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Restrictions have been eased and some sense of normality is beginning to creep back into our lives. Voice photographer Louisa Jones caught up with Emma and Tom enjoying life at Point Lonsdale this week.
Terrace to remain open By Justin Flynn An Ocean Grove cafe owner has reassured non-hospitality businesses on The Terrace that there were never any plans to close the street to vehicles. Driftwood Cafe’s Ty Simons spoke with Geelong Chamber of Commerce president Mark Edmonds about the possibility of allowing cafes and restaurants to extend their trading space into adjacent car parks. It came after COVID-19 restrictions were relaxed in regional Victoria to allow hospitality venues to restart dine-in trading. However, several traders on Ocean Grove’s main street were concerned that their businesses would suffer if the street was closed or if car parks were taken away.
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Mr Simons said there was never any possibility that The Terrace would be shut off from traffic. He said out of the 53 car parks on The Terrace, nine may be used by hospitality to allow al-fresco dining. This would allow cafes and restaurants to seat more customers. “People have taken that I want to close down the whole street,” Mr Simons, who is also president of Ocean Grove Business Association, said.
“That was never my intention and I don’t know where they have gotten it from. “Mark [Edmonds] was asking me as a hospitality person, ‘what’s happening with restaurants and outside dining?’. “We need to expand outside. The [Victorian] Premier has put in $187.5 million into funding outdoor furniture, umbrellas and barricades and encouraging councils to help businesses to get onto the streets. But closing off the street is absolutely not going to happen. “The idea is to use a few spaces temporarily while the Premier has us under these conditions. “I don’t want this to be a war. Getting people to town is good for us all.” Mr Simons said the idea was to possibly use nine car parks during the day and 13 at night, with the extra four spaces at the Presidents
Avenue end of The Terrace, which caters for most of the night-time hospitality traders. “Hospitality brings people to the streets,” he said. “On a busy summer’s day we seat 700 people at Driftwood. That’s 700 people that are potentially going to buy something at the Green Room, or buy some flowers, or a book or a bottle of wine. “Our business normally seats 115 inside and out. For the foreseeable future we can only seat 32, if the weather permits. That’s simply not viable. We need to expand outside, but closing off the entire street was never an option.” OGBA on Tuesday night voted not to support car park space use as a majority of traders were opposed. However, each business can apply to Geelong council to use car parks and footpaths on a case by case basis.
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Studios call for clarity By Justin Flynn Dance studios across the Bellarine are desperately seeking clarification from the state government on where they fall within the industry categories for COVID-19. Amy Barrett, who is co-creative director of Ocean Grove’s FUSE Dance Company with Sam Collins, said dance studios had been “left in the dark” by the state government’s lockdown restrictions. Ms Barrett said after the first COVID-19 lockdown, the Department of Justice, Precincts and Regions classified dance studios as ‘creative studios’, which meant they could continue operating under strict guidelines. When Victoria returned to lockdown for a second time, the department reclassified dance studios as ‘indoor community sport’, which meant they were not able to operate. “On Saturday, September 19, dance schools, teachers, students and families all celebrated when AusDance Victoria announced that the Victorian government has reclassified ‘dance studios’ from fitness centres back to the category of ‘creative studios’,” Ms Barrett said. “Less than 24 hours later they rescinded on their classification and pushed us back to ‘indoor community sport’. “This now means we are in the same category as gyms and cannot reopen until the final stage of restrictions are lifted. The current date of which is the end of November. “This is usually the time dance schools pack up for summer and have their end of year celebration. If we cannot return to classes until the end of November, we won’t be opening until February 2021.” Ms Barrett said dance is the number one after-school activity for girls in Victoria and studios had been practising COVID-19 safe
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policies for years before the pandemic. “Our current campaign is for the government to reclassify dance schools again back to ‘creative studios’,” she said. “At the moment children can run and interact in our local playgrounds sharing equipment. They can touch and tackle when playing football and netball yet are unable to attend a dance class where there is social distancing and minimal physical equipment. “One of the first things a dancer is taught is safe dance space. Social distancing existed in dance schools before COVID-19 was even a thing.”
Ms Barrett said all dance schools on the Bellarine Peninsula are owned by locals. “It was recently reported that 90 per cent of dance schools within Victoria are at risk of closure and won’t make it to the end of the year,” she said. Sarah Booth said her three daughters have attended FUSE Dance Company for years. “It has played a vital role in their social, emotional physical development,” she said. “One of my children has autism and dance provides her with a safe structured activity that allows her to grow, express herself and be herself.”
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Spike in crime in Ocean Grove New statistics have revealed a dramatic increase in crime in Ocean Grove. According to the Crime Statistics Agency, Ocean Grove recorded 558 crimes in the year to June compared to 403 in the 12-months to June 2019 – an increase of 38.5 per cent. Property damage, theft and assault were the main categories that showed a huge increase. Assault jumped to 48 charges compared to 25 last year, property damage went from 43 offences to 110 and theft went from 129 to 184. Barwon Heads recorded an 8.4 per cent increase, up to 167 offences from 154 in June 2019. Property damage (up four offences from 18) and theft (up 10 from 63) were the two main categories to increase. Drysdale recorded a 31.2 per cent increase, with drug use and possession, weapons and breaches of orders contributing to the rise. Clifton Springs recorded a 7.1 per cent jump. Portarlington bucked the trend with a decrease of 17.6 per cent. Breaches of orders were well down although burglary and break-ins were up from 18 offences to 50. St Leonards also recorded a decrease (7 per cent) with theft and burglary well down on last year. Point Lonsdale was up from 22 reports to 40, with property damage the main culprit.
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New beach rules for dogs Dog access rules between 13th Beach and Collendina have been finalised, after council authorised a dog control order on Barwon Coast Committee of Management (BCCM) land. The new orders aim to make dog zones clearer for owners, enhance the enjoyment of all beach users and provide safe and accessible beaches. The new orders include the extension of dog access times in the summer peak zones between 36W-34W and 27W-15W from 7pm to 9am; that dogs must be on a leash between 40W and 13th Beach (36W) when horses are present and are allowed off lead when horses
are not present; and that dogs need to be on a lead at all times 75 metres either side of the 7W marker in Collendina. Council has also voted to carry out a one-year trial on Ocean Grove main beach (15W west–13W), which will allow on-leash dogs between May 1 and November 30, 2021. The council supported in principle to trial a complete ban of dogs for 12 months along Ocean Grove main beach from late 2021 to 2022, subject to a future council resolution. Last year, the BCCM proposed draft dog control orders on the beaches it manages, which resulted in feedback from nearly 600 community members.
Council supported the proposed simplification of rules in May this year, but also voted to allow dogs on-leash at the Ocean Grove main beach during the off-peak period. “The long-awaited and greatly improved new dog control orders are welcomed,” BCCM chairperson Phil Emery said. “With ever-increasing numbers of people and dogs using our beaches, our previous dog control orders were clearly in need of an overhaul, being way too complex for many to fully understand. “It has been a two-year process of extensive community engagement, working collaboratively with the City of Greater
Geelong to finalise these much clearer new dog orders ahead of the peak summer season. “There are many different user groups who wish to access and enjoy our beaches and we all need to ensure that our own use doesn’t impact the rights of others. It’s all about ‘sharing our shores’ respectfully … we believe these new dog control orders are simpler, fairer and safer for everyone.” It has been agreed in principle to implement two one-year trials to determine the best arrangement for the future. The community will be asked for feedback during both trial periods, to evaluate the success and acceptance of the orders.
Streets ahead in race to beat boredom Jeff Craig was feeling like most of us during the coronavirus lockdown – frustrated. So the avid runner decided to see if he could jog every street in Ocean Grove. He became a familiar sight navigating the roads, streets and dirt tracks in his sandals. Yes sandals. “My toes used to rub together and I overheat,” he says. “As long as they’ve got a bit of bounce in them, they are great.” Jeff says there were two main reasons for finishing the estimated 225-kilometre challenge. “One was getting off my backside and doing some exercise during isolation,” he says. “I’m usually a goal-oriented person, whether it’s running 10km or a marathon I have to have a reason for running. “The second reason was to get to know Ocean Grove a lot better.” Jeff moved to Ocean Grove two years ago from Avondale Heights in Melbourne. He grew up in Leeds in the UK and moved to Australia 22 years ago. He works at Deakin University in Waurn Ponds as an associate professor of medical sciences. He has now set his sights on running every street in Barwon Heads, but so far hasn’t been called Forrest Gump while pounding the pavement with his sandals. “I haven’t that call of ‘run Forrest run’ yet,” he laughs. I can see the parallels. He got into a certain mind stage where he was just going to run and wasn’t quite sure where.” Jeff says one of the things he noticed while running around town was the pride that locals have in their gardens. “One of the things that interests me is nature and to see how many people value their garden and plant some native plants,” he says. “And all the little paths and shortcuts that people can take that are not on the map, that you have to run or walk there to discover them.” Justin Flynn
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Bellarine Community Support Register held its AGM via Zoom. (Supplied)
Volunteers recognised Bellarine Community Support Register (BCSR) held its annual general meeting earlier this month with several awards for service recognition announced. Helen Shedden was recognised for an outstanding 10 years’ service. Helen has held many roles within the organisation and continues to contribute. Glenys Francis and Denise Hibbins were honoured for five years’ service. Two-year service award recipients were Sandra Uthmeyer and Wendy Medhurst. The committee acknowledged the loss of Ros Williamson from the committee. Ros has worked tirelessly during her time as a member and helped establish statewide and local networks. BCSR makes care calls to people on the register and who choose to receive calls. During the coronavirus pandemic many people are isolated from family and friends and a call from the register is a means of ensuring they are OK, connected to the community and if necessary, linked into any services that they may require. The AGM was held via Zoom. It is available at bellarineregister.org.au. For more information about BCSR call 0480 228 674. Jeff Craig has taken to running every street in Ocean Grove. (Justin Flynn)
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Bellarine health chief retires Bellarine Community Health (BCH) chief executive Shane Dawson will retire at the end of October. Mr Dawson’s three-year contract with BCH has come to an end and he said the time was right to finish up. “I have decided after considerable thought that it is now time to leave Bellarine Community Health,” Mr Dawson said. “I agreed to come to BCH for an initial three years in August 2017 for the opportunity to work in, and give back to, the community that I planned to live in. Having recently built a home on the Bellarine and completed my contract term, it is now time to realign life’s focus and enjoy my retirement as a resident on
Shane Dawson has announced his retirement. (Supplied)
the beautiful Bellarine Peninsula.” Mr Dawson said it has been a privilege to be chief executive of BCH and that he was proud of the hard-working staff and the range of achievements that he oversaw during his time at the helm. “Some of these include the finalisation of the Point Lonsdale redevelopment, establishing private dental services, the redevelopment of Portarlington and establishment of a GP clinic, securing funding for a new Health and Wellbeing Hub in Ocean Grove, strengthening critical palliative care services for our communities and rebuilding internal systems to bring BCH into a modern workplace,” he said.
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Garry Ellis is Bellarine Community Health’s interim CEO. (Supplied)
BCH appoints interim CEO Bellarine Community Health (BCH) has announced the appointment of an interim chief executive to take over from retiring chief executive Shane Dawson. Former board director Garry Ellis will take on the role, beginning immediately. Mr Ellis has more than 30 years experience as a finance professional in the health and community service sectors, and recently retired from full-time work. His most recent role was as chief financial officer of genU, providing experience working in the NDIS and aged care environments on a relatively large scale. Mr Ellis is familiar with the operations of community-based programs and activities, which fit well with the model of Bellarine Community Health. He will work with Mr Dawson over the coming weeks on a smooth operational transition. BCH board chairperson Fay Agterhuis wished Mr Ellis every success in his new role. “The board is confident Mr Ellis will provide strong leadership while we undertake an extensive, nationwide recruitment process for a new chief executive officer,” she said.
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“I wish the BCH board and staff a bright and exciting future in meeting the health needs for the communities of the Bellarine Peninsula.” BCH chairwoman Fay Agterhuis paid tribute to Mr Dawson. “Shane has made very significant contributions to Bellarine Community Health over the past three years,” she said. “Shane has provided leadership and vision through some difficult and challenging times, working tirelessly to rebuild community trust and confidence in the organisation. At all times the health needs of our communities have been front and centre of Shane’s work.” An interim chief executive will be appointed during a nationwide recruitment process.
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‘Exciting’ time for Bellarine By Martin Cutter City of Greater Geelong CEO Like all local government organisations across Victoria, the City of Greater Geelong is currently in caretaker mode to allow for a fair and transparent council election period. I’m delighted to be writing this column for the Ocean Grove Voice, in place of Bellarine ward councillors, as it’s a really exciting time for our region. With the rest of regional Victoria, we’re making great progress through the state government’s roadmap out of COVID-19. These steps are already making a difference on the Bellarine Peninsula, as hospitality and tourist accommodation venues reopen for business. We’re working closely with local traders to safely reactivate outdoor spaces for visitors to enjoy. We know how important sport is in our regional townships, so we’re also helping clubs to create a COVID-safe environment for training and matches. The easing of restrictions has come just in time for school holidays and it has been wonderful to see families at our playgrounds, parks and beaches. As the days get longer and we move into the warmer months, it is the perfect time to ‘embrace the space’ and make
the most of our natural environments where physical distancing is possible. Of course, we’ve still got a long road ahead. Let’s keep doing our bit and looking out for each other so we can get through this together.
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As I mentioned, council elections are coming up next month and will be conducted by postal vote. All eligible voters will receive ballot papers in the mail to be posted by Saturday, October 24. While the city is officially in the caretaker period, our work continues for the community. A key focus of ours will be to implement our very first Reconciliation Action Plan, which was recently endorsed by Reconciliation Australia and encourages stronger relationships and meaningful collaborations with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Our services, including family and community care services, are also still operating in line with government restrictions.
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Portarlington Recreation Reserve will benefit from a $250,000 lighting upgrade. A funding agreement between the federal government and council means the removal of the existing six pole configuration and replacing it with four poles with LEDs of at least 50 lux, Senator Sarah Henderson said.
Climate concerns About eight out of 10 responses to a community survey were concerned about climate change predictions for the region. The Geelong Community Survey received a total of 559 responses from residents across all four wards within the City of Greater Geelong, including the Bellarine ward. It showed that 83 per cent of respondents are concerned or very concerned about climate change predictions for the region, and about the predicted impacts for the region.
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Help keep hooded plovers safe If you’ve been outside enjoying the spring sunshine you can’t have missed the bustling nesting activity of our local birds preparing for the arrival of their young. This includes pairs of hooded plovers all along the Bellarine coastline. Now, if the word ‘plover’ instills fear into your heart and brings images of the ferociously protective, swooping, spur-toting guardians of your nature strip, we’re talking about a different kind of plover. Hooded plovers (hoodies) couldn’t take a more opposite approach to rearing their young than their much larger and more aggressive namesakes. Which unfortunately, as beach-nesting birds, in a world where they must share their habitat with a beach-loving human population and their canines, is their downfall, and why they are critically endangered. According to Andrea Dennett, co-ordinator of the Bellarine Friends of the Hooded Plover, the statistics are grim. “The chance of a hoodie egg becoming an adult bird is only 2.5 per cent,” she said. “And the chance of a chick surviving is 20 per cent. “They are extremely vulnerable when they are flightless for the first 35 days of their lives. But once they fledge, their chance of survival increases markedly to 55 per cent.” When threatened, hoodie parents run from their nest, a mere scrape in the sand above the high-water mark or dunes, and try to ‘lead’ human or other threats away. They may even feign injury, often a broken wing display, to distract the threat. That means their eggs are left unattended on the sand for predators to steal. Magpies, seagulls, ravens are culprits or they
NEWS FROM YOUR FEDERAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT LIBBY COKER FEDERAL MP FOR CORANGAMITE Welcome to my first regular monthly column. I hope it is helpful and ignites some discussion about important local issues. Environmental protection In my first speech to Parliament, I revealed how my environmental activism began as a young woman living in coastal NSW.
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can be stepped on by unsuspecting humans or dogs or horses, or exposed to the elements. Parents will signal chicks to hide by staying still, if they are very young, or if they are older, by running to safety in the dunes. They starve because they spend all their time running from threats when they should be feeding. “Small changes to our behaviour on beaches during the summer can protect our hoodies,“ Ms Dennett said. “If we avoid walking on the high sand or dunes area and keep our dogs on a lead in the designated signed areas, we can absolutely make a difference to the hoodie population.” More details or how to become a volunteer contact hoodedplover@birdlife.org.au
My passion for the environment has continued to grow since I moved to our region more than 30 years ago. I love our little slice of the world - our wildlife, our magnificent surf beaches and waterways, our green open spaces – and that love continues to motivate my work in Parliament and in our region. But all that we love about our environment is at risk if the Morrison Government passes its disastrous amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. It is nothing more than a resurrection of Tony Abbott’s failed ‘one-stop shop’ reforms. The EPBC Act helped us save the Franklin River and protect the Great Barrier Reef. It must continue to help us save our biodiversity and our waterways from pollution. Instead, this legislation would be bad for our environment, jobs and business. It fails every single test. Please join me and Shadow Environment Minister Terri Butler for a virtual forum on September 29 at 6pm to discuss this issue. To register for this Zoom. visit libbycoker.com.au/enviroforum.
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Covid-19 outbreaks – and I give thanks to the providers and health care workers who have been working around the clock to keep our loved ones safe. We need to address the systematic issues with aged care head on - including better staffing levels, reducing the 90,000 waiting list for home care packages, funding transparency and adequate protective gear in every aged care home. Please sign our petition at libby.lc/agedcare. Support for business I’m pleased the State Government has announced a further $3 billion in support of Victorian businesses. It is now the Morrison Government’s turn to help Victorians, who are doing it particularly tough. The Government must extend JobKeeper in Victoria. They must fast track local infrastructure projects like rail - what did happen to Scott Morrison’s election commitment of fast rail between Geelong and Melbourne? They must invest in social housing that creates jobs and drives our economy. The Morrison Government must introduce a stimulus package for our tourism sector which is particularly dependent on visitation. Regions like ours should be the engine room that drives our future growth. To make this happen we need a Federal Government that invests in our greatest assets - our universities and TAFE, local manufacturing, renewable energy, construction and more apprenticeships. Monthly grants bulletin Each month, our office publishes a grants bulletin to help local businesses and organisations find current grant opportunities. You can sign up to receive it at libbycoker.com.au/grants. You can keep up to date by following me on social media. @LibbyCokerMP
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Pallid cuckoo (main), a grebe building a nest, and a yellow red-rumped parrot. (Pictures: Supplied)
areas of East Gippsland. I was lucky to have an invitation to visit Jac from Ocean Grove Nature Reserve. He and his partner Sandra live in Wallington on a few acres. They have a lovely large pond on
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leg position greatly increases their ability to dive and swim underwater, so when they are threatened this is how they tend to react. I have recently had a visit to my garden by the twin red-rumped parrot that fledged from the nesting box in my garden last spring. I noticed last year that one of the fledglings was yellow, and totally looked very unusual indeed, and the other one lacked a few feathers on the head, so they were both really distinctive. The yellow bird has normal-coloured eyes, feet, legs and beaks compared to other red-rumped parrots, but is leucistic in that the feather colour is very unusual compared to most birds of the same species. This bird has been fortunate to survive the year, as it would stand out like a beacon to predators, for the same reason that all budgerigars in the wild are green so that they can camouflage. I was very happy to see a small flock of blue-winged parrots near Winchelsea. Blue-winged parrots breed in Tasmania and Victoria and can be seen in grasslands, grassy woodlands and wetlands near the coast and inland areas. They have an olive-green head and upper body, with yellow underparts, a large blue patch on the wings, and a lovely thin dark blue band across the forehead. I received an email from Jan and Lin, who live in Ocean Grove. They observed a medium-sized raptor in their garden that, from the photos they sent, could be identified as a collared sparrowhawk. It was on the ground clutching a dead bird. It was picking away at its prey but flew off with the bird dangling from its claws. The New Holland honeyeaters were going berserk as it was sitting near a clump of trees where they may have a nest. Jan and Lin have lived in their house for six years, and see a great variety of birds around the area but have never before seen a collared sparrowhawk.
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Only poor weather stood in the way of the HMAS Canberra being towed 3km offshore at Ocean Grove for a planned explosive sinking. Tamaryn Stevens won a gold medal at the World Transplant Games.
Plans for a $20 million aged care facility and retirement home were underway. The site, on Shell Road between Belvedere Terrace and Banks Road, would contain 59 individual units and a 115-suite aged care facility.
A diver was miraculously pulled from the water by Coastwatch volunteers after spending two hours adrift in the ocean off Ocean Grove.
Dogs could be permanently banned from Ocean Grove main beach if a proposed change from Barwon Coast Committee of Management (BCCM) is successful. The ban is just one of several suggested changes affecting beaches from Breamlea to Collendina.
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Star-studded support Singer Jessica Mauboy, former Geelong Cats captain Cameron Ling and newsreader Peter Hitchener are among the celebrities donning David Zaffina’s new range of masks. The 31-year-old Torquay tour operator has sold almost 3000 masks since “pivoting” his business amid COVID-19, while also supporting programs for local Indigenous youth. “It’s taken off,” said David, who prior to starting his Indigenous-themed Surf Coast tour company in March 2019, worked for Walt Disney Company at Disney Cruise Line in the US. Even Australian NBA basketball player Patty Mills had bought some of the masks, made in Melbourne, David said. David is donating 10 per cent from each mask sold to Narana Aboriginal Cultural Centre’s programs to help Indigenous youth at high school get into tertiary study, apprenticeships or work. “It’s great knowing that it’s going to a good cause.” Narana resident kangaroo ‘Jo’ shook hands with David this week, after he handed a $5000 cheque to the centre, which will go towards Narana’s ‘Delama Mok-Borriyn Education and Leadership Program’ empowering Indigenous youth. Face masks are available for purchase at kangaroojack.com.au and in store at the Narana Aboriginal Cultural Centre. David Zaffina wearing a Kangaroo Jack mask with Jo. (Rebecca Hosking)
Solar panels for schools plea Parents and carers from the Bellarine have added their names to an open letter asking the Prime Minister to provide federal funding for the installation of solar panels and batteries in schools and early childhood centres around Australia. The Solar Our Schools initiative, led by Australian Parents for Climate Action (AP4CA), calls on the federal government to provide full funding for solar and batteries for every public and non-profit school, preschool and childcare centre in Australia, and means-tested grants for all privately-owned schools and early learning centres, as part of the nation’s COVID-19 recovery plan. Installing solar and batteries at every school and early childhood centre will create an estimated 7000 renewable energy jobs across Australia, as well as free up funds at schools for more teaching staff and learning resources, AP4CA said. “Every school and early childhood centre in Australia should have solar and batteries installed – not just the schools that can afford to pay for them,” Ocean Grove parent and national director of Australian Parents for Climate Action Suzie Brown said. “As a parent, I’m more interested in our school spending money on resources for our children’s education than in paying tens of thousands of dollars a year in power bills when there is a simple way to reduce those energy costs. “About half of all schools in Australia do not yet have solar panels, including Ocean Grove Primary and other schools and kinders on the Bellarine. An even higher proportion of early childhood centres do not have solar.” More than 5000 parents nationally have already signed the open letter, with 260 being local parents. Parents and children are making suns and posting them on social media, using the hashtag #SolarOurSchools. 1/ Carla, Sophie and Vivienne from Ocean Grove. 2/ Lynne and Lula from St Leonards. 3/ Gabriel and Tim from Barwon Heads 4/ Suzie and Lila from Ocean Grove. (Pictures: Supplied) 12 OCEAN GROVE VOICE Friday, 25 September, 2020
Some of the BCH Youth Services team which last year celebrated 10 years of supporting youth on the Bellarine. (Supplied)
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Trippy visuals in dark but fun EP By Luke Voogt A three-faced, six-armed woman and a flaming Ferris wheel take viewers on a trippy journey into the dark but fun lyrics of Wallington born-and-bred artist Evangeline Sestito. The video clips of her tracks, Euphoria and Bad Parties, dive into the Uncanny Valley – that creepy grey area of the not quite human. “I wanted it to be a very visual journey even though you can’t do a full music video in stage 4 lockdown,” said the 25-year-old, now based in Melbourne. “I feel like I must be a little bit disturbed because people who saw them said, ‘this is a bit creepy’ and I was like, ‘oh really?’” The stunning visuals are the work of graphic artist Nicholas Keays, who Evangeline found online. “I was such a huge fan of his – I feel like a fan girl when I work with him,” she said. “It’s become this beautiful ongoing collaboration.” The art is an apt accompaniment for the new tracks, part of a five-track EP which dropped on September 16. “They get quite creepy but only if you listen carefully,” she said. “When I’m writing a song for someone else I can write in their perspective, but when it comes to myself I can’t make it up. “When I write my own lyrics, it’s in the Wallington born-and-bred musician Evangeline. (Supplied) deepest way something I’ve experienced, which is both great and terrible.” was socially-anxious and overwhelmed with all drugs, she explained. Evangeline’s music is loaded with dualities the people there,” she said. The release feels like the latest of “several and personal experience, like a favourite line in “I’m very introverted and at that point of my music careers” for Evangeline, who travelled new track Neighbourhood: “I’m scared of all the life I was even more introverted.” to Los Angeles for recording sessions in 2015. bodies in the backyard.” But the word “bodies” also referred to “This is the first time I’ve been self-managed “I can picture this party that I was at where I witnessing people having bad reactions to and independent,” she said.
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“Previously it was like, ‘OK, we’ll do the photo shoot, put on the pretty makeup and put you on the cover.’ I used to hate that. “I don’t try to put on a mask anymore, because I’ve grown into a different type of artist. “It’s so much more fun, stressful and time-consuming. But it sort of makes me feel more proud about the process.” Musicians such as Lorde and Lana Del Rey showed “you don’t have to be x, y and z to be a popstar,” Evangeline explained. “I didn’t get into music when I was four or five because I wanted to be famous, I needed an outlet that wasn’t sport.” She grew up in Wallington, performing for her family when she was young. “My family can pull up random videos – thank goodness there were no iPhones then – just the good old VHS, because I was an out-there child.” She would go on to take classical singing tests in high school and leave before year 12 to study music. Known to friends and family as ‘Evie’, she took Evangeline as her stage name. “No one’s ever called me by it – it was a really lazy but perfect solution,” she said. “So thank you mum and dad.” While stage 4 lockdown put “a spanner in the works” of her music video plans, it allowed Evangeline to put the finishing touches on the EP. “In one way it’s sort of lucky timing that I have something to focus on,” she said. “I started it officially midway through last year but the concepts I’ve been thinking about for a while, so it was just kind of getting the right words.”
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Setting students on their own life journey The remarkable journey of Christian College Geelong over the past four decades has seen it grow to become one of Victoria’s largest independent schools. Chief executive Daryl Riddle OAM and principal at the school for its first three decades, joins with current principal Glen McKeeman to tell the college’s unfolding story.
In the beginning “Christian College Geelong was established in 1980 as a small, independent, parent-controlled school with 60 students … Teaching took place in several rented classrooms at Augustine’s Orphanage in Highton,” Mr Riddle says. “As generations of students have passed through the college, times have changed dramatically, as have educational content and pedagogy. “Students who graduated in the early 1990s, when the college first extended its programs to incorporate VCE, learned very different things and in very different ways from their own children who have graduated in the past few years.”
long-standing friendships with schools and other communities in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, East Timor, and remote regions of Central Australia.”
Unique year 9 transformation Today Enrolments today exceed 2000 students, across two kindergartens, five campuses, and a working farm in Scotsburn near Ballarat. The college also runs its own extensive 30-vehicle bus fleet to all areas of Geelong, along the Bellarine Peninsula and parts of the Surf Coast.
Global connections “Extensive programs, recognised statewide, nationally and internationally for their excellence, include such areas as Music, LOTE, Outdoor and Environmental Education and the various ‘Our World’ electives. “The college has developed profound and
Mr McKeeman says this program offers students a full term of experiential learning. “It includes a five-week residential experience taking on a range of responsibilities at our ‘Back Creek Farm’, and five weeks on campus in an ‘industrial space’. “The learning is cross-disciplinary, guided by the students, and explores each student’s personal character, their place in the world and how they can make a difference in both these environments.”
What hasn’t changed Mr Riddle says that while developments over time have been exciting – and there are plenty more on the drawing board – some aspects
haven’t changed in 40 years. “Regardless of student enrolment numbers or breadth and depth of educational offerings, the heart of the college is unchanged, remaining true to its Christian calling, and five core values of hope, faith, love, grace and truth,” he says. “We believe in servanthood – Jesus taught us to be unselfish, compassionate and servant-hearted. By emulating these traits, we can make a difference in the world. “Education is about nurturing a student’s whole character and not just those areas of educational process the world suggests are the most important. Our college’s philosophy speaks about all aspects of the person as being important and in balance.” Mr McKeeman agrees and says he wants students to leave with far more than just a score. “We celebrate every student’s gifts and talents, and achievements at all levels,” he says. “We place a high value on academic excellence, but equally significant are the many
other individual stories of achievement and fulfillment that reflect our desire to develop pathways for all students, whatever their abilities, passions, career and life goals.” The principal and chief executive share the belief that a school is truly successful when it wholly embraces its responsibility to nurture individuals, and helps them tease out, discover and explore their own pathways. “This enables them to flourish, to be the best people they can be, to make a positive impact on their own worlds and find fulfillment throughout their life journeys,” Mr McKeeman states. And from Mr Riddle: “This is the true measure of the success of Christian College Geelong over 40 years, and will continue to be its benchmark for decades to come.” Christian College Geelong, 18 Burdekin Road, Highton. Inquiries: 5241 1899 or www.christiancollege.vic.edu.au
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Kate’s story As a teen, Kate worked at a local supermarket for more than six years and was frequently asked by locals what she planned to do after graduating high school. “Wedding cakes!” was her unswerving response – one that received either huge encouragement, or deep concern about career potential. “I remember the incredible locals who’d make my week by asking, ‘How’s the baking going?’ or recognising me as ‘the young cake decorator’. It was lovely,” Kate says.
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The perfect secret Libby Cox’s short-story entry has been judged as this month’s winning piece in a local writing competition. Local author Alan Cobham is running a series of short-story writing competitions and Libby’s outstanding entry netted her a prize of $200. To enter this month’s competition and be in the running for the $200 prize (and $1000 prize for the overall winner), simply write 500 words or more on the topic ‘I’ll Never Forget the Day’. Email your entry to acobham@bigpond.com by October 23. The winner will be announced by email on October 30.
A Strange Secret Lyn glanced across the breakfast table at her husband who was eating toast, and thought of her secret. When should she tell him? It wasn’t as though she had had an affair or spent heaps of money on something extravagant, or that she was expecting a love child to walk in at any moment. It was nearly his 60th birthday. He had aged well. There was a touch of grey in his
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hair and his teeth, though uneven, still looked appealing. He enjoyed surfing and was quite fit. They had been a good match with two wonderful sons, a successful business, and a happy home life. She started thinking about the day they had first met. A hot day at the surf beach and the last day of her holiday. She was with her girlfriend Noela, standing in the shallows to keep cool, both in the briefest bikinis, both feeling fabulous and glamorous. Noela was greeted by a uni friend who introduced them to his friends who included a couple of lifesavers. Lyn was immediately attracted to a tall guy with a fantastic physique and blond hair. He was attracted to her too and he asked her to surf with him. The chemistry between them was overpowering. This was a man she would love to marry! It was the best day. Their group was so much fun with lots of jokes and teasing banter. Could he have her telephone number? One of the boys found a discarded cigarette packet to write on and she had a pen in her bag. Weeks passed without a call. Then, it was Rob. He had been sent to Sydney for a few
weeks in a new job. He’d had the flu and sounded under the weather, but it was lovely to have him ring. Unfortunately he would not be back for a while until his company had a place for him in Melbourne. Lyn was so disappointed but was prepared to continue their relationship long distance: he was so perfect. They found they had lots of similar interests and were never short of conversation. There was a lot more to this good looking surfer than she’d realised. At last, after several months, he rang with good news. He was coming back to Melbourne with the company. He was to arrive at her flat on Friday at 6pm and they would go out to dinner at her favourite restaurant. She heard the car pull into the gravelled car park. She wanted to race downstairs but instead stayed poised and cool until the bell rang. The door opened and there he was. She nearly gasped when she saw him. This was not her tall blond Robin. Standing on the step was a shortish dark haired guy with crooked front teeth. She knew him; this was Rob. He was the one who had bought them all ice creams and
had given her a ham and salad roll when she told him she had not eaten that morning. Before Lyn could do more than gasp, Rob spoke. “Hi, we meet at last. You look great.” He grinned. His smile was comforting and she knew his voice. They went to dinner and had a perfect evening. “I knew we would be good together. We had chemistry!” he said. He suggested a drive to Lorne on Saturday and she agreed. Before they kissed to say goodnight she just had to ask “How’s Robin Wilson going?” “Oh! Willo, I suppose he’s still chasing the birds. l couldn’t keep up with him. He had a girlfriend you know when you met him. She was in Queensland at the time. He’s living in America now I think. We weren’t close, but he was always at the beach. You couldn’t match him for picking up chicks.” Lyn smiled to herself as Rob munched his toast with those cute front teeth. It had all worked out. She had never told him about the mix up, that was her secret. But perhaps today she would.
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How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There’s at least one five-letter word. Good 7 Very Good 11 Excellent 16
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8 LETTERS BARNACLE ELEVENTH EMERGENT HARANGUE
6 LETTERS CAESAR CREASE GLOSSY NAILED 7 LETTERS ANAEMIA DYNAMIC
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Pepsi was originally sold as a cure for what? In what year was Australian outlaw Ned Kelly arrested and later executed? Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the USA? What famous black basalt slab was the key to the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphics? 5. Which instrument represents the cat in Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf? 6. Whose 1987 horror novel is titled Misery? 7. What is a peloton? 8. Kim Carnes sang about which film star’s eyes? 9. Who partnered John Newcombe to win 12 men’s doubles Grand Slam titles? 10. Which female film star’s first starring role was in National Velvet, aged 12, in 1949?
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Cricket start date set LOCAL CRICKET Justin Flynn Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association will kick off its season on Saturday, October 31. All grades will play a full season that will consist of one-day matches only. The season will start on the weekend after the AFL grand final, but the commencement of junior cricket is still unknown. It was hoped that junior cricket would start on October 17, but it now looks likely that date will be moved to coincide with the start of senior cricket. The BPCA is also hoping that stage 4 COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted for
Melbourne by the time the season starts. Little River Cricket Club falls into the metropolitan Melbourne area, although in a bizarre twist, one of the club’s two ovals falls outside that boundary. Most BPCA clubs also have one or two players from Melbourne who make the trip to the area to play cricket on weekends. It is possible that Little River will have a bye for the first two rounds of the season if stage 4 restrictions are still in place. The BPCA will draw up a fixture for games up until December 12, with December 19 to be a floating fixture. In the event of a weekend washout, it will allow December 19 to be used as a catch-up
round or the association may have an extended Christmas and New Year break. This season, clubs that forfeit because of coronavirus will not have to pay a fine. Clubs have been issued with return to training guidelines and safety plans. Some of the conditions for training include compulsory wearing of masks unless batting, bowling or fielding, registering their attendance, no sharing of equipment and every second net is to be closed off. Each bowler will have their own cricket ball that cannot be shared. Only the bowler can retrieve the ball, although the batsman (if wearing gloves) can throw the ball back to the bowler. No bowler shall apply sweat or saliva to the ball.
Max Sutton alongside under 19s premiership coach Matt Tyrrell and fellow co-captain Kobe Annand. (Mark Heenan Media)
Footballers head to the Top End A trio of Ocean Grove footballers have made the trek to the Top End to compete in the Northern Territory Football League season. Kobe Annand, Max Sutton and Josh Lange will line up with Palmerston Magpies with the season getting under way next weekend. With no footy played in Victoria this year, the lads were keen to compete in the competition, which takes place during the NT wet season. Annand, Sutton and Lange played in Ocean Grove’s premiership-winning under-19s side last year and were helped in getting to Palmerston by current Grubbers coach Pete Davey. After two weeks of quarantine in a cabin, which Annand described as “pretty easy to be honest”, the boys are now training and ready for round one. “We got there on the day, got fed three meals a day,” he said. “The food wasn’t great but besides that it was alright, I sort of really enjoyed it. “There were no stresses or anything, you got to go out on your balcony and exercise every day. You just needed to wear a mask when you were out of your room.”
The boys had to self-fund their quarantine costs, but because they are low-income earners they only had to pay half of the $2500 fee. They finished their quarantine the day before the Dreamtime game between Richmond and Essendon, and were able to secure tickets and attend. With Victorian football cancelled this season, Annand said he was getting restless at the prospect of not playing competitively until at least 2021. “Early in the year when all the talk of the season getting cancelled came about, I came home from training one night and spoke to mum and dad about it,” he said. “They said if you really want to take footy seriously, why don’t you get up north. “I was just working at Bakers Delight in Ocean Grove and I really needed to figure out what I wanted to do. So I decided to give footy a crack for a few years and give it everything. “I spoke to Josh about it and he was really keen on it. Max came up as well.” Annand is hoping to play at centre half-back this season after growing to 198cm. He is impressed by the quality of grounds
that he will be playing on and is starting to get used to the infamous Top End Build Up, the period between the dry and wet season which is dominated by high temperatures and humidity and little rainfall. “We haven’t had to train in that (the wet) yet but it will be a big shock when it comes,” he said. “They reckon they’re getting a big wet this season. “The grounds are in such good nick. It’s still rock-hard here and it doesn’t really get muddy. They really look after their grounds.” Annand said he was surprised at how quick the style of play was in his first practice match. “The one praccy match we played, there were no defensive set-ups at all,” he said. “As soon as the opposition find the ball, it’s find a man and try and run with them. “It’s just so fast moving. Bouncing from forward line to forward line until somebody scores. I found it quite easy to get out when we had the ball. The forwards don’t chase so as soon as we got the ball I made it a habit to take off and move up the ground.”
Fishos out of their iso bubble ON THE BITE Peri Stavropoulos With regional Victoria given the green light to be able to travel, it has given us the option to be able to fish some waters that have been effectively untouched for a month, unfortunately the weather isn’t playing the game but there has still been some good fishing on offer. St Leonards is still fishing reasonably well for King George whiting, with the rougher weather stirring up all water sending them into a feeding frenzy. Fishing any tide change has been very productive, with fish reaching 40cm in length and holding in great numbers. The calamari fishing has unfortunately slowed a bit this week with the weather playing a massive part in that too, but if we can get some calmer days to allow that water to clear up they should go bonkers! St Leonard’s Pier has had a few good reports of early season snapper being caught of an evening, with fish reaching up to 4kg in weight and showing up in reasonable numbers. This structure is a well-known location this time of year for snapper so if you’re aiming to get one early and land-based, then this is your best location. The Queenscliff cut has been producing some good land-based action for anglers this week with Australian salmon and silver trevally chewing well – the new Daiwa Bait Junkies are getting fantastic results, in particular the 2.5” Grub. Fishing the high tide slack is by far the best time to fish there. The local surf beaches have fired back up this week with plenty of variety on the go with salmon, gummy sharks and snapper all biting quite well. It’s a great fishing option if the wind is blowing from the north. Owen Westwell made the most of the conditions during the week down at Jan Juc, landing himself salmon to about 1.5kg on metal lures. Other anglers have been having good success fishing at night with bogger baits landing both snapper and mulloway. The Goulburn River has been a fishing hotspot this week with both brown and mega rainbow trout in great numbers. Casting small hardbody lures has proven deadly with fish reaching over 10lbs, which is a trophy fish. Roly Skene made the drive up landing himself some cracking trout, casting hardbody lures proved lethal landing him plenty of fish between 3-6kg.
Roly Skene and a Rainbow Trout. (Supplied)
Justin Flynn 27 OCEAN GROVE VOICE Friday, 25 September, 2020
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