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Waves won’t be moved By Justin Flynn Surfside Waves Soccer Club will not endorse the City of Greater Geelong’s Ocean Grove Sporting Infrastructure Plan (OGSIP) until council provides written proof that the club will be better off. The plan recommends the club move from its current base at Shell Road sports precinct to a new facility at Oakdene. However, the club is concerned that a number of requirements it has put forward to council have not been addressed. The plan proposes the current soccer pitches be turned into another football ground for use by Ocean Grove Football Netball Club and for the netball precinct to increase from four courts to five.

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- Robyn Stevens Surfside Waves initially “verbally” agreed to the proposals, but only if the move saw a “significant improvement” on its current facilities at Shell Road. “These improvements would need to include two to three pitches with room to grow, extensive storage facilities, industrial kitchen, players and referees rooms, larger car parking and access to overflow pitches in the form of the current Oakdene Oval,” the club said in a statement. “As such, we have put together a list of our requirements that have been largely promised to us by council. “In recent weeks we have been working hard to get council to agree to these requirements in writing. The reason that this aspect is so important is because there is no master plan drafted yet for the club and its members to refer to. “So far SWSC has received an unsigned document detailing the scope of works and including a caveat that we do not need to

Surfside Waves president Mike Sutton at his club’s current home base at Shell Road Reserve.

move to the new facilities until this facility is complete and we, as the club, have ‘signed off’ on it. “SWSC has requested additions to this document and, as it stands right now, we have not received any. “These plans are reliant on SWSC agreeing to the move to the new facility. The fact

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that there is no master plan and no signed agreement with SWSC, means that we cannot endorse the current OGSIP.” Public consultation for the OGSIP, which also includes Arthur Powell Reserve, Collendina Reserve, Wallington Reserve and Memorial Reserve, ended on July 10. City of Greater Geelong community life

director Robyn Stevens said council will now consider the community feedback. “Community feedback is a central and important part of the development of the Ocean Grove Sporting Infrastructure Plan,” she said. ■

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Rabbit hops to awards The Bellarine Peninsula’s Jack Rabbit Vineyard has won the Best Restaurant in a Winery category at the 2022 VIC and TAS Australia Restaurant and Catering Hostplus Awards for Excellence. General manager Lyndsay Sharp said that having navigated the tumultuous hospitality landscape over the last couple of years, winning the award meant more than any other year to all at Jack Rabbit. “Everyone is very excited – it means so much to the entire team on so many levels – the calibre of the other businesses in the running was high so it’s both humbling and gratifying to have received the award,” Ms Sharp said.

“There is so much pride and passion that goes into all things Jack Rabbit. “Recognition such as this is very much positive reinforcement for our incredible team and array of wonderful local producers. Particular shout out to executive chef Dwayne Bourke and head chef Elijah Grubb – their culinary talent is energising and their ongoing commitment to showcasing local, sustainable food is nothing short of inspiring.” More than 130 local restaurants, cafes and catering businesses gathered to celebrate the achievements of their peers who were judged in over 45 categories, with the winners announced at the Awards for Excellence ceremony held at Zinc at Federation Square, Melbourne.

The Awards for Excellence is a nationally recognised, independently judged awards program that celebrates exceptional service and culinary talent across the state. The Awards for Excellence is the only program in Australia where the judging criteria is determined by consumers who rank what is important to them in the dining experience. The awards are judged by an independent team of trained judges who anonymously visit the venues to determine the restaurant/cafe winners. The scores are based on the entire dining experience from food to the customer service experienced when the judges anonymously dine across Australia.

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“The draft plan was created with input from 20 local sporting clubs, community organisations and schools. During a six-week engagement period on the draft plan, we received more than 300 pieces of community feedback. We thank everyone who took the time to provide this feedback. “City staff are now carefully working through and considering all of the feedback before putting a proposed final plan to the council for endorsement. “As part of this process, we will continue our discussions with the Surfside Waves about their future needs.” Ocean Grove Football Netball club president Peter Smith said his club was in favour of the proposals. “The construction of an additional football oval and netball court at Shell Road Reserve allows us to better cater for the growing participation we are seeing in both football and netball,” he said. “With enhancements also planned at Memorial Reserve and Minerva Reserve (Collendina Reserve), we will be well placed to manage the growth particularly in our youth teams. “We will have a facility dedicated purely to football and netball during the winter months which will lead to benefits in areas such as training schedules, volunteer workload and a greater sense of belonging to our members.”

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Playground for all soon Ocean Grove Primary School is one step closer to getting an inclusive playground with the announcement of BDH Construction as the builder of the $200,000 project. Bellarine MP Lisa Neville announced the builder for the playground, made possible by funding through the Inclusive Schools Fund. “This new playground, when complete, will make a real difference to students at Ocean Grove Primary School who will get

the benefits of new inclusive spaces to cater for a wider range of options for teaching and learning,” Ms Neville said. “As we build the education state, we’re continuing to invest in schools to ensure students of all abilities can access a great education – no matter their circumstances.” The Victorian Budget 2021-22 included $10 million for the Inclusive Schools Fund to help make our schools more accessible and inclusive for young people with a disability

and additional needs. Since its inception in 2015, the fund has supported 308 primary, secondary and specialist schools to build inclusive indoor and outdoor learning spaces as well as accessible playgrounds. Inclusive education is about ensuring that all students, regardless of disabilities or other differences, can fully participate, learn, develop and succeed in Victorian government schools.

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Happy 21st to VIEW Drysdale Drysdale Day VIEW Club celebrated its 21st birthday at Clifton Springs Golf Club recently. It was a very happy day with visitors from various VIEW clubs joining the Drysdale ladies for this special occasion. Three founding members – Christine, Ethel and Barb – cut the cake. Ethel presented club president, Diane with a special history booklet and during lunch Vicki screened many of the fun photos recording the club’s 21 years of activities. If you would like to enjoy fun and friendship while helping raise funds for assisting in providing education to worthy young people consider joining VIEW. For more information, phone Margaret on 0431 636 090.

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Modewarre skipper Jeremy Ollis and Torquay captain Dom Gleeson will be fierce rivals when their sides clash on Saturday, but were united for the road safety message. (Supplied)

Clubs don blue for safety message Football clubs across the AFL Barwon region will band together donning blue armbands for TAC Road Safety Round in honour of every life lost on our roads. The round – a joint effort by the Victorian Transport Accident Commission (TAC) and AFL Victoria – was first played in 2019 to promote leadership and advocacy for road safety amongst some of our most at-risk road users and serve as a reminder that we all have a reason to drive safely.

Regional roads continue to be overrepresented on the road accident and death toll with 126 people dying last year compared to 85 in metro areas. People driving on regional roads travel longer distances and at higher speeds, meaning when mistakes happen the consequences are often worse. Anglesea captain Ash Caldwell said his club was right behind the day. “Road Safety is an important issue for us at Anglesea Football Club,” he said.

“Some of us travel long distances and at high-speeds to get to and from our games and training so we understand we need to take road safety seriously.“ Clubs can extend their support and involvement in the TAC Road Safety Round, with all AFL Victoria-affiliated clubs given the opportunity to take part and earn up to $10,000 in funding by promoting road safety to their community as part of the TAC Club Rewards Program.

A man died after a skydiving accident on July 10 in Connewarre. A group of people jumped from a plane in Torquay and two of those have landed just off Breamlea Road in Connewarre about 10.30am. One of the skydivers, 34-year-old Sydenham man Mark Hanna, died at the scene. A second male skydiver that landed in the same area was not injured. Mr Hanna was being remembered as a daredevil and a family man. The pair was participating with Australian Skydive, the same company involved when a parachute instructor was killed in July 2021. The Australian Parachute Federation is investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident. Police will prepare a report for the coroner.

Have your say on Bellarine Coast’s coastal, marine plans The City of Greater Geelong has released the draft Southeast Bellarine Coast (4W-Collendina) Coastal and Marine Management Plan for community feedback. The development of the draft management plan was informed by extensive community engagement with community, landholder, tourism and land manager stakeholders, as well as the Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation. It has been drafted in consultation with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. The project incorporates the dune system, woodlands and wetlands along the southern coast of the Bellarine, which is one of the most important conservation areas in the region, including the Buckley Park Foreshore Reserve. 4 OCEAN GROVE VOICE Friday, 15 July, 2022

The area has extensive and significant cultural heritage and historical sites, and plays a vital role as a dune system in the protection of coastal and climate change impacts. The vision for the draft management plan is to prioritise the recognition, protection and enhancement of the Bellarine Southeast Coast of coastal and marine ecosystems, whilst fostering cultural connection and community stewardship. To achieve the vision, there are five key objectives: • Acknowledge Traditional Owners’ rights, aspirations and knowledge • Protect and enhance the marine and coastal environment • Respect natural processes and strengthen

resilience to climate change • Use and develop sustainably • Promote stewardship and collaborative management City of Greater Geelong mayor Peter Murrihy, said the plan was about setting a long-term vision and ensuring management of affected areas maintained a best-practice approach. “The Southeast Bellarine Coast (4W-Collendina) Coastal and Marine Management Plan sets the vision, priority actions and outcomes we aim to achieve in this area over the next 10 years,” Cr Murrihy said. “This draft plan focuses on collaborative management of the landscape, as well as objectives for best-practice action.”

Bellarine Ward councillor Trent Sullivan encouraged residents to share their views via the council’s Your Say page. “The Bellarine Peninsula Southern Coast is recognised as an area of State significance,” Cr Sullivan said. “It is important that we continue to do what we can to meet the needs of this unique, remote, and environmentally and culturally significant coastal environment. “We must consider the requirements of tourists and our growing population, whose enjoyment of this coastline needs to be balanced against the obligation to protect the area for the benefit of future generations.” The draft plan will be open for feedback on the council’s Have Your Say page.

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Pokies loss increases by $50k Greater Geelong recorded its smallest monthly increase in poker machine losses this financial year in May, Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission data reveals. According to the data, $11.16 million was lost on the municipality’s 1365 electronic gaming machines (EGMs)in May, an increase of $50,000 from April when $11.11 million was lost. In March, $10.97 million was lost – $140,000 less than in April. Monash University’s head of gambling and social determinants unit, Associate Professor

Charles Livingstone, said it was too early to tell if rising costs of living would impact on pokies spending. “[The results] may be a small ‘blip’ because of inflation, or it may indeed signal some progress on harm prevention,” he said. “If real cost of living exceeds wage rises, we may see a continuation of this trend. However, a recession, triggering unemployment, etc, may see increased spending as people become more stressed and anxious about their future. “Some areas may have relatively high levels of social or economic stress, triggering higher

expenditure.” Associate Professor Livingstone believes there are numerous initiatives communities can adopt to reduce gambling stigmas while simultaneously stressing the harms. “[Avoid] unhelpful terms like ‘problem gambling’, ‘responsible gambling’ and ‘problem gamble’, [ focus] on the way EGMs are designed to be addictive, and helping increase awareness of their ability to consume significant amounts of money very quickly may be more helpful,” he said. “Communities should also pressure local and state governments to reduce the availability

of EGM gambling, through reductions in opening hours and the number of venues and EGMs within communities.” The commission data shows that $94.86 million has been lost at Geelong’s 26 pokies venues since July 2021. The data shows that the most money was lost at the Grovedale Hotel, with $3.57 million lost between July and December 2021. On the Bellarine, $1.15 million was lost at the Ocean Grove Bowling Club, and $1,86 million was lost at Portarlington Golf Club during the same period.

Push to weed out pest Ocean Grove Coastcare is on a mission to remove the Euphorbia terracina weed from the Ocean Grove spit. Coastcare is holding a special weeding day this weekend and wants to create what it says will be “the longest weeding line”. “It’s one of several bad ones that has gotten into our dune system and competes with the plants that have always been there and are indigenous to the area,” president Margot Busch said. “It competes for space. One of the reasons we are tackling this one is that it is particularly accessible at the moment. It’s a really easy target for us.” The weeding event is adults only because, although Euphorbia is easy to pull out, it has a sap which is highly irritating and even damaging if it gets into the eyes, so it’s not considered child-friendly. Ocean Grove Coastcare is encouraging anyone who is willing to help, to come along

to the event. It will be held on the pathway between 17W and 16W on Sunday, July 17. Weeders are asked to meet at the 17W car park by 10am for a safety briefing, and wear sturdy shoes, a hat and gloves. Coastcare will have spare gloves for those who need them. Email the group at oceangrovecoastcare@ gmail.com for more information. “We’d love to have big numbers and have a big visual impact,” Ms Busch said. Justin Flynn

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The new nine-metre-high bridge over rail at Marshall on Barwon Heads Road is taking shape, with concrete supports including columns and walls completed in recent weeks in preparation for beam lifts next month. More than 570 cubic metres of concrete has been used to construct the bridge’s foundations, columns and walls, and work to build the approach ramps and retaining walls for the bridge are underway. Crews have clocked up close to 500,000 hours since early works began in July 2021.

By Cr Stephanie Asher Earlier this week the community consultation period for feedback on the Ocean Grove Sporting Infrastructure Plan came to a close. This is a renewal of a 2010 plan and aims to provide a new vision for the suite of reserves in and around Ocean Grove for the next 10 years. The plan considers the sporting and recreation activities conducted at Arthur Powell Reserve, Collendina Reserve, Devlins Road Reserve, Memorial Reserve, Shell Road Reserve and Wallington Reserve. I want to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to everyone who provided feedback via the council’s Have Your Say page on this plan. In total, the page had in excess of 6500 views, and we received more than 300 contributions from members of the community. That equates to an average of just above 50 contributions a week for the six-week engagement period. In addition to this, we held three community consultation sessions that were well attended and provided a further opportunity for residents to ask additional questions. This type of quality consultation means we will now be armed with a wonderful insight into the views of the community on this important infrastructure project. One of the key roles of local government is listening to residents, so it is really important

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that we get a detailed understanding of how locals are feeling about particular issues so that we can then make informed decisions. Our project team will now analyse this feedback and the data that has been acquired through this process, and an interim engagement report will be shared on council’s Have Your Say Page at a later date. All feedback received will be considered and evaluated as part of the decision-making process for the final master plan. Again, I say thanks to the many people who provided their thoughts on the draft masterplan and I look forward to engaging with our community in the future.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has registered new rules that will help protect Australians against SMS scams, Corangamite MP Libby Coker said. The Australian government has welcomed the rules, which will require all telecommunications providers to identify, trace and block SMS scams. They also require providers to publish information to assist their customers to proactively manage and report SMS scams, to share information about scam messages with other mobile providers and report identified scams to authorities. Ms Coker said this change will take a step toward protecting Australians, their identity and their money, and disrupt the business model of scammers. FOR BREAKING NEWS, VISIT Web: oceangrovevoice.com.au Ocean Grove Voice @OceanGroveVoice

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Census reveals health statistics By Justin Flynn There are more people in Greater Geelong living with a long-term health condition than the statewide and national average, according to Census data. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2021 Census revealed Greater Geelong residents were higher than the averages in every long-term health condition listed on the Census form. They are more likely to be living with a mental-health condition, 11.1 per cent of

respondents experiencing a mental health condition, compared to the state and national avergaes of 8.8 per cent. Asthma sufferers (9.8 per cent) were more plentiful (8.4 per cent statewide, 8.1 per cent nationwide), as were people with arthritis (9.3 per cent in Geelong, 8 per cent in Victoria, 8.5 per cent nationwide). A total of 11,830 people reported having heart disease, including angina and heart attack (4.4 per cent), which was above average for the state (3.7 per cent) and the country (3.9 per cent).

Cancer figures, including those in remission, were also higher with 3.2 perc ent of responders ticking the Census form box compared to the state (2.8 per cent) and nation (2.9 per cent). Public health physician Dr Akhtar Hussain said age was likely the contributing factor to the data. “A number of factors are likely to contribute towards Geelong’s higher than average number of long-term health conditions, including age, access to healthcare, and more importantly how data is being presented,” Dr Hussain said. “The latest ABS data has shown a relatively

higher proportion of Geelong area population being 60 years or older as compared to state average. “We know many of the long-term chronic conditions reported in the recent census data are associated with increasing age and this could portray that Greater Geelong residents have more long-term health issues than the rest of the state average.” Greater Geelong’s median age is 39 while the state and national average is 38, but the region was ‘older’ than the rest of the state and country for those aged over 60, according to the Census.

Push to go plastic-free Plastic-free advocate Anne Marie Bonneau believes we don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly, we need millions of people doing it imperfectly. The statement resonates with Bellarine Catchment Network (BCN) sustainability and circular economy co-ordinator Rebecca St Ledger. “Start somewhere small, start with just your water bottle, one item in your life that you think ‘yep, i can swap that out’,” she said. “It leads gradually to more and more habit changes, you definitely don’t need to be a hero and try and solve the world’s problems straight away.” A recent report from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the Australian government agency responsible for scientific research, indicated that plastic along the nation’s beaches had decreased by almost a third. Ms St Ledger said the plastic problem along the coast is “getting better”.

“Particularly on the Bellarine, where we have really engaged towns of citizens who are so passionate and committed about going out and collecting litter and really tackling plastic pollution in their towns,” she said. “Wherever we had citizens doing regular clean ups, and regularly auditing for pollution, it would drop by 80 per cent.” While the beach clean ups are helping to deal with a situation that’s “gotten out of hand already”, Ms St Ledger is asking people to think about how to stop the problem at the source. For community members wanting to help, Ms St Ledger recommends joining a clean up group, but also says “we can all make a difference” by looking at our own waste habits. “Have a bag with you, take rubbish home when you see it .. care for your own rubbish, make sure you’re being a good citizen,” she said. “Walking on our beaches and doing the ‘take three for the sea’.” Tima Halloum

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Jones brings in $30k for club By Justin Flynn Portarlington Football Netball Club made an estimated $30,000 from Saturday’s one-off appearance by former Melbourne captain and 302-gamer Nathan Jones. Club president Steve Cogger said between 2500 and 3000 spectators flocked to Portarlington Recreation Reserve to see Jones run onto the field against Ocean Grove in the Bellarine Football League on July 8. The event was part of the Carlton Draft, where eight ex-AFL stars were drafted out to struggling Victorian country clubs for a cameo appearance. Mr Cogger said the day was a huge success. “It was a happy crowd,” he said. “They wanted to be there, they were having a ball. If we had an aim, we achieved it. “We promoted ourselves nicely to the AFL and Foxtel and everyone else. “People were saying what a great day it was around town.” Jones booted the first goal of the game much to the delight of even the Ocean Grove supporters and finished with two for the day. Ocean Grove spoiled the party somewhat with a 74-point win. “You couldn’t have scripted it any better,” Mr Cogger said. “You’d think you were at the MCG, it was that loud. “Credit to Ocean Grove footy club - they got right behind it too. They had a big crowd of their own.” Mr Cogger said Jones fully embraced the occasion. “I’d never met him before, but heard him speak at a dinner I went to and I’m a Melbourne supporter,” he said. “He was so good. The Ocean Grove boys asked if he could come into their rooms and speak before the game and he did.

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“The Ocean Grove boys came into our changerooms after the game and had a few beers with our players. You don’t see that very often nowadays. “He (Jones) left at about 9pm and signed every jumper and was just great with the kids.”

Mr Cogger said the money from the day would go towards strengthening the club’s already impressive junior program. Senior coach Peter O’Connor is standing down after three years in the job and the club is on the lookout for a replacement.

“We just have to make some mileage and improve our onfield performance,” Mr Cogger said. “I’ve already had phone calls from people wanting to help us. “We’ve demonstrated we’ve got the club, but we just need to see results now.”

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A dry end to summer Another summer has gone, and according come and to the Bureau of Meteorology, it’s been a dry start to the year. Official data from Golf Club, revealed Barwon Heads there was 57.2 millimetre of rain in above average, but January, which was February was very dry. Only 1.6mm of rain fell, all of it on February 4. Three weeks of no rainfall was broken on March 2 with and a welcome 18mm 3.4mm and 1.6mm the following on March 5 and day. With the Labor Day long weekend this weekend and Easter around the corner, there still should be plenty of warm days to come before winter sets in. On Monday, Canadian visitor Jason Klassen, sons Ryder father-in-law, local and Jed and Mick Drew, visited Ocean Grove main beach on a coolish day.

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The 64-hectare site is in addition Oakdene Vineyards Oakdene’s to “The addition of the of Greater Geelong has applied to the City and guest Grubb Road winery, restaurant restaurant and gallery will offer visitors house. to build and operate The restaurant, to a totally unique experience a restaurant and Planning documents be known as Oakdene art gallery at Banks Vineyard, revealed the site where they can enjoy the property Anderson Roads, and would provide Mannerim. extended stay. for an appearance will have a low scale, rustic “a unique visitor The project is expected with lots of natural experience “It is expected most timber and to cost $1.55 million unlike any other venue on the extensive glazing. and developers say Bellarine” people and that the art gallery would showcase advantage of all three facilitieswould take It will have expansive particularly on the it will “boost tourism indigenous decks built around including established the cellar door Bellarine Peninsula and local artworks. round and enhance for wine tastings trees, year “The owner’s vision complementar y its reputation as and Grove site and similar to Oakdene’s Ocean for the food and drink region cheese a fine a tourist will operate from platters, destination unlike site is to create restaurant for a sit the seven days 8am to 11pm similar to the Yarra any other winery Valley”. down meal a week. or tourist venue on the Bellarine Peninsula,” finally the gallery which will or coffee and The total number the documents said. showcase a mix of car spaces on site of private collections be will increased from 52 to 98. and works by local artists.” The planning document is open for public comment until March 16.

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Kevin’s photo of Swan Bay; and Lee’s picture of a red-capped robin.

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No beautiful flame robins seen I spent a Saturday morning walking around the farm in Wallington where I conduct a seasonal bird survey. Usually, this time of year there are flame robins on the farm, as they are altitudinal migrants that fly to coastal areas in the winter, but I disappointingly did not see or hear one of these beautiful birds. I saw a black swan sitting on a nest (these

birds must get so cold nesting in winter) and striated pardalotes, red wattlebirds, black-winged stilts and one brown goshawk. Probably the most notable birds I have seen in the last few weeks was a flock of around 20 red-necked stints and one curlew sandpiper in Point Henry. These migratory waders must be over-wintering around Point Henry and did not fly to Siberia and west Alaska to breed. Usually, these birds arrive in Australia from late August to September and leave from early March to mid-April. Some young birds, such as birds in their first year, may remain in Australia. I received a lovely email from Lyn in Portarlington. Lyn had some advice for Sue, who was wanting to photograph yellow-tailed

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black cockatoos on the Bellarine. Lyn explained that she observes and hears these cockatoos every evening as they fly in from a westerly direction, before they roost in gums next to Arcare Aged Care in Portarlington. Great advice. Thanks Lyn, I might go and check them out myself. Kevin has been enjoying the sunny days. He went to Swan Bay jetty and noticed about 15 royal spoonbills feeding while the tide was very low. He also went to the boat ramp at Queenscliff and noticed about 20 white ibis feeding close to the observation platform. Most of them flew off together, possibly because the tide was rising. A little further out, he was surprised to see a hoary-headed grebe.

While Kevin was standing on the observation platform, some superb fairywrens hopped around at close quarters, which made for some lovely photo opportunities. I received an email from Lee, who has been travelling around South Australia. He visited two of the best birding locations in the state, namely Robe and Birdlife Australia’s bird sanctuary known as Gluepot, which is near Waikerie in the Riverland district. Over 190 species of birds that have been recorded on Gluepot Reserve. There are five bird hides on the reserve and Lee started his day at the Grasswren tank on track 7, where he observed a rare dlack-eared miner. Soon after this he took some wonderful images of a male red-capped robin.

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MY BELLARINE Ty Simons, and his wife Rachael, are well known for being the owners of one of Ocean Grove’s most popular cafes – Driftwood Cafe. Ty speaks to Justin Flynn about what he loves about Ocean Grove.

What do you like about where you live? I love the sense of community in Ocean Grove. The day after we moved back here our next door neighbours brought us a box of chocolates and welcomed us to town. After living in big cities where everyone sticks to themselves, it was nice to move into a small town community again. Despite the town growing so big, we are all part of one big neighbourhood. What, if anything, would you change about where you live? The traffic! Who would have thought there would be congestion in OG? My mum, Marie, always said she would move out when “Ocean Grove got traffic lights”. Well, she is still here and there are more lights needed. Where is your favourite local place to spend time? The beach is great of course but I reckon the

best kept secret is the Nature Reserve. What a beautiful, peaceful gem on the Bellarine. A relaxing reminder of what once covered a lot of our region. With all of the development going on around it, it is vital we keep this parcel of land as natural as possible. Tell us something people would be surprised to know about you. I have lived in more than 25 houses in my life, plus countless places travelling the world. Rach and I took the very long way home and travelled for 13 months around the globe. Moving house is just never fun. It is time we stayed put. Rach and I, with the expert help of my dad, are going to build a Passive House in Ocean Grove. It will be a lot of work but something we can work on together and even the kids are keen to get involved. It will be a quiet, comfortable, super energy efficient home for our four wonderful kids to grow up in. One in which we can grow old. How does Driftwood Cafe contribute to the local community? We support the local community, sports associations and schools where we can, but we certainly feel that this is a two way agreement. The past couple of years have been tough for us all, the way the town rallied around local business and supported each other was fantastic. We have a great base of regulars, some who live here all year and some that come and go on weekends and holidays. I think the next 12 months are going to be tough for small businesses, but I am confident that Ocean Grove will continue to support us all and keep the town flourishing.

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What is your connection to Ocean Grove? My great-grandparents moved here in the late 30s, then my grandparents just before the war. There wasn’t much here then. They owned farmland in what was the outskirts of Ocean Grove – the ‘Old OG’ corner of Thacker and Tuckfield streets. I wish they had kept a slice for me. I moved to Melbourne when I was 20. Then I travelled to the UK in my mid-20 for six months. I stayed for 12 years. I met my wife, Rachael in London but she grew up in Nambucca. We moved back to Melbourne in 2009, started having kids and wanted to bring them up as we had been, in smaller communities by the beach. So we moved back to Ocean Grove and opened Driftwood.

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community, the local residents and businesses, FlickPT is one of the longest running fitness businesses in Ocean Grove, coming up to its 13th birthday this October. “I have a huge passion for working with our community. We not only train men and women of all abilities, ages and sizes, we train people through some of their biggest life moments and transitions,” Flick explains. “Ocean Grove is an amazing community to be a part of and this is why each year, we strive to do our best and provide high quality training and services to the Bellarine.” Sessions are held on the beach foreshore meaning they are child and family friendly, eco-friendly, increase health and wellbeing through fresh air, vitamin D, a reduction in the chances of virus transmission and the ability to vary training more than an indoor session would allow. For more information, visit www.flickpt.com.au

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Mental health survey shows Aussies are struggling Australian telehealth service InstantScripts has revealed the first installment of data from its new Mental Health Tracker. Based on a survey of an independent panel of 1001 Australians, the data ranges from September 2021 to April 2022. It shows that 70 per cent of Aussies surveyed say they struggled with their mental health, while 72 per cent say their mental health is ‘good’ or ‘fair.’ Survey participants were asked seven questions about their mental health over the past six months, including the identification of any mental health symptoms suffered. The data showed that women were overwhelmingly represented in the suffering of symptoms, while some respondent groups saw large age differences. Thirty-six per cent of participants said they had felt sadness unrelated to depression or a particular incident. Notably, 59 per cent of this group were women. Thirty-two per cent of participants felt isolated, with women making up 62 per cent of this group, while 33 per cent said they had found it difficult to stay focused on tasks, a group of which women made up 58 per cent. Twenty-nine per cent of participants highlighted that they had felt hopeless, with 61 per cent of this group being women. “Apart from our research showing how prevalent mental health struggles have been for the public, what I find very concerning is that half (46 per cent) of respondents have never sought support from a mental health professional, while only a fifth (17 per cent) said they were currently seeing one,” InstantScripts registered doctor Andrew Thompson says. “I urge those struggling with their mental health to speak to their doctor, access the myriad mental health support services available, and talk to supportive friends or family – particularly during times of extreme

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Reserve gets a makeover Works on upgrades to Ocean Grove Nature Reserve began in May, with designs shaped by extensive consultation with the local community, Wadawurrung Traditional Owner Aboriginal Corporation and Friends of the Ocean Grove Nature Reserve. The upgrade works include a new all-abilities drop off, parking and picnic area at the entrance of the reserve, a link from the new picnic area to the existing track network, designated bus drop off areas for public, school and Bush Kinder use as well as new information and welcome signage. “We have been working with Parks Victoria to revise the plans for facilities at the entrance to the reserve following community consultation,” Friends of the Ocean Grove Nature Reserve president Peter Sullivan says. “The new plans complement the existing facilities across the reserve and will assist

people from the Bellarine and beyond to enjoy the reserve and connect with nature.” The layout has been chosen to minimise impact on the environment and its cultural values. Parks Victoria will work closely with Friends of the Ocean Grove Nature Reserve and Bellarine Landcare Nursery to relocate a range of plants and trees at the entrance of the reserve, to further reduce the impact on Wadawurrung Country. The state government invested $245,000 to help deliver the upgrades. “The Ocean Grove Nature Reserve is a much-loved area for the Bellarine community, and it’s wonderful to deliver this project with help of the local community and stakeholder groups,” Bellarine MP Lisa Neville says. For more information, visit: www.parks.vic. gov.au/projects/ocean-grove-nature-reserve.

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Sip, sip, hooray! Wineries, breweries and distilleries Now that the kids are back at school and the cool weather has us rugged up, make the most of the beautiful Bellarine and Surf Coast this winter – check out some of the region’s finest breweries, wineries and distilleries.

Noodledoof Brewing and Distilling Co – Koroit You won’t find many noodles at Noodledoof, what you will find is some seriously good brews. This craft brewery and distillery is found in a refurbished motor garage in the little village of Koroit. There’s something for every taste here, whether you’re a beer connoisseur or gin junkie. Noodledoof’s gins are a collaboration with the local Aboriginal corporation Worn Gundidj and they hero Indigenous botanicals such as correa alba, lemon myrtle and mountain pepper. The beers change seasonally, so there’s always something new to discover. They’ve also got a stacked menu of hearty comfort food to soak up all those drinks. On Friday nights in August, Noodledoof is holding its weekly trivia events. Teams of up to 10 people are welcome to try to win beer and merchandise, but only seven tables are available, so bookings are essential. Details: www.noodledoof.com.

Otways Distillery – Forrest High in the hinterlands, this micro distillery is doing brilliant things with gin. These organic spirits showcase the flavours of The Otways, with locally sourced and foraged ingredients. The crew don’t stop at gin. They also whip up small batch vodka, limoncello, blood orangecello and a grappa-style moonshine. The Otways Distillery spirit and ready to drink range is available at the Forrest General Store. Details: www.otwaysdistillery.com.au.

Make the most of the local wineries, breweries and distilleries this winter. (iStock) Inset: Otways Distillery produce small batch spirits such as gins, vodkas, limoncello and grappa-style moonshine. (Supplied)

Suffoir Winery, Brewery and Distillery – MacArthur All the good things in life have collided to create this one-stop bevvy shop in MacArthur.

This working farm is home to a family-owned and run boutique micro-winery, brewery, cidery, distillery and cellar door. All their drops are produced on-site in small quantities,

so every visit can be different. It’s a must-visit when heading to nearby Budj Bim National Park. Open Thursday to Sunday. Details: www.suffoirwines.com.au.

winter hours Thursdays Visit one of the Bellarine Peninsula’s winter markets for a wholesome and delicious experience!

4 - late

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Fridays & Saturdays

Markets aplenty this week Beckley Park Saturday Market

Piccadilly Winter Night Market

(Beckley Park Centre, Broderick Road, Corio) Each Saturday of the month 8am - 1pm With a variety of stalls, you won’t be left wanting for more. Find fruit and veg, deli goods, bread, eggs, household goods, candles, clothes and footwear, pet goods, plants and flowers, movies, music, bric-a-brac, coffee and breakfast. Requires full vaccination status unless under 12 or exempt.

(Mt Duneed Estate) Friday, July 22 6pm - 10pm With free entry and parking, this indoor event is perfect for an end of week catch up with friends or family, where you can enjoy a shop, a bite to eat, and a drink (or three). Performances from the Piano Bar’s fabulous Oscar Rose will feature throughout the night. Come and support local businesses at the Piccadilly Winter Night Market.

Bellarine Farmers Market

South Geelong Farmers Market

(Ocean Grove Park, 70 Presidents Avenue, Ocean Grove) Third Saturday of the month 9am - 1pm Get your hands on some colorful creations, feast your ears and eyes on live entertainment and music, meet some four-legged friends, eat some scrumptious food, find fresh produce and of course, enjoy some great coffee.

(Geelong South Primary School, 200 Yarra Street, South Geelong) First and third Sunday of the month 9am - 1pm Providing local farmers and producers an outlet to sell their artisan and gourmet produce direct to the public, check out the soaps, meats, breads, coffee, tea, fresh produce and more available.

3 - late

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Out and about Former Melbourne captain Nathan Jones played a one-off game for Portarlington on Saturday. Voice photographer Ivan Kemp was there to mingle with the huge crowd.

1/ These kids stayed on after the game. 2/ Nathan Jones with Isaac L’Huillier for a photo opportunity. 3/ Portarlington fan Lucy Stephens. 4/ Nathan Jones with Alison and Alexandra Sloane after signing their football. 5/ Steve Cogger, Portarlington Football Club president before the game. 6/ Adam Lorensene and his son Jack came from Bannockburn to see the game. 7/ Nathan Jones signing a jumper for Katie and Judy Scarrott. 8/ Junior footballers and young fans lining up to welcome Nathan Jones. 9/ Kylie Jeffrey brought her own grandstand. 10/ Friends and rivals Phoenix Bowers from Ocean Grove and Edwina Lumsden from Portarlington with Ruby. 11/ Portarlington captain Stephen Walters speaks with Channel 7’s Nick McCallum post game. (Pictures: Ivan Kemp) 288119_11 20 OCEAN GROVE VOICE Friday, 15 July, 2022

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Hybrid Peugeot lifts the bar

By Chris Riley, Marque Motoring The Peugeot 300 Hybrid car looks amazing and confirms the French know a thing or two about style. The detail in the complex front design with its dark chrome grille is exceptional and integrates striking LED lighting unlike anything else you might have seen, especially at night. Inside, quilted Nappa leather seats with their contrast stitching look top shelf, but we found them a little small and uncomfortable. One of the hallmarks of the brand is its tiny steering wheels and high-mounted instrument cluster, designed to replace the need for a head-up display. The 3008 plug-in hybrid is a well-equipped car. You get partial leather and twin zone climate air with rear seat air vents, Lime Wood dash and door trim, blue ambient cabin lighting, heated front seats, a power-adjust driver’s seat with massage plus keyless entry and push-button start. The instrument panel is digital and fully customisable, a 360-degree camera, parking sensors front and rear, semi-autonomous parking assist (90 degree and parallel), adaptive cruise control with stop and go, automatic high beam, speed sign recognition and recommendation and hands-free tailgate. The plug-in hybrid comes with a mode two charging cable, supplied with the vehicle at time of delivery. (Note the bag for the cable is an $87 accessory).

Infotainment Infotainment consists of a 10.0-inch touchscreen, with Bluetooth, voice recognition, built-in satellite navigation, DAB+ radio, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone mirroring. Until recently it also came with a premium 10-speaker, 515-watt Focal sound system, but due to supply problems this is temporarily unavailable. There’s three 12V sockets (dashboard, rear cabin and load area), with a single USB Type A socket for the front and another two for the back seat.

AT A GLANCE MODEL RANGE 3008 Allure: $47,240 3008 GT Petrol: $50,390 3008 GT Diesel: $53,540 3008 GT Sport: $59,840 3008 GT Sport Plug-In Hybrid AWD: $79,990 SPECIFICATIONS Peugeot 3008 GT Sport Plug-In Hybrid AWD, medium-sized five-door SUV

3008 plug-in hybrid . . . this is not about saving money.

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Driving

The plug-in hybrid features a 1.6-litre turbo-petrol engine, two electric motors and a 13.2kWh battery. The petrol engine is good for 147kW of power at 6000 rpm and 300Nm of torque at 3000 rpm. The electric motor that drives the front wheels delivers 81kW at 2500 and 320Nm from 500-2500 rpm, while the motor for the rear axle adds another 83kW at 14,000 rpm and 166Nm from 0-4760 rpm. Together the system pumps out a combined output of 222kW and 520Nm. Drive is to all four wheels through an eight-speed automatic transmission which has a wet, multi-plate clutch to manage input from the three different power sources.

Fuel consumption, which is supposedly what it is all about, is a claimed 1.6L/100km from a 43-litre tank, and it produces 36.4 g/km of CO2. Charging from zero per cent to full capacity takes about five and a half hours using a 2.3kW Mode 2 cable and offers 60km (WLTP) of emissions free, pure electric drive. That’s enough we’re told to take care of the daily commute, that is if you live within 30km of work. If you’re lucky enough to have access to a charger, it’s 60km each way. In our week with the car, we were using 6.8L/100km after 400km which is pretty good, even with little help from the battery. The batteries et al add about 415kg of weight to the car, which tips the scales at 1815kg. There are gear change paddles and four drive modes to go with the 222kW/520Nm and as you can imagine it gets mobile. Ride and handling is pretty good for a car that has not benefited from Australian tuning, but this has always been Peugeot’s forte. The small steering wheel takes some getting used to, and the gear change is a bit fiddly. Default drive mode is electric which means it uses up the battery first.

Safety Five-star safety includes six airbags and automatic emergency braking that detects pedestrians and cyclists in low light conditions, and operates between 5km/h and 140km/h. There’s also driver warning alert, active blind spot monitoring and lane keeping assistance with detection of roadsides. IsoFix child seat mounts are located on the outboard seats.

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

The B transmission setting increases regenerative braking and ideally this is for use on long downhill runs. Otherwise, there is no regenerative adjustment. Hybrid mode switches between the electric and petrol engines depending on your driving style. Sport gives you both power sources at once, while AWD as its name suggests delivers four-wheel traction at low to medium speeds. The battery pack which sits under the boot and back seat reduces the amount of load space available, from 591 to 529 litres with the rear seat in place. The MyPeugeot app provides access to the owner’s handbook online, service and maintenance schedules, as well as fuel tank levels and odometer readings. You can even check where you parked or plan a trip, then send that information to the car navigation system.

Summing up The Peugeot 3008 GT Sport Plug-In Hybrid AWD certainly lifts the bar for the French car maker. But at $80K it’s a big ask and there’s plenty of competition around the same price. Friday, 15 July, 2022 OCEAN GROVE VOICE 23

SPORT

Seven off to state titles Six athletes and one coach from Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club have been selected in the Victorian inflatable rescue boat (IRB) racing state and development teams for the Australian IRB Championships in Mollymook from July 21 to 24. Emily Bambrook, Orlagh Davison and Keely Peatling have qualified for the state team, while James Terrance, will be head coach for the team, and Mackenzie Hooper is in the under-23 development team, with Drew Honey and Oliver Sullivan selected as team reserves. These athletes are part of a 36-strong squad selected by Life Saving Victoria’s (LSV’s) aquatic sports council, based on results at the recent TRE Motorsport 2022 Victorian IRB Championships and will compete against the nation’s best IRB drivers, crews and patients. As well as athletes, the aquatic sport council also selected a team manager, head coach, assistant coach and patient coordinator for each team, based on Victoria’s top leaders and coaches in IRB racing. LSV board director aquatic sport Aaron Green congratulated the athletes successful in being selected in the state and development teams and wished them the best of luck for the upcoming competition. “Being selected to represent your state is one of the highest honours for our athletes, team managers, coaches and coordinators,” Mr Green said. “Victoria has a long history of success at the national level in IRB racing and I am confident the team selected will continue this tradition at the 2022 Australian IRB Championships in Mollymook.”

Finn Nicholas (Portsea) Keely Peatling (Ocean Grove) Jesse Tammesild (Brighton) Alastair Thomas (Williamstown) Nicole Xuereb (South Melbourne) Reserves: Joel Hosken (Elwood) Sas Macnamara (Portsea)

Victorian IRB development team Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club’s Emily Bambrook and Orlagh Davison in action. (Supplied)

As well as state and development teams from each state, individual clubs will also send teams to compete at the championships.

Victorian IRB state team Team manager: Rachael Rylance (Elwood) Head coach: James Terrance (Ocean Grove) Assistant coach: Alex Walton (Williamstown) Patient coordinator: Mark Pratt (Brighton) Team: Christian Aquila (Williamstown) Emily Bambrook (Ocean Grove) Kristina Clappison (South Melbourne) Mitchell Cole (Brighton) Sophie Courtney (Portsea) Sam Davis (Elwood) Orlagh Davison (Ocean Grove) Callum Dickson (Williamstown) Shaun Leith (Williamstown) Andrew May (Portsea) Tahli McNaughton (Elwood)

Team manager: Ben Herdman (Elwood) Head coach: David Rylance (Elwood) Assistant coach: Marty McCorriston (Venus Bay) Patient coordinator: Joel Farrow (Williamstown) Team: Jasmine Happ (Williamstown) Lauren Harrop (Elwood) Alec Hende (Elwood) Mark Hende (Elwood/Black Rock) Lachlan Hickey (Venus Bay) Lachie Hirth (South Melbourne) Mackenzie Hooper (Ocean Grove) Brydie Logan (Williamstown) Jasmine McJames (Elwood) Kiara McJames-Court (Elwood) Jack Olivier (Elwood) Georgie Park-Beard (Elwood) Ava Robinson (South Melbourne) Sarah Robinson (South Melbourne) Nick Vouk (South Melbourne) Declan Woolf (Venus Bay) Reserves: Drew Honey (Ocean Grove) Oliver Sullivan (Ocean Grove)

Logjam at the top of tennis ladder LOCAL TENNIS

Donna Schoenmaekers Things are tight at the top of the ladder for Section 3 Men in Tennis Geelong’s Winter Senior competition. Bannockburn, Moolap and Hamlyn Park are all tied on 49 points with separation only on percentage, going into last Saturday’s round of matches. Bannockburn hosted bottom of the table Geelong East Uniting, and put itself clear of the other teams with a convincing 6-0 win, allowing GEU only 10 games for the day. All Saints travelled to Hamlyn Park for the next match of the round, but the home team took advantage of the wet conditions. Riley Warren battled hard for All Saints winning 14 of the sides 18 games, and teaming with Colin Dempsey to take their one set for the day, but the Park proved too strong taking a 5-1 win. Patricks Lanyon and Walpole were the standouts for the day for Hamlyn Park, both winning their three sets. Moolap was due to meet fourth placed Drysdale in the third match of the day, however the match was not able to be started. The final match of the day was a slog between club rivals Grovedale’s Yellow and Black. On soggy synthetic grass, the teams battled it out in a close encounter. Yellow’s Matt Francis and Greg Pitts took a close one 6-4 in the first set, while Black’s Peter Watkins Jnr and Lachie Smith countered with a 6-3 win in the second. In the third, Malachi Hedt and Peter Watkins Jnr put Black ahead by taking a tie-break, but Greg Pitts and Jarrod Bateup gave Yellow a one-game lead going into the final two sets taking the fourth 6-3. The first four sets were tough and the final two sets followed the same pattern. Matt Francis and Jarrod Bateup set up Yellow for a win taking the fifth set 6-3, however, Watkins Jnr almost upset their plans, teaming with dad Pete Snr winning the final set 6-4, his third for the day, leaving the teams even on sets but Yellow with a two-game advantage, extending their ladder lead on Black by two games, and leaving them with an outside chance of still making finals. 24 OCEAN GROVE VOICE Friday, 15 July, 2022

Top: S2 Mixed Centre Court and Newcomb: Jacob Pianto, Alison Steele, Peter Wharton, David Hyde, Emma Robinson, Josh Simic, Ava Wharton and Sophia Pattison. Above: S3 Men Grovedale 1: Lachie Clissold and Peter Watkins Jnr. (Pictures: Supplied)

Anthony Flopski with a barrel tuna. (Supplied)

Whiting on the chew on the Bellarine ON THE BITE

Peri Stavropoulos The Bellarine Peninsula continues to fish well with King George whiting and calamari all on the chew. Clifton Springs through to Indented Head has been the current hotspot with King George whiting holding in fantastic numbers and a quality size to over 40cm. Pippies have proved to be the most productive bait with fresh squid also doing damage. Calamari have been holding in 2m to 3m of water with a variety of size from small right up to over 1.5kg. Size 3.0 jigs stand out with major craft Egizo jigs yet again being a standout brand. Natural greens, pinks and purples have all stood out again this week. Offshore Boneheads has continued to fish really well for gummy sharks and snapper with plenty of reports coming through from the back of the rip ride all the way down to Anglesea along the 30 metre line. Fresh baits like salmon and squid have proved yet again deadly and Black Magic snapper snatches have been accounting for plenty of fish, too. Down the west coast school tuna and barrel tuna continue to bite from Port Fairy right through to Port MacDonnell. School tuna have been hanging out the front of Lawrence Rock of Portland lately with lots of fish holding in the area taking a variety of lures with divers and skirts the favourites. Port MacDonnell still continues to be the barrel hotspot with lots of reports coming in from the shallow as 15m right through to 30m holding lots of bait and plenty of fish. Live baits have yet again been the stand here and reports are coming out with anglers landing fish on skirting and diving lures. Wurdee Buloc and Stony Creek Reservoirs have fished well with redfin holding tremendous numbers and still plenty of trout on offer. Spoon lures and soft plastics have been working best for the redfin allowing you to get a long cast and big shallow diving minnows have worked best with trout.

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Cobras triumph in charity game By Elsie Lange The Ocean Grove Cobras might have taken home a trophy from last weekend’s state of origin against the Glebe Greyhounds, but at the annual charity games, everybody won best and fairest. Cobras vice-president Aaron White said the club was lucky enough to take more than 110 kids on a trek up to rainy Sydney for the event, with families paying their own way to take part. “We went up there and played seven games ranging from under-10s through to under-14s … in an annual match that has obviously been on hiatus the past couple of years, with COVID,” White said. Each year, the Cobras and Greyhounds take turns hosting the event to raise money for River’s Gift, a local charity supporting Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) research. The state of origin was founded by two school mates, Cain Sarah now living in Glebe and Harvey Stephenson from Ocean Grove, who got chatting while they were celebrating Christmas together six years ago. A few beers in, they hatched a plan: to have their sons, separated by border lines, play against each other in a footy trip. They would raise money for their other school mate Karl Waddell’s charity, River’s Gift, established after the death of his son. “The best and fairest crown for the whole day was the two clubs all together, and the committee that put it all together,” White said. “We were faced with some real challenges leading into the weekend, due to the amount of rain in Sydney.” While winning has never mattered in this friendly contest, White was pleased to say the Cobras came out on top with seven wins across the seven matches – it was a “resounding effort”. After two long years without the annual games, he said the boys and girls were absolutely stoked to compete again, and wanted to thank all the people who helped make it happen. “The joy that was not only across the kids’ faces but also the adults, just to see the kids out there doing it all again, it’s really exciting to see,” White said. “We hope that it continues to grow bigger and bigger every year, from here on in.”

1/ Phoebe Punchard surveys her options upfield in the under-12s. 2/ Isla Briggs scoots away. 3/ Penny Carroll gets clear. 4/ Under-12 girls coaches Chris Dooling and Aaron Lehmann give their instructions. 5/ The under-10 Carr girls. 6/ Cobras and Greyhounds united. 7/ Under-10 girls Carr with under-14 boys Wilde and under-12 Girls Briggs. 8/ Lucy Warren, Primrose Hyde, Penny Carroll, Madelyn Warren, Vivien Milller, Lily Robinson in the under-10 Girls game. 9/ Reeve Cruickshank flies for a mark. 10/ Under-12 boys teams. (Pictures: Nat Sports Media) Friday, 15 July, 2022 OCEAN GROVE VOICE 25

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Groves hard-fought win over Port Ocean Grove was made to work hard for its 10-goal win against a gallant Portarlington in Bellarine Netball Association round 14 yesterday. The win means Ocean Grove is all but assured of finishing in the top three this season, but it didn’t come easily against the bottom team. Ocean Grove was one goal ahead at half time, and did enough to hold off the Demons with Rebecca O’Neill taking her season’s goal tally to 608 with a further 46. Lauren Wood was best for Portarlington while Jesse Hasell and Ellie Dufty were also good. Modewarre looks like finishing fourth after a hard-fought win against Newcomb. Modda was in front at every change and went on to win 44 to 32 with Mon Pedretti, Amy Dodds and Briely Wight doing their bit. The loss means Newcomb won’t play finals, but so far it’s been a season of promise with four wins and some terrific performances. Barwon Heads kept its final hopes flickering with a six-goal win against Queenscliff. Alex Antonio, Erica Schippers and Tillie Avery were best for the Seagulls while Kaitlin Gladman, Julia Mitchell and Millie O’Shea were great players for the Coutas. The Seagulls are two and a half games behing fifth placed Drysdale and will likely need to win every game to snare a finals spot. Geelong Amateur and Torquay are locked in a two-way battle for the minor premiership with both sides securing wins. Ammos put away a persistent Anglesea with Elyse Boyer best on court while Torquay was too good for Drysdale. ROUND 14 A GRADE: Ocean Grove 57 def Portarlington 47 Goals: Rebecca O’Neill 46, Jesse Sutton 7, Georgia Ryan 4. B GRADE: Ocean Grove 69 def Portarlington 28. Goals: Nikki Cooke 43, Amelia Cunningham 23, Jesse Sutton 4. C GRADE: Ocean Grove 41 def Portarlington 17. Goals: Kate Titheridge 32, Amelia Cunningham 7, Shereen Wolfe 2. D GRADE: Ocean Grove 32 def Portarlington 10. Best: Zarly Smith, Danielle Baker, Taryn Laverty. Goals: Tina Birch 16, Danielle Baker 14, Lucy Sampson 2. E GRADE: Ocean Grove 43 def Portarlington 16. Goals: Famie Needham 31, Belinda Elliston 12.

1/ C Grade Portarlington vs Ocean Grove. 2/ Under 15s. 3/ Kate Titheridge shows some strong hands in C Grace. 4/ C Grade Portarlington vs Ocean Grove. 5/ Rorri Phibbs defends in the C Grade game against Portarlington. 6/ Abbey Stanic looks to pass to a teammate. (Pictures: Ivan Kemp) 288380 19/U: Ocean Grove 25 tied with Portarlington 25. Best: Abbey Stanic, Chloe Jeffrey, Emilie Punton. Goals: Isabella Maier 14, Abbey Stanic 9, Sarah Fecchio 2. 17/U DIVISION 1: Ocean Grove 19 def Portarlington 14. Goals: Lucy Sampson 12, Maya Hamilton 7. 17/U DIVISION 2: Ocean Grove 26 def

Portarlington 10. Goals: Ruby Hildebrandt 11, Tylah Foley 7, Alice Molloy 2. 15/U DIVISION 1: Ocean Grove 19 def Portarlington 16. Best: Charlotte Heenan, Adele Mills, Bree Sampson. Goals: Poppy Hart 12, Adele Mills 7. 15/U DIVISION 2: Ocean Grove 35 def Portarlington 0.

Goals: Annika Willis 15, Scarlett Sadler 13, Bella Mawson 7. 13/U DIVISION 1: Ocean Grove 15 def Portarlington 9. Goals: Tamika Wall 7, Briella Considine 5, Madeleine Gibbon 2, Alexandra Norgard 1. 13/U DIVISION 2: Ocean Grove 11 def Portarlington 4. Goals: Grace van Maasdyk 4, Ella Dowling 3,

Business end of season: Two rounds left for Cobras Ocean Grove Cobras returned from Sydney for their annual State of Origin games against Glebe Greyhounds for a full round of games last weekend. UNDER-14 Division 1 – Ocean Grove Walter 7.4(46) def St Joseph’s Black 6.5(41) Ocean Grove Walter reclaimed top spot on the ladder with a narrow win over key rival St Joseph’s Black. Walter got off to a flying start, keeping the opposition scoreless in the first quarter to set up a 20-point lead. St Joseph’s fought back but fell just short at the final siren in another great contest. Goal: Byron Hansford 3, Darcy Harrington 2, Harrison Wilde, Jack Thomson. Best: Tai Sendeckyj, Jonathon Punchard, Zach Casamento, Darcy Harrington, Ned Badrock, Byron Hansford. Division 4 – Ocean Grove Pearson 1.1(7) def by Modewarre 1.7(13) A slippery ground made for tough conditions, which resulted in a low-scoring game. Ocean Grove Pearson brought good effort 26 OCEAN GROVE VOICE Friday, 15 July, 2022

to the contest and restricted Modewarre but was unable to make the most of its scoring opportunities. Dane Hodgson kicked the side’s only goal. Best: Max Saltalamacchia, Michael McGuane, Benjamin Mifsud, Hudson Stephenson, Sunny Bohnke. Division 6 – Ocean Grove Every 2.2(14) def by Geelong West Giants Grey 5.5(35) The Geelong West Giants kicked the first goal of the game against Ocean Grove Every and dominated the scoreboard at every break. Every got back into the match in the second quarter but was unable to overcome the visitors. Goal kickers were Reeve Cruickshank and Charley Cowley. Best: Lachlan Holmes, Zander Zurawel, Cam Spark, Archie McCallum, Harry Larsen. UNDER-12 Ocean Grove Hunt 4.6(30) def by St Mary’s Bath 7.4(46) Ocean Grove Bishop 2.7(19) def by Colac Tigers 6.12(48)

Ocean Grove White 4.6(30) def by Lara Fogarty 7.11(53) Ocean Grove McGregor 6.5(41) def by Bell Park Hanrahan 10.10(70) Awards: William Fisher, Lachlan Page, Arthur Wynn, Max Grantham. Ocean Grove Jones 1.2(8) def by Newtown & Chilwell Fanning 14.12(96) Ocean Grove Hateley 0.0(0) def by Surf Coast Suns 3.10(28) Awards: Tully Reynolds, Milly Fullwood, Alex Wiley. Ocean Grove Smith 2.1(13) def by Torquay 10.11(71) Awards: Kaia Martin, Emily Speirs, Ivy King. UNDER-10 Ocean Grove Farrell 0.0(0) def by Drysdale Taylor 16.9(105) Awards: Paddy McCartney, Hudson Elers, Kodi Young. Ocean Grove McManus 7.11(53) def North Geelong 1.3(9) Ocean Grove Moroney 6.12(48) def Bannockburn 0.0(0) Ocean Grove Cordy 8.3(51) def

Newtown & Chilwell Smith 2.3(15) Ocean Grove Burchell 5.3(33) def Ocean Grove O’Keefe 4.1(25) Awards (Burchell): Sahara Bishop, Poppy Teague, Penny Carroll, Primrose Hyde, Lucy Polgar. UNDER-9 Ocean Grove Taylor 9.6(60) def Surf Coast Suns Gold 2.2(14) Awards: Kai Hamilton, Charlie Brockway, Will Wolfe. Ocean Grove Allan 8.3(51) drew with Surf Coast Suns Red 7.9(51) Awards: William Green, Oscar Peebles, Harrison Nicol. Ocean Grove Norquay 9.7(61) def Ocean Grove Stow 5.4(34) Awards (Norquay): Lenny Hinch, Eddie Henry, Jude Beckworth. Ocean Grove Dalton 4.2(26) def by Newtown & Chilwell West 6.10(46) Awards: Isaac Burmistrow, Harry Miller, Olliver Mullen. Ocean Grove Durran 3.1(19) def by Portarlington Blue 10.8(68)

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Grubbers coach stands down By Justin Flynn Ocean Grove Football Club coach Pete Davey has stepped down from the role, citing increasing travel commitments with his employment and wanting to spend more time with his family as the main reasons. Davey had signed to coach the Grubbers through 2023 and the club said it had accepted his resignation “with regret”. “OGFNC would like to extend its gratitude to Pete, his wife Emily and children Noah and Georgia for their commitment, dedication, enthusiasm, and passion they have all shown at the club during the past three years,” the club said in a statement. “His professionalism and work galvanising

the group throughout the COVID periods of 2020-21 was a true testament to his character and something we will always be grateful for. “Throughout his tenure Pete has always put the best interests of the club first.” Davey said while his decision was “disappointing” he had no regrets and it was an easy one to make given he simply wanted to spend more time watching his children grow up. “Disappointing that I won’t be able to finish what we started at the end of 2019 but easy in that there is no viable alternative given the amount of travel I have done recently and will continue to do in my role,” Davey said. “There’s no sadness at all about this as I’m not going anywhere, I’m simply stepping down

from the role as senior coach. “When I accepted this role, I made a commitment to the committee that we wouldn’t just win a flag, we’d win several and I will see that through in whatever capacity I can whether that’s being a sounding board for players, editing match video from time to time or even helping out in the can bar. This is my club and I’ll always be around to assist where I can.” Davey will coach his final game at Ray Menzies Oval against Geelong Amateur in round 18. The club will now commence an extensive search for Davey’s replacement. Any inquiries should be directed to football director Cam McGregor on 0448-855 175.

Pete Davey will coach his final game for Ocean Grove in round 18. (Justin Flynn)

‘Strange atmosphere’: Grubbers spoil Port party Ocean Grove defeated Portarlington by 74 points to bring up win number four for the season, but an estimated crowd of between 2500 and 3000 was mostly there to see one player – Nathan Jones. The former Melbourne captain wore the red and blue in 302 AFL games and played a one-off game for Portarlington as part of the Carlton Draft promotion where ex-AFL stars play for struggling local clubs to help them out. Jones booted the opening goal of the game to raucous cheers from both home and away supporters in what Ocean Grove coach Pete Davey described as “a strange atmosphere”. “We have a great supporter base who follow us everywhere, but when they kicked that first goal and basically everyone at the ground roared in celebration, we knew we were going to be the bad guys if we ruined the party,” he said. “They’re strange games. It’s a finals’ crowd with a carnival atmosphere. They’re easy days to lose focus but I thought we handled it very well.” While Jones was the focus of many in the crowd, it was two Ocean Grove forwards who starred. Young ruckman Kye Annand continued to shine in his first full season with seven goals while James Paterson kicked six in an electrifying display. “Our efficiency and accuracy up forward was really good after quarter time,” Davey said. “Kye and James caught the ball really well and when they didn’t, we had great small options at ground level. “Craig Goodger in his senior debut was fantastic and ended up with three goals as well.” Davey said the carnival atmosphere was something the playing group just had to deal with. “I’ve been involved in one of these games before and they do turn into circuses,” he said. “I just said to the guys that we needed to respect why the day was happening and that we needed to do everything off field to support Port, but that our focus on field was playing tough, disciplined footy.” Davey said the opportunity for his young midfield to learn from a star such as Jones was invaluable. “We have a very inexperienced midfield and I wanted them to get as much work experience as they could, mostly around seeing how an elite mid manoeuvres in tight but it ended up being a very open, bruise-free game after about 15 minutes. “You can take it two ways – there was some motivation for us in that they highlighted our fixture as a game that they thought they could win but the flip side is that it gave our boys a chance to learn a few things. We went into it with a little bit of both.” Davey said the most pleasing aspect of the win was his side’s tackling. “Our tackling was the best it’s been for some time and our change of tempo in play was also

Scoreboard Portarlington 1.0(6), 3.1(19), 6.4(40), 9.6(60) Ocean Grove 3.5(23), 9.5(59), 16.7(103), 20.14(134) GOALS Portarlington: M. Spence 2, N. Jones 2, W. Foott, T. Benham, B. Wells, N. Cini, T. Cummins. Ocean Grove: K. Annand 7, J. Paterson 6, C. Goodger 3, M. Taylor, M. Sutton, N. Gibbon, F. Long. BEST Portarlington: W. Foott, T. Cummins, M. Farrell, J. Cummins, S. Walton, S. Hogan. Ocean Grove: K.Annand, F. Keck, J. Paterson, J. McHenry, M. Taylor, C. Goodger.

1/ Got him, Nathan Jones is tackled by three Ocean Grove players. 2/ Max Sutton hitches a ride over Nathan Jones. 3/ Ocean Grove dominated the aerial battles. 4/ Nathan Jones on the spread. 5/ Portarlington captain Stephen Walton get his kick away. 6/ Ocean Grove defeated an improved Portarlington by 74 points. (Pictures: Ivan Kemp) 288372 pretty good,” he said. “We’d taken 100 marks to three-quarter time which is a good indication that we were controlling the footy. “Our conversion up forward was also the best it’s been this year, highlighted by Kye kicking seven straight.” With four games to go and not in finals contention, Davey said the message remained the same as it always has.

“The message hasn’t changed since we shifted our focus to next year,” he said. “We just want to improve in different areas and learn as much as we can. We debuted another two players yesterday, Craig Goodger and Nick Gibbon, and both acquitted themselves very well. “There will be more opportunities for young players to play these last four games if they

train hard and show the right attitude.” OCEAN GROVE moved into third spot on the reserves ladder with a 24.13(157) to 3.3(21) win. Cory Connor booted nine goals while Lachlan Slater and Hamish Cunningham (four goals) were the Grubbers’ best players. Justin Flynn Friday, 15 July, 2022 OCEAN GROVE VOICE 27

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