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Felix retires from life on the rails

Homelessness Week puts issue in focus

Journey out of social isolation

Kelland cycles his way to bronze medal

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Happy as Harry He may have just been a “normal kid from Lilydale” before the Olympics but now Harry Garside, 24, has made a name for himself as the first Australian boxer to bring home a medal since 1988.

Hoping to achieve greatness since the age of seven, Garside’s goal was to win gold and although he fell short of reaching that dream, there’s no doubt he has managed to capture the country’s attention.

In what was an amateur versus professional match up against boxing’s world number one Andy Cruz, Garside held his own, showing his passion and determination throughout every round of his lightweight semi final on Friday afternoon.

Unable to out-beat and out-move the two time world champion, Garside pocketed a bronze medal at his first Olympic Games and made history as the first Australian to win a medal in 33 years.

Although not the result Garside was after, he was proud to have been able to fight a legend of the league in Cruz.

“Obviously bronze is still good but the gold medal is what I wanted but now hopefully I’ve inspired the next generation of boxers and young athletes leading into the 2032 games and lets hope it is our most successful games ever,” he told Channel 7.

Inspired by the 2004 Olympics when Grant Hackett raced in the 1500 metre final, Garside had been working towards his own Olympic campaign since that moment.

“I was seven years old and I started boxing when I was nine but that moment in 2004, watching my whole family captivated by that moment, I didn’t fully understand what was going on, I was only seven but I just remember

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that moment so clearly going like wow this is so amazing and electric,” he said.

“So moments like that have formed this unbelievable patriotism and just desire to achieve something on the big stage.”

But even though he made it to the big stage, the humble boy from Lilydale said that’s still just how he feels.

“I just feel like that normal kid from Lilydale to be honest, it’s pretty crazy that I’m here. It hasn’t really sunk in but I did this for Australia and I know Australia is proud of me that I got a bronze,” Garside said.

For the people in Harry Garside’s life, including his ballet teacher Dianne Harrison from Elance Adult Ballet School, it is clear that he doesn’t hold the qualities of a stereotypical boxer.

“He’s really got a nice shyness about him, and I didn’t pick him as coming from a big sporting background, because he was very unassuming, he’s very grounded, and he’s really so delightful,” Ms Harrison said.

“I know we typically associate boxing with roughness, toughness, aggression and that’s not how Harry presents at all. But when he was in the studio, he was a wonderful, wonderful student who just applied himself with such intensity and as a teacher you couldn’t ask for more.”

Ms Harrison said she believes the structure and discipline of ballet were certainly elements that appealed to Garside because it was so similar to his training in the ring.

“That sense of artistry and musicality was such a dramatic contrast to what he normally does but supported by that structure and discipline made it feel both relatable but also really so removed from his boxing world,” she said.

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Felix retires from the rails

By Mikayla Van Loon For over 50 years Felix Tabone has been keeping the trains running at Lilydale, Croydon and Mooroolbark stations but has just recently hung up his hat for the final time.

Mr Tabone became a well known face at Mooroolbark station, having held the position of station master for a number of years.

Growing up in Wandin on his parents’ farm, Mr Tabone joined the railways at 17 years old, spending his spare time picking strawberries and other vegetables.

“I was looking for work and I couldn’t get work in what I wanted living out in Wandin, so my uncle said to me ‘why don’t you join the railways?’ My elder brother had joined the railway and I ended up joining too about a year behind him and I stayed with it,” he said.

Mr Tabone spent two weeks at Glenferrie station learning before he took a position at Lilydale train station.

“They give you a dust coat and you would have to remember when a train is about to come in, you look up the timetable because you have to be there two or three minutes before the train arrives there.

“You’ve got to open the gates against the traffic and close them. In another four or five minutes you need to be ready to depart the train, so I had to go down and open up the gates.

“Back then when we wanted to move a train from one track to another I’d have to go out and physically shunt the points with a lever. It was hard work, and took a bit of muscle, you had to be alert and responsible. These days we have automatic track control, which is much easier.”

Before long he had been promoted to yard assistant, where he supported the goods guard in looking after the delivery of goods, parcel collection and distribution, as well as trans-

Felix Tabone retired after more than 50 years on the railways and is now planning to spend time in Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS his garden. 246226 porting many things like plants, chickens and mail out to Coldstream and beyond.

Things have changed quite a bit since Mr Tabone started on the railways in 1971, particularly the station technology.

“The technology has moved on so much.

Back then, we had kerosene-powered signals.

I used to go out every second day and clean all the signal lenses and fill up the kerosene fonts.

Today they have all been replaced with a modern signaling system.”

But technology is not the only thing that has changed, now that Mooroolbark station has been removed – and

Mr Tabone said he was sad to see it go.

“It’s a little station, it takes only about two and a half to three minutes to open up, the lobby room, the entry to the station, the toilets, it was pretty good.”

In all his years on the rail network, Mr Tabone remembers two frightful moments he’ll never forget.

One of those being the day he had to physically put extra brakes on the track so that a train would stop, otherwise he said it probably would have ended up in the creek.

The other was a night when an electrical storm hit and Mr Tabone said it was lucky no one was in the drivers cabin, otherwise it could have ended a lot worse.

“Once we were moving a train to the yards during an electrical storm, and lightning hit the wires overhead. I watched the sparkles run down the wires and hit the train. No one was hurt, but we had to tow it away to be repaired,” he said.

Mr Tabone became a part of the community and made some great friends through his many years of service.

Now he wants to spend time in his vegie patch, getting it ready for the spring.

“It was time to retire, especially while I’m still healthy and can walk a few miles and garden,” he said.

“I’m looking forward to spending more time with my wife Alexa. I’m also still very active – I like my long walks. I’m also looking forward to working in my flower garden, my veggie garden. My parents were farmers, I still have that green thumb.”

But sometimes the work grind takes a while to wear off, with Mr Tabone saying he’s still waking up in the middle of the night ready to start his shift.

“I’m still on shift work because in the middle of the night I’ll wake up and stay up for a couple of hours and then go back to bed.”

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IN BRIEF Victorian business support Recognising the heavy toll on businesses across the state, a $400 million package jointly funded by the Commonwealth and Victorian government will provide automatic payments to almost 100,000 eligible businesses, including sole traders, to ensure funds are distributed quickly.

Five key elements make up the support package to help businesses deal with ongoing public health restrictions, including Covid-19 disaster payments, business costs assistance program round three, licensed hospitality venue fund, Alpine business support program and small business Covid hardship fund.

The new package follows the $400 million Commonwealth-State injection announced last week and builds on more than $950 million in support grants paid by the Victorian Government into the bank accounts of Victorian businesses since June.

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Hope in lockdown

By Jed Lanyon Yarra Ranges residents, along with the rest of Victoria, were plunged into another lockdown last week but that hasn’t kept people from remaining positive.

After six lockdowns, locals have become well versed in the art of staying home but continue to come up with ways to share some joy, positivity and happiness throughout the shire.

Lilydale’s Harrow and Harvest Cafe have taken to ‘paying it forward’ to put smiles on people’s faces, while Mooroolbark’s Mad Ram Cafe is offering free coffee from 12pm to 1pm each day for the first 50 customers.

Montrose Township Action Group has been getting inventive by creating a lockdown treasure hunt, to identify some of Montrose’s hidden gems.

But it’s not only Yarra Ranges businesses and community groups who are keeping their spirits up.

Artists from across the shire have been dealt blow after blow when it comes to exhibiting their works and the most recent lockdown was no different.

Nonetheless, they remain hopeful that events and exhibitions will once again be open for the public to enjoy.

Yarra Valley artists Kate Baker and Phoebe Rose Lines had been waiting about two years to display a collaborative exhibition at the

Local artists Kate Baker and Phoebe Rose Lines at the Warburton Waterwheel Gallery.

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Having waited so long to exhibit their work, they jumped at the opportunity to fit out the gallery space on a day’s notice to open on 29 July, just one day out of the state’s last lockdown.

Ms Baker said the news of the lockdown was “super disappointing” and came as a shock.

“We already lost one week at the beginning, it’s been open one week and now we’re closed again. We can’t extend it because another

group has booked the exhibition space,” she said.

“It’s kind of like, too bad really, we’ve spent the money… It is what it is.”

The pair celebrated the opening of Breathing Stories | The Tower with a small Covid-safe opening, allowing guests to come into the gallery space at just 10 at a time.

Ongoing restrictions between the last lockdown and the current one meant Healesville artist Clare James couldn’t host an opening event to celebrate her solo exhibition at YAVA Gallery and Arts Hub. And while that didn’t deter the artist or YAVA gallery curator, Dakini Maddock, the news of the latest lockdown fell on the opening day of Ms James’ Hideaway exhibition.

Ms Baker, who is also YAVA’s CEO said she is hopeful of the gallery being allowed to reopen again soon.

“We’re really disappointed for our artist, Clare, we just hope we can get out of this lockdown next week, so she will be able to have her exhibition in person,” she said.

“Hosting it digitally is not an option. The experience is really important and it’s meant to be an immersive experience, otherwise you don’t really get the full context.

“The arts are really important in a time like this, they are a salvation and a way people can connect and find a means of expression. We need to support our artists.”

To get Victorians vaccinated faster, anyone aged 18 to 39 years old who provides informed consent will now be able to get vaccinated at Victorian’s state-run vaccination centres from Monday 9 August.

The expanded access to AstraZeneca follows recent advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation and will ensure more Victorians who want the vaccine, have easy access to it.

ATAGI has advised two doses of Astra Zeneca reduces the risk of symptomatic infection by at least 67 per cent and the risk of hospitalisation by 92 per cent.

The AstraZeneca vaccine will still be available to 18 to 39-year-olds at participating GPs, respiratory clinics and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations as well.

Children aged 12 to 15, with specified medical conditions that increase their risk of severe Covid-19 symptoms, will also become eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccine at state-run clinics.

Tree branch collection Residents impacted by the storms in June, who have excess tree branch debris, can expect Yarra Ranges Council to continue its special collection of tree branches in coming weeks.

Branches and logs should be stacked neatly and left in a safe spot outside your property on your front nature strip. Council will only be collecting tree limbs and branches up to 250mm wide by 3m in length.

Similar to the Hard Waste Collection, material will be collected from different areas at different times, with it expected to take 12 weeks in total.

From the branches that are collected, mulch will be made available to the community for free pick up from designated spots around the municipality.

These locations include: Olinda Recreation Reserve, Olinda - Monbulk Road, Olinda (behind clubhouse) Morrison’s Reserve, Mount Evelyn McDermott Avenue, Mooroolbark (old netball courts) Halley Supple Reserve, Coldstream (next to netball courts) Healesville Railway Station, Healesville (off Healesville-Kinglake Road) Corner of Old Gippsland Road and Anne Street, Lilydale

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Kilsyth’s fight for space

By Taylah Eastwell The future of an open parcel of land in Kilsyth will soon be decided, with the State Government having reportedly offered Yarra Ranges Council a discounted price to purchase the land for community use.

Thousands of local residents and business owners have been fighting to save the land, located at 150 Cambridge Road, having used it as an open community space to walk their dogs, exercise and for children to play ever since Pembroke High School’s Kilsyth campus was demolished in 2013.

Community pressure resulted in council considering its options to purchase the land or a portion of the land from the state government to allow for continued community use after the state government originally planned to sell the site to property developers.

Now, in a letter seen by the Star Mail, council have received a price for the land from the Department of Treasury and Finance at 50 per cent below the current market value, known as a ‘restricted community use value’.

When approached about the price being received, Yarra Ranges Council provided a response from Director of Environment and Infrastructure, Mark Varmalis stating council is “continuing to work cooperatively with the State Government on the valuation and purchase process for the potential acquisition of land at 150 Cambridge Road, Kilsyth”.

The Star Mail understands Yarra Ranges Council is currently in a 20-year lease with the Department of Education to allow community use of a sporting oval at the rear of the exschool site at Elizabeth Bridge reserve.

Kilsyth local and principal petitioner John Phillips hopes council will recognise the need for more open land in the growing suburb, with a petition he created receiving 7129 signatures from locals living across the nine council wards in the Yarra Ranges municipality.

“It has been 42 years since the first piece of land for the Elizabeth Bridge Reserve was purchased for parkland and since then, our population has near doubled yet there has been little to no additional provision of parkland,” Mr Phillips said.

The need for open community parkland is well recognised by authorities, with a 2019 Yarra Ranges Council document in relation to a review of council’s Recreation and Open Space Strategy (ROSS) stating that “a draft analysis of current open space provision in Yarra Ranges has identified that Kilsyth has a very low provision of open space, at 3.5 hectares per 1000 residents”.

This is less than the standard provision of open space which sits at 4.1 hectares per 1000 residents.

Mr Phillips said Member for Monbulk, James Merlino also recognised the need for more community space in Kilsyth when announcing a $1.4 million upgrade to the neighbouring sporting oval on 22 January last year, noting the growing number of children in the area.

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“We do have faith and hope that they will vote in favour with good foresight, particularly for our future generations outdoor social interaction needs, particularly as our open space resources are disappearing quickly, if not already exhausted,” Mr Phillips said.

“In tight financial times, similar to household budgets, some wants may get put aside for the sake of needs, but considering this is overdue and needed, this just needs to be done and put behind us,” he said.

“It’s been nearly two years now since my wife and I went in to gladly bat wholeheartedly, and still are, for our community on this one for the sake of what is fair and right for the social needs of all of us that live here.

According to the council letter, councillors are scheduled to be briefed on the matter in early August. Following the briefing, a formal public report will be put together for a decision to be made at a future council meeting, likely to be at the end of August.

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mention of ‘part’, or ‘some’ in the publicly displayed petition’s preamble,” Mr Phillips said.

Speaking to the Star Mail in May, Kilsyth resident Janis Floyd said the suburb had seen its fair share of “apartments, subdivisions and units going up” recently.

“And you see the mothers walking their babies on the streets. Elizabeth Bridge Reserve is getting so crowded with all the people moving into the area that they have started bringing down their own tables and chairs,” Ms Floyd said.

There are currently 3914 ribbons tied along the boundary fence of the old school property in support of the site being retained as community space. The Facebook page, ‘Save 150 Cambridge Road, Kilsyth – former Pembroke High School site’ also currently has 615 members.

Mr Phillips believes council have until September 7 to make a decision on purchasing the site.

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Mooroolbark to see the lack of open community space.

“What we are trying to save is the northern parcel of 150 Cambridge Road, which is 3.58 hectares in size, or 8.95 acres of which 1.37 acres is regularly being used ongoing as the designated driveway and 52-space carpark to the sports oval on the southern portion which is leased by council until 2036,” Mr Phillips explained.

“When sport is on, the public are excluded from using it socially,” he added.

Mr Phillips said being locked down for over 200 days has made locals appreciate the facilities in their own suburbs like never before.

“Had Covid not arrived, the petition was on target to reach around 15,000 signatures,” he said.

“Every one of those 7129 Yarra Ranges residents that signed the petition did so to save all of the remainder of the site. There was no

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Yarra Ranges homelessness services, including Holy Fools (left), came together to launch the start of National Homelessness Week last week.

A need greater than ever

By Mikayla Van Loon

SLEEPING ROUGH IN THE RANGES thinking about buying a home and having a family and settling down? Well, nowhere.”

Ms Coleman said not only is it young people struggling to get into the housing market but it is elderly people who don’t own a house, people who can’t afford to pay private rent on an old age pension or a disability pension.

“More and more of these people are going to find themselves, first of all staying with friends or family, then couch surfing but ultimately they are going to end up living rough and that’s a huge indictment on our society. We are not a third world country. We should not have this problem. But we do.”

Organisations coming together like they did on Monday, as well as advocacy to all levels of governments is slowly changing the landscape of response and support for homeless people.

“It is good to get people together to talk about homelessness because like it or not, that is our growing demographic,” Ms Coleman said. “We cannot sustain long term homelessness in our society, we’ve got to deal with it.

substandard accommodation and merely move from one category of homelessness to the other.”

The shocking reality of homelessness is that a large number of homeless people are children, with Ms Tucker saying of the 512 people, 123 were children under 18 years of age.

ADRA Redwood Community Centre’s Kate Barrat said when there was funding for people to go into accommodation during the height of the pandemic there was a decrease in people presenting to ADRA but they are now seeing more people present there each week.

“I have to say when I first started working up in Warburton in 2012, the view of homelessness was that it’s a complex issue and to some degree I do agree with that, it was a complex issue but I’m seeing more and more now that it is actually quite simple,” Ms Barrat said.

“There is just not enough affordable housing. Especially in the Warburton area, we’re still seeing one family per week come to us saying ‘I need to move out of my rental property, it’s being sold or it’s being repurposed’ and there’s just nowhere for them to go.

“School enrolments are declining, we’re seeing sporting club enrolments declining and the whole area is being affected by it.”

The simplest things can cause someone to become homeless and with the theme of this year’s Homelessness Week being ‘Everybody needs a home’, the need for affordable housing has never been more prevalent.

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Homelessness services and agencies from across the Yarra Ranges united to launch the start of this year’s National Homelessness Week after a particularly tough and decisive year.

Speakers from various organisations came together on Monday 2 August albeit a little bit different than originally planned.

Streaming the event live from Box Hill Institute’s Lilydale Lakeside campus, issues, discussions and stories about homelessness were able to reach far and wide, as people tuned in and engaged online.

Holy Fools CEO Neal Taylor in collaboration with Anchor, Yarra Ranges Housing Action Group, Yarra Ranges Council and Box Hill Institute opened up the conversations about the current homelessness crisis and situation in the local area.

Yarra Ranges Housing Action Group’s Kate Coleman was the first to speak passionately about how she has seen the homelessness landscape change.

“Over the last 40 plus years I have seen homelessness grow and grow dramatically.

I used to be young enough to think we could solve homelessness, there’s no need for homelessness in this country but it is growing dramatically,” she said.

“I looked around and I saw the other day that median house prices in Victoria have now reached a million dollars.

“Where does that leave young people

Mr Taylor reflected Ms Coleman’s beliefs about agencies working as one to solve the problem and said that was one of the positives of the pandemic, that it unified agencies and services around the region.

“Each year at the launch of homelessness week that I have spoken, I have said that homelessness is not going to be tackled unless our agencies, all levels of government and the community work together,” he said.

“Thankfully, I think we are slowly starting to see this happen. I also believe the Yarra Ranges community as a whole is better informed about the issues of homelessness than they were 12 years ago.”

But with every positive there is always a negative and throughout the pandemic, that came as an increase in the number of homeless people, particularly those sleeping rough.

Anchor CEO Heidi Tucker said the not-forprofit received 512 requests for assistance between 1 January and 31 December 2020, for individuals, families and children.

Of those, hundreds had been sleeping rough and some who had been visible sleeping in shop fronts, something Mr Taylor related to a canary in a mine.

“Much like the canary, I believe these doorway sleepers are also a warning for us. A warning that things are going to get worse and we are going to see many more people identify as being homeless,” he said.

“A warning that the way we have been doing things in the past is not always working and while we house some, most people find

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Carpark concern

By Taylah Eastwell Upwey residents feel they have been left in the dark about an elaborate plan to turn half the local school oval into car parking.

Residents neighbouring the school grounds received a notice three weeks ago informing them VicTrack would be building a carpark halfway across the oval space as an “overflow” parking area while a new 640-space multideck is constructed at nearby Belgrave station.

Upwey resident Celina Korcak is concerned about losing what she describes as a “community space“ and says there has been a concerning lack of community consultation.

“There hasn’t been any consultation, it’s just happening and no one knows about it,” she said.

“At the moment people use it to walk their dogs and play, so it has been a shared space for a very long time,” Ms Korcak said.

“On a Sunday afternoon, it’s where people meet and let their dogs off and exercise, and this is going to change that whole aspect.

Ms Korcak said the notice from Yarra Ranges Council only gave residents until 21 July to give feedback, however council is still taking submissions.

According to planning documents, the temporary carpark is estimated to cost $2,060,000 and will occupy the eastern half of the Upwey High School oval near Upwey Recreation Reserve oval.

A report by the engineering and construction consultant, GHD, states that the objective of the project is to “construct infrastructure to be used temporarily by commuters during construction of the replacement carpark at Belgrave, while constructing new infrastructure for the Upwey Schools, including foot-

Upwey residents feel they have been left in the dark about plans to turn half the high school oval into makeshift parking. Celina Korcak and her children (centre) surrounded by fellow concerned Upwey residents. 244647 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS paths, fencing, lighting, drainage and an upgraded oval”.

The site is said to be managed by the Department of Education.

“In conjunction with the temporary works, the project is also to allow for the hardstand areas to remain as a permanent feature for

later use by the Upwey Schools and the existing ovals are to be replaced with one larger, upgraded oval,” the GHD document states.

Ms Korcak said at the moment, the view of the oval from her home is as an inviting green space.

“When we view out the window it’s just a

green space at the moment, and a lot of other residents would see that as well. This wasn’t a concept when we brought the property, I know it will be good for the sporting club but I’m not sure what it means for the future,” Ms Korcak said.

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The Yarra Valley had a special visitor recently as Hawthorn legend Shane Crawford journeyed to the region for the latest episode of Postcards.

The Brownlow Medal winner made a few stops along the way to the Valley, visiting The Sebel Melbourne in Ringwood, before continuing down the Maroondah Highway to pick strawberries at Yarra Valley Gateway Estate. He capped off a day-trip by enjoying a nice drop at Fergusson Winery and Restaurant in Yarra Glen.

Speaking to Star Mail, Mr Crawford said he is a regular visitor to the Valley and that it makes for the perfect escape from city life.

“I enjoy it anytime I get to work out that way, I’m always discovering new parts. It’s beautiful and connected to the city in that it’s very easy for people to get out there and enjoy all the rolling hills and find all the hidden treasures as you go along.

“I went to Fergusson Winery, which has been there for a long, long time and it’s just a nice little winery on about 10 acres and was nice to enjoy. Even in the middle of winter, I still enjoy going to the wineries and checking them out.

“One thing I’d like to do more is just go exploring. To just get in the car and go wherever it takes me because there’s so much to discover. I know a lot of people go out there to the wineries to have a look around, but I think if you just get in the car and go in whichever direction you feel, you won’t be disappointed.

“There’s something for everyone of all ages from young kids to a couple having a romantic weekend away. It’s like a hamburger with the lot, I suppose it just depends on which direction you go and what you’re looking for.”

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By Mikayla Van Loon Residents living on and near Wyuna Walk in Mooroolbark are outraged after not being consulted about a new drive through Covid-19 testing clinic that was set up in the middle of a housing estate.

A letter informing residents of a ‘proposed’ Covid testing site was received two days after construction had already started on Monday 5 July, with the opening date of Friday 9 July.

Wyuna Walk resident Tom McCausland said only receiving notification about the site after construction had already started was quite shocking.

“The fact that it said ‘proposed’ but it was already commencing, it was like a slap in the face,” Mr McCausland said.

Another resident whose back fence is only metres away from the testing clinic, Cameron Hunter said he was shocked and angered by the decision to put a testing clinic so close to people’s houses.

“The fact that it just blindsided us and came out of nowhere and then just the general lack of consultation or thought for the community doesn’t seem right,” Mr Hunter said.

“It seems like an easy way out for somebody, the line ‘ask for forgiveness rather than permission’ rings quite true with this here, that someone has made a call without consulting the people around them.”

Mr McCausland said there are a number of issues relating to the site but one of the major ones is the potential for increased traffic in a residential area, which is already surrounded by congested main roads.

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The other two main roads are Mooroolbark Road and Hull Road. Roadworks on Hull Road due to the building of the Kinley estate have reduced it to one lane with traffic control operators and the Mooroolbark Road/Hull Road bridge is notorious for queues of traffic during peak hours.

“If there was an outbreak in this area in the Yarra Ranges, this whole neighbourhood here would come to a complete standstill and you would not be able to get in or out,” Mr McCausland said.

Having contacted Yarra Ranges Council, Mr McCausland said it appears as though a traffic management plan wasn’t completed prior to the site being set up.

“It really does sort of sound like they just put it there and haven’t thought about it properly,” he said.

“I’m not anti testing, I think we do need testing sites but where [it is], it’s in a terrible location which is going to cause a lot of havoc.”

Not only are residents concerned about the risk of increased traffic in the area but the risk of aerosol transmission of the virus.

“The stories that were on the news about the cases that were contracted at AAMI Park and the MCG, there are people testing positive now who weren’t even sitting near them, so that says to me aerosol,” Mr McCausland said.

“And the fact that no one, with a fence line that borders onto it, is vaccinated either, so if you’re going to put a testing site in a residential area why don’t you look at the health risks of what could potentially happen.”

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The Covid journey and what we have covered over time Focal Point A moment of reminiscing If you have been reading these articles for some time, you have hung in with me. I’m in my 18th year now, with, originally the ‘Mail’ papers, and since early 2020 the ‘Star-Mail’. If you think you have outlasted most, email me and the longest survivor will receive a published book of my writings for the first 16 years from 1999 on.

It has been weird to see me growing older in the published article photos over those 22 years.

Now, down to something more important – enough about me.

In 2020, the really bad year of our battle with Covid -19, we travelled together through uncertainty, confusion, sadness, brokenness, loss of our elderly parents – some dying alone without access to them – 819 as I recall.

I had written on most of these challenges during that year, in addition to ‘Unmet Expectations’, hard waiting for a hopeful unknown, and learning to delay our gratification.

Sadly now, we are being jerked from one lockdown to another – but we still have to be careful. Careful as I wrote last year about the dangers of seeking so called rewards for our pain.

Alcohol use is the big one. The subtle way we use it is the danger.

As I was preparing this article, news reports were coming through with stats that say that women in the main, in their 30s, are drinking at a greater level than last year.

Domestic violence and relational breakdowns follow hard on the heels of excessive alcohol use. Call outs of ambulances have risen from 60 to 81 per cent.

Men being among the greater proportion of abusers, many times regret what they have done and are often legally removed from their home and family, and life seems worthless, so a tragic way out seems to be the answer – although there is often little planned intention to do what they do. Sadly even the worst of us would never say good riddance, as they are someone’s son, father, uncle, sibling,

Graeme Dawson workmate and the list goes on. Just the stress of being unemployed with bills to pay and all that has gone on with our lockdowns can be enough to tip some over. I checked intentionally on a mate on the day I was writing this, and found that he and his partner were splitting. That had a lot of implications – a business on the property and grown step kids causing pressure. However he has been wiser than most and acrimony looks like being avoided.

On the upside, relieving some pressure, Telstra has opened up all their phone booths to free calls, and our state government is now legislating to allow murder victim’s families to go public about their lost love ones.

In essence my message is to stay vigilant within Covid-19 guideline protocols, take care of your health through good diet and daily exercise, and watch out for loved ones, neighbours and workmates. Keep up with the news that might reveal your area to be an exposure site, and if it is get tested quickly.

A quote to help keep faith in our hope on this journey.

God never builds a bridge of faith except under the feet of the faith - filled traveller. If He built the bridge ten metres ahead, it would not be a bridge of faith. That which is of sight is not of faith.

Be encouraged and be ready to step out when we leave the waiting room.

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Council divided on plans

By Mikayla van Loon Councillors were divided over the submission of a planning application to build three townhouses in Mooroolbark.

The council meeting held on Tuesday 27 July saw five councillors oppose the planning application for 10 Woodville Road, Mooroolbark.

Three two storey dwellings were proposed for the land in question but a number of concerns were raised by local residents and from councillors.

John Graham, who is a resident of Woodville Road and lives on the north boundary of the site, spoke to his objections during the meeting.

“It is very disappointing that the council agenda recommends approval of this application in spite of 10 objectors registering their concerns,” he said.

“A perusal of this agenda item regrettably reveals issues of partiality which leaves its credibility in question, it also contains a number of incorrect statements both in respect to the application design report and also objectors concerns.”

The major concerns raised by both residents and councillors included the built forms of the new dwellings, viewline obstruction, the need for two crossovers, parking and vegetation removal. “[A] major concern is the crossover because Woodville Rd at this point is a busy road, it’s on the crest of a hill and this is a safety issue because one of the reasons being the Blue Cross Aged Care centre, is serviced by many vans that use Woodville Rd to access that venue,” Mr Graham said.

Speaking on behalf of the applicant, Duncan van Rooyen said there were many other examples of smaller blocks of land having similar builds take place, with the land size being just under 1000sqm.

Under the general residential zoning, Mr van Rooyen said a more dense proposal could have been submitted and approved.

“It’s our view that this application is not only appropriate but somewhat modest in the context,” Mr van Rooyen said.

Councillor Sophie Todorov expressed concerns about the built form of the dwellings and whether they were going to suit the character of the residential area, as well as the zoning of the houses which are on the fringe of a consolidation area.

“I’ve taken a walk there and there is not one single dwelling that resembles this proposed design on that stretch of road,” she said.

Woodville Road has had a planning application knocked by a number of councillors.

She also raised concerns about the excavation of the land and the steepness of the block.

“The proposed dwellings will also tower the residential properties below, as well as on each side and will affect adjoining neighbourhood privacy and obscuring neighbouring viewlines.”

“In order to fit the three dwellings on the slope of land, a healthy 50 year old yellow box gum, which is 60cm from the boundary and home to plentiful habitat will need to be destroyed.”

Also speaking in opposition to the motion was councillor Richard Higgins, who was gravely concerned about the lack of parking along Woodville Road, which was supported by councillor Len Cox. “There are three, three bedroom units there that are going to have cars that aren’t going to

be able to be parked out the front,” he said.

“When are we going to start getting it right about where we are going to park cars and when are we going to start building places within the Yarra Ranges of our consolidated areas, where we have sufficient parking for everybody that isn’t going to upset the local residents that have to put up with not being able to park somewhere else.

“Councillors we have our guidelines and if some of our guidelines had been followed with this particular application, we probably wouldn’t have lost a nice big gum and we not have had a double crossover.”

Mayor Fiona McAllister spoke of the role of councillors when planning applications arise and said while she understands the concerns, she could not see how under the planning

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“I fully appreciate the Graham’s concerns and I know if I had lived in that street for a long time I would certainly be having a voice on changes and growth,” she said.

“However, it is allowed under the planning scheme and it is a moderate development on a site that under the planning scheme would allow much greater density.”

During the final vote, five councillors opposed the motion and Cr Todorov put forward an alternate motion to refuse the application.

Mayor McAllister said advocacy around better parking provisions in the Yarra Ranges Shire needed to be high on the council’s agenda and questions needed to be submitted to the State government.

Helping low-income households stay comfy and warm Thousands of low-income Victorians can upgrade their inefficient heating and cooling systems, thanks to a new state government rebate, that will improve the comfort of homes, lower greenhouse gas emissions and save households up to $300 per year on their energy bills.

Member for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing announced that the Victorian Government will begin providing $1000 rebates to support 250,000 low-income households to replace their old heaters with energy-efficient

reverse-cycle systems that can warm their home in winter and cool it in summer.

The rebates are open to owner-occupier households with an approved concession card or a combined household income of less than $90,000 and could cover more than half of the typical efficient reverse-cycle system. Additional rebates of $200 are available to cap old gas heaters, and $500 to upgrade electrical switchboards.

Member for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing said, “This program will help people replace

their old heaters with new, energy efficient models that will save them money on their power bills and improve their comfort and wellbeing.”

The funding is part of the state government’s $335 million Home Heating and Cooling Upgrade program.

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By replacing outdated, unsafe or inefficient electric, gas and wood-fired heaters, the upgrade program is further improving access to energy, lowering the cost of living and building climate resilience.

More information, including instructions on how to apply is available at heatingupgrades.vic.gov.au.

Councils shine a spotlight on ageism in the workplace Yarra Ranges Council is shining a spotlight on age discrimination in the workplace.

Mayor of Yarra Ranges, Cr Fiona McAllister, said reports show that age discrimination in the workplace is very common and potentially increasing.

“We are shining a spotlight on this issue as part of a broader campaign to tackle ageism across the region in conjunction with six other councils and the Inner East Primary Care Partnership,” Cr McAllister said.

“Ageism is stereotyping, discrimination and mistreatment based solely on a person’s age.

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about what it means to be older.

“Ageism in the workplace comes from these same false beliefs and incorrect perceptions that older people have less to offer than younger people.

“A survey conducted by the Australian HR Institute with the Australian Human Rights Commission found that up to 30 per cent of employers are reluctant to hire workers over a certain age, and that age was 50 for more than two thirds of the survey group.

“An inquiry by the Australian Human Rights Commission found that negative beliefs and stereotypes of older workers led to discrimina-

tory workplace behaviours during recruitment and in decisions about training, promotions and retirement.

“This type of discrimination in the workplace has a major impact on older people, including financial, physical and mental affects.

According to the ABS, not being able to get a job is one of the highest personal stressors for people aged 45 to 84.”

Cr McAllister said raising this important issue will increase awareness of ageism in the workplace and start the conversation among the many fantastic businesses in our region.

“I think we all agree that workers should be

treated equally and hired, fired, promoted and rewarded based on their ability to do the job, not their age,” Cr McAllister said.

The campaign is called Tackling Ageism Together: EveryAGE Counts in Melbourne’s East, and is coordinated by the Inner East Primary Care Partnership with support from the Victorian Government.

The seven councils involved are Boroondara, Knox, Manningham, Maroondah, Monash, Whitehorse and Yarra Ranges. The campaign also ties into and supports the national EveryAGE Counts campaign.

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Storm worry for wildlife

By Mikayla van Loon The impacts of the storm that happened in June are far from being over and the devastation will be felt for years to come, particularly in our natural environments.

The Mount Evelyn Environment Protection and Progress Association (MEEPPA) are now assessing the damage around the Mount Evelyn Recreation Reserve and have been consulting with Melbourne Water to start replacing lost vegetation.

MEEPPA’s president Clare Worsnop said although they can start replacing trees and shrubs, the trees that have fallen around the reserve are not going to grow back overnight.

Most of the big white gums in the reserve are manna gums which need deep soil because they are so large and solid. They can grow up to 50 metres high and take about 200 years before they start making hollows for wildlife.

“So that’s why these big forest giants are so important because they provide hollows for everything from spiders and bats to kookaburras to all the parrots to all the tree dwelling creatures, the possums, the gliders, and all the powerful owls and their friends as well,” Ms Worsnop said.

“And you can’t get one of these overnight.

If it comes down and you plant one this big, you’re looking at two to 300 years before it’s gonna be big enough. That’s why it’s so devastating to see so many of them down.”

The worry Ms Worsnop has is the loss of habitat for many of the creatures MEEPPA has been able to bring back to Mount Evelyn through specialist vegetation planting.

“We just can’t afford to lose any more [trees] because our wildlife is threatened as it is because there’s just not enough homes for them to breed and to live.”

Not only is it the gums that have fallen but many of the wattle trees have also come down in the storms.

Wattle tree nectar is an essential food source for yellow bellied gliders which are endangered but were recently discovered in the reserve by MEEPPA after being absent for 50 years.

The reserve has experienced two major storm events in the last two years.

Close to 60 per cent of the larger gum trees along Tramway Road fell in 2020, which was made worse by the storm on 9 June “I think these storms you’ve got to say, have got to be from climate change because we never used to get wind this way,” Ms Worsnop said.

A change in wind direction means the root systems of many of the trees are not prepared to stabilise themselves in the opposite direction causing them to fall.

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Commissioner visits SES

By Mikayla van Loon Since the major storm event in June, which saw Lilydale SES respond to more jobs in one week than they had done in all of 2020, it has been business as usual for the unit’s members.

But a rather spontaneous visit from Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp on Monday 2 August was a way of recognising the crew’s efforts during the unprecedented event.

This was Mr Crisp’s first visit to the unit and due to lockdowns and restrictions, he hadn’t been able to make it out to Lilydale since June.

Lilydale SES unit controller Shaun Caulfield said Mr Crisp was able to speak to members who had been part of the SES for a number of years and also to five new members who had their first training session that night.

“He spent time chatting with a lot of members and listening to their stories from

that storm event, and also what brought them to SES to volunteer and asked what they get out of volunteering and thanking them for what they do,” Mr Caulfield said.

Observing 35 of the unit’s members, undertaking three different training streams, Mr Crisp was able to see first hand what Lilydale SES is capable of doing.

Taking the time to hear people’s experiences, Mr Crisp discussed with members what went well and what didn’t during the storm event, starting the unofficial process of debriefing that will occur in coming months.

“To have him come out and speak to our members was a really nice gesture for them after the significant effort they put in over the storm event,” Mr Caulfield said.

“It was a nice piece of recognition for the work the unit did in that event but not just in that event, for the work that we do everyday. It’s a nice acknowledgement of the role that we play in the emergency sector.”

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School students across Victoria made their return to school following summer holidays, while 2021’s preps got their first taste of primary school life. Wurundjeri Elder Aunty Joy Murphy

Centre in the lead up to Christmas. Many locals far and wide were able to keep up their Christmas tradition in getting a family photo with ‘The Real Santa’ who they had grown to love.

The unlikely tandem tallied upwards of $30,000 from their family Christmas photos and then selected four charities to each receive

$8400 to help make the lives of children better.

The four recipients of the funds included: Backpacks 4 Vic Kids, A Better Life For Foster Kids, HeartKids and Chum Creek’s Good Life Farm. The organisations shared how the funds had already been put to good use.

Backpacks 4 Vic Kids CEO and founder Sally Beard told Star Mail the donation came as a “delightful surprise”.

“We’re very, very grateful on behalf of the children, whose lives that it will impact,” she said. “We have absolutely put that money to good use.”

Ms Beard shared that the $8400 donation from Branded is aiding 112 children in need with care packs filled with toiletries, spare changes of clothes, a toy and more.

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But natural destruction of the reserve is not the only threat to the wildlife at the moment.

The redevelopment of the sports pavilion will remove much of the vegetation that MEEPPA has worked hard to plant over the last 15 years which has been instrumental in the return of the bandicoot to the reserve for the first time in 60 years.

“We don’t want to stop them from having decent upgraded facilities but we don’t want our work to be destroyed and the habitat and the wonder of what we’ve got. With all these storms, every piece of vegetation is so much more important,” Ms Worsnop said.

With all the fallen trees and loss of habitat, MEEPPA will be monitoring animals to see if they remain in the area.

Although hopeful there will be some natural revegetation, they will also work with local plant supply companies to replant what has been lost to provide the right plants for certain animals to live.

“We have to start looking at climate change seriously and we have to start looking at what vegetation is allowed to be removed, what’s got to stay, what’s got to be replaced to make sure we keep these very special places for our wildlife and for our youth and their children and grandchildren.

“It’s heartbreaking seeing this. I know it’s nature but we’ve caused a lot of it ourselves by removing vegetation, not understanding what we’re doing.”

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Japara Living and Learning Centre and Yarra Ranges Council are inviting dads of all kinds to join a free Modern Day Parenting workshop designed to support dads in their fathering role.

Held over two sessions, early childhood education trainer and fathering expert Darren Varley will lead dads through interactive sessions, exploring tools to connect with your

child, support development and play, the importance of partnership in parenting and services available to dads.

The first session is scheduled for Wednesday 25 August and the second on 8 September. While they are planned to be face-to-face, should Covid-19 restrictions prevent it, it will be moved online.

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Support through bowling

By Mikayla Van Loon For children and adults with autism, social anxiety can be high and physical activity can be low, that’s why Chirnside Park Bowls Club and Different Journeys joined forces to change that.

Having trialled a program for people with autism and their families to come and try lawn bowls earlier in the year, Different Journeys submitted the program to the Heart Foundation’s Active Australia Innovation Challenge.

Bowls club member Brian Hillier said he had never heard of Different Journeys until he stumbled upon the name one day but after a phone call with executive officer Mel Spencer, a plan was in motion.

“So one thing led to another and Mel was interested in getting her group from Different Journeys to see if they were interested in playing lawn bowls,” Mr Hillier said.

“Back in March, and we had over 50 people from Different Journeys and they came from over the Bayside area and northern suburbs and not just from around here, and we had more than 20 of our members come along on the night and it was just a successful night.”

Although two more sessions had been planned for earlier in the year, both had to be cancelled because of Covid-19 restrictions and lockdowns.

“There was still a lot of interest through Different Journeys to bring a lot of people along and with lawn bowls, it’s not just the person playing but you know it’s a game for all ages.

It’s a game for all genders, it’s a game that the whole family can enjoy together,” Mr Hillier said.

Ms Spencer said Different Journeys aims to reduce social isolation and the presence of mental health among the autistic community and this project also targets those who are at risk of physical inactivity.

“Often to go and try new things is really overwhelming and scary because the anxiety kicks in with the autistic community,” she said.

“The aim being [for this project], if we base it in a supportive environment, where they can walk in knowing it’s going to be someone they know because it’s a Different Journeys event, that someone is going to help them and they’ll get a little bit of food and a little bit of fun.”

Mr Hiller said lawn bowls is the perfect sport for people who want to remain active and social but don’t want the intensity of some sports.

“The sport of lawn bowls because it’s low impact, non contact but still involves a bit of stretching, exercise walking, lifting and things like that, would appeal to a group of people who are probably more in general a bit sedentary,” he said.

Not only is this project about giving people with autism the chance to learn a new skill and break down some of those anxiety barriers

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“Many of [the club’s volunteers] either didn’t understand anything about autism or identified that they had grandchildren on the spectrum,” Ms Spencer said.

“So it was a really nice opportunity to connect different generations because part of our system is to create more awareness, understanding and support for our autisitc community.”

With a $10,000 grant received from the Heart Foundation, Different Journeys, Chirnside Park Bowls Club, in collaboration with Chirnside Park Country Club and Interchange Outer East will be running eight monthly Friday night bowls sessions, with the first one starting in September.

The Heart Foundation received 619 entries in this year’s challenge from across the country, which is double the number of 2020 entries and almost five times the number submitted for the first challenge in 2018.

There were 19 winners across Australia this year and five were from Victoria, including Different Journeys.

“The initiative has been growing in popularity year-on-year, but even we were surprised by the huge number of entries received for this

year’s challenge,” said Heart Foundation Victorian Heart Health Manager, Adam Stormont.

“The Heart Foundation could not be more pleased by the increased participation, given around two-thirds of people in Victoria are not active enough for good heart health. This is a real concern, because being inactive is a risk factor for heart disease, our state’s single leading cause of death.

“One reason for the spike in entries could be that the pandemic has sparked interest in physical activity at a grass-roots level. Being stuck at home for long periods is making everyone appreciate their communities more and think creatively about ways to stay healthy and active.”

While for Ms Spencer, the physical activity side is an important part of the program, she said allowing the autistic community and their carers, parents and friends to connect with each other is just as important. “[It’s] not feeling so alone, learning about what other supports and opportunities are available and wouldn’t it be great eventually if someone decided to join the bowls club because they felt really safe and supported there.”

To find out more about Different Journeys and the lawn bowls program call 0490 774 068 or email differentjourneys@gmail.com.

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Winners eye dream home

By Taylah Eastwell

A Lilydale couple are now set for life after winning $20,000 a month for 20 years in Tattslotto. mailcommunity.com.au

A Lilydale couple have chucked a sickie to inspect their dream property after winning millions in Tattslotto.

After receiving the news they’d won a whopping $4.8 million “Set for Life” prize, the couple decided they’d go inspect the dream property that they now plan to buy.

The pair held the only division one winning entry Set for Life drawn on Wednesday 4 August, with the prize paid in installments of $20,000 a month for 20 years.

When an official from The Lott called the Victorians on Thursday morning, they were getting ready for a busy day of work, completely oblivious that they were now set for life.

“Oh my gosh, we were just about to head out for work,” the winning woman said.

“I haven’t even got myself a coffee or had breakfast yet.

“I am so sorry. I can’t stop crying. This is amazing.”

The couple said the news was “absolutely life changing”.

“This is insane. I already feel so spoilt in life and now this! Well, this is just incredible,” the woman said.

When asked how they planned to enjoy their windfall, the overjoyed pair didn’t hesitate.

“We actually have been dreaming of this moment, so we do have a few ideas,” she continued. “ We have been eyeing off this property for so long, and now it means we can actually buy it! It’s in the most beautiful spot and it’s been our dream for years, so that’s definitely the first thing we will do.

“Maybe we will go out for a drive today and take a look at it again.”

The ecstatic pair also plan to help out their kids and set off on a few little trips.

“This means so much. We will make sure we are sensible with the rest though. We want to see it grow for our family.”

The winning ticket was purchased online at thelott.com, with the winning numbers being 17, 33, 4, 14, 23, 28 and 13 and supplementary numbers 43 and 2.

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Help after disaster The storms that wreaked havoc throughout Yarra Ranges in early June are well in the past, but locals are still dealing with the problems they caused.

To assist people to move from crisis to recovery, Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC) has released a legal help check tool that walks people through a list of common issues and guides them to get assistance where needed.

The Disaster Recovery Legal Help Check asks residents to consider issues around safety, housing, insurance, employment, children and other areas.

Going through the check can help identify new issues or ones that may have been further complicated by the impact of the storm. For example, many people may not realise that legal advice could help with lodging insurance

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matters Anita Koochew Eastern Community Legal Centre claims or managing employment issues.

Family violence can also increase in the aftermath of a disaster. This was observed around the time of the Black Summer bushfires and throughout the lockdown periods of the pandemic.

If you are concerned for your wellbeing or the wellbeing of someone you know, help is

available. EDVOS is the local family violence service and ECLC can provide a range of family violence legal assistance including support with intervention orders. In the case of an immediate safety risk, please call Triple Zero (000).

ECLC’s Director of Legal Services, Belinda Lo, said many people don’t realise they have a problem until well after a natural disaster has occurred.

“We are working with Yarra Ranges Council and other services to support people on the ground. This legal help check is another tool that can save people additional problems down the track. People who identify legal issues can come to us for assistance or referrals.”

ECLC is the local lead for Disaster Legal Help Victoria in Yarra Ranges and the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Book shows ‘heart is where the home is’ PASSION FOR PROSE WITH CHRISTINE SUN

By Christine Yunn-Yu Sun August is Family History Month, and we’re reminded of the famous saying by Ralph Waldo Emerson that every man/woman is a quotation from all his/her ancestors. Indeed, we are the links between the past and the future.

Memories and archives of what came before us help guide our efforts to define and position ourselves for what is to come.

In this sense, How to Grow a Family Tree by Eliza Henry Jones (Harper Collins Publishers 2020) is a perfect read for families. Not a guidebook for aspiring genealogists as you’d think.

Rather, it’s a heart-warming story about family, friendship and what home can mean, as summarised by the phrase on its front cover: “Heart is where the home is.”

It’s the story of Stella, who, at the age of 17, lost her home due to her father’s gambling addiction. As her family moves into the local caravan park, Stella struggles to deal with the chaos of her life, including but not limited to sharing a bed with her sleep-walking sister who apparently burned down the school library.

While the two take it upon themselves to “save” their father, their mother desperately tries to keep the family afloat. Right at this

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Christine Yunn-Yu Sun submits a weekly book review to the Star Mail papers. 228125 juncture, Stella receives a letter from her biological mother, who’s been trying to contact her for the past ten years. It becomes one more emotional hurdle that she has to overcome.

Luckily, Stella has read every self-help book she can find and knows a thing or two about helping people...or does she? As the story unfolds, we see her slowly but surely learning the valuable lesson that life is far more complex and confounding than any book can possibly analyse. Not everyone wants to be helped. Not everything can be fixed.

More importantly, not every question has an answer, and this is definitely not a story trying to assure teenagers that everything will turn out for the best in their daunting transition to adulthood. The author does a great job demonstrating the opposite, allowing Stella as the first- person narrator to try and often fail to be strong.

Certainly not everyone can and should be a hero. Stella’s voice is genuine and unique precisely because she’s not a know-it-all. As much as she tries to use all the “I” statements and “feeling words”, to compartmentalise her thoughts and feelings in order to access her “inner goddess” – she is, after all, only 17.

Interestingly, while reading Stella’s story, this reviewer happens to be watching Doctor Who. In the episode “The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos”, Andinio of the Ux has this advice for her young disciple Delph: “The more we learn, the less we realise we know. This is our existence. The world is not to be understood, only experienced.”

Come to think of it, perhaps it’s the same concept conveyed in How to Grow a Family Tree. The only way to learn from life is to live it.

The best way to research your family history is to be with yours.

Vampire film for lockdown

Blood Red Sky Starring Peri Baumeister, Carl Anton Koch and Alexander Scheer Rated MA15+ Blood Red Sky is a tense, compelling German horror-action film.

Nadja (Peri Baumeister), a mother and vampire, must protect her son Elias (Carl Anton Koch) when their plane is hijacked.

Vampires are traditionally depicted as seductive and/or masculine, so it’s rare to find a fictional vampire with a strong maternal instinct. Nadja’s love for Elias forms the film’s touching core, juxtaposing tenderness and fierce protectiveness with her increasingly monstrous appearance.

The film draws strong tension from solid internal and external conflict, as Nadja must contend with the hijackers, the growing number of vampires on the plane, distrust from the other passengers and her own savage impulses.

Baumeister does a great job playing a sympathetic character beneath her macabre makeup and animalistic twitches, Koch is one of the best child actors I’ve seen in a long time, and Alexander Scheer is a riveting scumbag as the psychopathic Eightball.

The film has some contrived moments and a couple of obnoxious supporting characters. The English-spoken scenes feel stiff compared to the mostlyGerman rest of the film, and like with Blood Vessel, another great vampire movie from last year, the action is grisly but poorly-shot.

While slightly rough around the edges, Blood Red Sky is a morbid but moving and well-paced horror-action film with a uniquely maternal monster, and is available for streaming on Netflix.

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But Lilydale Hair Co makes sure they focus on quality over quantity, meaning they take every step to make sure their clients feel comfortable and confident.

Julia started the salon in 2019 to be a smaller and safer environment for all clients.

Lilydale Hair Co don’t just cut hair, they transform hair, with ladies’ cutting, men’s cutting, colouring, foiling, ombre, balayage and hair styling all on offer.

Julia and her team, Tori and Beth, work to improve their clients hair with the use of top quality products and techniques.

With 20 years experience, Julia knows how to give her clients exactly what they are looking for.

Contact Julia today to book your next hair appointment by calling 9739 4616 or email lilydalehairco@gmail.com.

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Graze on fresh produce With joint industry experience of over 30 years, the team at Platters and More Deli are proud to be operating in the Lilydale Marketplace.

The newly established family-owned business believes that fresh quality foods and ingredients should be available to everyone at reasonable prices.

Customers at Platters and More can expect high quality products at the local deli.

Everything from essential pantry items such as flour, grains, pasta, tomato passata, stirthrough sauces, jams, spreads, pickles, sweets and biscuits are available. You can also find the goodness of hand-selected local and imported cheeses, dried meats (charcuterie), crackers and quince and fig pastes.

Platters and More Deli also offer a delicious range of grazing boxes and tables for any occasion. Perfect for that work meeting, family events or functions, picnics or just a lazy afternoon, all grazing boxes and platters come with a selection of the finest Australian and European gourmet cheese, charcuterie, seasonal fruits, crackers, dried fruit, nuts, dips and antipasto.

To see the full range, visit the team at Shop 13, Lilydale Market Place, 33 Hutchinson Street, Lilydale.

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Water authorities will be turning to Melburnians to help with a novel system of ‘smart’ rainwater tanks and urban lakes that can provide crucial water to support platypus habitat when it’s most needed – just before the breeding season.

Platypus in Victoria have disappeared from many urban areas due to habitat loss and modification, but some populations still exist across outer Melbourne, including Monbulk Creek in the Yarra Ranges.

A new water system from the University of Melbourne’s Waterways Ecosystem Research Group, Melbourne Water, South East Water and the Yarra Ranges Council is set to improve the odds for platypuses in Monbulk Creek.

“There’s often not enough water in streams for platypus,” Professor Tim Fletcher, from the University of Melbourne, said. “The loss of summer and autumn baseflow has major consequences for the platypus distribution and reproductive success, decreasing their habitat and their primary food source right at the time when female platypus need abundant nourishment to prepare them for breeding.

“On the other hand, when it rains in urban areas, runoff from hard surfaces like roofs and roads causes erosion, pollution and loss of habitat. Between these two extremes, the platypus is caught between a rock and a hard place.”

The platypus – famous for being one of a few egg-laying mammals in the world and whose babies hatch blind, hairless and helpless – breeds between August and September and lays two to three eggs around SeptemberOctober.

Starting next year, households in catchment areas managed by Yarra Ranges Council and Melbourne Water will be offered a smart rainwater tank. Using ‘Tank Talk’ flow control technology developed by South East Water, the smart tank can be remotely controlled to release water to the stormwater network, to

manage flows for the local platypus population, and help improve broader stream health, while ensuring enough water remains for household use.

“These tanks can be programmed to release water to the stormwater network before rain events – giving the tank capacity to absorb peak flow rates during rain, reducing the risk of flooding – but also release a steady trickle of water to the creek during dry periods, to sustain flows for the platypus,” said Dr David Bergmann from South East Water.

The smart network will also include two large water storages: Belgrave Lake and Monbulk Creek Retarding Basin at Birdsland Reserve.

Dr Rhys Coleman, Melbourne Water’s Manager of Waterways and Wetlands Research, said: “These storages will give us greater ability to regulate the flows provided to the creek.

“This is an exciting collaboration where research, technology and the community all have a significant part to play. It has the potential to demonstrate a new way of managing urban waterways that could have far reaching benefits for not only streams and aquatic life here, but globally.”

Yarra Ranges Council, already known as a pioneer in using rainwater tanks to reduce urban runoff into streams, will be constructing demonstration sites featuring the new technology.

Dr Beth Wallis, Water Management Officer at Yarra Ranges Council, described the project as “as an opportunity for Council to demonstrate more sustainable ways of managing our water, and of protecting the beautiful waterways for which the Yarra Ranges are so wellknown.”

The waterways study is funded by the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Program, Melbourne Water, South East Water and Yarra Ranges Council. mailcommunity.com.au

BE KIND-BUY, EMPLOY, ENJOY LOCAL

Buy Local works for all Running your own business is hard work. Trying to run a business against the backdrop of COVID and the devastating June 9 storms, the term ‘hard work’ takes on a whole new meaning. Local business is being challenged like never before and they really need our support.

It goes without saying, Yarra Ranges businesses rely heavily on tourism. In some areas of the Hills and Valley, up to 75% of income comes from visitors. Successive lockdowns and impacts from the storm event have seen tourism numbers drop significantly, dealing a heavy blow to businesses who financially depend on visitors to the region.

No-one comes together like the Yarra Ranges community; after all, our businesses are our community – they’re our neighbours, employers, and friends. And our vibrant communities rely on bustling urban streets, friendly village shops, the road-side stalls with the freshest seasonal produce and fancy nights out with Australia’s best wines.

But it’s also having a dentist you can get to after school pick-up, the local hairdresser who can squeeze you in Saturday afternoon – it’s definitely the barista knowing your coffee order in the morning! We have it all; the practical, the necessary and the something special, that you can’t find anywhere but right here.

Council’s Buy, Employ, Enjoy Local campaign is throwing support behind all the local businesses we’re lucky enough to have in the Yarra Ranges.

Josephine Horn of Kallista General Store and Cellars welcomed Buy, Employ, Enjoy Local, especially after the devastating storm that hit the Dandenong Ranges in June.

“It’s been a difficult time in our Hills community, and we really appreciate the support,” she said.

When you’re next out and about your local

Buying local at Gentiana Nursery, Olinda shops, whether it’s picking up the weekly fruit and veggies, visiting the local butcher, getting that post lockdown haircut, or finding the perfect gift for that hard-to-buy-for friend - keep

an eye out for our Buy Local bags.

It’s wonderful to see so many businesses getting involved in the initiative. There are stickers on shop windows, posts on social me-

dia and some local business are even running giveaways, sharing their own delicious wares, and joining with their neighbours to create local prize packs.

Blooms on Brice in Mooroolbark filled up Buy Local bags with some of the beautiful local produce they stock in store and gave away two packs to local shoppers. Owner, Kerry Grassby said she was ‘thrilled’ to see the Buy Enjoy Employ Local campaign.

“The bags are lovely, and customers have been really happy to get them. I love our local community spirit and am so incredibly grateful for the ongoing support, especially when I see people going out of their way to make a purchase just to support us through these trying times!”

Council is also launching a Buy Local competition. How do you support local? Share a photo of your latest purchase, service or favourite business on Facebook or Instagram with the #BuyEmployEnjoy hashtag. You’ll go in the running to win one of three local prize hampers, filled with Yarra Ranges goodness.

For an easy way to find a local business that has what you’re looking for, use the Buy Local Business directory on the Yarra Ranges Council website. And if you are a local business, be sure to sign up if your business isn’t on there.

We have plenty of home-based businesses in the region too, so the directory is a great resource to discover new business you may not be aware of – who knows, they could be in your very street, delivering right to your door.

So even if tourists are sometimes unable to visit Yarra Ranges, we are always fortunate enough to enjoy the many spoils our wonderful region offers.

So please, where you can, please continue Buy Local and enjoy all that Yarra Ranges has to offer.

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PUZZLES SUDOKU

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The men’s team pursuit cycling team, fronted by Kelland O’Brien, take a selfie with their bronze medals.

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By Mikayla van Loon Lilydale boy Kelland O’Brien is coming home an Olympic medallist after winning bronze in the men’s team pursuit.

Up against our trans-tasman friends from New Zealand, it was a seesawing battle between the two cycling teams.

It was an incredibly tight race with only 0.048 of a second separating them at the halfway mark in favour of the Kiwis.

But not long after, New Zealand rider Aaron Gate crashed into the velodrome, sending the New Zealand team into disarray and saw them fall well behind the Aussies.

“We’ve raced these boys (New Zealand) quite a lot and we always know it’s going to be a dog fight and we were prepared for that,” O’Brien told the Australian Olympic Committee.

“It was bouncing back and forth, us boys were here for the fight and I’m bloody proud we fought for the last three days to be here through some pretty tough moments.

“You never want to win a bike race that way, I’m sure these boys feel the same, you could see it in their reaction, but it’s a part of bike racing and we got dealt a pretty rough hand on day one.

“It’s been a crazy few days and even more hectic five years. We’ve been through a lot together and we wanted gold, that’s what we came for, but in some respects we can hold our heads high.”

After a tumultuous start to the Aussie’s track cycling campaign, the boys in green and gold were in for a fight and put every bit of heart they had into winning bronze.

In the qualifying round, O’Brien’s team mate Alex Porter was thrown from his bike at

65km per hour when the handlebars snapped on the bike he was riding.

Although a bit battered and bruised, Porter returned to the track to help his team set an Olympic Record of three minutes 44.90 seconds against Switzerland, landing them a spot in the bronze medal race against New Zealand.

“This is sport, this is bike racing, it’s just the way it goes and even more so at the Olympics it throws curveballs at you that no other competition would and we wouldn’t want it any other way,” O’Brien said.

Porter could not race in the final and his spot was filled by Lucas Plapp but he still received a bronze medal.

This was the first Olympic Games for O’Brien, Porter, Plapp and Leigh Howard but the second for Sam Welsford who competed in Rio and won silver.

Ranges stars get selected at AFLW Draft

By Jed Lanyon It was a dream come true for three of the brightest young football talents from across the outer eastern suburbs after being selected at the AFLW Draft on Tuesday 27 July.

Eastern Ranges players Keeley Sherar, El Chaston and Georgia Campbell made their way on to AFLW lists after strong NAB League seasons.

Head coach Travis Cloke said he was proud to see three of his players selected.

“It was surreal. To hear Keels, El and Georgia announced as AFL Women’s players. It was a proud moment. I was almost like a proud dad, I guess is the best way to put it,” he said.

“They are three very different athletes but they are all getting the same result. It’s a great message for the rest of our girls on how to push, how to dream for their future years.”

Eastern Ranges co-runner-up best and fairest winner, Keeley Sherar, had her name called out at pick 11 by Carlton.

Carlton’s newest recruit put out a video after donning the Navy Blue for the first time.

“I’m so excited to be a part of the club and extremely grateful for this opportunity. Keen to get stuck into it,” she said.

At pick 32, Collingwood selected Eastern Ranges co-captain El Chaston. Chaston’s strong leadership qualities were a highlight during her time with the Ranges, while she also featured in Hawthorn’s VFLW side regularly.

Chaston said being drafted by Collingwood was ‘surreal’.

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Keeley Sherar was taken at pick 11 by Carlton.

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Georgia Campbell was taken by the Demons as a father-daughter selection.

of work that went into the last 12 months. Especially with Covid and what that brought. It was a bit of a relief and showed that hard work does pay off.

Finally, as Star Mail reported in previous weeks, Georgia Campbell was taken by Melbourne at pick 41 as the club’s first ever fatherdaughter recruit.

Campbell was regarded as the top Victorian ruck prospect from the 2021 AFLW Draft pool, having been named as the AFLW Under 19s All-Australian starting ruck.

“I’m so excited I went to school today and everyone was super pumped for me. It’s the most exciting day I’ve ever had,“ said Campbell, speaking on Yarra Valley FM’s The Sport.

“To hear my name officially called out was the most exciting thing. I already knew where I was going, but to hear my name was just amazing.”

She said the decision to choose Melbourne came down to location and that some of the club’s players had mentored her throughout the past season.

Kelland O’Brien, Leigh Howard, Lucas Plapp, Sam Welsford and Alex Porter celebrate after winning bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Medal for our Harry From page 1 “And I suspect that might have been part of the attraction but I also know for a fact, Harry just really liked learning to dance.”

Throughout Garside’s Olympic campaign, Ms Harrison said she had moments where she felt like her heart was going to fall out of her chest from excitement and nervousness.

“The work that Harry has put in since he was nine years old has got him to where he is today. [I am] desperately proud but above all just privileged to know him,” she said.

From day one, Garside’s mantra for his boxing career, which was instilled upon him by his Lilydale Youth Club coach Brian Levier, was to have fun and enjoy the experience.

“The thing he taught me the most when I was younger was to love the sport and always have fun. I think that’s the most important thing and that’s something I’ve carried on my whole boxing career, no matter how serious it gets I always seem to have fun and love what I’m doing,” Garside said.

“I know I wanted a gold but I’m proud of myself, I showed up and I had a great preparation and I really gave it everything but he [Cruz] was just a bit too good today unfortunately.”

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