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STAY AT HOME, PLEASE! ■ Murrindindi Shire Council CEO Criag Lloyd says he is devastated about the number of visitors to the region who are ignoring calls for them to “stay at home” during the Coronavirus Pandemic emergency. “I am devastated today with the behaviour of a small section of the Victorian community,” Mr Lloyd said at the weekend. “Our was swamped today with tourists, ignoring the State Government, Federal Government and our communities wishes for them to stay away. Eildon was busy with boats and jet skis, and the campgrounds in the area still have people camping despite them closing several days ago.
Shire report CEO’s message
■ Murrindindi Shire Chief Executive Officer Craig Lloyd has told his Council about the work being done in regard to the Coronavirus Pandemic: “ The focus of Council’s work in the last fortnight has been on halting the spread of the Coronavirus within Murrindindi Shire,” Mr Lloyd told the meeting held at the Yea Shire Hall on Wed. (Mar. 25). “Our priority has been to put in place measures to keep staff and the community safe, while continuing to provide critical services within the Shire. “To that end, Council has enacted its Pandemic plan which has helped us to maintain business continuity throughout this period “Council has been active in engaging the community about changes to its services, and also communicating health advice and governments restrictions to our community via multiple platforms and means. “In line with government advice: ■ we are encouraging our community members to stay at home to help stop the spread of this disease ■ we also find ourselves in the unprecedented position of asking visitors to stay away from our Shire is difficult for us, but is a necessary step to help halt the spread of the disease will become more difficult as we close more recreation and other facilities to the public ■ ew rules banning congregating in both enclosed and open spaces are affecting business and activities in our Shire. ■ many events and activities in the Shire have been cancelled or postponed. “We know local businesses are hurting and we are taking steps to assist where we can “We have been working closely with the Victorian Government to ensure the needs of regional areas are considered in pandemic planning, including the needs of small rural business “We are also working to support those who are isolated or required to self-quarantine. ■ We have put out a call to the community to volunteer their time and resources in the event the government seeks assistance to coordinate and deliver essential goods to those who need them. ■ We know individuals are also hurting. We have put in place measures to help those having difficulty paying their rates at this time. ■ On March 23 we moved to a working from home model for the majority of our staff, to minimise the risk of contagion among staff and more broadly for the community. “I would like to express my thanks to staff and management at Council for their responsiveness, adaptability and willingness to help the community through this difficult time “I would urge everyone to stay current with information from the health authorities and the Government about Coronavirus. “And to please observe health advice and the measures being brought it to keep us all safe “We will get through this. As a Shire we have been through tough times before and our community came out stronger. We will keep working to make sure that this is the case this time. “Please Stay Home and stay safe.”
“Large groups gathered in Marysville. “More groups in Kinglake including some who thought it was okay to climb over the barriers around the Bollygum Park Playground, there to protect their own safety. “Yea has a constant flow of caravans, trailer tents and other heading out bush. “This selfishness is putting all of our lives at risk. “I have raised this issue during the day today with the State Government and fully understand that, if we get to the point of having to lockdown further, the behaviours of some irresponsible people will be the cause. “As a Shire we do not have the power to turn people around, close our borders or anything similar. “From all reports our community are doing the right thing staying home.
“Advice has been received that houseboats are considered a non-essential activity. “Please do the right thing and head home,” Mr Lloyd said. ★ Mike Dalmau, Lake Eildon Houseboat Inudstry Association President, said: “The direction from State Government and Goulburn Murray Water overnight is sad news, however, I encourage all associated with the houseboat industry to please abide by the direction,” Mr Dalmau said. “We are in extremely difficult times. “Our Prime Minister, our Premier and our Shire Council are our leaders and are acting on the best possible advice available to them. “They are having to balance so many different interests and pressures. “It is not an easy job, but they are doing an incredible job under extremely difficult circumstances. “The health and wellbeing of all people is what it is all about. From a LEHIA perspective, I will be partici“Our shops, cafes and businesses have closed pating today (Friday, Mar. 27) in a video confer- some because we are all unable to support ence with our friends at the Oating Industry them because we have chosen to stay home, Association Vic that will be looking at assisothers because of their sense of community and tance and stimulus packages from Federal and also wanting to do the right thing. State Governments. “Tourists - we love you and when the time is “On a positive note, AUSNET Services have right we will welcome you back with open arms been working on removing the powerlines at - but now is not the time. the junction of Eildon Road and Sugarloaf “Please STAY HOME. Road. They should be gone this week; yes, it is “I will continue to work with the State Gov- finally happening. ernment to take measures to protect our com“This will greatly improve the safety of those munity,” Mr Lloyd said. working on houseboats and increase productiv★ ity which will benefit houseboat owners. Earlier, Mr Lloyd had spoken on social me“Hopefully, we will see action from dia about people travelling to Lake Eildon: Murrindindi Shire Council on the road works “I am advised tonight that Goulburn-Murray at the entrance and launching ramp at Lake Water sought advice from the State Govern- Eildon Marina shortly. This forms the other part ment today to clarify if people should be using of the Floating City Project. their houseboats. Turn To Page 10
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Pandemic Briefs $20,000 penalty
■ While most Victorians are voluntarily complying with requests to isolate, Police have strong powers to enforce the direction if it’s required. Under the State of Emergency people who don’t comply with a directive could receive a fine of up to $20,000. Companies face fines of up to $100,000.
Remote schooling? ■ Local schools are yet to see what form education might take in Term 2. Meagan Callander, Principal of Middle Kinglake Primary School, told parents: “ Best wishes to all students and families for a relaxing break and a Happy Easter. As we head into the holidays the Department of Education is yet to communicate what the start of Term 2 will look like. “I thank the staff for their tireless work over the last week to prepare for what might be. Hard copy work packs and online learning via Office 365/Microsoft Teams is prepared. “In the event that we transition to remote learning you will receive information from the school in the form of Facebook, email, phone call or text. “We thank you for your ongoing support in these unprecedented times, and hope everything will return to 'normal' at Middle Kinglake Primary School as soon as possible. In the meantime, enjoy the time with your families and stay safe.”
‘Crisis will pass’
● From Page 9 “This crisis will pass, the sooner the better for all concerned,” Mr Dalmau said. “Lake Eildon is such a beautiful and magic place. After being under different degrees of lock down in Melbourne, and the stresses of the crisis, people will want to come to this beautiful place to replenish their souls and feel good about the world again. “I don’t think overseas travel will be that popular for a long time. “We have to hang in there and support each other as we will come through this crisis. “Our community came through the aftermath of Black Saturday, we will do it again. “Further, there will be need for stimulus to create jobs when this crisis passes and the work done on the Activating Lake Eildon Project should stand us in good stead to see many jobs and investment in this area,” Mr Dalmau said.
MP’s office
■ The Victorian Parliament has directed electorate offices to be closed to public visitors due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Cindy McLeish, MLA for Eildon, and staff are still working from inside the Yarra Glen office, 9am-5pm weekdays, and may be contacted by phone on 9730 1066.
Parks Victoria sites
■ Parks Victoria have closed historic sites across the state until further notice. Closures will be enforced. Parks Victoria CEO Matthew Jackson said: “These closures are in line with directives from the Chief Health Officer to ensure that no outside public gatherings of 500 or more occur, and inside gatherings of more than 100 people.”
Gold performance
■ Olympian Hockeyroo goalkeeperRachael Lynch is relieved the Games are deferred so she focus on being a nurse in a COVID-19 ward, says Yan Yean MLA Danielle Green. “Rachael grew up in the Diamond Valley and is a multiple premiership player with Greensborough Hockey Club.”
Website link
■ If you think you or a family member might have been exposed to Coronavirus you should follow the advice on the DHHS website on what to do next at www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/ coronavirus
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Lara missing from Mernda ■ Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing 12-year-old Mernda girl Lara Nguyen. Lara was last seen in Preston on Tuesday, March 19, at about 2pm. Lara is described as Asian in appearance, 145cm tall with a slim build, black hair and brown eyes. Police and family hold concerns for her welfare due to her age and the length of time she has been missing. She is known to frequent the Melbourne CBD, Doreen, South Morang and Mernda areas, and frequently uses trains for transport. Investigators have released the image of Lara in the hope that someone may have information on her current whereabouts. Anyone who sees Lara is urged to contact Mernda Police Station on 9216 1200.
Honours time
Buxton plan off
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■ A planning permit from a Buxton property owner to Murrindindi Shire Council has been withdrawn. The application referred to use and development of Land for a dwelling at 630 BuxtonMarysville Rd, Buxton. Council has noted the withdrawal.
now a Past Grand Inspector of Workings. At Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge, honours went to Haydn Gregson (Past Grand Standard Bearer), Rahim Samat (Past Grand Inspector of Workings), and Philip Du Guesclin (Past Grand Senior Warden).
Uniting Church
● Clive Smith ■ J.H. Coombs, of Seymour Lodge, has been given a top honour by Freemasons Victoria. He has been promoted to the grand rank of Past Junior Grand Warden, in a list released on Thursday (Mar. 26) by the fraternity’s Grand Master, Keith Murray. Another Seymour Lodge member, Donald Wilson, has been named as a recipient of the Order of Merit. At Whittlesea, Laurie Fitzpatrick becomes a Past Grand Standard Bearer. I.A. Urquhart receives the ran of Past Grand Tyler. Other Whittlesea honours go to Clive Smith (Fellow of the Order of Merit), and Cheryl Manicolo (Member). David Wells, of Healesville Lodge, has been recognised, as has G.W. Exton, Past Grand Standard Bearer, of Yarra Glen Lodge. Noel Moehr of Mansfield Lodge is
■ It has been a busy few weeks for St Andrew’s Uniting Church,Alexandra, as the congregation works with the changes the summer and the weather including fires, floods and drought. Ray Mathieson, as a Lions Club leader, started by gathering hay, first for shipment to drought areas and then diverted to the Upper Murray fire impacted area. The Church Council met and considered the needs of the Uniting Church Emergency Response Boundary Fencing Team as they immediately were in action along side other agencies and volunteers. There are hundreds of kilometres of critical fencing to be replaced and it is clear that a super effort will be required to get the highest priority fencing done let alone the secondary level. The Church Council resolved to donate $5000 to assist the fencing team. News has been received from the fire area is that the money has already been put to good use and the community is more confident that they are on the way to recovery. The cuppa and the fellowship with land-
● From left: Margaret Younger, Gillian Steward and Ray Mathieson. Photo: Robert Chaffe holders and the wider support and outreach community has dem- to confront and elimionstrated a Church in nate family violence action way beyond the while eliminating discrimination based on post and wires. With Easter just gender. around the corner, Friday, March 6, Pancake Tuesday was World Day of a was again celebrated Prayer and the hosts in Grant St, Alex- for this year’s gatherandra. ing was St Andrew’s A special thank you Uniting Chuch to all involved: Alexandra. Reddrops Foodworks More than 30 gathas the major sponsor, ered to stop, reflect and Menzies Support Ser- connect through vices which ensured thought and prayer delivery of piping hot with over 900 similar pancakes right to each gatherings around Ausbusiness. tralia and innumerRegrettably it able groups around the seems that in the short world. time every enterprise The women of could not be reached Zimbabwe took on the and next year plans challenge of preparing are in place to ensure the meeting guide inas many as possible cluding a video and businesses are cov- special notes that was ered. distributed around the More than $300 world. was raised for the It is a country that Unting Church Share is emerging from maprogram. Share is jor political and social the instrument of the change including the Uniting Church that catastrophic impact of focuses on support and AIDS where women assistance to those needing a hand up are the main support from the inner suburbs persons holding famiof our cities to remote lies together. The World Day of rural areas where the next neighbour may be Prayer promises to hours drive away over reach out to women less than hospitable everywhere giving them the assurance tracks. Emphasis within that they are not alone the Uniting Church people care. - Robert Chaffe
McLeish’s report
■ Cindy McLeish, MLA for Eildon, says she is working with all levels of government to support the electorate through the challenging times of the pandemic. “We have seen changes announced again this week in business restrictions and physical distancing. “All advice is up to date at the time of this email, however things are subject to change … and this happens quickly. “It was announced .. that further restrictions on self-isolation after returning from overseas will take place. “Travellers will be housed in hotels, motels, caravan parks, and student accommodation for their 14-day self-isolation period. “We have detailed information about business support if you require, please email my office Cindy.McLeish@parliament.vic. gov.au “Hairdressers may remain open and appointments extend longer than 30 minutes if they maintain 4sqm distancing rule “Real estate auctions and open homes to cease – inspections by appointment only “Outdoor fitness such as bootcamps restricted to 10 people maximum. Spas and massage parlours closed. Health services excluded “Caravan and camping parks closed to visitors “Farmers and businesses in the food supply chain are anxious for guarantees that food production and supply will not be restricted under measures imposed to stop the spread of Coronavirus. “The Federal Government has confirmed agriculture is an essential service, but it’s up to each State Government to deliver the detail of what this looks like. “Clarification has been sought as to how or if restrictions will affect the agriculture supply chain, including access to fertiliser and chemicals, while farm supply stores and saleyards are lacking guidance on how to comply with the Government’s restrictions. “Some bank branches are now closed for unpredictable periods. If there are elderly people who have passbooks and need assistance, people don’t hesitate to contact my office on 9730 1066 or email Cindy.McLeish@parliament.vic.gov.au “Victorian Police continue to spot check on returned overseas travellers, with 88 spot checks on quarantining individuals completed to date. “Reporting of non-compliance with isolation, business closure or social distancing rules: Victorian Police encouraging all reporting of this nature to be done via the Police Assistance Line on 131 444 Victorian Police currently only reporting to cases which have an associated community safety threat “The Prime Minister advised all States are making their own education arrangements. All Victorian schools are now on holidays. The Department of Education is working through the process of identifying and rolling out 4G sim cards for students without internet access. Details will be provided when they come to hand. In early childhood, regulatory space requirements have not changed. The National Cabinet has announced new social distancing measures. On the recommendation of the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee, the National Cabinet determined that early childhood settings remain exempt from these requirements. “The Federal Government continues to sort through measures to support people who continue to work who need childcare support. As a parent, I understand that constant physical distance from a child is sometimes simply impossible. “A dedicated coronavirus (COVID-19) phone advice line for early childhood staff is available during business hours on 1800 338 663. “The Commonwealth and Victorian Governments have now imposed restrictions on many activities owing to theCOVID19 pandemic, including funerals. This means that funerals may only have 10 mourners in attendance, though the Victorian Government may provide exemptions to this limit where cases of hardship are proven. Weddings are now limited to five people maximum. This will include the couple, celebrant and witnesses.”
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Ticks & Crosses
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A big tick to Murrindindi Shire Council CEO Craig Lloyd for his daily video podcasts on social media, with important updates on local angles to the Coronavirus pandemic. Each weekday evening the CEO has presented the latest news on the crisis. He has also been giving Monday-Saturday radio reports on ● Craig Lloyd, Shire CEO UGFM. Kinglake Ranges Tennis Club is closed until further notice, on advice from the Murrindindi Shire Council and Tennis Victoria. Murrindindi Shire Council has voted unanimously that officers prioritise the use of any unexpended funds from the Business and Tourism Grants and Contributions Program to support business recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Boo to price rises during this crisis. One local company is hitting its customers with a 25 per cent price rise. Customers have long memories.
Kinglake was ‘slammed’ at the weekend with visits by with car clubs,motorbike groups, cyclists and general tourist. Local residents were left wondering what it will take to make people stay at home and in their own communities. The suggestion has made that Police be used to turn traffic away. A tick to the Murrindindi Shire Council workers doing their best to keep as many local public toilets open, and cleaned every two hours. The conveniences still open, from 6am-7pm, are: ■ Rotary Park, Alexandra ■ Walter Moore Reserve, Eildon ■ Aitken St, Kinglake ■ Murchison St, Marysville ■ Recreation Reserve, Yarck ■ High St, Yea Cancellations of Nillumbik Shire events have been extended to Tuesday, April 14. “we appreciate your patience during this difficult time,” ● Karen Egan Mayor Cr Egan said.
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Kids in the City of Whittlesea have started writing letters to iso lated older residents as part of Council’s intergenerational project. “The need for many older people to be placed in isolation during this pandemic will, for some, exacerbate their sense of loneliness,” said Belgin Besim, Director Community Services.
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Murrindindi Council has accepted the tender from Fineblade for the lump sum price of $829,479.80 to complete the whole scope of works for the High Street, Yea – Road Safety Improvements. A sum of $377,487.00 has been reallocated from other project budgets listed in the 2019/20 Capital Works Program. There will be no face-to-face meet ings with the pilot communities of Toolangi/Castella, Marysville and Yea to support the finalisation of the community plans. Video conferencing is an alternative. ”Babies and children under five al most never get seriously ill from COVID-19,” says the Murrindindi Shire website.
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Black Spur closures ● Maroondah Hwy, near Fernshaw. Photo: Black Spur Action Group. ■ Crews are continuing important tree removal days and weekends. works along the ‘Black Spur’ during the school Since starting tree removal earlier in March, holidays. the Department of Transport has removed 34 The Maroondah Highway, between trees with another 64 to come out. Some 28 Healesville and Narbethong ,will daily closures trees need large branches pruned set up from 9.30am to 3.30pm, Monday-ThursThe ontractor is operating to ensure work day. practices comply with social distancing requireThe closures will be in place from this week ments. until Thursday, April 30, with the exception of Road closures are in place from: Easter Monday (April 13). ■ Monday, March 30 to Thursday, April 2 Electronic signs are in place to safely guide ■ Monday, April 6 to Thursday, April 9 motorists through the detour, using the Melba ■ Tuesday, April 14 to Thursday, April 16 and Goulburn Valley Highways through Yea and ■ Monday, April 20 to Thursday, April 23 Alexandra. ■ Monday, April 27 to Thursday, April 30 This is a significant detour that could add Real-time traffic conditions are available at more than an hour to the journey. Drivers are traffic.vicroads.vic.gov.au or via the VicTraffic encouraged to plan their travel outside of works mobile app. The latest public transport inforhours, or to allow extra travel time. mation and network status is available at The road will remain open for local traffic ptv.vic.gov.au or in the PTV mobile app. during the morning and afternoon and on Fri- Contributed
Only 4 Crs attend ■ Four of seven Murrindindi Shire Councillors attended last week’s meeting held at the Yea Shire Hall. “Due to the unprecedented times we are facing, as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, Council has introduced a range of social-distancing measures in accordance with the government’s advice,” said Mayor cr Leigh Dunscombe. “Our priority concern is the welfare of our community, our councillors and staff during this time. “The measures we have taken include reducing the
● Cr Leigh Dunscombe at last week’s meeting
number of Councillors attending tonight’s meeting to four, which is the minimum number required to maintain a quorum for the meeting. “We are legally obliged to conduct a Council meeting by attendance of Councillors in person, and not remotely by phone or video conference. “Those Councillors present tonight include Cr Dunscombe, Cr Bisset, Cr Lording and Cr Bowles. “In addition, we have reduced the number of officers attending to a minimum, with the CEO Craig Lloyd presenting all officer reports.”
Pandemic acts praised ■ Murrindindi’s Cr Bec Bowles has praised the behaviour of Cheviot Ward residents during the Coronavirus pandemic. “I would just like to say how proud I am for the Cheviot community for how they have rallied around response to the Coronavirus,” Cr Bowles told last week’s Council meeting held at the Yea Shire Hall. “In just under two weeks, life as we know it has been a completely flipped on its head, and all of us has had make an executive decisions in the way that we live. “So I would like to thank the Community House for reorganising the community food table into the Tardis which is located at the Yea Library. “To the St Luke’s Op Shop, although are now closed are preparing hampers to those vulnerable in our location. “The community meals that were held once a week have now been suspended, however meals are stilling being cooked twice a week and delivered to those in need. “Local residents have also founded a Facebook page, “Need Something? 3717”, and within a week it now has over 300 members. “On our Council website there is a register of interest for residents in the shire to volunteer their time if emergency relief is needed from the State Government then handed down to Local Government. “So if you’re keen to volunteer, please go to the council website to register your interest. “There are also pamphlets located in the Tardis and the Pharmacy, thank you to Sasha
Local Briefs Alex. course closes
■ All Alexandra Golf Club competitions have been suspended. “The course will be closed to everyone until further notice,” said Wayne Haggis, Club President, on Friday (Mar. 27). “This a directive received this morning from Murrindindi Shire Council. They have requested that all residents abide by the general advice provided for people to stay at home and only head out to undertake essential tasks,” Mr Haggis said.
ID required ■ Unlike some municipalities, Murrindindi Shire Council is keeping its tips open, until otherwise advised. However, access is only being given to local people, who are requested to present ID documentation that proves they are locally based.
Hold on to books ■ Murrindindi Shire Libraries do not want items returned during the pandemic. “Got some of our library books or other items? Please hold on to them,” said a Council spokesman. “As we have closed our libraries to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are unable to process returned items at the moment. “Please note that all after-hours library return chutes are being closed until further notice at our library branches in Alexandra ,Yea and Kinglake. “All items currently on loan have been automatically extended until June 30. We will be back in touch when the situation changes,” the libraries have told borrowers.
Scrap shack move ■ Murrindindi Shire Council will extend the trial period for the Scrap Shacks at both the Alexandra and Yea Resource Recovery Centres for a further 12 months. Officers will be asked to move the location of the Yea scrap shack to a single bay of the new grant funded e-waste shed, once it is constructed in September-October. Council will remove the fees for items in the scrap shack and make all items free of charge Officers will be requested to promote the service more widely through social media and on site.
Thornton plan OK
■ Murrindindi Council has voted to acquire, by agreement, a piece of land aT 1087 Goulburn Valley Highway, Thornton to create a road reserve that formalises the existing location at the Creighton’s Rd at the intersection. This matter originated in 1984 when the then Shire of Alexandra and the Road Construction Authority agreed to relocating the intersection,, for safety reasons, to a position some 75 metres to the south. A new owner of the property wants to run a Day Spa there.
Nillumbik rubbish
■ The Recycling and Recovery Centre and Reuse Shop at Plenty are now closed until at least Friday, April 17. Regular kerbside landfill, recycling and green waste bin collections are continuing as normal. Booked hard waste collections are also continuing at this stage. Book online or phone 9433 3512.
Whitt’sea changes
● Cr Bec Bowles (Embassy of Ideas), the people who take and follow instructions to deliver to residents’ letterboxes that are unable to make it into town. “So everyone be safe,” Cr Bowles said.
■ They City of Whittlesea will continue to deliver essential services. Some services will continue to operate as normal while there have been some changes to others. The customer service desk is currently closed but you can phone on 9217 2170 or email at info@whittlesea.vic.gov.au The Department of Health and Human Services is the lead Victorian agency dealing with the coronavirus disease.
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First draft of history ■ ‘They’ say newspapers are the “first rough draft of history”. This newspaper has plenty of history material each week; one of our columns is what happened 100 years ago. I wonder if historians will be looking at this column in the year 2120 to research the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic? If they do, kind regards from the 21st Century. You have the advantage of knowing how this pandemic ended. Thiscolumn is written at a time when society was supposedly in lock-down, with many supposedly confined to their homes. The idea was for people to self-isolate in their homes, to limit the spread of the virus. A large proportion of the population ignored the request, and the virus increased its spread. On Sunday night (Mar. 29), Prime Minister Scott Morrison decreed that the maximum gatherings were two people. As this is written, the economy is crumbling in what is said to be a one-in-100-year event.
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Daylight saving
■ Daylight Saving time ends at 3am on Sunday (Apr. 5) when you put your clock back one hour.
Society snapshot
■ Rev. Eden-Elizabeth Nicholls, Parish Priest of St Luke’s Anglican Church, Yea, provides this snapshot of 2020. Worship services have been banned, as ‘social distancing’ takes place. This means there can be no gatherings of people, in fear that the virus might be spread. “It is a very strange feeling sitting alone in my church on a Sunday morning. “I often sit in the quiet and pray but today, when others
would have gathered for worship, in some ways it’s almost a brief glimpse of life as a hermit or anchorite (though they were sealed in cells alongside the church) and both have much to offer. “The prayers of almost 152 years in this church seep into the building itself and the saints throughout the ages surround me as I sit here with our Lord. “I have prayed my way through our morning service and prayed for our communities and world. “Hopefully others will have joined me albeit praying in their own homes etc. “The seven-day candle had not gone out, so I used it to light the second of the seven- day candles, which will burn until next Sunday, when I will pray and light the third one. “Maybe the trinity of candles (the third being lit on Easter morning) will bring signs of healing, restoration and renewal to us and our world,” Mother Eden said.
Back in town
● Rev. Eden-Elizabeth Nicholls
■ One of our local theatre reviewers, Maggie Morrison, was caught overseas on the Costa Victoria cruise ship which has been refused docking at a number of locations. As we went to press, Maggie was due to arrive in Australia from Rome. The 14-day self-isolation will be relatively easy.
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From Our Files - 30 Years Ago Wednesday, April 4, 1990
Dieldrin tests
■ Kinglake farmers were reported to be interested in following Dieldrin treatment tests being conducted by the State Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. In 1987, Dieldrin contamination threatened the $4 billion beef export market. Residues were detected in 600 properties, of which 170 were still under quarantine.
Pistol range OK
■ Yea Councillors approved a pistol range of a property at Break-O’-Day Rd, Glenburn. About 25 people were in the gallery at the Council property held at Kinglake.
Deal on rates
■ A Yea woman, Allison Nye, who operated a craft workshop cottage industry and showroom from her residential property in Snodgrass St, Yea, was successful in having her rates reduced from ‘commercial’ to ‘residential’. Council CEO Peter Mangan told the Shire meeting that the move would create a dangerous precedent.
Yea shops project
■ Yea’s shopping complex, with supermarket and 10 specialty shops, was underway and expected to be completed by July 1990. A supermarket gave figures thatr the Yea commercial catchment was 2040 people, with weekly expenditure of $34.55 per person on groceries. Average weekly expenditure on alcohol from grocery outlets was $5.15 weekly.
Neighbours battle
■ Yea and Kinglake football clubs were set for the first time for the ‘Chronicle Cup’ competition devised by newspaper editor Ash Long. Lakers President Geoff Taylor said: “It is a match which will provide good spirited competition, whilst at the same time forging strong ties between the two clubs and communities.”
Luxury vehicles
■ Yea Shire’s Cr Ray Hutchinson said the Council could be charged a penalty for cancelling its order for a Holden Calais and three Holden Berlina cars. Cr Drysdale: :Where did you get that information?” Cr Hutchinson: The Motor Dealers Act. Cr Olcorn: Crap! Cr Drysdale: Mr President, I think it’s now history. Cr Lawson: There’s no alternative.
Charity for Fred
■ An emergency services charity golf day was being organised for injured timber feller Fred Docking of Alexandra. The day included a barbecue and refreshments.. Support was promised from Police, CFA, State Emergency Service, Telecom, SEC and Conservation, Forests and Lands.
Extra 200 copies
■ The Yea newspaper in 1990 sold an extra 200 copies of the edition with the Sacred Heart Parish centenary souvenir.
‘Cassell’s’ goes
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● Vic Thorley took this photos in the 1940s. Alan Thorley colorised it in 2020, 80 years later. The photo was taken from The Crescent grocery shop towards the shops in High St, Yea. Image: Yea and District Historical Pages
■ John Vlamis and his crew demolished the historic Cassell’s Garage next to Carter’s Cafe, Yea, to make way for a modern mobil service station and restaurant.
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TAURUS: (April 21- May 20) Lucky Colour: White Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 8-1-5-4 Lotto Numbers: 8-15-17-26-35-44 Most may need to take the initiative where their love life is concerned, and set the record straight, so that loved ones are not in doubt about your own expectations and don't let others interfere in your life. GEMINI: (May 21- June 21) Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 6-3-5-11 Lotto Numbers: 6-15-24-35-42-43 A wish comes true through the help of a loved one. However you tend to get caught in the middle of other people's problems; and this could put you at a disadvantage. CANCER: (June 22- July 22) Lucky Colour: Blue Lucky Day: Saturday Racing Numbers: 2-8-1-11 Lotto Numbers: 1-19-28-36-37-40 Make sure you are not neglecting your partner's emotional needs. Be diplomatic around the in-laws and/or workmates. And this will avoid a rather negative situation developing. LEO: (July 23-August 22) Lucky Colour: Grey Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 5-3-2-6 Lotto Numbers: 5-14-23-32-40-41 Social life could bring business opportunities; so present yourself at your best, someone is watching you. New friends will bring more excitement into your life.
LIBRA: (September 24- October 23) Lucky Colour: Pink Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 3-5-1-7 Lotto Numbers: 12-16-26-32-34-35 You could be making a big impact in your chosen field and someone in the position to improve your lot could help you. Problems with travel arrangements could cause worry and make sure you do not lose anything important. SCORPIO: (October 24- November 22) Lucky Colour: Silver Lucky Day: Saturday Racing Numbers: 4-8-1-5 Lotto Numbers: 15-28-33-37-38-45 It's just a matter of getting stuck into it and getting things done and you should succeed in everything you try. Your love life is due for a lift. Also, your business should improve very soon. SAGITTARIUS: (November 23- December20) Lucky Colour: Black Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 7-9-3-5 Lotto Numbers: 13-20-22-32-41-43 Time is coming nearer when you will be ready to make the move you have been planning for some time. Permanent relationships are considered and many a promise made during this period. . CAPRICORN: (December 21- January 19) Lucky Colour: Pale Green Lucky Day: Saturday Racing Numbers: 6-1-4-7 Lotto Numbers: 7-11-23-24-34-40 A trip away or plans for long distance travel could be very much on the agenda and well planned endeavours will succeed even better than you expected. Not a good time to confide in people.
● Don McLeish and Butsy McIntosh. ● Don McLeish, as a Yea piper. ■ A Yea icon, Don McLeish, died on Sunday (Mar. 29). The Coronavirus restrictions mean he will not have the funeral service that he deserves (for now). Don was a former Yea Shire Councillor; former Yea FootballNetball Club President, trainer and player; Freemason; farming identity; and good bloke. He served as a solider in World War II, and received his 75-year RSL certificate last November. His first love was his family. Arrangements are in the hands of McCormack Funerals. ● Lyn Helmond, Don McLeish, Des Callaghan. - Ash Long
AQUARIUS: (January 20- February 19) Lucky Colour: Brown Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 3-8-5-2 Lotto Numbers: 8-14-17-22-27-36 You might feel like letting off some steam but make sure you do not jeopardize your chances for the future with your little outburst. Try not to attract too much attention just now.
■ Murrindindi Shire Council committed the balance of remaining funds from its Business and Tourism Grants and Contributions Program to support local businesses to manage the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The balance is expected to exceed $80,000 in the current financial year. This decision was made at the Council’s ordinary meeting on Wednesday, March 25. Murrindindi Shire Mayor Cr Leigh Dunscombe said Council is working to back the efforts of both the Federal and State Governments to help protect the economy and help local businesses make it through the pandemic. “The Grants and Contributions Program was initially created to grow investment and jobs in the Shire. But given the impacts of the pandemic that we are already seeing on local business, we need to shift gears. “The survival of local businesses is critical to our whole community's future. Our Shire's prosperity is linked to their success. “And of course, local jobs are critical to keep our economy humming. Providing funding to support local businesses through this crisis is one way we can support businesses which are doing it tough. “Council officers will be working to ensure the funds are used in an impactful way in coming weeks. “We want this funding to help local businesses give our local economy a boost when the time is right. “And Council officers and Councillors are also exploring avenues for additional assistance. Stay in touch by visiting our website at murrindindi.vic.gov.au or following us on Facebook,” Cr Dunscombe said. If you are a business operating within Murrindindi Shire, there is a wide range of information and resources available on our website to help support you through the pandemic crisis. ‘ Please visit murrindindi.vic.gov.au, follow us on Facebook or give us a call on 5772 0333. - Contributed
Local Briefs Nillumbik closures
■ All Nillumbik playgrounds, skateparks and outside gyms are now closed, in line with the latest government recommendations regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Nillumbik’s parks, reserves and trails are open for exercise, but residents must follow the strict government guidelines that limit outside gatherings to two people, with the exception of family units. “These are important health and safety measures for our community. We encourage you to stay home and help fight the spread of coronavirus,” a Council spokesman said. For the latest Federal Government advice go to https://www.health.gov.au/ For information about disruptions to Council facilities, services and events go to https:/ /www.nillumbik.vic.gov.au/COVID-19
Yarrambat shuts
PISCES: (February 20- March 20) Lucky Colour: Lemon Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 8-9-5-2 Lotto Numbers: 10-33-36-40-4244 If you are interested in bettering yourself or do some social climbing, this is a good period to make the right contacts. Circulate more among your old and new friends and you could meet some very interesting people. KERRY KULKENS PSYCHIC LINE 1800 7 27 727 CALL COST: $5.50 INC G.S.T. PER MIN. MOB/PAY EXTRA. VISIT KERRY K ULKENS MAGIC SHOP AT 1693 BURWOOD HWY BEL G RAV E PH/FAX 9754 458 7 WW W.KERRY KULKENS. C OM.AU
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Cash for business
ARIES: (March 21-April 20) Lucky Colour: Gold Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 7-1-4-3 Lotto Numbers: 7-14-21-30-33-43 The best results could be achieved with the help of others. There should be more love and money on offer. And most should be on the right wavelength to make big decisions.
VIRGO: (August 23- September 23) Lucky Colour: Pink Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 4-7-1-9 Lotto Numbers: 4-7-19-32-33-44 Although luck in career affairs is indicated, stick to what you know best. Romance should be easier to find, however be very discreet with the way you handle a romantic overture.
Murrindindi Matters
● Don McLeish with Ryan Akers at the Yea cricket.
■ The Yarrambat Park Golf Course is now closed following recommendations of the Federal Government and Golf Australia to slow the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The course in Yan Yean Rd will remain closed until at least Monday, April 13. The closure includes the Goanna Golf mini golf, Yarrambat Park Driving Range and The Grass Lands café as well as all events. Keep up to date with the latest information about the closure at www.yarrambatgolf.com.au and https:// www.nillumbik.vic.gov.au/COVID-19 - Contributed
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What The Papers Say ‘Burger off’
■ Mansfield Shire Council turned down two planning applications - one for a convenience restaurant and the other for an amendment to an existing permit for a service station - in front of 80 people. The motion was carried unanimously to the sound of cheers and applause from the crowd, as well as those watching and listening in via Facebook and Mansfield Radio from home. The application would have allowed the landowner of 2-4 Station Street to develop a convenience restaurant at the site, which, despite not yet having confirmed an operator, had been subject to significant controversy and debate. - Mansfield Courier
Meetings online
■ Strathbogie Shire Council has implemented many measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as a response to the Victorian Andrews Government’s declaration of a state of emergency. The council confirmed it will implement a continuity plan for business as well as drafting a pandemic plan via a statement read by deputy mayor John Mason at last week’s council meeting. “If adopted, this (pandemic plan) will be implemented immediately. “Other major changes include all ordinary council and planning meetings from April onwards being shown via video link, with other meetings being postponed if needed and the Euroa Community Cinema being closed until further notice.” - Euroa Gazette
Radio trophies
■ Seymour FM added to its trophy cabinet after winning four awards at the Southern Community Media Association annual conference. - Seymour Telegraph
Lunch cancelled
■ The Good Friday Ruffy CFA Seafood Lunch has been cancelled. “We are not even permitted to door-knock or tin rattle to raise frunds for the Royal Children’s Hospital, but we have target to beat,” say Brigade officials. Instead, a tandem-trailer-load of split firewood is being auctioned each month for April, May, June and July. - Granite News
Limits on items
■ Shoppers are now required to present identification before entering selected supermarkets, as store managers try to ensure residents are able to buy essential items. Most supermarkets now have item limits to prevent shoppers from stocking up on essentials like toilet paper, tissues, hand sanitiser, baby formula and nappies. The limit also applies to pasta, rice, milk, bread and other essential items. - North Central Review
Local job losses
■ Long queues formed outside of Centrelink locations across Australia, including Lilydale, despite the Federal Government insisting those who seek welfare to do so from home. The crowds gathered outside the Lilydale office for several consecutive days from Monday March 23 as Centrelink struggled to keep up with the demand following the crash of online services. - Mountain Views Star Mail
Trees under threat
■ “The clash between utilitarian necessity, and community and environmental amenity is all too familiar to many residents of Warrandyte and surrounds. “The latest battleground is the Eltham Fitzsimons Lane Roundabout at the Eltham Gateway.” - Warrandyte Diary
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Vale David Turnbull
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■ Mitchell Shire Council CEO David Turnbull has passed away following a battle with cancer. Mr Turnbull was also a former CEO of the City of Whittlesea. MrTurnbull joined Mitchell Shire Council as its CEO in May 2016 and laid the foundations for what is said to be a financially viable and professional organisation. Mitchell Shire Council is claimed to be the State’s fastest growing local government area. His professional life was dedicated to helping and assisting communities. Melbourne’s northern growth corridor was heavily influenced by MrTurnbull. A Mitchell Shire statement said that sensible planning, jobs and economic growth, with a one job per household philosophy and a family-focus influenced his decision-making. Community values and interaction were at the forefront of his life in local government. Mr Turnbull served nine years as CEO at City of Whittlesea and 12 years as Director Planning and Development. He spent more than 40 years in local government. His entire career was with interface Councils and he embraced the challenges associated with that growth while maintaining township, rural and green wedge qualities. “David was regarded as an expert in his field in supporting interface councils and creating a sense of community in an ever-changing landscape,” said the Mitchell Council statement. “He has been responsible for overseeing significant growth across Bulla Shire (now Hume), Whittlesea City Council and Mitchell Shire as well as creating a fiscally stable and professional workforce to serve the ratepayers and community. “He had the ability to effectively build strong partnerships across all levels of government, the private development industry and community organisations - building strong relationships and achieving exceptional outcomes in the planning of communities. “He led policy change at a State and Federal Government level, including annual commitment of funds to specifically support growth interface councils. “David also was instrumental in establishing the National Growth Areas Alliance - a key advocacy body responsible for achieving greater investment in infrastructure to support sustain-
■ The induction of the Rev. J. C. Coulter to the charge of the Broadford Presbyterian Church took place last Friday afternoon, when there were quite a number of clergymen from other districts present as well as a good muster of local members of the church. On Thursday evening (let April) Rev. Coulter and family are to be welcomed at a social gathering held in their honor in the Oddfellows Hall. A musical programme will be supplied as well as light refreshments.
Yea Water Trust
● David Turnbull able communities in growth areas across Australia. M”He will be remembered for his commitment to social justice, ensuring those most disadvantaged in communities were taken care of, a desire for quality services, strong community engagement, advocacy, innovation, strong financial management and, most of all, planning. “He always said the phrase ‘failure to plan … is a plan to fail’. It summed up why he was so passionate about good planning in new communities. “You only get one chance - do it properly”. “His great love was his family and he leaves behind his wife Suzane Becker, four children Tess, Tom, Alice and Angus, and son-in-law James. Cr David Lowe, Mitchell Shire Mayor, said: :We have lost a great community leader in David Turnbull. His legacy, in the significant contribution he made to developing rapidly growing communities, cannot be overestimated and the fact that Mitchell Shire Council is leading the way in this rapid growth is testament to his guidance.” Mary Agoistin o, Mitchell Shire Acting CEO, said: “He always wanted to see the best out of people. He has had an amazing impact on building communities, and we can see that across our Shire as well as Whittlesea and Hume. “He was a wonderful leader who had so much pride in our people and organisation. He loved Mitchell Shire, and he had a significant impact on many staff both professionally and personally. “His passing will have an impact on many. David was a great human being; he had all the qualities we aspire to. He said working at Mitchell as the CEO was a “privilege”.”
Yarra Ranges Shire ■ “I know this is a difficult time in the community, following the State and Federal Government announcements, restricting the operation of non-essential businesses and gatherings of people. “TheYarra Ranges is not only home to spectacular views, but spectacular businesses – businesses built from the ground up by locals, providing products, services and experiences to community members and visitors from around the world. “We’re a popular place for people to meet, explore and get married, and I know that the recent announcements have caused a lot of worry and pain for our community. “We understand that things are tough, but we know that limiting the amount people are in contact with each other – for any reason – is one of the best ways to reduce the spread of the virus. “At Council, we are continually reviewing the way we deliver services to ensure we can provide the essentials while keeping the community safe. “As a result, we have scaled back several services, and we are confident that by doing this, we are helping the long-term health and wellbeing of our community. “We’re continuing to provide Maternal Child Health and Aged Care services to our community members who have significant needs, vulnerabilities and little support. “The services have changed to involve regular telephone calls to residents, to see how they’re doing, provide information and maintain a social connection while keeping physical distance. “We know our local businesses are also in constant review of what they do, every restaurant and café can now only operate by providing
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takeaway services, which isn’t an easy switch. “Our teams are providing as much leniency as possible so these businesses can keep operating. We encourage any business who needs guidance or support to give our Economic Development team a call or visit our website. “The messaging from the State Government is something I want everyone to keep in the front of mind – it is critical that anyone who can stay home, should stay home. “Reducing the spread of the virus is not just about good hygiene, it’s about putting as much space between yourself and other people as possible. The best way to do that is to stay home, catch up with friends and family over the phone or online, and only leave the house for essentials. “We still encourage you to support local businesses during these times. Support them by ordering takeaway food and having it delivered to your door, make online purchases - and leave a tip wherever you can. “As for day-to-day services, the collection of bins will continue, meals on wheels will be delivered, and we are available on the other end of the phone if you need us. “We’ll keep our website updated as things change. “Despite being physically separated, it’s so crucial that we continue to stay connected. Please, check in on your neighbours, friends and family over the phone and online, especially if they’re elderly or vulnerable. “Although our daily lives have experienced radical change and disruption, there’s a lot we can do to stay connected and support each other. “Stay safe. Thank you.” - Cr Richard Higgins,“Mayor, Yarra Ranges Shire Council
■ The ordinary monthly meeting of the Yea Waterworks Trust was held on Monday evening. Present : Commissioners C. E. Bacon (chairman), Drysdale and Dunlop. Accounts amounting to £30 were passed for payment.
St Pat’s Day sports
■ On Monday evening last the settling up meeting in connection wtth. the St. Patrick's Day sports was held, Rev. Father'Quinn presiding, the attendance being good. The balance sheet showed a very satisfactory state of things and was accepted. with pleasnre.
Yea Flower Show
■ The winners of the other com petitions were :-Blowing Out Candle (gents), Mr W. Balzary. Blowing Out Candle (ladies), Miss Warnock. Hat Trimming (gents), Mr J. Byrne. Fancy Cushion (throwing quoits), Mr R. Vining. Nail Driving (ladies), Mrs Bell.
ANZAC Day plans
■ A combined meeting of representatives from the Yea Soldiers' Presentation Committee, Red Cross Society, Welcome Home Committee, Fathers' Association, Shire Certificate Committee and the YeaAthletic Club was held in the Council chamber on Monday night to make arrangements in connexion with the celebration of Anzac Day, and the presentation of medals to soldiers and sailors, nurses, and relatives of soldiers who have paid the supreme sacrifice.
General at Kilmore
■ The famous general, Sir Wm. Birdwood, paid his promised visit to Kilmore yesterday (Wednesday), arriving by motor from Bendigo about noon. He was met by a guard of honor of returned soldiers at the north end of the town, and, headed by the local band, a pretty large procession of the various school pupils, cadets and members of the general public escorted him to the town hall, the main thoroughfare being gay with flags. The distinguished visitor was accorded a civic welcome by the President of the Shire and presented with an illuminated address, to which he replied.
Yarra Glen Show
■ In the draught horse sections there was not much competition; some fine exhibits, however, were shown. Mr. W. M. Black carried off the majority of the prizes, and Mr. W. H. Mills also secured a number. Mr. A. G. Read secured first and second for springcart mare or gelding. The ring events, as usual at this show, were numerous and well contested.
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THEATRES CLOSE ● Stephen Johnson ■ Award-winning Australian-born TV news and sports producer Stephen Johnson has swapped the studio for a writer's garret overlooking the Tamaki Estuary inAuckland. His compelling debut novel, Tugga's Mob, was inspired by working as a tour guide on double-decker buses around Europe in the 1980s, and four decades as a journalist, on both sides of the Tasman. Writing the novel commenced after Stephen convinced his wife Cath to sell their empty nest in 2016 to buy a seven-metre motorhome and undertake a 33,000 km tour of Europe, through a dozen countries and staying in one hundred and fifty campsites Tugga's Mob is a fast-paced crime novel which explores the deadly possibilities of 'funpacked' tours. In the free and easy '80s, these trips were reputed as "when passengers hang up their coats, their brains and then their morals for the duration". Stephen says that during his Europeanbus tours, a game was played called Killer. "Someone would be nominated as the 'killer' and would have to perform the deed by a means such as a wink. Another version ran for several days and would involve the passengers falling down, and frothing at the mouth somewhere famous like the front of the Eiffel Tower". In recent years Stephen wondered about someone taking that game literally and murdering people. "From this kernel of an idea I brought the action forward by means of a travel diary which everyone had back then before mobile phones. The result is a story of murderous revenge that takes place in both Australia and New Zealand.” Stephen describes Tugga's Mob as "about a crime that won't stay buried'”. Waikatoborn Judy Williams has worked for years to save for her great adventure, but it is soured by Tugga's Mob, a small group of men and one woman on the bus tour. Judy records her holiday experiences in a diary, including the darker side of what should have been a dream journey. Tugga Tancred's obsession with Judy escalates to sexual harassment and worse, aided by his mates and the sexist attitudes of that era. The crimes against Judy go unpunished until the diary is rediscovered 30 years later, sparking a trail of revenge, unexpected by the offenders. Heeding advice of "write what you know", Stephen Johnson has used his media and travel experiences to credibly create the book's characters, locations and plot. "I deliberately took a non-traditional approach allowing a Melbourne television crew to unravel the mystery. Journalists and producers are not constrained by police procedures and the laws - they can stumble along and still solve the crime". Stephen's story is fiction, yet he points out that the misogyny central to Tugga's Mob has long flourished in our society. "Sexism was incredibly prevalent in the '80s and a lot of what happened was simply brushed aside as 'boys will be boys'." He feels women today have more agency, "and feel more empowered to address sexual violence when it occurs". Tugga's Mob is published by Clan Destine Press. - Cheryl Threadgold
● A ghost light symbolically protects the theatre until shows return. Photo courtesy of Associate Professor R. Eric Stone, Theatre Arts Department, University of Iowa, USA ■ Local theatre, historically known as 'ama“All bookings will be refunded during the teur' theatre, admirably survived the 20th cen- coming days.” tury challenges of two World Wars and the Great And many more similar notices of show and Depression, continuing to entertain audiences auditions closures and postponements have foland fund-raise in Victorian urban and regional lowed, including CLOC Musical Theatre deferring Priscilla, Queen of the Desert from May to communities. Regardless of tough financial times, audi- October at the National Theatre, Brighton Theences craved entertainment to raise morale and atre Company has cancelled Seasons Two and Three of their 2020 program, Williamstown spirits. Things are different in 2020 with the arrival Musical Theatre Company has deferred of the Corona Virus, and the need to eradicate Mamma Mia! to October, Essendon Theatre this invisible enemy means the unprecedented Company has postponed Psycho Beach Party closure of all theatres in Victoria, whether pro- and Beaumaris Theatre has deferred Anne and Gilbert until 2021. fessional, independent or local (amateur). These are just a few examples of theatre comFrom March 14, emails began arriving advising the sad news of show closures and post- ing to a halt in urban and regional Victoria, and ponements, including cancellation of the the work placed on hold (or sometimes canof actors who have rehearsed for weeks, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, an celled) set designers, builders and painters, the costume event for which many enthusiastic, talented makers, production team (director/musical diyoung performers have rehearsed for months. rector/choreographer), technical team, musiFirst news of a local theatre show cancella- cians, dancers and committees of management. tion was received from Encore Theatre, which In this time of global pandemic, 21st century performs at the Clayton Theatrette. audiences recognise the need to avoid attending The message reads: "The Encore Theatre live theatre and instead can be entertained by Committee has been closely monitoring the de- television and social media when self-isolating veloping situation regarding Covid-19 and has during Covid-19. made the unfortunate decision to cancel its upDuring this time of theatre closures, some coming show Run for Your Wife, due to open companies are using this poignant image as their next week. cover photo, with the ghost light symbolically “Given that State and Federal Government protecting the theatre until companies return. directives to further minimise gatherings appear A positive comment from Dawn Hinrichsen to be imminent, and that - like many community of Essendon Theatre Company represents the theatres - those deemed most at risk to the virus resilience of her peers in the amateur theatrical make up much of our audience, we're taking arts sector: "Time to regroup, and get organised this proactive step to protect the health of our for further in the year". patrons, volunteers, and the cast and crew. - Cheryl Threadgold
Unleash the Beast ■ French interprète polyvalent or versatile performer Pauline Calme engages the audience at the Butterfly Club in her self-directed, onewoman show Unleash the Beast. Calme by name but this high energy, comedic improv performance is the exact opposite with demanding lots of space for movement on and off-stage. In opening, she sets the scene and tries to soothe our comfort invitingt us to go on the ride with her saying ‘it’s only one hour in our lives’. This is risky theatre and Pauline is not afraid to expose her vulnerability. She openly admits that not everything works, however, she keeps trying and she succeeds in taking the audience with her. We’re treated to Pauline’s expertise as a practitioner and teacher of the improv method. This show may appear on the surface to be free, but
through her creation, drawn entirely on her mood and that of the audience and auditorium, we’re transported to another level of performance. Pauline likes to meet audience members in the bar just before the show, seeking out anyone interested in participation. She is not about putting her audience ill at ease. On the night, she had two willing participants apparently experienced in performance who paired with her as they slid into a James Bond inspired routine on stage. The interplay was magic. Through encouraging audience members to speak out their names, she also developed an inspired act of syncopation. This is an extremely physical performance with Pauline’s professionalism propelling the momentum through her facial, bodily and vocal tools. - Review by Sherryn Danaher
● Nicole Alexander ■ Who doesn't love a rollicking family saga? In these times of staying home, a good book and a cuppa or glass of wine is a great option, and Australian author Nicole Alexander's new book, The Cedar Tree, would be a great companion to while away the hours. Set in two different times, the 1860s and the 1940s,Alexander has set the novel in the lush Richmond Valley and the barren Strzelecki Desert. The Cedar Tree follows the journey of three Irish cousins who leave their home in the 1860s after brushes with the law and settle in Australia. But all is not smooth sailing, and one of the three now Irish-Australian siblings makes a decision that calls a falling out with the other two. Fast forward to the 1940s, when Stella O'Riain is mourning her husband and is poverty-stricken so she retreats to he late husband's family cane farm to heal. But there are secrets in that family that slowly reveal themselves and Stella is drawn into this story of betrayals and resentments that have been passed down through the generations. The Cedar Tree explores the issues of those times, such as religious and cultural bigotry, as Alexander looks at how lives are changed through one action, even it happened decades ago. Nicole Alexander lives on and manages a family property, making her a fourth generation grazier as well as a writer. She said that she loves being able to have both jobs, and that she was moved to write The Cedar Tree after doing some research into her own family background in the 19th century. As the book cover says, "freedom comes at a cost", but you will have to read it to discover the truth of that claim. And that will be one of the more pleasant tasks in our new daily routine. - Julie Houghton
Green Room Awards
■ The 37th Annual Green Room Awards presentation can be seen online on Monday, April 6 from 7.00pm to 9.30pm on www.greenroom.org.au/awards/ceremony2020 Separate video packages will announce nominees and winners from all seven categories. Hosted by Otto and Astrid, the presentation will be voiced by Rob Meldrum, with a new piece of commissioned music from composer Shanon Whitlock for the In Memoriam. Recipients of the 2020 GRA Special Awards will also be recognised throughout the evening. Daniel Clarke is the recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Cabaret Award, Emily O’Brien has been awarded the TechnicalAchievement Award, the Geoffrey Milne MemorialAward for Outstanding Contribution to Contemporary and Experimental Performance recipient is Caitlin Dullard, and the 2020 GRA Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Jenny Kemp.
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Reviews Bitch, Antigone
■ Mynniscus is throwing a ‘hissy fit’. Drunkenly weeping and gorging on junk food, he is disinclined to reprise his famed ‘Antigone’. In gold lamè and curly blond (think Harpo Marx) wig, he mimes I just don’t know what to do with myself. He’s been jilted by some ‘toga teasers’. In a witty aside, he claims that ‘anyone who says they don’t love actors is a producer’. Theodorus and Callipedes, similarly attired, enter. Theodorus alternately tries pleas and threats, while Callipedes – who fancies himself in the title role, does his best to undermine his confidence. The setting is ancient Athens, and the three talentless thespians have entered the Dionysian ‘Fringe’ Festival drama competition, with their (abysmal) version of Sophocles’ Antigone (441 BC). Moreover, they are bitchily vying with each other for the supreme honour of ‘best actor’. The complicated plot, helpfully related by Callipedes in one sentence, centres around Antigone, who is determined to give her brother, Polynices, former king of Thebes, a decent burial. Creon, the new ruler has decreed that the body be left to the mercy of animals and vultures – the ultimate degradation for a war hero. The various characters played by Theodorus (Angus Brown) and Callipedes (Scott Middleton) were personified by masks, crowns and assorted accessories. Scott Middleton’s Ismene was priceless with her heart-shaped sunnies, handbag with protruding chihuahua and ‘valley girl’ speak. His soldier was hysterically ‘macho’ in contrast. Angus Brown shone, despite a script in hand (he was standing in for an ill Wayne Pearn) and his dramatic interpretations were impressive. Of course, it all ends badly in the manner of Greek tragedies, with Antigone’s suicide and just about everyone else’s demise as well. As Antigone, Steve Dawson was hilarious. He also wrote and directed the play for Out Cast Theatre, the ‘longest running’ LGBTI+ theatre company. A hit at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Bitch, Antigone was rapturously received by the audience at the Butterfly Club. Performance Details: Until March 21 Venue: The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne Bookings: thebutterflyclub.com - Review by Juliet Charles
Online magic
■ The Laneway Theatre, based in Northcote, wants to keep entertaining and bring a touch of magic into everyone's lives. As a solution, a free chat show is being presented every night at 8pm, when Tim Ellis will interview a different magician every night. Each show is around 30 minutes long and can be viewed free of charge at www.TheLanewayTheatre.com Past episodes can also be seen by visiting this website. - Cheryl Threadgold
Media Flashes
■ Only Daybreak and Intermezzo programs are being broadcast live on the Melbourne fine music station, 3MBS. Other programs are coming from the station’s back-catalogue. ■ Ralph Knight, 3CR host of Steam Radio, Swing and Swey, and Nostalgia Unlimited, has retired from his on-air role. ■ Grant Broadcasters Senior Executive team has agreed to a reduction in their base remuneration and there has been a number of redundancies made to meet current market conditions. ■ The annual Helpmann Awards will not be presented in 2020. ■ Staff at Southern Cross Austereo are to take pay cuts and forced annual leave.. From today (Apr. 1), all SCA staffers earning a base remuneration of $68,000 or above will have their pay reduced by 10 per cent. ■ Media company Nine has highlighted $200m of cost savings in the 2020 year.
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Tuck Shop Ladies concert ■ Like so many performers, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival season for the Tuck Shop ladies, Rosie Burgess and Sam Lohs, was cancelled due to the Corona virus. Folk musicians Rosie and Sam have decided to 'jump online' and do a Facebook Live show on Thursday, April 9 at 8pm. Tickets will be $10, but this is optional as Rosie and Sam realise that many people are currently experiencing financial hardship. Titled All Up In My Dial Up, the Tuck Shop Ladies will explore life issues such as when we continually pick up the same pen even though knowing it doesn't work, pretending to be related to someone famous and others, with "a couple of ukuleles, three chords, and the truth". Their show will also peek into the personal relationship of touring musicians and the result of what happens when everyday life is a Broadway musical. Online Performance Details: Date and Time: Thursday, April 9 at 8pm Venue: www.facebook.com/tuckshopladies Tickets: (optional) $10 B o o k i n g s :w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / tuckshopladies and click on the event - Cheryl Threadgold
● The Tuckshop Ladies Rosie Burgess and Sam Lohs.
Footlight Productions ■ Geelong-based theatre company Footlight Productions Inc. was founded by Peter Wills in 2003. Peter had always believed in the importance of performance in his life, and after many years' involvement with other amateur theatre companies, decided to form his own. Footlight Productions differs from other companies because their annual musical theatre production is presented in January. During an interview, Peter explained that rehearsals start at the end of October for an early January performance. This suits university students at home for the summer break, school teachers such as Peter's wife Margaret, and the Geelong Performing Arts Centre (GPAC), now known as the Geelong Arts Centre, because bookings are lower at that time of the year. “People know when they audition they have to be available for this time, except for a twoweek break over Christmas," said Peter. Peter chose his company's name because of a lifelong fondness of old-fashioned footlights. With several theatre companies already operating in Geelong, Peter was asked why he founded another one. "I established Footlight Productions in 2003 to streamline the administration process for a production, and to maintain a standard I believe is pertinent to our wonderful performance venue, the Geelong Arts Centre.” Peter insists on good organisation for Footlight Productions, having learnt from his involvement with other theatre companies. "Disorganisation can lead to poor standards.” The company rehearses out of school hours at the Sacred Heart College in Newtown and at St Bernard's Church in Belmont. A North Geelong shed is hired to store scenery and props and costumes are stored at the church. Just over 90 per cent of the company's audiences are from Geelong. “There are a lot of people who come and see our show only because there is only so much disposable income. “insist on a high-quality production standard and believe in quality over quantity,” says Peter. "There is no churning out production after production.” He also believes in a commitment to excellence and treating everyone well. "We offer a good experience to performers and backstage crew. It’s fun and they are learning". Peter commented on how technology has changed communication.
Melbourne Arts It Must Be Heaven
■ This whimsical tale stars writer-director Elia Suleiman starring in his own story. Suleiman plays a bemused, Monsieur Hulot-esque character travelling from his home in Nazareth to New York and Paris on a mission to drum up funding for the film we are watching. Through ironic observations, in particular, given that Suleiman begins his journey from his hometown of Nazareth in Palestine, the further Suleiman travels, the more absurd the world becomes. And that is the point of the film. Suleiman visits a producer (Vincent Maraval) only to be told that: “Your film is not Palestinian enough.” In NewYork, a taxi driver (Kwasi Songui) asks him where he is from. “Nazareth, I’m Palestinian.” “A real Palestinian,” the taxi driver is elated refusing to charge him and effusing about the cause. Actor Gael Garcia Bernal joins Suleiman to pitch to another producer. “He’s not a Palestinian from Israel — he is a Palestinian from Palestine,” Garcia says. “He’s making a comedy.” The producer (Nancy Grant) delivers a deadpan assessment, “Oh that’s funny already”, and moves swiftly on. Chance encounters demonstrate how incongruous the world can be. American supermarkets sell guns to already gun-toting Americans: assault rifles, submachine guns and bazookas share space with groceries in trolleys. Parisian cops power around the city on Segway pods only to measure a sidewalk café for a breach of the by-law. Bastille Day renders the city desolate with the occasional flyover or incursion of tanks. Back in Palestine, Suleiman slips back into village life. Drinks with neighbours, rustling olive and orange groves. A thumping disco where young people enjoy the music and each other’s company, just like they do all over the world. - Review by Kathryn Keeble
In isolation
■ Natalie Peters, news director of Sydney's 2GB, has tested positive to coronavirus describing her symptoms as starting when she began “feeling really cold”. She has been in self-isolation since arriving back from overseas earlier this month. - Greg Newman ● Peter and Margaret Wills, Footlight Productions Inc. "We once didn’t even have a telephone in the rehearsal venue and had to go out and find a phone box". He describes theatre as resembling a community sport, on the other side. "It brings a diverse group of people together – different creeds, nationalities and varying ages". Peter’s extensive experience in Geelongbased theatre includes the GSODA Junior Players, starting at age eleven then progressing to the company’s senior section to perform in musicals. He became interested in offstage work including marketing and props, then became Secretary of the company at 18. He has been on a theatre company committee ever since. Other companies Peter has helped produce shows for include Lyric Theatre and Geelong Repertory Theatre. Establishing Footlight Productions was a natural progression for Peter. “It has brought me in touch with great friends who are an important part of my life. I love meeting people with a passion for learning and for excellence in theatre.” Recent highly successful shows staged by Footlight Productions include Les Miserablés and Mamma Mia!, which was so popular it is returning for a season from October 2 - 10 at the Geelong Arts Centre. For further information about Footlight Productions Inc. visit: www.footlight productionsvic.com/ ■ This story is extracted from In the Name of Theatre: the history, culture and voices of amateur theatre in Victoria by Cheryl Threadgold. Released in September
Convent closed
■ The Abbotsford Convent precinct is now closed to the public until further notice. This includes the closure of onsite eateries and cafes, galleries, gardens, the school and markets. Only members of the onsite tenant community of artists, sole traders and small businesses remain on site at their own discretion at this time, along with a security presence. Many of the artists and small businesses sell their products and services online. All events in the Convent’s venues and outdoor spaces have been postponed until further notice.
Gold, KIIS problem
■ A staff member of the ARN Melbourne team tested positive for COVID-19. A press release states: “This staff member had minimal access within the ARN Melbourne office and as all non-essential staff were already working from home, this person’s contact with others at ARN was limited. “The health and well-being of our people is our number one priority and, as such, we’re in constant communication with any Melbourne staff who may have been in contact with this person. “In line with Government advice, the ARN Melbourne office is currently closed while being professionally sanitised. Due to ARN’s business continuity plans, the Gold104.3 and KIIS 101.1 stations remain broadcasting and our technology and resources are in place to ensure all staff, including on air talent, news and content teams, can work from home and other appropriate locations.”
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Landmark celebrates 90 years ■ Hi everyone, from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites comes this week's news.
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Chateau Marmont’s moment
■ In the late 1920s, as Hollywood was booming and Beverly Hills was sprouting a bumper crop of movie-colony mansions, the stretch between them was little more than sagebrush and scrub. It was known as No-Man's Land. Winding through it was a forlorn trail with a presumptuous name: Sunset Boulevard. Where this unpaved road met Marmont Lane, catty-corner to an oasis-like complex of villas in mid-construction called the Garden of Allah, the attorney and developer Fred Horowitz became mesmerised by a barren hillside. One day in November of 1926, the story goes, he rolled up to the unpromising site in a town car, pulled out a snapshot he'd taken in the Loire Valley of the Château d'Amboise, where Catherine de Medici and Henry II of France shacked up in the 16th century, and, in a title-card moment from a silent movie, shouted: "Yes." Horowitz had found his spot. Here, on the north side of Sunset, he would build a brawny, earthquake proof, sevenstorey, Manhattan-worthy apartment house in a fairy-tale French Gothic style with thick, buff-colored walls, spiky turrets, steep roofs, arched windows, raftered ceilings, and a vaulted colonnade, with the two flanks of the building folding in upon a grassy courtyard, all adding up to a veritable fortress of luxury, taste, and fantasy. His California castle was distinctively furnished and decorated as it would have state-of-the-art kitchens and bathrooms. Promising Park Avenue-style discretion and privacy, it would be a sanctuary for New Yorkers moving West. Horowitz toyed with names: Chateau Sunset? Chateau Hollywood? He went with Chateau Marmont. It sounded French. Along with the Garden ofAllah, the Chateau Marmont turned that faceless frontier into what would become the Sunset Strip. The Chateau turns 90 this year, having opened its big wooden doors for business on February 1, 1929. It remains a pivotal Hollywood institution, one forever rooted in a pivotal Hollywood moment the transition from silent films to talkies, from the raining-money 1920s to the breadline 1930s. It's a miracle the place even survived infancy. Eight months after the Chateau welcomed its first tenants, the stock market crashed. Leases fizzled and, two years later, Horowitz sold his concrete-and-steel bauble. Under new ownership, the property finally got traction when its apartments were rented to short-term lodgers. And so the Chateau Marmont became a hotel. For 90 years the Chateau has loomed large on the Sunset Strip landscape. The Chateau Marmont has a very important Australian connection. The Marmont has Amanda Grandinetti as its General Manager. Amanda is proudly Australian and started her hospitality career at Melbourne's' Gordon Place which was owned by Alan Johnson who now looks after the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites close by on Santa Monica Boulevard also in West Hollywood.
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Cutting risk of death ■ Two new studies are adding to the growing consensus in the medical community that staying active is perhaps the best way for older adults to live longer and stay happy and healthy well into their golden years. Best of all, no one is telling grandma or grandpa to hit the bench press; simple, leisurely activities like walking are enough to promote strong health in old age. First of all, researchers noted that older adults were 67 per cent less likely to die of any cause if they were at least moderately physically active for a minimum of 150 minutes each week. Additionally, a second study found that older women (average age of 79) were 38 per cent less likely to die from a heart attack, heart failure or stroke if they were consistently walking 2100 to 4500 steps each day. "Finding a way to physically move more in an activity that suits your capabilities and is pleasurable is extremely important for all people, and especially for older people who may have risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Physical activities such as brisk walking can help manage high blood pressure and high cholesterol, improve glucose control among many benefits," explains Barry A. Franklin, a professor of internal medicine at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in Rochester, Michigan, in a release by the American Heart Association. Regarding the first study's findings, the average age of the participants was 69. Researchers noted that just 30 minutes of light-intensity activity like household chores and walking was associated with a 20 per cent lower risk of dying from any cause. On the other hand, though, just 30-minutes of sedentary behavior was associated with a 32 per cent higher chance of dying from any cause.
■ Amazon is very clear about the product reviews on its site they're not allowed to be rigged or bogus. But that doesn't stop some merchants from trying. Pasadena resident Ben Shutman, 37, discovered this after receiving a wall stud finder he'd ordered from Amazon. A wall stud finder, for those who may not be do-ityourselfers, is a hand-held electronic device that can detect studs, or vertical beams, hidden beneath the drywall. It's handy if you're hanging something heavy, such as a TV. The $21.99 stud finder Shutman purchased, from a Chinese company called Homder, was accompanied by what appears at first glance to be a $20 Amazon gift card. It isn't. The card is, in fact, a blatant bribe for a stellar review. While the front of the card features the Amazon logo and presents itself as a $20 "amazon.com gift card," the back tells a different story. It says that to receive either an actual $20 gift card or a $20 Pay Pal payment, the customer must "write a positive 5 stars product review," and email a link to the review to a Hotmail address. "Important Note," the card declares. "Please do not tale or post images about this rebate activity in your review content, otherwise it is invalid." I take "tale" in that sentence to mean you shouldn't mention that your palm was secretly greased to write a glowing review. Good reviews are a key component of product rankings on Amazon, which means sellers have a powerful incentive to generate the best reviews possible either through customer satisfaction or more dubious methods. "Amazon reviews are very susceptible to manipulation and bias," said Russell Winer, a marketing professor at New York University. "This is particularly true for non-Amazon products sold by third parties." He estimated that up to 60 per cent of such reviews "are fake or somehow influenced." It won't be a news flash to anyone that a significant percentage of online reviews are untrustworthy. For as long as reviews have been posted on websites, there have been attempts by consumers and businesses to cheat the system.
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■ Right now, most Americans are simply fed up. The combination of myriad, simultaneous crises (coronavirus pandemic, the stock market free fall, election hacking and freakish weather events), a peevish hyper partisan Congress that is stalled, and an increasingly politicised and hysterical opinionbased media have created a vicious and anxiety-ridden culture. And it doesn't stop there, internet algorithms on the three biggest social media platforms, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, sort us into tribes and pit us against each other, adding further to our society's chaos. In response, we are turning on each other. Most of us are feeling much colder toward, more fearful and contemptuous of those with opposing views, and these sentiments have more than doubled since 1994. We also believe that almost twice as many people on the other side of the political fence hold more extreme views than they actually do. And the more media we consume, the more our perceptions of them become distorted. These feelings are increasingly influencing who we date, marry, hire and hang out with. A recent survey even showed that almost 10 per cent of both Democrats and Republicans feel that violence would be acceptable if the other side won the 2020 presidential election. Of course, this is making us all sick. Today, 69 per cent of Americans find the future of the country to be a "significant source of stress," which leads to an increased likelihood of chronic health problems.
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■ Irene Hewitt was born in 1922 and began singing at an early age. Irene was 18 when she became the resident vocalist in Tye's Radio Revue on 3XY, which was broadcast every Sunday night from the Princess Theatre. The compere was Eric Pearce, and Irenesang Ida Sweet As Apple Cider as her debut song on the show. On many occasions Irene sang duets with Jack Perry. She sang at many of the local dances and was also resident vocalist at the Coconut Grove Nightclub in Chapel St, South Yarra. Around that time she married her first husband, who played saxophone in the band at The Coconut Grove. Irene also sang regularly at the famous Chevron Hotel. In 1954 Irene appeared on the national radio show Australia's Hour of Song with Dick Fair. She was a regular guest on ABC radio shows and sang on cruise ships. In 1957 Irene was cast in the television series Take That which was a ‘live to air’15-minute school classroom comedy. It was one of the first comedy shows produced by Crawford Productions, a bit like Yes What, the old radio series. Take That also starred English actor Phillip Stainton, Joff Ellen, Frank Rich, Keith Eden and Jack Perry. Irene sang on many television variety shows during her career. Her film credits include Blue Fire Lady, Dimboola, I Live With Me Dad and Lonely Hearts. During the 1970s Irene performed in Sydney night clubs as a comedienne and worked with
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Jack Bowkett, from the singing group The Tunetwisters. In 1981 Irene was cast as Mrs Swabb, the housekeeper, in an Australian tour of the Alan Bennett-play, Habeus Corpus. The cast included a great bunch of popular television actors - English actor Frank Thornton (Are You Being Served), Pat McDonald (Number 96) and Liz Burch (The Flying Doctors) . There was a night during the tour when a leg snapped off the stage settee that almost everyone had to sit on. Irene madly searched around back stage in the dark and finally walked onstage with a paint tin which she popped under the edge of the settee and the play proceeded without a hitch. She remained friends with Frank Thornton
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and his wife and they always sent each other Christmas cards. Irene played guest roles in many television series including Prisoner and The Henderson Kids. Irene loved music and was a regular attendee at the International Sinatra meetings. Some of her recordings were - When Johnny Comes Marching Home, I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded and One More River To Cross (with Don Harper and His Orchestra). In 1997 Irene was a guest vocalist at a special fundraising concert for 96.5FM. It was a big show with Val Jellay, Clyde Simpson, Bruce Skeggs, David McGee, Ray Lawrence, The Creole Bells and many others in the line up. Irene Hewitt loved life and when she was very ill she just refused to give in and slipped out of the hospital to visit her friends. She passed away in 2004 and I attended her funeral. Long time friends Terry Gill and Carole Anne got everyone singing. Irene would have loved it and also the thunderous applause as the coffin was carried out of the funeral parlour. One of the great singers and characters of the Melbourne showbusiness scene, Irene Hewitt. Kevin Trask Kevin can be heard on 3AW The Time Tunnel - Remember When Sundays at 10.10pm with Philip Brady and Simon Owens. And on 96.5 FM That's Entertainment - Sundays at 12 Noon. www.innerfm.org.au
National Gallery’s place in Melbourne
■ In 1851 the gold rush the colony of Victoria emerged as Australia's richest colony and Melbourne, the colony's capital became Australia's largest and richest city. With Melbourne's rapid growth calls came for the establishment of a public art gallery and in 1859 the Victorian Government pledged £2000 for the acquisition of plaster casts of sculpture. These works were displayed in the Museum of Art opened by Governor Sir Henry Barkly in May 1861 on the lower floor of the south wing of the Public Library in Swanston St. Further money was set aside for the purchase of original paintings by British and Victorian artists. On May 24, 1874, the first purpose built gallery known as the McArthur Gallery, opened in the McArthur Room of the State Library and the following year, the Museum of Art was renamed the National Gallery of Victoria. The gallery's collection was built from both gifts of works f art and monetary donations. The most significant, the Felton Bequest, was established by the will of will of Alfred Felton and from 1904 has been used to purchase over 15,000 works of art. Since the Felton Bequest, the galley had long held plans to build a permanent facility, however it was not until 1943 that the State Government chose a site, Wirth's Park, just south of the Yarra River. £3million was put forward in February 1960 and Roy Grounds was announced as the architect. The new bluestone building was completed in December 19 67 and Victorian Premier Henry Bolte officially opened it onAugust 1968. One of the features of the building is the Leonard French stained glass ceiling, one of the world's largest pieces of suspended stained glass, which casts colourful light on the floor below. It is not uncommon to see visitors lying on the floor to view the coloured glass ceiling. Another great feature is the water wall entrance. In 1997, redevelopment of the building was proposed, with Marco Bellini chosen as architect and an estimated project cost of $161.9 million. The design was extensive, creat-
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with Peter Kemp ing all new galleries leaving only the exterior, the cultural courtyard and the Great Hall intact. The plans included ding away with the water wall, but following public protests organised by the National Trust Victoria, the design was altered to include a new wall slightly forward of the original. NGV on Russell closed in 2002 to make way for the staged opening of the new St Kilda Rd gallery. The St Kilda Rd building is known now as NGV International and houses the NGV collection of international works. The Ian Potter Centre: NGVAustralia in Federation Square was designed by LabArchitecture Studio to house the NGV's Australian art collection. It opened in 2002. As such, the NGV's collection is now housed on two buildings with the original in St Kilda Rd renamed NGV International. National Gallery of Victoria 150 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne
only - boxoffice@mso.com.au MSO will update you with any major announcements, and will notify ticket holders to upcoming MSO performances via email over coming days, prioritising concerts in date order. As of March 23 events scheduled until April 13 will not proceed as advertised. MSO continues to take advice from state and federal health authorities and will update ticket holders as soon as possible with any further updates. Additional dates will posted on the website for cancelled rescheduled concerts. Ib the meantime MSO invites you to join the company on MSOYouTube channel to enjoy free MSO performances each Thursday evening at 7pm.
Benalla Art Gallery
■ The Benalla Art Gallery is one of Victoria's premier art galleries. The striking modernist building overlooks Lake Benalla and the Benalla Botanical Gardens. The Council owned and operated facility is classified as a State Regional Gallery by Arts Victoria. The Benalla Art Gallery was constructed in 1975. A generous conation by a local benefactor Mr Laurie Ledger, of 25 per cent of the construction costs and his collection of fine Australian art, was rewarded with his choice of gallery site and architect. The Gallery presents a diverse, high quality exhibition program to inspire and engage audiences. The Art Gallery is an important tourist attraction for Benalla Rural City, drawing people with its iconic architecture, internationally renowned art collection, significant exhibitions, ■ At the advice of the Victorian one of Benalla's best cafes and the State Government and the health and gallery shop. Thanks to Benalla Rural City wellbeing of the MSO people as a priority, from Monday March 23 the MSO Council for the above information. Benalla Art Gallery will remove to a remote working model. Botanical Gardens, The Box Office will be available, Bridge St, Benalla however will be contactable by email - Peter Kemp
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OK. With John O’Keefe Birthday boy Elton John
● Elton John ■ When Elton John celebrates a birthday he usually gets out his little black book and invites a thousand, or so of his closest friends. Not so when his 73rd birthday came along. All Elton wanted at the birthday bash were his two young boys – Zachery and Elijah who presented Daddy Elton with a cake they had baked. After cutting the cake they all played Snakes and Ladders.
Injection of new owners?
■ Due to uncertain times ahead in the mediaAAP Newswire is up for sale. The service facilitates distribution of media releases to news rooms throughout Australia , and overseas. The rumour mill is buzzing with names of interested parties, including showbiz icon Glenn Wheatley – manager of John Farnham. Tenders close April 9.
On the cover of Rolling Stone
■ Not long ago a busker called Tones was singing away on the streets of Byron Bay. Tones got a few gigs, then along came the chance to perform at the AFL Grand Final. From there on life has sped ahead at a blistering pace, and now her latest achievement – front cover of May 4 edition Rolling Stone magazine. Apart from the front cover there is a multi-page editorial spread inside.
Here’s to Hans
■ I have to admit I had never heard of Hans Zimmer until I read his CV and, wow, has this musical composer hit the list of Hollywood greats. His credits include winning Academy, Grammy, Golden gongs including soundtracks for Rain Man, The Lion King. He has his own star on the Walk of Fame. Latest highlight is a project from auto icon BMW to compose soundtracks to play in the soon to be released Beemer concept i4 electric cars.
Logies latest
■ Bauer Media are tight lipped about their 2020 TV Week Logies. Public voting starts shortly except for Australia’s most entertaining TV commercial as this category has been canned. Whether the Logies will be a big, bold, brassy red carpet affair is unlikely . - John O’Keefe
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Movies, DVDs with Jim Sherlock, Aaron Rourke Easter Eggs and the movies With the majority of us confined to home due to the Coronaviris, and Easter just around the corner, here's an Easter Egg hunt of a different kind, one that will also make your home movie viewing all that more intriguing. Movie greats such as Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Peter Jackson, George Lucas, along with so many others, have for decades delighted in adding a little more spice to their creations. An "Easter Egg" in a movie is either a special message, reference, a gag or a homage to a film or filmmaker by the director, screenwriter, cast or crew that is hidden somewhere with-in the film, and can take many shapes and forms. such as actual props, in drawings, in dialogue and photographs. The legendary Alfred Hitchcock was one of the first directors to put Easter Eggs into his films, most notably a small cameo appearance from himself, and out of the 52 films he made he appears in 39 of them. The movie that is strongly believed to have actually coined or originated the term Easter Egg is the 1975 cult comedy-musical classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." This came about just prior to the commencement of filming when the crew had an egg hunt on the set, however, they weren't able to locate them all in time and were promptly forgotten, so when filming actually began, they remained hidden, and as a result, three of the Easter Eggs made it into the final cut of the film. Here are just a few examples: In Steven Spielberg's classic 1977 science fiction epic "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," as the Mother-Ship arrives on earth comic legend John Belushi's plane from Spielberg's comedy spectacular "1941" and the beloved "Star Wars" character R2D2 can be seen propped amongst its breathtaking structure. Droids R2D2 and C-3PO from the "Star Wars series can be seen twice in Steven Spielberg and George Lucas' Indiana Jones adventure blockbuster "Raiders of the Lost Ark" as part of the hieroglyphics in the well of souls during the sequence when Indiana Jones first discovers the Ark, the second appearance also includes Princess Leia. In Francis Ford Coppola's epic "Godfather" saga, the inclusion or reference to oranges on the screen means the demise or death that is coming for one of the characters. Disney's "Toy Story" franchise is riddled with hidden references to Stanley Kubrick's iconic 1980 horror film "The Shining." The most obvious is the carpet pattern in Sid's upstairs room, which matches the carpet in the haunted Overlook Hotel, and the security camera at the Sunnyside Day-Care Centre in "Toy Story 3" has a nameplate showing "Overlook R237." If the famous burning of Atlanta sequence in David O. Selznick's 1939 Academy award winning classic "Gone With The Wind" starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh looks familiar, it is the giant wall from the original 1933 Merian C. Cooper classic "King Kong" starring Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong. And whilst on the subject of "King Kong," in Peter Jackson's 2005 remake of "King Kong," a message is received by morse-code as the ship approaches Skull Island that on the surface reveals a warrant for Jack Black's arrest. however, this isn't actually what the code translates to, as it actually says "Show me the monkey." Déjà Vu can also be the result of filmmakers trying to save a penny or two from the often over burdened budget, such as the underwater submarine sequences in the 1982 Clint Eastwood spy adventure "Firefox" and the 1978 disaster film "Gray Lady Down" starring Charlton Heston, both of which utilizes footage taken from John Sturges' 1968 submarine cold war Cinerama epic "Ice Station Zebra" starring Rock Hudson, and the decaying sets from the 1968 Oscar winning musical "Oliver" being utilized one more time in Terry Gilliam's 1977 comedy "Jabberwocky." Easter Eggs can also be in the form of hidden celebrity cameos. and other than the aforementioned Alfred Hitchcock, here's just a few more to look out for: Carrie Fisher, George Lucas and Glenn Close in Steven Spielberg's "Hook," Daniel Craig as a storm-trooper in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," Richard Branson in the James Bond 007 blockbuster "Casino Royale," George Harrison in Monty Python's "Life of Brian" and Gene Hackman in Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein," to name a few. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of Easter Eggs to relish in movies, and never more prevalent than today, so enjoy the hunt, because there's so much more to the movies than you could ever imagine.
Rourke’s Reviews Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens ■ Season 1 (M). 10 Episodes. Now showing on Foxtel. After delivering a scene-stealing performance in the 2018 blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians, comedian Awkwafina (real name Nora Lum) has seen her career blast off into the stratosphere (subsequent projects have included The Farewell, The Dark Crystal : Age Of Resistance, Paradise Hills, and Jumanji : The Next Level, with Disney's The Little Mermaid and Marvel's Sang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings still to come), and now with this semi-autobiographical TV series, we can continue to see what a talented writer/performer she is. Basically playing a variation of herself, Awkwafina is Nora, a 27 year-old woman who has no career, no future prospects, and still lives with her family, father Wally (BD Wong) and Grandma (Lori Tan Chinn), in Flushing, New York. Nora has formed a close relationship with her grandmother, as Nora's mother died when she was very young, but Wally would like to see his daughter move out of home at some stage. This basic premise is used as a framework for Nora to navigate her seemingly messy world, and deal with the people who inhabit it. These include cousin Edmund (Bowen Yang), ex-high school classmate Melanie (Chrissie Fit), Aunt Sandra (Ming Na-Wen), and Brenda (Jennifer Esposito), who shows a romantic interest in Wally. The scripting is very loose, allowing the cast to bounce off one another in a way that feels spontaneous, and it's an approach that works (one episode offers a very funny parody of Korean dramas). The chemistry between many of the actors is terrific, with everyone allowed to give their characters a central spark, and though Nora is the main character, the writers make sure that it's not just a one-person show. Awkwafina (who shined in The Farewell, a film that was unfairly ignored at this year's Oscars) comes across relaxed and unpretentious, and though some of the material is raunchy, it is not the only type of humour the show relies on, unlike so much American comedy that is made today. Wong (the Jurassic Park films, Father Of The Bride 1 and 2) is a wonderful, grounding force, while Yang and Chinn are hilarious as Edmund and Grandma respectively (special mention must also go to Celia Au, who turns up as an over-eager assistant). With everything that is happening at the moment, people need now, more than ever, something to put a smile on their face, and
Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens does just that, providing plenty of laughs, along with a strong dose of rough-diamond charm. Season Two has already been green-lit. RATING - ****
The Hidden ■ The Hidden (R) (1987). 97 minutes. Now available on Blu-ray. Somewhat overlooked when released in 1987, this knockout blend of sci-fi, action, and cop buddy flick has picked up a huge following over the ensuing decades, and it is easy to see why. Set in L.A., the film opens with a bank robbery, committed by an apparently deranged individual (Chris Mulkey). The subsequent car chase is frenetic, and police are shocked at how this person treats those around him. Arriving at a roadblock is Tom Beck (Michael Nouri) and his partner Cliff Willis (Ed O'Ross), also bemused at how recklessly violent this assailant is. The criminal is successfully stopped, but Beck and his fellow colleagues will soon discover that the case is far from closed, particularly when odd FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher (Kyle MacLachlan) arrives on the scene, who seems to have a better idea of what is going on. What could have easily backfired as mere high concept, is instead superbly weaved into a cohesive whole by writer Bob Hunt (a pseudonym for Jim Kouf, who penned Stakeout, Rush Hour and National Treasure), and is then brought to the screen with tremendous energy and conviction by director Jack Sholder (A Nightmare On Elm Street 2, Alone In The Dark), who clearly saw how good the material was. Also helping matters is the first-rate cast; MacLachlan (Blue Velvet, Dune, Twin Peaks) is perfect as Gallagher, as is Nouri (Flashdance, Invincible) as the bemused, world-weary detective, and the two make a marvellous team. Supporting players include O'Ross (Red Heat, Full Metal Jacket), Clu Gulager (Return Of The Living Dead, The Killers) and Claudia Christian (Clean And Sober, Hexed). There are even small appearances by Lin Shaye (the Insidious films), Danny Trejo (Machete, Con Air) and Jack McGee (Rescue Me TV series). Technically well-crafted on a small budget, smartly scripted, passionately directed, and featuring a gallery of colourful performances, The Hidden deserves its classic status, and has been beautifully restored for this blu-ray release, which also includes a director's commentary and behind-the-scenes effects footage. If you've never seen it, this WarnerArchive edition provides the perfect presentation. RATING - ****½ - Aaron Rourke
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Crossroads
By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au
Adam’s new song ■ Aussie country star Adam Harvey has released a new track to radio. Adam says: “I'm excited to be releasing my new single Highway Number One. “I loved writing and recording this song because it talks about travelling across our beautiful country, something I have been lucky enough to do for over 20 years.oo
Kate to Skype ■ Memo Music Hall St Kilda has partnered with Renegade Films (makers of Rockwiz) to livestream Kate Ceberano & Co on Sunday (Apr. 5). This, we hope, will be the first of many. This is a special one-off event, not to be missed, says their media release.
Charlie cancels Vic. ■ Charlie Landsborough has had to cancel his Victorian concerts because of the Coronavirus crisis. The popular British singer-songwriter had managed to fulfil commitments in other states but his Victorian fans will be left disappointed as there are rumours this was his last Australian tour. - Rob Foenander
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Bubbles from the Yarra Valley
■ John Rozentals looks at some excellent Champagne-related bubblies from the Yarra Valley. So, what do leading producers of Champagne do when sales of their favourite drop edge the limit of their particular appellation? They venture to the New World, to seek out opportunies untramelled by niceties such as appellation. Hence leading Victorian producer of sparking wines, Yarrabank, is a joint venture, first created in 1993, between one of the original producers of the Yarra Valley, Yering Station, and a champagne producer, Veuve A Devaux. Of course both sides of the operation will tell you that the motives were purely altruistic. They would, wouldn't they? Hence the Yarrabank website proclaims: "The venture reflects the committed vision of Champagne Devaux president Laurent Gillet, to produce a benchmark Australian sparkling wine. Combining centuries old tradition from Champagne with a contemporary approach to winemaking." And the website continues: "Since 1846 Champagne Devaux has only used Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes to create their distinctive style. “They have brought their expertise to Yarrabank to produce wines with a perfect balance of ripeness and acidity to create their own unique Yarrabank style."
One of the latest Australians to benefit from an exchange of knowledge is Willy Lunn, Yarrabank's winemaker. And the wines? They're magnifique, of course. WINE REVIEWS: Yarrabank 2013 Cuvée ($38): blended from two of Champagne's main varieties, chardonnay and pinot noir, this is one of the ultimate aperitif styles. Enjoy it while standing around and elegantly chatting, dropping a few morsels of sushi or other delicate hors d'oeuvres. Look for citric acidity and notes of custard apple. Yarrabank NVCreme de Cuvée ($38): There's a touch of sweetness to this wine and a creamy palate, so it will stand up to foods such as lobster. In flavour terms the winemakers suggest you look for strawberry, stone fruit, citrus and pastry characters. Who are we to argue? WINE OF THE WEEK: Yarrabank 2013 Brut Rosé ($38): The colour gives this wine away. The salmon pink indicates that red rpaes have come to the fore in winemaking and given the wine extra stength of palate flavour - and, in my mind, greater appeal than the other two. The acidity lifts the wine, and the winemaker's notes are spot on: it's delicious. Try it with fullerflavoured dishes such as those featuring pork.
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Bleak House - by Charles Dickens
The man's mind is not so well balanced but that he bores my Lady, who, after a languid effort to listen, or rather a languid resignation of herself to a show of listening, becomes distraught and falls into a contemplation of the fire as if it were her fire at Chesney Wold, and she had never left it. Sir Leicester, quite unconscious, reads on through his double eye-glass, occasionally stopping to remove his glass and express approval, as "Very true indeed," "Very properly put," "I have frequently made the same remark myself," invariably losing his place after each observation, and going up and down the column to find it again. Sir Leicester is reading with infinite gravity and state when the door opens, and the Mercury in powder makes this strange announcement, "The young man, my Lady, of the name of Guppy." Sir Leicester pauses, stares, repeats in a killing voice, "The young man of the name of Guppy?" Looking round, he beholds the young man of the name of Guppy, much discomfited and not presenting a very impressive letter of introduction in his manner and appearance. "Pray," says Sir Leicester to Mercury, "what do you mean by announcing with this abruptness a young man of the name of Guppy?" "I beg your pardon, Sir Leicester, but my Lady said she would see the young man whenever he called. I was not aware that you were here, Sir Leicester." With this apology, Mercury directs a scornful and indignant look at the young man of the name of Guppy which plainly says, "What do you come calling here for and getting ME into a row?" "It's quite right. I gave him those directions," says my Lady. "Let the young man wait." "By no means, my Lady. Since he has your orders to come, I will not interrupt you." Sir Leicester in his gallantry retires, rather declining to accept a bow from the young man as he goes out and majestically supposing him to be some shoemaker of intrusive appearance. Lady Dedlock looks imperiously at her visitor when the servant has left the room, casting her eyes over him from head to foot. She suffers him to stand by the door and asks him what he wants. "That your ladyship would have the kindness to oblige me with a little conversation," returns Mr. Guppy, embarrassed. "You are, of course, the person who has written me so many letters?" "Several, your ladyship. Several before your ladyship condescended to favour me with an answer." "And could you not take the same means of rendering a Conversation unnecessary? Can you not still?" Mr. Guppy screws his mouth into a silent "No!" and shakes his head. "You have been strangely importunate. If it should appear, after all, that what you have to say does not concern me—and I don't know how it can, and don't expect that it will—you will allow me to cut you short with but little ceremony. Say what you have to say, if you please." My Lady, with a careless toss of her screen, turns herself towards the fire again, sitting almost with her back to the young man of the name of Guppy. "With your ladyship's permission, then," says the young man, "I will now enter on my business. Hem! I am, as I told your ladyship in my first letter, in the law. Being in the law, I have learnt the habit of not committing myself in writing, and therefore I did not mention to your ladyship the name of the firm with which I am connected and in which my standing—and I may add income—is tolerably good. I may now state to your ladyship, in confidence, that the name of that firm is Kenge and Carboy, of Lincoln's Inn, which may not be altogether unknown to your ladyship in connexion with the case in Chancery of Jarndyce and Jarndyce." My Lady's figure begins to be expressive of some attention. She has ceased to toss the screen and holds it as if she were listening. "Now, I may say to your ladyship at once," says Mr. Guppy, a little emboldened, "it is no matter arising out of Jarndyce and Jarndyce that made
Charles Dickens conduct I have no doubt did appear, and does appear, obtrusive—in fact, almost blackguardly." After waiting for a moment to receive some assurance to the contrary, and not receiving any, Mr. Guppy proceeds, "If it had been Jarndyce and Jarndyce, I should have gone at once to your ladyship's solicitor, Mr. Tulkinghorn, of the Fields. I have the pleasure of being acquainted with Mr. Tulkinghorn—at least we move when we meet one another—and if it had been any business of that sort, I should have gone to him." My Lady turns a little round and says, "You had better sit down." "Thank your ladyship." Mr. Guppy does so. "Now, your ladyship"—Mr. Guppy refers to a little slip of paper on which he has made small notes of his line of argument and which seems to involve him in the densest obscurity whenever he looks at it—"I—Oh, yes!—I place myself entirely in your ladyship's hands. If your ladyship was to make any complaint to Kenge and Carboy or to Mr. Tulkinghorn of the present visit, I should be placed in a very disagreeable situation. That, I openly admit. Consequently, I rely upon your ladyship's honour." My Lady, with a disdainful gesture of the hand that holds the screen, assures him of his being worth no complaint from her. "Thank your ladyship," says Mr. Guppy; "quite satisfactory. Now—I—dash it!—The fact is that I put down a head or two here of the order of the points I thought of touching upon, and they're written short, and I can't quite make out what they mean. If your ladyship will excuse me taking it to the window half a moment, I—" Mr. Guppy, going to the window, tumbles into a pair of love-birds, to whom he says in his con-
fusion, "I beg your pardon, I am sure." This does not tend to the greater legibility of his notes. He murmurs, growing warm and red and holding the slip of paper now close to his eyes, now a long way off, "C.S. What's C.S. for? Oh! C.S.! Oh, I know! Yes, to be sure!" And comes back enlightened. "I am not aware," says Mr. Guppy, standing midway between my Lady and his chair, "whether your ladyship ever happened to hear of, or to see, a young lady of the name of Miss Esther Summerson." My Lady's eyes look at him full. "I saw a young lady of that name not long ago. This past autumn." "Now, did it strike your ladyship that she was like anybody?" asks Mr. Guppy, crossing his arms, holding his head on one side, and scratching the corner of his mouth with his memoranda. My Lady removes her eyes from him no more. "No." "Not like your ladyship's family?" "No." "I think your ladyship," says Mr. Guppy, "can hardly remember Miss Summerson's face?" "I remember the young lady very well. What has this to do with me?" "Your ladyship, I do assure you that having Miss Summerson's image imprinted on my 'eart— which I mention in confidence—I found, when I had the honour of going over your ladyship's mansion of Chesney Wold while on a short out in the county of Lincolnshire with a friend, such a resemblance between Miss Esther Summerson and your ladyship's own portrait that it completely knocked me over, so much so that I didn't at the moment even know what it WAS
of beholding your ladyship near (I have often, since that, taken the liberty of looking at your ladyship in your carriage in the park, when I dare say you was not aware of me, but I never saw your ladyship so near), it's really more surprising than I thought it." Young man of the name of Guppy! There have been times, when ladies lived in strongholds and had unscrupulous attendants within call, when that poor life of yours would NOT have been worth a minute's purchase, with those beautiful eyes looking at you as they look at this moment. My Lady, slowly using her little hand-screen as a fan, asks him again what he supposes that his taste for likenesses has to do with her. "Your ladyship," replies Mr. Guppy, again referring to his paper, "I am coming to that. Dash these notes! Oh! 'Mrs. Chadband.' Yes." Mr. Guppy draws his chair a little forward and seats himself again. My Lady reclines in her chair composedly, though with a trifle less of graceful ease than usual perhaps, and never falters in her steady gaze. "A—stop a minute, though!" Mr. Guppy refers again. "E.S. twice? Oh, yes! Yes, I see my way now, right on." Rolling up the slip of paper as an instrument to point his speech with, Mr. Guppy proceeds. "Your ladyship, there is a mystery about Miss Esther Summerson's birth and bringing up. I am informed of that fact because—which I mention in confidence—I know it in the way of my profession at Kenge and Carboy's. Now, as I have already mentioned to your ladyship, Miss Summerson's image is imprinted on my 'eart. If I could clear this mystery for her, or prove her to be well related, or find that having the honour to be a remote branch of your ladyship's family she had a right to be made a party in Jarndyce and Jarndyce, why, I might make a sort of a claim upon Miss Summerson to look with an eye of more dedicated favour on my proposals than she has exactly done as yet. In fact, as yet she hasn't favoured them at all." A kind of angry smile just dawns upon my Lady's face. "Now, it's a very singular circumstance, your ladyship," says Mr. Guppy, "though one of those circumstances that do fall in the way of us professional men—which I may call myself, for though not admitted, yet I have had a present of my articles made to me by Kenge and Carboy, on my mother's advancing from the principal of her little income the money for the stamp, which comes heavy—that I have encountered the person who lived as servant with the lady who brought Miss Summerson up before Mr. Jarndyce took charge of her. That lady was a Miss Barbary, your ladyship." Is the dead colour on my Lady's face reflected from the screen which has a green silk ground and which she holds in her raised hand as if she had forgotten it, or is it a dreadful paleness that has fallen on her? "Did your ladyship," says Mr. Guppy, "ever happen to hear of Miss Barbary?" "I don't know. I think so. Yes." "Was Miss Barbary at all connected with your ladyship's family?" My Lady's lips move, but they utter nothing. She shakes her head. "NOT connected?" says Mr. Guppy. "Oh! Not to your ladyship's knowledge, perhaps? Ah! But might be? Yes." After each of these interrogatories, she has inclined her head. "Very good! Now, this Miss Barbary was extremely close—seems to have been extraordinarily close for a female, females being generally (in common life at least) rather given to conversation—and my witness never had an idea whether she possessed a single relative. On one occasion, and only one, she seems to have been confidential to my witness on a single point, and she then told her that the little girl's real name was not Esther Summerson, but Esther Hawdon." "My God!" Mr. Guppy stares. Lady Dedlock sits before him looking him through, with the same dark shade upon her face, in the same attitude even to the holding of the screen, with her lips a little apart, her brow a little contracted, but for the moment dead. Continued Next Page
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From Previous Page He sees her consciousness return, sees a tremor pass across her frame like a ripple over water, sees her lips shake, sees her compose them by a great effort, sees her force herself back to the knowledge of his presence and of what he has said. All this, so quickly, that her exclamation and her dead condition seem to have passed away like the features of those long-preserved dead bodies sometimes opened up in tombs, which, struck by the air like lightning, vanish in a breath. "Your ladyship is acquainted with the name of Hawdon?" "I have heard it before." "Name of any collateral or remote branch of your ladyship's family?" "No." "Now, your ladyship," says Mr. Guppy, "I come to the last point of the case, so far as I have got it up. It's going on, and I shall gather it up closer and closer as it goes on. Your ladyship must know—if your ladyship don't happen, by any chance, to know already—that there was found dead at the house of a person named Krook, near Chancery Lane, some time ago, a lawwriter in great distress. Upon which law-writer there was an inquest, and which law-writer was an anonymous character, his name being unknown. But, your ladyship, I have discovered very lately that that law-writer's name was Hawdon." "And what is THAT to me?" "Aye, your ladyship, that's the question! Now, your ladyship, a queer thing happened after that man's death. A lady started up, a disguised lady, your ladyship, who went to look at the scene of action and went to look at his grave. She hired a crossing-sweeping boy to show it her. If your ladyship would wish to have the boy produced in corroboration of this statement, I can lay my hand upon him at any time." The wretched boy is nothing to my Lady, and she does NOT wish to have him produced. "Oh, I assure your ladyship it's a very queer start indeed," says Mr. Guppy. "If you was to hear him tell about the rings that sparkled on her fingers when she took her glove off, you'd think it quite romantic." There are diamonds glittering on the hand that holds the screen. My Lady trifles with the screen and makes them glitter more, again with that expression which in other times might have been so dangerous to the young man of the name of Guppy. "It was supposed, your ladyship, that he left no rag or scrap behind him by which he could be possibly identified. But he did. He left a bundle of old letters." The screen still goes, as before. All this time her eyes never once release him. "They were taken and secreted. And to-morrow night, your ladyship, they will come into my possession." "Still I ask you, what is this to me?" "Your ladyship, I conclude with that." Mr. Guppy rises. "If you think there's enough in this chain of circumstances put together—in the undoubted strong likeness of this young lady to your ladyship, which is a positive fact for a jury; in her having been brought up by Miss Barbary; in Miss Barbary stating Miss Summerson's real name to be Hawdon; in your ladyship's knowing both these names VERY WELL; and in Hawdon's dying as he did—to give your ladyship a family interest in going further into the case, I will bring these papers here. I don't know what they are, except that they are old letters: I have never had them in my possession yet. I will bring those papers here as soon as I get them and go over them for the first time with your ladyship. I have told your ladyship my object. I have told your ladyship that I should be placed in a very disagreeable situation if any complaint was made, and all is in strict confidence." Is this the full purpose of the young man of the name of Guppy, or has he any other? Do his words disclose the length, breadth, depth, of his object and suspicion in coming here; or if not, what do they hide? He is a match for my Lady there. She may look at him, but he can look at the table and keep that witness-box face of his from telling anything. "You may bring the letters," says my Lady, "if you choose." "Your ladyship is not very encouraging, upon my word and honour," says Mr. Guppy, a little injured. "You may bring the letters," she repeats in the
Magazine same tone, "if you—please." "It shall be done. I wish your ladyship good day." On a table near her is a rich bauble of a casket, barred and clasped like an old strong-chest. She, looking at him still, takes it to her and unlocks it. "Oh! I assure your ladyship I am not actuated by any motives of that sort," says Mr. Guppy, "and I couldn't accept anything of the kind. I wish your ladyship good day, and am much obliged to you all the same." So the young man makes his bow and goes downstairs, where the supercilious Mercury does not consider himself called upon to leave his Olympus by the hall-fire to let the young man out. As Sir Leicester basks in his library and dozes over his newspaper, is there no influence in the house to startle him, not to say to make the very trees at Chesney Wold fling up their knotted arms, the very portraits frown, the very armour stir? No. Words, sobs, and cries are but air, and air is so shut in and shut out throughout the house in town that sounds need be uttered trumpettongued indeed by my Lady in her chamber to carry any faint vibration to Sir Leicester's ears; and yet this cry is in the house, going upward from a wild figure on its knees. "O my child, my child! Not dead in the first hours of her life, as my cruel sister told me, but sternly nurtured by her, after she had renounced me and my name! O my child, O my child!" CHAPTERXXX Esther's Narrative Richard had been gone away some time when a visitor came to pass a few days with us. It was an elderly lady. It was Mrs. Woodcourt, who, having come from Wales to stay with Mrs. Bayham Badger and having written to my guardian, "by her son Allan's desire," to report that she had heard from him and that he was well "and sent his kind remembrances to all of us," had been invited by my guardian to make a visit to Bleak House. She stayed with us nearly three weeks. She took very kindly to me and was extremely confidential, so much so that sometimes she almost made me uncomfortable. I had no right, I knew very well, to be uncomfortable because she confided in me, and I felt it was unreasonable; still, with all I could do, I could not quite help it. She was such a sharp little lady and used to sit with her hands folded in each other looking so very watchful while she talked to me that perhaps I found that rather irksome. Or perhaps it was her being so upright and trim, though I don't think it was that, because I thought that quaintly pleasant. Nor can it have been the general expression of her face, which was very sparkling and pretty for an old lady. I don't know what it was. Or at least if I do now, I thought I did not then. Or at least—but it don't matter. Of a night when I was going upstairs to bed, she would invite me into her room, where she sat before the fire in a great chair; and, dear me, she would tell me about Morgan ap-Kerrig until I was quite low-spirited! Sometimes she recited a few verses from Crumlinwallinwer and the Mewlinnwillinwodd (if those are the right names, which I dare say they are not), and would become quite fiery with the sentiments they expressed. Though I never knew what they were (being in Welsh), further than that they were highly eulogistic of the lineage of Morgan apKerrig. "So, Miss Summerson," she would say to me with stately triumph, "this, you see, is the fortune inherited by my son. Wherever my son goes, he can claim kindred with Ap-Kerrig. He may not have money, but he always has what is much better—family, my dear." I had my doubts of their caring so very much for Morgan ap-Kerrig in India and China, but of course I never expressed them. I used to say it was a great thing to be so highly connected. "It IS, my dear, a great thing," Mrs. Woodcourt would reply. "It has its disadvantages; my son's choice of a wife, for instance, is limited by it, but the matrimonial choice of the royal family is limited in much the same manner." Then she would pat me on the arm and smooth my dress, as much as to assure me that she had a good opinion of me, the distance between us notwithstanding. "Poor Mr. Woodcourt, my dear," she would say, and always with some emotion, for with her lofty pedigree she had a very affectionate heart, "was descended from a great Highland family, the MacCoorts of MacCoort. He served his king
and country as an officer in the Royal Highlanders, and he died on the field. My son is one of the last representatives of two old families. With the blessing of heaven he will set them up again and unite them with another old family." It was in vain for me to try to change the subject, as I used to try, only for the sake of novelty or perhaps because—but I need not be so particular. Mrs. Woodcourt never would let me change it. "My dear," she said one night, "you have so much sense and you look at the world in a quiet manner so superior to your time of life that it is a comfort to me to talk to you about these family matters of mine. You don't know much of my son, my dear; but you know enough of him, I dare say, to recollect him?" "Yes, ma'am. I recollect him." "Yes, my dear. Now, my dear, I think you are a judge of character, and I should like to have your opinion of him." "Oh, Mrs. Woodcourt," said I, "that is so difficult!" "Why is it so difficult, my dear?" she returned. "I don't see it myself." "To give an opinion—" "On so slight an acquaintance, my dear. THAT'S true." I didn't mean that, because Mr. Woodcourt had been at our house a good deal altogether and had become quite intimate with my guardian. I said so, and added that he seemed to be very clever in his profession—we thought—and that his kindness and gentleness to Miss Flite were above all praise. "You do him justice!" said Mrs. Woodcourt, pressing my hand. "You define him exactly. Allan is a dear fellow, and in his profession faultless. I say it, though I am his mother. Still, I must confess he is not without faults, love." "None of us are," said I. "Ah! But his really are faults that he might correct, and ought to correct," returned the sharp old lady, sharply shaking her head. "I am so much attached to you that I may confide in you, my dear, as a third party wholly disinterested, that he is fickleness itself." I said I should have thought it hardly possible that he could have been otherwise than constant to his profession and zealous in the pursuit of it, judging from the reputation he had earned. "You are right again, my dear," the old lady retorted, "but I don't refer to his profession, look you." "Oh!" said I. "No," said she. "I refer, my dear, to his social conduct. He is always paying trivial attentions to young ladies, and always has been, ever since he was eighteen. Now, my dear, he has never really cared for any one of them and has never meant in doing this to do any harm or to express anything but politeness and good nature. Still, it's not right, you know; is it?" "No," said I, as she seemed to wait for me. "And it might lead to mistaken notions, you see, my dear." I supposed it might. "Therefore, I have told him many times that he really should be more careful, both in justice to himself and in justice to others. And he has always said, 'Mother, I will be; but you know me better than anybody else does, and you know I mean no harm—in short, mean nothing.' All of which is very true, my dear, but is no justification. However, as he is now gone so far away and for an indefinite time, and as he will have good opportunities and introductions, we may consider this past and gone.And you, my dear," said the old lady, who was now all nods and smiles, "regarding your dear self, my love?" "Me, Mrs. Woodcourt?" "Not to be always selfish, talking of my son, who has gone to seek his fortune and to find a wife—when do you mean to seek YOUR fortune and to find a husband, Miss Summerson? Hey, look you! Now you blush!" I don't think I did blush—at all events, it was not important if I did—and I said my present fortune perfectly contented me and I had no wish to change it. "Shall I tell you what I always think of you and the fortune yet to come for you, my love?" said Mrs. Woodcourt. "If you believe you are a good prophet," said I. "Why, then, it is that you will marry some one very rich and very worthy, much older—five and twenty years, perhaps—than yourself. And you will be an excellent wife, and much beloved, and very happy."
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"That is a good fortune," said I. "But why is it to be mine?" "My dear," she returned, "there's suitability in it—you are so busy, and so neat, and so peculiarly situated altogether that there's suitability in it, and it will come to pass. And nobody, my love, will congratulate you more sincerely on such a marriage than I shall." It was curious that this should make me uncomfortable, but I think it did. I know it did. It made me for some part of that night uncomfortable. I was so ashamed of my folly that I did not like to confess it even to Ada, and that made me more uncomfortable still. I would have given anything not to have been so much in the bright old lady's confidence if I could have possibly declined it. It gave me the most inconsistent opinions of her. At one time I thought she was a story-teller, and at another time that she was the pink of truth. Now I suspected that she was very cunning, next moment I believed her honest Welsh heart to be perfectly innocent and simple. And after all, what did it matter to me, and why did it matter to me? Why could not I, going up to bed with my basket of keys, stop to sit down by her fire and accommodate myself for a little while to her, at least as well as to anybody else, and not trouble myself about the harmless things she said to me? Impelled towards her, as I certainly was, for I was very anxious that she should like me and was very glad indeed that she did, why should I harp afterwards, with actual distress and pain, on every word she said and weigh it over and over again in twenty scales? Why was it so worrying to me to have her in our house, and confidential to me every night, when I yet felt that it was better and safer somehow that she should be there than anywhere else? These were perplexities and contradictions that I could not account for. At least, if I could—but I shall come to all that by and by, and it is mere idleness to go on about it now. So when Mrs. Woodcourt went away, I was sorry to lose her but was relieved too. And then Caddy Jellyby came down, and Caddy brought such a packet of domestic news that it gave us abundant occupation. First Caddy declared (and would at first declare nothing else) that I was the best adviser that ever was known. This, my pet said, was no news at all; and this, I said, of course, was nonsense. Then Caddy told us that she was going to be married in a month and that if Ada and I would be her bridesmaids, she was the happiest girl in the world. To be sure, this was news indeed; and I thought we never should have done talking about it, we had so much to say to Caddy, and Caddy had so much to say to us. It seemed that Caddy's unfortunate papa had got over his bankruptcy—"gone through the Gazette," was the expression Caddy used, as if it were a tunnel—with the general clemency and commiseration of his creditors, and had got rid of his affairs in some blessed manner without succeeding in understanding them, and had given up everything he possessed (which was not worth much, I should think, to judge from the state of the furniture), and had satisfied every one concerned that he could do no more, poor man. So, he had been honourably dismissed to "the office" to begin the world again. What he did at the office, I never knew; Caddy said he was a "custom-house and general agent," and the only thing I ever understood about that business was that when he wanted money more than usual he went to the docks to look for it, and hardly ever found it. As soon as her papa had tranquillized his mind by becoming this shorn lamb, and they had removed to a furnished lodging in Hatton Garden (where I found the children, when I afterwards went there, cutting the horse hair out of the seats of the chairs and choking themselves with it), Caddy had brought about a meeting between him and old Mr. Turveydrop; and poor Mr. Jellyby, being very humble and meek, had deferred to Mr. Turveydrop's deportment so submissively that they had become excellent friends. By degrees, old Mr. Turveydrop, thus familiarized with the idea of his son's marriage, had worked up his parental feelings to the height of contemplating that event as being near at hand and had given his gracious consent to the young couple commencing housekeeping at the academy in Newman Street when they would. "And your papa, Caddy. What did he say?"
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Crackerjack field for the T.J. Smith
■ The time honored T.J.Smith Stakes to be run at Randwick on April 4, has attracted a top class field of nominations for the big event. The Group One T.J.Smith was named in honour of one of the greatest trainers of our time in Tommy Smith, father of one of today's leading trainers, Gai Waterhouse, who won her seventh Golden Slipper recently. Tommy Smith was the premier trainer in Sydney from 1953 to 1985, retiring in 1994, when he handed over to the reins to his daughter. Over the time it has been run the race has attracted the very best of sprinters from around the country. The mighty Black Caviar was one who etched her name on the trophy winning the coveted event twice. Another of our great sprinters, Chautauqua, showed what sprinting was all about with his great last to first win in the T.J. The lay out of the track is interesting, with the 1200 metre start starting in a chute at a slight angle to the course proper and gives a fair run down to the final turn which is quite tight. Horses racing in the leading division and not too wide have the best chance as the field as the field starts to work around the corner. An inside draw is considered to have an advantage and final sectional times like Chautauqua, certainly help. The inside rail is usually in the true position for the first week of the carnival at Randwick at the championships, and the going is generally fair to good, but suits the on onpacers when the track is rain affected. The early favourite among the first nominations is the smart James Cummings’ three-yearold, Bivouac. A recent winner of the Newmarket Handicap up the straight six at Flemington, and then a third to flying filly Loving Gaby in the Alister Clark Stakes at Moonee Valley. He is on his home track and getting in with a weight advantage, which could prove advantageous. On the second line is last year's winner, the good Victorian sprinter, Santa Ana Lane, in the powerful stable of Anthony Freedman, and was superb in blitzing them last year. He handles all types of going and always gives of his best. Another sprinter who is all class, Nature Strip, has great pace, but can put in an ordinary run. He was exceptional at his last start winning easily on his home turf. Nature Strip is under the care of one of the best in Chris Waller who knows what it is all about, but this - as mentioned earlier - is a top class field. Although he has won over the 1200 metre trip, the class hasn't been what he will meet here. One of my favourites is the classy Sydney galloper, Pierata, who wasn't suited by the distance at Rosehill in the Galaxy over 110 metres. He got a long way back which was to be expected, and forced wide on the turn, when his rider, Tommy Berry, had to go to the extreme outside. When making his run half way up the straight
powerful Snowden camp. Seth, the Caulfield Guineas winner, has blown out the gate, and in recent times has had a lot of racing. Like Alligator Blood, he could have got to come to the end of their runs at some stage, especially with hard racing in top company all the time. I am sticking with Santa Ana Lane to win the T.J. again, and will be suited by the conditions of the famous 1200 metre event.
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● Loving Gaby wins at the Valley. Racing Photos The classy filly, Loving Gaby, prepared by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace at Caulfield, is top class as proved by her record. When she was a two year-old she was unlucky in a few of the rich plums. Last year she took out the Manikato Stakes at the meeting at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate Eve last October. On her return she has been placed in the major spring races at Flemington and won the Alister Clark Stakes pushing the favourite, Bivouac, back into their spot. She is all class and always gives 100 per cent. Dual winner of the rich Everest Classic, Redzel, is being quoted at the big odds of $ 16, but he could be a light of other years, especially with some of our young sprinters improving each day. But you can never write him off, from the
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■ With the Coronavirus taking everything in its path, two particular events connected to the Sport of Kings lost two particular great days. First was the Annual Woodlands Golf Day at their Club on March 23 in aid of the National Jockeys Trust. I was looking forward to a great day chatting to leading young trainer, Clinton Mc Donald, about his connection with the great Hoysted family, through his mother, Another was former top jockey, Gary Willetts, who piloted the mighty galloper, Manikato, and Jason Swift, the grandson of the great rider, Scobie Breasley. The Woodlands Golf Club was looking forward to a great day with most of our leading jockeys like, Damien Oliver, Dwayne Dunn and Nash Rawiller, competing. Now the Club and the National Jockey Trust have to find a date that is suitable to all. Meanwhile, the Bendigo Jockey Club are naturally disappointed, their Golden Mile meeting, will be going ahead, but without racegoers. I work at the big meeting each year and will miss all the great action on the day; at least I will catch all the action on Racing.Com But as they say- we are all in this together and have to help each other in these hours of crisis. - Ted Ryan
Looking for a Professional to run the show? he got a bump when in full stride and faded to run fifth. He will be a different proposition here. In my book he is all class, and his trainer, Gary Hickman, has him cherry ripe for this.
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Brothers back on winners’ list ■ The week's racing commenced on Monday March 23 at Yarra Valley but didn't last for very long as all meetings for the rest of the week until Saturday being cancelled due to the Corona virus. It was welcome back to the winners list for Melton brothers Joe (trainer) and Charlie (driver) Borg at Yarra Valley, when 6Y0 Bettors Delight-Gypsy Tingira gelding Extortion scored in the 2150 metre United Petroleum Pace in a mile rate of 1-59.9. Beginning swiftly from gate six to lead, Extortion never looked like losing, running his rivals ragged to record a 8.8 metre margin over Galactic Gal (one/one) and Andrew Swagger which raced in the open finishing 5.5 metres back in third place. ■ Bulla's James Elliott finally cracked it for a win at start number 26 with 5Y0 Stonebridge Regal-Next Lynne mare Heera Rani who was successful in the De Bortoli Pace over 1650 metres. With Ararat freelance Michael Bellman in the sulky, Heera Rani ran home from one/one at the bell to defeat the pacemaker Cheeky Major which gave a sight by 1.8 metres, with Cassiopia third 5.1 metres away after trailing the winner. The mile rate 1-58.2. ■ Melton co-trainers Maree and John Caldow snared the Yarra Valley Toyota 3Y0 Maiden Pace over 1650 metres with beautifully bred Art Major- Mesmarizing gelding Musztang who broke his maiden status at start number nine. Bred and raced by Maree, son Matthew, daughter Lauren and loyal stable client John Kelly, Muztang starting from gate three on the second line settled mid-field in the moving line with John sending him forward racing for the bell to park outside the leader Call Me Henry. Taking over approaching the final bend, Muztang careered away in the straight to win as he pleased, 23.1 metres in advance of Indigo Dancer (three back the markers) in a rate of 155.6. Sundancer Rainbow was third 4.5 metres back off a mid-field trip. ■ Western suburbs (Rockbank) part-owner/ trainer/driver Julian Attard's very honest 7Y0 Jeremes Jet-Lavish Franco gelding Franco notched up his 13th victory in 98 race appearances when greeting the judge in the Yarra Valley Party Hire Pace over 2150 metres. Given a lovely passage mid-field in the running line from gate two on the second line as Spunkyola led from gate two, Franco moved a spot closer at the bell when the favourite Dan Fernando crossed the pacemaker. Easing three wide on the home turn, Franco in a slugging finish kept on giving to record a nose decision from Spunkyola which came again, with Robert The Bruce using the sprint lane from four back the markers to be a nose away in third place. ■ Longwarry trainer Robert Evans combined with Chris Alford aboard 7Y0 Falcon SeelsterTanabi gelding Tanabi Falcon to land the Hargreaves Hill Brewery Pace over 1650 metres. Restrained from outside the front line before going forward three wide to park outside the leader Whata Rockstar at the bell which had crossed Priddy Easy a few metres earlier, Tanabi Falcon was too strong over the concluding stages, scoring by 4.9 metres in a rate of 155.8. Priddy Easy held down third 10.6 metres away. ■ Monegeetta's David Miles engaged Burrumbeet reinsman James Herbertson to drive 3Y0 Bettors Delight-Paintball filly The Panthiest to victory in the 2150 metre IGA Liquor Pac after leading throughout from gate two, accounting for Rocking Bugatti which raced exposed by 3.1 metres in 1-59.4. Sew What (one/one) was third 2.2 metres back after switching down to the sprint lane on turning. ■ Trafalgar trainer Chris Hunter's most consistent Majestic Son-Golden Teardrops 5Y0 mare Sovereign Minx chalked up her fourth victory in 43 outings by taking the St Ronans Trotters Handicap over 2150 metres. Driven by son Glenn, Sovereign Minx enjoyed a sweet passage one/one after beginning fast from 20 metres and when taken wide on turning, ran home strongly to prevail by 3.9 metres over Majestic Eyes which trailed her, with Madena Bay 2.3 metres away in third place
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with Len Baker after leading. The mile rate 2-06.8. ■ Long Forest duo Andy and Kate Gath's exKiwi Bettors Delight-A New Sensation gelding The Dude was a tough victor of the Ashmores Automotive Smash Repairs Pace over 1650 metres in a mile rate of 1-56.1. Raced by a large syndicate headed by Neale Donnelley, The Dude starting from the extreme draw was immediately sent forward by Kate to park outside the pacemaker Sassyola and proved much too strong at the business end, reaching the wire 2.6 metres in advance of Sassyola which boxed on well. Millah Joy was third a half neck back after being taken back at the start from gate six and racing wide in the last lap.
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■ A great meeting was held at Tabcorp Park on Saturday with eight even races and fields limited to eight starters in each event, with Burrumbeet based reinsman Ryan Duffy taking the honours with three winners. ■ Kialla trainer Izabel Walsh opened proceedings with her 4Y0 Bettors Delight-Little Red Cloud gelding Shoshone Brave taking the DNR Logistics Pace over 2240 metres. Driven by Ryan Duffy, Shoshone Brave was given the run of the race from the pole trailing Cocosfella next door and travelled beautifully. Easing away from the markers on the home turn, Shoshone Brave raced away in the straight to record a 3.7 metre margin over the pacemaker in a rate of 1-54.7. Sahara Tiger from last was third 7.9 metres back after using the sprint lane from four back the markers approaching the final bend. ■ Quality 7Y0 Yankee Paco-Northern Sugar mare Red Hot Tooth had too much on her rivals in the 1720 metre VHRC Carlotta's Pride Trotters Free For All. Driven by Kerryn Manning for Bolinda trainer Kari Males, Red Hot Tooth after starting inside the second line was immediately taken away from the markers to go forward and park outside the heavily supported Auntie Poppy (gate four). With class prevailing over the concluding stages, Red Hot Tooth scored by 9.7 metres in advance of Auntie Poppy after the pair raced right away approaching the home turn, with Andyou (one/one) third 1.7 metres away. The mile rate 1-56.2. ■ The TAB Multiplier Trotters Handicap over 2240 metres went the way of Newstead owner/ breeder/trainer Brad Angove's 7Y0 SundonTruscott Photo entire Sundons Courage (Ryan Duffy) after the winner Majestuoso was relegated for excessive galloping at the finish. Thrown into the race on handicaps, Sundons Courage starting from 20 metres settled seven horses back on the marker line as Father Christmas began best to lead from outside the front line. Moving to be one/one through the middle stages following Anywhere Hugo which blew the start, Sundons Courage enjoyed a beaut trip with the favourite Majestuso on his back. Easing three wide on the final bend, Sudons Courage got the better of Father Christmas halfway up the running, with Majestuoso issuing a challenge and Izmok using the spring lane off the back of the weakening leader. In a three way drive to the wire, Majestuoso
prevailed by a half head over Sundons Courage after taking two giant strides whilst in a gallop, with Izmok 5 metres away in third place. After a short hearing the result was altered making Sundons Courage the victor and Izmok second, with Majestuso taken back to third. The mile rate 2-5.3. ■ Many of the babies stepped out for the first time in the $14,000 IRT Australia Shakamaker Classic over 1720 metres with Burrumbeet trainer/driver Michael Stanley's A Rocknroll Dance-Jerada Ace colt Bar Room Banta greeting the judge in a mile rate of 1-53.8. Raced by Brendan James' BFJ Bloodstock Trust, Bar Room Banta pushed through from gate two running into the first turn to lead and rated to perfection, ran out an easy 9.3 metre victor from Keayang Kamikaze (one/two - three wide home turn) and Captain On Captain (one/ one) which switched down to the sprint lane for third 7.4 metres back. ■ Stanley was to bring up a stable double when 5Y0 American Ideal-Flair For Life entire American Zest scored in the Alabar Pace over 2240 metres. Raced by a large syndication, American Zest was given a cosy passage one/one from gate two as polemarker and favourite Kualoa had no difficulty in leading. Easing three wide on the home turn, American Zest wore down the pacemaker to gain the day by a half neck, with Repeat After Me using the sprint lane from three back the markers for third a half neck away. The mile rate 1-56.7. ■ The feature race on the program - the 2240 metre Captain Sandy Free For All named in honour of the 1950 Melbourne Showgrounds Inter Dominion winner, was taken out by noted sit/sprinter Kasbah Kid in a rate of 1-55.4. Driven by Ryan Duffy for Bannockburn trainer Geoff Webster, Kasbah Kid a 5Y0 gelded son of Art Major and Kabbalah Karen B enjoyed the run of the race from the pole trailing bold front runner Forty Thieves drawn next door. Using the sprint lane, Kasbah Kid dashed through to register a com, with War Dan a comfortable 1.6 metre victory over the leader, with War Dan (one/one last lap) third 2.4 metres back. ■ Terang trainer Marg Lee combined with nephew Glen Craven to snare the $24,000 Allied Express 3Y0 Classic over 2240 metres aboard A Rocknroll Dance-Christian Party filly Keayang Jackie. Taken back from outside the front line to settle at the tail of the field as favourite Maajida crossed to lead entering the straight on the first occasion, Keayang Jackie despite being six wide on the final bend, finished at a great rate to blouse The Panthiest (one/one at bell - three wide home turn) by a half head in a rate of 1-56.5. Roughie Vouchers (one/two) was third 1.1 metres away. ■ Part-time Shepparton trainer Amanda Turnbull combined with James Herbertson to land the Apco Service Stations Pace over 1720 metres with honest gelding Ellmers Hoofing It, a 6Y0 son of Falcon Seelster and Ellmer Rae. Quickly off the inside second line draw to race in the open outside Blingittothemax (gate three), Ellmers Hoofing It was too tough at the finish, winning by a head from Blingittothemax which had his chance, with Cee Cee In America using the sprint lane from three back the markers third 1.9 metres back. The mile rate 1-55.4.
Relentless run
■ Victorian (Monegeeta) trainer/driver David Miles was victorious in taking the $100,000 (Group 1) Gold Chalice Final for Three Year Old Colts and Geldings over 2260 metres at Bathurst (NSW) on Saturday with Art MajorSparkling Stride colt Focus Stride. Going forward from mid-field to park outside the raging hot favourite Perfect Stride raced by the same connections for the final circuit, Focus Stride was relentless at the finish giving all to gain the day by 1.5 metres over Perfect Stride and Fire And Sword in a mile rate of 155.6. - Len Baker
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Yea Golf Club ■ In these days on uncertainty we had 10 who played Stableford at Royal Yea who practiced social distancing along with helping the club with funds. Winner with 37 points was Neil Ross from Ken Whitfort second with 36 and Chris Smith/ Gary Pollard third with 34 points. There was no NTP on the 18th and Steve Rumney/Bill Dredge won the Club Award. Saturday ‘s golf played in pairs and at different times, without flagsticks and with foam in cups, could be the last golf day for some time. With scorecards kept by individuals and then sent by text for results, plus payment by direct debit, the Club had attempted to be providing exercise and social distancing as required. The course is now closed. Winner of the day with an outstanding result of 73 off the stick nett 66 was Michael Spagnolo (7). He receives the Medal and takes an early lead in the Sichlau Trophy, which he won last year. Second was Martin Lowe (16) with nett 68 with Phil Armstrong (25) third nett 69 and Malcolm Bett(23) fourth with nett 71. Martin Lowe was NTP on the 18th and also won the putting with 26 putts. Sam Wright won the Club Award on CB from Alan Pell. There were 17 players in the field. - Alan Pell
ECDRA report ■ The 2030 East Central District Rifle Association’s Easter Monday Prize shoot has been cancelled. This action has been taken to support the containment of the current pandemic and the instructions given in the state of emergency. The range may be used by those who follow the current non essential services provisions, spatial separation guidelines and meet the standing orders to continue to enjoy their sport without putting others at risk. Current shoot information may be found on the calendar on the ECDRA’s web site www.ecdra.com.au The authorities recommend that we have some months of change ahead of us as we deal with this state of emergency and the pandemic. The ECDRA encourages everyone to follow the guidelines so that we all come through is the best possible shape. This week the shooting was on Saturday and consisted of those present fine tuning their equipment and techniques. Captain Neal and Glenn Chisholm posted the better range scores as each tried different techniques. Glenn’s groups get smaller each week and this week some vertical movement of the group was clear, the interesting thing that all groups were subject to the same influence. May be the light or perhaps the swirl of the wind down range. Glenn took the best range score on a count back. Neal took the opportunity to see how he may fire on command and just how quickly it was possible for him to shoot accurately.
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All general farm fencing, cattle yards, sheep yards, vineyards, on site welding and oxy work. Tree plantation ripping. 5 hydraulic post drivers and pneumatic drivers. HAY CONTRACTING: Mowing, raking, round and square bales, cartage, loading, unloading. GRASS SLASHING: 4 extra heavy duty slashers. GENERAL FREIGHT: Hay, timber, wool, steel, grapes, machinery
GLEN (HORACE) McMASTER 5797 2921. Mobile 0417 529 809
GARAGE DOOR SPECIALISTS
BARRISTER & SOLICITOR ‘Riverview’ 1560 Goulburn Valley Hwy, Alexandra Phone 5773 2298 Fax 5773 2294
EXCAVATIONS All general earthworks and excavations. Free quotes dams, houseand shed sites, farm tracks driveways, trees, fence lines and scrub clearing. Wide range of machines available. Give us a go we won't disappoint. AH 5796 9129
Garage Door Specialists P/L
LAND SERVICES
MAINTENANCE
Sales and service off all types of garage doors, remote controls
Phone Jason 0419 899 057 www.gdsdoors.com.au
EXCAVATIONS
GARAGE DOORS
LANDSCAPES
MOTOR HOMES
EXCAVATION, EARTHMOVING
GUTTERING
LANDSCAPES
NATUROPATH Women’s Health & Hormone Imbalances Thyroid & Auto Immune Conditions Persistent Fatigue & Illness Digestive & Gut Concerns Stress & Anxiety Relief Ongoing Skin Issues
Gutter cleaning - single and double storey houes,sheds, barns and industrial, Solar panel cleaning.
HAIRDRESSING
LEGAL SERVICES
PAINTING
Interior and Exterior Painting • Experienced Painter • Free Quotes • Fully Insured • Competitively Priced
John 0400 917 218 5725 4513
jdhome1@optusnet.com.au
EXCAVATIONS
STRAYCAT EXCAVATIONS Bobcat, 4.5 Tonne Mini Excavator with Rock Breaker, Truck & Trailer, and Kato 15 Tonne Rock Breaker
Paul 0408 367 071
HANDYMAN
PARTY HIRE
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PLUMBER
RECYCLING
SCRAP REMOVAL
PLUMBER Simon Young 0429 052 166 I am a local guy who has lived in the area for more than 34 years and have 20 years’ plumbing experience. I pride myself in quality workmanship and reliability. • All areas of plumbing • Drainage • New Homes • Hot water installation • Renovations • Gas fitting • Roofing and Gutter • Maintenance and repairs • Septic tanks • Water tanks and pumps • Free quotes
Give me a try, I won’t let you down!
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PLUMBING
PLASTERING
POWDER COATING
SECURITY DOORS
REMEDIAL MASSAGE
SEPTIC TANK CLEANING
R&J
SEPTIC TANK CLEANING SEPTIC TANK CLEANING TREATMENT PLANTS PORTABLE TOILETS GREASE TRAPS, TRIPLE INTERCEPTOR AND EPA LICENSED SERVICING THE MANSFIELD & MURRINDINDI SHIRES. CALL RYAN
0409 511 268
PLUMBERS
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SEPTIC TANK CLEANING SEPTIC TANK CLEANING BOB WALLACE & SONS Serving the Kinglake Ranges and surrounding areas for 25 years. Family owned and operated business.
Property Maintenance Group PH: 0458 205 637
• Septic Tanks • Treatment Plants • Grease Traps • Portable Toilets • EPA Licensed • Yarra Valley Water Approved Disposal Site
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PUMPS
ROLLER SHUTTERS
SERVICES
PLUMBING
QUARRY
ROOF PLUMBING
STIHL SHOP
REIKI
ROOFING
TANKS AND GARDEN BEDS
(A CFA recommendation)
PLUMBERS
Reiki Healing Karli Chase: 0425 794 838 7 The Semi-Circle, Yea www.reikiinsight.com
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Trades & Services Directory TERMITE CONTROL
TREE SERVICES
TRIMMING
WATER CARTAGE
THERAPIES
TREE SERVICES
UPHOLSTERY
WINDOW CLEANING
Crystal Pine Tree Services
Maxwell’s
Pruning Tree Removal Bob Cat Truck Hire Insured and Experienced
PHILIP 0417 055 711 or 5772 1665
TREE CARE
TIMBER
Upholstery
Lounge, Dining, Repaired and Recovered, Chairs and Sofas Made tto o Or der ge Range of Order der.. Lar Large Fabrics, Car and Boat Upholstery
Max Ewert
T: 5774 2201 M: 0417 321 781 E : max@maxwellsupholstery.com.au W : www.maxwellsupholstery.com.au Skyline Rd, Eildon
WATER
WINDSCREENS
WATER BORING
YOUR BUSINESS
MARK’S TREES BROADFORD
ABN: 40 971 066 598 Reliable, safe, quality work at an affordable price. FULLY INSURED - WILL BEAT ANY REASONABLE WRITTEN QUOTES
0416 245 784 or 5784 1175
TOWING AND TRANSPORT 0407 849 252
3877 Melba Hwy, Glenburn eddystowing1@gmail.com
24 HOURS-7 DAYS A WEEK 20 FT SECONDHAND SHIPPING CONTAINERS A-Grade,Premium, B-Grade, C-Grade FREE CAR REMOVAL, CASH PAID SOME CARS Truck,Motorbike,Ferrous,Non Ferrous ,Farm Clean Up Conditions apply Tractor,Earth Moving Equipment,Caravan,Boats (Up To 4 1/2 Tons) Full Tilt Tray Sevice
TOWING, PANELS, CUSTOMS
5 MELALEUCA ST, YEA PETER & LORETTA TRIM B: 5797 2800
M: 0428 390 544 petertrim@westnet.com.au F: 5797 2295
TREE SOLUTIONS
Global Tree Solutions Pty Ltd
Professional, Reliable & Competitive Qualified Tree Specialist Fully Insured & Over 30 Years Experience No-Obligation Free Quotations Mulch and Firewood for Sale Tree Felling Hedging Uplift Pruning Crown Weight Reductions Dead Wooding Stump Grinding Mulching Insurance Work
0439 721 943
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TREE SERVICE
Star Tree Services QUALIFIED ARBORISTS • • • • •
Tree Removal Tree Surgery & Pruning Consultations & Reports Elm Leaf Beetle Control Mulch & Firewood Sales
5783 3170
Free Quotes. Full Insurance Cover www.treeser vices.com.au mail@treeservices.com.au
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Metropolitan and Regional Victoria
GARNET BAILEY 5799 2007 ALL HOURS Offering a caring and professional service throughout the Mitchell and surrounding Shires A LOCAL, WHO KNOWS LOCAL NEEDS
Prices start from $2500 • Kilmor e • Br oadf or d•W allan • R omse y Kilmore Broadf oadfor ord Wallan Romse omsey • Whittlesea • Lanc efield • R omse y Lancefield Romse omsey • Nagambie • Ale xandr a •Y ea & Dis tricts Alex andra Yea Districts
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Alexandra
Stylish Living:• 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom brick home on approx. 800sqm • Open plan living with split system, gas log fire & ducted vacuum system • Under cover outdoor area, double garage and huge lockup shed $480,000
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Alexandra
Quality Designer Living:• 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom Hedger Constructions built home • Open plan living with split system heating and cooling • Double lock up garage with drive through access • Bi fold doors to undercover outdoor area & 5KW solar system $475,000
Alexandra
Alexandra
SOLD
SOLD
Impressive Country Views:• Family brick home with 3 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Master bedroom with ensuite, walk in robe, split system & doors to rear verandah • Open plan living area with views of surrounding hills • Large entertainers deck with spa, situated on just under 1000sqm block $445,000 - $485,000
Taylor Bay
Ideal 2 bedroom holiday home on 1.2Ac • Open plan living with open fire place & split system heating and cooling • Large deck taking in country views • Double lockup shed, short stroll to the water $350,000
Landmark Harcourts Alexandra 56 Grant Street, Alexandra I 5772 3444
UNDER OFFER IN 4 DAYS!
Bright & Sunny home on just over half an Acre A bright and sunny 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home on just over half an acre in the heart of Flowerdale. An inviting wraparound veranda to the front of the house, open plan living with split system and cosy Conara and a lovely private master suite with huge ensuit bathroom to the rear of the house. The garden has lovely established shade trees, a large garage, 2 green houses, raised veggie garden and espalier fruit trees set on 2270 m2 in a quiet street. Flowerdale has many drawcards for all sorts of tree-changers. Hikers, bird watchers and mountain bike riders will love the national park that surrounds Flowerdale. Families and retirees will be interested to note there is a Community house, local fishing club, line dancing classes, fund raising and volunteer groups and good food at the local Flowerdale Hotel. $440,000
49 Moores Road, Castella
Light and Bright first home:• 3 bedroom weather board home on approx. 800sqm • Living area with Open fire place, free standing wood heater and split system • Superb back yard with in ground pool and undercover BBQ area $375,000
Private Custom Built Family Home:• 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom custom built home on 1142sqm • North facing living area with floor to ceiling windows • Under cover BBQ area, huge 21mx 12m shed with concrete floor • 2 street frontages, wood heater and double garage $490,000
Director/ Sales Specialist- Belinda Hocking 0418 115 574 Sales Specialist- Jody Murphy 0422 184 231 40 Riverside Crescent, Flowerdale
Alexandra
$1,100,000
Live happily ever after in this storybook home This enchanting house was built with love. For the first time on offer is this gorgeous 2 story home with open floor plan, beautiful timber & stone finishes and thoughtful touches throughout. Enter through custom made double doors into the formal living room with vaulted ceiling, random limestone flooring, open fireplace with stunning mantle; this area leads directly into a generous kitchen with modern appliances, farmhouse sink, wood fire ager, walk in pantry and stunning timber benchtops. The master suite is on the ground floor plus a formal dining area. Upstairs you will find a 2nd sitting room, 2 queen size bedrooms that open onto a sundeck. The 6.3 acre property also offers a single bedroom cottage with open plan living room/kitchen & a 2nd cottage that is currently used as a commercial kitchen / workshop that could easily be converted to a guest house. Both cottages have the potential to generate a rental or air B & B income. $1,100,000
20 Lyons Street, Yea
$480,000
Inviting home with breathtaking views Inviting home with breathtaking views of the surrounding countryside. Set back on this large block to take in some fantastic views is this charming, well-presented home. The ground floor consists of: open plan living, dining, kitchen all with views through large light filled windows. There is a family bathroom, laundry and one bedroom with robes: Upstairs are two large bedrooms with robes and there is access to a large balcony for relaxing and taking in the magnificent views of the old township & ranges surrounding Yea. Outdoors is a double carport that is partially enclosed, Covered Alfresco area to the back garden, garden shed and a well- loved, established garden which explodes into colour most of the year. $480,000
33 Carey Road, Yea
$498,000
Lifestyle Rural Land ready to build (STCA) on 8 acres Located only 4 minutes to the heart of Yea Township is this absolutely stunning parcel of fertile land with softly undulating hills and tranquil views over Killingworth & the Highland ranges beyond. 8 acres approx. with good fencing, a grand double gated entrance way, power available plus an ideal flat building site to take advantage of uninterrupted views of 280 degrees to enjoy sun up & sun down. Only a short walk to High Street Yea with amenities such as schools, childcare, medical service and world class eateries. $498,000
Real Estate Estate Sales Sales Professional Professional –– Kerryn Kerryn Rishworth Rishworth 0412 0412 346 169. kerryn.r@landmarkharcourts.com.au Real Property Management Management –– Sharon Butcher 0402 0409 113 439 927 805. sharon.butcher@landmark.com.au Property Sharon Contact Landmark Landmark Yea Yea for for all all of of your Stock, Merchandise, Insurance & Financial Services 5979 5797 2799 Contact
Landmark Harcourts Yea 52 High Street, Yea I 5797 2799