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● Chilling evidence of the Black Saturday fires around Mount Disappointment and throughout the region was given at last week’s Royal Commission’s hearings, which also heard from St Andrews mother Carol Matthews. Full reports inside this week’s edition of The Phoenix.

INTERNATIONAL golfing legend Greg Norman and his wife Chris Evert paid a visit to the bushfire region yesterday to meet Marysville local people, and participate in a $500,000 fund-raiser at the Sebel Resort in the Yarra Valley.

Norman, nicknamed ‘The Great White Shark’, and wife put their first anniversary celebrations on hold to fly into Victoria and help with the fundraiser.

They met with Rebecca Buchanan who lost children Mackenzie, 15, and Neeve, 9, on Black Saturday. ● More sport on Page 15

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● Louise FitzRoy ■ A familiar voice in the bushfire region, Louise FitzRoy, who hosts the ABC Kinglake Ranges FM breakfast program, has returned to her hometown near Guyra, NSW, for a week to help with the family farm’s shearing. He place will be taken by Helen Richardson.

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$10M BOOST FOR TOURISM

■ Special funding allocation is being made to help the State’s tourism industry recover from the February 7 bushfires.

Murrindindi and Mitchell Shires will share in this joint $10 million Federal and State Government funding.

The funding will be administered by the Murrindindi Mitchell Bushfire Tourism Recovery Group formed recently by Tourism Victoria.

MMBTG independent Chairman Roger Wootton says the success of the recovery group’s efforts was highly dependent on the active involvement of everyone involved in the area’s tourism industry.

Before formulating detailed marketing plans, it is imperative to hear the views of all stakeholders.” he said.

A series of evening community consultation workshops have been scheduled to achieve this aim.

The workshops will gather views and ideas from tourism industry members on how best to revitalise the area’s tourism industry.

Mr Wootton stresses the importance of everyone involved in the tourism industry attending and actively participating in the process.

The professionally facilitated workshops, will be held throughout the Murrindindi and Mitchell shires over a two week period, The workshops commencing at 6pm and conclude by 9pm. A light supper will be provided.

■ Seymour. Monday June 29. At “The Seymour Room” Seymour Shire

Office 28 High Street, Seymour.

■ Kinglake. Tuesday June 30. at Lawson’s Restaurant, National Park Hotel.

■ Wallan. Wednesday, July 1. “The Mittagong Room”, Hidden Valley.

■ Yea. Thursday, July 2. Civic Centre, Semi Circle opposite Yea Post Office.

■ Alexandra/Eildon . Monday, July 6. At Mount Pleasant Hotel, Grant Street, Alexandra ■ Marysville and Triangle District . Tuesday, July 7. At the Black Spur Inn, Narbethong.

Those wishing to attend should call Graeme Haycraft, Project Manager on 0417 543 466 or email Graeme@ Haycraft.com at least one day prior to the workshop they wish to attend.

Pipeline staff celebrate milestone

Vandals ■ At least seven cars were damaged last week when vandals attacked vehicles in the Bellfield Estate at South Morang. Mill Park Police are investigating.

Raffle ■ A fire bunker is being raffled by Wales Rural Traders in Seymour in an effort to raise $5000 for the CFA. The bunker, provided by Septech, is designed to be buried in the ground, providing breathable air for up to 90 minutes for a family.

Legends

● Ted Whitten ■ Whittlesea and Kinglake junior footballers will be at E J Whitten Legends Game tomorrow (Tues.)

Blokes ■ A ‘Blokes Day’ will be held this Friday (July 3) at the Kinglake Neighbourhood House between 10am3pm. One of the organisers, Simon Rogers, from the ABC, will attend. the ABC Country Hour will broadcast on the day.

● The Sugarloaf Pipeline Alliance team celebrated the breakthough of the tunnel section of their works in the Toolangi State Forest between Castella and Glenburn.

$2.5 MIL. SECURITY BLOWOUT

■ Costs for security on the North-South Pipeline have topped $2.5 million, according to the Herald Sun Journalist Mark Buttler reported that most of the $2.5 million has been spent since last September.

A petrol bomb was thrown at project security staff in the Toolangi State Forest, and staff members have been threatened, the report stated.

A former Victoria Police Chief Inspector is heading security arrangements on the controversial billion dollar project, the paper notes.

NEW SHED BUILT AT STRATH. ■ A portable facility was scheduled to be delivered to Strathewen this week.

The building is to be situated opposite the CFA shed, and will be an important facility for community recovery activities in the coming months.

After installation, the building requires an internal fit-out and connection to services.

The building is expected to be functioning from mid-July.

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Incorporating the tradition of the ‘Evelyn Observer’ (Est. 1873), ‘Kinglake Advertiser’, ‘Whittlesea Advertiser’, ‘Diamond Valley Advertiser’, ‘Yarra Ranges Advertiser’ and ‘Yea Advertiser’

Dedicated to the memory of the victims and survivors of the ‘Black Saturday’ fires: February 7, 2009

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ABOUT THE PHOENIX There is no better symbol for the spirit of the people of this region that the Phoenix. The phoenix is a mythical sacred firebird with a tail of beautiful gold and red plumage (or purple and blue).

It has a 500 to 1,000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of myrrh twigs that it then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes.

From those ashes, a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises, reborn anew to live again.

The new phoenix is destined to live as long as its old self. The bird was also said to regenerate when hurt or wounded by a foe, thus being almost immortal and invincible — it is also said that it can heal a person with a tear from its eyes and make them temporarily immune to death. The phoenix is a symbol of fire and divinity

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● Local Freemasons have made a $10,000 donation at Whittlesea, in addition to a $400,000 fund for bushfire recovery. An English constitution lodge has just presented a $1000 cheque to Healesville CFA, as lodges in Britain have put together a £15,000 contribution. More details on Page 7. ● Pictured: The Northern Districts Freemasons and the Board of Benevolence make their presentation to the Whittlesea Helping Hand Association.

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■ People whose site has been fire affected and who are still awaiting assistance from Grocon with cleanup, are asked to check that their registration has been properly recorded.

Please contact the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority on 1800 240 667, and Grocon will make contact within two weeks.

Grocon’s site offices are located behind the Murrindindi Shire Offices at 19 Kinglake Whittlesea Rd, Kinglake. This office is open Monday to Saturday

New centre at Kinglake ■ The Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority will establish a Rebuilding Advisory Centre in Kinglake to help people access a range of rebuilding information from planning, building, finance and insurance professionals.

A special rebuilding advisory telephone service will also be made available and is expected to be operating in July.

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■ City of Whittlesea’s Project Rebuild staff from planning, building, public health and environment departments will continue to be available at the Whittlesea Community Services Hub by appointment.

Psychology services are now available in the Kinglake Ranges, Psychology services can be provided free of charge through the Better Outcomes program if people have a referral from their GP or Bushfire Case Manager. Those who wish to discuss a referral with a GP should ask for a 30-minute consultation.

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■ The Murrindindi Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Section 86 Committee is calling for further representation on the Melba and King Parrot Valley Community Advisory Groups.

By joining these local groups members become an integral part of the bushfire recovery process and enhance the collaboration between local communities, government agencies, volunteer groups and the corporate sector.

Applications are invited immediately and will be assessed on experience, skills and community involvement.

Expression of interest should be emailed to: ehoiles@murrindindi.vic.gov.au or mailed to PO Box 138, Alexandra Vic 3714.

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Pages From The Past

● Year 10 Yea High School student Cecilia O’Dwyer jumps rope in 1984 ■ Yea High School were preparingt otake part ia a ‘Jump Rope For Heart’ fund-raising exercise when we filed our reports, 25 years ago.

Each team was to jump for three hours, each taking turns to skip and rest. Pupils were busy collecting sponsorship money. Ten per cent of the funds were to be retained by the School “for much needed sports equipment”.

Granddaughter runs ■ “Grand-daughter of Mrs Jean Porter of Molesworth, Michelle Porter recently competed in the Bay City Athletic Club’s cross country run,” we reported in 1984.

“Michelle, who is currently theVictorian country 1500 metre champion, broke the record in her division over the 4.3 kilometre distance by one minute 56 seconds, clocking an impressive 16 minutes 45 seconds.”

Highlands excursion

■ St Vincent de Paul Society volunteers are available at the Kinglake Community Hub, 11am to 3pm Monday to Friday.

Vinnies aim to meet the emergency material needs to assist people restarting their lives by providing at the least, a basic standard of living.

They do not generally supply luxury items, major building reconstruction or property fencing. Arrangements can be made by an interview and assessment by the volunteers.

■ “During June, the older Highlands Primary School children participated in an excursion to the Melbourne Science Museum and Planetarium with the younger ones travelling to the zoo,” we reported in 1984.

“Afterwards pupils visited the Richmond West Fire Station, with the children being shown how various fire equipment was operated.

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■ Museum Victoria, last week collected a full-sized house chimney from a Kinglake property destroyed by fire on Black Saturday.

This is part of a broader collecting and oral history project being undertaken by the Museum to document the extraordinary impact of the 2009 fire season.

■ Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal captain Mrs Betty Jeffrey thanked 1984 readers for their “magnificent sum” of $661.20. She thanked team of collectors including Jan Walker, Lesley Cassell, Nat Buckland, Marj Andrews, Ruth Crockett and Stewart Crockett.

Flowerdale auctioon ● Photo by Rodney Start

■ Flowerdale Primary announced the appointment of Juanita Woolcock of ‘Larnoo’ as teacher. A disco/auction was held to raise funds for the school.

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CR ACTS ON FIREWOOD

■ Local residents should be permitted to collect roadside firewood without a permit and without cost, says Cr Ross Lee of Mitchell Shire Council.

Cr Lee has placed a motion before tonight’s meeting of Council to “urgently” allow the firewood collection “due to the build up of debris on roadsides, only partly contributed by bushfires”.

Cr Lee says there is excessive fuel building up throughout the region. He says there is an urgent need for the Council to “urgently amend its local law such that local residents are permitted to collect fallen dead wood from roadsides without a permit, except areas labelled ‘Significant Roadside Vegetation Area’.

Cr Lee says that the initiative should be advertised in local newspapers, so that the firewood can be cleared quickly by local residents.

The move has scored opposition from BEAM, a local environment group, which has canvassed local press.

BEAM wants Mitchell Council to delay consideration of clearing the fuel: “We again urge Councillors to await the findings of the Bushfire Royal Commission before passing any local laws that may effect changes to the Shire's existing roadside management strategies.”

The group says Cr Lee’s motion will “destroy” roadsides.

“There are already procedures in place whereby the CFA itself conducts inspections of roadsides and will advise Council if their management practices are in breach of the provisions of the Act. “We suspect that no such advice from the designated authority at the CFA has been received.

“Perhaps of more significance, is whether Cr Lee considers that his proposition will actually solve the problems he envisages, and minimise the danger of the spread of fires on and from any roadsides that may fall under Shire control ? We have to say 'No'. In fact, not at all.

“We know that the most combustible material on our roadsides, and that which burns hottest and fastest, is actually leaf litter, twigs and small branches, and uncontrolled weeds. A very signifant issue is also non-indigenous grasses, such as Phalaris, that have escaped from nearby pastures,” BEAM argues.

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Call for infra-red pic ■ An infra-red photo of the Black Saturday fire, taken about 12.30pm at Saunders Rd, Kilmore East, needs to be circulated, says Cr Ross Lee of Mitchell Shire Council.

Cr Lee says he understands the photograph identifies the intensity of the fire on that fateful day.

He is calling for a history of the last time Saunders Road roadsides were cleared to be presented “I remember some years ago this was done regularly between Kilmore and Broadford. A municipal engineer bulldozed the majority of Saunders Road roadsides about 22 years ago,” Cr Lee said.

Cr Lee also wants to see CFA reports and the Municipal Fire Plan included in the Council debate tonight (Monday).

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Letters To The Editor

COUNCIL QUIZZED ON FUEL

Sir, Looking at Cr Ross Lee's motion about firewood in Mitchell Shire Council and response, a whole stack of questions are clear.

Driving round Mitchell Shire after the February 7 disaster, I saw huge quantities of burned and fallen trees and logs which had been on the roads, pushed to the side. Hundreds or thousands of tons.

Most of this timber has disappeared. This is not the stuff Cr Lee is dealing with; where has it gone?

This was material that belonged to the ratepayers, such as me, and the residents. The Council has disposed of this. Did the Council sell this valuable fuel?

Or were they allowed to collect it free?

Which seems to be what Cr Lee is on about.

If they did sell it, who got the money, how much and was there a contract? Where is the contract?

Everywhere now, we have poor refugees from the fire. Many would be very thankful for a little fuel during the cold winter, specially if they have swine flu.

Are the victims now being made to pay for their own property, fuel?

Is the Council now making money out of residents tragedy? Who decided this?

Obviously not the Councillors since the last meeting took only a few minutes. Is there secret government?

I think we want some urgent answers.

Nick & Els Bakker TULIP FARM - MONBULK www.tnbtulips.com.au tnbtulips@email.com

I think we want some urgent answers.

Or else, I think we should write to the Premier and demand that the officers of this Council get the sack.

- 'Cold' of Mitchell Shire (Name and address supplied by withheld by request).

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PLUMES OF SMOKE TOWARDS KINGLAKE ■ Behaviour of the Black Saturday fires that hit Kinglake were reviewed last week at the Royal Commission when volunteer firefighter Gavin Daniel McCormack, of Bend of Islands, was called to give evidence.

Mr McCormack has been a CFA volunteer for 35 years, and served at the Kangaroo Gorund observation tower on February 7.

“The main features of it when I first got there was that it appeared to be more on the flatlands to the west of the Great Dividing Range and sort of coming around the corner of Mount Disappointment, if you could sort of look upon it as an actual corner; but the topography seemed to be that it was on the lowlands rather than up into the Great Dividing Range.

“It appeared to be on a front of about - from the front, we couldn't actually see the fire, but the smoke edge appeared to be between five to eight kilometres wide,” Mr McCormack said.

“The smoke plume was progressing generally towards us in a nor-nor-westerly direction - in a south south-westerly.

“The major plume from the Kilmore fire was still progressing up over the tower at this very extreme height, but the smoke from the actual firefront, which is all that we could see, was progressing about 10 degrees off that direction of the prevailing wind and it seemed to be progressing more towards - instead of coming

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● Plumes of smoke showed the fires as they headed towards Kinglake straight down through Whittlesea and down to- misconceived idea ... we could only see the fire wards Doreen and that sort of area, it seemed base itself at around about St Andrews and to be progressing more in the direction off the Christmas Hills.

“We presumed that it had happened because Yan Yean Reservoir and towards Arthurs the smoke plumes had become one continuous Creek-Strathewen direction.

“The fire moved between the ridge between array of smoke from the western flank right Arthurs Creek and Kinglake Ranges which through to the eastern flank,” Mr McCormack involved areas such as Strathewen and told the Royal Commission.

- The Phoenix Humevale. At this point we could not see the fire but rather the large plumes of smoke coming over the ridge.

“At about 4 pm radio traffic inferred threat to these areas and then commenced spotting in the area between Whittlesea to the northern parts of Christmas Hills and St Andrews.

We couldn't actually see the firefront for the most part of it. It was mostly smoke plumes that were occurring from the spotfires. As the previous person said, they were quite dramatic in their presentation. A spotfire, as he said, is normally a gradual development. These were almost a spontaneous development into a large fire. The only time we could actually start to see the fire edge was when it approached the northern parts of St Andrews and the lower areas of Christmas Hills on the eastern front.”

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Briefs At Alex.

■ The July meeting of the Murrindindi Shire Council returns to Alexandra on July 22, after last week’s meeting was held at the Kinglake West Hall. A meeting will be held at Marysville on November 25.

To quit?

■ "Hundreds of Country Fire Authority volunteers believe they have been unfairly blamed for the heavy death toll on Black Saturday and are threatening to quit before the next fire season," reports The Sunday Age, yesterday, quoting Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria.

Elected ■ Ian Flack has been elected Chair of the St Andrews Community Bushfire Recovery Association. Amber Dixon is Deputy Chair, and David Wheeler is Treasurer.

Some 78 people attended Community Priority Workshops.

The Association helps people to stay in touch with the bushfire recovery progress

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LOCAL MUM’S CHILLING TESTIMONY

■ The moving testimony of St Andrews mother Carol Ann Matthews has been one of the most compelling pieces of evidence given to the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, which concludes its first series of hearings this week.

Mrs Matthews is the mother of Sam, 22, who died at the family’s Mullers Rd property, which the family purchased about six months after they arrived from England in 2001.

“We saw St Andrews and we just fell in love with the property.

“It was an 1860s homestead built on 20 acres.

Originally it was an orchard, so the land was cleared and fairly flat. It wasn't in a very treed environment. There was some bushland at the bottom where it bordered Diamond Creek, but our property itself was just surrounded by open pasture. “"It was a weatherboard house with a corrugated roof, but it was weatherboard inside and out. It was built in the 1860s and renovated in 1992, I think, in the original style.

“We had planted - landscaped the garden around the house but not with big trees. There were some pine trees that had been planted about 100 years ago that were acting as a windbreak, but the rest of our garden were cottage garden plants and some native plants, but no big trees very nearby.\ “We didn't have mains water, so we had two underground water tanks that were built in the 1860s and that serviced the water for the house

● The Hon. Bernard Teague, Chairman, Royal Commission with the water coming down off the roof. The house also had an outbuilding which was the original cool store and the cool store had a brick tank that we used to use for irrigation and it was also the fire pump that we had for the property was connected to that water source. There was also a swimming pool.”

There was a “rteasonable amount” of water in the 60,000-litre tanks. There was a fire pump that was petrol generated so that the family did not have to rely on electricity, with a proper fire pump hose.

“Having moved from London and moving into the bush, being aware that we were in a bushfire area, we asked the local CFA fire captain just to come and walk over the property with us so that he could give us some general advice as to what he thought needed doing to the property to make it more fire safe, whether it was a defendable sort of property. He gave us some good information which we followed, keeping the grass down, making sure that we didn't plant trees very close to the property,” Mrs Matthews said.

“Both Sam and my husband Dave joined the CFA for two reasons. One, because we were living in a bush community and it was a way of giving something back to the community, but also so that we could get some more knowledge about what it was like in a bushfire. A lot of the training would happen on the Sunday and Sam and Dave would go down and they would gain quite a lot of knowledge about the way fires behave, the way they react, what you do, what you don't do.” Sam started going to CFA from the age of 15-16.

“We sat down as a family when we first arrived and we sort of talked about what would happen in bushfire times, what would we do.

We looked at the "stay and defend" policy or whether you would go and if you're going to go, go early, and if you were going to stay, you know, the sort of preparations that you would need to make. Sam and Dave would come back with all this information about all the science of how fires work and in the event of a bushfire something solid like a house wouldn't burn down, a fire needs fuel to burn, so the fuel around our property would just be the grass and it would burn the grass, but when it hit something solid it wouldn't go through the house, it would pass over the house.

“I took quite a lot of convincing that this was the way to go, but a lot of the research that I read said that most houses burned down after the fire has passed through because nobody is there to put out the embers and the like.

“On paper our planning and our thoughts was as a family we would stay and defend the property and had a box with the equipment that we would need.

Mrs Matthews told of Police actionin the Kinglake fires of 2006: “They were setting up a police roadblock sort of halfway up the

Heidelberg-Kinglake Road and stopping everybody. If you were a resident they said, "There's a fire in Kinglake and if it approaches - if the wind changes and it comes your way, it will come your way in about three hours, so you need to think about whether you're going to stay or leave."

The family had made a decision to stay and defend the property, but Mrs Matthews and her husband were at Inverloch. Their dauighter, Ellie, then 19, was at the property early in the afternoon of February 7.

“I called at about half past 1 and I wasn't calling up because I was concerned about the fire, it was just a general phone call, you know, touching base, making sure that they were out of bed as much as anything. When Sam told me that there were fires in the distance - not fires, he could see smoke in the distance, I immediately went on alert and I asked him to tell me what he could see. He said that it was the far end of our paddocks. Where the bush was, it was way in the distance, and he thought it might be coming from Whittlesea, which was about 12 or 13 kilometres away. He assured me that he and Ellie were not in any danger. He said he could see smoke but not fire. So I asked him to read the CFAwebsite, which he did, and it confirmed that there was no fire activity in St Andrews” Questioned by counsel: “When you say you asked him to read the CFA website, did you ask him to read it to you?---Yes, because I didn't want just to take his word that things were fine.

I wanted to know what was going on. We didn't have internet access down in Inverloch.”

“Did you question him further about the wind and the direction of the wind?---I was all for Dave going home. I told Dave that he should immediately go home. He got as far as the door and Sam's going, "Mum, you're not listening to me. Listen to what I'm saying. There is no danger at the moment. I'm just doing all of this as a precaution like we've done before. I'm getting the buckets ready, the pump ready. I'm just making sure that if any embers or anything like that come over I'll be right on top of them." He was so adamant that this was all precautionary.

That's why I asked him to read out the CFA website. So, Dave didn't go.

“He said that the wind had now changed direction and it was blowing away from the house, but before that some burnt embers had come over and when he went out to pick them up they were completely cold. So that's why he said he was monitoring the property and just walking around to see, if anything was coming over, what the condition of it was. But at that time there was no fire in our area.

“Did you also speak to your daughter, Ellie, to get some confirmation that Sam wasn't underplaying it?---I did, because she would be if he was playing down the seriousness of it because of not wanting us to come home and for him to be, you know, in charge, I knew that if it wasn't quite as he was saying, that Ellie would come on the phone and she would tell me the truth because she would be a bit more cautious. When I spoke to her as well she didn't sound too anxious. I said, "Look, Ellie, what's going on?" And she told me that the websites hadn't said anything about the fire heading in the direction. She had had a phone call from the fire tree just warning that it was going to be a hot day but the fires were far away and not near the house. She told me that Sam had got all the fire pumps ready and he was doing a great job and that they were checking the CFA website and the Bureau of Meteorology websites which was indicating that the fire was not close to us and they convinced me, and Dave.”

Later in her evidence, which has been reported in detail by the daily press, Mrs Matthews told of events later in the day as she was again on the telephone with Sam, with Ellie having left the property.

Mrs Matthews told of her son’s demeanour changed within 30 seconds as fire hit the property, about 4.45pm with windows smashing as he sought protection in the house. Mrs Matthews signed off to contact ‘000’, but was unable to get answer from Sam’s phone when she again called his phone.

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KINGLAKE DEFEATS YEA IN YVMFDL DERBY YVMDFL SCOREBOARD

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DIV. 2 SENIORS KINGLAKE ......... 2.4, 6.10, 9.14, 17.23 (125) YEA .......................... 4.4, 7.4, 9.8, 13.8 (86) Kinglake. Goal Kickers: B. Gallicho 6, J. Demarco 4, M. Thomas 2, L. Nott 2, M. Quee , J. Walker , D. Pywell. Best Players: T. McCrea, J. Walker, M. Quee, N. Wearne, L. Nott, A. Carpenter Yea. Goal Kickers: M. Scoble 3, R. Akers 3, P. Kiss 2, P. McKenna 2, D. Evans , J. Cunningham, C. Graham Best Players: J. Clavarino, M. Scoble, R. Toulson, J. Cunningham, T. Bear, D. Evans Other Scores: Kinglake 17.23 (125) d Yea 13.8 (86) Yarra Junction 12.10 (82) d Belgrave 10.13 (73). Olinda Ferny Creek 27.22 (184) d Yartra Glen 10.8 (68). Seville 18.20 (128) d Powelltown 18.20 (128) RESERVES Belgrave 14.11 (95) d Yarra Junction 4.7 (31).

Kinglake 14.14 (98) d Yea 5.8 (38). Olinda Ferny Creek 19.15 (129) d Yarra Glen 3.2 (20) Seville 25.23 (173). Emerald 16.8 (104) d Thornton Eildon 3.6 (24).

COMBINED THIRDS Yarra Junction 9.11 (65) d Belgrave 6.10 (46).

Warburton Millgrove 14.6 (90) d Gembrook Cockatoo 8.12 (60). Healesville 11.13 (79) d Emerlad 3.2 (20). Mount Evelyn 25.22 (172) d Kinglake 1.0 (6). Monbulk 20.11 (131) d Alexandra 14.13 (97). Powelltown 9.17 (71) d Seville 9.7 (61). Upwey Tecoma 14.10 (94) d Woori Yallock 9.8 (62).

DIV. 1 SENIORS MONBULK .......... 9.3, 17.7, 22.9, 31.14 (200) ALEXANDRA ................ 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 6.5 (41) Monbulk.Goal Kickers: T. Wragg 10, M. Hughson 6, V. Dunstan 2, J. Fraser 2, M. Haley 2, M. Langworthy 2, C. Mitchell , C. Waldron , R. Comfort , R. Arnott , D. Cleven , A. Gee , D. White Best Players: S. Koole, T. Wragg, C. Waldron, M. Hughson, M. Langworthy, M. Haley Alexandra. Goal Kickers: N. Oakley, M. Hill , M. Steiner, A. Johansen, J. Steyger, J. Kidd Best Players: A. Johansen, D. Bourke, N. Oakley, K. Davis, C. Mullins, T. Biffin Other Scores: Warburton Millgrove 19.9 (123) d Gembrook Cockatoo 14.12 (96). Healesville 15.27 (117) d Wandin 13.4 (82). Mount Evelyn 26.24 (18) d Silvan 8.9 (57). Woori Yallock 17.11 (113) d Upwey Tecoma 9.9 (63).

RESERVES Warburton Millgrove 10.9 (69) d Gembrook Cockatoo 10.6 (66). Healesville 22.22 (154) d Wandin 1.1 (7). Monbulk 25.26 (176) d Alexandra 2.1 (13). Mount Evelyn 17.17 (119) d Silvan 5.4 (34). Upwey Tecoma 16.12 (108) d Woori Yallock 3.2 (20).

DIV. 2 SENIORS WHITTLESEA .............................. 24.14 (158) PANTON HILL ....................................6.9 (45) Panton Hill. Goal Kickers: B. Gill 2, R. Woods 2, M. Layt, J. Whitcher. Best Players: D. Strickland, W. Box, B. Brown, J. Whitcher, B. Strongman, R. Woods Whittlesea. Goal Kickers: J. Nixon 6, M. Dornauf 5, B. Marks 4, N. Snowdon 2, J. Buhagiar 2, M. Ryan, B. Barker, G. Heenan, L. Deards, M. Quinton Best Players: M. Dornauf, G. Heenan, T. Behan,

D. Skehan, J. Buhagiar, R. Dyson Other Scores: Epping 26.10 (166) d Heidelberg West 5.2 (32). Mernda 36.15 (231) d South Morang 13.11 (89). Macleod 25.10 (160) d Diamond Creek 3.3 (21). Lower Plenty 20.14 (134) d Reservoir 11.11 (77). Fitzroy Stars 25.8 (158) d Hurstbridge 17.1`3 (115). Watsonia 24.9 (153) d Parkside 17.10 (112).

DIV. 2 RESERVES Whittlesea 8.11 (59) d Panton Hill 6.6 (42).

Mernda 22.17 (149) d South Morang 7.6 (48).

Lower Plenty 16.16 (112) d Reservoir 8.10 (58).

Hurstbridge 14.9 (93) d Fitzroy Stars 8.8 (56) Watsonia 13.6 (84) d Parkside 6.11 (47).

DIV. 1 SENIORS Bundoora 17.20 (122) d North Heidelberg 18.8 (116). Heidelberg West 24.22 (166) d Eltham 4.4 (28). Greensborough 24.11 (155) d Thomastown 10.9 (69). Montmorency 23.12 (150) d Lalor 15.9 (99). Northcote Park 19.14 (128) d W Preston Lakeside10.10 (70).

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