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Working with animals Yarra Valley Nocturnal Zoo will be expanding its current NDIS zookeeper program to cater for young people still in high school.

The new Saturday program will be opening up for 15 to 17 year old’s who have a love and passion for animals.

For the full story, turn to page 7

Jaymee, Naomi and Jessica are three of the weekday participant zookeepers taking part in Yarra Valley Nocturnal Zoo’s NDIS program. 281777 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS

Special board game inside The Star Mail has worked closely with artist and writer Jenni Ivins to deliver a board game dedicated to the Yarra Ranges.

This edition of the Star Mail newspaper includes the playing board, game cards and instructions for people to play with friends and family.

Ms Ivins has plenty of experience designing board games, with Connecting Communities – Yarra Ranges Shire being the third she has published within Star News Group newspapers.

“One of my core values is that art should be accessible for anybody and I like to include free activities as well as paid workshops with my exhibitions,” Ms Ivins said.

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Violi claims seat

By Parker McKenzie and Cal Ludwig The Liberal Party’s Aaron Violi will replace Tony Smith as MP for Casey in a victory for the outgoing government, despite the Labor Party winning the election. Mr Violi has won the May 21 contest by a slim margin, leading Labor’s Bill Brindle by 1.5 per cent with 72.2 per cent of votes counted. When counting is completed, it is likely to be the closest election since 1987.

Mr Violi said Mr Brindle had already congratulated him on his electoral victory.

“I got a call from Bill last night congratulating me, which was nice to receive and testament to Bill as a person. He is a man of integrity and character,” Mr Violi said.

“There is a little bit of counting to go, but I’m feeling confident based on the trend of postal votes that I’ll be the next member of

Casey. It’s really exciting to have the opportunity to serve the community.”

Mr Brindle said he thinks Mr Violi will be a good local member and he wishes him the best, knowing Casey is in good hands.

“For him, I would imagine that negotiating with a government on the same side would probably have been easier than negotiating from the opposite side of the aisle,” he said.

“Aaron will have to organise the local support to make sure that their voice is heard.”

Labor Leader Anthony Albanese was sworn in as the Prime Minister on Monday 23 May, as he prepared to travel overseas to meet with leaders from Japan, India and the United States for his first foreign trip.

Turn to page 4 to read more about the federal election on Saturday 21 May

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Dig deep for shield appeal

By Parker McKenzie Research from the Salvation Army has shown most people in need are struggling to meet basic living expenses like housing, utilities, food and health care in the past year.

As a part of their annual Red Shield Appeal, the Salvation Army surveyed over 1400 people who have requested assistance from them in the past 12 months.

After paying for housing, 93 per cent of those surveyed were living below the poverty line. 75 per cent said managing financial stress was one of their greatest challenges, 65 per cent needed to talk for financial support from friends and family and 56 per cent were not able to afford medical or dental care when it was needed.

National Public Relations Secretary for The Salvation Army Bruce Harmer said almost half of those surveyed have gone without meals be-

The Salvation Army is aiming to raise $36 million to fund over 2,000 centres and services across Australia during the Red Shield Appeal taking place on 28 and 29 May. Picture: ON FILE cause of a shortage of money.

“Over recent years, Australians have faced unprecedented economic stress and uncertain-

ty due to the Covid-19 pandemic, inflation and rising costs of living. In addition, we’ve faced fires, drought and most recently floods, putting even more financial pressure on the most vulnerable,” he said.

“Both housing stress and the risk of homelessness is high amongst those who participated in our research, with 78 per cent in housing stress, paying 30 per cent or more of their household income on housing, and 48 per cent in extreme housing stress, paying 50 per cent or more of their household income on housing.”

The Salvation Army is aiming to raise $36 million to fund over 2,000 centres and services across Australia during the Red Shield Appeal taking place on 28 and 29 May. The Victorian Government announced a $150,000 contribution to the appeal on Friday 20 May. Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers

Anthony Carbines said the Salvation Army makes an incredible contribution to communities across Victoria.

“We’re encouraging Victorians to dig deep because every donation to this year’s Red Shield Appeal will help to provide crucial support to some of the most vulnerable Victorians when they need it most.” he said.The Salvation Army said in the past year it has provided more than $70 million in financial assistance, assisted one person every 17 seconds, supported 5,800 women and children experiencing family and domestic violence, provided 887,500 crisis beds to people experiencing homelessness and supported around 35,000 people with alcohol, drug or gambling addictions.

To donate to the Red Shield Appeal or receive support from the Salvation Army, visit salvationarmy.org.au.

Yarra Ranges Council Civic Centre to open to the public On Monday 30 May, the newly redeveloped Yarra Ranges Council Civic Centre will open its doors to community and staff for the first time.

Yarra Ranges Mayor Jim Child, said he was excited to welcome the community into the new building.

“The opening of the redeveloped Civic Centre signals an exciting new chapter for Yarra Ranges and our community,” Cr Child said.

“The Civic Centre will be a hub for our community, offering a customer service centre, face to face planning and building services, bookable meeting rooms, new Council chamber with public gallery, casual work pods for community to use, free wifi, children’s corner and an art exhibition space.

“Shortly, outdoor greenspaces will also be available for community to enjoy.

“This new building also provides our community and staff with greater access for all abilities and given its sustainable design, will also significantly reduce our environmental footprint and operating costs.

“It will also enable us to adopt a more modern and efficient working model that will improve the way we deliver quality services to our community.

“Councillors and I are also really excited about the fact that we’ll be able to welcome the community back for in-person Council meetings from 14 June in our new Council Chamber.

“It’s been more than two years since our

last in-person Council meeting with a public gallery, so we look forward to seeing our community being in attendance once again.”

Community members will be able to visit the new Civic Centre via the Anderson St entrance if travelling by vehicle, or also via the Hardy St entrance if on foot or bicycle.

Council’s temporary office in Chapel St will be permanently closed from 5pm Friday 27 May, with all front of house services available from the new Civic Centre from Monday 30 May. Opening hours of the Civic Centre (including community meeting room availability) are 8.30am 5pm Monday-Friday. To book a community meeting space, please call 1300 368 333.

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‘Busiest’ SES crew Lilydale SES has once again been named as one of the busiest SES units in the state, notching up close to 2000 responses in the last year.

The major storm events of last year contributed heavily to this title, one unit controller Shaun Caulfield said the unit is unlikely to be rid of anytime soon.

“There was obviously the big June storm event, which is fairly forefront in most people’s minds because of the level of destruction and devastation that it brought and the duration of the impact,” he said.

“We had a couple of other supplemental incidents after that. One in September and another one in October, which is what we consider the traditional storm season coming from the end of winter into the start of spring, that really kept us busy.”

Given the geography of the land in the Yarra Ranges, between the established trees, flood plains and the Yarra River, as well meteorological phenomena of mountainous weather pat-

terns, Mr Caulfield said it all adds up to a high impact area.

“We put all those things together plus a community that likes to live in amongst the bush, for what we do, we’re going to see the impact of how that is going to flow onto people needing our assistance and also with the unpredictability of our weather patterns,” he said.

While Mr Caulfield said the last six weeks have been welcomed respite for the unit, “from an operational perspective, training continues” and preparations for a busy season are in place.

Recruiting remains frequent every three or four months and members will be conducting a door knocking service over the weekend of 28 and 29 May to remind residents of the risks during this winter and spring season.

“Members will be approaching households in areas we know are flood prone. So particularly the area along Beresford Road and Cave Hill Road,” Mr Caulfield said.

“We’re going to be talking to them about understanding the flood risk and some basic

flood planning and we will continue to put things out there to remind people as we come out of winter to make sure their gutters are clean.”

Mr Caulfield said around 50 per cent of flooding problems in houses can be attributed to blocked gutters during a sudden and heavy spring downpour.

While the unit has just onboarded more members recently, the interest from the community seems to be perpetually there, something Mr Caulfield welcomes.

“It’s fantastic to see that people do know that we’re here and are looking to see whether they have the time. Because at the end of the day, if they’ve got the time, we’ll help them get the skills.

“The main commitment we need from a prospective member is are they willing to put in the Monday night training for a couple of hours and obviously availability when the pager goes off.

“We’re always looking for more people to come on board.”

Victorians urged to wear masks indoors

By Renee Wood

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There’s concerns viruses will spread after Victorians hit the polling booths.

Picture: PARKER MCKENZIE ing children among high schools, primary schools and preschools.

“They have parents, they’re highly transmissible virus and as we’re entering the winter, which is the traditional season for the spread of respiratory illness, we’re starting at a very, very bad point.

“I can assure you, the influenza virus that’s now in our suburbs is a very significant respiratory illness, particularly the physically smaller the person - so your toddler, neonate, they’re beginning to get profoundly unwell.”

Dr McRae believes the community has gotten complacent with the spread of Covid-19 but assured the global pandemic is still upon us.

“It’s very complex but the winter period, a lot of these conversations about go to the show, go to the restaurants, all that sort of thing is that we should have waited for spring, because we’re going to have a horrible time and there are going to be unnecessary deaths.

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The dreaded flu is back in 2022 after two relatively tame years stifled by Covid-19 restrictions, and the Victorian Government is encouraging young kids to get vaccinated.

Community pharmacists in Victoria can now administer flu vaccines to anyone over the age of 5 years old in a bid to assist the availability of flu shots, providing 600 alternative locations to GPs.

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“Nobody’s really worrying about the healthcare system until they need it and then they go oh, I can’t believe it’s this bad, so I’m trying to impart the message that it is that bad – so going right back there are very simple precautions like wearing a mask.”

Workforce shortages are still being felt within the health sector, which is presenting a bleak picture for the months ahead, with hospitals at crisis point.

Dr McRae said the AMA backs the Victorian government’s recent budget spending on recruiting staff and more services but understands this won’t have an immediate effect to help what’s to come.

“That’s not helping us tonight so we do have a problem. And hence...all Victorians should just volunteer to wash, your hands, use a mask, get vaccinated.

“The emergency departments are under extreme stress.

“If you present to a hospital, apart from the fact that can be a very long wait, nobody really knows you’re there until you’re admitted and you can be deteriorating…. And there’s nobody really there knowing you and your circumstances.”

AMA is encouraging anyone who feels ill to contact their GP and have a test to determine which anti-viral medications may be available to you.

“Whenever anybody can track the respiratory illness, it’s important that they have a test because we now are two and a half years into the pandemic, there are new antiviral medications and if you can get onto those medications so rapidly, your personal symptoms will reduce your requirements for hospitalisation or your risk of death reduces,” Dr McRae said.

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The Australian Medical Association is pleading with Victorians to wear masks as cases of respiratory diseases surge ahead of winter.

AMA Victorian President Dr Roderick McRae fears the worst and expects cases will rise from polling booths.

“Let me assure you, there’s going to be a massive spread of respiratory illness as a consequence of fronting up in person to exercise your democratic right at a polling booth,” he said.

“I expect every Electoral Officer is going to go home with some form of respiratory illness. It doesn’t have to be Covid and it doesn’t have to be influenza because there are many other viruses out there.”

Dr McRae is urging all Victorians to wear masks in public indoor spaces despite no government mandate.

“Even if people only wear masks while they’re in there voting, then that’s an improvement,” he said.

“Anywhere you’re indoors and there’s a higher risk of viral transmission, it’s in your personal interests to minimize the chance of you contracting a highly transmissible respiratory virus.”

Dr McRae said illnesses, deaths and hospitalisations are increasing across the board and personal actions can help stop preventable deaths.

“There’s a general complacency around that once the mandate for something as simple as wearing a mask has been removed, that’s been taken as a group think across the communities.”

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The Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) is seeking information regarding suspicious behaviour in Wandin North on Saturday 14 May at about 4.30pm.

Near the Warburton Rail Trail carpark, a young male is believed to have leapt from a white Hyundai iLoad van, taking off before the van followed quickly in pursuit.

The young male is described as being between 15-19 years old with long sandy-blonde coloured hair in a bushy afro style and standing between 167-180cm tall. He was wearing a brown and cream coloured cotton open shirt with a t-shirt underneath, khaki shorts and had no shoes on.

Neither the driver of the van nor any of the persons involved are believed to have committed any offences at this stage.

Anyone who observed the event or has any information is urged to contact Yarra Ranges CIU on 9739 2401.

Detective Acting Sergeant at Yarra Ranges CIU Ross McDonald said the information came in from an anonymous call and they are still hoping for some witnesses who may have seen the same activity to provide further information.

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Violi takes out Casey

By Parker McKenzie Aaron Violi has been elected as the new member for Casey, despite the Liberal Party failing to return to government.

The Liberal candidate to replace Tony Smith won by a slim margin, leading Labor’s Bill Brindle by 1.5 per cent. When all the votes are counted, it is likely to be the closest election since 1987.

Mr Violi said he would work hard to represent all residents in the electorate, not only those who voted for him.

“It is humbling to think that the people of Casey having trusted me to represent our communities,” he said.

“I understand firsthand that Casey is a unique and special electorate. We’ve got urban areas, we’ve got farmland, we’ve got regional areas, we’ve got the Dandenongs and we’ve got many brilliant and unique communities within those townships.”

Labor candidate Bill Brindle briefly lead Mr Violi early in the vote counting, however, as more votes came the Liberal Candidate built a lead to 4 points once preferences were counted, 52 per cent to Mr Brindle’s 48 per cent.

“There is a little bit of counting to go, but I’m feeling confident based on the trend of postal votes that I’ll be the next member of Casey. It’s really exciting to have the opportu-

nity to serve the community.”

Mr Violi’s lead shrunk slightly, although the flow of preferences and postal votes saw him elected as the first new MP in Casey since Mr Smith won his maiden election in 2001.

Mr Violi said he would like to wait before making any conclusions on why the Liberal Party was defeated by Labor.

“I’m a big believer in data and numbers coming from a business background. I want to see here in Casey and across the nation a little bit more data of where votes have gone and where they’ve ended up,” he said.

“We clearly need to take some time to reflect, review and understand what’s happened and map a path forward here in Victoria and nationally as a Liberal Party.”

Mr Violi said he would continue to advocate for projects he announced federal funding for throughout the campaign, with a focus on the mental-health hub in Lilydale as a priority need for the community.

“I passionately believe in all the commitments that I made because they’re what the community told me they were looking for,” he said.

“I worked closely with many organisations but also importantly Yarra Ranges Council. All of those commitments were on their advocacy list and they know our local area.”

Labor’s Casey candidate Bill Brindle runner up

By Callum Ludwig Australia is set to be led through the next term by the Australian Labor party after their triumph in the 2022 Federal election, but Casey swung the way of the Coalition with a narrow victory for Liberal candidate Aaron Violi over Labor’s Bill Brindle.

Mr Brindle said Labor’s promises for Casey are set to be carried out following the overall victory.

“The rail-trail linking Yarra Glen and TarraWarra, the community battery for the 250 homes in Yarra Junction and the solar emergency array at Monbulk are all locked in and happening,” he said.

“There were a few things that I wanted to advocate if I made it in, but that is not to be now, and it’s on Aaron’s shoulders if he wants to push for that stuff now.”

Mr Brindle received 25 per cent of the first preference vote, behind Mr Violi’s 36 per cent, both seeing a downturn from the 2019 election while the Green’s Jenny Game followed the pair had received 12.8 per cent at a 1.9 per cent rise.

Mr Brindle was supportive of Mr Violi and said he called to congratulate him.

“I think he’ll be a very good local member, and he’s a very decent human being. I wished him the best and think Casey is in good hands,” he said.

“For him, I would imagine that negotiating with a government on the same side would be probably been easier than negotiating from the opposite side of the aisle, and Aaron will have to organise the local support to make sure that their voice is heard.”

Mr Violi made a number of promises to Casey throughout his campaign, such as upgrades for numerous sporting clubs and other recreational areas, wineries, breweries and distilleries, sealing of multiple roads and the Resilient Yarra Ranges Project which will now have to be approved by a Federal Labor Government to deliver.

Mr Brindle said it’s an endless list of things that need to be done in Casey, and we have to start now.

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By Parker McKenzie

Bill Brindle out enjoying a democracy sausage on election day.

Picture: SUPPLIED es, my goodness there’s so many more things to be done,” he said.

“They’re all basic things to build better communities and a good base on which people can then go forth and build their lives and make their own money. We’ve lost aspects of that in this country over the past probably two or three decades.”

The Liberal Party’s hold over the seat will extend to 42 years by the time of the 2025 election.

Mr Brindle said his expectations were low in the lead up to the count, and he can’t see himself running again.

“I’m a glass half empty type of guy when it comes to politics, even though we did start to see some really good results coming in. I think it was the Lilydale pre-poll that brought us undone, that’s a margin of votes we just haven’t caught up to yet,” he said.

“It takes an awful lot out of you mate, it really does. It’s a grinding reality that most people don’t see and I’ve had two runs. We got close, and I’m glad I had the opportunity even if there were a few things I would’ve done differently in hindsight.”

Australians overwhelmingly voted for action on climate change and the establishment of an integrity commission in the 2022 federal election, as the Liberal Party was routed around Melbourne and the nation in traditionally safe seats.

Labor Leader Anthony Albanese was sworn in as the Prime Minister on Monday 23 May, as he prepared to travel overseas to meet with leaders from Japan, India and the United States for his first foreign trip.

During his victory speech on Saturday 21 May, Mr Albanese said he would commit to the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full.

“I say to my fellow Australians, thank you for this extraordinary honour. Tonight, the Australian people have voted for change,” he said.

“It says a lot about our great country that a son of a single mum who was a disability pensioner, who grew up in public housing down the road in Camperdown can stand before you tonight as Australia’s prime minister.”

The Liberal Party’s blue-ribbon seats were besieged by a wave of independent candidates as they suffered a -5.7 per cent swing nationally.

The Labor Party’s primary vote held relatively strong with only a -0.5 per cent swing against them, propelling them to government. At the time of printing, the Labor Party has won 72 seats in the Lower House, which may potentially increase to 77 if results from marginal seats are favourable to them.

The Labor Party’s success is the first time an opposition party has won an election while suffering a swing against them in primary votes.

Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison stood down as Leader of the Liberal Party once it was confirmed his government wouldn’t return to power on election night.

“It’s a difficult night for Liberals and Nationals around the country, as nights like

Anthony Albanese was elected as the new Prime Minister of Australia following the May 21 Federal Election.

Picture: AAP this always are. They are humbling but so is victory,” Mr Morrison said.

“Tonight I have spoken to the leader of the opposition and incoming Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and I have congratulated him on his electoral victory this evening.”

Around inner-city and suburban Melbourne, the Liberal Party saw once safe seats fall to independents, with formerfederal treasurer Josh Frydenberg being defeated by Dr Monique Ryan in Kooyong and former ABC reporter Zoe Daniel defeating Tim Wilson in Goldstein.

The Liberal Party has lost at least 16 seats after the six-week election campaign. Traditionally Liberal seats in the east of Melbourne, including Casey, Deakin and Aston all saw a swing against the incumbents.

The Greens Party gave their best performance yet at an election, winning at least three seats in the House of Representatives.

The party saw a 1.5 per cent increase in their primary vote and could hold the balance of power in the senate.

12 independents were elected to the House of Representatives with the majority being women, as moderate Liberal MPs in traditionally-safe electorates in Sydney such as Wentworth and North Sydney were defeated by climate and integrity focused outsiders. mailcommunity.com.au

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The campaign for Casey

By Parker McKenzie

Residents of Casey had the opportunity to hear from candidates at events through the Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges.

Picture: RENEE WOOD parties during the pandemic, were quick to nominate. These included the United Australia Party’s Anthony Bellve, Paul Murphy from One Nation, Trevor Smith from the Liberal Democrats, Australian Federation Party’s Chris Field and Independent Craig Cole.

Mr Bellve, a retired military officer, plastered the electorate with eye-catching UAP signage to the chagrin of Yarra Ranges Council, whose election rules forbid signage from being attached to power poles and trees.

Independent Claire Ferres Miles candidate was also hoping to ride the independent wave, after being chosen by the newly formed Voices for Casey group.

Community-driven Voices campaigns have swept the nation after initial success in Indi, where two consecutive independent candidates have upended what was a safe seat for the Liberal Party.

Peter Sullivan from Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party and the Animal Justice Party’s Andrew Klop closed out a crowded field of candidates jockeying for the once in a decade opportunity to replace a retiring MP. The Star Mail approached every candidate for a profile piece during the months before the campaign, with Mr Violi, Mr Brindle, Ms Game, Ms Ferres Miles, Mr Bellve and Mr Smith all responding and taking part.

Vic Pet Census to arrive

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By Callum Ludwig The Victorian Government has identified their plan for the state’s first Pet Census as announced in the 2022/23 budget.

The census hopes to identify and address the key issues and concerns of pet owners in Victoria to help provide adequate support and services.

Saskia Adams, Founder of Forever Friends Animal Rescue in Gladysdale, said she thinks the census data will be useful for animal rescue organisations.

“We will have a better idea of why pet owners sometimes give up on their animals and surrender them to organisations like mine,” she said.

“The more we know about those reasons, the more we might be able to help pet owners and pets stay together if we can provide the support they need.”

The Victorian Government has allocated $613,000 from the budget towards conducting the census, which is hoped to be run online in 2023.

Minister for Agriculture Mary-Anne Thomas said Victorians love their pets and consider them part of their families.

“We are delivering the state’s first-ever Pet Census to better understand the important role pets play in the lives of Victorians,” she said.

“The Pet Census will help us ensure we’re best supporting our furry friends and their owners with the services they need.”

Pet ownership data is currently held mostly by local governments rather than collected state-wide and has resulted in contentious and unpopular pet management policy such as 24 hour Cat Curfews implemented by Yarra Ranges and Knox Councils.

Ms Adams said an average annual cost of pet ownership would be an interesting calculation to have available.

“It would be a really useful feature for people to consider before they adopt or purchase, not just the initial fee but the ongoing annual costs, which is not even just food but work,” she said. mailcommunity.com.au

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Saskia Adams from FFAR welcomes the Pet Census planned for 2023. Picture: ON FILE “The things that could possibly help with exercise and socialisation via doggy daycare, or pet walkers and vet costs. I believe it’s currently well over $1,000 a year for both the dogs and cats, but it would be good if we had more accurate figures.”

The Victorian Government will include a number of questions to help guide future pet and animal welfare reforms, including questions regarding the demographics of Victoria’s pet owners and their pets, general matters relevant to pet health (e.g. diet, exercise etc), the costs and services associated with purchasing and caring for pets and the social and well-being impacts of pet ownership.

Animal Medicines Australia indicated in the last year, pet ownership rates have increased by eight per cent from 61 per cent at the beginning of 2020 to 69 per cent at the start of 2022.

Ms Adams said she thinks it’s a great idea to increase our understanding of pet ownership with the increasing number of pet owners.

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A year ago, when Tony Smith was still a Member of Parliament, it would have been unthinkable for Casey to be won by such a small margin.

Mr Smith was a popular incumbent within Parliament and at home, having won seven consecutive elections comfortably. Casey received little attention from national media because it was never supposed to be a battlefield.

Labor candidate for Casey in 2019 Bill Brindle described Mr Smith as the “the best Speaker of the House in my living memory” despite hailing from different parties, showing the respect he earned throughout his decade in the House of Representatives.

When he announced his retirement in November 2021, which proved to be just six months before the federal election, a vacuum —for others an opportunity — presented itself.

Some 11 candidates from across the political spectrum nominated for Casey, the equal largest field of candidates alongside the 1998 election.

Mr Brindle, an engineer and small business owner, was again chosen by the Labor Party to try to win a seat it hasn’t held since 1984 when Peter Steedman was the Casey MP for two years.

The Liberal Party pre-selection was a fiercely fought process, with local businessman Aaron Violi taking 100 of the 254 votes in the final round to win the nomination to replace Mr Smith.

Jenny Game, like Mr Brindle, again contested the seat for the Greens Party after running in 2019. The Greens have campaigned in Casey and for the Senate by promising direct action on climate change, adding dental to Medicare and other progressive policies.

A swath of candidates advocating against vaccine mandates and Covid-19 restrictions, hoping to build off disillusion with the major

Six weeks is a long-time to be on the campaign trail, chasing after voters and pitching why you should be the person to represent Casey for the next three years. At candidate forums around Casey — from Tecoma to Healesville and online — the community had the opportunity to ask questions of the candidates on their views of the big issues including climate change, a federal integrity commission, storm recovery, national security and the cost of living.

It is easy to be cynical about politics, especially after a two-year period where it has been a lasting and overbearing spectre in our lives.

Despite disagreement in policy, beliefs and character, all the candidates interviewed by the Star Mail and who made themselves available for meet the candidate events expressed the same ideals of serving the community and a genuine want to represent the people of Casey.

This ideal has carried over to their volunteers — aside from some mild vandalism of signage, seemingly present in every electorate — who have canvassed shopping centres, sidewalks and pre-polling booths over the last six weeks.

Like his colleagues around Australia, Mr Violi and the Liberal Party promised large spending of federal money in a bid to hold onto the seat. $56.6 million in funding for sports grounds, roads, projects and initiatives was committed by the party, as a part of more than $3 billion promised nationally throughout the campaign.

With his election victory but the Liberal Party’s defeat, the projects and funding will be put on hold unless the Labor Government decides to fund them.

At time of printing, Mr Violi has received 36 per cent of first preference votes, Mr Brindle 25 per cent, Ms Game 12.8 per cent, Ms Ferres Miles 8.8 per cent and Mr Bellve 5 percent.

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Crane drivers, Coombe Yarra Valley staff, artist Peter Corlett and Grant Cummin were there to welcome the arrival of Dame Nellie Melba in April.

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A stone block reads ‘Melba’ where the bronze statue now stands.

Dame Nellie Melba’s bronze statue was craned into place at the direction of artist Peter Corlett.

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Back where she belongs

By Mikayla van Loon Lilydale’s Dame Nellie Melba has returned to prime position at her home in Coldstream, with her lifesize bronze statue relocated to Coombe Estate in April.

The statue of the female opera singer and one of Australia’s greatest exports was created by artist Peter Corlett and originally placed at NewQuay, Docklands.

But the redevelopment of the inner Melbourne, waterfront suburb saw Melba be removed from her position and put in storage since 2016.

Coombe Yarra Valley managing director Grant Cummin said he had been in conversations with Development Victoria for a number of years about getting Melba moved to Coldstream but the pandemic delayed the process.

“We engaged with the artist, Peter Corlett, who came on site and we decided on a location. His directive was that Melba had to always be in the sun, always be in the light,” Mr Cummin said.

“So she’s been positioned, facing into the sun and is almost greeting everybody that

Dame Nellie Melba scholar Samantha Hargreaves sang ‘Home Sweet Home’, a song Melba would sing at every performance, with Peter Corlett admiring the tune. walks through the front gates of the estate.”

Melba first built her Australian home called Coombe Cottage in 1912 and the property remained in the family after her death in 1931.

“For us, it felt like she was coming home.

The day she was placed, we had the Melba Opera Trust involved and the current scholar sang ‘Home Sweet Home’ when she arrived and when she was craned into place, which

was quite fantastic on that day,” Mr Cummin said.

As an icon of the Australian entertainment scene, as well as a local legend Mr Cummin said it’s something quite special to have Melba back on the property she once loved.

“One thing that we were quite proud of is there’s a lot of things named after Melba. We’ve got roads and tunnels and wine and other cafes and restaurants and obviously she’s on the $100 note,” he said.

“So given this is where her home was and this is where she lived and how much she loved it, we felt having the bronze statue of Melba in the estate she established 100 years ago really brought home the importance of the estate and also this is where Melba liked to be.”

Relatives of the opera singer visited the estate and Mr Cummin said they were so pleased to have Melba back on Yarra Valley soil.

Since making her return, visitors have also enjoyed having Melba at the estate’s entrance, with Mr Cummin saying numerous selfies and group photos have been taken already.

“The estate is all about coming together and we get a lot of special occasions, a lot of

families get together here. So it’s provided a really great focal point for people to take that iconic image when they come together. “[For] regional tourism, people who come to the Yarra Valley are actually now able to come and visit Melba and see her as close to the flesh as you can do. It’s lifesize so it is actually the size she was.

“So I think it’s a fantastic addition to what the Yarra Valley can offer in general from a tourism perspective.”

Development Victoria’s group head precincts Geoff Ward said the Melba statue gives Yarra Valley visitors another reason to come to the region and “she will remain eternally on display.”

Mr Cummin said the response just since April had been astonishing, with everyone who comes to Coombe recognising the significance of her being there.

“It’s one of only a handful of female bronze statues in the state, so it’s quite a significant piece for us to have and also for the state.

“It’s never going to go into storage again, it’s always going to be displayed in that position forever. We’re quite proud of that.”

The Yarra Valley’s charm coined as Australian emblem

By Mikayla van Loon The charm of the Yarra Valley has been embossed onto the face of a one dollar coin as part of the Great Aussie Coin Hunt this year.

Representing the letter ‘Y’, it’s a special one for coin collectors, young and old, with Lilydale Post Office seeing a demand for just that coin since the release on 9 May. Postal manager Lorelle Hull said out of all the ‘Y’ towns across the country, it was an honour the Yarra Valley was chosen.

“It’s just a bit of an honour. Lilydale is the gateway to the Yarra Valley with all the wineries and everything out there and the nurseries so it’s nice to be recognised as part of the Yarra Valley,” she said.

This year’s theme celebrates iconic Australian moments and quintessential emblems of Australian life, with other coins taking the form of Luna Park, vanilla slice, the Great Ocean Road and R.M Williams.

All 26 coins can be purchased in a bundle or collected separately. Some of the rolls of coins even include a random coloured ‘X’ coin, unique from the rest of the ‘X’ coins out there.

Ms Hull said one customer has already come into the store having received one of the coloured coins and was overjoyed with the discovery.

A daily $1000 prize is also part of this year’s coin hunt, with a QR code on the inside of each roll of coins potentially leading to a win.

In its third year Ms Hull said lots of people have continued their collection from the previous two years but some have just collected first name initials for grandchildren or the ‘Y’ coin itself.

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This is the first time a coin has featured anything from the Yarra Valley, which has become popular with locals.

Lilydale postal manager Lorelle and co-worker Sue are excited to have a Yarra Valley coin this year.

Pictures: MIKAYLA VAN LOON “It’s pretty unique. We’ve had quite a few people wanting just the ‘Y’ so I have had to order more of those in. But it’s just a keepsake really for the community. To have that ‘Y’ coin is pretty special.”

While the coins can be collected from most Post Offices, Australia Post retail executive general manager Catriona Noble said she hopes this collection brings a sense of fun, adventure and tourism.

“The Great Aussie Coin Hunt is our most

successful collectables program and this year we hope it helps to excite Australians about not only collecting each of the unique $1 coins but also discovering some hidden-gem locations and stories in their very own backyard,” she said.

“With many of the 26 coins celebrating destinations across each of our eight states and territories, collectors and adventurers of all ages will be spoilt for choice.”

Royal Australian Mint CEO Leigh Gordon

said he was thrilled to be releasing this new set of $1 coin collectables in partnership with Australia Post.

“Following the enormous success of the last two Great Aussie Coin Hunts, we are excited to once again give families around Australia the opportunity to participate in this fun and engaging national coin hunt,” Mr Gordon said.

As the last stop before reaching regional Victoria, Ms Hull said she hopes the coin hunt brings some people to Lilydale and the Yarra Valley but more so she said as “a very close-knit community in Lilydale,” the recognition means more.

“It’s just nice that the local people here have got their own coin this year.”

Avid hunters are encouraged to visit aussiecoinhunt.com.au where they will find more information on each coin’s letter, full terms and conditions for the daily giveaway, and an exciting new addition to this year’s hunt with an interactive map that includes road trips and travel ideas aligned to each of the 26 coins. mailcommunity.com.au

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By Mikayla van Loon Already offering an NDIS day program five days a week, Yarra Valley Nocturnal Zoo in Mount Evelyn will be expanding this to six days to cater for young people still at school.

The Australian first zookeeper program allows people with a disability who have a passion for animals to learn skills and gain confidence, something that will now be opened up to 15 to 17 year olds. Owner and operator Steve Handy said trained zookeepers teach participants the basics of working with animals but also how to work in a team and getting them job ready in a fun environment.

“The whole idea of the NDIS is to empower people and upskill them so they can actually

progress in life rather than stay stale,” he said.

“So essentially, it’s all about confidence.

That’s why we involve the public as well with tours and that is why it empowers our participants to grow.”

Having had parents inquire about the possibility of getting their child in a program, Mr Handy said it became apparent there was quite a lot of interest from students in Years 9, 10 and 11. Mr Handy also said the Saturday program will “create a pathway into our other program as well” held Monday to Friday for adults and those not able to attend school.

Teaching general job skills, Mr Handy said the pathways outside of the Saturday day program are endless.

“Whether picking out branches to feed

a koala or working at Coles and picking out people’s groceries, it’s essentially the same job skills,” he said.

While wanting the Saturday program to teach participants important skills, Mr Handy said it is mostly about having fun, creating friendships and getting to work hands-on with the animals.

“When you talk about people with disabilities, especially autism, people can struggle to find friends.

“So we’re trying to create something like the old TV show, ‘The Saddle Club’, that’s the sort of vibe I’m going for, where they’ll meet outside of work and get on social media together and develop a real close circle of friends.”

Mr Handy said making Saturdays a social ac-

tivity and something these young people want to attend is a priority, that’s why hosting communal sausage sizzles and summer pool days will find their way into the program. Feeding the over 400 animals, doing health checks, team building exercises and eventually conducting tours of the zoo are also part of the plan.

“Confidence is a big thing. But people with disabilities seem to have that happy knack of spending time with the animal and they pick up on those positive vibes.”

To start, Mr Handy said the program will allow five or six participants but he can see the program growing to 15 or 16 should the demand be there.

“The people I’ve interviewed so far, they’ve got a real passion for animals.”

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Sewing to heal families

By Mikayla van Loon For 20 years volunteers in Mooroolbark have been providing families support through one of the most challenging moments in their lives - miscarriage and stillbirth.

Treasured Babies brings together the skills of sewing, crocheting and knitting to create a carefully designed pack of appropriately sized clothing and blankets for babies to be buried in.

What began as a knitting group in 2002 in a living room, has grown exponentially and has provided over 20,000 packs to parents.

Volunteer Cindy Furby said when the idea was suggested all those years ago by a new member of the knitting group, she couldn’t say no to the opportunity to help bereaved parents. “[A lady said] it’s for SIDS and Kids and it’s for tiny, deceased babies and to help the mums and dads. Of course, straightaway, I just said ‘yes’, I put my hand up and it’s just gone from there.” she said.

Since then, the operation has brought on board the Croydon Men’s Shed to build and paint white Angel boxes that are fitted with a handmade cushion and mattress, designed from wedding dress silk.

Although always a local initiative that provided clothing packs around the state, Red Nose bereavement director Rachel Ficinus said in 2016 SIDS and Kids became a national program, meaning Treasured Babies also expanded to the national scale.

“It’s always been local. It’s always been in Mooroolbark and Chirnside Park. All the people who volunteer here are local. The Men’s shed is local. So there’s lots of really lovely local connections in the community here for Treasured Babies,” she said.

Ms Ficinus said Treasured Babies still works on the same number of volunteers it began with and the same amount of funding, the only difference is people from all over the country now donate sewn, knitted and crocheted items to be sorted at the Mooroolbark headquarters.

“They’re all all handcrafted. Nothing is done by machines or in bulk, they’re all individually made by volunteers across the country and they send in all their items and then the ladies here sort through it to pick and choose and put the packs together,” she said.

“I don’t think there’s any part of the process that isn’t touched by a human, there’s a human touch on everything and each part just has so much care.”

Ms Furby said each pack comes with a bunny rug, a blanket, a sleeping bag, cardigan, booties, a beanie, a nightie and a little heart sized for a baby born at 14 weeks to a full term newborn.

When a mother has a miscarriage or a stillbirth, hospitals contact Treasured Babies and multiple packs are sent out for the family to choose.

The baby will be buried in the items from one pack and the parents get to keep another in a memory box also hand painted by volunteers.

Having heard of SIDS for Kids 20 years ago, Ms Furby said she knew of the heartache some

Cindy Furby has been volunteering with Treasured Babies since it began 20 years ago.

All items donated and sent are sorted through by volunteers who match blankets and clothing by colour. women went through when losing a child but it was often very taboo.

Now in her twentieth year volunteering and organising Treasured Babies, Ms Furby said she believes every baby should be “acknowledged, honoured and treated as a little person.”

“It gives me comfort that these babies have been cared for,” she said.

For a number of the women who volunteer at Treasured Babies, they too have lost a child to miscarriage or stillbirth during a time when they were told “go home and forget about it.”

They now volunteer to help support women who are given the chance to grieve and to help make a traumatic process that little bit easier,

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Volunteers hand paint memory boxes for parents to place certificates and clothing into as a keepsake.

as well as ensuring they know they are not alone.

While it can be challenging to see the shelves empty and knowing how often the packs are being sent out to families, volunteers like Ms Furby said they feel better knowing their gesture of support is being received by parents.

Ms Ficinus said one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage and there around six stillbirths a day in Australia.

“It’s really hard to explain to someone who’s maybe not been here what it’s like and when I first came here, it was overwhelming because you realise the magnitude of what goes into

each of these very individually beautifully designed and created packs.”

The entire process relies on donations and volunteers to ensure these babies are given the dignity they deserve.

Ms Furby and Ms Ficinus said the donation of pastel coloured material or wool, money, craft vouchers and time are the best way to support Treasured Babies.

With quite a number of knitters committed to the making of blankets and beanies, Ms Furby said more sewers are greatly needed.

To find out more about Treasured Babies, go to rednose.org.au/page/treasured-babies.

WOW Day invites people to reflect on role of SES

By Mikayla van Loon Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW) on 18 May was a day dedicated to the men and women in orange who volunteer their days and nights to respond to road incidents and natural disasters whenever they are called.

Lilydale SES unit controller Shaun Caulfield said while WOW Day sits within the broader recognition of all volunteers during National Volunteer Week, it was a day where people could reflect on the service of the SES by wearing a touch of orange.

“It’s an opportunity for us to set aside a small amount of time to hopefully try and get people to look at the work the SES does and the broad scope of work that we do,” he said.

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on a day-to-day basis, the biggest being that aside from around 100 paid staff across the state, the rest are all volunteers.

“There’s five and a half thousand volunteers and only a smidge over 100 are paid staff in SES. “There’s still a large or a strong perception that when the members turn up on a white truck with orange stripes down the side, that those people are paid and obviously that’s not the case.

“Which is why it is good to link [WOW Day] into volunteer week because Australia has a strong volunteering culture and without volunteers in Australia, we’d be pretty stuck in a lot of situations, particularly natural disasters.”

Even with day jobs and families, SES volunteers are trained to the highest standards,

dedicating Monday nights to refreshing their skills and upskilling so when the situation arises, they are ready.

“I get paid to be a paramedic but I still do what I do with SES because it’s still rewarding. I still get enjoyment out of being a part of the team that provides those services to our community.

“And that’s probably true for all of our members. They are there for that altruistic reason of helping others.”

When onboarding a new member to the unit, Mr Caulfield said volunteers complete a survey about why they decided to volunteer and overwhelmingly it comes from wanting to give back to the community.

But secondary reasons are often about challenging themselves, learning new skills

and meeting like minded people.

Lilydale SES has just welcomed another seven recruits to the unit, bringing their membership to 70.

The message Mr Caulfield wanted to get across this WOW Day was SES volunteers do what they do because they love it and are there to help.

“Apart from the storms and the floods and tsunamis and the landslides that we do, the majority of SES units are also road crash rescue accredited in Victoria and that’s something we take quite a lot of pride in.

“But the key thing to remember is everybody that you see in orange overalls is a volunteer. They’re there because they want to be there and they’re there to help their community out in their time of need.” mailcommunity.com.au

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Daredevil on the bridge

By Mikayla van Loon At a time when athletes from all over the world were in Melbourne to compete in the 1956 Olympics, a different kind of event was taking place in Lilydale’s backyard.

Last week, Star Mail brought readers a story about author Scott Pearce, the nephew of Raymond Pearce and son of Michael Pearce, who told the tale of his uncle risking his life riding across the Maroondah Highway railway bridge.

Having seen the article, Lilydale resident Alan Dawes contacted the newspaper to tell of his memory of that night, something that has remained with him for over 60 years.

“The bridge itself, the part they rode over, was like a big RSJ beam. It was four foot high, and there was a fall back onto the rails of about four feet. If you fell over the other side, you landed down on the road, which was about a five or six metre drop,” Mr Dawes said.

“But the scary part that horrifies me even now is they had to have four people hold the bike while he mounted it because there was no run up to this beam…And on the other side, they had to catch him because there was a four foot drop back down onto the ground.”

Around 12 years old at the time, Mr Dawes said he was “strictly a spectator” even though the older kids tried to convince him to ride across the bridge.

Mr Dawes said he came to be at the bridge that night because he was in the same Grade 6 class as Michael but many of the boys were aged 18 and down.

Although quite young, Mr Dawes said “I can see it like it was yesterday” and the fear of it has been lodged into his mind as he said “it was scary stuff.”

“It was about 11 o’clock at night. So it wasn’t even daylight and the worst part about it was the beam was about I’d say a foot to 14 inches

wide and it had big rivets every four or five inches and he had to navigate over them and not fall, I just think the boy was mad.

“But [Ray] himself was a very gentle, nice boy even though he learned boxing and the whole family was a nice family, the Pearce’s.”

Being the 1950s, Mr Dawes said these kinds of activities weren’t unusual, with kids needing to make their own fun without the parameters of what society allows now. “[There are so many] stories you could be told from around Lilydale, it was a wild town when I was a kid but not in a bad way,” he said.

“We used to get a sheet of galvanised iron and turn up the end like a toboggan and ride it down the loose fill from the quarry.”

Friday night fishing for eels and black fish was a common way to end the week, as well as spending time at the local tip to pick bits of scrap metal for the makings of a billy cart.

“I wouldn’t say regularly but every now and again a group of us would drag billy carts up the top of the hill and ride them down the bitumen.”

Originally a country boy from Wonthaggi, Mr Dawes said he moved to Lilydale around 11 years of age, just a year or two before the riding across the bridge event, which is possibly why it has left such an impression on him.

From what was a town of large properties and open space, it has changed and been developed significantly.

Mr Dawes said he still goes past where his old house was on the corner of Cave Hill Road and Nicholas Street, even though it has become units.

“I can still see the old house in my head. It was an acre and quarter on the corner [and] it had a big lawn and big garden and a big old house.

“It was just a completely different town to what it is today.”

A steam train crosses the first of the Maroondah Highway bridges built between 1900 and 1979.

A new steel railway bridge was the second to be built at the site.

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CASA’s safety seminar was attended by 40 local pilots, all with different backgrounds and experiences.

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The presentation was based around human error and stressors.

Discussing flight safety

By Mikayla van Loon Pilots from all around the region and beyond joined the first local safety seminar in two years at Mount Evelyn on Wednesday 18 May. Around 40 men and women, from private and recreational to commercial pilots with either a few years experience or decades worth gathered to learn about ‘pushing the envelope’ when it comes to safety and human error.

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) event focused on physical and mental stressors or impairments that can impact pilots when in control of an aircraft.

Aviation safety advisor Tim Penney said this event formed part of CASA’s education campaign run all around the country.

“We do more than about 150 of these all over the country from towns big and small, city and rural and we normally take the roadshow through Lilydale at least once a year,” he said.

“We send an open invite to all the local pilots who fly usually in places like Lilydale and

Coldstream and we run a two hour information session talking about aviation safety. So how to fly better, how to put in place little bits and pieces to make all pilots safer pilots.”

With a fairly large population of pilots out in the Yarra Ranges, Mr Penney said it is the ideal location to host safety sessions.

For many of the attendants it was the first seminar they had been able to attend because of the pandemic.

Mount Waverley resident Cameron Dorrough, who has been flying planes for about four years, said having missed the session at Moorabbin, he decided to take the trip to Mount Evelyn.

“I’m doing a little bit of training at Lilydale because I got my private pilot’s licence at Moorabbin, so I’ve been trying to get into some faster planes, plus the grass runway [is different] so it is a bit softer,” he said.

While much of what was spoken about at the seminar was relating to the importance

of being mentally and physically fit, Mr Dorrough said he felt much of it could be applied to everyday life.

Growing up in northern Queensland, Mr Dorrough said he never had the opportunity to learn to fly, particularly because of the cost involved but in the last few years he regained the passion to learn.

“It gives you another dimension really. You get to experience Melbourne and parts of Victoria too that I had no idea existed because all of a sudden everything’s a lot closer and what might take six hours to drive in a car takes one in a plane,” he said.

“It’s like being on top of a mountain, the view that you’d get from the top of a mountain but you’re moving so the scenery is changing all the time.”

For Croydon resident Danny Williams, who was finally able to get his private pilot licence after Covid-19 cancelled it three times, he was hopeful the CASA session would continue his learning about flying.

“I’ve been to one before and they go through some in-depth scenarios and stuff you want to know before you have to do it yourself,” he said.

This session primarily touched on things like fatigue and distractions, showing examples of highly experienced pilots just making slight errors that caused close calls or had major impacts.

“There’s no such thing as a pilot that knows everything. So let’s get together, do some information exchange and hopefully take away a few little gold nuggets that people can use and apply to their own flying to make them safer pilots,” Mr Penney said.

Part of the face to face session Mr Penney said was also about breaking down barriers between a federal government body and local pilots.

“The mere fact that people have come out tonight indicates to us that they have a good safety culture and it’s our aim to try and make that even better.”

Helping young drivers through local sporting clubs

By Callum Ludwig The Victorian Government is supporting the re-release of the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) Club Rewards Program which began in 2021, rewarding community football netball clubs in promoting road safety.

AFL Victoria aligned clubs across regional and metropolitan leagues are eligible for up to $10,000 for actively trying to reduce road trauma around the club in line with National Road Safety Week last week.

Seville Football Netball Club Secretary Mick Morris said any initiative that is going to save lives is a good thing.

“100 per cent the club is interested, the most important thing is to get the message across, every little bit helps and the grant comes second, even though any grant that comes to a club is much needed,” he said.

“The message is the number one point, of course, and if you can get it across to even one person, that’s going to help.”

To demonstrate clubs are making an effort to save lives on the road, they must be able to show in the application form that they have met two of the following six criteria: How well did the club amplify and support the TAC in spreading important road safety messaging in the following areas; Speed, Drink/Driving, Fatigue, Distractions, Vehicle Safety, Young Drivers.

What measures did the club have in place to discourage participants from drink/drug driving at their club events?

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Minister for Roads and Road Safety Ben Carroll and Head of AFL Victoria Ben Kavenagh visited Shepparton Football Netball Club to make the announcement.

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If successful, the grants can go towards equipment, apparel or the delivery of programs at the club.

Mr Morris said Seville FNC would likely use their active social media platform to show their support.

“Over the past three or four years we have really concentrated on our Facebook page to

get out there, there are all sorts of different ways [to promote] but I think social media is the main avenue nowadays,” he said.

“If we were sent flyers or posters, we would send them out or hang them up around the rooms and could probably set aside a few minutes with the playing group to have a chat.”

In 2021, a plethora of Outer East clubs were recipients of the grant including Woori Yallock FNC and its Junior Football Club (JFC), Warburton-Millgrove FNC, Wandin JFC and Yarra Junction FNC and JFC. Mr Morris said the clubs he has been involved in already promote concerns about key road safety issues.

“Alcohol is a dangerous thing, as is sleep deprivation and fatigue or anything negative on the road,” he said “At Seville, we make sure folks are getting home all right, especially if someone’s had one or two, maybe we make sure we get them a taxi. We’ve been like that as a club for a few years now and I think all clubs are pretty much the same.

In 2022, 94 people have died on Victorian roads and there has been a rise in the number of young people aged 18-25, with the number of deaths at 19 - up from 10 at the same time last year.

“Local football and netball clubs are central to Victorian communities, and we urge them to use their platform to make a positive and lasting impact on the lives of their mem-

bers,” said Transport Accident Commission CEO Joe Calafiore.

The requirement of sustained and continued efforts to promote road safety and address key concerns will be assessed by road safety experts from the TAC and representatives from AFL Victoria when reviewing applications before clubs are rewarded.

Minister for Roads and Road Safety Ben Carroll and Head of AFL Victoria Ben Kavenagh visited Shepparton Football Netball Club to announce the re-release of the program and said local football and netball clubs can have a huge and meaningful impact on promoting road safety.

“The influence of local football and netball clubs in Victorian communities is farreaching, and unfortunately, many local sporting clubs across Victoria will have experienced the impact of road trauma firsthand,” Mr Carroll said.

“Our message and belief is clear – we, as community football people, can all have a meaningful impact in bringing incidents of road trauma down and the TAC Club Rewards Program is a terrific avenue to drive that positive change,” Mr Kavenagh said.

Applications are to be completed and submitted by midnight Friday 12 August 2022, with recipients announced in September.

Clubs can sign up and apply at:aflvic.smartygrants.com.au/2022TACRewardsProgram and more information can be found at www. aflvic.com.au/tacclubrewards mailcommunity.com.au

RELIEF & RECOVERY FUNDING

Grants boost recovery The unprecedented financial, mental and social costs of the pandemic and severe storm events have taken their toll on Yarra Ranges businesses and townships. To assist in the recovery of our communities, Yarra Ranges Council is introducing Business and Trader Group-Led Recovery Grants.

Community-led recovery is key to the revitalisation of our unique region, and this funding aims to support our businesses in the important role they play in our townships and across the municipality.

Council is keen to support the creation of new groups, as well building the capacity of existing groups to successfully create positive change in their areas.

Business and Trader Groups create networking opportunities for local businesses to connect and learn from each other. In addition, working collectively can have a greater impact with other stakeholders and open-up access to more funding and grant opportunities. A united voice can increase a township marketability, visibility, and credibility.

Mayor Jim Child recognises the unique role Business and Trader groups have in a community.

“Being a part of a networking or trader group is a terrific opportunity to get involved, and really advocate for your business community. We’ve certainly learned over the last two years just how important our local businesses are and how valuable being able to connect and support each other is.”

“Council values our relationship with our trader groups and business networks. They’re a vital voice into what our communities and business need,” he said.

The objective of the grants is to encourage and revive local businesses, organisations, and industries to operate and trade in line with

To assist in the recovery of communities, Yarra Ranges Council is introducing Business and Trader Group-Led Recovery Grants. 281810 broader new economic trends, whilst improving robustness to future shocks.

Council has a dedicated Trader Group Officer who can assist new businesses in connecting into existing groups or help support the creation of new networks.

The funding application process opened May 16. Townships will be eligible for up to $15 000, which can be applied to more than one project. Applications close 13 June.

For information on a group’s eligibility, project suggestions and to apply, please visit

yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Community/Grants/ Apply-for-Community-Grants/Relief-and-Recovery-funding-for-Business-Trader-Groups Alternatively you can email business@yarraranges.vic.gov.au or call 1300 368 333 and ask to speak to the Business and Trader Group officer.

Nobody knows their community like you.

Business and Trader Groupled Recovery Grants Now Open To support the revitalisation of our townships, Yarra Ranges Council is introducing Business and Trader Group-Led Recovery Grants.

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By Mikayla van Loon International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) happened on Tuesday 17 May, calling for the end of discrimination and raising awareness around LGBTQIA+ rights violations.

IDAHOBIT day marks the end of the World Health Organisation’s catagorisation that put homosexuality under the of Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

The Lilydale Youth Hub had a busy IDAHOBIT calendar, travelling across the shire to spread the message of pride and inclusion.

“The Lilydale Youth Hub is proud to work with various community organisations to stand against all forms of homophobia, biphobia, intersex discrimination and transphobia in the Yarra Ranges,” a Youth Hub representative said.

The team travelled to Sherbrooke Community School and Lilydale Heights College to speak with students and join in on IDAHOBIT activities.

“The students showed a lot of enthusiasm and connection to the meaning and purpose of IDAHOBIT and our pronoun and Ally badges were quickly snapped up.”

This was followed by cupcake decorating and banner making in the afternoon with Rural Rainbows.

“It’s a day to celebrate how far we’ve come whilst acknowledging a history of brave and resilient LGBTQIA+ people that came before and the ways we still need to go,” Rural Rainbows’ Finnley Stirling said.

“It is a time to acknowledge that homophobia, biphobia, intersexphobia, and transphobia still exist and make commitments to stand against it.”

Finnley said this is where the idea to create a banner with the slogan ‘all welcome’ in

The major task on Tuesday was to create a colourful banner saying ‘all welcome’ to be hung in the Hub.

Young people joined Rural Rainbows at the Lilydale Youth Hub on Tuesday 17 May to make an all inclusive banner.

Pictures: SUPPLIED bright painted letters came from.

“Everyone who enters the Hub knows that it is a safe space for all and LGBTQIA+ young people have an instant, big and colourful signal

that they are accepted.”

The Lilydale Youth Hub staff have done everything in their power to create a warm, inviting and safe space for the LGBTQIA+ com-

Ally badges were a hot commodity on Tuesday. munity since opening in October last year.

“We are proud to be a safe and supportive space for young LGBTQIA+ people 365 days a year.”

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School students across Victoria made their return to school following summer holidays, while 2021’s preps got their first taste of primary school life. Wurundjeri Elder Aunty Joy Murphy conducted a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony for Badger Creek Primary School students and staff.

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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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Millions of Australian workers will have their modern awards, which establish employment conditions, adapted to allow them access of up to 10 days’ paid family and domestic violence (FDV) leave each year after a decision handed down by the Fair Work Commission on Monday.

The Commission, during their four yearly review of modern awards, has also consulted government bodies and experts through the Family and Domestic Violence Leave Review which began in 2021. Erin Foot, Program Manager of Inner and Outer East Family Violence at Anglicare Victoria and The Orange Door, said “any support” employers can provide staff experiencing family violence would be welcomed.

“When in crisis, employees’ lives are significantly impacted, often resulting in an inability to attend work or perform at their usual standards. When people don’t have access to appropriate leave, they continue to try to work so their financial situation is not impacted,” Ms Foot said.

“Access to family violence leave will be a massive support to families across the outer east and wider community. It will provide time and space to ensure safety, to access support services and seek alternate accommodation where needed,” she said.

Since 2015, workers in the Victorian public sector including nurses and teachers have had access to 20 days of paid family violence leave, or unpaid family violence leave for casual employees, with those in the private sector relying on modern awards and other agreements. Michael Smith, CEO of the Eastern Community Legal Centre, said the decision is a step forward in supporting people impacted by family and domestic violence.

“A lot of people won’t use all that leave, but it gives people options in terms of getting help - whether it’s legal help from us or somebody else, whether it’s housing support or issues around education,” Mr Smith said.

Millions of Australian workers will have access to up to 10 days’ of family and domestic violence leave after the Fair Work Commission has decided to adapt modern awards.

Picture: ON FILE “We’re at the court four days a week supporting people who are seeking to get or respond to an intervention order; we have specialist programs on family violence, and we have general legal help in that area, so we’re always happy to talk to people. And we have a reach right across the eastern region; including out in Lilydale and Healesville as well.”

The Fair Work Commission noted in their decision FDV leave helps individuals ‘maintain their economic security, access relevant services and safely exit to a life free from FDV.’ Under national employment standards, workers have had access to five days of unpaid family and domestic violence leave since 2018. The leave will be paid at the employees’ base rate of pay.

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ART ATTACK BOARD GAME

Game on Yarra Ranges!

By Parker McKenzie Artist and writer Jenni Ivins has teamed up with Star News Group and Yarra Ranges Council to deliver a table-top journey across the Yarra Ranges.

This edition of the Star Mail newspaper includes the playing board, game cards and instructions for people to play with friends and family.

Ms Ivins has plenty of experience designing board games, with Connecting Communities – Yarra Ranges Shire being the third she has published within Star News Group newspapers.

She said the idea first started during Melbourne’s lengthy lockdown in 2020 as a way to connect people to the community.

“One of my core values is that art should be accessible for anybody and I like to include free activities as well as paid workshops with my exhibitions,” she said.

“The games came about because when we went into lockdown, one of the people in my network was saying we don’t need to know which day of the week it is, back in April 2020.”

A Facebook group was born, where every Monday people would come together to work on art and connect with each other.

Ms Ivins said she already had a grant from Cardinia Council for an exhibition and when the lockdown was extended she received more funding to create something for the community.

“That’s where I came up with the first board game, it was called Apart Together because we were all playing a part together,” she said.

“It won a country press award for the best community campaign. We had people drawing pictures and making art because people were at home, and I was helping them with creating the art itself and then putting those on the cards.”

The success of the first board game led to another being commissioned, this time for the Macedon Ranges Shire.

Ms Ivins said she has had positive feedback from people who have played the previous two games.

“The last place that I did the residency in that project was at coordinate Caldermeade Farm. On one of the farm tours a lady told me she still has the game two years later and she still plays it with her boys,” Ms Ivins said.

Other feedback I’ve had is things like people didn’t know there were so many towns and they didn’t know that different areas were in the Shire. People are more familiar with the geography after playing.”

The board game features locations, people and events from across the Yarra Ranges which people have submitted to Ms Ivins, including the Kalorama Chestnut Festival, the Redwood Forests and local Belgrave wizard Baba Desi.

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their choice on the game board, before taking a GO-TO card from the pile. The player moves the marker as directed, counting all the towns they pass through to get there. The game ends once every player has nine cards, where the scores are counted and the person with the lowest score wins.

Ms Ivins said after the release of the board game, she plans to return to her art and write a companion book for one of her exhibitions.

“I’m going to be writing a fantasy story to go with my mind drawings series fairies without wings,” she said.

“The exhibition will be touring next year.”

The board game is included in this edition of the Star Mail newspapers.

Turn pages to play The lift-out game board and 72 GO-TO cards will be published in all six Star Mail newspapers this week.

Readers will also find another set of 72 GO-TO cards in next week’s Mail editions on Tuesday 31 May. The PDF version with over 400 cards will be available from the ‘Connecting Communities - Yarra Ranges Shire’ Facebook group and www.MindDrawing.net in June.

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HOMESTEAD ON 40 ACRES WITH EXCELLENT VIEWS SITUATED in Steels Creek in the beautiful Yarra Valley is this most attractive Homestead on approx. 40 acres.

The property (fully fenced) is a nice balance of bush and pasture for you to have stock, cows, sheep, Alpacas, or perhaps create your own trail bike track and nature walks on your own property. The pasture is divided into 4 paddocks and there are 3 dams.

The home with wrap around veranda’s consists of 3 bedrooms, formal L-Shape lounge/dining room, kitchen, bathroom, laundry, double carport under roof and a large under roof area with an open fireplace for entertaining.

Features include: R/C A/C, beautiful leadlight panels that lets natural light into the home and soaring cathedral ceilings. The gardens are lush and well established and there is a small orchard of various fruit trees to enjoy. Apples, pears, oranges, and lemon trees just to mention a few. Shedding on the property consists of one 9 x 6 m and a 6 x 5 hay shed. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 159 Willow Bend Drive, STEELS CREEK Description: 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 4 garage Price: On application Inspect: By appointment Contact: INTEGRITY REAL ESTATE, 9730 2333

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TIMELESS TAPESTRY OF DESIGN THIS impressive character home secures a spectacular lifestyle location and a timeless tapestry of historic design. Boasting high ceilings, rich timber floors, lovely leafy outlooks, and a large 983sqm (approx.) allotment, this property encapsulates Hills living in exceptional style.

The lovely front garden is your first peek into the wonderful way of life on offer here.

From the front deck, a warm invitation is extended to step into a spacious foyer/ sitting room. The neighbouring open plan living area with skylight and stone surround open wood fire flows seamlessly toward the dining area and kitchen with gas stovetop and stainless steel oven for those who love to host for family and friends.

Exceptional comfort is also afforded in the bedrooms provided, including the main bedroom with ensuite, walk-in robe, and a surplus of windows that bring the outside in. Supplemented with a charming main bathroom with pedestal sink and recent hot water system every element has been thoughtfully considered.

Outside, the rear garden is ready for reimagining and provides ample space to make your mark. Paired with a premier position within walking distance of Upwey Station, township, local schools, and the 699 bus route to Upwey and Belgrave this property has it all. Don’t delay, plan your inspection today. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 52 Acacia Avenue, UPWEY Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Price: $750,000 - $815,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Sam Adamson 0421 023 760 and Daniel Steen 0434 979 142, CHANDLER & CO REAL ESTATE, 9754 6888

CONTEMPORARY HOME WITH CANOPY VIEWS ONCE a luxury holiday retreat and now a compelling contemporary residence, this property epitomises luxury living in the Hills.

Residing on a private natural landscape neighbouring National Park and boasting distant valley views, this move-in ready residence is a marvellous acquisition.

The upper level of this lovely home is a shining example of open plan living in style.

The lounge is rich with natural light and kept cosy with a warm wood fire. The kitchen is executed with precision boasting streamline cabinetry, quality appliances, and sleek white stone benchtops. With the adjoining meals area leading out to the deck for taking in the glorious outlooks, the indoor-outdoor design is a winning combination of form and function.

Adding to the appeal are the beautiful bedrooms on offer. Accentuated by an ensuite with luxurious oval soaker tub, sophisticated touches enrich this home with a surplus of style.

This beautiful property is an investment in location and lifestyle. Inspection will impress. ●

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CHARACTER HOME TO PLEASE EVERYONE THIS beautifully presented period style home boasts four bedrooms & plenty of space for everything.

You will love the soaring ceilings in the open plan living space which integrates easily into the fantastic covered deck where you’ll enjoy can relax and enjoy the tranquil views.

The modern bathroom offers the bonus of access from the master and is luxuriously appointed.

The kitchen provides plenty of cupboard space and includes dishwasher and gas cooking.

A fantastic shed has room for two cars

and workshop plus there’s heaps of driveway parking ideal for the tradesman or for a caravan/boat.

The home includes all services, reverse cycle air-conditioning, mains gas ducted heating is fully fenced and offers a sunny veggie patch and fruit trees including apple, nectarine, peach and passionfruit, plus much more.

Located a short walk to bus stops, shops & amenities plus nearby to the iconic Warburton Rail Trail.

This home should be on your “must see” list now. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 1 Gordon Court, WOORI YALLOCK Description: 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2 garage Price: $750,000 - $820,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Tony Fanfulla 0419 870 513, BELL REAL ESTATE - YARRA JUNCTION, 5967 1277

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$1,450,000 - $1,550,000

5 Acres of Family Lifestyle & Equine Haven

This beautifully presented period style home boasts four bedrooms & plenty of space for everything. You will love the soaring ceilings in the open plan living space which integrates easily into the fantastic covered deck where you’ll enjoy can relax & enjoy the tranquil views. The modern bathroom offers the bonus of access from the master & is luxuriously appointed. The kitchen provides plenty of cupboard space & includes dishwasher & gas cooking. A fantastic shed has room for two cars & workshop plus there’s heaps of driveway parking ideal for the tradesman or for a caravan/boat. The home includes all services, reverse cycle air conditioning, mains gas ducted heating is fully fenced & offers a sunny veggie patch & fruit trees including apple, nectarine, peach & passionfruit, plus much more.

This fabulous farmhouse on just over 5 acres, oozing character and offers up to 6 bedrooms, ensuite to the master and a third shower and toilet off the laundry. Open plan kitchen overlooks the family zone with cosy wood fire and a formal lounge and separate dining room give ample room for everyone. Your equine family are well looked after with lush pasture, 4 paddocks, loose boxes, 3 incredible mattress and rubber lined stables, tack room and a hot wash with concrete floor, to add to the equine excellence a ménage and a picturesque dam. The huge shed comes complete with a hoist, a great storage space for all of the toys. This is a brilliant lifestyle property in a gorgeous location that you will enjoy every minute living in.

Contact: Tony Fanfulla 0419 870 513 Inspection: By Appointment

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SPACIOUS FAMILY HOME SET ON TWO LOTS BOASTING an unbeatable location, this sprawling property is a leafy mountain retreat within 2 minutes walk of Belgrave’s railway station, main street shops, cafes and services.

Exceptionally generous in size, this home sits on 2 lots and boasts 6 bedrooms, a sunroom/home office, 3 bathrooms, 4 toilets and a flexible floor plan suitable for family life and working or studying from home.

The 3 outdoor decks have private elevated views of the green surrounds, with the balcony accessed through bi-fold doors off the kitchen, a perfect spot for a morning coffee. Convenient features include a master bedroom with a private balcony, walk-in robe and en-suite, stunning bathrooms with luxury fittings, exquisite light fittings, gas ducted heating, new carpets, polished floorboards, refreshed kitchen and a fresh colour palette throughout.

Also, there is multiple off-street parking, a carport and ample storage. Tastefully renovated, the home has the charm and character of period features, with stylish modern-day fittings. Awaiting its new owners are new concrete stumps, improved driveways and courtyards. Just walk in to start enjoying the much-coveted hills lifestyle.

Only under an hour to Melbourne CBD by train or car, this home offers a convenient base to commute from for work or study, whilst also having unlimited choices for leisure nearby. Families will enjoy the short walk to the local playground, pools and walking tracks.

Puffing Billy, Sherbrooke Forest, Olinda, Sassafras and other famed destinations in the Dandenong Ranges are all a few minutes away. Sure to be snapped up quickly, this premiere property is not to be missed! ●

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$950,000 - $1,050,000

27 Meadowview Lane, Emerald

$1,050,000 - $1,150,000

5 Beautiful Acres - Opportunity Plus!

Immaculate Entertainer on Flat Block!

Close to Emerald, Avonsleigh and Cockatoo shops this 3 bedroom home is set in the perfect location to enjoy the hills lifestyle and Dandenong Ranges.

Set on 5 acres with a permanent creek running through the bottom of the land and second driveway access, the opportunities to renovate or knock-down and rebuild is endless (STCA).The land has various fruit trees, several sheds including a single shed with concrete floor and power and a massive open machinery shed. There is also a cattle crush, small sheds, a beautiful open area and an abundance of bush land, flora and fauna. The tidy home is on a sealed road and has mains power, 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a Coonara wood heater and is ready for you to modernise.

Land in this location will sell fast so don’t miss out - CALL TO ARRANGE A PRIVATE INSPECTION TODAY!

Set on 5,343sqm of flat land, this 4 bedroom home has stunning views. Inside is fully renovated with an open plan kitchen/living/dining and 9-foot ceilings. The kitchen has stainless steel appliances, electric oven with a gas stovetop, an elegant island with gold and grey veins throughout, plenty of storage and seating for entertaining.

The renovated, spa-like bathroom has floor-to-ceiling white detailed tiles with an oversized shower with a modern hexagon tile. There are grey floorboards throughout with plush carpets, robes and neutral colour tones in 3 bedrooms and gorgeous barn door detailing in the hallway to enter the laundry and bathroom. The master bedroom has a dedicated dressing room area, and plush grey carpets. The dining room has large café doors and opens up onto the Merbau deck perfect for entertaining.

Contact: Aaron Day 0407 365 994

Contact: Aaron Day 0407 365 994

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7 Woodlands Avenue, Emerald

$700,000 - $770,000

Beautifully Kept 2 Acres with Views!

Walk to Emerald! Potential Plus!

Just a few minutes out of Gembrook and privately located with no close neighbours, this original 1940s home sits proudly on 2 clear, sunny acres with amazing views. The home consists of 3 bedrooms, a bathroom with a separate toilet, and a spacious living area with a toasty wood heater that opens onto the country kitchen. Outside there are two carports, one off the house and one off the shed, a workshop/storage shed, a 7.2 x 6m shed with concrete floor and power, and an additional outdoor room to relax. Add to this ample tank water and a beautiful clear, flat acre with mature gardens and a dam. An excellent opportunity not to be missed!

This 4 bedroom, brick home is close to Emerald central, on a sealed road with a sealed driveway, in a beautiful bushland setting. This highly sought-after location will sell fast so make sure to get in quick. Enter through the brick double garage into a spacious living area with fireplace and large open plan kitchen-dining with ample space for socialising at the breakfast bar. A cosy living space, with coonara, looks out onto the spacious backyard and established gardens. The large master bedroom with semi-ensuite is situated away from the additional 3 good-sized bedrooms; all with BIR and close to the spacious main bathroom. With a manageable size block, you get all the perks of hills living without any hassles.

Contact: Samantha Scott 0438 680 032

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IS IT TIME TO MAKE THAT ‘TrEE CHANGE?’

SPACIOUS FAMILY HOME SET ON TWO LOTS

BELGRAvE 25 BELLBIrD STrEET THE PERFECT MODERN FAMILY HOME

BELGRAvE 74 STATION STrEET WALKING DISTANCE TO TRAIN AND SHOPS

$845,000-$925,000 4A 3B 4C

Step up to a dream property where your new ‘Hills’ lifestyle meets all your needs.

Featuring a living room & rumpus (with a built-in bar) features stacker doors to decking, two ensuites, a spiral staircase to the main living that is focused around the deluxe kitchen and all the creature comforts such as DGH, combustion wood fire, split system, paved fire pit, fenced back yard, a second driveway entrance from the rear and a remote double garage with loft storage space. All this on a generous, fully landscaped 990sqm allotment.

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BE AT ONE WITH NATUrE ON OVEr 5,000 SQM

$765,000 - $840,000 3A 1B 1C 1E

This charming home has a flexible floor plan for the growing family, with bedrooms upstairs, main bathroom, spacious lounge & dining area, stunning new kitchen and a sunroom/home office with fabulous views. Downstairs is the large rumpus room, generous studio/4th bedroom if needed & 2nd toilet. Additional features include timber floorboards, freshly painted throughout, GDH, air-con, high ceilings and a sunny usable block with established garden beds. ‘Hills’ lifestyle in a highly sought-after location.

COCKATOO 12 BILOCLA AVENUE CHARACTER HOME WITH FOREST vIEWS

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Set perfectly on its fantastic allotment, this character home offers discerning buyers a serene place to call home. Every room in the home has a nice outlook. Offering 3 bedrooms with BIr’s and a stunning bathroom with the latest matt black tapware. The lounge with a wood fire overlooks the front yard with classic cottage gardens. The central kitchen, dining and open study adjoining the rear deck looks out to the forest. Upgrades include a new hot water system, ducted heating & two new split systems - four in total.

Jan Brewster 0409 558 805

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6A 3B 1C 1E

Boasting an unbeatable location, this sprawling property is a leafy mountain retreat within a 2 minutes walk into Town. Tastefully renovated, the home has charm and character of period features with modern-day luxury fittings. Awaiting its new owners are stylishly renovated bathrooms, refreshed kitchen, new carpets, p/floorboards, freshly painted throughout, GDH, carport, multiple off-street parking, ample storage, 3 decks, generously sized rooms and a flexible floor plan suitable for family life and working from home.

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BELGRAvE 21 EDWArD STrEET EASY WALK TO BELGRAvE CENTRAL

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CONTEMPORARY HOME WITH TREE CANOPY VIEWS

3A 2B 2C

This property epitomises luxury living in the Hills, residing on a private natural landscape neighbouring National Park and boasting distant valley views, this move-in ready residence is a marvellous acquisition. The upper level of this lovely home is a shining example of open plan living in style. The lounge is rich with natural light and kept cosy with a warm wood fire. The kitchen is executed with precision and the adjoining meals area leading out to the deck for taking in the glorious outlooks.

FOR SALE

26 Hume Street, UPWEY

$820,000 - $890,000 3A 2B 3C

CHARMING HOME WITH LIFESTYLE TO MATCH

This charming weatherboard residence, backing onto Glenfern Valley Bushland Reserve, brings a whole new meaning to the concept of versatility. Offering dual living spaces on separate levels, this well-presented character home will accommodate the needs of your family throughout the years ahead.

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Suzie Brannelly

Daniel Steen

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$1,150,000 - $1,250,000

41 Griffiths Road, UPWEY

PHENOMENAL FAMILY HOME IN PREMIUM LOCATION

5A 3B 2C

FOR SALE

3 Catherine Way, TECOMA

$750,000 - $820,000

SENSATIONAL OPPORTUNITY WITH INFINITE POTENTIAL

4A 3B 1C

This versatile home in one of Upwey’s most sought-after pockets is a sensational acquisition for growing families. Affording effortless access to Upwey’s township, train station and local schools while offering exquisite outlooks and a 1,672sqm (approx.) landscape to enjoy, this is an exclusive lifestyle property boasting endless comfort and convenience.

An exceptional opportunity awaits at this hills home perfectly positioned for convenience and investment prospects. Steps from all amenities in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges, this 4-bedroom property is ideal for renovators looking for a place to call home or investors seeking rare NRZ2 zoning potential (Subject To Council Approval).

Sam Adamson

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President Joy Harte.

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All welcome in Lilydale Lilydale Toastmaster club is excited things are finally getting back to normal with regular face to face meetings returning at Mount Lilydale Mercy College every first, fourth and fifth Monday of each month.

Like so many clubs, the group has lost members during Covid lockdowns and had to resort to online platforms, so it’s great for members to be back together again.

Pride is a very self-indulgent emotion, but it is what every long-term member of the Club feels and commits to year after year.

With limited members this year there is a full executive prepared to support the Club, the Division, and the District.

Some of the highlights for the upcoming year will be to compete in speech contests

overseas with he best public speakers in the world.

Four delightful visitors who joined our meeting on Monday May 9 with President Joy Harte were given key opportunities for personal growth that will positively change their lives for ever.

On this first visit new members Mathew and Cath agreed to be part of our meeting Agenda.

Both were asked an impromptu question that was responded to with such skill that the Lilydale membership voted Cath the Best Table Topics respondent.

Her smile when presented with the accompanying certificate lit the entire room.

Everyone is welcome to join the Lilydale Toastmaster Club.

COMMUNITY DIARY WHAT’S ON AROUND THE VALLEY

Valley View Club meets The Yarra Valley View club will be hosting its next meeting on Tuesday 28 June at the Chirnside Park Country Club.

Meeting at 12 noon, bookings are essential but visitors are welcome to join. For any inquiries contact Val on 0429 007 728.

Boer War Day 120 years ago on 31 May 1902, a Peace Treaty was signed at Vereeniging between the Boers and the British marking the end of the Boer War. To celebrate this occasion the Boer association of Victoria is holding a march and service at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance at 11.45am on Sunday 29 May. The Association is looking for descendants and friends of Boer War Veterans to join in the Memorial Service.

Inquiries to Peter Kemp 0427 859 549.

Bonsai Show The Yarra Valley Bonsai Society is bringing its annual Bonsai Show to Chirnside Park mailcommunity.com.au

Yarra Glen Market will be hosting its final market in June before winter sets in.

Picture: ON FILE on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 May. Hosted at the Chirnside Park Community Hub at 33 Kimberley Drive, Chirnside Park from 10am to 4pm, see the intricate trees on display or begin the Bonsai journey with starter trees, pots, and tools available for sale.

Autumn foliage will be on show, as the Bonsai’s begin to change with the seasons.

Entry is free, but a gold coin donation is desired.

Yarra Glen Market The Yarra Glen Racecourse monthly market will be hosting its final market of the year on Sunday 5 June, just before winter truly sets in.

Hundreds of stallholders will gather at the Racecourse to bring local produce, handmade items, food and much more.

Open from 9am to 2pm, entry is free but parking is $5.

The market can be found at Yarra Glen Racecourse, Armstrong Grove, Yarra Glen

CHIRNSIDE PARK Meadowgate Milk Bar 3 Meadowgate Drive CHIRNSIDE PARK Coles Supermarket 239-241 Maroondah Highway CHIRNSIDE PARK Woolworths Supermarket 239-241 Maroondah Highway CHIRNSIDE PARK 7 - Eleven 242 Maroondah Highway CROYDON NORTH Croydon Hills Milk Bar 158 Nangathan Way CROYDON NORTH Eastfield Milk Bar 11 The Mall KILSYTH Woolworths Supermarket Churinga SC, Russo Place KILSYTH Kilsyth News & Lotto 520 - 528 Mt Dandenong Road KILSYTH Kilsyth Laundrette87 Colchester Road KILSYTH Woolworths Supermarket Canterbury Road Kilsyth KILSYTH TSG Tobacco Churinga Shopping Centre Mt Dandenong Road LILYDALE Lilydale Marketplace SC 33-45 Hutchinson Street LILYDALE Lilydale Village SC 51-59 Anderson Street LILYDALE Coles Supermarket Lilydale Village Castella Street & Maroondah Highway LILYDALE Lilydale Community Centre 7 Hardy Street LILYDALE Eastern Laundries. 2/4 Williams Street East LILYDALE Lilydale Lakeside Conference and Events Centre 1 Jarlo Drive LILYDALE United Petrol Service Station 473 Maroondah Highway LILYDALE Caltex Lilydale 346 Main Street LILYDALE Caltex Woolworths 31 Hutchinson Street LILYDALE BP Service Station 87 Warburton Highway LILYDALE Shell Service Station 469 Maroondah Highway LILYDALE 7 - Eleven Lilydale Cnr Maroondah Highway & Cave Hill Road LILYDALE Coles Express 469 Maroondah Highway LILYDALE Hutch & Co Cafe 251 Main Street LILYDALE Round Bird Can’t Fly 170 Main Street LILYDALE The Lilydale General 110 Beresford Road LILYDALE Yarra Valley Smokery 96 Main Street LILYDALE Bee Seen Cafe 178 Main Street LILYDALE Blue Turtle Cafe 222 Main Street LILYDALE Gracious Grace Castella Street LILYDALE Melba Coffee House 33-45 Hutchinson Street LILYDALE Lilydale Munchies 7/75 Cave Hill Road LILYDALE The Mustard Tree Cafe 3/28 John Street LILYDALE Freda’s Cafe 2 Clarke Street LILYDALE Ray White Real Estate 164 Main Street LILYDALE Stockdale & Leggo Real Estate 281 Main Street LILYDALE Professionals Real Estate 111-113 Main Street LILYDALE Grubs Up 1 Industrial Park Drive LILYDALE Olinda Creek Hotel Maroondah Hwy LILYDALE Crown Hotel Maroondah Hwy LILYDALE Yarra Ranges Council 61 - 65 Anderson Street MONTROSE Montrose Authorised Newsagency 912 Mt Dandenong Road MONTROSE Bell Real Estate 896 Mt Dandenong Tourist Road MONTROSE IGA Supermarket 916 Mt Dandenong Road MOUNT EVELYN Fast Fuel 1 Hereford Road MOUNT EVELYN IGA Supermarket 38- 40 York Road MOUNT EVELYN Post Office 12 Station Street MOUNT EVELYN Authorised Newsagency 1A Wray Crescent MOUNT EVELYN Red Robin Milk Bar 35 Hereford Road MOUNT EVELYN Library 50 Wray Cresent MOUNT EVELYN Milkbar 28 Birmingham Road MOUNT EVELYN York on Lilydale 138 York Road MOOROOLBARK Coles Supermarket 15 Brice Avenue MOOROOLBARK Corner Milk Bar 38 Bellara Dive MOOROOLBARK Fang & Yaoxin Mini Mart 108 Hayrick Lane MOOROOLBARK BP Mooroolbark 103 Cardigan Road MOOROOLBARK Coles Express 2 Cambridge Road MOOROOLBARK Mooroolbark Coin Laundrette28 Manchester Road MOOROOLBARK Professionals Real Estate Brice Avenue MOOROOLBARK L J Hooker Brice Avenue MOOROOLBARK Fletchers Real Estate 1/14 Manchester Road MOOROOLBARK 7-Eleven Manchester Road

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Toolkit for politics A new, innovative toolkit developed by Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC) and Parliament of Victoria is paving the way to make the political system in Australia easier to understand. This Toolkit is very timely having just been through a federal election and a state election just around the corner.

The Toolkit is the final outcome of the Engaging Communities in Democracy (ECD) Project that began in late 2019. The ECD project involved working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) and faith communities to improve understanding and engagement with the Victorian Parliament and its processes.

The project aimed to support these communities to engage with the parliamentary system of government and law-making, and to give community members the confidence to raise issues with their local Members of Parliament.

“The creation of this toolkit has been a wonderful collaboration that has tapped into the skills and talents of Victoria’s diverse communities,” Legislative Council president Nazih Elasmar said.

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matters Anita Koochew Eastern Community Legal Centre “We are confident that this work will contribute to better understanding of Parliament across many communities and will encourage greater participation in our democracy.”

“We are so pleased to have partnered with Parliament on the ECD project and believe the toolkit will help the communities feel more included and better equipped to understand the parliamentary system - across Victoria and nationally,” ECLC CEO Michael Smith said.

“ECLC are grateful to have had the opportunity to connect with and learn from diverse leaders across CaLD and faith communities in

this important step forward in fostering good community relationships and inclusion, while supporting these communities to advocate for issues they identify locally,” he added.

The easy-to-use toolkit provides informational videos that have been translated into 10 different languages including Chinese (traditional and simplified), Burmese, Arabic, Falam Chin, Farsi, Hakha Chin, Karan, Vietnamese and Zomi. The Toolkit contains: Animated videos on the role of an MP and how to contact an MP Short interviews with community members and Parliamentary staff on their experiences Tools on how to engage and interact with Local Parliamentary Representatives Co-designed with the ECD Project Advisory Committee, the toolkit is based on the experiences of people in the Eastern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne (EMR) together with feedback provided by local MPs and Electorate Officers.

If you would like more information or to access the free Toolkit visit https://www.engagingcommunities.eclc.org.au/

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The Innocents Rakel Lenora Fløttum, Sam Ashraf and Alva Brynsmo Ramstad Rated MA15+ 5/5 The Innocents is an enthralling Norwegian supernatural thriller.

During the summer holidays, a group of children manifest dangerous paranormal powers.

The Innocents is a deeply humanistic thriller, drawing wonder and fun from the main characters’ self-discovery and squirmingly disturbing horror from broken homes, childhood angst and undeveloped empathy.

The pacing is slow and measured, immersing us in the children’s lives, and the tone shifts smoothly from exploration and play to terror and brutality.

Ida (Rakel Lenora Fløttum) and Ben (Sam Ashraf), who can move objects with his mind, are initially presented as destructive yet harmless rascals, but Ben’s sadism generates strong suspense as his anger, confusion and psychic abilities build.

The final act depicts an intense duel of minds more gripping than most superhero movies. The Innocents also has a gratifying arc of Ida bonding with and supporting her nonverbal autistic (and telepathic) sister Anna (Alva Brynsmo Ramstad).

The Innocents features remarkable performances from its young stars, who stand out amid the simple camerawork and minimal effects and music.

Fløttum is a compelling anchor as a shrewd, powerless girl navigating her friends’ powers.

Ramstad plays Anna with pathos and subtle expressiveness without using disability stereotypes.

Ashraf is downright scary as Ben, and Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim radiates authority as Aisha, who is psychically linked to Anna.

Content warning: this is the second film in as many weeks with an upsetting scene involving a cat.

With shades of a Nordic (and slightly more optimistic) Carrie, The Innocents is an outstanding and disquieting character-driven thriller, and is playing in select Victorian cinemas.

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High standard performance Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre’s May production was Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea. The play is about one day in the lives of Hester Collyer, her husband Judge Willian Collyer, her lover Freddie Page and people from her block of flats.

A well-produced and directed play with a high standard of acting from all the players.

Hester Collyer was given a superb performance by Angela Glennie who caught the finer nuances of the character. Her scenes were excellent, and the audience really felt for her in her dilemmas.

Her husband, High Court Judge William Collyer was given a stunning performance by Phil Lambert. His personality came across as a gentleman es too be expected of the character.

His delivery was good and his scenes with Hester were a delight.

Hester’s lover Freddie Page, was played by Ben Freeland. Hester was known to the other tenants as Mrs Page. Freeland gave an amazing performance as Freddie, an out of work pilot who did not know what the future would hold.

A remarkable interpretation of a man not sure of himself. Freeman caught the character as envisaged.

Mrs Elton, the landlady, was played by Lisa

Kemp’s curtain call Upton. A good performance of the character catching all the fine points of such a role. The neighbours Philip and Ann Welch were given great portrayals as the neighbours who discovered that things weren’t always what they seemed.

Mr Miller, the struck off doctor, was well played by Tim Murphy. He came to Lady Collyer’s aid when most needed and gave a great feel to the role. Ian Frost was Jackie Jackson, a friend of Freddie’s who gave some advice to Freddie but did not wish to become too involved. Frost kept up the standard of the evening adding to the enjoyment of the audience to the production.

A wonderful evening of theatre from Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre and one that makes me realise that you don’t have to go far to see a good theatrical production.

Beautiful parental love book PASSION FOR PROSE WITH CHRISTINE SUN A review of The Love That Grew

by Sarah Ayoub and mimi Purnell The Love That Grew (2022), by Sydneybased author Sarah Ayoub and debut illustrator Mimi Purnell, is the perfect book for growing families everywhere.

Sweet and tender, it conveys and celebrates the love of all parents for their children.

“Let me tell you of a power that can never be tamed, of how I promise to love you all the same. Something so special you must never forget, no matter how big our family may get...” So begins the parent-narrator , whose love grew with each addition to their family.

Love is like magic: ”Just like a spell that has no end, that cannot break and will not bend... The greatest thing there is around, the kind of force that knows no bounds.” Just when we think we cannot reach another peak – when we fear the breaking point is near – once again we are reminded of the heart-expanding love: “Longer than a book of a billion pages, a love that can outlast all ages...

Protective like the toughest shield, with the kind of strength that will never yield.”

Reading these endearing words from the parent-narrator, some may remember that famous poem from Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861): “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” Others may recall Sam McBrathey’s Guess How Much I Love You (1994), where a father lovingly whispers to his sleeping son: “I love you all the way to the moon and back.”

As for this reviewer, Robert Munsch’s Love You Forever (1986) surfaced from memory. It tells the story of a little boy going through the stages of childhood and becoming a father himself, when he realises the enduring nature of parental love and how it reaches across generations. A truly heartwarming story, especially when you need a good cry.

And, on this fine autumn day, when this reviewer was reflecting on The Love That Grew while watching a father playing with his daughter on the carpeted floor of a medical clinic, Sandol Stoddard Warburg’s book I Like You (1965) came to mind: “You know how to be silly – that’s why I like you. Boy are you ever silly. I never met anybody sillier than me, til I met you. I like you because you know when it’s time to stop being silly. Maybe day after tomorrow. Maybe never. Too late, it’s a quarter past silly.”

Perhaps this is why The Love That Grew is such a good book – Ayoub’s simple, fun language and not-alwaysperfect rhythms and rhymes have captured the universal sentiment that is our appreciation of parental love, which is indeed “a magic you cannot buy”.

“A love the world cannot undo, made by me and made for you.” As Purnell’s soft-toned yet subtle illustrations demonstrate, parental love remains the pillar of every culture and society, however the definition of “family” may transform and transcend through time.

The Love That Grew is best read by a parent and suitable for children from zero to two years old. Highly recommended. mailcommunity.com.au

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Lillydale’s boy bushranger Looking

back Sue Thompson

Lilydale and District Historical Society president Community and family historians lead interesting lives as they can readily escape the drama of the world around them and through their research travel back into the past.

Recently I was doing some research, and as often happens, one thing leads to another and then takes a turn to something totally unrelated – Lilydale in 1867.

In 1859 the township of Lilydale was laid out and the following year, the first land sales were held. The town’s location was strategically important as it was the “main road” from Melbourne to the Upper Yarra goldfields and further east to Gippsland.

Wagons laden with goods travelled the rough, straight road now known as Whitehorse Road and Maroondah Highway going east.

This traffic soon attracted bushrangers.

One was an 18-year-old lad named William Parsons - dubbed a boy bushranger - who had moved from Sydney to Melbourne in 1867 and held up three wagon drivers in the Lillydale district and stole their money. He was finally captured when one of the drivers decided to take him on and Parsons was shot in the chin with his own gun and captured. He was charged with assault and robbery and appeared in the Melbourne Criminal Court before Justice Edmond Barry. Barry presided over the Eureka Stockade treason trials and was the judge who in 1880 sentenced Ned Kelly to death.

Main St, Lilydale 1865, by Carl Walter. Pictured is Dr Elm’s House, Lilydale Hotel and Commercial Hotel on left. In distant left is R.T. King’s brick shop. Supple’s Forge on right (corner Castella Street) and the building with the pitched roof behind it is the first Lilydale Post Office.

Picture: LDHS Before announcing his sentence Barry admonished the lad: “It is almost incredible that you, with arms in your hands, should have stuck up three men.

You could scarcely know how to use them; indeed you did wound yourself, and nearly blew your own brains out. It is almost incredible crimes like this should occur in our neighbourhood, and it would be laughable were it not lamentable.”

Judge Barry referred to legislation allowing the flogging of criminals under 16 years old before saying: “This is an instance in which I think it would

be judicious to correct you in this manner; and though I have great reluctance to flog men, you have not yet got from under the correction of the rod, and it appears to me that it would have done you good if it had been administered earlier. It would have saved you from the disgraceful position you now stand in. I shall also recommend that you be sent to some reformatory.”

Barry’s sentence was Parsons be imprisoned for … “five years, and that you be privately whipped with a cat-o’-nine-tails twice, on the first Monday in the month of April and the first Monday in the month of September; that

you receive on the back twenty-five strokes at each whipping.”

Parson’s reaction: “The prisoner appeared quite crest-fallen at the prospect of the floggings ordered for him.”

Thankfully, sentences such as these have long disappeared, but as always history leaves more questions than answers: What happened to William Parsons? Did the punishment cure his criminal ways?

Contact details: Sue Thompson: 0475 219 884.

Email: info@lilydalehistorical.com.au or go to lilydalehistorical.com.au

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Gofundme for Barak’s art The descendents of Wurundjeri artist and Ngurungaeta William Barak are calling on the community to help raise funds to purchase two of his artworks going to auction at Sotheby’s in New York this week.

A GoFundMe set up by the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation has been aiming to raise $250,000 to bid on the culturally significant artworks on Wednesday 25 May. As a figure tightly linked to Healesville and

the Coranderrk campaign for freedom of place and uniting Aboriginal people, Barak was also the first Indigenous artist to be renowned for his artworks.

It is a rarity that artworks from the First Nations leader are up for auction.

The last attempt by the Wurundjeri Corporation to purchase one of his drawings named ‘Ceremony’ in 2016 at an auction in Sydney was unsuccessful, being outbid by an art collector.

“We seek your support in raising funds to purchase these two pieces of artwork so that they can be returned to Country and be kept safe for the Wurundjeri people and their descendants,” the GoFundMe reads.

The first of the artworks up for sale is a drawing called ‘Figures in possum skin cloaks’ which was created by Barak in 1897.

“It is different from previous work and depicts a group of male and female figures in possum skins cloaks who are shown gathered

for a cultural purpose,” the GoFundMe says.

“The second artwork is a Barak parrying shield. The shield is unique, as there are three boldly incised motifs at the centre. These motifs are design elements not found on other parrying shields attributed to Barak.”

As of Monday 23 May, over $46,000 had been raised for the auction but it is estimated that combined the artworks will fetch up to $1 million.

Shortest Lunch returns, celebrating small local wineries

By Renee Wood After a two year hiatus, wine lovers will now get the chance to celebrate the winter solstice and roam, sip and taste what some of the Yarra Valley’s smallest wineries have to offer.

The Shortest Lunch 2022 is now back with 12 family owned, boutique wineries opening their arms and cellar doors for a winter flavoured feast.

The two day event on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 June is run by the Yarra Valley Smaller Wineries group and President Daniel Tokar said everyone is thrilled to see its return, cementing it into the region’s calendar.

“It’s all about warm, bite sized entree style food and the idea is it’s a roaming festival where you go from one participating cellar door to another and you try some wine… and go on to the next,” Mr Tokar said.

Live music, good food and wine tastings are the top ticket items. Mr Tokar said in previous years the lunch has encouraged a lot of people to come and experience the Valley.

“The Smaller Wineries’ main focus is to bring people to the valley to advocate visitation to cellar doors, even if they’re not members, the idea is if they come into the valley it benefits everyone in the region, wineries, cafes - the lot.”

This year marks the 21st year for the event and it’s certainly a celebration after the last two years have been decimated by the pandemic.

“It helps to support the smaller wineries who might not see as much traffic as the main stream wineries,” he said.

“Most scraped through by the skin of their teeth… It was tough for a lot of the wineries, especially the smaller family owned ones to get through the winter months - even most of the last few years was nearly written off.”

Steels Gate winery will be participating in the day for the first time after recently becoming a member.

Winemaker Matthew Davis said it’s great that more Dixon’s Creek vineyards will be part of the day, including Sutherland Estate.

The Shortest Lunch 2022 is returning after a two year hiatus.

“We all offer quite different experiences and different things so it’s nice to have a little hub down this way where people can easily roam from one to the other, like they do when they head out to Seville and Maroondah highway,” Mr Davis said.

Like all participants, Steels Gate will have part of its menu to sample for the attendees, acting as a taste tester for what people can enjoy when they return.

“If you come out on a wine tour, you’ll do a meal at one place and then you do tastings at others - you don’t necessarily get to sample everything,” he said.

Also forming off the back of the small winery ethos, you’ll get to meet the winemakers themselves, something that enriches your winery visit.

“From people that really know their wine, they’ll ask questions about what your malolactic fermentation was, whereas with the general punter often you’re teaching them for the first time.”

The event has previously supported CFA crews with donations made to by equipment

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The event allows ticket holders to roam between 12 participating cellar doors for wine tastings and more. from the ticket sales.

This year the group has chosen to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation to hopefully connect with a local family and make a child’s dreams come true.

“The idea is always to give back to the community and one of the big ethos for the smaller wineries is we preach locality so we thought let’s make something worthwhile

and meaningful,” Mr Tokar said.

Participating wineries include Billanook Estate, Boat O’Craigo, Brumfield Winery, Fin Wines, Kellybrook Winery, Payne’s Rise, Seville Hill, Steels Gate, Sutherland Estate, Tokar Estate, Whispering Hills and Yering Farm Wines.

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Eric Bana in the Yarra Valley for The Dry’s follow up film

By Renee Wood The team behind the award-winning feature film The Dry are visiting the Yarra Valley for the return of Eric Bana as detective Aaron Falk in the adaption of Jane Harper’s novel Force of Nature.

Shooting has begun in Victoria for the feature film with scenes primarily to be shot in the Yarra Valley and Dandenongs Ranges.

Robert Connolly is returning as writer and director and Mr Bana will be joined by cast members Anna Torv (Mindhunter) as Alice Russell, Deborra-lee Furness (Jindabyne) as Jill Bailey, Robin McLeavy (Homeland) as Lauren, Sisi Stringer (Mortal Kombat) as Beth, Lucy Ansell (Utopia) as Bree and Jacqueline McKenzie (Romper Stomper) as Federal Agent Carmen Cooper.

Jeremy Lindsay-Taylor is back in the role of Erik Falk, alongside Richard Roxburgh as Daniel Bailey, Tony Briggs as Ian Chase and Kenneth Radley as Sergeant King.

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Federal Agents Aaron Falk (Bana) and Car-

men Cooper (McKenzie) head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate in the hopes of finding their whistle-blowing informant, Alice Russell (Torv), alive.

Mr Bana said he’s thrilled and proud to follow up their efforts on The Dry with Force of Nature.

“Jane has once again provided a thrilling story that gives us another chance to showcase a unique and incredible Australian landscape,” Mr Bana said.

“Whilst it was always our dream to bring this story to the big screen, its fate always rested with the Australian cinemagoing public.

Their overwhelming support of The Dry turns this into a reality.”

Made Up Stories’ Bruna Papandrea, Jodi Matterson and Steve Hutensky are producing alongside Bana for Pick Up Truck Pictures and Connolly for Arenamedia. Ricci Swart, Andrew Myer, Robert Patterson, Joel Pearlman and Edwina Waddy are executive producing.

The film has received major production investment from Screen Australia in association with VicScreen and will be entirely shot

in Victoria, with the Otaways also chosen as a location.

Screen Australia’s Head of Content Grainne Brunsdon said The Dry was an extraordinary success, reaching number one at the Australian box office and quickly becoming an Australian classic.

“We’re delighted to support this immensely talented team’s return for Force of Nature and deliver an enthralling Australian thriller. Starring some of Australia’s finest actors and set against the striking landscapes of Victoria, this film is set to be another cinematic event.”

Victorian Minister for Creative Industries Danny Pearson said the Government’s $191.5 million VICSCREEN strategy was bringing more productions to regional destinations and creating thousands of jobs.

“From Jane Harper winning the Premier’s Literary Award for The Dry to now having a second Victorian-made feature film in the works – this is a stunning Victorian creative success story that will inject $10 million into the state’s economy and showcase Victoria’s regions to the world,” Mr Pearson said. mailcommunity.com.au

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Women in umpiring day

By Callum Ludwig Outer East Football Netball in conjunction with the Yarra Ranges Umpires Association hosted a Women in Umpiring Day at the Emerald vs Belgrave games on Saturday 21 May. The day highlighted some of the AFL Outer East’s outstanding female umpires and encourage more women to give umpiring a go, particularly with the game shifting at a professional and community level to create a more hospitable and respectful environment for umpires.

AFL Outer East Head of Umpiring John Howorth said recruitment of new umpires, including female umpires, has been a big positive this season.

“This year we have recruited 54 umpires, which is accumulates to a third of our list’ he said.

“Of that, nine of our new recruits are female, taking our total to 16.”

The Senior match at Emerald’s home ground of Chandler Reserve were umpired by an all-female panel, pink umpire uniforms worn to honour the occasion.

Shannyn Gereg, Veronica Brown and Ella Priestley will offciated the Reserves game, while in the Seniors Sophie Mastaing and Sam Price werethe field umpires, Taylah and Georgia Priestley were joined by Chloe Siddall on the boundary and Amelia Gemmill and Sarah Fishley were behind the goals.

The AFL Umpiring department was in attendance to support and acknowledge the significance of the occasion to the region and umpiring as a whole. AFL Head of Umpiring, Dan Richardson was joined by Head of Community Umpiring Brenton Sanderson to toss the coin and be apart of the formal proceedings of the day including a post match function in the clubrooms in which Dr Mandy Ruddock-Hudson and well known sports presenter Brad McEwan from ELEVATE Per-

AFL Head of Umpiring Dan Richardson and YRUA President Peter Dixon having a chat with the girls pre-game. formance and Wellbeing, sharef their experiences of female participation in community sport and how important the ‘Women in umpiring day’ is to the community and female

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A kick after the siren decided the game between local rivals Lilydale and Montrose.

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By Callum Ludwig Lilydale FC took on local rivals Montrose at home over the weekend, with the seniors picking up a crucial win over the side coached by former Hawthorn premiership star Gary Ayres.

The U19.5s started out the day in foggy conditions but went down in a fiery encounter 2.7, 19 to 6.15, 51.

Captain Mitchell ‘Gym Rat’ Van De Maat got up from a bout with the super-flu to let Montrose recruit and former Lilydale player Dylan Coppin know it’s “not his fault he goes gym”, before succumbing to fatigue in the third quarter. Daniel ‘Spin Moves’ Ryan was at his pirouetting finest to be Lilydale’s best performer on the day, closely followed by Luke Phillips, rather than following Luke Phillips like he does the other six days of the week.

Luke ‘Snitch’ Phillips isn’t afraid to take the man in the contest but did so in an unconventional manner to remove a Montrose player from the ground at the start of the 3rd quarter, pointing out said player’s nose piercing, a yellow card offence.

Ryan ‘Ninja’ Haley was lively as always, Bailer ‘Tall Skinny Guy’ Grant put in a strong running performance on the wing, Luke ‘Turkey’ Bates put in a valiant shift down back and Jaymin ‘Bull’ Townsley was strong in the contest to round out the best.

Ashton “Dobby’ Dobbin and Lachlan ‘Tickets’ Baxter were the goalkickers for the Dales.

The U19.5s have fallen to 5th on the ladder.

The Reserves came out with the sun shining but were also defeated by Montrose 10.4, 64 to 14.8, 92, Montrose holding the lead at every change.

Trent ‘Chunk’ Davison snagged four goals on the day despite previously holding reservations about playing the forward line, finishing third among the best to Ethan ‘Pony’ Filliponi’s disciplined defensive display and Lachlan ‘Old English’ Cox’s strong midfield showing.

Harry Gayfer, Matthew ‘Dip’ Di Pietrantonio, and Kai ‘Crown’ Van Leemput were the rest of the best with a notable mention for Ryan ‘RMac’ MacFarlane for his two goals.

Other goalkickers were ‘Dip’, Jacob Mil-

som, Jarrod ‘Blue Clouds’ Thompson and Jordan ‘Tubes’ Trollope who must’ve been aiming for the points given his usual kicking accuracy.

The Reserves sit 9th on the ladder. Arguably match of the day across the whole EFL, the Seniors game went down to the wire, with Lilydale prevailing 7.7, 49 over Montrose 6.11, 47 despite the big outs of Macauley ‘Bags’ Beckwith and the tone-setting Mathew Phillips.

25 minutes into the last quarter, Montrose kicked a goal at the clubroom end to go 4 points in front and leave Dales supporters with a familiar sinking feeling, having seen the team fall the wrong side of a couple of nailbiters already this season.

With time not on their side, a kick into the Lilydale forward line was marked strongly by Jordan ‘Jaws’ Jaworski deep in the pocket and sending the Lilydale supporters along the boundary fence into uproar.

The ground descended into silence as Jaws went back and began his run-up, only for the final siren to sound as he ran in towards the goal. Undeterred, Jaws’ shot arced towards the

goal and went straight through the big sticks.

Pandemonium ensued, with coaches, officials, reserves and U19.5’s joining the senior players in piling onto the match-winner who sunk the allegedly ‘best finishing side in the competition.’

Douglas ‘Marleys’ Wootton was sensational in shutting down Montrose forward Mitch Davis,, Isaac ‘Bazinga’ Biasuzzo had his best game for his new club, Beau ‘omg’ Mitchener kicked four goals, Riley ‘Santa’ Clausen put in a true captain’s display, Jayden ‘Tacos’ Depace was in top-nick and Marc Massarotti was a superstar and very tolerant of the inevitable questions sent his way about the kicker of the matchwinning goal.

Rowan ‘Ro-Ro’ Tucker and Josh White were the other goalkickers on the day, and the Seniors climb into 8th on the ladder.

The Falcons take on Wantirna South away from home next week, before returning to the clubrooms for the 1990’s/2000’s-themed iPod Shuffle function. Get down, support the club and enjoy a flashback to the prime era of Sean ‘Ranga’ Hadju!

Cobras sign University of Maryland star Chloe Bibby The NBL1 Kilsyth Cobra Women have made a huge in-season addition to their roster, signing collegiate star Chloe Bibby for the remainder of the 2022 season.

A Victorian native, Bibby enjoyed a stellar collegiate career in the US, both with the University of Maryland (2020-22) and Mississippi State (2017-2020).

In her two seasons with Maryland, Bibby led the Terps to back-to-back NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances, averaging 12.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals across 61 games.

Her standout play earned her All-Big Ten Second Team honours in 2022 and an All-Big Ten Honorable Mention in 2021, establishing herself as one of the top players in one of college basketball’s toughest conferences.

Bibby’s college dominance then led to a WNBA preseason opportunity, with the 6’2 forward signing a training camp contract with the Minnesota Lynx in April.

Prior to her time at Maryland, Bibby played three seasons with powerhouse Mississippi State, averaging 9.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game over the last two seasons with the Bulldogs.

Bibby earned preseason All-SEC honors prior to the 2019-20 season, and averaged 11.9 points on 48 per cent shooting from the field, 45 per cent from three and 85 per cent from the foul line in 2018-19 as she emerged as one of the NCAA’s most efficient scorers. mailcommunity.com.au

The Kilsyth Cobra’s have just announced the in-season signing of former University of Maryland star Chole Bibby.

Picture: SUPPLIED In her freshman campaign, Bibby played a key role off the bench for the 37-2 Bulldogs as they advanced to the NCAA Championship Game. Bibby’s success has not been limited to the college game, though. She was selected to the Australian U19 National Team in 2017, ranking second on the Gems in scoring and third in rebounding at the FIBA World Cup in Italy. As a 19 year-old in the SEABL, Bibby led the Bendigo Braves in scoring in 2017 (17.9ppg), and also enjoyed a successful stint in the WNBL as a teenager with the Dandenong Rangers.

Now back home for the first time in five years, Bibby is set to play a big role with the

Cobras, with her ability to score at will off the bounce, shoot the three at an elite level, and winning pedigree making her an ideal match for head coach, Hannah Lowe’s system — and a perfect frontcourt pairing with Lauren Scherf.

“It’s exciting to see Chloe return to Australian basketball and we are very pleased it’s with Kilsyth,” Lowe said.

“At the NCAA level, Chloe has had a decorated career at both Mississippi State and more recently Maryland. She adds versatility, strength and experience, and we can’t wait to see her on court as a Cobra.”

In her two seasons with Maryland, Bibby led the Terps to back-to-back NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances.

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