me again, I think it would be better for us.”

I hope it was not a poor thing in me to wish to be a little more used to my altered self before I met the eyes of the dear girl I longed so ardently to see, but it is the truth. I did. He understood me, I was sure; but I was not afraid of that. If it were a poor thing, I knew he would pass it over.

“Our spoilt little woman,” said my guardian, “shall have her own way even in her inflexibility, though at the price, I know, of tears downstairs. And see here! Here is Boythorn, heart of chivalry, breathing such ferocious vows as never were breathed on paper before, that if you don’t go and occupy his whole house, he having already turned out of it expressly for that purpose, by heaven and by earth he’ll pull it down and not leave one brick standing on another!”

And my guardian put a letter in my hand, without any ordinary beginning such as “My dear Jarndyce,” but rushing at once into the words, “I swear if Miss Summerson do not come down and take possession of my house, which I vacate for her this day at one o’clock, P.M.,” and then with the utmost seriousness, and in the most emphatic terms, going on to make the extraordinary declaration he had quoted. We did not appreciate the writer the less for laughing heartily over it, and we settled that I should send him a letter of thanks on the morrow and accept his offer. It was a most agreeable one to me, for all the places I could have thought of, I should have liked to go to none so well as Chesney Wold.

“Now, little housewife,” said my guardian, looking at his watch, “I was strictly timed before I came upstairs, for you must not be tired too soon; and my time has waned away to the last minute.

I have one other petition. Little Miss Flite, hearing a rumour that you were ill, made nothing of walking down here — twenty miles, poor soul, in a pair of dancing shoes — to inquire. It was heaven’s mercy we were at home, or she would have walked back again.”

The old conspiracy to make me happy! Everybody seemed to be in it!

“Now, pet,” said my guardian, “if it would not be irksome to you to admit the harmless little creature one afternoon before you save Boythorn’s otherwise devoted house from demolition, I believe you would make her prouder and better pleased with herself than I— though my eminent name is Jarndyce — could do in a lifetime.”

I have no doubt he knew there would be something in the simple image of the poor afflicted creature that would fall like a gentle lesson on my mind at that time. I felt it as he spoke to me.

I could not tell him heartily enough how ready I was to receive her. I had always pitied her, never so much as now. I had always been glad of my little power to soothe her under her calamity, but never, never, half so glad before.

We arranged a time for Miss Flite to come out by the coach and share my early dinner. When my guardian left me, I turned my face away upon my couch and prayed to be forgiven if I, surrounded by such blessings, had magnified to myself the little trial that I had to undergo. The childish prayer of that old birthday when I had aspired to be industrious, contented, and truehearted and to do good to some one and win some love to myself if I could came back into my mind with a reproachful sense of all the happiness I had since enjoyed and all the affectionate hearts that had been turned towards me. If I were weak now, what had I profited by those mercies? I repeated the old childish prayer in its old childish words and found that its old peace

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My guardian now came every day. In a week or so more I could walk about our rooms and hold long talks with Ada from behind the windowcurtain. Yet I never saw her, for I had not as yet the courage to look at the dear face, though I could have done so easily without her seeing me.

On the appointed day Miss Flite arrived. The poor little creature ran into my room quite forgetful of her usual dignity, and crying from her very heart of hearts, “My dear Fitz Jarndyce!” fell upon my neck and kissed me twenty times.

“Dear me!” said she, putting her hand into her reticule, “I have nothing here but documents, my dear Fitz Jarndyce; I must borrow a pocket handkerchief.”

Charley gave her one, and the good creature certainly made use of it, for she held it to her eyes with both hands and sat so, shedding tears for the next ten minutes.

“With pleasure, my dear Fitz Jarndyce,” she was careful to explain. “Not the least pain. Pleasure to see you well again. Pleasure at having the honour of being admitted to see you. I am so much fonder of you, my love, than of the Chancellor. Though I DO attend court regularly. By the by, my dear, mentioning pocket handkerchiefs — ” Miss Flite here looked at Charley, who had been to meet her at the place where the coach stopped.

Charley glanced at me and looked unwilling to pursue the suggestion.

“Ve-ry right!” said Miss Flite, “Ve-ry correct.

Truly! Highly indiscreet of me to mention it; but my dear Miss Fitz Jarndyce, I am afraid I am at times (between ourselves, you wouldn’t think it) a little — rambling you know,” said Miss

Flite, touching her forehead. “Nothing more,” “What were you going to tell me?” said I, smiling, for I saw she wanted to go on. “You have roused my curiosity, and now you must gratify it.”

Miss Flite looked at Charley for advice in this important crisis, who said, “If you please, ma’am, you had better tell then,” and therein gratified Miss Flite beyond measure.

“So sagacious, our young friend,” said she to me in her mysterious way. “Diminutive. But very sagacious! Well, my dear, it’s a pretty anecdote. Nothing more. Still I think it charming. Who should follow us down the road from the coach, my dear, but a poor person in a very ungenteel bonnet — ” “Jenny, if you please, miss,” said Charley.

“Just so!” Miss Flite acquiesced with the greatest suavity. “Jenny. Ye-es! And what does she tell our young friend but that there has been a lady with a veil inquiring at her cottage after my dear Fitz Jarndyce’s health and taking a handkerchief away with her as a little keepsake merely because it was my amiable Fitz Jarndyce’s! Now, you know, so very prepossessing in the lady with the veil!”

“If you please, miss,” said Charley, to whom I looked in some astonishment, “Jenny says that when her baby died, you left a handkerchief there, and that she put it away and kept it with the baby’s little things. I think, if you please, partly because it was yours, miss, and partly because it had covered the baby.”

“Diminutive,” whispered Miss Flite, making a variety of motions about her own forehead to express intellect in Charley. “But ex-ceedingly sagacious!And so dear! My love, she’s clearer than any counsel I ever heard!”

“Yes, Charley,” I returned. “I remember it.

Well?”

“Well, miss,” said Charley, “and that’s the handkerchief the lady took. And Jenny wants you to know that she wouldn’t have made away with it herself for a heap of money but that the lady took it and left some money instead. Jenny don’t know her at all, if you please, miss!”

“Why, who can she be?” said I. “My love,” Miss Flite suggested, advancing her lips to my ear with her most mysterious look, “in MY opinion — don’t mention this to our diminutive friend — she’s the Lord Chancellor’s wife. He’s married, you know. And I understand she leads him a terrible life. Throws his lordship’s papers into the fire, my dear, if he won’t pay the jeweller!”

I did not think very much about this lady then, for I had an impression that it might be Caddy.

Besides, my attention was diverted by my visitor, who was cold after her ride and looked hungry and who, our dinner being brought in, required some little assistance in arraying herself with great satisfaction in a pitiable old scarf and a much-worn and often-mended pair of gloves, which she had brought down in a paper parcel. I had to preside, too, over the entertainment, consisting of a dish of fish, a roast fowl, a sweetbread, vegetables, pudding, and Madeira; and it was so pleasant to see how she enjoyed it, and with what state and ceremony she did honour to it, that I was soon thinking of nothing else.

When we had finished and had our little dessert before us, embellished by the hands of my dear, who would yield the superintendence of everything prepared for me to no one, Miss Flite was so very chatty and happy that I thought I would lead her to her own history, as she was always pleased to talk about herself. I began by saying “You have attended on the Lord Chancellor many years, Miss Flite?”

“Oh, many, many, many years, my dear. But I expect a judgment. Shortly.”

There was an anxiety even in her hopefulness that made me doubtful if I had done right in approaching the subject. I thought I would say no more about it.

“My father expected a judgment,” said Miss Flite. “My brother. My sister. They all expected a judgment. The same that I expect.”

“They are all — ” “Ye-es. Dead of course, my dear,” said she.

As I saw she would go on, I thought it best to try to be serviceable to her by meeting the theme rather than avoiding it.

“Would it not be wiser,” said I, “to expect this judgment no more?”

“Why, my dear,” she answered promptly, “of course it would!”

“And to attend the court no more?”

“Equally of course,” said she. “Very wearing to be always in expectation of what never comes, my dear Fitz Jarndyce! Wearing, I assure you, to the bone!”

She slightly showed me her arm, and it was fearfully thin indeed.

“But, my dear,” she went on in her mysterious way, “there’s a dreadful attraction in the place.

Hush! Don’t mention it to our diminutive friend when she comes in. Or it may frighten her. With good reason. There’s a cruel attraction in the place. You CAN’T leave it. And you MUST expect.”

I tried to assure her that this was not so. She heard me patiently and smilingly, but was ready with her own answer.

“Aye, aye, aye! You think so because I am a little rambling. Ve-ry absurd, to be a little rambling, is it not? Ve-ry confusing, too. To the head.

I find it so. But, my dear, I have been there many years, and I have noticed. It’s the mace and seal upon the table.”

What could they do, did she think? I mildly asked her.

“Draw,” returned Miss Flite. “Draw people on, my dear. Draw peace out of them. Sense out of them. Good looks out of them. Good qualities out of them. I have felt them even drawing my rest away in the night. Cold and glittering devils!”

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From Page 57 She tapped me several times upon the arm and nodded good-humouredly as if she were anxious I should understand that I had no cause to fear her, though she spoke so gloomily, and confided these awful secrets to me.

“Let me see,” said she. “I’ll tell you my own case. Before they ever drew me — before I had ever seen them — what was it I used to do?

Tambourine playing? No. Tambour work. I and my sister worked at tambour work. Our father and our brother had a builder’s business. We all lived together. Ve-ry respectably, my dear! First, our father was drawn — slowly. Home was drawn with him. In a few years he was a fierce, sour, angry bankrupt without a kind word or a kind look for any one. He had been so different, Fitz Jarndyce. He was drawn to a debtors’ prison.

There he died. Then our brother was drawn — swiftly — to drunkenness. And rags. And death.

Then my sister was drawn. Hush! Never ask to what! Then I was ill and in misery, and heard, as I had often heard before, that this was all the work of Chancery. When I got better, I went to look at the monster. And then I found out how it was, and I was drawn to stay there.”

Having got over her own short narrative, in the delivery of which she had spoken in a low, strained voice, as if the shock were fresh upon her, she gradually resumed her usual air of amiable importance.

“You don’t quite credit me, my dear! Well, well!

You will, some day. I am a little rambling. But I have noticed. I have seen many new faces come, unsuspicious, within the influence of the mace and seal in these many years. As my father’s came there. As my brother’s. As my sister’s. As my own. I hear Conversation Kenge and the rest of them say to the new faces, ‘Here’s little Miss Flite. Oh, you are new here; and you must come and be presented to little Miss Flite!’ Very good. Proud I am sure to have the honour!

And we all laugh. But, Fitz Jarndyce, I know what will happen. I know, far better than they do, when the attraction has begun. I know the signs, my dear. I saw them begin in Gridley.

And I saw them end. Fitz Jarndyce, my love,” speaking low again, “I saw them beginning in our friend the ward in Jarndyce. Let some one hold him back. Or he’ll be drawn to ruin.

She looked at me in silence for some moments, with her face gradually softening into a smile.

Seeming to fear that she had been too gloomy, and seeming also to lose the connexion in her mind, she said politely as she sipped her glass of wine, “Yes, my dear, as I was saying, I expect a judgment shortly. Then I shall release my birds, you know, and confer estates.”

I was much impressed by her allusion to Richard and by the sad meaning, so sadly illustrated in her poor pinched form, that made its way through all her incoherence. But happily for her, she was quite complacent again now and beamed with nods and smiles.

“But, my dear,” she said, gaily, reaching another hand to put it upon mine. “You have not congratulated me on my physician. Positively not once, yet!”

I was obliged to confess that I did not quite know what she meant.

“My physician, Mr. Woodcourt, my dear, who was so exceedingly attentive to me. Though his services were rendered quite gratuitously. Until the Day of Judgment. I mean THE judgment that will dissolve the spell upon me of the mace and seal.”

“Mr. Woodcourt is so far away, now,” said I, “that I thought the time for such congratulation was past, Miss Flite.”

“But, my child,” she returned, “is it possible that you don’t know what has happened?”

“No,” said I. “Not what everybody has been talking of, my beloved Fitz Jarndyce!”

“No,” said I. “You forget how long I have been here.”

“True! My dear, for the moment — true. I blame myself. But my memory has been drawn out of me, with everything else, by what I mentioned.

Ve-ry strong influence, is it not? Well, my dear, there has been a terrible shipwreck over in those East Indian seas.”

“Mr. Woodcourt shipwrecked!”

“Don’t be agitated, my dear. He is safe. An awful scene. Death in all shapes. Hundreds of dead and dying. Fire, storm, and darkness. Numbers of the drowning thrown upon a rock. There, and through it all, my dear physician was a hero.

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lives, never complained in hunger and thirst, wrapped naked people in his spare clothes, took the lead, showed them what to do, governed them, tended the sick, buried the dead, and brought the poor survivors safely off at last! My dear, the poor emaciated creatures all but worshipped him. They fell down at his feet when they got to the land and blessed him. The whole country rings with it. Stay! Where’s my bag of documents? I have got it there, and you shall read it, you shall read it!”

And I DID read all the noble history, though very slowly and imperfectly then, for my eyes were so dimmed that I could not see the words, and I cried so much that I was many times obliged to lay down the long account she had cut out of the newspaper. I felt so triumphant ever to have known the man who had done such generous and gallant deeds, I felt such glowing exultation in his renown, I so admired and loved what he had done, that I envied the storm-worn people who had fallen at his feet and blessed him as their preserver. I could myself have kneeled down then, so far away, and blessed him in my rapture that he should be so truly good and brave. I felt that no one — mother, sister, wife — could honour him more than I. I did, indeed!

My poor little visitor made me a present of the account, and when as the evening began to close in she rose to take her leave, lest she should miss the coach by which she was to return, she was still full of the shipwreck, which I had not yet sufflciently composed myself to understand in all its details.

“My dear,” said she as she carefully folded up her scarf and gloves, “my brave physician ought to have a title bestowed upon him.And no doubt he will. You are of that opinlon?”

That he well deserved one, yes. That he would ever have one, no.

“Why not, Fitz Jarndyce?” she asked rather sharply.

I said it was not the custom in England to confer titles on men distinguished by peaceful services, however good and great, unless occasionally when they consisted of the accumulation of some very large amount of money.

“Why, good gracious,” said Miss Flite, “how can you say that? Surely you know, my dear, that all the greatest ornaments of England in knowledge, imagination, active humanity, and improvement of every sort are added to its nobility! Look round you, my dear, and consider.

YOU must be rambling a little now, I think, if you don’t know that this is the great reason why titles will always last in the land!”

I am afraid she believed what she said, for there were moments when she was very mad indeed.

And now I must part with the little secret I have thus far tried to keep. I had thought, sometimes, that Mr. Woodcourt loved me and that if he had been richer he would perhaps have told me that he loved me before he went away. I had thought, sometimes, that if he had done so, I should have been glad of it. But how much better it was now that this had never happened! What should I have suffered if I had had to write to him and tell him that the poor face he had known as mine was quite gone from me and that I freely released him from his bondage to one whom he had never seen!

Oh, it was so much better as it was! With a great pang mercifully spared me, I could take back to my heart my childish prayer to be all he had so brightly shown himself; and there was nothing to be undone: no chain for me to break or for him to drag; and I could go, please God, my lowly way along the path of duty, and he could go his nobler way upon its broader road; and though we were apart upon the journey, I might aspire to meet him, unselfishly, innocently, better far than he had thought me when I found some favour in his eyes, at the journey’s end.

Chapter XXXVI— Chesney Wold Charley and I did not set off alone upon our expedition into Lincolnshire. My guardian had made up his mind not to lose sight of me until I was safe in Mr. Boythorn’s house, so he accompanied us, and we were two days upon the road.

I found every breath of air, and every scent, and every flower and leaf and blade of grass, and every passing cloud, and everything in nature, more beautiful and wonderful to me than I had ever found it yet. This was my first gain from my illness. How little I had lost, when the wide world was so full of delight for me.

My guardian intending to go back immediately, we appointed, on our way down, a day when my

dear girl should come. I wrote her a letter, of which he took charge, and he left us within half an hour of our arrival at our destination, on a delightful evening in the early summer-time.

If a good fairy had built the house for me with a wave of her wand, and I had been a princess and her favoured god-child, I could not have been more considered in it. So many preparations were made for me and such an endearing remembrance was shown of all my little tastes and likings that I could have sat down, overcome, a dozen times before I had revisited half the rooms. I did better than that, however, by showing them all to Charley instead. Charley’s delight calmed mine; and after we had had a walk in the garden, and Charley had exhausted her whole vocabulary of admiring expressions, I was as tranquilly happy as I ought to have been. It was a great comfort to be able to say to myself after tea, “Esther, my dear, I think you are quite sensible enough to sit down now and write a note of thanks to your host.” He had left a note of welcome for me, as sunny as his own face, and had confided his bird to my care, which I knew to be his highest mark of confidence.

Accordingly I wrote a little note to him in London, telling him how all his favourite plants and trees were looking, and how the most astonishing of birds had chirped the honours of the house to me in the most hospitable manner, and how, after singing on my shoulder, to the inconceivable rapture of my little maid, he was then at roost in the usual corner of his cage, but whether dreaming or no I could not report. My note finished and sent off to the post, I made myself very busy in unpacking and arranging; and I sent Charley to bed in good time and told her I should want her no more that night.

For I had not yet looked in the glass and had never asked to have my own restored to me. I knew this to be a weakness which must be overcome, but I had always said to myself that I would begin afresh when I got to where I now was. Therefore I had wanted to be alone, and therefore I said, now alone, in my own room, “Esther, if you are to be happy, if you are to have any right to pray to be true-hearted, you must keep your word, my dear.” I was quite resolved to keep it, but I sat down for a little while first to reflect upon all my blessings. And then I said my prayers and thought a little more.

My hair had not been cut off, though it had been in danger more than once. It was long and thick.

I let it down, and shook it out, and went up to the glass upon the dressing-table. There was a little muslin curtain drawn across it. I drew it back and stood for a moment looking through such a veil of my own hair that I could see nothing else.

Then I put my hair aside and looked at the reflection in the mirror, encouraged by seeing how placidly it looked at me. I was very much changed — oh, very, very much. At first my face was so strange to me that I think I should have put my hands before it and started back but for the encouragement I have mentioned.

Very soon it became more familiar, and then I knew the extent of the alteration in it better than I had done at first. It was not like what I had expected, but I had expected nothing definite, and I dare say anything definite would have surprised me.

I had never been a beauty and had never thought myself one, but I had been very different from this. It was all gone now. Heaven was so good to me that I could let it go with a few not bitter tears and could stand there arranging my hair for the night quite thankfully.

One thing troubled me, and I considered it for a long time before I went to sleep. I had kept Mr. Woodcourt’s flowers. When they were withered I had dried them and put them in a book that I was fond of. Nobody knew this, not even Ada. I was doubtful whether I had a right to preserve what he had sent to one so different — whether it was generous towards him to do it. I wished to be generous to him, even in the secret depths of my heart, which he would never know, because I could have loved him — could have been devoted to him. At last I came to the conclusion that I might keep them if I treasured them only as a remembrance of what was irrevocably past and gone, never to be looked back on any more, in any other light. I hope this may not seem trivial.

I was very much in earnest.

I took care to be up early in the morning and to be before the glass when Charley came in on tiptoe.

“Dear, dear, miss!” cried Charley, starting. “Is that you?”

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“Yes, Charley,” said I, quietly putting up my hair. “And I am very well indeed, and very happy.”

I saw it was a weight off Charley’s mind, but it was a greater weight off mine. I knew the worst now and was composed to it. I shall not conceal, as I go on, the weaknesses I could not quite conquer, but they always passed from me soon and the happier frame of mind stayed by me faithfully.

Wishing to be fully re-established in my strength and my good spirits before Ada came, I now laid down a little series of plans with Charley for being in the fresh air all day long. We were to be out before breakfast, and were to dine early, and were to be out again before and after dinner, and were to talk in the garden after tea, and were to go to rest betimes, and were to climb every hill and explore every road, lane, and field in the neighbourhood. As to restoratives and strengthening delicacies, Mr. Boythorn’s good housekeeper was for ever trotting about with something to eat or drink in her hand; I could not even be heard of as resting in the park but she would come trotting after me with a basket, her cheerful face shining with a lecture on the importance of frequent nourishment. Then there was a pony expressly for my riding, a chubby pony with a short neck and a mane all over his eyes who could canter — when he would — so easily and quietly that he was a treasure. In a very few days he would come to me in the paddock when I called him, and eat out of my hand, and follow me about. We arrived at such a capital understanding that when he was jogging with me lazily, and rather obstinately, down some shady lane, if I patted his neck and said, “Stubbs, I am surprised you don’t canter when you know how much I like it; and I think you might oblige me, for you are only getting stupid and going to sleep,” he would give his head a comical shake or two and set off directly, while Charley would stand still and laugh with such enjoyment that her laughter was like music. I don’t know who had given Stubbs his name, but it seemed to belong to him as naturally as his rough coat.

Once we put him in a little chaise and drove him triumphantly through the green lanes for five miles; but all at once, as we were extolling him to the skies, he seemed to take it ill that he should have been accompanied so far by the circle of tantalizing little gnats that had been hovering round and round his ears the whole way without appearing to advance an inch, and stopped to think about it. I suppose he came to the decision that it was not to be borne, for he steadily refused to move until I gave the reins to Charley and got out and walked, when he followed me with a sturdy sort of good humour, putting his head under my arm and rubbing his ear against my sleeve. It was in vain for me to say, “Now, Stubbs, I feel quite sure from what I know of you that you will go on if I ride a little while,” for the moment I left him, he stood stock still again.

Consequently I was obliged to lead the way, as before; and in this order we returned home, to the great delight of the village.

Charley and I had reason to call it the most friendly of villages, I am sure, for in a week’s time the people were so glad to see us go by, though ever so frequently in the course of a day, that there were faces of greeting in every cottage. I had known many of the grown people before and almost all the children, but now the very steeple began to wear a familiar and affectionate look. Among my new friends was an old old woman who lived in such a little thatched and whitewashed dwelling that when the outside shutter was turned up on its hinges, it shut up the whole house-front. This old lady had a grandson who was a sailor, and I wrote a letter to him for her and drew at the top of it the chimney-corner in which she had brought him up and where his old stool yet occupied its old place.

This was considered by the whole village the most wonderful achievement in the world, but when an answer came back all the way from Plymouth, in which he mentioned that he was going to take the picture all the way to America, and from America would write again, I got all the credit that ought to have been given to the post-office and was invested with the merit of the whole system.

Thus, what with being so much in the air, playing with so many children, gossiping with so many people, sitting on invitation in so many cottages, going on with Charley’s education, and writing long letters to Ada every day, I had scarcely any time to think about that little loss of mine and was almost always cheerful.

To Be Continued Next Issue

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Local Sports History

District comp. started in 1928 ■ The late Tom Dignam, Editor of TheYea Chronicle from 1936 to 1984, penned A Brief History of the Yea and District Cricket Association in 1988.

We feel certain that he would have no objection to its reproduction some 30 years later, at the commencement of the 2019 season.

Tom noted that the competition began on December 1, 1928, and in its first season provided the most exciting final match in its long history - excepting the result of 1953, which even pre-dated the famous Australia-West Indies clash.

Tom remembered: Cricket was played in Yea prior to the turn of the century and later in competitions both to the east and the west.

In the 1920s it was generally up the line, against Alexandra, Eildon Weir, etc., and sometimes three teams from this end competed - Yea, Murrindindi and Homewood.

Now, the two exceptions: There is still here a magnificent trophy, won

by Yea in an Anglesy County competition in 1893-94.

Jack Cameron, of Yarck, holds a medal presented to members of a Yarck side which won a premiership in what appears to been a Yea Association in 1924.

As a young lad, Jack was 12th man in a strong Yarck side, which beat Homewood in the grand final.

Defeated semi-finalists were Murrindindi and Yea. Points of note are that the medals were presented by Mr W.H. Tomkins, wo was the first President of the competition being reviewed; and that Yarck, with close affinity to Alexandra, in addition to 1924, was in and out of the current Yea Association for three different periods.

In the Spring of 1928, meetings were held to get cricket going on a “local” basis.

Teachers and ex-studentys of the Yea Higher Elementary Schoolwere prepared to organise a team.

Homewood and Murrindindi were obviously viable entrants, and Mr M. Coonan laid, at his own expense, a concrete pitch on his home property “Cannon Vale”, which was to become the headquarters of his bran-child, Boundary Creek, and later to be used also by Murrindindi, Veterans, Killingworth and Colts clubs.

This identification of teams superseded an original idea of just splitting up players into four or more or less even sides, and arrangements were made to start on Saturday, December 1, 1928.

Mr C.W. (‘Jack’) Shepard was the first Association Secretary.

Late in the piece, more locals, led

by Fred Miller and Bob Inman, got together a fifth team and called it Yea. The arrival of Dr Frank Costigan early in 1929 gave the club - and circket generally - a real boost.

In the very first match, Murrindindi defeated Boundary Creek, and H.E. School beat Homewood, and so a promising season got under way.

The first century was apparently made by C. Lewis (109 not out for Yea againat H.E. School) but Joe Stephens (H.E.S.) and F. Costigan were close behind.

In those days there was no suggestion of divided time or equal number of overs. Games, which started

Coonan family proved vital to cricket in the Yea district

● The Coonan family was instrumental in the establishment of a cricket competition in Yea. Pictured at a lunch break at the shed at 'Tara', from left: John Slavin; Michael Coonan Jnr; Tom Coonan; Mary Costigan; John Coonan and property owner Michael Patrick Coonan (son of Michael Francis Coonan and Mary Meehan) Source: burraminebourkes.blogspot.com.au Mary Coonan Waters, daughter of Michael Patrick Coonan and sister of Michael Jnr, Tom and John.

■ Michael Patrick Coonan was born on December 4, 1883, at Flowerdale, the eldest of five children born to Michael Francis Coonan and Mary Hanora Meehan.

Michael grew up as no stranger to tragedy..he was five years old when his little brother Jeremiah died in 1889; eight when his brother Edward died in 1892; nine when he lost his father to an accident in 1893, and 16 when his mother Mary died of heart disease in 1900.

He and his surviving siblings, Margaret Frances and Thomas Emmet, were raised after their mother's death by their paternal aunt, Margaret Coonan Butler.

Margaret was the only surviving sister of their father Michael, and at the time of adopting the three Coonan children was in her mid-fifties.

She was the wife Thomas Butler, but had married in her late forties, so the marriage had been a childless one.

When Michael Patrick Coonan reached his legal age, Margaret Coonan handed over the Coonan land to his keeping, and he carried on the excellent farming tradition of his father and grandfather before him.

In 1908, at the age of 25 years, Michael Patrick Coonan married Margaret Mary Sullivan, the daughter of Eugene Sullivan and Mary Doran.

Over the years they became hugely respected in the Flowerdale/Yea district, raising a large family.

● Tom Dignam at 2.30pm at the earliest, were of one just finished a stint as Shire Presafternoon’s duration, and two out of ident, became (an unlikely) President fice would be drawn. of the Cricket Association and pro(In 1988) only seven teams were vided a trophy. competing out of the 16 that the Mr George (‘Tiger’) Smith was YDCA has “housed”. In fact, the fig- the new Secretary. ure is nearly 17.

MrW. Tomkins died a year later, In September, 1939, a letter from but Mr W. Sheppard beecame MrG. Waters stated that because of President five years on, and later still the outbreak of war, the proposed Secretary again. He left Yea in 1939.

Murrindindi Station team would not With Dr Costigan, Geo. Pears, be entering.

Dave Heaphy, Geo. Loughron and The seven teams (in 198) are pos- other good players performing well, sibly only names belonging to groups Yea followed their 1930 success with of players, something different from premierships in 1931-32 and 1932the geographical or organisation link 33. of earlier days.

Runners-up on each occasion, If boundaries (strictly there were H.E. School then had consecutive none) have changed, so have wins. Ben Stephens was a star. grounds, and in considering some In 1934 a new team, Veterans, performances, regard must be given was admitted. This was another to conditions applying at the time. brainchild of the first Michael Long grass (even a crop on one Coonan (one who can be recorded ground around 1939), or rough surfaces on a hot summer’s day, plus a variety of wickets (sometimes earthen) are not a fair criteria on which to judge such things as record low scores, etc.

So players today (two turf wickets, and other good ones, plus generally even outfield surfaces) can spare a thought for those who played earlier.

Homewood won the first premiership, and Yea was successful in 192930. Flowerdale and Molesworth had built up the competition to seven clubs, but the 1930-31 season saw an unfortunate upset after the home and home series and the premiership was never finalised.

Boundary Creek led Yea on the first innings, but an unsatisfactory ending was a blow to the new organisation.

However, the YDCA recovered and has survived ever since, even during the war years.

No doubt because of the unsatis- ● The first ever Coonan car, driving is Michael Patrick Coonan, factory conclusion to the previous his wife Margaret Sullivan. Children Margaret and Michael are season, the two main office-bearers in the back. Taken at 'Tara', Yea. “gave it away” at the 1931 annual Source: burraminebourkes.blogspot.com.au meeting.

These photos were given by Mary Coonan Waters, Cr A.L. Williamson, who had daughter of Michael Patrick Coonan and Margaret Sullivan.

as an original founder of the Association and a continual helper in practical ways).

The Vets., who comprised about 75 per cent “oldies” and shared the Boundary Creek ground, won premierships in their second and third years.

In 1935, Strath Creek was admitted, this club including some players who were not residents of the Yea shire. (This probably applied also to Flowerdale and possibly to Molesworth.)

However, when Yarck applied to enter in 1936, this question was raised at the annual meeting but Yarck got in, 12 votes to five.

Strath Creek were runners-up in 1937 and Glenurn came in at the annual meeting later that year.

The Association had 10 teams, to be seriously rediced when the 193945 war was at its worst.

Boundary Creek beat Yea by an innings in the 1938 final, and Homewood outlasted H.E. School in long wet grass in May 1939.

The war had just started when the 1939-40 annual meeting was held.

Mr Keith D. Bryant took over the presidency, which he held for a record 23 years. ● To Be Continued

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Alexandra Football Netball Club

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● Ellie Hedger, A-Grade Netball Best and Fairest Runner-Up.

● Monique Mann, A-Grade Netball Most Improved.

● Lauren Steyger, A-Grade Netball Most Determined.

● Beth Cairns, B-Grade Netball Best and Fairest.

● Kirsty Norris, B-Grade Netball Best and Fairest Runner-Up.

● Carly Hill, B-Grade Netball Most Improved.

● Brooke Pearce, B-Grade Netball Most Determined.

● Shona Gesler, B-Grade Netball Coaches Award

● Katherine Quinsee, B-Grade Netball Coaches Award

● Maddy Richards, C-Grade Netball Coaches Award

● Sarah Haggis, D-Grade Netball Coaches Award

● Sally Krijt, C-Grade Netball Best and Fairest.

● Zarli Hoornweg, C-Grade Netball Best and Fairest Runner-Up.

● Jorja Gesler, C-Grade Netball Most Improved.

● Sarah Mooney, C-Grade Netball Most Determined.

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● Taite Ritchie, D-Grade Netball Best and Fairest

● Chelsea Callander, D-Grade Netball Runner-Up Best and Fairest

● Patrick Ferguson. Seniors Best and Fairest.

● Ben Woollard, Seniors Runner-Up Best and Fairest.

● Brandon Kapakoulakis, Seniors Runner-Up Best and Fairest.

● Sam Woollard, Seniors Most Determined

● Daniel Roper, Reserves Best and Fairest

● Chase Pearce, Reserves Runner-Up Best and Fairest

● Jake Keath, Reserves Runner-Up Best and Fairest

● Aaron Daly, Reserves Most Determined

● Tom Rouget, Under 18 Best and Fairest

● David Ray, Under 18 Runner-Up Best and Fairest

● Aaron McDonald, Under 18 Most Determined

● Willem Woolford, Under 18 Most Consistent

● Eliza Gesler, D-Grade Netball Most Consistent

● Kim Webber-Lally, D-Grade Netball Most Determined

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Spring: internationals get set ■ Over the last few days the line-up of international horses targeting spring racing glory in Victoria is now complete, after 16 overseas contenders entered quarantine in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

The 16 gallopers are spending time in oreexport quarantine facilities in Newmarket (UK), and County Tipperary (Ireland) before boarding a flight from London which is scheduled to arrive in Melbourne this Saturday (Oct. 12), Caulfield Guineas Day. The famous O'Brien racing family- father Aidan and son Joseph - are both well represented with 10 passengers between them, whilst frequent Spring Racing Carnival visitor Charlie Appleby is sending four gallopers to Victoria including last year's Melbourne Cup winner, Cross Counter.

However, Cross Counter will have his work cut out to win the Melbourne Cup, with an additional 6.5 kilos in an attempt to win.

Appleby has accepted the challenge trying to emulate champion mare, Makybe Diva, who was the last horse to win consecutive Melbourne Cups.

Last year's three placegetters in the Cup arrived recently to go into quarantine at Werribee.

They are the winner Cross Counter, runnerup Marmelo, and third placegetter Prince of Arran.

Other Europeans on a Melbourne Cup path include Ascot Gold Cup winner, Master of Reality, who is owned by six-time winning owner, Victorian Lloyd Williams, and trained by Joseph O'Brien, who won the cup with Rekindling in 2017.

The same combination is also responsible for Twilight Payment, and his stablemate, Latrobe, who competed in last year's Spring Racing Carnival and came within a neck of winning the Group One Mackinnon Stakes over 2000 metres at Flemington on the last day of the Carnival.

The pair clashed in the Curragh Cup in Ireland in June, when Twilight Payment, and his stablemate, Latrobe, met in the Cup in June, when Twilight Payment - then trained by Irishman, Jim Bolger, defeated Latrobe to claim his first Group Two success.

Perhaps the pick ofAidan O'Brien's six strong team is Group Two winner, Magic Wand, who has a Royal Ascot victory on her resumé at her last start, and finished second behind her stablemate, Magical, in the Group One Irish Champion Stakes.

Ladbrokes Cox Plate contender, Magic Wand, will be joined in O'Brien's private quarantine facility by stable companions, Il Paradiso, Hunting Horn, Norwayand Mohawk.

Multiple Group 1 winning sprinter, Ten Sovereigns, who has been nominated for both the Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley over 1200 metres on the Friday night before the Cox Plate, and the Darley Sprint at Flemington, both over 1200 metres will fly to Sydney to compete in the Everest.

They travel south to join stablemates at Werribee once they have completed their postarrival quarantine period.

The jetsetters bound for Melbourne are completed by talented stayer, Downdraft, who is owned by the Australian syndicate OTI, and trained by Joseph O'Brien.

Southern France, who will be transferred to the stables of Cieran Maher and David Eustace, plus a trio of gallopers from the Appleby stable.

They include Isopolini, D'bai, and either Walton Street or Setting Sail.

Even though there is only one guaranteed spot left on the plane, Appleby has also placed both Setting Sail and Walton Street, in the event that connections of one of the other quarantined horses opts not to send them to Melbourne.

Once the 16 horses have completed their mandatory two-week post-arrival quarantine period at Racing Victoria's Werribee International Horse Centre, they will be free to chase the riches on offer across the Spring Racing Carnival - starting with the $5 million Cox Plate to be run at Moonee Valley on Saturday October 26t.

The Horses

■ Moonee Valley Racing Club's iconic Cox

Ted Ryan Racing

● Cross Counter. Racing Photos

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Bendigo Cup n The Bendigo Jockey Club is gearing up their two big programs this month, with plenty of action promised over the two days.

The first of these will be their big 'Beach Wear’ day on Caulfield Cup Day, October 19.

Racegoers are invited to join in the atmosphere by dressing up in beach gear to highlight the big program of racing.

The Club has promised plenty of action on the big day, with many highlights including entertainment, and the children will be well catered for.

On the day the Club caters for everybody including marquees if people wish to get together and enjoy the day, which includes great racing, entertainment and a terrific atmosphere at their beautiful track with all its old world

charm.

Plenty of parking available and the Club organises buses to and from the City to get you to and from the track.

Then on October 30, the Bendigo Jockey Club will be holding their prestigious event the Bendigo Cup. Cup Day will be highlighted not only by the class of the field in the Cup, but other events.

Then to top it off, through resident compere, Rob Gaylard, the Club has arranged with Rob and his daughter,Casey Bruce, to lead out the Cup field on the former champion sprinter, Chautaqua.

Rob and Casey have only recently acquired the beautiful looking grey, now nine, after a sensational racing career.

Chautauqua, as is well known refused to jump from the barrier when last in, and through negotiations with his owner, Rupert Lee, Rob, his wife, Karen and Casey, were able to get the beautiful looking grey in an attempt to make him into a show horse.

Rob, over the years has been one of the leaders in showjumping and he and Casey are hoping he will make it and one day, and take home the big prize, the Garryowen, could be sitting on the Trophy Table at their property in Lara.

Latest reports from Rob and Casey is that the grey is doing well, and are hopeful this might be a chance to win the Garryowen Trophy, a trophy dear to the Gaylard's hearts.

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Plate anthem and Ricki Jones classic ‘The Horses’ will continue to be sung come Cox Plate Day, but this year it won't be performed by Darryl Braithwaite, with the veteran Australian entertainer unavailable due to touring commitments.

The song The Horses has now become engrained into Cox Plate Day tradition and again will be sung as a crowd singalong, in an extravaganza that will need to be experienced trackside.

The song will be performed in the lead-up to the running of the 2019 Ladbrokes Cox Plate.

A special tribute to the four-time Cox Plate champion, Winx, will also form part of the entertainment on the day, with her jockey, Hugh Bowman, and trainer, Chris Waller, honoured for their contribution to the legendary race.

The Club is also excited to announce Alexis Van Maanen, as the 2019 National Anthem Cox Plate singer. No stranger to the stage, Lexis previously performed with Opera Australia in their production of La Boheme as part of the Children's Chorus, as well as several productions for St Martin's Theatre and Tivoli Productions. Her breakthrough role came in Evita in last year, with Australian icon Tina Arena.

Alexis has also performed the Australian NationalAnthem at the NRL Sate of Origin number one, and the Australian Open Women's Tennis Final.

★ Compere/Host ★ Auctioneer ★ Promotions ★ A-Grade Journalist ★ Voice-Over Commercials ★ Race Caller All Sports, Race Nights ★ TV, Radio, Press ★ Respected Member of the Media

Ted Ryan Phone 9876 1652 Mobile: 0412 682 927 E-Mail: tedryan@australiaonline.net.au ted.ryan@optusnet.com.au

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Minuteman memories revived ■ Memories of the great Minuteman were revived at Ballarat on Friday when 7Y0 Blissful Hall-Follow Your Dream mare Dream A Minute snared the Concession Driver Of The Year – James Herbertson Pace over 2200 metres giving Jeffrey Hurley son of Eric his first winner as a trainer.

Bred by Eric and raced by the Hurley family, Dream A Minute was given a sweet trip by Chris Alford three back the markers as polemarker Sheldon led.

Trailing the favourite Famous Three ahead of her in the last lap, Dream A Minute was poised to pounce on turning and that she did, blousing Famous Three by a metre, with Sheldon holding down third 20.3 metres away.

The mile rate 1-58.6.

Minuteman won numerous races during the Melbourne Showgounds and Adelaide’s Wayville era including the 1964 Melbourne Inter Dominion.

Brfilliant display

■ Saturday night’s $50,000 (Group 2) Smoken Up Sprint over 1720 metres saw Sydneysider Cash N Flow produce a brilliant front running display to capture the event.

Trained by Craig Cross and driven by Luke McCarthy, Cash N Flow a 7Y0 Mach ThreeKaren Donna defied all challengers to register an outstanding mile rate of 1-50.8 to defeat Wrappers Delight which trailed by 9 metres.

With My Kiwi Mate using the sprint lane from near last to be third 1.3 metres away in advance of Code Black which rattled home late for fourth a neck back from a mile back on straightening.

Mare killed

■ Rockbank trainer Brian Kiesey’s iron mare Its Not Dark Yet who ran third at Ballarat on Friday when making her 295th race appearance, was unfortunately killed when hit by a truck on Saturday morning after escaping from her paddock. As one can imagine, Brian was devastated by the accident.

Relegated to tail

■ The Charlton Harness Racing Club conducted an interesting eight event card at Maryborough on Monday September 30, the most impressive winner being 5Y0 We Will SeeLucknow Lady mare Man Hands in the Charlton and District Community Bank Pace over 1690 metres.

Trained and driven by the queen of Australian harness racing Kerryn Manning, Man Hands starting from outside the front row began brilliantly, but was unable to head off the hot favourite Nostra Beach (gate three) after a real try, resulting in her being caught without cover.

Gaining cover when Somedan went forward three wide to apply pressure to the leader with a circuit to travel, Mad Hands was given a short breather.

Easing three wide halfway along the back straight, Man Hands sprinted like a gazelle to surge clear on turning and register a 14.5 metre margin over Our Sir Oliver from near last at the bell, with Daddywho again running a terrific race for third 2.4 metres away after being relegated to the tail at the bell. The mile rate 1-55.4.

Race debut

■ Myrniong duo Jess and Greg Sugars produced a smart Bacardi Lindy-Joyces Choice filly by the name of I Choose to land the Bayswater Jayco 3Y0 & Older Trotters Handicap over 2190 metres when making her race debut.

Stepping cleanly from barrier two, I Choose settled on the back of Indefensible inside her as the taped released with the pair well clear of the other runners.

Driven with plenty of confidence by Greg, I Choose was eased away from the inside to race exposed for the last lap to prevail by a nose over Indefensible which wouldn't give in, returning a mile rate of 2-10.8. Whos Countn (three back the markers) was third 21.3 metres away.

Welcome back

■ It was welcome back to the winners list for

Muscles Yankee-Dream Interest mare Keayang Yankee. With regular reinsman Glen Craven (Paddy's cousin) in the sulky, Keayang Yankee stepped safely from 10 metres and was not bustled to possie three back in the moving line as Lauxmonts Success led from the pole.

Sent forward racing for the bell, Keayang Yankee cruised to the front with a circuit to travel, treating her rivals with contempt to register an untouched 20.7 metre margin in advance of a game Little Yankee with raced exposed for most of the trip, with Aballofmuscle (three back the markers last lap) third 21.2 metres away. The mile rate 2-02.1.

Another of the Craven dynasty Mattie Craven was successful with a smart 4Y0 Rock N len-baker@ Roll Heaven-Nightoffire gelding Mynameisjeff bigpond.com in the 1680 metre Timboon Motors Holden Dealer Pace. with Len Baker Bred and raced by Hamilton's Lewis family, Mynameisjeff began brilliantly from gate three Charlton's Boyle family, when Jittabug, a 4Y0 to lead throughout, defeating My Celebrity by a gelded son of A Rocknroll Dance and Jelly Belly neck which appeared to have him covered on greeted the judge in the Members Xmas Party turning after racing exposed from the bell. BlissDecember 20th Pace over 1690 metres. ful Lilly was third 4.1 metres away after trailing First up since April, Jittabug raced by trainer the winner. The mile rate 2-00.4.

Mark, wife Janice and son Kirk with Ararat's Former champion juvenile colt Lumineer Michael Bellman in the sulky raced exposed (Sportswriter-Birds Can Sing) now five, made it from gate three, proving too tough at the finish three from three this time in when winning the for My Cousin Lenny (four back the markers - Dalvue Motel Pace over 2180 metres. three wide home turn) and The Raptor (one/two Starting a long odds-on favourite, Lumineer - three wide last lap) in a mile rate of 2-01.8. driven by regular reinsman Jason Lee for anThe margins 7.1 X 1.2 metres. other of the Craven family tree Ange McDowall, raced in the open, proving far superior for his rivals to score by 5.4 metres from I Am Erik (Glen Craven) which trailed the winner in a rate ■ Six year old Metropolitan-Landoras Gift geld- of 1-56.5. ing Clarkes Hill chalked up his first success in All Jokers Todaright (Mattie Craven) came 13 months by taking the 2690 metre North West from the rear to finish third a head away.

AG Services Trotters Handicap.

Trained at Junortoun by Chris Svanosio, Clarkes Hill first up since November last year and taking a concession for Michelle Phillips, ■ Champion Adelaide reinswoman Dani Hill was given a sweet passage from barrier two took Mildura by storm on Wednesday, winning trailing the pacemaker Clover Lou which was four races on the 10 event program. going for a hat-trick of wins.

First to arrive was Globe Derby trainer Robin When Clover Lou was crossed by 20 metre Maguire's 4Y0 Shadow Play-Stoneridge Lass backmarker Rory McHinson in the last lap, gelding More Than A Legend in The Euston Clarkes Hill was relegated back a spot before Club Pace over 2160 metres which led all of the coming away from the markers to give chase to way from gate three, accounting for Golden the new leader.

Squire which trailed and Keayang Kookai who In a two horse battle all the way up the run- raced uncovered. ning, Clarkes Hill did best to score by a half The margins 4.7 X 6.7 metres in a mile rate neck from a game Rory McHinson, with Clover of 2-01.7.

Lou holding down third 56.4 metres away. The Next to come along was 5Y0 Art Majormile rate 2-05.6.

Murgatroyd mare Oohlala Lady for Penfield Chris and Michelle also combined to land the trainer Jill Neilson in the Zilzie Wines Pace over Vale Member Earle Crossley Trotters Mobile 1790 metres, also leading throughout from gate over 2190 metres with 4Y0 Majestic Son-Ac- three to defeat Sassy Indiana which trailed in 1cess To Success mare Norquay in 2-03.5.

58.8, with Caulonia Terror 4.1 metres away in First up for the stable, Norquay went forward third place after racing exposed for the last half from mid-field at the bell to race uncoved for of the journey. the final circuit outside Blue Sparkler, before Dani combined with Mildura's Andrew Vozlic racing right away in the straight to coast home to land the Tasco Petroleum Pace over 1790 23 metres clear of Blue Sparkler and Di Li (five metres with 6Y0 Gotta Go Cullect-Second Best back the markers) who was 2.5 metres away in Friend to bring up her third for the night, again third place. leading all the way from the pole to just hold off the hot favourite Marjorie Jean which raced uncovered by half head in a mile rate of 2-01.7.

Tell Us We Dream was 11.6 metres away in ■ Terang raced on Tuesday and the local dis- third place after trailing the winner. Victory numtrict cleaned up after providing five of the six ber four came up in the 2190 metre Intersport winners on the card.

Mildura Pace aboard Gawler trainer Lars Terang's Marg Lee snared a double with first Ahlfors' 10Y0 Modern Art-Saabina Lombo geldstarter Keayang Shady taking the Goodtime ing Graffiti Lombo.

Lodge Pace over 2180 metres and Jilliby Gizmo In a race where the action was on from the the 1680 metre Terang Vet Clinic Pace. Keayang outset, Graffiti Lombo after racing mid-field, Shady a 5Y0 daughter of Shadyshark Hanover gained a late split in the straight to register a and Alimar Star driven by son Jason used the head decision over Ah Le Vitesse and Tangaoa sprint lane off the back of the leader in a rate of 2-03.8.

Dontshowyouraces to score by a head from the On what was a huge night for the South Auspacemaker, with Abbey Fields running on late tralians, Dani's brother Wayne saluted aboard from the rear for third 4.3 metres away. the Chris Smythe (Robinvale) trained 4Y0 BetThe mile rate two minutes even. Five year tors Delight-Doris Jay mare Smynanna Mickey old Major In Art-Jilliby Gold gelding Jilliby in the Tenderprint Australia Pace over 1790 Gizmo taking a concession for Mattie Horsnell metres and Jayden Brewin landed the 2190 metre showed explosive speed to lead throughout from Tankard Dental Pace for local trainer Shane gate four, accounting for Iona Diamond (gate Osborn with Systamatic, a 6Y0 gelded son of five) which raced in the open by 8.7 metres in a Four Starzzz Shark and Cheftaine. rate of 1-56.9.

Miss Dangerfield was third 3 metres away third after trailing the winner.

Paddy Lee the younger brother of Jason ■ Extremely competent Byrneside trainer/ landed the Warrnambool Standard Trotters driver Damian Wilson enjoyed a great night at Handicap over 2180 metres with smart 7Y0 Echuca on Thursday, chalking up a stable double

Harness Racing

Good combination

Milura by storm

Terang double

Echuca excitement

Sulky Snippets This Week

■ Wednesday - Shepparton, Thursday Ballarat, Friday - Mildura, Saturday - Melton (Victoria Cup), Sunday - Monday - Yarra Valley, Tuesday - Bendigo.

Horses to follow

■ Marjorie Jean, Rory McHinson, Return Soldier, Little Yankee, She Will Rock, I Am Erik, She Keeps Coming.

with two double figure winners - Caesars Falcon ($10.20) in the Harold Ogden Memorial Pace over 2160 metres and Winkn Nod ($39.50) the Kyabram Tyre & Battery Service Pace over the same distance.

Six year old Falcon Seelster-Hope Riley gelding Caesars Falcon led from gate two and was always travelling under a tight rein. Kicking clear on turning, Caesars Falcon scored by 8.2 metres in advance of Nil Desperandum which moved outside him mid-race, with Dealmaker (three back the markers) third 4 metres away. The mile rate 2-01.

Winkn Nod, a gelded 8Y0 GrinfromeartoearMull Of Kintye gelding raced by local residents Norm and Joan Visca improved vastly on his recent form, finishing at 100 miles an hour off a three peg passage to register an easy 10-8 metre margin over the pacemaker Goes Boom in 158.3. Poppys Princess ran on late from the reat to be third 9.7 metres back.

Two wins in a row

■ Echuca based duo Shane Gloury and Susan Hunter's 6Y0 Somebeachsomewhere-Nightn Georgia gelding Monash loves Echuca and made it two wins in succession on the circuit when victorious in the 2160 metre Rochester Tyre & Battery Service Pace.

Taking a concession for a very much in-form James Herbertson, Monash trained by Susan began best to lead from gate two and proceeded to run his rivals ragged, scoring by 4.3 metres in a rate of 1-58.4 over Hells Confession (three back the markers) and Thoresan which trailed the winner, finishing 1.6 metres in arrears of the runner up.

Great pleasure

■ Lockington husband and wife Ted and Faye Jepsen love their harness racing and derive great pleasure should they win a race as they did at Ballarat on Friday when 6Y0 Four Starzzz Shark-Chelsea Hanover mare Wenthestarzzzaline greeted the judge in the Decoglaze Glass Splashbacks Pace over 2200 metres.

Driven by Chris Alford, Wenthestarzzzaline (gate three) seemed to be bolting all through the race three back along the markers as hot favourite Dtarlight Safari led from outside the front line.

Extricated into the clear approaching the final bend, Wenthestarzzzaline finished brilliantly down the centre of the track to record a 1.6 metre margin over the leader, with Fiscal Fantasy (one/one - three wide home turn) third 8.1 metres away.

The mile rate 1-57.7. It was Wenthestarzzzaline's second success in five outings.

All that jazz ■ Melbourne jazz vocalist Tamara Kuldin perform at La Belle Musique at Kew Court House on Saturday, October 26. Guests will be treated to a diverse range of nostalgic French melodies. jazz guitarist Jon Delaney, Jonathon Zion on double bass, Dave Evans on accordion and Esther Henderson, violin.

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● Jeff Aurisch ■ After being away overseas and overcoming injury, Steve Rumney (32) scored 37 points on Wednesday to win the Stableford Competition at Royal Yea. Second was the in form President Ivor Brayley (29) with 35 points on CB from third Rob O’Halloran (19).

There was no NTP and Bruce Kindred won the Club Award. ★ First Round of Championships A field of 26 players contested the Monthly Medal and Putting Event on Saturday.

It was also the first round of three for Club Championships.

There are three sections to be decided on stroke and an overall handicap winner(Clark Trophy).

Winner of the Monthly Medal was Jeff Aurisch (18) with a nett 70.

NTP on the 2nd was new member Chris Smith and Neil Peterson took out the Club Award.

Ray Partridge won the putting with 26 putts. Winner of A-Grade was Rick Wills (9) with 73, Runner-up Gary Pollard (11) 74.

Winner of B-Grade Jeff Aurisch (18) with 70, Runner-Up Rob O’Halloran (18) 72.

Winner of C-Grade was Ivor Brayley (29) with 73, Runner-Up Chris Smith (26) 74. ★ A-Grade Championship score leaders – Rick Wills 82, Michael Spagnolo 83, Brian Simmons 85, Gary Pollard 85.

B-Grade – Jeff Aurisch 88, Rob O’Halloran 90, Greg Clements 92, Martin Lowe 93, Peter Johnston 93, Terry Chaplin 93.

C-Grade – Bill Dredge 96, Malcolm Bett 98, Sam Wright 98, Peter Keast 98, Carl Maffei 99 and Ray Partridge 99.

Wednesday sees the men play 4BBB, before Round 2 of the Championships next Saturday.

- Alan Pell

Sports Briefs ■ Yea B-Grade cricketer Ash Cook thought he had retired from the sport ... until a call was made late last week for him to help make up numbers in the Tigers side. The Flowerdale identity is a valuable addition to the side.

■ The ‘Run For The Roses’ meeting of Alexandra Race Club on Saturday, October 26, will be here before we know it. It is a popular pcountry picnic meeting, on the same day that the Cox Plate is run.

■ The Picnic By The Pitch event to celebrate the first A-Grade cricket match of the season is sure to be well supported at Yea from 1pm this Saturday (Oct. 12). There will a happy hour from 4pm, and live music from dusk.

■ Congratulations to the Eildon Bowls Club on fielding a Saturday Division 2 team for the first time in many years.

■ Well done to Alexandra Football-Netball Club on the successful presentation night at Marysville after a difficult year.

Sport

Alex. C-Grade loses to Pucka ■ Alexandra C-Grade cricketers lost to Puckapunyal Warriors at Leckie Park last Saturday.

ALEXANDRAv PUCKAPUNYALWANDERERS Venue: Leckie Park Result: Alexandrs lost First Innings Toss won by: Puckapunyal Wanderers Batted first: Alexandra 1st Innings - Alexandra Extras (nb 1, w 2, b 1, lb 0) ............................ 4 Total ........................................................ 9/83 (cc) Overs .......................................................... 20.0 Bowling (O-M-W-R): R./ Britten 3.0-1-1-12, J. Mott 0.0-0-2-7, S. Mott 4.0-1-0-14, T. Tandy 3.00-2-14, C. Brown 4.0-0-1-8,. A. Meiselbach 3.00-0-18, R. Deeble 1.0-0-0-9.

1st Innings - Puckapunyal Wanderers *T. Tandy, c A. Lee, b T. Polson .................. 20 S. Mott, lbw b T. Polson ............................... 18 D. Taylor-Jones, st ? b B. Waixel ................... 2 A. Meiselbach, c ? b T. Polson ...................... 0 +A. Cross, b B. Waixel .................................. 16 R. Deeble, not out ........................................... 6 B. Richards, not out ....................................... 20 J. Mott, dnb S. Bowden, dnb R. Britten, dnb C. Brown, dnb Extras (nb 5, w 7, b 0, lb 0) ............................ 12 Total ............................................................ 5/94 Overs .......................................................... 20.0 FOW: 32 (S. Mott), 42 (T. Tandy), 42 (A. Meiselbach), 65 (D. Taylor-Jones), 66 (A. Cross).

C-Grade Ladder. 1. Broadford Black, 11.7391, 6. 21. Seymour, 4.0909, 6. 3. Pyalong, 3.7931, 6. 4. Puckapunyal Wanderers, 2.0386, 6. 5. Eastern Hill, 0.0000, 6. 6. Alexandra, 0.4905, 0. 7. Puckapunyal Nomads, 0.2636, 0. 8.

Kilmore, 0.2444, 0. 9. Royals, 0.,0852, 0. 10.

Avenel, 0.0000, 0. 11.Broadford Red, 0.0000, 0.

Fixture. C-Grade. Round 2. Saturday, October 12. Royals v Puckapunyal Nomads, at Bennet Oval. Seymour v Avenel, at Chittick Park.

Puckapunyal Wanderers v Kilmore, at Puckapunyal Cricket Ground - Shell Green Reserve. Broadford Red v Pyalong, at Broadford secondary College. Eastern Hill v Alexandra, at Kings park Reserve - Back Oval. Broadford Black: Bye.

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● Sean Graham (Alexandra C-Grade) whacks a six at Leckie Park.

Two-day round in DVCA ■ The first round of Diamond Valley Cricket Association was held last weekend.

Barclay Shield, Money Shield and Mash Shield competition saw the first day of a twoday round.

Barclay Shield Epping 9/222(cc) A Licovski 51 A Bennett 44 J Henkel 31 T Emmins 30 K Peters 4/40 M Johnson 2/48 v Plenty.

Macleod 208 R Wise 46 D Falcke 44 RM Johnson 40 L O'Leary 34 N Carlton 3/36 S Shelton 3/41 NM Rowe 2/46 N Pietsch 2/53 v Rosanna 1/46 N Carlton 31*.

Riverside 8/165(cc) X Youngman 45 D Pote 31 AVillani 27* J Ridewood 4/27 C Gogerly 4/ 32 v Heidelberg Lower Eltham v North Eltham Wanderers 251 L McLeod 69 D Lokubandara 50 L O'Donnell 29 TL Baker 26 L Burgoyne 2/56.

Bundoora 76 R Tolley 3/4 DA Campbell 3/ 11 DH Bedurke 2/13 v Diamond Creek 0/81 DR Gilbert 45* C Dean 29*.

Money Shield Bundoora United 0/8 v Banyule 172 A Samad 49 AS Clapton 43 R Lee 4/40 Mill Park 0/2 v Montmorency 234 R Shaman 55 R Siede 45* J Hansen 39 J Taylor 36 R Williams 5/60 L Castle 2/53 Research Eltham Collegians v Lower Plenty 9/199(cc) BA Jenkin 92 JR Grimble 29 SR Velagala 4/67 J Sassella 2/13 Mernda 9/192 S Wright 59 DJ Shaw 47 A Mitris 28 KS Heckmann 3/49 R Mittica 2/16 L Gioskos 2/24 v Lalor Stars Eltham 1/25 v Old Paradians 177 JD Berthet 74 N Silva 37 S Sceney 4/16 BM Rowe 3/51 L Wilson 2/34 Mash Shield Bundoora Park 385 R Nikeshala 115 R Miller 75 P Singh 36 T Herath 36 KJ Doddato 35 J

Culph 28* NA Heaney 5/67 N Somerville 3/45 v Whittlesea Diamond Creek 121 A Brown 27 J Boland 25 v Thomastown United 5/73 BJ Shallard 5/34

27 S Thompson 4/18 A Greenough 2/26 J Marshall 2/30 def by Mernda 7/162 N Eloff 32 P Gill 30 J Mercuri 29* NM McGinty 2/19 BP Campbell 2/42

Laurimar Cricket Club 6/300(cc) RL Kelsey 83 DA Roberts 72 RJ Boddy 49* J Zerella 45 J Bellam 3/79 C Jayaweera 3/80 v South Morang Thomastown v Panton Hill 8/201(cc) J Barton 51 M Selleck 30 J Mill 29* S Tung 25* K Nawagamuwa 2/23 SS Kethbevilage 2/37 Hurstbridge 0/16 v Greensborough 147 C Voce 63 D Patullo 29 K Edussooriya 4/26 M Berry 2/ 12 B-Grade Montmorency 9/191(cc) AC Scanlon 61 R Coleman 46 C Gedge 2/20 L Morgan 2/39 L Woolcock 2/39 J Bowden 2/42 def by Riverside 6/194 M Doyle 42 E Smale 39 R Gleeson 27 JH Andrew 2/24 Lalor Stars 123 A Hipkiss 32 E Kunelius 3/ 21 SC Trowbridge 3/28 A Fletcher 2/20 def by Epping 5/187(cc) A Fletcher 111 J Leahy 33 Rosanna 150 DC Marsh 41 E Maddox 26 def Macleod Heidelberg 5/216(cc) J Smith 93* J Gedye 34 S Hoyne 26 G Watson 25 def Bundoora 8/ 182(cc) TF Meehan 3/35 D Gattuso 2/46 C-Grade North Eltham Wanderers 98 J Smith 33 SJ Veal 3/9 TD Elmer 2/18 def by Banyule 7/100 TD Elmer 28* J Smith 3/30 C Mackay 2/22 Lower Plenty 4/180(cc) D Arrowsmith 79* J Scarmozzino 56 T Smith 34 BJ Giarrusso 2/34 RM Gaylard 2/40 def by Bundoora United 5/183 RM Slattery 73* K Pisano 59 JP Carlyon 3/23 Eltham 181 S Ravikrishnan 4/19 C Dasanayaka 2/53 def Mill Park 92 Old Paradians 8/161(cc) TC Hill 42 CP Muir

D-Grade Greensborough 119 T Folvig 27* def by North Eltham Wanderers 168 N Anderson 57 P Curl 35 A Amitineni 5/34 T Folvig 3/29 Plenty 5/131(cc) A Coles 38* S Mitchell 2/ 17 def byResearch Eltham Collegians 3/133 S Lamb 62* B Willis 26 SR Daly 2/25 Riverside 130 KJ Mahony 29 N Ellks 26 PA Davis 4/31 JA Neilson 2/12 def by Banyule 7/ 135(cc) SR Place 44 CD Drake 3/32 J Ramsay 2/19 Laurimar 7/181 S Mirando 56* A Docherty 35 AN Williams 30 H Foster 29 B Roberts 3/40 J Whitcher 2/14 def Lower Eltham 3/179(cc) J Caldarelli 68 J Whitcher 34 A Andrews 27* L Richardson 2/22 E-Grade Thomastown United 3/117 G Steinmann 29* def Eltham 7/103(cc) S Apostola 3/4 J D'Avoine 2/33 Mernda 117 defHurstbridge 93 G Greenough 3/15 D Taylor 3/20 C Simmonds 2/13 Montmorency 2/189(cc) H Buffey 74* T Maxfield 51 J Sedgwick 50*def Thomastown 9/156(cc) J Cugnetto 42 J Poonia 39 L Plant 2/ 30 FJ Pendlebury 2/31 Panton Hill 124 NT Kemp 39 def by Bundoora Park 5/192(cc) B Healy 60 V Doddato 54 S Miller 34 P Bishnoi 27 C O'Connor 3/30 J Loudovaris 2/18 F1, F2, F3 and G1 Yet to commence Under 18, Under 16 Blue, Under 16 Teal, Under 14 Blue, Under 12 Yet to commence

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Yea B-Grade topped by Alex.

PHOTOS: ASH LONG

● Yea Tigers Cricket Club B-Grade. Back row, from left: Reece Hargreaves, James Clavarino, Ash Cook, Darren Niklaus, Tim Wyllie, Josh Carroll, Forest Ryan, Michael Cudmore. Front row: Josh Johnson, Andrew Dowling, Trent McMahon, Hayden Witton.

■ Yea Tigers lost on the first innings to SEYMOUR DISTRICT Alexandra in Seymour District Cricket Association B-Grade on Saturday at the Rec. B-GRADE CRICKET YEATIGERS vALEXANDRA Venue: Yea Recreation Reserve 1st Innings- Alexandra Result; Yea Tigers lost First Innings Extras (nb 3, w 7, b 1, lb 0) ............................ 11 Toss won by: Yea Tigers Total .................................................... 4/43 (cc) Batted first: Yea Tigers Overs ............................................................ 9.1 1st Innings - Yea Tigers Bowling (O-M-W-R): A. Dowling 2.0-1-1-8, M. *A. Cook, c ? b J. Leary ................................. 0 Cudmore 2.1-0-1-5, T. Wyll;ie 2.0-0-0-13, J. J, Johnson, c? b J. Leary ................................ 1 Carroll 2.0-0-1-8, R. Hargreaves 1.0-0-0-8.

B-Grade Ladder: 1. Puckapunyal, 2.5962, J. Carroll, b J. Kidd ....................................... 8 6. 2. Broadford, 1.5479, 6. 3. Tallarook, 0.6460.

J. Clavarino, not out ...................................... 16 4. Kilmore,. 0.3852. 5. Royals. 6. Eastern Hill.

D. Niklaus, b J. Reynolds ............................... 1 7. Avenel. 8. Pyalo9ng, 9. Yea Tigers. 10.

A. Dowling, c?, b J. Geldart .......................... 0 Alexandra. Source: Seymour District Cricket R. Hargreaves, b J. Kidd ................................ 2 Association.

F. Ryan, b J. Sloane ........................................ 1 B-Grade Fixture. Round 2. Saturday, OcT. Wyllie, not out ............................................ 6 tober 12. Avenel v Broadford, at Avenel RecT. McMahon, dnb reation Reserve. Eastern Hill v Tallarook, at M. Cudmore, dnb Kings Park Reserve. Kilmore v Yea Tigers, at M. Ryan, dnb Kilmore Cricket Ground. Alexandra v Royals, Extras (nb 0, w2 4, b 1, lb 1) ......................... 6 at Leckie Park. Pyalong v Puckapunyal, at Total ....................................................... 7/41 (cc) ● Yea bowler Andrew Dowling Pyalong Recreation Reserve.

Overs .......................................................... 20.0

Sports Briefs Northern Metro

● From Page 84

A-GRADE CONTINUED TALLAROOK v BROADFORD Venue: Tallarook Recreation Reserve Impire: Timothy Hanson Result: Tallarook won First Innings Toss won by: Broadford Batted first: Tallarook 1st Innings - Tallarook D.J. Fisher, c M.J. Collier, b S.M. O’Neill ...................................... 0 M. Itter, lbw b J.. Bradshaw ...................... 10 J. Smith-Williams, c J.P. Bradshaw, b J. Connell ............................................ 51 *L. Watts, c L. Collier, b J.P. Bradshaw ... 6 L. Irving, not out ........................................ 70 C. Jones, b L.W. McKenzie ...................... 7 +B. Cooney, b L.W. McKenzie ................. 0 S. Herring, not out ...................................... 7 J. Flint, dnb C.J. Schulz, dnb K. Howes, dnb Extras (nb 2, w 1, b 1, lb 5) ......................... 9 Total .............................................. 6/160 (cc) Overs ..................................................... 45.9 FOW: 0 (D. Fisher), 15 (M. Itter), 35 (L. Watts), 93 (J. Smith-Williams), 124 (C. Jones), 124 (B. Cooney).

Bowling (O-M-W-R): S.M. O’Neill 9.0-3-121, J. Connell 7.0,-1-1-20, J.P. Bradshaw 9.01-2-22, L.W. McKenzie 9.0-1-2-22, T. Shell 5.0-0-0-24, B. Hickey 7.0-2-0-28.

1st Innings - Broadford B.G. Hobbs, c? ........................................... 3 M.J. Coller, c? ........................................... 5 B. Hickey, c? ............................................. 32 +L. Collier, b ............................................. 18 J.C. Martin, b ............................................ 32 *G. Hobbs, c? ............................................. 7 S.M. O’Neill, c? ......................................... 8 J.P. Bradshaw, lbw .................................... 10 T. Shell, ? ................................................... 0 J. Connell, c? .............................................. 6 L.W. McKenzie, not out ............................. 5 Extras (nb 0, w 1, b 2, lb 8) ....................... 11 Total ........................................................ 137 Overs ..................................................... 41.5 FOW: 9 (B.G. Hobbs), 10 (M.J. Coller), 45 (L. Coller), 78 (B. Hickey), 107 (G. Hobbs), 107 (J.C. Martin), 114 (S.O. O’Neill), 124 (T. Shell), 128 (J.P. Abrahams), 137 (J. Connell).

Bowls Briefs Midweek Matches

■ Round 3. October 15. Seymour v Eildon.

Seymour VRI v Yea. Alexandra v Wallan.

Broadford v Kilmore.

■ Round 4. October 22. Eildon v Seymour VRI. Kilmore v Alexandra. Wallan V Broadford. Yea v Seymour.

■ Round 5. October 29. Broad-ford v Seymour. Kilmore v Eildon. Wallan v Yea. Alexandra v Seymour VRI. ■ Round 6. November 7. Eildon v Alexandra. Seymour VRI v Broadford, Yea v Kiomore. Seymour v Wallan.

Div. 1 Saturday

■ Jika Shield. Round 1. Saturday, October 5. Holy Trinity 3/136 T Jayasinghe 75 F O'Sullivan 41* def Cameron 134 APettolino 5/24 J Clarkson 4/18. Heidelberg West 91 S Ayres 4/14 D Newell 2/8 CJ Volitakis 2/26 def by Preston Baseballers 8/156(cc) A Gurry 47* PA Hiah 29. Preston YCW District 3/ 113 def Cobras 109 A Dharmasena 52* M Krstitovic 29. Rivergum 8/125 M Kiely 41 M Perri 35 def by Rosebank 7/171(cc) K Ewart 2/20 J Bannister 2/39 DK Young 2/39.

■ Fixture. F-Grade (Sault Shield). Round 1. Saturday, October 19. Old Ivanhoe 3rd XI v Dennis 3rd XI, at Chelsworth Park West.

Bellfield 2nd XI v Rivergum 4th XI, at Ford Park North. Holy Trinity 4th XI v Reservoir Mayston 2nd XI, at Hayes Park East. West Preston 3rd XI v Lalor Warriors 2nd XI, at J.C. Donath Reserve #3.

■ Round 2. Saturday, October 12. Broadford v Seymour. Walklan v Yea. Eildon v Seymour VRI. Kilmore v Alexandra.

■ Round 3. Saturday, October 19. Eildon v Yea. Alexandra v Broadford. Kilmore v Seymour VRI. Seymour v Wallan.

■ Round 4. Saturday, October 26.

Broadford v Kilmore. Seymour VRI v Alexandra. Wallan v Eildon. Yea v Seymour.

■ Round 5. Saturday, November 2.

Alexandra v Seymour. Kilmore v Eildon.

Seymour VRI v Yea. Broadford v Wallan.

Div. 2 Saturday

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SEYMOUR DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION SCOREBOARD

● Howzat! Yea fieldsman call for the LBW dismissal of Alexandra's Shane Parker in B-Grade Twenty 210 at The Rec., Yea.

■ Round 2. Saturday, October 12. Seymour v Broadford. Kilmore White v Wallan.

Seymour VRI v Eildon.Alexandra v Kilmore Blue.

■ Round 3. Saturday, October 19. Kilmore White v Eildon. Broadford v Alexandra.

Seymour VRI v Kilmore Blue. Wallan v Seymour.

■ Round 4. Saturday, October 26. Kilmore Blue v Broadford. Alexandra v Seymour VRI. Eildon v Wallan. Seymour v Kilmore White.

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SEYMOUR DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION SCOREBOARD SCOREBOARD A-GRADE: Seymour 138 H Gawne 32 L Beattie 3/37 C Armstrong 2/14 L Smith 2/18 M Steiner 2/25 def by Yea Tigers 8/182(cc) C Armstrong 74 N Beattie 59 R Akers 25 L Drummond 3/15 H Gawne 2/32 D McLarty 2/36. Kilmore 5/115 J Buttler 44 AR Lovick 25 J Sutherland 3/21 def Eastern Hill 113 A Sinclair 46 C McLeod 4/11 AR Lovick 2/25.

Tallarook 6/160(cc) L Irving 70* J SmithWilliams 51 LW McKenzie 2/22 JP Bradshaw 2/39 defBroadford 137 JC Martin 32 B Hickey 32 CJ Schulz 4/30 M Itter 3/21.

B-GRADE: Royals 6/105 H Jones 3/28 def

by Avenel 7/131(cc) S Donovan 53 N Hart 26.

Broadford 4/97 EW Mills 42* AF Callaghan 2/25 def Tallarook 6/94(cc) J Tarran 32 A Lambert 26 J Meek 3/18 TJ Blackwell 2/12.

Puckapunyal 4/81 A Russell 26* def Kilmore 78 J Marshall 3/2 N Gould 2/6 C Tippett 2/17.

Pyalong 3/107 S Walsh 48* J Pryor 44 R Gardner 2/26 def Eastern Hill 8/97(cc) H Szczykulski 33 S Feery 31 JP Ryan 3/1 N Farrell-Ryan 2/16. Yea Tigers 7/41(cc) def

by Alexandra 4/43(cc).

C-GRADE: Eastern Hill: Bye. Avenel 5/ 105(cc) J McDonald 73* G Veginadu 2/3 def

by Broadford Red 3/125 J Purves 34* D Hussey 32* SS Black 2/7. Broadford Black 1/81 J Scully 41* def Royals 69 J Vilinskis 2/ 13 B Fleming 2/16. Kilmore 9/77(cc) def by Seymour 3/105(cc). Alexandra 9/83(cc) J Mott 2/7 T Tandy 2/14 def by Puckapunyal Wanderers. Puckapunyal Nomads 58 def by Pyalong 3/66 B Fletcher 2/11.

A-GRADE KILMORE def EASTERN HILL Venue: Kilmore Cricket Ground Umpire: Robert Burke Result: Kilmore won First Innings Toss won by Eastern Hill Batted first: Eastern Hill 1st Innings - Eastern Hill M. Collard, c B.J. Dennehy, b J. Buttler ..... 17 A. Sinclair, c J. Buttler, b C. McLeod ....... 46 B.G. Bryant, c E.A. Frendo, b B.D. Trezise ........................................ 2 B. Speechley, lbw B.J. Dennehy ................. 6 D.G. O’Sullivam,. c B. Dawson, b A.R. Lovick ......................................... 2 *D. Bergowicz, c M. Rose, C. McLeod .... 14 D. Bryant, c M. Rose, b C. McLeod ........... 2 T. Peacock, lbw b A.R. Lovick ................... 0 D. Bergowicz, c A.R. Lovick, b C. McLelod ......................................... 0 F.J. Lewis, c B.D. Trezise, b A.E. Frendo .. 3 J. Sutherland, not out ................................. 11 Extras (nb 0, w 9, b 0, lb 1) ...................... 10 Total .......................................................... 113 Overs ..................................................... 42.2 FOW: 23 (M. Collard), 38 (B.G. Bryant), 54 (B. Speechley), 73 (D.G. O’Sullivan), 93 (A. Sinclair), 95 (O. Bryant), 96 (D. Bergowicz), 96 (T. Peacock), 113 (F.J. Lewis).

Bowling (O-M-W-R): J. Buttler 6.0-2-1-7, B. Dawson 7.0-1-0-21, B. Buttler 5.0-1-0-8, B.D. Trezise 3.0-0-1-15, B.J. Dennehy 6.0-0-1-23, A.R. Lovick 9.0-2-2-25, C. McLeod 5.0-1-411, E.A. Frendo 1.2-0-1-2.

1st Innings - Kilmore J. Buttler, c D.G. O’Sullivan, b J. Sutherland ....................................... 44 M. Rose, lbw A. Sinclair ............................ 18 A.R. Lovick, lbw b J. Sutherland ............... 25 J. Walton, b J. Sutherland ........................... 4 B.J. Dennehy, c D. Bergowicz, b B.G. Bryant .......................................... 4 M. Davern, not out ..................................... 10 B.D. Trezise, not out .................................... 2 B. Dawson, dnb C. McLeod, dnb E.A. Frendo, dnb B. Buttler, dnb Extras (nb 0, w 4, b 1, lb 3) .......................... 8 Total ...................................................... 5/115 Overs ....................................................... 35.0 FOW: 55 (M. Rose), 93 (J. Buttler), 97 (J. Walton), 102 (B.J. Dennehy), 104 (A.R. Lovick) Bowling (O-M-W-R): F.J. Lewis 3.0-1-0-17, J. Sutherland 9.0-3-3-21, B.G. Bryant 7.0-2-118, D. Bergowicz 4.0-0-0-19, A. Sinclair 4.03-1-8, D. Bergowicz 6.0-2-0-12, D.G. O’Sullivan 2.0-0-0-16. ● Continued on Page 00

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Yea Tigers start season with victory SDCA C-Grade 2019-20 fixtures

PHOTO: ASH LONG

● Alexandra B-Grade captain Chris Friswell, at Yea. ■ The Seymour and District Overs ...................................... 45.0 Cricket Association 2019-20 sea- FOW: 0 (M. Steiner), 115 (N. son started last Saturday (Oct. 5). Beattie), 125 (D. Pell), 154 (C. Seymour became a last-minute Armstrong), 177 (R. Akers), 181 inclusion in A-Grade to make a six- (A. Chisholm), 181 (A. Butterside competition. worth), 182 (L. Smith).

The Yea Tigers had originally Bowling (O-M-W-R): D. Fountain been given a bye, but were given 6.0-1-1-29, D. Anderson 6.0-0-0late instructions to report for duty 17, B. Boddington 9.0-1-0-37, D. at Chittick Park.

McLarty 9.0-2-2-36, H. Gawne 9.0Seymour 138 lost to the Tigers 0-2-32, S,. Van Duinen 2.0-0-0-9, 8/182 (cc) on the first innings.

L. Drummond 4.0-0-3-15.

Kilmore 5/115 defeated Eastern 1st Innings - Seymour Hill 113. Tallarook 6/160 defeated G. Sharpe, c A. Butterworth, Broadford 137. b L. Beattie .......................... 12 ★ *S. Van Duinen, c R. Akers, B-Grade and C-Grade sides b L. Smith ............................ 18 have adopted a Twenty 20 short- B. Gordon, c C. Armstrong, ened format, with matches to start b L. Beattie ............................ 3 at 2pm.

B. Pointon, c A. Chisholm, Flowerdale does not appear as b C. Armstrong ...................... 10 if it will field a side in 2019-20.

L. Drummond, c ?, b L. Smith .. 15 Kinglake’s name has yet to ap- D. Murphy, c R. Akers, pear in fixtures published to date b L. Beattie ............................ 6 by the Northern Metro Cricket D. McLarty, b C.Armstrong ..... 10 Association, which incorporates the D. Fountain, c W. Dalton, Jika competition. b M. Steiner ........................... 16 Last year the Lakers competed H. Gawne, c L. Beattie, ion F-Grade (Sault Shield). b M. Steiner ......................... 32 A-GRADE D. Anderson, not out ................... 4 B. Boddington, ROUND1 b C.A. Malcolm ..................... 0 SEYMOUR def by Extras (nb 1, w 9, b 2, lb 0) ........ 12 YEA TIGERS Total ........................................ 138 Venue: Chittick Park Overs ...................................... 38.5 Umpire: Wayne Tarran Result: Seymour lost 1st Innings FOW: 18 (G. Sharpe), 28 (B. Gordon), 38 (S. Van Duinen), 59 (L. Toss won by: Seymour Drummond), 67 (B. Pointon), 83 (D. Batted first: Yea Tigers Murphy), 83 (D. McLarty), 126 (D. 1st Innings - Yea Tigers Fountain), 138 (H. Gawne), 138 (B. N. Beattie, c B. Gordon, b H. Gawne .......................... 59 Boddington). *M. Steiner, lbw D. Fountain ..... 0 Bowling (O-M-W-R): L. Beattier C. Armstrong, b D. McLarty .... 74 8.0-1-3-37, A. Chisholm 6.0-0-0D. Pell, c & b H. Gawne ............ 7 18), L. Smith 4.0-1-2-18, M. Steiner 9.0-1-2-25, C. Armstrong 4.0-1-2+R. Akers, c S. Van Duinen, b D. McLarty ....................... 25 14, C.A. Malcolm 7.5-1-1-24. * Captain A. Chisholm, c G. Shape, + Wicketkeeper b L. Drummond ..................... 6 ■ This Saturday (Oct. 12) sees AA. Butterwoth, c D. Murphy, b L. Drummond ..................... 3 Grade Round 2 fixtures listing: Yea Tigers v Easternm Hill (at L. Beattie, not out ....................... 3 L. Smith, b L. Drummond .......... 0 Yea Recreation Reserve) Broadford v Seymour (at W. Dalton, dnb Harley Hammond Reserve) C.A. Malcolm, dnb Tallarook v Seymour (at Extras (nb 0, w 1, b 1, lb 6) ........ 8 Total ............................... 8/182 (cc) Tallarook Reecreation Reserve)

Bowls scores unavailable ■ Official Round 1 scores, confirmed by the Central Bowls Division, were not available when this edition went to press.

The fixtures and scores for each of the Midweek Pennant, and the Saturday Division 1 and Division 2 competition, were not at the CBD website at press time.

Scores were also slow to be added at the Bowls Victoria website on Saturday night (Oct. 5).

Seymour District Cricket Association C-GRADE Round 1. Saturday, October 5 Avenel v Broadford Red Puckapunyal Nomads v Pyalong Broadford Black v Royals Alexandra v Puckapunyal Wanderers Kimore v Seymour Eastern Hill: Bye Round 2. Saturday, October 12 Royals v Puckapunyal Nomads Seymour v Avenel Puckapunyal Wanderers v Kilmore Broadford Red v Pyalong Eastern Hill v Alexandra Broadford Black: Bye Round 3. Saturday, October 19 Alexandra v Royals Avenel v Puckapunyal Wanderers Puckapunyal Nomads v Seymour Kilmore v Broadford Red Broadford Black v Eastern Hill Pyalong: Bye Round 4. Saturday, October 26 Pyalong v Avenel Royals v Eastern Hill Seymour v Alexandra Broadford Red v Puckapunyal Nomads Puckapunyal Wanderers v Brioadford Black Kilmore: Bye Round 5. Saturday, November 2 Royals v Anevel Eastern Hill v Pyalong Alexandra v Broadford Red Broadford Black v Seymour Puckapunyal Nomads v Kilmore Puckapunyal Wanderers: Bye Round 6. Saturday, November 9 Avenel v Eastern Hill Seymour v Pyalong Kilmore v Alexandra Broadford red v Broadford Black Puckapuntal Wanderers v Puckapunyal Nomads Royals: Bye Round 7.

Saturday, November 16 Pyalong v Puckapunyal Wanderers Royals v Seymour Eastern Hill v Kilmore Broadford Black v Alexandra Puckapunyal Nomads v Avenel Broadford Red: Bye Round 8.

Saturday, November 23 Pyalong v Broadford Black Broadfiord Red v Eastern Hill Puckapunyal Wanderers v Royals Alexandra v Puckapunyal Nomads Kilmore v Avenel Seymour: Bye Round 9.

Saturday, November 30 Avenel v Alexandra Pyalong v Royals Seymour v Broadford Red Broadford Black v Kilmore Eastern Hill v Puckapunyal Wanderers Puckapunyal Nomads: Bye Round 10.

Saturday, December7 Royals v Kilmore Seymour v Eastern Hill Broadford Red v Puckapunyal Wanderers Puckapunyal Nomads v Broadford Black Alexandra v Pyalong Avenel: Bye

Round 11 Saturday, December 14 Pyalong v Kilmore Royals v Broadford Red Broadford Black v Avenel Puckapunyal Wanderers v Seymour Eastern Hill v Puckapunyal Nomads Alexandra: Bye Round 12.

Saturday, December 21 Avenel v Seymour Pyalong v Puckapunyal Nomads Eastern Hill v Royals Alexandra v Broadford Black Kilmore v Puckapunyal Wanderers Broadford Red: Bye Round 13. Saturday, January 11 Avenel v Royals Pyalong v Eastern Hill Seymour v Broadford Black Broadford Red v Alexandra Puckapunyal Nomads v Puckapunyal Wanderers Kilmore: Bye Round 14. Saturday, January 18 Royals v Puckapnual Wanderers Puckapunyal Nomads v Broadford Red Alexandra v Kilmore Eastern Hill v Avenel Broadford Black v Pyalong Seymour: Bye Round 15. Saturday, February 1 Pyalong v Broadford Red Kilmore v Eastern Hill Puckapunyal Wanderers v Avenel Alexandra v Seymour Broadford Black v Puckapunyal Nomads Royals: Bye Round 16. Saturday, February 8 Avenel v Pyalong Royals v Alexandra Broadford Red v Seymour Kilmore v Puckapunyal Nomads Puckapunyal; Wanderers v Eastern Hill Broadford Black: Bye Round 17.

Saturday, February 15 Avenel; v Puckapunyal Nomads Seymour v Royals Puckapunyal Wanderers v Alexandra Kilmore v Pyalong Broadford Black v Broadford Red Eastern Hill: Bye Round 18 Saturday, February 22 Seymour v Puckapunyal Wanderers Alexandra v Avenel Kilmore v Broadford Black Broadford Red v Royals Puckapunyal; Nomads v Eastern Hill Pyalong: Bye Round 19 Saturday, February 29 Avenel v Broadford Black Royals v Pyalong Broadford Red v Kilmore Eastern Hill v Seymour Puckapunyal Nomads v Alexandra Puckapunyal Wanderers: Bye Saturday, March 7 Semi-Finals Saturday, March 14

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OPEN FOR INSPECTION: Saturday, October 12. 12.30pm– 1pm

OPEN FOR INSPECTION: Saturday, October 12. 11am– 11.30am

Walking distance to everything:• Low maintenance 3 bedroom 2 bathroom brick home • Split system & floor heating & undercover entertaining area • Double lockup garage with storeroom & Solar power.

• Short stroll to shops & schools. $349,000

Alexandra

The Perfect Holiday Home! :• 3 Bedrooms with split systems and built in robes • Living are with open fire place & Split system • Huge entertaining deck with undercover heated area • Single carport and rear access $279,000

OPEN FOR INSPECTION: Saturday, October 12. 1pm– 1.30pm

Location, views and room for the big toys:• Well maintained 3 bedroom home overlooking bushland • Spacious Kitchen & Open plan living area with split system • Double lock up colourbond garage with power and concrete floor • Option to purchase fully furnished $275,000

Landmark Harcourts Alexandra 56 Grant Street, Alexandra I 5772 3444