Geelong Indy - 29th January 2021 by Star News Group

January 29, 2021 12477076-DL02-21

Tiny Isabelle’s big year By Luke Voogt Isabelle Morrow celebrated her first birthday on Tuesday – after being born 14 weeks premature on Australia Day 2020 and a subsequent worldwide pandemic. “It’s a relief that she’s come so far and that we could have everyone around her to say hello and congratulate her on surviving this year,” dad Sam Morrow said. “We owe our daughter’s life to the [staff] at Geelong and Mercy [hospitals] and we cannot thank them enough.” On January 23, 2020, Sam came home from work at Ford Broadmeadows after his pregnant wife Hayley began suffering stomach pains. “We didn’t think there was anything to worry about,” Sam said.

‘‘

It’s a relief that she’s come so far

’’

- Sam Morrow

“We called the midwife at 8.30pm because we noticed some irregularity with the pains.” They went to University Hospital Geelong and were advised Hayley had a 20 per cent chance of giving birth in the next six weeks. Sam went home and packed a bag for Hayley before she was transferred to Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg about 1.30am. After getting to bed about 2am, Sam travelled to Melbourne later that morning when Hayley called saying she was having contractions again. Specialists subdued the contractions and told Sam that Isabelle had an 80 per cent chance of survival, but a 50 per cent chance of developing health problems if born soon. “Hayley didn’t want to know the numbers but I’m a stats and numbers guy, being an engineer,” Sam said. Hayley’s water broke that night but she had no contractions until the morning of January 26. Isabelle came into world at 1.15pm on Australia Day, weighing just 820 grams. “We didn’t really have time to process it,” Sam said. Isabelle seemed to be doing well despite her fragile state. “We had faith in the doctors and that she was

Isabelle celebrates her first birthday with parents Hayley and Sam Morrow. (Louisa Jones) 226695_02 Inset: Isabelle in intensive care.

in the best place she could be,” Sam said. “Those guys are true heroes; it’s an incredibly tough job. [They] do so much more than just care for the little ones. “They provide crucial emotional support and remain friendly and supportive despite working day after day in a high-stress environment.” Sam and Hayley transferred to University Hospital Geelong with their newborn girl on March 13 just as COVID-19 hit Australia and hospitals began introducing restrictions.

When they eventually returned home they took special care to protect their immunocompromised daughter. “We started getting home deliveries and we only left for essential things,” Sam said. “It’s been a bit of a blessing in disguise with COVID-19 because I was able to work from home.” Isabelle turned out to be a “dream child”. “We put her down at night and she just goes to sleep,” Sam said. “She’ll grumble a little but

(Supplied)

she very rarely cries. “She’s been hitting her developmental milestones and packing on weight ever since she was born.” Sam admitted to mixed feelings about his daughter’s birthday coinciding with the national holiday. “I like the idea of her having a public holiday for her birthday every year. But I prefer not to associate it with Australia Day so much because of the public sentiment currently around the day.” 12453220-CG27-20

$12 $12

or 4 COLD COLD MEAT MEAT PIES PIES or 4 12 COLD PARTY PIES 12 COLD PARTY PIES

Cold Only, Plain Round or Square Meat Pies

4 Generation local Victorian Bakery PASTIES | SANDWICHES & CATERING

$12 $12

4 COLD COLD SAUSAGE SAUSAGE 4 ROLLS or 12 PARTY ROLLS or 12 PARTY SAUSAGE ROLLS SAUSAGE ROLLS

4th Generation local Victorian Bakery

Catering 1300 721 627

info@routleysbakery.com.au • www.routleysbakery.com.au

Availability will vary store to store. No limit per customer – Pre-order large amounts

Catering 1300 721 627 ALTONA BELMONT EAST GEELONG COLAC info@routleysbakery.com.au • www.routleysbakery.com.au 2 Burns Rd 9369 6465

174a High St 5243 3977

172-176 Murray St 5231 1122

3 Ormond Rd 5229 8438

ALTONA

BELMONT

COLAC

EAST GEELONG

GROVEDALE GEELONG WILLIAMSTOWN Availability will varyLARA storeVILLAGE to store. NoNORTH limit per customer –TORQUAY Pre-order large amounts 148 Torquay Rd 5243 9700

3/120 Station Lake Rd 5282 8912

322 Melbourne Rd 5278 9299

1/8 Gilbert St 5264 8752

GROVEDALE

LARA VILLAGE

NORTH GEELONG

TORQUAY

Shop 7 Coles Centre, 19-21 Douglas Pde 9397 5107

WILLIAMSTOWN

SECTION GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

The finishing touches on your dream home!

$5,000 FREE UPGRADE OFFER

LDRY

STUDY 1.5 x 1.5

BEDROOM TWO 3.6 x 3.1 ROBE

F DINING 3.6 x 3.6

BATH ROOM LINEN

P WO MW

KITCHEN 3.2 x 3.4 DW

LOUNGE 5.1 x 5.0

ALFRESCO 4.0 x 4.4

ENS

WIR

ENTRY

GARAGE 5.8 x 5.7 PORCH

MASTER SUITE 4.4 x 3.6

THE QUEENSCLIFF VILLA 12476943-LB05-21

SETTLE BY 30 JUNE 2021 TO RECEIVE $5,000 WORTH OF FREE UPGRADES OF YOUR CHOICE ON THE QUEENSCLIFF. CONDITIONS APPLY

Display suite open seven days. 10am–4pm Villa 90, 722–742 Barwon Heads Road, Armstrong Creek 3217

Freecall: 1800 777 898 armstronggreen.com.au Information Request I wish to receive (Please tick): Phone call about the $5,000 free upgrade offer. Armstrong Green Brochure. 2 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

Mr,

Mrs,

Ms (Please tick)

First Name ...................................................... Surname ......................................................... .............................................................................................................. Postcode.......................

Reply to: RCA Villages Unit 1/39-43 Duerdin Street Notting Hill VIC 3168

Telephone ....................................................... Email ................................................................

GEELONG INDY. JAN/FEB 2021

Address........................................................................................................................................

REPLY TO:

GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

NEWS

Sponsorship set to reach century By Luke Voogt Ford’s sponsorship of Geelong Football Club is set to eclipse a century in 2025 following a historic signing yesterday. Ford Australia president Andrew Birkic and Geelong Football Club chief executive Brian Cook signed a contract at GMHBA Stadium, securing the deal for a further five years. The pair signed the contract flanked by Geelong Cats superstars Joel Selwood, Patrick Dangerfield, Meghan McDonald and Becky Webster. The club believes the partnership, first signed

in 1925, to be the longest-running sporting sponsorship in the world. “If there’s one thing footy and Ford have in common, it’s the dedication and passion of their fans right throughout our histories,” Mr Birkic said. “To put it into historical terms, Ford first signed on when we were making Model T and we’re still here with the club. “We’ve gone through nine Geelong premierships, 18 grand finals and 52 finals series together.” Ford has continued the sponsorship despite closing its Geelong factory in 2016.

The motoring giant still maintains a global research and development hub in Norlane and a proving ground at the You Yangs. “There is a lot of uncertainty in the world, but one thing we can all count on is the ongoing successful partnership between the Geelong Football Club and Ford,” Mr Cook said. “As the club’s sole major sponsor, we are thankful for the support that Ford has given us over the past 95 years. “We believe this is the most enduring partnership in sport, and we see this partnership surpassing the century.” Executive chairman Bill Ford sent his

well-wishes ‘Down Under’ in a letter to the club from Ford’s Michigan headquarters. “Community and commitment are important values that guide us at Ford, and our 95-year partnership with the Geelong Football Club is testament to that commitment,” he wrote. “Geelong has always been a very important place for Ford, with many of our 2500 Australian designers, engineers and specialists calling it home. “I am thrilled to see what’s next with the Geelong Football Club and look forward to continuing to build on our strong partnership. Go Cats!”

School’s in for preppies across Geelong

Luke Voogt Top: Resha, Tukerangi and Charlotte. (Louisa Jones) Right: Identical twins Royston and Albert Smith on their first day of prep. (Supplied)

227019_01

Council is cracking down on illegal campers at Eastern Beach. (Supplied)

Camper crackdown Illegal campers at Eastern Beach received three $300 fines from council officers on Sunday. City Hall became aware of the campers at Eastern Beach Reserve overnight on Saturday via CCTV surveillance and a regular security patrol. Council local laws officers, accompanied by police, attended the site early on Sunday morning and issued the infringements. City Hall has vowed to crack down on illegal camping after multiple reports over summer of campers setting up tents at Eastern Beach overnight. “It is disappointing that some users have disregarded the prominent signage at the reserve, advising that camping is not permitted,” council planning director Gareth Smith said. “We will continue to monitor this site, conduct regular patrols and to work with Victoria Police to ensure visitors can enjoy this wonderful space. “Eastern Beach is a one of Geelong’s most iconic destinations, loved by locals and tourists alike.” Campers issued with an infringement notice face a $300 fine – three local law penalty units. The maximum penalty for illegal camping, if prosecuted, is a $1500 fine – 15 penalty units.

Locally owned and operated for over 15 years. furniture bydesign We create furniture, crafted from premium quality timbers, including Tasmanian Oak, Messmate, Blackwood and Spotted Gum, as well as character recycled timbers.

12456677-SN32-20

Lara Primary School teachers will have plenty on their plate with identical twins Royston and Albert Smith, who started prep alongside 84,000 children statewide this week. With their dad having trouble telling them apart at times, their teachers might struggle, according to mum Kerry Malesza. “The teacher said to me this morning, ‘I’m going to confuse them’,” she laughed. “They’re always up to mischief because they’ve got each other’s backs. Royston’s a bit of a tricker and likes to tell people he’s Albert. “Royston is a little bit bigger and Albert has a blue vein on the bridge of his nose.” The excited youngsters donned the school’s two different colours yesterday morning, with some gentle prodding from mum. “I asked them what they wanted to wear but I did encourage them to wear two different shirts,” Kerry said. Over at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Norlane, 28 preps were saying goodbye to mum and dad for their first day. “It was just so lovely to see their excited faces as they came through the gate this morning,” said school leader Tracey Lunnon-Talbot. The school is very multicultural with a large Maori contingent, including a few preps this year, and pupils learn Maori as a second language. The preps will also get to meet the school’s resident guinea pigs, chickens and therapy dogs. Last year’s preps showed great resilience battling through periods of remote learning, Tracey said. “Their parents were fantastic too – they really engaged in all of the work.” While “very optimistic” 2021 would be different, Tracey said the school was prepared for similar lockdowns.

Visit the showroom

4 Gordon Avenue, Geelong West | Phone 5229 8605 | www.geelongfurniturebydesign.com.au 3 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

SECTION GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

The longest partnership in the world is about to make a century.

On January 28th, Ford and the Geelong Football Club signed a five-year partnership renewal that will extend our celebrated association to 100 years in 2025. From the moment Ford Australia commenced operations in 1925, we were proud to associate ourselves with the Geelong Cats. We’re now even prouder that mutual trust and support will take the world’s longest sponsorship to a century.

12480474-JW05-21

4 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

FRIDAY FEATURE

From the wild blueberry yonder The “serendipity” that led to Margaret Tucker introducing blueberries commercially to Australia has continued to shine on her Drysdale farm throughout COVID-19, daughter Christine Lean tells Luke Voogt.

’’

- Christine Lean “They bring it in to us and we sell it to customers, who know that they are going to get local,” Christine said. “It’s not-for-profit, we only take 10 per cent. It’s like selling it at the market without actually having to be at the market all day. “With the doors open and the fans on, I figured we were even better than someone going to a green grocers or supermarket.” Now, with COVID-19 restrictions continuing to ease and a lack of “beach weather”, picking season has boomed, according to Christine. “We’ve got room here for 50 cars and some days we’re full,” she said. The couple even started selling blueberry and strawberry beer, in partnership with local “nano-brewer” and American expat Ed Mylan. “It’s just a little hint in the aftertaste, it’s not sweet like you might think,” Christine said. Christine grew up in Melbourne, the daughter of anaesthetist and “frustrated carpenter” John Tucker and housewife Margaret. “Mum never worked a paid day in her life but she worked every day,” she said. John would come home from work and build David and Christine Lean. (Louisa Jones) 226547_07 various projects and, when Christine left home in the early ’70s, her mother bought a cattle to bring blueberries to Victoria. farm in central Victoria. “I suppose it’s just luck. Serendipity perhaps,” “She would take her truck up there with her Christine said. “There was no commercial cattle dog Dusty,” Christine said. growing in Australia at the time – nobody “She had this beautiful land and spring water knew about blueberries in those days.” and was wondering if there was something she But the journey to becoming a commercial could grow there.” grower had “a couple of false starts”. So Margaret visited the state agricultural “The first lot of berries had disease in them,” department in Melbourne and just happened to Christine said. “Unfortunately, she discovered knock on the door of Ridley Bell, who wanted the soil was poor for blueberries.”

Margaret would travel to Werribee to sell the fruit. “She brought them down to the markets in punnets on a tray and would get nothing for them,” Christine said. “Nobody knew about blueberries and nobody wanted to buy them. Eventually mum said, ‘this is ridiculous’.” So Margaret bought a farm in Drysdale in 1981 to grow the fruit better and be closer to the markets, although she and John took

May 15, 2020

Cocktails with a twist

(Rebecca Hosking)

208502_01

Geelong bar owner Gorge Camorra is taking viewers through cocktaon a spiritual journey history in his il making and liquor new But, ironically, YouTube series. a botched Negrona clip of him making i with the wrong ingredients for the most views a laugh has notched up “by far” in his “The thumb nail says how series. make Negron not to i,” surprised how he said. “But you’d be the world say, many bartenders around Bacardi!’ or ‘a Negroni doesn’t contain ‘you Gorge was this don’t shake it!’” week gearing new a clip on up for gin, the origin courage’ and of ‘Dutch Dutch King William of Orange’s conque He came up st of England. with the Let’s series while Talk Drinks “saliva bartenders make ting” watching other said COVID-19 cocktails online, and the free time. restrictions had given him “In a way, it’s for me to do too because I’ve been going stuff isolation,” he crazy in said. “We’ve done six [videos] and 20 in the making we’ve got .”

Demand fo r help surg es

Luke Voogt

By Luke Voogt

current partner A program s since the for male perpetr violence has ators of family on March 23, Mr Boyd first day of lockdown experienced also factors increas said. The agency a significant in demand ing the chance calcula increase the during COVID occurring, he of violence amount of interac ted the figure based according to said. on the agency runnin-19 restrictions, and Bethany’s Men’s “Evidence suggest specialists, he tion between participants More than 200 g s that when encourages men Behaviour Change Progra explained. experiencing men involve it. families “To were “engag to take m a ing” with speciald in the program unusua achieve that level of pandemic, then significant crisis, such are violence, understand responsibility for their engage according to l and, as we ists more often, as a respect its impact and understand it, ment is to an increas the stress of this may contrib ful relationships that is being develop chief executive Bethany Community Suppor e in violence. ute childre realised with partner officer Grant across a numbe is a trend n. “But … using t across Victori s and Boyd. “What we are r of places violence is always a.” Mr Boyd praised While some a choice.” Mr Boyd said in their engage observing is a notable increas the men that particip the service more the increase e of increas were using could be a result complied with restrict ants had simply family violenc ment with our specialist ed isolatio a problem and for acknowledging they ions, men’s and e team,” he said. had the pandemic n due to social restrictions them as “a tactic of control others had used behavio attempting to Bethany had motivating particip ”, Mr Boyd said. improve their “For exampl ur. become better engagement” recorded almost “100 per e, saying to ants to ‘you men. “They are with all men cent family membe can’t leave The pressures demonstrating and their ex of job losses, get [COVID-19]’, the house because you rs commitment to or at home a stronger children preventing will more and their use of home-schoolin being over and proclai threatening to bring friends violence,” he said. g were [COVI ming that the For support phone friends have D-19].” Orange Door 1800 312 820 Geelong or info@bethany. Bethany on 5278 8122, or on org.au. visit 12448908-AC

M20-20

SUBSCRIBE to

standbyse

12480871-DL06-21

our DIGITAL

EDITION - It'

LET’S FIG COVID-1HT 9 TOGETH ER

TASS was created to improve safety Easily measur in your busines e someone’s s and the commu temperature (enterin provides you nity by the ability to act and minimis g your workplace), coupled being the first line of defence e viral infectio with other security By being aware . ns by the early solutions, TASS Perfect for hospita of someone’s HIGH temper awareness of a high temper ature early, TASS ls, factories, ature. allows you to schools, act and protect food production, supermarkets, nursing all around. homes restaurants and indoor activity , manufacturing, offices , gyms, centres.

curity.com

.au

18 00 80 9 57 9 |

s FREE 12443052-L

B10-20

KEY FEATURES

• High Body Tempe rature Detect • Touch-Free ion Screening • Real-time Face Capture & Alarm • High Tempe rature Alert • Secure Data Storage • User Friend ly Record Search • Prevent Unauth orised Access • Rapid Deploy ment & Easy to Use • Support Mobile App

SAFER, FAST ER, SMARTER

Showroom 400 Latrobe Terrac e, Newtown

Licenc e No: 644-9 00-82 S Regist ration No: 644-9 00-03 S

Planning for Melbourne’s green wedges and agricultural land – community engagement The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning is seeking feedback on options to reform the planning system to deliver lasting protection of Melbourne’s agricultural land and guide decision making in our green wedges. To learn more about the proposed options and have your say, visit https://engage.vic.gov.au/gwal Submissions close at 5pm on Friday 5 February 2021. www.delwp.vic.gov.au

12473372-NG05-21

‘‘

nobody knew about blueberries in those days

several years to move down. Back in the early ’70s, Christine met “gregarious” rugby player David on the tennis court while they were studying at Australian National University in Canberra. “He asked me for a game of tennis,” Christine remembered. They married in 1974 and eventually took over David’s family farm in New South Wales when his dad died. Over the mid to late ’80s, failed wheat crops, high interest rates and a desire to give their four children a good education prompted them to move to Drysdale. David got a job teaching at the then Geelong East Tech School while teacher-librarian Christine began helping with her mother’s farm. About the same time her parents had a light bulb moment that boosted the business. “It became very obvious to them, after trying to sell them through the markets, that there were heaps of tourists coming down in the holidays who would pick their own,” Christine said. “Mum was a highly-energetic and clear-minded. She and dad formed a great team.” But they faced yet another challenge in 1997 when starlings – a pest on the Bellarine Peninsula – “found” the farm. “Once they found us, we were on their menu,” Christine said. “People in Barwon Heads were telling us they had blue bird poo in their backyards. Dad tried to train his dog to chase the birds.” They tried netting, electric wires and even brought in Olympic shooter Michael Diamond to do some “target practice”, Christine said. Eventually they devised a net that kept the birds in instead and culled them. In mid-2000 Margaret became sick and died. Soon after Time Magazine labelled blueberries a super fruit and the industry began to take off. But the challenges kept coming for the farm. “A big storm dropped the nets down after mum died,” Christine said. “We had a drought, the dam went dry and I had to let go of 4000 bushes. That’s farming for you isn’t it? “We bought it from dad in 2003 because he didn’t want to be here without mum.” Eventually, they hired a contractor to construct commercial-scale netting to keep the starlings out for good. Berries are now a staple in supermarkets across Australia thanks in part to Margaret’s pioneering, and Tuckerberry Hill is relatively small compared to some local producers. “Mum would be absolutely ecstatic to see what’s happened with blueberries,” Christine said. Details: tuckerberry.com.au

FR1195

uckerberry Hill has not just withstood COVID-19; the blueberry farm has actually increased its business during the pandemic. “We’re very lucky,” owner Christine Lean, 68, said. The farm is open for berry picking in summer and the 2019-20 season ended just before the first lockdown, she explained. Christine and husband David, 71, freeze the remainder of roughly 1.25 million berries, grown from 4000 plants, each year and normally sell out by November. “This year we sold out by August,” she said. “I think people are becoming more aware of their food and where it comes from.” While they had to close their onsite cafe for parts of 2020, they ran a COVIDSafe market from their pavilion to support other local producers.

5 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

NEWS GEELONGINDY.COM.AU Briefs

GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

Duplication closer

The duplication of eight kilometres of rail from South Geelong to Waurn Ponds has moved a step closer with the state and federal governments calling for tenders for the project. With Geelong’s population set to grow by almost 50 per cent in the next 30 years, the $1 billion project will allow a significant expansion of train services on the Geelong line. Level crossing removals at Fyans Street and Surf Coast Highway are also key parts of the project.

PHONE \ 03 5249 6700 LOCATION \ 1/47 Pakington Street, Geelong West, 3218 DISTRIBUTION \ 1300 656 678 distribution@fermax.com.au

ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR \ BEN SUTTON ben.sutton@starweekly.com.au GENERAL SALES INQUIRIES advertising@geelongindependent.com.au CLASSIFIEDS \ 1300 666 808 EMAIL \ sales@networkclassifieds.com.au

EDITORIAL

Fire breaks

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF \ LISA KORYCKI lisa.korycki@starweekly.com.au

Firefighters are set to complete 108 hectares of fuel breaks at Lorne, Aireys Inlet and Anglesea, Forest Fire Management Victoria has announced. Surf Coast Shire and CFA have partnered to deliver the 35-kilometre project, funded by a $1.5 million Victorian government grant.

GENERAL EDITORIAL INQUIRIES editorial@geelongindependent.com.au COMMUNITY CALENDAR ENTRIES editorial@geelongindependent.com.au

NEED AN INDY? LIST OF PICK-UP POINTS AT: GEELONGINDY.COM.AU Click on Find My Newspaper in menu bar

facebook.com/GeelongIndy twitter.com/GeelongIndy

Published by Geelong Independent Pty Ltd ACN 006 653 336. Publisher/Managing Director, Paul Thomas. All material is copyright to Geelong Independent Pty Ltd. Responsibility for election comment is accepted by Paul Thomas. All significant errors will be corrected as quickly as possible. Distribution numbers, areas and coverage are estimates only. For our terms and conditions please visit geelongindy.com.au

New Australian citizen Amanda McGrath at City Hall on Tuesday. (Louisa Jones) 226615_13

Health hero now a citizen Ocean Grove intensive care nurse Amanda McGrath treated patients on life support at University Hospital Geelong after they contracted COVID-19. On Tuesday, she and dozens of new Australians celebrated becoming citizens in Geelong and the Surf Coast. “I’m just really proud to be an Australian citizen and I’m very much in love with Australia,” the mother-of-three and Canadian expat said. Amanda and husband Neville Hickey came from opposite sides of the world before they met and fell in love in Royal Melbourne Hospital’s intensive care unit. Amanda initially travelled from Vancouver on a working visa but decided to finish her nursing degree in Australia.

She met her English husband on a placement at the unit in 2009 and they started dating in 2011 when she got a job there, bonding over their shared love of triathlon. “We fell in love and thought, ‘this is a country where we want to raise our family’.” The couple moved to Ocean Grove four years ago after Neville was awarded citizenship in 2015. Amanda said her new citizenship had strengthened her ties to Australia and she was thrilled the COVID-19 situation allowed her to attend Geelong’s first in-person citizenship ceremony in almost 11 months. Amanda was one of 20 new Australians celebrated in Geelong on Tuesday, while the Surf Coast Shire welcomed another 13.

Shadow cabinet reshuffle Corio MP and deputy federal opposition leader Richard Marles has become opposition spokesman for national reconstruction, employment, skills and small business, and science. Brendon O’Connor takes over as opposition spokesman for defence from Mr Marles following opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s shadow cabinet reshuffle this week.

FOR BREAKING NEWS, VISIT Web: geelongindy.com.au Facebook.com/GeelongIndy Twitter.com/GeelongIndy

Luke Voogt

EVERY TEST HELPS US KEEP CATCHING UP WITH MATES Every test keeps us on top of this virus. And keeps us doing the things we love. So even if your symptoms are mild, or you’ve been tested before, every test helps.

For testing locations visit CORONAVIRUS.vic.gov.au Authorised by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne

12478443-LB05-21

6 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

NEWS

Barwon Health vaccine-ready By Luke Voogt Barwon Health is preparing to “safely immunise as many people as possible in the shortest possible time” following the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s (TGA) approval of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. “We’ll be ready as soon as supplies of vaccine are received,” Barwon Health chief medical officer Simon Woods said. “We anticipate that immunisation will commence in late February to early March.”

Dr Woods said Barwon Health was planning a “major team effort” following the TGA approval of the vaccine on Monday for use in Australia. “We’re in the process of identifying healthcare workers with the appropriate experience in anticipation of high demand for the COVID-19 vaccine this year.” General practices, pharmacies and health services across the region will administer the vaccine with support from Barwon South West Public Health Unit. During the first round of immunisation the

unit will give priority to healthcare workers and residents in aged and disability care. Border control workers in ports across the Barwon South West region and at its border with South Australia will also have initial priority. Currently the region has no quarantine workers – also prioritised under Commonwealth policy for the first round – according to Dr Woods. Despite the vaccine being non-compulsory, Dr Woods was confident of a “high uptake” among Barwon Health staff, aged care residents and, eventually, the general population.

The region has one of the highest general immunisation rates in Australia, he said. Dr Woods said health authorities were finalising locations for immunisation and establishing a scheduled booking system to manage the distribution. Deakin University will loan equipment to local health authorities to store the Pfizer vaccine at the required temperature of -70 degrees Celsius. Dr Woods anticipated approval for the Astra Zeneca (Oxford) vaccine, which has less demanding storage requirements but is also less effective, soon after the initial rollout.

Tradition continues “Rain, hail or shine” Point Cook mother-of-two Janet Orchard was determined to continue a six-family tradition of celebrating Australia Day at Eastern Beach. “It’s locked in!” she said. “It’s our annual event. Even though we thought it was going to rain we didn’t care – we were going anyway.” Some of the families involved in the tradition have been visiting the popular beach on Australia Day for almost two decades, according to Janet. “I started five years ago,” she said. “My girlfriend invited us along, mainly because I had separated from my partner. Now me and my two boys go every year.” The Point Cook families joined hundreds, rather than the usual thousands, at Eastern Beach on Tuesday, with overcast weather and COVID-19 deterring crowds. But for Janet the subdued festivities were a blessing in disguise after they arrived at 9am.

“We did miss the [cancelled] fireworks and flyover planes,” she said. “But normally you’re fighting for grass space. We had it all to ourselves. “There was certainly a lot of space for cricket. We just played and everybody seemed to join in. “It was very quiet but we had a really good time. And the kids love going on the diving boards.” Janet was thrilled the improved COVID-19 situation had allowed them to visit Eastern Beach. “We were very happy, we didn’t want it to get ruined,” she said. Janet enjoyed bonding with Pacific Islander families using barbecues nearby and others visiting Eastern Beach who had chosen to make Australia home. “That’s what it’s all about!” she said. Luke Voogt

Janet Orchard, far right, with family friends from Point Cook. (Louisa Jones) 226695_10

Pier extension Floating Gas Terminal

LNG ships dock here

Treatment Facility

Underground pipeline to gas transmission system

Conceptual solar energy farm Preliminary conceptual image and not to scale.

Viva Energy Gas Terminal Project Community Information Session: Project Overview Wednesday 10 February 2021, 5.00–6.00pm Norlane Community Centre, 39 Rose Avenue, Norlane To register email: energyhub@vivaenergy.com.au Attendees are requested to register to comply with COVIDSafe requirements.

Viva Energy has a vision to transform its Geelong Refinery into an Energy Hub to support the energy needs of Victoria and South East Australia. The Geelong Refinery already supplies more than 50 percent of Victoria’s fuel needs, so these additional projects will provide the facility with the potential to supply natural gas, generate solar energy and manufacture future fuels such as hydrogen.

LNG ships would bring gas to our terminal on a regular basis – much like the crude oil ships that currently visit the refinery. We have recently commenced the planning process for this project and are holding a meeting to give the community an opportunity to learn more about the project and ask our team questions. If you can’t attend this community session, there will be other opportunities in the future, so keep an eye on our website for more details: www.vivaenergy.com.au/gas-terminal Or send us an email at: energyhub@vivaenergy.com.au

To deliver the gas that South East Australia will need in the future, our plan is to develop a floating Gas Terminal at our refinery site to receive, store and treat Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and feed it into a pipeline to Victorian homes and industry.

12479223-CG05-21

7 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

NEWS GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

Death rocks business community By Luke Voogt A Barwon Heads dad who drowned off Thirteenth Beach on Saturday has been remembered by Geelong’s business community as a passionate innovator and friend. Peter Dostis, 56, died after he was pulled from the water on Saturday afternoon. A Victoria Police spokesperson said Mr Dostis was swimming with two others about 5pm when they got into difficulty in the water. “A boy and a girl were assisted back to shore while the man was winched out of the water by chopper,” the spokesperson said. “CPR was

commenced onshore but he died at the scene.” Geelong Chamber of Commerce on Monday afternoon paid tribute to Mr Dostis, who was a director of the organisation’s board. “Our best wishes go to Peter’s family during this difficult time,” the chamber stated. “Peter made a significant contribution to the chamber and his innovative ideas, relentless enthusiasm and push to improve things made us all better. Peter was a passionate supporter of local businesses through start-up and incubator programs at Runway which gave business owners their best chance of success. “We have lost a very good friend and we will

miss him dearly. Vale Peter.” Mr Dostis was chief executive and co-founder of Runway Geelong, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping launch local start-ups. He was the second man to die in local waters on Saturday. Earlier in the afternoon, lifesavers found a man dead in water off Anglesea. Two men were out in a small boat just after 2pm when their vessel overturned. One man made it back to shore to raise the alarm. Lifesavers later found his companion, a 58-year-old man, and attempted to revive him but he died at the scene.

Peter Dostis. (Geelong Chamber of Commerce/Facebook)

Litterers slammed Litterers dumping tents, couches, chairs, mattresses, hammocks, barbecues and other rubbish on the Surf Coast are “causing major problems”, according to local coastal authorities. “It’s very disappointing for us to find our coastal reserves and dunes trashed,” said Caleb Hurrell, Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority reserves manager. “It undoes not only the important work we’re doing, but the thousands of hours dedicated local conservation volunteers put into these areas. “On an average day in Lorne during peak season, visitors leave approximately 10 bags of illegally dumped litter plus an assortment of hard rubbish.” The authority’s staff take about six hours a day to collect the rubbish, in addition to its contractors picking up 77 240L general waste

bins and 17 240L recycling bins from the foreshore. “Illegal rubbish dumping is a major problem for us, and the negative impacts it has on native flora and fauna is adversely affecting our coastal environment,” Mr Hurrell said. He urged visitors to take their litter home and stop leaving household and commercial rubbish, and large beach items in and beside foreshore bins. He said the authority was working with police, Parks Victoria and Surf Coast Shire to crackdown on littering and “the growing number of illegal gatherings” on local beaches. Surf Coast Shire mayor Libby Stapleton slammed litterers “who seemingly think it’s OK to use our public areas as dumping grounds”. The rubbish was a “visual blight” on the Surf Coast’s “pristine environment”, she said. Luke Voogt

Chairs, a mattress and other items dumped along the Surf Coast recently. (Supplied)

COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS ARE IN PLACE Coronavirus restrictions are in place to help keep us safe and open. Keeping on top of this virus is up to all of us.

Keep a face mask handy at all times.

Stick to visitor limits in our homes.*

And please practise COVIDSafe behaviours to keep us safe this summer. • •

Keep 1.5 metres apart from those you don’t live with. Keep your hands and surfaces clean.

•

Stay home if you feel unwell, and get tested.

For all current restrictions, go to CORONAVIRUS.vic.gov.au *Babies under the age of 12 months are not included in daily limits. Authorised by the Victorian Government, Melbourne

8 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

NEWS

MY GEELONG “Workaholic” draftsman Russell Taylor speaks to Luke Voogt about helping locals survive emergencies alongside his volunteer comrades at VICSES Corio.

Why did you join VICSES? I couldn’t tell you exactly why I joined about two years ago, except that it was something that I had thought about for many years, but due to work and family commitments had never taken the next step. Knowing what I know now, I wish I had made the effort to join earlier. I still work very long hours – some say I’m a workaholic – but I’m so glad my employer allows me to also carry out my duties with VICSES. I guess I felt that I had more to offer to others

and being able to assist people within the community gives me great pride. How have you helped others? It can be as simple as helping someone with minor flood damage or assisting an injured person out of the You Yangs; but also dealing with confronting situations like assisting police at crime scenes and attending road incidents. Ever since joining VICSES Corio, I have had the opportunity to be trained in many new skills, from general rescue and storm damage to the challenging and sometimes confronting road rescue. Training is ongoing and I’m looking forward to gaining new skills that I may never have had the chance to learn if it wasn’t for joining VICSES Corio. Since joining the unit I have also enjoyed making some great new friendships with a group of like-minded people who, not only volunteer an extraordinary amount of their time to the community, but also care about each other’s welfare. How have you coped with COVID-19? During 2020 and the peak of COVID-19 I was lucky to be able to keep working in the building industry. However, it did take its toll on my family here and still does with many relatives living overseas. Operating for VICSES during that period had its challenges with keeping crews separated to avoid potential cross-infection and training remotely by computer, but at the same time still being available to respond to incidents safely when needed.

(Louisa Jones) 226662_07

Tell us about you… I recently turned 57. I met my wife Louise many years ago as she was backpacking around Australia from the UK. We have three children – only one left at home – and a few grandchildren. I was born and grew up in Bell Post Hill where my parents built their first home after immigrating from the UK in the late ’50s. I have always lived in the northern suburbs attending Bell Park Primary and North Geelong High schools. I currently live in North Geelong where we built our home at Geelong Golf Course seven years ago. I’m a draftsperson by trade and work as a production manager for a home builder, so designing and building our home was a rewarding process. I love the convenience of where we live as we can easily head up to Melbourne for the day or head off for a bike ride down the Great Ocean Road.

OUR COMMUNITY PLAN Have your say on the development of the City’s four year Our Community Plan. Aligning with the community's 30-year vision, Greater Geelong: A Clever and Creative Future, the four-year plan will address community needs, while and financial sustainability while ensuring the continued delivery of critical services. This survey includes questions about Geelong's future, community health and wellbeing, infrastructure and services. The information you share will help us understand what is most important to the community and will shape Our Community Plan 2021-25. Survey submissions close at 5.00pm on Sunday 31 January 2021. To have your say visit

yoursay.geelongaustralia.com.au/

COUNCIL SAVINGS AND 2021-22 BUDGET FEEDBACK The City is seeking community feedback as it plans for its ongoing financial sustainability and drafts its 2021-22 budget. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on City facilities and services and significantly contributed to a 2020-21 forecast deficit of $33.4

LEAVE NO ONE IN NEED Family violence is the leading cause of homelessness for women and their children

million, with major support packages provided by Council to deliver much-needed and ongoing relief and recovery assistance to individuals and businesses impacted. A new Council Expenditure Review Panel has been established to make recommendations on any efficiency gains to ensure the Council and City continue to balance fiscal responsibility with supporting the community. As we plan our 2021-22 Budget, Council seeks ideas from the community about possible cost savings and ideas about where investment should be directed.

Please donate now

salvationarmy.org.au 12451098-LB23-20

RED SHIELD APPEAL

Feedback must be received by 4.00pm on Monday 1 February 2021. Feedback can be made at

yoursay.geelongaustralia.com.au/ 12478957-NG05-21

9 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

SECTION GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

PHONE: 5272 5272

www.geelongaustralia.com.au 01-CI290121-INDY-LEFT

MEETINGS

PUBLIC NOTICES

COUNCIL MEETINGS

CALENDAR EXHIBITION

The next Council Meeting

The Geelong calendar

will be held on Tuesday 2

competition invites local

February at 6.00pm.

photographers to submit their images of Geelong. This year’s

ATTENDANCE AT COUNCIL

competition received over 1500

MEETINGS

entries and a public vote was held

On Tuesday 2 February 2021,

to determine the ﬁnal 13 images.

2021

The winning cover image for this

CALENDAR

Council is pleased to resume public attendance at Council

GEELONG

year’s calendar features an aerial

meetings in a limited capacity

of Eastern Beach showcasing

in line with current COVID-19

WWW.GEELONGAUSTRALIA.COM.AU

the Carousel and Steampacket

restrictions.

Sunday 28 February at the Geelong

Gardens. The image was taken

While Council meetings will

by David McGuinness from Kestrel Media.

continue to be live streamed, if you wish to physically attend, a registration process has

be spaced out within the library to reduce crowding.

Please note that you should not attend

An exhibition showcasing the ﬁnal images

attendees permitted under its COVID-safe

if you are feeling unwell, exhibiting signs

will run from Tuesday 2 February until

plan for the meeting.

of COVID-19 or have been directed to

gov.au to register.

self-isolate by the Department of Health

Copies of the calendar are available from www.geelongaustralia.com.au/calendar

HAVE YOUR SAY

and Human Services. Hand sanitiser will be available at each entrance to apply

COVID-19 restrictions the exhibition will

our region’s natural environment, coastal

City adheres to the number of

hours or email contactus@geelongcity.vic.

Library and Heritage Centre. Due to

The 2021 calendar features photographs of outlooks, renowned landmarks and events.

been created to ensure the

Please call 5272 5272 during business

David McGuinness - Kestrel Media Carousel and Eastern Beach

2021 COMMUNITY SATISFACTION SURVEY COMMENCING SOON

on arrival along with a sign in checkpoint

If there is still space for you to attend, you

which is required for contact tracing

From early February, your household may

All details will be kept conﬁdential and

will be required to provide your full name

purposes.

receive a call from independent market

we will only see the overall results of the

research agency, National Field Services.

400 surveys conducted. If you have any

and phone number. Upon attendance, you will also be required to register

WWW.GEELONGAUSTRALIA.COM.AU/

They are conducting a community satisfaction

questions, please contact Customer Service

electronically via a QR code.

MEETINGS

survey to assess our performance and help

on 5272 5272 or go to www.geelongaustralia.com.au

us identify ways to improve.

HAVE YOUR SAY NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMITS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT POLICY 2021-24 The City is seeking feedback on Council's

We recommend you review the draft

draft Community Engagement Policy.

Community Engagement Policy before

At its 15 December 2020 Council meeting, Council endorsed a draft Community

providing your feedback via the survey, submission or workshop.

The land affected by the application

is located at: 1-3 Warrenbeen Court,

is located at: 3 Greenﬁnch Way,

Barwon Heads

Wandana Heights

The application is for a permit for:

Removal of Restrictive Covenant from

Removal of Restriction PS437201D

Lot 2 on PS419291B

from Lot 2 of PS437201D

Engagement Policy to be shared with the

You can read the draft policy at yoursay.

community for review and feedback.

geelongaustralia.com.au/

The applicant for the permit is: Hellier

The applicant for the permit is:

The draft policy outlines Council's focus on

Online survey submissions close at 5.00pm

Mcfarland Pty Ltd

TJ Tippett

building on its longstanding commitment

on Friday 5 February 2021 and can be

The application reference number is:

to providing accessible and inclusive

made at yoursay.geelongaustralia.com.au/

PP-1390-2020

PP-1393-2020

opportunities for residents to help shape decisions which impact the region’s

You may look at the applications and any

The responsible authority must make a copy

liveability and prosperity.

documents that support the applications at:

of every objection available at its ofﬁce for

•

Brougham Street Customer Service

any person to inspect during ofﬁce hours free

100 Brougham Street, Geelong -

of charge until the end of the period during

Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 5.00pm

which an application may be made for review

DRYSDALE LIBRARY – COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSIONS •

of a decision on the application.

The City's website

You’re invited to attend a community

Community Information Sessions will

information session on the design for the

be held at the Drysdale Seniors Citizens

www.geelongaustralia.com.au/

The Responsible Authority will not decide

Drysdale Library to be constructed in the

Centre, Drysdale Town Square, Wyndham

advertisedplanning

on the application before Sunday

Drysdale Town Square.

Street, Drysdale on:

The applications can be viewed during ofﬁce

Libraries play a very important role in the

•

hours and is free of charge. Any person

If you object, the Responsible Authority will

who may be affected by the granting of the

advise you of its decision. Please be aware

permit may object or make other submissions

that copies of objections/submissions

to the Responsible Authority

received may be made available to any

lives of many people and we understand that the community need space to learn, create, run programs and activities and

•

Tuesday 2 February - 5.00pm to 8.00pm Saturday 6 February - 9.00am to 12.00pm

socialise.

COVID Safety Plan will be put in place

The City has heard the community say

Government Health directions. You can ﬁnd

they would like to see a new library for the

out more about the proposal. If you have

northern Bellarine communities and has

questions contact Genevieve Cooper on

•

include the reasons for the objection.

committed to creating one over the next

5272 5021.

•

state how the objector would be

to ensure compliance with Victorian

12 to 18 months.

10 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

be sent to the Responsible Authority in writing.

affected.

CityofGreaterGeelong

person for the purpose of consideration as

An objection must: •

@GreaterGeelong

14 February 2021.

part of the planning process in accordance with the Planning and Environment Act, 1987. Personal information will be used solely by Council in accordance with the Planning and Environment Act, 1987

@CityofGreaterGeelong

CityofGreaterGeelong

GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

SECTION

CORONAVIRUS SUPPORT www.geelongaustralia.com.au/covid19 02-CI290121-RIGHT

This is the City's Coronavirus support page, which includes information about the status of events, facilities and City services across the region.

A MESSAGE FROM CR TRENT SULLIVAN, ACTING MAYOR The summer holidays are over and we have arrived at the beginning of a new school year. A return to the classroom always brings mixed feelings, but I’m sure all students are united in their hope that this year is free of the upheaval that dominated 2020. Young people showed amazing resilience as their studies, extra-curricular activities and social lives were all heavily disrupted during the lockdowns. Parents also did a mighty job to manage home schooling, often with multiple children in cramped spaces, and that

small matter of their own full-time jobs to worry about! Thankfully, having sacriﬁced so much to bring COVID-19 case numbers under control, we can begin term one with optimism.

But it would be wonderful if all Greater Geelong young people were free to learn, live and enjoy themselves in a COVID-free environment this year. They’ve certainly earned it.

All going to plan, the most difﬁcult part of our students’ lives this year will be the maths problems their teachers set for homework. We know the threat of the pandemic is not yet beyond us and we might still be faced with further challenges.

Cr Trent Sullivan - Acting Mayor, City of Greater Geelong

CURRENT RESTRICTIONS Wearing a face mask is mandatory while on public transport, in taxis or ride share vehicles, or when visiting large retail venues, including shopping centres, supermarkets and department stores.

Wearing a face mask is strongly recommended indoors and outdoors when you can’t keep 1.5 metres distance from other people. Further details can be viewed at

www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au

GATHERINGS VISITORS TO YOUR HOME You can have up to 30 people visit you at home each day (infants excluded from cap).

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES Groups of up to 100 people

LET’Sl THINK Loca FIRST! Let’s show support for local businesses that have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s Our Backyard is all about backing Geelong and thinking local ﬁrst.

KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING YOU DO WITH THE CITY IN ONE SECURE PLACE Create a free myGeelong profile at www.geelongaustralia.com.au/mygeelong

The Dell is a popular spot to cool off with a quick swim or to enjoy a picnic or some fish and chips with an awesome view. Throughout Greater Geelong and the Bellarine, we’re spoilt for choice when it comes to natural open space. This summer we’re highlighting some of the hidden gems around our region, to help you venture off the beaten track and discover a new favourite spot for you and your family. Discover them for yourself at www.geelongaustralia.com.au/embracethespace

The Dell, Clifton Springs

www.geelongaustralia.com.au/covid19

CityofGreaterGeelong

@GreaterGeelong

@CityofGreaterGeelong

CityofGreaterGeelong

11 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURS GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

Honours for our finest Ten residents from across Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula were recognised in this year’s Australia Day honours.

If you’ve ever needed boating assistance in the waters of the Bellarine, then there’s a good chance Gary Tomlins has been involved. The Wallington resident has served the community continuously for 43 years and was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on January 26. His contribution to marine safety is enormous. He first joined the Coast Guard in Geelong in 1976 then transferred to the Queenscliff Flotilla in 1983, where he has continued to serve the boating community of the Bellarine. Gary remains ‘on call’ for marine rescue tasks 24/7. He participates in the staffing of the Queenscliff Coast Guard HQ at weekends and on public holidays. He was last year’s Borough of Queenscliffe citizen of the year. “I’m a little bit surprised but very honoured,” he said of his OAM. “I really share it with other members of the Coast Guard and my family. It should be about them just as much.” Gary estimates he has assisted in 900 boating incidents over the journey. “It’s a good excuse for a chance to get out in 12 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

the water and help keep people safe,” he said. “I’ve learned a lot. I joined with my father when I was young. “I’ve learnt lots about safe boating in the water and keep learning most days.” Gary has also imparted his knowledge on to others by frequently giving presentations on boating safety to local clubs and community organisations.

Andrew Gubbins

Greg Leece

It’s fair to say that Andrew Gubbins was ahead of his time. Many have described him as a ‘visionary’ and he left a legacy as an innovator who spurred the Angus cattle breed with his scientific approach to breeding at Te Mania Angus. Mr Gubbins, from Barwon Heads, died in May last year aged 85, and was awarded a posthumous OAM this week. Mr Gubbins was principal at Te Mania Angus at Connewarre from 1971 to 2020. He ran the first on-farm Angus property test program in 1995 and pioneered the advancement of beef cattle genetics in Australia. His daughter Amanda McFarlane said her father was an “incredibly kind and humble person”. “He was an early environmentalist who believed in farming with nature and not against it,” she said. “His cattle breeding principals were visionary because he was progeny testing groups of cattle and working with scientists to improve the efficiency of beef genetics and farming. “He always shared his understanding with anyone – students or scientists or farmers.” Ms McFarlane said her father “adored birds and wildlife and animals”. If you order an Angus burger these days, you are probably eating the result of Mr Gubbins’ lifelong work. “People have said he shaped the Angus industry,” Ms McFarlane said. “The Angus breed has become very prominent. The scientists loved him. He wasn’t an academic but he understood it all and worked with them.” Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit director Professor Robert Banks said Mr Gubbins’ contribution to the industry had been “open, honest, sharing and encouraging of others”. Mr Gubbins is a life member at Angus Australia, an honour he received in 2013.

Greg Leece has spent more than 40 years fighting fires as a volunteer and a professional. The Ocean Grover is a firefighter with the Department of Environment, Land, Water, and Planning (DELWP), a CFA volunteer, and is currently a community safety co-ordinator at Ocean Grove Brigade. Greg received an Australian Fire Service Medal in the recent Australia Day honours. He started as a CFA volunteer in Seymour at age 16. “It was fun because back when I joined, the rules weren’t quite as stringent as they are now,” he said. Greg’s role at DELWP has taken him all over the state. He is recognised as a leader in fire planning across Victoria and for his valuable mentorship of other firefighters and those in the planning section. Greg has been deployed across Victoria as part of incident management teams and has served at all major fire campaigns since 2000 including the Great Alpine fires 2002-03, the Great Divide fires 2006-07, the Black Saturday fires in 2009 and at the Gippsland fires in 2019-20. He has also deployed to fires interstate. “I was working as planning for Wye River when it got burnt,” he said. “We were in Colac in the incident control centre and you could see the cloud go up when the fire took off and it was creating its own thunderstorms. “You just knew anything in its path was going to be in trouble. “I can remember watching Ash Wednesday burn Woodend from the top of a hill.” Greg credits wife Denise, daughter Laura and twin sons Luke and Ryan for his recognition. “Me being able to do this is, in a long way, dependent on having a family that actually supports you doing it,” he said. Greg said volunteering and working with DELWP had the benefits of helping the community and personal satisfaction. “Because I’ve been so mobile with work, it’s a great way to meet people,” he said.

Alistair Urquhart Alistair Urquhart’s passion to help people with a disability find work is unbridled. The Barwon Heads resident, who was 74 on January 25, has played a significant role in establishing WISE Employment, a not for profit organisation that provides work for people with a disability. Mr Urquhart was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia on January 26 for his service. Mr Urquhart’s father had his arm shot off in WWII, which spurned his passion for helping and those with a disability. “I’ve never cared if people have one leg or one arm or a disability,” he said. “Arise to the challenge of disability.” WISE Employment was founded in 1992. Mr Urquhart is the founding chairman and is still in the role today. “The plan was to develop a disability employment plan where we ran it in our own way rather than it all be run by government departments,” Mr Urquhart said. “All of a sudden we were providing jobs for people who needed work. “We’re not doing it for the dough, the focus is on helping people who are disabled in some

(WISE Employment)

Gary Tomlins

management,” she said. “When I was in high school I started volunteering through my church group, going to Mexico and building houses and doing that kind of stuff. “I think I learned really early the importance of community-based work and giving back. “When I came across to Australia, I was working on Black Saturday with volunteers here. So it’s almost been the theme through my life.” Jennifer and her partner have volunteered on house-building projects in countries such as Armenia, Haiti, Bolivia, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal and Malaysia. “There’s this sense that we are doing this amazing thing, but I think we get much more out of it,” she said. “We carry a lot of bricks and build walls but I feel we get so much more out of it by spending a couple of weeks in a country, working side by side with the families.” Back in Geelong, Jennifer’s team of about 80 volunteers have had to adjust to life during a pandemic. “The team has responded so well through COVID, I feel really lucky to have been in the role that I am in to guide them through that,” she said. “Barwon Health made the decision in March last year to stop face-to-face volunteering. I went back to the team and said our options are to sit this out until this pandemic is over and we do virtual volunteering. It was amazing what we were able to accomplish during that time.”

(Rick Lasslett)

When Jennifer Walsh left her home in southern California to travel to Australia 13 years ago it was only meant to be for 12 months. She stayed and now Jennifer, who has lived in Ocean Grove for the past five years, received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on January 26 for her service to community health. “My partner and I moved here in 2007 thinking it would be a fun adventure for a year and then decided we’d never want to go home,” she said. “We now have permanent residency and have applied for citizenship.” Jennifer’s work as the palliative care co-ordinator for volunteers at Barwon Health has been lauded. She has volunteered with the Red Cross in the USA, is a founding member of LGBTIQ Inclusive Practice Working Group and has volunteered helping to build houses in developing countries. “I used to do disaster-related work with Red Cross in the States,” she said. “I kind of fell into palliative care and filled a [maternity] leave position and totally fell in love with it. “My job is to support the volunteers. I feel in a lot of ways they are doing the difficult work. I get so much out of what we are able to accomplish with the patients. “In some ways it is hard because of the inevitability of working with these patients, but also we get to create experiences for them that they would not otherwise have access to.” One such experience is the Have a Go program, where patients can spend a day at the zoo or go to a Cats (AFL) game among other experiences. “I feel really lucky because I have about 80 of these amazing humans running around the Geelong region supporting patients, and after their patients die, they support their loved ones,” Jennifer said. “I think people with a life-limiting illness know they have an illness and think they are seen through the lens of illness. “So when the volunteer program comes in and says ‘we can come mow your lawn’ or ‘we can get you to a Cats game’ or anything in between, it goes back to who they are as a human.” Growing up in Huntington Beach just south of Los Angeles, Jennifer was always drawn to helping others. “I always look back and it’s not a huge surprise that I ended up in volunteer

(Pictures: Justin Flynn and supplied)

Jennifer Walsh

way to get jobs that they feel proud of.” Mr Urquhart said WISE had employed “many, many thousands” of people in 28 years. “We have around 900 staff and we started with four or five,” he said. “I wasn’t expecting it (the OAM). I’m not keen for the promotion of me, but for other people to ask more about WISE. I see it as a promotion for WISE. “I’ve seen so many disabled people just get over it and get on with it. Whether it be a mental thing, or a physical thing. “I’ve seen people in the streets sometimes and all they need is some bloody help.”

GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

whole life’s work,” she said. “Some were very successful and some were not so successful, but it was really important that Australian voices were being heard and the

writers were given the opportunity.” Ms Smith moved to Aireys Inlet two decades ago and worked as general manager at Geelong Arts Centre from 2008 to 2018.

“We brought a lot of Indigenous works to Geelong,” she said. She joined state government’s Geelong Authority, which guided the redevelopment of Little Malop Street, the Green Spine project and government agencies moving to the city. “I think Geelong was a bit of a hidden treasure and it’s being discovered in a big way now,” she said. “Ten years ago that sort of atmosphere was struggling and you had the issues with Ford and Alcoa leaving. “Now Geelong is seen as a much more vibrant and creative city.” While working in the administrative side of theatre, she also founded the Arts for Life Endowment Fund and currently chairs Theatre Network Australia. The network’s Crisis Cash campaign, which is continuing from last year, has helped small independent groups survive and artists pay their rent or buy groceries. “In COVID, the arts were first to close and it looks like they’re going to be the last to open,” she said. Ms Smith hoped to use her recent honour to further help an industry decimated by COVID-19. “It’s important that the arts are recognised – I think the arts are under-recognised in these awards,” she said. Details: www.tna.org.au

(Pictures: Louisa Jones)

Stage fright during a primary school play ultimately inspired Jill Smith’s life’s work “helping others who do not have it”. “I had memorised my lines and was ready to go,” the Aireys Inlet local remembered, amusedly, after being appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) this week. “Then I got onstage and immediately I froze, so clearly, I wasn’t going to put myself through that again. “I learnt very quickly that that wasn’t my forte.” But she never lost her passion for theatre that she developed growing up in Melbourne. “We had lots of music and books, and we used to go to the theatre all the time – it just captured me,” she said. Ms Smith grew fascinated with the details behind staging a live show and was “fortunate” to become general manager at The Playbox Theatre, now The Malthouse, in 1978. “At Playbox we were focused on Australian writing,” she said. “It was fantastic to get those plays on stages across the country and overseas.” She helped lay the foundations for acclaimed playwrights such as David Williamson and Joanne Murray-Smith, and Oscar-nominated film and TV writer Tony McNamara. “I feel very proud of the legacy. It’s been my

(Supplied)

Jill Smith

AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURS

Julie McKenzie and dad Gordon Dendle. (Supplied)

Gordon Dendle Julie McKenzie remembers her dad and Leopold stalwart Gordon Dendle as “a quiet achiever” with a “big heart”. “He loved helping people and felt a responsibility to help the community,” she said. “He was still able to bring up a happy, healthy family and do all that community work at the same time.” The Melaluka Road dairy farmer’s decades of involvement in a dozen projects, causes and sporting clubs across Leopold earned him a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) this week. Sadly, he died of a stroke last July before being awarded the medal. “He would have been very honoured and humbled but he wouldn’t have liked to be made a fuss of,” Ms McKenzie said. “I was super excited when I found out, but sad that he was not here to enjoy it. Mum’s super proud.” The Leopold Lions backman and life member was the first player to reach 200 games, held various leadership positions and earned several accolades during 16 years playing footy. He was involved in the Anglican church, Leopold Cricket Club and the CFA for several decades, and helped maintain local landmarks like Leopold Community Hall and his beloved home ground Leopold Memorial Park. He also contributed to Leopold Little Athletics Club and 1st Leopold Scout Group – the latter for more than 30 years – in support of his four children. “We were always encouraged to get out and pursue the things that we loved, and dad would be there as much as he could,” Ms McKenzie said.

Norman Houghton Geelong Heritage Centre’s archives grew from nothing to two kilometres in shelf length in 25 years under the guidance of historian Norman Houghton. “The collection is who we are and what Geelong is,” the new recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia said. “Through all those records you can charter a course to where the city is heading and it helps you to stop making mistakes.” Before coming to Geelong in 1979, Mr Houghton helped design Sovereign Hill, Ballarat, creating an authenticity that now attracts 760,000 visitors a year. He used his history degree to advise on the historical park’s finer details, from the type of table cloths and clothes, to articles in newspapers. “I sometimes joke that I was born a historian,” he said. Geelong Heritage Centre hired him to put together a central archive, which he began compiling with public appeals, painstaking research and help from local organisations. “It was very hard in the early days but after three or four years the place got a reputation,” the central Geelong local said. “If people wanted to contribute records, they would come to me.” Along with cataloguing Geelong’s archives and writing about the city’s origins and journey, Mr Houghton also indulged in other historic passions stemming from his upbringing in Colac – trains and forestry. “As a historian I’m just interested in seeing trends and the reasons why things happen,” he said. “In order to charter a course ahead you need to know your background.”

Lisa Kingman McGlinchey

David Morgan

Drumcondra mother-of-two Lisa Kingman McGlinchey initially thought she was being scammed when she received a call saying she was to be awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). “I almost hung up on the girl – I couldn’t believe it!” she said. “Growing up I used to admire all the people who won medals on Australia Day. To be in that same league is just mind-blowing to me.” Ms Kingman McGlinchey earned the medal for decades of advising charities and connecting them with businesses. “All I’ve really done is be the bridge-builder – they’ve done all the hard work,” she said. Growing up in “a large Catholic family” with five siblings in Dandenong, volunteering “was always part of our upbringing”, Ms Kingman McGlinchey said. At age 12 she helped her grandfather serve meals at a shelter for homeless men and their confronting circumstances soon showed her how “privileged” she was. After completing a fine arts degree, she began working for a small education charity. “But I felt I could make more change in Australia by advising business how they could make a big impact with their dollar and their people.” She founded a charity consulting group and moved to Geelong with husband Kent for a better lifestyle, to be near the water and raise their children, one of who, Dom McGlinchey, now plays premier cricket for Geelong. She has since guided the efforts of major companies and charities in supporting causes such as environmental rehabilitation, Indigenous reconciliation and education. “The charities I’ve worked with, they’re the inspiring leaders,” she said. “This award is as much about their work as it is about mine.”

After almost 70 years in the wool industry, it’s the friendships that keep David Morgan travelling to farms and towns across country Victoria. The newly-minted recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) attended wool auctions up until COVID-19 hit, and at 88 he still heads out a few days a month to class flocks and purchase rams for clients. “With some farmers I go five generations back,” the Newtown great-grandfather said. “It’s mainly the people but it’s also lovely to see the improvement in the flocks I’ve been involved with.” Mr Morgan began working as a rouseabout in shearing sheds in the early ’50s before joining English-owned wool broker Australian Estates. He spent his early years at the company as wool traveller, visiting farms and rural towns across Victoria. He saw medium merino wool prices plummet as low as 20 cents per kilogram in the early ’70s and rise to $20 a decade later, on his way to becoming the company’s chief wool valuer and auctioneer. “Farmers are the most resilient people I’ve ever met,” he said. “Never knowing really what price they are going to get for their commodity.” Mr Morgan joined Dalgety’s in 1981 and moved to Geelong in 2006, assessing hundreds of thousands of wool lots at thousands of auctions during his career. Now a top wool advisor for Nutrien Ag Solutions, he was “very humbled and honoured” to receive an OAM. “I was just so chuffed that somebody out there thought I was deserving of such an accolade,” he said. “I’ve always found my job rewarding and have been lucky to do something I’m passionate about.” 13 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

NEWS GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

YOUR SAY Energy crisis ‘non existent’

Fight development

Viva Energy are rapidly promoting their floating LNG gas hub for Corio Bay, touting a coal-based hydrogen energy source. This is a short-sighted and short-term ‘solution’ to our non-existent ‘energy crisis’. In the same time it would take to construct this hub, alternative long-term solutions could be built – for the same cost to our state government. More worrying is that Geelong has to take the brunt of this short-sightedness, at our expense. Corio Bay is a potential gold mine for the Geelong region with the new Spirit of Tasmania ferry terminal. How can we support Vivas proposed floating gas terminal as a ‘first introduction’ to our area? We need to protect our future local jobs, environment, tourism and quality of life. Does big money win over our community needs yet again?

The recent proposal to develop the property 5-17 Oakden Road Drysdale from one dwelling on a small acreage to thirty four (34) housing allotments will soon be considered by councillors of the City of Greater Geelong. Local residents are taking action to make council aware that this proposed over-development is not in keeping with the character of Drysdale/ Clifton Springs (we are not residing in inner suburban Melbourne) nor with the Victorian government’s intention to protect the Bellarine from over-development. Councillors have two options: (a) Listen to and consult with residents whose alternative proposal is reasonable and realistic. Or (b) Accept the request of a greedy developer. Let’s hope they put residents’ needs and views first.

Sanja Van Huet Ocean Grove

Waiting for wind

Peter & Cathy Coghlan Drysdale (iStock)

Australia’s elected appeasers Push mad energy plans, just as teasers. But while coal powers Asians And nukes help Caucasians Dumb Aussies sit praying for breezes! Viv Forbes Washpool, Queensland

Move on duck shooting Turns out that most Victorian duck shooters are either negligent, or just not that bright. A recent study found that only one in five licensed shooters were able to correctly identify protected bird species.This puts Premier Daniel

Andrews under increasing pressure to ban duck hunting ahead of the 2021 season. Three other state Labor governments in New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia have all previously banned duck shooting. Many Labor MPs, including senior ministers, privately support the ban along with 63 per cent of ALP voters. So why are the Victorian ALP so resistant to enacting the ban? To understand this we need to look at the macro forces at play, to follow the money. Who profits from duck shooting and who are their proxies in government? The Shooting Industry Foundation of Australia (SIFA) contributed significantly to

the anti Labor “Not.Happy.Dan” campaign against premier Daniel Andrews during the 2018 state election. Are Labor politicians afraid of the shooting industry? Is this why we still have no duck shooting ban in Victoria, or is it a coincidence? State Water Minister Lisa Neville and others in the ALP should stop giving in to transnational corporate bullies … and immediately ban all hunting activities in wetlands of international importance including Lake Connewarre, Hospital Swamp and Reedy Lake. Phil Baulch Belmont

HAVE YOUR SAY Geelong Independent welcomes letters to the editor as well as comments and story tips on our website and Facebook page. Post: 1/47 Pakington St, Geelong West, 3218 Email: editorial@geelongindependent.com.au Web: geelongindy.com.au facebook.com/GeelongIndependent

A single ember can spread bushfires as far as 30km. 40km. g embers from bushﬁres can travel up p to 40km, g new fires in seconds,, destroying y g Burning 30km,, starting he F irre Danger Rating is ever extreme or above, don’t homes and making escape impossible. IIff tthe Fire hesitate. Leave early.

P Plan. A Act Act.. Survive. Surviv ive. Go to emergency.vic.gov.au emergency.v . ic.gov ov. au a

Authorised by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne

14 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

SECTION

The Guide TUESDAY

TOP PICKS OF THE WEEK

THE GOOD DOCTOR PRIME7, 9pm

MONDAY

HOLEY MOLEY AUSTRALIA PRIME7, 7.30pm

This is mini golf like you’ve never seen before. Each week, eight Australian golfers will ‘putt’ their skills to the test on a larger-than-life custom-built course, designed by golfing legend Greg Norman. Comedian and actor Rob Riggle (Step Brothers) is joined by Australian Olympian Matt Shirvington (left) in the commentary box as the contenders step onto the astroturf and try their luck against super-sized versions of classic obstacles including a windmill, a pirate ship and a chicken coop.

SATURDAY

GOING PLACES WITH ERNIE DINGO O SBS, 7.30pm

Depending where you u live, you might view the title of this travel ravel show as a little dig in the side as most of the country’s travel plans have been put on hiatus. But becausee our backyard has seemingly shrunk,, it’s refreshing and inspiring to jump on board Ernie Dingo’s jaunts around this gorgeous country of ours. Armchair hair tourism is reaching new heights.. In tonight’s season four return, Ernie nie is in Queensland, where he travels to Bowen and meets traditional owners who o are passionate about saving ng the sea turtles. Then he heads to the Whitsundays, days, where the footage of the postcard-perfect settings ngs is almost as good as being there.

FRIDAY

NIGELLA’S COOK, EAT, REPEAT ABC TV, 7.30pm

While other cooking shows promise fast, simple, weeknight meals of five ingredients or less, Nigella Lawson prefers a much more unhurried pace. Her calm manner and utter joy in food is infectious and her creations always delicious. There is almost a mesmerising ritual to the way she prepares and shares her meals. Tonight, recalling her grandmother’s creme caramel, Nigella prepares a caramel custard. Then, with comfort the main intention, she introduces two dishes that are a perfect match: black pudding meatballs and brown butter colcannon. She also shows off her kitchen gadget cupboard including her electric potato masher. Who knew they were even a thing?

Most police and medical procedurals, from Grey’s Anatomy to NCIS and Law & Order, like to stay topical with their storylines, with episodes over the years touching on 9/11, the #MeToo movement and the fight against ISIS. But COVID-19 presents a challenge for the creative team behind any show – their viewers turn to them for escapism and entertainment. It’s with this in mind that The Good Doctor is only devoting three episodes to the pandemic before moving on to a postCOVID world, their “hope for the future”. The season four premiere opens in February 2020, when Shaun (Freddie Highmore) and his colleagues start to treat patients with unusual respiratory symptoms. Freddie Highmore stars in The Good Doctor

Friday, January 29 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (5, 9)

WIN (8)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Rick Stein’s Secret France. (Final, R) 11.00 Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Unforgotten. (Malv, R) 1.50 What Is Music? (PG, R) 2.10 The Ex-PM. (Ml, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 4.30 Back Roads. (R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 The Rise Of The Clans. (R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.30 Great American Railroad Journeys. (PG, R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Harum Scarum. (1965, G, R) 2.00 Surf Patrol. (R) 2.30 Border Security: America’s Front Line. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. (R)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Animal Embassy. (R) 1.30 [MELB] Tennis. A Day At The Drive. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Headline News. [TEN] The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 [TEN] Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 [TEN] The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 8.00 [TEN] Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 1.00 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGal, R) 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Dave Faulkner. (R) 6.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame: Anthony Field. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.30 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. Nigella prepares a caramel custard. 8.05 Vera. (Mav, R) Part 1 of 4. 9.35 Mystery Road. (Mal, R) Jay tries to clear Marley’s name. 10.25 State Of The Union. (Ml, R) 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.55 Barracuda. (Malv, R) 11.55 Rage Presents Triple J’s Hottest 100 Of 2020. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Planet Of Treasures: Africa. (Final, PG) Sir Christopher Clark explores Africa. 8.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Naomie Harris. Actor Naomie Harris explores her roots on a journey that takes her from Trinidad to Jamaica. 9.35 VE Day: Minute By Minute. (PGa, R) Documents the events of VE Day. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 8 Out Of 10 Cats. (M, R) 11.50 Twin. (Malv, R) 3.25 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.30 Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. The Eliminator. 11.00 MOVIE: Se7en. (1995, MA15+av, R) Two homicide police officers, one about to retire, the other a rookie, must combine their collective talents when they investigate a puzzling series of murders based on the seven deadly sins. Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow. 1.30 Home Shopping. 1.35 [SEVEN] Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 [SEVEN] My Greek Odyssey. (PG, R) 5.00 [SEVEN] NBC Today.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Tennis. A Day At The Drive. From Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Adelaide. 11.00 MOVIE: The Nice Guys. (2016, MA15+lnsv, R) A thug-for-hire joins forces with an inept private investigator in ‘70s Los Angeles to investigate a disappearance. Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice. 1.00 Cybershack. (PG, R) Hosts Charlie Brown, Sara Isakka and Josh Phillipps take a look at the latest in gadgets and games. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Global Shop. Home shopping. 4.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 A Current Affair. (R)

6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Living Room. (R) The team comes to the aid of the Doyles. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Mals) Graham Norton is joined by award-winning actor Carey Mulligan, who talks about her role in Promising Young Woman, Broadway star Neil Patrick Harris, and James Norton from Grantchester. Other guests include Ian Wright and Camille Cottin. 10.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 11.30 [TEN] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.30 [TEN] Home Shopping. (R)

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Basketball. NBA. Milwaukee Bucks v Atlanta Hawks. Replay. 2.00 Heimo’s Arctic Refuge. 2.55 Hunting Hitler. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Only Connect. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Abandoned. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.20 The Lesbian Guide To Straight Sex. (Final) 10.10 Housos. 11.10 Monogamish. 12.10am VICE News Tonight. 12.35 MOVIE: The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three. (1974, M) 2.30 NHK World English News. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Room For Improvement. 12.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Dog Patrol. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Property Ladder UK. 1am The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 Australia’s Best Backyards. 4.30 Escape To The Country. 5.30 Home Shopping.

9GEM (52, 92) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Easy Eats. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Not Now, Comrade. (1976, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Planet Earth II. 8.40 MOVIE: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. (1966, MA15+) 12.20am Antiques Roadshow. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Mission: Impossible. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 11.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Mission: Impossible. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 Mission: Impossible. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 4.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.00 Star Trek: Enterprise.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Ideal Palace. Continued. (2018, PG, French) 7.00 Legend. (1985, PG) 8.40 God Willing. (2015, PG, Italian) 10.15 From Up On Poppy Hill. (2011, PG) 11.55 Mon Oncle. (1958, French) 2.05pm Kirikou And The Men And Women. (2012, PG, French) 3.40 Last Chance Harvey. (2008, PG) 5.25 Florence Foster Jenkins. (2016, PG) 7.30 Midnight Cowboy. (1969, M) 9.35 Molly’s Game. (2017) 12.10am Julieta. (2016, M, Spanish) 2.00 Young And Beautiful. (2013, MA15+, French) 3.40 Mon Oncle. (1958, French) 5.50 Last Chance Harvey. (2008, PG)

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 Hellfire Heroes. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Swamp People. 1.00 Storage Wars. 1.30 Pawn Stars. 2.00 Back Country Rescue. 3.00 Your 4x4. 3.30 The Grade Cricketer. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Shipping Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Lost In Space. (1998, PG) 10.10 MOVIE: Sphere. (1998, M) 12.55am Shipping Wars. 2.00 Storage Wars. 2.30 Sound FX: Best Of. 3.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (53, 93) 6am Children’s Programs. 9.30 True And The Rainbow Kingdom. 10.00 Ninjago. 10.30 Pokémon Journeys. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon BattleBots. 2.00 Malcolm In The Middle. 2.30 The Six Million Dollar Man. 3.30 The A-Team. 4.30 Knight Rider. 5.30 MOVIE: The Spiderwick Chronicles. (2008, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: King Kong. (2005, M) 11.10 MOVIE: The Last Dragonslayer. (2016, M) 1.10am Rivals. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 5.10 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic.

PEACH (82, 11) 6am Judging Amy. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Fam. 8.30 Becker. 9.00 The King Of Queens. 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 2.00 The King Of Queens. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 MOVIE: The Legend Of Zorro. (2005, M) 11.55 MOVIE: No Reservations. (2007, PG) 2am Everybody Loves Raymond. 2.30 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 3.30 Frasier. 4.30 Home Shopping.

Programs. 6.10pm Brave Bunnies. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Hey Duggee. 6.35 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 MOVIE: Samson & Delilah. (2009, MA15+) 10.25 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 10.55 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 11.45 Catalyst. 12.40am Parks And Recreation. 1.05 Reno 911! 1.25 The IT Crowd. 1.50 Unprotected Sets. 2.15 News Update. 2.20 Close. 5.00 The Day Henry Met. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.35 Late Programs.

N ITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Tales Of Tatonka. 8.10 Aussie Bush Tales. 8.20 Waabiny Time. 8.45 Wapos Bay. 9.05 Kagagi. 9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 Sunrise Ceremony. Noon The Point. 1.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 2.00 NITV On The Road: Laura Festival. 3.00 Cities Of Gold. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 NITV News: Nula. 7.30 MOVIE: Tia And Piujuq. (2018) 8.55 Bedtime Stories. 9.05 The Fifth Region. 10.05 Boy Nomad. 10.30 Going Places. 11.30 Late Programs.

SEVEN (7)

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.

TEN (10)

VIC

15 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

Saturday, January 30 SECTION GEELONGINDY.COM.AU ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (5, 9)

WIN (8)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 10.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News. 12.30 Australia Day Live. (PG, R) 2.30 Making Child Prodigies. (PG, R) 3.00 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. (R) 3.30 Dream Gardens. (R) 4.00 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline Summer. (R) 5.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 6. Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City. From Dolphin Stadium, Brisbane.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Great Irish Railway Journeys. (R) 3.45 Gourmet Farmer. (PG, R) 4.20 Remarkable Places To Eat. (PG, R) 5.30 KGB: The Sword And The Shield.

6.00 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 MOVIE: Miracle. (2004, PGl, R) 3.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 1. Melbourne v Adelaide. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

SEVEN (7)

6.00 Easy Eats. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 Animal Embassy. (PGm, R) 1.00 Award Winning Tasmania. (PG, R) 1.30 Explore. 1.40 MOVIE: House Arrest. (1996, PGa, R) Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak, Jennifer Tilly. 3.50 Serengeti. (PG, R) 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 RBT. (PGdl, R)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 All 4 Adventure. (PG, R) 8.30 4x4 Adventures. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Beyond The Fire. (PGa) 12.30 Left Off The Map. (R) 1.00 10 Minute Kitchen. 1.30 Jamie & The Nonnas. (R) 2.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. (Return) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 4.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

TEN (10)

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories and events as they unfold, with comprehensive analysis and reporting. 7.30 Midsomer Murders. (Final, Mals, R) Things take a troubling turn when the circus comes to town, bringing with it a chain of clown sightings. 9.00 Endeavour. (Mav, R) Part 2 of 4. As the highly anticipated moon landings of Apollo 11 draw near, Morse, now at Castle Gate CID, finds himself investigating the death of promising young astrophysicist Adam Drake and his girlfriend. 10.30 Call The Midwife. (Ma, R) The prospect of a new romance for Lucille brightens the mood at Nonnatus House. 11.30 Deep Water. (Mal, R) Roz deals with the trauma of her attack. 12.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Guest programmed by Psychedelic Porn Crumpets.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (Return) Ernie Dingo takes a trip to Bowen. 8.00 Michael Portillo’s Abandoned Britain. (PG, R) Michael Portillo heads to the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire to explore Imber, a 1000-year-old village. 9.00 MOVIE: Once Upon A Time In America. (1984, MA15+av, R, Italy, ) A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan after 30 years. Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern. 1.00 MOVIE: Sweet Country. (2017, Mav, R, Australia) 3.00 White Right: Meeting The Enemy. (MA15+al, R) 4.00 Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. The Qualifier. 11.00 MOVIE: Drive Angry. (2011, MA15+lsv, R) A vengeful father escapes from hell with Satan’s handgun and chases after a cult leader and his minions men who killed his daughter and kidnapped his granddaughter, intending to sacrifice her. Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner. 1.10 [SEVEN] Travel Oz. (PG, R) 1.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 [SEVEN] My Greek Odyssey. (PG, R) 5.00 [SEVEN] Get Arty. (R) 5.30 [SEVEN] Get Arty. (R)

6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 2021 Sounds Better Together. (PG) A host of Australian singers perform in a run of COVID-safe shows to lift spirits. 10.00 MOVIE: Crocodile Dundee II. (1988, PGlv, R) Mick Dundee returns to the Australian bush after his girlfriend is kidnapped by drug dealers. Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon. 12.10 MOVIE: License To Wed. (2007, Ms, R) A couple are put through a marriage course. Robin Williams, Mandy Moore. 1.55 Explore: Well Bread. (R) Travel series. 2.05 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. Home shopping. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact. (R)

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGl, R) In the throes of massive swell and unpredictable weather, the lifeguards push each other to their limits. 7.00 Toddlers Behaving (Very) Badly. Part 2 of 3. Childcare expert Laura Amies teaches toddlers how to behave. 8.00 MOVIE: The Girl On The Train. (2016, Mansv, R) After a divorcée witnesses a shocking incident involving the couple that she has been fantasising about on her daily commute, she finds herself entangled in a missing person’s investigation. Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans. 10.15 MOVIE: The Children Act. (2017, Mls) A judge deals with a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing to have a blood transfusion. Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ben Chaplin. 12.20 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Melbourne Comedy Festival Allstars Supershow. 10.25 Would I Lie To You? 10.55 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.15 Mock The Week. 11.50 How To Be Absolutely Fabulous. 12.20am Escape From The City. 1.20 Comedy Up Late. 1.45 News Update. 1.50 Close. 5.00 The Day Henry Met. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31)

6am WorldWatch. Noon Basketball. NBA. Brooklyn Nets v Miami Heat. Replay. 2.00 New Girl. 3.00 Insight. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.30 Basketball. NBL. Brisbane Bullets v Cairns Taipans. 7.30 The Last Man On Earth. 7.55 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The X-Files. 11.00 Tent And Sex. 11.30 Takeshi’s Castle Indonesia. 12.25am MOVIE: Venus. (2017, M) 2.05 Mardi Gras Movies Home Grown. 2.40 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Home Shopping. 8.30

9GEM (52, 92)

6am Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.20 The Baron. 12.20pm MOVIE: Mystery Junction. (1951, PG) 1.40 MOVIE: Raising The Wind. (1961) 3.35 MOVIE: The Woman In The Window. (1944, PG) 5.35 MOVIE: Attack On The Iron Coast. (1968, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: A Bridge Too Far. (1977, M) 11.05 MOVIE: The Gunfight At Dodge City. (1959, M) 12.35am Late Programs.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Home Shopping.

Travel Oz. 10.00 NBC Today. 12.30pm Dog Patrol. 1.30 Sydney Weekender. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Property Ladder UK. 5.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 12.30am The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Sydney Weekender. 4.00 Creek To Coast. 4.30 Late Programs.

9.00 The Doctors. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. 11.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. Noon Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 Mission: Impossible. 2.00 iFish. 2.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 3.30 All 4 Adventure. 4.30 Mighty Machines. 5.00 Roads Less Travelled. 5.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 Hawaii Five-0. 11.20 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 9.05 Kagagi. 9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 MOVIE: Tia And Piujuq. (2018) 11.25 The Fifth Region. 12.25pm NITV News: Nula. 12.55 Going Places. 1.55 Bamay. 2.30 Touch Football. WA Super League. 4.00 Football. Monsoon AFL. Replay. 6.00 Going Places. 7.00 Everyday Brave. 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Bamay. 2.30am Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Wadjda. (2012, PG, Arabic) 9.15 Florence Foster Jenkins. (2016, PG) 11.20 The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 1.20pm The Ideal Palace. (2018, PG, French) 3.20 From Up On Poppy Hill. (2011, PG) 5.00 The Man Who Invented Christmas. (2017, PG) 6.55 God Willing. (2015, PG, Italian) 8.30 Panic Room. (2002) 10.35 Spoor. (2017, MA15+, Polish) 12.55am Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs.

9GO! (53, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

PEACH (82, 11)

10.30 American Pickers. 11.30 Your 4x4. Noon Storage Wars. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Aussie Dreamlivers Alaska. 2.00 Shipping Wars. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 Desert Collectors. 6.00 Ultimate Factories. 7.00 Building Giants. 8.00 Mighty Cruise Ships. 9.00 Air Crash Investigation: Special Report. 10.00 Air Crash Investigation. 11.00 Late Programs.

2pm Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Children’s Programs. 3.10 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: The Power Of Us. (2018) 5.10 MOVIE: Spy Kids. (2001, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Jurassic Park. (1993, PG) 9.30 MOVIE: Conan The Barbarian. (2011, MA15+) 11.40 Stunt Science. 12.40am Fresh Eggs. 1.35 The Top 100 Video Games Of All Time. 2.30 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Late Programs.

6am Judging Amy. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Fam. 8.30 Becker. 9.00 The King Of Queens. 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11.00 Frasier. Noon The Neighborhood. 12.30 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 1.30 Becker. 2.30 The Middle. 3.30 Friends. 6.00 Columbo. 8.00 Kojak. 9.00 Spyforce. 10.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 The Middle. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 2 Broke Girls. 2.00 Late Programs. 12466297-SN42-20

Speak to your agent about listing on realestateview.com.au. Be seen everywhere.

Sunday, January 31 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (5, 9)

WIN (8)

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Offsiders. (Return) 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News. 12.30 Landline Summer. 1.00 Everyone’s A Critic. (PG, R) 1.30 Wild Australia: After The Fires. (PG, R) 2.30 War On Waste: The Battle Continues. (PG, R) 3.30 The Mix. (R) 4.00 Soccer. W-League. Round 6. Canberra United v Adelaide United.

6.00 France 24 English News First Edition. (R) 6.30 Al Jazeera News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Gymnastics. FIG World Challenge Cup. Highlights. 5.00 Travel Man. (R) 5.30 KGB: The Sword And The Shield. (PG)

6.00 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Surf Patrol. (R) 12.30 Beach Cops. (PG, R) 1.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 1. Richmond v Brisbane Lions. 3.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 1. Geelong v North Melbourne. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Easy Eats. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 The Xtreme Collxtion. (PG, R) 10.30 Peaking: Mark Mathews. (PGl, R) Follows surfer Mark Mathews. 11.00 Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series. Day 1. Day session. 5.30 Territory Cops. (PGdlv, R) Officers follow a suspicious car.

6.00 Mass. 6.30 Hillsong. 7.00 Leading The Way. (R) [TEN] Joseph Prince. 7.30 Fishing Aust. (R) [TEN] Joel Osteen. 8.00 GCBC. (R) 8.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 9.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient. 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Taste Of Australia. (R) 2.00 4x4 Adventures. (Final) 3.00 RV Daily Foodie Trails. (R) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 All 4 Adventure. (Final) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (PG) 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.40 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. Part 3 of 4. 8.30 Joanna Lumley’s Unseen Adventures. (PG) Part 3 of 3. Joanna Lumley concludes her journey by exploring the tomb of Cyrus the Great. 9.15 Stateless. (Malsv, R) Tensions run high as Clare struggles to keep control of Barton. Ameer’s lies come undone. 10.15 Killing Eve. (MA15+v, R) Eve tries to patch things up with Niko. 11.00 Wentworth. (MA15+dlv, R) 11.45 Endeavour. (Mav, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.45 Wentworth. (MA15+dlv, R) 4.35 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Einstein And Hawking: Masters Of The Universe. (R) Part 1 of 2. Explores how Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking helped change our understanding of the universe. 9.20 Trump’s American Carnage. (M) In the wake of a pro-Donald Trump mob storming the Capitol in an attempt to overturn a presidential election, the story of how Trump’s presidency laid the groundwork for bitter division and violence, is explored. 10.20 Bamay. (R) A showcase of Australia’s most picturesque and diverse landscapes shot from the air. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. The Knockout. 11.00 World’s Most Shocking Emergency Calls. (MA15+adv, R) Documents shocking emergency calls, including a tragic family massacre. 12.00 Medical Emergency. (PG, R) A paramedic is called to the aid of his boss, who may have broken his ribs after being hit by a car. 12.30 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] Medical Emergency. (PG, R) 1.00 [SEVEN] The Guardian. (Madsv, R) 2.00 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 [SEVEN] Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 [SEVEN] NBC Today. (R) 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 Married At First Sight: Grand Reunion. Past contestants reunite for a dinner party. 8.45 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians. 9.45 Seduced By Evil. Takes a look at the case of Derek Alldred, a criminal mastermind who manipulated unsuspecting women. 11.15 Nine News Late. 11.45 Killer On The Line: Darlene Gentry. (Mav, R) 12.35 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. (MA15+adlv) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (Final, PG) Aussie celebrities compete in a test of survival in the Australian outback. 9.00 The Graham Norton Show. (Mals, R) Graham Norton is joined by awardwinning actor Carey Mulligan, who talks about her role in Promising Young Woman, Broadway star Neil Patrick Harris, and James Norton from Grantchester. Other guests include Ian Wright and Camille Cottin. 10.00 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 11.00 Bull. (R) A psychologist defends clients in court. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: America’s Most Dangerous Pets. 9.30 Enslaved. (Premiere) 10.30 Catalyst. 11.30 Auschwitz Untold: In Colour. 12.40am You Can’t Ask That. 1.00 Restoration Australia. 1.55 Comedy Up Late. 2.25 News Update. 2.30 Close. 5.00 The Day Henry Met. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 10.30 SBS Courtside. 11.00 Basketball. NBA. New Orleans Pelicans v Houston Rockets. 1.30pm New Girl. 2.30 WorldWatch. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Melbourne United v South East Melbourne Phoenix. 5.00 Basketball. NBL. Perth Wildcats v NZ Breakers. 7.00 Abandoned Places. 7.30 The Last Man On Earth. 7.55 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Why Women Kill. 9.25 United Shades Of America. 10.15 Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Home Shopping.

9GEM (52, 92)

6am TV Shop. 6.30 Amazing Facts Presents. 7.00 Leading The Way. 7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.25 Dangerman. 12.45pm Getaway. 1.45 MOVIE: The Amorous Prawn. (1962) 3.30 MOVIE: Indiscreet. (1958, PG) 5.30 Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series. Day 1. Night session. 11.00 Late Programs.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30

10.00 Australia: The Story Of Us. 11.00 NBC Today. Noon The Yorkshire Vet. 2.00 All The Things. 2.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 3.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 Wild Bill. (Premiere) 9.30 Miniseries: Bancroft. 11.30 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 1.30am Medical Rookies. 2.00 Brit Cops. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Home Shopping.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 8.45

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 8.30 From Up On Poppy Hill. (2011, PG) 10.10 Bugsy Malone. (1976, PG) 11.50 Last Chance Harvey. (2008, PG) 1.30pm My Neighbour Totoro. (1988, PG) 3.10 Belle And Sebastian 3. (2017, PG, French) 4.50 The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 6.50 Tom Thumb. (2001, PG, French) 8.30 Miriam Lies. (2018, M, Spanish) 10.10 Julieta. (2016, M, Spanish) Midnight Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs.

9GO! (53, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

PEACH (82, 11)

10.00 Timbersports. 10.30 Mighty Cruise Ships. 11.30 River To Reef: Retro. Noon The Fishing Show. 1.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 1.30 Shipping Wars. 3.00 Hellfire Heroes. 4.00 Bushfire Wars. 4.30 Graveyard Carz. 5.30 Counting Cars. 6.00 Last Car Garage. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Caddyshack. (1980, M) 10.35 MOVIE: Caddyshack II. (1988, PG) 12.45am Late Programs.

1.30pm Dance Moms. 3.30 MOVIE: Look Who’s Talking. (1989, PG) 5.25 MOVIE: The Little Rascals. (1994) 7.00 MOVIE: Journey To The Centre Of The Earth. (2008, PG) 9.00 MOVIE: Evolution. (2001, PG) 11.00 MOVIE: Brüno. (2009, MA15+) 12.35am Surfing Australia TV. 1.05 Mike Tyson Mysteries. 1.15 Dance Moms. 3.00 Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Late Programs.

Wapos Bay. 9.05 Kagagi. 9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 Softball. SA Premier League. 11.30 Netball. SA Premier League. 12.40pm Football. Monsoon AFL. 2.00 African Football. 3.45 Football. NTFL. 5.45 African News. 6.00 APTN National News. 6.30 Artefact. 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.40 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.40 Adam Goodes: The Final Quarter. 10.10 The Point. 11.10 Late Programs. 16 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

SEVEN (7)

TEN (10)

Key Of David. 8.00 Bondi Rescue Red Centre Adventure. 9.00 Mega Mechanics. 10.00 One Strange Rock. 11.00 Scorpion. 1pm The Doctors. 2.00 Beyond The Fire. 2.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. 3.30 Reel Action. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 iFish. 5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 48 Hours. 11.20 Late Programs. 6am Fam. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.30 The Neighborhood. 1pm Becker. 2.00 The Middle. 3.30 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Friends. 10.30 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Mom. 3.30 The Neighborhood. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 The Brady Bunch.

Monday, February 1

GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R) 11.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.45 Meet The Ferals. (R) 2.00 Unforgotten. (Malsv, R) 2.45 First Nation Farmers. (R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 4.30 Back Roads. (R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Al Jazeera News. 2.00 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 2.30 Pompeii’s Final Hours: New Evidence. (PGa, R) 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.25 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.30 Jeopardy! (Return, PG) 5.55 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales. 8.00 Stan Grant’s One Plus One. (Final) Stan Grant chats to Carlotta. 8.30 Four Corners. (Return) Investigative journalism program. 9.15 Media Watch. (Return, PG) Hosted by Paul Barry. 9.35 The Pacific: In The Wake Of Captain Cook With Sam Neill: Endeavour And Tahiti. (Premiere, PG) Sam Neill follows Captain Cook’s journey. 10.25 You Can’t Ask That: Firefighters. (Ml, R) 10.55 ABC Late News. 11.30 Harrow. (Final, Mav, R) 12.20 Wentworth. (MA15+av, R) 1.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.15 Wentworth. (MA15+av, R) 4.00 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

SEVEN (7)

SECTION

NINE (5, 9)

WIN (8)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Tiny House Of Terror. (2017, Mv, R) 2.00 Gold Coast Medical. (Man, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 1. Day session. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. Hosted by Eddie McGuire. [MELB] Afternoon News. 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local. The latest news, sport and weather.

6.00 Headline News. [TEN] The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 [TEN] Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 [TEN] The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 8.00 [TEN] Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.25 SBS World News. 7.35 The Architecture The Railways Built: St Pancras. (PG) Presented by Tim Dunn. 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency: In Love And War. (M) An elderly lung cancer patient is rushed to St George’s Hospital with suspected sepsis. 9.25 The Story Of The Songs: Madonna. (Premiere, M) Curtis Hudson and Billy Steinberg reveal the creative processes that led to three of Madonna’s iconic hits. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Agent Hamilton. (MA15+v, R) 11.50 Outlander. (MA15+a, R) 1.55 Cocaine Trade Exposed: The Invisibles. (Ma, R) 3.45 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (Return, PGav) Colby’s life hangs in the balance. 7.30 Holey Moley Australia. (Premiere, PG) Contestants tackle a mini golf course. 9.00 9-1-1. (Return, M) Bobby and the 118 race to save passengers on a city bus that has crashed into a building. 10.00 The Rookie. (Mv) Nolan is given some life-changing news. 11.00 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught On Camera. (PGa) 12.00 Robbie Coltrane’s Critical Evidence: The Saturday Night Strangler – Joe Kappen. (Ma, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] The Guardian. (Madsv, R) 2.00 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 [SEVEN] NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight: Grand Reunion. Past contestants reunite for a dinner party. 9.00 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Australia’s favourite celebrities battle it out in a quest to win $1 million for their chosen charity. 10.15 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events. 10.45 Children Who Kill. (Mal, R) Susanna Reid meets convicted murderers. 11.40 The First 48: Deadly Secret/ Behind Closed Doors. (Mav, R) 12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Amazing Race Australia. (Return) Fourteen teams of two people in a pre-existing relationship embark on a journey around Australia. 9.00 MOVIE: Peppermint. (2018, MA15+av) Five years after her husband and daughter were killed in a senseless act of violence, a woman returns from self-exile to seek revenge against those responsible for the crime and the system that let them go free. Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr, John Ortiz. 11.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 11.00 [TEN] The Project. (R) 12.00 [TEN] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 [TEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 David Attenborough’s Rise Of Animals. 9.50 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.35 Escape From The City. 11.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 12.15am Would I Lie To You? 12.45 Parks And Recreation. 1.10 Reno 911! 1.30 Unprotected Sets. 2.25 News Update. 2.30 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31)

6am WorldWatch. 10.30 SBS Courtside. 11.00 NBA. Washington Wizards v Brooklyn Nets. 1.30pm Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 1.40 VICE World Of Sports. 2.05 The Curse Of Oak Island. 2.55 Earthworks. 3.45 WorldWatch. 4.10 This Week. 5.05 Only Connect. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Abandoned Engineering. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 RocKwiz. 10.15 Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Morning Programs.

9GEM (52, 92)

6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. 9.30 Customs. 10.00 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 1. Day session. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 Heartbeat. 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. 5.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 1. Night session. 11.30 Late Programs.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Artefact. 2.30 Clinton’s Walk For Justice. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.55 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Yulubidyi - Until The End. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 Mabo: Life Of An Island Man. 10.30 News. 10.40 Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 7.20 The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 9.20 Dean Spanley. (2008, PG) 11.15 Heart Beats Loud. (2018, PG) 1.05pm Tom Thumb. (2001, PG, French) 2.45 The Man Who Invented Christmas. (2017, PG) 4.40 Bugsy Malone. (1976, PG) 6.20 My Neighbour Totoro. (1988, PG) 8.00 Run Lola Run. (1998, M, German) 9.30 Sicilian Ghost Story. (2017, MA15+, Italian) Midnight Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Last Car Garage. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Bushfire Wars. 12.30 Storage Wars Canada. 2.00 Back Country Rescue. 3.00 Bushfire Wars. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Counting Cars. 4.30 Hellfire Heroes. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Restoration Workshop. 8.30 MOVIE: Patriot Games. (1992, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (53, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

PEACH (82, 11)

8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 MOVIE: The Falcon In Mexico. (1944, PG) Noon Room For Improvement. 12.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.40 Late Programs.

11.00 Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series. Day session. 6pm Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series. Night session. 11.00 Police Ten 7. Midnight Quantum Leap. 1.00 Bromans. 2.00 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Round 1. Replay. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 5.10 Late Programs.

TEN (10)

Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 CSI: Miami. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 11.15 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.10am Shopping. 2.10 Late Programs. 6am Judging Amy. 7.00 Dr Quinn. 8.00 The Neighborhood. 9.00 Friends. 10.00 The Big Bang Theory. 11.00 Becker. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 2.00 The King Of Queens. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 Late Programs.

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (5, 9)

WIN (8)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.45 Bee Cause. (R) 11.00 Gardening Australia. (Final, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Unforgotten. (Mals, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.10 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 4.30 Back Roads. (R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 2.30 Pompeii’s Final Hours: New Evidence. (PG, R) 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.25 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 5.05 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.35 Jeopardy! (PG)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Surf Patrol. (R) 2.00 Gold Coast Medical. (PGa, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 2. Day session. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. Hosted by Eddie McGuire. [MELB] Afternoon News. 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local. The latest news, sport and weather.

6.00 Headline News. [TEN] The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 [TEN] Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 [TEN] The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 8.00 [TEN] Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news. 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. (Return) International affairs program. 8.30 Designing A Legacy. (Ml) Tim Ross meets families whose lives have been shaped by the designs of their iconic homes. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 ABC Late News. 11.05 Glitch. (Final, Malv, R) 12.00 Wentworth. (Mals, R) 12.50 Parliament Question Time. 2.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.10 Wentworth. (Mals, R) 4.00 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Great Continental Railway Journeys: Palermo To Mt Etna. (PG) Hosted by Michael Portillo. 8.35 24 Hours In Emergency: Pressure Point. (M) A 12-year-old is airlifted to St George’s Hospital after being struck by a motorcycle. 9.30 Travel Man’s Greatest Trips: Mind Body And Soul. (PG) Part 4 of 4. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 The A Word. (Mals) 12.00 The Pier. (Malsv, R) 12.55 Deep State. (MA15+v, R) 4.00 Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGav) The Parata brothers’ luck runs thin. 7.30 Holey Moley Australia. (PG) Contestants tackle a mini golf course. 9.00 The Good Doctor. (Return, M) Shaun treats a patient with an unpredictable illness unlike anything he has ever seen before. 10.00 The Resident. (Return, M) Conrad and Nic prepare for their wedding. 11.00 Station 19. (Mal) 12.00 Black-ish. (PGa, R) 12.30 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] Black-ish. (PGl, R) 1.00 [SEVEN] Black-ish. (PGa, R) 2.00 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 [SEVEN] NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. Ordinary Australians become travel critics. 8.30 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Australia’s favourite celebrities battle it out in a quest to win $1 million for their chosen charity. 9.45 Murder, Lies And Alibis: The Bank Job. (MA15+lv, R) The story of a notorious bank heist. 11.00 Nine News Late. 11.30 Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year Asia. (PGls, R) 12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Amazing Race Australia. The teams continue their race around Australia as they vie for the $250,000 cash prize. 9.00 NCIS. (M) McGee and his wife Delilah’s holiday to The Bahamas transforms into a high-stakes mission. 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Mv) Deeks struggles during training. 11.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 11.00 [TEN] The Project. (R) 12.00 [TEN] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 [TEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 7.55 Doctor Who. 8.45 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.25 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.45 Rosehaven. (Final) 10.10 The IT Crowd. (Final) 10.35 Frontline. 11.30 Melbourne Comedy Festival Allstars Supershow. 1.20am Parks And Recreation. 1.40 Reno 911! 2.05 Unprotected Sets. 2.25 News Update. 2.30 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 11.00 SBS Courtside. 11.30 Basketball. NBA. Atlanta Hawks v Los Angeles Lakers. 2pm The Curse Of Oak Island. 2.50 Hunting Hitler. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Only Connect. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Abandoned Engineering. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Fringe Nation: Extremists In America. 9.20 The 2000s. 10.10 Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Room For Improvement. 12.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Sydney Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 The Bay. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (52, 92) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. 9.30 Customs. 10.00 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 2. Day session. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 Heartbeat. 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. 5.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 2. Night session. 11.30 Late Programs.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 CSI: Miami. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 10.25 CSI: Miami. 11.20 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.40pm

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 6.50 My Neighbour Totoro. (1988, PG) 8.30 Tom Thumb. (2001, PG, French) 10.10 Belle And Sebastian 3. (2017, PG, French) 11.50 Leave No Trace. (2018, PG) 1.50pm Dean Spanley. (2008, PG) 3.45 Romeo And Juliet. (2013, PG) 5.55 Heart Beats Loud. (2018, PG) 7.45 Fanny’s Journey. (2016, M, French) 9.30 The Forbidden Kingdom. (2008, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Swamp People. 1.00 Storage Wars Canada. 2.00 Back Country Rescue. 3.00 Storage Wars. 3.30 Pawn Stars. 4.00 Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Hellfire Heroes. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Opal Hunters. (Return) 10.30 Yukon Gold. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (53, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

PEACH (82, 11)

Songlines On Screen. 2.10 Boy Nomad. 2.30 Mparntwe: Sacred Sites. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 African American: Many Rivers To Cross. 8.30 Superstition. 9.20 NITV News Update. 9.30 Hunting Aotearoa. 10.00 Football. NTFL. Midnight Late Programs.

SEVEN (7)

11.00 Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series. Day session. 6pm Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series. Night session. 11.00 Police Ten 7. Midnight Quantum Leap. 1.00 Urbex: Enter At Your Own Risk. 2.00 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Round 2. Replay. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 5.10 Late Programs.

TEN (10)

6am Judging Amy. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The King Of Queens. 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 2.00 The King Of Queens. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 11.00 Late Programs.

17 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

Wednesday, February 3 SECTION GEELONGINDY.COM.AU ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (5, 9)

WIN (8)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.30 Stan Grant’s One Plus One. (PGal, R) 11.00 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament. 3.10 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 4.30 Back Roads. (R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Where Are You Really From? (PG, R) 2.30 Pompeii’s Final Hours: New Evidence. (PGa, R) 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 4.30 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 5.05 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.35 Jeopardy! (PG)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 3. Day session. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. Hosted by Eddie McGuire. [MELB] Afternoon News. 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local. The latest news, sport and weather.

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (Return, PG) Presented by Tom Gleeson. 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (Return) A satirical news program exposing the humorous, absurd and downright hypocritical. 9.00 Aftertaste. (Premiere, Mls) A celebrity chef tries to reinvent himself. 9.30 QI. (PG) Hosted by Sandi Toksvig. 10.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 10.45 ABC Late News. 11.15 Four Corners. (R) 12.00 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.20 Wentworth. (MA15+als, R) 1.05 Parliament Question Time. 2.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.15 Wentworth. (MA15+als, R) 4.00 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Britain’s Most Historic Towns: Glasgow – Age Of Steam. (PG) Professor Alice Roberts explores Glasgow. 8.30 The Last Journey Of The Vikings. (PG) Part 4 of 4. Documents how the descendants of the Vikings became involved in the battle for the English throne. 9.30 Vikings. (MA15+) Ivar and Hvitserk return to Kattegat. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.55 24 Hours In Emergency: Someone To Come Home To. (Ma, R) 11.50 MOVIE: 1987: When The Day Comes. (2017, MA15+v, R, South Korea) 2.15 Fourth Estate: The NY Times And Trump. (Ml, R) 3.50 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGav) Dean calls in a favour from the old crew. 7.30 Holey Moley Australia. (PG) Contestants battle for supremacy on an obstacle-filled supersized mini golf course. 9.00 MOVIE: Captain America: The First Avenger. (2011, Mv, R) During World War II, a young man volunteers for a top-secret research project which turns him into a superhero. Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving. 11.30 Surveillance Oz Dashcam. (PG, R) Takes a look at dashcam footage. 12.00 Code Black. (Mas, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] Code Black. (Ma, R) 2.00 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 [SEVEN] NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. (PGlns) Narrated by Denise Scott. 8.30 MOVIE: Top End Wedding. (2019, Ml) A woman and her fiancé have just 10 days to find her mother before their wedding. Miranda Tapsell, Gwilym Lee, Shari Sebbens. 10.30 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events. 11.00 The InBetween. (Mav) A schoolteacher is murdered. 12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 7.30 The Amazing Race Australia. The teams continue their race around Australia as they vie for the $250,000 cash prize. Hosted by Beau Ryan. 9.00 Bull. (Mv, R) Bull and Benny search for jurors who sympathise with dysfunctional family relationships when they defend Bull’s old friend, an in-debt gambler accused of killing her wealthy father to gain her inheritance. 11.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 11.00 [TEN] The Project. (R) 12.00 [TEN] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 [TEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning. Morning news and talk show.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Designing A Legacy. 9.45 Restoration Australia. 10.45 Enslaved. 11.50 Louis Theroux: America’s Most Dangerous Pets. 12.50am Parks And Recreation. 1.10 Reno 911! 1.30 Unprotected Sets. 1.55 News Update. 2.00 Close. 5.00 The Day Henry Met. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31)

6am WorldWatch. Noon Basketball. NBA. New Orleans Pelicans v Houston Rockets. Replay. 2.00 The Curse Of Oak Island. 2.50 Hunting Hitler. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Only Connect. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Abandoned Engineering. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Your Name. (2016, PG) 10.25 MOVIE: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. (2001, M) 12.15am Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Morning Programs.

9GEM (52, 92)

6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. 9.30 Customs. 10.00 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 3. Day session. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 Heartbeat. 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. 5.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 3. Night session. 11.30 Late Programs.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Home Shopping.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Race For Justice. 2.00 On The Road. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.55 Our Stories. 7.10 News. 7.20 First Australians. 8.30 The Whole Table. 9.30 When The Natives Get Restless. 10.00 News. 10.10 Red Earth Uncovered. 10.40 Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Dean Spanley. Continued. (2008, PG) 7.10 Romeo And Juliet. (2013, PG) 9.20 Heart Beats Loud. (2018, PG) 11.10 Complicity. (2018, PG, Japanese) 1.20pm The Nutty Professor. (1963, PG) 3.20 The Tree Of Life. (2011, PG) 5.50 Leave No Trace. (2018, PG) 7.50 Summer Of ’92. (2015, M, Danish) 9.30 The City Of Lost Children. (1995, M, French) 11.35 Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Swamp People. 1.00 Storage Wars Canada. 2.00 Back Country Rescue. 3.00 Storage Wars. 3.30 Pawn Stars. 4.00 Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Hellfire Heroes. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 8.30 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (53, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

PEACH (82, 11)

SEVEN (7)

8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Room For Improvement. 12.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Make It Yours. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Frankie Drake Mysteries. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.50 Late Programs.

11.00 Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series. Day session. 6pm Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series. Night session. 11.00 Police Ten 7. Midnight Quantum Leap. 1.00 The Horn. 2.00 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Round 3. Replay. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 5.10 Late Programs.

TEN (10)

8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 CSI: Miami. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 NCIS. 11.15 Late Programs. 6am Judging Amy. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Fam. 8.30 Becker. 9.00 The King Of Queens. 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 2.00 The King Of Queens. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 2 Broke Girls. 11.00 Late Programs.

Local News 12466496-DL43-20

Send us your news leads. We’d love to know... editorial@geelongindependent.com.au

Thursday, February 4 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (5, 9)

WIN (8)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Joanna Lumley’s Unseen Adventures. (PG, R) 11.00 Designing A Legacy. (Ml, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 1.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.10 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 4.30 Back Roads. (R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.15 Where Are You Really From? (PG, R) 2.45 Rome Unpacked. (PG, R) 5.05 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.35 Jeopardy! (PG)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Wrong Teacher. (2018, Masv, R) 2.00 Gold Coast Medical. (PGaln, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 MOVIE: Hope Springs. (2012, Mas, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news. 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales. 8.00 Back Roads: Cobar, NSW. (Return, PG) Heather Ewart visits Cobar in NSW. 8.30 Q+A. (Return) Interactive public affairs program featuring a panel of experts and commentators answering questions. 9.35 To Be Advised. 10.35 ABC Late News. 11.05 To Be Advised. 12.05 Wentworth. (Mlv, R) 12.50 Parliament Question Time. 1.55 Killing Eve. (MA15+v, R) 2.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.15 Wentworth. (Mlv, R) 4.00 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The World’s Greatest Palaces: Neuschwanstein Castle. (PG) A look at Neuschwanstein Castle. 8.30 Michael Mosley: Truth About Sleep. Michael Mosley takes a look at the nature of sleep and what happens when people do not get enough of it. 9.35 World On Fire. (M) The Nazis have taken over Paris. 10.45 SBS World News Late. 11.15 24 Hours In Police Custody: Smuggled. (Malv, R) 12.10 Home Ground. (MA15+l, R) 2.10 The Little Drummer Girl. (Masv, R) 4.00 Inside North Korea’s Dynasty. (PGv, R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGsv) A mysterious woman arrives in town. Justin gets serious with Ziggy. Christian looks for a place to live. 7.30 Cricket. Big Bash League. The Challenger. 11.30 To Be Advised. 12.30 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] MOVIE: The Making Of A Hollywood Madam. (1996, Mas, R) 2.30 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 [SEVEN] NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise. Takes a look at the latest news, sport and weather, with business and finance updates.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 4. Night session. From Melbourne Park. 11.30 Nine News Late. Takes a look at the latest news and events from Australia and around the world. 12.00 The Horn: The Smallest Price. (Malm, R) Follows the work of Air Zermatt, a search and rescue team operating in the Swiss Alps. 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. Home shopping. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.

6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Ambulance. An insight into the ambulance service, from the highly pressurised control room to crews on the streets. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Mads) The team questions a group of university roommates when a young Italian woman staying with them goes missing during COVID-19 lockdown, only to have the case take a tragic twist. 10.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 11.30 [TEN] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.30 [TEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Mock The Week. 9.20 Hard Quiz. 9.50 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 10.20 You Can’t Ask That. 10.45 Rise Of The Animals. 11.45 Parks And Recreation. 12.05am Reno 911! 12.30 Unprotected Sets. (Final) 12.50 Would I Lie To You? 1.20 QI. 1.50 Brassic. 2.35 News Update. 2.40 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Basketball. NBA. Washington Wizards v Brooklyn Nets. Replay. 2.00 Post Radical. 2.50 Hunting Hitler. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Only Connect. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Abandoned Engineering. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 Skin: A History Of Nudity In The Movies. 11.40 Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Room For Improvement. 12.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Creek To Coast. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (52, 92) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Easy Eats. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The House In Nightmare Park. (1973, PG) 5.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 4. Night session. 7.30 Poirot. 9.30 The First 48. 10.30 The Disappearance. 11.30 Late Programs.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 CSI: Miami. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 9.30 L.A.’s Finest. 10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Nutty Professor. Continued. (1963, PG) 7.25 Leave No Trace. (2018, PG) 9.25 The Tree Of Life. (2011, PG) 11.55 Romeo And Juliet. (2013, PG) 2.05pm Dilili In Paris. (2018, PG, French) 3.45 Death Defying Acts. (2007, PG) 5.35 Complicity. (2018, PG, Japanese) 7.45 Raising Arizona. (1987, M) 9.30 Pan’s Labyrinth. (2006, MA15+, Spanish) 11.40 Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 Hellfire Heroes. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Swamp People. 1.00 Storage Wars Canada. 2.00 Back Country Rescue. 3.00 Storage Wars. 3.30 Pawn Stars. 4.00 Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Hellfire Heroes. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 MOVIE: RED. (2010, M) 10.50 Late Programs.

9GO! (53, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

PEACH (82, 11)

Red Earth Uncovered. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 NITV News Update. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 MOVIE: The Last King Of Scotland. (2006, MA15+) 10.40 Late Programs. 18 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

SEVEN (7)

11.00 Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series. Day session. 6pm Australian Open Tennis Draw. 7.00 Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series. Night session. 11.00 Police Ten 7. Midnight Quantum Leap. 1.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 2.00 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Round 4. Replay. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Late Programs.

TEN (10)

6am Judging Amy. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Fam. 8.30 Becker. 9.00 The King Of Queens. 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 2.00 The King Of Queens. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Friends. 11.00 Late Programs.

GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

NEWS

Drugs and ammunition seized By Luke Voogt Police seized rifle ammunition, $50,000 cash, 37 cannabis plants, a prohibited weapon and steroids in two separate bikie-related raids at Lovely Banks and Newcomb last Wednesday. Detectives from Echo Taskforce and Geelong Firearms Prohibition team arrested a 31-year-old Lovely Banks man during a firearm prohibition order (FPO) compliance check. They charged him with two counts of possession of a drug of dependence, and possession of the proceeds of crime, a firearm-related item in contravention of an

FPO and cartridge ammunition. He was bailed to appear at the Geelong Magistrates Court on May 20. Police also attended a Newcomb address to serve an FPO on a 30-year-old male. They subsequently charged the man and a 26-year-old woman after discovering 37 hydroponically-grown cannabis plants in a shed. Police charged the man with cultivating a drug of dependence and possession of a narcotic plant, while in breach of a community corrections order. He was bailed by Geelong Magistrates Court, where he is scheduled to

appear again on April 29. Police charged the woman with cultivating a drug of dependence, possession of a narcotic plant and possession of a prohibited weapon. She was bailed to appear at Geelong Magistrates Court on May 5. A Victoria Police spokesperson confirmed the arrests were related to illegal motorcycle gangs. Echo Taskforce Detective Senior Sergeant Ash Ryan stressed the importance of checking on “persons of interest and criminals that we know present a risk to the community if they access firearms”. “Even though they are prohibited from

acquiring, possessing, carrying or using any firearm, we know this is not always the case despite the strong deterrent of up to 10 years in prison. Targeting illicit firearms using FPO’s allows us to not only reduce the impact of firearm-related violence in the community but prevent other crimes from occurring.” Geelong firearms prohibition team Detective Acting Sergeant Brendan O’Mahoney vowed police would crack down on gun crime. “The impact gun crime has had in Geelong has been devastating and we know it has been of great concern to the community,” he said. Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000

Young leader recognised Geelong leadership award-winner Cate McNeil draws inspiration from New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in how she deals with others. The 12-year-old St Joseph’s cricket player and Newtown Primary School graduate this week won the Geelong Young Leader Award. “[Ms Adern] has used empathy and listened to what her people were going through to decide how to move forward in the best way possible,” Cate said in her application for the award. Cate volunteers on patrol at her local beach, completed a first aid course in 2019, was school captain at Newtown Primary and co-captains her cricket team. “A thing that I did to inspire my own school community was out in the playground, where kids, no matter what age, would feel free to come up to me for advice in a certain situation,”

she said. “Sometimes, all they wanted was a listening ear and a supportive hand on their shoulder. “I was there for everyone because for a team to work smoothly, everyone must feel appreciated and heard. I believe this inspires people because it makes everyone feel like they matter, and it makes them want to be able to do the same for others.” Corio MP and deputy federal opposition leader Richard Marles presented the award to Cate on Monday. “Cate is already leading in her community through sport and being first aid trained. She puts listening at the centre of her leadership,” he said. Mr Marles congratulated award finalists Koby Olsen, Grace Holton and Mathilda Garrido for “thoughtful and caring” leadership and meeting challenges with “resilience and determination”.

Corio MP Richard Marles, centre, with Cate McNeil, second from right, and her family. (Supplied)

12476095-LB04-21

19 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

ENTERTAINMENT

‘‘

A lot of people have a good laugh and a gut laugh with me

’’

- Shiralee Hood

Shiralee Hood and Kevin Kropinyeri are heading to the big top at Rippleside Park on February 7. (Supplied)

Deadly funny duo to rock big top By Luke Voogt “Deadly funny” duo Shiralee Hood and Kevin Kropinyeri are set to rock the big top at Rippleside Park as live comedy returns to Geelong next weekend. Noongar-Kurnai-Gunditjmara comedian Hood was thrilled to get back onstage in front of a live crowd last November after several months imagining the laughter in her head during online shows. “Doing it straight to camera with nobody laughing was a really good lesson,” she told the Independent. “I would have to hear it my head and react appropriately. “I was lucky enough to be involved in the Melbourne Fringe gala just before Christmas, in a big hall with everyone in the audience 1.5 metres apart. “It was fantastic to do it to real-life laughter.” The reality of the COVID-19 pandemic first hit Hood when organisers cancelled the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Hood won the festival’s Deadly Funny competition in 2009 with judges enjoying her

“outrageously funny” take on life. “It was sad at first when we heard that the comedy festival was cancelled,” she said. “It was a big shock and I realised, ‘this pandemic is real’. “I missed flying around in 2020 but it’s so good to be back out. I’ve been lucky enough to get a few audiences since COVID but this is going to be fantastic.” No doubt the pandemic will provide some new material for Hood, who loves “healing” through comedy and having a laugh in horrible circumstances, like when her front teeth got knocked out by a swinging hills hoist. “I love to do comedy about real life,” she said. “I’ve done comedy about COVID, the social climate and just being a human and a survivor and having a bit of a laugh along the way. “I like hard comedy that’s not always easy to talk about. I like talking about things that have happened and healing through laughter. “From everyday racism to domestic violence and growing up in a low socio-economic neighbourhood in a big family. “Because I did the comedy about that, it was kind of healing.”

Recently, she took aim at young people’s obsession with their devices, in Rise of the Planet of the Apps in her own “edgy, cheeky and hilarious” way. She joked about throwing teenagers mobile phones up trees to get them climbing and seeing the world around them. “That’s the only way they’re connecting with nature these days,” she said. She often delves into the political realm too, with her own unique definition of politics: “Poly means many. And ticks: bloodsucking mongrels,” she said. Joining Hood under the big top is Ngarrindjeri man and long-time comedic partner Kevin Kropinyeri, from the intimate community of Raukkan, South Australia. “I’ve done quite a few shows with him,” she said. “He’s hilarious. He’s always pushing the line.” Kropinyeri has sold out crowds throughout Australia and beyond. With high energy and silly onstage antics, he mixes keen observational stand-up with ridiculous physical comedy.

His comedy invites both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal audiences to share his journey, his culture and his life. Kropinyeri’s last tour of the UK with the Aboriginal Comedy Allstars saw him smash the scene with five-star reviews and sold-out crowds. “He’s great to watch even though I’ve seen it 100 times,” Hood said. She encouraged locals to head down to the big top for the show beginning 6.30pm at Rippleside Park on February 7. The one-hour show also features 45 minutes of pre-show entertainment by local slide guitarist Tim Hulsman. “I’m looking forward to catching up with Geelong locals and having a good laugh,” Hood said. “A lot of people have a good laugh and a gut laugh with me.” The show is part of Geelong Arts Centre’s summer sessions featuring artists, circus acts and comedians such as Tommy Little, Clare Bowditch, Cal Wilson, Claire Hooper, Jude Perl, Meow Meow, Silvie Paladino and more. Tickets: geelongartscentre.org.au/whats-on

COMMUNITY CALENDAR WANT YOUR EVENT LISTED? Community Calendar is made available free of charge to not-for-profit organisations to keep the public informed of special events and activities. Send item details to Geelong Independent Community Calendar, 1/47 Pakington Street, Geelong West, 3218, or email to editorial@geelongindependent.com.au. Deadline for copy and announcements is 5pm Friday.

Botanical Gardens Free guided walks in the Geelong Botanical Gardens. Wednesdays at 11am, Sundays at 2pm. Meet your guide on the front steps, maximum 10 participants. ■ 5222 6053

on the 4th Monday of every month in Uniting Church Hall, on the corner of Torquay and Reserve roads, Grovedale. Next meeting will be held Monday, February 22, commencing at 10am. New members welcome. ■ 0405 449 716

Interfaith Network Geelong Interfaith Network Zoom discussion on Racism. Thursday, February 4 at 9pm. ■ Tim Gibson, 0412 191 971

Ladies Probus Grovedale East Ladies Probus Club meets 20 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

Yoga Samata Yoga Kirtan on Sunday, February 7 at Virginia Todd Community Centre, 9-15 Clarence Street,Geelong West. 12.15pm Meditation, 1-3.30pm chanting and discourse. ■ Gail, 0417 596 650

Take a free guided walk of the Geelong Botanical Gardens. (Pictures: Chris Edwards)

GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

NEWS

Out and about Independent photographer Louisa Jones, along with thousands of others, headed to Ocean Grove main beach on a scorching hot Monday to enjoy an extended Australia Day weekend.

11 2

1/ Ned and Dylan. 2/ Flynn and Griffin. 3/ Erica Grundell with Monty. 4/ Christine Garbett, Amanda Jones, Zahra Jurcevic and Adrienne d’Alessandro. 5/ John Dixon, Denise Dixon, Stacey White, Poppy White, Chloe Barry and Greg Dixon. 6/ Roger Tromba and Andrew Rhook. 7/ Sasha and Sean Se. 8/ Susie Nelson-Boyd and Emily Innes. 9/ Tracey, Indiana, and Neil Brown. 10/ Rachel and Abby Toussaint. 11/ Charlie and Ned. 12/ Olive. (Pictures: Louisa Jones) 226342 21 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

PUZZLES No. 013

To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: each of the nine vertical columns, each of the nine horizontal rows and each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes. Remember, no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

easy

7 2

4 1 9 8

9 6 1 4 5 7 1 5 2 4 9 5 9 3 6 1 1 7 3 1 8 5 2 9 medium

9 1

7 8

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS

DOWN

Acidic (4) Picking up from where you left off (10) Subvert (9) Fierce weather (5) Coagulate (4) Spreading to wide area (9) Ultimate (7) Cleaning scoop (7) Withstands (7) Siblings (7) Displace (bone) (9) Cut (with axe) (4) Lack of order (5) Meddle (9) Medium-size naval vessels (10) Throne platform (4)

1 3 10 11 12 13 15 16 18 20 22 25 27 28 29 30

No. 013

Bullet (4) Moves in waves (9) Villains (9) Operators (5) Own (7) Idols (5) Dexterity (10) Squirm (6) Propagated (10) Rebel (9) Unexplained events (9) Fund an event (7) Locked and safe (6) Suns (5) Peace (5) Stinging insects (4)

1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 16 17 19 21 23 24 26

DECODER

No. 013

3 2 8 6

3 5

4 7

9 8

8 9

5 4

3 3 7

6 5 hard

8 9 8

9-LETTER WORD Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once. No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural words ending in “s”.

Today’s Aim: 14 words: Good 21 words: Very good

2 8 9 3 6 1 7 5 4

9 5 8 6 3 2 1 4 7

3 LETTERS ALL ARE AVO BAR EEL EGO ELF ERA GAP GEE GET HER ILL ION IRE IVY LAP LEG LOP ORE SOD SOS TEA TIN TOE VIP

TEXT THEE UGLY 5 LETTERS AMISS ANNEX APRIL APTLY ASHES AUDIO BARNS CEDAR CLEAR DIALS DIRGE ELOPE EVOKE GAMMA GORED IDEAS

4 LETTERS AWES BODY CUBE EARL EDGE GILL GIST GLEE ISNT MEAN MOLE NULL PAIN ROOF TAUT

No. 013

INLET IVIES LEASE LOATH METRE MIAOW MUSED MUSTS NORTH OGLES OVALS PAGAN PROPS PULSE RESET RIPEN SCANT SHRUG SLEPT SPELT SPENT

STAFF STAGE UNCLE UNTIE URINE UTERI YOKEL 6 LETTERS OTTERS SETTLE 7 LETTERS AEROSOL COLLAGE

DEFILES ERASURE MOTLEYS VERTIGO 8 LETTERS FESTIVAL RESTLESS SMARTING STANDOFF 10 LETTERS ANCESTRIES ECONOMISTS

celt, cite, cited, city, deceit, deity, delict, diet, edict, edit, elect, elite, excite, excited, EXCITEDLY, exit, exited, leet, lite, teed, telex, tide, tidy, tied, tilde, tile, tiled, yeti 29-01-21

Insert the missing letters to make 10 words – five reading across the grid and five reading down.

"Happy people just don’t shoot their husbands" is a line from which 2001 movie?

Which English band released the '80s hits Johnny Come Home and Good Thing?

NOTE: more than one solution may be possible

Which 2001 novel by Ian McEwan is set in three time periods?

Which nursery rhyme contains the words "vinegar and brown paper"?

The flag of which country depicts an eagle holding a serpent?

No. 013

I L L S C E A N O G U E

7 3 6 1 4 8 9 2 5 3 4 8 1 5 2 6 9 7

T E R

H O R

1 4 2 9 7 5 3 8 6

8 2 7 4 9 6 5 3 1

6 9 5 2 1 3 4 7 8

4 1 3 5 8 7 6 9 2

5 1 2 7 9 6 8 3 4

8 6 4 2 3 1 7 9 5

6 3 1 9 8 4 5 7 2

9 4 5 3 7 2 6 1 8

7 2 8 6 1 5 3 4 9

2 5 9 1 6 7 4 8 3

1 8 3 4 5 9 2 6 7

4 7 6 8 2 3 9 5 1

6 1 7 8 3 9 2 4 5

2 9 5 7 6 4 3 1 8

4 8 2 5 9 1 7 6 3

1 5 9 6 7 3 8 2 4

7 6 3 2 4 8 1 5 9

8 3 4 9 1 6 5 7 2

9 7 1 3 2 5 4 8 6

5 2 6 4 8 7 9 3 1

D E

22 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

3 7 1 8 5 4 2 6 9

3 9 7 5 4 8 1 2 6

5 6 4 7 2 9 8 1 3

10 11 12 13

L 20

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

S A

L C

Puzzles and pagination © Pagemasters | pagemasters.com

28 words: Excellent

hard

5x5

medium

easy

2 1 6 7 5 6 4 9 4 2 3 8 6 6 2 1 7 8 5 8 2 1

QW B Y C H J A R G N V T

2 1 9

D KMO X U F I Z E S L P

WORDFIT

QUICK QUIZ

Nassau and Suffolk County are located in which US state?

Kaohsiung City is the third most populous city of which country?

Which Australian city is known as the Emerald City?

Which TV series stars Brenda Blethyn (pictured) as Detective Chief Inspector Stanhope?

10 Where would you find the vitreous humour? ANSWERS: 1. Legally Blonde 2. Fine Young Cannibals 3. Atonement 4. Jack and Jill 5. Mexico 6. New York 7. Taiwan 8. Sydney 9. Vera 10. The eyeball

SUDOKU

F th kid

GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

SECTION

Message us on Facebook to share your recipes and activity ideas.

Cook it

Find it

LEMON RIND BISCUITS Ingredients 150g butter 1 3/4 cups caster sugar 3 eggs 1 tsp vanilla essence

Grated rind of 1 lemon 300ml sour cream 5 cups self raising flour 2 cups icing sugar

Method 1. Cream butter and caster sugar using electric beater. 2. Add eggs, vanilla essence, lemon rind and beat until mixture is fluffy. 3. Add sour cream and mix well. 4. Fold in self raising flour (use hands to mix). 5. Leave in an airtight container in fridge overnight. 6. Next day: Preheat oven to 160 degrees. 7. Roll mixture into balls. 8. Roll each ball in icing sugar and place on a tray lined with baking paper. Add an extra sprinkle of icing sugar to the top. 9. Bake for 10 minutes or until biscuits start to brown on top. 10. Let biscuits cool and enjoy!

fun fact

n be sharpened 17 On average a pencil ca s long and can write times, draw a line 56km words. approximately 45,000

Recipe supplied by Emma, tested by Aurelia, 2 (pictured).

Make it

KINETIC SAND Ingredients 5 cups of sand 1.2 cups of corn flour 1/2 teaspoon of dishwashing liquid 1 cup of water (approx.) 1 teaspoon tea tree oil (optional)

Method 1. Put 5 cups of play sand in a container. 1. Add 1.2 cups of corn flour and mix. 2. Mix 3/4 a cup of water with 1/2 teaspoon of dishwashing liquid and mix through. Add tea tree oil if using (tea tree is antibacterial and will keep it smelling fresh and lasting longer). 3. If mixture is too dry, add 1/4 cup water. If mixture is too wet, leave it sitting out for a while and it will dry. 4. Store in an airtight container. Recipe from www.mouthsofmums.com.au

Subscribe to our digital editions at www.geelongindy.com.au 12478961-DL05-21

Like Paintball without the mess & bruises

12480695-DL06-21

23 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

SHOP LOCAL SUPPORT LOCAL

Central Geelong’s back to school essentials

Uniforms and school shoes Established in 1985, Beleza School Uniforms in Ryrie Street is an Australian owned business providing both primary and secondary school uniforms for schools across Geelong. Give Beleza the name of your school and your contact information and they will forward your requested price list. Details: www.beleza.com.au. The Secondhand School Shop in Star Street specialises in the consignment sale of pre-loved secondary school items including textbooks, calculators, uniforms and shoes. This excellent service enables you to help other families while helping yourself, recycle unwanted school products and ensure outdated school items are distributed overseas

for use by other communities. Details: www. secondhandschoolsupplies.com.au/ Bellarine Uniforms in Moorabool Street is a school uniform specialist. It provides high quality school uniform products for numerous schools around Geelong as well as generic items such as plain shirts, school pants, socks, tights and accessories. Bellarine Uniforms will measure and fit your child to ensure they walk away set and comfortable for the year ahead. Details: www.noone.com.au/ PWS in Malop Street supplies excellent quality school wear from polo shirts, jumpers, jackets, rain coats and more. A uniform fitting appointment service helps you avoid queues and be in and out with your uniform items in no time. Details: www.psw.com.au/ The Athletes Foot, Faulls Shoes, Footlocker, Betts, Myer Geelong and Rebel Sport, all located in Central Geelong, can measure and fit your child for their next pair of T-bars, traditional lace-ups, sneakers, sport shoes and more. To check opening times and locations visit the Central Geelong business directory at www.centralgeelong.com.au/find/ Mister Minit in Westfield Geelong supplies a variety of products to help you maintain your child’s school shoes including laces, polish, nugget, insoles and brushes. Leather stretching spray will soften even the most stubborn of new leather school shoes. Also in Westfield, Shoe Express can squeeze some extra life back into school shoes that

(iStock)

The first day of the new school year is a mixed experience for parents everywhere. Some are marking the bittersweet milestone when one of our favourite little people makes the transition to primary school. Others are waving off secondary school students for the first time or farewelling youngsters as they move into kindergarten. Whether you’re rejoicing or commiserating the return of the school year, Central Geelong is a one stop shop for all your back to school essentials from stationery to apparel, footwear, lunchboxes, drink bottles, backpacks, accessories and more. Take the stress out of picking up those last-minute items and collect all your back to school needs in one place.

We Are Open 7 Days Lunch & Dinner

Wine & Beer available with 3 LIC restaurants

For all restaurant and dine-in bookings, call restaurant mobile number. Order Online Deliveroo, Menulog, Uber Eats, DoorDash & Easi App

NOW OPEN FOR DINE-IN & PICK UP ORDER

Building anything from sheds to playground equipment, beds to furniture. If its’s flatpack... you name it, we assemble it.

76 Malop St, Geelong Lic

Leopold Shopping Centre Lic

Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre Lic

Tel 5223 3288 / 5223 3118 Mob 0435 666 608

Hi Sushi & Hi Dumpling Tel 5250 6888 / 5250 5168 Mob 0411 105 288

Near to Reading Cinemas Tel 5241 2688 / 5241 2088 | Mob 0466 493 665

Sun - Thu: 10am - 8.30pm Fri & Sat: 10am - 9.30pm

Sun - Thu 10am - 9pm Fri & Sat 10am - 9.30pm

Tasty Asia Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre

Westfield Geelong Shopping Centre

Shop T962 Opposite K-Mart Tel 5241 3688 Mob 0432 458 886

Shop 2284 Level 1 Food Court next to KFC Tel 5298 1387 | Mob 0422 749 988

Sun - Thu: 9am - 8pm Fri: 9am - 9pm | Sat: 9am - 8pm

Mon - Sun 9am - 5pm

Sun - Thu 10am - 8pm Fri & Sat 10am - 9pm

Corio Shopping Centre Shop G15A | Tel 5275 5888 Mob 0411 817 788 Mon - Wed: 9am - 5pm Thu & Fri: 9am - 7pm Sat: 9am - 5pm | Sun: 10am - 4pm

12480815-DL05-21

12480168-SN05-21

12467089-DL43-20

24 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

require minor repairs. Details: www.westfield.com.au/geelong

Books & stationery Located in Malop Street, stationery superstore Officeworks provides off-street parking for its customers right next door. Browse a huge range of back to school supplies in-store or visit their website www.officeworks.com.au/. Using the Officeworks back to school templates and checklists could potentially save you an average of 20 per cent on your school list prices. If you’re pushed for time, the Geelong store offers both click and collect and a ‘Store to Door’ delivery service. Whether it’s for study or play, tweens and secondary school students will love Typo in Market Square’s range of tech accessories including laptop and device cases, carry bags, chargers, earbuds, speakers and more. Details: www.cottonon.com/AU/ Big W in Westfield Geelong is so confident in its back to school prices, it will price match competitors if you find a lower price elsewhere. Supplying children’s stationery, tech and generic uniform items, Big W can help you tick off your back to school list with ease.

Backpacks, lunchboxes and drink bottles Pick up a funky insulated lunch bag and matching drink bottle from Chef’s Essentials in Ryrie Street. Choose from a variety of patterns to brighten up your little one’s school bag. While you are there, why not grab a pack of reusable snack and sandwich bags to reduce on waste. Visit in-store or online www.chefsessentials.com.au/ Smiggle in Westfield Geelong is the ultimate for fun, cool, colourful and playful backpacks, lunchboxes and drink bottles designed to stand the test of school yard time. Choose from holographic effects, fun badges and reversible

Chef’s Essentials drink bottle and lunchboxes, and reusable snack and lunch bags. (Pictures: Supplied)

sequins, sports and video game themes and more! Not only are the backpacks cool and vibrant, they’re also functional featuring padded and adjustable shoulder straps, drink bottle holders and laptop compartments. Smiggle also offers a super cute pre-schooler range – the perfect size for little ones to handle. Details: www.smiggle.com.au/ Matchbox, also in Westfield Geelong, stocks a big selection of drink bottles and insulated water bottles including the Frank Green’s limited-edition range. Complete with flip-up straw lids, a drinking spout, carry strap and not to mention fun and funky designs, your child will be hydrated all day long and you’ll be doing your bit for the environment. Details: www.matchbox.com.au/

Extracurricular essentials Head into the school year feeling on top of

all your family’s school and extracurricular commitments with a weekly, monthly or yearly family planner from Kaisercraft in Market Square. The range of unique, stylish and fun planners are designed for ultimate family organisation and will help you feel in control all year round. Details: www.kaisercraft.com.au/ Best and Less in Market Square is not only great for generic uniform items, underwear, hair accessories and socks, it’s also excellent for swimwear, netball skirts, leotards and more. The range features dozens of ‘2 for $10 items’ and the click and collect service can have you picking up your items in under 24 hours from your time of order. Details: www.bestandless.com.au/ If you child is gearing up for dance classes in the year ahead, Geelong Dance and Fairywear Supplies in Little Malop Street can set you up

with everything you’ll need from leotards, head wear and dance bags to tutus, ballet shoes, tights and more. Details: www.geelongdancesupplies.com.au/ And finally, for those little ones who feel the back to school jitters, fidget items can be helpful to calm their nerves. Our Satellite Hearts in James Street stocks a range of stretchy and squishy putty and calming crystals to soothe and keep restless hands busy. Details: www.oursatellitehearts.com.au/ So put your last-minute list together and head into Central Geelong for your back to school essentials. Please remember to follow the government guidelines relating to COVID-19 physical distancing, hygiene and gathering restrictions when visiting Central Geelong.

12477945-DL03-21

With nearly 20 years’ experience helping families find their home, realestateview.com.au is the trusted source for property.

VISIT US TODAY

GRAND OPENING OFFER Spend over $30 and get 5% off the total bill

FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Open 7 Days Mon - Sat: 8am to 8pm Sunday: 9am to 7pm

FROZEN MEAT & FROZEN SEAFOOD

SAUCES & ASIAN GROCERIES

153 - 161 Shannon Ave, Geelong Ph: 0413 852 860 / 5200 8070 (previous King Broccoli premises) 12472494-SN49-20

12480886-LB06-21

25 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

SECTION GEELONGINDY.COM.AU

networkclassifieds.com.au Professional Services

Trades & Services V Deadline

V Electricians

V Legal Services

V Plumbing

฀ ฀

Online: networkclassiﬁeds.com.au (24/7) Phone: 1300 666 808 (Open 8.30-5pm Mon-Fri) Email: sales@networkclassiﬁeds.com.au

฀ ฀

12449321-SN20-20

VISA/MASTERCARD/EFTPOS (1.5% credit card processing fee applies. Cheques and money orders can be posted in or hand delivered to our local ofﬁce)

12369572-RC43-17

Floor Sanding & Polishing Dustless Machines New & Old Floors Free Quote Quality Guaranteed

Acute Floors

V Garden Services

Lic. 108668

$VK¿Q 0RZLQJ 0DLQWHQDQFH 37< /7' ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ M: 0437 084 994 E: ashﬁn88@bigpond.com

DP WR SP 0RQGD\ WR 6DWXUGD\ 6HUYLFH DOO &RDVWDO DQG &RXQWU\ $UHDV $OO ZRUN *XDUDQWHHG 2 U J D Q L ] D W L R Q

12477681-CG03-21

V For Sale

12449320-FA20-20

$17(11$6 $/$506 &&79

• Available in the For Sale or Wanted Classiﬁcations only. • 4 lines of copy • Ad will run for 2 weeks • 1 item per advertisement • Item must be priced under $100 • Private party only – household and personal items • No animals, automotive or plants • Ads must be submitted via email to sales@networkclassiﬁeds.com.au

Fast Honest Professional All jobs big & small

12445724-NG13-20

1234398-RC27-16

1(: * $/$50 SURGXFW ZLWK OLYH 9LGHR ,QFOXGHV PRWLRQ VHQVRUV 3URWHFW \RXU YDOXDEOHV ZLWK LQVWDQW 7;7 DQG 9LGHR 'LJLWDO $QWHQQDV 'DWD J $QWHQQDV 6DWHOOLWH ,QVWDOOV +RPH 7KHDWUH

FREE CLASSIFIEDS

DUURZDQWHQQDV FRP DX

V Handy Persons V Bathroom & Kitchens

GKM HOME MAINTENANCE ฀

Your choices & working to your budget Guaranteed start & finish dates Full bathroom renovations ~ Shower repairs Retiling ~ 7 year guarantee

Phone Ken 0428 21112429665-RC42-19 719

฀ ฀ ฀

฀ ฀

฀

12414003-CG11-19

Buy, Rent & Sell in the

Lic. No. 45207

Real Estate

All • Footings • Slabs • Foundations • Concrete Paving • Concrete Restorations NO JOB TOO SMALL!

FREE QUOTES Mobile: 0478 129 330 | ABN. 43462185813

12479887-JW04-21

Residential - Commercial - Industrial

12428142-RC38-19

V Home Maintenance

LOOKING FOR A HANDYMAN?

R.A.D. Home Maintenance: Guttering, pressure washing, carpentry, fencing, decking, weatherboard replacement,sub-ﬂoor levelling and all domestic repairs. ABN 48662706719

UNDERPINNING

฀ ฀

CALL 1300 666 808

V Tree Lopping/Surgery

Motoring Professional Tree Company Servicing All Areas ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀

DOM DIMASI LANDSCAPES ฀ ฀ ฀

฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀

฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀

฀

PH 0412 594 991 www.domdimasilandscapes.com.au

Anyone advertising a puppy, dog, kitten or cat in Victoria for sale or re-homing will need a source number from the Pet Exchange Register and a microchip identiﬁcation number. It is now an offence to advertise unless the source number and microchip identiﬁcation number is included in the advertisement or notice. For further information, call 136 186 or visit animalwelfare.vic.gov.au

ADVERTISE with us and get better results

V Reblocking/Underpinning

FREE quote

฀

26 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

Jason Call: 0491 710 582

Contact FRED 0418 379 028

V Landscaping

MASSAGE Male to Male only. Open 7 days by appointment. Full body massage, Ph 0419 326 629.

Eco-Friendly

V Kitchens

1211012-PB50-15

section of Network Classiﬁeds.

t $PODSFUF %SJWFXBZT 1BUIT $BO 3F TFBM t 5JNCFS %FDLJOH $BO 3F TFBM t )PVTF 8BTIEPXOT t 1BWJOH t #SJDL $MFBOJOH t 4IBEF 4BJMT t 4UPSN 8BUFS 1JQFT $MFBOFE

Including lifting of Foundation, Brick Repair Permits & full guarantee, Engineer’s Report

Call Ross Davis on 0427 033 055

STONE BENCHTOPS

Employment

ADVERTISERS, in this section are qualified practitioners and offer nonsexual services.

Sam’s PRESSURE CLEANING

Overlay Over Your Existing Benchtops With Stone. Change The Look Of Your Kitchen In A Day! Call for a free quote 0425 825 504 www.dsstonebenchtops.com.au

Find local work in the

V Massage Therapists

V Pressure Cleaning

12380384-DJ08-18

NATHAN FENECH CONCRETING

ADVERTISERS PLEASE NOTE

Greg 0419 894 442 or Adam 0409 958 867

12362716-ACM35-17

12447074-FA20-20

Male Masseur. $60 per hour. Corio. Open Mon-Sat. No texts/ blocked numbers. Phone: 0400 197 703 V Pets & Services

Di Pasquale Concreting � Terrazzo Restoration � Concrete cleaning and colour sealing

LAWN MOWER REPAIRS Free pick up and delivery. Work guaranteed. Call 5223 2506 or 0418 302 883.

฀ ฀

section of Network Classifieds.

V Concrete Products & Services

V Home Services

A GREAT MASSAGE

12379200-RA06-18

BATHROOMS

DVD Movies action/drama x40. Many titles. The lot $40. Phone: 0438 513 974. chrisal@aapt.net.au

V Massage Therapists

12423634-SN31-19

12435784-NG02-20

V Floor Services

0438 662 147

0423 427 764

฀

V For Sale

24/7 EMERGENCY: 0417 006 336

REC. 22574

V Antennas

OPEN

฀

General Classifieds

HOT WATER BLOCKAGES & MORE

12471994-CLG02-21

Ask about our discounted ongoing advertising rates and how choosing more newspapers gives your advertising more impact and saves you money...

� All types of paving � Commercial work � House Slabs

฀

www.eklegal.com.au | 0407 562 355 | emily@eklegal.com.au

We accept payment by:

0RELO DUURZ DQWHQQDV#KRWPDLO FRP

฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀

(include your name, address and phone number)

Deadline for all classiﬁcations is 11.00am Thursday.

฀ ฀

12412120-RC08-19

EMERSON High quality legal services with a friendly and positive edge KILPATRICK LEGAL in Geelong

Placing your classiﬁed advert is so easy...

฀ ฀ ฀

฀ ฀

฀ ฀ ฀ ฀฀฀

฀ ฀ ฀ ฀

฀ ฀

฀

section of Network Classifieds.

Find it in the

Trades & Services

฀

Jasper - 0476 187 337 Tristan - 0476 122 676

General Classifieds

V Caravans & Trailers

4-BERTH CARAVAN with full annex, new rims and tyres, good condition throughout, $6,800. Ph: 0411 960 207.

section of Network Classifieds.

FEATURING ... AUTO

ADVERTISING FEATURE

p line Sho New On ble availa u ts.com.a byspain r a .d w w

On hand to help: Jamie Christian, Matisse Kirakosian and Dylan Cameron.

(Rebecca Hosking)

From minor scratches to full restorations, we have all you need. Paint & panel, detailing & paint protection. Aerosols made instore.

Love your car with Darby’s Darby’s Paints, a business looking after locals for the past 35 years, has three stores in Victoria, the teams servicing panel shops and commercial vehicle and agricultural manufacturers across the state. A huge range of automotive, industrial and marine-grade paints are in stock, as well as all the tools, accessories and product partners to get the job done right. “Our team members have good reason to be chuffed with the level of service they offer, as well as the level of knowledge and experience they bring to each job,” Sam says. “Customers can have confidence in the advice received – and their car will once again be their pride and joy.”

Automotive & industriAl PAints 413 Moorabool St, Geelong P. 5229 3884 www.darbyspaints.com.au

Darby’s Paints, 413 Moorabool Street, Geelong. Inquiries: 5229 3884 or www.darbyspaints.com.au

12453691-SG27-20

If you love your car, your pride and joy, it can be devastating if it’s scratched or damaged, right? But there’s an easy fix at Darby’s Paints in Geelong, the store with the famed Chester the horse statue out front – across the road from even more famous Kardinia Park. Manager Sam Martin says they specialise in preparing aerosols or small touch-up bottles in colours to match any vehicle. “We really understand colour – from simple whites to three-layer pearls and candies and other specialty coatings,” Sam says. “We have thousands of colours that can be made quickly and easily in-store, while you wait. “The colours are mixed from many great brands, such as Glasurit, baslac, Concept and DNA-Genetically Modified Paint – just to name a few. “Cars can be returned to as good as new, easily and effectively.”

TRIO OF INDEPENDENTLY OWNED WORKSHOPS SPECIALISING IN ALL EUROPEAN BRANDS

QUALITY CAR SERVICING

COVID SAFE CONTACTLESS SERVICE

- all makes & models -

T J B

We are open and operating fully through all stages of restrictions

8 Maxwell Ave, Belmont

5244 3337 www.bjtautomotive.com.au

12441572-LB07-20

Volvo, Skoda, Peugeot, Renault, Citroen geelongwestautomotive.com.au (03) 5221 5522

12457350-SN33-20

• Log Book Servicing with warranty not affected • Courtesy Car • Roadworthy Certificates

Strictly following all Government directives to ensure we can safely provide essential services to our Customers

BMW, Mini, Land Rover, Jaguar huntercuthill.com.au (03) 5229 4299 Porsche, Mercedes Benz, Audi, Volkswagen germanautomotive.com.au (03) 5222 2555 Finance available on all service and repair work 27 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

MOTOR

The new Mitsubishi Express bears only subtle styling changes from the European Renault Trafic van. (Pictures: Supplied)

Orient Express meets Euro Star By Derek Ogden, Marque Motoring

Exterior colours are matter of fact – white, black, red or platinum grey (silver).

Because of the billions of dollars needed to design, develop and manufacture a vehicle these days, economic social distancing is a thing of the past. What were once bitter rivals in a notoriously competitive industry are hopping into bed with each other, sharing automotive architecture, technology and production methods associated with a new car. Recent palling up of Peugeot, Renault and Mitsubishi is an example, which has led to the production of the first Mitsubishi Express van in more than seven years. One look at the vehicle gives the game away, with styling straight out of the Trafic playbook, one of Renault’s most popular products. New grille, bonnet and badging are the only differences. Manufactured in France, the Mitsubishi Express is offered in short or long wheelbase, with a choice of manual or automatic transmissions. It comes with standard dual sliding doors across the range. Both van styles are powered either by a 1.6-litre twin turbocharged diesel engine or a 2.0-litre single turbo diesel motor with a 25-litre AdBlue tank for improved emissions. The 1.6 unit is available only with a six-speed manual transmission, while the 2.0 model takes a six-speed dual-clutch automatic. All variants are front-wheel drive with what’s called Extended Grip function, a traction control system activated by the driver to assist in low-grip conditions. Mitsubishi versus Renault pricing is pretty much line ball, with the Express GLX short wheelbase 1.6 turbo diesel manual (the test vehicle) selling for $38,490, plus on-road costs, compared to the corresponding Renault Trafic 1.6 SWB Pro at $36,990.

Interior

Styling The Express has been specifically designed to support the busy delivery driver, with sliding doors on either side. There’s also a rear barn door with 85 and 160-degree stops. The latter is made easy for loading and unloading by a step integrated into the rear bumper. The high-sided square-set vehicle rides on standard 16-inch steel wheels, with a full-size spare located under the cargo floor. 28 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

Three hard wearing black fabric seats take pride of place across the whole cabin width. The driver’s seat offers comfort with some lateral support, while the other positions are flat and on the firm side. The driver gets a centre retractable armrest, manual height and lumbar adjustment, as well as a steering wheel adjustable for height and reach. He or she has easy access to controls and equipment. The dashboard top features open space for storage of paperwork and pens, while a smartphone can be clipped into a dash-mounted cradle. Rubber floor coverings make the cabin serviceable and easy to keep clean.

Infotainment The audio system is sparse by modern standards but is enabled for Bluetooth and USB connection, offering hands-free phone and music streaming.

Engines / transmissions The 1.6-litre twin turbocharged four-cylinder diesel engine in the short wheelbase Express produces maximum power of 103 kW at 3500 rpm and 340 Nm or torque at 1500 rpm. Mated with a six-speed manual transmission the combination has a measured fuel consumption of 6.2 litres per 100 kilometres on the combined urban / highway cycle. The test vehicle clocked up 8.8 L/100 km during a stretch with similar surroundings and varying loads.

Safety Standard features in the Mitsubishi Express SWB manual include cruise control with speed limiter, automatic stop / go, which can be turned off, and hill start assist. Also standard are rear-park assist, anti-lock braking, electronic brakeforce distribution, electronic stability control and a driver blind spot mirror in the passenger sun visor. There are five airbags, including driver and passenger front and side curtain airbags, and a driver thorax airbag. The passenger airbag can be manually deactivated in cases where the cabin is reconfigured.

AT A GLANCE MODEL RANGE Mitsubishi Express GLX SWB 1.6 turbo diesel manual $38,490 Mitsubishi Express GLX SWB 2.0 turbo diesel automatic $42,490 Mitsubishi Express GLX LWB 1.6 turbo diesel manual $40,490 Mitsubishi Express GLX LWB 2.0 turbo diesel automatic $44,490

Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Mitsubishi dealer for drive-away prices.

Driving Despite side steps, there is a climb to get into the seats. Grab handles here would not go amiss Setting off has its quirks too, with the automatic door locking going off almost like a gunshot. Under way, however, the Express 1.6 SWB on test behaved in an easy-going manner with the twin turbos whistling along in unison. The absence of a solid bulkhead had the empty van echoing to the sound of intrusive booming in the cabin. However, this became more manageable with the addition of sound-absorbing loads. Short wheelbase by name, but five-metre length by nature put pressure on parking, while solid sides presented a major blind spot, especially when reversing. Large split side exterior mirrors and rear parking sensors helped here, while a wide-angle mirror on the passenger sun visor stepped up to increase rear vision. Loading the 5.2 cu m cargo space in the short wheelbase van is made easy by the all-round

access, with space allowing a standard pallet to be slotted between the rear wheel arches. Loads are held safely by up to 16 tie-down points at various heights. Mitsubishi has recently updated its Diamond Advantage Program, with the new-car warranty extended to ten years or 200,000 kilometres. providing the vehicle is serviced by a company dealer. If owners do not service with a Mitsubishi dealer, the warranty reverts to five years / 100,000 km. Capped price servicing is also extended to 10 years / 150,000 km and roadside assistance to four years with authorised Mitsubishi dealer servicing.

Summary For those with fond memories of the original Japanese Express, the European input might appear misplaced. However, the van on which the new model is based is the tried-and-tested Trafic, one of Renault’s best-selling products.

FEATURING ... OUR COMMUNITY

A change of pace with social netball Launched about 50 years ago and known by a couple of different names over that time, Southside Netball Association is still going strong as a fantastic social sporting outlet for women from 14 years old. In fact, Maureen Lang, former president for more than 20 years and still a committee member, played until she was in her 80s. According to current president for the past decade Nola Jukes, Maureen could “still run rings around the younger players”. Played indoor at the air-conditioned YMCA stadium in Newtown, netball with Southside is all about fun, making friends and great exercise. Many mums bring their pre-school children along, who are supervised during matches by two ladies who have the required legal checks in place. Nola, who began playing netball as an eight year old, and still umpires and coaches, says the association is a super-friendly one. “Any lady is welcome to join us, whether she comes with her own team or just herself, and if she’s a newbie, we give her plenty of leeway to learn how to play as she goes along. “Our secondary school netballers can play in our Thursday games, with three rounds played on the night – with umpires provided. “We have all ages, with a couple of our ladies in their 60s still enjoying the game, while young mums are given some me-time as their children are wonderfully looked after. And we’re always looking for new teams and players to join us.” Southside Netball Association. Inquiries: Call Nola on 0431 267 701 or email nolajukes@bigpond.com

When: 10am; 11am; and noon Mondays and Wednesdays 6.30pm; 7.30pm; 8.30pm Thursdays Starts: February 8, 10 and 11 respectively - runs during school terms only. Cost: $7 a game (with option of playing more than one game).

Need: Approved netball uniform and current Netball Victoria membership. Programs: Umpire training. Other: Free child supervision (daytime only) must be booked via the Southside Facebook. Qualified first aid is provided.

Southside Netball Association invites new teams and players to join the club this year. (Pictures: Supplied/ DJ Paine)

SOCIAL NETBALL TEAMS & INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS WANTED Womens only comp. 14+yrs Mon & Wed morning competitions + Thursday evenings Pre-school child supervision avail (Mon & Wed only) Only $7 per game to play All levels of netballers welcome, new & experienced Air conditioned indoor play For further information or to enter a team contact Nola on 0431 267 701 Southside Netball Association 25 - 33 Riversdale Road, Newtown

GEELONG

12480685-LB05-21

29 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

SPORT

Cats capitalise on Aus Day fixture LOCAL CRICKET Luke Voogt

Geelong Cricket Club has made the most of the Australia Day long weekend, winning both games, with young paceman Josh Garner taking two four-wicket hauls. On Tuesday the Cats were sent in by Casey-South Melbourne and lost an early wicket when Hayden Butterworth got a thick outside edge. But fellow opener Eamonn Vines continued on for 73, with support from Josh McDonald (46) and a 50 from Thomas Jackson getting the Cats to 4/187 off 40.1 overs. The Cats picked up the run rate after Vines’ dismissal with Gus Boyd and brothers Josh and Tyler Larkin all chipping in, for 60 off the last 10, to get the Cats to a defendable 8/247. Former Sri Lankan captain Tillakaratne Dilshan, best known for his innovative international ODI batting, showed his prowess as an off spinner taking 3/49. But he failed at his forte. After hitting a cracking off drive for four the ball before, Dilshan took a rash swing at a delivery from Garner that cannoned into off stump. Casey’s woes continued when fellow quick Dom McGlinchey trapped Michael Wallace LBW and got an outside edge off Dylan

Lara Cricket Club’s Andrew Hughes. (Wes Cusworth)

Hadfield. Garner bowled Devin Pollock with aripper that jagged back and hit the top of middle, putting Casey in deep trouble at 4/15. Opener Ashley Chandrasinghe led the

resistance as partners fell around him, finally receiving some support from Chris Benedek. The pair put on 135 for the fifth wicket until McDonald stumped Benedek for 55 off a leg side ball from part-time spinner Boyd. Chandrasinghe holed out off Butterworth on 85 in the 41st over with Casey needing 73 runs to win. The Bloods went down swinging but at 6/174 lacked the firepower to chase down the Cats. The tail fought valiantly, losing by 28 runs, being bowled out for 219 in the 48 overs. Garner finished with 4/37 including the important scalp of Dilshan while McGlinchey took 3/27. Garner’s figures backed up his 4/53 against Ringwood three days before. Ringwood finished with a respectable 8/266 off 50 overs including 114 by opener Thomas Rogers. But Jackson’s 70* and Tyler Larkin’s 70 off 53 balls helped the Cats claim a thrilling four-wicket victory with just five balls left. The two wins take Geelong to seventh on the ladder with 15th-placed Kingston-Hawthorn coming up this Saturday. The Hawks lost at least one of their past two games. Cricket Victoria is still finalising the result of their rain-affected game against Footscray, with some confusion over scoring.

The Cats must not underestimate the Hawks and take full advantage of their final game in an easy January fixture. In the Geelong Cricket Association firsts, Andrew Hughes was heartbreakingly run out on 99, but his knock still helped Lara chase down Murgheboluc’s 9/232 off 50. St Joseph’s, South Barwon, Newtown-Chilwell and Grovedale also picked up wins. Despite a rare loss, to seventh-placed Grovedale, North Geelong still leads the ladder, followed by Lara, South Barwon and Newtown-Chillwell. In the seconds, Charlie Walter took 6/28 to help East Belmont beat South Barwon by 63 runs. Grovedale remains undefeated after 11 rounds with St Joseph’s, Highton and Murgheboluc also picking up wins. East Belmont is two games behind Grovedale on the ladder, followed by North Geelong and Highton. In a low-scoring round of thirds, St Joseph’s, East Belmont, Lara, Newtown-Chilwell and Grovedale picked up wins. Ladder leader North Geelong’s loss to Grovedale was its third for the season. South Barwon remains one game behind, followed by St Joseph’s and Newtown-Chilwell.

1/ Geelong Lawn under 12 champion Rupert Sever and runner-up Liam Polizzi. 2/ Geelong Lawn under 14s champion Teal Studer with runner-up Steven Klasan. 3/ Geelong Lawn under 16 runner-up Kirrily McConachy with champion Chelsea Elliott. 4/ Geelong Lawn under 16 runner-up Saxon Richardson with champion Jonas Hahn. 5/ Wandana Heights under 14 runner-up with champion Philippa Bush. (Pictures: Supplied)

Geelong juniors win two out of six in lawn tournament Two local teens have won at the Geelong JT Silver tournament, with another four making the finals of their age divisions. Geelong Lawn players Teal Studer and Rupert Sever triumphed in the under 12 and under 14 divisions respectfully on their home court in Belmont. Sever overcame fellow Geelong Lawn player Liam Polizzi in the final, while club mates Kirrily McConachy and Saxon Richardson came runner-up in the under 16 girls and boys. McConachy went down in a thrilling third 30 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

set super tiebreak, as did Wandana Heights Tennis Club’s Minami Tan in the under 14s final. “All of the girls’ matches were very close,” Geelong Lawn Tennis Club member John McConachy said. “The finals were fantastic to watch with most of them finishing in a dramatic sudden-death super tiebreak. “Five of the finalists from Geelong are members of Geelong Lawn Tennis Club, which reflects our efforts to support local junior talent. “It also underlines the positive direction

junior tennis has in Geelong and would strongly suggest a bright future awaits many of the current crop of juniors.” The Geelong JT Silver tournament began last Friday and concluded on Australia Day. The event attracts many of Victoria’s top under 12 to under 16 junior players. “Geelong Lawn Tennis Club has hosted the event for many years now and it’s always one of the first major junior tournaments of the calendar year,” McConachy said. “Tennis Australia had suspended all ranking tournaments up until the end of December,

owing to COVID concerns, so everybody was chomping at the bit to get under way. “We had wonderful weather right throughout the tournament, with only some hot weather on day four suspending play for part of the afternoon and a slightly delayed start on the fifth day, astonishingly, due to wet weather overnight.” The event is normally classed as ‘gold’ but due to COVID-19 Tennis Australia downgraded all gold tournaments to ‘silver’. Doubles results available at tournaments. tennis.com.au

SPORT Cats future star Clark ‘impatient’ to play Jordan Clark has returned to training hungry to regain his place in the Cats’ top 22 after playing just three games last season, according to backline leader Tom Stewart. “Last year he was as disappointed as anyone at himself,” the dual All-Australian defender told a press conference this week. “Injuries and being a young player don’t help that, but he’s impatient and I think that’s the best thing about Clarky. He wants to play and he wants to play right now.” Clark had an excellent first year at the Cats in 2019, impressing fans with his turn of speed and penetrating kick. But the half-back winger suffered a dislocated shoulder in July 2020 and struggled to break back into the side.

Stewart praised Clark’s determination as the Cats look to tweak their defence following the retirement of champion backman Harry Taylor. “He’s come back in really good nick, running personal bests in his time trials and training really well, so he’s given himself every opportunity to play.” Mark Blicavs can slide into Taylor’s role, having spent a large portion of last season playing in the ruck and on the wing. “It will be different but also more of the same,” Stewart said. “We’ve had the same eight or nine roll through that backline for the last four or five years now. “We’re very confident in who can play those roles now and we love playing with each other down there.”

Nathan Kreuger, who the Cats drafted in 2018, and new draftee Nick Stevens could make their senior debut this season. “Having those boys that are ready and training well is obviously a good thing for us,” Stewart said. Meanwhile the AFL has reduced its Community Series pre-season fixture from two games to one in a bid to minimise travel ahead of the premiership season. Each club will play an official Community Series game between March 3 and March 7, instead of the initially-scheduled two games across three weeks. All clubs will have a minimum seven-day break between their pre-season practice match and their Community Series game.

Becky Webster, Georgia Clarke and Georgie Rankin. (Louisa Jones) 226694_14

Cats open AFLW season By Luke Voogt Geelong Cats’ AFLW side faces a huge challenge in its season opener on Sunday against last season’s Conference A winner North Melbourne. But coach Paul Hood is relishing the challenge of facing the powerhouse side, which many have tipped to make this season’s AFLW grand final. “We’re really excited to match up against powerful opposition in round one and see where we fit in,” he told the Independent on Tuesday. Hood pointed to the Cats challenging Fremantle, the league’s other conference winner, for three quarters in their previous season opener. The Cats and Dockers were neck-and-neck at the third break on 4.4, before Fremantle kicked ahead in the last. “They were tipped to be the dominant team and we really took it up to them,” Hood said. “We’ll bring a lot of defensive pressure to North and try to be successful for the whole game.” The Cats will face the Kangaroos strong midfield, including Jenna Bruton and Ashleigh Riddell. But Hood was confident young midfielders Olivia Purcell and Becky Webster could step up to the challenge.

“Our young midfield looks really dynamic at times,” he said. “Some of those young girls are really developing and look like playing their best footy in the next couple of years.” The Cats will also need to contain Jasmine Garner, one of the best key forwards in the AFLW. Hood said the Cats would look to “cornerstone” Maddy McMahon and captain Meg McDonald to lead the defence, not just against Garner, but for the season. He said the Cats’ strong depth would instill competitiveness in players to fight for their spot. “We’ve also got a large cohort of players that have been here for three years or more,” he said. “We’re looking to expand our attack.” Hood said the Cats’ chances at a flag were “as good as anyone else”. “We’ve shown that our best footy is really hard to play against. We really focus on playing the next five minutes in front of us.” Young gun Nina Morrison will not play in the season opener after rupturing her ACL in her right knee for the second time in the Cats’ game against the Kangaroos last March. “We will leave no stone unturned to make sure she can complete the best rehab possible,” Hood said. “Her dedication and motivation throughout her rehab have been faultless.

“Nina has had a big say in her program and worked really well with our physios to make sure she’s nailing every session.” Julie Crocket-Grills and Rocky Cranston had been great for team morale, along with the Cats’ playing prowess, according to Hood. “She’s a bouncy character, the Crock, she’s got a zoo worth of tattoos on her,” he said. “The Crock and Rock playlist gets everyone going in the gym. “We’ve got characters everywhere – a lot of different personalities that get people laughing and joking and making it a good place to be.” Hood said the AFLW had improved dramatically since the first game in 2017. “When you look at practice matches, teams are moving it more quickly and precisely,” he said. “When teams get it into space now, you expect them to score.” Geelong takes on North Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium at 12.10pm on Sunday with the crowd capped at 8000, the club confirmed on Wednesday. “For me it will be great to see people at the stadium… and certainly for the players, no doubt they’ve missed that,” Hood said. “We love all the support that we get from the Geelong footy public and we can’t wait for the games to begin. “We’d just like to see as many people as we can down on Sunday.”

Persistence key for tuna catch ON THE BITE Peri Stavropoulos The Australia Day break gave fishers a great opportunity to get out for a fish with some fantastic reports coming through. King George whiting remained a popular target species for anglers, with the whole Bellarine Peninsula producing some good results. Clifton Springs seems to be the best location at the moment, although the fish aren’t getting into any record-breaking size they are in good numbers and not a far drive from the ramp at all. Calamari are still holding in good numbers around the same area, in particular over the weed beds in about 3.5 metres, with natural and pink-coloured jigs working best. ‘The rip’ has had a few exciting reports this past week with a few yellowtail kingfish starting to pop up and some quality fish among them. Jigging and live baiting have been the preferred methods to target them and there seems to be a few quality fish among them. Australian salmon have been in good numbers inside the rip with boats trolling white occy skirts finding plague numbers of fish. Ranging in size from about 600g to 2 kilograms they sure do make up some great fun and fantastic bait. Offshore Barwon Heads is still where all the fishing hype is at the moment with the bluefin tuna and kingfish still being on the top of most angler’s priority list. Tuna are still quite difficult to catch but persistence is definitely the key. Lachlan and Ken Oliver made the most of the good weather on Sunday, getting among the local tuna action with Rapala X-rap Extremes being their preferred lure. Casting lures into the surfacing schools has also been producing plenty of fish but as mentioned, persistence is definitely the key with the boats putting in the most casts getting the most fish. Kingfish still seem to be holding in crazy numbers right along the coast, with fish ranging between 55-70cm in some of the best numbers we have seen in recent years. There are plenty of larger fish among them too. Trolling occy skirts and jigging have been the two main techniques to target them but when the fish are on the surface then top water lures are the way to go.

Lachlan Oliver with a bluefin tuna. (Supplied)

31 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 29 January, 2021

e ag St W O 1N G IN

LL SE

Find your place at Wattle Grove Stage 1 Now Selling: • • • •

Lots from 403m2 to 525m2 Priced from $269,000 to $294,000 45 minute drive to Melbourne CBD 3 minute drive to Corio train station

Fully serviced lots All services such a sewer, water, power, natural gas and telecommunications

Inclusions of approximately $8,000

Protective Covenants

(conditions apply)

Building Guidelines to ensure that quality homes and landscaping are implemented, creating a quality estate for the benefit of its future residents.

• • • •

Crossover installation Boundary Colourbond fencing $1,000 solar panel rebate Opticomm fibre to the home

Visit our website for a variety of House and Land Packages

105

110 2

448m 448m

113

112 2 403m2 471m

104

106

PATH FI ELD ST

111 2

512m2

448m2

103

107

512m2

448m2

102

109

484m2

512m2

108

510m2

NORTHWAT TLE CR

448m2

101

516m2

Fwy Princes

114

Mon tview Ct

512m 2

MONTVIEW CT

115

512m 2

116

od Br

512m 2

7 525m 2

119

895m 2

118

ick

631m 2

Ro ad

M el bo ur ne

0 844m 2

bisinella.com.au

Sales enquiries email sales@bisinella.com.au or call Shane Ruffin 0413 804 523

The materials set out above have been produced prior to detailed design and construction, are for illustration purposes only and do not constitute a representation by the Vendor (or its employees/agents/consultants) in respect to the size, form, layout or timing of the development in any manner. The materials set out above are subject to change at any time without prior or subsequent notice. Purchasers should not rely on the materials in any way. Changes may be made to detail layouts during the development by the Vendor, including to meet planning requirements. Purchasers must make and rely on their own enquires. All final area dimensions of any lot sold will be as provided in the contract of sale and may differ from those in the materials.

12473920-CG05-21

PROUDLY NATIONAL & VICTORIAN AWARD WINNERS