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‘Save our bike jumps’ By Justin Flynn A group of Ocean Grove teenagers is pleading with the City of Greater Geelong to leave its temporary bike jumps alone until a permanent facility is built. The temporary jumps, located just off Begola Wetlands, draw about a dozen local teens each day. The Voice understands the city is currently in the process of reviewing several makeshift bike jumps and tracks in the region, which includes the self-made jumps located at the wetlands. Jem, 14, helped build the jumps with mates Griffin, Finn and Will. Jem fears the temporary jumps will be dismantled, leaving young mountain bike enthusiasts without an avenue to pursue their hobby.

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“We would like the council to not destroy the jumps until they build an actual bike park for us for all ages and abilities and actually build a track like they have been planning for a while,” Jem said. “We think a good spot is near Blue Waters Lake because there is so much open space that is not being used or in Woodlands because there is already plenty of dirt there. “In lockdown, for me personally, bike riding has been a way of getting exercise and getting out of the house and I’m sure it’s the same as many other kids. “We want to help the council design a track for all ages and abilities. We also have an online petition with 300 signatures (chng.it/gKhCcP7hbV).” City of Greater Geelong deputy mayor Trent Sullivan said council had allocated $100,000 in the 2021-22 budget for a new bike track in Ocean Grove and is proposing a designated bike discovery area in Barwon Heads through the Barwon Heads Village Park Masterplan. “Exercising and hanging out with friends

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is vital for our wellbeing – and we know this is particularly important during COVID-19,” he said. “We continue to encourage young people to embrace outdoor sports such as BMX and mountain bike riding and to seek out safe, fit-for-purpose tracks and trails to pursue this interest.

“We understand there is interest from the community to create additional facilities for mountain bike and BMX riders in the region, particularly for more advanced users and those living on the Bellarine. “As part of our new 2021-25 Our Community Plan, we’ve committed to providing more facilities that foster positive health and

wellbeing and we are working to identify new opportunities for young people to enjoy this sport and outdoor activities more broadly. “The design of the new bike park in Ocean Grove is set to commence shortly. We will be engaging local young riders in the design process to ensure they are involved in shaping this bike track.”

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Letter angers community groups By Justin Flynn An open letter calling on the state government to re-evaluate the proposed obstruction of growth on the Bellarine Peninsula through the Distinctive Areas and Landscapes (DAL) has attracted criticism from local groups. The letter was printed in several major daily newspapers on September 4 by a consortium of business owners on the Bellarine. The consortium said the DAL “overlooks or ignores the impacts that severe, 50-year restrictions on growth will have on local businesses, jobs and the economy”.

In 2019, parts of the City of Greater Geelong and the Borough of Queenscliffe were declared a DAL under the Planning and Environment Act. Ocean Grove Community Association said it was “disappointed” by the open letter. “The OGCA supports the forward-thinking initiative by the state government to preserve the distinctive character of the Bellarine, its settlements and its environment, and to provide a 50-year vision. Similar initiatives by previous governments have saved areas close to the hearts of all Victorians, such as the Dandenongs, from over development,“ OGCA chairperson Phil Edwards said. “Interestingly

as a direct result of the open letter the community association’s online petition to protect the Ocean Grove Settlement Boundary surged a further 10 per cent in the first 48 hours following the publication of the open letter to now have over 5600 signatures – the community is speaking loudly and clearly.” Drysdale Clifton Springs Curlewis Association president Mercedes Drummond said her organisation was “appalled” at the open letter and that it implied “that developers had not had a fair hearing”. “Developers have had the same amount of time and opportunities as local residents,

community associations and other groups or individuals to put their points across within the draft SPP submission process,” she said. “We are not against growth per se but it must be done in a respectful manner so that our distinctive areas and landscapes are respected and protected for generations to come.” Dominion Property Group, which authorised the open letter, said there seemed to be confusion, with people thinking that the consortium wanted to take over the peninsula. Managing director Tim Fallaw said: “We think there should be an independent third party review to test the information.”

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Cards aiming to keep money local Grove Money is up and running and Ocean Grove Business Association (OGBA) wants your support to make it thrive. Grove Money is a closed-loop gift card system that can only be redeemed at participating businesses that are members of OGBA. The system was rolled out using some of the pandemic stimulus money OGBA received from the state government last year. “It’s up and running and working at the moment,” OGBA president Ty Simons said.

“Over the next two weeks we’re going to get it into more and more businesses.” Cards can be bought at participating businesses and can be loaded with up to $1000. They can be partially redeemed at any participating business and are valid for three years. You can check the balance of your card online. The aim is to encourage people to spend money locally. “We wanted to put it in peoples’ minds before

Christmas, buy a voucher for Ocean Grove,” Mr Simons said. “The first 50 businesses that sign up get 10 $10 cards for free. “So far around a dozen businesses have signed up, but we want more.” Other regional Victorian cities and towns, such as Shepparton and Wangaratta, have enjoyed success with the system.

Queenscliff has become the first local government area in Australia to reach federal government’s initial COVID-19 vaccination target of 70 per cent. As of Sunday, 71.8 per cent of people over the age of 15 were fully-vaccinated in the Borough of Queencliffe, the only municipality to have reached the target at that time. The 70 per cent target is the threshold for the Commonwealth’s ‘phase B’ or ‘transition phase’ for reopening Australia. Under phase B, lockdowns are less likely but still possible. According to federal government, case numbers would be less important in triggering lockdowns under phase B, with states and territories imposing restrictions based on hospitalisation figures. Vaccinated people could also have greater freedoms under phase B. Queenscliff has a median age of 59, with 91.8 per cent of people to have received their first dose – another nation-leading statistic for the borough. The Surf Coast Shire jumped from third to second in Victoria’s vaccine race as of Sunday, with 56 per cent of its eligible residents fully-vaccinated. The shire, which has a median age of 42, remained in second place in Victoria for first doses on 79.6 per cent. The Surf Coast was 22nd in Australia for first doses and eighth for fully-vaccinated residents out of about 400 local government areas for which data is available. The Geelong statistical area level 4 (SA4) including both the Surf Coast and Queenscliff, has the highest percentage of fully-vaccinated residents of Victoria’s larger regions on 47.7.

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Have a say on dog-free beach Cr Stephanie Asher Opinions about how dogs should be managed are as wide and varied as the breeds that are loved and housed in Greater Geelong. As with most things in life, there is a happy medium and most people understand that a few rules will satisfy the vast majority. My experience as a community representative is that people want to be heard and acknowledged, and they want rules to be logical and appropriate. Another round of survey consultation is now being conducted, largely to ascertain the management of dogs at Ocean Grove main beach. There is a trial planned to make the main beach dog-free – from Hodgson Street to just past the surf club. This survey may also provide insights into whether the broader set of dog orders landed effectively or not. I have had a large volume of feedback that they didn’t and that there are tweaks required. There is a strong preference for the dog orders on our ocean beaches to replicate those in Torquay and the Surf Coast. Barwon Coast is keen to see the 800-metre section of Ocean Grove Main Beach become dog free. Meanwhile, there is huge demand from beach users to walk dogs off-leash, further up the beach towards Barwon Heads, between 7pm to 9am in summer (as per the rules in Torquay and the rest of the Surf Coast).

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The current dog orders don’t allow dogs to be off leash at all on beaches from November right through to May. The two changes could offer a logical solution: dog-free in one area and more freedom outside peak hours in another area. I urge all interested parties to contribute their feedback to the current survey via yoursay. geelongaustralia.com.au. The best results are always when as many people as possible have their say, so please take the time and let the team know your thoughts.

New life for cottage Marshall Bluestone Cottage Community Group thanks Major Roads Project Victoria and the City of Greater Geelong Council for their efforts in reaching a successful stage one outcome to ’Saving Marshall Bluestone Cottage’. Our 800 member group is looking forward to an announcement from council regarding the relocation site, rebuilding the cottage according to heritage best practice, and repurposing it for public community use as Marshall Town History House. Marshall Town History House can become a City of Greater Geelong tourist information centre and a place that can be booked by groups such as a playgroup, history group or gardening club. It can become the repository for a collection of material from Marshall’s history such as maps, family histories, industrial history, and become a museum/history hub informing visitors about the rich history of the Marshall area, and also tell the story of settlement of German Town. Marshall Town History House can be open to the public at regular advertised times for visitor and school group bookings to view and be given guidance about the collection. Virginia Johnson MBCCG president

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Spotlight on junk food promotion Bellarine Community Health is joining in the call for governments to set higher standards on unhealthy food marketing in Australia. BCH has signed up to a new petition that asks the processed food industry to put the health of children first. The Obesity Policy Coalition (OPC) has recently released ‘Brands off our kids!’, a report highlighting the tactics used by the processed food industry to target children with unhealthy food marketing. The report sets out four actions to protect all Australian children from unhealthy food marketing: • Ensure TV, radio and cinemas are free from unhealthy food marketing from 6am to 9.30pm;

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• Prevent unhealthy food companies from targeting children;

• Ensure public spaces and events are free from unhealthy food marketing; and • Protect children from digital marketing of unhealthy food. BCH child health and development dietitian Sally Hanks said recent data on typical food intake show only three per cent of Australian children consume enough vegetables a day and only half include fruit daily. “We are also seeing that most children include at least three discretionary foods daily and about 3 per cent of household food budget is spent on eating out,” she said. “As a dietitian and mother, I know how important it is that the places in our community are good for the health of everyone, especially our little ones.

“In my role as a child health and development dietitian, I see first-hand the impact that our junk food saturated environment has on children every day. “As a parent of three young kids, I find the many ways they are constantly exposed to unhealthy food marketing in daily life worrying. “But change can happen. For example, I know that some community places, such as sporting venues, are now giving out awards in their kids’ sports competitions that further promote their health and wellbeing. “We all want to give our children the opportunity for a happy and healthy future.“ Details: www.bch.org.au/connectedcommunities/healthy/healthy-places

Pets prove great therapy Ewe know that lockdown has been baaaaad, so cheering up has been woolly important of late. Arcare Point Lonsdale residents were given a pleasant surprise recently when a four-legged friend visited to spread some cheer. Arcare Point Lonsdale recently started a lamb pet therapy program during lockdown, with personal support worker Belinda Cattani surprising the aged care community when she brought in her much-loved, three-week old lamb Stewart. Despite being a little sheepish early, Stewart was a huge hit with the residents, providing comfort and love to many during lockdown. “The visit was an enormous success, all our residents enjoyed Stewart’s presence

immensely,” Arcare Point Lonsdale lifestyle assistant Jillian Williams said. Jillian said Arcare encourages team members, when possible, to bring in their pets for pet therapy with the residents. After the success of his first visit in August, Belinda and the Lifestyle team started work to make Stewart’s pet therapy visits an ongoing program. Justin Flynn

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Checks give best chance By Luke Voogt Brendan McVilly has a fighting chance against melanoma thanks to multiple check-ups of what at first appeared to be mole on his back. “They’ve told me I’m a lucky one,” the 55-year-old said. The dairy farmer of 32 years, who moved from the Otways town of Simpson to Ocean Grove in April 2020, visited a local clinic in 2016 after discovering the mole. The clinic did not initially diagnose the spot as a melanoma, but Brendan went back in January 2017 after “it kept getting worse to the stage where it was bleeding”. “Two days later the phone call came and they said, ‘we’ve got to get you to Geelong as quick as we can.’ Within 10 days or so they cut it out.” Skin specialist Dr Rafael Acosta-Rojas then warned him the melanoma would return. “‘It will come back,’ he said, ‘it might be three years or it might five years’.” Brendan remembered. “It came back in four.” In April 2020, Brendan noticed a lump on his left buttock. “I only noticed it was there mucking around on the hard floor with the dog, I thought a cow might have kicked me,” he said. He saw an Ocean Grove clinic on Wednesday, which referred him for an ultrasound that Friday and on a sleepless Thursday night he discovered another lump on his ribs. The discovery of more lumps on his back, chest and groin led to a biopsy and PET scans, which revealed the melanoma had spread to both lungs, his small bowel and his thigh bone. Specialists placed him on immunotherapy, a treatment that helps the immune system fight cancer. “I was lucky – everything moved really quick because I was in the system already,” he said. The initial treatment made him “crook” but

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shrunk the cancer. He has since been on milder immunotherapy that continues to attack his cancer. Brendan encouraged locals to get checked for skin abnormalities with melanoma rates in Geelong increasing over the past decade. Among greater Geelong men, the 2015-2019 average age-standardised incidence rate for melanoma is 40.94 per 100,000, up on 33.78 the previous five years. Like many of these men, Brendan’s melanoma resulted from his younger years. “I’m no different to the younger ones then,” he said. “I’d walk around in a singlet or no shirt and I never used to put on sunscreen.”

Women’s rates have also increased in greater Geelong from 27.24 to 31.64, with rates in the region for both sexes higher than the state average. The data has prompted SunSmart to launch its new ‘Don’t delay. Save your skin’ campaign, which Brendan is happy to support, as getting checked probably saved his life. “Everything’s going really well,” he said. “On the last PET scan there was still a mass on my lung but that is shrinking and the others are more or less gone. “I had another PET scan yesterday and it will be interesting to see what happens with that next week.”

Dog-free beach feedback online All community feedback on a dog-free trial at Ocean Grove main beach has now moved solely online, as a result of lockdown. The trial area is about 805 metres in length and stretches from beach access stairs at 13W (Hodgson Street, Ocean Grove) to the stairs at 15W (the western end of the promenade at Ocean Grove Main Beach). Between the 13W to 15W beach access stairs, dogs can be walked on-lead between May 1 and November 30 this year but are prohibited for the remainder of the year. The trial extends to 2022 where dogs are prohibited all year round. This trial is a partnership project between Barwon Coast and the City of Greater Geelong. Barwon Coast chief executive Gary McPike said the two-year trial is in response to community feedback provided in 2019-2020. This feedback highlighted the need for an area of beach to be set aside as dog-free all year round. “We are keen to ensure access for all types of beach users is available.” Mr McPike said. “This trial enables us to gather information on community experiences of a dog-free area of beach. It is important that all beach users get the chance to have their say and have their voices heard. This trial is about ensuring we get the balance right for Ocean Grove main beach.” Community members are invited to share their feedback on the first year of the trial by Sunday, September 26. Details: barwoncoast.com.au/dogs-beaches

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The NDIS will pay for the required work to modify a car, but cannot help with the costs of the car. Ocean Grove Barwon Heads Lions Club has donated $5000 to the cause and is pleading for more donations from the public. “Emma is a lovely young lady and not having a wheelchair accessible vehicle is holding her back,” club president Grant Hull said. “We have been in touch with a local business who has offered the last $10,000 if we can get to $40,000. “If you’re able to help out in any way, however small, it would be greatly appreciated. Let’s help change this family’s life and give this gorgeous girl the opportunities she deserves, together.” Sarah is a single mum on a low income

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On the frontline of virus battle Our frontline healthcare workers have been the unsung heroes of the pandemic, often working long hours and faced with the ever increasing threat of COVID-19. Ocean Grove husband and wife, nurses Des and Kate Every, share their stories with Justin Flynn. when they need to and getting vaccinated.

What do you do? Des: We’re both RNs – registered nurses. I work in the operating theatres at St John of God Healthcare in Geelong. I’m trained as an anaesthetic and recovery nurse but my current role is largely administrative.

How has your mental health been during COVID? Kate: We could never imagine we would be home schooling and only leaving the house for exercise and work. Lockdown has become way too familiar. Definitely not catching up with friends and family, not playing sport all drove us stir crazy, especially with teenagers, but we all got into a routine of the ‘new normal’. Normal became Saturday night Zoom calls, lots of dog walks, exercise challenges, Netflix and PS4 and technology overload. At times it has become very challenging to keep up the motivation. The reality is we may be dealing with lockdowns for some time.

Kate: I mix it up a bit. I work in the Andrew Love Cancer Centre at Barwon Health as an oncology nurse which involves administering chemotherapy and I’m also a secondary school nurse at Colac Secondary College. What does a ‘normal’ shift look like? Kate: I am not sure we have a ‘normal’ at the moment. I have been working in the day ward at the Andrew Love Centre for 18 years and love it. I completed a graduate diploma in cancer nursing. I am very passionate about caring for individuals faced with cancer and helping them manage the side effects as they undergo treatment. I am a very small part of a great team in the day ward that provides treatment to cancer patients. We administer many different types of treatments from immunotherapy to chemotherapy and blood transfusions. Some patients can spend the whole day in our unit and others may only be in for a short time. So, we get to know them very well and they get to know us. The treatment varies according to the particular type of cancer being treated. Some days are chaotic and challenging, but the most rewarding part of my job is supporting and helping patients and their families through a very stressful time in their lives and trying to make it that little bit easier. We try to create a positive environment. COVID has certainly made it difficult for our cancer patients that haven’t been able to have their families alongside them during their treatment. Also, in my other role as a secondary school nurse I am lucky to work with a dedicated wellbeing team at Colac Secondary College. This role is health promotion based and I am really enjoying working in the education system and supporting young people. Des: Theatre is normally pretty unpredictable so there is no real normal. We have 10 theatres

A lot of pressure has been on healthcare professionals, do you find support from each other? Kate: We always have been a pretty good team. Our days are busy like most of our friends, and sometimes a bit crazy especially with shift work in the mix but we make it work. I am really proud of our kids as we rely on them to get themselves organised in the mornings for school, most days it works. They definitely do a great job. Des: We often don’t talk about work at home but the support is there if needed.

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running most days so together with a big team of nurses, surgeons, anaesthetists and theatre technicians getting all patients through theatre as safely and efficiently as possible is the main goal each day and dealing with any challenges that presents. Have you noticed any change to peoples’ mindsets during COVID ? Kate: Des and I have been lucky we have been able to remain working throughout and in the beginning we enjoyed some ‘downtime’ with

our family. But it’s getting harder with each lockdown. Our house always has someone popping in so definitely missing those connections at the moment. It’s been hard on the kids as they are missing school, sport and their friends. But unfortunately, COVID has made life complicated and difficult for many especially for people dealing with an illness or in vulnerable situations. We feel for local business owners. Everyone is working together to get tested

What advice would you give to any young person interested in studying nursing? Kate: It’s a great career choice as it offers so many opportunities and pathways, friendships, travel, work flexibility and it’s very rewarding. University is difficult at the moment as the majority of it is done online but hang it there because we need more nurses. Des: Nursing offers a wide range of options to pursue. As a graduate I quickly found working on the wards wasn’t for me. I spent some years as a psychiatric nurse which I enjoyed but eventually anaesthetics and recovery was where I ended up. Even in the same department over 21 years, I’ve had four very different jobs.

MY PLACE North Bellarine Film Festival president Bill Lussier is optimistic his favourite local event will premier as planned at the Potato Shed from November 12 to 14. The Portarlington local and American expat speaks to Luke Voogt about his love of the silver screen.

How did you become a film-lover? My earliest memories are of going to see Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. As a teenager, I spent a lot of time watching James Bond and Bruce Lee films at the Saturday matinees. My favourite films have complex characters and believable storylines that keep me engrossed, but I’ll give any film five minutes 8 OCEAN GROVE VOICE Friday, 10 September, 2021

to get me hooked. My all-time favourite is To Kill a Mockingbird. What is your role in the North Bellarine Film Festival? I joined the festival committee in 2018, and I’m now its president and the chair of our Emerging Filmmaker Award selection panel. I really enjoy the process of organising the annual festival, but my favourite part is calling filmmakers to tell them that they have won an award. The winner has usually forgotten that they submitted their film, but once they figure out what the guy with the American accent is talking about, they are thrilled. A big challenge for small festivals like ours is putting together an interesting alternative to what is in cinemas or on streaming services. We are also starting to present additional events such as the short film program we recently held at a Geelong winery. What are your favourite things to do locally? Geelong is a fantastic place to live.

Some of my favourite things to do – restrictions permitting – are dining on Little Malop Street or at any of our other great restaurants and wineries, visiting Geelong Botanic Gardens and cycling along The Esplanade between Portarlington and St Leonards and along the Barwon River. How are you coping with COVID-19? I’m staying very busy working on the 2021 film festival and identifying new cycling routes that are within five kilometres of home. It helps that we live in a great town where you will always run into someone you know and say a quick ‘hi’. Like most people, I yearn for a time when we can make plans, go places and catch up with friends, but until then, I’m very happy to be living where I am. What’s something about you that people might not know? After spending three years with Bruno in dog obedience school, the only thing that he will do semi-consistently on command is drop.

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“As I was lying on my back, all I could think of was to hold my camera above the water. Now you can never say that I don’t throw myself into my work.” Ivan was unharmed in the incident and, remarkably, so was his camera. “My camera was wet and covered with sand but I could still see the funny side of all of this so I asked Adam’s mate to take a couple of photos of my bedraggled state before heading home to dry and clean my camera and myself,” he said. “My camera and phone are working fine. The only thing not working is my lens cover which is probably caked with sand inside. That’s a pretty good outcome.”

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WA a paradise for bird spotters I’ve arrived back to the Bellarine after a fantastic trip, where I drove all the way from Exmouth in Western Australia to home. I added 19 new birds to my personal Australian bird list, which is creeping towards 500 species. The highlights of my trip were many, but I must say my day at Gluepot Reserve in South Australia was wonderful. Gluepot was established by Birds Australia, now Birdlife Australia, in 1997, by the purchase of Gluepot Station, a former pastoral area. This was Birds Australia’s first reserve, and this area was protected due to its outstanding flora and fauna values. I couldn’t take the hired campervan to the reserve due to the 60-kilometres of dirt track that has to be negotiated to reach the area, and I was resigned to not going there until I spotted a brochure at the Waikerie Campground advertising day trips. I recommend 20/20 Birding tours to Gluepot. Carl went out of his way to give me a great experience with food, bird spotting and comfort first class. He even stayed until after dark to see if the spotted nightjars were on the dirt road on the way back to Waikerie. Unfortunately, they were not on the track, but it was just a great day. My lowlight of my trip was very unfortunate due to my own stupidity. I was near Bunbury in WA and came across a paddock that was replete with many parrots. I have never seen anything like it in my life. I know I saw Regent parrots, red-capped parrots and western rosellas. The parrots were so busy feeding that they sat on fence posts just near the car and did not worry about me, and I took hundreds of photos. When I reached Busselton, I went to load

Left: Carole’s pied oystercatcher. Below: Kevin’s pink-eared duck; Lee’s picture of a black-fronted dotterel. (Pictures: Supplied)

the photos on my computer, viewed them and thought they were on my computer and deleted the memory card. However, it seemed that I had been viewing the photos via the memory card and they were not on my computer, and I lost the whole lot. It has taken me all this time to stop kicking myself literally, as I’m sure that there were parrots in the flocks that I had never seen before. I went to the paddock the next day and it was nowhere near as good. What a dill. Actually I still have tears in my eyes writing about this. I saw 185 bird species on my trip. Nankeen

kestrels, Australian ravens, magpies, magpie larks, New Holland honeyeaters, red wattlebirds, galahs, crested pigeons and whistling kites are thriving in Australia. The rarer birds I saw were western wattlebirds, western whipbird, western spinebills, chiming wedgebill, blue-breasted fairy wren, red-winged fairy wren, Rufous treecreeper, white-browed treecreeper, slender-billed thornbill, scarlet-breasted parrot and slaty-backed thornbill. Since returning to lockdown, I have been for a few walks in ‘Sue’s Park’ near my house in Ocean Grove, where the beautiful eastern

spinebills, little wattlebirds and the ever-present New Holland honeyeaters are thriving. Unknown persons managed to break into the information centre at the Ocean Grove Nature Reserve by jemmying open the roller doors and stealing the pot-bellied stove, which is so disappointing. I hope whoever did this is warmer for the experience and know that certainly the members of the Friends of the OGNR are so disappointed. Barrie from Clifton Springs who wrote to me a few weeks ago to ask about potential roosting sites for little cormorants on the Bellarine was thrilled to see a very large flock of these birds rising and circling above Lake Lorne, while workers from the COGG were doing land maintenance around the lake. He estimated their number to be about 50 percent of those he observed flying to sea in the mornings above Clifton Springs. The middle Island at Lake Lorne is certainly a popular area for many species of waterfowl to roost. On the subject of Lake Lorne, I received an email from Kevin, who with his wife Anne Maree, ventured to Lake Lorne, despite the cold and windy weather. Kevin photographed a lovely pink-eared duck. It is named after a spot of pink feathers on the side of the head, which is obvious in Kevin’s photo. Kevin also photographed 116 crested terns opposite At the Heads restaurant on the Spit in Ocean Grove. Kevin thinks that they were celebrating the absence of dogs as the weather was so bad. I also received an email from Lee, who photographed a pair of black-fronted dotterels at Hospital Swamp. The black-fronted dotterel can be seen wading in the shallow mud of freshwater wetlands, lakes, rivers, sewage farms, storm drains and marshes. I received another email from Carole, who was supposed to fly to WA twice this year due to cancellations from 2020, and both trips were cancelled. Still slightly miffed by a lack of holidays, Carole went down to the local beach for a walk and much to her amazement she was cheered by a seal swimming close to shore.

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Ocean Grove’s ageing population will have more opportunity to stay put in its home town with plans for a $20 million aged care facility on Shell Road.

Ocean Grove has been promised $60,000 for an electronic scoreboard at Shell Road reserve if Labor wins the November state election.

A diver was miraculously pulled from the water by Coastwatch volunteers after two hours adrift off the Ocean Grove coast.

City of Greater Geelong has adopted a settlement strategy directing long-term growth away from the Bellarine Peninsula, although permanent settlement boundaries are yet to be locked in.

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Out and about Voice photographer Ivan Kemp was out and about at Ocean Grove main beach on Monday to see what locals were doing with their exercise time.

1/ Kimmy Gilling. 2/ Bernie and Brendan Hellard with Mosby. 3/ Katrina Timms with her children Finlay, Remy, Joey and Vaida. 4/ Karni Maizels and Grant Maglio. 5/ Kaye and Mick Drew. 6/ Chris and Nicky Teese with Lola. 7/ Alan Bartle and Mia. 8/ Gudrun Ewenson. 9/ Michael and Barbara Britt with Chris and Marion Woodward. 10/ Terri Patterson and Lesley Pope. 11/ Simon Tuddin, Helen Clarkson and Marion Hardwick. (Pictures: Ivan Kemp) 249356 Friday, 10 September, 2021 OCEAN GROVE VOICE 11

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Ocean Grove Golf Club flourishes with the help of locals Despite turbulent times during COVID, the Ocean Grove Golf Club has remained resilient with the support of the community. With approximately 550 social and playing members, the Ocean Grove Golf Club is strong volunteer-based organisation. Employing a greenkeeper and one permanent part-time staff member to operate the bar three nights per week, the rest of the club’s staff are volunteers. Staff members on the nine-hole course and in the golf shop and bar are all generous volunteers, many of whom have supported the club for many years.

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Community support actually hasn’t diminished - David Smith

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Located 25 minutes from Geelong on the Bellarine Peninsula, the Ocean Grove Golf Club has managed to dodge many of the lockdown measures imposed on metropolitan Melbourne, due to being classified as a regional area. President David Smith, says the volunteer-based staff team at the club have found lockdowns very difficult at times. “The challenges of opening and closing on a constant basis have been tricky for our volunteer staff, especially when many of them are older, and need to be mindful of COVID,” he says. With about 50 - 70 regular volunteer staff members, the club relies on golf-loving locals to support the business and their community. “The most recent lockdown announcement became quite challenging for us when it was announced to begin at 1pm on a Saturday afternoon,” David says.

The Ocean Grove Golf Club team is almost entirely run by volunteers.

“Our restaurant operators were stocked with food and supplies for 90 people booked in to enjoy a Saturday night meal, but that all had to be cancelled.” The club’s Boat Ramp Hotel Open Tournament, which was set to run from Thursday, September 2 to Sunday, September 5, has been cancelled.

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David explains that the club expected to struggle to source sponsors for the upcoming tournament and other events, however other small businesses have really rallied together to support their local counterparts. “Community support actually hasn’t diminished - we’re always after more people to help out, especially for our open events,” David

says. “We thought it might be challenging to find sponsors but they’ve certainly come to the fore to help out with events, even though a lot of those businesses have had significant challenges in the past year as well.” Despite the effects of the pandemic in the last 18 months, the club has actually seen a slight increase in memberships.

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Last year’s winning image of Bird Rock on the Sunrise Reef Walk. (Supplied)

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SPORTS QUIZ 1. Which Rabbitohs player recently received a sixweek suspension for a reckless high tackle?

7. Australian-born tackle Jordan Mailata is currently with which NFL team?

13. Fabio Quartararo, the current leader of the MotoGP championship, is from which country?

2. Who defeated Australia 57-22 in Round 1 of the 2021 Rugby Championship?

8. What medal did Evan O’Hanlon win in the men's 100 metres T38 event at the Tokyo Paralympics?

14. Which English batsman has scored three 100s in three Tests against India in their series so far?

3. Bryson DeChambeau is a US professional in what sport?

9. Matthew Dellavedova has signed a three-year deal with which NBL team?

4. Which city will host the 2021 AFL Grand Final?

10. What year did Essendon last win an AFL final?

5. Who lost in straight sets in the first round of the 2021 US Open to Roberto Bautista Agut?

11. In the AFL, GWS defeated Sydney by how many points in their elimination final?

6. What medal did Lauren Parker win in the women’s PTWC event at the Tokyo Paralympics?

12. And who was suspended for three matches after making contact with an umpire?

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15. A card game similar to bridge that was popular in the 18th and 19th centuries is called what? 16. Which Australian tennis player exited in the first round of the US Open against American Taylor Fritz? 17. True or false: Odd Christian Eiking is the name of a current Norwegian cyclist? 18. How many full laps were completed in the Belgian Grand Prix, in which Max Verstappen was declared winner and earned halfpoints? 19. And which Williams driver finished second, his first ever podium finish and the team's first in four years? 20. Which AFL team removed the red and green colours from their guernsey in 2011?

21. Which AFL commentator was banned from entering Western Australia to cover the Grand Final?

26. The entirety of the women's Indian cricket team's tour of Australia will take place in which state?

22. What cricket nation is scheduled to play a Test match against Australia in Hobart later this year?

27. Who won the 2021 Super Netball Grand Final?

23. What NBA team did basketball legends Robert Parish, Kevin McHale and Larry Bird all play for? 24. In what year did the Port Adelaide Power debut in the AFL? 25. What is the informal nickname given to the sport of wheelchair rugby?

28. Which team ended the Melbourne Storm's winning streak during the 2021 NRL season? 29. Spain and Slovenia were the gold medallists in which new event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics? 30. Which Australian tennis player's first round match was delayed at the 2021 US Open because of an electronics fault?

Roberto Bautista Agut 1. Latrell Mitchell 2. New Zealand 3. Golf 4. Perth 5. Nick Kyrgios 6. Silver 7. Philadelphia Eagles 8. Bronze 9. Melbourne United 10. 2004 11. One 12. Toby Greene 13. France 14. Joe Root 15. Whist 16. Alex de Minaur 17. True 18. Two 19. George Russell 20. Fremantle Dockers 21. Eddie McGuire 22. Afghanistan 23. Boston Celtics 24. 1997 25. Murderball 26. Queensland 27. NSW Swifts 28. Parramatta Eels 29. Sport climbing 30. Ash Barty

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Chance to play final up in the air Ocean Grove’s chance for a Bellarine Football League premiership rests with regional Victoria being lifted of its lockdown restrictions and coach Pete Davey said his side is ready to go at a moment’s notice. The season was halted before the semi-finals with two huge matches – Torquay versus Modewarre and Barwon Heads versus Ocean Grove – waiting to be played when and if restrictions are lifted. AFL Barwon announced that all finals would continue as normal providing they could be played on or before September 18. If government restrictions on community sport are lifted by September 25, then the competition would go straight to a Torquay versus Modewarre grand final. “Aside from the disappointment of having the semi-final postponed, our guys have taken the break in a really positive manner,” Davey said. “They have been working hard on maintaining their fitness and there has been some quality banter being thrown around in

Ocean Grove coach Pete Davey is hopeful that the season can recommence. (Justin Flynn)

our communication groups which helps to keep spirits up and everyone engaged. “They have been following a conditioning program that Dean Casamento has drawn up which incorporates the types of repeat efforts that the boys would typically undertake in a match setting. “They are logging what they’re doing and posting their results depending on what

activity is scheduled for that day. While there is no substitute for match fitness, we’ve got a senior finals squad of 28 players who are in excellent shape and ready to go.” The Barwon Heads versus Ocean Grove semi-final is one of the most anticipated games in recent memory. The fierce rivalry between these two towns, separated only by a bridge, is one of the most intense in country footy. “We are ready to go if and when we are given the green light,” Davey said. “The roadmap that AFL Barwon released a couple of weeks ago has certainly brightened the spirits of everybody and we’re just hopeful that regional restrictions are eased and we can get straight into it. “We are prepared to play on 24 hour’s notice but that’s out of our hands unfortunately.” Davey said the playing group had remained committed if the opportunity to play arises. “It’s been challenging,” he said. “Players look to us [coaches] for direction

Captain makes call for limited overs New Ocean Grove Cricket Club A Grade captain Paddy McKenna believes all Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association games should be a limited overs format. McKenna, 36, who joined the Grubbers during the 2019-20 season from Malvern, said even after COVID settles down, the association should make 40-overs per side permanent. “I think we need to recognise our role in the system of cricket and understand that fundamentally the BPCA is a feeder to higher levels of cricket and that fundamentally we are a social sport,” he said. “It gets more people playing and a higher engagement. “If people want to play two-day cricket, go and play in the Geelong comp or go and challenge yourself in district cricket.”

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but we’re searching for that as well. All we can really do is try to remain positive but in reality, we’re just navigating the ups and downs of this period as best we can ourselves with our own families. “There is a high level of trust and care amongst our group which has allowed all of us to just be us, that is certainly helping everyone at the club get through what has been, and still is, a mentally exhausting period.” Davey said he would obviously be disappointed if the semi-finals couldn’t be played, but supported AFL Barwon’s Return to Play proposal. “There needs to be a grand final, that’s how our game is decided and while it would be disappointing for both us and Barwon Heads to be eliminated while we’re both essentially a live chance, our club supports the league’s roadmap and their effort to get some finality on the year,” he said. Justin Flynn

Gromsearch postponed Organisers have postponed the Victorian Gromsearch finals amid the state’s ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. Surfing Victoria on Tuesday announced it had postponed the event, initially scheduled to take place at Jan Jun on September 18-19, following discussions with chief sponsor Rip Curl. “We are sad to have to postpone a big event on the Victorian calendar,” Surfing Victoria chief executive Adam Robertson said. “However with the continued COVID-19 restrictions it won’t be possible to run an event that includes all Victorian groms. “We appreciate the patience and understanding from competitors and parents and look forward to hosting the Rip Curl GromSearch at Jan Juc in the future.” Rip Curl event manager Mark Flanagan echoed the sentiment. “We don’t want to run the Rip Curl GromSearch if travel is prohibited from around Victoria,” he said. “We respect the relevant COVID regulations and will try and find an alternative date when we can run the event.” Surfing Victoria plans to announce new dates in coming weeks, with the Australian GromSearch national final now set to take place in 2022. The series provides the opportunity for grommets to surf with competitors from around the country and develop their game. As participants progress through to the national finals, they test their skills against Australia’s best, gaining valuable experience competing against elite-level talent and a chance to compete in the Gromsearch International. The top six surfers of the final 2019 men’s World Surf League (WSL) rankings were all former GromSearch finalists, while in the women’s competition Gromsearch competitors have won the past 13 world titles. Current WSL competitors that were GromSearch finalists include Tyler Wright, Steph Gilmore, Sally Fitgibbons, Owen Wright, Gabriel Medina and Filipe Toledo.

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McKenna, who played district cricket with Camberwell Magpies, joins coach Paul Jubber (Melbourne) and development coach Robbie Rutley (Essendon) who have both also played at the second-highest level in the state. McKenna hopes the club’s young talent can shine this season. Top order batsman Fletcher Long and leg-spinner Fletcher Keck are two players he thinks can make an impact. Young seamer Bailey Le Maistre is another who could find himself in A Grade at some stage. “We’re really going to drive that (youth) this year,” McKenna said. “As a coaching group we’re going to bring a lot of expertise and we’ll try to foster a good environment to learn.” McKenna said the A Grade side would remain relatively unchanged this season, but more focus will be given to the emerging players in B Grade and the juniors. “There’s a bit there to work with,” he said. “Trying to crank up the (under) 14s and 16s with the excitement of getting an under-17s on the park.” Despite the focus on youth, McKenna said the aim was to win. “We’re in it to win it,” he said. Ocean Grove made finals last season, falling to eventual premiers Anglesea in a close match.

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Paddy McKenna will lead Ocean Grove on the cricket field this summer. (Supplied) Friday, 10 September, 2021 OCEAN GROVE VOICE 23

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