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AT least one family staying at Ocean Grove’s Riverside Caravan Park could be called virtual locals. Terri Strawyskyj’s family – the Walkers – have been staying at the Grove and Barwon Heads camp and caravan sites for sixty years. Terri feels so at home she works casual hours for the caravan park while they stay. “My mum and dad used to camp across at Barwon Heads and I virtually grew up on Riverside,”
said Terri whose real home is in Highton. “The surf beach is the big draw card. It’s also great for the kids with the river on the other side.” Terri and her husband Andrew and the two children (pictured with friends above) are among 320 weekenders now at the caravan park. There are another 130 casuals and a further 240 camp sites. With 740 sites in total that equals about 3,000 people staying at Barwon Coast’s caravan and camp sites. Locals view page 21.
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A ONE Voice One Bridge rally is being staged at Barwon Heads Bridge on Sunday January 11. The rally is being held in opposition to the government’s approval for VicRoads to construct a second (new) bridge 21 metres downstream (towards the sea) from the existing bridge. There will be music featuring Chris Wilson, Sarah Carroll, Sambrose Automobile, Broderick Smith and Matt Walker from 1pm and a range of guest speakers will talk at the rally from 2pm. Go to the Ocean Grove Voice online newspaper to find out more about the One Voice One Bridge Rally and the issues involved. See www.oceangrovevoice.com. The website will also be updated with any further announcements.
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Child-care takeover plan THE property owner is believed to be taking over an Ocean Grove child-care centre linked to a round of country-wide closures. Earlier in the month the Neighbourhood Group announced that it would close 14 of its centres today (December 31), with the bulk in Victoria, leaving parents scrambling for childcare places just days before Christmas. Nine of the group’s centres are in Victoria, many of which were once owned by ABC Learning. The connections continue. ABC is the leaseholder for some of the sites and it holds the state government-issued licences to operate centres at Ocean Grove, among others. According to comments attributed in The Age newspaper, Sue Lyons, the assistant secretary of the Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, said that NELC had decided to close centres after McGrathNicol, the receivers for ABC Learning, had said they would no longer pay their rent. “We have yet another mess created by this corporation called ABC,” Ms Lyons said. However, a spokesman for McGrathNicol said that NELC was separately owned and operated and was not included in the ABC Learning receivership and the decision to close was made by NELC, he said.
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Ocean Grove’s Neighbourhood Early Learning Centre in Tareeda Way. Councillor Jan Farrell told the Voice that the council is working with centre management to ensure the centre stays open. She said that she understood from enquires that the centre would remain open with management of the centre being taken over by the existing owner of the property. She said that at present the council did not believe that there was a risk of children, families or staff being affected at the Ocean Grove centre.
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Stay clear of dolphin plea LOCALS and visitors swimming in the river near Ocean Grove have been asked to keep a safe distance from the dolphin that has been living there for the last month. Department of Sustainability and Environment wildlife officer Stan Williams said DSE and Barwon Coast have placed signs in the vicinity asking people to avoid swimming and undertaking any other water activity where the dolphin is staying. Legally boats cannot get closer than 300 metres and swimmers cannot approach closer than 30 metres. Each regulation carries a penalty of over $2000. Mr Williams said DSE asks people to maintain a safe distance from the dolphin, to limit the risk of stressing the animal and preventing injury to both dolphin and humans. “The sub-adult dolphin is not injured, ill or in distress and is being monitored closely by DSE officers, the Dolphin Research Institute and Melbourne Zoo staff. “The most likely reason for its lengthy stay is that it has probably found an ample food source and a great spot from which to ambush passing The dophin, pictured from Barwon Heads Bridge. fish.”
Crop and rail trail blaze
OCEAN Grove and Wallington fire crews were among 16 crews scrambled to tackle a 50ha crop and vegetation blaze in Mannerim on Monday afternoon last week. About 40 firefighters tackled the blaze near the Bellarine Rail Trail off Banks Road. They were assisted by the CFA helicopter which made three water drops to help crews that had the fire under control ensure it wouldn’t flare up again if the wind changed. The fire started at about 12.30pm and was under control by about 1.45pm. Police closed off Banks Road during the incident. A crime scene was also established and police were joined by a fire investigator. Drysdale, Mannerim, Barwon Heads, Portar-
Crews tackled the remains of the fire. lington, Leopold, St Leonards and Queenscliff crews were also involved.
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Fair for family fun OCEAN Grove’s 11th annual Tranquility Fair takes place this Saturday (January 3) at Ocean Grove Park. The family fair features a mixture of great live bands, children’s entertainments – such as Tracey’s Mobile Farm – as well as dozens of craft, alternative and foods stalls. Among the attractions, the mobile farm always proves a winner with the children who can get up close and meet a whole farmyard. The whole event at the Presidents Avenue park kicks off at 10.30am and goes right through until 4pm. Adult entry is $3 per person while children under 12years are free for a smile. All proceeds from the Fair go to facilities for the volunteer maintained park. On stage performances start at 10am with Ocean Grove musician and songwriter Hollie Joyce. Hollie, who is self taught, explores the traditional roots sounds adding, rock, slide and jazz influences to build her own individual sound. Hollie is followed by local blues band Sambrose Automobile with a sound characterised by dynamic guitars, piercing harmonica runs and rock solid rhythms. At 12.30pm the West Coast’s Victoriana Gaye
featuring Jeff Raglus take to the stage, followed by Stephen McEwan and The Yes Men, before the Sea Gypsies Belly Dancers introduce something completely different to the afternoon at 2.30pm. Finally at 3pm headlining the Fair is Melbourne outfit the Go Set, combining the folk elements of the bagpipes, accordion, and mandolin, with distorted punk guitars and a rock n roll ethos.
Tracey’s Animal Farm will be at the Ocean Grove Tranquility Fair on Saturday January 3.
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Market’s growing THE Rotary Club of Ocean Grove Community Market on January 4 promises to be a great event. The organisers say they are expecting a record number of new stall holders with an even wider variety of wares to start the New Year. They include entertainment for kids and adults, camel rides, jumping castle, buskers, food by the Ocean Grove CFA, arts and craft, fresh produce, photography, homemade wares and much more. There will be something for everyone, they say. The market is at Kingston Park Ocean Grove (off Grubb Road). Look for the signs and flags. It runs from 9am to 1 pm.
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Grove Rainfall Rainfall in Ocean Grove was markedly down in 2008 compared to the year before. In particular the Esplande/beach front area was down from 617mm in 2007 to 379.5mm in the last 12 months.
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cfa santa run 2008
Matthew Fisher briefs the volunteers on their Christmas Eve mission. Every Christmas Eve Ocean Grove CFA takes Santa on a town tour to meet excited youngsters - giving out free lollies along the way.
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Grove holding strong
Analysts predict more increases OCEAN Grove has been tipped to remain one of the hottest places to buy property in 2009, in a market where most of the State will remain flat. The predictions were made in the final RP Data Property Pulse report for 2008. In 2008 the town saw a 13 per cent increase in median prices – compared to 3.6 across the Greater Geelong area. In 2007 the picture was the same, Grove’s prices went up 9.4 per cent while the rest of the region experienced a more modest 4.1 per cent increase. The latest study positioned the Grove and Cape Woolamai, on the Bass Coast, as the regional areas to buy in. The results are based on suburbs that represent good value for money, based on location, necessities and social options. RP Data’s Analyst Tim Lawless said falling interest rates, increasing affordability, rising rentals, improving investment yields and shortage of housing would act as market drivers in the hot spots to buy.
“The markets that are most likely to record good capital growth over the next 12 months are those that hold that driver appeal,” Mr Lawless said. In October this year Ocean Grove’s median house price was $424,500 as compared to $295,000 across Geelong. A year ago the median house price was $345,000. Across Australia, the median value of homes this year decreased by 1.24 per cent to October. House values dropped by 1.55 per cent and unit values by 0.29 per cent. The RP Data also forecast that the higher end of the market was likely to languish as demand declined. * Rising house prices are not good news for everyone. Price rises also pose problems for first time home buyers. Do you think the council should plan for more affordable housing in the area? Register your view in the Voice poll at www.oceangrovevoice.com
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Club pays tribute to president
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OCEAN Grove RSL’s Christmas Hamper Raffle was drawn out during the last meeting of the year. The first prize went to Mrs Betty Cameron of Ocean Grove, second prize went to Mrs Joanne Stephens of Barwon Heads, and the third prize, a wine pack donated by Club Grove, went to Zauia Bell of Ocean Grove. The RSL Ocean Grove Sub-branch would like to thank the Ocean Grove Businesses that donated to the fundraising effort.
Probus honours Gwenda THE Committee and all members of Ocean Grove Ladies Probus have expressed their sadness by the death of their president Reta Pitt. Reta was also a foundation member and one of those responsible for starting the first ladies Probus club in Ocean Grove. The above picture was taken at the 20th birthday celebration of the club. Reta was also a member of Ocean Grove Bowling Club.
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GWENDA Cooney has become a life member of the Probus Club of Ocean Grove Surfside. Pictured righ, Gwenda is being congratulated by President Leigh Holloway after receiving her award at the Probus Club’s Christmas party. Gwenda was the inaugural Secretary, First Lady President and is now serving as the Secretary again. Congratulations and job well done.
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Ocean Grove Bridge Club, 7.30pm, Marcus Hill Hall, Bellarine Highway end of Banks Road. Also Wednesdays and Fridays 1pm. Enquiries - Marg Wylie 5256 2550 Bellarine Table Tennis Club, 7.30pm - 9pm. (juniors/seniors) at the Memorial Hall, 123 The Avenue, Ocean Grove Ph.52551641.
First Monday of every month Ocean Grove Ladies Probus, 10am: Ocean Grove Golf Club. Contact Rita Pitt on 5255 1115 or Thelma Evans on 5255 1806. Bellarine Fly Fishing Association, 7.30pm: Bellarine Secondary College. Contact Tony on 0409 545929.
Third Monday of every month Ocean Grove RSL. 2.30pm at Club Grove. Committee meets at 1.30pm, The Terrace. Ocean Grove Garden Club. 1.30pm: St Peter’s Church Hall, Draper Street. Enquiries, pls contact June McLellan on 5255 1399
Ocean Grove Men’s Probus. 10am-12noon at the Ocean Grove Hotel, Collendina. Guest speakers., make friends. Visitors welcome. For details please contact Geoff on 5255 4355. Third Wednesday of every month Ocean Grove on Barwon Probus Club, 9.45am, St Peter’s Ch Hall.
Fourth Wednesday of every month Ocean Grove Angling Club. 7.30pm: Minerva Close sporting oval club house. Contact: Jason Bowers 0418 737 808
Last Wednesday of every month Cancer Support Group, 10am, Community Health Centre. Ocean Grove Stamp Club, 10am: Senior Citizens Hall, 101 The Terrace. For more details contact Dianne on 5255 1372.
Thursdays
Fourth Monday of every month
Tai Chi - 6.30 pm. Uniting Church Hall, The Parade. All welcome. Christine McKay 5255 1948/0417 508 857. Bellarine Table Tennis Club, 10am-12 noon(adults only) at the Memorial Hall, 123 The Avenue, Ocean Grove. Ph. 52551641.
Combined Probus Club of Ocean Grove, 10.30am to 12..30pm: Surfside Centre, inquiries 5255 5515. Friendship is our theme.
Ocean Grove Nightlights CWA, 7.30pm at the Senior Citizens Hall,
Tuesdays Bellarine Table Tennis Club,10am-12 noon (adults only) at the Memorial Hall, 123 The Avenue, Ocean Grove. Ph.52551641. Bellarine T.O.W.N, 6pm: Uniting Church Hall, cnr Eggleston Street and The Parade. Contact Glenda 5255 5463.
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First Thursday of every month Fridays Uniting Church Outreach Coffee Morning, 10.30am, Hibiscus Cafe.
Fourth Friday of every month Ocean Grove 4 Villages Mixed Probus Club, 10.30am, the Surfside Centre. Meet new friends, visitors welcome. Call 5256 2037
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School thanks volunteers SURFSIDE Primary recently held a thank you lunch for sponsors and helpers involved in their ongoing Kitchen Garden project. The project, which includes building a complete kitchen classroom which has so far taken two years, will provide youngsters with a value learning resource as well as a healthy eating
resource. It continues to develop thanks to the efforts of local supporters, businesses, trades and service clubs, still has a fair way to go but is really taking shape with a roof and windows now in place. The school now needs the assistance of painters, plasterers and plumbers.
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After a busy Christmas build up we’re restocking the deli fridges and shelves with new stock arriving before New Year. Our chef’s corner is growing with new additions such as Vanilla Paste Extract, Vanilla Sugar and Essence. For New Year’s Eve we’ve got Kick Ice Daquiri Mixes (deadly!) and Wild Hibiscus Flowers in syrup for champagne lovers. While on the subject of NYE, don’t forget to organise your Platters early, as we were turning late bookings down on Christmas Eve. We’ve given the shop a gentle face lift with a new counter in the front window. It’s the perfect place to take advantage of our free wireless internet connection as it’s the ideal space for a laptop and coffee. It’s also created some space inside so we can easily accommodate a table of six, alleviating the previous restricted seating. Home delivery will be starting soon, so watch this space! Michael
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Ocean Grove’s Brendan Dunn went to sea with the Young Endeavour. Here’s his story Hey Sorry I took so long I was catching up on some much needed sleep. For those who don’t know I’ve only just returned form a trip on the Young Endeavour. This was an experience that I will never forget; I’ve made some life long friends along the way as well. In the early stages of the trip I spent a lot of time curled over the side feeling a bit from the sea sickness. But by the end of day 3 I was feeling a lot better. Days seemed to crawl by but in the best of ways giving you time to get to know everyone. Climbing the mast was a scary experience but you got used to it. Day 1: today we did some leadership activities to kill time during the day then anchored just outside Port Adelaide and as the sun went down we all climbed to the top of the mast which was a massive thing for me as I hated heights before this trip. Day 2: today we weighed anchor (brought it up) and took off for our first day of sailing but not before morning brief extravaganza “hooooray” after this as we did everyday was happy hour (cleaning the ship). Then off to sail learning the ropes and learning to tack the ship (turning through the wind). After this we had lunch and did some more ropes and such. As we got into
the night we started our first set of watches. My first watch was the 12-4am watch which is an interesting watch as you don’t get to bed till about 10 normally and wakey wakey is at 6: 30 so sleep is a rarity and being our first few days on the boat you are also trying to deal with sea sickness too which hit me hard today. Day 3 sea sickness started to wear off today which was good news as fatigue started to kick in. It is amazing to see what the body can cope with while still being able to get jobs done. Today was a huge test as we dealt with winds of about 20-25 knots. And by my night time watch between 4am-8am the wind was reaching 30-40 knots and it was at this time that Pete (my watch leader) decided we should put away the Corse sail (which puts us about 15 meters above deck making you rock like all hell) so we had to climb to the very top and sit up there for about 40 minutes as we battled to put it away. Day 4 today we were meant to stop in Robe for the day but the conditions decided to change their mind and we were to stay at sea till we could dock in Portland. So we continued to battle against strong winds and big waves. Today I was the Dish Pig (DP) and didn’t get to see too much of the deck as I was quite busy in the
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galley. Day 5 today was my BIRTHDAY and for my birthday we continued sailing on to Portland where we all went ashore and found out about the inconvenience of land sickness which is the same as sea sickness but on land. We had a look around and played touch footy. After 4 hours on land everyone seemed very excited to go home (Young Endeavour). On our return I was surprised to find that the Chef (Jarrod) had made a cake for my birthday which was very very good. The rest of the voyage seems to be one big blur but I am struggling to pull apart when one day ends and the next started so I will simply say what happened and you can decide what is needed. Not too much happened over the last few days except a lot of practice of rope calls and safety as we were getting ready for Command Day where the Youth Crew take control of the ship. On day 8 we made our selections for command day in which I was chosen to take on the role of sail master. Sail master duties include deciding what sails will be set at what times (the Navigator can assist with this). Deciding what will be done on the day and how the plan will be carried out. Also planning out who will be on watch and when they will be there. We were also given a list of tasks to complete and as sail master I had to decide which tasks we will complete and how we will fit them all in. This job was the most challenging part of my voyage simply because my role was one of the 3 most important jobs on board (along with the Captain and the Navigator). A lot was riding on my decision such as sleep and even getting there (avoiding floating) making sure we were using the correct sails and ensuring that we didn’t damage any of the $20,000.00 sails. We completed all bar one challenge which was next to impossible to do in the conditions. Command day was a
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fantastic success. The final part of our voyage was to complete a half day sail with less fortunate youth from around Victoria. This was a very rewarding activity as we got to show them around our home and got to teach them some sailing which they thoroughly loved. The remainder of that day and evening was spent preparing for the final day. We all had very mixed feelings on the last day, excited to be seeing our families but saddened to be leaving the Young Endeavour. The crew of the Young Endeavour had become my new family and the boat my new home. What a fantastic experience it is hard to convey just how good it was and how 26 Youth Crew can get to know each other so well in 10 days to feel like family and still now 5 days later I still feel as though I am only on holiday from the boat. I cannot thank Captain Hibbo, Watch Leader Pete, Chef Jarrod, Sailmaster Jazz and the rest of the crew enough for a magnificent experience that I will remember forever. Their friendship and trust in us made the trip one I highly recommend to anyone fortunate enough to get this opportunity. Thanks also go to the Barwon Youth and Ocean Grove Neighborhood Centre for making this all possible for me. Brendan Dunn, Ocean Grove Youth Crew Young Endeavour Voyage 19/08
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ummer Fun Ok we all like to get away for a holiday but Ocean Grove and the surrounds are up with the best when it comes to summer activities. Here’s the perfect day. Wake up early and head over to Henderson Dive for your first scuba diving lesson. After that healthy exercise you’ll have worked up a good appetite why not treat yourself to lunch at Kalamata at Lighthouse Olive Grove. The afternoon offers something completely different, a trip out to North Geelong and some family fun at the Geelong NAS Karts. Can you recommend a better day out? Still got some energy left? Or do you have a young teenager looking to learn something new? How about drum school. Scott McCutcheon runs Fishpond Drum School just across the bridge in Barwon Heads. See, there’s plenty do if you look for it.
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Kamikawa set for After Party THE announcement that George Kamikawa will play the Ocean Grove Summer Festival After Party is a special bonus on top of previous announcements. The blues country musician from Japan is playing at the free after party being sponsored by the Zebra Bar from 9pm at the close of the main festival. During the main festival on January 17, Kamikawa will be joined by the Go Set, the Josh Owen Band, Howlin’ Wind, Sweet Delors and Tessa and the Typecast during the festival in the Terrace.
As well as the strong main stage musical line up the festival will feature a Kidzone, a Community Stage featuring the ‘Ocean Grove’s Got Talent’ show and street stalls. Among the street stalls will be a historic surfboards display and information desk organised by SOUL longboard club. As well as historic surf boards there will also be board shaping and surf photography. If you have talent and or musical ability the organisers would like to hear from you. Contact Kat on 0403 063643 or ogfestival@gmail.com. Full line up in the next edition of the Voice.
Back by popular demand: The Kidzone proved a big hit at last year’s inaugral Ocean Grove Summer Festival. It will return for the 2009 festival on January 17.
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nature watch
DRAGONFLYS are insects that can fly at speeds of up to 40kms per hour. This one was found in my Ocean Grove garden. Adult dragonflies have a long body, two pairs of wings, and three pairs of legs, and they have very large eyes. They live near streams, lakes and ponds, such as Begola Wetlands. Dragonflies also eat other insects, including mosquito’s and flies and they often catch prey while they are flying. Adult males are territorial, and protect their habitat from other males.
They breathe by drawing air into special breathing tubes called spiracles and have three stages in their life cycle. The adult female dragonfly lays eggs in the water and the eggs hatch into larvae (called mudeye). The larvae live in the water among plants and rocks, and they eat tadpoles, small fish and other insects. There are twelve larval stages, and once evolving through these stages the larvae emerges from the water and sheds it’s skin, a process resulting in an adult dragonfly. Nature Watch by Jenny Carr
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PROFESSIONAL theatre company Essential Theatre will perform A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Oakdene Vineyards in February. The show will visit the vineyard and restaurant venue off Grubb Road on February 8 as part of the ‘Shakespeare In The Vines’ tour. For those unfamiliar with the bard, William Shakespeare takes us on a magical journey into the Athenian woodland where four lovers have escaped the laws of the land to seek freedom and happiness. In these same woods we meet two other very different groups of characters.
This production will be touring Australia from January through to April 2009 to some of the country’s most spectacular wineries. Gates open at 4pm for the performance on Sunday February 8 and the performance starts at 5pm. There will be a half hour interval and the venue is fully licenced but no BYO. Picnic Hampers are included in the ticket. The event will take up to 400 people and tickets are expected to sell out. For more information telephone 5255 1255 or see www.gpac. com.au.
Bellarine Idol OCEAN Grove singers and musicians are invited to try out at the Queenscliff Idol on Saturday January 3 from 5pm to 11pm. The inaugural Queenscliff summernight live – a night of entertainment and fun, incorporating the annual Queenscliff Idol will take place on Queenscliff’s Caravan Park oval - adjacent to the surf beach.
With free entry and a program suited to all ages, summernight live is brought to you by Queenscliff Theos, who are putting on this and many other fully supervised drug and alcohol free events for young locals and holidaymakers in Queenscliff until January 6. Register for Idol by texting 0402 607 681.
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Art show set for Aussie Day weekend
Artists united: Noel Essex, Sam Cooper and Sarah Carroll and arts supporter John Bowman.
MUSICAL arts met sculptured art when musos Sarah Carroll and Sam Cooper recently visited Noel Essex’s Grubb Road workshop. Sarah and Sam dropped by after local arts advocate John Bowman had presented them with awards crafted by Noel in recognition of their commitment to the cause. The gathering was also an opportunity to announce a forthcoming arts show at Noel’s workshop gallery during the Australia Day Weekend. The art show will feature paintings, sculptures, photography and even a little music. The organisers would like to give more Ocean Grove artists the chance to exhibit. Further details will be announced in the next edition of the Voice.
Win Circus Oz tickets THERE’S cause for celebration in January as the internationally acclaimed contemporary circus troupe Circus Oz kicks off the 2009 Alcoa Theatre Season at GPAC. Circus Oz have added new twists to the old arts and they’re ready to set the stage alight and then blow you away with their brand new high-energy performance. The 30th Birthday Bash features a spectacular new team of young acrobats and aerialists as well as classic Circus Oz favourites, new acts, new musicians and new gags. New and true fans of all ages will experience a show of breath-
taking feats, high-octane acrobatics and irreverent Australian humour, ensuring that this special birthday show is one to remember. To celebrate their arrival, the Ocean Grove Voice and GPAC are offering readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to the show. The 30th Birthday Bash in the Ford Theatre kicks off the 2009 Alcoa Theatre Season. FIVE SHOWS ONLY (15-17 Jan). To enter answer the question, what is the name of the new Circus Oz Show? Email your answers to: news@oceangrovevoice.com
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The debate: Grove tourism By Clive Whitworth
Student Chris, 15, from Melbourne said: “It’s great, good for the shops, good for business. It helped the surf club down here. Everybody is friendly in this town. Everybody knows each other, not like the big cities.
Artist Helen, 63, from Ocean Grove, said: “It’s good for the township, but on the other hand it isn’t good for the people who have to park their cars. I just worry that there is a lot of cars and not enough space.”
Evan, 12, and Austin, 13, of Ocean Grove, said: “It’s more busy, probably more profits for the town. The skate park will be packed, more people using it, but it’s ok.”
Local Ron, 55, is a Foreshore works manager. “I think it’s great for the local community and economy. It’s a necessary part of the whole history of Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads. The influx of tourists has been here for many many years.”
Fred, 87, of Ocean Grove, said: “Well I am all in favour of it. It helps the local retail section and generally it’s a good Idea for people who come here.”
Student Mark,15, of Melbourne said: “I think that the surf club is great. It attracts a lot of people. There are lots of shops, lots of good facilities, It’s just a great place to share with everyone.
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Victoriana Gaye and Jeff Raglus are appearing at the Tranquility Fair on Saturday January 3.
oceangrovevoice.com 7.30 pm: Ocean Grove Hotel – Guitar Tricks with Beaton Guitar Thursday January 22 7.30 pm: Ocean Grove Hotel – Music with Pub Rock Duo, The Ringins Friday January 23 9 pm: Barwon Heads Hotel - Diesel
Saturday January 24 9am: Car Boot Sale and Fete, Bellarine Peninsula Church of Christ, 17 Tareeda Way. $10 per car. 7pm: Bar Deli – Blues Night with Blue Adagio 7.30 – 11.30: Club Grove – Live music with Element 9 pm: Barwon Heads Hotel – In Bed By 9 and DJ Sunday January 25 2pm: Bar Deli – Jon Willard 7.30 pm: Ocean Grove Hotel – Guitar Tricks with Beaton Guitar 9 pm: Barwon Heads Hotel – Richard Clapton
Wednesday December 31 Club Grove – New Years Eve party. Hollywood theme fancy dress, with music by Class Action. Bookings essential. 8pm: Zebra Bar - New Years Eve. Live artist. Add your New Years Resolution to our Zebra Bar Time Capsule to be opened on 1.1.2010 9pm: Barwon Heads Hotel - Live DJ Thursday January 1 9.30pm: Ocean Grove Hotel – Original Rock Music with Blu?f 9pm: Barwon Heads Hotel – DJ
Thursday January 8 9.30pm: Ocean Grove Hotel – Original Rock Music with Blu?f 9 pm: Barwon Heads Hotel - Live DJ
Monday January 26 Australia Day 10am: Free kite flying with the Lions Club at Main Beach, Ocean Grove.
Thursday January 29 7.30pm: Ocean Grove Hotel – Music with Friday January 9 9pm: Barwon Heads Hotel – In Bed By 9 and Pub Rock Duo, The Ringins DJ Saturday January 31 9pm: Barwon Heads Hotel – Plum Crazy and Saturday January 10 DJ 7.30–11.30: Club Grove – Live music with The J Band 9pm: Barwon Heads Hotel – Josh Owen and Mondays 6.30pm: Bar Deli – Open Mic night, combined DJ
Friday January 2 Sunday January 11 9pm: Barwon Heads Hotel - Baxta and DJ 12noon to 4.30pm: Ford Beach Cricket, Main 2pm: Bar Deli – Ian Kriz 7.30pm: Ocean Grove Hotel – Acoustic Beach, Ocean Grove Music with Tom Fisher Saturday January 3 Thursday January 15 10am–4pm: Tranquility Fair, Ocean Grove 7.30pm: Ocean Grove Hotel – Music with Park. Music stage featuring The Go Set, Pub Rock Duo, The Ringins The Sea Gypsies Belly Dancers, Stephen McEwan & The Yes Men, Victoriana Gaye featuring Jeff Raglus, Sambrose Automobile, Friday January 16 Hollie Joyce. Fun for children (mobile farm, 9pm: Barwon Heads Hotel – Ross Wilson rides and activities), stalls and serenity for Saturday January 17 body and soul. 10 am – 9.30 pm: Ocean Grove Festival, The 7.30 – 11.30: Club Grove – Live music with Terrace, Ocean Grove. Free festival including Warm Sands a Kidzone, Community Stage featuring 9 pm: Barwon Heads Hotel – Kikit and DJ “Ocean Grove’s Got Talent” talent show and a Music Stage featuring The Go Set, Josh Sunday January 4 Owen Band, George Kamikawa, Tessa and 9am-1pm: Community Market, Kingston Typecast, Sweet Delores, Howlin’ Wind. Park. 10am: Rip to River, Ocean Grove and Point 7.30–11.30: Club Grove – Live music with Paul Carrigg – Karaoke Evening Lonsdale 9pm: Barwon Heads Hotel – Easy Tiger and 2 pm: Bar Deli – Lauchie and Bree Arne DJ 7.30 pm: Ocean Grove Hotel – Acoustic Music with Tom Fisher Sunday January 18 2pm: Bar Deli – Peppercorn Rent
with Curry night. 7pm–8.30pm: Line Dancing at the Ocean Grove Senior Citizens Hall, 101 The Terrace. Elaine 0413 690 597 Wednesdays 1pm–3pm: Line Dancing at the Ocean Grove Senior Citizens Hall, 101 The Terrace. Elaine 0413 690 597 Fridays 6.30pm: Barwon Heads Hotel – Happy Hour in the ‘Bak Bar, 6 - 9pm 9pm: Ocean Grove Hotel – DJ – Rock/Pop/Hop Music Saturdays 9.30pm: Ocean Grove Hotel – Cast Iron Pinata – Original Funk/ Rock Music
Sundays 8am – 11am: Zebra Bar - Champagne Breakfasts with live artists on the balcony: saxophone, flute 2-6pm: Nectar Bar – Live music with Greig McInerney. Jazz blues, ballads, covers and orginals. Musicians welcome to join in. 6pm: Barwon Heads Hotel - Knockout Pool Comp
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Business gets festive OCEAN Grove Business Asocciation held its Christmas Party at the Dunes. About 40 association members socialised and danced the night away to the sounds of Paul Carrigg. Association members even had a visit from Father Christmas. Pictured left: Leanne Fox and Lyn Irwin of Surfside Conveyancing with Bill McKewan of Hayden Real Estate.
Michael Downsley, of the Olive Pit, with Sandi Ward of Sandi’s Spot and Shelley Keating of Beachside Blooms.
Majella O’Connor of Ocean Eyes Optometrists and Philip Christian of Bellarine Memories.
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CONGRATULATIONS: Wayne Brissett of Ocean Grove who was the winner of the 2009 13th Beach Boardriders calendar.
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Rip to River ready to roll OCEAN Grove Surf Life Saving Club’s 29th Rip to River Classic takes place this Sunday., January 4. The event features a 10km beach run or walk from Point Lonsdale towards the Barwon River, finishing opposite the Ocean Grove surf club, as well as a 5km Beach Challenge and a Ripper Nipper Run. The event features a series of staggered starts. The 10km walk goes off at 10am and the 10km run starts at 10.30am, while the 5km run goes off at 10am and the Ripper Nipper sets off at 10.30am. For full details and to enter online see www.riptoriver.oceangroveslsc.asn.au.
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BEACH revellers will join Cricket Victoria for a day on Ocean Grove beach with classic catches, beach sprints, cricket triathlons and of course beach cricket. The event will take place on Main Beach from 12noon to 4.30pm on January 2. The Ford Beach Cricket events are open to all the family and are free of charge with plenty of prizes given away to everyone who gets involved.
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28 Under 15: Round 4 – This round saw us up against Leopold. Week 1 saw us win the toss and elect to bat. After a good start with some solid partnerships we lost 3 quick wickets around the 100 run mark. Fighting back the boys managed after their 55 overs to finish on a respectable 135 runs. Best of the batsmen were Adam Lazarus 21 (retired) Kieran McNally 15 (retired) and Sheldon Barrow 16 (not out). Week 2 and the weather didn’t look good to start with. After a delay of 20 minutes, Leopold decided they wanted to continue with the game. They made a good start and were looking confident scoring 44 runs off just 12 overs. To their credit the Cobra boys came back with tight bowling and good fielding to have Leopold 3 for 63 at the break. After the break we kept our endeavor up and continued to bowl and field well. All but 1 of their dismissals were catches in the field, a nice turnaround from round 2 when the boys dropped 12 catches. The best of the bowlers were Nick Sanders 4 for 12, and Adam Lazarus 3 for 12. Well done boys as Leopold are considered very good opposition in our grade. Round 5 – Our opponents were Wallington and what a great performance was put in by the team. Wallington won the toss and put us into bat and after a slow start and some early wickets the runs stared to flow but just after tea we had another mini collapse which brought Sheldon Barrow & Nick Sanders to the crease. They worked well together and by the end of time had us at 7 for 195, with their partnership at the end being 84 runs. Well done! Best of the batsmen were Jess Ellwood (18 retired), Adam Lazarus 20 (retired), Sheldon Barrow 17 (not out) and a fantastic 51 not out from Nick Sanders. The following week saw us take to the field and with some good bowling and fielding. We managed to bowl Wallington out just after the break for only 68 runs. Leigh decided to invoke the follow on and try for the outright. All was looking good for the outcome as Wallington had fallen to be 5/24 off 9 overs, but alas to their credit they started to put in a fight and didn’t loose another wicket until the 16th over when we captured 2 more and had them at 7/43. The enemy was time and Wallington finished the day at 7/50. Best of the bowlers were Adam Muir 2/3 & 2/1, Adam Lazarus 2/9, Dean Bacon 2/8. A great effort. Just a short note to mention that poor Louis Gasior missed on a double wicket maiden after his own brother (Jacob) dropped a sitter. Under 13: Collendina 1: Round 4 - Cobras V Wallington Angus Tan won the toss and elected to bat and Cobras finished with 4/122 after 26 overs, Ryan Traynor made 28 and Curtly Balshaw made 36 not out. When Wallington batted, Cobras bowling was tight and was backed with some excellent fielding, including a Tim JonesMurphy great catch. After 26 overs, Wallington were 8/59, bowlers Luke Smith, Angus Tan, Jackson Gravener all taking 1 wicket a piece. Daniel Mc and Curtly B. took two wickets each. Unfortunately the second day of the game was washed out, that’s cricket! Congratulations Curtly Balshaw and Paddy Malone for making the Under 13 Bellarine combined team. Round 5 - Collendina Cobras No1 V Barwon Heads Gulls Cobras won the toss and batted, steady as she goes with 4 of the top 5 batsmen getting amongst the runs and we finished after 26 over’ 3/108. After Barwon Heads completed their overs they were 2/95,
junior cobras which ensured a close game for day 2. Barwon heads continued their good batting and finished their innings with 10/183. Cobra bowlers worked hard and were well supported by the fielders, Daniel Mc got 3/10 and James Mc returned 2/20 (was on a hat trick), Jackson G had 0/5 off 4 overs. This was Cobras first big test, chasing runs; they started slowly and were losing wickets regularly. The score was 7/128 when Luke Smith (32no) entered the crease and with some entertaining shot making, and with help from Jackson G (30) and Curtly B (47no), the Cobras got over the line. All players at some stage of the game had some influence, so it was a good team effort. Collendina 2: Round 4 - Collendina 2 played Drysdale A in round 4 at Shell Road oval. In wintery conditions, over the 2 weeks, Collendina went down by 17 runs. The standout with the bat was Alex Smith with 18 runs. After a disastrous start Alex steadied the innings along with his brother Lachie (AKA Muffin). Lachie retired on 10 and with Alex put on 40 runs. Spencer Symes bowled very well taking 2 for 7 off 6 overs. Others to perform well with the ball were Lachie Smith, with 2 for 12 and Corey Pfeiffer 1 for 4. Thanks to Corey, Byron and Lachie for filling in for injured players. Round 5 - Collendina 2 faced the in form Ocean Grove Bate. Batting first, Luke Devereaux shone with the bat retiring on 31. Liam Tipping made his highest score of 13, improving significantly on his previous best. Resuming the innings on day 2, at 5 for 46, the team battled on losing only 2 wickets and putting on 50 runs in the final 26 overs, finishing on 7/96. Ocean Grove Bate’s batting line up was very powerful, with a number of players making over 50 runs no out. The Cobras battled to the end dismissing Ocean Grove in the 46th over for 248. I was very proud of their attitude and the way they played out the match. Have a great Christmas and look forward to the remaining matches in 09. Under 11: Round 2 – For the first time in over 4 seasons, all Friday evening BPCA Under 11 cricket was called off this round due to heavy rain. Collendina Orange: Round 4 - Collendina Orange V Collendina Blue With the threat of rain not far away, two of the Collendina teams went head to head at the Snake Pit. With some tight and accurate bowling in fading light Collendina Blue were restricted to 36 runs off the bat. Liam McManus 1/10 and Lachlan Smith 1/5 led the way with wickets for Collendina Orange. With the rain falling as the boys tucked into their sausages no further play took place. Round 5 - Collendina Orange V Collendina White The Snake Pit was again the venue for another all Collendina clash. Collendina Orange were sent in and it was an even performance from all of the batsmen that took them to 47 off the bat. Byron Taylor (9), Kyle Ewart (9) and Liam McManus (8) were the leading run scorers. It was pleasing to see some good running between the wickets. Collendina Orange got off to a good start with the ball with some accurate bowling and wickets were shared between all of the bowlers. Hugh Browne chipped in for his first wicket and a big smile whilst Byron Taylor (3/1), Nat Gravenor (1/2), Liam McManus (2/3) and Lachlan Smith (1/3) also took wickets. With some good fielding Collendina White were restricted to 28 off the bat. Special mention to Madeline Goodger, Kate Grace and Megan Ellwood who filled in for Orange. The girls will be part of the all girl U11 side and all
oceangrovevoice.com made contributions with both bat and ball. Collendina White: Collendina white has had a great start to the season showing much improvement in both skills and respect for the game. We have major contributions with both bat and ball along with some sound fielding. Our leading run getters have been Brad Procter 35, Riley Kohler 26, Jacob Negri 23, and Liam Warren 15. Leading wicket takers are Brad Procter & Craig Goodger 4, and Campbell Revie 3, while Riley Kohler, Liam Warren, Reed Jordan and Sam White have been the most economical having the least runs scored off them. Sam Negri, Tom Wallis, Julian Powell, and Jess Gall-Carson have shown great improvement in all aspects of the game. In closing I would personally like to thank the wonderful parents and support crew I have, without them this would have not been possible. Merry Christmas happy New Year, see you all in the new year, keep practising and have fun Rod. Collendina Blue: Round 3 – The Collendina Blue team took on Barwon Heads Gulls in a hotly contested game that went right to the wire. Extremely good bowling by the Cobra boys with very little extras saw the Gulls making just 32 off the bat. Luke, Jake, Nat and Spencer were all in the wickets with Max Sutton making his debut in sensational fashion not having one run scored off his bowling. A solid batting performance by the Cobras saw them get over the line with Darcy (10), James (7), Sam, Max and Zane all in the runs. Round 4 –The contest between Cobras Orange and Blue was unfortunately hindered by rain and freezing cold weather with only Cobras Blue getting a chance to bat. Darcy (7) and Luke (8) were in the runs again with the dynamic partnership of Nat and Max being the highlight. Improvement by all boys with their running between the wickets also helped get the score up a little higher than what it could have been. Round 5 – With Drysdale Brown traveling to Shell Road oval it was always going to be an interesting contest with Drysdale having many more experienced lads than Blue. Not to be outdone, what the Blue team lacked in experience they made up in determination and wonderful base cricket skills. The Blue team made with extras 77 losing very few wickets. Gritty batting by Ned (5), Sam, James and Nat who smacked a massive 4 off a much older bowler enabled their team to come out with confidence when it was their turn to bowl. As expected Drysdale Brown came out swinging but Luke and Darcy held them at bay aided by Jake and his fantastic keeping skills. When the pressure was on in the final overs, Spencer, Max, Zane controlled the run rate to get the Cobras Blue team over the line. Round 6 – Against Queenscliff Blue this round saw Collendina Blue score their highest total off the bat due to 6 wonderful batting partnerships. Sam (10), Luke (9), James (15), Darcy (11) and Nat and Ned both 6 all contributed to a great batting total. With Queenscliff trying to take advantage of their home ground advantage “slope” the Blue team bowled just 9 extras and took 10 wickets with Spencer, Zane and Jake all keeping the pressure on even with a batting line up being strong from the bottom up. Unfortunately even with Darcy’s great day in the field taking 5 catches the Queenscliff team got over the line winning by just 3 runs.
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Cobras start new year in top three RAIN put a dampener on things at the snakepit with all games in Round 7 of BPCA cricket being washed out. The big highlight for the week was a visit from Santa, who hitched a ride with the local CFA to deliver some presents for the cobra kids at the Christmas party. In the previous week, the cobras put in some strong performances in the local derby against Ocean Grove, winning a couple of games and fighting out a thrilling tie in C grade. A Grade Collendina managed a good win despite some wobbles in their innings caused by some tight bowling from the home side. Chasing 156, the top order had a minor hiccup to be 3/45 before Kade Norquay (52) and Luke Buckland (55) joined together and put the cobras well within reach of victory with a 99-run partnership. Both batsmen fell with the win in sight, and the tail-enders started looking nervous as the game tightened up. Fortunately, the runs came and the rest of the day provided some muchneeded batting practice for the tail-enders as Collendina finished the day with 232 on the board. In the final game of the year Collendina A defeated St Albans 7/176 to 8/157. They go into the new year in third place, equal on points with second placed Queenscliff. B Grade The B’s had 186 on the board and made a good start, with junior speedster Paul Liistro doing the job again with new ball and taking 3/31. Ocean Grove consolidated well to be 3/100 before Dave Treharne took the ball and ripped through the Grubbers’ lower order, rolling them for 158. Treharne finished with the excellent figures of 5/37 despite some poor catching from his team-mates, although he did
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game around. Worn returned to the attack and held his nerve to take the last wicket with the scores level to split the points in a very exciting afternoon of cricket at Shell Road. D Grade The D’s had a major meltdown in round 9 of the one-day competition, going down by 80 runs against Anglesea. The legendary Collendina Collapse was on display again, with the team losing all ten wickets for 110 in only 25 overs. Anglesea made short work of the target, knocking up 9/190 despite some good bowling from Trent Buckland (4/58) and Mark Fletcher (3/37).
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Mixed fortunes for Grove
Mark Hyland hit the boundary for the Cs. A Grade In a year punctuated by regular batting collapses, it may have come as no surprise to many that this was again the case in last weeks match against local rivals Collendina. After losing regular wickets to be 6/74, it was only the rearguard action of Tony Edmonstone (39) and Shaun Fankhauser (35) that prevented an embarrasingly low score. Despite their best efforts, Ocean Grove were dismissed for a paltry 156. After having Collendina 3/45 with the dangerous Ben Riccardo back in the sheds, the feeling was O/Grove may be able to pinch a win. From then in though, Collendina batted very sensibly to record a well deserved win. Wickets were shared around, with veteran medium pacer Marcus Wirth (2/71 off 20) and Tony Edmonstone (2/23 off 13) being the only multiple wicket takers. Now with only one win and three draws from the first six rounds, A Grade needs to string some results together to stay in touch with the top six. Grubber to into the new year in an unfamiliar 10th spot after being downed by Wallington 9/137 to 8/142. B Grade After winning the toss and asking Collendina to bat first, Ocean Grove toiled hard to get their first wicket with the score on 41. From there a steady fall of wickets had them in the box seat with Collendina reeling at 8/100. Perhaps a little complacency set in because Collendina battled hard to end up with a very respectable score of 186. The pick of the bowlers being Dean Harty and Nathan Van Someren both with figures of 3/22. After losing skipper John Breen early for 1, Ocean Grove never seemed to be in the hunt and were eventually dismissed for 158 with plenty of overs remaining in the day. In a game that may be regretted for missed opportunities, Adam Spiby (48) and Dean Harty (27) were the only Ocean Grove batsmen to provide any resistance. This leaves B Grade second on the ladder but level on points with two other sides.
B Grade ended 2008 in second spot. C Grade In somewhat controversial circumstances Ocean Grove and Collendina played out a thrilling tie. Collendina won the toss and elected to bat and would have been very pleased in compiling 7/199 on the wide expanses of Shell Rd reserve. Alan Bate (6/53) and grizzled veteran Shane Thorley (1/64) bowled 50 of the 75 overs between them. After Steve Bate (23) and Craig D’Arcy (35) combined for an opening stand of 58, Mark Bainbridge added 37 to the board and Ocean Grove would have considered themselves favorites to win. From then on though, the middle order crumbled and if not for young gun Zac Henderson (35) Collendina would have got the points. In somewhat farcical scenes Ocean Grove lost their last wicket when they belived they were one run in front. On closer inspection of the score books, the game was deemed a tie and the points shared. C Grade are second on the ladder, one point behind leaders Barwon Heads. Like B Grade, the Cs ended 2008 in second spot. D Grade In their Round 8 encounter Ocean Grove took on Wallington at St.Leonards. Ocean Grove won the toss and bowled first and would have been very pleased to restrict Wallington to 143 off 32 overs. Spin twins Terry Birch (4 for 2 off 6) and Charlie Walker (3/21 off 8) proved too hard to hold out. Ocean Grove then cruised to 4/145 off only 28 overs with Steve Duan (35*) and Aaron Hapgood (38*) getting them over the line. Round 9 saw Ocean Grove travel to Point Lonsdale to play Queenscliff. Queenscliff batted first and compiled an imposing 220. Wickets were hard to come by with Peter Fankhauser, Mathew Bate and Terry Birch taking two each. The less said about the run chase the better with Ocean Grove being dismissed for 100 off 30 overs. With only four batsmen reaching double figures, they were clearly outclassed by Queenscliff. Ocean Grove are seventh on the ladder as they go into 2009.
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