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Storms hit hard across region

■ Violent storms hit the Alexandra-Yarck-YeaEildon areas on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 1).

Part of the roof on the Yarck Hall was lifted by the weather.

Alexandra identity Peter Rice said: “We have not had a storm in Alexandra as severe as that for quite a few years..

“Almost every street and scores of properties were affected.”

Mr Rice said that the Weather Bureau issued amended warnings, and UGFM Radio promptly broadcast the most severe warning at 4.22pm.

The storm hit the area minutes later.

Emergency crews attended numerous reports of trees down and damaged buildings.

Wind gusts of 93.3-kmh were recorded at Alexandra at 4.28pm.

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More pages, more news for you ■ In 2020, The Local Paper and Melbourne Observer newspapers have extra pages - with more news and photos of local people.

There is a new four-page Local People section each issue, with contributions “by the people, for the people”. It means that local non-profit organisations can advertise their events free of charge. Clubs will never have to pay for local press advertising ever again.

The Local Paper is doubling its distribution network, to make it even more convenient to pick-up your copy each week. From this week there are 70 extra outlets across the Murrindindi, Mitchell, Mansfield, Nillumbik, Whittlesea and Yarra Ranges regions.

Readers will enjoy the Melbourne Observer section with favourite columnists including Gavin Wood, Rob Foenander, Peter Kemp, Mike McColl Jones, John Rozentals, Ted Ryan, Len Baker, John O’Keefe, Sarah Kulkens, Aaron Rourke, Jim Sherlock, Cheryl Threadgold, Kevin Trask and cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson.

Plus we have the best local sports coverage, with the most comprehensive scores, reports and action photos.

And there are popular features including ‘Photos From The Past’, the Veritas column, the Across Victoria statewide round-up, and OPG (Other People’s Gossip).

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Local Briefs Revolving door

■ Kelvin Spiller, who replaced Simon Overland as Whittlesea Council chief, has announced he will step down on February 28.

Mr Spiller has advised Council and staff that he will finish in the role of Acting CEO Mr Spiller said his decision to leave the City of Whittlesea was related to personal and other business commitments from March. The Council will appoint an Acting CEO prior to Mr Spiller’s departure.

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Wine industry help

■ The State Government is supporting the Victorian wine industry with a new $2.5 million package to help growers and producers impacted by the recent bushfires with technical advice to help make the best decisions for their business.

Flowerdale cheer

■ Flowerdale sporting clubs last week celebrated the official opening of new female friendly change rooms at Spring Valley Recreation Reserve.

Parliamentary Secretary for Sport Danielle Green officially opened the new pavilion, made possible with a $165,920 grant from the Sports Infrastructure Fund.

Kinglake at home

■ Kinglake plays Strathewen at the Memorial Reserve this Saturday (Feb. 8) in the oneday designated competition of the North Metro Cricket Association. Other matches are: Fairfield v Cameron, Sagarmatha: Bye, Dennis v Northern Socials, Camrea v Preston Footballers.

DVCA matches

■ The second day of Round 9 Diamond Valley Cricket Association Barclay Shield games will be played this Saturday (Feb. 8): Diamond Creek v Epping, North Eltham Wanderers v Riverside, Macleod v Bundoora, Plenty v Rosanna, Lower Eltham v Heidelberg.

Money Shield: Lalor Stars v Eltham, Research Eltham Collegians v Mernda, Montmorency v Banyule, Old Paradians v Lower Plenty, Mill Park v Bundoora United.

Buds, Blossoms

■ The weekl;y songs, stories and craft sessions from 10.45am-11.45am on Thursdays resume on February 13 at Rosebank, Yea. The sessions are held during school terms.

Thanks to Firies

■ Firefighters who bring their ID to the Melbourne Caravan Camping and Touring Show, at the Melbourne Showgrounds (Feb. 20-24) will receive free admission in recognition of their efforts during the fire season. This applies to both CFA and MFB members.

Telstra problems

Dahlin' It's Caroline from Ruffy

■ The second day of Seymour District CricketAssociation A-Grade matches will be held this Saturday (Feb. 8) with these matches starting at 1pm: Kilmore v Eastern Hill, Tallarook v Broadford, Seymourv Yea Tigers.

B-Grade one-day matches start at 12.30pm: Broadford v Royals, Eastern Hill v Kilmore, Yea Tigers v Avenel, Alexandra v Puckapunyal, Pyalong v Tallarook.

C-Grade Round 16 matches: Avenel v Kilmore, Royals v Pyalong, Broadford Black v Broadford Red, Eastern Hill v Seymour, Puckapunyal Warriors v Alexandra.

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● Caroline Ferguson

$10.7m rural aid

■ Rural Aid has distributed to $10.7 million to bushfire-affected farmers in three months.

This includes 10,000 large bales of hay worth $4.17 million to 994 farmers, and 14,000 gift cards, valued at $3.75 million.

■ During her working day, Caroline Ferguson can be heard on major Victorian radio stations, giving reports for the Australian Traffic Network.

Out of hours, ‘Ferg’ is stepping the boards, and her latest one-woman show is Dahlin' It's the Jeanne Little Show.

Caroline’s family is well known throughout the Upper Goulburn, as successful farmers in the Ruffy-Terip Terip region on the border of Murrindindi and Strathbogie shires.

Cheryl Threadgold reports that Dahlin' It's the Jeanne Little Show is playing at The Butterfly Club in the Melbourne CBD until February 8.

Written and directed by award-winning Melbourne playwright Kieran Carroll, the show is a wild and zany look back at the life of Australian entertainer Jeanne Little.

After becoming the most popular woman on Australian television in the mid-70s, Jeanne’s talents and career blossomed in numerous ways from starring in the hit musical Jerry Girls, to singing for Princess Diana and Prince Charles at the Sydney Opera House, to worldwide touring shows playing Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe.

Performed by actor-comedienne Caroline Ferguson, Dahlin' It's the Jeanne Little Show demonstrates how Jeanne Little found great success through hard work, perseverance and an irresistible love for life to take her honoured place in Australian entertainment history.

Performance Details:February 5, 6 at 8.30pm; February 8 at 7pm.

Venue: The Butterfly Club, 15 Carlson Place, Melbourne Tickets: $35/$31

Highlands logging halted by Court writ ■ A Supreme Court interim injunction granted last week has stopped some logging in the Central Highlands.

VicForests must desist from cutting trees in 10 coupes that had been earmarked for clearfelling in the Central Highlands and Gippsland after ‘Wildlife of the Central Highlands Inc.’ went to court, arguing the threatened species in the woodlands needed to be protected.

Justice Kate McMillan was told that the threatened species were the Greater Glider, Powerful Owl, Sooty Owl and Smoky Mouse.

The Writ was filed on Tuesday (Jan. 28) and the initial hearing was held on Wednesday (Jan. 29).

Environmental Justic Australia, solicitors for the conservation group, claimed that the coupes contained, or were likely to contain, bushfireaffected threatened species.

An iapplication for an interloctory injunction is being sought. VicForests had not failed a response to 1800 pages of documentary material, when Justice McMillan granted the interim injunction.

It was alleged that it is unlawful for VicForests to harvest timber in bushfire-

■ Alexandra telephone users of 3G and 4G technology struck problems last week. Telstra said it suspected a ‘hardware’ problem.

“While we are prioritising the restoration of services in Alexandra, Telstra also has a number of crews dispatched across Victoria repairing and restoring services following bushfires,” said a Telstra spokesman.

Whit’sea winners

■ Four local achievers were recognised at the City of Whittlesea's annual Australia Day celebration.

■ Life-long volunteer Alan Roberts was named Citizen of the Year for his efforts volunteering with Whittlesea Community Connections.

■ Year 12 student Vivian Ly was named Young Citizen of the Year as a tireless champion for social justice.

■ Ray Rosales was named Senior Citizen of the Year for his work with the CFA. ■ Dalal Sleiman was awarded the Access and Inclusion Citizen of the Year award.

Int. Women’s Day

■ Community members have a rare chance to hear from award-winning sports broadcaster Tiffany Cherry as part of Mitchell Shire Council’s annual International Women’s Day celebration.

Commencing at 8am, Mitchell’s International Women’s Day breakfast will be held on Friday, March 6, at The Grove, Hidden Valley.

$6.8m for projects

■ The City of Whittlesea has welcomed more than $6.8 million in State Government funding toward five local projects.

Quarry Hills Regional Parkland, Whittlesea Public Gardens, Whittlesea Community Skate Park, McLean’s Road Kindergarten and the Lalor Streetscape Upgrade project were all successful in receiving funding through the 2019-20 Growing Suburbs Fund.

Yea Line Dancing

■ Line dancing sessions that are strictly for fun will be held from 4pm-5.30pm, Mondays, at Scots Church Hall, Station St, Yea. Cost is $5 per person per class. Contact: Patricia, 5797 2368.

Bird Watchers

■ Murrindindi Bird Watchers are gathering at thye Yea Railway Station at 9am on Saturday (Feb. 8), returning about 12.30pm.

Participants are asked to bring morning tea, binoculars, and their curiosity. Phone: Geoff Leslie, 0417 396 377. affected regions. The wildlife group conducts citizen science in Victoria’s forests.

Justice McMillan said the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act provided that a species is eligible to be listed as “threatened” if it is in a demonstrable state of decline which is likely to result in extinction.

A Victorian state report, and a Federal response, have not been completed.

VicForests said the application was a transaparent attempt to use legal process to achieve a political outcome. The conservation group said there would be some financial loss but harvesting could take place later.

Wallis St works

■ Mitchell Shire Council is undertaking reconstruction and resurfacing works in Wallis St, Seymour, until Friday, Feb. 28.

Eltham Market

■ The next Eltham Community Craft and Produce Market will be held at Alastair Knox Park, Panther Place, Eltham, from 8.30am1pm, on Saturday, February 15. Phone 0401 288 027 for further details.

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Sasha is Dindi’s top citizen ■ Sasha Barrow was named Murrindindi Shire Citizen of the Year at the Alexandra celebrations for Australia Day held on January 26.

Sasha is best known for community involvements including the Embassy of Ideas and the Repair Cafe.

At the Kinglake Australia Day ceremony, Logan McKimmie received the award for Murrindindi Shire Young Citizen of the Yearfollowing her $20,000 fundraising effort for the local 'Help for Wildlife' charity.'

Syd Savage has awarded Murrindindi Shire Senior Citizen of the Year.

“We are very proud of all our Australia Day Award recipients - there can be no doubt they each deserve to be recognised for their contributions to our communities,” said Mayor Cr Leigh Dunscombe.

Rotary Art Show

■ Judge Ted Dansey name The Twelve Apostles by Kasey Sealy as ‘best in show’ at the Rotary Club of Yea Art Show 2020.

Second best was an oil painting Cumulus Clouds at Sorrento by David Chen.

Best Work on Paper was Rural Texture by Julian Bruere. A Yea Wetlands water colour

by Pamela Moore was recognised.

The show was opened by Jeff Swain, President of the YeaKinglake RSL SubBranch.

Exhibitors included Bev Aisbett, Janine Anderson, Tony Baird, Dominic Barbetti, Ree Becca, Emmerson Bechaz, Cathie Berry, Kate Bills, Keith Blake, David Brayshaw, Julian Bruere, Marion Bruere, Ann

● Sasha Barrow

Capling, Alan Cass, Grant Cavenagh, Ross Chandler, David Chen, Dorothy Collins, Kate Collins, David Croke, Val Corke, Ted Dansey, Craig Davy, Benjamin Dredge, Joshua Dredge, Peter Fennell, Nancy Fletcher, Freya Foster, Warwick Fuller, William Grund, Finn Hargreaves, Catherine Harry, Jean Hendy, Meg Heres, Judy Hocking, Dianne Holdsworth, Denise Holusa, Glenn Hoyle, Ros Humphries, Greg Hyde, Mary Hyde, Catherine Kindred, John Kodric, Julie Kok, Gary Laird, Grace Langan, George Largent, Carole Lees, Melinda Lampio, Caroline Lewallen, Norman Lindsay, Julie Lundgren-Coulter, Terry MacDonald, Joel Magpayo, Carolyn Marrone,

Stephen McCall, Raven McInnes, Helen Miles, Pamela MooremAnn Morton, Pat Murphy, Velia Newman, Do Noble, Leon Pappas, Geoff Paynter, Helen Pedersen, Ennazus Pennant, Ray Rattenbury, Ted Rowbottom, Coral Ruffin, Amanda Russell, Prue Sanchez, Madeline Schumann, Doug Sealy, Kasey Sealy, Doreen Shaw, Alexander Short, Suzanne Sommer, Jan Stapleton, Brian Stratton, Freda Surgenor, Lucille Tam, Vivien Tanner, Vicki Tyley, Jenny Wallace, Lisa Wang, Ramon WardThompson, Isabelle Webb, Malcolm Webster, Wendy Webster, John Whittam, Nola Wilkinson, Lorraine Wotherspoon, Sue Wright.

● Cindy McLeish and Sonja Herges at the Yea Rotary Art Show.

Scouts secure Alex. land ■ Murrindindi Shire is undertaking the transfer of Council land at 174 Grant St, Alexandra at a nominal cost of $11 to the Alexandra Scout Group.

The transfer will allow the Alexandra Scout Group to develop new buildings including a multi-purpose hall, storeroom, office, meeting room, kitchen and toilet facilities.

The property will retain the existing heritage building, the former Mechanics Institute Hall.

The Alexandra Scout Group has leased the land at 174 Grant St from Council for scout-related activities for many years, using the former Mechanics Institute Hall and

other outbuildings on the site.

The project has been made possible through State and Federal Government grants obtained by the Alexandra Scouts Group, in recognition

that the existing facilities on the site are no longer fit for purpose with respect to contemporary scouting activities.

The valuation obtained assessed the market value for selling the property at $130,000.

It is also proposed that Council shares the costs in equal proportion with Scouts Victoria to create the subdivision and transfer of land, as Council will retain one of the two lots.

Council’s share of this cost is not expected to exceed $40,000, including legal expenses.

Our advertisers are making news.

■ A record-breaking 54 local businesses have chosen The Local Paper as their preferred media for local print and online advertising in 2020.

The 53 businesses have signed authorisations for full-page colour advertising in every one of The Local Paper’s 45 issues in 2020, starting this week.

There are also 120 local trades people who have also placed ‘every issue’ instructions, as well as a large number of other local businesses who have regular smallerspace ads.

The businesses have selected The Local Paper because of its larger readership, more economical advertising rates, and that their ads are seen by thousands of additional readers on the internet and social media.

The list of local full-page advertisers, which continues to grow a for 2020, includes: • Across Technology • Arashel/Geoff Lambert • Bailey’s Funeral Services • Billanook College • BMS Tours • Centre State Drilling • Coco Beauty Retreat • Comfy Home • Country Club Hotel, Yea • Dalton Building and Garden Supplies • Darlingford Upper Goulburn Nursing Home • Dave’s Dirt Works • de Castella Design and Construction • Diamond Creek Fish and Chips • Diamond Earthmovers • Eddy’s Towing and Transport • Emu Wire Industries • Gilson College • Grand Palais Beachside • Grosvenor In Cairns • GV Hoists and Cranes • Hall Funeral Services • Holmwood Age Care • Killingworth Hill Whisky Bar and Cafe • Kosnar Picture Framing • Landmark Harcourts (Alexandra and Yea) • Lincoln Funerals • Mansfred’s Shoe Lounge • McCormack Funerals • Melbourne Wildlife and Pest Control • Metro Cinemas Boronia • Molesworth Food and Wine Co. • Murray Drilling • Nalinga Steel • North Central Hire • Northern Sky Limousines • Old Victorian Fencing • On The Move • Progressive Controls • Rangeview Seeds • Safaris Into Africa • Seville Tractors • Shamrock Hotel, Alexandra • Terry Miller Concrete Tanks • The Centre • Tilco Engineering • Tribute Funerals • Whittlesea H Hardware • Y Water Discovery Centre • Yarra Valley Brazzen • Yarra Valley Dental • Yea Automotive • Yencken’s Hardware Your business can be featured in this weekly column. It’s a free service for our advertisers. Call us at:

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Classical crossover singer and street performer Monique Simone has split the $1504 she raised from busking, between three different charities: Vinnies Bushfire Appeal, Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery, and Wildlife Victoria’s Bushfire Appeal.

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Community members are able to walk, run and cycle between Lilydale and Yering, with Stage 1A of the Yarra Valley Trail open for the public.

Fencing and interpretative and wayfinding signage will be installed in the first months of the year.

Whittlesea Lions Charity Golf Day is being scheduled for Friday, April 17. Lions meet on the second and fourth Tuesdays at the Whittlesea Bowls Club.

There was a special round of applause for Kerry Whyte when she spoke at Strath Creek for the Australia Day celebrations. Only nine days before, Kerry was in hospital for heart surgery. ● Kerry Whyte Rotary Club of Alexandra treasurer Ian Gibb has announced that the Club's Fire Relief Fund has now exceed $6000.

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● Carol Jenkinson, Neil Marshall, Tony Barbeta and Cr Karen Egan Nillumbik Shire’s citizens of the year included Volunteer of the Year, Carol Jenkinson, Cottles Bridge; Citizen of the Year: Neil Marshall, Doreen Senior Citizen of the Year: Tony Barbeta, St Andrews; Community Group of the Year: Nillumbik Youth Productions Marcus Stewart, the elected Taungurung Lands and Waters Council representative, has been elected as the Co-Chair (with Geraldine Atkinson) of the First Peoples’Assembly of Victoria.

Yea Tigers Cricket Club is holding its annual Reverse Raffle at the Rec Room at 7pm on Saturday, February 22. Tickets are $100 each, with the chance to win $1000.

There were complim e n t s aplenty for Lyndal Tait in her role as MC for the Fashions on The Field at the Yea Cup race meeting. The next Yea-St Pats Race Club meeting is scheduled to be held on Sunday, ● Lyndal Tait February 23.

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Our top local Aussies ■ Whittlesea's Professor John Dewar received one of the top awards in the Australia Day Honours.

Prof. Dewar received the 'AO' post-nomional for services to education, through leadership roles in the ubniversity sector, and to professional organisations.

In the OAM section, Mrs Rosanna Baini, of Mernda, was noted for service to the Lebanese community of Victoria.

The Rev. Margaret Jane Blair, of Healesville, was saluted for her service to the Uniting Church in Australia.

Kinglake's Peter Crook was given OAM honours for her service to the community of Kinglake, and to veterans and their families.

Mansfield's Associate Professor Cecily Jane Freemantle was cited for service for medical research, particularly to population health.

Former Greensborough

■ Minister for Children, 20042006.

■ Minister for Community Services, 2002-2006.

■ Minister for Women's Affairs, 1999-2001.

■ Minister for Conservation and Environment, 1999-2002.

Doreen Patricia Gunn, of Seymour, was honoured for her service to aged welfare.

John Francis Harvey, of Wandin North, was saluted for his service to motor sports.

Service to the community of Lilydale was cited as a factor in the honour for Sylvia Shirley Ramsden of Croydon.

Similarly, service to the Mansfield and Bonnie Doon areas has led to an honour bestowed upon William Henry Romans, of Mansfield.

Marysville's Anthony 'Tony' James Thompson was ● Tony Thompson OAM credited for his service to the and Bundoora MLA, Sherryl Marysville community.

Fay Patricia Richards, of Garbutt, now of Brunswick, was acknowledged for her ser- Chrinside Park, won a distincvice to the people and Parlia- tion for her service to people with a disability. ment of Victoria.

Jazz Festival at Eltham ■ The free Eltham Jazz, Food and Wine Festival returns on February 22-23 with more than 30 bands playing across three stages.

Over one weekend the festival features the best up-and-coming and established acts, including The Lachy Doley Group, Kylie Auldist and Claude Hay. The 2020 Festival recognises the transcendent nature of jazz across genres, cultures, and languages.

Old and new jazz fans alike will be transfixed by the diverse array of talent on offer, including performances from San Lazaro, Iaki Vallejo, Alárìíyá and Lamine Sonko and The African Intelligencewho will bring Afrobeat and Latin grooves to the Festival .

There will be an outstanding selection of gourmet foods and locally produced wine and beer available.

There will also be free children’s entertainment, including face painting, a jumping castle and craft activities from 12 Noon to 6pm on both days.

The Eltham Jazz, Food and Wine Festival has been running for over two decades.

It is the landmark musical event within Melbourne’s ‘Green Wedge’, and the Festival was recently ranked in the “American Express Essentials world top 20 jazz festivals”.

The festival is a free event, accessible to all and showcases the bestjazz, blues and soul acts throughout Australia.

■ Indie folk music artist Jenny Biddle will perform at the Yea Community House at 7.30pm this Saturday (Feb. 8). Tickets are $25 per person. Bookings: phone 5797 3070.

Plans for K’lake Fair

■ Preparations for the Kinglake Country Fair are underway, and this year’s event will also include the Kinglake Produce and Artisan Market hosted by the Rotary Club of Kinglake Ranges. Venue is the Kinglake West Reserve, 1 Recreation Rd. Parking will be available at 1029 Whittlesea-Kinglake Rd.

Majestic M’ville

■ A 1928 movie short, Majestic Marysville, will be screened by the Marysville Film Society at 7.30pm this Saturday (Feb. 8) at MiRa, 11 Murchison St. Local musician Daryl Hull will premiere an accompanying musical piece. Also screening on the night will be the movie, Brand Nue Dae.

Day at Thornton

■ The Narbeview Wildlife Shelter will hold a Fundraiser at the Thornton Caravan Park on Sunday, March 8 (Labor Day long weekend). There are plans for a car show, live entertainment, jumping castle, face painting, market stalls, hot donuts and coiffee, and a sausage sizzle. Phone: Sherrie, 0498 053 760.

Kinglake link

■ Chrissy Eustace, of Kinglake, in her role as an organiser for the Stone The Crows Festival at Wagga from April 10-16, has donated a powered site worth $550 at the over 50’s event, to a bushfire fundraiser being held tomorrow (Thurs.) at Freemasons Ivalda, Darebin by Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge.

Normie Rowe is one of the many entertainers at the Wagga event.

Panton Hill event

● Kylie Auldist

For young women ■ Nominations for the inaugural Young Women Leaders of Nillumbik Awards are closing soon.

Individuals aged 12-25 who identify as female who live, work, study, volunteer or play in Nillumbik are eligible to be nominated across five award categories

Footy reunion this Sunday ■ The annual reunion of Waranga North East Football ex-players will be held this Sunday (Feb. 9) at the Avenel Football Ground, Anderson St, Avenel.

The League (formerly Association) was conducted between 1913-76. Teams included Alexandra, Avenel, Avenel-Longwood, Broadford, Euroa, Kilmore, Longwood, Mansfield, Murchison, Nagambie, Rushworth, Seymour, ThorntonAcheron Valley, ThorntonEildon and Yea. This year’s event is being hosted by the Avenel and Longwood clubs.

Proceedings will com-

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mence at 11.30am, with lunch provided, and drinks available throughout the afternoon until approx. 3.30pm. Cost for the lunch is approximately $25.

Some buses are being organised from some club areas, and the train is available to Avenel.

Anyone being transported by car, can have the driver admitted to the function. Dress code is low key (shorts and T-

shirts are welcome).

As well as former Waranga North East players, also welcome at the event will be exsupporters, club officials,. trainers and committee members involving all grades.

■ Don Mills, Euroa, 0428 597 258, ■ Garry Green, Avenel, 0418 576 220, ■ Graham Smith, Mansfield, 5775 2547, ■ Doug Dainton, Seymour, 5792 1405, ■ Barry Coller, Thornton, 0419 359 034, ■ Glen McMaster, Yea, 0417 529 809, ■ Des O’Connor, Broadford, 5784 1206.

■ A Bushfire Benefit will be held at the Panton Hill Memorial Park from 4pm on Sunday, February 16. Entertainment includes SCAT, Kate Dearaugo, Murphy’s Hardware, Joel Quinn Band and Black Cat Bone. Entry is $20 per adult. Food and drinks are available. All proceeds fo the fire affected. PA T20 Cricket match, starting at 12 Noon at the A.E. Cracknell Reserve, between Panton Hill Cricket and Football teams, will precede the benefit. Phone: 0472 741 643.

Meeting at Toolangi

■ The Community Planning Meeting will be held at the C.J. Dennis Hall at 6.30pm on Thursday, February 27, Cr Sandice McAulay told Murrindindi Shire Council.

A similar meeting will be held at the Yea Shire Hall at 6pm on Monday (Feb. 10).

The Marysville community planning meeting is scheduled for 6pm on Thursday, March 12 at the Marysville Community Centre.

Latest on waste

■ Funding has been approved for development of an e-waste collection facility at the current Yea Resource Recovery Centre, Cr Eric Lording has told Murrindindi Council.

An upgrade to the weighbridge at the Alexandra Landfill incorporating the supply and installation of a new boom gate will ensure that trucks cannot bypass the weighing station. This installation will improve site security and provide more accurate data collection.

As part of the waste education program, the Yea Library hosted Attack of the Plastic Time Monsters. The live show targeted primary school age children with messages about reducing plastic consumption and was well attended.

Term 1 kinder starts

■ Eildon Playgroup has started for Term 1, 2020, at the Eildon Kindergarten, at 9.30am11.30am, Thursdays. Liz, 0436 6905 424.

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Lion-hearted Syd ■ This bloke - Syd Savage - is pretty special to our family.

So we were delighted to hear that Syd was named as Murrindindi Shire’s Senior Citizen of the Year.

The award was presented on Australia Day at Eildon by Cr Jackie Ashe.

Syd, 79, was recognised for many community service achievements, including his 45 years as a Charter Member of the Lions Club of Eildon.

Born at Alexandra on August 1, 1940, Syd was raised in the area, and his jobs have included driving a Fallon’s school bus for 35 years, as well as the local tow truck.

In July 1975, about 25 local men and their families came together to form the Lions Club, which meets fortnightly on the second and fourth Wednesdays, 6.30pm for 7pm.

Some of their early fundraisers were cleaning windows at the Golden Trout Hotel, and recycling paper, sent to Broadford by rail.

The club funded sprinklers in Moore Park, improvements in the Lions Park, the viewing platform at the Pondage, a playground and toilet block.

The Lions have their own clubhouse, and are keen for younger members to join.

One of their major achievements was establishing a 40-person camp at Big River.

More recently, the Club’s activities have included a $13,000 donation to bushfire disaster, $6000 of which is providing water tanks.

Editor Ash Long first started newspaper work in 1969. He began writing for local newspapers in 1973. Over those 47 years he has kept extensive diaries and local photo files.

From Our Files - 30 Years Ago Wednesday, January 31, 1990

Yea salutes Rodney

■ Yea swimmer Rodney Lawson, 20, won a silver medalin the 200-metre breast-stroke event at the Auckland Commonwealth Games. He smashed the six-year-old Australian record held by 1984 Olympian, Glenn Berigan. The Yea swimmer slashed 1.11 sec/ from the old record with a time of 2 min. 15.68.

Praise for Len

■ Yea’s RACV agent Len Harrison was featured in the Royalauto magazine when Hampton motorist Jack Naughton wrote to praise after suffering a head-on collision on the Melba Hwy, when an oncoming car came down the wrong side of the road. Len arranged for a staff member to drive Mr Naughton to Seymour to pick-up a hire car. ● Syd Savage of Eildon: Murrindindi Shire’s Senior Citizen of the Year.

In his usual modest way, Syd shares the Murrindindi honour with his fellow Lions members, and family including wife of 59 years, Christine, and sons Shane (an electrician) and Andrew (welder).

Syd smiles as he looks back at the progress of the Lions Club over 45 years, and recalls the words of a prominent Eildon citizen back in the 1970s: “It will be a pie in the sky.”

Syd’s community service has included 46 years representation on the Eildon with Ash Long, Editor Cemetery Trust.

Previous winner, Victoria’s best local reporter His recognition of Now in his 51st year of local newspapers.

Murrindindi’s top senior citizen for 2020 “For the cause that lacks assistance, has been widely ap‘Gainst the wrongs that need resistance plauded by the local For the future in the distance, and wider community.

And the good that we can do” Long Shots joins in congratulating Syd Phone: 1800 231 311 Savage on this suitPersonal W eb: www.Long. com.au able honour.

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Yea Camping Ground, 70 years ago

Hotel paperwork

■ Avalon Falls Pty Ltd, the family company of Rob and Therese McGregor, completed paperwork to acquire the Country Club Hotel, Yea, from Greg and Maggie Graham. The McGregors spoke of a kitchen refurbishment, with the ‘Green Room’ to be developed as a separate a la carte restaurant.

Craig’s stitches ■ Molesworth man Craig Mann had stitches to his eye-brow and face after a nasty fall from his push-bike at Cotton’s Pinch.

Passing motorist Neil Garlick, a senior staff member at the Alexandra Standard, rushed Craig to Yea and District Memorial Hospital where he was treated by Dr Martin Lowe.

Double deckers

■ Two double decker buses were to bring 80 people to the St Patrick’s Race meeting at Yea in February 1990. Skilled Engineering Managing Director Frank Hargrave owner of ‘Glen Haven’ at Ti-Tree Creek, Yea, was to host the party.

Top citizens

■ Yea Shire President Cr Bill Wilson announced Jean Wawn and Lindsay Bassett as recipients of the 1990 Australia Day Citizen Awards. Mrs Wawn of Kinglake was described as a ‘good samaritan’, and recognised as ready chauffeur for those without cars. Mr Bassett was noted for his long association with Yea cricket, football, tennis and table tennis, Homewood Fire Brigade and Homewood Hall.

Fred injured

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■ Popular Alexandra man Fred Docking was injured in a work accident. We reported that Fred was known “for his skills in timber, yakka, hackology, helpfulness and poetry’. Visitors were encouraged to visit Fred at the Box Hill Hospital.

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Firies assist ● Yea Camping Ground in the 1950s. Rose Stereograph Series.

Phot sourced by Alan Thorley, Yea and District Historical Pages.

■ Yea fire volunteers - including Col Egan, Ian Baynes, Ross Williamson, Rodney Carbis, Gary Naismith, Ray Allen, Glenn Jones, Dougal Drysdale and Harry Docking - turned out to a number of district fires as winds of 60-70-kmh were due on a day of Total Fire Ban.

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TAURUS: (April 21- May 20) Lucky Colour: White Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 1.3.2.5.

Lotto Numbers: 1.15.25.23.36.7.

You might have to face the facts and a decision must be made soon, anything to do with money should be double checked by professional people. Do not trust strangers in anything new but you do not have to be rude to get rid of them.

GEMINI: (May 21- June 21) Lucky Colour: Peach Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 1.3.2.5.

Lotto Numbers: 2.3.12.26.35.40.

If you suspect someone the best would be to speak out, as moodiness will achieve nothing. You are entitled to an explanation from someone anyway; try not to make it hard on them.

CANCER: (June 22- July 22) Lucky Colour: Violet Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 1.3.6.5.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.26.35.5.4.

You might not feel like taking sides in a friend's arguments and this partiality could be your best bet to keep the friendship of both parties concerned. Try to get some rest soon.

LEO: (July 23-August 22) Lucky Colour: Blue Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 1.2.5.2.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.23.36.32.20.

You should be able to mix business with pleasure during this period; also, your standing in the community should improve. Do take notice of other people's good ideas.

VIRGO: (August 23- September 23) Lucky Colour: Black Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 2.3.2.5.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.26.35.40.45.

Some things you have been planning for the last few weeks should turn out well today, but you might need to ask for help from others to finish the job.

LIBRA: (September 24- October 23) Lucky Colour: Cream Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 1.3.2.5.

Lotto Numbers: 1.15.45.20.32.22.

It would be a good idea to keep your opinions to yourself at the moment. People might not feel too understanding at the moment and need to be left alone.

SCORPIO: (October 24- November 22) Lucky Colour: Yellow Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 2.3.2.1.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.25.8.6.11.

Try to be the peacemaker with feuding friends, but do not take sides. You will find the way to do it diplomatically.

Strive for perfection in your own relationships.

SAGITTARIUS: (November 23- December20) Lucky Colour: Pink Lucky Day: Sunday Racing Numbers: 2.3.2.1.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.25.6.30.11.

Use your energies for your own advancement and try to get your ideas into the open at work and social life. You could find that people are not ready to commit themselves yet give them time to think.

CAPRICORN: (December 21- January 19) Lucky Colour: Silver Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 1.3.5.9.

Lotto Numbers: 8.12.5.44.40.33.

You should be very busy with your business and work at this point of time, later on a little get together should give you enjoyment.

AQUARIUS: (January 20- February 19) Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 4.5.2.6.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.15.26.34.40.

Even people will agree with you now you still have to work hard to achieve your objective. Let others have their say also as it should be shared responsibility and shared achievement.

PISCES: (February 20- March 20) Lucky Colour: Silver Lucky Day: Saturday Racing Numbers: 1.3.2.5.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.15.26.30.33.

Someone could turn up with a new plan but it could be better to rely on your own ideas at the moment. Friends could be feeling neglected.

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Thornton answers needed ■ Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish is calling for answers about the current state of the forgotten Thornton Primary School as it falls into disrepair.

The site remains in limbo after the school's closure which Ms McLeish says took place in 2012. She says it has since fallen by the wayside.

Long grass has taken over the grounds, causing fire hazard concerns for near by residents and families who use the basketball courts and grounds for play and bike riding.

Ms McLeish has written to the Minister several times, wanting to know what is going on with the site, the status of the land and why there is now a lack of maintenance.

Ms McLeish said: "For years we've been told the site ● Cindy McLeish MLA is being prepared for sale, yet "In the meantime, the school we are still waiting." grounds have become overrun

with weeds and long grass, creating an ideal habitat for snakes and a possible fire risk."

"The lack of maintenance and regular fire ban days are a concerning combination for residents," Ms McLeish says.

Ms McLeish had written to the Minister in April last year, seeking answers about sale plans for the land following queries. Ms McLeish was assured in a response received in June last year, that arrangements for a market valuation of the property were taking place. It was then anticipated that the property would be offered for public sale late 2019.

"The site has been closed for eight years and we are still waiting a notice for public sale, as previously assured would take place late 2019. Unfortunately, we are still waiting,” Ms McLeish said.

Preps Preps start start school school

● Middle Kinglake Primary School prep. students started their year last week.

Back row from left: Madeline Lynch, Olivia Dinatale, Rose Purvis, Ripley Jenkins, Kaylee Ellis, Carmen Barwick. Front row: Isaac Reece, Levi Kaufmann, River Williams, Will Alford.

Photo: Meagan Callander

Road to recovery is long ■ Murrindindi Shire Mayor Cr Leigh Dunscombe says that local people know only too well that the road to recovery from bushfires is a long one.

Cr Dunsconbe addressed the January 22 meeting of Council, and spoke of the bushfires across Australia, including those in Gippsland and North-East Victoria.

“My thoughts, like so many others over the break, have predominantly been with those facing the devastating bushfires and drought, it is very hard to relax when you know firsthand what so many people are going through,” Cr Dunscombe said.

“My heart goes out to all that have been affected and my most sincere condolences to those who have lost loved ones.

“There is nothing I can say to ease their pain and the overwhelming sense of helplessness is palpable.

“The road to recovery from these disasters will be a very long one and we, perhaps more so than others, having experienced the fires of 2009 know that only too well.

“That experience however places us in a prime position to help, to share our experiences and offer our support and I am sure I speak for everyone when I say "Help - we will",” Cr Dunscombe said.

● Cr Leigh Dunscombe, Murrindindi Mayor Cr Bec Bowles said: “I would also like to acknowledge the efforts of the staff of Murrindindi Shire Council in supporting the fire affected shires of East Gippsland and Towong.”

Shire Chief Executive Officer Craig Lloyd said: “As the Mayor has stated, Council officers have been actively supporting other Councils impacted by the recent fires.

“There is no doubt that the experiences of Council during the 2009 fires have caused us to ensure that we have a good depth of knowledge and experience in emergency manage-

ment in Murrindindi.

“This has allowed us to provide support to the Gippsland and North East Victoria fires.

“I have been actively engaged in discussions with the Emergency Management Commissioner, Chief Executive Officer of Bushfire Recovery Victoria and others to see how we can support those affected communities.

“During my leave, Acting CEO Michael Chesworth visited Towong Council, with other CEO’s to provide background on our Shire’s recovery from the 2009 fires and again offer our support. It is pleasing that we have been able to provide staff to support the following roles: ■ Community Safety Officer to East Gippsland, ■ Community Safety Officer to Wangaratta to support their Animal Evacuation Centre, ■ Two Municipal Emergency Response Officers to support Towong at the local Incident Control Centre “We will continue to provide support to fire affected Councils as their needs emerge.

“I would like to thank the staff that represented us, their families, as well as all our staff that either volunteered to stepped in to cover our staff on secondment,” Mr Lloyd said.

Local Briefs Indoor pool update

■ Alexandra Indoor Heated Pool works commenced prior to Christmas to bring the toilet areas up to code.

A working bee will be held soon to remove the kitchenette and prepare the room for the pool.

The pool has been ordered and works on the deck and solar heating will commence once the pool is installed.

The next update will be regarding seeking expressions of interest for being part of the staff team. These will be included in The Local Paper, The project is broken into seven stages culminating in finalisation by March 2020 as per grant outlines.

- Sam Hicks

Show cut short ■ Sir Elton John was forced to cut his A Day on the Green show in the Yarra Valley on Friday night (Jan. 31) after the stage was lashed by wild weather.

Citizen scientists ■ Researchers are urging citizen scientists to use their mobile phones for a good cause: to monitor the recovery of bushfire-affected plants and animals for the Environment Recovery Project which will inform future research.

Anyone in fire-affected areas of Australia can participate, no matter their scientific knowledge or camera skills: all people need to do is download the mobile app – available via the global citizen science iNaturalist website – take a photo of a burnt tree, for example, and upload the image to the app.

The iNaturalist community has more than 31 million biodiversity records and links to Australia’s leading citizen science platform Atlas of Living Australia. www.ecosystem.unsw.edu.au

House re-opens ■ The Whittlesea Community House reopened last week with another program filled with ‘work ready’ courses and local study opportunities, weekly groups and activities for all ages and ‘get active’ classes, including Pilates, yoga and a walking group.

Villains to meet ■ The Annual General Meeting of the Marysville District Football and Netball Club will be held at the Buxton Hotel at 6.30pm on Wednesday, February 26. Office bearers will be elected at the meeting. Secretary William Metcalfe can be contacted on 0422 088 314.

Music Festival

■ A free twilight concert at Walker Reserve, Whittlesea starting at 4pm is part of the Whittlesea Country Music Festival this Saturday (Feb. 8). Fireworks will start at 9pm, weather permitting.

The line-up of Australian musicians includes The Wolfe brothers, Jayne Denham, Luke Dickens and Gayle O’Neill.

Fair go for CFA ■ Tania Maxwell, MLC for Northern Victoria, has called on the Government to review its requirement on CFA volunteer brigades to fundraise for their own equipment, calling it “unfair and a disadvantage to regional communities”.

Kids to farms ■ The Federal Government is spending $10 million on teaching Australian children about farms. “I don’t want kids to think cotton is made from animals or that milk grows on trees," says Senator Bridget McKenzie, Minister for Agriculture.

Sunny and fine ■ Yea and Alexandra are expecting sunny weather, 30° maximum, on Wed. (Feb. 5).

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What The Papers Say Maccas at M’field?

■ A planning application has been made to the Mansfield Shire Council to build a convenience restaurant, sparking concerns that it is a covert attempt to bring McDonalds to town.

- Mansfield Corier

John Simpson AM

■ Even after retirement, Euroa’s John Simpson never thought his work advocating for the blind and vision impaired in the community was done.

Since 1984, Mr Simpson along with his wife Christine have produced documents in braille for government agencies and commercial organisations including for the National Insurance Disability Agency.

- Euroa Gazette

Address change

■ McEwen MHR Rob Mitchell has welcomed his return to Wallan, saying the move to the new office is ‘a better fit’.

With the Australian Electoral Commission redistributing electorate boundaries, Mr Mitchell’s previous office in Craigieburn was no longer within the electorate.

- North Central Review

Hail damage

■ Warrandyte was hard hit by January's hail storm, with hundreds of calls to SES with damage from gold-ball-sized hail to skylights, windows and cars as well as flooding and damage from falling trees.

The hail also caused tree canopies to be “shredded” with huge amounts of leaf debris blanketing much of the area.

- Warrandyte Diary

G’borough fruit fly

■ Fruit growers in the Yarra Valley are scrambling to protect their summer produce after a confirmed case of the Queensland fruit fly in Greensborough.

Greensborough’s Pauline Aw said about 85 per cent of her apricot harvest had been devastated in the past two weeks.

“We’re having a bumper crop this summer, but upon opening the apricots we’re finding most have liquid brown insides with maggots crawling around,” she said.

- Diamond Valley Leader

Man heard voices

■ A Lalor man who bashed his neighbour while in an icefuelled psychosis will remain behind bars.

Merwan Hejazi, 40, was sentenced at the Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court on January 20, after pleading guilty to the assault on September 11.

Magistrate Ian Alger convicted and sentenced Hejazi to six months’ jail for the assault and for contravening a community corrections order.

- Whittlesea Leader

Case re-opens

■ Fresh hope has emerged in the hunt for a triple-killer bushfire arsonist who struck more than 20 years ago.

New information uncovered in recent months has meant detectives have been able to reactivate the investigation into the 1997 deaths of Graeme Lindroth, 26, his wife Jennifer, 24, and their neighbour Genevieve Erin, 50.

The three died trapped in the double-brick garage of the Lindroths’ Seabreeze Avenue, Ferny Creek property, after Ms Erin had fled there to shelter.

- Lilydale and Yarra Valley Leader

Warby logging?

■ A group of Yarra Valley residents have held community meetings to voice their concerns regarding potential new logging coupes in Warburton, which they fear will alter the town’s views of the landscape.

- Mountain Views Mail

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Court Lists Seymour Magistrates’ Court - Criminal Case Listings Thursday, February 13 Plaintiff / Informant / Applicant vs Defendant / Accused / Respondent. Information Division.

Victoria Police - Cummins, C (32371) v Dirnberger, Peter.

Dfo-Seymour Victoria Police - Harvey, J (31671) v Yates-Kuster, Michael. Seymour Prosecutions Unit Victoria Police - Kehal, J (40929) v Miller, Steven. UniWallan Victoria Police - Zeffert, K (37093) v Dalzotto, Gregory.

State Hwy Patrol-North Victoria Police - Zeffert, K (37093) v Valentino, Michael.

State Hwy Patrol-North Victoria Police - Edwards, P (42776) v Tucker, Adrian.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Wright, A (31459) v Hunter, Zachary.

Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Watson, A (32432) v Kulac, Kubilay. Solo Unit Victoria Police - Walton, A (40916) v Gossling, Christian John. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Yates, C (42281) v Nolan, Matthew.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Sowden, D (36568) v Allen, Patrick David.

Uni-Pyalong Victoria Police - Sowden, D (36568) v Godfrey, Ehsan Hamza. Uni-Pyalong Victoria Police - Sowden, D (36568) v Newton, Sean. UniPyalong Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Hand, Frank Walter.

Dtu-Seymour Victoria Police - Round, P (38567) v Royal, Graham John. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Nicolosi, Caine. DtuSeymour Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Iddir, Peter James.

Dtu-Seymour Victoria Police - Biderman, S (38335) v Waterhouse, Ryan.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Yantono, L (35372) v Russell, Rebecca.

Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Turner, J (34532) v White, EmmaJayne. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Coker, E (45039) v Wyatt, Nathan Robert. Pcet-Knox Victoria Police - Mackey, A (42625) v Zuzek, Anton. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Zuzek, Anton James. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Nesbitt, Anthony Peter. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Porter, I (33403) v Antrobus, Jessica.

Ciu-Mitchell Victoria Police - Lock, M (42446) v Papi, Chantelle. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Robinson, S (43940) v Greenhorn, Samuel John. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Sowden, D (36568) v Foster, Benjamin Graeme. Uni-Pyalong Victoria Police - Vereker, J (39552) v Gordon, Andrew.

Solo Unit Victoria Police - Oraha, Y (42872) v Nicolosi, Caine Ross.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Walton, A (40916) v Chamberlain, Matthew. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Long, R (26551) v Parsons, Gregory

Contents of Court Lists are intended for information purposes only.

The lists are extracted from Court Lists, as supplied to the public, by the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, often one week prior to publication date; for current Court lists, please contact the Court. Further details of cases are available at www.magistratescourt.vic.gov.au The Local Paper shall in no event accept any liability for loss or damage suffered by any person or body due to information provided. The information is provided on the basis that persons accessing it undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content.

No inference of a party’s guilt, innocence or liability should be made by publication of their name as a defendant. Court schedules may be changed at any time for any reason, including withdrawal of the action by the Plaintiff/Applicant. E&OE. William. Heavy Vehicle Unit Victoria Police - Kamali, V (42448) v Saoud, Mohamad.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Kamali, V (42448) v Abouhasna, Ali. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Barclay, S (36780) v Rusic, Benedict Alexander. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Aiello, P (36973) v Nicolosi, Caine. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Betson, M

(44767) v Nicolosi, Caine Ross.

Pcet-Seymour Victoria Police - Derrett, R (33398) v Nesbitt, Anthony Peter. Dtu-Seymour Victoria Police - Biderman, S (38335) v Robinson, Jesse.

Uni-Broadford Victoria Police - Betson, M (44767) v Gazzara, Kane Michael. Pcet-Seymour Victoria Police - Holcombe, S (39769) v Hay, Taylah. UniBroadford Victoria Police - Robinson, S (43940) v Nicolosi, Caine.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Porter, I (33403) v Crusius, Penny. CiuMitchell Victoria Police - Porter, I (33403) v Zuzek, Anton. CiuMitchell Victoria Police - Haddad, M (44362) v Nicolosi, Caine Ross.

Pcet-Seymour Victoria Police - HallPoulios, D (40888) v Davidson, Kathryn. Uni-Wallan Victoria Police - Donohue, B (41483) v Delahunty, JesseLee. Uni-Wallan Victoria Police - Thomson, C (39870) v Butler, Joshua.

Uni-Hamilton Victoria Police - Thomson, C (39870) v Butler, Joshua.

Uni-Hamilton Community Corrections Centre - Amodio, O v Draper, Darcy James. Seymour Community Correction Centre Victoria Police - Barclay, J (36190) v Ilett, Andrew. Highway Patrol-Seymour Community Corrections Centre - Masunu, A v Nicolosi, Caine Ross. Community Corrections Centre Friday, February 14 Victoria Police - Deppe, C (43819) v Farrugia, Godwin.

Uni-Carrum Downs Victoria Police - Raynor, D (38224) v Burns, Jessica Victoria Police - O'neill, J (40075) v Farrugia, Godwin.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Stephens, S (40205) v Burns, Jessica Rose. Uni-Alexandra Victoria Police - Carter, S (42829) v Cathie, Tristan. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Connolly, F (44272) v Burns, Jessica.

Uni-Cheltenham Victoria Police - Adler, A (41291) v Burns, Jessica. CiuHume Victoria Police - Yates, C (42281) v Burns, Jessica. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Binks, D (40350) v Cathie, Tristan. Family Violence-Somerville Tuesday, February 18 Victoria Police - Bennett, N (36915) Mcdonald, Francis Ciu-Mitchell Mansfield Magistrates’ Court - Criminal Case Listings Thursday, February 13 Plaintiff / Informant / Applicant vs Defendant / Accused / Respondent. Information Division.

Royal Soc. Prevention Cruelty To Animals - Green, M v Elias, Stacey. Royal Soc. Prevention Cruelty ToAnimals Victoria Police - Reed, R (30544) v Leaman, Lucas. UniMansfield Thursday, February 20 Victoria Police - Melnyk, D (34589) Murray, Diane May Highway Patrol-Benalla Wednesday, February 26 Victoria Police - Cameron, R (30078) v Zerbato, Kristy Jane. Uni-Mansfield

From Our 1920 Files

Whittlesea Assoc.

■ KIN GLAKE WESTV. WHITTLS SEA. This match was commenced last Satuirday.

Scores: Kinglake. 1st innings, 188; Whittlesea, 4 wickets for 6 runs.

Yea water supply

■ Sir, - Might I suggest that in the new scheme for supplying the town with water for domestic purposes, provision he made for clarifying the water, as at presnt oftimes the water is very dirty. For instance take last Sunday and Monday morning, How the housewife manages on washing day is a problem.Yours, etc., Progress.

Gen. Birdwood visits

■ When it became known that the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works had arranged for General Sir W. Birdwood to visit the waterworks in our Shire and pass through the township, overtures were made to Mr. Everard, M.L.A., that it would be very nice if he would halt at a point in the township.

Mr. Everard approached the Board who acceded to his request, with the result that shortly before 2 o'clock on Tuesday last the members of the Metropolitan Board arrived in the township accompanied by the General, and were received by the President of the Shire (Mr. L. W. Clarke) and introduced to Crs. Reid, Cornfoot, and Morgan, and then President Clarke made an address

Yea Race Club

■ The annual meeting of the Yea Race Club was held on Saturday evening, Mr R, McCracken, president, occupying the chair.

The statement of accounts was read and received, subjeot to audit; All accounts werepassed for payment, the following office.bearets were appointed for the ensuing year; President - Mr R. McCracken (reelected); Vice-presidents - Messrs G. S. Lawrance (re-elected) and D. O'Connor.

Treasurer - Mr F. Auld (re-elected); Secretary - Mr H. J. Lawson (re-elected); Judge Mr D. O'Connor (re-elected); TimekeeperMrG. S. Lawrence (re-elected); Starter - Mr E. H. Smith; Clerk of Scales - Mr M. O'Connor (re-elected); Clerk of Course - Mr W. Shirley; Number Board Steward - Mr H. Gracey; Number Steward - Mr M. McLeish; Committee - Messrs J, D.O'Callaghan, M, O'Oonnor (re-elected), H. Gracey, J. Stephens, sen., and .the president and vice presidents. It was decided that the committee meet on Monday evening next for the purpose ofdrawing up the programme for the race meeting to be held on the 23rd March.

Broadford tennis

■ Broadford played Darraweit on the local court last Saturday and won by 23 games.

Darraweit had the misforturne of having one man short. The Broadford Ladies 'won 12 games to 6.

ANA Day at Doreen

■ After the good things at the dinner had been done ample justice to, and after the loyal,.toast. had been duly honoured, the chairman (Mr L W. Clarke) called on Mr John Herbert, J.P., to propose the toast of "The State Parliament, coupled with the name of Mr W. H. Everard, M.L.A." Mr Herbert, in doing so, said the toast was an importapt, one, specially so at the present juncture when, the people were looking to the Government to tide them over the pr esent troublsome times, and he had no doubt the present Government would do its veiy best to straighten things out.

Hurstbridge supper

■ A very pleasant function took place on Friday evening, the 28th ult., in the Hurstbridge Hall, in the form of a sit down supper tendered to Hurstbridge footballers, patrons, members and friends by Mr and Mrs Luckman.

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People

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Albert Edward Lodge meets

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● Greg Thorneycroft and Neville Wiggins.

● Norm and Marie Stace.

● Mary Hocking and Marion Foster.

● Ken Foster, Bethany Harris and Edwin Harris

● Bob Hocking and Robert Van Lunenburg

● Maggie and Wes Anderson.

● Peter Dickinson and Bill Fraser.

● Neil Moehr and Stuart Dale.

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Australia Day smiles from Photos: Ash Long

Kinglake

Alexandra ● Cr Margaret Rae, Sasha Barrow, Karen Livingstone, Craig Lloyd.

Flowerdale

● Bailey Robinson, Jake Orchard, Mason McAllister, Alex Hybinett.

Yea ● Cr Charlie Bisset and David Anderson

● Rein Kamar and Trudi Goudge.

Strath Creek

Eildon

● Jeanette Tilley and Cr Bec Bowles.

● Mick Dwyer and Chas. Williams.

Flowerdale ● Christine and Ted Durham of Eltham at Flowerdale Recreation Reserve.

Eildon ● Janis Cotterell and Margaret McLauchlan.

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People

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across Murrindindi region Photos: Ash Long

Flowerdale

Strath Creek ● Terry and Janet Hubbard with vocalist Elizabeth Gillard.

● Brian Makin (Flowerdale CFA Captain) and Gabby Denke.

Alexandra

Yea

● Luke Chapple (Alexandra Lions President) and Deb Matheson.

Strath Creek ● Pat McMahon, Mary Muir, Sheila Stafford and Kerry Whyte.

Eildon

● Harvey Marrs and Camille McGregor

Flowerdale ● Debbie Makin, Rhonda Makin and Kay Whittaker.

Strath Creek ● Anne Cole and Kerry Linforth.

● Noreen and Kevin Foster.

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Pages From The Past

Early days of Seymour district

Photos: Ash Long

● Seymour Post Office. Circa 1897-99. Photo: Sands and McDougall.

● Thomas Guild Store, Seymour. Circa 1880-1900. Photo: Walter Hodgkinson.

● Seymour streetscape. Circa 1910-1930. Photo: Lindsay G. Cumming.

● Military camp, Seymour. 1916.

● Seymour Post Office. Circa 1917-1930.

● Tallarook Street, Seymour. Circa 1930.

● St Mary’s Church, Seymour.

● Station Street, Seymour. Photo: Rose Stereograph Series.

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Building approvals bounce back ■ In the face of global and domestic economic headwinds, building approvals have rebounded to their strongest result in more than two years.

New Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows Victoria recorded $4.3 billion of approved buildings in December 2019.

It means Victoria leads the mainland states for both the value of residential and non-residential building approvals, non-residential buildings and total number of dwelling units.

The total value of Victorian building approvals rose by 44.5 per cent in December 2019 and was up by 79.6 per cent over the year. The large rise was due to an increase in both residential and non-residential approvals.

The value of residential building approvals in Victoria was the highest of the mainland states, with $2.4 billion approved in December alone – an increase of 26 per cent and 10-times greater than the national rate of 2.6 per cent.

More than 6,400 dwelling units were approved to be built in December – a 34 per cent increase in the month and 38.5 per cent increase over the year.

In more good news, $2 billion worth of nonresidential buildings were approved in December – a monthly increase of 75.1 per cent – the largest increase among the mainland states.

“Despite ongoing economic headwinds affecting the globe and the national market, Victoria continues to generate economic growth,” said Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas.

“Our record-breaking infrastructure pipeline and sound economic management are driving jobs and investment.”

“In a time of national economic slowdown, Victoria is delivering critical infrastructure to underpin our growing population and set up a strong base for the future.”

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Local Briefs New Lions wanted

■ The Lions Club of Eildon is seeking new members. The Club is involved with local community activities. Meetings are on the second and foruth Mondays of the month, 6.30pm for 7pm.

- Syd Savage

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Gospel Day at Yea

■ A day on the Gospel of Matthew will be held at St Luke’s Centre for Sprituality, Yea, from 10am-3.30pm at the Parish Hall, 3 Pellisier St, Yea. The Rev. Dr Canon Dorothy Lee, a New Testament scholar, will speak. Morning and afternoon tea will be provided. Provide your own lunch. Cost: $10 per person.

RSVP for catering purposes by Wednesday, February 12. Phone: 0437 937 433. anglicanyea@gmail.com - Rev. Eden-Elizabeth Nicholls

Repair Cafe soon

■ A Repair Cafe will be held at Alexandra from 1pm-3pm this Saturday (Feb. 8). It is a free community meeting place that promotes repairing things together. You will find tools, materials and fixers with repair skills in all kinds of fields. Bring broken items from home and watch, learn or help as the repairs get done for free.

Location is 3 Bayley St, Alexandra.

- Sasha Barrow

Nexus at Lodge

■ Sean Fanning, Access and Support Worker of Nexus Primary Health, will speak at the Albert Edward Lodge, Alexandra, at 7.30pm on Thursday, February 20, at the Alexandra Masonic Centre, Cnr Webster and Nihil Sts. - Stuart Dale

Night at Bunnings

■ A Community Recognition Night will be held at Bunnings Mernda, 1405 Plenty Rd, at 6.30pm-8.30pm on Thursday, February 20. The evening is being held to recognise members and volunteers of community groups. Dinner and refreshments will be provided. RSCP: Fri., Feb. 7. Phone: Michelle or Chloe, 9216 2700.

W’sea Cruise Night

■ First Friday of the month (Feb. 7) sees the Whittlesea Cruise Night, starting at 6pm, in Church St. Live music is a feature of the popular evenings. Phone: Terry, 0412 6098 638.

In Neighbourhood

■ Drawing sessions with Jo McFadyen will be held 9.30am-11.30am on February 5 and 19, March 4 and 16, and April 1 at the Kinglake Ranges Neighbourhood House. Cost is $150 per term.

■ Pastels and Acrylics workshops will be held on Saturdays, February 8 and 15. 9am arrival, 10am-3pm. Cost: $75 per session.

The sessions will be led by Janet Hayes.

■ A boat licence course will be held from 9am-1pm on Saturday, Feb. 29 at KRNH. - Laura Caine

Volunteer session

■ A Volunteer Information Session will be held at the Hurstbridge Fire Station at 10am this Sunday (Feb. 9).

Local Briefs Op Shop to open

■ The Toolangi Castella District Community House is due to officially open an op shop - Toolangi Treasures - this month.

Anticipated opening hours are 10am-1pm Mondays, 1pm-4pm Tuesdays, 10am-1pm Saturdays, and 10am-1pm on the fourth Sunday of the month.

Craft Market

■ Diamond Village Artisan Craft Market will be held from 10am-2pm on Saturday (Feb. 8) at 78 Nepean St, Watsonia.

For more details, phone Iris, 0405 584 014.

● Pat McMahon: spoke at the Strath Creek celebration held on Australia Day (Jan. 26).

Pat was Broadford President in 1975

■ Days of the former Broadford Shire were recalled when Pat McMahon spoke at the Australia Day celebrations at Strath Creek.

Pat was Shire President of the Broadford municipality in 1975. He was head of many communi9ty organisations at the time.

Broadford was first incorporated as a road district on January 29, 1869, and became a shire on December 24, 1874.

On November 18, 1994, the Shire of Broadford was abolished, and, along with the Rural City of Seymour, the Shire of Pyalong, and parts of the Shire of McIvor, was merged into the newly created Shire of Mitchell.

The King Parrot and Strath Creek districts were transferred to the newly created Shire of Murrindindi.

Pat was representative of one of the three Strath Creek families who spoke on their ancestral histories, before commemorative plaques were unveiled at the Strath Creek Pioneer Reserve.

Busy time at N’hood House

■ An historical tour of the Kinglake Ranges is one of the many activities starting 2020 at the Neighbourhood House.

The tour will be held from 10am-1pm on Saturday, February 29. The bus will depart from the Kinglake Heritage Centre, behind the Kinglake West Hall.

Local historian Deidre Hawkins will help tell the local history as the bus makes its way to Kinglake spots of interest.

Cost is $20, which includes morning tea at the Heritage Centre.

■ Beeswax Soap Making will be held from 1pm-3pm on Saturday, February 22 at the kinglake Ranges Neighbourhood House, 6 McMahons Rd. Bookings can be made on 5786 1301.

■ Local monthly meetings will be held from 7.30pm-9pm on March 5, April 2, May 7 and June 4 for the Buzz of the Bees. Like minded people will gather at the kinglake Ranges Neighbourhood House to talk about bees.

- Laura Caine

Music Festival

● The Local Paper has adopted a ‘digital first’ publication strategy.

■ Local non-profit community groups will never have to pay for advertising again, in a local media initiative starting today.

Local People is a new weekly section in The Local Paper. The section is about local organisations, their people and their events.

The Local People section will include reports and photos contributed by local readers.

Organisations can list their coming events in a detailed regional ‘What’s On’, without any charge.

Central focus of the Local People is the Murrindindi region, but will also include news of events in the neighbouring Mansfield, Mitchell, Nillumbik, Strathbogie, Whittlesea and Yarra Ranges municipalities.

The initiative comes as The Local Paper introduces a ‘digital first’ strategy, which means that major local news reports are uploaded to the www.LocalPaper.com.au website progressively each week, prior to the Wednesday publication of the ‘hard copy’ print edition.

Local Paper readers can see local news and sports updates at the website, as well as social media platforms such as Facebook.

Unlike some other publications, all Local Paper reports can be read free of any charge.

There are no paywalls at Local Paper websites.

Similarly, there are no cover charges for The Local Paper. Readers can pick-up free ‘hard copy’ of the newspaper from a network of outlets across the region.

The network expands today from 70, to more than 140 conveniently-located depots. Details of organisation events will now reach more readers. And the events will also be listed in a new local What’s On guide, both in print and online.

The website will introduce free video reports and podcasts throughout 2020. The initiatives come as The Local Paper has secured a grant from the Regional Publishers’ Innovation Fund, overseen by the Australian Media and Communications Authority.

The online content of The Local Paper will also appear on a premium version of the Issuu media platform, providing search engine optimisation, integrated social media, rich links to websites and email addresses of editorial content.

A team of ‘citizen journalist’ volunteers will be recruited from throughout the region. Training material will be developed in 2020 in print and online.

■ Gami Gami Deville will open the Whittlesea Country Music Festival from 7pm this Friday (Feb. 7) at the Whittlesea Showgrounds. The free curtain raiser by the local band, will have a food truck at the event being supported by the Whittlesea Football and Netball Club.

M’field Mayor meets

■ Cr Marg Attley, Mayor of the Mansfield Shire Council, will meet for a cafe conversation with local residents at 10.30am-11.30am tomorrow (Thurs., Feb. 6) at the Witches Brew Cafe, 28 High St, Mansfield.

24/7 defib at Yea

■ Yea Bowls Club will install its defibrillator on the outside of its premises, so that the public can gain 24/7 access to the potentially life-saving apparatus. The installation will take place later this month. More details will be advised.

Steels Creek night

■ A family social night was held last Friday (Jan. 31) at Steels Creek Tennis Club.

The event included a barbecue dinner, games and tennis.

- Steels Creek Grapevine

Biodynamic farming

■ Yea Community House and Kinglake Ranges Neighbourhood House will join forces to present a session about Biodynamic Farming, at Yea Community House at 10am-1pm on Thursdays, February 20-April 9. This is suitable for broadacre farmers, market gardeners and people wanting to extend their knowledge. Cost: $130/$80. Phone: 5786 1301.

- Laura Caine

Sunday Creek walk

■ Shane Monk - ‘Taungurung Man’ will walk and talk along Sunday Creek from 10am-2pm on Saturday, February 22.

Shane will discuss the cultural history and use of the local area and waterway in the past. Meeting place is the Broadford Living and Learning Centre, 158-162 High St, Broadford. Limited places are available.

RSVP: Sun., Feb. 16. Phone: Sonia Sharkey, 5734 6312.

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● Jane and John Archibald have started Beef 2 U at Wonyap Park, Murrindindi.

● Cherie Plattys of Easy Peasy Garden Tools.

● Pedda Amato of Pedski Creations.

● Phillipe Hanley and Sonia Hanley.

● Rhos Harris of Birds In Focus.

● Brendan Blanchard.

● Ying Tang and Tony Waywood.

● Judy Dalosio and Liliana Ciborowska.

● Barry Purvis and Roger Evans.

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Alex. Rotary’s bushfire appeal ■ The Rotary Club of Alexandra has launched a Bush Fire Relief Fund, and started a fundraising drive with its own donation of $4000.

Tom Farrell, President,announced that at a special Board meeting that the Rotary Club of Alexandra Bush Fire Relief Fund was opened.

Tom said the impact of large fires on communities is only too real to members of the Club who were responsible for the effective distribution of over $300,000 after the 2009 Local Rotarians put in thousands of hours to ensure those in need received some help.

The Rotary Club of Alexandra Fire Relief Fund will concentrate first on supporting Rotary Club of Wodonga-Belvoir, as these funds are going directly to the CorryongCudgewa communities, and the fencing effort of the District 9790 Fencing team led

by Alan Stafford, to replace boundary fencing.

As with all Rotary Club appeals 100 per cent of all monies donated will go to the cause, with the Rotary Club of Alexandra covering any administration and other on costs.

● Tom Farrell, President, Rotary Club of Alexandra

Tom Farrell invited the wider community to contribute to the fun and donations may be made: ■ Directly to the Rotary Club of Alexandra’s treasurer Ian Gibb, ■ Cheques may be directed to: “The Rotary Club of Alexandra,C/- PO Box 76, Alexandra. Vic 3714, with the cheques made out to the Rotary Club of Alexandra (2019 Fire Relief) ■ Direct fund transfer may be made using the following details. Account Name “Rotary Club of Alexandra”. BSB 083 503 Account No.606630744. Identifier 2019 Fire Relief ( all donations must include this detail) The distribution of the funds will be decided on the needs of the individuals as determined by the recommendations from the Rotary Clubs in the fire affected areas.

This is a project of the Rotary Club of Alexandra and the project management team includes members who have had hands-on experience in fire recovery and the impact that fire has on the communities in the fire area so that donors can be confident the funds will be spent wisely.

- Robert Chaffe

Pet adoption day at Eltham ■ The PETstock Assist National Pet Adoption Day will be held from 10am-2pm on Saturday February 15 at PETstock Eltham, 1142 Main Rd, Eltham.

Pet adoption experts from local rescue groups will raise awareness of pet adoption and find loving homes for pets in need.

National Pet Adoption Day is an initiative of PETstock’s charity PETstock Assist with support from event partner PetRescue.

The past five Adoption Days have found homes for nearly 3000 animals across Australia, and this year PETstock Assist is aiming to find forever homes for another 1000 rescue pets across its 145 stores.

Olympian, television personality and animal rescue advocate Giaan Rooney is also supporting the initiative this year, encouraging Australians to adopt not shop for pets.

Giaan, who grew up raising rescues, is urging Australians to adopt different in 2020; to adopt a new way of thinking when it comes to animal adoption and consider a pet they haven’t before.

All pets available for adoption receive upto-date vaccines, are desexed and have undergone a full health assessment.

Through initiatives such as this, PETstock Assist is hoping to break the cycle of pet homelessness in Australia. - Contibuted

Local Briefs Craft at Glenburn

■ Craft devotees practise all forms of craft at the Glenburn Craft Club, held at 10am12 Noon, Tuesdays, at the Old School Hall, Melba Hwy, Glenburn. Cost is $2 per session. Phone: Maureen, 5797 8495.

Card making at Yea

■ Gaye Garlick of Yea will demonstrate birthday card making at the Yea Community House at 12 Noon on Saturday, February 23. Cost is $22 per person. A minimum of four attendees is needed. Bookings can be made with the Yea Community House, phone 5797 3070. Email: info@ yeahouse.org.au

Shire meets at Alex.

■ The next Murrindindi Shire Council meeting will be held at 6pm on Wednesday, February 26 at the Alexandra council chambers. The first meeting for the year was held at Yea on Wednesday, January 22.

UFOs at Yea

■ The Pioneer Reserve, Yea, is the venue for an Unfinished Objects session at 12 Noon-3.30pm on Wednesdays. Bring your colouring ,knitting, painting and more.

Questions meeting

■ A ‘Community Questions and Hearings Committee’ meeting of Mitchell Shire Council will be held at 7pm on Monday (Feb. 10) at the Broadford council chambers, 113 High St.

Thermo-Boost time

■ Thermomix users can re-ignite their interest with a session at the Yea Community House at 7pm-9pm on Thursday, February 20. Cost is $7. Phone: Alison, 0401 500 293.

Eltham Nth shelter

● Giaan Rooney, campaign ambassador and rescue advocate.

Seymour heritage train to Pako

● Seymour Railway Heritage is running a train on February 29 to Pako Festa.

■ Seymour Railway Heritage Centre is running a heritage train,hauled by Vintage locomotives and carriages, to Pako Festa (Geelong) on board their Heritage Train hauled

by Vintage locomotives and carriages, on Saturday, Febnruary 29.

Patrons can stay in Geelong and enjoy the Pako Festa or join the optional tour to Queenscliff.

Pako Festa is Geelong's free annual community street festival - the biggest of its kind in Australia.

It incorporates a street parade featuring around 90 floats and hundreds of performers representing 45 affiliated ethnic communities and around 60 other community groups and organisations.

A free shuttle bus will take patrons to and from the Pako Festa upon arrival at Geelong.

The train will have the Yarra Carriage which was built in 1906 and the recently restored State Carriage 4 will be along for the ride.

Book at www.srhc.org.au, or phone 0477 707 411.

■ Eltham North Adventure Playground will have a new shelter and barbecue installed after Nillumbik Shire Council received $15,000 through the Federal Government’s Stronger Communities Program. Council will match the funding, bringing the total budget of the project to $30,000.

Other projects to receive funding under the program include $4500 for television monitors at Diamond Creek Living and Learning, $4500 for partitions at the Hurstbridge Hub and $11,000 for a secure storage space at Eltham Living and Learning. Council has matched each grant.

Meditation group

■ Guided group meditation sessions are being led by Archie and Cynthia at the Yea Butter Factory, 13 Rattray St, from, 5.30pm-7pm on Mondays. Cost is $7 per session. Contact: 5797 3070.

Users’ course

■ Upper Goulburn Landcare Network is running an Agricultural Chemical User Permit course with 1080 endorsement. This is two-day course allows participants knowledge and access to appropriate chemicals for effective pest plant and animal control.

It is being held on Sundays, March 9 and 15 at the Taggerty Community Hub. UGLN, with funding from GBCMA, is offering the course for $30 for Landcare members and $75 for non-Landcare members. Contact Cat Thomas on 0418 655 474 or email uglandcare@ugln.net

Glenburn Gardens

■ The Glenburn Garden Club meets on the first Thursday of the month, from 10am1pm. Contact can be made with Judy, 5797 8227, or through the Yea Community House on 5797 3070.

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■ 12 Noon-3.30pm. Unfinished Objects (UFOs). Work on your PHD (Projects Half Done). Bring your colouring, knitting, painting and more. At Yea Pioneer Reserve. Phone: Yea Community House, 5797 3070.

■ 1pm. General Meeting. Afternoon Tea, Committee Meeting. Whittlesea Senior Citizens. Phone: John, 0433 160 016.

■ 7pm-8pm. 1st Kinglake Cubs (7-11 years). At Kinglake Memorial Reserve.

■ 7.30pm. Marysville Film Society screening of ‘Brand Nue Dae’. Also screening 1928 silent short, ‘Majestic Marysville’.

■ 10.30am-12.3-pm. The Nanna’s Group. Doing things for charity. At Bridge Inn Hotel, Mernda. Phone: Julie Sutherland, 9714 8307.

■ 6.30pm-8.30pm. Wishing Away Worries. Jindi Family and Community Centre. 48 Breadalbane Ave, Mernda. Phone: 9404 8865.

■ 7pm. Nillumbik Shire Council ‘Future Nillumbik Committee’ meeting. At Council Chambers, Civic Centre, Civic Drive, Greensborough.

■ 7pm. Yarra Ranges Shire Council. At Council Chamber, 15 Anderson St, Lilydale.

Craft devotees practise all forms of craft. $2 per session. At Old School Hall, Melba Hwy, Glenburn. Phone: Maureen, 5797 8495.

■ 10am-12 Noon. Bringing Up Great Kids. 6-Week Program. At Orchard Road Community and Early Living Centre, 121 Orchard Rd, Doreen. Phone: 9404 8865.

■ 10.30am-12.3-pm. The Nanna’s Group. Doing things for charity. At Bridge Inn Hotel, Mernda. Phone: Julie Sutherland, 9714 8307.

■ 11am-2pm. Learn To Sew. $120/$100.

Includes materials. Whittlesea Community House.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 1st Thursday ■ 7.30pm. Bushfire Fundraiser. At Monthly Meeting of Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge (Freemasons Victoria). At Ivalda Masonic Temple, 40 Salisbury Ave, Darebin.

Phone: Ash Long, 0450 399 932.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 1st Friday ■ 10am-3pm. Black Saturday Anniversary. At Whittlesea Community Activity Centre and Whittlesea Library.

■ 10am-3pm. Whittleseamers. Variety of craft including patchwork, embroideries, crochet, knitting. Hall behind Christ Church, Whittlesea. Phone: Jenny, 9716 0079.

■ 6pm. Whittlesea Cruise Night. Church St, Whittlesea. Phone: Terry, 0412 608 638.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 2nd Sunday ■ 11.30am-3.30pm. Waranga North East Football Annual Get-Together. At Avenel Football Ground. Phone: Don Mills, 0428 597 258.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10 2nd Monday ■ 5.30pm-7pm. Guided group meditation sessions. Instruction, discussion, meditation, practice. Led by Archie and Cynthia. $7 per session. At Yea Butter Factory, 13 Rattray St, Yea. Phone: 5797 3070.

■ 6pm. Free community dinner. At Yea Shire Hall. What projects do you think are the most important for Yea. Help shape the Yea Community Plan. Bookings essential. Book www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/communityplanning Phone: 5772 0333.

■ 7pm. Mitchell Shire Council meeting.

Community Questions and Hearing Committee meeting. At Council Chamber, 113 High St, Broadford.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 2nd Tuesday

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 2nd Saturday

■ 10am. Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing, Home and Community). Pines Learning. Phone: 9842 6726.

■ 7.30pm. Jenny Biddle ‘House Con- ■ 10am-12 Noon. Glenburn Craft Club. cert’. Indie folk music. At Yea Community Craft devotees practise all forms of craft. $2 House, 15 The Semi-Circle, Yea. Phone: 5797 per session. At Old School Hall, Melba Hwy, 3070.

Glenburn. Phone: Maureen, 5797 8495.

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■ 12 Noon. Trivia and Afternoon Tea, Whittlesea Senior Citizens. Phone: John, 0433 160 016.

■ 12 Noon-3.30pm. Unfinished Objects (UFOs). Work on your PHD (Projects Half Done). Bring your colouring, knitting, painting and more. At Yea Pioneer Reserve. Phone: Yea Community House, 5797 3070.

■ 7pm-8pm. 1st Kinglake Cubs (7-11 years). At Kinglake Memorial Reserve.

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■ 12 Noon-3.30pm. Unfinished Objects (UFOs). Work on your PHD (Projects Half Done). Bring your colouring, knitting, painting and more. At Yea Pioneer Reserve. Phone: Yea Community House, 5797 3070.

■ 1pm. Bingo and Afternoon Tea. Whittlesea Senior Citizens. Phone: John, 0433 160 016.

■ 7pm-8pm. 1st Kinglake Cubs (7-11 years). At Kinglake Memorial Reserve.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20

3rd Thursday ■ 9.30am-12 Noon. Introduction to Computers. $95/$85. Whittlesea Community ■ 8am. Departure from Mill Park.

House. Phone: 9716 3361.

(8.30am South Morang, 8.40am Mernda, 9am Whittlesea). Whittlesea Combined FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Pensioners trip to Nagambie Lakes Leisure 2nd Friday Park. Cruise on Goulburn River.

■ 9.30am-12 Noon. Introduction to ComVALENTINE’S DAY ■ 10am-3pm. Whittleseamers. Variety of puters. $95/$85. Whittlesea Community craft including patchwork, embroideries, cro- House. Phone: 9716 3361. chet, knitting. Hall behind Christ Church, ■ 6.30pm-8.30pm. Community Recognition Night. At Bunnings Mernda. RSVP: Feb. Whittlesea. Phone: Jenny, 9716 0079.

7 to Michelle or Chloe, 9216 2700, merndaao@bunnings.com.au SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 ■ 7pm-9pm. Thermo-Boost Session. At 3rd Saturday Yea Community House. Phone: Alison, 0401 ■ 10am-3.30pm. A Day on the Gospel 500 293. of St Matthew. St Luke’s Centre for ■ 7.30pm. Albert Edward Lodge.

Sprituality. Speaker: The Rev. Canon Dorothy Monthly Meeting. Guest Speaker: Sean FanLee. Morning and afternoon tea provided. BYO ning, Access and Support Worker, Nexus Prilunch. Cost: $10 person. RSVP by Wed., Feb. mary Health. Ay Alexandra Masonic Centre, 12. St Lake’s Anglican Parish Hall, Pelissier Cnr Webster and Nihil Sts, Alexandra. Phone: St, Yea. Phone: 0437 973 433. Email: Stuart Sale, phone 0448 902 262. anglicanyea@gmail.com SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16 3rd Sunday ■ Flowerdale Country Market. At Community Hall, Yea-Whittlesea Rd, Flowerdale New and used items. Phone: Alison, 5780 1223.

(3rd Sunday) ■ 12 Noon. Cricket match. Panton Hill Cricket v Panton Hill Football. At A.E. Cracknett, preceding the Bushfire Benefit at Panton Hill Memorial Park. Phone: 0472 741 643.

■ 4pm. Bushfire Benefit. Entertainment by SCAT, Kate Dearaugo, Murphy’s Hardware, Joel Quinn Band, Black Cat Bone. $20 entry per adult. Food and drinks available. No BYO. All proceeds to fire affected. At Panton Hill Memorial Park. Phone: 0472 741 643.

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■ 7.45am-4pm. Control Traffic with Stop Slow Bat. $230 per person. At Whittlesea Community House.

■ 10am-3pm. Whittleseamers. Variety of craft including patchwork, embroideries, crochet, knitting. Hall behind Christ Church, Whittlesea. Phone: Jenny, 9716 0079.

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■ 10am-2pm. Walk Through Time. Cultural Heritage. Shane Monk, Taungurung Man walks and talks along Sunday Creek. Meet at Broadford Living and Learning Centre, 158-162 High St, Broadford. Phone: Snia Sharkey, 5734 6312.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 ■ 12 Noon. Birthday Card Making. Mini3rd Monday mum of four attendees. $22 per person. At ■ 5.30pm-7pm. Guided group medita- Yea Community House, 15 The Semi-Circle, tion sessions. Instruction, discussion, medi- Yea. Bookings: phone 5797 3070. Email tation, practice. Led by Archie and Cynthia. info@yeahouse.org.au $7 per session. At Yea Butter Factory, 13 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Rattray St, Yea. Phone: 5797 3070.

■ 7pm. Mitchell Shire Council ordinary 4th Sunday meeting. At Council Chamber, 113 High St, Broadford.

■ Yea-St Patrick’s Picnic Races. Fashions on the Field. Phone: Denis Smith, 0438 048 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 178.

■ 4pm. Registration Day. Yarra Glen Jun3rd Tuesday ior Football Club. At Yarra Glen Showgrounds ■ 10am-12 Noon. Glenburn Craft Club. Reserve.

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Nillumbik’s financial future Valley Latest $150 for Olivia

■ Olivia-Beau Cutler has received $150 as a contribution for being selected to play at the 2020 Australian Indoor Hockey Championships in Wollongong. Olivia-Beau thanked Nillumbik Council and a photo was taken of Olivia-Beau and Cr Grant Brooker.

Plastics petition

■ A petition containing 186 written signatures and a further 18 online signatures has requested that Nillumbik Council pursue a policy to phase out single-use plastics by 2021.

Edendale quiz

■ Nillumbik resident Sue Dyet has asked the Council about its surveys at Edendale Farm. “For example: why ask for a water refill station when there is one or what animals you want, when it isn’t a zoo?”

Looking to 2050

■ Yasmin Green, Nillumbik Council Strategy and Policy Advisor, has advised Councillors of the Shire Plan 2050 Research Paper to provide a high-level overview to assist Council’s understanding of the forecasts and future trends of life in 2050.

Revised surplus

■ Nillumbik Council has issued a revised forecast of $19.925 million operating surplus for the financial year 2019-20.

■ Nillumbik Shire Council has endorsed the exhibition of the draft Economic Development Strategy that will provide a plan for the local economy over the next 10 years.

The community isnow invited to have their say on the draft strategy that aims to strengthen the economy and support local job growth through a range of initiatives.

Council endorsed the exhibition of the draft strategy at its ordinary meeting on Tuesday last week (Jan. 28).

Mayor Cr Karen Egan said Council wanted to support local businesses to grow and thrive.

“We are 100 per cent committed to improving and enhancing the business services provided,” Cr Egan said.

“We are already seeing this in the array of business events offered, including the very first women’s networking event in March.”

Cr Egan said Nillumbik was in a good position to take advantage of the population growth in neighbouring municipalities.

“Our scenic natural environment, range of leisure activities and lifestyle businesses, our thriving arts community, plus our prime location, place us in a position to capture the visitor market,” Cr Egan said.

The four objectives of the draft strategy are: ■ Improve economic development practices to assist local businesses ■ Create vibrant activity centres and employment precincts in Eltham and Diamond Creek ■ Facilitate economically and environmentally sustainable use of land within the Shire’s green wedge ■ Showcase Nillumbik’s visitor, recreation and cultural economy.

Nillumbik Council will implement actions based around each of these objectives in collaboration with independent work and strategic industry partnerships. This action plan is in the draft strategy.

Three drop-in information sessions will be

■ Open Court tennis sessions are being held in Nillumbik Shire.

The sessions will be held at the Diamond Creek Tennis Club every Wednesday, 7pm, to March 18; Eltham Tennis Club every Monday, 6.30pm to March 23; and Research Tennis Club every Thursday, 7pm, to March 19.

Details: https://play.tennis.com.au/ opencourtsessions

Your say on arts held where staff will be available to answer questions about the draft strategy.

Session one: Monday, March 2, 4pm-8pm.

Eltham Library, Panther Place, Eltham Session two: Wednesday, March 11, 4pm8pm. Hurstbridge Hub, 50 Graysharps Rd, Hurstbridge Session three: Thursda , March 12, 4pm8pm. St Andrews Community Centre, 35 Caledonia St, St Andrews To have your say on the draft strategy, go to https://participate.nillumbik.vic.gov.au/ecodev Consultation will be open until 5pm Friday, March 20.

■ For more information email business@nillumbik.vic.gov.au or phone 9433 3128.

Aust. Day winners

■ Nillumbik Shire Council announced its 2020 Australia Day Award winners: ■ Volunteer of the Year: Carol Jenkinson, Cottles Bridge ■ Citizen of the Year: Neil Marshall, Doreen ■ Senior Citizen of the Year: Tony Barbeta, St Andrews ■ Community Group of the Year: Nillumbik Youth Productions.

Eighty new citizens were welcomed.

Mitchell Shire News

Dumping disgrace at Beveridge Mitchell Matters Bushfires help

■ Mitchell Shire staff are supporting o Council neighbours as the battle continues to contain fires in the North East Efforts to assist people in the Wangaratta, Alpine and Towong shires has resulted in many regional councils providing a range of skills, expertise and manpower to meet the needs of the response and recovery process.

Mitchell Shire provided on-ground coordination of local government response operations, relief centre assistance and providing valuable support at an animal relief centre.

■ Nillumbik Shire Council is seeking community members to join its Arts and Cultural Advisory Committee. Nominations close March 1.

Details: www.nillumbik.vic.gov.au/artscommittee

Fitzsimons Lane ■ Nillumbik Council is distancing itself from the process prior to planned works at the Fitzsimons Lane roundabout in Eltham.

Mayor Cr Karen Egan released a letter from State Planning Minister Richard Wynne who said: “I am writing to advise that I have decided to exercise the power under section 20(4) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 to exempt myself from notice, and prepare, adopt and approve Amendment GC119 to the Manningham, Banyule and Nillumbik Planning Schemes.”

The State Government proposes to remove the roundabout and install a signalised intersection and additional lanes.

Better DV library

■ The Diamond Valley Library is set to undergo a major $850,000 upgrade.

Nillumbik Shire Council has received a $500,000 grant from the State Government’s Living Libraries Infrastructure Programfor the project. Council will contribute a further $270,000, with the library providing $80,000.

Improvements to the library in Civic Drive, Greensborough, will include: ■ extending the children’s area ■ introducing flexible co-working spaces for micro business owners and entrepreneurs ■ adding a tech area for young people to connect with new technology and to deliver STEAM (science, technology, environment, arts and maths) programs ■ building a community meeting room with kitchen facilities ■ refurbishing the quiet study area ■ improvements to accessibility including an accessible toilet.

Research scheme

■ Some 8 of 13 (61.53 per cent) property owners in Brinkkotter Rd, Research, support the development of a special charge scheme for road sealing, a pre-Christmas meeting of Nillumbik Shire Council was told.

Bin suppliers

Tallarook change ■ Mitchell Shire Council resolved to approve an amended planning permit for music festivals in Tallarook that will see a change to times, monitoring and fixing an anomaly with a date.

The Council says it believes the resolution acknowledges residents’ amenity and enhances the economic benefits tourism brings, through these events.

The planning permit amendment has corrected an administrative oversight regarding the event for Labour Day Weekend. This is not an additional event, only a date correction. The approved amendments will also address noise requirements and music operation hours.

Under the conditions approved by Council, music may be played between 10am and 1am on opening nights and during festivals.

The final night of every event will finish at midnight.

Regional Briefs Open Court tennis

● Rubbish dumped on Beveridge Rd, near Minton St, Beveridge ■ Mitchell Shire Council is calling on commu- road that is regularly used by motorists. nity to provide any information on a large road“In many cases illegally dumped rubbish side rubbish dump on Beveridge Rd, near Minton could have been sent to our Resource and ReSt, Beveridge. covery Centres for free. Fridge and white good, Materials were a mix of industrial and house- e-waste, cardboard and car batteries are just hold waste, with initial investigations suggest- some of the items that can be dropped off for ing the rubbish pile had come from outside the free,” Cr Lowe said. shire.

A Council spokesman said that dumped maCouncil staff needed a dump truck and skid terials can al se health and environmental risks steer to clear the area. across the community and natural environment. ““It is a disappointing start to a new year :While Council makes all efforts to investiwhen our staff need to be investigating illegal gate illegal dumping, unfortunately, it is very dumpers who have no regard for others or the difficult to prosecute but we do pursue this avimpacts they can cause on our community and enue wherever possible. In this case, some evienvironment,” said Cr David lowe, Mayor. dence has been left and a line of inquiry is pro“We ask the community to be vigilant and ceeding.” report any illegal dumping activity. In this case ■ If you have any information, please call it was a brazen act, with materials dumped on a Mitchell Council on 5734 6200.

■ Nillumbik Council has accepted contracts with Sulo MGB Australia Pty Ltd, Trident Plastics (SA) Pty Ltd, MastecAustralia Pty Ltd and Viscount Plastics (Australia) Pty Ltd as contracted suppliers of mobile garbage bins and associated products under the Procurement Australia Master Agreement for an initial two year period ending October 2021.

Tree contractors

■ Nillumbik Council has agreed to work with nine tree contractors for an initial twoyear period: ■ ArborSpray Pty Ltd ■ Citywide Service Solutions Pty Ltd ■ Environmental Tree Technologies Pty Ltd ■ Prestige Pruning Tree Management Pty Ltd ■ Recovery Tree Services Pty Ltd ■ Reynolds Tree Care Pty Ltd ■ TreeServe Pty Ltd ■ Steven’s Specialist Tree Service Pty Ltd ■ Sevron Pty Ltd

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Regional Briefs Mixed messages

■ The City of Whittlesea is distancing itself from communication made by Councillors.

The municipality issued a statement: “The City of Whittlesea has one website and one Facebook page for official messages to be communicated from the organisation to the community.

“Many of our Councillors, including the Mayor, have their own communication channels, including digital and social media, where their civic titles are published.

“These channels are not managed by the City of Whittlesea and the views expressed there are those of the individual only.

“It is not the role of the City of Whittlesea to monitor, comment or action any communication between individual councillors and the community from their individual channels,” the Council said.

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Medium-rise plan for W’sea Plenty Paragraphs Monitor welcomed

■ The adjourned meeting of the City of Whittlesea, just prior to Christmas, saw an official welcome given by Mayor Cr Emilia Lisa Sterjova to the State Government appointed Monitor, Yehudi Blacher.

Need to check in ■ A condition of attending aWhittlesea Council meeting is to “check-in upon” arrival. City Council staff are on hand to assist.

Parking proposal ■ Whittlesea Council’s Cr Mary Lalios has flagged her intention to move that the Council resolve to refer funding for the following project to the 2020-21 budget year process for indented parking in Josef St, Bundoora.

The original scope in the 2017-18 budget was to make allowance for $440,000 for these works to be completed.

Music for Oz Day ■ Live music by Big City Beat and a musical performance by Rua were features of the City of Whittlesea celebrations for Australia Daty (Jan. 26) held at the Civic Centre at South Morang.

Special charge ■ Yarra Ranges Council is intending to declare a special charge at its meeting scheduled for Tuesday (Feb. 11), for the purpose of defraying expenses associated with proposed improvement works in Anderson Rd and Grey Gum Ct, Tecoma.

$1 mil. contract ■ Crs Tim Heenan and Tony Stevenson combined to proposed a motion to Yarra Ranges Council to accept a $1 million tender from JTX Civil Contracting Pty Ltd for the construction and upgrade of the Morrison Reserve Car Park and Drainage Retention Basins, Mount Evelyn, required to improve parking availability for the Morrison Reserve Regional Athletics Facility and to address reoccurring flooding effecting properties on Mikado Rd.

● Medium-rise buildings proposed for 240 High St, Thomastown ■ Six-storey mixed use premises may come to - in connection with its former service station the City of Whittlesea, following lodgement of use - was made available to Councillors. a planning permit application to a Council meetThe proposed development will comprise the ing that was adjourned just prior to Christmas. following key finishes: Forte Group Pty Ltd applied to develop a ■ Charcoal coloured aluminium glazing suite; 76-residence building, on a former service sta- ■ Textured off-white GRC façade cladding; tion site, currently vacant, just north of the ■ Charcoal coloured perforated metal shroud; ■ Reflective aluminium cladding; Thomastown Railway Station.

Six retail premises are also planned for the ■ Frameless glass balustrade; and, development, according to plans lodged to the ■ Breeze pattern grey brick.

It is being suggested that if a palnning permit Council’s December 17 meeting.

“The proposal would provide a good design is issued that there be no reduction in the stanoutcome for a prominent site located adjacent dard car parking requirements under the to the recently upgraded Thomastown Train Whittlesea Planning Scheme.

“This can be achieved through an increase Station,” said a report to Councillors.

“The parking reduction sought relates to the in parking provision and/or reduction in the recommercial component with the shortage able tail floor area or number of dwellings or alternato be absorbed through the use of public trans- tive change to the satisfaction of the Responport, sharing of existing spaces and within the sible Authority,” says the Council report.

The plans lodged by the developers look to existing public car parking found within the include 10 one-bedroom apartments, 58 twoarea.”

A 5600-page report about environmental is- bedroom units, and eight three-bedroom dwellsues connected to the remediation of the site ings.

Decade service ■ Yarra Ranges Mayor Cr Richard Higgins has congratulated Cr Tim Heenan on his 10 years of service as a Councillor. He acknowledged the efforts of Cr Heenan over this time and extended his gratitude for all the work Cr Heenan has achieved in the community.

Cr Heenan spoke of the time he had served as a Councillor and expressed how much he has cherished the past 10 years, with the capacity to achieve positive outcomes for the community.

Letter for Shani ■ Yarra Ranges Council has prepared a letter under seal in recognition of Shani McDonald, retiring after 30 years with the Shire, working as Co-Ordinator Information Technology in the Information Services Department.

Donna Taylor is retiring after 25 years of service as a Home Carer in the Community Services Department.

$139mil surplus ■ Whittlesea Council has recorded an operating surplus of $139.73 million, which is $1.76 million ahead of the year-to-date budget for the quarter ending September 30.

Plans for Epping ■ Cr Caz Councillor Monteleone of South West Ward gave notice that it is his intention to move a Motion that Council fund a pavilion/change room and toilet and 20 space car park and booking system for the courts at Shield St, Epping (Prism Park).

Yarra Ranges Shire News

‘Healesville land is valuable’ Up Hill, Down Dale Interest declared

■ Cr Mike Clarke (Lyster Ward) declared a conmflict of interest at the Yarra Ranges Council meeting prior to Christmas. The matter related to reimbursement of his own expenses claim.

Road is 50 years

■ A $1.3 million contract has been signed for Cardigan Rd, Mooroolbark , where the road pavement is in excess of 50 years old and is in need of full pavement rehabilitation.

It is near Pembroke College. Yarra Ranges Council has approved the expenditure, with works due to be concluded by the end of March.

Services stay ■ Whittlesea City Council will continue to provide its current range of Commonwealth Home Support Program services through June 30, 2022, dependent upon the offer of extension from the Commonwealth Government being consistent with current terms.

Refused permit ● Land in Green Street, Healesville, as identified by Google Maps.

■ Yarra Ranges Shire Councillors Fiona way in Healesville and in Green Street. The site McAllister and Jim Child proposed a unanimous is also affected by the Land Subject to Inundavote that will remind the State Government that tion Overlay due to its proximity to the Watts land at Green St, Healesville, is valuable to the River and the Bushfire Management Overlay local community and should be kept as open Schedule 1. These Overlays are not proposed land. to be modified by the Amendment.

The matter came before the Council in De“Following completion of the Healesville cember after the Shire received notification from Structure Plan, Council’s long standing interest the State Government Land StandingAdvisory has been to retain the site for open space.

Committee.

“Council previously negotiated to buy the site The Committe advised of an amendment to from VicTrack, but formally resolved to withthe Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, proposed draw from the First Right of Refusal process to be exhibited in early 2020 (anticipated to be (purchase) in December 2017 due to the prothis week). hibitive valuation of the site at $1.185 million.

The amendment proposes to rezone 13 Green “Council resolved at the same meeting to St, Healesville, currently owned by VicTrack, to authorise the Chief Executive Officer to confacilitate future sale of the land. tinue to show interest in purchasing the property “The Amendment proposes to rezone the land but at a lower price than the valuation price.” from a Public Use Schedule 4 (Transport) to a Councillors voted unanimously “that CounCommercial 1 Zone,” said a report to Council. cil endorse the content of this report as the basis “The amendment will also apply the Envi- for its submission to the Government Land ronmental Audit Overlay to address any poten- Standing Advisory Committeeregarding the land tial contamination from historic use. at 13 Green Street, Healesville, and as stated in “The Amendment retains the Design and the report, reiterating the value of the site to the Development Overlay Schedule 12, as applied people of Healesville and the strong community to surrounding commercial land along the High- desire to have this retained as open space.”

■ Yarra Ranges Council has voted to refuse a permit application for re-subdivision of existing lots at 6 Beagley St and 72 The Crescent, Kallista. Cr Mike Clarke was unsuccessful in trying to have a permit approved.

Cr Clarke was supported by Crs Len Cox and Fiona McAllister.

10 objections ■ Some 10 objections were lodged to Yarra Ranges Council about use and development of a telecommunications facility and associated earthworks at a road reserve, Keswick Ave, Belgrave Heights.

The motion was carried. In Favour: Cr Avery, CrClarke, Cr Higgins, CrMcAllister, Cr Stevenson, Cr Cox and Cr Child.Against: Cr Heenan. Absent: Cr Cliff.

Correct figures ■ Yarra Ranges Council has endorsed the Yarra Ranges Municipal Emergency Management Plan, subject to an important statistic about the 2009 Black Saturday being amended to read: “Ten lives were lost at Steels Creek, two at Toolangi and one at Yarra Glen.”

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■ Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s plan to trademark ‘Sussex Royal’ has been blocked following a legal complaint from a doctor in Australia.

The pair, who now live in Canada, wanted to launch their very own magazine or newspaper if their application to trademark their Sussex Royal brand was approved.

According to The Sun, the opposition was filed by Benjamin Worcester of Victoria, Australia, who is believed to have worked as a doctor in the NHS in London from 2011 to 2014 and studied medicine at University College London.

- New Idea

Keen for kids

■ The Bachelor's ultimate lovebirds, Anna Heinrich and Tim Robards, have hinted heavily that kids might be the next big step for them.

In a new interview with The Daily Telegraph, Anna opened up about the prospect of kids, explaining that it was "something we are both very keen on."

- OK

Stefanovic gushes

■ Karl Stefanovic and Jasmine Yarbrough's journey to love hasn't always been easy, but it seems now the couple are truly settling into their newfound roles as parents-to-be, with a little baby Stefanovic set to arrive in just a few months time.

"We're glad that some of the heat has died out of the whole thing and we sort of lead a more normal life than we did before," he told radio hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O. - Women’s Weekly

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Radio station closes ■ Melbourne community radio station Stereo 974 has gone off air, permanently.

The Brooklyn-based station has broadcast to the western suburbs, and was one of the longest-estbalished community broadcasters in Victoria.

Key personnel at the station included manager Rod Boyd, assisted by long-time radio veteran Bob Taylor.

There has been speculation that the station closed due to lack of funding.

The Community Broadcasting Foundation provided money for programs presented in Vietnamese, Spanish, Maltese, Sudanese Arabic, Sinhalese and Ethiopian.

● Rod Boyd, Station Manager at Stereo 974

No to permit at KG

Boob job botched

■ Olivia Newton John's daughter Chloe Lattanzi has completely changed the way she looks.

Chloe, 34, explained she'd undergone two breast augmentations in order to correct a botched job when she was 18, as well as having fillers from her lips and face removed.

"All those things were a disaster. Not only did the lip implants look ridiculous, the first boob op I had in Australia when I was 18 left me looking mutilated," she revealed.

- Womans Day

■ Two central Victorian councillors - including a former mayor - have breached a code of conduct in criticising the current mayor of their shire on social media.

Four Campaspe Shire councillors - Annie Vickers, Kristen Munro, Vicki Neele and John Zobec - filed a complaint against Cr Leigh Wilson after he posted two videos to his Facebook page last August and September.

Cr Daniel Mackrell was also accused by the same councillors of breaching the code of conduct and disregarding the social media and media relations policies after writing about the same council meeting on Facebook and approaching local media with grievances.

- Bendigo Advertiser

Tourism recovery

■ Destination Gippsland is working with local businesses, community groups and all levels of government to support the tourism industry in response to the fires, describing this is "an extremely difficult time" for communities in east Gippsland and the wider region. The organisation said it had activated its Regional Tourism Response and Recovery Plan, ramping up consumer and industry communications and media liaison.

- Gippsland Times

Tom wants back in

■ Despite remaining relatively coy about his love life since parting ways with his exwife Miley Cyrus, Hollywood heartthrob Liam Hemsworth is finally ready to show the world he's found love again.

In exclusive photographs obtained by New Idea and Who, The Hunger Games actor— who's now permanently living in Australia after finalising his divorce from the Slide Away singer— can be seen cuddling up to his stunning new girlfriend, Gabriella.

Brooks.

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Appeal abandoned

■ A 20-year-old woman who slashed a Ballarat JB Hi-Fi store manager with a box cutter while attempting to steal from the store has abandoned her appeal of a 21-month jail sentence.

Almost 90 minutes into the appeal hearing, Judge Phillip Coish warned Gabrielle Rowe she may be re-sentenced to more jail time if she continued with the appeal of the jail sentence.

Rowe then decided to abandon the appeal and was led from the dock into custody.

- Ballarat Courier

Crs cross the line

■ Tom Williams is hoping his stint on I’m A Celebrity is the beginning of a showbiz comeback.

Williams, who wa evicted from the jungle in an emotional episode of the Channel 10 reality show, quit the TV industry at the end of 2018 to pursue a career in real estate.

But after a “tough” year out of the spotlight, he wants back in. “My heart’s in TV,” he told news.com.au from South Africa.

“That’s my home.

- News.com.au

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Band together

● Aerial photograph of property at 110 Kangaroo Ground-St Andrews Rd. ■ The Victorian Civil andAdministrative Tri- of the land for alpaca grazing, and did not conbunal has affirmed a Nillumbik Shire Council sider that existing use for that purposed had been decision not to grant a planning permit to Cop- established. per Lake Pty Ltd. The Council submitted to VCAT that a perVCAT member Judith Perlstein ordered on mit cannot be granted as the shed is not associDecember 24 that the company not be granted a ated with an existing permitted use. permit for 110 Kangaroo Ground-St Andrews The Council said the proposed building was Rd, Kangaroo Ground. not in keeping with the Nillumbik Planning The company sought to construct a shed and Scheme. access track, but were refused permission by The Council submitted to VCAT that the prothe Council. posed building would impact detrimentally upon The compan’s property is 11.85 hectares, and the visual amenity of the area. the site has been established with Tasmanian Nillumbik Council said that the existing use Blue Gum, planted in 1999. rights for alpaca grazing had not been substanAlpacas were placed on the site in Decem- tiated. ber 2020 to graze the land and control the weeds.

Member Perlstein said she had been perNumbers ranged from 20-50. suaded that “the development element of the The prtoperty is in a zone where permission proposal does not represent an acceptable outis required to use the land for agriculture, and to come for this site”. construct a building or carry out associated “It is therefore not necessary to make a deciworks. sion as to the presence of existing use rights or Copper Lake Pty Ltd approached the Coun- whether or not a planning permit is required for cil in 2017 with the idea of constructing a 18m x use of the land.

36mshed in the north-east corner of the land.

Ms Perlstein said the shed would be exThe proposed building was to stand 6.55 tremely large in height, length and width. It was metres above natural ground level, and it was significantly greater in size than any others in planned to be constructed of colobond ‘pale eu- the vicinity. calypt’.

It would impact on the natural environment, The Council continually questioned the use character and appearance of the area.

■ The Colac district community has collectively raised more than $40,000 for bushfire victims at the Band Together Colac benefit concert.

About 5000 people including hundreds of volunteers from community groups and organisations flocked to the Lake Colac foreshore to raise money and demonstrate solidarity with Victorian and Australian communities that have been devastated by bushfire this summer.

- Colac Herald

Roo cull on hold

■ Wildlife ecologist Associate Professor Graeme Coulson says a careful approach to managing the Kangaroo Harvest Program is needed as the impact of fires, drought, and other environmental problems on populations are not yet known.

The State Government has put the Kangaroo Harvesting Program on hold while the impact of the bushfire crisis on wildlife is assessed.

- Stawell Times-News

Bushfire clean-up

■ Homes destroyed by bushfires will be cleaned up under a state and federal program that prioritises local contractors, at no cost to those affected.

State Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Lisa Neville, made the announcement of a 50-50 arrangements between the State and Federal governments to invest $75 million into the immediate clean up.

- Bairnsdale Advertiser

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Confidential Veritas Melbourne

Talk is cheap, gossip is priceless

A critical eye to matters in the media, television, radio and the arts

Jockeying at 3AW

■ There is intense jockeying for position at radio station 3AW ... especially in regartds to who will be the replacement for breakfast show co-host John Burns when he retires mid-year at the age of 75. Scuttlebutt is that both Kate Stevenson and Stephen Quartermain might be appointed. Others wish the position was offered to them.

Lunch at Nights

■ 3AW is receiving feedback that listeners have been missing the Friday Lunch segment featuring Darren James and Andrew McLaren. Denis Walter is hopeful of moving the popular segment to his Nights program ... but his Friday shows will have to make way for football in a matter of weeks.

Words, words, etc

■ Veritas tuned into Gold 104.3 just before 3pm and heard Toni Tenaglia, and all the wordy ads, then the wordy news bulletin, then the wordy traffic update.

Ten minutes of words. More talk than a talk station, and very little of it was important.

Different to the Smooth FM radio experience.

Another good talker is Mairi Nicolson on ABC Classic FM. Her word count tends to be about double that of the other presenters. On the other hand, the new breed of younger women presenters of ABC Classic seem to have learned the lesson: "you can cut half of that out, and it doesn't matter which half".

And, whilst in curmudgeon mood, Karen Prater of Smooth FM: you really don't need to tell us your name in every spot. We heard it the first time.

Jim Lehrer dies

■ Jim Lehrer, co-host and later host of the nightly PBS NewsHour that for decades offered a thoughtful take on current events, has died. He was 85.

For Lehrer, and for his friend and longtime partner Robert MacNeil, broadcast journalism was a service, with public understanding of events and issues its primary goal.

Lehrer was also a frequent moderator of presidential debates, said the New York Post.

Stand Up Symphony

■ Comedian Sammy J hosts a line-up of laughable comedic acts in a less-than-serious musical affair with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Stand Up Symphony: A Huge Night of Funny Words With Instruments at 7.30pm on Tuesday, March 31 at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne.

Conductor Benjamin Northey will lead the MSO through this Melbourne International Comedy Festival event featuring spoken word and song from the likes of Randy Feltface, Tripod,Anne Edmonds, Michelle Brasier (Double Denim), Jude Perl, Andrew Hansen (The Chaser) and more.

Media Flashes

■ Barrie Cassidy will present the first series of One Plus One this year, followed by Kurt Fearnley later in 2020, on ABC-TV. ■ Grace Tobin is starting a new role at ABC’s 7.30 program as an Investigative Reporter.

■ Indira Naidoo will start a new role at ABC Local Radio's weekend Nightlife show as a host from Froday (feb. 7). She will present the show from Friday to Sunday, with Phillip Clark continuing his hosting duties from Monday to Thursday.

■ Will Simon Owens’s Radio Asylum be renewed after the 3AW 2020 footy season?

■ Madi Chwasta has joined the Shepparton News.

‘Sporty’ heads for hills

■ Kinglake was featured on ABC radio program Sporty last weekend.

ABC Radio National reporter Amanda Smith was at the Kinglake Memorial Reserve onAustralia Day (Sun., Jan. 26) to assemble a report.

Ms Smith wanted to enquire about the value of sport in the community recovery since the 2009 ‘Black Saturday’ fires.

Ms Smith interviewed Kinglake sporting identity Kris Hamer whilst the Kinglake Football and Kinglake Cricket teams played a social match.

Also interviewed was Ash Long, Editor of the Melbourne Observer and The Local Paper newspapers.

● Amanda Smith and Kris Hamer.

Cirque Stratosphere ■ Hamer Hall transformed into a 'space age utopia' when Cirque Stratosphere took to the stage in spectacular style, showcasing impeccable timing, skill and teamwork, to achieve remarkable feats.

Produced by Simon Painter and Tim Lawson, and directed by Neil Dorward, Cirque Stratosphere paid homage to the Moon Landing’s 50th anniversary.

With the spaceship centre-stage, excitement rippled through patrons as astronaut-suited Clown, Salvador Salangsang, recruited two audience members.

This was the first of several space-themed audience participation segments, featuring charismatic Salangsang and The Host, intriguingly known as Tape Face, aka Steve Capps, White suited astronauts entered the spaceship and names were called. Aerial hoop artist Emma Dutton floated down, her graceful, agile movements and sparkling presence a reminder of the glittery stratospheric trajectory.

Majestically lifting off, the spaceship hovered above. Commentary progressively informed us of the historic journey, visually depicted in stages by dazzling, often death-defying performances, infused with Hikuri Roots' evocative music, Paul Smith's superb lighting and wow factor effects.

International acts symbolising the universality of outer space included the high flying Trio Transcendant’s Russian Bar, combining gymnastics, balance, dance and strength, and impressive Hoop Diving by Submergence, NicolasYang Wang and Shengpeng Nie. The Galactus Gods, Dmitry Makrushin and Oleg Bespalov demonstrated immense strength and coordination in their Hand to Hand act, while Duo Velocity roller skaters Evgenii Isaev and Natalia Korzhukova skilfully danced jazzy routines in restricted space.

Celestial Cyclone, Felice Aguilar, wowed with spinning artistry, while Polina Volcheck presented her Planetry Prodigy Pole act with powerful control.

Observations The Top Secret Violin Case

■ I first encountered Vardos in the Camberwell Sunday Market in the big car park behind Burke Rd seven years ago, drawn to them past all the stalls and crowds by the haunting strains of their Romanian/ Romany music.

When I saw their production of The Top Secret Violin Case was the second half of the double bill at 8:30pm after The Circle, I knew it was a must.

Vardos is Sophia Chapman and Alana Hunt whose seven visits to Eastern Europe to enrich their repertoire included Romania in the immediate post-Ceaucescu 90s.

The plot? To Romania,where the shadow of the Securite hovers above citizen and foreign visitor alike; enter Brad Spiro (Sasha Cuha) fleeing homophobic parents and America but also hooked on the Romanian/ Romany music, eager to learn and play with the locals.

He meets Tony Covac (Kerri Buchler) "a proud, exclusive contrabassist who flirts with the West", Nico Valentinu (Sophia Chapman) an accordionist with a secret of his own and encounters Ionel Stoican (Alana Hunt) "an ambitious violinist" .

All these characters are male achieved by the addition of pencilled moustaches.

Given Vardos's experiences of the lingering paranoia and ambience of mutual suspicions, this production could have been much so much more.

Gorkem Acaroglu is credited in the program as Outside Eye. Perhaps Outside Eyes don't have the necessary authority a trusted director might have exercised.

I was disappointed.

The Top Secret Violin Case was performed at La Mama Courthouse.

- Review by Peter Green

The Witches

● Emma Dutton performs the Aerial Hoop in Cirque Stratosphere.

Photo: Jordan Munns The catapulting Rocketeers, Denis Kibenko, Smitrii Stepanov and Nikolai Ermolaev drew audience gasps, as did The Orbitor, Anna Lewandowska’s dance and acrobatics with the LED Sphere Wheel.

The Cosmonaut, Oleg Spigin, defied gravity on the Washington Trapeze, Marat Dashempilov soared effortlessly with his Bungee Straps, and The Flyers Valencia, Roy Miller and Luis Romero, breathtakingly conquered the Wheel of Death.

Cirque Stratosphere treated Melbourne audiences to a polished, stylish production, historically themed and performed with skill and showmanship.

- Review by Cheryl Threadgold

Top Arts 2020 ■ The annual Top Arts showcase returns for its 26th year presenting artworks from Victoria’s brightest emerging student artists at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia from March 13.

Drawn from over 1700 submissions from schools across Victoria, Top Arts 2020 presents artworks from 43 students who have excelled in VCE Art

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and Studio Arts. Themes explored by the exhibiting artists include mental health, the impact of technology on everyday life, diversity and identity.

Working across mediums including painting, sculpture, performance art, theatre, photography and animation, students have undertaken comprehensive research to create innovative and complex art-

works. Tony Ellwood, Director, NGV said “Top Arts 2020 showcases the amazing breadth of young artists using their voice to speak out against injustice and generate awareness of issues and ideas that concern the youth of today. This is our 26th year of Top Arts and we’re so proud to continue to support and celebrate art education.”

■ It is always a joy to see youngsters eagerly attend live theatre, such as Encore Theatre's holiday show, The Witches, presented at the well appointed Clayton Community Centre Theatrette.

Adapted by David Wood into a less frightening interpretation of Roald Dahl's dark fantasy, the excited young audience seemed unfazed by the witches' "diabolical plot to rid the world of children once and for all", even transforming them into mice.

These wicked witches looked like everyday real people, with the exceptions diagrammed on the back of the theatre program: "Claws hidden by gloves, peculiar nose, bald head with wig and a rash, sinister handbag, square feet with no toes and ... blue spit".

Director David Collins extracted some enjoyable performances, with a particularly strong portrayal by Louise Gracey of the powerful, villainous Grand High Witch.

Terrific to see a mix of ages, including Jodie Sanders as the pyjama-wearing Grandmother, Ethan Campbell (a very welldelivered introduction, Ethan) as her young Grandson, Ian Tweeddale and Camille Alexander as hotel guests Mr and Mrs Jenkins, Shyli Barak as their daughter Bonnie. and Rosie Inverarity and Matthew Tweeddale as the Children.

Hayley Bacic, Imogen Harrison, Amelia Pawsey, Mani Picano, Felicity Harrison and Jessica Sterle brought their Witches characters alive well, disguising their wickedness with smiling faces and well-dressed appearances, including gloves, of course.

Nice characterisations also from Hotel Manager Aleksa Stamenkovic and Chefs Imogen Harrison and Jessica Sterle.

David Collins's set design worked well, but onstage workers wearing all black during scene changes would be preferable.

The show ran a child-friendly 45 minutes, although six-year-old Mack wanted to see it again!

There was a lovely post-show photo opportunity with characters in the foyer which Mack avoided - understandable considering the Witches' nasty plot.

Congratulations and thanks to the cast and crew of The Witches and other January shows who gave of their time to create holiday magic.

- Review by Cheryl Threadgold

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The Arts Melodies treat

■ A festive treat awaited the lucky audience of Christmas Melodies.

To begin, Michael Cormick sang Ode to Joy, backed by The Salvation Army Staff Band under Ken Waterworth and The National Boys Choir led by Andrew Bainbridge and Philip Carmody, with accompaniment

by Robyn Cochrane. An exhilarating start!

Santa Claus is Coming to Town was a fun contrast. Cormick revealed that Amazing Grace was a favourite. Perhaps not a Christmas one he admitted, but his stunning rendition made it a worthy inclusion.

Cormick’s numerous national and international credits include Evita, Beauty and the Beast and Sunset Boulevard.

Johanna Allen’s experience in musical theatre, opera, film, television and cabaret has seen her perform in Showboat, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (in which she is currently appearing) and Pirates of Penzance, to name a few.

Some delightful repartee with a young chorister produced the response that she was ‘doing OK’. Well, her sunny demeanor and charming voice ensured an engaging performance. From Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas to O Come all ye Faithful, (with the rousing descant), Allen did more than ‘OK’.

The National Boys Choir gave us My True Love with beautiful piano accompaniment while Good King Wenceslas, including two soloists, was heartbreakingly gorgeous.

Poised as they are betwixt boy and man, the purity of the boys’ voices wrung a tear from this reviewer. Jingle Bells was a jaunty follow-up – and eye-drier.

The Salvation Army Staff Band is well travelled – and deservedly so. Not a jarring note to be heard – extraordinary with a brass ensemble - and their tender Away in a Manger was sublime.

Cormick and Allen, accompanied by David Cameron on guitar, provided a beautiful arrangement of Silent Night, their harmony simply superb.

The concert concluded on as strong a note as its commencement, with everyone involved in Angels on High.

My tendency to seasonal Scroogish ‘bah humbug’ was replaced by elation and gratitude for an hour of excellence and beauty.

- Review by Juliet Charles

The Circle ■ A double bill to open the La Mama Summer and Autumn Season at the Carlton Courthouse; both Midsumma Festival offerings.

Of the 6.30 pm work The Circle, produced and performed by Jack O'Brien and Luke Peverelle, fortunately I had no expectations and those expectations were well met.

Let the website for The Circle describe; "A queer love story combining a love of H. P. Lovecraft horror,pulp magazines of the 1930s, teenage love and a rip roaring soundtrack of yesteryear.

Lancelot and Hugo are two cultists, sacrificing innocent people to bring about the Eldritch Horror known only as Shaguaraha,who will end the world on its return".

It was a production, to borrow from Pirandello, to wit, the title of his Sie Personaggi in Cerca A'autore (Six Characters In Search of an Author) The Circle was two characters in search of - no in desperate need of - a director, a designer (lighting and set ) plus, if we must endure music playing over text, then a soft pedal, but before all those,a writer; one who understands that horror requires clever plotting of fear and suspense.

The sacrificing, well shooting, despite their pleas; two young women to induce the arrival of the monster whose appearance will trigger the Apocalypse, a much less than felicitous choice.

"Felicitous - well chosen or suited to the circumstances".

- Peter Green

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Snappy Chicago

● Alinta Chidzey (Velma Kelly) and Company in Chicago, until February 23 at Arts Centre Melbourne. Photo: Jeff Busby ■ Melbourne's temperatures may have fluc- with pizzaz. tuated in past weeks, but Chicago The Musical Natalie Bassingthwaighte is great as Roxie, has sizzled in fabulous style all summer at Arts and when teaming with Chidzey, the result is a Centre Melbourne. powerhouse duo.

If enjoying a snappy show with top talent, A knockout, polished performance is enonstage wonderful orchestra and Fosse-style joyed from Casey Donovan as Matron 'Mama' dance routines, then Chicago should not to be Morton. missed - playing until February 23.

It is also splendid to see Jason Donovan on Based on the book by Fred Ebb and Bob stage in Melbourne in his well-acted, charming Fosse and set in Chicago, Illinois, in the late portrayal of lawyer Billy Flynn.

1920s, the show tells of death-row murderesses Rodney Dobson's sincerity as Amos Hart Roxie Hart (Natalie Bassingthwaighte) and wins well-deserved audience support, and J. vaudeville star Velma Kelly (Alinta Chidzey) Furtado delights as Mary Sunshine, proving ambitiously seeking celebrity fame for freedom, things are not always what they appear to be. dubiously mentored by theatrically slick lawyer Andrew Cook impresses as Fred, and talBilly Flynn (Jason Donovan). ented Ensemble members complete the top cast.

Produced in Australia by John Frost and The stylish costumes designed by William Suzanne Jones, the effective simplicity of John Lee Beatty's scenic design allows the perform- Ivey Long beautifully capture the show’s mix of raunchiness and glitz. ers to sparkle.

Chicago has now been seen by over 31 milParticularly showcased are Gary Chryst's superb dance routines, re-created from Ann lion people in 36 countries, and it is easy to see Reinking's choreography of the New York pro- why the show has won six Tony Awards, two duction, accompanied by terrific music from OlivierAwards and a Grammy Award.

Playing at Arts Centre Melbourne until FebDaniel Edmonds's orchestra.

Commanding the stage as Velma Kelly, Alinta ruary 23.

Bookings: ticketmaster.com.au Chidzey's triple-threat treat includes outstand- Review by Cheryl Threadgold ing high kicks and powerful vocals, all presented

Cats by YABS ■ There is an energy and intensity that comes through the Young Australian Broadway Chorus production of Cats.

Some of this is due to the sheer magnitude of having over ninety performers on stage – a feat no professional company could manage.

But it is also due to the very vigour of the performers and the detailed production qualities.

Re-imagined in a jazz age London music hall (Dann Barber), the ramshackle felines retain the dishevelled appearance of the alley except they are trimmed as flappers and swells.

The costumes (Sean Rentero) are as carefully choreographed as the actual stage numbers.

Here, the discipline of the ensemble is evident in both the dance (Jacqui Green/Victoria Rimington) and in the chorus work (Justin Jacobs/Ned Wright-Smith/Emily Wilkinson). There was a unity and precision in both.

The reactions of the ensemble (too many to name) are just as compelling as the principle performers from the cats in the auditorium aisles to the

● Young Australian Broadway Chorus cast of Cats.

The craft of the leads could from one moment and characbe seen in the attention to de- ter to the next, from one large tail; the look and glance that production item to a smaller showed they knew how to scale focus.

This is no mean task given manage an audience.

There was not only an ex- the numbers to be moved. (It pertise being demonstrated but must have been hectic backa delight and exuberance. (I stage). Musically, credit must daren’t name you for, as true be given to the orchestra. The artists, you know how even the pace seemed to have a jazzlowliest member of the cast aged tempo which added to the contributes to your presence on vivacity of the performance.

Where these young perstage).

There is no real story in Cats formers will go from here is unbased as they are on the po- known. There were voices on the brink of maturity and dancems of T.S. Eliot.

Rather, the focus is on char- ers revelling in their youth. acter and atmosphere. Links What is certain is the originalare there in Lloyd-Webber’s ity and community behind this music but the lighting transi- performance.

Presented at the National tions (Linda Humm) and the direction of Robert Coates Theatre, St Kilda.

- David McLean have enabled an easy segue

What’s On Great Bear Rainforest

■ This Canadian IMAX 3D documentary, Great Bear Rainforest, is narrated by British Columbia-born actor, Ryan Reynold.

Set in the remote Pacific coastline and forests of British Columbia, it depicts the delicate ecosystem of the province. Wide-screen IMAX format is the perfect close-up medium for this breathtaking photography.

We’re submerged into the world where bald headed eagles, salmon, otters, humpbacks, silver-skinned herring, black surf-scoters and sea lions co-exist with grizzly, black and spirit bears under critical observation and stewardship of First Nation people.

A MacGillvray Freeman Films release, the screenplay is written by Jeff Turner and Don Hahn under Ian McAllister’s direction.

It is centred around the story of Moz, a mother spirit bear, which is a white, genetic variant of the black Kermode bear. On the lower rung of the grizzly and black bear pecking order, fewer than 200 of this rare creature are alive today.

The film follows Moz’s life from her hungry post-hibernation hours fishing in crystalclear rivers until, in one day, a storm causes a mudslide in the valley washing away the river and drowning the fish.

Starving and other-bear wary, she finally returns to her familiar old patch which she had her given up to her daughter: a mother’s sacrifice.

It’s heart-warming to follow the trail of the First Nation father passing on his knowledge to his 12-year-old son. Moz is aware of this human presence watching her from close distance but who pose no threat.

We dive from terrestrial rainforest into the depths of another forest in the coastal waters with surf scoter birds fishing for herring eggs and countered by the First Nation people’s practice of collecting eggs by submerging hemlock branches.

Tense moments of habitat survival juxtaposed to the emotional bear families’ stories provide a valuable insight into survival of the ecosphere through sustainable solutions.

IMAX, Rathdowne St., Carlton Duration: 43 Minutes - Review by Sherryn Danaher

Anna

■ “My name is Anna. I am a housewife, teacher and an author of children’s stories.”

So begins a strange tale of shadows, suspicion and fear.

This solo performance by Bagryana Popov tells the story of the life of a woman in 1950s Bulgaria during the height of the Cold War. Bagryana highlights the fragmented, parallel existence of the woman, Anna, all too aware of the consequences of the darting eyes and whispered conversations of those around her, as she tries to extricate herself from the tentacles of the secret police.

Her paranoid, second-guessing leads her to exactly the outcome she tries to avoid; she is coerced into informing on her husband.

Anna first emerged in a workshop at the Workcenter ofJerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards in Italy.

Popov then collaborated with director John Bolton to bring the work to its current iteration.

Based on research for her doctoral thesis, Popov’s trawl through the Bulgarian secret service files provided the spark for Anna.

The workings of a Stalinist regime—interrogations, witness testimony and reports from informers—form the scaffold of the drama.

The play is interwoven with folk songs and fairytales adding to the feeling of living in an irrational alternative existence where, as Popov states, “truth and fiction are interchangeable”.

Occasionally disjointed, Bagryana nevertheless manages to bring the disparate elements together.

A stark set designed by Lara Week with lighting by Bronwyn Pringle adds to the oppressive mood and transports the audience to a Kafkaesque nightmare living under constant surveillance. Anna was presented at La Mama Courthouse.

- Review by Kathryn Keeble

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Local Theatre with Cheryl Threadgold and team MAMMA MIA ■ A Greek Island, romance, fabulous music and vibrant dancing awaited holiday audiences attending Mamma Mia, presented by PLOS Musical Productions at the Frankston Arts Centre.

Based on the book by Catherine Johnson, with Benny Anderson and Björn Ulvaeus’s splendid music and lyrics, including songs by Stig Anderson, the story tells of Donna preparing for daughter Sophie's wedding, helped by former singing mates Tanya and Rosie.

Sophie wants a traditional wedding, and to be given away by her unknown real father.

Concluding he is either Harry, Sam or Bill mentioned in Donna's 1970s diary, Sophie secretly invites the trio to the wedding.

Joel Batalha's slick direction and fresh interpretation of this nostalgic show was complemented by PLOS's legendary innovative use of technology, cleverly creating settings and mood.

Also enhancing aesthetics were Lachie McFarlane's clever scenic design, Brad Alcock's evocative lighting and Brett Wingfield's colourful costumes.

Malcom Huddle's orchestra delighted the audience, playing stirring renditions of over 20 ABBA hits.

Another big standout was Michael Mitchell's impressive choreography, well executed by his terrific dancers. A recent graduate of the Ballarat Academy of Performing Arts, Michael's work is unique in style and visually exciting.

Grace Sabbatucci oozed heart and soul as Sophie, sharing good synergy with friends Lisa (Saskia Scott) and Ali (Tess Sabbatucci).

Lauren Elise was delightfully naturalistic as Donna and vocally powerful in The Winner Takes It All. Courtney Smyth had strong stage presence as Tanya and made a terrific duo with entertaining Kate Phillips (Rosie).

Sophie's three potential fathers were well played by Blair Salmon (architect Sam), John Racey (British banker Harry) and Colin Armstrong (travel writer Bill). Their different personalities and stories added contrasting depth to the narrative.

Mitchell Smith (Sophie's fiancee Sky), Mark Mackenzie (Pepper) and Liam Clarke (Eddie) completed the principal cast, joined by an excellent ensemble of talented, skilled performers.

Congratulations to PLOS for their wonderful annual family shows, always welcoming the new year with theatrical magic.

- Review by Cheryl Threadgold

NEWK ■ Award-winning Melbourne playwright Kieran Carroll presents Newk (The John Newcombe Story) on Friday, February 14 at 8pm at the Frankston Arts Centre.

Performed by three time Barry Award nominee and star of recent hit film The Merger, Damian Callinan, Newk (The John Newcombe Story) traces the life of the great Australian tennis champion of the 1960s and 70s, John Newcombe.

Set in 2014 at Newk’s 70th birthday in Sydney, Newcombe’s journey travels from being a naïve 1960s schoolboy, to the No 1 player in the world in the 1970s, to his time as Davis Cup Captain, to the stroke he suffered in 2003.

Numerous well-known guests drop by to celebrate his special day and share the memories. A drama/comedy, the play portrays a highly determined and ambitious man burning through a quickly changing world.

Aware he’s putting his family second emotionally while conscious of providing for them financially, the play exposes the exhausting schedules that even players of yesteryear endured.

The play also captures hilarious moments from some of Newcombe’s numerous commercials and business enterprises: Cinzano, Queensland bananas and K-Tel tennis instruction albums.

Performance Details: Friday, February 14 at 8pm. Venue: Frankston Arts Centre Tickets: $40 Full, $35 Member, $36 Concession, U30 $30 Bookings: artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au

Music Theatre Guild Awards ■ The 33rd Annual Bruce Awards were presented by the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria at the historic and beautifully restored Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat.

The sparkling, entertaining event was compered by MTV President Ang Cuy, and included first-class selected performances from musical theatre shows presented during the year.

Awards for Excellence included: Production of the Year (Bruce McBrien Award) Wicked, Bendigo Theatre Company Direction (Vin FosterAward). Paul Watson, Wicked, Bendigo Theatre Company Musical Direction (Geoff Tomkins Award) Tim Verdon, Miss Saigon, Old Scotch Music and Drama (OSMaD) Matthew Dudfield, Wicked, Bendigo Theatre Company Choreography (Marie Cumisky Award) Steven Rostron, Kinky Boots, CLOC Musical Theatre Settings (Grahame Murphy Award) Ken Wells, Wicked, Bendigo Theatre Company Wardrobe (Hazel Rodgers Award) Liz Young, Wicked, Bendigo Theatre Company Lighting. Ian Scott, Wicked, Bendigo Theatre Company Sound. Greg Ginger, Wicked, Bendigo Theatre Company Technical Achievement (Nigel Wallace Award). Beast Transformation, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Windmill Theatre Company Male Performer in a Leading Role (Harold Burrows Award). Bryn Bowen, Max Bialystock, The Producers, Panorama Theatre Company Dom Hennequin, The Engineer, Miss Saigon, Old Scotch Music and Drama (OSMaD) Female Performer in a Leading Role (Doreen Burrows Award). Sophie Collins, Elizabeth, If/Then, Theatre of the Damned Melissa Harrington, Elphaba, Wicked, Bendigo Theatre Company Male Performer in a Supporting Role (Rob Constable Award). Paul Congdon, Roger Debris, The Producers, Panorama Theatre Company Ashley McPherson, Franz Liebkind, The Producers, Babirra Music Theatre Female Performer in a Supporting Role Morgan Heynes, Eponine, Les Miserables, Footlight Productions Junior Performer in an Open Production Kody Austin, Fiyero, Wicked, Bendigo Theatre Company First Performance in a Featured Role (Gladys Moncrieff Award) Daisy-Rose Coppola, Elle Woods, Legally Blonde, UMMTA (University of Melbourne Music Theatre Association) Kody Austin, Fiyero, Wicked, Bendigo Theatre Company Dancer’sAward (Tony McShanagh Award)

Aaron Taylor, Lola/Simon, Kinky Boots, CLOC Musical Theatre Cameo Performance Jess Marshall, Ruth Two Bears, Dogfight, Lightbox Productions Ensemble Performance Whole Cast, Wicked, Bendigo Theatre Company Design Award (Peter Blizzard-Allen Award) Daniel Gosling, Projection Design, Wicked, Bendigo Theatre Company Awards of Excellence: The over 40 member set construction team, Wicked, Bendigo Theatre Company. ammy, Toto the Dog, The Wizard of Oz, NOVA Music Theatre Ongoing commitment to the encouragement of local talent and the promotion of regional community theatre, Horsham Arts Council, Beast Makeup and Prosthesis Design, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Windmill Theatre Company Junior Section Production of the Year Jesus Christ Superstar, Adamson Theatre Company Direction Marcus Pinnell and Fiona Atkin, Jesus Christ Superstar, Adamson Theatre Company Musical Direction Susie Heggie and Ryan Murphy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Adamson Theatre Company Choreography Kristy Pinnell and Montana Slavik, Jesus Christ Superstar, Adamson Theatre Company Design Brenton Van Vliet, LED Screen Designs, Wicked, Brentwood Secondary College Male Performer in a Leading Role Julian Machin, Jesus, Jesus Christ Superstar, Adamson Theatre Company Female Performer in a Leading Role Abbey Wells, Matilda, Matilda the Musical, Eltham College Male Performer in a Supporting Role James McFadden, Uncle Fester, The Addams Family, Caulfield Grammar Female Performer in a Supporting Role Amy Smedley, Mrs Baskin, Big, ACTion Youth Theatre Awards of Excellence: Loyola College’s Addams Family for their front of house display and design.

Keelan Roberts in Adamson Theatre Company’s Jesus Christ Superstar for his dancing ability.

Drew Lane for his composition of original music and lyrics for People’s Playhouse Theatre’s production of The Tree of Life.

To the students of Our Lady of Mercy College’s subject, “Live Production: The Crew”, for bringing their classroom to life behind the scenes and engaging in all technical areas for their production of School Of Rock

Confessions of a Mormon Boy ■ One-man show Confessions of a Mormon Boy returns to Australia as part of the 2020 MidSumma Festival from February 7 - 9 at Chapel off Chapel, Prahran.

Based on original direction by Tony Awardwinner Jack Hofsiss (The Elephant Man) and performed by Out Critics Circle Award Nominee and controversial LDS outcast Steven Fales, this 90-minute show is based on a true story.

Confessions of a Mormon Boy tells of how one troubled young dad first learned to 'wake up and grow up' and kept learning, resulting in a rollercoaster of extremes.

From perfect Mormon boy in Utah to perfect rent boy in Manhattan, Steven Fales discovers a middle ground in this saga about what it means to 'finally come home'.

The adult themes in the show are promoted as defying respectability and politics and include

spiritual abuse in the form of excommunication therapy, mixed-orientation marriages, drug abuse, sex work, human trafficking, divorce, child custody/support, son themes, cult detox and more pertaining to Mormon Americana and musical theatre.

Aside from the themes touched on in the show, this solo performance is Steven Fales's initial manifesto of personal transformation and 'constantly measuring my personal offstage life by what I declare onstage'.

Performance Details: February 7 at 8pm; February 8 at 2pm and 8pm; February 9 at 1pm and 5pm Venue: Chapel off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel St., Prahran.

Tickets: $35 Full, Groups of 5+ $28 Bookings: chapeloffchapel.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

CLOCKTOWER CENTRE ■ The Clocktower Centre in Moonee Ponds celebrates its 20th anniversary with a special One Night Only performance from Australian stars Silvie Paladino, Michael Cormick and Dolly Diamond on Saturday, February 22 at 8pm.

Silvie Paladino has performed in Les Misérables on the West End, as well as iconic musicals Hair, Miss Saigon and The King and I and is also a favourite on the Carols by Candlelight stage and performed to crowds at the AFL grand final.

Michael Cormick is an internationally renowned singer and actor, with leading roles in many theatre shows, including Beauty and The Beast, Cats, Grease, The Rocky Horror Show and The Phantom of the Opera.

Dolly Diamond is Melbourne’s self-proclaimed Queen of Cabaret who is known for her quick, sharp wit and musical talents. She has performed across the UK, Europe and Australia but now calls Melbourne home.

Silvie and Michael have been close friends for over 20 years, but seldom do we get to see the iconic duo grace the same stage.

Accompanied by David Cameron and his band and hosted by Dolly Diamond, Silvie and Michael will perform songs from their favourite musicals as well as contemporary hits from the last 20 years.

Performance Date and Time: Saturday, February 22 at 8pm Venue: Clocktower Theatre, 750 Mt Alexander Rd., Moonee Ponds Bookings: 9243 9191 or www.clocktowercentre.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

WAR HORSE ■ The National Theatre of Great Britain's Tony Award-winning musicalWar Horsewill continue captivating Melbourne audiences until February 8 at the newly-renovated Regent Theatre.

Based on Michael Morpurgo's story and adapted by Nick Stafford, directors Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris present a memorable, evocative theatre experience.

Brilliant puppetry created by the Handspring Puppet Company brings breathing, galloping horses (and birds) to the stage as the true story unfolds ofAlbert and his horse Joey, against the backdrop of World War I. Equally brilliant is the show's animation and projection design. combined with lighting and sound technology, particularly powerful in the explosive war scenes.

Integral to War Horse isAdrian Sutton's magnificent musical score, entwined with the narrative to convey moods and emotions, ranging from peacetime Devon to tragic war across the English Channel, rendered beautifully by Tim Sutton's orchestra.

Scott Miller is another significant player in this moving story of loyalty, friendship and courage, with his naturalistic portrayal of Albert, from carefree teen to war-weary soldier. Miller succeeds well in depicting Albert's devoted love for Joey.

Songperson Ben Murray's lilting vocals keep us informed of seasons and narrative, and there is a terrific cast of principal performers and ensemble.

But predominantly, the show's stars are the horses, mainly Joey and Topthorn. Historic records reveal one million horses were sent to France between 1914 and 1918, but only 62,000 returned.

Hearty congratulations to the skilled puppet designers and creators,and to the puppeteers for their impeccable timing, movement and teamwork, which brings these forgotten heroes to the stage.

As a production, War Horse showcases impressive theatrical effects, puppetry and fine performances.

Wilfred Owen sums up the show's message in the theatre program: "War Horse is not simply a show or a play about a war, a horse and a boy. It is an anthem for peace and reflects, I think, a universal longing for a world without war".

Until February 8 at The Regent Theatre, Melbourne.

Bookings: warhorseonstage.com.au/ - Review by Cheryl Threadgold

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Local Theatre with Cheryl Threadgold and team SWEAT (PHOTOGRAPHY) ■ Innovative and talented photographer and installation artist Martha Ackroyd Curtis produced the exhibit titled Sweat, at the Meat Market Artspace as part of the Midsumma Festival.

Photographed by Martha, this large scale installation was developed over the past year when she was allowed access to LGBTQIA sporting clubs to photograph club members.

Martha has created a series of six continuous photographic images of martial art exponents which she has printed on an elongated sheet of silk. A darkened, spot-lit room focuses the observer’s eyes on the piece.

Through the lens of her camera the artist would like the images to portray the sense of rhythm of movement and strength of body and mind she witnessed in the presence of both teacher and students.

Alongside creating this folio of work Martha experienced a strong sense of pride in the LGBTIQA community through this very physical and mental form of self-expression.

Whether Martha has succeeded in her quest is in the eye of the beholder. Her photographic skills and ambitious pursuit to steer her audience, by means of visual stimulation, to see the LGBTQIA community in a positive light in a time of attitude shift, is to be admired.

- Sherryn Danaher

SHAKE‘N’BLAKE ■ Terra Incognita presents Shake'n' Blake - The Songs of Innocence and Experience from February 11 - 23 at fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne.

Shake'n'Blake is a configuration of nine of Shakespeare's sonnets played as Innocence, and nine as Experience, interspersed with eight sonnets performed as original songs.

Commentary from WilliamBlake's poetry is followed with Shakespeare's characters displayed as Wisdom.

Performed by Steve Gome, accompanied

by Silas James, under the influence of Wayne Pearn.

Performance Season: February 11 - 23 Preview: Tuesday February 11 Opening: Wednesday, February 12 Ticket Prices: Full $38, Pensioners/FullTime Students/MEAA Members $33, Under 30 $30 Times: 7:30pm Tuesday to Saturday, 5pm Sunday Duration: 60 minutes Venue: fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Box Office: 9662 9966 or www.fortyfivedownstairs.com/wp2016/ event/shake-n-blake/

YOU AND I ■ In the world of theatre many awards are dished out, but few acts deserve their accolades more richly than Casus Circus, who performed You and I to launch the Midsumma Festivalat Gasworks Arts Park in Port Melbourne.

Breathtaking acrobatics and displays of strength, balance and grace set this performance apart - but it is the humour and tenderness in the narrative that blows it into the stratosphere.

You and I is a sensitive and playful love story between two men and if you ever imagined what lovers who happen to work in a circus double-act do on a rainy day - here lies the answer. They muck around, stand on each other’s heads, dress-up, balance on one hand and swing from a trapeze.

The audience is privileged to an intimate series of acts beautifully choreographed with a fluid ease which is utterly mesmerising.

Performers and Casus Circus founding members Jesse Scott and Lachlan McAulay, are the real creative deal. They also directed, and McAulay designed the set, Scott designed sound.

Circus craft abounds and both convey a lightness and agility that makes their amazing skills look so effortless. The domestic everyday setting creates an intimacy and a voyeuristic insight into the love and nature of Mcauley's and Scott's real relationship. ● Continued in right column

HAMLET

‘Gaslight’ by Heidelberg

● From left: Elysia Janssen (Nancy), Liam Gillespie (Jack Manningham) and Clare Benne (Bella Maningham) rehearse Gaslight. Photo: David Belton ■ Heidelberg Theatre Company presents GasThe motherly housekeeper who professes light from February 14 - 29 at 36 Turnham Av- loyalty? The pretty young maid who is very enue, Rosanna, directed by Catherine eager to serve - her master? And which of the Christensen. two men who hold her fate and sanity in their Written by Patrick Hamilton and adapted by hands should she trust?

David Jacklin, Gaslight is set in the dank, cold The charming, oh-so solicitous husband...or of a foggy night in Victoria’s London. the stranger who arrives in the night and unfolds A night where footsteps are muffled by the to her a most extraordinary tale? pea souper on streets where in just a few short Performance Details: February 14 - 29, Matiyears Jack the Ripper will stalk a terrified city. nees February 16, 22, 23 at 2pm The story takes place over a single night, in a Venue: Heidelberg Theatre, 36 Turnham house full of secrets.

Ave., Rosanna A young woman, Bella, keeps a precarious Tickets: $27 Full, $24 Concession, Senior's hold on her sanity. Who will be her allies as the Card Holders and Members, Group of 10+ $22 drama of the night unfolds? per ticket. Bookings: htc.org.au

Latest shows, auditions SHOWS

SHOWS

■ Peridot Theatre Company: Waiting for God (by Michael Aitkens) January 31 - February 15 at Unicorn Theatre, Mt Waverley Secondary College, Lechte Rd., Mt Waverley. Director: Bob Bramble. Bookings: ■ Brighton Theatre Company: Inspector Drake's Last Case (by David Tristram) January 31 - February 15 at the Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Wilson St., Brighton. Director: Gaetano Santo, Jeff Saliba and El Wood. Tickets: $25/$23. Bookings:1300 752 126 www.brightontheatre.com.au ■ Geelong Repertory Theatre Company: The Foreigner (by Larry Shue) February 7 - 22 at the Woodbin Theatre, Coronation St., West Geelong. Director: Scott Beaton. Bookings: Geelong Arts Centre 1300 251 200, or geelongartscentre.org.au ■ Cactus Musicals: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee February 21 - 29 at Clayton Community Centre Theatrette, Cooke St., Clayton. Director/Choreographer: Bronte Regos Thiele; Musical Director: Ned Dixon. Tickets: $30/$24. Bookings: trybooking.com ■ Williamstown Little Theatre: The Last Romance (by Joe DiPietro) February 12 - 29 at 24 Albert St., Williamstown. Director: Keith Hutton. Bookings: www.wlt.org.au or 0447 340 665??

■ Malvern Theatre Company: Crown Matrimonial (by Royce Ryton) February 14 - 29 at 29a Burke Rd., Malvern. Director: Nick Opolski.

Bookings: 1300 131 552, or www.malverntheatre.com.au/book-tickets ■ The Basin Theatre Group: The Death Knell (by James Cawood) February 14 - March 7 at the Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd., The Basin.

Director: Gregor McGibbon. Bookings: www.thebasintheatre.org.au ■ Heidelberg Theatre Company: Gaslight (by Patrick Hamilton adapted by David Jacklin) February 14 - 29 at Heidelberg Theatre, 36

Turnham Ave., Rosanna. Director: Catherine Christensen. Bookings: www.htc.org.au ■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Knickers a Brief Comedy (by Sarah Quick) February 14 29 at Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Barbara Crawford. Bookings: 9587 5141 or www.mordialloctheatre.com

AUDITIONS

■ Gemco Players: Murder on the Puffing Billy Express (an evening of improvisation) Monday, February 17, 7.30pm - 9.30pm at The Gem, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald. For further details contact Sam on gemcoplayers@gmail.com ■ The Basin Theatre Group: Scene from a Separation (by Andrew Bovell and Hannie Rayson) February 18, 23 at 7.30pm at Doongalla Rd., The Basin. Director: Sharon Maine. Audition enquiries: sharonjmaine@gmail.com ■ Malvern Theatre Company: Whose Life Is It Anyway? (by Brian Clark) February 9 at 7.00pm, February 10 at 2.00pm at Malvern Theatre, 29A Burke Rd., Malvern. Director: Deborah Fabbro. Audition enquiries: orbbaf@ozemail.com.au or 0416 141 838.

■ Have You Seen It Productions:Twelve Angry Men (by Reginald Rose) February 15 at 10.00am, February 17 at 7.00pm at 3/21 Stud Rd., Bayswater. Director: Trish Carr. Audition enquiries: info@lightwavezdesign.com.au ■ Peridot Theatre: To Kill a Mockingbird (novel by Harper Lee, dramatised by Christopher Sergel) February 23 at 1.00pm, February 25 at 7.30pm at Unicorn Theatre, Mt Waverley Secondary College, Lechte Rd., Mt Waverley.

Director: Susan Rundle. Enquiries: theatre@psrundle.com ■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG): Popcorn (by Ben Elton) February 25, 26 at 7.30pm at Strathmore Community Theatre, Loeman St., Strathmore. Director: Ashley Weidner. Enquiries: 0412877719 or Ashley.weidner@gmail.com

■ To the Royal Botanic Gardens, or more properly its Observatory Lawn; this time to Hamlet or again, more properly The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark, anAustralian Shakespeare Company production Late December I was to the best production of The Wind In The Willows I have witnessed; and thoroughly enjoyed; from the Australian Shakespeare Company since I started going when my daughter was three;she turned 39 in November.

Back from anthropormorphic pastoral comedy to tragedy. Glenn Elston, producer and for Hamlet ,director, has done a good job with Shakespeare's longest and it is believed. during his lifetime. most popular play and since, his most frequently performed.

The good job started with excellent casting and a non-style that gave us Hamlet without frills and directorial signature, plain and simple and with exception of a deliberately hammed performance of The Death of Gonzaga by the players who it seemed took no notice of Hamlet's excellent advice; “Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you ... Nor do not saw the air too much with your hands, thus, but use all gently ...". Glenn's direction has achieved a balanced and ensemble performance from his cast.

My exception to the above is Emily Goddard's Ophelia. I thought her characterisation did not warrant "Nymph, in thy orisons, be all my sins remembered".

She was the least nymph-like Ophelia I have seen and lacked tender melancholy in her madness, described elsewhere as "the bedraggled hysteria of her unforgiving mad scene".

Understated yet striking performances from Syd Brisbane, whose grave digger was comic without tipping into a version Shakespearean of stand-up; likewise Dion Mills and Matt Connell.

Much was made of Andre de Vanny; the website trumpets " StarringAndre de Vanny", and although his Hamlet was good, someone recently said to me Hamlet "is" whoever plays him”.

- Peter Green

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST ■ Malthouse Theatre presents a Ridiculusmus production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest from February 14 - March 8 at The Merlyn Theatre.

Adapted by Jon Haynes, Jude Kelly and David Woods and starring Jon Haynes and David Woods, Jack and Algy fabricate delicious double lives to escape the straitjacket of social norms and to find the lovers they desire.

This is Wilde’s most celebrated comedy, but in the hands of these two comedic daredevils, they act out every role, tumbling chaotically through impossible character changes.

Yet between the absurd and the theatrics, it is said the beating heart of Wilde’s humanity is exposed.

Previews: February Friday 14, Saturday 15 and Monday 17. Opening Night: Tuesday February 18. Times: Monday – Wednesday at 6.30 pm, Thursday – Saturday at 7.30pm, Sunday at 5.00pm. Tickets: From $35-$69. Bookings: malthousetheatre. com.au

YOU AND I

● Continued from left column Scott’s delightful facial expressions and his state of obvious elation is a joy and adds a marvellous nuance of humour. McAulay is adoring and his petite stature deceives as his strength is shown to equally match that of Scott's.

Relationship themes of togetherness and questions of loneliness within a relationship are touched on.

The soundtrack plays an important part in setting the mood but even the sequences without sound have an emotional intensity.

You and I is an intriguing expose of circus, love and togetherness - probably in that order - that is an absolute joy to watch.

- Reviuew by Beth Klein

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■ The Ink Spots were a popular American singing group in the 1930s and 1940s.

I guess we were using ink pens and blotting paper back then, so the group name was very familiar to the teenagers in those days.

The group formed in the early 1930s as a trio King, Jack and Jester but soon became a group of four.

The original members were Orville ‘Hoppy’ Jones, Ivory ‘Deek’ Watson, Jerry Daniels and Charlie Fuqua.

The members all played instruments - mainly guitar. They changed their name to The Four Ink Spots at the suggestion of the famous bandleader Paul Whitman.

In 1934 they toured the UK with Jack Hylton's orchestra and played the Hippodrome and the London Palladium.

They were reviewed in Melody Maker magazine with the following comments The sensation of the programme is the coloured quartette, the Four Ink Spots.

They sing in a style something between the Mills Brothers and the Three Keys, and accompany themselves on three tenor guitars and a cello - which is not bowed, but picked and slapped like a double bass.

Their natural instinct for hot rhythm is exemplified in their terrific single-string solo work and their beautifully balanced and exquisitely phrased vocalisms.

They exploit all kinds of rhythmic vocalisms -

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straight solos, concerted, scat, and instrumental imitations. They even throw in a bit of dancing to conclude their act, and the leading guitarist simultaneously plays and juggles with his instrument.

The Ink Spots (their new name) first recorded for RCA Records in 1935, but although the group was growing rapidly in popularity their early record releases were not commercially successful.

In 1936 Jerry Daniels left the group and was replaced by Bill Kenny.

Bill introduced a new format with their songs - Bill would sing the first chorus then bass singer ‘Hoppy’ Jones would recite the lyrics and then Bill would sing the final chorus.

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Orville Jones died after collapsing onstage in New York City in 1944 at the age of 42.

In 1954 Bill Kenny officially disbanded The Ink Spots but over the years there have been more than a hundred groups working under their name.

The original members have gone to God bu the music lives on in their recordings and like many of our readers I am a big fan of The Ink Spots.

Kevin Trask Kevin can be heard on 3AW The Time Tunnel - Remember When Sundays at 10.10pm with Philip Brady ● The Ink Spots and Simon Owens.

And on 96.5 FM This proved to be the key to their success That's Entertainment - Sundays with their first major hit If I Didn't Care in 1939. at 12 Noon.

Hit songs included Java Jive, Address Unwww.innerfm.org.au known, When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano, Whispering Grass, I Don't Want ■ Since the Ink Spots disbanded in 1954, To Set The World On Fire and Don't Get Around there have been well over 100 vocal groups Much Anymore. calling themselves "the Ink Spots" without They recorded another two hit songs with any right to the name, and without any origiElla Fitzgerald Into Each Life Some Rain Must nal members of the group.

Fall and I'm Beginning To See The Light.

These groups often have claimed to be The Ink Spots appeared in two films The "second generation" or "third generation" Ink Great Broadcast and the Abbott and Costello Spots. Many such groups are still touring scomedy Pardon My Sarong. A lot of their matetoday. rial can be seen on You Tube these days.

Lawsuits were filed between various As the years went by there was a lot of in groups and there was great confusion as to fighting amongst the group and the line up who actually owned the rights. changed regularly.

‘Double Delicious’ at Abbotsford Convent ■ Double Delicious is being presented as part of Asia TOPA (AsiaPacific Triennial of Performing Arts 2020) at the Abbotsford Convent from February 27 - March 1, offering a taste of the meals that mean everything to five fascinating public figures.

The event is a storytelling and culinary experience from the creators of the 2014 Sydney festival hit, The Serpent's Table.

ContemporaryAsian Australian Performance (CAAP) brings together five storytellers to share the secrets behind the dishes that have proven significant in their lives.

The cast includes Chinese Australian cooking legend Elizabeth Chong, writer and media personality Benjamin Law, Korean cooking instructor Heather Jeong, performing artist Valerie Berry and performer Raghav Handa.

In Double Delicious audiences will have the unique opportunity to taste the story. Bitter and sweet, each story culminates in an authentic recreation of the storyteller's chosen dish.

As a child of restaurateurs, storyteller Benjamin Law has spent a much of his life at the intersection of food and family.

From his debut novel and television series The Family Law, to his documentary series Waltzing the Dragon, Double Delicious seems a natural progression.

For Elizabeth Chong, recently honoured as a Member of the Order of Australia for her services to hospitality and promotion of Chinese cooking in Australia, Double Delicious marks her theatre debut.

Elizabeth shares the story of her rise to celebrity chef stardom, long before the current fascination for TV food shows, and the surprising origins of one of her most iconic dishes.

Double Delicious is directed by Darren Yap, co-director of The Serpent’s Table, who relishes the opportunity to further explore and expand the possibilities of this enduring food and theatre concept.

Event Dates: February 27 - March 1 Venue: Abbotsford Convent. Tickets: via the Asia TOPA and Abbotsford Convent websites.

Fidelio

■ Melbourne Opera presents

Theatre

Cheryl Threadgold Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio to celebrate the 250th anniversary of his birth, conducted by Anthony Negus, until February 13 at The Athenaeum Theatre, Collins St, Melbourne.

Inspired by an actual incident from the French Revolution, Fidelio tells the tale of a woman who dresses as a male prison guard to free her incarcerated husband. Sung in German with English surtitles, the opera touches on themes of freedom, fidelity and integrity melded with some of Beethoven’s finest and rarely performed music.

“The composition of Fidelio, his only opera, caused Beethoven much trouble, but he lavished all his love, care and genius upon its creation, and it remains a landmark and one of the great testaments to true humanity, expressed as only he could express it,” says Anthony Negus.

An all-star cast has been assembled under the direction of veteran Hugh Halliday (OperaAustralia, English National Opera and countless other esteemed companies), featuring Kirstin Sharpin as Leonora, Australian international stars Warwick Fyfe and Bradley Daley as Pizarro and Florestan respectively with 2018 Herald Sun Aria winner Rebecca Rashleigh as Marzelline.

Helpmann Award-winning singer, Warwick Fyfe, is considered one of Australia’s finest international baritones. Recent appearances include

three principal roles with Opera Australia, Alberich (Das Rheingold) for the Japan Philharmonic and Tianjin Symphony Orchestras and Peter (Hansel and Gretel) in Singapore, as well as two operas performed with the Finnish National Opera.

Fresh from performing the title role in Libuše (Smetana) at the Bloomsbury Theatre with University College London Opera, dramatic soprano Kirstin Sharpin will tackle the lead role of Leonora, who disguises herself as Fidelio.

Acclaimed tenor, Bradley Daley has won both critical and popular praise for some of opera’s most expansive tenor roles – Siegfried, Der Kaiser, Otello, Florestan, Canio, Don José and Erik. Most notable have been his interpretations of Mao Tsetung (Nixon in China) and the tenor solos in The Dream of Gerontius.

Rising soprano Rebecca Rashleigh is returning to Melbourne Opera following her celebrated supporting role as Clotilde in Norma in 2019, along with the acclaimed Melbourne Opera Chorus and Orchestra.

Director Hugh Halliday has dedicated this production to late lighting designer Scott Allan, who designed the first staging of Melbourne Opera’s Fidelio in 2013. Scott’s assistant lighting designer, Travis McFarlane, will light this production with Scott’s original design.

Melbourne Opera receives no government funding, and stages four or five main productions each year. In addition to Fidelio, 2020 will see the company produce Wagner’s Das Rheingold, Verdi’s Macbeth, Kurt Weill’s The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and The Marriage of Figaro, the latter featuring members of the Richard Divall Emerging Artists Programme.

The company will also present a Gala Extravaganza, to celebrate the opening of Ian Potter Queen’s Hall on February 19, hosted by Melbourne Opera’s founding patron Lady Potter.

Melbourne Opera will also be touring the performance to Bendigo on February 23.

Tickets are on sale now via Ticketek or (03) 9650 1500. www.melbourneopera.com - Cheryl Threadgold

OK. With John O’Keefe D-Day is March 10

■ The continued success, or otherwise of 3AW is in the eardrums of their loyal listeners. Many became fed up with the changes and moved on to other stations. The first survey for 2020 is due out March 10 and surprises are guaranteed. Gone are most of the freelancers who added spark to the station before the new Sydney chiefs cut a swath through the talent that once took AW to the top in survey after survey. Breakfast with Ross and John will continue to reign supreme until John Burns retires mid-year. A replacement is yet to be found.

10CC to sing to the animals

■ Original members of British art rock band 10 CC will tour Australia and are booked to rock Melbourne Zoo in a twilight concert on February 21.

Nice little earner

■ Despite missing the Aussie Open, 20-year-old local tennis champ, Alex de Minaur has pocketed $1 million, or more in appearances in TV spots produced especially for the AO telecasts. Sponsors including Uber Eats, La Vazaar coffee and Swisse have shelled out big bucks to have the Demon spruik their brand – and his career is only just beginning.

AO is becoming a mini-equivalent to the Yankee Super Bowl with advertisers trying to outdo each other with production budgets and creative ideas.

Like father, like son

■ Rod Stewart and his son Sean allegedly got into a dust-up last New Year’s Eve with a security guard in Florida. The security guard came off second best and is pressing charges with court hearing scheduled for a Florida court.

If found guilty either, or both the Stewarts could face a year in the clink.

Watch police reports.

Melbourne icon closes

■ Way back when in 1983 a brand new venue was born – Polyester Records of Fitzroy. If only the walls could talk as their vinyl journey has survived onslaughts by the CD, I Pod and Napster . Polyester Records, and associated bar, Crazy Arms, are having last drinks in March after 37 years.

Coming to town

■ We are fortunate that Kevin McCloud of Grand Designs, the prime time show on Aunty is coming to town for a one night stand, The World According to Kevin McCloud.

Apart from being an award-winning TV presenter he has a fascinating history.

His Dad was a rocket scientist, Kevin studied opera singing and for kicks he is a balloonist. Get close up and personal – no hard hats, please - when Kevin struts his stuff February 16, Hamer Hall.

Did you ever?

■ See anything like the fancy pants Nick Kyrgios wore on court at the Australian Open?

- John O’Keefe

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Movies, DVDs with Jim Sherlock, Aaron Rourke What’s Hot and What’s Not in Blu-Rays and DVDs FILM: ONCE UPON A TIME ... IN HOLLYWOOD: Genre: Comedy/Drama.

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Dakota Fanning, Luke Perry, Al Pacino, Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Bruce Dern, Jame Remar, Brenda Vaccaro, Clu Gulager.

Year: 2019.

Rating: MA15+ Length: 161 Minutes.

Stars: **** Verdict: A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.

This 9th film from writer-director Quentin Tarantino is a dizzying and spellbinding psychedelic multi-layered kaleidoscopic mosaic of late 1960s pop culture history of a time and a place, an ambitious, funny, beautiful, brutal, and surprisingly poignant journey with endlessly joyful echoes of movie references driven by a big idiosyncratic beating heart unlike anything else seen on screens before.

The cast generate tremendous electricity, Leonardo DiCaprio as fading TV star Rick Dalton, Brad Pitt as his long-time stunt double Cliff Booth and Margot Robbie in a haunting and inspired performance as Sharon Tate, all the cast, big and small, are all equally effective in creating a tremendously colourful, rich and darkly foreboding tapestry and statement in the twilight time of a fading industry and a decade of unparalleled cultural significance.

Minor flaws include being long in parts, however, aiding Tarantino's sparkling screenplay and respectfully taut direction are multi Oscar winning Robert Richardson's spellbinding cinematography, along with eye-popping Production Design, Costume Design and Set Decoration, all totally in tune with a unique vision, ultimately creating a highly original, powerful, sensitive, exhilarating, funny, stirring and evocative valentine to the movies that is sure infuse much debate and discussion long after it's over.

FILM: JUDY: Genre: Biography/Drama.

Cast: Renee Zellweger, Jesse Buckley, Finn Wittrock, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon.

Year: 2019.

Rating: M. Length: 118 Minutes.

Stars: **** Review: Biographical drama of legendary performer Judy Garland who arrives in London to perform a series of sold-out concerts in 1969, while struggling to come to terms with depression, financial struggles, alcoholism and substance abuse.

Supremely woven, multi-textured tapestry on the final weeks of one the of true greats of 20th Century entertainment sparkles to vibrant soul-searching life thanks to Oscar winner Renee Zellweger as the legendary Judy Garland, a startling and enthralling bravura performance of impassioned emotional grip, right down to the subtle nuances of Garland, that oozes off the screen with affection and authority, holding court with an almost demonic charisma.

Based on the play "End of the Rainbow" by Peter Quilter, directed by Rupert Goold and written for the screen by Tom Edge, the fine supporting cast includes Finn Wittrock as her final husband Mickey Deans, Rufus Sewell as former husband Sidney Luft, Michael Gambon as promoter Bernard Delfont, Jessie Buckley as her London aid or assistant, Richard Cordery as Louis B. Mayer, Bella Ramsey as Lorna Luft, and John Dagleish as Lonnie Donegan.

Sprinkled with flashbacks to her early MGM 'Wizard of Oz' days and studio head Louis B. Mayor, Renee Zellweger, like Judy Garland, is commanding for every moment of her screen time, a dark, melancholic, bittersweet, heartfelt and respectfully nonjudgmental journey to the final curtain that is as much a celebration of an extraordinarily gifted person albeit through a troubled existence, a "mustsee" for Judy Garland and Renee Zellweger fans, and for fans yet to be, it is rich with discovery through tragedy, all of whom will wish they could reach through the screen and steer her life on to another direction.

FILM: GEMINI MAN: Genre: Action/Drama/Sci-Fi. Cast: Will Smith, Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen.

Year: 2019.

Rating: PG. Length: 117 Minutes.

Stars: *½ Review: An aging government assassin seeking to exit his career, finds himself going up against a younger clone of himself who's able to predict his every move, and now must uncover the truth behind his creation and save him from going down the same dark path he did, all while fighting against a corrupt system determined to "retire" him at all costs.

- James Sherlock

Rourke’s Reviews 2020 Oscars ■ Wow, how time flies. Christmas and New Year have passed, and here we are again ready to indulge in another 12 months of movie-going, where hopefully there will be another batch of cinematic gold.

The Awards season is in fullgear, with films such as 1917, Once Upon A Time In…Hollywood, and my personal favourite of the bunch, Parasite, garnering multiple nominations.

This year will definitely be known more for what was ignored than what was rewarded, with a startling number of terrific films overlooked for reasons unknown, including Uncut Gems, A Hidden Life, Waves, The Lighthouse, Dark Waters, Luce, A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood, Atlantics, Dolemite Is My Name, Queen & Slim, Booksmart, Monos, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and Children Of The Sea. I've reviewed the Best Film nominees, and provided my picks of who may win in the major categories. The Oscars will air on Monday February 10.

Best Picture Nominees.

Ford vs Ferrari. 152 minutes. ****. 4 nominations.

James Mangold's big, vibrant, hugely entertaining drama is expertly crafted and totally involving.

Nominated for Best Film, but strangely nothing in other major categories, most notably Supporting Actor, where Christian Bale should have received recognition for his superb performance.

The Irishman. 210 minutes. ****. 10 nominations.

Solid, compelling crime drama from legendary director Martin Scorsese feels somewhat incomplete, despite its mammoth running time, with myriad supporting characters frustratingly underwritten, muting the growingly melancholic story's overall impact.

JoJo Rabbit. 109 minutes. **•.

6 nominations.

Provocative material is treated in a disappointingly cautious manner by director Taika Waititi, who unfortunately pulls his punches too often. Some good performances and funny moments help, but it comes across too much like a missed opportunity.

Joker (MA). 122 minutes. **.

11 nominations.

The worst film of the bunch oddly receives the most nominations. Superficial and simplistic, this derivative, predictable comic book adaptation misses its intriguing mark by a mile, with only Joaquin Phoenix's incredible performance to recommend it.

Little Women (G). 135 minutes. ****½. 6 nominations.

Beautifully transformative adaptation is respectful of both the source

material and its author. Like the best versions of this oft-filmed story (1933 and 1994 are the high points), this passionately sends a positive message to a new generation of young women.

Greta Gerwig was unlucky not to be nominated for Best Director.

Marriage Story (M). 137 minutes. ****. 6 nominations.

Richly textured look at divorce, based on director Noah Baumbach's own experiences, is filled with outstanding performances.

Influenced by the films of Ingmar Bergman, as well as the 1979 Oscar winner Kramer vs Kramer.

1917 (MA). 119 minutes. **½.

10 nominations.

Sam Mendes allows technical wizardry to take centre stage in this WWI drama, letting his undernourished script to turn this potentially heart wrenching war epic into an emotionally hollow experience.

Feels like the third act of Peter Weir's Gallipoli stretched out to two hours.

Once Upon A Time In …Hollywood (MA). 161 minutes. ***. 10 nominations.

Quentin Tarantino's magic carpet ride of Tinseltown problematically avoids its darkest problems, viewing Hollywood through rosecoloured glasses.

Uncomfortable misogyny, odd moments of racism, a totally wrongheaded finale, and some notable self-indulgence undercut what is mostly immensely entertaining viewing.

The two stars are wonderful, and the period recreation is astounding.

Parasite (MA). 132 minutes. ****½. 6 nominations.

My favourite film for 2019 has been thankfully recognised by the Academy.

It is a shoo-in for Best International Feature Film, but this intelligent blend of satirical social commentary and home invasion thriller deserves to win so much more.

Predictions - Best Film - 1917; Director - Bong Joon-ho (Parasite); Actor - Joaquin Phoenix (Joker); Actress - Renee Zellweger (Judy); Supporting Actor - Brad Pitt (Once Upon A Time …); Supporting Actress - Laura Dern (Marriage Story); Adapted Screenplay - Greta Gerwig (Little Women); Original Screenplay - Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon A Time …); Animated Film - Toy Story 4 (though I'd love to see I Lost My Body win).

Hoping that In The Absence wins Best Documentary Short Subject.

- Aaron Rourke

Top 10 Lists FEBRUARY 2-8 THE AUSTRALIAN BOX OFFICE TOP TEN: 1. BAD BOYS FOR LIFE. 2. DOLITTLE. 3. 1917.

4. JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL. 5. BOMBSHELL. 6. A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 7. LIKE A BOSS. 8. LITTLE WOMEN. 9. THE GENTLEMEN. 10. JUST MERCY. NEW RELEASES AND COMING SOON TO CINEMAS AROUND AUSTRALIA: JANUARY 30: A HIDDEN LIFE, MIDWAY, THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON, SEBERG, THE GRUDGE. FEBRUARY 6: BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN), COLOR OUT OF SPACE, FOR SAMA, H IS FOR HAPPINESS, THE LIGHTHOUSE. THE DVD AND BLU-RAY TOP RENTALS & SALES: 1. JOKER [Crime/Thriller/Drama/Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro].

2. READY OR NOT [Mystery/Comedy/Horror/Samara Weaving, Adam Brody].

3. HUSTLERS [Crime/Comedy/Drama/Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu].

4. 7 METRES DOWN: UNCAGED [Horror/ Adventure/Sophie Nelisse, Corinne Foxx].

5. MALEFICENT: Mistress of Evil [Angelina Jolie, Michelle Pfeiffer].

6. GEMINI MAN [Sci-Fi/Action/Will Smith, Clive Owen, Mary Elizabeth Winstead].

7. JUDY [Biography/Drama/Renee Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Michael Gambon].

8. ZOMBIELAND: Double Tap [Horror/Comedy/Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone].

9. RIDE LIKE A GIRL [Biography/Drama/ Teresa Palmer, Sam Neill].

Also: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, DOWNTON ABBEY The Movie, LITTLE MONSTERS, RAMBO LAST BLOOD, AD ASTRA, BERLIN-I LOVE YOU, THE BEACH BUM, ABOMINABLE, THE GOLDFINCH, HOBBS & SHAW. NEW HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: EMU RUNNER [Family/Drama/Wayne Blair, Rhae-Kye Waites].

OUT OF BLUE [Crime/Drama/Jacki Weaver, James Caan, Toby Jones].

DVD AND/OR BLU-RAY NEW & RE-RELEASE CLASSIC MOVIES HIGHLIGHTS: THE RUNNING MAN [Sci-Fi/Action/Arnold Schwarzenegger, Yaphet Kotto].

NEW RELEASE TELEVISION, DOCUMENTARY AND MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS: TWIN: Series 1.

SECRETS IN THE SKY: The Untold Story of Skunk Works.

LOST GOLD OF WWII. - James Sherlock

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Catching up with a great mate’s wines

By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au

Debra and Dion ■ Debra Byrne and Dion Hirini wowed the Bunjil Place Theatre in early January with an intimate and up-close performance.

The duo’s show will be repeated throughout 2020 at different venues.

It was an entertaining evening that received two encores and comes highly recommended.

Canadian Bay Club

■ Mt Eliza Canadian Bay Club raised an impressive $7720 at their Australia Day Bushfire Relief Fundraiser.

Included in that total was $400 that was donated directly to the Mt.Eliza CFA. Further donations went to the Foundation for Regional and Rural Renewal, a notfor-profit foundation rebuilding regional and rural communities that were ravaged by fires.

Wildlife Victoria also received funds for shelters and carers to rebuild enclosures and equipment that has been lost in the fires.

A day of family fun, musical entertainment and the best Bogan competition all contributed to a very successful event.

VM Showband

■ The David McCall Van Morrison tribute band will rock Eddies Band Room, Moorabbin, on February 15.

The Born To Sing show promises an outstanding performance of Van Morrison's hits and classics.

Bookings at trybooking.com - Rob Foenander

■ I've long been a fan of Lillypilly's Robert Fiumara - I guess since I met him at Wagga when both of us were enrolled as wine-science students in what was then the Riverina College of Advanced Education.

I particularly enjoyed the academic challange he threw out and admired his family's drive in making a success of their Leeton supermarket business, which was expanded to include a vineyard and winery when Robert's passions were revealed.

And he didn't let them down, winning a trophy and gold medal at the 1983 Royal Sydney Wine Show with his first wine, a 1982 dry white blended from traminer and semillon.

Robert showed his business acumen by immediately registering the name Tramillon. The unique blend remains a mainstay of winery sales.

He made a botrytised sweet wine in 1984 and was the first in the Riverina to label these wines as 'Noble', the inference that he is copying others in doing so still sticking in his craw.

His sweet wines often depend on sauvignon blanc rather than semiilon and so have a livelier zing to them, but he'll use the blend that gives the best wine in any vintage, and he stresses that getting the fungus in a particular variety in a particular vintage is largely a matter of chance.

Lillypilly really made its mark with its sauvignon-blanc-dominant 2002 Noble Blend which won 30 gold medals and 26 trophies.

"It came out on top just about everywhere it was entered," said Robert.

These days the once-four-strong list of stickies has been trimmed to two, with those currently available being the Lillypilly Estate 2016 Noble Harvest, a blend of semillon, sauvignon blanc and vermentino, and Lillypilly Estate 2017 Noble Blend, made from sauvignon blanc and muscat, and which already has three trophies to its name.

WINE REVIEWS Lillypilly Estate 2018 Vermentino ($18): The more I taste of dry white made from this naturally acidic Italian variety the more convinced I am of its major role in the Australian wine industry, especially in hot climates such as the Riverina's.

This example features delightful palate-cleansing flavours of citrus and green apples, great length, and remarkable crunchiness.

The acidity will cut through white-sauced pasta but I prefer it with a plate of fresh oysters.

Lillypilly Estate NV Fiumara 7 Angelo Blend ($26.50/375ml): This lovely fortified wine is blended from various vintages, with some of the base wine dating back 33 years.

The name commemorates the seven brothers who continued the work started in Australia by Italian

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● Robert Fiumara migrants Pasquale and Angela Sauvignon in his book The Small Fiumara. This release is dedicated Wineries of Australia: "A remarkable wine, the successful result of to their second son Angelo.

Its smooth, spicy flavours are some courageous experimentabest enjoyed after a good meal with tion."

The variety may come from some excellent company.

Foodwise, just sit back and relax. Italy rather than from France but I If you must, serve a plate of wal- can say the same about this totally unwooded dry red from Robert nuts.

Fiumara.

WINE OF THE WEEK It's freshly flavoured and vibrant, Lillypilly Estate 2019 Barbera ($19.50): Many years ago, wine dependant totally on pristine fruit scribe Robin Bradley had some flavour totally uncluttered by oak very kind words about the and just waiting for a slice of pizza Amberton 1980 Bin 1 Cabernet from your favourite bistro.

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Crossword Solution No 38 J U V E N I O Y E E U C A L Y A O R S A L I N E L L E I M P L O R A W I I N V I T E A L S S C U L P T W S A E V E N T F D R D I N C L I N S A O H E R E T I R M T O N S P E C I T H R E T Y P E E E A S I D E A S N T H C H E Y D A Y X H E S P R A I N E B A E L L I P S X E R P L A C E B A R V N O N F A T D E I S H R I L L O N E I M P E A C E X H B R O A D E U C R U N I T E S N N V M A D W O M E I K T R A P E Z

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4. “There’ll Always be an England”.

3. “My Heart Belongs to Daddy”.

2. “Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat”.

1. Anything by Queen.

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Bleak House - by Charles Dickens I may wish to be informed of that before I dose myself with either or with both. Now, my young friends, what is this Terewth then? Firstly (in a spirit of love), what is the common sort of Terewth — the working clothes — the everyday wear, my young friends? Is it deception?”

“Ah — h!” from Mrs. Snagsby.

“Is it suppression?”

A shiver in the negative from Mrs. Snagsby.

“Is it reservation?”

A shake of the head from Mrs. Snagsby — very long and very tight.

“No, my friends, it is neither of these. Neither of these names belongs to it. When this young heathen now among us — who is now, my friends, asleep, the seal of indifference and perdition being set upon his eyelids; but do not wake him, for it is right that I should have to wrestle, and to combat and to struggle, and to conquer, for his sake — when this young hardened heathen told us a story of a cock, and of a bull, and of a lady, and of a sovereign, was THAT the Terewth?

No. Or if it was partly, was it wholly and entirely? No, my friends, no!”

If Mr. Snagsby could withstand his little woman’s look as it enters at his eyes, the windows of his soul, and searches the whole tenement, he were other than the man he is. He cowers and droops.

“Or, my juvenile friends,” says Chadband, descending to the level of their comprehension with a very obtrusive demonstration in his greasily meek smile of coming a long way downstairs for the purpose, “if the master of this house was to go forth into the city and there see an eel, and was to come back, and was to call unto him the mistress of this house, and was to say, ‘Sarah, rejoice with me, for I have seen an elephant!’ would THAT be Terewth?”

Mrs. Snagsby in tears.

“Or put it, my juvenile friends, that he saw an elephant, and returning said ‘Lo, the city is barren, I have seen but an eel,’ would THAT be Terewth?”

Mrs. Snagsby sobbing loudly.

“Or put it, my juvenile friends,” said Chadband, stimulated by the sound, “that the unnatural parents of this slumbering heathen — for parents he had, my juvenile friends, beyond a doubt — after casting him forth to the wolves and the vultures, and the wild dogs and the young gazelles, and the serpents, went back to their dwellings and had their pipes, and their pots, and their flutings and their dancings, and their malt liquors, and their butcher’s meat and poultry, would THAT be Terewth?”

Mrs. Snagsby replies by delivering herself a prey to spasms, not an unresisting prey, but a crying and a tearing one, so that Cook’s Court re-echoes with her shrieks. Finally, becoming cataleptic, she has to be carried up the narrow staircase like a grand piano. After unspeakable suffering, productive of the utmost consternation, she is pronounced, by expresses from the bedroom, free from pain, though much exhausted, in which state of affairs Mr. Snagsby, trampled and crushed in the piano-forte removal, and extremely timid and feeble, ventures to come out from behind the door in the drawing-room.

All this time Jo has been standing on the spot where he woke up, ever picking his cap and putting bits of fur in his mouth. He spits them out with a remorseful air, for he feels that it is in his nature to be an unimprovable reprobate and that it’s no good HIS trying to keep awake, for HE won’t never know nothink. Though it may be, Jo, that there is a history so interesting and affecting even to minds as near the brutes as thine, recording deeds done on this earth for common men, that if the Chadbands, removing their own persons from the light, would but show it thee in simple reverence, would but leave it unimproved, would but regard it as being eloquent enough without their modest aid — it might hold thee awake, and thou might learn from it yet!

Jo never heard of any such book. Its compilers and the Reverend Chadband are all one to him, except that he knows the Reverend Chadband and would rather run away from him for an hour than hear him talk for five minutes. “It an’t no good my waiting here no longer,” thinks Jo. “Mr. Snagsby an’t a-going to say nothink to me tonight.” And downstairs he shuffles.

Charles Dickens But downstairs is the charitable Guster, holding by the handrail of the kitchen stairs and warding off a fit, as yet doubtfully, the same having been induced by Mrs. Snagsby’s screaming. She has her own supper of bread and cheese to hand to Jo, with whom she ventures to interchange a word or so for the first time.

“Here’s something to eat, poor boy,” says Guster.

“Thank’ee, mum,” says Jo. “Are you hungry?”

“Jist!” says Jo. “What’s gone of your father and your mother, eh?”

Jo stops in the middle of a bite and looks petrified. For this orphan charge of the Christian saint whose shrine was at Tooting has patted him on the shoulder, and it is the first time in his life that any decent hand has been so laid upon him.

“I never know’d nothink about ’em,” says Jo. “No more didn’t I of mine,” cries Guster. She is repressing symptoms favourable to the fit when she seems to take alarm at something and vanishes down the stairs.

“Jo,” whispers the law-stationer softly as the boy lingers on the step.

“Here I am, Mr. Snagsby!”

“I didn’t know you were gone — there’s another half-crown, Jo. It was quite right of you to say nothing about the lady the other night when we were out together. It would breed trouble.

You can’t be too quiet, Jo.” “I am fly, master!”

And so, good night.

A ghostly shade, frilled and night-capped, follows the law-stationer to the room he came from and glides higher up. And henceforth he begins, go where he will, to be attended by another

shadow than his own, hardly less constant than his own, hardly less quiet than his own.And into whatsoever atmosphere of secrecy his own shadow may pass, let all concerned in the secrecy beware! For the watchful Mrs. Snagsby is there too — bone of his bone, flesh of his flesh, shadow of his shadow.

CHAPTERXXVI Sharpshooters Wintry morning, looking with dull eyes and sallow face upon the neighbourhood of Leicester Square, finds its inhabitants unwilling to get out of bed. Many of them are not early risers at the brightest of times, being birds of night who roost when the sun is high and are wide awake and keen for prey when the stars shine out. Behind dingy blind and curtain, in upper story and garret, skulking more or less under false names, false hair, false titles, false jewellery, and false histories, a colony of brigands lie in their first sleep.

Gentlemen of the green-baize road who could discourse from personal experience of foreign galleys and home treadmills; spies of strong governments that eternally quake with weakness and miserable fear, broken traitors, cowards, bullies, gamesters, shufflers, swindlers, and false witnesses; some not unmarked by the branding-iron beneath their dirty braid; all with more cruelty in them than was in Nero, and more crime than is in Newgate. For howsoever bad the devil can be in fustian or smock-frock (and he can be very bad in both), he is a more designing, callous, and intolerable devil when he sticks a pin in his shirt-front, calls himself a gentleman, backs a card or olour, plays a game or so of billiards, and knows a little about bills and promissory notes than in any other form he

wears. And in such form Mr. Bucket shall find him, when he will, still pervading the tributary channels of Leicester Square.

But the wintry morning wants him not and wakes him not. It wakes Mr. George of the shooting gallery and his familiar. They arise, roll up and stow away their mattresses. Mr. George, having shaved himself before a looking-glass of minute proportions, then marches out, bare-headed and bare-chested, to the pump in the little yard and anon comes back shining with yellow soap, friction, drifting rain, and exceedingly cold water.

As he rubs himself upon a large jack-towel, blowing like a military sort of diver just come up, his hair curling tighter and tighter on his sunburnt temples the more he rubs it so that it looks as if it never could be loosened by any less coercive instrument than an iron rake or a curry-comb-as he rubs, and puffs, and polishes, and blows, turning his head from side to side the more conveniently to excoriate his throat, and standing with his body well bent forward to keep the wet from his martial legs, Phil, on his knees lighting a fire, looks round as if it were enough washing for him to see all that done, and sufficient renovation for one day to take in the superfluous health his master throws off.

When Mr. George is dry, he goes to work to brush his head with two hard brushes at once, to that unmerciful degree that Phil, shouldering his way round the gallery in the act of sweeping it, winks with sympathy. This chafing over, the ornamental part of Mr. George's toilet is soon performed. He fills his pipe, lights it, and marches up and down smoking, as his custom is, while Phil, raising a powerful odour of hot rolls and coffee, prepares breakfast. He smokes gravely and marches in slow time. Perhaps this morning's pipe is devoted to the memory of Gridley in his grave.

"And so, Phil," says George of the shooting gallery after several turns in silence, "you were dreaming of the country last night?"

Phil, by the by, said as much in a tone of surprise as he scrambled out of bed.

"Yes, guv'ner."

"What was it like?"

"I hardly know what it was like, guv'ner," said Phil, considering.

"How did you know it was the country?"

"On account of the grass, I think. And the swans upon it," says Phil after further consideration.

"What were the swans doing on the grass?"

"They was a-eating of it, I expect," says Phil.

The master resumes his march, and the man resumes his preparation of breakfast. It is not necessarily a lengthened preparation, being limited to the setting forth of very simple breakfast requisites for two and the broiling of a rasher of bacon at the fire in the rusty grate; but as Phil has to sidle round a considerable part of the gallery for every object he wants, and never brings two objects at once, it takes time under the circumstances. At length the breakfast is ready.

Phil announcing it, Mr. George knocks the ashes out of his pipe on the hob, stands his pipe itself in the chimney corner, and sits down to the meal.

When he has helped himself, Phil follows suit, sitting at the extreme end of the little oblong table and taking his plate on his knees. Either in humility, or to hide his blackened hands, or because it is his natural manner of eating.

"The country," says Mr. George, plying his knife and fork; "why, I suppose you never clapped your eyes on the country, Phil?"

"I see the marshes once," says Phil, contentedly eating his breakfast.

"What marshes?"

"THE marshes, commander," returns Phil.

"Where are they?"

"I don't know where they are," says Phil; "but I see 'em, guv'ner. They was flat. And miste."

Governor and commander are interchangeable terms with Phil, expressive of the same respect and deference and applicable to nobody but Mr. George.

"I was born in the country, Phil."

"Was you indeed, commander?"

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"There's not a bird's note that I don't know," says Mr. George. "Not many an English leaf or berry that I couldn't name. Not many a tree that I couldn't climb yet if I was put to it. I was a real country boy, once. My good mother lived in the country."

"She must have been a fine old lady, guv'ner," Phil observes.

"Aye! And not so old either, five and thirty years ago," says Mr. George. "But I'll wager that at ninety she would be near as upright as me, and near as broad across the shoulders."

"Did she die at ninety, guv'ner?" inquires Phil.

"No. Bosh! Let her rest in peace, God bless her!" says the trooper. "What set me on about country boys, and runaways, and good-for-nothings? You, to be sure! So you never clapped your eyes upon the country--marshes and dreams excepted. Eh?" Phil shakes his head.

"Do you want to see it?"

"N-no, I don't know as I do, particular," says Phil.

"The town's enough for you, eh?"

"Why, you see, commander," says Phil, "I ain't acquainted with anythink else, and I doubt if I ain't a-getting too old to take to novelties."

"How old ARE you, Phil?" asks the trooper, pausing as he conveys his smoking saucer to his lips.

"I'm something with a eight in it," says Phil. "It can't be eighty. Nor yet eighteen. It's betwixt 'em, somewheres."

Mr. George, slowly putting down his saucer without tasting its contents, is laughingly beginning, "Why, what the deuce, Phil—" when he stops, seeing that Phil is counting on his dirty fingers.

"I was just eight," says Phil, "agreeable to the parish calculation, when I went with the tinker. I was sent on a errand, and I see him a-sittin under a old buildin with a fire all to himself wery comfortable, and he says, 'Would you like to come along a me, my man?' I says 'Yes,' and him and me and the fire goes home to Clerkenwell together. That was April Fool Day. I was able to count up to ten; and when April Fool Day come round again, I says to myself, 'Now, old chap, you're one and a eight in it.'

April Fool Day after that, I says, 'Now, old chap, you're two and a eight in it.' In course of time, I come to ten and a eight in it; two tens and a eight in it. When it got so high, it got the upper hand of me, but this is how I always know there's a eight in it."

"Ah!" says Mr. George, resuming his breakfast.

"And where's the tinker?"

"Drink put him in the hospital, guv'ner, and the hospital put him—in a glass-case, I HAVE heerd," Phil replies mysteriously.

"By that means you got promotion? Took the business, Phil?"

"Yes, commander, I took the business. Such as it was. It wasn't much of a beat—round Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Clerkenwell, Smiffeld, and there—poor neighbourhood, where they uses up the kettles till they're past mending. Most of the tramping tinkers used to come and lodge at our place; that was the best part of my master's earnings. But they didn't come to me. I warn't like him. He could sing 'em a good song. I couldn't!

He could play 'em a tune on any sort of pot you please, so as it was iron or block tin. I never could do nothing with a pot but mend it or bile it—never had a note of music in me. Besides, I was too ill-looking, and their wives complained of me."

"They were mighty particular. You would pass muster in a crowd, Phil!" says the trooper with a pleasant smile.

"No, guv'ner," returns Phil, shaking his head.

"No, I shouldn't. I was passable enough when I went with the tinker, though nothing to boast of then; but what with blowing the fire with my mouth when I was young, and spileing my complexion, and singeing my hair off, and swallering the smoke, and what with being nat'rally unfort'nate in the way of running against hot metal and marking myself by sich means, and what with having turn-ups with the tinker as I got older, almost whenever he was too far gone in drink—which was almost always—my beauty was queer, wery queer, even at that time. As to since, what with a dozen years in a dark forge where the men was given to larking, and what with being scorched in a accident at a gas-works,

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and what with being blowed out of winder casefilling at the firework business, I am ugly enough to be made a show on!"

Resigning himself to which condition with a perfectly satisfied manner, Phil begs the favour of another cup of coffee. While drinking it, he says, "It was after the case-filling blow-up when I first see you, commander. You remember?"

"I remember, Phil. You were walking along in the sun."

"Crawling, guv'ner, again a wall—" "True, Phil—shouldering your way on—" "In a night-cap!" exclaims Phil, excited.

"In a night-cap—" "And hobbling with a couple of sticks!" cries Phil, still more excited.

"With a couple of sticks. When—" "When you stops, you know," cries Phil, putting down his cup and saucer and hastily removing his plate from his knees, "and says to me, 'What, comrade! You have been in the wars!' I didn't say much to you, commander, then, for I was took by surprise that a person so strong and healthy and bold as you was should stop to speak to such a limping bag of bones as I was. But you says to me, says you, delivering it out of your chest as hearty as possible, so that it was like a glass of something hot, 'What accident have you met with? You have been badly hurt. What's amiss, old boy? Cheer up, and tell us about it!'

Cheer up! I was cheered already! I says as much to you, you says more to me, I says more to you, you says more to me, and here I am, commander! Here I am, commander!" cries Phil, who has started from his chair and unaccountably begun to sidle away. "If a mark's wanted, or if it will improve the business, let the customers take aim at me. They can't spoil MY beauty.

I'M all right. Come on! If they want a man to box at, let 'em box at me. Let 'em knock me well about the head. I don't mind. If they want a light-weight to be throwed for practice, Cornwall, Devonshire, or Lancashire, let 'em throw me.

They won't hurt ME. I have been throwed, all sorts of styles, all my life!"

With this unexpected speech, energetically delivered and accompanied by action illustrative of the various exercises referred to, Phil Squod shoulders his way round three sides of the gallery, and abruptly tacking off at his commander, makes a butt at him with his head, intended to express devotion to his service. He then begins to clear away the breakfast.

Mr. George, after laughing cheerfully and clapping him on the shoulder, assists in these arrangements and helps to get the gallery into business order. That done, he takes a turn at the dumb-bells, and afterwards weighing himself and opining that he is getting "too fleshy," engages with great gravity in solitary broadsword practice. Meanwhile Phil has fallen to work at his usual table, where he screws and unscrews, and cleans, and files, and whistles into small apertures, and blackens himself more and more, and seems to do and undo everything that can be done and undone about a gun.

Master and man are at length disturbed by footsteps in the passage, where they make an unusual sound, denoting the arrival of unusual company. These steps, advancing nearer and nearer to the gallery, bring into it a group at first sight scarcely reconcilable with any day in the year but the fifth of November.

It consists of a limp and ugly figure carried in a chair by two bearers and attended by a lean female with a face like a pinched mask, who might be expected immediately to recite the popular verses commemorative of the time when they did contrive to blow Old England up alive but for her keeping her lips tightly and defiantly closed as the chair is put down. At which point the figure in it gasping, "O Lord! Oh, dear me! I am shaken!" adds, "How de do, my dear friend, how de do?" Mr. George then descries, in the procession, the venerable Mr. Smallweed out for an airing, attended by his granddaughter Judy as body-guard.

"Mr. George, my dear friend," says Grandfather Smallweed, removing his right arm from the neck of one of his bearers, whom he has nearly throttled coming along, "how de do?

You're surprised to see me, my dear friend."

"I should hardly have been more surprised to have seen your friend in the city," returns Mr. George.

"I am very seldom out," pants Mr. Smallweed.

"I haven't been out for many months. It's inconvenient—and it comes expensive. But I longed

de do, sir?"

"I am well enough," says Mr. George. "I hope you are the same."

"You can't be too well, my dear friend." Mr. Smallweed takes him by both hands. "I have brought my granddaughter Judy. I couldn't keep her away. She longed so much to see you."

"Hum! She bears it calmly!" mutters Mr. George.

"So we got a hackney-cab, and put a chair in it, and just round the corner they lifted me out of the cab and into the chair, and carried me here that I might see my dear friend in his own establishment! This," says Grandfather Smallweed, alluding to the bearer, who has been in danger of strangulation and who withdraws adjusting his windpipe, "is the driver of the cab. He has nothing extra. It is by agreement included in his fare. This person," the other bearer, "we engaged in the street outside for a pint of beer.

Which is twopence. Judy, give the person twopence. I was not sure you had a workman of your own here, my dear friend, or we needn't have employed this person."

Grandfather Smallweed refers to Phil with a glance of considerable terror and a half-subdued "O Lord! Oh, dear me!" Nor in his apprehension, on the surface of things, without some reason, for Phil, who has never beheld the apparition in the black-velvet cap before, has stopped short with a gun in his hand with much of the air of a dead shot intent on picking Mr. Smallweed off as an ugly old bird of the crow species.

"Judy, my child," says Grandfather Smallweed, "give the person his twopence. It's a great deal for what he has done."

The person, who is one of those extraordinary specimens of human fungus that spring up spontaneously in the western streets of London, ready dressed in an old red jacket, with a "mission" for holding horses and calling coaches, received his twopence with anything but transport, tosses the money into the air, catches it over-handed, and retires.

"My dear Mr. George," says Grandfather Smallweed, "would you be so kind as help to carry me to the fire? I am accustomed to a fire, and I am an old man, and I soon chill. Oh, dear me!"

His closing exclamation is jerked out of the venerable gentleman by the suddenness with which Mr. Squod, like a genie, catches him up, chair and all, and deposits him on the hearth-stone.

"O Lord!" says Mr. Smallweed, panting. "Oh, dear me! Oh, my stars! My dear friend, your workman is very strong—and very prompt. O Lord, he is very prompt! Judy, draw me back a little. I'm being scorched in the legs," which indeed is testified to the noses of all present by the smell of his worsted stockings.

The gentle Judy, having backed her grandfather a little way from the fire, and having shaken him up as usual, and having released his overshadowed eye from its black-velvet extinguisher, Mr. Smallweed again says, "Oh, dear me! O Lord!" and looking about and meeting Mr. George's glance, again stretches out both hands.

"My dear friend! So happy in this meeting! And this is your establishment? It's a delightful place.

It's a picture! You never find that anything goes off here accidentally, do you, my dear friend?" adds Grandfather Smallweed, very ill at ease.

"No, no. No fear of that."

"And your workman. He—Oh, dear me!—he never lets anything off without meaning it, does he, my dear friend?"

"He has never hurt anybody but himself," says Mr. George, smiling.

"But he might, you know. He seems to have hurt himself a good deal, and he might hurt somebody else," the old gentleman returns. "He mightn't mean it—or he even might. Mr. George, will you order him to leave his infernal fire-arms alone and go away?"

Obedient to a nod from the trooper, Phil retires, empty-handed, to the other end of the gallery.

Mr. Smallweed, reassured, falls to rubbing his legs.

"And you're doing well, Mr. George?" he says to the trooper, squarely standing faced about towards him with his broadsword in his hand.

"You are prospering, please the Powers?"

Mr. George answers with a cool nod, adding, "Go on. You have not come to say that, I know."

"You are so sprightly, Mr. George," returns the venerable grandfather. "You are such good company."

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"My dear friend! But that sword looks awful gleaming and sharp. It might cut somebody, by accident. It makes me shiver, Mr. George. Curse him!" says the excellent old gentleman apart to Judy as the trooper takes a step or two away to lay it aside. "He owes me money, and might think of paying off old scores in this murdering place. I wish your brimstone grandmother was here, and he'd shave her head off."

Mr. George, returning, folds his arms, and looking down at the old man, sliding every moment lower and lower in his chair, says quietly, "Now for it!"

"Ho!" cries Mr. Smallweed, rubbing his hands with an artful chuckle. "Yes. Now for it. Now for what, my dear friend?"

"For a pipe," says Mr. George, who with great composure sets his chair in the chimney-corner, takes his pipe from the grate, fills it and lights it, and falls to smoking peacefully.

This tends to the discomfiture of Mr. Smallweed, who finds it so difficult to resume his object, whatever it may be, that he becomes exasperated and secretly claws the air with an impotent vindictiveness expressive of an intense desire to tear and rend the visage of Mr. George. As the excellent old gentleman's nails are long and leaden, and his hands lean and veinous, and his eyes green and watery; and, over and above this, as he continues, while he claws, to slide down in his chair and to collapse into a shapeless bundle, he becomes such a ghastly spectacle, even in the accustomed eyes of Judy, that that young virgin pounces at him with something more than the ardour of affection and so shakes him up and pats and pokes him in divers parts of his body, but particularly in that part which the science of self-defence would call his wind, that in his grievous distress he utters enforced sounds like a paviour's rammer.

When Judy has by these means set him up again in his chair, with a white face and a frosty nose (but still clawing), she stretches out her weazen forefinger and gives Mr. George one poke in the back. The trooper raising his head, she makes another poke at her esteemed grandfather, and having thus brought them together, stares rigidly at the fire.

"Aye, aye! Ho, ho! U—u—u—ugh!" chatters Grandfather Smallweed, swallowing his rage.

"My dear friend!" (still clawing).

"I tell you what," says Mr. George. "If you want to converse with me, you must speak out. I am one of the roughs, and I can't go about and about.

I haven't the art to do it. I am not clever enough.

It don't suit me. When you go winding round and round me," says the trooper, putting his pipe between his lips again, "damme, if I don't feel as if I was being smothered!"

And he inflates his broad chest to its utmost extent as if to assure himself that he is not smothered yet.

"If you have come to give me a friendly call," continues Mr. George, "I am obliged to you; how are you? If you have come to see whether there's any property on the premises, look about you; you are welcome. If you want to out with something, out with it!"

The blooming Judy, without removing her gaze from the fire, gives her grandfather one ghostly poke.

"You see! It's her opinion too. And why the devil that young woman won't sit down like a Christian," says Mr. George with his eyes musingly fixed on Judy, "I can't comprehend."

"She keeps at my side to attend to me, sir," says Grandfather Smallweed. "I am an old man, my dear Mr. George, and I need some attention. I can carry my years; I am not a brimstone pollparrot" (snarling and looking unconsciously for the cushion), "but I need attention, my dear friend."

"Well!" returns the trooper, wheeling his chair to face the old man. "Now then?"

"My friend in the city, Mr. George, has done a little business with a pupil of yours."

"Has he?" says Mr. George. "I am sorry to hear it."

"Yes, sir." Grandfather Smallweed rubs his legs.

"He is a fine young soldier now, Mr. George, by the name of Carstone. Friends came forward and paid it all up, honourable."

"Did they?" returns Mr. George. "Do you think your friend in the city would like a piece of advice?"

"I think he would, my dear friend. From you."

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G’day LA continues to shine ■ Hi everyone, from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites comes this week's news.

and 29 per cent said they can replace a washer on a leaky faucet.

Age is also a factor; 85 per centof survey participants over the age of 65 said they can accomplish at least one of the aforementioned tasks without the internet.

Also, male respondents generally reported being more confident regarding home repair tasks than female participants

Aussies together

■ It is one of the biggest nights of the Australian calendar where all the LA Aussies get together with our American friends to celebrate the friendship that connects over the Pacific Ocean.

Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta were the stars again and mesmerised the audience.

Paul Hogan was at his funniest and Neil Perry's food was five-star quality. Essendon champion, Kevin Sheedy, Collingwood President Eddie McGuire, Ramada Plaza Hotel's Alan Johnson and Chantoozie, Tottie Goldsmith, were enjoying the successful G'Day LA event.

During the LA Australia week there was a special fundraiser for the devastating Australian fires at EP/LP on their rooftop restaurant on La Cienega Boulevard.

Huge congratulations to Aussie owners of EP/LP David Coombs and Grant Smilie for raising so much for the fire fighters.

Disaster Downunder

■ More than one billion animals have been killed during Australia's bushfire disaster, according to an ecologist from the University of Sydney.

The ecologist Chris Dickman said that his initial estimate of 480 million dead animals is now out of date and that he can say that more than one billion animals have been killed "without any doubt at all."

Dickman said: "The original figure the 480 million was based on mammals, birds, and reptiles for which we do have densities, and that figure now is a little bit out of date. It's over 800 million given the extent of the fires now, in New South Wales alone."

He went on to say that, if other animals such as bats, frogs, and invertebrates were included, the number far exceeds a billion.

An environmental scientist at the World Wildlife Fund Australia, Stuart Blanch, agreed with the estimate, saying a billion was a modest guess.

It's been reported that Australian officials will be forced to kill thousands of camels in the northwest because they're consuming too much water.

2020 will get better ■ Hispanics are more optimistic that things will get better in their lives, communities and nation in 2020 than are the Democrats, Whites, and Blacks, a national USA Today/Suffolk University survey finds.

Overall, four out of five registered voters in the US say their own lives will improve in the new year: "Do you think things are going to get better or worse in your own life?"

Better: 80 per cent Worse: 11 per cent Undecided: 9 per cent Fully 85 per cent of Hispanics say their lives will improve in 2020, followed by 79 per cent of Whites and 73% of Blacks. Only 67% of Democrats say their lives will get better in the new year, compared to 90% of Republicans and 84% of Independents. Asked about the prospects for their community in 2020, nearly two-thirds of the nation's registered voters say they expect improvement.

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From Beverly Hills to Broadway

■ Erika Girardi is officially a Broadway star. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills staple, 48, made her stage debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago at Midtown's AmbassadorTheatre.

"Thank you to everyone that came to the show tonight!" Girardi captioned alongside her Chicago Playbill.

Girardi, who will appear in the starring role through March 29, also received a bouquet of red roses for her first performance.

Co-star Lisa Rinna who appeared in Chicago in 2007 with husband Harry Hamlin even gave her a shout out on social media.

"My friend opens in Chicago tonight on Broadway," Rinna posted to her Instagram story.

In December, Girardi spoke about her new venture and said the stage is immensely different than Housewives.

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Basic skills drop

■ The internet is supposed to make our lives easier, and it's hard ■ Facebook has confirmed it will continue to allow politicians to to argue that it hasn't. However, a new survey of 1000 American make false claims in paid political posts through the 2020 elec- adults suggests that all of that convenience may be robbing an tion, but the company will enable users to opt-out of seeing politi- entire generation of basic home maintenance skills. cal ads.

In all, about two in five (38 per cent) respondents said they are The new rules defy calls to introduce stricter limits on political helpless and unable to fix any common household problems advertising ahead of the election. (patching up a drywall, fixing a running toilet) without the help of False claims won't be banned and controversial targeting tools the internet. that allow parties to deliver messaging to specific audiences will The survey paints a pretty grim picture when it comes to remain in place. home care self-sufficiency. Apparently, if the Wi-Fi happens to The company said it would address concerns about mislead- falter, many adults won't be able to get anything done for theming claims by giving users a choice to see fewer ads about poli- selves.

Respondents were asked about their ability to fix a variety of tics.

Users will be able to choose to stop seeing ads from cam- different house problems without turning to Google for help, and while close to half (43 per cent) said they know how to unclog a paigns, even if they're targeted.

In a blog post announcing the changes, Facebook said: "We drain, only 25 per cent know how to install a drywall anchor.

Another 39 per cent said they can stop a running toilet all by have based our policy on the principle that people should be able to hear from those who wish to lead them, warts and all, and that themselves, and 38 per cent can find a stud.

Additionally, 31 per cent know how to patch a hole in drywall, what they say should be scrutinised and debated in public."

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Financial face-off

■ China has been purchasing the US debt not because America needs China to finance its activities; on the contrary, China is forced to buy US bonds to sustain its trade surplus with the US. In other words, Chinese purchases of US government bonds are not made to accommodate US needs; instead, they are necessary for Beijing to continue running a current account surplus to provide domestic employment and relative domestic stability.

According to the balance of payments, if a particular country runs a current account surplus, then, by definition, it must run capital account deficit.

This means that a surplus state will be a net capital exporter, whereas deficit countries - net capital importers, since they will need to finance their trade deficit with borrowed money.

According to the balance of payments equation, current account deficit always equals capital account surplus, and reverse.

Consequently, if China has trade surplus, it must run capital account deficit.

There are, however, several problems with this move. China possesses only 5 per cent of total US debt. Therefore, the effect on US interest rates would be negligible.

If China sold its US Treasuries, investors would fly to safe assets - primarily, US bonds. This will offset the Chinese retreat from US bonds resulting in higher interest rates, but would also likely cause interest rates to drive down because of worldwide demand for US safe assets.

Selling US Treasuries would drive up the value of yuan against the dollar with dire consequences for Chinese exports. Chinese exports will increase in costs and become less competitive), whilst US exports would become cheaper.

Thus, decreased imports and increased exports would eliminate or at least reduce the US trade deficit.

By purchasing fewer US government bonds, in other words, Beijing would leave the United States either unchanged or better off, while doing so would also leave China either unchanged or worse off.

This is why it is highly unlikely that China would dump its holdings of US debt, for this act would inflict significant damage to its economy - in other words, this would be economic suicide.

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The Arts 1812 Theatre Special Event - From the Ashes With many fires still burning out of control over Australia and with them affecting so many, The 1812 Theatre is hosting a benefit event in early February.

An afternoon of song, theatre, comedy and skits performed by the theatre community around Victoria. Also includes a raffle and cake stall, for the sweet tooth people.

Tickets $27 and all proceeds go to District 11, Gippsland CFA. When: February 9 1812 Theatre 3 Rose St, Ferntree Gully - Peter Kemp

Servicemen’s Day National Servicemen's Day, February 9.

Sunday (Feb. 9) sees the annual march by the National Servicemen'sAssociation of Australia in memory of all those Nashos who were killed while on duty and those who have passed away since.

The march will commence at the corner of Anzac Dve and St. Kilda Rd at 11.30am. Please be there at 11am There will be a flyover by vintage planes from the Point Cook Museum. And there will be a service in front of the Shrine. 2pm - 5pm.

Bookings: 9758 3964.

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Ferntree Gully Arts February Exhibition: Anything Goes A wonderful collection of the members artworks. Open Weekends 11am - 4pm Exhibition closes February 23.

The Hut Gallery Ferntree Gully Arts Society 157 Underwood Rd, Ferntree Gully - Peter Kemp

Chamber Orchestra Australian Chamber Orchestra Two Milestone Anniversaries In 2020 the Australian Chamber Orchestra will celebrate two monumental anniversaries : 30 years of fearless leadership with ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti, and 250 years since the birth of the great Ludwig van Beethoven.

To kick off the celebrations, the ACO will open the 2020 Season in thrilling symphonic form as it presents the rare opportunity to hear the first three of Beethoven's symphonies together in full, including the magnificent Eroica.

Directed from the violin by Tognetti, the core 17-piece ACO will be joined onstage by the extraordinary string students of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) and wind and brass musicians from around the world to expand in size to over 60 players.

Beethoven has endured for centuries as one of the most popular and beloved composers around the world, with his music found everywhere from concert halls, to film soundtracks, to disco-era chat toppers.

He was a true musical revolutionary and is credited with paving the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras.

Season: Beethoven 1, 2 & 3.

Arts Centre Melbourne Sunday February 9 at 2.30pm. Monday February 10 at 7.30pm.

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Peter Kemp Love Stories will be officially launched in Australia before an international tour, and is one of the first of the National Portrait Gallery London's collection exhibitions tot tour while the gallery is closed for three years to undergo major renovation.

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Shirin Neshat: Dreamers Iranian-born artist and film maker Shirin Neshat will be celebrated with a solo exhibition Dreamers featuring a trilogy of video installations at the NGV Since the early 1990s, the New York based artist has explored the complex relationships of femininity to Islam, representations of the Muslim faith in poetic and evocative ways, and the manner in which various social, political, religious and cultural codes shape us.

Neshat's fascination with the subconscious is highlighted in Dreamers, a trilogy of black and white video installations in which the artist recreates the unstable and mesmerising space of dreams, inviting audiences to travel with her exploring the inner lives of the women depicted.

In many ways, the characters and their surreal narratives are projections of the artist, through which she reflects on come of her own personal nightmares and dreamscapes.

Love Stories Exhibition closes April 19.

An exhibition of real love stories from the National Gallery of Victoria London's referred National Portrait Gallery 150 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne will be the first international winter blockbuster - Peter Kemp exhibition to be launched at the National Portrait Gallery, Australia in 2020.

An Australian exclusive, Love Stories will open in June. It will include portraits of dome MSO dedicates Sidney Myer Free Concert to of the world's best-known couples from the those affected by the Bushfires 16th century to the resent day - from John All funds raised at the event will be donated Donne, King Charles II and his mistress Bar- to the Australian Red Cross. bara Palmer, Venetia Digby, Oscar Wilde and MSO has partnered with ABC Classic and Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, to John Lennon the Australian Red Cross to support the and Yoko Ono, and David and Victoria Bushfire Disaster Relief through this perforBeckham. mance.

In addition, several new photographs deABC Classic will broadcast the concert live picting high profile love stories will be com- on radio across Australia from 7.30pm, and domissioned especially for the exhibition. nations received on the night will be given

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to the Australian Red Cross to assist their emerg4ncy teams supporting thousands of people in evacuation and recovery centres across the country.

This special event will be conducted by Tianyi Lu, and will feature performances of works by MSO Cybec Young Composer in Residence, Jordan Moore, Australian composer, Matthew Hindson and Dvorak's Symphony No 9 Brave New World.

Wednesday February 5 at 7.30pm.

Venue: Sidney Myer Music Bowl. ★ Dance, Dance, Dance.

Dance the night away on Summer Saturday evening as adored Australian songstress Katie Noonan joins the MSO, alongside the e Motion 21 dancers.

Renowned Australian composer Elena Kats-Chemin's Wild Swans will be performed

by Noonan and dancers from the all abilities company, choreographed be Circa Contemporary Circus.

Season: February 8. Venue: Sindy Myer Music Bowl. ★ La Dolce Vita For the final Sydney Myer Free Concert of 2020, music lovers are invited to spend Valentine's Day with MSO. Audience favourite and the MSO'S Principal Conductor in Residence, Benjamin Northey, leads the orchestra in a concert featuring works by Wagner.

February 14. Venue: Sydney Myer Music Bowl. ★ Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki Celebrate legendary composer-conductor Joe Hisaishi with a huge performance of his music from the films of Japan's legendary Studio Ghibli in an Australian exclusive concert event at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

Hisaishi will conduct the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and SO Chorus through the magical scores of heart-stirring montages from renowned films directed by Hayao Miyazaki including Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Monoke, My Neighbour Totoro and the Oscar winning Spirited Away which will play on a huge screen at the Bowl.

Saturday February 29. at 7.30pm - Peter Kemp

Bendigo Gallery Bessie Davidson & Sally Smart Two artists and the Parisian avant-garde.

Bessie Davidson was one of a cohort of female Australian artists who, at the turn of the 19th century, sought to expand their lives and artistic careers by travelling to the renowned cultural centres of Europe, most notably Paris and London.

Many artists returned to Australia bringing their matured artistic style to an Australian audience.

Davidson was one of the few who chose to remain in Europe, firmly establishing herself within the vibrant artistic milieu of Paris Montparnasse.

Over the course of her career, Davidson received many accolades and awards including being made a chevalier of the Legion of Honour - the highest award conferred by the French government.

While Davidson's work has been largely overlooked in Australia, stories of her life as an artist living in Paris were a frequent part of conversations in artist Sally Smart's childhood home in rural South Australia.

Bessie was Sally's great aunt - her legacy empowered thus renowned Australian artist to follow her own artistic ambitions.

In this new exhibition curated by Tansy Curtin, Bendigo Art Gallery brings together more than 50 works that highlight Davidson's 'modern French impressionists style' of painting - with light filled domestic interiors, landscapes and women at leisure.

In addition, the gallery has invited Sally Smart to create a new body of work responding to and developing upon the cultural legacy of Davidson as a pioneering female SouthAustralian artist.

Exhibition opens March 21.

Bendigo Art Gallery 42 View St, Bendigo - Peter Kemp

Theatre The Great Aust. Play

■ Theatre Works and Montague Basement present The Great Australian Play from February 19-29 at Theatre Works, St Kilda.

Written by Kim Ho and directed by Saro Lusty-Cavallari, The Great Australian Play is a new satire from Patrick White Award-winning Ho, which explores the myths of our nation's past, present and imagined future.

Australia, 1930. As the Great Depression tightens its grip on a hungry, fledgling nation, Harold Bell Lasseter charms everyone with his story of a fabulously wealthy “reef” of gold hidden in the vast interior.

Brave adventurers set off in search of riches and salvation … but the expedition descends into a nightmare.

Australia, 2020. Relentless funding cuts have left the arts community weary and desperate.

Kim Ho persuades Theatre Works that he can fashion the next great Australian play from the legend of Lasseter’s Reef.

He conjures five characters and sends them into the desert to retrace the expedition’s footsteps. But for these unlucky souls, trapped inside Kim’s masterpiece, the real nightmare is yet to begin.

The show features vanishing conmen, Nazi German dingo scalpers and an ancient evil force.

Performance Details: February 19 -29 Venue: Theatre Works, 14 Acland St., St Kilda Tickets: All $20 Bookings: http://www.theatreworks.org.au/ program/the-great-australian-play/ - Cheryl Threadgold

Inspector Drake’s Last Case

■ Brighton Theatre Company opens 2020 with the absurd, entertaining comedy Inspector Drake's Last Case, playing to giggles and groans until February 15 at the Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre.

Needing to replace their original production, the company has ingeniously reworked the 2019 Youth Production as the first main season show.

An expanded focus on mentoring has resulted in three directors - Gaetano Santo, Jeff Saliba and BTC Youth member El Wood.

English comic playwright David Tristram's script is scattered with corny and clever puns, emphasising absurdity in this send-up of a 20th century English Country Manor drawing-room murder.

Multi-accented Sergeant (no stripes) Plod invites the audience to become amateur sleuths, warning us not to believe everything we see.

Mrs Gagarin (Kate Deavin) is shot in the dark, the world's greatest detective, Inspector Drake, arrives to solve the crime in his trademark incompetent style, and colourful suspects are interviewed.

We meet glamorous Miss Duck, deceptively charming Victor Gagarin, Guest the Butler with ear-horn, Butler the Guest, canoodling Cook the Gardener and Gardner the Cook, Mary Ship (Vicar's Daughter) and Mr and Mrs Kemist/ Stretcher Carriers (Elise Hamilton and Alida Worthy).The cast works well creating confusion and the ridiculous.

Brad Lowry is terrific as Inspector Drake, bumbling yet persistent, including funny moments with hard-working foil Sergeant Plod (Jodi Sanders).

Cook Lyn Laister's impressive facial expression, accent and comedic timing, juxtaposes nicely with Mike Skillington's naturalistic Gardener.

Smooth, smiling Andrew Walker (Butler) adds to the chaos, David Efron draws sympathy as blackmail victim The Guest, and Cheryllyn de Vries (Mary Ship) lights up the stage.

Bravo to Bella Barker (Miss Duck) for a pacey, articulate event summary, and to Stephen Kelly (Victor) for a skilled personality change.

Gaetano Santo's workable set, Jeff Saliba's sound, Michael Birkett and Haydn Collier's lighting and Annie Blood's costumes are also major contributors to this show's success.

If enjoying spirit-lifting, ridiculous fun then don't miss Inspector Drake's Last Case. Congratulations to all involved.

Performance Details: Until February 15 Venue: Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Brighton.

Bookings: brightontheatrecompany.com.au

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Photos: Malcolm Threadgold

Music Theatre Guild Awards

Photos: Ash Long

● David Syme with Owen Davies, President Babirra Music Theatre.

● Music Theatre Guild of Victoria Life Members Dot Parker and Alan Stone.

● Marcus Cassidy Anderson, President of Williamstown Musical Theatre Company, with Mark Spencer, Secretary, Music Theatre Guild of Victoria.

● Simon Foster, and Fran Boyd, MTGV Life Member.

● Ellis Ebell, (Williamstown Little Theatre) and Jacinta Wilso (PLOS Musical Productions).

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Local History

100 years ago in Kinglake ■ Kinglake was a wholly rural district, 100 years ago.

The pages of The Advertiser local newspaper recorded the events of local people.

“The younger generation of Kinglakers look upon the old pioneer with admiration and praise for the stout hearts with which the hatters and batlers went forth into the green bush to do battle with :;the. mighty trees.

“In the old days the Kinglake West hatter (nicknamrned "Jack.

Umper") used to split palings, wheel them down on a barrow, and in return bring groceries back.

“Some of the palings that he split are still, to be seen on the out buildings at the Kinglake West store.

“After many years of hard toil the pioneers are gradually coming to their own for which they laboured.

“The new road has been made, and has to be metalled within three years.

“The old pioneers stirted with big fruits (apples and pears) but they found that the rough climate,the mountain mists, were against them.

“They tried smaller fruits, gooseberries, &c. These suit the district: best. The later settlers are following suit.

“Now tons and tons of small frutits are sent to Melbourne. There has been a record crop of gooseberries this season, and everything points to a good plum crop.

“Plum trees bear slendidly in Kinglake. Raspberries are very plentiful. The apple crop is fairly good.

“The beneficial rains of Christmas eve and morning will give the early potatoes a good start.

“With the absence of those early frosts, which cause so much destruction to the crops of the settlers in this district, this season bids fair to be a record one.” ★ “Far away from the noise of tram cars and railway trains and the city dust are 'the Kinglake West water falls,” the newspaper noted on January 9, 1920.

“Until just recently, however, very few people went to see them, as it was very rough walking to get to them.

“But now Mr. Horace Carman's timber, fruit-case and. jam-box making mil is within a few.minu es of the falls, it is quite easy to get. to see them.

“The first set of falls with four big

● Kinglake showday, 1930. Photo: Richard Courtney, 1904-1990. steps start close to the water wheel this beautiful spot so secluded and conveyed as promptly as possible to of the sawmill.

Whittlesea to see Dr. Day. unknown.

“Then, farther on, there are the “At the time of the accident Mr “From the bottom of the first big chief falls, with six steps, over the fall the water disappears into a sub- Currie was wearing gold rimmed last of these the water has a drop of terranean passage, and no more is spectacles. The spectacles were broabout 60 feet heard of it until the traveller nears a ken in two in the middle. It seems “The best time to see these falls little sort of cave, from which he can incredible to relate but the two glasses is in winter after a heavy rain. hear the noise of the water rushing themselves were not even broken or “As these falls are very near the out. scratched. source of the creek which feeds “Before coming to this first cave “An thony Currie is a well known them, consequently the flow of wa- there are overhanging boulders of figure in Kinglake, and every symrock covered wifh staghorn fern and pathy is ex tended to the injured man ter is smaller in the summer time.

“The journey to the falls in the all manner of lowers and plants. from all the residents of Kinglake.”

“In the winter bed of the creek holiday season is well repaid. ★ “For what is lacking in water is there are those lovely yellow everThe Kinglake West tennis courts were opened a century ago, noted made up in vegetation and massive lasting flowers growing.

“At the mouth of the first place the February 13, 1920 edition of the stone work.

“When the wind is in the right way the water comes to light from this local paper.

“The Tennis Courts were opened the perfume of the musk trees blows underground waterway, there is a gum tree, the roots of which have on Saturday, February 7th, and some right into the mill itself.

“The air is laden with scent from gradually forced the stones away very enjoyable games were played.

“A social and dance followed the these trees, which are from six to 30 with the action of the water.

“From this spot the water again opening of the courts in aid of the feet in height.

“At the top of the deepest fall disappears under the rocks and Tennis Club, and a very jolly evening there is a winding pathway with steps comes out to a lovely fall of 9 steps was spent.

“Mr Noonan and Mr Jack Castle cut out so that lovers of water falls with between 40 and 50 feet depth rendered, solos. The concreting of and massive rocks can get right to between them.

“Some lovers of waterfalls would the courts will be left until next seathe bottom.

“Down by this winding pathway, consider these last falls the best of son when there are more funds availwhich is covered with fern and musk all in Kingake West, not so much for able.

“In the meantime dances will be trees, one gets a. glinpse of the deep the falls themselves, but because if waterfall, and the first thought that the great and almost perpendicular held occasionally to assist the tennis strikes a lovterof nature is: "Why is height of the walls of stone, ranging funds.” ★ up to 300 feet in height.

“A farewell social, and dance was “The remarkable thing is that it must have taken hundreds of years given on Saturday night; February for the little creek to have washed 14th, in: the large hall at Kinglake ■ To the city dweller the bush is a quiet, and sometimes interesting, sort away this enormous amount of stone. West,” said The Advertiser (Feb. 27, of place. It is all right just for a holiday, but not to live in always.

“There is a lovely drive of eight 1920).

But some have eyes and they see not ! The student of the bush can see “The guests of the evening were miles up the new road from something interesting to study all the year round.

Mr and Mrs John Carman, who are Whittlesea via Scrubby Creek to Even in the depth of winter there are pretty wild flowers and lovely Kinglake West P.O., the store of leaving the district. Edwin Scott, heather in bloom. The bushman carrieshis happiness with him; wherever which a returned soldier named Esq., J.P., was chairman. he goes his subject of study is nature itself.

“There were over 80 adults and Evans is the proprietor, where light He never tires of his theme, whereas the town dweller's amusements children-present, and one of the old refreshments can be obtained. are artificial, costly, unsatisfying.

“Mason's Pines, from wbicb the fashioned evening's was spent.

The city men are sometimes amused at the way in which bush people “Everyone was in a jolly mood, tram line crosses the road to go toact when they are in town. Occasionally the city man, in his wanderings and the evening was a great success. wards the falls, is about a mile disin the bush, is just as amusing to the bushman.

“Anyone peeping into the large tant.”

On the morning of Jan 13th, a city man, having heard that the railway capacious hall at the crowd of happy ★ was going to be made through Kinglake, came to look at some land near The Advertiser, on January 23, children would soon guess that the, the boundary of Kinglake.

1920, reported on a sawmill accident lady guest was a great worker The city man wished to inspect some of the land at the back of the amongst the children. at Kinglake. block. He was told that he must follow the fences or he would be bushed.

“Mrs F. J. Pearce sang a fine song “A sad accident occurred at 11.15 He smiled at the idea, and said that he would never get lost, he would called Roses, and Mr G. Raff sang in on Saturday morining, January 17th, find his way out all right again No more was heard of him for about five at Hurstbridge Sawmilling Co.'s mill his best style three songs, which solid hours. He was truly bushed. were heartily applauded.

(Fred. Brown's) at Kinglake.

He climbed a tree. and coo-eed. This had as much effect as if he had “The title of the songs were: The “Anthony Currie was hit just been in the Saharra dessert. Eventually he came to a neighbouring sawSong that Reached My Heart, Carabove the left eye with a piece of mill. wood from the breaking down saws. dinal, Gold, and Blue, and Hush-a- The Advertiser,. January 23, 1920 “He was severely cut and was bye baby.

Lost in the bush

By request Mr Raff whistled a whistjing song called Bowery Boy. “After some good dancing was enjoyed, the Chairman then called upon Cr Campbell to speak.

“Cr Alex. Campbell, on rising, said: I have very much pleasure to speak as far as the State School Committee and the Cricket Club Committee are concerned.

“Mr Carman was always very attentive to his duties at every meeting. Mrs Carman, until last year,was on the State School Committee, and time after time good business was done.

“I must say that Mrs Carman, with another lady, did really good work. I think it is far better when there are one or two. ladies on that Committee.

“Of course, I am not disparaging the work of the gentlemen, but the assistance and the sensible alvice of the two ladies on the Committee went a long way to carry things through.

“Since Mr Carman came to the district his interest has been great in the people of the district.

“He was always sure to do his share of the Committee work, but he was always on the sports ground, and he gave his services willingly.

There is none that I could speak about more sincerely.

“Mr John Carman briefly and suitably responded.”

‘Rather an experience’ at Kinglake ■ Those who booked seats on the white Char-a-bancs for a day's trip to Kinglake on Sunday last had rather an experience.

Everything went well till about eight mniles from the Kinglake Hotel, and then something broke and the passengers had to walk about two miles to the Pheasant Creek Post Office, where arrangements were made with Mr Syd. Browne to drive the ladies to the hotel, where dinner had been ordered for 1.30pm.

The gentlemen got along the best way. they could; some walked, others got lifts in passing cars and traps..

They all arrived at the hotel about 3.30 for dinner.

The driver (who is a returned soldier, and has half one of his feet off and two fingers and half a thumb missing on one hand and a thumb on the other) rang his company up to send another ear to take the passengers back, or bring new parts for his car.

The relief car arrived at the hotel about 8 p.m and then went to.fix the broken car. The drivers said they would be back at 10 30, but when they got to the car the parts were too big and they had to file them down.

They at last arrived back at the hotel to pick up the passengers at 2:30 a m, when the passengers were partaking of supper, or an early breakfast.

They all left:for home at about 3 o'clock. Some of the .passengers, who work on the railways, would arrive home in time tostart work.

- The Advertiser, February 20, 1920

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Kinglake’s part in the naming of Yea ■ English military officer Colonel Lacy Yea was killed in the Battle of Alma against the Russians in 1855.

Colonel Yea, of the Royal Fusiliers, died in the English and French attack of Redan.

Author Alexander Kinglake’s reports about Colonel Yea evoked much emotion in Australia, leading for the township of Muddy Creek to be renamed in Yea’s honour.

Lord Raglan wrote on June 19 and 23, 1855, about the battle, and the distinguished conduct of Colonel Yea. A press report said: “Poor Colonel Yea saw the consequences too clearly. Having in vain tried to obviate the evil caused by the broken formation and confusion of his men, who were falling fast around liim, he exclaimed, " This will never do!

Where's the bugler to call them back?"

“But, alas! at that critical moment no bugler was to be found.

“The gallant old soldier, by voice and gesture, tried to form and compose his men, but the thunder of the enemy's guns close to hand, and the gloom of early dawn, frustrated his effort; and, as he rushed along the troubled mass of troops which were herding together under the rush of grape, and endeavoring to get them into order for a rush at the batteries, which was better than standing still or retreating in panic, a charge of the deadly missile passed, and the noble soldier fell dead in advance of his men, struck at once in head and stomach by grape shot.”

News of the battle, printed under the heading of ‘Late European News’ reached Australian newspaper readers in late September 1855.

Reports from the correspondent of The Times of London were reprinted in Australian journals. On extract said: “I saw in one place two of our men, apart from the rest, with melancholy faces. What are you waiting here for?'' said I. "To go out for the Colonel, Sir," was the reply. “'What Colonel ?' "Why, Colonel Yea, to be sure, -Sir," said the good ' fellow, who was evidently surprised at my thinking there conld be any other Colonel in the world.

“And indeed the Light. Division will feel his loss. Under occasional brusqueness of manner he concealed a most kind heart, and a more thorough soldier, one more devoted to his men, to the service, and to his country, never fell in battle than Lacy Yea. “I have reason to know that he felt his great services and his arduous exertions had not been rewarded as he had a right to expect.

“At the Alma he never went hack a step, and there were tears in his eyes on that eventful afternoon as he exclaimed to me, when the men had formed on the slope of the hill after the retreat of the enemy, " There! look there! that's all that remains of my poor Fusileers! A colour's miss:ng, but, thank God, no Russians have it."

“Through the winter his attention to his regiment was exemplary. They were the first who had hospital huts.

When other regiments were in need of every comfort, and almost of every necessary, the Fusileers, by the care of their Colonel, had everything that could he procured by exertion and fore sight.”

One prominent war correspondent was Alexander Kinglake after whom

“The name is pronounced Yaw.” A press report - under the heading of ‘New Townships’ - on January 7, 1856, noted: “Township of Yea, in Muddy Creek, about thirty miles from Kilmore.”

A press item (Dec. 28, 1855) in the Mount Alexander Mail noted a sale of crown land “at Kilmore, 21st January, to consist of 35 town lots at Yea, on the Muddy Creek, thirty miles from Kilmore.”

In June 1856, The Argus had started publishing advertisements for land sales that included properties by the name of Yea: “The following Crown lands are announced to be sold at Kilmore on the 17th and 18th proximo: “First day, 2 town at Seymour, at the Goulburn River, Sydney-road ; 20 at Broad ford, at the Sunday Croek, Ferguson's Inn; 4 suburban, adjoining the town allotments of Seymour; and 14 adjoining the township of Yea, at the Muddy Creek, near its junction with the Goulburn River. “On the 18th, 11 similarly situated to those last described; 10 at Moranding or Kurkurruc Creek, between eight and ten miles northwest from Kilmore; 9 immediately

● Colonel Lacy Yea the neighbouring district was named.

The Argus summed up Kinglake’s writings: “Perhaps ■ Originally known as the Muddy Creek settlement, among the incidents of the day there Yea was surveyed and laid out in 1855 and the name is none which makes the .reader feel was changed to Yea after a Colonel Lacy Walter Yea as though he wore actually present who died in action in the Crimean War. in the field more than the account of The traditional owners of these lands in this area the long combat between the 7th were the Taungurung people. They shared a comFusileers under Colonel Lacy Yea mon bond in moiety affiliation with other neighbouring and the Kzan column of Russian intribes, according to the Y Water Discovery Centre fantry. wesbite.

“The Russian column consisted Their world was divided into two moieties: Waang of two battalions, numbering 1,500 (crow) and Bunjil (wedge tail eagle). men. It came down upon the fusileers Members of the tribe identified with one or the when they had lost their formation in other of these moieties and it was that which detercrossing the river, and before they mined the pattern for marriage between individuals, had been able to re form. clans and tribes and transcended local allegiances by “They were, to use Mr. obliging clan members to find spouses from some Kinglake's expression, nearly "a distant clan of the opposite moiety, either within or knotted chain of soldlery" when the outside their own wurrung (language group). column halted at a distance of fifty The Taungurung people consisted of nine clans. yards from their front:- _ These included the Buthera Balug, located on the "Lacy Yea had not time to put his Goulburn, as far down as Yea and Seymour, the Look Fusiliers in their wonted array, for Willam Clan roamed the area on the Campaspe River, the enemy's column was so near, near Kilmore and Mitchellstown, the Nattarak Balug that forthwith, and at the instant, it lived on the Coliban and upper Campaspe Rivers was necessary to ply it with fire; while the Nira Balug ‘Cave People’ bordered the Great “But what man could do he did. Dividing Range near Kilmore, Broadford, Pyalong His very shoulders so laboured and, and westward towards Mt Macedon. strove with the might of his desire to Around Yea and Alexandra though, it was the form line, that the curt red shell-jacket people of the Warring-Illum Balug Clan (Warring he wore was as though it were a being the name for the Goulburn River) and the world too scant for the strength of Yarran-Illam located on the east side of the Goulburn the man and the passion that raged River, below Seymour. within him; but when he turned, his The Yeerun-Illam-Balug inhabited the area around dark eyes yielded fire, and all the Benalla and the Yowung-Illam- Balug lived at while from his deep-chiselled, merAlexandra, Mansfield and the Upper Goulburn River. ciless lips there pealed the thunder Sadly there are descendants of only five of those of imprecation and command.” clan groups that survive today. The nomadic nature of Legend has it that the Ker family the Taungurung people enabled them to utilise the of Yea were influential in having the resources available in their vast country. district’s name changed from They had an intimate knowledge of their environMuddy Creek to Yea, in honour of ment and were able to sustain the ecology of the each the soldier. region and exploit the food available.

An 1868 letter to the Alexandra The Taungurung people travelled south during the Times tells it differently: “Somo lowarmer months and north when the weather cooled. cal gossips having got up a controWhen the European explorers Hume and Hovell versy as to the origin of the name of first crossed the River here in the wetlands on Dethe township of Yea, ' Antiquarian' cember 4-5, 1824, they named it Muddy Creek (later sets the question at rest. renamed the Yea River) the area was already occu“You appear to be ill at ease about pied by Aboriginal people. the origin of the name of our little Within 15 years of that crossing most of the land in township. For the sake of future anthe area had been taken up by graziers. tiquarians, you may make it known From that time, life for the Taungurung people in your next issue that Captain changed dramatically and was severely disrupted by Clarke, our former Surveyor-Genthe early establishment and expansion of European eral, named the township after his settlement. friend Colonel Yea, who fell at Their traditional society broke down and soon afSevastopol, I think at the storming ter, Aboriginal mortality rates soared as a result of of the celebrated Redan.

west of Clarke's pre emptive purchase, and also of the Kilmore racecourse; and 8 at Goldie, immediately west of the preceding lots.”

An early birth notice appeared in The Argus on July 21, 1856: “On the 26th inst., at Yea, Muddy Creek, the wife of Mr. Robert Cockerell, of a daughter.”

The Argus (Feb. 15, 1860) went on to speak of the area’s mining possibilities: “A very good sample of alluvial gold was ob tained a few days since from the bed of the Muddy Creek, near Yea, and the prospects are so encouraging that for a time, at least, attention will be partially diverted from the reefs, which have hitherto engrossed the miners in that part of the country.”

The Kilmore Examiner (May 26, 1860) noted: “We are glad to observe that the Government have at length resolved upon placing a bridge over the Muddy Creek, at Yea. Tenders are called for its erection.”

■ Yea township residents will recognise that prominent military figures of the time were Lord Raglan, 67. and General Pelissier. It explains the origin of several Yea street names.

Taungurung people are traditional owners introduced diseases, denial of access to traditional foods and medicines and conflict.

At various times, Aboriginal settlements were established in the area by missionaries and governments at Michellstown, Acheron and Coranderrk (Healesville) however despite relative success were eventually dissolved.

The Taungurung and other members of Kulin Nation were deeply impacted by the dictates of the various government assimilation and integration policies.

Today, the descendants of the Taungurung form a strong and vibrant community.

Descendants of five of the original clan groups meet regularly at Camp Jungai - an ancestral ceremonial site.

Elders assist with the instruction of younger generations in culture, history, and language and furthering of their knowledge and appreciation of their heritage as the rightful custodians of the Taungurung lands in Central Victoria. ★ Thge Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser of January 7, 1841, reported: “Tarruk-munnin.

Nandermiel, Loger-ma-koon, Piengingoon, Kowinyowlett, Wave-rong, and four other Aborigines were put to the bar, before a remarkably full bench of magistrates, charged with robbing a station belonging to Mr. P. Snodgrass, on the Muddy Creek, of some flour, mutton, nnd other aritcles.

“The information contained three counts. The first charging the prisoner Tarrak-munnin as a principal in the attack on the station; the second charging the other prisoners as accessaries ; the third charging all the prisoners generally. : “Mr. Assistant Protector Thomas, and a young man named Davis were sworn to in terpret: Mr. De Villiers was also subsequently sworn as interpreter.

“The Crown Prosecutor, in addressing the ury, said he should make no lengthened statements as to the circumstances connected with the assault and robbery, or attempt in any degree to aggravate the case against the prisoner.

“They were ignorant of our laws, and to a great extent unprotected. He should therefore merely state to the jury what was the law in reference to stealing with violence, and proceed to call witnesses to substantiate the charge.

“Francis McCarrick stated that on the 17th March last, a party of Aborigines came to his hut, many of them armed with guns and pistols. He identified six of the prisoners as being present on the occasion.

“The jury after a few minutes consultation found all the prisoners guilty, with the exception of Waverong, who was immediately discharged. The sentence of the Court was that the prisoners should be transported for ten years.”

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Local Sports History

Broadford: original colours were red and blue ■ There are local history references to the Broadford Football Club having its origins, 130 years ago, in 1890.

The Broadford Football Club was certainly mentioned in the following year (March 28, 1891) in the columns of the Broadford Courier newspaper.

“A meeting of the members of the Broadford Football Club was hed on Wednesday evening at Bidstrup's Hotel, for the purpose of deciding what steps should be taken to clear the Recreation ground.

“Mr. P. Bidstrup was voted to the chair, and together with Mr. N. McDougall was deputed to wait on the Shire Secretary with reference to the matter.

“No other business was transacted and the meeting adjourned till this day fortnight.”

The April 18, 1891, issue reported: “A meeting of 'the Broadford Football Club took place at Bidstrup's hotel, on Saturday evening last.

“There was a numerous attendance, Dr. Skinner being in the chair.

Oficers were appointed as follow:President, Mr. McDougall; vicepresidents, Dr. Skinner, and Messrs.

P. Bidstrup, J. S, Brown, M. K. McKenzie, C. Lloyd, and T. Hunt; treasurer, Mr. Howdon; secretary, Mr. Craig; general committee, Messrs. Corney, D. McDougall, Simon, and Sandilands.

“The following were appointed a match committee: Dr. Skinner, and Messrs. A. McLeod, P. Bidstrup, N. Ross, and W. Craig.

“Mr. McDougall was appointed captain and Mr. J. Howden, vice captain.

“It was resolved that the colors of the club be red and blue.

“The entrance fee was fixed at 5s. The treasurer's account showed L1 6s. 7d. in hand from last year.

“In answer to a challenge from the Parkside club to play on the 24th May, it was resolved to ask them to play on the 23d May if possible.

“It was decided that members should be given the preference of picking the team, over non-members.

“Resolved that half the expense of clearing the ground be borne by the club providing that the whole amount did not exceed L4.

“It was also decided that Messrs.

J. Howden, W. Craig, and McDougall be elected on the committee for clearing the ground. Several members were enrolled during the evening.” ★ The May 16, 1891 issue of the Broadford Courier reported: “A special meeting of the Broadford Football Club was held at the Broadford hotel on Saturday evening last. Mr. P. Bidstrup being voted to the chair.

“Mr. D. McDougall presented a report of the meeting of the North Eastern Football Association held at Seymour on the 5th inst. when it was decided that an Association be formed to consist of the.following clubs - Broadford, Kilmore, Tallarook, Seymour, Avenel, Longwood, Euroa and Nagamhie.

“The other portion of the report dealt with the business of the Seymour meeting was recorded by us last week.

“It was also decded that Seymour be the headquarters of the Association.

“On the motion of Mr. McLeod, seconded by Mr. Hoban, Mr. McDougall's report was received

● Elevated view of Broadford with paddocks, snow covered hills in the distance. Perhaps 1906. and adopted. Mr. P. Bidstrup was the supper following the Broadford- premiership, and for a trophy to be principal games of the colony, findappointed a delegate.to the ad- Parkside football match, a number presented to the successful team by ing very much favor amongst all journed meeting of the Association of young men, among whom were Mr A. E. Richardson, commenced classes. held at Seymour last Tuesday. the accused, passed the house of Ah on May 16th and concluded on Au“It is a healthy exercise and, if “A promise of a medal by Toy, in High-street, in what is known gust 29th. not abused, tends to promote the “Owing to the non-conclusion of health and strength of the young men Mr.Schapher to the best all-round to be a very hilarious mood, and, that player of last season was received just at this moment a stone was hurled the Tallarook v. Seymour match at of the community.

Tallarook on June 13th, it was dewith thanks, aind it was decided that through one of the windows.

“It is to be hoped that no animosits disposal should be decided by a “Again, later on, another gang, cided by the Association that the two ity exists amongst any of the teams ballot of last season's players, and evidently excited to mischief, passed teams should meet again at the end who entered the competitive ranks, the secretary was instructed to call a by the premises, and more smashing of the season, to play under the ausand that in cases where they have pices of a professional umpire. meeting of last season's players for occurred.

“It is rumoured that the Seymour been beaten they took the inevitable the purpose.

“Owing to the darkness and the “Mr. Palmer promised to give a number of individuals concerned, the team do not intend to contest the with a good grace.

“One consolation to all in that the trophy for the player who should kick charge was necessarily elastic, and match, but even should they successthe greatest number of goals during with the result that the case was dis- fully do so it cannot alter the result team who has secured the as it at present stands, Tallarook premiership are in every way worthe present season. The meeting missed. thy of it, and it is no disgrace to be then terminated.

“The old China man, Ah Toy, is leading the list triumphantly.

“This team has done wonders beaten by such a splendid set of “The adjourned meeting of del- widely known as a remarkably inofegates was held at the Railway Club fensive and industrious man, and during the season, and has come out young fellows. hotel, Seymour, on Tuesday last, Mr. strong indignation is felt at the unpro- with an unbeaten record after play“Mr J. Howe, the energetic secing 13 matches.

Tristan being voted to the chair. voked atttack. retary of the Association, deserves “A dozen wins were obtained and credit for the manner in which he “There were present:- Messrs.

“Personally we think that however Tompkin (Avenel), Henry (Euroa), vague may have been the charge, the a draw took place with Euroa on carried out the duties imposed upon Bidstrup (Broadford), McClusky fact that the windows were smashed Saturday last, the scores, however, him.

(Kilmore), Hill (Tallarook), is clear enough; and we cannot help speaking very much in favor of the “It is rumored that the Boosey Bumpstead (Longwood), Wild expressing our regret that young men premiers. Tallarook has obtained the team, who obtained the. premiership (Nagambie), Hickey (Seymour), and who boast their descent from British high number of 72 goals, averaging of an Association further up the secretary, Mr. J. Howe. blood, and who live in a civilised land, over five for each match, and only thecountry, intend challenging “Matches were arranged up to the should have so bemeaned them- allowed 14 goals to be obtained in Tallarook to play.

2nd August. Messrs. Tompkin, selves as to stoop to so unmanly and the aggregate by their opponents in “This would prove an interesting Henry and McClusky were ap- dastardly an act to a poor old for- the football struggles, and out of a match, and it is to be hoped successpointed a committee to supervise the eigner, who, in a strange country and possible 52 points, 50 have been ful arrangements will be made.” rules, and bring up a report for the alone, is but striving honestly and scored. ★ “We congratulate the successful Association. honorably to effect a decent liveliA change of Broadford’s colours team, as undoubtedly they have this “The treasurer reported that £16 hood.” season proved thcemelves worthy to gold and black was noted in the 4s. was paid into the credit of the ★ club. Messrs. Henry, M'Clusky and A season round-up was printed in the honor of being called “premiers." report of the club’s annual general “Euroa has done fairly well also meeting, printed in the Broadford Hickey were appointed a permit com- the Kilmore Free Press of Septemduring the season, being the only Courier on April 8, 1892: mittee. ber 3, 1891: “The meeting then proceeded to ★ “This year witnessed the birth of team that played a draw with The same issue recorded: “The what has been christened the North- Tallarook, and only losing 3 matches the election of officers, with the following results:-President, Jas. following players have been chosen Eastern Football, Association, and out of 14 played.

“Out of a possible 56 points they MacDougall Esq.; Vice-presidents : to represent the local club in the on Saturday last the series of matches match, Broadford v. Avenel, to be arranged: by the Association came scored 42. Seymour has secured third Messrs. C. F. Lloyd, J. S. Brown, T. played here this afternoon .- to a close, Kilmore; Tallarook, place, with a score of 8 wins out of McNamara. V. Bidstrup, T. Hunt, Howden; Ross, W. Brown, T. Seymour, Euroa,Avenel, Broadford, 13.

M.L.A., and Dr Skinner; Manage“Three matches played resulted ment Committee : Messrs. G. White, Brown, Plundt, Kenny, Synon, Nagambie, and Longwood threw in Allan, Hoban, D. McDougall A. their lot with the Association, which, in draws. Seymour is next to W. Hohmuth, W. Craig. T. Hoban Ross, White, Lowry, Hohmuth, W. considering that this is its first year, Tallarook as regards the scoring of and H. Martin: selection committee: goals, 56 being obtained.

Jones, D. Morgan, H. Corney J. has done good work.

Messrs. Synon. Kenny and Craig.

“Out of a possible 52 points, 31 together with the captain, vice-capMcRie, W. Craig, “A few alterations and amendN. McDougall. Emergencies- W. ments will no doubt be effected were obtained. Kilmore entered the tain and secretary.

Roadley, P. Bidstrup, T. Jones. should the Association continue to season pretty favorably, but, sad to “Captain and Treasurer: J. ★ flourish, and in time the working relate, became dissatisfied at the Howden ; Vice captain: G. Whyte; A Court report was published in should be thoroughly harmonious. treatment of other clubs in not re- Secretary: P. Bidstrup. the June 6, 1891, edition of the “One considerable drawback to turning up to fulfil their engagements. decided that the subscrip“They secured 6 wins out of 14 tion“Itforwas Broadford Courier: the success of the past year was the the season should be 2s. 6d..

“W. HAbley, Thomas Hoban and fact that several of the clubs neglected matches, and obtained 2 draws. Out a Mr. Madden, were charged at the to fulfil their appointments to. con- of a possible 56 points, 28 were ob- and the colors of the club gold and black striped laced jerseys. tained.

Kilmore Police Court on Thursday, tend with other clubs.

“All members were urged to pro“The other teams scored the folwith "insulting language " at Broad“Of course the neglect secures a cure these colours in order to avoid ford. win for the home team, but it is un- lowing points out of a possible 56 :“It appears from the evidence satisfactory and prevents a good all Nagambie, 18 ; Longwood, 16; a repetition of. the confusion of last season,” the Boradford Courier reAvenel, 16 ; Broadford, 12. adduced by Police-constable Keane, round score being obtained.

“Football has be come one of the port concluded. that on the night of the 23rd ult., after “The matches in connection with

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Sport

Hanseatic is the one to beat

■ At the time of going to press, there were still around 90 acceptors for the Blue Diamond Stakes to be run at Caulfield on February22.

Favourite at this point is the Anthony Freedman-trained colt, Hanseatic, who has been most impressive winning his only two starts.

His win in the Blue Diamond Preview for two-year old colts and geldings was outstanding at only his second time around.

Superbly ridden by Luke Currie, although burdened with a wide barrier, Currie was content to sit three and four deep from the straight run to the home turn before he turned on the burners and the rest was history.

Hanseatic is nicely bred by the American sire, Street Boss, and is a striking chestnut.

Sydneysiders are spruiking the chances of their youngster, Rulership, who was impressive in blitzing the opposition in Sydney winning easily at his first start.

Purchased for $ 900,000 as a yearling, the son of I Am Invincible, bolted in with Nash Rawiller, replacing his original hoop, Hughie Bowman.

Prepared by Peter and Paul Snowden, they have a big opinion of the bay colt who ran good time.

Among the fillies you have the Ciaron MaherDavid Eustace pair, A Beautiful Night, who ran faster time than, Hanseatic in winning and the smart Muntaseera, who won well in Sydneyat her previous outing after a good second at Flemington.

One that could come right into calculations is the filly, Sense of Honour, who won easily at her first outing for the Mick Price-Mick Kent Junior combination.

She is well bred by the 2015 Blue Diamond Stakes winner, Pride of Dubai.

However connections will have to pay a late fee of $55,000 to nominate her.

New sale dawns

● Hanseatic wins in great style. Racing Photos 800 yearlings will be represented for sale at the spectacular new Oaklands precinct over a revamped three-day schedule.

The success of Inglis graduates in recent years has been so extraordinary that the company can't emphasise it enough.

There have been 40 Group One winning graduates since the start of 2018, 17 of them who sold for $100,000 or less.

All yearlings offered at the 2020 Premier Sales are again eligible for the $8 million Inglis Race Series, which includes the $2 million Millennium for two year-olds and the $1Million Sprint for three year-olds.

The list of sires registered reads like a Who's Who, with only the best represented.

In alphabetical order, the likes of All Too Hard, American Pharoah, Artie Schiller, Brazen Beau, the Newmarket winner, the cham-

Ted Ryan

■ Owners, trainers, and especially breeders, are looking forward to the time honoured Inglis Yearling Sales to be conducted in early March.

The Inglis Group has put together a fabulous array of yearlings to go under the hammer.

The sales at their magnificent Oaklands Junction sale yards will commence on Sunday March 1 and will be held over four days concluding on March 3.

Listed as their Premier Yearling Sale, the Premier Session will start at 10am on Sunday March 1 with Lots 1 through until 262 going under the hammer.

On Monday, March 2, Lots 263 through until 524 will go to the highest bidders, while on March 3, the Showcase session will swing into action once again at 10am, with lots 525 through till 784.

The reputation of the Premier Sale continues to soar.

At one time the sale had produced 13 individual Group One winners, since 2018, a tally Ana Lane, Scales of Justice, Hey Doc, and only bettered by the Inglis EasterYearling Sales Kenedna, the success of whom has contributed in Sydney, amongst the Australian Yearling to the establishment of this sale as one of the must buy auctions on the international calendar.

Sales.

This year an outstanding collection of almost Amongst this group were stars like, Santa

pion Irish stallion, Cable Bay, the Golden Slipper winner, Capitalist, and the up and coming young sire, former top sprinter Deep Field.

Then we have the leading New Zealand sire, Dundeel, who raced well in Australia under Our Dundeel, which is customary for international races when they race in Australia, if there is another Australian horse with the same name.

Exceed and Excel has taken all before him, while the Blue Diamond Stakes winner, Extreme Choice, a flashy chestnut, progeny should sell well.

Next is the Melbourne Cup winner, Fiorente, The runner-up to Extreme Choice in the Blue Diamond, Flying Artie, leading sire, I Am Invincible, who was mated recently with Winx, always sell well.

Then we have the team by Flying Artie a total of 14 to go under the hammer.

The top sire I Am Invincible ,who is taking all before him recently, was mated with the great mare Winx.

Another top sire, Lohnro, who has sired many a winner, has six yearlings up for sale.

The United States bred stallion, More Than Ready, has sired many a winner and is popular with buyers.

The Golden Slipper winner, Pierro, has a big team entered and they should all sell well.

The Victoria Derby winner Preferment has a team of four to go under the hammer.

Caulfield Guineas winner, Press Statement, has five in all: four fillies and a colt.

A Golden Slipper winner and leading sire, Sebring, is well represented, with a big team.

So You Think, the winner of two Cox Plates, and a third in a Melbourne Cup, has 16 for sale.

Another top sire, Tavistock, is one to keep your eye on as they always prove popular with owners.

I hope to see you there come March 1-3.

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Sport

Hunter Cup to King of Swing

■ One of the biggest nights of the season – A.G. Hunter Cup night was held at Tabcorp Park Melton on Saturday (Feb. 1).

The weather gods were not kind as persistent rain fell all through the 11-race card featuring apart from the Hunter Cup – the Great Southern Star for the Trotters, with both races over 2760 metres.

■ Much travelled former Kiwi 5Y0 Mach Three-Sly Shard entire King Of Swing which commenced his career with Ray Green in Auckland before being purchased by clients of the Gary Hall stable in WA, then transferring to Cobbity trainer Craig Cross who works in conjunction with Luke McCarthy was the victor of the $500,00 (Group 1) Del-Re National A.G. Hunter Cup..

Backed sensationally prior to the barrier draw on Tuesday from a quote of $26 into $11 only to be made an emergency for the race, King Of Swing was again backed on Friday into a $6 chance without obtaining a start.

Gaining a start following the scratching on veterinary advice of San Carlo Saturday morning, King Of Swing was able to take his place in the field and driven by Gary Hall (Junior), was able to start from the pole with the late scratching of Alta Orlando and Mach Shard from barriers one and two.

Beginning with plenty of zest as the gate pulled away, King Of Swing was able to dictate the terms of the race with no serious challengers.

In quarters of 29.5, 29.3, 27.7 and 26.9, King Of Swing just lasted by a half head from Our Uncle Sam which trailed, easing to the outside on turning with Chase Auckland (one/two) 5.1 metres back in third place.

Code Bailey was fourth following the pair.

The mile rate 1-55.4 was well outside Tiger Tara’s 1-53.2 set last year.

■ The $250,000 (Group 1) What The Hill Great Southern Star was taken out by Andy Gath’s extra special 8Y0 Skyvalley-Begin gelding Tornado Hanover, yet another ex- New Zealander which has proved a revelation since crossing the Tasman.

Driven by Kate Gath, Tornado Hanover (gate three) crossed polemarker Red Hot Tooth running into the first turn and in similar fashion to the Hunter Cup, was allowed to dictate terms to suit himself.

Despite an alarming betting drift, Tornado Hanover ($3.50) looked set to score easily on the final bend, however Red Hot Tooth after trailing, used the sprint lane to just fail by a nose, with Massive Metro (three back the markers) flashing home late when extricated into the clear finishing 1.7 metres away in third place.

Boom Kiwi Oscar Bonavena again let his supporters down after joining the leader with a circuit to travel only to give ground in the straight.

In quarters of 31.9, 29.7, 27.9 and 28.8, Tornado Valley chalked up his 33rd victory in 92 race appearances, returning a mile rate of 2-01.2 on the rain effected surface which was outside Sparkling Success’ 1-58.7 set in 2018.

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with Len Baker from four back being trailed by Cruze Bromac, Thefixer and Triple Eight from the rear.

Cruising up to A G's White Socks on turning, Ultimate Sniper showed great staying prowess to prevail by a neck from Mark Shard along the sprint lane, with Thefixer flashing home late for third a nose away a half neck in advance of Cruze Bromac and A G's white Socks.

Running the journey in 3-14.7, Ultimate Sniper returned a mile rate of 1-56 (last half mile 55.2 - quarter 27.9).

Raced by a large ownership involving former Inter winners Phil and Glenys Kennard - Smolda & Lazarus), Gavin Douglas, Phil & Margaret Creighton and Kevin Riseley who had tasted victory with both Lennytheshark and Lazarus, Ultimate Sniper recorded his 14th success from 20 outings which include 3 placings and stakes of $842,793.

It was Natalie's fifth Inter Grand Final after steering the great Blacks A Fake to victory in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010, while Mark Purdon has now figured as a trainer or driver four times Mark Hanover 1991 (D), Smolda 2016 (T/D) and Lazarus 2017 (T/D).

Classy youngster

■ Five year old Majestic Son-Una Bromac gelding Winterfell, a top class youngster of his era after winning two heats, was victorious in the $150,000 HR Fisken & Sons Trotters Grand Final over 2700 metres in a time of 3-21.7.

Trained by Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen, Winterfell with Mark in the sulky began swiftly from gate two to lead, with Majestic Man (gate 4) crossing him shortly after to momentarily assume control.

Coming away from the inside entering the front straight to once again take over, Winterfell was allowed to roll around unpressured with Sydneysider Tough Monarch outside him.

When Todd Mitchell went forward in the last lap from three back with Massive Metro to join him on straightening a blowout result looked eminent, however after the soft passage Winterfell defied all rivals to prevail by a half neck over Majestic Man along the sprint lane, with Massive Metro a nose away in third place.

■ During the holiday period lots of exciting In a last half of 58.3 - quarter 29, Winterfell country harness racing cups have been held as raced by Lone Star Christchurch proprietor was the Inter Dominion Grand Finals in Trevor Casey returned a mile rate of 2-00.1.

Auckland - here is a brief summary.

December 13 - A highly successful Auckland Inter Dominion Carnival concluded at Alexandra Park and it was no surprise to see the domi- ■ Two country cups were held over the weeknance of Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen's end of January 12, with the time honoured Shepparton Gold Cup taking place on Saturday, "All Stars" stable throughout the carnival.

With five runners to contest the 2700 metre while the Hamilton Cup was held on Sunday.

Shepparton attracted a huge crowd as they $500,000 IRT Pacers Grand Final, the stage was set for a terrific contest with a memorable vic- usually do, with victory in the $60,000 (Group 2) tory to 4Y0 Bettor's Delight-Reality Check en- Neatline Homes sponsored event over 2690 tire Ultimate Sniper who was unbeaten, outstand- metres going to the Emma Stewart/Clayton ing and sensational during the heats take the Tonkin trained 6Y0 SomebeachsomewhereClassic Cathy gelding Phoenix Prince. Raced ultimate prize.

Driven all through by Natalie, Ultimate Sniper by a number of syndications in partnership, Phoestarting from gate five was given time to bal- nix Prince already a winner of the Geelong and ance mid-field in the running line before going Cranbourne Cups this season settled four back forward to park outside Barry Purdon's A G's in the moving line from gate three on the second White Socks (gate 7) which had taken over from line with Kate Gath in the sulky as NSW visitor stablemate Mark Shard (gate 6) after crossing Our Uncle Sam arrested the lead away from Somebeachshadow which has crossed Sicario another stablemate On The Cards (gate 4) .

There were no further moves until the bell shortly after the start.

With Bec Bartley wasting no time in sending when Chase Auckland went forward three wide

Inter-Dominion

Cups galore

ocal hope San Carlo forward within a lap to race exposed, no changes were made until the final circuit when Phoenix Prince set off three wide solo being followed up by Wrappers Delight.

With Anthony Frisby and Our Uncle Sam going for home on the final bend as San Carlo gave ground, Phoenix Prince was still closing, it was titanic battle all the way up the running with Phoenix Prince making a last pitch in the shadows of the post to gain the day by a head in a thrilling finale.

Somebeachshadow after a cosy trip held down third 2.3 metres away ahead of Sicario.

The favourite Lochinvar Art after being shuffled back to four markers was held up in a tight pocket all through the race, but finished strongly to be fifth. In quarters of 30.2, 29.6, 27.7 and 29, Phoenix Prince returned a mile rate of 1-57.4.

Disappointing

■ It was a different story to the $35,000 Matthews Petroleum Hamilton Cup, a Group 3 event over the sprint trip of 1660 metres, the victor being another of the Stewart/Tonkin team in 4Y0 Bettors Delight-Sugarland entire Hurricane Harley for Bill and Anne Anderson's Lauriston Park.

In a race expected to 'break the clock"following a distance change, it was a disappointing contest for the club as polemarker Duke Of Wellington first up since May last year led from the pole with Hurricane Harley (gate three) immediately outside him with virtually no speed being applied. In quarters of 27.4, 31.5, 28.2 and 26.1, Hurricane Harley was able to outstay the leader to score by a half neck, with Idelsomemagic screaming home from the tail to finish a neck away in third place. The mile rate 1-53 which was well outside of Jilliby Chevy's 1-50.6 set in March last year.

Anne-Maree Conroy's very smart home bred 6Y0 Bacardi Lindy-Lady Pepperell mare Margaret Ruth returned to the winners list when a most impressive winner of the 2660 metre $14,000 Alexandra House Hamilton Trotters Cup, smashing the track record of 2-02.6 set by Zedalite back in 2014 in the process.

Raced by mother Pat, Margaret Ruth began swiftly from a 20 metre equal backmark , but still settled at the tail of a spread out field as polemarker Arrested led setting a solid tempo.

Angling away from the marker line to be three back in the running line at the bell, Margaret Ruth was sent forward three wide solo in the last lap and although still wide on the final bend, ran home stylishly to register a 2.9 metre margin over Jerichos Trumpet (three back the markers) and Illawong Byron which used the sprint lane off the back of the leader to be third 4.1 metres away just tipping out Arrested on the wire.

The mile rate 2-01.1. (last half 58.4 - quarter 28.7. It was Margaret Ruth's 13th success in 47 outings

Good crowds

■ It was Ballarat Pacing Cup night on Saturday January 18 and a good crowd turned out to witness the action which included heats of the Victoria Derby and Victoria Oaks.

The $110,000 (Group 1) Petstock Ballarat Pacing Cup over 2710 metres was taken out by the Greg and Nina Hope (Kaiapoi - South Island) part-owned and trained 6Y0 Rock N Roll Heaven-Atomic Gold gelding A G's White Socks in a mile rate of 1-56.1.

Driven a masterly race by Greg Sugars, A Gs White Socks was able to cross polemarker Tam Major running into the first turn and dictated the tempo of the race to perfection. In quarters of 29.6, 29.7, 27.2 and 27.5, A Gs White Socks prevailed by 1.3 metres from the fast finishing "All Stars" duo of Self Assured and Chase Auckland which both came from impossible positions on turning with a half head separating the pair on the wire. Our Uncle Sam was fourth and Bendigo Cup winner Code Bailey fifth.

Two classics

■ The stars were shining bright at Tabcorp Park Melton on Saturday January 25 when two blue riband classics - the Victoria Derby and Victoria

Sulky Snippets This Week

■ Wednesday - Geelong, Thursday Melton/Mildura, Friday - Horsham/Echuca (Cup), Saturday - Melton, Sunday Cranbourne, Monday - Charlton, Tuesday Ballarat.

Horses to follow

■ Heera Rani, Vincent Kai, Emijay, Flushed, Lifeofbrian, Aballofmuscle, Lets Get Shorty, Dan Fernando.

Oaks over 2760 metres were held, plus the time honoured V.L. Dullard Cup for the trotters with the visiting Kiwi's taking most of the spoils.

What a night it was for Sydney based Anthony Butt who snared both Three Year Old Classics - the $150,000 Victoria Oaks aboard the Cran Dalgety and Nathan Purdon (Christchurch) trained Bettors Delight-Safedra filly Dr Susan and the $200,000 Victoria Derby with Bettors Delight-Beach Parade colt Line Up. Line Up starting from gate five a surprise $30.60 winner of her heat was second favourite on this occasion and after giving her supporters a scare when galloping and causing a false start at the first attempt, was more relaxed in the second take, working to the front past Rockingwithsierra shortly after the start to lead for most of the journey, defeating the favourite Stylish Memphis (three wide at bell) by 4.4 metres in a mile rate of 1-56.6 (last half 54.3 quarter 28). Rockingwithsierra held down third 10.3 metres away.

Line Up's victory was similar after crossing Soho Hamilton from gate three to dictate terms, before running out a 1.6 metre victor over Queenslander Governor Jujon and Perfect Stride a stablemate of the winner in 1-55.2.

Auckland co-trainers Michelle Wallis and Bernie Hacket combined with Chris Alford to land the $50,000 Dullard Cup with ultra-consistent 7Y0 Monarchy-Whosinthenest gelding Temporale who qualified for the Inter Dominion Final in December.

Settling well back in the field from gate five on the second line after McLovin had crossed Red Hot Tooth leaving Massive Metro in the open, Temporale sprinted brilliantly in the last lap to race away on the final bend and register a 8 metre margin over Red Hot Tooth in 1-57.6 (last half 55.6 - 28.1). McLovin was third 2.8 metres away.

Stawell successes

■ It was Tonine Pacers and Trotters day at Stawell on Monday January 27, a strange day for two $25,000 feature events to be held on a public holiday which probably deserved better.

Terang trainer Marg Lee and reinsman son Jason took out the Trackside Bar & Bistro Tontine Pacers Pacing Championship over 2180 metres with the home bred family owned (Levarg Group) 4Y0 Bettors Delight-Major Day gelding Keayang Blinky. Given a lovely passage from gate two trailing the leader Zoliver (gate five), Keayang Blinky used the sprint lane to score by 4.4 metres from Major Assassin (three wide last lap from mid-field in the moving line to join the leader on the final bend), with Zoliver a half neck away in third place. The mile rate 1-56.8 (last half 58.1 - quarter 28.6).

The 2600 metre Trackside Bar & Bistro (Group 3) Tontine Trotting Championship saw former Kiwi 6Y0 Muscles Yankee-Belle Galleon gelding Izmok return to the winners list for the first time since October 2017.

Finishing full of running, Izmok scored by a runaway 9.3 metres in a rate of 2-04.4 over Kimmywho (along the sprint lane from four back the markers), with Travel Bug (one/two) third 1.3 metres away in third place after making the home turn five wide. The last half mile 61.6 quarter 30.6)

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Motoronics leads the way

â—? Motoronics Australia offers exceptional standard of mechanical repairs from the Yea workshops. The team thanks the local community for the wonderful success story. Pictured are (from left): Cameron Fairchild, Davis Parnis and Jeff Bucknell. Phone: 0432 646 632.

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Northern Football League fixtures Division 1 Round 1. Friday, April 3 Northcote Park v Montmorency Saturday, April 4 West Preston-Lakeside v Bundoora North Heidelberg v Macleod Heidelberg v Hurstbridge Whittlesea v Greensborough Round 2. Saturday, April 18 Hurstbridge v Montmorency Macleod v West Preston-Lakeside Greensborough v Bundoora Whittlesea v Heidelberg Northcote Park v North Heidelberg Round 3. Saturday, April 25 Hurstbridge v Northcote Park Montmorency v West Preston-Lakeside North Heidelberg v Greensborough Heidelberg v Macleod Bundoora v Whittlesea Round 4. Saturday, May 2 Northcote Park v Bundoora Macleod v Whittlesea West Preston-Lakeside v Heidelberg North Heidelberg v Hurstbridge Greensborough v Montmorency Round 5. Saturday, May 9 Greensborough v Hurstbridge West Preston-Lakeside v Northcote Park Whittlesea v North Heidelberg Bundoora v Heidelberg Montmorency v Macleod Round 6. Saturday, May 16 Hurstbridge v West Preston-Lakeside Northcote Park v Whittlesea Malceod v Greensborough Heidelberg v North Heidelberg Bundoora v Montmorency Round 7. Saturday, May 23 Greensborough v Heidelberg West Preston-Lakeside v Macleod Montmorency v Northcote Park North Heidelberg v Bundoora Whittlesea v Hurstbridge Round 8. Saturday, May 30 Hurstbridge v Macleod Greensborough v West Preston-Lakeside North Heidelberg v Northcote Park Heidelberg v Montmorency Whittlesea v Bundoora Round 9. Saturday, June 6 Macleod v North Heidelberg Northcote Park v Heidelberg West Preston-Lakeside v Whittlesea Montmorency v Greensborough Bundoora v Hurstbridge Round 10. Saturday, June 20 Hurstbridge v North Heidelberg Macleod v Bundoora Greensborough v Northcote Park Heidelberg v West Preston-Lakeside Whittlesea v Montmorency Round 11. Saturday, June 27 Hurstbridge v Heidelberg Northcote Park v Macleod Greensborough v Whittlesea North Heidelberg v Montmorency Bundoora v West Preston-Lakeside Round 12. Saturday, July 4 West Preston-Lakeside v North Heidelberg Montmorency v Hurstbridge Heidelberg v Greensborough Whittlesea v Macleod Bundoora v Northcote Park Round 13. Saturday, July 11 Hurstbridge v Greensborough Northcote Park v West Preston-Lakeside Macleod v Heidelberg Montmorency v Bundoora North Heidelberg v Whittlesea

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Northern Football Netball League 2020 season fixtures

Round 14. Saturday, July 18 Macleod v Hurstbridge Greensborough v North Heidelberg West Preston-Lakeside v Montmorency Heidelberg v Bundoora Whittlesea v Northcote Park Round 15. Saturday, July 25 Northcote Park v Greensborough West Preston-Lakeside v Hurstbridge Montmorency v Whittlesea Bundoora v Macleod North Heidelberg v Heidelberg Round 16. Saturday, August 8 Hurstbridge v Bundoora Greensborough v Macleod Montmorency v North Heidelberg Heidelberg v Northcote Park Whittlesea v West Preston-Lakeside Round 17. Saturday, August 15 Northcote Park v Hurstbridge Macleod v Montmorency North Heidelberg v West Preston-Lakeside Heidelberg v Whittlesea Bundoora v Greensborough Round 18. Saturday, August 22 Hurstbridge v Whittlesea Macleod v Northcote Park West Preston-Lakeside v Greensborough Montmorency v Heidelberg Bundoora v North Heidelberg

Division 2

Round 1. Saturday, April 4 Thomastown v Eltham Lower Plenty v Epping Fitzroy Stars v Banyule St Mary’s v WEatsonia Panton Hill v Diamond Creek Friday, April 10 Eltham v St Mary’s Epping v Thomastown (4.10pm) Round 2. Saturday, April 18 Diamond Creek v Eltham Fitzroy Stars v Epping St Mary’s v Thomastown Watsonia v Panton Hill Banyule v Lower Plenty Round 3. Saturday, April 25 Watsonia v Banyule Eltham v Lower Plenty Epping v Diamond Creek Thomastiown v Fitzroy Stars Panton Hill v St Marys

Round 4. Saturday, May 2 Epping v St Mary’s Thomastown vg Panton Hill Lower Plenty v Diamond Creek Fitzroy Stars v Watsonia Eltham v Banyule Round 5. Saturday, May 9 Panton Hill v Epping Watsonia v Lower Plenty Banyule v Thomastown Diamond Creek v Fitzroy Stars St Mary’s v Eltham Round 6. Saturday, May 16 Panton Hill v Eltham Watsonia v Diamond Creek Banyule v Fitzroy Stars Thomastown v Epping Lower Plenty v St Mary’s Round 7. Saturday, May 23 Diamond Creek v Thomastown Eltham v Watsonia Epping v Lower Plenty Fitzroy Stars v Panton Hill St Mary’s v Banyule Round 8. Saturday, May 30 Watsonia v Epping Banyule v Panton Hill Eltham v Diamond Creek Lower Plenty v Thomastown St Mary’s v Fitzroy Stars Round 9. Saturday, June 13 Panton Hill v Watsonia Diamond Creek v Banyu;e Epping v Eltham Thomastown v St Mary’s Fitzroy Stars v Lower Plenty Round 10. Saturday, June 20 Panton Hill v Thomastown Watsonia v St Mary’s Banyule v Epping Lower Plenty v Eltham Fitzroy Stars v Diamond Creek Round 11. Saturday, June 27 Eltham v Fitzroy Stars Epping v Panton Hill Thomastown v Watsonia Lower Plenty v Banyule St Mary’s v Diamond Creek Round 12. Saturday, July 4 Watsonia v Fitzroy Stars Banyule v St Mary’s Diamond Creek v Lower Plenty Eltham v Panton Hill Round 13. Saturday, July 11 Panton Hill v Lower Plenty Banyule v Eltham Diamond Creek v Watsonia Fitzroy Stars v Thomastown St Mary’s v Epping

Round 14. Saturday, July 18 Panton Hill v Banyule Epping v Fitzroy Stars Thomastown v Diamond Creek Lower Plenty v Watsonia Round 15. Saturday, July 25 Watsonia v Eltham Diamond Creek v Pantin Hill Epping v Banyule Thomastown v Lower Plenty Fitzroy Stars v St Mary’s Round 16. Saturday, August 1 Banyule v Watsonia Diamond Creek v Epping Eltham v Thomastown Lower Plenty v Fitzroy Stars St Mary’s v Panton Hill Round 17. Saturday, August 8 Panton Hill v Fitzroy Stars Watsonia v Thomastown Banyule v Diamond Creek Eltham v Epping St Mary’s v Lower Plenty Round 18. Saturday, August 15 Diamond Creek v St Mary’s Epping v Watsonia Thomastown v Banyule Lower Plenty v Panton Hill Fitzroy Stars v Eltham

Division 3

Round 1. Saturday, April 4 Reservoir v South Morang Old Eltham Collegians v Lalor Heidelberg West v Mernda Laurimar v Kilmore Round 2. Saturday, April 18 Old Eltham Collegians v Heidelberg West Kilmore v Lalor Laurimar v Reservoir South Morang v Mernda Round 3. Saturday, April 25 Reservoir v Old Eltham Collegians Heidelberg West v Kilmore Lalor v South Morang Mernda v Laurimar Round 4. Saturday, May 2 Reservoir v Kilmore Laurimarv Old Eltham Collegians South Morang v Heidelberg West Mernda v Lalor Round 5. Saturday, May 9 Old Eltham Collegians v South Morang Heidelberg West v Laurimar Kilmore v Mernda Lalor v Reservoir

Round 6. Saturday, May 16 Reservoir v Heidelberg West Old Eltham Collegians v Mernda Lalor v Laurimar South Morang v Kilmore Round 7. Saturday, May 23 Heidelberg West v Lalor Kilmore v Old Eltham Collegians Laurimar v South Morang Mernda v Reservoir Round 8. Saturday, May 30 Old Eltham Collegians v Reservoir Kilmore v Heidelberg West Laurimar v Mernda South Morang v Lalor Round 9. Saturday, June 13 Reservoir v Laurimar Heidelberg West v Old Eltham Collegians Lalor v Kilmore Mernda v South Morang Round 10. Saturday, June 20 Kilmore v Reservoir Lalor v Mernda Laurimarv Heidelberg West South Morang v Old Eltham Collegians Round 11. Saturday, June 27 Reservoir v Lalor Old Eltham Collegians v Laurimar Heidelberg West v South Morang Mernda v Kilmore Round 12. Saturday, July 4 Reservoir v Mernda Old Eltham Collegians v Kilmore Lalor v Heidelberg West South Morang v Laurimar Round 13. Saturday, July 11 Old Eltham Collegians v Mernda Heidelberg West v Reservoir Kilmore v South Morang Laurimar v Lalor Round 14. Saturday, July 18 Kilmore v Laurimar Lalor v Old Eltham Collegians South Morang v Reservoir Mernda v Heidelberg West Round 15. Saturday, July 25 Reservoir v Old Eltham Collegians Heidelberg West v Lalor Kilmore v South Morang Mernda v Laurimar Round 16. Saturday, August 1 Heidelberg West v Old Eltham Collegians Kilmore v Mernda Lalor v Reservoir Laurimar v South Morang Round 17. Saturday, August 8 Old Eltham Collegians v LaurimarLalor v Kilmore South Morang v Heidelberg West Mernda v Reservoir Round 18. Saturday, August 15 Reservoir v Kilmore Lauirmar v Heidelberg West South Morang v Lalor Mernda v Old Eltham Collegians

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AFL Outer East 2020 season fixtures Division 2 Round 1 - Saturday, April 18 Yarra Glen v Alexandra Broadford v Yea Yarra Junction v Powelltown Thornton-Eildon v Warburton-Millgrove Kinglake: Bye Round 2 - Saturday, April 25 ANZAC Round Kinglake v Powelltown Alexandra v Thornton-Eildon Broadford v Yarra Glen Warburton-Millgrove v Yarra Junction Yea: Bye Round 3 - Saturday, May 2 Powelltown v Warburton-Millgrove Yea v Yarra Glen Kinglake v Broadford Yarra Junction v Thornton-Eildon Alexandra: Bye Round 4 - Saturday, May 9 Yarra Glen v Powelltown (Pride Cup) Warburton-Millgrove v Alexandra Thornton-Eildon v Broadford Yea v Kinglake Yarra Junction: Bye Round 5 - Saturday, May 16 Yarra Glen v Warburton-Millgrove Kinglake v Yarra junction Alexandra v Yea Powelltown v Thornton-Eildon Broadford: Bye Round 6 - Saturday, May 23 Broadford v Alexandra Thornton-Eildon v Kinglake Yarra Junction v Yarra Glen Powelltown v Yea Warburton-Millgrove: Bye Round 7 - Saturday, May 30 Yea v Yarra junction Warburton-Millgrove v Broadford Thronton-Eildon v Yarra glen Alexandra v Kinglake Powelltown: Bye Round 8 - Saturday, June 6 Alexandra v Yarra Junction Broadford v Powelltown Kinglake v Warburton-Millgrove Yea v Thornton-Eildon Yarra Glen: Bye Round 9 - Saturday, June 13 Warburton-Millgrove v Yea Yarra Glen v Kinglake Powelltown v Alexandra Yarra Junction v Broadford Thornton-Eildon: Bye Round 10 - Saturday, June 20 Alexandra v Yarra glen Yea v Broadford Powelltown v Yarra Junction Warburton-Millgrove v Thornton-Eildon Kinglake: Bye Round 11 - Saturday, June 27 Powelltown v Kinglake Thornton-Eildon v Alexandra Yarra Glen v Broadford Yarra Junction v Warburton-Millgrove Yea: Bye Round 12 - Saturday, July 4 Warburton-Millgrove v Powelltown Yarra Glen v Yea Broadford v Kinglake Thornton-Eildon v Yarra Junction Alexandra: Bye Round 13 - Saturday, July 11 Powelltown v Yarra Glen Alexandra v Warburton-Millgrove Broadford v Thornton-Eildon Kinglake v Yea Yarra Junction: Bye Round 14 - Saturday, July 18 Towards Zero Warburton-Millgrove v Yarra Glen Yarra Junction v Kinglake Yea v Alexandra Thronton-Eildon v Powelltown Broadford: Bye

● Yea’s A-Grade netball premiership team.

Round 17 - Saturday, August 15 Round 15 - Saturday, July 25 Round 6 - Saturday, May 23 Seville v Monbulk Alexandra v Broadford Belgrave v Emerald Kinglake v Thornton-Eildon Healesville v Healesville v Officer Yarra Glen v Yarra Junction Gembrook-Cockatoo Seville v Berwick Springs Yea v Powelltown Gembrook-Cockatoo v Belgrave v Officer Warburton-Millgrove: Bye Mount Evelyn Mount Evelyn v Berwick Springs Round 16 - Saturday, August 1 Monbulk: Bye Emerald: Bye Yarra Junction v Yea Round 7 - Saturday, May 30 Round 18 - Saturday, August 22 Broadford v Warburton-Millgrove Berwick Springs v Monbulk Emerald v Officer Yarra Glen v Thornton-Eildon Emerald v Healesville Gembrook-Cockatoo v Kinglake v Alexandra Seville v Officer Belgrave Powelltown: Bye Mount Evelyn v Belgrave Seville v Healesville Round 17 - Saturday, August 8 Gembrook-Cockatoo: Bye Monbulk v Mount Evelyn Yarra Junction v Alexandra Round 8 - Saturday, June 13 Berwick Springs: Bye Powelltown v Broadford Monbulk v Seville ★ Warburton-Millgrove v Kinglake Gembrook-Cockatoo v Healesville Sunday, August 30 Thornton-Eildon v Yea Officer v Belgrave Qualifying/Elimination Finals Yarra Glen: Bye Berwick Springs v Mount Evelyn ★ Round 18 - Saturday, August 15 Emerald: Bye Sunday, September 6 Yea v Warburton-Millgrove Round 9 - Saturday, June 20 Semi-Finals Kinglake v Yarra Glen Officer v Emerald ★ Alexandra v Powelltown Belgrave v Gembrook-Cockatoo Sunday, September 13 Broadford v Yarra Junction Healesville v Seville Preliminary Final Thornton-Eildon: Bye Mount Evelyn v Monbulk ★ ★ Berwick Springs: Bye Sunday, September 20 Saturday, August 22 Round 10 - Saturday, June 27 Grand Final Qualifying/Elimination Finals Healesville v Monbulk ★ Emerald v Seville Saturday, August 29 Berwick Springs v Belgrave Semi-Finals Gembrook-Cockatoo v Officer ★ Mount Evelyn: Bye Saturday, September 5 Round 11 - Saturday, July 4 Round 4 - Good Friday, Preliminary Final Gembrook-Cockatoo v Emerald April 10 ★ Seville v Mount Evelyn Doveton v Narre Warren Saturday, September 12 Berwick Springs v Healesville Cranbourne v Beaconsfield Grand Final Officer v Monbulk Round 1 - Saturday, April 18 Belgrave: Bye Narre Warren v Berwick Round 12 - Saturday, July 11 Wandin v Woori Yallock Round 1 - Saturday, April 18 Belgrave v Seville Upwey Tecoma v Cranbourne Monbulk v Healesville Emerald v Berwick Springs Pakenham v Beaconsfield Seville v Emerald Mount Evelyn v Healesville Olinda Ferny Creek v Doveton Belgrave v Berwick Springs Monbulk v Gembrook-Cockatoo Round 2 - Saturday, April 25 Officer v Gembrook-Cockatoo Officer: Bye ANZAC Round Mount Evelyn: Bye Round 13 - Saturday, July 18 Beaconsfield v Narre Warren Round 2 - Saturday, April 25 Towards Zero Wandin v Upwey-Tecoma ANZAC Round Healesville v Belgrave Doveton v Berwick Emerald v Gembrook-Cockatoo Officer v Mount Evelyn Pakenham v Olinda-Ferny Creek Mount Evelyn v Seville Monbulk v Emerald Woori Yallock v Cranbourne Healesville v Berwick Springs Gembrook-Cockatoo v Round 3 - Saturday, May 2 Monbulk v Officer Berwick Springs Olinda-Ferny Creek v Wandin Belgrave: Bye Seville: Bye Berwick v Beaconsfield Round 3 - Saturday, May 2 Round 14 - Saturday, July 25 Narre Warren v Upwey-Tecoma Seville v Belgrave Belgrave v Monbulk Cranbourne v Pakenham Berwick Springs v Emerald Berwick Springs v Officer Woori Yallock v Doveton Healesville v Mount Evelyn Seville v Gembrook-Cockatoo Round 4 - Saturday, May 9 Gembrook-Cockatoo v Monbulk Mount Evelyn v Emerald Pakenham v Wandin Officer: Bye Healesville: Bye Upwey-Tecoma v Woori Yallock Round 4 - Saturday, May 9 Round 15 - Saturday, August 1 Olinda-Ferny Creek v Berwick Belgrave v Healesville Emerald v Belgrave Round 5 - Saturday, May 16 Mount Evelyn v Officer Officer v Healesville Pakenjam v Upwey-Tecoma Emerald v Monbulk Berwick Springs v Seville Beaconsfield v Doveton Berwick Springs v Mont Evelyn v Berwick v Cranbourne Gembrook-Cockatoo Gembrook-Cockatoo Woori Yallock v Olinda-Ferny Ck Seville; Bye Monbulk: Bye Narre Warren v Wandin Round 5 - Saturday, May 16 Round 16 - Saturday, August 8 Round 6 - Saturday, May 23 Monbulk v Belgrave Monbulk v Berwick Springs Pakenham v Narre Warren Officer v Berwick Springs Healesville v Emerald Doveton v Wandin Gembrook-Cockatoo v Seville Officer v Seville Cranbourne v Olinda-Ferny Creek Emerald v Mount Evelyn Belgrave v Mount Evelyn Berwick v Woori Yallock Healesville: Bye Gembrook-Cockatoo: Bye Upwey-Tecoma v Beaconsfield

Premier Division

Division 1

Round 7 - Saturday, May 30 Pakenham v Doveton Wandin v Cranbourne Berwick v Upwey-Tecoma Olinda-Ferny Creek v Narre Warren Beaconsfield v Woori Yallock Round 8 - Saturday, June 13 Pakenham v Berwick Wandin v Beaconsfield Cranbourne v Doveton Woori Yallock v Narre Warren Upwey-Tecoma v Olinda-Ferny Creek Round 9 - Saturday, June 20 Pakenham v Woori Yallock Wandin v Berwick Beaconsfield v Olinda-Ferny Ck Narre Warren v Cranbourne Doveton v Upwey-Tecoma Round 10 - Saturday, June 27 Berwick v Narre Warren Woori Yallock v Wandin Cranbourne v Upwey-Tecoma Beaconsfield v Pakenham Doveton v Olinda-Ferny Creek Round 11 - Saturday, July 4 Narre Warren v Beaconsfield Upwey-Tecoma v Wandin Berwick v Doveton Olinda-Ferny Creek v Pakenham Cranbourne v Woori Yallock Round 12 - Saturday, July 11 Wandin v Olinda-Ferny Creek Beaconsfield v Berwick Upwey-Tecoma v Narre Warren Pakenham v Cranbourne Doveton v Woori Yallock Round 13 - Saturday, July 18 Towards Zero Wandin v Pakenham Woori Yallock v Upwey-Tecoma Berwick v Olinda-Ferny Creek Narre Warren v Doveton Beaconsfield v Cranbourne Round 14 - Saturday, July 25 Split Round Upwey-Tecoma v Pakenham Doveton v Beaconsfield Saturday, August 1 Cranbourne v Berwick Olinda-Ferny Creek v Woori Yallock Wandin v Narre Warren Round 15 - Saturday, August 8 Narre Warren v Pakenham Wandin v Doveton Olinda-Ferny Creek v Cranbourne Woori Yallock v Berwick Beaconsfield v Upwey-Tecoma Round 16 - Saturday, August 15 Doveton v Pakenham Cranbourne v Wandin Upwey-Tecoma v Berwick Narre Warren v Olinda-Ferny Ck Woori Yallock v Beaconsfield Round 17 - Saturday, August 22 Berwick v Pakenham Beaconsfield v Wandin Doveton v Cranbourne Narre Warren v Woori Yallock Olinda-Ferny Creek v Upwey-Tecoma Round 18 - Saturday, August 29 Woori Yallock v Pakenham Berwick v Wandin Olinda-Ferny Creek v Beaconsfield Cranbourne v Narre Warren Upwey-Tecoma v Doveton Saturday, September 5 Qualifying/Elimination Finals ★ Saturday, September 12 Semi-Finals ★ Saturday, September 19 Preliminary Final ★ Friday, September 25 Grand Final

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Plenty hits 1116 in Barclay Shield Regional News Masons Rd closes

■ The six month one-way trial for Masons Rd, eastbound between Epping Rd and Wilkes Ct, started on Monday (Feb. 3).

Emergency services and authorised road maintenance vehicles will be exempt.

Whittlesea Council will review the trial later this year to see whether it’s been effective in addressing safety concerns.

The Council will also be asking for feedback at the end of the trial, which will help make future decisions about Masons Rd.

Coronavirus tips

■ Have you recently returned from Hubei Province in mainland China?

■ stay home (self-isolate) ■ avoid public settings.

Do this for 14 days after leaving Hubei Province (other than when seeking medical care).

If you have been in close contact with someone who has Novel Coronavirus ■ stay at home ■ avoid public settings for 14 days after you last came in to contact with them.

If you have fever, or cough, sore throat or have trouble breathing ■ seek medical treatment immediately.

If you need medical treatment ■ call before you go and let them know if you have recently been in Hubei province, China.

What should you do?

■ wash your hands regularly with soap and water cover your coughs and sneezes If you are concerned, call the Department of Health and Human Services Coronavirus hotline 1800 675 398 Please keep Triple Zero (000) for emergencies only.

Skate comp.

■ A national skate competition will get air in Epping this month, with categories for skateboarders as well as scooter and BMX riders.

The competition is organised by the City of Whittlesea in partnership with the YMCA and funded by FReeZA as part of the National Skate Park League series.

The event will be held at Epping Skate Park, Meadowglen Reserve, McDonalds Rd, Epping on Saturday, February 22.

The competition is open to all ages. People can choose to compete in any of the elements, skate, BMX and or scooter, in their age group.

A panel of judges will award prizes in each section with winners going on to the national final.The family-friendly event is free to attend with a jumping castle for all ages and food available for purchase.

Fire Game launch

■ Diamond Creek Fire Brigade this week launched the Nillumbik version of The Fire Game, a board game that tests players’ knowledge of what to do before, during and after a bushfire emergency.

Some questions focus specifically on Nillumbik and others are related to broader bushfire awareness and preparation.

The Monopoly-style board game was developed by Surf Coast Shire, which shared the concept for local adaptation.

Nillumbik Council provided a $2000 Community Quick Response Grant towards the project, which is also being funded by the CFA and Emergency Services and State Super. This funding has enabled the printing of 150 copies of the game, which are set to be circulated among schools, community centres, libraries, fire stations, cafes and other venues.

“The Fire Game will increase your knowledge about Nillumbik-specific fire awareness and broader concepts like Total Fire Ban days, Fire Danger ratings and bushfire preparedness,” said Mayor Cr Karen Egan..

■ The first day of the two-day Round 9 of Barclay Shield competiton in the Diamond Valley Cricket Association was scheduled for last Saturday (Feb. 1).

Hot, steamy, stormy weather affected some play in the various grades.

morency Black v Research Eltham Collegians.

Bundoora United vMernda

Diamond Creek v Epping 4/70A Licovski 29 M Keenan 2/20. Plenty 7/116 CC Prasad 39 K Singh 27 S Shelton 4/29 v Rosanna. Lower Eltham vHeidelberg 4/54. Macleod v Bundoora 5/98 N Caracella 39 R Wise 3/33. North Eltham Wanderers v Riverside 3/76 D Hoyne 34 T Ranasinghe Muduyanselage 2/42.

Riverside v Laurimar. Macleod v Banyule.

Whittlesea v Lower Plenty/Lower Eltham.

Bundoora Park v Hurstbridge/Panton Hill

BARCLAY SHIELD

MONEY SHIELD

Montmorency vBanyule 4/63 JWArandt 29 J Crook 28* R Shaman 2/3. Lalor Stars 3/69 S Kemp 32 M Hogg 2/34 v Eltham. Research Eltham Collegians v Mernda 3/124 D Mercuri 36 D Stevens 29. Old Paradians v Lower Plenty 1/59 BA Jenkin 40*. Mill Park 3/62 R Williams 29* v Bundoora United.

MASH SHIELD

Laurimar 5/134 RJ Boddy 50 L Richardson 38 J Elzink 2/18 v Diamond Creek. Greensborough 3/72 T Vilchez 29 v Whittlesea. Panton Hill 0/29 v South Morang 57 R Ford 7/20 S Tung 2/15. Thomastown 0/0 v Thomastown United 2/98 RS Dosanjh 52* SS Kethbevilage 2/25. Bundoora Park v Hurstbridge 3/52 T Herath 2/23.

B-GRADE

Riverside 3/67 R Patmore 2/14 v Montmorency. Epping 0/5 v Lalor Stars 39 T Sebastian 5/12 P Londhe 3/14. Bundoora v Macleod 5/54 D Bosso 29 T MacLeod 2/3 M Fullelove 2/8. Heidelberg 3/55 v Rosanna.

C-GRADE

Eltham v Mill Park 5/81 S Ravikrishnan 25* JW Sharples 3/4. Banyule v North Eltham Wander-ers 4/72 TD Elmer 2/11 JN Wilson 2/ 21. Bundoora United 6/77 R Peries 3/21 M Willis 2/15 v Lower Plenty. Mernda 5/107 C Smith 34* MP Cocks 2/6 CP Muir 2/26 v Old Paradians.

D-GRADE

Lower Eltham v Laurimar 6/83 MR Peters 31 J Scully 4/30 J Whitcher 2/29. Research Eltham Collegians 4/72 v Plenty. Greensborough 3/104 R Cann 56 K Horkings 2/37 v North Eltham Wanderers. Banyule v Riverside 5/59 CW Asbury 2/6.

E-GRADE

Eltham 3/149 S Krug 63 B Meredith 49 v Thomastown. Thomastown United 5/45 v Montmorency. Hurstbridge v Panton Hill 7/114 M Tung 39* J Kanellos 26 P Holzer Acc 5/15.

Mernda 7/67 RS Bhullar 3/24 H Culph 2/11 v Bundoora Park.

F1-GRADE

Riverside 2/116 A Amenta 59* N Dalton 51 v Mill Park. South Morang 1/145 JJ Singh 61* B Nehra 35v Bundoora. Old Paradians v Diamond Creek 2/143 J Boland 66* JM Stephen 42.

Rosanna v Macleod 4/65 C Payne 3/16.

F2-GRADE

Lower Plenty v Heidelberg 4/102 S Hoyne 40 JB O'Connor 2/8. Riverside 2/116 M McMaster-Smith 68* v Lower Eltham. Lalor Stars 4/111 B Carroll 52* C Nickson 2/34 v Whittlesea. Banyule v Rosanna 8/31 SJ Bateman 5/9 JT Perugini 3/1.

F3-GRADE

Diamond Creek v Old Paradians 7/68 HW Connell 3/6 KB Carr 2/10. Epping 7/51 B Jones 5/17 A McGrath 2/6 v Research Eltham Collegians. Bundoora United 2/104 B Gaff 28* N Brown 2/35 v Thomastown United. North Eltham Wanderers 86 C Katsaros 26 M Koegler 5/18 A Welsh 2/8 v Plenty.

G1-GRADE

Montmorency vDiamond Creek 1 4/95 MJ Rolfe 28*. South Morang 2/159 S Thavaraj 70 JN Ramalingam 55* v Laurimar Teal. Laurimar Black 62 M Stoneham 30 S Mangin 4/10 T Baird 3/31 BA Oliver 2/14 v Diamond Creek 2 0/18. Thomastown 0/0 v Mernda 3/56.

UNDER 18 BLUE

Diamond Creek v Bundoora Park. Mont-

UNDER 16 BLUE

Plenty v Bundoora United. Research Eltham Collegians v Diamond Creek. Mernda v Montmorency. Rosanna v Epping

UNDER 16 TEAL

UNDER 14 BLUE

Riverside v Banyule. Diamond Creek v Mernda. Hurstbridge v Montmorency. North Eltham Wanderers v Epping

UNDER 12 BLUE

Montmorency vResearch Eltham Collegians. Epping v Plenty. Banyule v Diamond Creek. Laurimar v Bundoora United.

Travel Extra with John Rozentals East-West journey ■ An east-to-west journey across Australia in Platinum Class aboard the Indian Pacific train and a Christmas voyage back for Sydney's famous New Year's Eve festivities form part of a 19-day transcontinental railand-sail package organised by Cruise Express for next festive season.

Passengers will board one of the world's most famous trains, the Indian Pacific, in Sydney on December 16 for a three-night journey to Perth.

Guests will travel in Platinum Class in double or twin-bed cabins twice the size of Gold Class cabins, with full ensuite, picture windows to capture the changing scenery, allinclusive bar and dining in the special Platinum Club dining and lounge car and complimentary, private, home-to-station transfers in Sydney under 60 kilometres.

A stay at Perth's Como will be followed by a 14-night Christmas and New Year cruise from Perth to Melbourne aboard the 700guest Azamara Pursuit, on which passengers enjoy a complimentary range of spirits, wines, beers, soft drinks, water and specialty coffees.

Christmas Day will be spent at sea.

There will be visits to the Margaret River region, Albany, the beaches of Esperance, Adelaide, Kangaroo Island and Sydney where the ship will be docked in White Bay for two nights on December 31 and January 1 to allow guests to enjoy the city's world-famous New Year's festivities.

The package is priced from $10,590 per person twin-share.

Phone 1300 766 537 or visit www.cruiseexpress.com.au

Festival of Voices ■ Tasmania's Festival of Voices projects warmth in winter from July 1-20, with concerts, massed choirs, cabarets, and contemporary performances, as well as family and pop-up events.

More than 30,000 people gather for the two-week event in Hobart and regional Tasmania, celebrating the power of song and the joy of human connection through music.

Musical genres explored in the past include cabaret, soul, jazz, pop, choral, and rock, with a wide range of musical experiences, from the dramatic and grand to the intimate and moving, in venues ranging from recital halls to bars.

The 2020 festival will focus on the wellness aspect of shared singing experiences, exploring the rush of high emotion and endorphins released when strangers stand side by side and sing as one.

Visit www.festivalofvoices.com

New wine festival ■ Northern Tasmania has a new wine festival from May 29-31, Vintage: Tamar 2020.

- John Rozentals

Grandstander Footy fibs galore ■ ‘Porkies’, exaggerations and outright lies will be in abundance at the Waranga North East Football reunion to be held from 11.30am this Sunday (Feb. 9) at the Avenel Football Ground.

The League operated from 1913-76, and included clubs including Alexandra, Avenel, Avenel-Longwood, Broadford, Euroa, Kilmore, Longwood, Mansfield, Murchison, Nagambie, Rush-worth, Seymour, Thornton-Acheron Valley, Thornton-Eildon and Yea.

Muggsy recruited ■ Yea Football Netball Club is welcoming Rory Muggivan for season 2020. He is a strong key defender with great leadership qualities, Muggsy has played with Lavington and North Albury in the Ovens and Murray Football Netball League after a stint at Williamstown in the VFL, and most recently at Thurgoona in the Tallangatta and District competition.

Rec. tender given ■ A tender for the female friendly change rooms, and the renewal and upgrade of the disabled toilet at the Yea Recreation Reserve, was authorised at the January 22 meeting of Murrindindi Shire Council.

Councillors voted unanimously to support a motion from Crs Eric Lording and Bec Bowles to accept the tender for the lump sum price of $215,711.10 (inclunding GST) from Ferrum Group Pty Ltd. This is part of the improvement to home and away change room amenities at the Yea Recreation Reserve, canvassed prior to the 2018 state elections. Allocation of a contingency amount has been authorised by the Council.

Mixed netball date ■ Whittlesea and District Netball Association is looking for at least one mixed netball team for Wednesday nights, starting Wednesday, February 12. Enquiries to: WADNA.membership@gmail.com

Reg. Day at Y. Glen ■ Registration Day for Yarra Glen Junior Football Day will be held at 4pm on Sunday, February 23 at the ‘Showgrounds Reserve’.

Game abandoned ■ Kinglake’s designated one-day cricket match against Camrea at C.H. Sullivan Park West last Saturday (Feb. 1) was abandoned.

Camrea were listed as having won the toss, and batting first.

Kinglake’s selected team was J. Green, B.J. Hall, M. Lynch, J. Darkin, J. Gibbs, N. Stella, L. Martin, B. Mawkes, A. Hybinett, D. Maloney, T. Maloney, H. Maloney.

Rebels report ■ The Alexandra Rebels are looking for a fresh season in 2020 with several of Under 18s from 2019 re committing to the club to join the the senior ranks.

This will not only bring in some fresh blood but they will also bring some real energy and speed to team.

The coaches have also managed to recruit Steven Hedger back to the club, not to play this time, but to assist them with the recruiting drive in 2020.

- Contributed

Lakers raise $2500 ■ The Kinglake Cricket-Kinglake Football social match at the Memorial Reserve raised $2500 for bushfire relief.

Race meetings ■ The next Yarra Valley race meetings will be held at Yarra glen on Saturdays, February 8 and 22.

The next Alexandra Race Club event is on Saturday, February 29.

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SEYMOUR DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION SCORES AT A GLANCE A-GRADE

■ Day One. Saturday, February 1. Kilmore v Eastern Hill 6/192 S Feery 49 MW Collard 43* M Brown 34 BJ Dennehy 2/21 S Topham 2/37.

Seymour 7/84 N Quigg 27 A Chisholm 3/ 20 CA Malcolm 2/11 v Yea Tigers.

Tallarook v Broadford 137 A Wood 39 EW Mills 25 L Watts 4/50 L Irving 2/35.

B-GRADE

■ Saturday, February 1. Royals 86 M Albers 3/17 C Tippett 2/3 J Nipperess 2/7 def

by Puckapunyal 5/88(cc) N Bell 31* Eastern Hill 1/3 drew Alexandra 8/175(cc) Avenel 8/198(cc) BM Clark 105 drew Pyalong 2/9 J Kanters 2/2 Broadford 161 JC Martin 30 S Watts 3/33 K Winnell 2/21 K Chapman 2/39 def Tallarook 9/131(cc) J Hibbens 3/18 TJ Blackwell 2/16 MG Moran 2/16 Yea Tigers 1/23drew Kilmore 9/174(cc) AR Lovick 94 B Broadway 6/18

C-GRADE

■ Saturday, February 1. Kilmore 66def by Broadford Black 72 J Denney 2/24.

Puckapunyal Wanderers drew Avenel 157 J Mott 4/20 T Tandy 2/20 T Mott 2/24 Broadford Red 9/165(cc) def Royals 146 Pyalong v Seymour Alexandra v Eastern Hill

UNDER 14

■ Saturday, February 1. Kilmore Blue 4/ 145(cc) K McNicholas 30 C Nolan 30 X Stute 28 def Tallarook 10/55 X Stute 2/7 Broadford 81 def by Eastern Hill 2/85 Alexandra v Kilmore White

Local Sport Yea Golf Club ■ Saturday (Feb. 1) saw humid weather and predicted rain in the afternoon. Most of the 23 players hit off in the morning.

The 4BBB Competition was won by Martin Lowe (17) and Brian Simmons (9) with an outstanding 47 points. Martin had the best individual score of 40 points plus his partner Brian had three birdies for the day.

Second were Jeff Aurisch (16)/Carl Maffei (24) with 43 points from third Peter Johnston (15)/John Tanner (18) with 40.

The Club Award was won by Malcolm Bett and Kevin Coghlan. Carl Maffei was runnerup in the individual results with 37 points. Peter Johnston was NTP on the 2nd.

This Wednesday (fEB. 5) sees the Gender Challenge continue with a stroke and putting round for Week 6.

The first Medal Day of the year will be held next Saturday (fEB. 8). At the moment the 2020-21 program is being finalised with both current contacts and both Ladies and Men’s programs soon to be published.

The Murrindindi Masters at Eildon is on Saturday, February 15, and the Dalhousie Mixed 4BBB is the following day at Euroa.

- Alan Pell

YFNC training ■ Yea football Netball Club training resumes tonight (Wed., Feb. 5). Torquay is the destination for camps for football (starting on Friday, Feb. 7) and netball (starting on Saturday, Feb. 8).

Two Tigers return ■ Jacqui Graham and Jess Kennedy will be Yea Tigers in 2020.

Both are dynamic midcourters who will be hard at the ball and bring an uplift in fitness, good vibes and will add to the depth of role models in the netballers, said a Yea club spokesman.

Jacqs, a former A-Grade best at Yea, will play when she can between work.

Jess comes with an impressive netball CV at Lancefield and Riddells Creek, with the pair fresh from starring roles for Richmond in the VFLW (where Jess is a club champion and former captain, while Jacq was runnerup in the same season).

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Yea, Kilmore draw in B-Grade ■ Humid weather played its part in Seymour 9.0-0-2-1-28, R. Flint 9.0-0-1-35, K. Winnell 9.0District Cricket Association matches on Satur- 2-2-21, S. Watts 9.0-2-3-33.

1st Innings - Tallarook day (Feb. 1), in which a number of games were *D. Humphrey, b M.G. Moran ...................... 21 abandoned.

Chapman, c ?, b J. Hibbens ..................... 11 B-GRADE: YEA V KILMORE K. A. Howard, c ?, b T. Blackwell ..................... 5 YeaTigers drew with Kilmore K. Winnell, b J. Jones .................................... 20 Venue: Yea Rec reation Reserve C. Jones, run out ............................................ 20 Result: Match Drawn K. Minter, c ?, b J. Hibbens .......................... 15 Toss won by: Kilmore +T. Muir, c ?, b J. Hibbens ............................ 23 Batted first: Kilmore R. Flint, b M.G. Moran .................................... 4 1st Innings - Kilmore L. Arandt, c & b T.J. Blackwell ...................... 4 A.R. Lovick, c / b B. Broadway ..................... 94 S. Manchester, not out .................................... 0 M. Isles, b ...................................................... 15 S. Watts, not out .............................................. 0 C. McLeod, b B. Broadway .......................... 10 X. Arandt, dnb P. Lilburn, c ?, b L. Beattie ............................ 0 Extras (nb 0, w 1, b 2, lb 5) .............................. 8 D. Manuel, lbw B. Broadway ......................... 1 Total .................................................. 9/131 (cc) D. McPaul, c ?, b L. Halford Molinaro .......... 9 Overs ............................................................. 45.0 D. MacDean, lbw b B. Broadway ................. 20 FOW: 16 (K. Chapman), 32 (A. Howard), 46 B. Proctor, lbw b B. Broadway ...................... 2 (D. Humphrey), 64 (K. Winnell), 92 (C. Jones), P. McDonald, b B. Broadway ........................ 2 114 (K. Minter), 124 (T. Muir), 131 (R. Floint), A. Clark, not out ............................................. 3 131 (L. Arandt).

T. Manuel, not out ........................................... 4 Bowling: J. Hibbens 9.0-4-3-18, J.C. Martin 9.0Extras (nb 4, w 3, b 5, lb 2) ............................ 14 2-0-25, T.J. Blackwell 8.0-4-2-16, M.G. Moran Total .................................................. 9/174 (cc) 8.0-3-2-16, J. Jones 6.0-3-1-20, A.D. Withers Overs ......................................................... 45.0 5.0-0-0-29.

FOW: 56 (M. Isles), 122 (C. McLeod), 123 (P. B-GRADE: ROYALS V Lilburn), 125 (D. Manuel), 128 (A.R. Lovick), 147 (D. McPhail), 150 (B. Proctor), 154 (P. PUCKAPUNYAL McDonald), 165 (D. MacBean).

Royals def by Puckapunyal Bowling (O-M-W-R): L. Beattie 7.0-0-1-29, A. Venue: Bennet Oval McSpeerin 6.0-3-0-6, F. Ryan 4.0-0-027, H. Result: Royals Lost First Innings Stares 7.0-1-1-30, D. O’Dwyer 4.0-1-0-26, B. Toss won by: Royals Broadway 9.0-2-6-18, L. Halford-Marinaro 7.0Batted first: Royals 0-1-26, X. O’Dwyer 1.0-0-5.

1st Innings - Royals 1st Innings- Yea Tigers Extras (nb 0, w 9, b 1, lb 1) ............................ 11 D. O’Dwyer, not out ...................................... 10 Total .............................................................. 86 J. Johnson, b C. McLeod ................................ 4 Overs .......................................................... 28.2 E. Neilson, not out ........................................... 5 Bowling: J. Nipperess 5.0-2-2-7, M. Albera 5.2X. O’Dwyer, dnb 1-3-17, J. Marshall 6.0-2-1-14, C. Tippett 4.0-2*A. McSpeerin, dnb 2-3, R. Britten 4.l0-1-1-25, A. Russell 4.0-0-1L. Beattie, dnb 18.

L. Halford-Molinaro, dnb 1st Innings - Puckapunyal B. Broadway, dnb *+M. McLaughlin ......................................... 15 F. Ryan, dnb J. Marshall ..................................................... 11 H. Stares, dnb H. Brill ............................................................. 2 D. Niklaus, dnb A. Russell ........................................................ 9 Extras (nb 2, w 1, b 1, lb 0) ............................ 4 R. Britten ......................................................... 7 Total ........................................................... 1/23 N. Bell, not out ............................................... 31 Overs ............................................................ 7.1 D. Gould, dnb Bowling: C. McLeod 4.0-0-1-15, D. McPhail J. Nipperess, dnb 3.1-0-0-7.

C. Tippett, dnb dnb B-GRADE: EASTERN HILL S.M.Bowden, Albers, dnb V ALEXANDRA Extras (nb 0, w 10, b 2, lb 0) ......................... 12 Eastern Hill drew with Alexandra Total ........................................................ 5/88 (cc) Venue: Kings park Rewserve Overs .......................................................... 17.0 Result: Match Abandoned FOW: 31 (J. Marshall), 31 (M. McLaughlin), 37 Toss won by: Eastern Hill (H. Brill), 49 (R. Britten), 51 (A. Russell).

Batted first: Alexandra A-GRADE: SEYMOUR V 1st Innings - Alexandra YEA TIGERS Extras (nb 2, w 9, b 2, lb 1) ............................. 14 Seymour v Yea Tigers Total .................................................... 8/175 (cc) Venue: Chittick Park Overs .......................................................... 45.0 Result: Match in progress 1st Innings - Eastern Hill Toss won by: Seymour Extras (nb 0, w 0, b 2, lb o) ............................ 2 Batted first: Seymour Total ............................................................. 1/3 1st Innings - Seymour Overs ............................................................ 4.0 J. Brown, c R. Akers, b C.A. Malcolm .......... 14 B-GRADE: BROADFORD J. Voogt, c C. Armstrong, b A. Chisholm ........ 3 V TALLAROOK B. Gordon, lbw b A. Chisholm ........................ 7 *S. Van Duinen, c R. Akers, b A. Chisholm ... 1 Venue: Harley Hammond RFeserve +N. Quigg, c C. Piggott, b C. Armstrong ....... 27 Result: Broadford won First Innings D. Russo, c & b C. Piggott ............................ 10 Toss won by: Tallarook D. Murphy, not out ......................................... 13 Batted first: Broadford D. Fountain, c C. Armstrong, 1st Innings - Broadford b C.A. Malcolm .......................................... 3 A.A. Gleeson .................................................. 8 C. Stute ............................................................. 4 H. Gawne, not out ........................................... 0 M.U. Coller .................................................... 17 B. Boddington, dnb J.C. Martin .................................................... 30 D. McLarty, dnb C. Mason ....................................................... 23 D. Anderson, dnb M.G. Moran .................................................... 13 Extras (nb 3, w 0, b 0, lb 3) ............................ 6 +P.D. Withers .................................................. 1 Total ............................................................ 7/84 M.W. Irving, run out ....................................... 19 Overs ......................................................... 40.0 *J. Jones .......................................................... 8 FOW: 17 (J. Voogt), 19 (J. Brown), 22 (S. Van T.J. Blackwell ................................................ 16 Duinen), 27 (B. Gordon), 55 (D. Russo), 76 (N. J. Hibbens, not out ........................................... 7 Quigg), 84 (D. Fountain).

Bowling: M. Steiner 7.0-2-0-12, C.A. Malcolm A.D. Withers, dnb Extras (nb 8, w 2, b 5, lb 0) ............................ 15 10.0-4-2-11, A. Chisholm 10.0-4-3-20, C. Piggott Total ............................................................. 161 7.0-1-1-23, C. Armstrong 6.0-2-1-15.

Overs .......................................................... 44.3 A-GRADE: KILMORE V FOW: 12 (C. Stute), 32 (A.A. Gleeson), 46 (M.J. EASTERN HILL Coller), 78 (J.C. Martin), 105 (M.G. Moran), 105 Venue: Kilmore Cricket Ground (C. Mason), 107 (P.D. Withers), 124 (J. Jones), Result: Match In Progress 148 (T.J. Blackwell), 161 (M.W, Irving).

Toss won by: Eastern Hill

Batted first: Eastern Hill 1st Innings - Eastern Hill D.G. O’Sullivan, c S. Topham, b B. Buttler ................................................. 21 M. Brown, c S. Topham, b B.J. Dennehy ..... 34 B.G. Bryant, c B.J. Dennehy, b S. Topham ... 23 B. Speechley, b B.J. Dennehy ....................... 4 S. Feery, run out ............................................. 49 D. Bergowicz, b S. Topham ........................... 4 M.W. Collard, not out .................................... 43 A. Sinclair, not out ........................................... 0 T. Peacock, dnb J. Sutherland, dnb T. Rudd-Schmidt, dnb Extras (nb 1, w 5, b 4, lb 4) ............................ 14 Total ......................................................... 6/192 Overs .......................................................... 63.0 FOW: 29 (D.G. O’Sullivan), 80 (M. Brown), 80 (B.G. Bryant), 104 (B. Speechley), 110 (D. Bergowicz), 176 (S. Feery).

Bowling: J. Buttler 20.0-5-0-61, B. Dawson 10.03-0-28, B. Buttler 8./0-3-1-16, C.A. Dennehy 4.10-0-21, S. Topham 13.0-3-2-37, B.J. Dennehy 8.1-2-2-21.

A-GRADE: TALLAROOK V BROADFORD

Venue: Tallarook Recreation Reserve Result: Match In Progress Toss won by: Broadford Batted first: Broadford 1st Innings - Broadford B.G. Ho0bba, b J. Flint ................................... 4 A. Wood, c D. Fisher, b L. Watts ................. 39 B. Hickey, b L. Singh .................................... 14 +L. Coller, c L. Mitchell, b M. Itter .............. 11 E.W Mills, run out ......................................... 25 J.P. Bradshaw, c L. Marshall, b L. Irving ....... 1 S.M. O’Neill, b L. Watts ................................ 10 *G. Hobba, b L. Irving .................................. 16 J. Connell, lbw b L. Watts ............................... 2 T. Shell, c ? b L. Watts .................................... 8 L.W. McKenzie, not out ................................. 1 Extras (nb 0, w 1, b 3, lb 2) ............................. 6 Total ............................................................ 137 Overs ......................................................... 55.4 FOW: 10 (B.G. Hobbs), 59 (A. Wood), 61 (B. Hickey), 94 (E.W. Mills), 96 (. Collier), 105 (J.P. Bradshaw), 125 (S.M. O’Neill), 125 (G. Hobba), 136 (T. Shell), 137 (J. Connell) Bowling: L. Irving 14.0-4-2-35, J. Flint 7.0-3-17, M. Singh 4.0-0-0-19, L. Singh (11.0-3-1-15), L. Watts 14.4-4-4-50, M. Itter 5.0-2-1-6.

Latest News Black Sat. lunch ■ A 'Black Saturday' anniversary luncheon will be held on Friday (Feb. 7) at 12 Noon at Kinglake West Supper Club Inc., 1050 Whittlesea-Kinglake Rd, Kinglake West (the church building opposite the primary school).

Contact: 5786 5661.

Country doctors

■ The State Government is investing $2.4 million to boost Victoria’s rural and regional hospital workforce and keep young doctors who are starting their careers in country areas.

The funding will allow regional hospitals to offer two-year contracts to their medical interns for the first time, so they can undertake more of their training in regional areas.

Around 820 first-year medical interns and 2550 new nurses and midwife graduates have just begun their long and rewarding careers in hospitals and health services across Victoria.

Tourism boost ■ The State Government said the dedicated Bushfire Recovery round of Regional Events Fund would deliver up to $300,000 to help organisers to attract more people to events.

Events in 15 local government areas will be eligible for funding: Ararat, Alpine, Ballarat, East Gippsland, Glenelg, Golden Plains, Indigo, Mansfield, Northern Grampians, Pyrenees, Southern Grampians, Towong, Wangaratta, Wellington and Wodonga.

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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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Fawcett

Alexandra

UNDER CONTRACT

SOLD

NEW

Peace and Tranquillity:• 3 bedroom cedar home on apprx 900m2 • Central bathroom & beautiful cathedral ceilings • 2 car carport, quiet court location • Situated on the edge of bushland in the heart of Eildon $285,000

The Ultimate Country Lifestyle:• 4 Bed, 2 bath & 2 living rooms situated on 20Ac 8.09Ha • Hostess Kitchen with huge open plan living • Outdoor deck taking in the picturesque views • Colorbond shed with concrete floor & mains power.

• 3 huge water tanks, dam & Spring Creek frontage $820,000

Alexandra

Alexandra

Maintongoon

Invest or retire!:• Low maintenance 2 Bedroom 2 bathroom unit • Split System heating & Cooling • Currently leased unit May 2020 for $285 p/w • Quiet backyard, fully enclosed $325,000

Views for Miles:• Delightful weekender nestled on appx 10AC 4Ha • 2 bedroom cottage with spectacular views of Lake Eildon • Central wood heater, open plan living & timber floors • Large outdoor deck to enjoy the views $420,000

Buxton

SOLD

Renovated delight on large block:• 3 bedroom brick home situated on 1442m2 block • Timber floors throughout & Modern Kitchen with Dishwasher • Open plan living with outdoor entertaining area • Currently leased for $325p/week unit April, 2020 $359,000

Designer Family Home :• 4 bed, 2 bath family brick home on 1333sqm • Master bedroom with ensuite and walk in robe • Open plan living with hostess kitchen & 2 Living areas plus home office • Triple lock up garage & 4.5KW Solar System $525,000

Peace and Tranquillity with Endless Possibilities :Rural holding with amazing views of mountain vistas offering 53Ac 21.56Ha of mixed creek flats and rising hill country with 10Ac of bushland. The home consists of 4 Beds, 2 baths plus study and sitting room. Combustion Wood heater, superb entertainment area & double carport. Outside you will find excellent shedding with its own driveway access, power, mezzanine & concrete floor, plus additional shedding with water and Bungalow.

The house has abundant water supply with 44,000L plus additional water with 2 dams & 3mgl water right from Stevenson River. $850,000

Landmark Harcourts Alexandra 56 Grant Street, Alexandra I 5772 3444

Director/ Sales Specialist- Belinda Hocking 0418 115 574 Sales Specialist- Jody Murphy 0422 184 231 19 East St, Yea

$180,000

Elevated land with views A lovely elevated parcel of land awaiting your dream home (STCA) with breathtaking views over the Yea Township and mountains beyond. A slight fall in the 732 m2 block with mains power and services at your doorstep, located on the popular East Street due to its easy walk into High Street and irts fantastic views.

24 Prospect Rise, Yea

$169,950

Large & Lovely - Land for sale in Yea Township This estate is in the heart of the Yea Township. It offers spectacular rural views of the breathtaking Ranges surrounding Yea with a rich historical background, abundant wildlife, easy water access to lakes, rivers and a friendly country town atmosphere. Having a huge 773m2 to build your dream home on (STCA) is now even more attractive, offering a refreshing change from the hustle and bustle of busy suburbia and the stresses of everyday life. Conveniently situated just a short walk from the High Street with shops, cafes, hotels & restaurants plus schools, childcare & medical services available. 111km north east of Melbourne CBD. Call Kerryn Rishworth to inspect on 04 1234 6169

26 Yea Springs Drive, Yea

$255,000

Rural views on the fringe of Yea Township Number 26 Yea Springs drive is the prettiest parcel of land. Elevated with views of surrounding ranges. A wide block allowing room for a huge man shed / she cave. Just 2.4 km from the heart of Yea Township there's a better way of life growing before your eyes. "Yea Springs", a new master planned residential community of large, easy-build land allotments for sale. Located approx. 130 km from Melbourne CBD, "Yea Springs" provides residents with walking paths, landscaped streets, rural views & access to Yea River, Rail trail riding paths. A unique environment for a relaxed & secluded country lifestyle, with all the advantages & conveniences of local schools, hospitals, shops, cafes & restaurants, racing & golf course, clubs & pubs at your fingertips. "Yea Springs" features large home sites with plenty of room for a shed, a pool & a big backyard.

All home sites have town water, sewer, power & NBN available and are titled and ready to build on or keep for future investment.

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.

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 your Stock, Stock, Merchandise, Merchandise, Insurance Insurance && Financial Financial Services Services 5979 5797 2799 2799 Contact

Landmark Harcourts Yea 52 High Street, Yea I 5797 2799