Gisborne Gazette November 2014

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Gisborne embraces Colour Run

Issue No 91 November 2014

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Six hundred people took part in Gisborne's first Colour Run and Walk, held as a fundraiser

by Macedon Ranges Health on October 19. The day was more than just a huge success – it was lots of fun as well.

▲Gisborne Medical Centre entered a large team.

▲Hardy's Pharmacy staff and friends joined the run.

The 600 runners and walkers enjoyed being ambushed at several points around the course by fiendish dust squirters, and most participants finished the event almost unrecognisable – but happy!

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Kids Corner FROM the Editor’s Desk with Bryan Power

Joanne Duncan After many years as a Gazette sponsor and columnist, Joanne’s final contribution is a farewell that you will see on page 5. Joanne has been more than a writer and financial backer for the Gazette; she has been a good friend who has always given her warm encouragement to our efforts with our community paper. We extend to Joanne our very best wishes for a happy retirement and, knowing her, I’m sure that it will be a very productive one too.

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President Phyllis Boyd 0431 063 119 Advertising Coordinator advertising@gisbornegazette.org.au

Since I last wrote to you Council has been busy delivering a number of great community projects with the most notable in the list being the New Gisborne netball courts – a tremendous outcome for the community and council working with State Government.

Another notable outcome is the Sister City relationship with Tokai City, Japan, that involved our newly formed community group comprising Farm Stay and school students.

Council in December 2013 resolved to pursue the formalisation of the Sister City relationship with Tokai City by a slim margin of 5 votes to 3 (one absent).

Fortunately vision, values and entrepreneurial enterprise have now realised the formal signing of the agreement. Our list of partners: Austrade, Victorian Government Business Vic, Braemar College, Hanging Rock Winery, and the 250-plus local people who host Farm Stay, all know the value this program has for our local economy.

Farm Stay adds to our semi-rural lifestyle and assists our farmers on a small scale.

Avington Farm currently sells fine wool to Japan and there was a lot of interest on the recent visit, along with one of local winemakers from Kyneton.

All great for the community and there is more – the Dixon Field upgrade is to start soon. Council has listened and acted for the community, plus more.

Secretary/Treasurer Ian Boyd 0417 059 525 phyllian@bigpond.com

The Gazette’s annual reception at which we thank our many loyal and hard-working supporters will be held at the Gisborne Masonic hall on November 27.

It’s always a good, well catered get-together and we look forward to seeing you there. See the notice on page 3 for details.

There would hardly be an area anywhere in Victoria (except perhaps Geelong) that has not been made more aware of the fact that there is an election coming up; hardly a day has passed without the announcement of some proposed initiative to the tune of hundreds of thousands – sometimes millions – of dollars that will see the infrastructure in the Macedon Ranges greatly improved. It’s now up to us, the voters, to make our decision later this month. The polls open between 8am and 6pm at all the local government schools (including Gisborne Secondary College) so let’s all exercise our democratic right of getting out and making our votes count.

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It’s also with great regret that we say goodbye to another stalwart supporter. Michael (himself an editor of a defence force related magazine) has written the excellent profiles of our long-term advertisers and sponsors for several years. He has moved back to his home state of Queensland for health reasons and we hope that his time there will be happy, healthy and fulfilling.

The district has lost four of its leading citizens in the last couple of months: Harry Ripp who passed away in late August and, more recently, June Moore and Wally Martin whose obituaries appear in this issue. As well, Marian Ciopicz of Macedon, a long-time distributor for the Gazette in that town.

All of these residents have contributed generously in various ways to the life of our community. They will be missed.

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Over summer stay safe and prepare your properties and fire plans as, from all reports, this is one fire season that we must be ready for.

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We need your batteries!

New Gisborne Primary School is running a battery drive to collect large used batteries from cars, trucks, ride-on mowers etc.

If you have batteries to donate please contact Bec Hamilton on 0409 691 303.

Stay safe this fire season

Netball award for Carmen Hemphill Congratulations to Carmen whose tremendous advocacy for netball in the district has seen her named Volunteer of the Year at Netball Victoria’s annual awards night on October 2.

Carmen was chosen from among hundreds of nominations because of her outstanding leadership, energy and commitment over many years in advancing netball in the Macedon Ranges.

Lots on locally in November Instead of that crazy idea of catching up with family and friends in December, try doing this in November this year.

You will have fun and be so much more relaxed.

Let the party begin at the Kyneton Cup on November 5. This is a very picturesque and accessible racecourse with an entrance fee of $25.

Dress to impress and enter “fashions on the field”, or just make your own judgement on the winning outfit. kdrc@countryracing.com.au or www.countryracing. com.au The big party, November 8, the Rolling Stones concert at Hanging Rock with local produce, wines and a fabulous day and night of music. www. ticketmaster.com.au/Hanging-Rock-Reserve-tickets Budburst Wine and Food Festival is on November 15 and 16 with 20 wineries participating, so you can enjoy the wines produced here in the Macedon Ranges, accompanied by food and music. There are special dinners and deals on offer. $15 buys you that special tasting glass to be used at all the venues. www.macedonrangeswine.com.au/budburst-festival/ Discover the creative artists of the region over the first three weekends in November with 30 artists opening their studios. Pick up the catalogue to direct you or take the bus tours that leave twice daily. www. dmropenstudios.com.au For information on all these events and more see www.visitmacedonranges.com.au

Macedon fights for sensible development A development proposed at the corner of Victoria Street and Margaret Street in Macedon includes four shops, a restaurant and 18 dwellings.

The block only measures 50 metres by 60 metres which is about ¾ of an acre. The impact will include traffic, wastewater runoff, rubbish collection and delivery vehicles. The developers requested a waiver of 18 parking spaces and also a waiver of loading bay requirements. There are no set-backs as with existing shops, and the two-storey construction will be an unnecessary intrusion into the streetscape.

In addition, the proposal appears to inadequately address the high risk of bushfire in the area.

Council considered the proposal inappropriate and recommended that it not be approved. In response the matter has been referred to VCAT by the developers and is set down for hearing on December 1.

A committee has been formed under the auspices of the Macedon Village Volunteers Inc and is raising funds to secure the services of professional experts to present our objections to VCAT. There is widespread support in the community to maintain the “village feel” in Macedon and fundraising has been progressing well. Committee members have been speaking to residents outside local shops, flyers have been distributed and at the time of writing $4500 had been raised. It is strongly felt that without professional representation our grave concerns will not be effectively conveyed to VCAT. Donations are still keenly sought and can be made directly to Bendigo Bank as follows: Macedon Villages Volunteers Inc. BSB: 633108, Account No. 149828717 Cheques can be posted to the same group at PO Box 310, Macedon, 3440. So help fund the VCAT fight … Keep the village feel in Macedon.

Your help will be gratefully received.

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Remembrance Day will be observed at the War Memorial in Gisborne on Tuesday, November 11, with the ceremony beginning at 10.45am and the traditional minute’s silence held at 11am.

All residents are invited to attend.

Rob Funston Secretary Gisborne RSL

Gazette Annual Reception All members of the Gazette team and its supporters: distributors, columnists, regular reporters, sponsors and GREAT Centre volunteers are warmly invited to attend the Gazette’s Annual Reception at the Gisborne Masonic Hall on Thursday, November 27 at 5.30 for 6pm. Catering will be managed by Siggy Thiner’s Colour of Earth.

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Grass fires in the shire in January and February this year reminded us that fires are a natural part of our environment.

An estimated 82% of fires are deliberately lit or caused by reckless-ness. This fire season, police will have dedicated marked vehicles patrolling high fire danger areas on high risk days.

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How can you help each other to be prepared? Do what you can to support older or vulnerable neighbours, and help each other clean up your properties.

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Kids Corner

Quiz

Proudly brought to you by Joanne Duncan, State Member for Macedon

Teddy bears visit Gisborne Kindergarten If you go down to our kindergartens today you’re sure of a big surprise! To celebrate Children’s Week, all kindergartens in the Macedon Ranges undertook teddy bear activities.

At Gisborne Kindergarten (Grant Avenue), parent Emma worked with our educators to develop a fun-packed session of activities. The children made honey sandwiches and fruit kebabs for their morning snack, acted out the Goldilocks story, created bear-shaped photo frames and had a visit from Super Ted. Families and staff also celebrated the announcement of a government grant towards the construction of a new Early Learning Centre in Robertson Street.

Places are still available at Macedon Ranges Shire Council kindergartens for 2015: call 5422 0333 or visit our website, mrsc.vic.gov.au/kindergarten

1. How many days are there in a leap year?

2. How many continents are there in the world?

3. What store has this motto: “Australia’s fastest-growing hardware store”?

4. What name is used for an Australian wild horse?

5. Which Australian team are known as the Diamonds?

6. Where are the Greek gods believed to live?

Spot the difference

7. What kind of sportspeople compete for the America’s Cup? 8. Which famous city is situated around the Thames River?

9.

How many sides are there on the Australian 50-cent coin?

10.

What do French people mean when they say ‘merci’?

Answers: 1. 366 2. Seven 3. Masters 4. Brumby 5. Netball 6. Mount Olympus 7. Yachtsmen 8. London 9. Twelve 10. Thank you.

Jokes and riddles I have five fingers, but no bones, muscles or skin what am I? A glove.

They say that lady's a great house keeper. She's been divorced four times and kept the house every time.

Joycelyn Moreland

Can you find 7 differences?

Cut and pasters for November The cut and pasters for November were the on the ball team from Macedon Primary: At left: Bella, Aaron Alexandria and Remi.

Right: Darcy, Oliver, Cameron and Will.

They also provided this month's riddles and quiz questions.

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What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?

Incorrectly.

What is lighter than a feather, but the strongest man on Earth can’t hold it for long?

His breath.

A horse is tied to a 20-metre-long rope. The horse wants to get some water that is 40 metres away. The horse gets to the water easily. How is this?

The end of the rope isn’t tied to anything!

Who can shave 25 times a days but still have a beard?

A barber.

I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I? A candle Mary’s father has five daughters – Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. What is the fifth daughter’s name? Mary What goes up but never comes down?

Your age!

Popular local MP has the last word Dear Friends, As you know, I am retiring in November.

It has been an honour and a privilege to represent the people of the Macedon Ranges. This is a community of wonderful people, active and full of energy, innovation and belief.

Thank you for your support and co-operation. There have been many memorable moments and wonderful people that have provided me with insight and help over the past years (on both sides of the political divide).

Without your help I couldn’t have

made it to this day. and too many to list here.

Together we have None of this would have accomplished a lot since been possible were it not l999 and there have for the commitment of so been many people who many community groups and have assisted in making volunteers. Please don’t think changes for the better in any of your work has gone Joanne Duncan our electorate. We rebuilt unnoticed. the Kyneton Hospital, returned the Even though there will be much Wombat Forest to sustainable logging, I will miss, I am looking forward to delivered natural gas to seven towns starting a new phase of my life which and built new CFA, SES and police hopefully will be a bit more relaxed, stations and schools. with time to catch up with friends and We rebuilt country rail and family and perhaps to pursue some introduced new rolling stock specially new challenges down the track. designed to be accessible for all Good bye and good luck Joanne people. Just a few of our achievements Warm regards

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Western Water warns on water during fires Western Water is warning residents to have an independent water supply ready if they plan to stay and defend their home this fire season.

“If electricity is cut or our infrastructure is affected by fire, our pumps may fail, cutting the mains water supply,” Western Water’s managing director, Neil Brennan, says. “If we have extremely high demand for water from customers and the CFA during a fire, water pressure may also drop.”

“We are also doing all we can to prepare for summer, with backup generators ready and water storage tanks at high capacity to cope if we have a fire.

“Residents can help by keeping fire hydrants near their homes free of debris and vegetation, and calling us if a hydrant needs maintenance.”

To find out more, visit Western Water’s stall at the Bushfire and Emergency Services Expo at Riddells Creek Primary School on November 29.

State Election day Polling booths will be open from 8am to 6pm at Gisborne Primary School, Gisborne Secondary College, New Gisborne Primary School, MacedonSunbury Specialist School at Bullengarook, Macedon Primary School and Mount Macedon Primary School.

An early voting centre will be open from November 18 at 17 Goode Street, Gisborne (near House of the Rock Church).

our GP doctors Dr Rodney Guy Dr Stephen Newton Dr Heena Choksey Dr Tim Phillips Dr Robert Hetzel Dr Trisha Cunningham Dr Khaleda Edib Dr Hartman Chan Dr Hema Thimmappa

Gisborne Christmas Festival

Other services

Tubby the robot will be back at this year's fun-filled festival to be held on Friday December 12 at Gardiner Reserve from 4.30 with the fireworks at 9.30pm. The parade will start at 6.30pm. Those wishing to be in the parade should contact Glenys at travelflorist@hotkey. net.au or on 5428 2695 by December 1.

Minor surgery Adult/child immunisation Diabetes clinic/educator Asthma & chronic disease clinics Pathology collection Radiology

New space for young people with autism Young people aged 11-16 with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) now have the opportunity to participate in a Youth Space program provided by Macedon Ranges Shire Council in partnership with Cobaw Community Health.

This innovative pilot program will be run at Woodend over the remainder of terms three and four, on Thursday afternoons from 4pm to 6pm at the Woodend Neighbourhood House.

“The ASD-specific Youth Space is a place for these wonderful young people to get together and socialise once a week in a safe and fully supported environment,” said Council’s Director of Community Wellbeing, Karen Stevens.

Dr Kulbir Gill Dr Sandra Morrow Dr Kasey Hogg Dr Jasdeep Sandhu Dr Mirza Hossain Dr Carlie Di Camillo Dr Alan Lee Dr Asim Akram Dr Rashida Moiz

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COMMUNITY SERVICE Proudly sponsored by the Rotary Club of Gisborne

Commonwealth Bank gives College $5000 Ally Clough, branch manager at the Gisborne Commonwealth Bank, has handed a cheque for $5000 to Gisborne Secondary College.

The money will be added to the Chaplaincy Emergency fund, which is a discretionary fund put in place to assist

students so that they may attend such things as camps and excursions, as well as encourage the students to be more involved in the community, such as via the GREAT Association (Gisborne Region Events, Activities & Tourism).

Chaplain Barb Davis, left, with Ally Clough from the Commonwealth Bank, Chaplaincy Committee member Sonja Deveson and Principal Andrew Robertson, as well as students Gabrielle Brassel, Natasha Verkys and Kezia Laker at the cheque presentation.

Senior Citizens

Community forum on getting through holidays

Mount Players donate to CFA Frank Harvey of The Mount Players, above, presents Macedon Fire Brigade Captain Greg Snart with $265 raised from donations for programs from the recent production of Heroes which Frank directed.

This donation is one of several made by Mount Players in recent months and will go towards the funding of a new tanker for the brigade, costing about $360,000.

The Brigade is about to begin fund-raising within the community towards the outstanding $160,000 needed to complete the purchase.

A Fashionable Film Society At the October meeting of the Macedon Ranges Film Society, the audience was treated to a film capturing the fashions of New York as seen through the lens of New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. The documentary provides viewers with a range of truly historical fashion footage.

In November, laughter is bound to be the order of the evening as we watch a couple trying to adjust to living in a seaside town. Bienvenue chez les Ch’Tis (Welcome to the Sticks) is a 2008 French film from the director Dany Boon. This film will be the last of the year and members can look forward to an equally interesting year of films in 2015.

The society meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 7pm in the Woodend Community Centre. Film notes and supper are also supplied. Enquiries must be made initially by phoning Lorraine on 5427 0921 or Christine on 5429 5452. Christine Caley 6

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Community Forum December 3, Gisborne Secondary College.

'Surviving the Silly Season' – Preventive Measures for Youth Mental Health through Summer Holidays The long holiday break means that teenagers spend more time at home, away from school and their peer support group. For some, this enforced break signals isolation from social contact and heightens pre-existing anxieties and concerns.

PS My Family Matters is hosting a Community Forum to look at how best you can prepare yourself and your family to tackle the issues that may occur over this period. What are the early warning signs? How do you communicate with your teenager about these issues? Who can you reach out to for help? What plans should you have in place in the event of an emergency?

The panel for this forum will draw on local experts in the field of mental illness and youth including a school counsellor, a local GP, a psychologist, a representative from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) and a representative from Live4Life – the Macedon Ranges Shire’s youth mental awareness program.

The forum will take place at 7pm. For further information please visit www.psmfm.org.au or call 0475 369 965 or Mike Hamer on 0411 549 432.

Old and new motorbikes on display To raise funds for charitable projects in the Gisborne area, the Rotary Club of Gisborne is putting on SHANNONS Classic and Antique Motorcycle Show on Sunday November 23 from 10am to 4pm at the New Gisborne Steam Park.

The club expects there will be over 150 modern, classic and vintage motorbikes on show plus a number of classic and prestige cars, Rolls Royces and Ferraris.

Organisers Stuart Bonnington and Brendan Watters report that some highlights will include Harleys from the 1920s to the very latest models and some old Indians. "Entry is $5 with kids under 12 free. We want to make it a real family day.”

Anyone who would like to show their motorbikes/cars (or potential vendors) can call Stuart on 0407 862 745.

Barry Wills

We were shocked at the sudden death of our beloved President Helen Cowlishaw on October 7.

Helen will be sorely missed by all at the Gisborne Senior Citizens.

Friends of Red Cross We were saddened to hear of the passing on August 30 of member Harry Ripp at the age of 94. He had an interesting life with a great love of music and singing and was appropriately sent from this world to the rousing strains of a Pomp and Circumstance March. We will all miss his quiet presence and lovely smile.

Our Centenary Celebration afternoon tea will be on November 7 in the Gisborne Seniors rooms and we invite all members past and present and interested persons to join us. Jean Dixon will present a history which includes some amazing photos. Please let Jean know on 5428 2396 if you will be attending and she requests that members wear their service medals.

Our Christmas breakup lunch is on December 5 at the Macedon Railway Hotel. Payment of $32 can be made at the November meeting. We need to know numbers and transport requirements. Please ring me on 5428 2970.

We meet on the first Friday of the month at the Gisborne Seniors rooms from 1.30 to 3.30pm and welcome visitors to any of our meetings. Jean Poor

Old memories unearthed GSC is trying to contact the owners of some of the contents of the time capsule which was buried at the College in 1981 and dug up in 2012: they belong to the McWhirter family, Vilips family, Cummins family, Speirs family (Romsey) Judy Couch and Kerstyn Wolff.

Hilary Mackenzie, Librarian

Capacity audience hears Tedeschi at Duneira

Macedon CWA members judged Macedon Primary School's mini show. The students’ art, flowers and cooking were excellent, making judging a difficult task. Grade 6 girls gave each judge a thank you and a posy of flowers in appreciation. It gives us

much pleasure to help in this small way.

Spring garden lovers join Macedon CWA members September was busy for Macedon CWA members. We catered for garden lover groups from the Mornington Peninsula who visit several gardens on the mount each year.

Six members spent a day in the CWA Rooms at the Royal Melbourne Show. This is an institution at the Show. These are long busy days with never-ending queues. Fortunately, the customers all seemed well satisfied with their refreshments. Hand made goods and CWA tea towels are also very popular. Show catering is an important fund raiser for CWA. As well as occasional activities such as judging the Macedon Primary School mini show (above), volunteers also help at Macedon kindergarten each Friday. We love reading, playing and helping with the children.

Our Young Mothers group meets on the third Tuesday evenings monthly in the Macedon CWA Hall. Leave the littlies with dad, and have some time of relaxation. Contact Michelle on 0417 514 797.

Lorraine Tweddle 5426 2045 Enjoy our beautiful spring weather.

Gisborne CWA still busy as year winds down Our committee members have been very busy over the past few weeks preparing for our AGM which was held on October 13. A new committee was chosen and we are all looking forward to another successful year.

Now we can all settle down to doing what we do best: meetings, visits to other branches, ‘Coffee, Craft and Chat’ (which is held every third Monday of the month), guest speakers.... and the list goes on. At present we are preparing Christmas hampers to raise funds for the Sunbury/Macedon Ranges Specialist School at Bullengarook. We will be in the Village Shopping Centre from late November so please come and support us and have a chat.

Our next meeting is on November 10 at the Masonic Lodge Hall at 10am.

As always, you are very welcome to join us.

Edie Gundy

World-famous Australian pianist Simon Tedeschi played a mainly George Gershwin program to a capacity audience on October 11. The gardens at Duneira looked magnificent in the afternoon sunlight.

After the recital Simon sat outside in the garden and signed CDs for the appreciative audience.

Rotary Leukaemia Luncheon a big success The Rotary Club of Gisborne ran another successful lunch for Leukaemia in the gardens of Jacek and Pat Bialobrzeski’s estate, 'Jabula', on Sunday October 12.

The weather was fantastic and the garden was superlative at this time of year, with flowers in bloom and plants at their best. The 85 people in attendance gave the event an incredibly happy at-

mosphere, raising more than $3,000 for leukaemia research.

Thanks go to Jacek and Pat for making their home and gardens available for the 10th year in a row, to all the Rotarians and friends who prepared and donated the vast quantities of food, and to the helpers and visitors on the day for being so generous.

Barry Wills

Rotary President Andrew Hall, centre, with family and friends at the Leukaemia fund-raising luncheon.

Community Bank to offer another scholarship Gisborne & District Community Bank® will keep helping local students by continuing its university scholarship program next year.

The branch will award one student a scholarship worth $36,000 towards on-campus accommodation, study, and associated costs for three years. Applicants must live in the greater Gisborne area and be firstyear undergraduate students in 2015 at La Trobe University at Bendigo or its Melbourne campus at Bundoora.

Branch chairman Barry Mullen said, “Our young people are our most valuable asset and we consider this program an important

investment in our community’s future.”

This will be the second year Gisborne & District Community Bank® branch has offered the scholarship. Local student Moyra O’Donoghue was awarded the bursary for 2014.

Moyra started education studies at La Trobe Bendigo this year and said the scholarship had helped immeasurably.

Applications open on December 1 and close on December 19. For more information, visit the branch at 11 Nexus Way, Gisborne, or call 5420 7210.

Corinne Shaddock

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ARTS in the RANGES

Proudly sponsored by Gisborne Artists Society, Macedon Ranges Art Group, Phoenix Macedon Ranges Art & Craft, The Gallery Mt Macedon, The Gisborne Singers, Duneira, The Licorice Allsorts, Macedon Music and The Mount Players

Frocks and Jocks Choir Do you like to sing? Frocks and Jocks is a small choir which meets in Gisborne every Tuesday evening. We're a sociable group and we welcome new members.

This year we've developed a new repertoire which includes a wide range of styles – South African, contemporary, popular and sacred. We

keep our performance commitments fairly low-key, beginning this year with a visit to Gisborne Secondary College for International Women's Day. In the next two months we plan to sing for the residents of the Elms Hostel and follow that with a Family and Friends concert.

If you'd like to try us out or want to find out more, please call Judy on 5428 3435 or 0419 887 595.

Phoenix returns to November market

Mike and Kerry Langmaid were interested in what Phoenix members Margaret Keen, Chris Rhodes and Russell Ball had to say about the group.

The Phoenix Macedon Ranges Art and Craft Group will again have an information marquee at the Gisborne Olde Time Market on Sunday, November 2, to provide information on membership, publicise the December exhibition and sale, and display samples of members’ work.

The Phoenix Group, which consists of independent artists and crafters, are looking to recruit new artists and crafters from the region who are interested in exhibiting and selling their work as a part of a larger organised group.

Phoenix group members will be only too pleased to discuss with any prospective members the workings of the group so drop by the stall and browse the work on display and pick up some information.

The next Phoenix exhibition and sales will be over the weekend of December 5 to 7 which coincides with the Christmas Market.

Anyone interested in membership details can go to www.phoenixarts.weebly.com/ or contact the secretary Margaret Keen on 5428 2835.

Three weekends of Open Studios in Macedon Ranges and region November 1-2, 8-9, 15-16 For three weekends in November the local artists pictured at right will open their studios (together with 26 other artists in the Daylesford Macedon Ranges Open Studios program).

Marian experiments in her painting with mixed media and creative abstraction techniques. Helen paints her personal vision with a passion and is a nationally recognised

talent. Anthony produces bronze sculptures that reveal the strength and beauty of animals.

Colleen explores the colours of nature through her shibori resist silks to produce one-off art to wear. The artists welcome the public to freely visit, enjoy and discover their work and creative practices.

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The program will also include the sublime Laudate Dominum, the beautiful Agnus Dei by Samuel Barber plus Psalm 100 by Heinrich Schutz. Performances will be ably supported by the following professional soloists: Soprano – Christina Russo, Alto – Kristen Leich (Kyneton), Tenor – Tomas Dalton, Bass – Manfred Pohlenz.

Performances will be also supported by a full professional orchestra conducted by Stephen Brockman.

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Buttlejorrk Artists to exhibit November 21

The Macedon Ranges Art Group (MRAG) spring art show will be held at the Woodend Community Centre.

The Buttlejorrk Artists group is a local mixed media arts group that has members who have been exhibiting together over the past 38 years.

Work to be shown in the group’s upcoming annual exhibition and sale includes pottery, wood turning, jewellery, glass, paintings, textiles and baskets from natural fibres.

The exhibition will be held at the Macedon Primary School arts complex (enter via Carrington Street or Margaret Street).

The exhibition opens on Friday November 21 at 7:30pm and will continue on Saturday and Sunday November 22 and 23 from 10am to 4pm.

This is an ideal opportunity to buy a unique, locally handmade piece of art for yourself or as a gift.

Morning and afternoon tea will be provided on Pat Beasley, left, and Jan Guest the Saturday and with some of their wonderful Sunday. pottery.

The official opening will be on Friday evening October 31 with the show open from 10am to 4.30pm Saturday November 1 and finishing on Tuesday November 4.

Our final workshop for the year will be a pastels one-day workshop by renowned Australian artist Maxwell Wilks to be held at Woodend on Sunday November 30. The cost is $80 members and $90 for nonmembers.

For more information on this workshop and other MRAG activities including membership and plein air activities, please contact John York on 5427 1780 or 041 750 6934 or email macedonrangesartgroup@gmail.com or go to www.macedonrangesartgroup.com

WAG Annual Exhibition Woodend Art Group is preparing for its annual exhibition on the weekends of November 1 - 2 and 8 - 9. Many of the group's members are professional artists and demonstrations will be held throughout the exhibition which will be held in the art rooms at Woodend Railway Station.

Woodend Art Group is part of the community, providing classes and workshops all year round as well as children’s classes four nights a week.

Featured artist at The Gallery Lorna Thrift Brooks is our invited artist at The Gallery this month. A renowned artist, she will show paintings and jewellery. Meet the artist on Saturday 8 November Lorna says of her work: Art has been the focus of my life for over 60 years in all varieties of painting media plus printmaking, collage, sculpture, pottery, paper, glass and jewellery.

I have had many wonderful teachers whose methods have stayed with me throughout my career. I have been a teacher in adult education in South Australia.

I have lived in Macedon for 36 years and recently became a published author of a book of poetry, Lilies on the Tongue.

My work as a painter is a passion I was born with and will never escape from. The personality behind it drives me from my bed on sleepless nights to wrestle a subject to its conclusion. The painting process is the most important aspect of the work where I can lose myself entirely. At the conclusion of the work I become my harshest critic, deciding if the work is worthy of a gallery wall or the reject pile. If the standard is good, I am then happy to let it go. I am no longer attached! This is a work ethic that accompanies each painting.

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Macedon Music The next concert at Lowland Farm, 70 Brougham Road, Mount Macedon will be on Sunday, November 9 at 2:30pm ($50 $30).

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Gisborne Montessori students keeping the rabbits out In response to student passion for creating greater biodiversity at the school, students have been planting out bird, insect and butterfly-attracting plants.

The challenge for creating gardens of any substance is the rabbits! So the children have constructed rabbitproof tree guards made from chicken wire. They worked in pairs to cut the wire with tin snips and then carefully tied the structures together with wire – a most professional job.

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In 2014, Ice Cream Day spread dramatically – 26 schools celebrated Ice Cream Day including schools in Queensland. This is the result of persistence and hard work from Oliver. He has thoroughly earned his Young Achiever of the Month award.

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Congratulations to the 100 New Gisborne Primary School students who completed the Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge.

Between them these outstanding children read 2430 books. What an amazing achievement!

It is great to see our students reading a wide variety of books, authors and interests.

School Leader and Year 6 student Johnno said, “I take part in the Challenge every year. It is great to see so many students involved and enthusiastic about reading.”

Prep student James said, “My favourite book is Where The Wild Things Are. I like books about Lego people too.”

Prep student Isabella said, “I liked reading the books about rabbits and dogs. Stories about unicorns are my favourites.”

Sarah in Year 6 said, “The Challenge encourages you to read a variety of texts and remember the importance of reading to expand your knowledge as well as your imagination.”

To congratulate the students’ efforts the Parents Association hosted a special morning tea on Monday, October 13. Thank you very much to the dedicated parents who once again supported this worthwhile literacy event.

The students will receive their certificates signed by Victorian Premier Denis Napthine at a school assembly in November. Prue Dawson

Term 4 at our school, Mt Macedon Primary, is sure to be a good one. We have Bike Ed coming up in which Grade 4s will learn how to ride a bike (if they don’t already know how to) and they will all learn the road rules and how to ride on the road.

While the Grade 4s are doing that the Grade 5/6s will have a refresher in Bike Ed and ride around the school and Mt Macedon.

At the end of the year all of the Grade 4/5/6s will go on a Williamstown bike ride. We will ride from Pipemaker’s Park in Maribyrnong to Williamstown and the bike ride is about 22km.

Bike Ed is a valuable program that can help children be safe around roads by learning gears, signalling and how to behave around cars. It also helps to build fitness and stamina.

Angus ● The School Fete in November is hoping to raise $15,000 to upgrade our school's oval and outdoor areas for the children.

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Holy Cross students harnessed to life During the first three days of Term Four, the 3/4s went to The Briars Outdoor Education Camp at Mt Martha.

The children participated in activities such as: Giant Swing, Leap of Faith, Hut Building, Low Ropes and Minute To Win It, and sang along with Steve the guitarist. During these events, the children all used one very important skill: TEAMWORK. Hut Building was definitely the teachers’ favourite activity as they tested each hut’s ability to keep its occupants dry by pouring a huge bucket of water over it!

The Giant Swing at 16 metres and Leap of Faith at 6m and 12m were adrenaline-inducing activities. Many conquered their fear of heights, but some did not! Spectators below appeared around the size of ants. Even the teachers got into some of the action, falling gracefully from daring heights!

The cabins at The Briars had aboriginal names reminding us of the traditional owners of the land. Inside the cabins there was room to sleep eight tired bodies in four bunk beds plus a fan and heater for comfort! Much fun was had by students, teachers and parent helpers alike.

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Proudly displaying his thirdplace medal, Patrick Doyle is confident he can go two better in the 2015 discus finals.

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Macedon Grammar students excel in Live4life program

Students off to the Gold Coast As part of their VCAL program, the Year 12 students at Bullengarook Specialist School (pictured) have been busy organising their interstate trip to the Gold Coast in late October.

The students had to do class presentations about their preferred destination for the trip and all voted on their eventual choice. It was a close call but the Gold Coast just prevailed in the vote over Tasmania.

They have put a great deal of work into the planning and preparation of all of the details including accommodation, meals, transport and activities. They will be spending most of their time visiting the theme parks including Seaworld, Dreamworld and Movie World as well as attending the V8 Supercar practice session and the Outback Spectacular.

I think they are all looking forward to some nice weather and a fantastic week of fun and adventures.

Garry Heald

This term at Macedon Grammar is off to a flying start with the Year 8 students going to the Live4Life celebrations at Braemar College and coming back with many awards.

Congratulations to Alex for winning the overall individual entry. Lillian, Clare, Karli, Whitney, Peta and Natalie also won awards. And thank you to the Year 9 and 10 crews for helping out in Live4Life 2014.

The Year 12 IB exams are fast approaching and the students are thoroughly preparing for those. Year 7-10 exams are coming up later in the term. Parent-teacher interviews were held and much feedback was given to students.

The Year 7 and 8 softball teams are going to a competition in a few weeks and are practising a lot for that.

We are very honoured to have our federal MP Lisa Chesters coming to give the students certificates for the Canberra camp. And the lucky Year 2-3s had their late-night camp at school.

Macedon Grammar students are loving being at school and enjoying the amazing opportunities and education they are receiving. It's a great place to learn!

Christina Carlyle Year 8

Sport has always been a big part of Macedon Primary School student Patrick Doyle’s life, and after placing third in discus in the Western Metropolitan Region Primary School Athletics Finals on Tuesday, October 14, it seems it’s only going to get bigger.

On the day Patrick threw the discus a whopping 31 metres – smashing his personal best of 27 metres.

“I had a great day,” Patrick told the Gisborne Gazette in an exclusive interview. “It was lots of fun competing in the events and I was really happy when I came third in discus and sixth in shot put.”

Patrick had set himself an extremely rigorous training schedule, training from 6am to 8am every day.

Macedon Primary School is extremely proud of its Grade 6 student.

“It’s just fantastic,” Patrick’s teacher Mr O’Callaghan said. “Patrick has worked so hard for this. He borrowed a school discus and it’s barely left his side.”

Though this is just one of many sporting feats for Patrick, it ranks right up there with his greatest achievements. Keep an eye on the sports pages of the Gisborne Gazette next year where the name Patrick Doyle is sure to feature regularly.

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St Brigid’s sets off on Big Green Adventure The students of St Brigid’s are excited about coming events. Recently the grade five and sixes auditioned for the school production of A Big Green Adventure. Students had the opportunity to apply for a speaking role or a chorus role. The auditions consisted of each student practising and performing a small passage from the script. Everyone is looking forward to the results and can’t wait for rehearsals to begin.

Another event grade five and sixes have been looking forward to all year is ... our annual school camp.

This year the senior students will stay at Urban Camp while visiting Melbourne. To reinforce this term’s unit of Melbourne history, the students will visit landmarks such as Captain Cook’s Cottage and the old Melbourne Gaol. Other activities planned are bowling, laser tag, trivia nights, the Eureka Skydeck and a tour of the MCG. Other exciting events coming up this month include our school fete, the Social Justice Sleepover and, of course, “A Big Green Adventure”.

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New Gisborne champion The Dalton family of New Gisborne are very excited because their Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier, Ody, has won best in breed and puppy in breed at the Adelaide and Melbourne Shows. Sunbury breeder Margaret Gray shows him. Ody's show name is Saphyr Two Pi R.

Macedon Musings with Melanie Fattore In only a few weeks Moonlight Films will bring outdoor cinema to the Macedon Ranges. Shown at beautiful Mt Macedon Golf Course, the film season kicks off with The Lego Movie on December 5. Films will be shown every Friday and Saturday until March 8. You can check out the full schedule and buy tickets and information via www.moonlight films.com.au This is a very exciting initiative and I am sure the community will embrace it.

Macedon Primary School will host a car boot sale and barbecue to coincide with Election Day on November 29. You will be able to grab something to eat and drink while you fossick through the many great bargains that will be on sale.

The Grade Ones enjoyed monkeying around at Anakie Fairy Park.

Gisborne Primary School Hawthorn supporters enjoyed a second consecutive year of crowing upon returning for Term Four. The principal celebrated by wearing his brown and gold polo shirt, and would have been happy for students to join him in the old Gisborne Primary uniform colours.

A large contingent of students was successful at Divisional Athletics and progressed to the Regional Finals at Keilor, held in mid-October.

Third place was achieved by the 4 x 100m U11 girls’ relay team of Amity, Emma, Laura and Indigo, while Chiara collected a bronze in the 200m.

On the same day that Grade Two campers ventured to Daylesford, Grade Ones experienced a childhood favourite of many Victorians with a visit to the Fairy Park at Anakie.

A warm welcome to Marcus Ward, who is teaching Grade 5/6 during Term Four. He is well known through his contribution to education at New Gisborne for many years.

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Lunar eclipse spectacular On October 8 the weather was threatening as staff at GSC moved their two telescopes outside in position for a spring lunar eclipse.

Rain and an overcast sky did not promise for a brilliant sky show but about 8.45pm the sky cleared and observers witnessed the Earth’s shadow creep slowly over the moon’s surface. All budding astronomers that attended the night were rewarded for their patience and enthusiasm.

Next year the College plans to start an astronomy club which will be open to primary and secondary students, their families and teachers. Interested people can contact Dale Barry on 5428 3691 during school hours.

Orangutans and palm oil at GSC

GSC visits Jacksons Creek

By Katie Darrington 7A

GSC Year 7 students went on a field trip to Jacksons Creek earlier this year to follow up what we have been learning in our classes. We were met at the creek by David Tunbridge, President of the Friends of Jacksons Creek. This organisation is all about improving the environment around Jacksons Creek.

Before they started work on the now lovely destination, the creek was a mess of overgrown weeds and many other unwanted things.

David explained the heritage and history of our creek.

One of the most successful curriculum programs that can be started in Year 10 or 11 is the School-based Apprenticeships/ Traineeships (SBATs). Completion of an SBAT can count as a fifth or sixth VCE subject, meaning a student has an additional 10% included in their ATAR calculation.

An SBAT can also be included as part of a VCAL qualification. This means that a student can complete a VCE or VCAL subject by the end of Year 10.

Currently vacancies exist in these SBAT Programs: Cert 111 Fitness, Animal Companionship, Children's Services, Health Administration, Education Support. Students can also begin their apprenticeship in the traditional trades

Year 7 and 9 Indonesian students are continuing their adoption of orangutan 'Chocolate'.

Learning in action at Jacksons Creek.

While we were there filled out a sheet about water temperature, Ph, flow speed, stream width and turbidity which we later compared to the water in Jacksons Creek downstream at the Organ Pipes National Park.

On October 15, Year 7 and 9 Indonesian students listened to a presentation from Amber Anile who is a primate keeper at the Melbourne Zoo and is the Victorian representative of The Orangutan Project.

She spoke about the plight of orangutans and other Indonesian forest animals caused by the clearing of land to produce palm oil.

The Orangutan Project (TOP) is the world's foremost not-for-profit organisation, supporting orangutan conservation, rainforest protection, local

community partnerships and the rehabilitation and reintroduction of displaced orangutans back to the wild.

There are more than 2,000 orphaned orangutans living in care centres in Borneo and Sumatra.

Students raised money to continue their adoption of a baby orangutan named ‘Chocolate’ for another year. He is cared for in a rehabilitation centre and will be released back into Indonesian jungle in years to come.

Jenny McCarthy (Indonesian Teacher)

Career Chatter with John Horley such as automotive, building and construction, plumbing, electrical and engineering, gaining credit for what they have completed when they move into a full-time apprenticeship.

Many past students have used SBATs as a pathway into university or TAFE. Conditions apply. For further information please contact me or see our Careers website www.gisborne secondarycollegecareers.com

Best of luck to all for exams.

Year 11 students (L to R) Sarah Smith, Matt Spargo, Sarah Edward, Amy Hodson, Molly Woolgar, Hope Pender, Nessa Bolton were impressed with the standard of the work of the Year 12 students at Gisborne Secondary College.

Their artwork was exhibited in early October at the Macedon Ranges Further Education Centre in Gisborne.

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Shedmen make most of own expertise Too often we take for granted the diverse array of skills and experience of our Shedmen. One subject well resourced is aviation.

This has been a bit of a theme in recent weeks comprising very informative presentations by Shedmen Ross Brandie and Geoff Young along with a visit to the Air Force Museum at Point Cook.

At the museum our guide was a very Geoff Young (pictured) presented the story of the unique-looking engaging Vietnam veteran who had Bennett Airtruck, designed by Luigi Pellarini. Geoff worked with actually flown some of the aircraft on a team in New Zealand “a few years ago” developing the original display. We saw various hangars housing design into a fully operational crop-duster. some “strike” (bombers) aircraft like the F-111 and Phantom and in the museum proper some on a virtual tour of the design of a contemporary historical exhibits going back to 1914. passenger jet. This focused on the key elements In the maintenance hanger we saw an all-wood of controlling the plane and the associated back-up DeHavilland Mosquito fighter-bomber and a flying facilities that contribute to an enviable safety record. replica of a Bristol Boxkite.

To benefit from or contribute to the Shedmen Back in the comfort of our temporary meeting place acadamy, drop in to see us at the old courthouse any at the old Gisborne Courthouse, Ross has taken us Monday or Thursday morning.

Popular Oaks 'Piano man' farewelled OBITUARY Walter (Wally) Martin 8 June 1927 – 22 September 2014 Wally was born in Bedlington, Northumberland, England, and attended the local primary and secondary schools.

Before the war ended he joined the Royal Air Force and following the war became a double-decker bus driver; it was here he met Jean whom he married in 1952. They had two children, Jim and Diane, and in 1960 they all moved to Australia as “Ten Pound Poms”.

The family settled into the Williamstown Hostel until they could afford to buy a house at Altona. For a time Wally worked on the Hydro Electric Scheme as a mechanic, fitter and turner then later in the office for B F Goodrich for over 30 years.

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piano he would be in the garage either making or fixing things.

He could fix ANYTHING! Sadly Jean and their daughter Diane passed away over 15 years ago.

Wally had some likes and dislikes! He disliked Australian Rules football but he liked watching tennis from Wimbledon and especially Roger Federer.

He liked to cook bacon and eggs and kippers! About every second day, Wally could be seen having lunch in the IGA food court.

His health deteriorated over the past 12 months and he passed away on September 22.

A memorial service was held at the Gisborne Senior Citizens rooms on October 7.

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Long-time local worked at old Lincoln Mills OBITUARY JUNE MOORE 6 October 1927 – 14 September 2014 June was born in Yarraville to Phyllis and Ernie Bullard. One of seven children, June grew up in the Spotswood, Braybrook and Couangalt areas and attended the Braybrook and Couangalt Primary Schools. She left school at 14 and became a seamstress at Lincoln Mills in Gisborne, June Moore making army clothes and undergarments during WWII. In 1948 June married her only love, Keith Moore.

They had five children, Peter, Kelvin, Helen, Marilyn and Graham. They lived in Aitken Street then Lyell Street before the family home was built in Goode Street, where June lived for 58 years.

June was active in the Gisborne Primary School Mothers’ Club and was a foundation member of the Gisborne Auxiliary of the Sunbury High School.

Her son Graham’s education and development became another focus of her attention and she became a campaigner for special education facilities. In 1972 this culminated in the creation of “Windarring” of which June became a committee member and in 1980 she was made a Life Governor, and was Secretary when the Auxiliary closed in 1994.

For more than 25 years she was a volunteer with Vision Australia and a member of the Gisborne Fire Brigade Auxiliary, including time as Secretary, and she was awarded Brigade Life Membership. She was also a member of Red Cross.

Each year the family enjoyed a “tent” holiday at the beach at St Leonards, Warrnambool or Lakes Entrance.

When Keith retired they enjoyed many trips including three times around Australia. Following Keith’s death in 2002, June devoted her time to her other loves, her birds and garden, and enjoyed many bus trips.

In 2013 June moved into the Gisborne Oaks nursing home where she was very happy and comfortable, had someone to talk to and could still maintain an independent lifestyle.

Memories of June include wanting all things simple, her sense of humour, her generosity, her caring nature for others and especially her love of family: five children, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

A funeral service was held at Highfield Estate, New Gisborne, on September 22.

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HEALTH AND WELLBEING Proudly sponsored by Macedon Ranges Health

Opportunity on Hamilton

‘Betty’s Boop’ with Betty Doolan Life Enhancement Program staff are going to start a wish list (no Tatts wins). For me it would be fish and chips down at the Williamstown Beach.

I hope everyone did the Colour Run; this was a lot of fun, and the Colour Run could be a thing of the future. One of our lovely carers caused a stir last Sunday when she wore a skirt and had black lace stockings on. They looked terrific and residents all agreed this should be the new uniforms.

Halloween afternoon shenanigans took over in the LEP room: it was decorated with black material hanging from the ceiling, there was a very short skeleton in jail that was having a lot to say, there was half an arm looking for its owner and many other “THINGS”.

Dressed for the occasion were tall skeletons whose eyes lit up, heads moved side to side and you could have a conversation with them (it was enough to scare the buttons off your jacket). There was a lot of laughing and it was a most enjoyable afternoon.

A memorial service is held once a year and after prayers are said, beautiful happy photos of past residents are shown on a large screen.

The families, friends and residents light taper candles which are placed in a large bowl of sand. This service gives everyone a chance to say goodbye.

Residents went to the Kyneton Town Hall to see Kamahl in October; he is a great entertainer and he came back on the stage for an encore. Afterwards we all went to the RSL for a beaut lunch.

Residents have started playing a game called Triangular Dominoes – it’s a form of the old-fashioned game of dominoes. Residents are also playing Scrabble, and are enjoying both games.

Stay safe, Betty

This shop is seriously like an Aladdin’s cave. We have such wonderful bargains and surprises you might just find something there that you have been looking for for ages. Look through our shelves of books for fact or fiction. We have many famous authors. Also there are so many super specials with the clothes. Why don’t you come in and have a look around.

Opportunity on Hamilton might not be the easiest of local op shops to find....but once you find us you will always want to come back!

Broadband for Seniors We have two fantastic volunteers conducting classes at the Community Health Centre on Hamilton Street.

Cheryl gives lessons on Monday and Carmel has just started giving lessons for an hour on Tuesdays.

We have more people interested in volunteering to do the classes, so it has been decided to open up the waiting list again.

So, if you are a senior and finding it a bit difficult to navigate the internet, Google, emails, uploading etc on computers then just call 5428 0300 and have your name added to the waiting list. We will give you a call to let you know when you can start.

MRH Volunteering “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

– Theodore Roosevelt

Have you thought about volunteering? It can be a lifechanging experience. At Macedon Ranges Health we look for individuals who would like to make a change in their lives by making a difference.

There are many areas that we can use your assistance. If you are interested, call on 5428 0300 and express your interest and our volunteer co-ordinator will be in contact.

Gisborne Ramblers This month’s rambles include the following walks: 7 Governs Lane, Gisborne 14 Mt Macedon – behind Day’s Picnic Ground Anne 21 Chapmans Road Paterson 28 Woodend Fingerpost, right side.

Bring your own water and join this happy band of walkers at the Tennis Club at Dixon Field each Friday morning at 9.15am.

Anne Paterson

Breast Awareness Why is it Important?

Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in Australian women. One in nine women will develop breast cancer by the age of 85 years. Breast awareness and screening is the best method for detecting breast cancer in its earliest stages and still offers the best chance of successful treatment and recovery.

What can I do at home?

It is important to regularly check your breasts; it is quick and easy to do! Get comfortable with looking at the size and shape in the mirror. Feel the entire breast tissue from your collarbone to below your bra line and into the underarm, feel near the surface and then deeper using the flat part of your fingers. This can be done in the bath or shower, lying down or when getting dressed.

What changes should I tell my doctor about?

If you notice any of these changes see your GP straight away: ● A lump, lumpiness or thickening in the breast tissue. ● Skin changes such as dimpling, puckering or redness. ● Nipple changes such as an unusual discharge, the nipple pointing in rather than out (unless it has always been this way) or an itchy/ulcerated area. ● A part of the breast that feels different from the rest of the breast. ● A new and persistent pain.

Who is breast screening for?

Evidence has shown that breast screening is most effective in women aged 50-69 years and it is recommended to have the screen done every two years. Women aged between 40-49 years or 70 and over may also be screened if they wish.

What is breast screening?

A mammogram is a low dose x-ray which is used to detect unsuspected cancer at an early stage before symptoms appear and while they are too small to be felt by you or your doctor.

For further information: www.breastscreen.org.au www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au www.breastcancer.org.au Submitted by Gisborne Medical Centre

Low fat, is it always a healthy choice?

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Everyone knows that eating too much fat can be bad for you. So when you see the words 'low fat', 'no fat' or '99 per cent fat-free' on a product, it must be a healthy choice, right? While we need to be careful about how much and what sort of fat we eat, many low-fat foods are unhealthy in other ways because of high amounts of added sugar or salt.

It's the processed low-fat foods that you need to be careful about.

Read the nutrition label on a tub of 'low-fat' yoghurt and you will find that the full fat has most likely been replaced with high levels of

sodium and sugars. So reading the nutrition labels on all processed foods is vital. Another problem with 'low-fat' processed foods is that we tend to eat more of them, thinking they are healthier options.

At the Gisborne Take Off Weight Naturally (TOWN) Club we discuss and share many aspects of diet, exercise and our general wellbeing. Why not come along and share. We always welcome new members. Meetings are on each Monday evening from 6pm at the Gisborne Bowling Club.

For information call Carmel on 5428 3856 or Kathy on 5428 1334.

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New GP for Macedon Ranges Health Macedon Ranges Health will include a new general medical practice at the revamped health centre on Neal Street when it opens early next year. We look forward to welcoming the incoming GP – Dr Umair Masood.

Dr Masood left Melbourne to study medicine in the UK before going on to become a qualified surgeon.

His experience in orthopaedics and plastic surgery brought him back to Australia. Travelling and working as a general practitioner he found pleasure in the variety of general practice and completed his GP exams and has worked in that area since.

Umair Masood Dr Masood will be coming from a busy general practice in Northcote and has been a resident of Gisborne for some time.

Visit Cemetery with guest Eddie Gardiner

Eddie Gardiner will lead the tour on November 27.

The last meeting for the year of the Gisborne Genealogical Group will be held on Thursday 27 November. It will be a little different as we have arranged to have a tour of the Gisborne Cemetery, led by Eddie Gardiner.

Please meet at the Cemetery at 6.45pm ready for a 7pm start (we want to see the graves in daylight). Afterwards we will proceed to the Family History Room for supper and a chat. A small plate of food would be appreciated. Visitors most welcome.

On Tuesday, November 4 (Melbourne Cup Day) we will have a bus trip to visit

Sunday November 16

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Kyneton Health’s maternity unit is opening its doors on Thursday November 6 at 7pm for a maternity supper meet and greet. Pregnant women and those who are planning to start a family soon are invited to come along and meet their local midwives and to talk about options for care during pregnancy and childbirth.

Families will also be taken on a tour to see the family-centred postnatal rooms. For further information call 5421 2840 or email eearthstar@ kynetonhealth.org.au

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Birds of the Macedon Ranges 9 Ron Weste captured this currawong with its wings fully extended, showing its flight feathers in detail. Currawongs are known to take young birds and eggs from nests. However, their main summer diet is based on insects and in winter it is fruit.

Elm tree protection under way Macedon Ranges Shire Council is in the midst of its annual treatment program to protect the shire’s 2,700 elm trees from a Elm Leaf Beetle.

These beautiful European trees have all but disappeared in Europe due to Dutch elm disease. They are still flourishing in Australia, but are prone to attack by the Elm Leaf Beetle, which defoliates and weakens mature trees. While it is impossible to eradicate the beetle, Council has a management program to protect significant stands of elms.

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Malmsbury Village Fayre The third Sunday in November is always special in Malmsbury; it is the day of the Village Fayre, a great day for the whole family.

Art galleries will be open all weekend and the Historical Society will be on hand to explain the fascinating history of this little town.

The Malmsbury Village Fayre aims to provide visitors with a chance to taste the wines, produce and foods of the local region in the magnificent setting of the beautiful and historic Malmsbury Botanic Gardens, with music and entertainment.

Walk along the river, marvel at the 1860s bluestone viaduct, sample gourmet preserves, wines or honey and relax in the country sunshine or under the many majestic trees by the lake.

Children will be well catered for with lots of entertainment, dancing, face painting and fun things for them to do.

Do come and join us. Entry is by gold coin donation.

Malmsbury Village Fayre Sunday November 16, 10am – 4pm.

Where: Malmsbury Botanic Gardens Info: www.malmsburyvillagefayre. org.au or contact Sandra Aitken, ph 5423 4225 or 0412 243 315, or email: sandra@barfoldestate.com.au

the Geelong Heritage Centre and the National Wool Museum. There are still a few vacancies – for bookings and details contact Mary Ritchie on 5428 3887.

Our Christmas Dinner will be held on Friday, December 5. We are returning to the ‘Pig & Whistle’ at East Trentham. For bookings contact Tricia on 5424 1267.

Car pooling will be available for those not wanting to drive. We will have Christmas Hampers as usual. Donations of goods can be brought to the November meeting.

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The Woodend Lifestyle Carers Group is a social and volunteer support group of people who care for their loved ones suffering from dementia or memory loss.

The group came about as a result of a Style Café organised by Carers Support, Bendigo Health, in late 2011. The original concept of the Style Café was intended as support for carers; a brief period of respite away from the stresses involved in caring for someone 24/7. However, it soon became evident that while carers needed some time out, they also enjoyed the company of their loved ones on a social level, and therefore it was agreed that the group should meet once a month for everyone, and once for carers only.

The ‘everyone’ social meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month from February to December, while the more informative sessions for carers only are held on the fourth Thursday of each month from February to November. The group meets at the RSL Club in Anslow Street, Woodend, from 1.45pm-3.45pm.

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THE GREAT ASSOCIATION Gisborne reGion events Activities

GISBORNE November’s featured artist

at the GREAT Centre OLDE TIME MARKET

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tourism

Plant One On Me Ladies compete for Gazette Shield

Along the path in the Reserve in Hamilton Street, shoppers with an interest in gardening can find a huge range of plants of all sizes and varieties, from seedlings to many mature trees and shrubs, reasonably priced, from Plant One On Me. See the advertisement on page 21 for more details of specials available at the June and July Olde Time Markets.

Gisborne Golf Club ladies’ golfers took part in a stableford competiton over three WedDenise Martin has lived in nesdays recently to produce the inaugural the Macedon Ranges for winner of the GREAT Gisborne Gazette almost 40 years, and has Perpetual trophy. belonged to art groups in The event was spread over three weeks the area for many years. making the opportunity to be the winner wide Denise’s work is held open until the end. The eventual winner was in private collections in Robyn Tucker who was very proud to have many countries. her name engraved on the impressive trophy After retiring from the and to also receive a smaller trophy to keep workforce, Denise went back to study and obtained as a reminder of her win. a Diploma of Visual Arts, which entailed sculpture, The ladies were pleased to have the editor printmaking, painting, drawing, art history and Bryan Power join them and the ladies were business practice.

Plant One On Me has a large area of and trees on provided display. to Jo-anne McPhee (captain), at left with Bryan Power (Gazette most grateful forplants the special lunch Considering herself fortunate to live in the First Sunday of every month mark the day. The committee appreciates the editor), Robyn Tucker and Leigh Lindberg (president) as beautiful Macedon Ranges, she makes full use of Bryan presents the Gazette Perpetual Trophy to Robyn. support of the Gazette. the abundance of wildlife and beautiful landscapes Goldfields Honey has been The providing event will continue to be supported by Wild Trout’s Men’s and Women’s Headwear am her work. pm Denise can be Australian honey and honeyto inspire contacted at varietiesthe The ladies entered into the spirit of a “Footy Day” lady members in future years. is one of the many stalls that is a regular at based products for the people of Central belladyson@gmail.com prior to the AFL Grand Final and a wide range of Hamilton Street-Aitken Street The President’s Captains and Guest day held the market.

Victoria for over 20 years. *Please note dogs not permitted in team colours were worn to show their support for recently proved successful with prizes going to They have been attending the Gisborne market precinct* their favourite team. three different pairings.

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have educated their loyal customers about the many different types of honey, their flavours and their health benefits.

You will find good value and friendly service at the Goldfields Honey Stall at Site 62 on the corner opposite the Mechanics Institute. Mention seeing this article in the Gazette and provide your own container and they will fill it for $6 per kilogram.

Trevor with customers Jodi and McKenzie-Carey of Sunbury and baby Zoe.

Stallholder profile: Trevor Cooke

Rolling out the news Goldfields Honey will fill your own container if you mention this article.

Talking about the paper

View of the market from the Hamilton Street office.

Gazette award to Singers choir member

Trevor is the proprietor of TLC upholstery and has been selling his colourful upholstered chairs, toy boxes and storage boxes for the past 10 years.

Gazette president Phyllis Boyd welcomed delegates from the Community Newspapers Another of Trevor’s popular lines is the ‘bed in a Down the roller ramp – Gazette counters Association of Victoria who visited the GREAT box’, the very first one of which he sold at Gisborne.

Richard Whiteley, Ian Boyd, Graeme Millar and Centre on October see how the Gazette Trevor produces his furniture at a factory inVisitors browse among the stalls12 onto Aitken Street.

The inaugural presentation of the John Chambers unload the October Gazettes. is put together by volunteers using community Laverton and, besides Gisborne, sells at Flemington Gisborne Gazette Award was made Thanks verylast muchmonth to Ian Boyd, Ben Lawrance contributions. to Gisborne Singers and Mornington markets. and Alan Perry whoseMargaret good work has seen the member Brockman.

Trevor, who lives at Point Cook,Anis enthusiastic married to team of volunteers from the GREAT Association manages the ramp installed and operating Margaret wassmoothly. awarded the prize Louise and their children are Owen and OldeBronte.

Time Market held on the first Sunday of each month, from 9am to 2pm.

Who runs the Olde Time Market

Market Manager 0431 563 566 www.gisborneoldetimemarket.org.au

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Funds raised from the collection of stall fees are returned to the community in many and varied ways, such as grants to community groups or sponsoring of community events.

The GREAT Association and other volunteers also produce the monthly Gisborne Gazette and distribute it throughout the south ward of the Macedon Ranges Shire.

If you would like to become involved in any facet of this community service, please contact one of the following people: GREAT president Phyllis Boyd, 0431 063 119, secretary Ian Boyd, 0417First 059 525, or treasurer 5428 2522.

Sunday ofGraeme everyMillar, month!

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as the choir member who had sold the most tickets to one of the choir’s major concerts. The award was made

by Richard Whiteley on behalf of the Gazette and was one of a number of recent Gazette awards initiated as a way of returning funds earned by the Gazette to the community.

Gisborne Goss If you have an item to share, phone the Editor on 5428 2795 or email editor@gisbornegazette.org.au

Good news for New Gisborne Primary School with assurances from both Liberal and Labor that their art room will be rebuilt. The old art room was destroyed by fire in 2011.

Minister for Education Martin Dixon visited Gisborne on October 24 to make an election commitment to Gisborne Primary School of $1.26 million to upgrade the oval and outdoor facilities.

GISBORNE BUSHWALKING CLUB Spring heralds a new interest in walking and the club has arranged the program up to the end of June 2015. The program covers a range of terrain types from city walks in Melbourne to real bush.

We have some new leaders offering their services, so we are sure to get some different walks next year. We will continue to be active up to Christmas, starting with a weekend camp at Strathbogie.

If the thought of walking with us interests you or you would like to know more, contact our president, George Peart, on 5428 2450, vice-president Nigel Tarr on 5428 6143, or see the website, www.gisbornebwc.org.au

The new netball complex at New Gisborne saw the staging of its inaugural event, the annual Macedon Ranges Netball Association Tournament, on October 12. About 600 players competed in brilliant sunshine. Gisborne Community Bank made the netballers even happier with the presentation of a cheque for $50,000.

A new medical practice will open in early December in New Gisborne. Three experienced local GPs – Dr Peter Dawkins, Dr Jacques de Groot and Dr Anne Peterson – have founded Ranges Medical at 182 Station Road.

Congratulations to Macklin Lord of Gisborne who won second prize in a State creative writing competition for grade 5/6 students. Macklin is in grade 6 at New Gisborne Primary.

Gisborne’s Anna Smyrk was one of six songwriters from Victoria who performed in the Melbourne heat for ‘Telstra Road to Discovery’, a talent development program dedicated to providing aspiring songwriters with a guided pathway into the music industry. Anna writes edgy, contemporary folk music. Since winning the Queenscliff Music Festival Foot-in-the-Door competition in 2009, Anna and her band, ‘Anna Smyrk and the Appetites’ have performed around Australia. Recently they released their debut EP, The Belly of Winter.

Gisborne teens Ethan Brown, Cam Ward, Duke Howard and John Reardon have produced a TV series titled Public School Profiles, a spoof on the goings-on in state schools, with John playing the part of Phil O’Caroll, the loony principal. The series is showing on Channel 31 on Fridays at 8pm. $400,000 is to be spent on improvements in Brantome Street in Gisborne, including footpaths, seating, tree planting and speed humps. The council is contributing $100,000 and the State Government $300,000.

Saturday, November 1 Is Australian history being derailed? – Australia’s leading historian Geoffrey Blainey will speak on writing history. 4.15-5.15pm. $40/$30 Shakespeare in the Tower: The Rebirth of Hamlet – John O’Donnell’s quest to uncover the truth about the authorship of many works attributed to Shakespeare.

11.30am–12.30pm. $30/$25 ANAM Vibrations Concert — Liszt, Deane, Bartok and Psathas. 2.30–3.30pm. $40/$30

Sunday, November 2 Tales of a Cup bearer – For seven years historian Andrew Lemon has toured with the Melbourne Cup. Dr Lemon will share tales tall and true gathered along the way. Midday–1pm, $30 / $25 The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinski – Director Paul Cox will introduce his 2001 movie dramatising Russian ballet star Nijinski’s diaries. 4.30–6.30pm, $30/$25 The Great American Songbook – concert with Rob Burke and Tony Gould Trio 2.30–3.30pm, $40/$30 Mt Macedon Bushwalk – Guided four-hour walk for the super fit (medical clearance required). BYO lunch. Meet at Duneira front door at 9.45am. $40 Snacks provided.

Children’s Straw Bale Maze – Perfect for littlies! 10am– 4pm, both days.

Open Garden Days – Stunning heritage garden open to the public. $8 at the gate. Kids free. 10am–4pm on November 1, 2, 9, 16 and 23.

Bookings can be made online or by phoning 5426 1490 during office hours.

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For the record. . .

For the record

q Over 50 people attended Council’s official annual koala count at Hanging Rock on October 3 and were rewarded with the sighting of three of the elusive animals. q A new historic monument that recognises the Kyneton District Mounted Rifle Corps will be unveiled in the grassed area beside Kyneton Mechanics Institute on October 31 at 11.30am. The Australian Light Horse were mounted troops that served in the Second Boer War and World War I, with Kyneton laying claim as one of the earliest homes of a volunteer military troop in country Victoria. q Council has secured funding from the Victorian Government to help refurbish the Riddells Creek Senior Citizen’s building, The $300,000 grant will be complemented by a $100,000 Council investment. The upgrade will include improved disability access, multipurpose rooms, improved outdoor areas and better links to the town centre. q The Combined Churches of the Macedon Ranges have organised a Christmas “Toy Shop” for families in the shire who might struggle to afford a Christmas gift for their child. If you can help, please contact Georgina Harvey on 0404 442 891. q The Macedon Ranges Cycle Challenge organised by the Rotary Club of Gisborne will be held on Sunday, January 18, 2015. You can register by visiting www. macedonrangeschallenge.org q The annual Emergency Services Expo will be held at Riddells Creek on Saturday, November 29.

NOV. FARMERS’ MARKETS 1 Woodend 8 Kyneton 15 Riddells Creek 22 Lancefield Bring your own bags, baskets and trolleys. Free face-paint for the kids. Buskers welcome.

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What a day to celebrate in Gisborne!

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We have been busy!

Come and join in the fun at the South Gisborne Tennis Club’s Open Day on Sunday, November 23 from 10am to 12 noon.

Check out our upgraded facilities, try the latest get-fit workout “Cardio Tennis” Hot Shot and activity courts for the kids, doubles social play, prizes and giveaways, sausage sizzle and discounted new memberships on offer.

We hope to see you there.

The annual Disability Tennis Challenge is on Thursday, December 4 at the club. All Abilities are welcome and it’s guaranteed to be lots of fun.

Gail CHBD chairman Gary Dickenson, Jo Kendon, Joan Berry, Dorothy Evans, Mary Wilson and CHBD vice-chair Angela Brett.

Macedon Angling Club The club held its AGM on October 12 at Coliban Reservoir and the following office bearers were elected: President S Kirkham, Secretary, J Good, Treasurer G Gray, Events Manager C Millard. The next meeting will be at Newlyn Reservoir on November 9, also fishing comp.

For membership ring John Good on 5426 2173.

John Good, secretary

Gisborne lady bowlers win division final The final of the Central Highland Bowls Division State fours was played at the Romsey Bowling Club on Sunday October 12.

The winning Ladies’ team were from Gisborne: Mary Wilson, Dorothy Evans, Joan Berry and Jo Kendon,

who outbowled the Romsey team.

Congratulations to our ladies on their win. They have dominated this event in the past five years, winning on four occasions. The winning team will go on to play at regional level at a future date.

Mt Macedon Petanque Club’s annual Open Competition on October 12 saw 29 Triple teams arrive from as far away as Avoca, Nagambie and Rye, with 11 petanque clubs represented.

Club members had prepared a perfect playing area with 15 pistes of varying degrees of difficulty.

Victoria’s top players, seven with international experience, along with six juniors, were among the 87 entrants.

Mt Macedon fielded four teams and the Kinghorn family were well represented by being in the top five teams of the day. The experience gained by our club members in this type of competition is invaluable.

The club appreciates the support it receives from the local community including the Gisborne and District Community Bank, Macedon Ranges Shire Council, Western Water and La Cibo Cafe. These sponsors, along with non-playing members and supporters, helped to make this the most successful day in the club’s history.

Why not come and join in the fun of petanque? For details contact Danny on 0417 552 481.

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Dragons snare big recruit as season starts Gun batsman Simon Harman is back from the UK and will be pulling the red and white shirt back on for the season.

Simon has just completed a very successful stint in England with Norden in the Premier Division of the Central Lancashire League.

He made more than 1200 runs with a highest score of 202 not out.

He was the leading amateur run scorer for the Premier Division. In Simon Harman Round 1 he knocked up 108 not out in a partnership of 232 with former Gisborne and Victorian player Daniel Salpietro who scored 114 not out.

Simon is one of the Dragons’ greats, having scored eight centuries with the club and leading the successful 2008-09 McIntyre Cup winning side, averaging 92 with the bat that year. He will slot into what should be a very solid top order, with the quality of Jarryd Vernon, Daniel Trevillian, Eamon McKenna and skipper Brook Grumont hopefully ready to pile on the runs in McIntyre Cup. The bowling will once again be led by champion veteran Peter Sankey, who looks better than ever. He will be supported by young guns Darcy Nolan, Ryan Baker, Lawrence Webb and Chris Pollock.

Fly fishermen learn about Geelong’s top spots The saltwater fly fishing presentation in September was given by one of our very experienced members, Stephan Toman.

Club members and visitors were given a good insight into the best saltwater locations around Geelong.

Stephan provided detailed descriptions of the available fish species at each place and the appropriate gear, flies, and techniques to use. He stressed the importance of timing trips with a view to tide times and winds.

He talked about the timing of predator fish “runs” in the channels on the rising tide, associated with the swarming of bait fish. He said to be aware of the flathead that typically lay in wait for prey on the sand flats, and to look out for events indicative of the presence of bigger fish such as the massed diving of terns feeding on minnows or ripples on a calmer surface indicating schooling salmon.

Please visit our website at www.calderflyfishing. com.au for information on meetings at the MRFEC in Gisborne, reports on talks, and to get information on forthcoming activities.

Ben Le Vagueresse

Some of Gisborne’s Martial Arts champions and major place getters with their club mates.

Gisborne martial arts champions off to Australian titles Gisborne Mixed Martial Arts made a massive impact at the Victorian State Titles in Melbourne on October 12. The town was well and truly put on the martial arts map with local athletes taking out six State titles and 16 major placings.

Under the guidance of Sensei Garry Bogg, every athlete at the club excelled on the day to bring home a swag of trophies and medals.

Standout performances came from 15-year-old Henry Wilson who took out two state titles along with three second placings, and Daniel Beinat, 16, who also claimed two titles.

Hamish Lane (16) and Lachlan Shore (12) complete

the list of the club’s newly crowned State Champions.

Other notable performances came from Dominique Lopreti, James Gentles, Nicole Pliatsiaris, Scout Sherwill, Josh Kennett and Hugh Lane who all claimed one or more major placings.

The club has made huge strides since moving in 2013 to its new Dojo above Gisborne Bakehouse in Aitken Street, where students can train five days a week.

Qualifying athletes are now preparing for the National Championships in Sydney where places on the Australian team for the World Martial Arts Championships in Japan will be up for grabs.

Gisborne Tennis Club The summer season for the Gisborne Junior Tennis Club got under way with 10 teams entered from C grade to A grade. The juniors will play through until March 2015 when we hope we all make the finals.

The Junior Committee wishes to thank the team managers for running their teams for the season and for the support of all players and parents. Without this support the club would not run so efficiently.

Tennis is such a great game for all. If you wish to start playing you can contact our club coach, Leigh Chapman, or check out our website. All the details of contacts and memberships can be found at www. gisbornetennisclub.com We look forward to seeing you at the club, which prides itself on its family friendly environment and reputation.

Good luck to all players and managers for the summer season.

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$10,000 boost for Gardiner upgrade Gisborne & District Community Bank branch has committed $10,000 to the Gisborne Gardiner Reserve project, making it possible for Phase One to begin.

The Gardiner Reserve project will deliver the most exciting improvements to the reserve in 20 years.

Phase One includes oval lighting to allow night sporting and community events, an upgrade to the netball courts to meet Australian standards and an electronic screen that can be used as a scoreboard and for community events All smiles: Brendan Sankey, Paul Doolan, Barry Mullen, Helen and emergency notices.

Gray, Susan Tresidder (Branch Manager, Gisborne Community Bank branch), Colin Rodgers and Jack Mills celebrate the bank’s Gardiner Reserve Steercommitment. ing Committee member and Gisborne Community Bank branch director Helen Gray said the project would benefit many parts of the worked in partnership with the GREAT local community. “The upgrades will increase Association (Gisborne Region Events, the quality and capacity of the reserve for sport Activities & Tourism) and Gardiner Reserve use and make Gardiner Reserve an exciting user groups to make the project happen. community space,” she said.

Branch chairman Barry Mullen said the bank Gardiner Reserve Committee member Paul was delighted to help upgrade the reserve.

Doolan said the bank’s commitment had given “This project improves the infrastructure of new impetus to the project. our region and that is what community banks “Gisborne Community Bank’s support will are all about – reinvesting local profits to help generate more community involvement and grow local communities,” Dr Mullen said. success for the project. We are very pleased,” Major funding for the project is from he said.

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Gisborne players take part in national carnival Gisborne was recently represented by several GISBORNE players at the annual national carnival played in Adelaide.

Players were spread across all age groups from over 35s to the over 55s. Congratulations to Dickie McKibbin, Stevie McGee and Dougie Austin on winning their age divisions representing Victoria (and Gisborne).

Stevie and Bernie Purcell were also selected in their respective teams of the year, which means they were awarded All-Australian honours in their age divisions. Dickie was also captain of the champion over 35s team.

As the warmer months approach we would like to remind past, present and prospective players that we will continue to train over summer. We train every Wednesday at Sankey Reserve at 6.30pm, followed by a barbecue and refreshments.

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Running Club wins major award And the winner is... ‘Macedon Ranges Running Club!’ That’s right, the club has won a prestigious award, the 2014 Outdoor Active Recreation Initiative.

The award was presented by ‘Coodabeen’ Ian Cover and state Sports Minister Damian Drum at the Community Sports and Recreation Awards Night at the MCG last month.

Our president Lindsey Sharpe

accepted the award with a fantastic speech in which he explained what our club has achieved over the past year as well how the club is structured.

Besides the award, the MRRC received a cheque for $3000 which will be used to fit out our new trailer.

Thanks to all our members and the MRRC committee and anybody involved with our club for all the great work over the past few years.

For anybody interested in joining the MRRC and to find out why we are so popular, please visit our website www.macedonrangesrunningclub. com The Start Running Group has kicked off really well with record numbers joining. Quote for this week: “The feeling you get from a good run is far better than the feeling you get from sitting around wishing you were running!”

Lindsay Sharpe, Brenda Krol and Nicole Dunn were delighted to accept the club’s award at the MCG Awards Night.

Macedon Ranges Croquet Club Seniors Week has been and gone. We had a new person at our coaching day during that week. Eric O’Donnell once again came and spent a day with some of our members who I am sure all went home and dreamt of, “stop shots, crushes, magic dots and invisible balls.” These are all some of his coaching techniques which amazingly seem to work.

Our pennant teams continue to do well and it is good to see the support shown by each member of the team. The practice on A courts seems to help everyone. The club championship draw is up on the notice board so I urge you to get first-round games played as soon as possible.

Already we have huge interest in our social day on November 19. The draw has attracted entries from Essendon, Brunswick, Brimbank and Ballarat so far.

It is lovely to catch up with croquet friends and enjoy games played with good fun and great sportsmanship.

We have a few members who are having health issues and we all wish them well as they recuperate.

▲One of the teams competing in the mixed doubles: Jacinta, Bryn, Thomas and Natasha.

▲Another mixed doubles team: Charlotte, Gus, Tom and Lulu.

Margaret Wardell, president

Bonjour to Petanque!

On September 15, nine Year 10 students studying French at GSC went with teacher Heidi Wyder to play petanque with the Mt Macedon Petanque Club. Petanque is similar to lawn bowls except that your feet must be together while you throw the boule underarm and the game is played on gravel, not grass.

The members taught us how to play and the different terms, both French and English, which are used in the game. We had a lot of fun playing against each other and holding our own competitions between teams.

By Sian Saddington and Kathryn Walmsley ● Heidi and the students thank the club for their welcome and the chance to learn about petanque.

Petanque Club information: Contact the Secretary on 0417 552 481. The club meets on the second and fourth Saturdays from 10am and Thursdays from 4pm.

Nicholas Fowler, winner of section B boys singles.

Welcome to November from Macedon Tennis Club We have had the first few of our most beautiful spring days, just a taste of things to come. Our courts and club rooms are looking great.

Nothing is more motivating to play tennis than a sunny day and the smell of freshly cut grass.

Last Saturday saw the Macedon Juniors off to a flying start with their summer season. On October 19 the Club hosted the Junior Club Championships which is always a great day for the kids, starting at 8.30am with a round robin for each section.

After a days’ play the final result saw one girl and

one boy crowned as the Junior Club Champion.

Mid-week ladies start their new summer season in February. We are in urgent need of new players and there is no better time to join. Even if you have never played before we have the means to get you started.

Grab a friend and a racquet and come down for a hit, a lesson or a match. If you don’t have a friend or a racquet we are happy to provide whatever you need!

We are a very friendly and welcoming club whether you are a tennis great or a beginner. Happy Hitting!

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It is now more than a century since the beginning of World War 1 – “the War to end all Wars!” Over the next few editions, the Historical Society will share with readers a series of stories about the contribution of local families to the war effort. These stories will also highlight the harsh realities faced by so many of our young men who faithfully served their country.

Service and Sacrifice

The McGregors of Gisborne

By Phyllis Boyd

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OHN Grant McGregor, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, was married in 1875 to Margaret Hodge, also born in Scotland. They had seven children, six of whom were born at Pine Grove near Mitiamo. Harold, the youngest, was born at Gisborne.

The children were William Hodge McGregor (born 1876), John George, Lewis Henry, Christina Helen, Mabel Isabel, Gilbert Charles and Harold James (1890).

In 1906 William Hodge McGregor married Edith Emily Baldwin and they had three children, Gilbert, Margaret and William who died as an infant.

War records indicate that William was a farmer who enlisted on August 18, 1914, having previously served in the Boer War from 1899 to 1902. He enlisted as a Private (and became a Trooper with the 4th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron), embarking from Melbourne on the Wiltshire.

On June 5, 1915, his regiment came under fire near Shrapnel Valley at Gallipoli and William was killed instantly. He was buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery and is remembered on panel 4 of the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial.

His friend Miles Penrose Charles McCabe from Loch, South Gippsland, recounted the sad event and it was published in the Gisborne Gazette of September 24, 1915 (see column four).

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illiam’s youngest brother Harold James McGregor, also a farmer, had at the time of his enlistment served for 12 months with the Light Horse at Mitiamo and for three years with the Rifle Club at Gisborne.

He enlisted on November 26, 1917, and embarked on February 28, 1918.

Harold was a Private in the 46th Australian Infantry Battalion, serving in

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26 January 1935: A large crowd gathers around the drinking fountain in Hamilton Street erected in memory of brothers William Hodge McGregor and Harold James McGregor.

Left: the fountain inscription today.

France until his death on September 18, 1918. His medals were sent to his mother. Harold’s friend wrote in an army report of the death that Harold “was fair, well built, known as Mac,” and was in the attack on the Hindenburg Line at Bellenglise when he was killed instantly by machine gun fire.

“The stretcher bearers of the Battalion buried him and took his personal possessions from him.”

His place of burial was not recorded in the files but he is remembered in panel 142 at the Australian War Memorial.

Back at home, and in September 1934 the minutes of the Gisborne Shire record that a letter was received from William and Harold’s brother John McGregor requesting permission to erect a drinking fountain in front of the Shire Offices in memory of his brothers.

From the Gisborne Gazette, February 1, 1935: “On Australia Day 1935, Gisborne was in a state of excitement from early morn till late at night, consequent upon the Old Boys & Girls

annual celebrations. A photographer was present to take a photograph of the gathering and by 2 o’clock a large crowd had gathered about the ornate drinking fountain, recently erected in Hamilton Street almost opposite the Shire Hall by the McGregor family, to the memory of their brothers who fell in the Great War. “On a bronze tablet on the fountain in high relief, the following appears: ‘Erected in the memory of William H McGregor and Harold McGregor who fell in the Great War 1914-1918. Lest We Forget.’ Mr John McGregor on behalf of his family, handed over the Memorial Fountain to the Shire Council for the use of the public.

“Councillor Paul Brady thanked the McGregor family.”

(For several years there was no water available at the drinking fountain until in 2006 The GREAT Association provided funding to replumb the McGregor Memorial Fountain as part of the Parklands Precinct Project). ● For the conclusion of last month’s article, ‘Mr Jones and the Time Machine’, see p29

William Hodge McGregor ON June 5, 1915, McGregor’s regiment came under Turkish artillery fire near Shrapnel Gully. McGregor and his mate Miles McCabe peeped up over noman’s land to try to locate the Turkish guns and return fire. A shell exploded behind them.

McGregor was killed instantly. It took two months for news of his death to reach his family.

McCabe was miraculously unhurt in the incident and recounted the event afterwards in grim detail.

“I hardly realised he [McGregor] was dead. I put my hand to stir him up to get him away and I saw he was done for,” McCabe wrote. “My mate… [was] a splendid fellow, one of those good, honest sort you can rely on always.”

McCabe fell ill with dysentery at the end of 1915 but recovered to serve with the Australian 1st Division throughout 1917-18. He survived the war to be reunited with his family in Albert Park.

McGregor’s death and McCabe’s survival attests both to the shocking randomness of the Great War and to the contribution made by local people to the conflict.

– Austin van Groningen

Asbestos cancer survivor in international award Louise Williams of Gisborne is a long-term survivor of mesothelioma (asbestos) cancer and is currently undergoing further chemotherapy.

But earlier this year she was able to travel to the US to accept an award for her advocacy work.

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organisation presented Louise with the Alan Reinstein award at a conference in Washington in April.

Louise is social media spokesperson for Asbestos Diseases Foundation Australia and Australian director of Global Ban Asbestos Network. and works hard to raise awareness of asbestos diseases.

Asbestos is a killer. Louise says that in the early 1900s it was known that asbestos was a carcinogenic and yet through pure greed it continued to be used on a worldwide scale, in particular for its fire resistance and insulation qualities, plus it was relatively inexpensive.

In 2003 asbestos was banned in Australia, however the majority of buildings, including homes built before 1990, are likely to contain asbestos building materials.

There is no known safe level of exposure to asbestos fibres/dust.

The time from exposure to being diagnosed can take from under 20 years to 40 years.

You do not have to have worked with asbestos – many women, daughters

Louise Williams works for those with asbestos diseases around the world.

and sons have been diagnosed after being exposed when workers brought asbestos fibres/dust home on their clothes, or when they were present/ helped during a renovation or building a cubby house many years before.

Home renovating is now thought to be the biggest cause of exposure to asbestos fibre/dust in Australia.

Lack of awareness of the dangers of asbestos by tradespeople and DIY renovators is placing many people at risk.

“I only know to fight – and fight hard,” she says. “My pain and knowledge has spurred me on to advocate for the sufferers of asbestos-related diseases and their families and for greater awareness of the dangers of asbestos, and prevent people from being exposed in the future.”

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Ready to kick some goals?

Organising our Lives with Sarita Johan The annual festivities that tell us the year is drawing to a close have kicked off; the footy Grand Final’s over, the spring racing carnival is on and Christmas is just around the corner, and if you are like me you would probably ask yourself, ‘where did the year go?’

Have you achieved what you intended to achieve or have you decided ‘oh well, there is always next year’ ? When working with my clients this is a common topic that keeps popping up its ugly head… Do you look around and ask yourself why others seem to be able to get what they want and why you can’t?

I am a great believer in creating clarity about what you want and I use goal setting as a tool to build “the foundation” whether it is in our personal life or in business.

It’s like building a house. Could you imagine building a house without a plan? Or imagine arriving at the airport and not knowing whether the captain has a flight plan and not knowing where you will end up… unless you are the adventurous type that would not give you a great deal of confidence.

Regardless of where we are in life we all need some sort of a plan. I often hear clients say, ‘I just don’t seem to be able to get what I want...’ And when diving into those statements we soon find out why they are not achieving their set goals.

In most cases they lack “being specific” and are not attaching timelines to their goals. So goals then become like a carrot on a stick that you keep chasing. You can see the carrot but you will never get to it because of the stick that is in the way.

So what can you do and where do you begin?

Start off by writing down your goals and then use a format that can clearly identify what is needed for action. You could use a tool called the SMART goals principle; it is not only fun but will also show you any possible gaps.

The acronym stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time.

I like to add a few other words to the classic SMART acronym such as Simple, Meaningful to you, As if it’s now, and include all areas of your life, Responsible and Toward what you want. This really helps with putting your goals in a context. Give it a go and see what happens and remember, you can set a goal at any time of year, you don’t need to wait for the new year to hit!

One of the club’s fog entries, taken at the old Hume Cemetery in Melbourne.

Snappers not lost in the mist With the weather on the improve it was great to hear Robert Groom’s evaluations of our fog and mist competition entries and perhaps put those sorts of shots behind us for another year. Some beautiful and eerie images were on show.

Judging our exciting Take 5 club competition will take place on November 10, and our guest speaker, Alex Syndikas from RMIT, will present to the club on November 17.

On November 29 the club will take part in the Riddell’s Creek Festival.

From 4 to 8pm members of the club will be available at the club rooms in the

Neighbourhood Centre to have a chat with you about any of your photographic queries. There will be photos on display and for sale, and the fantastic opportunity to have your photograph taken in a studio type setting for just $2 each sitting.

Macedon Ranges Photographic Society meets twice per month at the Riddells Creek Neighbourhood House, 59 Main Road.

For more information please contact Deborah Mullins on 0411 530 015 or visit the website: www.macedon-rangesphotography.org.au or our Facebook page.

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Tom Sankey: sporting legend hlocal football official, and Tom ranks among his proudest achievements the winning of two Tom Ladd medals for the best and fairest RDFL junior in 1957 and 1958.

Jack’s work with the CRB took him and the family to Sale where they lived in two caravans outside the air force

By Bryan Power base in the early 1940s. Because of the OM Sankey at 75 still looks as if war there was a shortage of teachers he could burst through a pack – no and Tom didn’t get to start school until matter how tough the opposition. The he was eight when he lived for a while thing Tom loved most about football with an aunt in Bendigo. was the competition, the thrill of pitting The family finally settled in the old himself against an opponent.

Brady farm on Brady Road in Gisborne Last September the Riddell and although his father was constantly away District Football League made Tom a working in the Western District and only Life Member of the League, an award came home every other weekend. that was long overdue for a player who Youngest brother Ben was born at Tom holds a poster celebrating is recognised as one of the all-time Brady Road and Tom remembers riding his football career. great footballers of this district. his bike at three o’clock in the morning From his earliest years Tom loved kicking a footy and with a flat tyre into Gisborne to phone the doctor. he and his mates played kick-to-kick outside the old When young Ben was still a toddler their mother Gisborne change rooms (the Methodist Church in Aitken came down with rheumatic fever and was in hospital at Street) in the hope that the officials would notice them.

Woodend for 12 months. Mrs Brooking up on Brooking In those days Gisborne was a pretty rag-tag team and Road looked after Ben but Tom and his sister Florence some of the players couldn’t be relied on to turn up. One and brother Jack had to care for themselves. Next door day someone said, ‘that little Sankey boy can kick all neighbours, the Addisons, had a dairy and provided right’ so Tom got a game. He was 13. The next year he them with milk and eggs, their father came home with became a regular player. some supplies every second fortnight and they kept Tom had done a lot of hard yards in those 13 years the vegetable garden going. Tom was good at catching so challenges on the football field did not overawe him. rabbits and they became a major item in their diet.

He was born in the old Gisborne Hospital in Morrow Tom left school at the age of 14 and worked as a Road in 1939 to Jack and Florence Sankey (nee Ladd). porter at Gisborne Railway Station for a couple of years His father was an Englishman from Shropshire who and then on a variety of jobs. He was never afraid of hard became a loyal employee of the old Country Roads Board. work. In 1970 Tom bought a trucking business and ran it Florence was the daughter of Tom Ladd, a prominent as Sankey Transport for 20 years.

Among all this work and sporting activity he found time to court a Werribee girl, Colleen Toohey, and they were married in 1970.

At the time Tom was building a house in Station Road, New Gisborne, and after their honeymoon Tom and Colleen moved into the house before he’d been able to finish the plastering.

In the previous year Tom had been badly injured in a chainsaw accident that required over 100 stitches to save the ripped tendons in his left hand. Despite what looked like a career-ending injury Tom was determined to play footy again and with his arm protected by a specially made guard he went on to play an outstanding season that saw him win his third Bowen Medal.

Marriage and three children didn’t diminish Tom’s involvement in sport. As soon as the Sankey family members, with Tom at rear, when Sankey Reserve football season finished he was into cricket was named in his honour in 1983.

A book could be written about one of Gisborne’s most famous sons, Tom Sankey, a man who has made a very big contribution to our town. This short article can only provide some of the highlights of his remarkable life.

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and also, as a volunteer with the Gisborne CFA, he was a member of their team that ran in the interbrigade competitions.

But it was football that was his passion. He won his first Gisborne best and fairest award in 1956 at the age of 17 and between then and 1969 won that award another 10 times. In the other four years in that sequence he was runner-up each year. He was also the club’s leading goal kicker three times. When age started to catch up with him Tom played in the reserves, winning their best and fairest in 1971, 1974 and 1976.

Tom finally retired at the age of 38 having played 446 games. As well as being a Life Member he is a member of the club’s Hall of Fame.

His record in RDFL is just as impressive. In almost every year he finished high in the counting for the League’s best and fairest award, the Bowen Medal, winning it a record four times.

He was a member of the RDFL interleague team on 10 occasions.

The growth of the junior teams saw the need for another oval in Gisborne so Tom set to work with a friend who owned a dozer to extend and level the playing area and install a wicket.

Subsequently the ground was named the Sankey Reserve in his honour.

Tom was also involved in the grounds work when the Steam Park was developed.

The last 19 years have been a great challenge for Tom and Colleen since she was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1995. The treatment and the constant travel to hospital put a great strain on them both.

Sadly Colleen succumbed to her illness in March last year.

Tom now keeps Tom busy with another of Sankey his interests: vintage with one machinery and cars and of his he has a large collection best and fairest on his property atop medals.

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The ’Rook Revisited

Macedon Community Group

with Shirley McKeown

A submission to restore/rebuild the heritage gates at Macedon Railway Station has been sent to V/Line and VicTrack and we have advertised for expressions of interest for opportunities for the use of the station building.

Joe Morrison’s Story

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Exhibition of VC winners The Tea Rooms at the Top of the Range, Mt Macedon, and Athol Guy will host a Gala Fundraising Auction night and exhibition of original paintings of VC winners by artist Joe Zapp. This will be a very special night of the art, stories and music behind the ANZACs. Sensational finger food along with a complimentary drink will be served.

Tuesday November 11 – 6.30 to 9pm For bookings phone 5427 3466 or book through www.topoftherange.net Tickets $45.

The VC Exhibition will be on display at the Tea Rooms until November 23. Entry: gold coin donation.

Book launch celebrates siblings and disability All are invited to a community event to celebrate the International Day of People with Disability and family on Wednesday, December 3. The event will be held at the Council offices in Kyneton (129 Mollison Street) from 5.30pm-7.30pm.

The mayor will launch the book Me and My Brother, by Angela Cox, which tells the stories of people with disability and their siblings from the region.

An exhibition of the siblings’ portraits taken by local photographers, and featured in the book, will also be officially opened.

Drinks and light refreshments will be served.

For more information please email angelaecox@ hotmail.com

For all this month’s gardening news, see pages 30

Joseph Morrison was born on October 2, 1922, at the family home called the “Oaks” in Calthorpe Street at the foot of the Melbourne Road Hill (the old main road) coming into Gisborne from Melbourne. (The two storey units next to a vacant block of land stand on this site today). Joe’s parents were Henry and Mary (nee Peavey) Morrison and he was the fifth born of six children.

In the early 1930s as a 10-year-old, Joe was an altar boy for the Catholic priest, Father Gibbons, who served the Parish of St Brigid’s that covered Gisborne, Bullengarook, Macedon, Riddells Creek and Clarkefield. Joe remembers that when Father Gibbons set up the Clarkefield hall in preparation for the service he would send Joe across the road to the Clarkefield Hotel to gather up worshippers, who were few and far between.

Bullengarook did have a church and when they travelled there for the weekly service Father Gibbons would drive his car, picking up passengers on the way. When the car filled up with worshippers, Joe had to stand on the running board and hang on tight until they arrived at the church.

The Catholic Church was located near the old Harp of Erin Hotel. The congregation was made up of a few well-known families: the Dunnes, Haires, Hasseds and Fitzgeralds. When Mass was finished the few parishioners that had been picked up on the way to church had to find their own way home as Father Gibbons would go to Fitzgeralds to eat his breakfast. Mrs Fitzgerald only permitted Father to eat at her home and Joe had to wait in the car. Fortunately for him Mrs Morris (who lived on the other side of the road) would take young Joe to have breakfast with her.

Joe was an altar boy for a few years until he turned 13 and gained his Merit Certificate at St Brigid’s school and had to leave to go to work. There was not any further education in Gisborne at that time.

When Joe was 14 his family moved to “Everest” on the corner of Stephen and Fisher Streets, Gisborne. The house still stands today although the large area of land surrounding it has now been subdivided. Joe was then working at Cherry and Sons, Gisborne.

Joe and his wife married in Gisborne and raised a lovely family who are still in town and we hope that their offspring will carry on their grandfather’s history.

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Local History

Mr Jones

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PART 2 AS A child, Bullengarook resident ALISON JOSEPH travelled back in time and experienced Victoria during the Gold Rush. Her “Time Machine” was an extraordinary box she found in a neighbour’s shed. Inside were photographic views of Victoria of the early 1860s grandly titled “Jones’s Views of Australian Sceneries”, but the photographer was a mystery.

After much research, Alison has concluded that he was architect and surveyor John Holme Jones.

In this second part of Mr Jones’ story, the colourful architect has moved to Bendigo having made himself very unpopular in Ballarat.

‘View on top of Mount Macedon’, from ‘Jones’s Views of Australian Scenery’

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N BALLARAT Jones gained a few architectural commissions before being found guilty of passing false cheques, for which he served a year in Sandhurst (Bendigo) prison.

Jones then moved northward and showed his Lazarus-like skills. He gained the commission for the Deniliquin Town Hall, a building opened by the Governor of NSW in 1876 and featured in the London Illustrated News. On the basis of this and the Ballarat Mechanics Institute, Jones gained fellowship of the British Institute of Architects.

He was acquitted of a charge of forging a cheque in Deniliquin and then operated in the southern NSW towns of Balranald and Hay for much of the remainder of the 1870s.

His buildings included the Hay Athenaeum, numerous hotels and other community buildings.

After going bankrupt again he moved to Sydney and unsuccessfully applied for the position of Queensland Government Architect. He then moved to Brisbane,

working for JJ Clark on the design of the Brisbane Treasury and also working in his private practice.

He went bankrupt once more and died penniless in 1893. He was survived by his son Wainwright Morgan Jack Jones.

The stereographs “Jones’s Views of Australian Sceneries” are now in the Bendigo Art Gallery which held a major exhibition of the photographs in 2013.

Following the exhibition, the Art Gallery kindly donated some of the enlarged display photographs relevant to this area to Macedon Ranges Heritage Council who distributed them to historical societies in the shire.

Photographs of views of Gisborne and Mount Macedon are now held by our local historical society which is currently arranging to have them framed and mounted in readiness for an exhibition planned for the near future.

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The scheme, known as GRoWS, will provide a secure supply of recycled water to agribusinesses including Gisborne Peak Winery, Bindi Wines and Mt Gisborne Cherries, effectively drought-proofing these businesses.

The project included the construction of a 21.8km pipeline and a new pump station to supply water from the Gisborne Recycled Water Plant. It was funded by $4.83 from Western Water, a $1.27 million contribution from the State Government and significant contributions from customers. Recycled water from the plant is also supplied to recreation reserves in Gisborne and the Gisborne Golf Club. The opening took place at Gisborne Peak Winery in September.

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A noisy pest it’s impossible not to notice: Indian Myna Macedon Ranges Indian Myna Action Group has been running a program in the Macedon Ranges for just over a year.

It’s almost impossible not to notice the Indian myna in the Gisborne area. They are assertive and aggressive. They take over nest boxes and displace native birds and animals, particularly hollow-nesting species. Mynas

are capable of evicting large birds from their nests.

Indian mynas were introduced to Australia in the 1860s.

While enticing mynas to our traps is easy enough, our job is made harder when the birds have easy access to other food in the neighbourhood.

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News from Friends of Daly Nature Reserve

MT MACEDON & DISTRICT

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC.

Stephen Ryan to speak on flowers of Crete Our monthly Speaker Night will be held in the Horticultural Hall, 583 Mount Macedon Rd, Mount Macedon, on Tuesday, November 4 with Stephen Ryan talking on the topic ‘Floral Encounters in Crete’. The meeting will start at 8pm sharp.

If you cannot make it in November, why not plan to join us for our December 2 Speaker Night with Simon Rogers, distinguished plantsman, reminiscing on ‘My Life as a Gardener’ to be followed by Christmas Cheer!

Visitors and new members are welcome.

Anyone interested in joining our society can speak to me at the Speaker Night.

Details of our programs are on our website www.mtmacedonhort.org.au or, if you prefer, contact Sally on 5426 2488.

For more information on the club, courses, organising a garden tour or membership please email: admin@mtmacedonhort.org.au

Kevin Edwards, treasurer

A few Friends take time out during a recent working bee.

Friends of Mount Gisborne Reserve get busy The Friends have been very active in the past few months clearing up infestations of English broom and blackberries on this beautiful piece of land atop Mount Gisborne.

They have also assisted Council environmental officer William Terry install 15 nest boxes. The Friends will host a bird identification morning at the Reserve from 10am on Saturday November 1 led by local bird expert Bruce Donaldson. So, bring your binoculars and join us at the entry to the Reserve in Woodland Drive (300 metres from the corner with Mt Gisborne Road).

Morning tea will be provided at the end of the walk.

For more information call Bryan Power on 5428 2795.

Friends of Daly Nature Reserve are happy to be working with council on further action on the Environmental Management Plan which has begun with a change to the mowing arrangements in specific locations to allow the natural environment to regenerate.

We are researching the Daly Nature Reserve orchard and what type of herbs, roses, fruit and vegetables would have been grown there in the late 1800s. This relates to the council’s recommendation of a community garden.

The Friends are seeking grants to assist improvements within the bushland areas of the reserve. We are working with other community groups to protect and conserve the natural environment and natural processes for their historic, scientific, landscape, habitat, cultural and Aboriginal cultural heritage values. We aim to best address the uniqueness of the entire Daly Nature Reserve as an integral part of Gisborne’s character.

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For the green thumbs . . .

GARDENING Column with Chris Williams

Hi Everyone.

Here we are more than half way through spring already!

Quite a lot is happening in the garden this month. The vegetable garden is getting into gear for the warm season. We have been picking some wonderful asparagus, so fresh that it puts anything you can buy to shame!

Asparagus is very easy to grow.

All you need is free draining soil, a cool winter season and some patience! You really should try to wait for two or three years

after planting asparagus crowns before you harvest the first crop.

It sounds like a long time but the wait is definitely worth it. If you let the plants establish for a couple of years the yield will be much higher.

Beds of potato, carrots and parsnips have been planted and the broad beans are flowering well at the moment.

We have been enjoying the beautiful Mollis azaleas in the garden at Bolobek. These beautiful spring-flowering shrubs differ from the more common azaleas that we all know so well. Mollis Azaleas are deciduous and the flowers are often very bright orange, red or yellow. You can sometimes find them in softer shades of pink and cream.

Mollis have a subtle perfume

Water Week a winner for New Gisborne

A stunning Mollis azalea at Bolobek.

and as a bonus their foliage will usually colour very well in autumn.

That’s all for this month.

See you in December.

Gisborne Garden Club

Newham Plant Sale

The club’s October meeting included the AGM and was held at a committee member’s garden in Gisborne. As there was only one vacancy, and no other nominations, the committee remains as for the past year, except for our one new member.

The club has over 60 financial members with new members joining almost every month, and it is pleasing to see by the gradual increase in male membership that our program provides a broad interest.

Kerry Langmaid The property visited in October was purchased about five years ago and has been gradually improved and redeveloped with the removal of a large gum along with the lower branches of a pine hedge, allowing more light into the garden and the subsequent ability to include a greater variety of plantings. A disused brick barbeque now reflects the artistic creativeness of the owners with its selection of artefacts and plantings.

The next meeting will be a visit to two gardens in Kyneton on Wednesday November 12.

For further information please call Kerry on 0408 115 759.

Kerry Langmaid

Saturday November 8 Newham Garden Club bargain plant sale at Newham Mechanics Institute Hall, 9am-3pm.

This year we have expanded the plant range on offer as well as added some beautiful garden-related goods: handmade cards, unique gifts and locally made preserves – AND CELEBRITY GNOMES! (If it’s good enough for Chelsea Flower Show its good enough for us!)

Plants are locally propagated and all products are made by a hardworking group of volunteers.

There will be a “gnome grotto” set up in Wesley Park next to the hall for our younger gardeners as well as a gnome and toadstool painting workshop.

Celebrity gnomes will So if you are after a be on show at Newham special Christmas gift or Plant Sale. just some bargain-priced flowering plants, vegetables and herbs or potted peonies, come along and join the fun.

Drinks and scrumptious scones will be available at the Garden Café.

For further details contact Fran Spain, Newham Garden Club member, on 5427 0661.

The New Gisborne Community Garden has received a $2000 Sammy’s Community Garden Grant from Western Water as part of Water Week celebrations.

The garden, which is in the grounds of Gisborne Church of Christ, will use the funding for landscaping, fruit trees and a watering system. John Randles from The group was among New Gisborne Com12 schools and community munity Garden. groups in the Western Water region to receive an environment, school or community garden grant of up to $2000.

Winners of the annual Water Week poster competition were also announced, with Grade 5 Macedon Grammar student Arabelle Poucher being awarded a first place. Arabelle won the Grade 1-2 category with her poster on the theme “Water sources – there are more than you think!”

National Water Week, which is in its 21st year, encourages communities to take action to protect our vital water sources to meet the needs of future generations.

Water-wise Macedon Grammar student Annabel Poucher proudly displays her winning poster.

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News from Places for People program launch

Ride Guide now available The Macedon Ranges now has a Ride Guide for cyclists.

Developed with the Macedon Ranges Cycling Club and the Wombat Mountain Bike Club, the Ride Guide features 17 routes for all ages and abilities.

The guide is available in print and online, and can be collected from the GREAT Centre in Hamilton Street.

Pick up Visitor Map The new Macedon Ranges Visitor Map features regional and town maps, visitor information, activities, attractions and things to do, weekend market information and a calendar of events.

Pick up your copy from Macedon Ranges Visitor Information Centres or the GREAT Centre.

Sister City pact signed Macedon Ranges Shire Council and Tokai City Council in Japan signed a Sister City Agreement in Gisborne on October 16, officially recognising the friendship enjoyed by both councils over the past 29 years.

The agreement supports cultural exchanges, education opportunities, art exchanges and trade missions.

Funding for pavilion Happy junior soccer players at the announcement in September of a $440,000 grant to extend the pavilion at Dixon Field. The first stage will include four player change rooms, two unisex referees’ rooms, a multi-purpose room, meeting rooms, kitchen, accessible facilities and storage. The council will also contribute $440,000 to the project.

MRSC launched a program on October 1 to provide opportunities for community groups and organisations to work with Council to implement community infrastructure projects.

The program, Places for People, is designed to help community groups plan for and develop community infrastructure projects such as township enhancements, facility upgrades, master plans and feasibility studies for future infrastructure projects.

Community groups can submit expressions of interest outlining their vision for each project.

Council will then work with successful applicants to identify the pilot projects and provide support throughout the planning, implementation and community engagement stages. Assistance with

Mayor Cr Roger Jukes launches the ‘Places for People’ community infrastructure and capacity building program, joined by members of the Bullengarook playgroup in their upgraded kitchen at Bullengarook Reserve.

identifying funding opportunities and preparation of grant applications will also be provided.

Youth Spaces in full swing during term time Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s Youth Spaces are for young people aged 12–18 years who live, study, work, play or have a significant connection to the Macedon Ranges.

All our Youth Spaces run during the school terms and are fully supervised.

Weekly activities include Master Chef challenges, circus skills, fitness sessions at the gym, games, Mexican fiestas, creative workshops and much more.

For more information or to find the nearest space to you, email Mim in the

Youth Development unit via mgrundy@ mrsc.vic.gov.au, or call (03) 5422 0296. Alternatively you can head to our Facebook page, facebook.com/ MacedonRangesYouth or visit Council’s website, mrsc.vic.gov.au/youth

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Scenes from the Cuboree

1st Gisborne Cub Scouts camped together for five days with more than 3,000 8 – 10-year-olds from Victoria and nearby states at Gilwell Park in Gembrook. The event was the highly anticipated Victorian Cuboree, held in the second week of the September school holidays. Cuborees are held every three years in Victoria and are the largest event in a Cub Scout’s journey.

The theme for 2014 was ‘Gr8 Expeditions’ and apart from experiencing five days of life in camp, Cubs took part in many challenges and activities.

Cubs visited the place between dreams called Never, Never Land. In the Land of Far, Far Away, Cubs visited Shrek and friends in his muddy swamp.

They were trained to help Robin Hood defeat

Scouts collect for Food bank Scout groups from the Macedon Ranges recently collected non-perishable items of food to donate to the Kyneton Caring Community (KCC) Food Bank.

These food items were presented to Cheri O’Connell from KCC by Ron Keehner (Macedon Ranges District Commissioner) and Carly Visscher (District Joey Scout Leader) (pictured below).

This is the second year that scouts have donated to the Food Bank and it has now become part of our annual program.

the evil Sheriff and save Maid Marion.

Cubs ventured through the blue police box into the world of Dr Who and the Time Lords. Cubs even took a ride on Puffing Billy. Cubs were entertained with nightly concerts in the amphitheatre where they danced and sang together.

Cubs returned home at the end of the week a little weary and grubby, but noticeably more independent and wiser for the experience with new friendships and lasting memories made.

For more information about becoming a member of 1st Gisborne Scout Group, please contact our Group Leader Jayne Guilmartin on 0487 706 804 or at gl.gisborne1st@vicscouts.asn.au

To all the

earners out there – I sympathise!

At the moment I am learning to drive. As a learner I have to get 120 hours of practice before I can take my test, which seems near impossible!

It was hard at first remembering everything; turning the engine on and off, driving down roads which actually allow cars, and knowing the difference between the windscreen wipers and the indicators was always a difficult one. In Australia, these things are important and cause issues if you don’t remember them.

I just recently got back from Bali, and these sorts of things do not apply there. For example, we went away with nine people, and we all fitted into a five-seater taxi whenever we wanted to leave the resort, no worries.

In Bali they do not have to do practice hours; just when you think

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with Emma Roan you are ready an adult takes you to the police station and says that you should be allowed to drive, and lo and behold, you have a licence.

After you’ve got your licence, everything is very relaxed. You can park anywhere on the road, even though the roads are probably half the width of the roads in Australia.

On a roundabout I saw people go both ways around, without anyone really minding.

When pulling out on to the main road there was no need to check whether a car was coming in your direction or not, because you could just pull out and everyone else would slow down and let you in.

Motorbikes were the same.

They parked wherever they liked, drove wherever they liked, and there didn’t seem to be a limit to how much a small bike could hold.

A family of five could easily fit on to the one bike, I saw one man and his wife delivering a washing machine on their motorbike.

It amazed me that there were never any accidents over there.

Everyone is patient and gives way to everyone else, and they all go by the motto ‘All you need is a good horn, good brakes, and good luck.’

I don’t recommend that we adopt the same system but surprisingly there are few crashes and there is no road rage which makes life a lot less stressful.

See you next month, Emma :) Gisborne Gazette November 2014

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The CHURCHES PAGE Sponsored by Anglican Parish of Gisborne, Uniting Church in Australia, St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Gisborne, House of the Rock Church, Gisborne, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Gisborne Church of Christ, Faithworks-Manaaki and St Brigid’s Parish.

Gisborne Uniting Church

House of the Rock

The sixth annual Peter Barcham Memorial Lecture will be held at the church on Monday, November 10 at 7.30pm. The guest speaker is Rabbi Fred Morgan, Emeritus Rabbi, Temple Beth Israel, St Kilda, and the subject of his Lecture is “How Jewish Tradition Reads the Bible”. Everyone is most welcome to attend this free lecture, and supper is provided.

Enquiries to Janet or D’Arcy Wood on 5428 3040.

Thank you to all those who have so far contributed to our appeal for basic items for families displaced by ISIL in Iraq. The Church appeal closed at the end of October but donations can still be made at the ‘Act for Peace’ website.

Once again, Foodworks Supermarket has allowed us to place a trolley in the Brantome Street foyer for donations of non-perishable grocery items which we send to our UnitingCare Agency, Lentara. We direct the produce to Lentara at Broadmeadows where there is great need among many low- income families. Thank you for any help you can give us.

Maree Clarke

You might be forgiven for thinking that something big is happening with the House of the Rock Church!

There is a buzz and a sense of excitement as the Gay Wilding time draws near for moving into our renovated premises in Station Road, New Gisborne. Six days a week now sees the place filled with volunteers making sure the church is truly beautiful. Walls are being painted, electricals and technology are being finalised, gardens are taking shape – and bodies are kept well nourished with copious amounts of food.

Our church programs still continue to run – Young Adults meet fortnightly in Woodend, Youth meet weekly in Gisborne and surrounds, Small Groups meet fortnightly in varying locations, Prayer Group meets every Monday at 7.30pm in Sunbury, Spirit Shaped Life (ladies’ group) meets fortnightly and children’s programs still continue.

The Op Shop in Prince Street, Gisborne, is still open 5½ days a week.

By the time this goes to press we may be meeting in our new venue at 10am Sundays.

We thank the Church of Christ for the use of their lovely facility over the past few months.

For further information about our church or any of the above ministries, please phone John or Jenny Barnes on 5426 2039 or myself on 5428 7213.

Gay Wilding

St Brigid’s Parish I’d like to tell you about one of the fantastic causes we support as a church: Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF).

MAF is a not-for-profit team of aviation professionals providing air transport in places of deepest human need – remote places where flying is not a luxury, but a lifeline. For over 60 years, MAF has flown over jungles, mountains, swamps and deserts to bring thousands of men, women and children medical care, emergency relief, long-term development and Christian hope.

We have heard of many lives being changed for the better through MAF – you can find more info at www.maf.org.au FaithWorks Christian Church invites you to our Sunday church service.

Everyone, no matter what denomination, age, beliefs or background are welcome.

We start at 10am at the Manaaki Function Centre (35 Aitken Street). The first Sunday of every month our service is held at 5pm following our Encounter Cafe – come in for a complimentary tea or coffee and sweet between 10:30am and 1pm.

Donations are welcomed and all proceeds go to support our Indian orphanage. More information can be found at our website, http://faithworkscc.com.au

Darren Farrugia

Don’t miss our fete St Brigid’s School, Holy Cross School and St Brigid’s Parish are hosting our November fete again and would like to extend an invitation to the wider community.

As always there will be a huge selection of goods for sale, including baked goods, plants, books, trash and treasure, and crafts. They could make good Christmas gifts for friends and family.

Dinner is taken care of with an assortment of hot food including a barbecue, chips, pizzas, drinks, icecreams and much more.

The fun-filled afternoon and evening will have rides for the kids, entertainment, and prizes to be won. We hope the local community can join in the activities on the night and everyone is welcome.

All funds raised go towards supporting both Holy Cross, St Brigid’s and the Parish.

Both schools have had an amazing amount of support from the teachers, parents and children. Local businesses have also supported the fete through donations and advertising.

St Brigid’s Primary School, Friday November 14, from 3:30 till 9pm.

Hope to see you there!

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Highlights: • Special guest speaker: Sue LloydWilliams AO, former Victoria Racing Club Deputy Chief Executive recognised for distinguished service to the racing industry and the promotion of women.

• Find out how Council is working with business and what’s on offer for 2015.

Bookings: ecodevadmin@mrsc.vic.gov.au or phone (03) 5421 9616

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What’s On

Regular group meetings New members welcome

ADULT RIDING CLUB (Gis.) 2nd Saturday Robertson Res ADULT RIDING CLUB (Bull’rook.) 2nd Saturday Rec Reserve ANGLING CLUB 2nd Wed 8pm Railway Hotel Macedon BRIDGE CLUB Mon 12.30, Tues 7.15, Thurs 12.30 St Mary’s

Church Hall, Woodend 5420 7595 BUSHWALKING CLUB Tel 5428 2450 2pm every Mon except first Mon of CANASTA CLUB month, Parish centre (behind St Pauls Church, Gisborne) CAR CLUB 1st Wednesday 8pm Steam Park CHILDREN’S CHOIR see Young Voices MRFEC COMPUTER CLUB 3rd Sunday 2pm CROQUET CLUB Wed & Sat 10am Dixon Field CWA GISBORNE 2nd Monday 10am Masonic Hall, Gisb.

CWA MACEDON 3rd Tues 1pm 662 Mt Macedon Rd EUCHRE Tues 7.30 Doug White Meeting Room 5428 2695 FILM SOCIETY 2nd Wed Woodend Neigh’hood House 5427 2323 FLY FISHING CLUB 4th Wed 7.30pm MRFEC Gisborne FOCUS CLUB 2nd Fri 12 noon Gisborne Golf Club FRIENDS of JACKSONS CREEK Working bees 3rd Sun 10-noon, 5428 1178 or 0417 558 221 FROCKS & JOCKS CHOIR Tuesdays 7.30pm 5428 3002 GARDEN CLUB 2nd Wed Various 5428 2434 GENEALOGY GROUP 4th Thurs 7.30 Family Hist Rm Gis Comm Hall GIRL GUIDES Thursdays 5pm GISBORNE SINGERS Tues 7.30pm Holy Cross PS Court House HISTORICAL SOCIETY Wed 10am-4pm LIBRARY: TODDLERS’ STORY TIME Mon 10.30am, Wed 10.30am St Brigid’s Hall MARTIAL ARTS Thurs from 5.15pm Masonic Hall Aitken St MASONIC LODGE 2nd Thurs MASTERS AFL Wed 6.30pm Sankey Reserve Horticultural Hall MT MAC & DIST HORT SOC 1st Tues Riddells Rec Res OBEDIENCE DOG CLUB Sun 9am OLDE TIME MARKET 1st Sun each month 9am-2pm OXFAM LUNCH 3rd Friday Uniting Church noon PETANQUE 2nd & 4th Sat 10am behind Caltex Service

station, Station Rd, Gisborne PHOENIX ART & CRAFTS 1st Thursday monthly 5428 2835 PHOTOGRAPHIC SOC 1st Tues & 2nd Mon 7pm Riddell’s

Creek Neighbourhood House PONY CLUB Bullengarook 1st Sunday Rec Reserve PONY CLUB Gisborne 1st Sunday Robertson Reserve PROBUS 1st Thurs 10am Masonic Hall QUILTERS (Gisb) Wed 7.30pm Room attached to Gisb Library RAMBLERS Fridays 9.15am Tennis Club Dixon Field Sen Cits Rooms RED CROSS 1st Fri 1.30pm ROTARY Tues 6.45 for 7pm Gisborne Golf Club,

book 5428 4483 by 1pm Mon RUNNING GROUP Tues & Thurs 6pm, Sun 8am Gisborne Aquatic Centre RSL 1st Mon 2pm 5428 2233 SAFARI CLUB

2nd Sat 5428 1878 SEED SAVERS 2nd Monday 7.30pm Riddells Ck

Neighbourhood House SENIOR CITS (Gisborne) Wed 11am Sen Cits Rooms SENIOR CITS (Macedon) Tues 10am Tony Clarke Res SPINNERS & FIBRE GROUP Tues 12 noon Riddells Ck

Neighbourhood House Aquatic Centre THUNDER SWIMMING CLUB 2nd Sat 5pm TOASTMASTERS 1st & 3rd Tues 7.20pm Senior Citizens Centre, 8 O’Shanassy St, Sunbury T.O.W.N. Mondays 6pm Gisborne Bowls Club TOY LIBRARY Sat 10-noon; 1st & 3rd Wed 10-11am TRAVEL CLUB 3rd Tues 7.30pm Riddell Neighb’hood H ouse U3A Mondays 10.30am MRFEC 3rd Tues 6pm Sunbury FC ULYSSES GROUP VINTAGE MACHINERY 1st Sun 10am Steam Park WRITERS’ GROUP Last Sat of month 2-5pm Woodend Neighbourhood House YOUNG VOICES Thursdays 4.15-5.45pm St Andrew’s Uniting

Church, Forest St, Woodend 5426 4801 or

sdggome@patash.com.au YOUTH SPACE Thurs 4-6pm Manaaki, Aitken St

100 Years Ago From the pages of the old Gisborne Gazette November 1914 Gisborne Races – The meeting on Tuesday was very successful. There was a fair attendance and ideal weather. The enlargement of the saddling paddock gave ample room and every horse-box was occupied. In other ways the accommodation of visitors was provided for in the shape of additional seats, starters’ board, etc. There were large entries and large fields faced the starter. The office-bearers all did their work well, and special credit is due to the secretary Mr. C.F. Swinburne, whose arrangements were excellent.

Gisborne Red Cross – The following is a list of articles to date sent to the Red Cross Depot, Federal Government House: 20 pairs underpants, 14 pairs socks, 1 box bandages, 5 bundles sterilized old linen, 3 scarves, 3 pillows and slips, 1 pair mittens, 1 pear bed socks, 1 Balaclava helmet, 11 handkerchiefs, 3 boxes custard powders.

Ice Making at Riddell – Mr. Frank Johnson has just added to his already extensive business as cordial and aerated water manufacturer, greengrocer and fruiterer, an ice-making plant, with cool storage. This addition will be of much general benefit and it is hoped a source of profit to the energetic proprietor. Mr. Johnson’s establishment is now quite up-to-date in its varied character and is an evidence of his enterprise and industry, which is proverbial.

An oil engine of the latest type supplies the motive power for the ice-making and the bottling of aerated waters. The making of ice is most interesting, and it is refreshing to pay a visit to the factory on an intensely hot day and see icicles and frost clinging to the various pipes, and to enter the freezing chamber for a time.

Gisborne Improvements The Telegraph Hotel has lately been greatly enlarged and improved in many ways and is now quite an up-to-date house. The main building which presented a two-story front to Hamilton street, has been extended at equal height all, of course in brick and stucco, along Aitken street. The building which thus forms two sides of a square, is a great improvement in the appearance of the town. The building also occupies a most central position, with the fountain in front, and the gardens extending away to the right.

The Gaythorne Hotel has been completely transformed. Amongst a number of improvements, the old dining room has been pulled down and replaced by a handsome apartment of considerable height and breadth, with a three-ply wooden ceiling, which will be cool in the hot months. It is also Mr. Reiper’s intention to erect a motor garage at the back in a line with the stables.

Summer Visitors – The action taken by the Gisborne Progress Association in advertising that accommodation is available for summer boarders is bearing fruit, as the secretary, Mr. A. Oakley, has already received applications and found accommodation at private places for visitors. The advantages of Gisborne as a summer resort should be better known in the metropolis. It is an ideal place for weekenders or people who wish to escape for a few days from the smoke and grime to the green fields and pastoral surroundings of the country. Visitors are charmed with the beauty of Gisborne township and there is no lack of variety, as Macedon, with its unrivalled view, is within easy driving distance.

What Else OCTOBER 31 Opening of Mac Ranges Art Show

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NOVEMBER 1-4 Mac Ranges Art Show continues 8 1 Bird identification walk at Mt Gisborne 30 1-2 ‘Blockbuster’ weekend at Duneira 19 1-2 Open Studios 8 4 Hort Society talk: ‘Floral encounters in Crete’ 30 5 Kyneton Cup 3 6 Open evening at maternity unit 16 7 Red Cross Centenary Celebration 6 8 Shannons Classic motor cycle show 6 & 8 8 Newham plant sale 31 8 Rolling Stones at the Rock 3 8-9 Open Studios 8 9 Macedon Music concert 9 10 Peter Bartram Memorial Lecture 34 11 Remembrance Day 3 12 Film Society: Bienvenue chez les Ch’Tis 9 12 Food Handlers course 12 14 St Brigid’s Parish fete 34 15 Chaplaincy progressive dinner 13 15-16 Budburst 3 15-16 Open Studios 8 16 Gisborne Singers concert at Woodend 9 16 Malmsbury Fayre 6 16 Relay for Life captains’ meeting 28 19 Croquet Club social day 23 21-23 Buttlejorrk Artists exhibition 9 22 Mt Macedon Primary School Fete 10 23 Gisborne Singers concert at New Gisborne 9 23 Open Day at Gisborne South Tennis Club 20 27 Gisborne Cemetery Walk with Eddie Gardiner 17 29 Emergency Services Expo at Riddells Creek 30 Pastels workshop 8 DECEMBER 1 Applications open for Comm Bank uni scholarship 2 Hort Society talk: ‘My life as a gardener’ 3 PS My Family Matters Community Forum 3 Book launch: Me and My Brother 5-7 Phoenix Art and Craft exhibition and sales

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Anglican Op Shop Jottings The Melbourne Cup is just around the corner.

Have you ever thought about going to the Cup but thought it would be too costly?

There’s the expensive clothes, new hat, fascinator, entrance fee, food, a flutter on the races and so on. Well, our Op Shop can deck you out for next to nothing and you will look a million dollars. You can get away with wearing practically anything on Cup Day! At the end of the day you could always donate the outfit back to the Op Shop if you don’t want to wear it again!

Our large and small furniture items are starting to build up again after the recent garage sale and they can be seen and purchased from out the front of the Op Shop on a fine day or in the hall behind the shop. For a small fee, some items can be delivered to you within Gisborne.

Thank you to the customers who supported the Samaritan’s Purse Christmas Shoe Box project.

Our volunteer this month is Janine McDougall, pictured.

Graeme Millar

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