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Disgust as Nazi symbol burnt onto Morrison

Lilydale RSL welcomes funding for renovations

Fundraiser to support Ukraine refugees

Bridge Builders celebrates 20 years

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Cadets of the 408 Squadron stood in guard of the cenotaph.

Korean War veteran Frank Cannon and Vietnam War veteran Roger Boness at the Montrose Anzac Day service.

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Honouring fallen

By Mikayla van Loon For six years the Montrose community has come together in some capacity at the town’s cenotaph to honour its fallen soldiers and all service men and women from the local area.

This year the focus laid heavily on the impact nurses had during the war and the experiences of those who served in Vietnam.

Mount Evelyn RSL vice president Roger Boness addressed hundreds of people, sharing his experiences in the war, particularly the horrid conditions he and his fellow servicemen had to face.

Speaking of the jungle operations of search and destroy, Mr Boness said during the dry season it was an escape from the torturous sun but the wet season provided monsoon rains from 2pm until 10am the following day.

“This caused wet, slippery conditions underfoot and appeared to activate the jungle insects and fauna,” Mr Boness said.

“It was not unusual to find as many as 30 or so huge black blood sucking leeches attached to you at any one time. Snakes and scorpions became active, as did the spiders and ants.”

Mr Boness said other problems arose like chemical warfare, probable diseases, unsus-

pecting minefields and booby traps.

“Many of us lucky to return home were troubled, some with mental scars and the debilitating war injuries requiring ongoing medical treatment. “[But] I remain thankful for the mateship, long life friendships and bonds formed in the most difficult, dangerous and fine conditions.”

Mount Evelyn’s service attracted 2000 if not 3000 people at the dawn service, returning to pre-Covid numbers, something Mr Boness said had been missing from people’s lives.

“Not everyone has had the opportuni-

ty to honour our servicemen over the last two years, whether in my generation or the younger generation, so it was special to have everyone return to remember our men and women,” he said.

Passing on the tradition of remembrance, Mr Boness said was an important part of an RSL club’s contribution to the community.

“We need to remember it as part of our history, regardless of whether we like it or not.”

Mercy Place Montrose also held a service for its residents to honour veterans living within the home and outside of it.

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Traumatising vandalism

By Mikayla van Loon Community members have expressed their disgust of the vandalism at Morrison Reserve in Mount Evelyn, after it was revealed the Nazi associated swastika was chemically burnt into the soccer pitch a number of weeks ago.

Lilydale Eagles Soccer Club, the primary users of the ground, took to social media to condemn the act and confirm its standing on such a hateful symbol.

“Lilydale Eagles would like to take the opportunity to affirm that we stand together against any form of bigotry or hatred,” it read.

“There is no room for this hatred in our community or at our club.”

Mount Evelyn RSL president Matthew Crymble also shared a post on social media to denounce the behaviour particularly in the lead up to Anzac Day. “The members of the Mount Evelyn RSL would like to strongly state their disgust and repulsion of the wanton vandalism at the Morrison Reserve soccer pitch with a detested symbol of hatred - the Nazi swastika,” he wrote.

“Our sub-branch condemns this shameful act of intentional torment. Three men from Mount Evelyn gave their lives in the fight against Nazi tyranny during the Second World War and are listed on our war memorial. This act dishonours their memory.”

Mr Crymble said he hopes the vandals are quietly sought out and can repair the damage at their own cost while being “publicly outed, named and shamed.”

He said now he would be turning his attention to honouring all servicemen and women who have fought tyranny in all wars.

Anti-Defamation Commission chairman Dvir Abramovich said there has been “a dramatic surge in antisemitism in Australia [and] we should be alarmed about anyone who so openly identifies with the unspeakable crimes of the Third Reich.”

“This is not Nazi Germany and this cowardly act of vandalism which deliberately targeted young people playing sports needs to end now,” he said.

Dr Abramovich also said it was a disgrace to the memory of both Jewish people and Australian diggers who fought to reprimand the ideology of Hitler.

“This graffiti is a desecration of the memory of the six million Jews and millions of others exterminated by the Nazi regime. It is also a spit on the memory of the valiant diggers who died to defeat the Nazis.

“Anyone who loves our country will not feel comfortable knowing that there are individuals in our midst who are brazenly and proudly weaponizing a symbol that represents the pure evil that led to the death squads and gas chambers.”

While the incident has only just come to light, the Lilydale Eagles said in a statement originally provided to Nine News, that it first had a meeting with Yarra Ranges Council on 2 March to discuss the options for repairing the pitch.

“We were advised that actions such as

these are becoming more frequent in the Yarra Ranges shire and that grass seed would be established to cover the dead patches of grass,” the statement read.

Yarra Ranges Council confirmed its sportsfield team had been liaising with clubs about how to restore the ground while being conscious of not interfering with play and training.

“Council is incredibly disappointed and frustrated by this highly offensive act of vandalism carried out on the home grounds of the Lilydale Eagles Soccer Clubs,” council CEO Tammi Rose said.

“This type of senseless behaviour not only causes distress to the club’s members and those in the community who use the grounds, but also comes at a cost to the ratepayers of Yarra Ranges to repair it.”

The council’s maintenance team has discussed trialling colour spraying of the impacted area to distort the hate symbol.

While the Lilydale Eagles junior teams have been able to continue using the ground for training over the last five weeks, the statement addressed concern for those who understood the symbols meaning.

“Whilst the anti-semetic symbols burned into the pitch would not normally have an impact on our junior cohort, we are consciously aware of the impact on those that are aware of the meaning behind this.

“We are of course concerned that this will have a negative impact on our club which has already felt the burden of two years on unfinished and interrupted seasons.”

Aerial shots of Morrison Reserve show the hateful symbol burned into the soccer pitch.

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Renewed fight for Coldy Maroondah Highway upgrades

By Mikayla van Loon

Residents of Coldstream are concerned about the dangerous road conditions along Maroondah Highway that has been funded for upgrades.

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“This investigation is considering upgrades that will both ease congestion and improve safety along the route.”

With the land sales at the new development, Coldstream Views, residents are concerned about the increase in cars on their roads and the access the estate will have.

“There won’t be any houses, they’re all units and the only way for them at the moment to get out is down Killara Road,” Mr Ryan said.

For Coldstream CFA captain Sean Bethall the lack of infrastructure to support emergency services needing to respond to jobs can mean dangerous close calls for crews exiting Killara Road.

“Even when we’ve got red and blue lights going we have difficulties where we’ve got to be quite abrupt in trying to get out because otherwise the traffic thinks we’re giving way to them and they just keep going.

So it is very hard as an emergency service to get out,” he said. Mr Bethall said the land has been available for duplication since the 1980s but nothing has happened to go about widening the road.

“Over the last 10 years it’s probably been more evident that the traffic’s getting heavier and harder to get out,” he said.

The current status of the upgrades are ‘in planning’ with an expected completion date of late 2025 but Mr Bethall said he was con-

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Residents of Coldstream met at the intersection of Station Street and Killara Road on Tuesday 12 April to continue the campaign for upgrades along Maroondah Highway.

The State government received $20 million in the 2019 federal budget but residents are still waiting for movement on the project.

Frustrated and angered by the lack of action to even begin consulting with local residents and key stakeholders like the Coldstream CFA brigade, residents would like to see the funds put to use.

Coldstream resident of 12 years Kevin Ryan said Maroondah Highway can have up to 17,000 cars, trucks and motorbikes on it every day and it has been getting busier.

“I’ve seen that many accidents and near misses,” he said.

The Department of Transport (DoT) said it has been working closely with local and federal governments to improve the conditions of Maroondah Highway and make it safe for all road users including pedestrians.

“We’re continuing our investigation into options for upgrades along the section of Maroondah Highway between Melba Highway and Ingram Road in Coldstream,” a

cerned that no community consultation had yet been undertaken, particularly with emergency services. According to the DoT, the community will be informed of any investigation outcomes when the designs are finalised and a community engagement process will begin in coming months prior to pre-construction.

This renewed fight for the road widening was spurred on by a visit from opposition leader Matthew Guy while he was attending other locations across the Yarra Ranges.

“Nowadays Coldstream’s the edge of the city, it’s not really Lilydale anymore and you’ve got country town infrastructure for what is now the end of the metropolitan area in many ways and as a consequence, this is the result,” he said.

Mr Bethall and Mr Ryan said duplication of the road is essential to creating safer conditions but light signalisation would control the traffic through that main section.

“That would mean our response time would be quicker and also the safety of our trucks going across the highway would be ensured,” Mr Bethall said.

“It’s only a matter of time until someone does get hit which would be sad to see and unfortunate but we need to get that safety upgrade.”

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Funds to renovate

By Mikayla van Loon Two local RSL clubs were grateful to receive funding to put towards honouring war veterans and keeping the history ingrained in the education of young people just days before Anzac Day. Victoria’s veteran affairs minister Shaun Leane and Eastern Victoria MP Harriet Shing travelled to Lilydale RSL to congratulate both them and Mount Evelyn RSL for their success in being recipients of multiple grant programs on Friday 22 April.

As part of the funding Lilydale RSL received $17,826 from the Victoria Remembers Grant Program to establish a ‘classroom’ at the club, as well as $3500 from the Veterans Capital Works program to replace the carpet.

Mount Evelyn RSL, on behalf of the Montrose War Memorial, received $10,000 from the Restoring Community War Memorials and Avenues of Honour fund.

Having only applied for $1200 to repair and add a plaque to the Montrose cenotaph, Mount Evelyn RSL president Matthew Crymble said it came as quite a shock to hear the announcement.

“It was a very pleasant and welcome surprise,” he said.

Mr Leane said although the veterans affairs department could have just given the amount applied for, it could have been inadequate to do the works within the parameters of Heritage Victoria.

With the extra funding, Mr Crymble said the sub-branch can work with Heritage Victoria to perhaps go beyond what was initially intended at the war memorial, being the recognition of 10 Montrose Primary School students who weren’t named in the honour roll after their service in various wars.

“We’re very happy and fortunate to receive well in excess of what we were asking for and once I have that meeting with Heritage, I’ll find out exactly what they would like from us,” he said.

For Lilydale RSL president Bill Dobson the funds given mean the club’s primary school history sessions will be made possible sooner.

A 22-year-old Chirnside Park female was caught allegedly speeding 130km/h along Warburton Highway in Seville East on Wednesday 20 April.

The driver was believed to be going to McDonald’s when police clocked the speedster.

Her car was immediately impounded at a cost of $1280 for 30 days and she is facing a minimum 12 months loss of license and a visit with a Magistrate.

Operation Compass

Eastern Victoria MP Harriet Shing, Lilydale RSL president Bill Dobson, veteran affairs minister Shaun Leane and Mount Evelyn RSL president Matthew Crymble were pleased to meet and discuss the funding contributions for the sub-branches on Friday 22 April.

Picture: MIKAYLA VAN LOON “It’s for a multimedia room where we can have school students come and listen to a military historian,” Mr Dobson said.

“School principals have sent letters to say they fully endorse it and they’ll include it in their curriculum. So that’s something to really look forward to. We’re just thankful and it’s quite exciting to be successful and get over $20,000 for developing the project.”

Ms Shing said the feedback she had received from the school community praised Lilydale RSL for its commitment and willingness to engage with students, something Mr Dobson said was such a compliment and comfort to hear.

Although self-funding the project through fundraisers as well, Mr Dobson said the relief of knowing a solid amount of money for getting it underway was there sent a positive wave of emotion over the sub-branches’ members.

Mr Dobson said the intention for the schools program is to hold different sessions with different experts on wars like the Second World War, Afghanistan and Vietnam to teach children

about the people involved in those conflicts.

“It’s not so much about remembering war.

It’s about remembering the human stories.”

Wanting to make it interactive and engaging for young people, Mr Dobson said technology will be a big part of the refurbishment and construction of the multimedia room.

Planning for the relaying of carpet and construction of the multimedia room will begin as soon as Anzac Day has finished to ensure it can be completed sooner rather than later.

“We’re looking forward to the future now and setting it all up and being able to offer something for the schools.”

Mr Leane said he was pleased to be able to support both RSL clubs in their engagement efforts and the work they do to remember the service of local veterans.

“It’s actually a privilege for us to be able to support you in the work that you do. It’s more of a privilege for us rather than the other way around,” he said.

“It’s an absolute privilege for us to come and learn from you.”

Relief as Covid-19 restrictions finish The Victorian State Government has announced an end to most Covid-19 restrictions as of 11.59pm Friday 22 April.

Venues won’t be required to check vaccination status, masks will no longer be required in primary school and early childhood learning centres, hospitality and retail spaces, events with over 30,000 people will no longer require public health pre-approval and close contacts will no longer be required to quarantine provided they wear a mask indoors and avoid sensitive settings like hospitals.

Check-ins and Covid marshals will no longer be required, international travellers who are symptom-free won’t be required to

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get a PCR test or RAT upon arrival and people who have caught Covid-19 will be exempt from testing or quarantine for 12 weeks.

Minister for Health Martin Foley said now is the right time to set aside the vaccinated economy and focus on the highest risk settings. “This sensible easing of restrictions is only possible because we are one of the most vaccinated societies in the world, with almost 70 per cent of Victorian adults already armed with their third dose,” he said.

“The vaccinated economy kept Victorians safe and businesses open during an unpredictable time when we saw our highest case numbers ever.”

The seven day isolation period for people with Covid-19 remains and workers in essential work are still required to be vaccinated.

Masks are still required on public transport and at airports and in certain health, aged care and justice settings. All workplaces are still required to have a CovidSAFE plan.

The State Government recommends people who are close contacts with a positive Covid-19 case work from home if able and masks are recommended when you can’t physically distance.

More information on the changes can be found at coronavirus.vic.gov.au

Almost 8000 offences were detected in the first five days of Victoria Police’s Operation Compass road safety effort over Easter.

Alarmingly, one in every 326 motorists was caught drink driving, with police conducting 101,917 preliminary breath tests over the operation’s first five days.

Police detected 579 unauthorised drivers for being disqualified and unlicenced, and a further 837 for driving unregistered vehicles.

The police operation continued over the Anzac Day weekend, with police anticipating another busy period on the roads.

As part of Operation Compass, Ringwood Police set up a preliminary breath testing site on Mt Dandenong Road, Croydon on Saturday 23 April.

Unfortunately three drink drivers entered the site within a 75 minute period.

A 59-year-old Croydon woman, a 60-yearold Kilsyth woman and a 51-year-old Mooroolbark man have all lost their licenses for six months and three months respectively, as well as receiving fines for $545.

Healesville woman charged Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a 37-year-old Healesville woman following a collision on the Melba Highway on 6 February.

It is alleged two cars collided on the highway at Murrindindi around 5pm that Sunday afternoon.

A 56 year old female driver from Belgrave South died at the scene while the other driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

The 37-year-old woman has been charged with culpable driving and was remanded at court on Tuesday 19 April until 12 July.

Station car parks open Commuters will be able to return to parking at both the Lilydale and Mooroolbark station car parks from Thursday 28 April.

When the car parks open, the offset car parking at Market Street, Lilydale and Cardigan Road, Mooroolbark will close.

From Thursday the new bus interchange and taxi ranks will also open at Mooroolbark, meaning all buses will leave from this area and the Red Earth Community Centre bus stop will no longer be in use.

Due to works further along the line, buses will replace trains between Ringwood and Lilydale stations from 8.30am Thursday 19 May to last service Monday 23 May.

Stolen motor bike Yarra Ranges CIU are seeking information relating to a burglary and theft of a motor bike from Glen View Road, Mount Evelyn.

Detectives believe the incident, where a blue, yellow and white Husqvarna motorbike was taken, occurred between the 22 and 23 April.

Any information, contact Yarra Ranges CIU.

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Liberal Democrats put Trevor Smith up for Casey

By Parker McKenzie The Liberal Democrats have nominated Trevor Smith as their candidate for the 2022 federal election on 21 May. Speaking to the Star Mail, Mr Smith said he believes the biggest issue for voters at the election will be “small government.”

“People, they really want to see the government out of their private lives, and also out of the way of business,” he said.

“There’s way too much red tape and too many obstacles for everybody everywhere you turn now.”

The libertarian party announced their “Freedom Manifesto” for the 2022 election, which includes their policies of the removal of Covid-19 related mask and vaccine mandates, the introduction of recall elections into Australian politics, voluntary superannuation and allowing schools to opt-out of the national curriculum.

Mr Smith said the Liberal Democrats have been around for 20 years and haven’t changed, making them a “party of principle.”

“In Casey, one of the things that we’re very keen on is lower electricity prices.

We’re basically looking at deregulation in that market,” he said.

“There’s a lot of government influence in the electricity market at the moment. This

is why the prices are so high, so what we want to do is get the government out of the way, let the market decide.”

Mr Smith pointed to removing the ban on nuclear energy as a way to decrease electricity costs and remove government red tape.

“I very much believe in Ronald Reagan’s famous quote, that the government isn’t the solution, the government’s part of the problem,” he said.

“One of our policies is if you bring in new rules, you need to take two away. This way, we think we can remove some of the regulation and bureaucracy that’s really making life so much harder for the average person.”

Another policy spruiked by the Liberal Democrats is the simplification of tax brackets, with a tax-free threshold up to $40,000 and a flat 20 per cent tax rate on earnings.

Mr Smith said his connection to the Casey electorate began with his mother-inlaw, who lived in Tecoma.

“She lived there for many years and we used to go and visit them. Her love of the place really passed on to me and the rest of my family,” he said.

“What a beautiful area it was, you know the whole Dandenong Ranges and further out as well.”

In the latest Newspoll, the Labor and Liberal Party’s combined first preference vote hit a five-year low.

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Two weeks into a six-week campaign before Casey residents vote on May 21, national support for the major parties has slumped to a five-year low according to pre-election polling.

In the April 18 Newspoll, the Labor and Liberal Party were at their lowest combined firstparty preference in over five years, while minor parties, independents and undecided voters claimed a huge chunk of the electoral pie.

Newspoll, administered by market research and data analytics group YouGov and published in The Australian, showed nationally Labor’s first preference vote has fallen to 36 per cent and the Liberal’s to 35 per cent. The Greens, One Nation, Independents and other minor parties carved out 25 per cent of the vote.

The drop in support makes the likelihood of a hung Parliament or minority government more likely, where the major parties rely on the support of independents or minor parties to govern.

Liberal candidate for Casey Aaron Violi said the results were for a national poll and are “a snapshot in time.”

“My focus is on talking to businesses and residents and making sure we’re delivering for them,” he said.

“I’ve been getting great support and I’ve been hearing really strong feedback from the community about having a third-generation local representing them.

“That’s where the focus has to be for me as a candidate, so it’s probably not my place to commentate on a Newspoll.”

Labor candidate for Casey Bill Brindle said the results didn’t surprise him because people “have had government all over them for a couple of years.”

“It’s a smorgasbord of factors that have all come up. Other things that have happened over the past couple of years, it’s a sort of crescendo and we’re just seeing the outfall,” Mr Brindle said.

“People want to see the parliament working, they want to see laws being passed and they want to see things being done. Because I’ve been in business for so long, I get frustrated when I see nothing happening for an awful lot of work.”

Mr Brindle pointed to Covid-19, the possibility of the “big four banks moving on interest

rates,” and anger towards politicians as contributing to low first preference support for the two major parties.

“The general public wants to see something produced at the end of the day, they’re sick of the noise.” he said.

The Australian public last saw a hung Parliament in the 2010 federal election — the first in 70 years — when the Labor Party formed government with the support of one Greens MP and three Independents. In the 1940 federal election, neither the Labor nor the Coalition of the United Australia Party and the Country Party was able to govern in the majority after each claimed 36 seats in the House of Representatives. Two Independent MPs supported the Coalition to form a Robert Menzies-led government; however, their support only lasted until late 1941.

Independent candidate for Casey Claire Ferres Miles said despite some people claiming a hung Parliament would be chaos, she believes it would bring a sense of balance to the Australian Government.

“A two-party government is almost the exception now in Australia, whereas in Germany, Belgium and in lots of countries that have had coalition governments for decades, they’re incredibly effective.”

Ms Ferres Miles said “people are tired of the negative, old style of party politics” and the results of recent polling show a loss of faith in the major parties.

“They want a vision, and they want some positivity about the future of the country and where we’re going, they want to hear more than the other guy is hopeless,” she said.

“I’ve heard from almost everyone I’ve spoken to is the desire for a federal integrity commission. People are sick of the corruption, the rorts and the misuse of public money.

“People say to me if I behaved like MPs in Parliament, I’d be sacked in my workplace.”

Mr Brindle supported the call for a federal anti-corruption commission as a way to regain the public’s faith in politics.

“I don’t care how much power it’s got. If you do your job and you stay within the rules that you’re meant to stay within, you’ve got nothing to worry about,” he said.

“You’ve got to hold people to account and if you’re you’ve taken up the post as a Member of Parliament, then you are accountable. If you can’t do it, you shouldn’t be there.” mailcommunity.com.au

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Glory City Church Melbourne hosted a fundraiser for Ukrainian refugees on Sunday 24 April.

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The church community banded together to supply food for everyone, alongside food trucks.

Many of the church’s members put up their hand to host refugees should they need a home in Australia.

“It will go towards two organisations that we’ve been in contact with and then will be distributed out to families for food, clothing, medical needs and school needs.”

Although watching what was happening in Ukraine and understanding there would be some kind of need for these essentials, Liam said he didn’t believe he or his congregation knew just how big and immediate that need was.

From what Liam can understand, it’s mostly women, children and older people coming to Australia, especially those with more serious health conditions.

“They could go to Poland or Germany or Australia, they had options to go different places and it seems to be those with more serious medical needs or who have kids that need to be in school or who have needs of varying degrees, seem to have come to Mel-

bourne or Australia,” he said.

Even though Glory City is a second party to the support system, Liam said the church couldn’t stand by and do nothing after seeing how generous a Russian church was in helping Ukrainian people.

“We know we can’t do everything but we can do something. With this situation in the world that we live in, I think it’s taken everyone by surprise like, ‘oh, there’s a war, people are being evicted from their homeland’ and no one can really believe it.

“For us, what really touched our heart was this Russian church going, ‘we’re actually going to cross the division line here and show mercy and grace and love and take on these Ukrainian refugees’ and that’s, to us, the message of hope and love that we want to be a part of.”

Eventually Liam said he expects many of the people in his congregation will be helping

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With the current situation in Ukraine it can be difficult to know how to help but one Lilydale church took it upon themselves to do one small act and host a fundraiser.

Having a connection to someone on the frontlines providing humanitarian aid in Ukraine, as well as a Russian speaking church in Melbourne, Glory City Church senior leader Liam Swaine said the need to help Ukrainian refugees in Australia was becoming more apparent.

“One of the pastors [at the Russian church] spoke to me and said, ‘we’re looking for accommodation for refugees that are coming into Melbourne’,” Liam said.

“At that time, he knew about 60 to 80 families that were coming in, it’s probably more now but they were needing clothing and accommodation and he asked ‘could we help with that?’

“So a bunch of our people at our church were like ‘I’ve got a spare room, I have a spare bed’ and were just putting their hand up.”

Knowing that should these people arrive in Melbourne, there was a big chance they would be without food, clothing, money and other essentials having fled their home country so quickly.

“Then that sparked the conversation of let’s at least do a fundraiser or do something where we can raise awareness and support these people in some way,” Liam said.

That discussion happened a month and a half ago and Glory City Church just hosted its fundraising event on Sunday 24 April, with auctions, food vans and other stalls.

Liam said “whatever we raise will be a blessing” and will help contribute to the organisations providing support to refugees particularly in Melbourne. As a collective the church was able to raise over $10,000 for refugees coming into Australia.

Artworks from the local community and church members were raffled off for the fundraiser. to house these refugees in their own homes in Lilydale and Mount Evelyn.

“We wanted to be on the front foot with that and something I say to our congregation all the time is our city and our town should look better because we’re in it.

“That’s our heart, is for Lilydale and for our region to look better, to be a better place because we’re in it, because we’re here. We can’t just be a church that gathers in the four walls, we have to be alive in our community.”

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Lilydale station commander Mel Woods salutes the memorial.

The crowd gathering for the dawn service.

Lilydale CFA laying wreaths at the memorial.

Crowds gather at dawn Montrose Primary students Julian, Nate, Chelsea and Jasmin read In Flanders Fields.

The flag is raised during the ceremony.

The wreaths laid at the foot of the memorial.

Servicemen, veterans and the community gathered to honor the sacrifice of Australian soldiers.

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The crowd gathers on Maroondah Highway.

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Anzac Day in Montrose Montrose Primary School students reading honour roll during the service.

Montrose township group members lay a wreath.

Max Lamb conducted the service.

Veterans and community members laid wreaths at the foot of the memorial.

Roger Boness during the ceremony.

Len Cox paying tribute.

Current servicemen, veterans and the community attended the ceremony to honour those who served in the Australian armed services.

Crowds at the Montrose Anzac Day ceremony.

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Cheers to 20 great years

By Mikayla van Loon Lilydale’s Bridge Builders has just celebrated 20 years supporting young people in the Yarra Ranges, a network that has helped thousands of youth.

When founder and director Phil Stenhouse and his co-founder Richard Lanham started noticing the cyclical nature of normal youth services that regarded each person as just a number or part of a caseload, he knew something had to change.

“Back in the day, we thought, ‘well, we could just keep complaining about the services, or we could try and make something different ourselves’,” he said.

“So that’s why we started Bridge Builders.

We wanted to see young people move out of a cycle of issue and challenge to a place where they felt like they could make a difference.”

Twenty years on and Mr Stenhouse said young people have not changed, they still face challenges, but the external environment has changed around them.

“What probably has changed is a lot more of the focus is on things like mental health, breakdown of the family, disconnection because of isolation, all those sorts of things have had a massive impact over the last decade or so.”

Adapting with the times and what young people have needed over the two decades has helped keep Bridge Builders current and effective.

“We try to move with the culture of young people. So as the culture shifts, we shift with it to be able to keep connecting, relating, enriching, and helping young people,” Mr Stenhouse said.

“For us, it’s about a four year process with young people, not a five minute process. So that helps us change attitudes that change behaviours and it helps them practice new behaviours.”

The Bridge Builders philosophy has been built on “stay with what you know and don’t try to be all things” and “stick to your knitting” to ensure the best service can be provided to young people without confusing their process.

That’s why Bridge Builders focuses on “one degree of change”, the idea of changing one small thing at a time and practising it regularly to eventually create a different mindset.

Mr Stenhouse said those foundations are woven into each program like BB Nights on Mondays, the girls retreats, counselling services, pastoral care, community events and leadership programs.

“You’ve got to continue to widen your scope

In 2022, Bridge Builders has a big leadership team helping across all divisions of the organisation’s programs.

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Therapy dog Calvin joined the team five years ago and has been spreading cuddles and love to all involved at Bridge Builders.

Run for the Young, a marathon fundraising event, has been held by Bridge Builders for coming up to nine years.

Surf life saving was just one of the activities Bridge Builders helped facilitate for young people.

Bridge Builders expanded to the Youth Enterprise Shed in Mount Evelyn and was officially opened by MP Tony Smith.

but realise that there are a lot of people, a lot of organisations in this space, and so trying to really collaborate with other people who are experts in certain fields, just means that you can then share the load rather than trying to be all things to all young people.”

Collaboration has become especially important as the demand for youth services and support has increased.

“There’s over 17,000 young people in our cohort, just in the Yarra Ranges alone. So there’s a lot of work to do.

“Every youth service in the Yarra Ranges can be full and still not reach every young person.

“So for me, it is a matter of, who do we need to connect with, who do we need to have in-

volved with us in order to reach more young people not just in the Yarra Ranges but we’re looking at a national movement.”

The importance of an organisation like Bridge Builders, Mr Stenhouse said he believes has always been high but perhaps even more so after two years of isolation and disconnection.

“Young people are looking for a place where they can feel loved, they feel valued, they belong, and they’re accepted.

“There is a need for young people to really learn how to do relationships, how to build friendships, how to get out of the house, how to take risks and they’re feeling social anxiety and all that sort of stuff.”

Over 20 years Mr Stenhouse said seeing thousands of young people change the trajectory of their life and sharing in their progress has to be the biggest privilege of what he does.

“It’s been quite an honour to be in that space just seeing a young person wrestle through some of their challenges, some of their thought processes and then to see the light come on and then go a new way.”

In its twentieth year of service to the Yarra Ranges Shire, Bridge Builders was pleased to host its biggest fundraising event ever, raising over $240,000 in the My Kids Postie Bike Ride, money that will help the not-for-profit expand its programs and resources not only in the Yarra Ranges but hopefully nationally.

Young people gather for first Rural Rainbows meeting

By Mikayla van Loon Young people from the Yarra Ranges came together to share their experiences and meet others within the LGBTQIA+ community at the first Rural Rainbows meeting last week.

Held at the Lilydale Youth Hub on Wednesday 13 April, peer mentors joined five Yarra Ranges locals in a safe, fun and inviting opening night of activities.

A spokesperson from the Rural Rainbows group said the first peer support session went well and “everyone had heaps of fun, which is the main aim.”

Icebreakers were used to get to know each other quickly, including the toilet paper game where the number of squares taken equaled the number of facts needing to be told about each person.

“We also sat together and brainstormed about what would make a safe, respectful and fun space for everyone attending.

“Some amazing ideas coming from the young people included ‘There’s no such thing as a fail, but only giving it your best shot’ and ‘Respect people’s abilities, pronouns, personal space and boundaries’.”

The group also made memory wire bracelets from beads and charms, as well as progressive Pride flags out of cardboard and coloured paper.

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The first Rural Rainbows meeting happened in the Yarra Ranges last week bringing together young people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Picture: UNSPLASH would like to do in the future, with some of those being a queer history session, a craft session for IDAHOBIT day and games ‘n chill sessions. An events calendar will be put together by the group and released soon.

As a support group, representatives from Rural Rainbows said it is a space where people can be themselves and have fun, while sharing and laughing together.

“It’s important for anyone and everyone to feel safe, respected and feel like they belong,

especially for LGBTQIA+ young folk who so often can feel isolated and alone.

“Rural Rainbows aims to be an inclusive, open and creative social space to give young people an opportunity to connect with their peers and actively create the community that they want to be a part of.”

Having not only a welcoming group of people but also a space to gather that feels safe and inviting was incredibly important to Rural Rainbows.

“The Lilydale Youth Hub is an amazing, welcoming and inclusive space and we are so grateful to them for letting us use their Hub for our activities.

“It’s so important especially in the community sector to have strong collaborations with other like minded organisations, to share information, resources and ideas.

“Connection with both EACH and Lilydale Youth Hub workers means that the young people will have access to many different services that they might need.”

After a successful first session, the Rural Rainbows group is excited about the future and where it could lead in creating services, spaces and events for LGBTQIA+ young people.

“We hope the group continues to grow moving forward. That we can build a thriving, passionate, magical community for LGBTQIA+ young people in the Yarra Ranges.

“The young people involved in creating the Rural Rainbows know all too well the need to have a space where you can be exactly who you are. We want LGBTQIA+ young people to feel seen, heard, respected and connected to their community – let’s celebrate, educate, have fun and grow stronger together.”

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Need for Feed volunteer driver Scott Guy during the loading of the donated hay.

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Some 44 hay bales were donated by four Dixons Creek farmers.

Flood recovery ongoing

By Renee Wood Rebuilding after the February floods is still a daily task for New South Wales and Queensland residents who were affected by the devastating natural disaster.

The traumatising and heart breaking lose of lives, livelihoods and communities is something that fuels the Need for Feed convoys as volunteers and generous donations continue to come forward.

Volunteer truck driver Scott Guy is setting off on his fourth convoy up to the flood affected regions for the charity, with a load carrying 44 bales of hay donated by four Dixons Creek farmers.

Mr Guy was brought to tears when he described the scenes he’s seen in past deliveries.

“To tell you the truth I don’t think I’ve seen

devastation like it, it’s 10 times worse than the bushfires - we don’t think we’ve done anything ever like it before,” Mr Guy said.

“There are some struggling people out there, they’ve had no support and the only people that are supporting are people like us with community and volunteers.”

Mr Guy said the loss of stock and nursing injured animals is a heartbreaking element farmers are facing.

“There’s some dairy farmers out there that have lost half their herd and it’s like their children. They’re very close to their dairy cattle and they’re in trauma... there’s a lot of trauma.”

Bales of hay, wellness packs, food, supplies and more are just some of the donated items being taken by the convoys and individual deliveries, with all vehicle use and fuel generously donated as well.

A Healesville woman also donated 30 horse rugs which are being transported north as part of the Anzac Day long weekend’s convoy.

“We’re not just running hay runs like this where we’ve got 40 trucks - we’ve got individual loads going to farmers in need every week.

“There’s so much devastation up there that people are just trying to rebuild their lives and sometimes there’s no hope left, and that’s what we do when we go in there with a load of hay it just puts a smile on their face.

“We’ve had such a great response from [donating] properties because there’s a lot of fodder around which people have got an abundance of it and there’s a lot of people giving back.”

One of the four anonymous Dixon Creek farmers is giving back as they know what it’s like to be tragically affected by a natural disas-

ter after losing everything in the Black Saturday bushfires.

“I want to give back because vicarious trauma doesn’t go away, and the more you see, the more you hear, it gets so deeply into your psyche that it comes straight up,” they said.

“Because I’m such an animal person, I see the trauma of those animals and the trauma to the owners who loved them – it’s terrible.”

Another run is scheduled for Queen’s Birthday weekend 11-12 June and those interested in donations can support through the Need for Feed website.

“It’s just so important that we keep the momentum up. It’s not just today, it’s all year, it’s the next two or three years probably or longer,” the anonymous farmer said.

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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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Find your path at expo

By Mikayla van Loon A ‘pick your own path’ career expo is coming to Lilydale to support young jobseekers looking for work in the Yarra Ranges.

Hosted by the Outer Eastern Local Learning Employment Network (OELLEN) at Yarra Ranges Tech School on 4 May, partnership broker Brooke Young said it will provide a broad array of opportunities to give young people confidence when applying for jobs.

Running over a three hour period, stall holders will be set up to answer questions and talk about different roles within industries but Ms Young said she believes it will be the breakout rooms that really have the most impact.

“We’ve got one room that is focusing on all things apprenticeship related…Then we have a breakout room around employment seeking, so looking for a job, writing resumes, interview tips, all of that,” she said.

“The middle hour is a panel discussion, facilitated by the Skills and Jobs Centre team to talk about that initial contact with employers.”

The panel discussion will include a variety of employers, recruitment staff and young people who can answer questions around getting an employer’s attention, the best interview practices and the recruitment process. “[This is] to give people a sense of how you get past that barrier, especially a lot of young people at the moment haven’t had the opportunity to apply for a job with Covid and lockdowns and everything else.

“So it’s a big mental barrier to get through and to get that ball rolling if you haven’t had work before.”

Practising those skills is an important part of applying for jobs, so Ms Young said there will be 15 minute mock interviews where young people can answer typical questions, as well as 30 minute resume review and writing sessions.

“There’s probably a little bit of a gap be-

Young people will be able meet and talk with representatives from various industries throughout the evening at their stalls. tween some of the old ways of writing resumes and how we used to do things to how times have moved on and actually having the opportunity to get that insight of what employers are currently looking for from you,” Ms Young said.

Having done research and heard from industries, Ms Young said these days resumes need to cater much more to the employability skills rather than technical skills, as well as needing to be presented in a way that computer programs can pick up key words.

“People think their resume looks really pretty and fancy but actually it’s confusing the computer, and they never get to the point of being looked at by human eyes.”

But Ms Young said places like career expos allow young people to have that personal communication with various people from different backgrounds to help them find the right path.

The response from a number of industries, particularly in the Yarra Ranges, has been that they want to attend events to meet people face to face and hire almost on the spot.

“Something different from last year’s expos, there’s a big demand at the moment from local employers with great local opportunities across a variety of industries who really want to hire young people at the moment and are having trouble getting the right people.

“So they’ve been approaching us and they’re really keen to come along and actually recruit on the night.

“It won’t be a high pressure situation where they have to actually conduct an interview in a crowd but they can make that initial contact and set up a time.”

Targeting young people aged 15 to 25, Ms Young said it doesn’t necessarily have to be a job people come looking for but perhaps it’s work

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experience or a placement to get them started.

While the expo will have representation from government agencies and industry professionals, Ms Young said construction, trades, hospitality and allied health services showed a particular interest in being a part of the event.

Being hosted at the Yarra Ranges Tech School campus, Ms Young said it’s also a great opportunity for young people to experience the 3D printers and other equipment on a tour of the facilities.

If locals can’t make it on 4 May to the Yarra Ranges event, OELLEN will be hosting a Knox focused event on 18 May. To find out more go to https://www. oellen.org.au/events. Registration for the event is encouraged but not essential. To register go to https://www.eventbrite.com. au/e/yarra-ranges-youth-career-expo-tickets-294228805277

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Wander-ful wedding expo

By Renee Wood Love birds are encouraged to fly the nest and take themselves on a self-guided tour through the Yarra Valley as part of ‘The Wandering Wedding Expo’.

The Yarra Valley event marked for Thursday 28 April is run by Off Peak Weddings which is a division of Yarra Ranges Tourism and it’s focused on helping couples and venues make the most of midweek availabilities.

Gwen Luscombe from Off Peak Weddings said the free event is all about encouraging brides and grooms to explore various options for their big day.

“It’s really about encouraging a hosting weddings, whether it’s from elopements, to micro weddings, to full scale larger size weddings in those off peak times,” Ms Luscombe said.

The biggest focus is exploring a booking from Monday to Thursdays, as those days are generally quieter and can come with great rates.

“They might get their dream venue that they couldn’t otherwise get on a weekend, particularly now with Covid and having so many cancellations venues are quite stacked up on weekends,” she said.

Those interested can set their own schedule booking private viewings and transporting themselves between up to 15 participating locations. A main hub will also be set up at Alowyn Gardens showcasing local wedding suppliers.

Sutherland Estate in Dixons Creek is part of the day and owner Cathy Phelan said it’s a great opportunity to promote a variety of venues.

“It’s more tailored - it’s going to be more interesting for more serious wedding couples, it’ll be easy for them to get around. It will be just a really nice experience,” Ms Phelan said.

“Being one of the smaller family businesses in the Yarra Valley, we don’t have a huge follow-

ing on social media.. so to be part of this with other wineries and venues around the Yarra Valley will be really beneficial to us.”

The ‘wandering’ nature of the expo comes at a benefit to both businesses and customers as they get to embrace the venue as it is.

“It’s a really nice opportunity to set up the venue so that people can see what it will look like on the day because sometimes they’re coming to a venue and, for instance, our cellar door is set up in a different way for wine tastings and sales,” Ms Phelan said.

“So we’ll set up for a function, and people will be able to see what it looks like, there’ll be able to walk around and speak to people, taste the wine that you’ll be provided with on the day.”

“You’re looking at pictures of how a venue was set up where I think when you can go out and look at the garden… you just get a better picture,” Ms Luscombe said.

Smaller, intimate weddings are becoming more popular as well- a flow on affect from the pandemic which is a perk for many smaller sites that may have been previously overlooked.

“The micro weddings concept really came out of necessity and is much bigger, which was great for a lot of the smaller wineries, who may not be able to post 150-200 people weddings, but they can very easily do a garden wedding for 50,” Ms Luscombe said.

A second Wandering Wedding Expo will be held for the Dandenong Ranges next month on Thursday 26 May, allowing couples to see what’s on offer up in the hills.

“If people wanted to look at venues in both locations, it’s just a little bit hard to cover both areas in a day, so we’ve separated out the Dandenong Ranges one for May 26 to allow people to have a look at those as well.”

For those interested, visit www.offpeakweddings.com.au/wandering-wedding-expo/

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What is something people don’t know about you?

I spent a few of my younger years living in country Victoria, which formed a lot of who I am today and sparked my love of community and generally getting to know people.

THREE … picnic spots

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Tooradin Foreshore Reserve A calm and relaxing fishing spot in the small coastal town is a great place for a picnic. The reserve also has a great playground for kids. When the tide is out it is possible to search for crabs in the mud and there are plenty of birds such as pelicans. There are toilets on the opposite side of the road and some nice wooden sculptures.

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Deep Creek Reserve A place of environmental significance, Pakenham’s Deep Creek Reserve offers people of all ages and abilities many ways to learn, play and get active with an an all-abilities play space and water play, wetland boardwalks and trail, demonstration and sensory gardens and walking paths.

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Pioneers Park This Berwick hidden gem has beautifully manicured garden and paths as well as a playground for the kids. This land was the site of the original Berwick Primary School, with the historic building now a cafe.

Tell us about your role as journalist at Star Mail News?

Just snooping around for the latest scoop!

I am writing about people and places in Monbulk, Emerald, Olinda, Sassafras, Cockatoo, Kallista, Kalorama, Silvan, Ferny Creek and Avonsleigh.

Give me a buzz if you want to chat because I love learning new things and meeting new people.

What has been your most memorable moment as journalist at the Star Mail? Why? I started in late March and my most memorable moments have been speaking to Dandenong Ranges locals about the sheer devastation of last year’s June storm - suffering losses and anxieties that are unfathomable but residents seem to always be coming together as a community.

What do you love most about working in the Yarra Ranges?

Being welcomed by a big hug from greenery each day I come into work. There’s absolutely nothing better! I love being able to take a walk and have the sun shining on me in my break.

And the kindness of locals has been instrumental as I start my new role and produce stories about the area - there are no news stories without people doing awesome things.

What are some of your hobbies?

I play social netball (which can be surprisingly rough for a ‘non-contact sport’) and read a

Tyler Wright. whole lot. I am currently reading Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, which is a fiction novel loosely based on the band Fleetwood Mac. Juicy and entertaining.

What event, past, present, or future, would you like to witness?

I would love to see the northern lights (or aurora borealis) in the future. To visit Iceland or another Nordic region and see this amazing halo of colour would be a dream.

Who do you admire the most?

I really admire the women who run pop cul-

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ture podcast Shameless, who are doing the work they love and telling stories that are important to hear. I have found a lot of self-confidence from the guests they have had on their show. Digital storytelling is such an amazing tool and has really kept me connected during the pandemic and increased my passion for journalism.

What is an important issue in the region you think needs exposure?

Transport and mobile connectivity to keep everyone in the area connected, especially during terrible weather events and a global pandemic that has kept us locked inside.

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Pop up vaccination clinic EACH will be hosting a Covid-19 pop-up information service and vaccination clinic in Mt Evelyn from Tuesday 26 April to Saturday 30 April.

The service will operate from the Mt Evelyn Presbyterian Church Hall, 20 Birmingham Road, Mt Evelyn, and will be open from 1pm to 5.30pm on weekdays, and 10am to 3pm on Saturday 30 April.

Nurses will be available to answer any questions you have about Covid-19 vaccinations for children or adults.

Paediatric Pfizer, Adult Pfizer, Novavax and booster (Pfizer) vaccines will be available.

Vaccine and booster doses help maintain immunity against Covid-19 and will continue to protect you and your loved ones against the virus.

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A Covid-19 vaccination clinic is coming to Mount Evelyn next week.

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For more information about Covid-19 vaccination clinics, visit EACH at: https://www. each.com.au/covid-19-vaccination-clinics/.

No appointment necessary - walk-ins welcome.

Lifeblood calls on locals Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is calling on Lilydale locals to donate blood when the Pop-up Donor Centre visits from 9 to 20 May. More than 200 additional blood donors are needed over the 10 days they will be open.

“We’re asking locals who have never donated before or who haven’t donated in a while to book a donation and save lives in May,” a Lifeblood spokesperson said.

“The need for blood is constant. Australian patients are relying on a steady blood flow to treat cancer, blood disorders, immune disorders and stem bleeding from childbirth, road trauma and emergency surgery.”

Lifeblood will be setting up a clinic in Lilydale in May. Picture: SUPPLIED Lifeblood will be located at Lilydale Baptist Church Complex on the corner of Hull Road and Swansea Road in Lilydale.

Bookings are essential. To book visit lifeblood.com.au, download the free Donate Blood App, or call Lifeblood on 13 14 95.

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Prepping body for Covid Many people in the community feel anxious at the prospect of contracting Covid-19. We hear mixed reports from mild illness to extreme disease with fatal outcomes for some. But this need not make us afraid. In fact there is a lot one can do to bolster the immune response in a safe and integrative manner.

Let me share with you some tips to do so Remember, that it is your body that is doing the fighting and your immune system that is rising to the challenge presented. Therefore it makes sense to make it as strong as possible.

Eat brilliantly. Now is the best time to prioritise your diet and eat an array of nutritious whole foods. Aim for 15 different foods every day, all colours of the rainbow as this will

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orange vegetables & seeds and nuts should do the trick. Supplement your diet with vitamin C, vitamin D and zinc. Ask professional advice on the best bio available products if you are unsure. These will do no harm and are safe to employ. As always if you are unsure seek professional advice.

Engage in appropriate intentional exercise five times a week. Run, walk, dance, swim. You don’t need to bust a gut but bare in mind moderate exercise usually makes most people feel better in themselves. We are born to move and it will support healthy circulation, mental health and energy production.

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tuck in a bit earlier if you’re feeling underslept. Your immune system will love you for it too. It does a lot of surveillance when you sleep.

If health and well-being is on your ‘22 to do list then prioritise any niggling health problems you have. Don’t let these things linger, you’re worth it. Gather around you a team of great health practitioners to guide you on your wellness journey moving forward.

These tips may not sound like great revolutionary advice but they will support the foundation pillars of health and well-being giving your body the best outcomes at whatever life throws at you.

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Anxiety and angst in full haunting display A review of Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales Hometown Haunts is a collection of 14 short horror stories for young adult readers. Edited

by Poppy Nwosu to feature some of Australia’s best established and emerging YA authors, it is the first #LoveOzYA publication to focus exclusively on the horror genre, As Nwosu describes it. horror is often used ”as a mirror to reflect our times and enable us to piece together things that are difficult to understand”. Indeed, our world is and will always be unfathomable and unpredictable.

Hence the book is designed to match our times, to be consumed by “a new generation of Australian teens – who are growing up and coming of age in tis current climate of uncertain health and environment, and interrupted daily life”.

The book can challenge adult readers as well: What, exactly, unsettles us as parents?

What is it that we fear for our children? How can we help young people remain hopeful for their future amidst the chaos all around us?

There are universal themes in this collection. For example, in Vikki Wakefield’s “Heart shaped Stone”, the protagonist seeks vengeance on behalf of her bullied friend.

In Sarah Epstein’s “Stop Revive Survive”, the Australian landscape takes on a sinister edge. mailcommunity.com.au

PASSION FOR PROSE WITH CHRISTINE SUN In Nwosu’s “Nature Boy”, the main character is half-horrified, half-fascinated by the notion of death. In Emma Osborne’s “Slaughterhouse Boys”, to enter adulthood is to confront meat and blood.

Other stories are subtle, illustrating the anxiety and angst of our times. For example, traditional beliefs are juxtaposed with contemporary instincts and reflexes in Jared Thomas’s “Seek and Destroy”, Lisa Fuller’s “Don’t Look!”, and Marianna Shek’s “Hunger”. In Felix Wilkins’s “Best Years of Your Life”, metamorphosis occurs when the protagonist fails to cope with life. In Margot McGovern’s “Euryhaline”, a talented athlete is crushed by her own ambition.

Especially noteworthy are two graphic

stories, with Emma Preston’s “It’s Quiet Now” depicting monsters lurking around cities and residential areas during the COVID lockdown.

Michelle O’Connell’s “Do I See It All Now?” is equally gripping, inspired by her experience of growing up being neurodivergent and undiagnosed.

In particular, this reviewer enjoys Alison Evans’s “Angel Eyes” and Holden Sheppard’s “Rappaccini’s Son”.

In “Angel Eyes”, those who are wolf within are hunted by angels, winged creatures radiating light and heat. Demanding that the wolves “repent” – or face “cleansing” – the angels punish those deemed “abnormal” and “different” by infesting them with eyes that spread over their skin..

Meanwhile, in writing “Rappaccini’s Son”, Sheppard explains: “What most horrified me growing up was the prospect of doing the wrong thing... My biggest fear as a teenager was that my core was rotten; that I was a bad boy; deviant, rude, weird, unlikeable, not good enough.” The author confronts such fear by allowing his protagonist to embrace who he really is. The resulting story is dark and rebellious, yet there is love and hope.

Hometown Haunts is suitable for readers aged 13 and above. It is a must read for teenagers and those who want to understand them.

Directed by auteur Robert Eggers, The Northman is a brutal, riveting historical epic.

In tenth-century Iceland, Amleth (Alexander Skarsgard), son of a murdered king, vows to avenge his father, save his mother Gudrun (Nicole Kidman) and kill his traitorous uncle Fjolnir (Claes Bang).

Like Hamlet, The Northman is a sobering portrait of the multiplying cruelties of vengeance.

The Scandinavian legend of Amleth was the direct inspiration for Hamlet, and The Northman is a fascinating fusion of the source legend and Shakespeare’s play.

The shrunken head of a fool provides the ‘Poor Yorick’ moment, but advances the plot by instructing Amleth to find a special sword. Olga (Anya Taylor-Joy), the film’s Ophelia, has more agency in helping Amleth to sow fear and confusion in Fjolnir’s court. The play to catch the conscience of the King is now spiked food and deliberate acts of terror. Gudrun/ Gertrude has more to say for herself, and Fjolnir is a more active and sympathetic antagonist than Claudius, as a cruel chieftain but a loving father.

The pacing is an entrancing slow-burn of scheming punctuated by shocking violence. The staggering cinematography captures breathtaking landscapes, muddy villages and rustic fire-lit halls, juxtaposed with vibrant imagery of Norse magic and ritual. Amleth undergoes a tragic, engaging arc: battle-hardened as a Viking and obsessed with vengeance, Amleth is softened by Olga’s love and questions his motives as he learns the damning truth of his family. Unlike Hamlet, which has the classic feel-bad, everyone-dies ending, The Northman is slightly more optimistic: vengeance is still vicious and self-defeating, but may be done for a noble purpose beyond pride.

The Northman will amply satisfy action, Shakespeare and Skarsgard fans and anyone looking for a visually-stunning, remarkably-crafted historical film.

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By Renee Wood The Code Breakers: Women in Games exhibit at the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum has been showcasing diversity in the gaming industry to the Yarra Ranges community since it opened last month.

The show features games who have been made by women from across the country, and some have a local connection to the Yarra Ranges.

Game programmer Cherie Davidson grew up in Mount Evelyn, going to the local primary school and later to Lilydale High School.

It was her love for art, digital problem solving and video games that led Cherie to a creative career in the gaming industry.

“I was art captain at school and I also got engaged with some of the digital courses… So when it came time to work out what was next, I found there were courses for video games.”

Cherie first went to RMIT and completed a degree in game making, but further study followed as she signed up for a second degree in programming. This was due to little employment opportunities at the time of the global financial crisis.

Now ten years into her career, Cherie said there have been big changes and growth spurts for the industry.

“I think a lot of companies were very dependent on external contracts and financing coming from offshore various ways,” she said.

“Whereas now I think a lot of these companies aren’t reliant on that they have their own IP, they have their own income streams and that makes us really robust.”

There’s also a great focus on having diversity in both the creators and the games being produced.

“If we don’t have diverse people making games, telling diverse stories, we don’t end up with the best people entering the industry.

That’s exactly what the Code Breakers exhibit aims to do, showing there’s a path for everyone to follow if they’re interested in the field.

“I really love what I do and I think there

Cherie Davidson grew up in the Yarra Ranges and is excited to be part of the Code Breakers exhibit.

Picture: SUPPLIED wasn’t much support for me to engage in this when I was younger, there wasn’t anyone that understood games.

“So knowing that this exhibition is there fills my heart, because there’s some version of me who’s probably much more clever and much more engaged, who’s going to see this exhibition and realise she can do it and nothing will stop her.”

Cherie has two titles in the show, the first is called ‘Intergalactic Space Princess’ which she co-directed and describes as a ‘game that is very close to our hearts’.

“The story of the girl who is a little bit lost in her life as a teenager and gets eaten by giant space worm and ends up on the other side of the universe trying to figure out who she is and why she’s there.

“It’s very much a coming of age story and we made that for the version of ourselves that was still a teenager.”

Heart Strings is another game in the show Cherie worked on.

“That game was made with all women and non binary entertainment, which I thought was really exciting.”

“I’m excited to the day that there are literature classes that are studying certain games and they’re treated with that level of respect where we understand the multifaceted and the interesting ways that games can explore topics.”

Code Breakers: Women in Games runs until Sunday 15 May.

Submissions now open The Yoorrook Justice Commission will invite Elders to make nuther-mooyoop (submissions) from 26 April 2022 in a step towards achieving truth and justice in Victoria.

Nuther-mooyoop is the Boonwurrung word for ‘truth’ and has been adopted by Yoorrook as the term for ‘submission’ based on advice from The Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages in collaboration with the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation and VACL’s Advisory Language groups.

Nuther-mooyoop provides an opportunity for Elders to share their truth about the impacts of colonisation on First Peoples in Victoria with Yoorrook and it will also demonstrate the resilience of Traditional Owners including the survival of cultures, knowledge, histories and traditions.

Submissions will be protected through Yoorrook’s unique Indigenous data sovereignty protocols, which protect First Peoples’ data ownership and ensure that participants decide how their information will be accessed and used.

Professor Eleanor Bourke, Chair of the Yoorrook Justice Commission, spoke positively about this next historic milestone in Australia’s first and only truth and justice process.

“The opening of nuther-mooyoop is an important step in truth telling. Through this process we expect to receive a large number of stories, experiences and histories that have never been told before,” Chair Bourke said.

“We also want to assure our Elders, and anyone who makes a nuther-mooyoop over the course of our inquiry, that their stories will be protected and that truth telling will be done in a culturally safe way.”

“Nuther-mooyoop and our upcoming wurrek tyerrang (public hearings), are opportunities for First Peoples to be heard.

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derstanding of our history through this process.”

“It is essential we complete this work in a way that is reflective of the needs of Community. Yoorrook is grounded in and will be guided by the cultural authority of our Elders, who have long advocated for truthtelling. We are therefore starting our truth telling by inviting them to make nuthermooyoop first.”

The Yoorrook Justice Commission will open opportunities for all First Peoples and other Victorians to make nuther-mooyoop later this year.

Unusual for a Royal Commission, Nuther-mooyoop made to Yoorrook can take any form, such as writing, an audio or video recording, or through a truth-telling object such as an artwork, cultural artefact or photo.

“All ways of telling truth are of equal importance. All contribute to Yoorrook’s work. A nuther-mooyoop can include anything about past or current experiences of systemic injustice for an Elder, in addition to that of their family or Community,” said Chair Bourke.

Elders can make submissions via the Yoorrook website or with the assistance from the Yoorrook Community Engagement Team.

Yoorrook’s Community Engagement Team are all First Peoples and can assist Elders with taking photos, videos or audio recordings of their nuther-mooyoop evidence.

Elders can make an appointment with Yoorrook’s Community Engagement Team by calling 1800 YOO RRK (1800 966 775) or emailing enquiries@yoorrook.org.au.

The opening of submissions also coincides with the commencement of wurrerk tyerrang (public hearings) on 26 April.

To learn more about the Yoorrook Justice Commission, visit the website at: https:// yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/

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By Callum Ludwig Anzac Day round threw up mixed results for the Lilydale Senior Football Club’s three sides against Mitcham.

The U19s got off to a slow start, entering the first change down 15 to 7. Thye never failed to lead at a quarter break for the rest of the match however, running out 42-point winners 12.7, 79 to Mitcham’s 5.7, 37.

Lachlan ‘Stickers’ Baxter, sporting what teammates thought initially was Thanos on his forearm, was on fire at full-forward kicking 5 goals. He was joined late in the forward linewith 2 goals from Bailey Bateman, who looked a much happier figure in the duo more iconic than Hansel and Gretel.

Zac Carolan rocked up with new white boots and provided return on his Rebel Sport investment to be one of the best on ground alongside Baxter, Daniel ‘Paddy’ Ryan, Adrian Clark, Ashton Dobbin and Rowan Tucker.

Luke ‘Turkey’ Bates put in an enforcing performance in the backline.

The Reserves faced a tough and undefeated Mitcham side and went down 21.12, 138 to 4.3, 27. Shane “Shano” Richards looked threatening in the 1st quarter as Lilydale tried to take it up to their opponents, earning himself two 1st quarter set shots on goal. Unfortunately, looking threatening was about as far as he got, with both shots failing to register a score.

Oscar Aliotta, Luke Hogg, Jarrod ‘Jazz’ Thompson, John DeVincentis, Jack Leithhead and a toothless Astin Bucci were named in the best, alongside Lachlan Cox who made a longawaited return from injury setbacks.

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By Murray Howlett Lilydale’s Reserves and Senior sides stood arm in arm for the Anzac ceremony.

Picture: ERICA LOUISE The Senior side was disappointed to go down by 11 points 13.10, 88 to 10,17, 77, having led at every break. It was a fiery game, with two yellow cards dished out to Lilydale players for contentious dangerous tackles and multiple free kicks paid against Mitcham for off-theball incidents.

Liam ‘Jeffa’ Jeffs, Mitch “DeFran” De Franceschi, Nick ‘Delby’ Del Biondo, Riley ‘Santa’ Clausen, Ryan ‘Dobby’ McNay and Jayden DePace were the best performers on the day.

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on Saturday to lead the race by 1 and Jordan “Jaws” Jaworski added two from the boundary to take his tally to 8.

Other goalkickers were Marc Massarotti with 2 and one apiece from Josh White, Jack Bateman and Isaac Biasuzzo, coined Isaac “Bazinga” in the moment by John Gordon.

Beau Mitchener also made a triumphant return from the broken nose and generally smashed-in face he suffered in Round 1 against Croydon.

The Dales take on local rivals Mooroolbark next week.

The seventh round of the Metro Golf Croquet Autumn Shield was played at Ringwood on Thursday 21 April.

Lilydale was defeated by Sandringham in another closely fought match.

Sandringham were very happy to win the game having been defeated by Lilydale in last season’s final.

The games were 4 to 2 in Sandringham’s favour and the hoops 39 to 32. The players representing Lilydale were Colleen Howlett, Glenn Crook, Craig McCracken and Murray Howlett.

The next match is against Monash on the 28 April.

Thrilling victories at Cobra home debuts The NBL1 Cobra Men and Women made their 2022 home debut in electric fashion on Saturday night, recording a pair of thrilling comefrom-behind victories over bitter rivals, the Knox Raiders.

The crowd erupted after a heart-stopping Cobras 66-64 win over the Knox Raider Men on Saturday night. The Cobra’s Mitch Dielemans had “never heard anything like it before”.

The homegrown hero calmly nailed a free throw and intentionally missed the second with 1.8 seconds remaining of Saturday night’s NBL1 blockbuster, in what the packed Kilsyth stadium believed would steal the win against the rival Raiders. But drama ensured when a foul was called on stalwart Tim Lang, sending the Raiders’ Simon Grant to the line with a chance to force overtime with 0.3 seconds remaining.

Throwing basketball etiquette aside, the biggest cheer of the night was reserved for Grant’s miss, which all but sealed the victory for the fired-up Cobras. Grant deliberately missed the second free throw but the buzzer sounded and the Cobras’ faithful raised the stadium roof.

“That was insane,” Dielemans said postgame. “It’s always a big occasion against Knox, and it’s always loud, but that was insane.”

The Raiders ran hot early in the game. Agile Raider Alex Robinson was everywhere and Cobra Adrian Tomada made life difficult for the visitors, while Corey Jeffs picked up where he left off on Thursday night, proving more than a handful for Raiders. But after one period of play, it was the Raiders leading, 18-12.

Jeffs and Dielemans trimmed the Raiders’ lead before import Trey Moses scored inside to put the Cobras in front for the first time. Their lead didn’t last long, though, as Grant drained four triples for the quarter to push the Raiders out to an eight-point halftime lead, 38-30.

Scoring was dried up coming out of the locker room for both teams, with the Raiders taking a nine-point lead into the final stanza.

But the Cobras saved their best until the last, with Lang scoring inside and out while controlling the glass to spark Kilsyth’s late surge.

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Nick Feller all scored, to chip away at the Raiders’ lead. The turning point came off the back of a Dielemans’ defensive stop at the Raiders’ end, which Hamish MacDonald capitalised on, deftly tipping the ball in to level the score at 61-apiece and earning an extra chance at the line. The free throw missed, but with less than 30 seconds on the clock, Feller stretched at full extension to tip the ball to Ursich, who then found Dielemans for a go-ahead layup as the Cobras led, 63-61.

The Raiders weren’t finished, and Grant responded with a clutch three with just 10 seconds left to play to reclaim a one-point lead.

But with just seconds remaining on the clock, an unsportsmanlike foul by Alex Robinson on Dielemans sent the young Cobra to the line, and the crowd into a frenzy. Undaunted, Dielemans stepped up and made both baskets, to regain the lead 65-64, with possession to follow.

Dielemans was immediately fouled, sending him back to the line into the high-pressure situation with 0.5 of a second remaining. But Dielemans lapped it up.

“I’m a pretty confident guy at the free throw line,” he said after the game. “When it comes to the clutch, I want to be the one out there on

Pictures: SUPPLIED the free-throw line.”

Dielemans’ free throw sealed the 66-64 win for the home team. Jeffs finished the night on a high, with 15 points and a game-high 11 boards. Lang and Tomada had 11 points each; Ursich and Lang chipped in with 10 apiece, and the selfless Tomada added a game-high 6 assists.

Earlier in the evening, the Cobras’ fans had also been treated to a defiant come-frombehind win for the Cobra women against the Raiders, 68-62.

In contrast to Thursday night’s loss to Ringwood Hawks, the Cobras jumped out of the box early. Lauren Scherf dominated in the early minutes, recording an early blocked shot and assist, and nailing a layup and a three-pointer after Sarah Haberfield’s opener, to take the Cobras to a 9-0 lead. Former Cobra Kara Tessari opened the Raiders’ account, knocking in a three on the familiar Hugh McMenamin Court, to stop the Cobras’ run. Tessari was on fire for the quarter and teammate Alicia Froling was crafty inside the paint at both ends of the floor. Cobra Briahna Whatman also found her range, firing 11 points for the quarter, including 3 from outside the perimeter, to lead her team to a seven-point first

Kilsyth Cobras won 68-62 comeback win. term advantage, 29-22.

Knox owned the second term, scoring 26 points to the Kilsyth’s 10 to lead 48-39 at halftime, and things appeared grim early in the third quarter, as Scherf was forced to the bench with four fouls. Without Scherf on the floor, the undersized Cobras utilised their speed to slow Froling, with Abi Curtin and new signing Isis Lopes making key plays to pull the Cobras to within 51-57 at the end of three.

Scherf returned early in the fourth but lasted only a minute before fouling out, forcing the Cobras to play small to close the game. Again, Whatman stepped up, nailing mid-range shots with deadly accuracy, and homegrown Cobra Nikita Young hit a three to cut the Raiders lead to a single point. With two minutes on the clock, Whatman completed the Cobra comeback with yet another big basket, and Kilsyth remained in control the rest of the way as they ground out a 68-62 victory.

Whatman finished the game with 22 points and five assists and Scherf, despite her limited minutes, shot 17 points.

The Cobras Women play host to league newcomers, the Casey Cavaliers, this Saturday at the Kilsyth Sports Centre at 6pm followed by the Cobra Men at 8pm. mailcommunity.com.au

SPORT

Barkers’ men drop down

By Peter Stephenson Saturday evening saw the Barkers men’s soccer team, lying third, visit Peninsula Strikers at Ballam Park, Frankston. Strikers were in top spot, five points ahead of Barkers, having won all of their five games so far.

As is often the case with night games, the pace was fast and furious. Strikers soon asserted themselves with a goal from Callum Bradbury in the 23rd minute. Barkers’ chances were few and far between, then on the half hour a low shot drew a good save from Mark Naumowicz in the Barkers goal.

Four minutes before the break, Strikers crossed the ball from the right to the far post, where a half-volley sent the ball narrowly wide.

Right on the stroke of half-time, Strikers won a corner on the right. It was sent to the far post, where it was headed downwards, then ricocheted into the net off Bradbury for

his second of the game. Half-time: Peninsula Strikers 2-0 Mooroolbark.

Strikers continued to have the better of

the game in the second half. On 51 minutes, a lovely curling shot from Strikers’ Hussain Chehimi brought a flying save out of Naumo-

wicz. Barkers had a chance on the hour mark when Geordie Scott executed a clever turn and poked the ball just wide of the far post.

However, that was as good as it got for Barkers. On 71 minutes, a Strikers corner from the left was delivered to the far post. It was headed back into the centre, where Riley Anderton was on hand to volley home for Strikers’ third goal.

Strikers were eventually reduced to 10 men following a red card, but Barkers could not break through. Final score: Peninsula Strikers 3-0 Mooroolbark.

So a disappointing result sends Barkers into mid-table after round six. Next Saturday, Barkers host old foes Berwick City at Esther Park.

In the early game, Barkers’ reserves were also under pressure from a strong side in a physical encounter. Strikers were 2-0 up after an hour, before a late rally from Barkers produced a goal from James Barber, but Barkers went down 2-1.

Mooroolbark’s Barkerettes see season opening success

By Peter Stephenson The Barkerettes soccer team began their season in Women’s State 3 East on a chilly Friday night at Mooroolbark’s Esther Park. The visitors were Brunswick Zebras, and Phoenix Vinh was making her debut, becoming the 136th Barkerette.

The common theme was that the Brunswick defence (which had leaked a dozen goals in two games against the Barkers last season) had no answer to the pacy Barker forwards. This was proven in the ninth minute when Anjali Lobo outran the defence and finished coolly into the corner of the net

for her second goal of the season (following one in the cup game against Moreland) – 1-0 Barkers.

That lead was doubled less than ten minutes later when Kirsten Murray tried her luck from distance on the left. Her low shot should have been taken comfortably by Cecily Walker-Cox in the Zebras goal, but she took her eye off the ball and allowed it to trickle into the net for Murray’s first senior goal and 2-0 Barkers.

Just before halftime, the luckless WalkerCox handled the ball outside the penalty area, earning herself a yellow card and giving Barkers a free kick in a dangerous area. Up

stepped Lisa Walsh, who drilled the ball towards goal. The keeper got a touch but could do nothing to prevent the ball going into the net to give Barkers a deserved 3-0 lead at the break.

In the second half Zebras seemed to be more organised and Barkers struggled to break them down. Barkers’ striker Amy D’Ortenzio lost three defenders with a single turn, but her shot was stopped by the Zebras keeper, who, to her credit, made some effective, if unorthodox, saves. Eventually a good through ball released the pacy Walsh, who went on to score. However, she had strayed offside at just the wrong moment and the

goal was disallowed.

With less than 10 minutes left, Barkers finally added to their tally. The ball ricocheted off the back of a defender into the path of Walsh, who hit an instinctive first-time lob over Walker-Cox into the net for the Barkers’ fourth. Full time: Mooroolbark 4-0 Brunswick Zebras.

On last season’s form this result was to be expected. However, nothing can be taken for granted in a year which has seen not only players, but also whole clubs, come and go.

An encouraging start for the Barkerettes, and next up is a trip to Swinburne on Sunday 1 May.

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