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Top Aussie ‘stoked’ Inverloch’s Max Wells, at the town’s surf beach, has received a Medal of the Order of Australia for his contribution to surfing and the community. Report, page 3. Full Australia Day coverage on pages 9 and 13-16.
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By Laura Gibb IMPROVING Leongatha’s former rail yard appears to not be a high priority for South Gippsland Shire Council, despite council naming the site a “priority project”.
Council lists “Development of Leongatha Rail Yard” in its document Priority Projects for Support, published June 2013. But despite VicTrack, which owns the land, being willing to discuss selling the land to council, council has no immediate plans to secure use of the wasted yard. Social planning officer Vicki Bradley last week told The Star, “There are some other priorities that are higher on the list.” By letting the land lie empty, council is missing an opportunity to reinvigorate Leongatha’s CBD. Business owners are becoming frustrated with the delays while some shops on Bair Street have stood
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empty for more than three years. Sandra Fleming, secretary/treasurer of Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the rail yard could be converted into car parking, and a stunning park to host markets and cultural events. The issue had been stagnating for too long and was holding the town back, Ms Fleming said. She called for authorities to act and transform the ugly rail yard into a place the community could be proud of. “Regardless of what happens to it, it should be cleaned up because it looks quite untidy,” she said. Council mayor Cr Jim Fawcett echoed her sentiment, saying that
uses of the land “could be a range of things, not least of which would be to tidy up and use a fairly vital piece of central Leongatha.” South Gippsland Tourist Railway line supervisor Step O’Rafferty said VicTrack owns the land and currently leases it to the tourist railway, which would consider relinquishing its lease if council wanted to use the land. He was also positive about the concept of a partial lease wherein the tourist railway would lease the rail line and the station, and council would lease the yard. “That would be great for us,” he said. “At the moment I have to keep the weeds off that whole block. “It can be done with a land use agreement with South Gippsland Tourist Railway.” Mr O’Rafferty speculated VicTrack might hesitate to relinquish control of the land in case the rail line to Melbourne is ever reopened. Continued on page 4.
Wasted space: Sandra Fleming of the Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry shows the unsightly Leongatha rail yard.
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Nice wheels at show ’n’ shine THE Wonthaggi Power Football Netball Club is already looking forward to holding annual motoring shows, after the success of Sunday’s in-
augural event. The Australia Day Show ‘n’ Shine and Swap Meet attracted at least 1500 people to the Wonthaggi Recreation Reserve. The event will become a major fundraiser for the
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“Thankfully the open side of the shed faced north so we got a bit of sun,” Peter said. Many show visitors were keen to find out the story behind the vehicle. “The good part of it is that people see it and it makes them smile,” Peter said. Peter Tack of Kongwak showed his 1942 Stuart Light Tank, used by the American Army. The tank was formerly owned by Bob Brooks of Leongatha South, who used the vehicle to clear his property in the 1950s. The tank will again be displayed at the Korumburra Working Horse and Tractor Rally at Nyora on March 15 and 16. Peter calls on brother John Tack of Wonthaggi and his truck to transport the tank from show to show. The Wonthaggi Workmen’s Cricket Club raised money from a barbecue and drinks sales, and Bass Coast Shire Council gave Australian flags for distribution.
Proud as can be: Peter and Kerry Fitzgerald of Leongatha show off their 1968 Pontiac Parisienne Safari station wagon.
Up high: from left, Pat Kennedy of Wonthaggi Power Football Netball Club, John Tack, Power president Brett Tessari and Peter Tack with Peter’s 1942 tank.
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club, alongside the big ball. Club treasurer Jan Clark said 150 cars and bikes were entered, with 17 from the Hells Angels Club (a Hells Angels entry won). At least 30 sites were booked by stallholders. “The ground was beautiful and we were just so lucky with the weather, so it went well,” Ms Clark said. “It was fantastic when you think there were a lot of netballers and footballers and committee members helping during the day. There would have been at least 50 people that helped.” People travelled from as a far Canberra and Dandenong for the event. Peter Fitzgerald of Leongatha showcased his 1968 Pontiac Parisienne Safari station wagon. He and mate Danny Huther transformed the former builder’s work vehicle into a surf wagon, adding woodgrain inside and out. The six month restoration took place in Danny’s three sided shed at Jeetho during one winter.
By Brad Lester THIRTY years ago, the Kilcunda Lobster Festival began as a back-to and a fundraiser to rebuild the town’s hall.
Taking aim: John Beach and son Max Beach won prizes in the cork gun gallery. The Warranwood pair was on their way to holiday at Inverloch.
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The 2014 event on Australia Day was just as vibrant and like the original, still serves to bring the community together. Rides, live music, clothing, stalls, an animal nursery and of course lobster to dine on were among the highlights of the festival in the town’s foreshore carpark, overlooking the ocean. The event is run by the Kilcunda Community Development Association and the group’s secretary Andrea
Bolch said the festival based around the humble lobster was a highlight of the town’s social calendar. “We get the local clubs like the Kilcunda-Bass Football Club and the Kilcunda CFA together, and the money raised goes towards the maintenance of the hall and community projects, and we make donations back to the local groups,” she said. “It’s a lot of fun and is family friendly, and everyone comes for the lobsters.” Funds raised also help subsidise activities held in the hall, such as indoor bowls, table tennis and tai chi. “The festival is all run by volunteers. They put a lot of time and effort in, and some have been doing it for 30 years,” Ms Bolch said.
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Surfing chief earns OAM By Brad Lester IT’S AN honour he did not expect to receive.
Max Wells of Inverloch received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in recognition of his contribution to surfing, rescue services and the community. He joins the ranks of extraordinary Australians honoured in the awards list announced by the Council for the Order of Australia on Australia Day (Sunday), commending service worthy of recognition. “I was pretty stoked,” Max said in true surfing style. “For a guy who is not a great surfer, I’ve had a fantastic journey in the sport.” The CEO of Surfing Victoria also oversees the prestigious Bells Beach Rip Curl Pro at Torquay – surfing’s pinnacle event, or as Max calls it, the “Wimbledon of the sport”. While the award has humbled him, the honour confirmed his contribution to society. “You always hope that what you are doing in life will contribute positively to the community and little things like this say that you are in the positive ledger,” he said. “I’m just an enthusiastic person and I’m willing to commit myself.”
His list of other achievements is just as impressive. He served as schools surfing coordinator with Surfing Victoria from 1999-2000; developed the Roxy Surf Jam (all-girls instructional surf days) since 2001; and managed the Victorian surfing team from 1994-2001. Meanwhile, he was a committee member from 1993-1999 and from 19952001, managed the Australian junior surfing team. Working with the Department of Justice, he helped establish the Wingman campaign aimed at preventing alcohol fuelled violence. He is a member of the Victorian Water Safety Council and from 1999-2009, was a member of the Australian Water Safety Council. Among his awards are: Eunice Gill Leadership Award, VicSport, 2011; Outstanding Organisational Contribution, Surfing Australia, 2003 and 2005; State Honour Roll, Victorian Secondary Schools Sports Association, 2003; and Service Award, School Sport Australia, 2001. Since 2001, he has developed the Victorian Indigenous Surfing Program, encouraging indigenous people to experience surfing. “The special thing about surfing is that there is a place for everyone. It does not matter whether it is the kids having their first lesson at the local surf school or if you’re
Kelly Slater or Mick Fanning. Everyone just enjoys being in the ocean and catching waves,” he said. Max’s community service began as a member of Victorian Nordic Rescue Service from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, joining other emergency services to find people lost among nature.
In the 1980s he became the inaugural captain of the St Gwinear Ski Patrol in the Victorian snowfields and was crowned a life member in 1986. The roles stemmed from his employment as an outdoor education teacher at the time. Max’s transition from the mountains to the surf
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He was president of the Victorian Turf Cricket Association, 1985-1999; life member, 1989; senior vice president, 1978-1985; vice president, 1973-1974; chairman, match committee, 1980-1985; umpires appointment chairman, 1973-1974; and coach, VTCA representative team, 1979-1986. He was chairman of selectors at Casey South Melbourne Cricket Club and delegate to Cricket Victoria, 2004-2010; captain, team of the century,
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Proud crew: Anne McIntyre of Venus Bay (centre) was named South Gippsland Shire Council’s citizen of the year at a ceremony in Leongatha last Wednesday. She is with her fellow Venus Bay and District Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) team members, from left, Debbie Shinagl, Brenda Hyett, Bev Franklin, Anne McIntyre, Helen Ohia, Peter Prysten, Ian McIntyre, Ronald Willman, Wendy Don, Tom Ohia and Jenny Hibbit with two of Anne’s young supporters. Full story and more photos from the ceremony on page 13.
Cricketer, paramedic win national honours WILLIAM Pewtress of Cowes received an OAM for services to cricket.
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Vietnam opens girls’ eyes By Tayla Kershaw ASHLEIGH Gobel and Laura Robins recently returned from an unforgettable Vietnam experience. From a long time school project at Mirboo North Secondary College to a lifetime of memories, the experience was fantastic for the pair. Upon arrival, the girls were culture shocked and overwhelmed by the heat, but loved every moment.
“We were so excited to be there,” Ms Gobel said. “We were in awe of the country and the incredible culture differences.” Among these cultural differences were the interesting dishes they tasted, including scorpion. Ms Gobel said the food was different and she couldn’t imagine eating something like scorpion on a daily basis. During the first week, the girls were given an orientation that included language and culture lessons. They were invited to a rehabilitation day care centre and orphanage in the
Making a difference: Laura Robins went to Vietnam to help put a smile on the children’s faces at the Day Care School of Rehabilitation.
second week. The first week was interrupted by typhoon warnings. Although it wasn’t too bad in Ho Chi Minh City, the girls were still quite worried due to their inability to fully understand the news. “We couldn’t go to the museum on the day because everything had to close. It was all just warnings where we were but it was still a bit scary,” Ms Robins said. Helping in the day care and orphanage was an amazing experience with the help of the volunteers to break the language barrier.
Cherished friends: Laura Robins and Ashleigh Gobel with some of the children at the Truyen Tin Orphanage in Vietnam.
Rail yard revamp push
Continued from page 1. However, VicTrack spokesperson Jason Murray said, “VicTrack is open to selling the land to council and that’s something that’s been bubbling away for a period of time, but that would require council coming to us and opening up a discussion about purchasing the land.” Cr Fawcett indicated council might be interested in the land for car parking or for council offices. However, council’s director of development services Phil Stone said, “There is no plan in place at this stage to either purchase it or to start to develop any kind of investment.” Ms Bradley pointed out the alternative truck route around the CBD would affect the rail yard because it is close by. The alternative truck route along Long Street is an example of a high priority for council at the moment, she said. Local business owners came up with various ideas for using the rail yard when asked by The Star. “You’ll still be asking this question in 20 years’ time,” Shirleyanne Wright of Shan’s Lingerie and Leisure warned. “I’d like to see some parkland, definitely, or an entertainment complex.
“It’s a bit sad,” Ms Robins said. “You can see how much potential the kids have but can’t use. Most have cerebral palsy.” The girls played with the children as well as feeding them and cleaning up afterwards. “It was good to put a smile on their faces,” Ms Gobel said. Ms Robins said she was grateful for the opportunity and was told that just putting a smile on the children’s faces was enough. She would now like to travel all over Vietnam and one day go back to the orphanage and day care in Ho Chi Minh City.
“Maybe more long-term car parking with access to the main street.” Ms Fleming also raised several possibilities. “Maybe the old station could be developed into a cafe and people could come off the bus and eat there,” she said. “Perhaps the old railway land could be developed for parking and perhaps we could have the footbridge back and we would then have access to the street. “If we had nice parkland there, we could have markets there because we do not have a wide space like Mirboo North and Meeniyan do. “People coming from Melbourne would have no option but to see it and markets bring people to town and they do other things while they are there. “We are trying to get the Daffodil Festival bigger and to have a park would be ideal for that.” Ms Fleming was keen to see public discussion about how the site could be used. The Draft Leongatha Community Infrastructure Plan is currently open to public comment. Find it among the exhibition documents on council’s website and either submit your thoughts or attend the drop in session on Thursday, February 6. Submissions close Friday, February 14.
POLICE BRIEFS Boat stranded A HUSBAND, wife and 16 month old child went fishing in their 10ft aluminium boat in Shallow Inlet, Sandy Point, on January 20. While fishing, the tide receded and left the boat stuck on the northern entrance of the inlet, leaving the family stranded. At 11.30pm, police were notified the trio were missing by a family member. Foster Police, Water Police, SES and Air Wing commenced a search. The Police Air Wing subsequently located the boat and family at 1am the following morning. The family was not injured.
Fatal crash A WOMAN from Trafalgar died after crashing into
a pine at Delburn, north of Mirboo North, last Wednesday. Police said the 56 year old failed to negotiate a left hand bend on the Strzelecki Highway and veered her car to the right side of the road, about 11.10am. Bass Coast Highway Patrol is investigating.
Woman trapped A WOMAN was caught in her car for half an hour after crashing into a tree near Leongatha on Friday. Police said the Cowes woman was heading toward Leongatha on the YarragonLeongatha Road when she lost control on loose gravel and skidded left into the embankment. The car then collided with a tree, leaving the 48 year old trapped for half an hour at 7.20pm.
Units from the CFA, SES, ambulance and police attended to release the woman. She was conveyed to Warragul Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Dangerous bends A FAMILY of five survived a car accident at Tarwin on the Tarwin Lower Road on Sunday. The 43 year old driver had his wife and three children in the vehicle when he took a right bend too quickly and over corrected, at 2.25pm, police said. The car went off the road and rolled on its roof. A cut on the driver’s foot was the only injury sustained by the family. The driver received a penalty notice for careless driving.
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Drivers in fear School bells By Laura Gibb RESIDENTS are complaining of “frightening” near misses with other vehicles near Bald Hills Wind Farm.
Drivers have notified police of vehicles travelling at unsafe speeds and failing to show courtesy in sharing the single dirt lane of Buffalo–Waratah Road near Tarwin Lower. Opinion was mixed about whether some drivers connected to the wind farm were to blame. Police are patrolling the area. Bald Hills Wind Farm general manager Matthew Croome said the company had been in contact with police and South Gippsland Shire Council about road safety and other issues. “We impress on all workers, not only those involved in driving trucks and machinery but those transporting themselves to and from work at the site, the importance of road safety and courtesy on the roads,” Mr Croome said. Margaret Windisch of Walkerville said she was run off the road by a truck while driving from Meeniyan to Walkerville. “It was in the middle of the road coming towards me and I expected it to go over to one side,” Mrs Windisch said. “It didn’t slow down and it didn’t get over to the side. “I had to take evasive action.” Mrs Windisch said she was forced to leave the road and drive onto the verge. She reported the incident to Inverloch Police. Another local woman, who
didn’t want to be named, said she had a “big fright” on the Buffalo– Walkerville Road on Wednesday, January 22. She described a fully loaded truck travelling south “just too fast” as she was driving north. “I had to drive off the road and ended up against a neighbour’s fence,” the woman said. “I couldn’t go any further. “To be honest I thought my car was going to be hit.” Bruce Jarrett of Tarwin Lower observed it was difficult to point the finger accurately at who has been driving unsafely and discourteously, since many vehicles use Buffalo– Waratah Road, including cattle and other trucks, tourists, local drivers and trucks and personnel vehicles driving to and from Bald Hills Wind Farm. “We have actually been praised by some local residents for the behaviour of truck delivery drivers,” Mr Croome said. “We have undertaken to install traffic management signs to caution drivers involved in wind farm activity to ensure they’re aware of the road conditions and also other road users are aware there’s construction traffic in the area.” The speed limit around the construction zone has been reduced from 100km/hr to 60km/hr. “In sections of the road, we are planning to widen the shoulder to allow some wider areas where either the construction traffic or other road users are able to pull over further and maintain a safe separation between vehicles passing each other,” Mr Croome said. “We all share the roads and we all need to be vigilant and safe.
“If somebody witnesses some unsafe driving and they believe the vehicle is associated with the project, it will be helpful if they get a registration number so we can follow it up.” Police are aware construction of the wind farm is a sensitive issue and say they have been “proactive” about monitoring traffic in the area. “We understand the traffic flow down there is going to be a little bit bigger,” Sergeant Jason Hullick of Bass Coast Highway Patrol said. He reported a police officer from Inverloch patrolled the area several days in a row and didn’t detect any trucks speeding. “We have had minor complaints in relation to volume of traffic there,” he said, but said regarding alleged unsafe and discourteous driving; one incident here and one there did not add up to a strong pattern. “If we do receive complaints, we always like to follow up and find the other side of the story as well,” Sgt Hullick said. “Both vehicles have right of way and obviously they have to share the road. “Sometimes the smaller vehicle might have to give the larger vehicle some extra room.” “People have to be mindful they’re going to strike some larger vehicles on those back roads and be prepared to give them some extra room for everyone’s safety. “If people do have an issue they think needs to be addressed then please give us a ring. A registration number would be great.”
ring again By Tayla Kershaw WITH books, school bags and uniform ready to go, students are all set to go back to school this week, some today (Wednesday). Leongatha Primary School is eagerly anticipating around 580 students this year, 90 of which are Preps. Joining the Preps will be their new teacher Genevieve Ell. Neve Roberts, 5, of Leongatha, is excited to be starting Prep at Leongatha Primary School. “I’m going to play with my kinder friends,” she said. Leongatha Secondary College is pleased student numbers are up on last year and expect more enrolments to come in. Students will be excited to have their first classes in the new building. Most are yet to see what the inside of the building looks like, after witnessing its construction throughout last year. New staff will also be joining the secondary college this year. Mary MacKillop College has around 580 students returning in 2014,
which is 30 more than last year; of which 108 of these students are starting Year 7. Four new staff members teaching chemistry, food tech, English and humani-
ties, physical education and religious education will be joining their ranks. Two of these are rejoining the staffing panel after having worked as relief teachers.
First day: Neve Roberts is starting Prep at Leongatha Primary School.
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Dog dispute By Brad Lester AN INVERLOCH dog owner has questioned the number of dog complaints made to Bass Coast Shire Council last year.
Give us a chance: Shane Clements, with pet Bonnie, is urging council to survey dog owners as well as people without dogs to gain a fair representation of the community’s feelings towards the beach ban trial.
Fair go plea BANNING dogs from Inverloch’s beaches during the peak trading period is having a negative effect on the town’s economy, an Inverloch businessman believes. “It’s the quietest summer I have seen in the 13 years that I have been here,” said Shane Clements, proprietor of Inverloch Cabins and Apartments. “It’s because the day trippers are not coming.”
Council is surveying people about their views on the dog beach ban trial, but he wants council to survey all ratepayers, not just people without dogs on the beach when the ban is implemented during the day. “Why can’t Bass Coast Shire Council leave surveys at the local council office and the library, and ratepayers can be included using drivers’ licences or Medicare numbers as identification?” Mr Clements suggested.
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The Star last week reported council stated it had received 85 reports of dogs attacking or rushing at people, and pooing on the beach at Inverloch in 2013. The dog owner, who wished to remain unnamed, claimed they were told by a council officer the incidents did not all occur on the beach, and also referred to dogs barking and lost dogs. The story prompted mixed discussion on The Star’s Facebook page, with some people concerned about dogs on beaches and others critical of the trial. Council is now undertaking a trial banning dogs from council managed beaches at Inverloch between 9am and 6pm from December 1 until April 30. Council did not wish to respond to the dog owner’s claim, with a council spokesperson saying: “We are in the middle of a trial to gather further information that will help council make an informed decision that balances the needs of those who want no dogs on the beach and those who want no restrictions.
“In considering the concept of a trial, council considered data gathered since 2012, when it undertook extensive community consultation for the development of the Domestic Animal Management Plan, the survey of Inverloch residents in 2013, benchmarking information from throughout Victoria, as well as dog incidents reported to council. “All this information led council to form the opinion that putting in place offleash areas and trialling restrictions, like those already in place around the shire and indeed other coastal municipalities, was an appropriate way to gather information on this very emotive matter.” Neither did council wish to comment on the number of people warned or fined for walking their dog on the beach during the ban times, nor how dog owners were reacting when approached by rangers. “We don’t think it is helpful to provide comment on data that has not been collated or analysed at this point, and will therefore hold any further comment on this matter until the trial is completed and a report has been presented to council in May,” the council spokesperson said. Cr Andrew Phillips said dogs should be allowed on beaches at any time, on a lead - the same restrictions
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From the Star’s Facebook page
How readers responded to the story, “Dog fight – council reveals attack figures”, on The Star’s Facebook page • Caz Allen: “Attacking’ people-first I’ve heard? Wow 85- really? Just keep your dog on a leash during the day (on the beach) and keep the ‘off-leash’ hours the same but maybe apply some brains to not have the off leash areas in such public places.” • Iznaya Kennedy: “Caz, my girl was rushed by two dogs off leash in the middle of the day - not attacked, but tell that to a small person (one who loves dogs, too)! The guy knew he was in the wrong and he beat his dogs with the chains in his hand. “And I saw an older couple bury their dog’s poo in the sand by the water’s edge in front of other people. I didn’t report the incidents at the time (but I did write a letter about the poo to the paper!). “It happens and it’s the dodgy minority who do ruin it for the rest of us. All the more reason for me to be responsible with my dogs in public for good PR, rather than attacking council for trying to keep the community safe and clean.” • Amanda Taylor: “I question the validity of council’s claim that there were 85 incidents of dog attacks on the beach. Could this claim be substantiated with some supporting detail please. • Amanda Taylor: “Why not start talking solutions, options and alternatives? Everyone would be better off for it. It’s a big beach, surely there’s enough space to cater for all preferences?”
• Hazel Finney: “That number supplied by council is deliberately misleading and I have an email that says 84 ‘incidents’ involving dogs in Inverloch were reported in 2013. They have not supplied a breakdown of what was barking, poop, etc. I don’t think this number had anything to do with dog attacks.” • Matt Battersby: “I believe it. I am still seeing lots of dogs off leash. These few will spoil it for many.” • Tess Finney: “This council claims numerous dog attacks on Inverloch beach, yet this same council gave two off leash areas on this same beach. This is gross incompetence by the council, if this is true at all.” • Joelean Robins: “Nothing to do with the Inverloch situation, but I think unless it’s in a specific no leash park or something, people should always have their dogs on a leash. My mum and her dog (who is always on the leash) have been attacked twice recently by dogs just roaming. And also, some dogs are nervous and won’t take well to a random dog not on lead running up to them.” • Emilie Masi: “Wow if there are 85 reported cases, imagine how many are unreported.” • Matt Battersby: “It doesn’t say 85 dogs attacking people.... A total of 85 reports.”
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School success By Tayla Kershaw MARY MacKillop College’s wait for quality trade training at their school is finally over. After five years of hard work, funding of up to $1 million has been approved by the Federal Government to establish the Mary MacKillop Trades Skills Centre South Gippsland. The six other schools involved in the project, including Leongatha, Korumburra, Foster and Mirboo North secondary colleges, South Gippsland Specialist School and Chairo Christian School, were funded in round four. The funds will help develop online learning and video conferencing, as well as a face to face trade training facility on campus. The centre will include the extension and refurbishment of existing facilities to
include a construction workshop, an automotive workshop, an electrotechnology workshop, a hothouse and the provision of equipment. This will allow students to have better vocational education and achieve qualifications in a broader range of trades, including carpentry, electrics and plumbing. The trade training program will focus on building and construction, light engineering, agriculture and horticulture. Leaders at Mary MacKillop College are excited to be able to contribute their share to help all teenagers in South Gippsland. The seven schools will now coordinate the project together and hope to enrol students for courses in 2015. “It’s fantastic,” Mary MacKillop College principal Michael Delaney said. “Education is about educating the whole person. We need to focus on both academic and applied learning.”
Successful meeting: the Friends of Inverloch Dog Owners committee Dom Brusamarello, Amanda Taylor, chairperson Chris Hamilton, Jan McGannon, Keith Finney and Ivan Hipworth at Sunday’s meeting.
FIDO bites back By Laura Gibb INVERLOCH dog owners have called on the community to speak out about Bass Coast Shire Council’s dog beach ban trial.
Done deal: Mary MacKillop College principal Michael Delaney shakes hands with McMillan MP Russell Broadbent after finding out funds for the school’s trade centre were approved on Tuesday.
The group, known as Friends of Inverloch Dog Owners (FIDO), believed council had not adequately consulted the community and so undertook its own survey at a meeting at the Inverloch Community Hub on Sunday. Some people felt council had undertaken only superficial community consultation before introducing the trial ban. Non-resident ratepayers and an-
nual holiday renters said they had not been consulted when council surveyed the community. FIDO formed a response to Bass Coast Shire Council’s trial ban of leashed dogs from Inverloch’s council managed beaches from 9am to 6pm, December 1 to April 30. The crowd of around 140 people was overwhelmingly opposed to the current restrictions of dogs on beaches. “It’s been a very productive community consultation process,” committee member Dom Brusamarello said. “The discussions had by the community will be of value to council’s deliberations. “We are seeking workable solutions to complex issues.”
The concerns, insights and possible solutions raised in public discussion were wide ranging. Richard Pilcher, who has a holiday home in Inverloch, questioned whether council was qualified to analyse the data independent researchers collect during the trial and whether perhaps council has a conflict of interest. John Smallman suggested that in certain areas, much of the poo on the beach was from foxes rather than dogs. The issue of dogs on beaches is close to attendees’ hearts and speakers received many supportive rounds of applause. The meeting was tightly run and respectful in tone.
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Tell us a bit about yourself Rachel, and your background in dentistry. Hi, My name is Rachel and I'm a dental therapist at Inverloch Family Dental (IFD). I studied for my bachelor of Dental Therapy in Western Australia and moved to Inverloch last year to begin work with Dr. Tonya Kirk and Dr. Taehee Lee at IFD, a beautiful new clinic that opened in May 2013. So Rachel, what does a Dental Therapist do? Well, we examine and treat diseases of the teeth in pre-school, primary and secondary school children under the supervision of a dentist.
But day-to-day, I perform dental examinations, clean and polish teeth, fill cavities, extract deciduous (baby) teeth (as a last resort!), take x-rays of teeth and jaws, apply preventive fissure sealants and supervise in-house our very effective ‘tooth strengthening’ fluoride therapy. I also take impressions for mouth guard construction. How is Inverloch Family Dental going since its opening last year? What’s news here? It’s been fantastic! I’m really enjoying it. I can't believe that it's been 8 months already! We opened this brand new, state of the art practice specifically to provide the best preventive dental care to families and
Well I think our main difference is that our clinic is designed and planned to look after families and children. I suppose I’m a good example of this too, as we are one of very few clinics that specially employ a dental therapist.
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We also have Dr. Tonya Kirk who has an interest in Paediatric dentistry and Dr. Taehee Lee who has an interest in orthodontics. We’ve also invested in new equipment such as a decay detecting digital camera, which is a very useful tool in finding decay early with children. It can also reduce the need for x-rays!
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children. Right now I’m really excited about the new Medicare Child Dental Any dental tips for children? Benefits Scheme. It means our clinic is perfectly poised to provide great care to all Make sure you brush your teeth at least twice a day, always eat healthy foods and eligible Inverloch children. come and see us twice a year! Prevention Can you tell me about the new is better than any treatment. Now with the Medicare Schedule? new Medicare Schedule, families have Well, it’s a financial support scheme for every reason to visit us and get their basic dental services targeting children children’s teeth checked! aged 2–17. It covers dental services like examination, x-rays, cleaning and fillings, To book an appointment up to $1000 over 2 years. We believe that it’s a fantastic opportunity for many families who want to give quality dental care to their children. It will make a big difference!
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POLICE BRIEFS Smashed wall TWO holes were punched in the wall of the bistro section of the Esplanade Hotel in Inverloch on Sunday. The damage will cost approximately $100. Senior Constable Anderson of Inverloch Police would like to speak to any witnesses to this crime.
Roof rocked A 200 MODEL Ford sedan was damaged by an unknown offender jumping on the roof repeatedly. The offenders entered a private yard in Lillian court, Dalyston, overnight on Sunday to approach the vehicle. Wonthaggi Police are investigating.
Wilful exposure
Diary reveals past Exploring the past: Leongatha and District Historical Society members opened the group’s latest exhibition, Celebrating our Pioneers, on Australia Day. From left were, Pat Spinks, driving force behind the exhibition;
Ron Funnell, who opened the exhibition, and granddaughter Bella Piasente, whose ancestors are represented in the display; and historical society vice president Robert Sage. The display, constructed mostly from
a diary Emily Funnell wrote between 1883 and 1888, explores the lives and hard work of early settler families in the district. The exhibition runs until August when a World War One centenary display begins.
A MAN from Narre Warren was caught wilfully exposing himself to children at Sagasser Park in Toora on Sunday afternoon. The 64 year old was arrested and charged with numerous offences. Toora Police are asking for witnesses to come forward.
Medical enquiry A DRIVER collided with the brick structure in the roundabout in Leongatha’s Bair Street on Monday. The 61 year old Mirboo North man was conveyed to Leongatha Hospital and released with no injuries. Police believe the man may have passed out while behind the wheel at 3.40pm. Police are investigating and medical review has been recommended.
entered the homes, which are mostly unlocked. Residents are advised to make sure non-essential entrances are locked at all times.
Missing machinery AN excavator bucket and a grease gun belonging to South Gippsland Shire Council were stolen from an excavator parked overnight in Korumburra South Road, Korumburra South overnight on Thursday. The value of the items was $300. Korumburra Police are investigating.
Car impounded A CAR was impounded after a 26 year old did a wheelie in Leongatha’s Peart and Brown streets. The vehicle will be impounded for a month and will cost the Outtrim man $1117 to retrieve it. On top of this fine, he will receive more traffic offences after his court date.
Car glassed BOTTLES were thrown at a car as the driver was travelling along Toorak Road in Inverloch on Thursday. The unknown offenders caused damage to one of the windows. Inverloch Police are searching for more information and ask to be contacted by witnesses.
Plants gone A QUANTITY of man-
grove plants valued at $900 were stolen during the week from the Jam Jerrup foreshore. The plants had been delivered to the site to be used by local volunteers and Department of Environment and Primary Industries personnel to stop erosion from the foreshore area.
Grass fire in Glen Alvie THE CFA and police were called to small grass fire along the side of the road at Wonthaggi on Wednesday. The blazed occured on Wonthaggi-Glen Alvie Road at the intersection of Atkinson Road. The fire was on Crown land along the western side of the road. The total area burnt was approximately 40m long and five metres wide. The fire was extinguished by the CFA. Detectives from the Bass Coast Criminal Investigation Unit are investigating.
Traffic offences AN anti drink-driving operation over the weekend on Phillip Island included almost 1400 breath tests. A total of six drivers exceeded the prescribed blood alcohol limit. Five of these occurred on Saturday night near Newhaven. Another 13 drivers were fined for offences such as unlicensed driving and nonroadworthy motor vehicles. Police said the “don’t drink and drive message” was not getting through to
some drivers, particularly on a weekend when drivers could reasonably expect to be tested.
Drivers behave POLICE ran random breath tests in Tarwin Lower and Inverloch over the past week. Three hundred breath tests were given each day and only one positive reading was detected. The man blew twice the legal limit and was intercepted near Surf Parade, Inverloch, at 10.30am on Monday.
Missing ute A 1996 HOLDEN ute YXL408 was stolen from Settlement Road, Cowes, overnight on Thursday. The vehicle is valued at $4000. Cowes Police are investigating and would like to hear from anyone who knows the whereabouts of the vehicle.
Boats stolen TWO boats and trailers have been stolen within the past week. A Bayliner runabout valued at $40,000 was stolen from a holiday house in Barramundi Avenue at Smiths Beach. A Savage 4.5 metres fibreglass boat valued at $2,000 was stolen from Agar Road in Bass. Police said owners should make sure boats are secured when they are not present.
String of robberies
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Planning and Environment Act 1987 SOUTH GIPPSLAND PLANNING SCHEME Notice of Approval of Amendment C83 (Part 1) The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C83 (Part 1) to the South Gippsland Planning Scheme. The Amendment came into operation on the date this notice was published in the Government Gazette (16 January 2014).The Amendment applies the Public Acquisition Overlay to 5 Little Princes St, Korumburra to facilitate the development of the Korumburra Integrated Children's Centre. A copy of the Amendment can be inspected, free of charge, at www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/planning/publicinspection and at South Gippsland Shire Council, 9 Smith St, Leongatha. JOHN PHILLIPS Dept Transport, Planning & Local Infrastructure FEBRUARY IMMUNISATION PROGRAM Tues 4/2/14 FISH CREEK, RSL Hall, Meeniyan Promontory Rd FOSTER, WMA Centre, Main St LEONGATHA, Uniting Church Hall, Peart St Wed 05/02/14 MIRBOO NORTH, MCH Centre, Brennan St KORUMBURRA, Community Rm, Commercial St Enquiries: Ph 5662 9361
THERE have been a number of home burglaries across Inverloch, Wonthaggi and Phillip Island over the past week. A number of the offences occurred while the occupants of the houses were present. Usually the occupants have been gardening in the yard when offenders have
Out there: police breath test drivers at Tarwin Lower last Wednesday.
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SHIRE AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS At last week's Awards Ceremony, Mayor Cr Fawcett announced that Mrs Anne McIntyre from Venus Bay is the 2014 South Gippsland Citizen of the Year. From six nominations, the Leongatha Courthouse Centenary celebration was named the 2014 South Gippsland Community Event of the Year. Congratulations to the recipients and all nominees for their magnificent contributions. Council is pleased to sponsor the Awards Program to provide recognition of the many outstanding volunteers in our communities. The Awards nomination process for the 2015 awards will commence in June and close on 31 October, with nomination forms on the website and at Council. Enquiries: Jeannie Hicks 5662 9221. SOU6080832
CLOSING FRI 31 JANUARY! REPAIRING OUR ROADS' SURVEY Don't miss the chance to provide feedback via our online survey (www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au) on the state of our roads and any financial or personal impact it has had on you. This information will be collated to support Council's requests for adequate funding and appropriate action to restore road safety in the shire. If you are not sure whether a road is Council's or Vic Roads' responsibility, a quick click on the website will clarify. 9 Smith St., Leongatha 3953 (Private Bag 4) Ph: 5662 9200 Fax: 5662 3754 council@southgippsland.vic.gov.au www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au
Cr Jim Fawcett OUR two day bus tour of the shire last week was extremely informative, providing councillors and senior management with visual and factual updates on projects and issues in each ward. Among the many spots we visited on Tuesday were the childcare centre in Mirboo North, the Koonwarra Transfer Station and Landfill, Leongatha airport, Korumburra’s Visitor Information Centre, Access Centre and Carinya Lodge, and on to Nyora. On Wednesday our focus moved to the other end of the shire, with visits to Venus Bay, Walkerville, Sandy Point Community Centre, Toora and Foster swimming pools, Bald Hills Wind Farm and the Franklin River Reserve. These locations represent a myriad of challenges for council in the coming year and the visits were incredibly worthwhile and will make our considerations more exacting. It was a delight to announce Mrs Anne McIntyre from Venus Bay as our 2014 Citizen of the Year on Wednesday night at the annual awards ceremony. Her body of volunteer work is staggering, from her part in establishing the Venus Bay Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and working up to four 24 hour shifts in it each week, to having fostered over 100 children with her husband Ian; her work with the Venus Bay Angling Club, the Tarwin Valley Project and the annual Christmas Street Party.
It‘s well worth a read of the 14 nominee profiles on the council website to gain a humbling appreciation for the outstanding citizens in our midst. Congratulations again Anne, and I encourage community groups, clubs and event organisers to invite our citizen of the year as a guest at your activities throughout the year. The Community Event of the Year went to the Leongatha Courthouse Centenary, a diverse week long celebration with twenty separate events fusing music, art, history, drama and displays… months of planning and commitment to the delight of the community. Congratulations to the many groups who came together to make this such an amazing event. The awards were capped off with wonderful Australia Day events on Sunday which council happily sponsors, and the public holiday on Monday. I was pleased to formally welcome three new Australians at the citizenship ceremony, as part of the Leongatha event. Thanks too to the eight local Australia Day committees who organise the local events for your enjoyment - yet more great volunteers contributing I hope that somewhere along the line you took a moment to pause and acknowledge the extraordinary lifestyle that both Australia and South Gippsland afford us. We certainly have much to be grateful for. Cr Jim Fawcett, mayor.
“THE STAR”, Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - PAGE 9
Australia Day awards Mirboo North rewards service MARGARET Peters OAM is Mirboo North’s citizen of the year.
She received the honour at Mirboo North’s Australia Day formalities at the Shire Hall. Ms Peters has had a long and successful career in the health sectors. She was on the board of Latrobe Regional Hospital and the Consumer Advisory Committee as well as chairing Latrobe Community Health Service Committee of Management. She also served on the Mirboo North Bushfire Recovery Committee and is secretary of Mirboo North Senior Citizens, a Lion, a Friend of the Library and a mem-
ber of Lyrebird Forest Walk. The other nominees for citizen of the year were Sue Kerr and Peter Gardener, both also of Mirboo North. Australia Day ambassador, Louise Martin, spoke at the ceremony at Mirboo North. Ms Martin is a communications professional and communication director of Victoria’s Department of Premier and Cabinet. The Australia Day ceremony was organised by the Australia Day committee consisting of Maxine Kiel, Faye Buchanan, Rachel Wilson, Ian Potter, David Lewis and Heather Butler.
Official party: Deputy Premier Peter Ryan, South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Jim Fawcett, Australia Day Ambassador Wesa Chau, manager of Leongatha Safeway Wayne Fischer and president of Leongatha and District Australia Day Committee Sue Miles.
Patriotism runs high AUSTRALIA gained three new citizens at Leongatha’s Australia Day festivities.
Community honours: nominee Sue Kerr, citizen of the year Margaret Peters OAM and nominee Peter Gardener.
Australia Day Committee: Ian Potter, Maxine Kiel, Faye Buchanan, Rachel Wilson and David Lewis.
Kay Martin and Philip Rennie, originally of New Zealand, and Davinder Pal Singh, originally of India, took up citizenship during the Australia Day ceremony. South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Jim Fawcett presented each with a certificate and a native plant in front of several hundred people. Australia Day festivities at McIndoe Park began with a parade led by South Gippsland Shire Brass Band, Guides, Scouts, Venturers, Rovers, emergency service personnel and children dressed
in an Australia Day costume. Apex and Lions members worked together to feed the crowd with barbecued sausages. The South Gippsland Shire Brass Band played the national anthem and the crowd was also treated to songs by local musical ensemble The Dirt Floor. Deputy Premier Peter Ryan attended the event. “I congratulate these people and groups that were short listed for awards and hope they take pride in knowing that their efforts have been recognised and appreciated by the wider community” Mr Ryan said. Activities for children included large puzzles, face painting, jumping castle
Officially Australian: new citizens Philip Rennie, Davinder Pal Singh and Kay Martin.
and cooperative play equipment. Australia Day Ambassador Wesa Chau spoke at the event. Ms Chau was named Young Victorian of the Year in 2012 and is a public speaker, strategic thinker, advocate and consultant. She spoke about some of the wonderful things about being Australian, including tolerance and freedom from fear. Festivities were organised by Leongatha and District Australia Day Committee Sue Miles, president; Janet Wallis, secretary; Keryn Kay, treasurer; and members Ashley Heath, Mimmie Ng, Andrew Kay and Leonnie McCluskey.
National song: Stacey O’Malley, Penny Hunt and David Ewart played the national anthem with the South Gippsland Shire Brass Band.
Cape scheme will still cost thousands By Jacob de Kunder CAPE Paterson property owners could be charged up to $47,200 for the upgrade of unsealed roads and drainage if a special charge scheme goes ahead. This comes after Bass Coast Shire Council completed the proposed design for the upgrade of unsealed roads and drainage in Cape Paterson. The design was developed with input from the community after a number of information sessions were held in April last year. Community members also had the opportunity to contact councillors and council officers to express how they’d like their streets
to look and feel. Each individual property owner has been sent a letter advising of the changes to the scheme as a result of community information sessions and subsequent further liaison with council to develop the final design. Included in this letter is the revised estimated cost for each individual property owner. “The input from property owners in the area has been really valuable in developing a design proposal that best meets the infrastructure needs of the community,” council’s infrastructure director Felicity Sist said. “The design includes the construction and sealing of roads, but also the installation of kerbs and improvements to stormwater drainage by replacing open drains
with underground ones, and putting drainage in areas that currently don’t have any.” Ms Sist said the design also aims to improve the natural amenity of the streets by softening the hard infrastructure through coloured kerbing, and increasing the amount of indigenous trees and vegetation in the streets. Council said it undertakes these types of upgrade projects to improve infrastructure to benefit those in the community. The Cape Paterson project is estimated to cost more than $7 million, with council contributing around $1.5 million. For the project to go ahead, property owners in areas that benefit from the project will be required to make a contribution towards the costs of the work.
Council said the minimum charge was $1100 for the owner of a unit within a property that has been subdivided into four units. The majority of properties included within the scheme will be charged between $12,000 and $14,000. “This is a matter of equity. When people buy a property or land in developed areas, included in the price is tens of thousands of dollars in infrastructure costs. It would be most unfair to make these residents pay again for someone else’s infrastructure,” Ms Sist said. “In many older developments, infrastructure was never put in place. This might have been adequate when populations were smaller, but as townships grow, there is a need to improve infrastructure.
“Sealing roads in residential streets not only improves access and mobility for vehicles, but helps to reduce excessive dust generated from unsealed roads. “Whilst some residents aren’t concerned by dust, many are – especially those who suffer from common respiratory ailments such as asthma. Complaints relating to dust from unsealed roads in residential areas are one of the most common complaints council receives across the shire, including in Cape Paterson. “Unsealed roads are also prone to potholes and corrugations, which create issues for both motorists and pedestrians.” Ms Sist said improving drainage would eliminate flooding to some properties caused by excessive
stormwater runoff, as well as preventing water from lying stagnant in the street. The next step is for council to decide at the February council meeting if it will commence the process for a possible special charge scheme. Should council endorse the process, this will open up
the project to formal submissions from residents. “Following this consultation process, council will ultimately make a decision to proceed, abandon or vary the scheme. However, should more than 50 per cent of residents reject the scheme, then it will not proceed,” Ms Sist said.
Bass deadline extended N O M I N AT I O N S for Liberal Party preselection for the seat of Bass will be received until this Friday, January 31. A party spokesperson said the deadline of
January 22 had been extended given the incumbent, Ken Smith MLA, had announced he would retire. Mr Smith will serve as Bass MLA until the November 29, 2014 state election.
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SCHOOL starts back this week so remember to obey the 40km/h speed zones around schools. This makes the areas safer for students and parents when they are walking, cycling or simply being dropped off for school. A PAIR of child’s spectacles was left at the face painting stand at Australia Day celebrations in Leongatha’s McIndoe Park on Sunday. The glasses are available to collect from the Leongatha Police Station upon identification. TICKETS for the free community event to celebrate the opening of the Victorian Desalination Plant ecological reserve on Sunday, February 2 are still available. So if you would like to
explore the Bass Coast’s new 225ha coastal park, enjoy entertainment by some of our well loved local performers (including the Wonthaggi Citizens’ Band and Island Jazz) or take a sneak peek inside the heart of the desalination plant, make a booking at www.trybooking. com/EBYH or call 1800 811 214. Bookings for bus transport from the Wonthaggi Recreation Reserve are essential as there is no parking at the ecological reserve on the day. TWO men approached the home of a Leongatha resident and offered to paint her roof on Wednesday afternoon.
No business cards or colour samples were offered and they asked for $1200 in cash. The middle aged man spoke quickly but could not give examples of other homes he had painted, and became quiet when asked if it was a scam. The roof was quite steep and the resident noted they had not brought along ladders. The men drove a neat, white ute with light grey lettering from the door to the mudguard. The resident believed the men to be suspicious and urged everyone to be mindful of door to door scams in the area.
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Aussie Eve party: the Espy Hotel at Inverloch was pumping on Saturday night as a large crowd turned out for the Australia Day Eve bash featuring the music of DJ D-Boy. Pictured from left are, Brittany Fenton of Pakenham, Julie Jackson of Inverloch, Nicole Buccilli of Inverloch and Ashleigh Cox of Pakenham.
Big top time CIRCUS Royale has played to packed houses in coastal towns in recent weeks and will now play a strictly limited series of big top shows in Leongatha, Wonthaggi and Warragul. The performers are among the hardest working entertainers you will ever see - they sell the popcorn, serve the candyfloss, help behind the scenes and entertain. Circus Royale is performing under a colourful big top tent in Leongatha, Wonthaggi and Warragul. In Leongatha, the circus is on next Tuesday, February 4 at 7pm, and Wednesday, February 5 at 6pm. In Wonthaggi it’s on Friday, February 7 at 7.30pm, Saturday, February 8 at 4pm and 7.30pm and Sunday, February 9 at 11am. Circus Royale shows are offered at varied starting times to suit busy singles and families. Tickets are from $15 for children two years to 14 years and from $25 for adults. An onsite ticket office is open each performance day from 10am. Call 0410 669 253 to book by phone. Tickets are available online at www.circusroyale.com. au See the advertisement on page 35.
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Decade of outback travel By Tayla Kershaw THE Ghan is celebrating 10 years of unforgettable journeys between Alice Springs and Darwin. Thousands of passengers, both national and international, have experienced the awe the rail line has to offer. It is an iconic journey, enabling passengers to enjoy the diverse Australian landscape at a re-
laxed pace in comfort and style. The Ghan takes you to places that are hard to see unless you are adventurous. Within the 10 years of its service, visitor numbers have risen. Jetset Leongatha’s Jill Carmody insists The Ghan must be on everyone’s to do list. Each day begins with a fresh panorama view of the spectacular Australian scenery and ends with the sight of the fiery outback sunset. This is the perfect opportunity to see Australia’s Red Centre in a whole new light. To com-
memorate the anniversary, there are a number of packages available to be booked through Jetset. Twenty per cent off the 10 most popular packages is on offer to people who book by February 28. This includes the Territory Complete package, which takes you to Alice Springs, Uluru, Kata Tjuta, Kings Canyon, Katherine, Darwin and Kakadu over one amazing fortnight. This package will save up to $1000 per person.
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Overcrowding at Venus Bay THE recent seasonally high crowds at Venus Bay have raised serious concerns within the local community about overcrowding and the impact of the number of cars pouring into the township and trying to access the five beaches. On Christmas Day a ranger estimated there were 1500 people at beach five. The beach itself can cope with 1500 people, but the access road and supporting amenities - toilets and rubbish bins - cannot. The problem is partly caused
by the local topography. Venus Bay is unusual in that it has the Cape Liptrap Coastal Park between the beaches and the nearest through roads. This small but hilly barrier means that it does not have an easily accessible foreshore like other major holiday beaches. It is difficult (and also inappropriate) to build beach side car parks and toilets and shower blocks that one normally finds at popular beaches. Beach one has some of these facilities but no-one would support their erection on any of the other beaches. Besides destroying large areas of a coastal park, why would
E D I T O R I A L Seize the chance FOR many years, the issue of what to do with the former Leongatha rail yard has been a topic of discussion in this newspaper. We wish the issue would take a turn for the better, with South Gippsland Shire Council acquiring the land at a reasonable price and announcing a development on the site that would be for the betterment of Leongatha. Council worked with architecture students from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology to prepare concept plans for possible uses, new council offices among them. But now, as was the case then, council was unable to proceed further as it did not own the site. While the community understands council is strapped for cash given the $4.6 million unfunded superannuation call and other budgetary pressures, the retail centre of Leongatha is in urgent need of reinvigoration. Many shops in Bair Street, which backs on to the rail yard, are empty and have been for many years. The fact this part of town is difficult to get to – with a busy highway to cross – and with limited parking would no doubt be deterrents to potential shoppers. Opening the rail yard to car parking would be of benefit, but the scope is also there to follow the suggestion of Sandra Fleming, secretary/treasurer of the Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and have a park there as well. Given council’s limited finances, perhaps council could seek funding assistance from the State and Federal governments to pursue this as a regional development project, or alternatively allocate funds to be raised from the sale of surplus council assets under the strategic land review. If all else fails, perhaps VicTrack should advertise the rail yard for sale on the open market and at least someone could make the most of what has for years been a wasted opportunity.
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you bother to build car parks that would only be fully used on say five to 10 days a year? It simply does not make economic or environmental sense. For the hundreds of thousands of people living in the south and south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Venus Bay is only a two hour drive away, making a family day trip in an air conditioned car relatively easy. Over the Christmas/New Year holiday period, hundreds of Melburnians are now making this day trip leading to overcrowding, congestion and subsequent angst amongst locals and those utilising their holiday home. But, what has to be accepted is that the beaches at Venus Bay are public ones, available to all to enjoy. Anyone has the right to use them for swimming, surfing and other recreational purposes such as fishing and pipi collecting. It is most likely - almost certain - the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) will not agree to a ban of pipi collecting over the summer period (as is proposed in the petition currently being circulated (see www.communityrun.org/ petitions/seasonal-pipi-collection-restrictions-for-venus-baybeaches) until there is conclusive proof the current rate of collecting is a serious threat to the local pipi population. What therefore is to be done? The South Gippsland Shire
Council has a role here. Like the Yarra Council and the New Years’ Eve parties in the Edinburgh Gardens, North Fitzroy, the council was unprepared for the Christmas numbers at Venus Bay. For the peak period - say, from two days before Christmas to the day after New Years’ Day - it needs to provide portable toilets at beaches two to four and have council officers working at Venus Bay to oversee parking and to issue tickets to those who park illegally. The revenue from fines would cover the salary costs. And rubbish needs to be collected more frequently and/or skip size bins rather than household size ones should be provided at all beach car parks. The above would be a good start but more is needed. The DEPI web page on pipi collecting at Venus Bay states pipi collectors are predominately visitors from Melbourne with 95 per cent harvesting pipis for the first time. I would recommend the community strongly lobby for a ban on pipi collecting over the short Christmas/New Year period. Here day trippers would still be able to enjoy the beaches for swimming and the like (as I have noticed an increasing number now doing), but it would restrict the number of vehicles in Venus Bay over the peak period. This recommendation is one based not on anti-piping collecting or anti-pipi collectors but
one focussing on crowd control and safety. A bushfire at Venus Bay over the Christmas/New Year period with the current number of cars and day-trippers could result in an absolute disaster. The council and other responsible authorities need to think of flexible ways to manage the influx of crowds and cars to ensure there is a safe and sustainable environment for all those enjoying the pleasures of the beaches. Temporary toilets, more frequent rubbish collection, policing of parking restrictions and a ten-day ban on pipi collecting should be key elements of an overall management plan. John Arnold, Venus Bay holiday-maker.
Hark the bark I LIVE next door to a house in Inverloch which is rented out during the summer months. The owner allows dogs to accompany the tenants and until this year we had no issues. This year we have been disturbed by dogs, left behind whilst their owners enjoy the beach, barking during the daytime. This is a direct consequence of Cr Crugnale’s law banning dogs from Inverloch beaches during the daytime from the end of November to the beginning of May. Can common sense prevail? Let us return to the pleasant days of recent times before Cr Crugnale’s impulsive law was introduced and
then amended to “the trial”? Can council please spend our rates enforcing the reasonable law that allowed dogs on the beaches on leashes - not on trials about nothing? Robert Johnstone, Inverloch.
Dog queries
SO, BASS Coast Shire Council has received 85 reports of dogs attacking or rushing at people, and pooing on the beach at Inverloch in 2013 (The Star, Tuesday, January 21). The clear inference is that the number of dog attacks on Inverloch beaches is out of control. How lucky am I? I have walked along the beach at Inverloch almost every day for the last five years and never been attacked by a dog or even witnessed an attack, despite the implication that there is at least one person attacked every week. But wait, let’s read the above statement more carefully. It could be that there were 70 reports of poo on the beach, 15 of dog “rushes” on or off the beach, and no dog attacks at all. Of course, council could have just told us the number of dog attacks on Inverloch beaches. Could it be that council is attempting to mislead the public to defend its position on a law that it implemented without supporting evidence and without consultation? Surely not? Keith Finney, Inverloch.
VOXPOP! VOX What safety precautions do you take at the beach?
“I usually have someone with me and I don’t take breaths while submerged.” Louis Paxton, Inverloch.
“I swim between the flags and listen to the lifeguards.” Steve Wallace, Inverloch.
“I don’t annoy or jump on stingrays.” Tom Legg, Inverloch.
‘School day’ speed limits apply on all days up to and including 4 April 2014. Reduced speed limits of 40km/h or 60km/h apply as signposted. So slow down and obey the school rules. For more information visit vicroads.vic.gov.au/SchoolSpeedZones
“Look before you leap – I check the water depth before jumping in.” Bert Paxton, Inverloch.
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Australia Day awards
Community minded: Sally Hoskins, David Vance, Ilse Arndt and Brian Hoskins of Meeniyan Progress Association.
Individual nominees: Kevin Slater, Peter Lee, David Grylls, Anne McIntyre and John Cocking with 2013 citizen of the year Aaron Wilson.
Anne, courthouse and youth win By Laura Gibb ANNE McIntyre of Venus Bay was named the citizen of the year at South Gippsland Shire Council’s Australia Day awards ceremony last Wednesday. Around 140 people attended the event in Leongatha Memorial Hall. The award for community event of the year was granted to the Leongatha Courthouse Centenary and youth community contribution winners were Ashley Heath, Eleanor McKenzie and Sam Wilson. Mayor Cr James Fawcett thanked all nominees for giving their time and skills to their communities. “We appreciate your outstanding contributions to our shire and the people who live here,” he said. “You make a difference to our lives, you strengthen our local communities
and you are role models for others.” Celebrating with Mrs McIntyre were her husband Ian McIntyre, the Venus Bay and District Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), friends and two granddaughters. The award recognises Mrs McIntyre’s tremendous work in the community. She and her husband have fostered more than 100 children through Anglicare. She also volunteers with CERT and was one of the founders of the Venus Bay branch, is a figurehead in the Venus Bay Angling Club and has organised the last 10 Venus Bay Christmas street parties. Mrs McIntyre moved from Scotland to Australia nearly 50 years ago and has lived in Venus Bay for 13 years. Practical and humble, Mrs McIntyre was back in CERT uniform the day after the awards. “She’s in blue again,”
Mr McIntyre said. “It’s just another day.” Mrs Intyre was honoured to be nominated, but was quick to share the glory. “All this stuff that I do, I couldn’t do it without my husband in the background,” she said. Mr McIntyre described his wife as “dedicated to whatever she does – whether it be CERT or the fishing club or to children and the household – except ironing!” The other nominees for citizen of the year were John Cocking, who is heavily involved in the Meeniyan community, Meeniyan Progress Association and Meeniyan Bowls Club; David Grylls of Welshpool, who is in the CFA, the Recreation Reserve Committee and many other organisations; Peter Lee of Agnes who contributes to the Toora Progress Association, volunteers with children and performs many other community-minded acts;
Great hosts: Heather Butler, Maxine Kiel and Kirsty Smith organised the Mirboo North stop on the Great Victorian Bike Ride.
and Kevin Slater of Leongatha, who contributes to his community in countless ways by spreading good cheer to children and the elderly and with music. The community event winner, Leongatha Courthouse Centenary, was prepared and staged by the Courthouse S86 Committee, the same committee that runs South Gippsland Shire Brass Band. For its centenary, the grand old courthouse building hosted 20 separate events to highlight its significant role in the history of law, justice and policing in South Gippsland. The other nominees for community event of the year were Leongatha ANZAC Day; Carols by Glowlight, Meeniyan; Fish Creek Tea Cosy Festival; Great Victorian Bike Ride, Mirboo North; and Loch Village Food and Wine Festival. The three winners for youth community contribution were Ashley Heath,
24, of Leongatha, for his service through the Navy and his voluntary contribution to the RSL; Eleanor
McKenzie, 15, for charity and extracurricular activities; and Sam Wilson, 18, of Meeniyan, for student
leadership and sporting contributions. All nominees in this section receive awards.
Youth winners: Sam Wilson, Ashley Heath and Eleanor McKenzie with Sophie Dixon, South Gippsland Shire Council’s community strengthening support officer.
Event nominees: from left, representatives for event of the year nominees, Elizabeth Hickey for Loch Village Food and Wine Festival; Darryl Hunt for Leongatha Courthouse Centenary; Mary Crosthwaite for Carols by Glowlight, Meeniyan; Deidre Granger for Fish Creek Tea Cosy Festival; Heather Butler for Great Victorian Bike Ride, Mirboo North; and Peter Carruthers for Leongatha ANZAC Day; with Brett Windsor, representative of 2013 community event of the year, Leongatha Secondary Education Centenary.
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Australia Day awards Bass Coast praises volunteers BARBARA Oates was crowned citizen of the year at the Bass Coast Shire Council’s Australia Day ceremony in Wonthaggi on Sunday.
A patriotic crowd filled the Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre for the occasion, and many enjoyed a free breakfast beforehand, courtesy of council and the Rotary Club of Wonthaggi. The event was opened with addresses by Barry Hughes of Rotary and council CEO Allan Bawden, followed by the Australia Day address by ambassador, presenter and broadcaster George Donikian. Ms Oates, from Corinella, owns and manages the Corinella General Store, but has still found time to commit to the Corinella Foreshore Committee, Kilcunda Bass Cricket Club, Corinella Hall Committee and the Bass Valley Historical Society, among others. Barbara’s involvement in many projects has seen the development of such
projects as the Corinella Jetty Project, Clean Up Australia Day, Bass Coast Healthy Living Program and the Corinella Hall kitchen refurbishment. Clive and Julie Kilgour won the Family Achievement Award, honouring more than 30 years’ service to the Bass Coast community. The Wonthaggi Golf Club, Moonya Services, Wonthaggi Secondary College, South Gippsland Orchid Club and Apex have benefitted from the couple’s time and expertise. While both were employees of Bass Coast Regional Health, formerly the Wonthaggi and District Hospital, they went above their roles by volunteering many hours of their time to hospital volunteer programs: the Ladies Auxiliary in Julie’s case and the support for youth space in Wonthaggi by Clive. The Kilgours also provided emergency foster care for children in the 1980s. The 2013 Bass Coast Children’s Expo won Community Event of the Year.
The expo is now in its third year and was presented by the Bass Coast Children’s Festival Working Group, in partnership with the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, and supported by council. The aim of the expo was to celebrate children through free and accessible events that provide opportunities for recreation, education, promotion of health and wellbeing and fun. Working group members sourced sponsors, service providers and support organisations to provide a wonderful experience. The late Stephanie Mann was named Arts and Cultural Ambassador of the Year. Her husband David and daughter Emma accepted the award on her behalf. Stephanie’s contribution to the arts in Bass Coast included various roles with the Phillip Island Arts and Cultural Committee, Offshore Theatre, the U3A Stagecraft Group, and as artistic director and production manager of the annual U3A concert. Stephanie was also a
performer. Moving to Phillip Island with more than 40 years professional acting experience, she acted in various one-woman shows, performing voluntarily for
community fundraisers. Being an active member of St Phillips Anglican Church, Stephanie volunteered her time to fundraise for the church and
organise artistic and acting performances. Mr Mann said: “In so many ways, she made a huge contribution to the theatre scene.
“Stephanie was informed she had won the award before she died and was touched that she had touched so many people with her work.”
Well deserved: front, from left, award winners and officials at Bass Coast Shire Council’s awards ceremony, Emma Mann (representing the late Stephanie Mann, arts and cultural ambassador), Jenny Merrick (children’s expo), Barbara Oates (citizen of year), and Jill and Clive Kilgour (Family Achievement Award), back, Cr Clare Le Serve, David Mann (representing the late Stephanie Mann), Jenny Taylor, Melinda Licciardi, Karen Chugg (all children’s expo), Bass MLA Ken Smith, Trish Scanlon (children’s expo), mayor Cr Neil Rankine, Jane Kennon (children’s expo) and Australia Day ambassador George Donikian.
Irene willing to share glory IRENE Williams did not want to be Wonthaggi’s citizen of the year.
So much so she even asked the awards organisers, the Rotary Club of Wonthaggi, if there was someone else they could find. “I am honoured and humbled in accepting this award, and for many of these things (community involvement), I do not work alone,” Ms Williams said. Awards MC Barry Hughes described her as “reliable, motivated, loyal and passionate about the area”. Born and raised in Wonthaggi, Ms Williams taught English at Wonthaggi High School and then Wonthaggi Secondary College. Married to Gerald, she has three children and is now a grandmother, but still finds time to serve the community. She has been involved with the Wonthaggi Rescue Station, View Club, Wonthaggi and District A, P and H Society, State Coal Mine, Wonthaggi and District Historical Society, of which she is now secretary, and helped arrange Wonthaggi’s centenary celebrations. Ms Williams has also been secretary of the Bass Coast Heritage Network. The Community Service Award was shared by two couples. The first winners, Georgi and Rev Phillips, were recognised for their involvement in many groups: Lions (both being president, secretary and treasurer many times), Scouts, Freemasons and the Wonthaggi Theatrical
Group. The second recipients were Jill and Steve Harrop. Steve has been involved in the Country Fire Authority and was a member of the former Inverloch Rescue Group, the precursor for today’s Inverloch State Emergency Service. Steve drove a community bus for many years, taking elderly people to appointments and Jill has been involved with tennis, a cycling group, schools, kindergarten, and fundraising for the Royal Children’s Hospital. Both have volunteered at the State Coal Mine: Steve in maintenance and as president of the Friends of the State Coal Mine, while Jill has worked in the shop, gardens, and organising rosters and activities. Taranto Glass won the Business Excellence Award, acknowledging the business’s commitment to honesty and high standards. The business expanded to Wonthaggi in 1976 from Bangholme and includes a branch in Leongatha. Brothers Paul and Kevin Taranto now oversee the business started by their parents Carmel and Vin. Gail Fincher won the Employee Excellence Award in recognition of her dedication to customer service at Ritchies IGA Wonthaggi, where she has worked for 31 years. Denis Stanes won the Sports Recognition and Achievement Award for his lifelong promotion of golf. He was first captain at Wonthaggi Golf Club in 1985 and has since helped organise the South Gippsland
Junior Golf Classic, served as secretary-treasurer of the South Gippsland Golf
Association since 1991, and is a life member of the association.
He now plays lawn bowls and is treasurer of the Wonthaggi Bowls Club.
Rotary president Neville Goodwin said Australia Day was a “celebration of all the
good things that make this community and this country what it is today.”
Pats on back: front, from left, Wonthaggi Australia Day awards winners and officials, Steve and Jill Harrop (Community Service Award), Irene Williams (Citizen of the Year Award), and Georgi and Rev Phillips (Community Service Award), back, Rotary Club of Wonthaggi treasurer Barry Hughes, Denis Stanes (Sports Recognition and Achievement Award), Gail Fincher (Employee Excellence Award), Taranto Glass (Business Excellence Award) representatives Paul, Mandy, Carmel and Vin Taranto, with Rotary president Neville Goodwin.
Officially Australian: Bass Coast Shire Council staged a citizenship ceremony on Australia Day, as part of the council’s Australia Day service. The new citizens were Rahul Shrestha, Deepa Adhikari, Rabin Manandhar, Kripa Shrestha, Christopher James Andrews, Manon Blier, James Bremner, Mue Hsay, Dah Wah Hsee, April Htoo, Htun Win Maung Aye, Ein Dri Ya, Kevin Scutt, Derek Terblanche and Tracey Anne Thornton. They are pictured with Bass MLA Ken Smith (back, far left), Australia Day ambassador, presenter and broadcaster George Donikian (back, second from left), Bass Coast Shire Council mayor Cr Neil Rankine (back, second from right) and Cr Clare Le Serve (back, far right).
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Happy Australia Day Immigrants shape Australia AUSTRALIA’S richness lies in its multiculturalism, guest speaker Neil Everitt told the crowd gathered at Inverloch’s Australia Day ceremony on Sunday. “For me, to be an Australian means to be proud of a diverse community that values friendship, compassion and tolerance, willing to help those in need,” he said. “I am proud to live in a country where these principles of mutual respect enable our children to grow up in an environment of religious and political freedom and peace.” Mr Everitt said multiculturalism has been part of the Australian landscape since Captain Phillip’s landing at Sydney Cove in 1788 and has advanced because of events throughout the nation’s history. The convict transportations introduced Europeans and the Victorian Gold Rush in the 1850s brought thousands of Chinese. Fishermen of Scandinavian descent came to Corner Inlet in the late 1800s, seeking a new way of life. “They first of all, like many of the early immigrants, tried their hand at digging gold,” Mr Everitt said. World War Two resulted in many Italian prisoners of war working on Victorian farms. They later went on to become farmers themselves and accepted into their local communities. “Multiculturalism has evolved in Australia over many years and presented opportunities to all of these early settlers that may not have been otherwise available in their home countries,” Mr Everitt said. He noted that since 1945, more than seven million immigrants have come to Australia and now one in four Australians are born outside the country. An author of four local histories, Mr Everitt was a founding member of the Inverloch and District Lions Club and plays with the Inverloch Bowls Club. His family tree in Australia stems back to his great-great grandfather Luke Everitt. The convict was sent to Australia from London for pick pocketing and after learning carpentry in prison, became a successful builder in Albury, New South Wales. Mr Everitt’s great grandmother Bridget McCarthy was an Irish famine orphan when she and her sister were among 4000 teenage girls sent to Australia under the Earl Grey scheme. She married into a Kilmore family and enjoyed “a much kinder environment than that of her home country of Ireland,” Mr Everitt said. The Inverloch service was organised by the Inverloch RSL Subbranch and featured the Wonthaggi U3A choir. Lions volunteers cooked a traditional barbecue.
Red, white, blue: showing their Australia Day colours at Inverloch’s service, were, front from left, sisters Elise and Alaina Hatton of Malvern East, with back, from left, Inverloch RSL Sub-branch president Trevor Scott, guest speaker Neil Everitt, the girls’ father Russell Hatton, and MC and RSL member Bob Lambie.
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Happy Australia Day Meeniyan celebrates MEENIYAN once again put on a great ceremony to celebrate Australia Day on Sunday, with guest speakers, awards and the Meeniyan Ecumenical Choir all adding to the atmosphere. The ceremony started with the raising of the flag and a rendition of the Australian National Anthem before guest speaker and Australia Day ambassador Stella Axarlis AM was welcomed to the stage. Following Ms Axarlis’ humorous and captivating
speech, local award recipients were welcomed to the stage. John Cocking, Sam Wilson and Mary Crosthwaite on behalf of Carols by Glowlight were recognised for their community contributions and hard work. Mr Cocking was described as an everywhere man, an exceptional community hero and one who is held in high regard within the community. Mr Wilson, at 18, has an impressive record of achievements. He shows leadership, is an outstanding sportsman and invests himself wholly in all of his endeavours.
Mr Wilson hopes to pursue a career as an osteopath or teacher and the Meeniyan community could not be prouder of what he has achieved so far. Carols by Glowlight is an annual Christmas Eve tradition for the Meeniyan community. It is a true community event, with food, help and musical entertainment all generously provided free of charge. What began as a Uniting Church gathering has now grown into a whole community event, with any donations given over to local charities.
Korumburra Scouts: from left, Stewart McKenzie, Connor, Ashley Mostert, Mitch Sawyers, Patrick Bier, Shirley Reeves and Jacob, Zac and Shannon McGrath helped to hoist the flag at Korumburra’s Australia Day service.
’Burra flies the flag AUSTRALIA Day at Korumburra’s Coleman Park attracted many locals, lured by a free breakfast, stirring speeches, the delightful music of the South Gippsland Concert Band and local awards presentations.
Award winners: John Cocking, Mary Crosthwaite and Sam Wilson accepted their awards at the Australia Day ceremony held in Meeniyan on Sunday.
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Guest speaker and Australia Day ambassador Dan Romanis came to Australia around 40 years ago, and found the splendour of the country and of Victoria in particular inspiring. “Optimism is something we can pass on to our children and on to their children. One special part of our national day is we are free to celebrate Australia and being Australian in all sorts of ways,� he said. “We can think about what unites us as a nation. For many of us it is also a day when we think about what it means to be an Australian and what we might do to help others.� Mr Romanis said Australia Day is about coming together as a big national family and caring about others. “We know that today, many Australians abroad will be thinking of this special place we call home,� he said. “On Australia day, we celebrate those who have been honoured for their contributions to their communities and many of those who will be honoured are volunteers.� Mr Romanis ended his speech reminding those present Australia Day is the perfect time to reflect on the values that make Australia great. “Australia demonstrates a robust, vibrant democracy and we all have a say in making it what it is,� he said. The local award recipients included Eleanor McKenzie, who received the Korumburra and District Community Australia Day Youth Award. She has been involved with the Buskers Festival, interschool chess competitions and Scouts. She has played the violin since she was five and also plays trombone with the South Gippsland Brass Band, and the Korumburra Secondary College Concert Band and Big Band. She is an active member of the South Gippsland Shire Youth Council Committee.
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The Korumburra and District Community Australia Day Event of 2013 Award went to the Loch Village Food and Wine Festival.
It’s a philosophy Clare Davis OAM of Pound Creek practises, having cared for foster children for 20 years, and injured and orphaned animals for 40. “If everybody can just give a little, it all goes a long way,� she said. Ms Davis was the guest speaker at Pound Creek CFA’s Australia Day service on Sunday. A member of the brigade’s ladies auxiliary, she finds children and animals need feeding and changing at night, and so may as well look after both. Besides, she finds the animals are good for the children. “There is nothing more rewarding than taking a 70 gram wombat and rearing it and releasing it back into the bush, which takes about three years,� Ms Davis said. But there is one animal she would rather prefer not to have to deal with: seals.
She regaled the crowd with a story about a phone call she received from a dairy farmer at 5am, reporting a seal in his milking shed preventing him from milking. The seal had travelled up the Tarwin River and slid across paddocks from dam
to dam. The animal is now in Melbourne Zoo and known by staff there as Tarwin. It featured on the zoo’s calendar last year. Ms Davis was presented with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1995 for her work in ani-
mal welfare and community services. More than 150 people attended the Pound Creek ceremony, which featured music by the South Gippsland Shire Brass Band and a traditional barbecue lunch.
Inspiring talker: guest speaker at Pound Creek, Clare Davis OAM, with brigade captain and deputy group officer for Leongatha-Korumburra Group, Peter Vanzuyden.
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Model photographer By Jacob de Kunder A REIGNITED childhood passion for photography has resulted in a career of photographing beautiful models for Meeniyan’s Jason Bryant. On Jason’s ninth birthday, his father, who was an amateur photographer, handed him a camera and sent him out shooting. “He gave me a Canon AE1, a fairly good camera, that had a little 35mm and 50mm lens, and he just told me to go around and take some photos,” he said. “We had a tiny little dark room at home and Dad taught me how to develop too.” Photography was replaced by music and drumming at 16 years of age, but the photo bug was always in the background. “I was working at Rod Laver doing the audio for the Australian Open and the photographers always used to come down and chat with us throughout the day,” Jason said. “I used to think how I would love to get back into photography. Then in 2008 I had a pretty bad car accident and had a
neck injury and couldn’t do any heavy lifting and ended up at Mum’s farm in Dumbalk North. “I was trying to play drums but mum suggested I should get back into photography again.” The passion reignited from there. “After picking up a little camera that mum had lying around, I got into taking photos around the property, then picked up a camera from a shop in Leongatha, a Kodak Z980,” he said. “In three or four months I bought a Canon 600D and then a couple of lenses and then suddenly I had all this gear and thought I might get into this a bit more.” The chance for a model shoot arose and Jason jumped at the chance. “A mutual friend’s daughter wanted to get into modelling so I did this photo shoot for her and it came out really well,” he said. “We did another one and that came out really well as well, so somebody suggested I get onto a website called Model
Mayhem for amateur photographers. “An agent then rang me up and said that over the next month or so they would hand me 30 models and you can do portfolio stuff for them, and next thing I know I was doing three models a day every Friday and Saturday.” After throwing himself into the deep end, Jason’s hobby started to pay off. “Next thing I know all the agencies were ringing me up looking for me to work for them and actually pay me,” he said. After five years in the industry, Jason has made a name for himself as a standout swimsuit model photographer. “Most of the stuff I do is swimsuit but that’s just how it happened. Everyone rings me up and says ‘you’re the swim suit guy’ but really I do all kinds of stuff,” he said. “I have always done landscape and wildlife and everything. I literally have three terabytes of hard drive filled with photos.” Standout models to use
Jason’s services include Miss V8 Super Model 2013 winner Jo Tran and Miss World Australia runner up Jess Martini, but he also works with up and coming models. “The number of shots really depends on the model. When I do the portfolio stuff, they usually have no experience so you are kind of teaching them as you go and that’s what I try to do,” he said. “I let them know the best ways to pose and how to use the light accordingly. “I tell them to treat me like a gay uncle - I’m not gay but it really works and changes the attitude of the models who are generally petrified.” Launching a model’s career is a big reward for Jason as well. “A lot of the models I did shoots for ended up getting signed. That is the big thing for me,” he said. Jason is expanding his photographic wings after recently covering the New Years on the Hill festival at Krowera.
Above, Model shot: swimsuit model Robyn Louise. Photo credit Jayse the Ace Photography. Right, Wildlife: up close and personal with a kangaroo. Photo credit Jayse the Ace Photography.
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Last song sung By Sarah Vella THE Prom Coast Singers gave their last official performance in December and have now moved into a period of indefinite hiatus.
Choral director Paddy Broberg said after 15 years at the helm of the choir, it was time for her to step aside. “We came from Melbourne, my husband moved here in 1989. I was still working at Melbourne University at the time, so I didn’t get down here until the end of 1994,” she said. “I hadn’t heard much about FAMDA at the time, but they had a problem. Their musical director who was working on their current production left rather promptly and they were stuck. “I had a knock at the door, and a lady from FAMDA was there to ask me if I had something to do with music.” Mrs Broberg then became musical director of the Music Man. “I then enjoyed a good history as FAMDA musical director. In 1997, we did Annie, which had such a happy chorus,” she said. “At the end of the production, no one wanted to stop singing so I was asked if I could lead a choir. “A year later, the group started with eight members on the first night and grew to around 35 to 40 members over the years.” Mrs Broberg said the group started with fairly simple material, and finished performing well known pieces like Handel’s Messiah and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. “Carmina Burana is well known as being a modern and somewhat controversial piece, composed on the words from Pagan scrolls. It is quite a piece to aspire to,” she said. Mrs Broberg said over the years, the Prom Coast Singers performed some quite interesting and challenging work. “We also did carols, focussing more on the world carol collection and the work of John Rutter,” she said. “We took part in festivals, sang to various groups and had our own devout following. We usually got amazing audiences to our concerts.” One of the choir’s last performances was done as part of FAMDA’s 60th anniversary celebrations, held late in 2013. “We presented a really interesting program, including jazz style performances. We performed a capella, which was very challenging, but the audience loved it,” Mrs Broberg said. Mrs Broberg said it has been a hell of a lot of work, but so well worth it. “People who couldn’t read a note can now pick up a piece of music and make complete sense of it,” she said. “I worked them hard. We had a good two hours of solid rehearsal once a week, but often they were keen to keep going beyond that, particularly in the lead up to a performance.” Mrs Broberg felt it important to mention several members of the choir, including accompanist Barbara Fleming and associate conductor Pamela Coad for their input over the years. “We started Peter Bell off on a musical tack. He got so into music through the choir and FAMDA. He has now bought himself a beautiful piano and can really sing,” she said. “Fran Allott is one of the most musical people I know, Brian Hoskins from Meeniyan has been a frequent soloist over the years and Jeannette King is a very fine soprano who also used to sing solo. “Rodney Sharp came into the choir as an actor who had done a little bit of singing. He played Oedipus in the FAMDA production of Oedipus Rex and was just incredible.” Mrs Broberg herself held a part in the production of Oedipus Rex and the play’s director, Raymond Dunstan was also in the choir for a short time. The choir held its last official performance on December 1 and is now waiting for another choral director to join its ranks. “My hope is somebody else will very shortly come to the area, or evolve from the area and take the reins,” Mr Broberg said.
Down time: Paddy Broberg has stepped aside after 15 years as musical director of the Prom Coast Singers. She hopes another capable person will now step up to the challenge.
Retirees in spotlight TO BETTER understand the needs of its retirees, South Gippsland Shire Council is establishing an Active Retirees Advisory Committee (ARAC).
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It is expected to be comprised of a councillor, council staff member and at least 10 active retirees representing local notfor-profit groups. ARAC will partner with council to advocate for and express the needs and aspirations of older people in South Gippsland. It will be a collective voice representing community groups which will assist council in planning, strategies, policy and implementing community events that are relevant to retirees. “We are seeking nominations from community organisations that are well represented by active retirees,” explained council’s manager aged and disability services, Louise Brydon. For further information about this opportunity to participate, please contact Shelley Fixter on 5662 9226 or email Shelley.Fixter@southgippsland.vic.gov.au
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A regional partnership with the TAC and the Victorian Government.
Police serious about crossing safety By Tayla Kershaw THE Bass Coast Highway Patrol is gearing up for school this week.
For 18 months, the highway patrol has been dedicated to running operations throughout the school zones and this year is no exception. The 40km/h speed limit zone is there to protect pedestrians – namely children – at school crossings and a stronger police presence will urge drivers to comply. There are approximately 18 schools in the Bass Coast police service area to be wary of and the police will be working in conjunction with crossing supervisors to ensure the safety of all road users. “Please use the crossing,” Sergeant Jason Hullick of the Bass Coast Highway Patrol said. “I’ve seen parents trying to cross the road with their children 20 metres away from the crossing. Please use the crossing, obey the crossing guard and only step onto the road when told.” By law, all pedestrians should stay on the footpath and it is the safest option for
young children. School children are among the most vulnerable road users. Police will be conducting Operation Vulnerable throughout the entire Bass Coast PSA, cracking down on speeding and distraction driving through school zones. “If you speed or use your mobile phone while going through a school crossing, you will get a ticket,” Sgt Hullick said. Notifications will be printed in school newsletters to inform parents of police presence and ease their minds when sending their children to school.
Above: Slow down: school crossings, such as this one at Mine Road, Korumburra, will come alive again this week and police urge all drivers to be aware of the signs.
Left: Listen up: always follow the instruction of the crossing supervisor before letting your child cross the road. This crossing is in Ogilvy Street, Leongatha.
Would you be a good instructor? VOLUNTEER driver mentors are being sought to help young people in the Korumburra area to gain the 120 hours of driving experience necessary to obtain a licence.
Lending a hand: L2P mentor Kate Jackson and trainee Amanda Kerr know the benefits of the program.
South Gippsland Shire Council will hold an information evening about the L2P learner driver mentor program on Thursday, February 6 at 7pm at the Korumburra Community Meeting Room (beside the library). “Council has been running the program across the shire since 2010 and has assisted approximately 30 young people to obtain their licence,” program coordinator John Ernst said. “We have trained 22 mentors so far and now need more for the Korumburra area. “South Gippsland offers many opportunities for young people but
limited public transport, so access to a car or even just a driver’s licence is often the difference between gaining employment or a place in an education facility, or not. “Unfortunately some young people do not have adult family members that are able to assist them in gaining the 120 hours experience. This is where volunteer driver mentors can be extremely important.” While many volunteers are retired, younger mentors are also involved and participate for a variety of reasons. Matt Patterson, 38, for example, has a young family of his own and is passionate about road safety. “My dad was killed in a road accident when I was 11 years old and for some time after we didn’t have a car, so I understand how difficult it can be for a young person not to have access to a vehicle or someone
to mentor them in preparation for their licence,” he said. “It’s also enjoyable to keep in touch with the interests of young people.” As part of the program, volunteers are provided with free training and access to cars that are used for driver training. All mentors are carefully matched with young people so that interests may be in common. “Mentoring requires a regular commitment of at least two hours per week and the feedback is that it is an extremely rewarding experience,” Mr Ernst said. “If this is something that might interest you, please come and find out more at the information evening or ring me on directly on 5662 9367.”
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Visit LOCH VILLAGE .... This Weekend!
Come out for the woodwork WOODWORKERS are sanding off the final edges in participation for the fourth annual Loch Woodworking and Timber Festival this weekend, February 1 and 2. The festival, which runs from 9.30am to 4pm on both days, will have everything any woodworker would need. There will be a wide range of supplies on offer as well as demonstrations and advice from professionals. Woodcarving demonstrations, by hand and with a machine, will be happening as well as
live wood sculpting by Meeniyan artist Helen McInnes. Triton Wood Working Tools will have representatives showing off their latest products. while both a Lucas Mill and Logosol Chainsaw Mill will be on display. A wide range of timbers are available and on sale over the weekend along with waxes, polishes, sand paper and much more. Tools staff will offer demonstrations, along with other leading industry brands. Terry Oakley, along with his wife Faye, helps organise the festival every year and is excited for
2014. “It will have everything for the wood working enthusiast,” he said. “There will be plenty to see and will be exciting for those with even a slight interest in timber.” Excellent pieces of craftsmanship are ready for you to take home as well, plus pieces to inspire novice woodworkers to think outside the box for their next project. There will be plenty on offer for all woodworkers, especially those looking to get into the craft. With all the advice and supplies you need in
the one spot, the Loch Woodworking and Timber Festival cannot be missed. You won’t be able to miss all the action with the festival based in Loch’s heart on Victoria Street, the Loch Masonic Hall as well as in the Aus Woodcraft workshop. The Aus Woodcraft workshop is your place to go all year round for woodworking supplies as they now stock Hermes Sand Paper, Triton Wood Working Tools, Gorilla Glue and Solid Solutions hard casting systems. Make sure to stop in and explore Loch and see what the businesses have to offer.
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Beginner clinics for women WOORAYL Golf Club is located within the Leongatha Recreation Reserve and will be running free introductory clinics for any interested women (and girls of secondary school age).
Two of the clubs’ most experienced members, Brett Stubbs and Michael Grist, are looking forward to running the sessions and it will be a great op-
portunity for beginners to learn from these two knowledgeable golfers. All equipment needed will be provided and no previous golfing experi-
ence is required. For more information and registration, please contact women’s captain Marg Tuckett on 5662 3338 or 0439 623 371.
The first clinic will be held on Sunday, February 2, from 9am to 10am, with several others planned over the following weeks.
SINGLE PLAYER OR TEAM ENTRY FOR ALL SECTIONS
Senior ladies - games start at 6.30pm Junior girls and mixed teams U15 and U13 - games start at 6pm Season starts Feb 10 to June 2. Entries close Feb 4 LTN2310019
Enquiries Wendy 0400 534 694 or Mandy 0409 868 470 e: jbongers@dcsi.net.au
Ready to play: from left, Fay Maynard, Pauline Lancaster, Thel Scoble and Fran Evans enjoying the 4BBB competition last Wednesday at Woorayl Golf Club. Winners were Marlene Rayson and Fay Maynard with 44 points, runners up were Janet Thompson and Sue Wakefield with 43 points. Pauline Lancaster had the only nearest the pin on the 17th hole. Next week is opening day, sponsored by Mitre 10 Home and Trade, with a 9 hole ambrose followed by lunch.
LADIES WOORAYL GOLF CLUB LEONGATHA
Dancing Summer away with LPD
Located rear Rec Reserve enter from Roughead St
FREE beginner clinic Commencing Sunday Feb 2, 2014 9am to 10am - Equipment supplied Enquiries and registration contact ladies captain Marg Tuckett 5662 3338 Mob 0439 623371
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
LISA Pellin Dancers have been having fun all over the holidays with many students doing summer schools in Melbourne and interstate.
ALL ABILITIES CATERED FOR 6 months - Pre school -Infant Classes parent and child water familiarisation
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Contact: Russell 0418 301 681 Mandy AH 5662 4395 |Tom BH 5658 1043
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Thursday Feb 6, 7.30pm Registration and fun night Thursday Feb 13 Senior competition starts Thursday Feb 20, 6pm Spikezone and juniors
Individual players welcome. All experience levels
Pre-school - from 3½ years. Max. 4 children per group • Monday - Thursday morning classes • Fully qualified swimming instructors
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5657 3317 or 0419 568 714 Austswim approved swim school Korumburra indoor heated pool KOR3170009 Bookings essential
LEONGATHA BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION TEAM ENTRIES ARE INVITED FOR Mens A, and B Grades Junior’s and Women’s competition Player and team entry forms available from S.G. SPLASH and www.leongathabasketball.com.au
SEASON STARTING Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 Juniors, Feb 17, 2014 CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES Friday, Jan 31, 2014
PAST, EXISTING & NEW PLAYERS VERY WELCOME
Senior enquiries to: Morgan Fisher, 0409 647 554 Junior enquiries: Dan Monoghan, 0458 641 234. Anyone interested in refereeing can contact Tim McGrath, on 0428 544 950
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A number of students participated in the International Summer School at McDonald’s College in Sydney, where they were lucky enough to do classes with some amazing teachers. One of the highlights was training in class with Christopher Powney, who is the new director if the Royal Ballet School in London.
LEONGATHA SQUASH CLUB
WE ARE LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS & ANY INQUIRIES ARE MOST WELCOME. CONTACT EITHER: TOM RYAN, PRESIDENT, PH 0409 613 664 (B GRADE) CRAIG CHADWICK PH 0418 998 222
1 ASHENDON STREET, LEONGATHA COMPETITION IS ON MONDAY & WEDNESDAY NIGHTS 7.30PM-11PM, WITH A SOCIAL HIT TAKING PLACE ON FRIDAY NIGHT FROM 6PM.
Students also enjoyed the National Ballet Summer School in St Kilda, where they all had a great week of high quality coaching all together. The week finished with a performance and the presentation of scholarships for 2014, which went to Morgan Mitchelson and Lucy Hogan. Chloe Adkins has been busy at a two day Summer Intensive with NIPA (National Institute of Performing Arts) which she successfully auditioned for last year.
Not all the action has been happening outside the school; as the Leongatha Studios in Watson Road have been pumping too, as lots of LPD students have also been enjoying their special summer classes. Dance play is held from 9-9.30am. Juniors aged 5 to 7 years is from 10.15 am to 11.15am. Hip Hop Intermediates for 8 to 12 years is from 11.15am to 12.15pm. Contact Lisa on 0432 801 620 for details.
L&DNA TWILIGHT NETBALL AUTUMN COMP STARTS FEBRUARY 4 (12 week competition)
TUESDAY Ladies & Juniors
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Entry forms: Kelvin Johns Bi Rite. Entries Close January 29 Team and info to tpsmith@dcsi.net.au Phone: Phil Smith 0437 624 261 Barb Challis 0403 047 902 Kerri Bentvelzen 0407 317 413 . See Details On L&DNA Leongatha Netball Association Inc. Facebook
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Love tennis this summer
2013-14 Korumburra Wildcat Women: back, from left, coach Bill Jeffs, Hannah Bassett, Tayla Smith, Maddie Lumby, team manger Karen Dixon, assistant coach Mat Holmes. Front, from left, Gemma Dixon, Shannon Heylen, Abbe Moriarty, Kelsey Angwin. Absent: Jaimie Lee Jeffs, Loni Jeffs, Alannah Williams, Bree Allen.
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The game starts at 7pm at the Korumburra Recreation Reserve. The Wildcats defeated Traralgon twice during the season, 62 to 51 in the first game and then 85 to 66 in the second. Korumburra finished second on the ladder and Traralgon third. The semi is a knockout final and the winner will go straight through to the grand final on February 8 at Korumburra. For all CBL news, go to www.bvccbl.sportingpulse.net
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ENROLMENT DAY NEW & RETURNING ENROLEMENTS WELCOME
THURSDAY JAN 30 4-6PM AT THE BIG BLUE SHED ST LAURENCES O’TOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL
Enquiries to: leongathagymclub@hotmail.com
ENROLMENT DAYS
Foster enrolments Wednesday, Jan. 29 at FWMAC, 4-5.30pm Leongatha enrolments Friday, Jan. 31 at the Studio, 4-5.30pm Classes available in all dance styles Beginners Advanced Hip Hop classes $5 per class for Term 1
New students most welcome
LISA PELLIN DANCERS Watsons Rd (Industrial Estate) LEONGATHA Ph 5662 5452
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AUTUMN 2014 DOMESTIC SEASON To commence
Milpara Community House 21 Shellcott’s Road KORUMBURRA
Phone: 5655 2524 Email: milpara@dcsi.net.au
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014 GRADES AVAILABLE: MEN: A, B and Masters (over 35) grades. WOMEN: A and B grades ENTRIES CLOSE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2014 WITH: The Secretary, PO Box 80, Korumburra, 3950 or at Korumburra Recreation Centre. Phone 5655 2112, fax 5658 1419, email: kbainc@dcsi.net.au JUNIOR TEAMS Entry forms available at Korumburra Recreation Centre. The REGISTRATION DAY for all junior grades (Under 10 through to Under 18 girls and boys) will be on FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2014 at 5pm Persons interested in coaching junior teams are asked to attend. The K.B.A. Inc. offers the strongest senior domestic competitions in South Gippsland and the opportunity to play top quality basketball at CBL and Vic. Country Championship levels. K.B.A. Inc. Committee
LEONGATHA, KORUMBURRA, WONTHAGGI & PHILLIP ISLAND AREAS USING RED, ORANGE & GREEN LOW COMPRESSION BALLS. PLACES ARE VERY LIMITED.
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THE KORUMBURRA Wildcats will take on the Traralgon T-Birds in the Gippsland women’s semi-final of CBL Basketball this Saturday (February 1).
posted. If you have a racquet with an old strings we can put new top of the range strings in with our Toalson Electric stringer, or if you have an old grip that no longer has any use we have a large stock of overgrips available. We wish all participants a great year of tennis, and best of luck to everyone involved in Saturday junior and senior tennis with finals fast approaching. There is also a number of tennis clubs which have a night tennis competition running. Night tennis is a great option for those who participate in other sports on weekends; don’t be scared to ask around. If you would like any information regarding coaching, competitions, tournaments, racquets, balls, accessories, restringing and more, please contact your local tennis pro Matthew Pocklington on 5664 5445, 0402 736 693 or email info@southgippslandtenniscoaching. com.au You can also find us on Facebook with weekly tennis updates at facebook. com/southgippsland.tenniscoaching Hope to see you on a court in 2014!
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Tennis fun: Michael Grist (coach, at right) partnered with his nephew Jye Gourlay in the family doubles at the 2014 Leongatha Tennis Tournament. They were defeated by Ross and Zac Smith of Pakenham.
With the term getting underway at South Gippsland Tennis Coaching, we are excited and no doubt a lot of children are wanting to give tennis a go. We are pleased to offer a wide range of programs, from our modified equipment programs to advanced groups and private lessons. We have also seen a spike in private and semiprivate lessons, and we recommend combining a group and private sessions together for best success. South Gippsland Ten-
nis Coaching also provides adult lessons throughout the day and these group sessions start from as low as just $10 per session. A free racquet is included with payment for our Mini Kanga sessions – five to seven year old Red Ball program. South Gippsland Tennis Coaching provides coaching at Leongatha (Tuesday and Friday), Korumburra (Wednesday), Wonthaggi (Thursday) and Phillip Island (Monday). With all our group sessions, we have a warm up exercise and game, followed with focus on technique which leads to game based activities and fun games. Private lessons give a great opportunity to focus on technique, movement, strong hitting and more, at times just hitting 100 balls in a row to correct something is a great way to improve stroke production. South Gippsland Tennis Coaching will be teaming up with Topspin Tennis and Tennis United (East Gippsland Tennis) with tournament trips this year. This is exciting to have the chance to travel with players to Melbourne, Warrnambool, Sale and other areas to participate in tournaments and give players exposure to different court surfaces, players and areas. We are also hoping to begin a winter series of tournaments this year - stay
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Civilians honoured By Tayla Kershaw
DENNIS Leversha and the Wonthaggi Historical Society have big plans for Soldier’s Reserve at the top of Wonthaggi’s McBride Avenue. Wonthaggi’s Volunteer Air Observers Corps were honoured for their services on November 23, 2013, their 70th anniversary. To commemorate the event, a mosaic replica of the volunteers’ service badge was installed. To complement the badge, Mr Leversha has designed a three metre by 1.5 metre seat with a replica of a Wirraway aircraft on the back. “The members of the historical society felt something like this had to be done,” Mr Leversha said. “The military get plenty of statues but the civilians don’t get much of a mention.” This was the site of the Wonthaggi’s observation tower during the war in 1943. It was one of about 70 towers set up all over Australia. The towers were run exclusively by civilians. Wonthaggi required a lookout as it was deemed under threat from attack given it was a major coal supplier. Eventually the tower became unsafe and was removed. The observation cabin was relocated to Cape Paterson where it served as the first surf life saving club
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ast week we had mango and apple chutney, and I wrote about Festival Chicken. As I gave the recipe a long time ago, I thought I'd repeat it this week. It is a dish that I have served a number of times for dinner parties and has a slightly fruity curried flavour. It is wonderfully aromatic, is tender, and the final flavour is scrumptious. It is a little bit of trouble, but once you have tried it, you might think it very well worth the effort. With family here, rather than the usual small chicken, I bought a 2.1 kg Steggles, and it fed 6 adults with a little left over. The larger bird has significantly more flesh. It can be done as a roast in the oven, but the slow cooker gives you the freedom to walk away from the kitchen.
FESTIVAL CHICKEN 1 chicken (1.5 kg) mango chutney 150 gm mango, or paw-paw, or even pumpkin is good.
SAUCE 30 gm butter 1 medium onion, diced 2 ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced 1 tablespoon mild curry powder (or Patak's Korma curry paste) 1 tablespoon mango chutney ½ cup cream 1 tablespoon flaked almonds, lightly toasted (optional) Spread the mango chutney into the cavity of the chicken and then add the fruit or pumpkin (which does absorb flavours well and is usually in the fridge). Tie or truss the chicken. Place in the slow cooker (or use an oven casserole). Melt the butter in a small saucepan, add the onion and a pinch of salt, cover and cook on a low heat for 10 minutes. Add the curry powder/paste and sauté for a further 5 minutes. Add the diced tomatoes and cook 2 more minutes. Add the chutney and cook a further 2 minutes. Add the cream and cook, stirring, until well blended. Pour the sauce over the chicken, adding a little chicken stock if there is not enough liquid to half cover the bird. Place the lid on the slow cooker (or casserole) and cook on low for 6 hours. Remove the chicken to a baking dish and cook on 180, with the grill function on, for a further 30 minutes. Pour all the sauce into a saucepan. Reduce the sauce over a medium heat until you have a reasonably thick pouring sauce – probably about 2/3 cup – pour into a gravy boat and serve with the chicken, on a large serving platter. Grill roast some diced potato with a little rosemary, toss onto the serving platter, sprinkle with the toasted almonds, and carve at the table. Pass the sauce to the guests. There will be none left! Steamed green beans and a salad is all you will need.
lookout cabin until it collapsed beyond repair. The lower elevated platform remained at the top of McBride Avenue until the 1970s. Construction of the seat is scheduled for next week when the hot weather subsides. The whole thing will be galvanised in Melbourne, which will involve a bit of work. “I’m hoping the entire thing will be built in the next two weeks,” Mr Leversha said. “I’d like to see it installed by ANZAC day.”
Volunteers remembered: a mosaic replica of the volunteer’s service badge can be seen at Soldier’s Reserve at the top of McBride Avenue.
In the making: Dennis Leversha from Wonthaggi Artspace shows off the model of the seat which will sit at the top of Soldier’s Reserve.
Water wise SOUTH Gippsland Water representatives hit the streets of Leongatha and Korumburra last week to promote some water saving solutions. Amy Van Kuyk and Leonie Thornell from the organisation were showing customers the best ways to save water, along with a number of giveaways to help. These included soil wetter sachets, fertiliser sachets, trigger nozzles, tap connectors, four minute shower timers, system displacement bags and shower heads with flow restrictions limited to nine litres. SGW employees will be promoting the permanent water saving plan throughout their services area stretching from Nyora to Yarram.
Precious research: Amy Van Kuyk and Leonie Thornell from South Gippsland Water show off some water saving technologies at Leongatha on Thursday.
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From pages past Historical snippets from The Star 30 years ago January 24, 1984
5 years ago January 27, 2009
COAL Creek Historical Park will celebrate its 10th birthday on Sunday, March 11 and many dignitaries have been invited to take part in the celebrations. Past Victorian Premier Sir Henry Bolte will open the birthday celebrations and raise the first Coal Creek flag.
THE vote to kick the Wonthaggi Power Football and Netball Club out of the Alberton Football League has been upheld. The matter was referred to the Victorian Law Institute, which was given the final say on the matter. Power’s club secretary and Bass Coast Shire Council mayor Cr John Duscher would not rule out fighting on.
10 years ago January 27, 2004
1 year ago January 30, 2013
PASSIONS ran high at several Australia Day ceremonies around the region yesterday as crowds turned out in near record numbers to mark our national day. At Leongatha, local citizen of the year awards winner Ian Rasmussen broke down in tears as he accepted his award.
A POTHOLE will claim a life on South Gippsland’s roads, a leader in the transport industry has warned. The region’s crumbling roads are costing one milk transport company $5000 a week in repairs. Pothole riddled thoroughfares are causing damage to the milk tankers wrecking axles and wheel rims.
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SARAH PRICE GLENYS FOSTER BARRY REDMOND 0439 885 078 0477 622 298 0477 622 292
47 BAIR STREET. LEONGATHA OFFICE 5662 2292
MEENIYAN LIFESTYLE BUILDING BLOCKS
NEW LISTING
2.7 acre views over Tarwin Valley
$195,000
LEONGATHA, THE IDEAL POSITION
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Two blocks Lot 1 1.080 ha & Lot 2 1.022
$195,000 - $220,000
3 b/r home close to schools & town centre Open plan living area, RC/AC, polished timber floors & spa. Situated on a 768 m² block with easy to maintain garden
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$259,990
PROPERTIES TO RENT
7/20-22 Bellingham St, Leongatha
$250 pw
26 Horn St, Leongatha
$265 pw
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$270 pw
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$195 pw
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$240 pw
Contact Sarah Price on 5662 2292 for more information.
NERRENA, 140 ACRES CLASSIC HOME
MEENIYAN, AFFORDABLE IN MEENIYAN
PRICE ON APPLICATION
$215,000
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Beautifully renovated 3 b/r home with open plan living Divided into 7 paddocks, watered by dams & troughs 36 x 60 mainly steel framed shed, concrete floor
TOORA, PROM COUNTRY AGED CARE FACILITY LEONGATHA, STUNNING & SECLUDED ? ? ?
Large land holding of 5643 m² situated on two (2) Titles Includes 18 room facility (accomm. 30-32 residents) Large fully equipped commercial kitchen & laundry
$600,000
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Solid brick home on over ½ acres of exquisite gardens 3 bedrooms, ensuite, dual living areas All weather outdoor entertainment area with spa.
$550,000
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3 bdrm weatherboard home with separate sun room. Open plan living with R/C A/C and solid wood heater. Easy to care for block with a Colorbond 24'x18'
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3 bdrms plus study, two spacious separate living areas Solid wood heater, R/C split system, renovated kitchen Established garden, native trees, paddocks for stock
$375,000
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Rolling blue gum country T
HIS well established rural property of 165 acres is on seven titles with road frontage to each title. The heavy carrying undulating blue gum country is subdivided into 11 paddocks with excellent water supplied from four dams, two spring fed and troughs. A large variety of na-
tive trees have been strategically planted for livestock to shelter throughout the property. It is a private setting with 2 homes set amongst well-manicured gardens with and extensive variety of natives, roses, lots of fruit trees and a vegetable garden. The main home is well maintained and features three bedrooms, a study, a spacious
lounge and open plan dining with solid fuel heating. The neat second residence contains two bedrooms with an open plan living and front verandah with fabulous views. Other features include excellent shedding with four sheds, new stockyards and fully enclosed chook pen. It is an externally well set up, easy to run grazing/lifestyle opportunity.
BERRYS CREEK 770 Boorool Road Stockdale and Leggo Leongatha 5662 5800
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BUDGEREE 495 Prosper Valley Road Stockdale and Leggo Mirboo North Natalie Couper 0428 941 541
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JEWELS IN THE CROWN 48-50 Surf Parade INVERLOCH
FOR SALE 78 LOUIS ROAD, VENUS BAY QUALITY, DESIGN AND SPACE COMBINED
Rarely does a property like this come onto the market. Set on a huge fully fenced block of over 1000sqm and with lovely park like gardens including a premium front gazebo area, sits this magnificent 2 storey home. Downstairs boasts a double garage combined with 2 large storage rooms. Upstairs boasts 3 huge bdrms, 2 with BIR’s, and WIR’s & ensuite to the master bdrm. The family bthrm is also large and includes spa bath. Beautiful open plan living takes in a light filled living/dining area with split system, and a galley kitchen with oodles of storage space. The beautiful polished boards lead you out onto a massive entertaining deck overlooking the front yard and not to mention lovely views over Anderson's Inlet. Extra features include a large laundry, huge rear deck, rear vegetable greenhouse, and backyard storage for up to 4 cars and the boat. Call us today to arrange your inspection. Your brand new lifestyle awaits you! $355,000
Secure arguably one of the finest positions on the beach front with easy access to the Inlet and Surf beaches, plus potential water views. This 3 bedroom double storey residence is ideal for renovation, build your dream home or develop a luxury residential compound or townhouses (STCA). Total area 1186 square metres.
Asking $1,250,000
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A/H Dennis Ginn 0412 317 360
Inverloch Office
7 A’Beckett Street Inverloch
5674 1111
Venus Bay Office
133 Jupiter Boulevard
5663 7111
sitioned on 3.4 acres offering calmness and space.
The solid home features three spacious bedrooms all with built in robes, two bathrooms, semi open plan kitchen/dining/lounge all with large windows flooding the living areas of the home with an abundance of natural light and views of the peaceful outside. The house is complete with split system, electric cooking, pantry, ample storage space and an additional room handy for a home office or crafts room. Outside there are established fruit trees, low maintenance gardens, an attached carport, work shed, chook pen, small bush belt and room for a horse and a few cows. The large deck at the rear of the home makes for the perfect place to enjoy the warm sun while taking in the surroundings of rolling green hills and listening to the sounds of birds. This is a perfect location for those looking to escape to the quiet life.
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7 Davis Court, Leongatha The Elms - A lifestyle dream
30 Parr Street, Leongatha A very nice surprise
25 Eccles Way, Leongatha Four bedroom beauty
Set on 3.5 Acres of manicured gardens, large Elm trees and your own vineyard. The home offers space with 2 large living areas, 5 BRs and 3 bthrms, with an adjoining bungalow. Outside features a solar heated inground pool, an orchard and extensive shedding, Covered pergola overlooking the pool.
A stunning 4 bdrm family home. Cedar windows, Colorbond roof, new wiring & new plumbing. Open plan family room with new polished boards, a huge kitchen with s/s appliances, solid fuel heating, RC/AC & sliding door onto a covered decking.. The master bedroom has built-in robes and a new ensuite.
21 Eccles Way, Leongatha Make your way to Eccles Way
Pristine home with all the wanted features, an appealing facade & quality landscaping. With elevated views, naturally lit & features open plan kitchen & dining area & sliding doors to a large deck. Ducted natural gas heating, R/C air con.
Attractive 2.5 year old home, approx 19 sq, direct access from the garage, open plan kitchen, dining & family area. Handy 2nd living area, covered deck & side access into the landscaped yard with garden shed.
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1405 Foster-Mirboo Road, Dollar Private 4 acre getaway
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Mitchell’s Rise, Leongatha Make your choice of these prime blocks
Exciting new land release in the thriving township of This well built family home features open plan living, Leongatha. Located on a gently undulating parcel of land on the Eastern fringe of Leongatha, Mitchell's Rise separate lounge & formal dining, R/C & ducted is uniquely located near the Primary and Secondary vacuum, full ensuite with WIR. Undercover entertaining area, 2 large sheds, 9 paddocks with Schools and provides a fantastic opportunity for a whole troughs, extensive shelter belts, stockyards, fruit new way of living with a peaceful lifestyle. Stage 2 trees & much more. One of the best. Blocks range from 702m2 to 1363m2 . 2
Inspect to appreciate the true size of this Californian Bungalow, only a short walk to town centre. High ceilings, giving it a good sense of space, large dining area or family room next to the timber kitchen. Large living area, R/C A/C OFP, & rear lane access. 4
Jason Harris 0417 640 079 John O’Connor 0416 193 990
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3 Edward Street, Meeniyan Room for all; large house, large block Ideal for families with 5 bedrooms, BIR's, renovated kitchen, dining and living area, R/C air con & SFH, ensuite with spa, huge covered outdoor ent. area with views, high clearance garage for caravans.
REDUCED $329,000 S/A
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REDUCED $249,000 S/A
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1st time offered for sale. Featuring 2.75 acres well maintained home, freshly painted outside & roof redone. Updatd kitchen, large family room & separate dining/living area & R/C. Large undercover entertaining area, 3 paddocks, orchard, established gardens, 4 sheds, 5 tanks & amazing views.
$320,000 Sole Agent
Cadalina - Superb 45 acres
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$795,000 Sole agent
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Charming period home with great self contained bungalow. 3 bedrooms en suite to main. Beautiful big rooms, high ceilings, charming leadlight features. Attractive upgrades include new kitchen ,bathroom, en suite, gas log fire,s/s air con, new floor coverings and fresh paint. Sun filled office or sitting room overlooking a cottage garden. Well located in this ever popular street- walk to the shops.
Renovated 3 BR home on 4 acres with glorious views. Renovated with new kitchen, lounge with SFH, updated bathroom & 2 living areas. Rewired & colourbond roof a few years ago. 3 Paddocks, chook pen & lock up shed. The hard works done.
$339,000 Sole agent
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11/1 Grandridge East Road, Mirboo North Neat unit with rural views
2B Grey Road, Mirboo North Private & Peaceful Bush Block
Situated in a quiet court within walking distance to shops and schools, formal living area, updated kitchen and ensuite, R/C air con, office/2nd living area, deck & access to colourbond shed through carport.
Neat unit with rural views, BIRs, ensuite, RC Air, open plan living, dining & modern kitchen complete with large pantry, stainless steel cooking appliances & dishwasher, garden shed, sgl garage, carport & courtyard.
Attractive 5 acre bush allotment with large cleared sites, great views, sealed road frontage, power & telephone services available & only a few minutes drive to Mirboo North.
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MIRBOO NTH 17 Eldon Court Alex Scott and Staff Leongatha 5662 0922
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Bushfire warnings AS the weather warms up, it’s important for homeowners to know whether they live in a bushfire prone area. “Property buyers must be told upfront whether land is in a bushfire-prone area,” a spokesperson for Consumer Affairs Victoria said. REIV CEO Enzo Raimondo said agents should remind vendors that this is their responsibility.
“This was a significant change, introduced in an effort to improve firereadiness in the wake of the terrible tragedy which struck the state in 2009,” he said. “It is essential that homebuyers know whether or not they are buying in bushfire prone area so they can ensure they have a fire plan and that their home and grounds are prepared for the possibility of fire.” The Consumer Affairs
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spokesperson warned: “If the information in a vendor statement is inaccurate or incomplete, including the information required by the bushfire amendment, a buyer has the option of rescinding the contract at any time before settlement.” Mr Raimondo noted that this applies to properties across the state and included outer suburbs such as Frankston. In August 2013 the state’s Bushfire Prone Area maps, specifying areas prone to or likely to be prone to bushfire, were updated. Almost 236,000 properties were removed from the bushfire regulations as a result of the review, but another 119,000 were added for the first time. The reviews take place regularly to ensure the maps are as up-to-date as possible, and with another review having taken place in late 2013 further changes are likely. Homeowners should not assume the bushfire status of their home.
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ITH the school literally over the back fence, the daily ‘school run’ will be a thing of the past. Positioned in the bowl of Eldon Court, this three year old home offers three bedrooms including a master bed-
room with ensuite, a generous sized lounge and a kitchen/ dining area where you’ll enjoy the panorama view over the surrounding rolling countryside. There is opportunity here to add garden and landscaping and complete the picture.
NEW PRICE
NEW LISTING
LEONGATHA ALERTING FAMILY HOME BUYERS! PRICE REDUCTION
NERRENA SENSATIONAL 2½ ACRES - WITH BUILDING PERMIT
CONTACT AGENT ‘BELMAR’ - 7.5 ACRES
As rare as hen's teeth, this stunning parcel of land, not only has beautiful panoramic views, it also has a building permit! On sealed road frontage & with a sealed driveway, the block is well -sheltered, gently undulating & has power to pit. Enjoy a private rural lifestyle with the convenience of being in close proximity to town.
Immaculate 3 BR homestead. One large open plan living room incl. 2 lounge areas (2 solid fuel heaters, 1 split-system air con,) dining space & timber kitchen. 40 X 28ft double-bay garage & separate 'boys room', cottage style sleep-out, machinery/wood shed, calving shed & stockyards. 3 fenced paddocks & 3 dams. Plenty of bird/ wildlife. Plenty of extras!
CONTACT AGENT PRIVATE 4 ACRE LIFESTYLE RETREAT
$249,000
$250,000
$435,000
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Low maintenance 3 BR family home in close proximity to schools, rec. reserve facilities & park. Light –filled lounge (with solid fuel heater) & kitchen/dining room. New curtains throughout. Private & sunny wrap around patios & delightful rear cottage gardens. Separate covered entertaining area. Powered workshop/studio plus garden shed.
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Botanic wonderland on 4 magnificent acres. 2 dams, 3 paddocks, 150 fruit trees, native plantation, arboretum, vegie patch & house gardens. Be self- sufficient! 3 BR fully renovated country home captures light & garden vistas. 2 generous open living areas. Large shed/ workshop. All this just minutes from town. A very special property.
insightrealestate.com.au Lindsay Powney 0428 515 103
Robyn Powney 0488 454 547
5 McCartin Street LEONGATHA
5662 2220
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“Belmar” – so peaceful and majestic S
ET in its own private valley amongst beautiful established gardens and trees, “Belmar” is one of those properties that are a privilege to sell.
Once you see it, you will fall in love. Purchasing Belmar is an opportunity to live a lifestyle of tranquillity, with an abundance of bird and wildlife to enjoy from wrens right through to eagles and even the odd lyrebird. A circular driveway sweeps up to the substantial, immaculately kept homestead. A spacious open plan living zone flows through two lounge areas, each with a solid fuel heater plus one split-system air con. Further in, the dining area adjoins the timber kitchen with its two pantries, dishwasher and large breakfast bar. All living areas are light- filled with very pleasant outlooks. Several sliding doors provide access out to verandas. All bedrooms are light, generous in size, have ceiling fans and plenty of B.I.R. storage space. The renovated bathroom (with toilet) and laundry are both spacious. The additional toilet and vanity located near the laundry are handy. Choices for outdoor entertaining include a defined area off the dining area, or anywhere in fact on the verandas, to enjoy the superb views. An array of sheds include a 40 X 28ft double-bay garage/ workshop with separate ‘boys room,’ which needs to be seen to be believed, cottage style sleep-out, machinery/ wood shed, calving shed plus there are stockyards. Water is plentiful with three dams, house tanks, and gravity fed tanks for the gardens. All three clean paddocks are fully fenced. There is nothing needed except to move in and enjoy this amazing set up and environment, inspection is highly recommended.
HALLSTON Contact agent for location Insight Real Estate 5662 2220
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! Level block 1214m2 ! Power to site ! Close to Racecourse and Rail Trail
$72,500
Dairy farms 150-300 acres 10 acre bush block House and land to 10 acres
Peter Bellingham 0418 515 666 pbellingham@sej.com.au SEJ5260433
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Twelve Oaks – that’s something special It is a well built four bedroom home, and has been repainted and renovated with dado walls, a gorgeous central fireplace, country style kitchen and a large verandah taking in the views of Anderson Inlet. The master bedroom is complete with ensuite and parent’s retreat. The remaining three bedrooms all have built in robes and ready access to the main bathroom and separate toilet. All windows command views of the mature trees and natives in the surrounding gardens.
Alan Steenholdt 0409 423 822
Peter Dwyer 0428 855 244
Carly Hurst 0417 382 979
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LEONGATHA STH 645 Koonwarra Pound Creek Road Landmark Harcourts Leongatha Glenys Foster 0477 622 298
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• Ideal young family starter in Shingler’s Ridge Estate • 3 bedroom home, master with ensuite + WIR • landscaped front and back yards, garden shed
• ‘OAK HILL’ 3br brick home on 25 acres • Machinery shed & disused dairy • Lifestyle property with panoramic views
• 4 Bedroom brick home on 5 acres • 1br fully self-contained unit • Infinity' self cleaning compass pool
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Everything you would need to be self sufficient is sitting right outside. There is a well established vegetable and herb patch, fruit trees and berries. The abundance of different forms of shedding includes his and hers workshops, chook house and potting shed. All sheds are unique, having been constructed from recycled materials, and have power and lights. If you are looking at starting up a hobby farm, this fabulous property is ready to go. It has been well laid out, divided into nine paddocks, three dams, troughs plus a bore. A loading race, shearing shed and machinery shed provide all the infrastructure required. Providing peace and quiet, with
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• 165 acre grazing property • 7 titles, 11 paddocks with good fencing • 2 x 3 bedroom houses
• Ideal 1st home buyer or investor • 3 bedrooms, undercover entertaining • 3 bay open shed, workshop, garage
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Nature Parks wins international award PHILLIP Island Nature Parks has received the international Green Flag Award for 2013-14. The prestigious award acknowledges excellence in the management of parks against key criteria relating to public usage and benefits. The Nature Parks has re-
ceived the award two years in a row and joins a select group of high quality parks across the world that attained the 2013-14 award. Matthew Jackson, CEO of Phillip Island Nature Parks, expressed pride in receiving the award. “The award is an acknowledgement of our continuing efforts in environmental management
and conservation, and testament to the high quality of our services that attract visitors from around the world,” he said. In Australia and New Zealand, 23 parks received the award this year, having been judged on their standards of safety, welcoming facilities, management of the environment and historical features, as well
as recognising the role of parks as being great places to play and recreate. Parks were also judged on their sustainability practices and overall standard of management.
Parks Forum CEO, David Clarke, congratulated each of the managing organisations on attaining the Green Flag Award. “It is great to see so many new sites, as well as
last year’s winners, being nominated for the 2013-14 award,” he said. “Winning agencies can confidently promote their parks and reserves as being the highest quality
green spaces that provide a great experience for visitors. Local users, national and international tourists alike can be sure that they will be visiting an exceptional park,” he said.
Nature’s winner: worms can turn waste into liquid fertiliser for your garden.
Worms work wonders BEAT the drought by re-using all waste water and organic garbage as liquid fertiliser for your gardens. Install a worm farm waste system or convert your existing septic tank or treatment plant into a worm farm waste system. All sewage, waste water and organic garbage is processed in the natural non mechanical worm farm waste system, converting all your waste into natures perfect liquid fertiliser for your gardens.
We take care of the council permit, design a system to suit your site, manufacture and install. No smell, no service contracts, no maintenance. End the need for septic tank pump outs as the worm farm waste system does not require de sludging. Approximately 95 per cent less garbage will leave your site for landfill. All organic garbage including food waste, weeds, cardboard, paper etc are disposed of in the worm farm waste system. The worm technology natural process converts all solids into worm castings
which are taken out to your gardens when the waste water passes through. Worm eggs are also carried out into the disposal area where they hatch. The soil becomes fertile and compost like in structure very quickly. End the need for fresh water being wasted on your gardens and stop your beautiful plants dying off due to lack of rain by re-using 100 per cent of your waste water and organic garbage. Contact A & A Worm Farm Waste Systems on 02 9653 3034, email: sales@ wormfarm.com.au or web: www.wormfarm.com.au.
Award winning show: Koala Conservation Centre ranger Daniel Kallstrom discusses koala habitat with visitors, reflecting Phillip Island Nature Parks’ professional approach.
Milpara Community House news MILPARA Community House in Shellcott’s Road, Korumburra is open again after the school holidays with a brand new blue program which has been delivered by householder mail. If you have not received a copy just call us on 5655 2524 to be put on the mailing or email list. The Creative Writing class which starts on Thursday, February 6 at 10am has some vacancies this year. The creative writers wrote and produced a radio play as well as a selection of shorts stories and poems last year. If you would like to develop your creative writing skills in a friendly and supportive group, this class may be for you. Following on from last year’s successful Jobskills for Women, Milpara will be offering a Work Readiness
course commencing on Monday, February 3 which is open to anyone looking to increase their chances of gaining employment. The course will run for eight Mondays from 10am to 1pm and will give you more confidence in applying for jobs that match your skills, producing a resume and job application to suit the positions that you would like to apply for.
school terms. We may also be able to match you with a volunteer tutor if our advertised class times don’t suit you.
If you are a migrant and would like to improve your English we have two classes commencing next week: English as a second language starts on Tuesdays 10am to noon and Migrant English on Thursdays from 2pm to 4pm.
Korumburra Playgroup returns on Friday, February 7 at 10am as does For the Blokes which is a weekly discussion group for men. On Friday afternoon Gift Cards with Barb commences at 1pm.
Help with adult literacy and numeracy for those who speak English is available on Mondays during
Noelle Walker will be commencing her fortnightly beading classes at Milpara on Tuesday, February 3 at 7pm. Learn a new beading technique and make a beautiful item of jewellery each class.
To make enquiries or to book into a class contact Milpara on 5655 2524 or email: milpara@dcsi. net.au
Fresh start for a new career? COMMUNITY College Gippsland (CCG) is providing a helping hand for people to reinvigorate their lives and career opportunities with new skills and training. Operating eight campuses across Gippsland, CCG offers more than 100 course programs from certificate to advanced diploma level, providing qualifications which are nationally accredited and industry supported. The message for people wanting a new direction in their lives is that it is never too hard or too late. Courses are offered in children’s, education and youth services, business, hairdressing, beauty, aged care, disability, community care as well hospitality, cleaning operations and retail. Foundation Studies help people to improve their literacy and numeracy while new certificate courses in English Speaking and Writing are being offered to help immigrants and others improve their English and get into jobs. CCG is also a specialist in Rural Studies training offering certificate to advanced diploma level courses in agriculture, horticulture, arboriculture, conservation and land management, agri-business management as well as equine, harness and thoroughbred racing programs. A strength of CCG’s programs is the personal approach to learning, offering smaller class sizes, staff support and flexible learning to help people reach their potential.
CCG courses provide a large component of work placement for students to build real skills on the job. A majority of CCG students get jobs as a result of these placements because they are able to showcase their potential to employers. CCG has developed strong partnerships with industry and business. This year it is delivering training to a record 300 trainees after developing an innovative model where CCG trainers travel to the workplace and train workers on the job. This is appealing to businesses because they don’t have the disruption of staff leaving the workplace to attend classes elsewhere. The message for businesses is that CCG will tailor individual training programs that will suit them and their staff, helping them boost productivity and retain a higher skilled workforce. Community College Gippsland (CCG) is a not-forprofit adult education and training provider and has been delivering programs in Gippsland for more than 35 years. CCG operates the campuses at Warragul, Southern Gippsland, Traralgon, Pakenham, Sale and Morwell. It also operates ECG College at Warragul catering for senior secondary students studying for the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL). For more information phone 5622 6000 or visit: www.ccg.asn.au.
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Generous towns support charities By Tayla Kershaw CHRISTMAS was cheery for South Gippsland charities this year.
The Salvation Army couldn’t be happier with public donations. Primary and secondary school students, Murray Goulburn staff, Leongatha senior citizens, the Bendigo Bank staff, Probus clubs, Commonwealth Lodge, the Uniting Church and private families were just a few of the names who made the effort to give generously this Christmas. The Salvation Army would like to thank everyone for supporting families who were doing it tough this Christmas. They have received monetary, food and toy donations. The
toys went to UnitingCare for distribution. Donations come from varying groups every year and the number of hampers the Salvation Army can give are increasing thanks to this level of support. However, during the night on New Year’s Day a mattress was deposited outside the Salvation Army Welfare Office. The mattress was ruined by the weather and could not be sold. The Salvation Army ask that donation rules are followed. Large items are to be donated at the Op Shop on Bair Street. Small items can be put into the Salvation Army bins. These are positioned at Safeway, IGA and the Salvation Army Welfare Office. “We really appreciate all donations but would ask if donations are left
at the back of the office,” Captain Martyn Scrimshaw said. Anglicare were disappointed to see that there was a high demand for food and toys. It appears more families are in need during the holiday season. However, this was combated by increased generosity and more donations. Hampers were able to be provided to all families facing hardship. Across Gippsland, 877 children received toys from Anglicare. Food hampers went out to 302 families. The average is 250 families. “It is a wonderful program to allow everyone to enjoy what most families enjoy,” Anglicare’s Jane Anderson said. “And it is important to help parents so they can give gifts to their children on Christmas Day.”
Public plea: the Salvation Army requests that donations are given appropriately. Captain Martyn Scrimshaw is pictured with a mattress that was left in the weather overnight on New Year’s Day. UnitingCare Leongatha expressed similar joy, raising 130 presents to give to families.
“Everything went well. We have toys left over which will put us in a good position for next Christ-
mas,” UnitingCare Leongatha’s Wendy McEachern said. Donations from vari-
ous sources increased this year and a lot of families were supported during the festive season.
Surfing mums seek you WITH a ghastly winter behind them, and the promise of beautiful summer days with glassy waves and gentle offshore breezes, the Swell Mamas are getting ready for their next season of mama fun.
Top bird: Greig Humphrey and his female black leghorn came away with the John Rowe Memorial Trophy for Champion Bird in Show and Champion Softfeather Bantam. Photo courtesy of Coral Jones.
Prized poultry steal show By Tayla Kershaw THE poultry results from the Bass Coast Agricultural Show are in. Fine and fabulous chooks were put on show and judged by Rob Sheen of Ballarat. A popular winner was Greig Humphrey from Leongatha with his female black leghorn. Greig and Jean Humphrey were “tickled pink” and all exhibitors were pleased with their efforts. The results were as follows:
John Rowe Memorial Trophy for champion bird in show: Black Leghorn bantam female, Greig Humphrey, Leongatha. Reserve champion bird in show: Australorp bantam female, Mica Triance, Yannathan. Champion softfeather large: Australorp male, Kevin Collins, Churchill. Champion hardfeather large: Old English Game blue red female, David Holden, West Creek. Champion softfeather bantam: Black leghorn female, Greig Humphrey, Leongatha. Champion hardfeather
bantam: Old English Game Partridge female, David Holden, West Creek. Champion waterfowl: Mallard duck, Wendy Bentick, Wattlebank. Champion bird - junior: Australorp bantam female, Mica Triance, Yannathan. Reserve champion bird - junior: Australorp bantam male, Mica Triance, Yannathan. Best eggs: Jonathan Luke, Korrine. Best novice: Farmyard fowl male, Tim Hancock, Inverloch. Judge: Rob Sheen, Ballarat.
Schools win
PRIMARY schools at Fish Creek, Tarwin Lower, Toora and Woodside will join the Victorian Government’s Rural Video Conferencing Initiative this year, Deputy Premier and Gippsland South MLA Peter Ryan said. The schools will receive state of the art Polycom video conference technology.
“The video conference technology includes other virtual learning tools for students and teachers to collaborate and learn with others outside of their classroom and school,” Mr Ryan said. “Students will be able to take virtual excursions to a range of Australian and international locations, and teachers will be able to access a range of professional learning opportunities.”
Five years ago, the Swell Mamas made their first callout to women and children to join them in a weekly surfing support group, where they could share the care of the children on the beach and venture into the waters of Inverloch’s main surf beach. Since then, hundreds of women have joined the mamas in their weekly surf at the beach with littlies in tow, from birth to teens. Coordinator Lucy Cousens has led the group from the start and maintains her weekly vigil of packing the car each Friday morning. Prams, wetsuits, towels, snacks, drink bottles, surf boards, sunscreen and children fit in there somewhere! “It’s a bit of a tight squeeze sometimes but the kids learn to manoeuvre the surf boards so they fit in too and thankfully the other mamas help out with transporting the equipment,” Lucy laughed. Swell Mamas has captured the imagination and support of so many in the community, from local business to Surfing Victoria, to community organisations and the Bass Coast Shire Council. Council has just agreed to co-fund a program for young mums and their babies, Swell Mamas Supported. “We are passionate about finding ways to support women from the very beginning of their parenting days and the Swell Mamas Supported project is an exciting initiative for us to be involved in,” said Bass Coast Community Health’s supported playgroup facilitator, Letitia Condron. “We have heaps of young mums in the community and surfing and playing on the beach is an obvious
and fantastic way to enjoy the early days of being a mum.” Lucy said the beach is free, fun and relaxing. “Surfing is a positive and fulfilling way to unwind and learn something new,” she
said. Lucy is a qualified surf coach and will be supporting the women to learn to surf. If you are a young mum, or you know one, encourage them to come along for five weeks of fun and laughter.
Call Lucy on 0438 117 131, Geraldine 0427 401 530 or Letitia Condron on 5671 3511 or www.swellmamas.org. All welcome. No prior experience necessary – we’re there to have fun!
Riding high: Swell Mamas Supported project members, from left, Lucy Cousens holding daughter Nina, Letitia Condron of Bass Coast Community Health Service, Geraldine Archibald of Swell Mamas, and Sunny and Emi, (Lucy’s daughter and niece) in the front.
Latest movies at Prom A NEW digital projector will be installed at the Tidal River Open Air Cinema at Wilsons Promontory National Park. The Victorian Government is investing $28,000 from its $1 billion Regional Growth Fund. Deputy Premier and Gippsland South MLA Peter Ryan said the new equipment would be used by East Coast Cinemas Pty Ltd (ECC) to provide a modern tourism experience for visitors. Mr Ryan said Parks Victoria had an agreement with ECC enabling them to screen the latest films for patrons of the Tidal River Open Air Cinema. “Feature films are no longer made on 35mm reel and are now available in digital format only, which has made ECC’s current projection equipment out-of-date,” Mr Ryan said. “This funding will allow ECC to purchase new projection equipment and once installed, ECC can continue to run a normal screening season. “The improvement in film quality may also result in an increase of overall visits to the area which in turn will boost the local economy.”
Mr Ryan said ECC had been the cinema operator for more than 40 years, providing holiday- makers with evening entertainment throughout that time. “In the peak holiday period Tidal River has a resident camping population of at least 2000 people and the area is visited by more than 7000 holiday-makers during the season,” Mr Ryan said. “In addition, Tidal River is a regular school camp destination with up to 400 students per week attending camps with ECC’s screenings often a popular part of the camps. “Importantly, the cinema also serves the local primary and secondary schools.” Mr Ryan said ECC would create a website about the Open Air Cinema that would link to and from the Parks Victoria website and Twitter and Facebook pages and could be viewed via mobile phone. “East Coast Cinemas is confident this will give the company more penetration into the area creating even more visits to the cinema and the region,” Mr Ryan said. “The Coalition Government is pleased to support this $38,000 project through its $1 billion Regional Growth Fund with ECC to contribute the balance of $10,000.”
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DAISY Matilda Maurizio was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on January 10 to Lauren and Tim Maurizio of Wonthaggi. Daisy is with her parents and brother Cooper, 2.
KAITLYN Matilda Angwin was born at South Gippsland Hospital in Foster on January 7, 2014 and is the fourth child for Candice Pearse and Andrew Angwin of Leongatha. Kaitlyn is pictured with her siblings, Lincoln (left), 5, Flynn, 6, and Heidi, 19 months.
CAMERON Thomas Kimmins was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on September 7, 2013 to Samantha and David Kimmins of Cape Paterson. Cameron is pictured with sister Elizabeth, 2
SIENNA Marilyn Hitchings was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on December 8, 2013 to Hayley and Tim Hitchings of Wonthaggi. Sienna is with her parents and sister Jasmine, 3.
XAVIER Joseph Barry McGregor was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on January 9 to Carissa Esparon and Aaron McGregor of Wonthaggi. Xavier is a brother to Curtis, 3.
WILLOW Eve Blackman was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on September 1, 2013 to Tahlia and David Blackman from South Dudley. Willow is a sister for Alexandra, 8.
TABITHA Jade Cope-Burns was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on December 11, 2013 to Jarrod and Carol Cope of Wonthaggi. Tabitha is pictured with her siblings Brooke, 14, and Liam, 18.
Library to bring magic WEST Gippsland Regional Library Corporation will take Story Time out of the library again this year. Two regular programs
for pre-school aged children are set to launch at Wonthaggi Primary School and the Venus Bay Community Centre. The programs, supported by Uniting
CLOVER Rain Wynen was born at Leongatha Hospital on January 20. She is a daughter for Jennifer Low and John Wynen of Cowes, and a sister to Taylah, Stevie, Paris and Sailor.
OLIVIA Aloizia White was born at Leongatha Hospital on January 17. She is the long awaited first daughter for Katarina Mravljak and Brett White of Mount Eccles.
EDWARD Levi Isted was born at West Gippsland Hospital, Warragul, on January 23 to Belinda and Stewart Isted of Leongatha. Edward is a brother for William.
Creative time: twins Lachlan and Ryder, and Marshall enjoy a story from librarian Jo Bowler at the Cook and Book session at Venus Bay Community Centre last year.
Care Gippsland, will run from term one and follow a successful run of Story Time sessions held at the Venus Bay Community Centre over the past two years. “We are passionate about finding ways to bring the library and all its great resources to families who can’t get to the regular Story Time and Baby Rhyme Time sessions in the library,” the library corporation’s early years coordinator Geraldine Archibald. For Story Time presenter Jo Bowler, the magic she witnesses between the adults and children each week at Story Time is a highlight for her. “Most of us have had the pleasure of seeing a child’s face light up when they hear theirfavourite song or learn a nursery rhyme,“ she said. “And some of us have had the opportunity of taking a baby or preschooler to a library Story Time or Baby Rhyme Time session. For those who have, you will know that it is often the highlight of your little one’s week.” Jo has been delivering library Story Time for more than four years. She presents the weekly Story Time session at the Inverloch Library on Wednesdays and last year ran the outreach program to
the Venus Bay Community Centre, which she is thrilled to be running once again. “The new program at Wonthaggi Primary School will also be perfect for younger siblings who haven’t started school yet,” Ms Bowler said. “It starts just after school drop off, but it’s open to everyone from the community with a preschool aged child. Wesley Holloway, principal Wonthaggi Primary School, said, “So much essential learning and development goes on before a child starts school and this program complements the Leap into Learning kinder transition program we are running this year.” Alyson Skinner, Venus Bay Community Centre coordinator, said Story Time was “fantastic”. “The kids love the books and songs and the mums, dads and grandparents love re-learning their childhood favourites,” she said. The Story Time sessions will take place in the Wonthaggi (Billson Street) Primary School library weekly from 9.05am9.30am Tuesdays in term one and two, starting Tuesday, February 4. The Venus Bay Baby Rhyme Time sessions will continue fortnightly at the community centre, from Thursday, February 13.
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Musos love new home
By Tayla Kershaw
THE musicians of the Wonthaggi Citizens’ Band felt right at home at their first practice in their updated building last week. The attending band members were overwhelmed by the spacious new building. “This building will be the envy of all other bands in Victoria,” band master Craig Marinus said. Band patron Alan Brown attended the first rehearsal. Mr Brown’s father was the band secretary during the late 1950s.
“If my father was here this evening, he would not believe that the Wonthaggi Citizen’s Band could be in ownership of such a magnificent building,” he said. Vice president of the Wonthaggi Citizens’ Band Paul Jamieson said the new room would help the band to grow. The new building is to the credit of local construction firm TS Construction Pty Ltd. The old band room was completely demolished and the structure built on land owned by the band. Funds to meet the cost of construction came from a State Government grant, Bass Coast Shire Council, bequests from three individual estates
and donations from the Buy a Brick appeal. The actual cost of construction is anticipated to be far less than the original quote of $323,400 given that many building suppliers and tradesmen have either provided free labour or materials, or have given heavy discounts. The response from the building industry has been incredibly generous, as well as the community response to the Buy a Brick Appeal launched last year. “The community support has been unbelievable,” band president Michael Kershaw said. “Without it, this wouldn’t have happened. We would have only managed a small expansion.”
There is still some work to be done. Memorabilia will be moved into the space in the coming weeks as well as installing an honour board in the foyer dedicated to everyone who donated to the Buy a Brick Appeal. “We are going to do big things here,” Mr Jamieson said. The new band room will officially open on May 10. It will also be open for other bands to practice in and groups such as the Wonthaggi Theatre Group will also use it. The band is looking for new members. Those who are interested are asked to contact Craig Marinus on 5658 1870.
First rehearsal: the Wonthaggi Citizens’ Band enjoy their spacious new band room. Photo: Mark Drury.
Tom steals centre stage WONTHAGGI Theatre Group welcomed local singer Tom Green into its ranks recently. The teenager successfully auditioned for the role of Jesus in WTG’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar scheduled to begin in June. The decision to audition came about when the director told him he couldn’t play the role. “I was told I was too young,” Tom said.
“I gave it a go anyway. I found the audition intimidating. You have to force yourself into character on the spot and it is very emotionally demanding to portray such a big figure.” There are also physical demands Tom has willingly answered. The singer now adorns a beard and longer hair to look the part in the modern show. Tom began his singing career in 2005 under lessons from a very proud Maureen Alford. His family has supported him right through the nine year process and his mother is “chuffed and happy” he
New avenues: Tom Green takes his music talents a step further by joining the Wonthaggi Theatre Group.
achieved the role. The 19 year old will soon undergo dramatic coaching with Rowena Wallace and rehearsals will begin in February. “As much as I am enthusiastic, I’m also terrified,” Tom said. “I want to please the crowd, the amazing production team and myself.” Tom hopes to be involved in more productions in the future.
Wonthaggi Theatrical Group presents…
Audiences loved it so much in 2013, we're doing it again…
“Bend it Like Broadway” is a cabaret-style concert with a twist. Your favourite Broadway tunes delivered in a fresh and surprising way, by the stars of recent WTG shows. Performances are at the Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre, Graham St, Wonthaggi for three shows only: • 8 pm on Friday, 14 February (it’s Valentine’s Day - why not surprise your Valentine with a night out?) • 8 pm on Saturday, 15 February • 2 pm matinee on Sunday, 16 February. Tickets are $25 (adult) and $20 (concession), available from the Wonthaggi Workmens’ Club, 75 Graham St, Wonthaggi (phone 5672 1083). Credit card facilities are available, and the club is open 7 days a week. Why not stay for a drink or a meal when you're buying your tickets. Don't miss out – book early – you know WTG shows always sell out!!
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By Tayla Kershaw
Job well done: Wonthaggi Citizens’ Band president Michael Kershaw and vice president Paul Jamieson are pleased with the efforts made by TS Construction Pty Ltd and the community support given to complete the band room.
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JOINED HEIFERS A/C JD & EA KEOGH, FOSTER 114 Springing Heifers, 2 ½ years, consisting of: 95 Ang/Fries, 12 Hfd/Fries, 6 MG/Fries PTIC to stud limo bulls for 10th Feb on calving Bucket reared, well grown & quiet. (LANDMARK) A/C RW BRUCE, LEONGATHA NTH 90 Angus/Fires x Heifers, 2 ½ years PTIC to Limo bull to commence calving 10th Feb. (LANDMARK) A/C JOHN O'LOUGHLIN, BERRYS CREEK 60 Ang/Fries X Heifers 2 ½ years PTIC Limo Bull, 3rd Feb on calving Bucket reared and very quiet. (SEJ) A/C BULN BULN PARK 50 Angus/Fires Heifers PTIC to low birth Blonde d'Aquitaine bull To commence calving 15th March. (ELDERS) A/C J & A BLACKSHAW, LEONGATHA STH 50 Angus/Fries x Heifers, 2 ½ years Bucket reared. Calving to LBW Limo bulls 7th Feb on calving. Drenched Eprinex mid Dec. (LANDMARK) A/C INNISFAIL P/L, MOLYULLAH 40 x Heifers 2 ½ years old (10 x Hfd/Fries x, 10 x MG/Fries x, 10 x Angus/Fries x, 10 x S/H/Fries x) Bucket Reared. Springing to low birth weight Bull Due to commences Calving 6th Feb 2014. (RODWELLS) A/C C & L STEWART, LOCH 30 Angus/Hfd/MGrey & Fries x Springers Feb/March calving to Apricot Limo Bull (PTIC). Very Quiet 10 Hfd/Aussie Red x Springers Feb/March calving to Apricot Limo Bull (PRIC) Well grown, very quiet. (ALEX SCOTT) A/C R STIPANI, WILLUNG STH 35 Angus/Fries x Heifers, 2 ½ years Joined to Wangara Limousin Bulls To commence calving 1st Feb on.(LANDMARK) A/C NETHERWAY FARMS, HORSHAM 34 Angus/Fries x Heifers, 2 ½ years Joined to Mockinya Angus Bulls for 10th Feb on calving, PTIC All heifers from AI bred Friesian herd. Bucket reared, Very quiet. (LANDMARK) A/C L BROOKS, LOCH 28 Hfd/Fries x Springers, 2 ½ years PTIC Apricot Limo Bull, calving 18th Feb on for 9 weeks Excellent quality, very quiet 7 MGrey/Fries x Heifers, 2 years Joined to Limo Bull for July onwards calving Very quiet. (ALEX SCOTT) A/C B & G PAISLEY, WONTHAGGI 30 Angus/Fries x Heifers, 2 ½ years old PTIC to Limo bull, Feb on calving. (ALEX SCOTT) A/C G & L SULLIVAN, STRZELECKI 25 Angus/Fries x Heifers, 28 months 8 Hfd/Fries x Heifers, 28 months Joined to Limo bulls to calve 15th Feb on Bucket reared, very quiet. (LANDMARK) A/C R & J FRANKLIN, YINNAR (ANNUAL DRAFT) 25 Ang/Fries X Heifers , 2 ½ years PTIC Limo Bull for 6 week calving from Feb 5th onwards Bucket reared and quiet. (SEJ) A/C JG & ML DOUGLAS, POOWONG 24 Angus/Hfd & Fries x Springers, 2 ½ years old Calving to Apricot Limo Bull 5/2/14 on Bucket reared, very quiet. (ALEX SCOTT) A/C D & E PERCZYK, POUND CREEK 24 1/3 Limo/Fries, 1/3 Angus/Fries x, 1/3 Hfd/Fries x Heifers All PTIC to “Ashdale”Angus bull for Feb/March calving. (ALEX SCOTT) A/C I WISE, DUMBALK 20 Angus/Fries x Heifers, 2 ½ years PTIC to Angus bulls to commence calving 10th Feb on Bucket reared, very quiet. (LANDMARK) A/C T & N POUW - HALLSTON 18 Angus Friesian x Heifers PTIC to Angus Bull. (SEJ) A/C S & D PERRY, YINNAR 2 x 2 Angus/Fries x Heifers, 2 ½ years old 18 Angus/Fries x Heifers, 2 ½ years old Joined to Angus bulls for Feb-March on calving 7 in 1, bucket reared & very quiet.(LANDMARK) A/C MC BERRY, WONTHAGGI 18 Angus/Fries & Hfd/Fries x Heifers, 2 ½ years, bucket reared Springing close up to stud Limousin bull. (LANDMARK) A/C L & V MCLEOD, YARRAM 15 Angus x Fries Heifers, 2 years Calving mid Feb-March to Yancowinna LBW bulls. 2 x 7 in 1 Vacc. (LANDMARK) A/C “BENA VIEW” 14 Angus/Fries x Heifers, 2 ½ years Dept. to Char Bull. PTIC to commence calving 1st March. (LANDMARK) A/C TONSAN NOMINEES, FISH CREEK 11 Fries Ang x Heifers, 2 ½ yo Due to calve late Feb to Limo bull. PTIC. (SEJ) A/C B BRINKLEY, TOORADIN 10 Hfd/Fries x Springers, 2 ½ years PTIC Apricot Limo Bull. Calving 18th March on for 9 weeks Very quiet, excellent quality. (ALEX SCOTT) A/C YANAKIE FARMS, YANAKIE 10 Angus/Fries x Heifers, 2 ½ years PTIC Limo Bull, 3rd Feb on calving for 9 weeks Bucket Reared and quiet. (SEJ) A/C BARB STEWART, KERNOT David Phelan & Co. Pty. Ltd.
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Research trip: Julie Stahle and David Barker, joined by their neighbour Veronica Meier were at the cattle sale at VLE Leongatha last Thursday to gain some insight on the process. Ms Stahle and Mr Barker have a farm in Korumburra and are looking at stocking it with cattle.
Looking about: Kathy Taylor form Inverloch and Aaron Boon from Pheasant’s from Nest in New South Wales were checking out the cattle sales at Koonwarra last Thursday.
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Price rise for yearling heifers THERE were approximately 1000 export and 500 young cattle penned, representing an increase of 700 head. The usual buying group was present, but not all operated fully in what was a generally firm market. The young cattle were very mixed in quality, with yearling steers selling firm, while the heavy weight yearling heifers to the trade lifted 4c/kg. The limited selection of grown steers and bullocks sold at similar prices weekon-week, although the heavy weight Friesian manufacturing steers lost 12c/kg. Most weights and grades were represented in the cows and a small selection of very light dairy cows improved 10c/kg, while the majority recorded firm averages despite added restocker enquiry. Heavy weight bulls also sold to firm demand. A limited number of vealers sold from 138c to 183c/ kg. Yearling trade steers made between 160c and 186c, while well finished yearling heifers sold between 135c and 165c/ kg. Grown steers made from 155c to 180c/kg, holding firm in price. Bullocks sold from 160c to 183c, slipping 2c/kg on most sales. Heavy weight grown heifers showing good finish made between 128c and 160c, easing 4c/kg. Heavy weight crossbred manufacturing steers mostly sold between 134c and 165c to gain 2c, while the Friesian portion made between 123c and 132c to be back 12c/kg. A handful of very light dairy cows made from 95c to 110c/kg. Medium weight cows sold from 104c to 122c/kg. Heavy weight dairy cows made between 98c and 122c, easing 1c to 2c/kg. Heavy weight beef cows sold between 105c and 130c/kg. Restocking cows made from 104c to 121c/kg.
Heavy weight bulls sold from 108c to 140c/kg. The next sale draw - Jan-
uary 29: 1. Landmark, 2. Elders, 3. David Phelan, 4. Alex Scott, 5. Rodwells, 6. SEJ.
Wednesday, January 22 BULLOCKS 14 J. Khalid, Foster 1 K.M. & G.A. Couper, Nerrena East 1 N.R. & S.S. Constantine, Buffalo 1 W.N. & P.A. Joyce, Jumbunna 16 P.F. & P.A. O’Loughlin, Nerrena 3 R. & S. Irvin, Nerrena
593kg 610kg 570kg 580kg 557kg 598kg
184.6 183.0 182.0 182.0 180.0 179.2
$1095 $1116 $1037 $1055 $1002 $1072
STEERS 7 N.R. & L.J. Andrews, Mirboo North 1 B. Raynor, Korumburra 6 N.R. & S.S. Constantine, Buffalo 2 R. & S. Irvin, Nerrena 3 K.H. Perry, Yinnar 1 S. & J. Schmidt, Wonga Wonga
416kg 405kg 481kg 530kg 513kg 535kg
185.6 182.6 182.0 179.2 179.2 175.0
$772 $739 $876 $949 $919 $936
COWS 2 Pearson Beef, Meeniyan 7 Burndale Nom, Kongwak 8 D.E. & S.J. Mainwaring, Lang Lang 2 G. & D. Jacobson, Woolamai 1 J.T. Sibly Pastoral, Archies Creek 2 R.S. & J.M. Smith, Woranga
600kg 609kg 589kg 587kg 560kg 625kg
130.0 127.0 125.6 125.0 125.0 125.0
$780 $773 $740 $734 $700 $781
HEIFERS 1 B. Raynor, Korumburra 1 J. Nation, Krowera 8 K.M. & G.A. Couper, Nerrena East 1 G. & D. Jacobson, Woolamai 1 W. Heldens, Buffalo 1 H. Lockie, Mirboo North
372kg 315kg 286kg 340kg 330kg 305kg
182.6 180.0 173.6 171.6 166.6 165.0
$680 $567 $498 $583 $549 $503
1045kg 960kg 1030kg 795kg 935kg 750kg
140.0 135.0 133.6 133.6 132.0 131.6
$1463 $1296 $1376 $1062 $1234 $987
BULLS 1 H.F. & A.M. Schellekens, Bass 1 J. & A.M. Jefferis, Poowong 1 L.M.B. Timmins P/L, Meeniyan 1 Hollydale Rural Holdings, Yinnar Sth 1 A.J. Fahey, Welshpool 1 Strathbrae Equity P/L, Inverloch
Store sale market Thursday, January 22 Total yarding: 1422. Steers: B. Arentz, Leongatha, 1 x $1000; D.F. & T.F. Foat, Hunterston, 14 x $850; B. & T. Brusamarello, Glen Forbes, 1 x $840; Kruber Nom, Narre Warren, 1 x $840; McLeod Partnership, Yarram, 20 x $770; W. Thorley, Tarwin Lower, 21 x $760. Heifers: G.J. Robinson & L.A. Hasthorpe, Yallourn North, 1 x $655; K.J. & M.L. Fisher, Tarwin South, 3 x $650; A. Stollery, Mirboo North, 13 x $615; S.R. & J.A. Bland, Alberton, 3 x $608; McLeod Partnership, Yarram, 20 x $590; P. Pavey, Yarragon, 4 x $520. Cows: Oxboe Inn P/L, Giffard, 6 x $736; A. Lucas, Woolamai, 10 x $700. Cows and calves: A. Lucas, Woolamai, 8 x $955; Oxbow Inn P/L, Giffard, 2 x $890; Burnley Properties P/L, Arthurs Seat, 10 x $810; Wine Valley Invest P/L, Main Ridge, 1 x $800; L. & K. Swiety, Dawson, 8 x $760; D.C. & F.M. Alexander, Mardan, 1 x $420.
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Farming Insight
Blueberries in the blood By Sarah Vella
“It was our second year of producing blueberries, which we just thought we would sell directly to Melbourne, but the farmer’s markets are increasing in popularity all the time,” Mr Howard said. All of the Howard’s fruit is picked by hand, so they are often helped out by seasonal pickers, including Peter Collins and Joan McBurnie. Peter and Joan are
SUE and Chris Howard have been growing blueberries on their Leongatha North farm for 15 years and have been certified organic for 12.
Koorooman Berries comprises an acre planted with 750 plants producing around two tonnes of fruit per season. The fruit is picked and packaged on site, and sold into Melbourne via the Footscray Fresh Fruit Market and at farmer’s markets around the region. Mr Howard said this year’s season was about two weeks behind schedule due to cooler conditions experienced throughout summer. “We usually pick the berries up to the start of March, but it does depend on the weather,” he said. “Blueberry plants are thornless and the fruit is quite easy to pick. They do need to be harvested when they are ripe as they don’t ripen further after they are picked.” Once planted, a blueberry plant takes around 18 months before it produces fruit suitable for harvest. “Hopefully within five to seven years the plants will be at their maximum,” Mr Howard said. “Ideally, the plants are grown where the wind can’t disturb them too much; they need an easterly aspect for maximum morning sun and good airflow between them.” The Howards have three different varieties of blueberries growing at their farm. “We have Brigitta and Bluecrop varieties, which were specifically grown for Australian conditions. They were initially propagated in the ’50s,” Mrs Howard said. “We also grow Reka blueberries, which are
members of the organisation Willing Workers on Organic Farms and therefore call themselves WWOOFers. They have spent the majority of the last three years travelling the country working on organic farms in return for meals and board. “It is a very good way to travel. I would absolutely recommend it. It is a great lifestyle,” Joan said.
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Choose blue: Sue and Chris Howard with pickers Peter Collins and Joan McBurnie. All of the fruit at Koorooman Berries is picked and packed by hand. a New Zealand variety. These berries ripen early, so are good for the pre Christmas market.” Initially a venture designed to get Mrs Howard out of the office and into her own business, the blueberry crop is a full time job. “I wanted to create a business for myself so that’s what I did,” she said. The picking season for blueberries begins in early December and finished toward the end of February. “We sell our fruit fresh and we also freeze fruit. They really are an excellent fruit for freezing and have a good reputation in that regard,” Mrs Howard said. “There is always a fashionable fruit, but I think blueberries have held their own. People are beginning to realise how versatile they are and their many health benefits.” According to the Howards, one of the best ways
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to enjoy their blueberries is fresh. “We always have them with breakfast. I also have a really nice trifle recipe and we even add them to salads,” Mrs Howard said. “There are so many different ways to enjoy them. You could even try a camembert cheese and blueberry pocket in a fillet of chicken. “In the early days, I used to make a lot of jams and sauces as well. I even made a chilli and blueberry sauce, which proves their versatility.” Mr Howard said farmer’s markets provide the best advertisement for a product. “They certainly let you know if your product, price and presentation are right. The feedback from customers is invaluable,” he said. Both Mr and Mrs Howard were heavily involved in the development of the Koonwarra Farmer’s Market.
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NH 1047 self - propelled bale wagon; hay feeder PA Mick; hay feeder Peace's offsider; Fridgerite square milk vat 1800ltr on sub frame 3ph; Ferguson 135 tractor, roll bar, 10,000 hrs; NH 1282 self -propelled baler with Perkins motor; Wabco scraper D Pull with 4/71 GM Allison auto; Malcolm Moore Road Master grader; 2 ton belt spreader; Howard rotary hoe 2.1 mtrs; Howard Terrier rotary hoe; Deutz Fahr tedder; 5ft Page slasher; NH 56 hay rake; 40' x 9' mobile auger with 15hp 3pl elec motor; 3pt linkage spreader;Ajax irrigation pump; calf trailer (5x3gal); Wisconsin 2 cyl motor; 6x8 stock crate; spring tynne ripper; Boland's ride on mower (13hp); Fergy 3 furrow moulboard plough; offset drain cleaner (old); Fergy scoop; Fergy discs; Inter tractor with Perkins motor (not going); Jazz Smith PTO hammermill; Cooper shearing plant; calf weigh crate; Lincoln welder; 1100 ltr Mirror milk vat; compressor; Danarm chainsaw; farm trailer; single Furrow M-B plough; 35-65 tractor chains; horse scoop; 500 gal Edwards manure cart (old); old horse mower; old seeder; dump rake tynes; 20ft bale booster; 1940 Harley PUP motor bike (frame only); Dodge 690 cabin; Dodge 318 V8 truck motor; old Fergy 65 (spare parts); maize seeder, old Crump spreader; 4cyl GM diesel Allison auto transmission; farm gates; concrete pipes; calf cradle; steel tool box; calf troughs; milk & cream cans; iron bed; 6hp Briggs & Stratton motor; 2 x 900 ltr stainless steel vats; bag trolley; ferret cage & nets; 2 rolls elevator belt; Ajax A3 pump with 10hp Briggs & Stratton motor on sub frame; centrifugal pump; numerous 3 ph electric motors 1 to 50hp; cable slings; old separator; 14ft windmill 30ft tower parts; old Chev truck engine; 471 GM motor; 5 wooden spoked wheels off Chev car (diff & other parts); pipe fittings; tools; milk pump & cooler; horse gear; Hottentot briquette heater; horse sweep spikes; pulleys; poly pipe; pumps; drums; chains; sundry items too numerous to mention. Outside vendors: New Holland 275 square baler; MF 1455 round baler (5x4ft bales); Taarup tedder rake, 730 C-CH; Gamberini super spreader, 1ton twin spin hydraulic control; farm trailer, 8ft x 13ft, dual wheels, TEA Ferguson Tractor - 5ft Slasher, Lely 2.8 mtr 800ltr rapid spray unit,Portable milking machine and star posts.
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Farming Insight
Mastering the dairy industry BEN Vagg from Leongatha South has spent the past 12 months in New Zealand as an inaugural recipient of the Dairy
The scholarship gave Ben the opportunity to study a one year Postgraduate Diploma in Agriculture Commerce at Massey University. Ben received one of two scholarships and he
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“I then worked at Hamilton Landmark for about seven months before the scholarship required my resignation. I couldn’t turn down the opportunity.� Ben said the 12 month course stretched him to think about farming from a strategic point of view,
Learning big: Ben Vagg has recently returned to Australia after 12 months studying at Massey University in New Zealand on a Dairy Australia scholarship. He hopes to return shortly to complete his Masters.
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Farming Insight
Technology insight WHEN Aubrey Pellett leaves on his Nuffield Scholarship tour this year, he will be travelling into the future.
Globe trotter: Aubrey Pellett will be scanning the globe as a Nuffield Scholar in search of cuttingedge dairy technology and practices.
Loss is gain for MG By Sarah Vella MURRAY Goulburn announced last Thursday that as a result of Saputo acquiring a controlling interest in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter, it will withdraw its bid to take over WCB.
MG also intends to accept Saputo’s offer. In accepting into the Saputo offer, MG will receive at least $92.9 million of cash proceeds, which will result in a gain on investment before tax and costs of approximately $51 million. MG will now move to seek the consent of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to withdraw its bid for WCB and has withdrawn its authorisation application to the Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT). Commenting on the decision to accept into the Saputo offer, MG’s managing director Gary Helou said, “The sale of our WCB shareholding represents an excellent financial outcome for our co-operative. “These cash proceeds will support our plans to reinvest in our business and to grow market share in Australia and expanding internationally, further assisting us to deliver our goal of increasing the underlying farmgate returns. “Throughout this process MG remained committed to acquiring WCB and we were confident we had a compelling case to obtain authorisation from the ACT.” Mr Helous said in light of Saputo acquiring a controlling interest in WCB, MG has an obligation to the cooperative shareholders to maximise the financial outcome and focus management time on growing a strong and globally competitive company. “Accordingly we have notified the ACT we intend to cease our application from this point,” he said. “While we are disappointed to have missed out on the opportunity to acquire WCB, we are pleased our involvement in the bidding process drove a genuine auction and all WCB shareholders have benefited as a result, including MG’s 17.7 per cent stake.” Fish Creek Murray Goulburn supplier Paul Hannigan said it seems ridiculous a foreign company was given the go ahead over a local company. “It would have been good (if MG were successful) to keep it in Australian hands and increase the size and efficiency of the company, but it isn’t the end of the world,” he said. Mr Hannigan isn’t convinced a new player in the dairy industry will impact on farm gate prices, at least in the short term. “I don’t see they will pay more than they will have to. The other dairy companies already acknowledge they set their price by MG, so I don’t think Saputo will be any different,” he said. “I can’t picture it making a lot of difference to us.” The United Dairyfarmers of Victoria (UDV) said its preferred position was for WCB to remain an Australian owned company. “However, we respect WCB shareholders have determined which was the better offer available,” UDV president Kerry Callow said. “We understand shareholders have had a difficult decision to make and we respect the decision they have made.”
The Hill End dairy farmer and GippsDairy board member wants to use the oncein-a-lifetime study grant to investigate cutting-edge technology and management practices of colleagues around the world and where they might take the Australian industry. Sponsored by the Geoffrey Gardiner Foundation, Aubrey will be looking at robotic technology, pasture developments and the latest advances in genetic modification of grasses. “My study topic is about productivity, looking at what is going to be driving dairy farmer productivity in the future, maybe in a 10 to 20
year horizon,” he said. “For example, how can we develop more home grown feed, how can we improve our efficiency or how can we save labour.” The 16-week scholarship will be split into two sections. Firstly, a Nuffield tour with other scholarship awardees in June next year will investigate agriculture in the Philippines, China, Canada, USA, Netherlands, France and Ireland. Later in 2014, he will head off on his own to look at robotics in Europe, GM technology in North America and ryegrass research in New Zealand, where Aubrey originally hails from. When he returns, he will be hoping to use his connections with GippsDairy, Dairy Australia and Fonterra to promote further research into practical applications for
dairy farmers. While obviously excited about his individual research topic, Aubrey said the Nuffield tour with fellow scholarship holders should offer valuable insights into export markets and other international producers. “I’m particularly looking forward to China,” he said. “If you are a dairy farmer, you have a lot to thank China for in terms of the global export returns which have been driven in part by the demand from China.” Aubrey believes the whole Nuffield Scholarship concept of sending out farmers to investigate what is happening internationally has massive potential benefits in the long term. “I think there is a lot of value in that approach and even across industries as well,” he said. “It is easy to be focused
Burra Foods reveals largest price increase BURRA Foods has this week announced the single largest step up announced by any milk processor in Victoria, CEO Grant Crothers said. The increase of 40c/kg milk solids, or on average three cents per litre, is the fourth increase to the 2013-14 season milk price. Mr Crothers announced the 24c/kg fat and 60c/kg protein increase in a letter to all Burra Foods’ Farm Milk Supply Partners this week. “I am absolutely delighted to announce this significant accomplishment, particularly as many dairy farmers are still recovering from very difficult seasons in the past two years,” he said. “This latest price increase underpins a strong result this season for all of our farm milk supply partners and provides the foundation for continued growth in the industry. “We have been in investment mode
since installing our new milk powder dryer in 2009 and are continuing with our ‘soon to be commissioned’ upgrade to nutritional milk powder. “This step up and the farm gate milk price it supports is a message to all dairy farmers to start investing so to be in a strong position to reap the rewards available from the market uplift.” The Korumburra based processor has been collecting milk in Gippsland since 1992 and has built a reputation for a strong business model that captures the favourable returns available from a buoyant international dairy market. “For more than 20 years, Burra Foods has continued to develop a number of product mix options which underpins our business model and ensures we generate a higher milk price for all of our farm milk supply partners,” Mr Crothers said. This season Burra Foods will process more than 250 million litres of milk and export more than 40,000 tonnes of product to more than 25 countries.
Fonterra lifts price FONTERRA Australia announced a step-up of 16 cents per kilogram of butterfat and 40 cents per kg of protein for the 2013-14 season for suppliers in Victoria and Tasmania last Wednesday. This brings Fonterra Australia’s current, average farmgate price to $6.36 per kilogram of milk solids (kg/MS). Fonterra Australia also raised its forecast, average closing price range for the 2013-14 season to $6.60-$6.80 kg/MS. Fish Creek Fonterra supplier Peter Collins said the substantial step-up was a nice surprise. “I think the most exciting part of the announcement is the closing price, that is the most surprising part that came out of it,” he said. “We were expecting a step up this month, but we were not expecting it to be as big as it is, and we were definitely not expecting the closing price to jump that much.” Mr Collins said the positive outlook for the remainder of this season will allow for more on farm improvements. “For us, having paid back our debt from last season, it means any capital spending and improvements we need to do can get done a bit sooner,” he said. “It is not just good for Fonterra suppliers; it is good for everyone in dairy the season is
looking better. “And with the Australian dollar the way it is and expected to go lower, it is making next season look promising as well.” This positive announcement, Fonterra Australia’s second 16 and 40 step-up this season, comes as commodity prices remain high and the Australian dollar remains at lower levels. Fonterra Australia has also optimised its product mix to ensure its products command a premium from the market. This, along with strong global demand from Fonterra’s customers, ensures sustainable returns for Fonterra Australia’s farmer suppliers. Fonterra Australia managing director Judith Swales said, “We have led our competitors all season on milk price and despite all the recent industry consolidation activity, we have kept our eye on what is happening on farm.” “Farm profitability remains our primary concern and that’s why we have made it a priority to deliver our second 16 and 40 stepup of the season,” she said. “We continue to work hard to ensure our farmer suppliers are more profitable – for the long term – than any other dairy farmers in Australia.” Bonlac Supply Company (BSC) chairman Tony Marwood said, “BSC welcomes this strong step-up from Fonterra Australia.”
on your own little silo and very easy to miss what is going on in the world. “It is partly to do with looking at farming practices, but partly to do with consumer demand, animal welfare practices and expectations – all sorts of areas. It can give you a guide to what the future might look like.” One future certainty is that 2014 will put huge demands on Aubrey and partner Jacqui Morrison, with plenty of preparation and organisation needed to cover his prolonged absence from their 450 cow farm. “From a personal point
of view, with two children under the age of 10, there will be a lot of load falling on Jacqui,” Aubrey said. “Every Nuffield scholar I have spoken to has said it is an amazing experience and the best thing ever, but they also have advice on how to handle being away and what they had to change to manage it.” Despite the problems associated with being away from a busy dairy farm for almost four months, Aubrey is in no doubt this is an opportunity to be grasped with both hands. “I can’t wait,” he said.
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BARISTA / SANDWICH HAND POSITION PARTNERS IN RECOVERY (PIR), SUPPORT FACILITATORS (2X) & SUPPORT FACILITATOR/COORDINATOR Partners in Recovery is an exciting new collaborative initiative that is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health. The Gippsland Medicare Local is the Lead Agency for the program and has funded Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria to deliver services based in Wonthaggi, Warragul and Yarram. The Partners in Recovery Program (PIR) aims to support people with a severe and persistent mental illness who have multiple and complex needs, to access multiple services and supports to assist in their Recovery and address their health and wellbeing needs. PIR focuses on a coordinated and inclusive approach to care planning to ensure the best Recovery outcomes. These positions offer: • a unique opportunity to be involved in broader service system change by strengthening partnerships and building better links between various clinical, primary health and community support organisations • the opportunity to facilitate better service and support coordination to ensure wrap around care of people with multiple and complex needs who have severe and persistent mental illness. • Excellent salary packaging benefits • Fixed term contract until June 2016 (this may be extended dependent on continuation of funding) For a confidential discussion we encourage you to contact Beth Fogerty, Gippsland Programs Manager on 0414 530 298. For a copy of the position description for these roles and to find out more about our organisation please visit our website www.mifellowship.org/content/careers Applications are welcome now and will close at 5pm on the 7th of February, 2014. We are an equal opportunity employer
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2 full-time positions Partners in Recovery is an exciting new collaborative initiative that is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health. The Gippsland Medicare Local is the Lead Agency for the program and has funded SNAP Gippsland to deliver services in South Gippsland, based in Leongatha and Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria to deliver services in Bass Coast, based in Wonthaggi. The Partners in Recovery Program (PIR) aims to support people with a severe and persistent mental illness who have multiple and complex needs, to access multiple services and supports to assist in their Recovery and address their health and wellbeing needs. PIR focuses on a coordinated and inclusive approach to care planning to ensure the best Recovery outcomes. These positions offer: • a unique opportunity to be involved in broader service system change by strengthening partnerships and building better links between various clinical, primary health and community support organisations • the opportunity to facilitate better service and support coordination to ensure wrap around care of people with multiple and complex needs who have severe and persistent mental illness. • Excellent salary packaging benefits • Fixed term contract until June 2016 (this may be extended dependent on continuation of funding) To be successful in this role, you will have a: • A tertiary qualification (minimum certificate IV) in Alcohol & Drugs and Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Nursing (enrolled) or other health related field. • An understanding of mental health issues and experience working with people with severe mental illness and complex needs and to work with a Recovery orientation • Excellent communication and negotiation skills; • Knowledge of available support services and systems • Solid IT skills For a confidential discussion about the SNAP Gippsland Leongatha position we encourage you to contact Chris McNamara, CEO on 0407 884 346 or Terrie Coleman, Client Services Unit Manager, on 0408 149 260 and for the Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria Wonthaggi position we encourage you to contact Beth Fogerty, Gippsland Programs Manager on 0414 530 298 For a copy of the position description and to find out more about our organisations please visit our websites www.snap.org.au and www.mifellowship.org Applications are welcome now and will close at 5pm on the 7th of February, 2014. We are equal opportunity employers
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MOWERS CATERING BUSINESS/ EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY The Foster Golf Club Inc., located in South Gippsland, is seeking expressions of interest from a chef/cook with a view of either a catering contract or employment in the running of the Clubs catering operations. The successful applicant will have a proven hospitality background and experience along with a familiarity of a club working environment and atmosphere. Flexible hours of operation and services can be negotiated with very attractive leasing conditions available to the potential contractor or alternatively regular hours providing mainly evening sittings in the Club’s bistro with an 80 seat capacity. Quality of product and service will be the aim to complement the Club’s gaming, bar and sporting facilities and satisfying the growing membership and regular tourist flow to portray and achieve the complete hospitality offer. More information is available by contacting the Manager on 03 5682 2272 or by email at fostergc@dcsi.net.au. Written submissions/applications will be accepted until 5pm on Friday, January 31, 2014.
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NURS4A – Part time, Fixed Term until 23/01/2015 Salary range: $77,239 - $80, 119 (+ Super) An exciting opportunity exists for a highly self-motivated Division 1 Nurse to join the Secondary School Nursing Program in South Eastern Victoria Region. The successful candidate will be allocated to work at Neerim District Secondary College. The Secondary School Nurse delivers holistic primary care to young people in Secondary Schools as part of the School Wellbeing Team. The role includes health promotion and primary prevention, health education including classroom team teaching and small group education, individual student health counselling and assessment, school community development activities and providing a resource and referral service to assist young people in making healthy life style choices. To be successful in this role you will work in a multidisciplinary team, establish and maintain good working relationships with teachers in the school setting and network effectively with health and allied health professionals and youth services in the community. Candidates are advised that applications need to address the 5 Key Selection Criteria in the advertised position description. If this opportunity appeals to you, you may wish to discuss this position further with Kylie Pollard on (03) 5127 0466.
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WANTED TO BUY Any old rural and household items suitable for display in a museum in Gippsland: • Household items such as scales, grinders, kerosene lamps, fans, clocks, milk bottles, butter churns, tin toys, general kitchen items, school items, school bags, old books, desks, maps etc. • Farm items, hand held fertilisers and grain spreaders, blacksmith’s anvil, forge, bellows, tools, hand drills, old imperial oil tins, oil bottles, rabbit traps, rabbit fumigation equipment. • Dairy equipment: milking machines, wooden bales from walk through dairy; kerosene, petrol and diesel engines, separators such as Melotte and others. • Farm equipment: old tractors, shearing equipment, hay balers, horsedrawn wagons and machinery, stationary motors, harvestors, binders. • Old bondwood caravans, old cars and utes. • Any information as to where any items may be available would be greatly appreciated. We have opened a museum in Sale, concentrating on rural life. We are seeking items that are of public interest and will enhance the collection. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
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deaths BRIDLE - Laurie. Tragically taken on 19.1.14 as result of accident. Aged 64. Sympathy to Dianne and family. Laurie hope the shooting and fishing is good up there. Mondays and Tuesdays will never be the same without you, the garden will never be the same. Bev and John. Miss you already. Rest in peace. CRAMP - Bertha Ellen (Bee). Passed away peacefully at Woorayl Lodge, Leongatha on January 22, 2014. Aged 100 years. Late of Leongatha. Beloved wife of Dudley May (dec) and Colin Cramp (dec). Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Judith and Frank, Beverley and Ron (dec) and Norm (dec), John (dec) and Deanne, Sharon and Tom. Much loved grandmother of 16, great grandmother of 37 and great, great grandmother of 5. A wonderful person, so loving and kind What beautiful memories you have left behind. Sharing and caring, always content Loved and respected wherever you went. Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Sharon and Tom. Beloved grandmother of Jared and Ryan. Cherished Super Gran of Kiera and Max. A wonderful mother and grandmother, You showed all who knew you and loved you, how to live. DRAPER - Helen Baxter. Passed away peacefully at Koorooman House, Leongatha Thursday, January 23, 2014 aged 90 years. Beloved wife of Colin (dec). Loving mother of Graeme (dec), Rodney (dec) and Jenny, Dennis, Alan (dec), Leigh and Boonma. Loving Nanna to Lyndal and David, Warrick and Tash, Amanda and Timothy. Adored great Nanna to Jane, Oscar and Lloyd. Resting peacefully. Ma and Pa reunited and together with our brothers.
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DRAPER - Helen Baxter. (Land Army No. 966) The President and members of Leongatha RSL regret the passing of their esteemed member and extend deepest sympathy to the family. Lest We Forget
GRABHAM (nee Newnham) - Jean Grace. 09.08.1924 - 26.01.2014 Devoted and dearly loved wife to Bob (Robert). Much loved and honoured mum to Anne and John Rowe, Billy (dec), Alison and Rick Fitzgerald. Cherished Nan to Davye (dec), Graham and Nancy and Jennifer; Amy and Glenn, Kate and James. As I look upon my children I wish that I will be As great a mother to my children As my mother was to me. She’s always been so wise She’s always been so strong She’s always been so stubborn And hardly ever got it wrong. Now days have gone and time has passed Where Mum was growing weak Through her beauty and her grace All we could do was seek loving words to speak. But know you are loved and cherished And we all love you true And know you are going to a place Where many others love you too.
HOLT - Fred. Deepest sympathy to Merle and family. A great man for the community. A chapter completed A page is turned A life well lived A rest well earned. Thanks for many years of service. Koonwarra Recreation Reserve Committee of Management. HOLT - Fred. Died 16.1.2014 A tribute to our local historian and long term committeeman of the Koonwarra Mechanics Institute. One of the few who worked on the old hall (destroyed by fire 1936) and helped raise the new hall from its ashes, till now. Vale good friend. Our sympathy to Merle and family. “Appreciated a good dance floor.”`
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deaths HOLT - Fred. Died 16.1.2014. A tribute to our visionary and founder member of the Koonwarra Soldiers Memorial Park Committee. Our sympathy to Merle and family. Lest We Forget. In loving memory of LESTER - William Francis. 19.2.1948 passed away peacefully at home 27.1.2014. Loved husband of Robyn. Loving father and fatherin-law to Grant and Kate, Mathew (dec), Warren and Rhonda. Adored grandpa (Papa) of Emma, Jess, Sophie, Tayla and Chelsea. Bill, farewell my husband, our life we shared together was far too short, but never dull. We had some ups and downs but with our love and strength we got through them. Thank you, love and kisses. Robyn. Reunited with Mat, enjoy the hunting and fishing under the stars. Lester - Will Greatly loved father, grandpa and father-in-law to Grant, Emma, Jess and Kate. Loved always and never forgotten. William (Bill, Pa Pa) Francis Lester. Our thoughts and memories remain around all the land that you once bound. Now you may have one big rest, as we think that you are the best. Thanks for the endless hours of chats and laughter, you leave us with beautiful memories, but never the same for your three little “skunks”. They shall miss their Pa Pa and your unique babysitting skills. To the best Pa Pa in the world, we miss you, but never forget. Rest peacefully until we meet again. Love Warren, Rhonda, Sophie, Tayla and Chelsea. Lester - William Francis (Bill) Son of Francis Reid and Verna Janet Emily (both dec). Loved brother of Jeff, Ron, Edith, Ken, Owen and their families. Lester - William Francis Bill 27.01.2014 Loved brother of Ken and Jenny. Loving uncle of Steven and Jess, Amy and Will, Megan and Simon. A great mentor and role model to all his family. Your ongoing support, advice and always being up for a chat will be treasured. Our lively footy discussions and trips to the game will be remembered. Reunited with Mathew, Dad and Mum. Rest peacefully. Lester - Bill Much loved brother of Jeff, Judy and family. Always the life of the party, a magnificent work ethic and a wonderful source of wisdom. You will leave a great hole in our lives. Lester - Bill Loved brother of Edith, Richard and family. It has been a privilege to be your sister. Always there for assistance, advice and good times. Love always. Please see the Herald Sun for funeral details.
Leongatha squash THE Leongatha Squash Club is back in action after a short recess. Our courts have been repainted, with new carpet in the foyer to welcome you, the courts are available to hire, and we have all equipment to play both squash and racquetball. We require players for our coming competitions, A Grade on Monday nights and B Grade on Wednesday nights. You can look us up on our website Leongatha Squash.com.au or 0418 998 222. If you have never played, squash is regarded as the chess of sport, the strategy is to manoeuvre opponents out of position while holding yours, quick thinking, agility come from playing this sport, then the real benefit starts to occur. As we play inside a court you should only be three strides away from any shot. It sounds simple but as you move around the court playing drop shots at the front, length shots to the back and boast shots to move you side to side, fitness starts to appear. This starts to increase your speed around the court then after 45 minutes of clearing your head of any problems or pressures of your busy day, your body will have had a very good workout. We welcome you as a beginner as we have all the gear without having to buy to start. We do however sell all equipment required, shoes and racquets. The courts at 1 Ashenden Street have been in operation since the 70s and has been a popular sport over all those years, with players from all over the district playing. There would still be many people who knew some who played squash. We welcome you to play with a new owner of the courts. Our club requires new or previous players to commence play at the end of January. The benefits of squash is it is played indoor all year round and gives an all round physical workout. You can get a solid cardio workout in 30 minutes to an hour and is convenient for many of us who are time poor. Squash or racquetball is great to play with children, just to get out of the house and from behind the computer for an hour chasing a ball, gaining hand eye coordination, swinging raquets and with four walls to keep the ball in. Come and play squash and racquetball.
deaths SMITH - Dorothy Susan. Passed away peacefully at Grandridge Lodge, Mirboo North on Sunday, January 19, 2014 aged 96 years. Loved wife of Richard (Dick) (dec). Loving mother of Gillian and Stephen, fond motherin-law of Bill and Marrianne (dec). Dear grandmother of Nicki, Catherine, David, Maree, Tamara, Cherily, Timothy, Jamie, Adam, Joshua, Mathew, Ethan, Stevie and Lyla (dec). Great grandmother of 15. Loved and remembered always.
funerals CRAMP - A service to celebrate the life of the late Mrs Bertha Ellen (Bee) Cramp will be held at St Peter’s Anglican Church, Leongatha on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 commencing at 11.30am. The funeral will leave at the conclusion of the service for the Leongatha Lawn Cemetery.
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funerals DRAPER - A service to celebrate the life of the late Mrs Helen Baxter Draper will be held at our Leongatha Chapel, cnr South Gippsland Highway and Bellingham Street on Thursday, January 30, 2014 commencing at 11am. Private cremation.
Ready to go: Waratah Beach Surf Life Saving Club president Julian Meagher helped train the Nippers during the season ahead of their championships recently.
Nippers compete on beach THE Waratah Beach Surf Life Saving Club held their Nipper Championships recently with great success. The Nippers showed of the skills they had learnt throughout the season and performed with great sportsmanship. The results are as follows: Under 6: Girls: 1st (& Iron) Summer Smith, 2nd Emmersyn Lewis, 3rd Chloe Fox. Boys: 1st (& Iron) Nicholas Steer. Under 7: Girls: 1 (& Iron) Julia Klein, 2nd Lydia Giles, 3rd Tess Brown.
Servicing South Gippsland & Phillip Island
Meeniyan – Monday evening: 1st June Metcalf, Colin Cameron. 2nd Susan Ruffin, Clive Hope. 3rd Frank Arndt, Peter Braker. 4th Doris and Steve Klein.
Tarwin Lower – Tuesday afternoon: 1st Jack Kuiper, John Sutton and Anne Gibson. Phillip Chapman. 3rd Frank Arndt, Clive Hope. Inverloch – Friday Afternoon - North/South: 1st Anne and Bruce
Gibson. 2nd Jack Kuiper, Dina Drury. 3rd John Farr, Anne Williams. East/West: 1st Kaye Douglas, John Sutton. 2nd Don and Trish Stewart-Uden. 3rd Alan Johnston, John Sullivan.
Show jumpers learn FORMER Olympic showjumper Gavin Chester ran a two day clinic at the Leongatha Equestrian park recently.
Fourteen members and parents from Berrys Creek, Meeniyan and Bunyip pony clubs last year attended the Australian Showjumping Championships at Werribee. The
clubs formed a cheer squad from the West Gippsland zone and cheered the loudest to win themselves the two day clinic. The instruction was amazing from the young-
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Brodie Cary, 3rd Brandon Clark. Under 11: Girls: 1st (& Iron) Josie Andrighetti, 2nd Merrin Giles, 3rd Iris Williams and Karla Williams. Boys: 1st Lachlan Brooks, 2nd (& Iron) Patrick Manning, 3rd Ben Makowski. Under 12: Girls: 1st (& Iron) Gretel Tobin. Boys: 1st (& Iron) Zac Fullagar, 2nd Max Shuttleworth, 3rd Finn Brown. Under 13: Girls: 1st Ruby Williams, 2nd (& Iron) Jessica Manning, 3rd Lulu Andrighetti. Boys: 1st (& Iron) Kieran Hesse, 2nd Aaron Farrell, 3rd Kester Mager.
South Gippsland Bridge Club Results
GRABHAM - A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of Mrs Jean Grace Grabham of Kongwak will be held at the Uniting Church, Kongwak on Thursday, January 30, 2014 commencing at 2.30pm. A private family burial will precede this service. In lieu of flowers, donations to Parkinson’s Association would be appreciated. Envelopes available at the service.
Boys: 1st (& Iron) Ronan Clancy, 2nd Thomas Woods-Mill, 3rd Aaron Cromie. Under 8: Girls: 1st Sunday Doddrell, 2nd (& Iron) Sophie Haydon, 3rd Alyssa Clark. Boys: 1st (& Iron) Banjo Curl, 2nd Gabe Lewis, 3rd Edmund Hambridge. Under 9: Girls: 1st (& Iron) Ella Williams, 2nd Gabriella Lazzarotto, 3rd Emily Becker. Boys: 1st Jem Duncan, 2nd (& Iron) Max Klein, 3rd Harry Haydon. Under 10: Girls: 1st Sophie Gilmore, 2nd Ella Steer and Lucette Farrar (& Iron), 3rd Lucy Shuttleworth. Boys: 1st (& Iron) Darcy Curl, 2nd
Learning lots: Gavin Chester with members of local pony clubs.
est rider aged eight through to the teenagers, all levels of jumping were catered for. The children all came away from the weekend with a lot more knowledge on their showjumping.
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Winner: the favourite Encosta Rossa strides home to win race four.
Back to scale: jockey P.T. Hyland brings Encosta Rossa back to the mounting yard.
No luck for Stony Creek MOTHER Nature hasn’t been kind to Stony Creek this season. You can prepare the track immaculately and have all the services on race day at the ready but you can’t predict the weather! Out of the five meetings so far this season; one
was abandoned and moved to Pakenham because it was too wet, while three others were down on crowds because it was too hot! And we’re talking 35 degrees plus. The other meeting was more successful; despite being a bit chilly ladies’ day was the most successful.
Finding form: Rex McLeish, left, from Drouin and Jim Bethune of Warragul enjoy coming to Stony Creek races on a regular basis.
Yesterday (Tuesday) was one of those hot ones with 39 degrees measured on-course. And spare a thought for the horses which still had to perform. The crowd was predictably down but being a work day for most and a transferred meeting from
Moe, the expectations weren’t high anyway. The next three meetings at Stony Creek are Monday, February 10, Sunday, March 9 (Cup Day) and Sunday, March 30. Let’s hope the reminder of the races are perfect days with big crowds.
Family outing: Anna Boag, with club president Paul Boag and Barb Boag with their horses engaged on race day; Aeronautical Joe and La Saverne.
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Thomas McFarlane cracks 30 seconds
Fast feat: Leongatha’s Thomas McFarlane broke the 30 second lap mark on Friday night with an effort of 29.76 seconds. Photo credit Lynton Clay.
THOMAS McFarlane broke 30 seconds for the one lap time-trial for the first time with a fine 29.76 seconds at the velodrome on Friday night. This was especially good as the track is generally slower on a cool night. He has put in a lot of training and racing over the last few weeks and it showed. The only other senior rider to front on the night was Ben Meadley and he rode well to record 32.60 seconds for the one lap trial. Numbers of riders were down again as some were in South Australia for the Tour Down Under. The five juniors made it possible to run a number of races before finishing early as rain threatened. Time trials resulted in Austin riding a 33.35, Bett 37.76, Alex 39.82, Fleur 43.05 and Thomas F 46.06.
A series of two lap sprints followed. Thomas M edged out Ben. Austen was too strong for Alex, then Thomas F (with 100m start) finished ahead of Bett and Fleur. A two lap handicap was then run for Ben (off 45m) against Thomas. Ben finished ahead of Thom by 1.5 seconds. All five juniors were then run off together and in a handicappers’ dream finished very close together – Austin 1st (off scratch) in 39.0 seconds, Alex 2nd (55m), Fleur 3rd (75m), Bett 4th (45m) and Thomas F (90m) close by. An exciting five lap scratch race was between Ben and Thomas M. It was a hard fought tussle and there were many changes of the lead. Ben looked to have it won before Thom stormed home to take the win by less than a wheel in about three minutes and four seconds. A repeat two lap handicap was then run for the
five juniors and that finished with a win for Austin in 67.32 seconds followed in by Bett, Alex, Fleur and Thomas. To finish the evening’s racing an Olympic Sprint was organised between two teams. Ben’s team of three included Fleur and
Austin; Thomas M’s team included Bett and Alex. Each team started at opposite sides of the velodrome and raced for 1.5 laps. After each half a lap one member peeled off until Ben raced Thomas M over their last half of lap.
Finally Ben’s team won by about one second in 53.47. Next week will be hotter again but hopefully more riders make the effort to come down to the velodrome for training on Wednesday night and racing on Friday night.
Off and racing: Fleur Timmins leads out Austin Timmins and Ben Meadley for their team in the Olympic team sprint. Photo credit Lynton Clay.
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Wooden boats race WOODEN boats graced the waters of Inverloch’s Anderson Inlet on Australia Day.
The inaugural Inverloch Classic Wooden Dinghy Regatta was “a raging success,” South Gippsland Yacht Club Commodore Ian Jones said. “It’s the really exciting culmination of a full year’s work.” The stiff breeze was almost perfect for sailing, though it posed its own challenges. “It was pretty crazy,” Jacob Horton of Inverloch laughed. “Lots of fun, though.” The boats were displayed on the beach in the morning and then sailed in a race in the inlet. Although several vessels were new, most enthusiasts had put hundreds of hours into finding and restoring boats ranging from 40 to 80 years old. Classic wooden boats are slightly heavier than modern boats. All the sailors were very motivated to see their craft sail successfully on the water. The race was won by a jolly boat sailed by Steven
Rogers and two other crew members from Port Melbourne Yacht Club. Sailors travelled from Melbourne and country areas, even as far afield as Bendigo, to take part in the event.
• Leongatha Little Athletics
Athletes to resume
Above, Family team: father Shaun Freeman and daughter Alana-Lopez Freeman of Korumburra in their Mirror, Majik.
AS the new school year commences, so too does the little athletics season and with over 150 children participating in the weekly competitions, leading up to Christmas, Leongatha is now ready to finish off the season.
Competition is back on track after the summer break this Saturday, February 1, warm-up commences at 9.20am. The club looks forward to seeing everyone back and for any new members, and would be delighted to welcome you to the club. Please arrive at the Leongath Velodrome at 8.45 to register. On track children have been coached by Mick Shone in a 10 week skills development program assisted by Gemma Martin. This has prepared the young athletes with the essential skills to participate in the full competition days when they return on Saturday.
Left, Young crew: Jacob Horton and Abbey Argus-Smith of Inverloch with their VJ Banana Boat.
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Athletes prepare for regionals ONLY 67 competitors took part on our first week back after the holidays, despite the mild weather. No records were broken on the day but 79 personal bests were recorded. Congratulations to Bella Schmidt (U9G) who obtained four PBs for the day. The regionals are only one month away and athletes are reminded training sessions run on Thursday night at 6pm at the Dudley Campus oval. Winners for each event on January 25 are listed below: U6G: Riahn Hawthorn, High Jump, Shot Put, 60m Hurdles, 100m, 200m; Jaelah Milkins, High Jump, U6B: Jake Marotta, High Jump, Shot Put,100m; Jimmy O’Neill, 200m, 60m Hurdles U7G: Baia Pugh, High Jump, 100m, 200m, 60m Hurdles; Gabby Neal, Shot Put U7B: Harrison Dubois, Shot Put; Archie Terlich, High Jump; Sonny McMillan, 60m Hurdles, 100m, 200m U8G: Olivia Bramley, High Jump, Discus, 400m, 100m, 60m Hurdles U8B: Jaxon Foon, High Jump; Xavier Lindsay, Discus, 400m, 100m, 60m Hurdles U9G: Tevuro Ihomana Montgomery, 60m Hurdles, 100m, Long Jump; Tess Wingfield, 800m; Chelsea Kent, Shot Put U9B: Jai Williamson, 800m, Long Jump, Shot Put, 100m, 60m Hurdles U10G: Jade Anderson, Discus; Alicia Smith, Triple Jump, 200m, 400m; Jordane
Dobson, 60m Hurdles U10B: Matthew Nicholson, Discus, Triple Jump, 60m Hurdles; Jacob Timmermans, 200m, 400m U11G: Harriet Fallaw, 1500m, High Jump, 70m; Mikaela Notley, High Jump, Javelin, 60m Hurdles; U11B: Jordan Mungatopi, 1500m, Javelin, 70m, 60m Hurdles; Oscar Beaton, High Jump U12G: Rachel Aitkin, Discus; Emma Graham, Long Jump, 800m, 100m, 60m Hurdles U12B: Cooper Smith, Discus, Long Jump, 800m, 100m; Jarrod Anderson, 60m Hurdles U13G: Siobhan Griffin, 1500m, 300m Hurdles, 200m, Triple Jump; Cassie Fallaw, Shot Put U13B: Luke Nicholson, 1500m, Tarquin McMillan, Triple Jump; Cooper Wagner, Shot Put, 200m, 300m Hurdles U14G: Bridget Lowe, Long Jump, Discus, 800m, 200m, 300m Hurdles U14B: Brodie Anderson, Long Jump, Discus, 800m, 200m, 300m Hurdles U15G: Daisy Filippi, Discus, 800m, 200m, 300m Hurdles; Georgia Filippi, Long Jump U16G: Tegan Lowe, Long Jump, Discus, 800m, 200m, 300m Hurdles U16B: Ethan Slade, Long Jump, Discus, 800m, 200m, 300m Hurdles
Allambee Mirboo & District Tennis L E O N G A T H A well but Baromi won by four NORTH won the la- games. These four teams are very dies sets, with one a competitive. Don’t forget about Berrys tiebreaker. Great hitting rallies in the men’s sets resulting in a good win to Leongatha North. Burra-PI just had a win against Baromi. Baromi ladies won and the team was up by a game. Burra-PI won the first two mixed and gained the lead and the third mixed went to Baromi but the games stayed with Burra-PI. Inverloch scored another win against Leongatha. Leongatha won a men’s set. Koony is on top of the ladder in A Reserve but didn’t have it all its way, with Mardan winning four sets. Well done. Hallston was the big winner this week, maybe has left its run for the finals a bit late. Jason Comrie and Cor Koedoot won a tiebreaker for Berrys Creek. Baromi was the big winner in this match. Longshots and Outtrim were even on the ladder before their clash this week. Scores were very close with three tiebreakers all going to Outtrim. In the end Longshots only won three sets but won by a game. The games in B Grade were both 6/3, with one match by six games and the other by four. Eric Dowling had his annual game this week and won two sets. Well done. Mardan was the winner. Baromi won the ladies and two mixed sets. Leongatha did
Creek cent night this coming weekend. The mystery photo in Column 7 is Frank Dekker and Linda Rodwell. Results A Grade: Leongatha North 6.62 d Koonwarra 3.46, Inverloch 8.70 d Leongatha 1.37, Burra-PI 5.55 d Baromi 4.53. A Reserve: Koonwarra 5.64 d Mardan 4.53, Baromi 8.71 d Berrys Creek 1.36, Longshots 3.60 d Outtrim 6.59, Hallston 9.72 d Burra Gold 0.21, Leongatha - bye. B Grade: Mardan 6.43 d Leongatha North 3.37, Baromi 6.42 d Leongatha 3.38.
Ladders A Grade Inverloch ............................ 112.5 Baromi ..................................95.5 Burra-P/I..............................79.5 Leongatha North .................65.5 Koonwarra.............................48.5 Leongatha..............................27.5 A Reserve Koonwarra ...........................96.0 Baromi ..................................90.0 Outtrim ................................84.5 Longshots .............................83.5 Hallston .................................73.0 Berrys Creek .........................64.0 Leongatha..............................64.0 Mardan ..................................62.0 Burra Gold ............................21.0 B Grade Mardan.................................93.5 Leongatha North .................86.5 Baromi ..................................45.5 Leongatha ............................36.5
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Thomas gets win at Geelong Tennis team: Simon Thomas of Leongatha South teamed up with David Hough of Traralgon to take out the 16 and under doubles title at the Geelong Junior Grass Court Championships last week. Local young gun Simon also won the 16 and under consolation singles at the event.
Bulldogs to go under lights KORUMBURRA-Bena Football Netball Club is set to host its first night match early this season. The Round 2 clash between last year’s grand final challengers and fellow 2013 top four team, Dalyston will
be played under lights. This is the first time the new lights, which were installed last year will have been used for an official Alberton Football Netball League match. The match will be held on April 12 with times to be advised.
2014 AUTUMN SEASON STARTING
All grades practice is on Tuesday nights 7pm Beginning Tuesday January 28 2014
COMPETITION START DATES A Grade - Tuesdays 7pm Starts on Feb 18, 2014 A Reserve - Wednesdays 7pm Starts on Feb 19 B Grade - Wednesdays 5pm Starts on Feb 19 New and existing players, please register interest with Michael or Tammy Holwerda on 5664 0178, 0427 681 480 or LEO2240017 0429 641 354
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thestar.com.au Leongatha FIRSTLY, my apology for no report for the week January 13 to 19, however as many will recall, it was one of those weeks as they say.
All ages: Patrick Lewis, new bowler Hamish and Allen Bartlett played as a team and were runners up in Thursday’s triples.
Mirboo North bowls CONGRATULATIONS to Russell (Tom) Whitelaw on winning the Champion of Champions in the South Gippsland Bowling Division. This is the first time a bowler from Mirboo North has won this since 1992/93 and Tom is to be congratulated on a wonderful achievement in winning this against very strong opposition. Tom now goes on to play the Champion of Champions from West Gippsland. Congratulations also to Neil and Geoff Whitelaw on winning the Champion of Champions Pairs Final in the South Gippsland Bowling Division against San Remo in the final; they now go on to play the Pairs Champions from West Gippsland. Congratulations also to Dot McFarland on making it to the last four in the Champion of Champions. Monthly triples winners on the day, with four wins and 63 points, was a Fish Creek team of Boka, Andy Kerr and Dave Christie. Runners-up were the young and the young at heart team of Al Bartlett, Patrick Lewis and Hamish. This team finished with this wins and 53 points. It is great to see such young players enjoying our game and I think Patrick and Hamish are working out how they can get a day off from school next month to play again. Thank you to Al for offering to skip this young team. Thank you also to Ray for organ-
ising the teams, to our bar person Mick and to everyone else who helped in any way. Our Tuesday bowlers had a strong win against Phillip Island with both rinks winning. They are still on top of Division 3 with 136 points, 13 points ahead of San Remo in second place, and now have only one game to play. Last game before the finals is away at Foster. At this stage Mirboo North looks like playing San Remo in the first week of the finals, for a place in the pennant final. A team of Ann, Rena, Dot S and Julie played at Tarwin Lower in its Invitation Day and won the day. Congratulations to all bowlers. Saturday Division 1 played San Remo at home and had a 26 shot win, with two of the rinks winning and the other just being beaten. Best rink with a 17 shot win was Neil, Mick, Geoff and Kaz. This win puts Division 1 in fourth position and playing third placed Korumburra away next game. Saturday Division 5 played at Tarwin Lower and had an eight shot loss. Best rink with a 14 shot win was Andy, Greg L, Maurie and Brian. This loss now puts Division 5 in third place on the ladder (just seven points behind Foster in second place) and playing Toora (in eighth place on the ladder) away next game. On the sick list, please spare a thought for Kevin Mallett who is back in hospital and facing the possibility of another major operation.
TIDES Here is an easy guide to tides in your area. To determine tides for a particular area, add or subtract periods of times as shown below. Earlier Minutes Apollo Bay ...........................25 King Island (Grassy) ...........10 King Island (Surprise Bay)....40 King Island (Franklin) ...........40 Lakes Entrance .................... 170 Lorne ...................................... 20 Mallacoota Inlet.................... 158 Rip Bank ................................ 15 Snowy River Entrance ......... 170 _______________________ Cape Schanck, Flinders, Mornington Ocean Beaches, Seal Rocks, Venus Bay, Waratah Bay, Woolamai ....... nil _________________________ Later Minutes Altona ................................... 195 Barwon Heads Bridge ........... 15 Carrum ................................. 195 Corinella ................................. 68 Cowes Pier............................. 50 Dromana .............................. 195 Frankston ............................. 195 Geelong ............................... 210 Hastings ................................. 66 Hovell Pile ............................ 195 Inverloch Pier ......................... 15 Melbourne ............................ 200 Mornington ........................... 195 Newhaven Jetty ..................... 30 No. 1 West Channel (Annulus)........................... 50 No. 2 South Channel Light .... 70 No. 8 South Channel Light .. 150 Port Albert Pier ...................... 90 Portarlington Pier ................. 190 Portsea Pier ........................... 80 Port Welshpool (Rabbit Island .................... 10 Queenscliffe Pier ................... 30 Rhyll ....................................... 60 Rosebud............................... 195 Rye Pier ............................... 170 St. Leonards Pier ................. 190 Sandringham ....................... 195 Sorrento Pier........................ 130 Stony Point ............................. 40 South Channel Pile Light ..... 190 Swan Island Dock ................ 120 Tooradin ............................... 105 Warneet.................................. 84 Williamstown ........................ 200 Welshpool Pier....................... 90
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SGBD Tuesday pennant bowls Round 13 - January 21 Division 1: Foster 14/86 d Meeniyan 2/60 (J. Miles 15 lt M. Pearson 30, M. Climas 39 d A. Van Wamel 17, R. Speers 32 d L. Hanks 13). Phillip Island 14/70 d Inverloch 2/56 (J. Boyce 28 d N. Martin 14, P. Francis 17 lt A. Tschiderer 22, W. Braun 25 d L. Luby 20). Wonthaggi (1) 16/94 d Wonthaggi (2) 0/42 (A. Green 26 d I. Thomson 18, J. Clarkson 28 d J. Jenson 14, K. Simpson 40 d K. Bird 10). San Remo 14/67 d Korumburra 2/51 (R. Dennis 18 lt J. McVeigh 20, S. Carvosso 21 d S. Martin 19, J. AllenDayle 28 d M. Goad 12). Division 2: Fish Creek 16/80 d Port Welshpool 0/66 (M. Smith 28 d M. McDonald 18, N. McKenzie 25 d L. McLaine 23, F. McKenzie 27 d A. Collins 25). Toora 14/67 d Tarwin Lower 2/60 (K. Barwick 23 d B. de Rooy 18, B. Curram 23 d R. Griffiths 20, R. Richardson 21 lt H. Twite 22) Phillip Island 14/86 d Corinella 2/56 (R. James 25 d B. O’Keefe 17, R. Eames 44 d E. Johnson 13, C. Hoffman 17 lt J. Carter 26). Leongatha 16/96 d Loch 0/47 (G. Trotman 25 d V. Kennedy 17, J. Pursell 30 d A. Hackett 22, T. McCormack 41 d J. Miller 8). Inverloch 14/73 d Lang Lang 2/70 (D. Patteron 23 d B. Button 19, J. Arnold 30 d J. Prowd 27, M. Flett 20 lt J.
The ladies pennant round 12 was called off due to the weather temperature, as was our midweek social, and there were no results for the men’s pennant played on Saturday evening, January 18 when Division 1, 3 and 4 were all defeated. However things were a lot better this last week with our ladies on Tuesday, January 21 scoring wins in both divisions. Division 2 were home to Loch & District winning 96 to 47 shots: T. McCormack’s (s) team won 41 to 8; J. Purcell (s) won 30 to 22 and G. Trotman (s) won 25 to 17. Division 3 travelled to Meeniyan and came away the winners 57 to 38 shots: M. Rayson’s (s) team won 27 to 18 and C. Harry’s (s) team won 30 to 20 shots. The next round is the last of the home and away games, with Division 2 ladies at home to Phillip Island and Division 3 home to Inverloch. Wednesday, January 22 saw the monthly triples in action and the winners were the Inverloch team of J. Sutcliffe (s), D. Roberts and R. Howard with four wins plus 21. Runners-up were A. Spooner (s), T. Corcoran and L. Leacher with four wins plus 14. Best last game went to the team of A. Robertson (s), B. Dilg and K. Watson with plus 14. Sponsor for the day was Mountain View of Leongatha and the club thanks it for its valued support. There was no men’s pennant on Saturday due to Australia Day weekend, however there was a social event at the club and the winners were Ellie McIntyre (s), W. Harry and T. Haywood with three wins plus
Dowson 24). Division 3: Leongatha 14/57 d Meeniyan 0/38 (M. Rayson 27 d K. Brown 18, C. Harry 30 d B. Dyke 20). San Remo 14/60 d Korumburra 0/41 (J. Farquhar 27 d M. Hams 22, W. Brunsden 33 d M. Wrench 21). Mirboo North 14/55 d Phillip Island 0/27 (A. Plowman 26 d E. Stephenson 11, M. Briscoe 29 d M. Rogers 16). Wonthaggi 14/52 d Foster 0/38 (R. Stewart 26 d J. Bohn 19, L. Beaumont 26 d M. Freeman 19). Inverloch 7/48 drew Tarwin Lower 7/48 (S. Nation 21 d J. Fraser 20, B.. Kurrle 27 lt S. Browne 28).
Ladders Division 1 Wonthaggi (1) .............+342 San Remo ....................+179 Meeniyan.......................+62 Phillip Island....................-6 Foster...............................-47 Inverloch .......................-107 Korumburra ...................-205 Wonthaggi (2) ...............-218 Division 2 Leongatha ...................+273 Inverloch .......................+47 Port Welshpool ........+72.25 Corinella........................+14 Lang Lang ..................-34.25 Phillip Island ...................-91 Tarwin Lower ....................-2 Toora ..............................+18 Fish Creek .....................-144 Loch ..............................-153 Division 3 Mirboo North ............ +211 San Remo ..................... +98 Leongatha .................... +18 Wonthaggi ..................... -22 Inverloch ....................... +20 Tarwin Lower ................. -54 Meeniyan........................ -40 Phillip Island .................. -54 Korumburra .................... -50 Foster............................ -127
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18. Runners-up were R. Young (s), G. Vansinderen and L. Wilson with two wins, a draw, plus five. The next round of men’s pennant will see Division 1 teams away to Phillip Island, Division 3 at home to Wonthaggi and Division 4 away to Wonthaggi. Reminders: The next Kitty Club tea night will be on Friday, February 7 at 6pm. The next monthly triples will be Wednesday, February 26 with a 9.30am start. Until the next report, good bowling - ‘Jackhigh’.
Buffalo indoor ON Wednesday, January 22, 11 bowlers enjoyed their evening of bowls. Three teams of three and one of two were selected and after removing two bowls from the mat bowling began. No team won all three games but winners for the night were Toni (s), Joe and Chloe (bowling with Nan Toni) (WWD) 16 ends, next Andrew (s), Joyce and Glenys (WLD) 14 ends, third Bill (s), Carolyn (LWL) 12 ends, and fourth Ian (s), Peter, Sebastian (LLW) six ends. Best 1st game Andrew 230, 2nd Bill 11-4, 3rd Ian 7-6. Social bowls at Buffalo Hall on Wednesday at 7.30pm - all welcome.
Loch & District LAST Wednesday saw the annual Gala Day run by the ladies section. The weather was kind with clear skies, and the green was running nicely thanks to the men responsible for it during last week’s heat. Our sponsor Tracey from the Cosy Kitchen in Loch, presented the prizes and was lucky in the cent auction as well. Davina from the Lakes Entrance team went home with the chicken dinner. Best last game went to Lois Mashado and her Pakenham team of Kerry Lewis, Lois Adams and Pat Thompson. Runners-up was the Garfield team of Maureen and Bob Lamport, Jill Rouse and Kira Matheson. The winners were the Korumburra team of Jenny and John McVeigh, Keith March and Judith Nicholl. Judith was also smart enough to win the ditch to ditch. Well done to all concerned, both guests and workers, on a pleasant day on the green. No Saturday pennant this report and Tuesday saw the team enjoy the company of the Leongatha ladies, but not the result. This week will be the last Tuesday pennant for Loch for the season, we will regroup and come back bigger and better in
2014-15. Best wishes to both Saturday teams who still have two matches before their competition semi finals.
South Gippsland Tuesday pennant Semi finals
DIVISION 1 and Division 3 semi finals are to be held at Korumburra Bowling Club on Tuesday, February 4, usual time and conditions. Division 2 semi finals are to be held at Fish Creek Bowling Club, also on Tuesday, February 4, usual time and conditions. Clubs in these matches will be notified.
State events
The ladies State Pairs quarter and semi finals will be at Foster Bowling Club on Wednesday, January 29, with the final at Leongatha on Thursday, January 30. The final of the ladies champion pairs will be at Meeniyan Bowling Club on Wednesday, February 5. Semis and final of State Singles are to be at Meeniyan, also on Wednesday, February 5. Winners of these three events are to play in the Strzelecki finals on Sunday, February 9 at Traralgon Bowling Club.
Wednesday winners: Nel Van Grunsven, Marg Griffin and Lola Marsh.
Saturday winners: Gloria Growse, Bert Bain and Nic Van Grunsven.
Inverloch bowls WEDNESDAY was a great weather day and saw 28 players arrive. Winners on the day were Lola Marsh, Marg Griffin and Nel Van Grunsven. Runners-up were the team of Marg Flett, Terry Seaward and Judy Parker. The lucky raffle winners were Shirley Phillipson, Carol Waters, Mavis Parks, Carole Baines and Bev Kurle. We also celebrated Nic Van Grunsven’s birthday. The Inverloch Tournament was held on Friday with 16 visiting teams. The winner of Ditch to Ditch was Brenda Hosking from Moe and Nellie Van Dyke from Fish Creek. Unfortunately the rains came so it was decided to fan the cards. Winners on the day were the team from Wonthaggi, E. Coram, G. Wilson, C. Donohue and G. Applin, Runnersup team from Cranbourne Minnie Lamb, Irene Bentley, Joyce Pearce, Kath Duninki. Best last game the team from Wonthaggi, M Spooner, K. Sloan. J. Burns and I. Donohue. Lucky Door Prize was Dawn Jensen from Wonthaggi. Raffle winners were J. Christie from Phlllip Island, C. O’Reilly from Moe. Sue Hamilton from Wonthaggi. Thank you to all the ladies who donated all the prizes and although it was a short day,
it was enjoyed by all. Saturday was a Mixed Mufti Day on which 37 bowlers had a great day. Pam Sutcliffe won the Spider prize. There were two games winners with the team of Nic Van Grunsven, Bert Bain and Gloria Growse coming in the winners on the day. The raffle winners were Norm Hughes, Harry Dunn, Rick Brevitt, John Turner and Malcolm Marshall. Please members remember February 7 at 6pm is a sausage sizzle to followed by an information night to let the members know how our club plans are going. The ladies’ meeting is before bowls on Wednesday, February 5. Good luck to Division 2 on Tuesday as they are now second on the ladder. A good morning at the Inverloch Community Market where we had a stall. The winners of the raffle were Judy Parker with 1st and 3rd prize and Paul Townsend the 2nd prize. We sold more bricks and raised over $300 with the raffle. Thanks to the folk who manned the stall. Thursday men’s social bowls saw six teams played two 12 end games of two bowl triples. Winners, with 36 points, were Ernie Treadwell, Keith Cousins and Paul (visitor from Traralgon) – Skip. Runners-up, on 35 points, were Paul Davis, Peter Dalmau and Brian Hensley – Skip.
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Ladies golf: Lee Clements, Lyn Perks, Pam Eyres, Betty Thomson and Lynette McIvor were some of the winners or runners-up last Wednesday at Korumburra.
Korumburra golf LAST Wednesday, 11 pairs played in a twoperson Ambrose event with perfect weather and the course in great condition. Our appreciation is extended to Heather Grist who kindly donated a range of interesting and useful trophies. Division 1 (0-13.5) was won by Judy Webb (17) and Marg Young (22) with gross score of 79, handicap of 9.75, finishing with 69.25 nett. The runners-up were Lyn McIvor (25) and Betty Thomson (29) with 84 (13.5) 70.5 nett. Division 2 (13.75 and above) winners were Betty Thomson (29) and Lyn Perks (42) with 85 (17.75) 62.25 nett. Runners-up were Lee Clements (12) and Pam Eyres (43) with 83 (13.75) 69.75 nett. Nearest the pins went to Norrie Little, 1st, Barb Walker, 10th and Judy Webb on the 13th green. Lucky card draws were won by Norrie Little and Beryl Brown. A gentle reminder for the ladies who play golf on Wednesdays, that if you are the last one to return your cart, to please lock the shed.
Foster golf
THE course is in excellent condition and the drop of rain last week was welcome. Our esteemed OBE and life member Athol McGrath (19) just keeps getting better and he was in scintillating form to score 43 points for an easy win on Tuesday. DTL balls went to John Mathers (16) on 39 points and Neville Thompson (nine) on 38 points. NTP was R. Birnie. The real George Draegar (28) finally turned up and he shot a great +six to win from John Mathers (16) on +3three and Peter Dight (7) on +two on Thursday. NTP was Kevin Witheridge. Lloyd McKenzie (seven) was in sparkling touch to have a two under par round of 34 off the stick for 24 points to win the chook on Friday. DTL balls went to Geoff Nott on 20 points, Paul Spencer on 18 points and Kevin Da Silveira on 17 points. NTP’s were Lloyd McKenzie and Gary Phelan. Saturday was the second round of the Stig Nelander Trophy. Gary Clavarino (18) had the day’s best round with 41 points to win B Grade, while Neville Thompson (nine) won A Grade with 39 points. DTL balls went to Terry Jewson (14) on 39 points, Noel Black (seven),Jim Parry (12) and Paul Spencer (21) all on 38 points, Kevin Flett (seven), Peter Wright (21), Chris Foulds (27) and Kevin
Next Wednesday is a Stableford event with the time sheet in the club foyer. Last Thursday evening saw ideal conditions for the twilight competition, with warm weather and a light, cool breeze. The winners, with an excellent score of 24 points, were Lyn and Allan Perks. Jean White and Roger Hamill were equal runners-up with Chris Rickard and Geoff Nelson, with 23 points. Nearest the pins winners were Chris Rickard and Tyler Marotti on the 1st and Chris Clements on the 7th. Nine women played on Saturday, in another day of fine weather and excellent conditions. The winner, with 39 Stableford points was Chris Rickard (23). Runner-up was Lyn McIvor (25) with 37 points. Many thanks to Deb Wrigley, for sponsoring the day and providing the lovely trophies. Nearest the Pins were Judy Webb on the 1st and Julie Brannaghan on the 13th green. Looking ahead, on Wednesday, February 5, it will be Opening Day, sponsored by Parry’s in Korumburra, with Stroke, Monthly Medal, second round of Silver Spoon and Match-play qualifying round.
Da Silveira (36) all on 37 points, and Peter Dight (seven), Greg Cox (8) and Bruce Knee (14) all on 36 points. The NTP’s were Cam Downing, Lloyd McKenzie, Terry Jewson, Andrew Naylor and Phill Nightingall. The encouragement award went to Maurice Gardiner on 21 points. The daily scratch rating (DSR) used to calculate “played to” handicaps on Saturday were 70. Trophies for the mixed 4BBB Stableford event on Sunday were donated by Kevin and Pam Witheridge. The winners were Neville and Carmen Thompson with 76 ½ net from Jim Parry and Beth Curram on 77. Fred and Gale Tyers had the best scratch score of 90. NTP’s were Gale Tyers and Neville Thompson. Wendy Vitols was not there to collect the $1050 available in the Friday evening members draw, so it will be $1100 next week. Mark Bowden was not there to collect the $240 in the golfers Saturday afternoon cash draw , so it will be $260 next week. The card draw for the stubbies went to Paul Robertson.
Leongatha golf THE perfect golfing weather on Tuesday and Thursday, combined with the course being in outstanding conditions, saw good fields and some excellent scores being posted. In Tuesday’s stableford
event, Alan Adcock, playing off a handicap of 10, won A Grade with a score of 39 points from Peter Walsh on 37. B Grade was won by Andy Bassett. Playing off a handicap of 20, Andy posted a very useful 38 points to win by a single stroke from Peter Seth on 37. C Grade was a closely fought affair, with the win finally going to Bert Borg, playing off 23 handicap and scoring 39 points, on a count back from the unlucky Peter Horman. NTP’s were won by Joe Lowell on the 14th, and Fred De Bondt on the 16th. DTL balls went down to 34 points and were won by Peter Horman, Terry Grace, Peter Walsh, David Forbes, Peter Seth, Joe Lowell, Trevor Steer, Bill Warren, Graham Spruzen, Jon Smith, Peter Hartigan, Peter Cannon and Bruce Hutton on count back from two others. Thursday’s stableford event, sponsored by Lyre Bird Hill Winery and Guest House, saw a field of 57 players again enjoying great golfing conditions. Several players who posted good scores on Tuesday took advantage of their good form and the fact that as Golflink was temporarily out of action due to the introduction of the new handicapping system, their handicaps had not changed as a result of their Tuesday round.
Alan Adcock posted his second A Grade win in 3 days. Playing off the same handicap of 10, Alan posted a score of 37 points. B Grade was won by club president Ron Paice, playing off a handicap of 189 with the best score of the day of 41 points. C Grade was won by an improving Terry Grace. Playing off a 35 handicap, Terry posted his first club win with 39 points. For the second consecutive week, an eagle two on the par four fifth hole, this time by Grant McRitchie. NTP’s were won by Nick Clark, a visitor from Moe on the 14th, and Paul Luck on the 16th. DTL balls went down to 33 and were awarded to Peter Hartigan, Martin Edney, Peter Seth, Arthur Nillson, Ken Gardner, Les Newton, Andy Bassett, Peter Hobson, Keith Finney, Matt Coutts, Peter Waters, Jim Arnott, Grant McRitchie and George Duffield on a count back from two others. Saturday’s stableford event saw the first round played since the introduction of the new handicapping system. To their horror, most players saw their handicaps sliced, with high handicappers losing three to four strokes, mid-handicappers doing two, and low handicappers coming in one. A field of 89 players, bolstered by a group from Latrobe Golf Club, played in very good conditions. A Grade was won by a visitor, Murray Cropley (Latrobe GC) playing off 10 handicap, with 36 points. B Grade was won by club treasurer, Phillipe du Plessis, playing off 14 handicap with 33 points on count back from locals, Stuart and Fred deBondt. C Grade was won by a new club member, Fergal Connon. Fergal, an Irishman, played off a handicap of 18 and also posted 33 points. Craig Watson, off 22 handicap, posted the best score in D Grade of 36 points. The Pro Pin on the 14th was won by Latrobe GC President, David Gorr, while Ian Murchie won on the 16th. DTL balls went down to 31 points and were won by Nathan Wardle, Stuart and Fred deBondt, Peter Stivic, Robert French, Rob Jenkins, Jon Smith, Bruce Hutton, Kevin Castwood, Ian Murchie, Neale Gillin, Simon Drummond, Henry Sedelies, John French, Martin Speedie, John Feddersen, Ian Toll, Gerry Carcour, Jim Karabatsos, Graeme Burt, and Craig Nuske. The winners of the Ladies Two Person Ambrose event were Sharyn Rayson and Barb Miller 82/681/4 . Down the line: Ann Blundy and Isobel Sutherland 683/4, Pat West and Marea Maher 691/4, Wendy Parker and Fay Quilford 693/4, and Alison Strong and Gwen Chapman 703/4. The winner of Saturday’s event was Dot Stubbs with 31 points. Down the line: Ann Gibson and Sharon Dalton 29 points and Linda Shannon 28 points.
Korumburra THERE were 60 players for the stableford competition on Saturday, January 25, and trophies were by Alan and Barb Twite. A Grade (3 hcp): L. Guilfoyle 40 pts, T. O’Neill 39, P. Johnson 39, T. Marotti 38.
B Grade (16 hcp): J. Wilson 43 pts, K. Pope 42, P. Hornibrook 39, M. Webb 39. C Grade (31 hcp): A. Twite 50 pts, A. Worthy 44, P. Harris 40, R. Olsen 40, W. Hopkins 39, N. Alger 38. Nearest the pin: 1st M. Belvedere, 7th Tyler Marotti, 10th C. Thornton, 13th W. Hopkins. NAGA: R. Dowel 19 pts. Tuesday’s winner was A. Worthy 43 pts and Thursday’s winner was T. Marotti 40 pts. Notices: 4B qualifying, T. Marotti won singles knockout 2/1, Paul Rea.
Monday, January 27 The 4B par qualifying round - 30 players, trophies by Korumburra Golf Club: T. Jones (9 hcp), B. Newton (16 hcp) +9. Runners-up R. Spokes and B. Hessels +8, D. Hislop and T. Marotti +8, I. Gibson and A. Rosa +7. Three groups missed out on +4. Nearest the pin: T. Marotti, 7th R. Johnson, 10th R. Blanco, 13th B. Hessels.
Meeniyan golf SATURDAY’S single stableford event was kindly sponsored by member Ian Inglis. The A Grade winner, with 34 points, was P. Johnston (12) and W. Bullock (12) was runner-up with 33. B Grade was taken out by I. Warman (22) with 39 points, closely followed by I. Inglis (30) with 38. Balls went to J. Cusack – 35, N. Williams and D. Baggallay – both with 34. NTP went to I.T rease and the pro pin to F. Stalker. A. Horvath was absent for the member’s draw. Tuesday’s stroke event was won by Col Stewart (22) with a nett 66 and B. Fiek (18) was runner-up with 67. NTP was W. Bullock and best nine was C. Buckland. Thursday saw a small field dominated by I. Warman (23) with 42 points. J. Cusack (23) was runner-up with 29 points. Best nine went to J. Hyett. Don’t forget the Classic is on Tuesday, February 11. If you can help around the course beforehand, please put your name on the sheet in the
foyer or let David know. Also there is an entry sheet for the Gala Day on February 24. Please ensure your name is down if you want to take part.
Mirboo North THE day winner of the stableford competition played on Thursday, January 23 was Bruce Evans (27) 46 pts. A Grade winner was Dale Burge (10) 38 pts. Down the line: Gary Renwick 44 pts, Josh Robbins 41, Chris Long 38, Michael Grist 38 (Woorayl). Results for Saturday, January 25: Monthly medal winner (A Grade) was Tom Whitelaw (5) 67 net. Winner B Grade Mick Taaffe (36) 65 net (Northcote). Down the line: Russell Pentland 69 net, R. Hawkes 69 net (Nortcote), Ian Evison 69 net, Mason Lont 71 net, Nigel Bracecamp 71 net, Joe Kus 71 net. 2nd shot nearest the pin 1st hole: John Black (Northcote). Nearest the pin: 4th Gino Plet (Northcote), 6th Doug Taylor, 13th Rowan Tilley (Northcote), 16th Joe Taylor. Ladies winner: Jess Clark (23) 70 net. Eagle on 17th hole: Rowan Tilley (Northcote). Mirboo North Ladies Golf Results For Wednesday 22/01/2014.
Ladies Winner Barb Stimson 41 pts. Down the line: Freda Nair 38 pts, Jeanne St Ellen 37. Nearest the pin: 6th hole Jeanne St Ellen.
Woorayl OUR January medal was sponsored by Autobarn. Simon Sullivan’s net 68 saw him win the medal on a countback, his score also won A Grade. Craig Hall triumphed in B Grade with net 71 and Dennis Lim took out C Grade with net 68. Balls went to J. Howard, B. Hogan, T. Burgess, P. Chal-
lis, G. Challis, G. Johnson, G. Salmon, Bo Fiek, M. Herrald, N. McKenzie and A. Clemann. Nearest the pins to Rob Warren and Ross Winkler. The ladies stableford event was won by Pat Shepherd with 36 points, with balls to Sue Wakefield and Jan Pope. Next week the stableford event which is also round 10 (final) of our summer trophies. I have already made mention subscriptions are due, however some are a little tardy. We have payment options, but if fees are not paid by February 1 membership will be suspended, so please pay up. Sunday the ladies will hold a free beginners’ clinic.
Wonthaggi
ON a beautiful Saturday we had a stableford event with a field of 105 players. A Grade winner was P. Hanley 41 pts, B Grade J. Walsh 40 and C Grade F. Anderson 41. Balls down the line: T. Salmon, J. Crellin, B. Millar 40; J. Harvey, R. Vanagtmaal, A. Briggs, R. Hender, J. Wintle, M. Tiziani, A. Ireland, K. Cuman 39; L. Cooper, J. Andrew, J. Davies, D. Putt, R. Chubb 38. Nearest the pins: 2nd A. Cubbon, 8th R. Vanagtmaal, 13th M. Scott, 17th J. Foon. Eagles: 7th K. Jamieson, 7th M. Scott, 11th M. Johnson. This Saturday is monthly medal and the weather forecast is superb. Don’t forget if you are present for Saturday’s presentations you will receive a ticket to go into a draw to win a $1300 travel voucher. It will be drawn at the men’s championship finals and you must be there to win. If anyone is talking to Michael Scott this week don’t forget to ask about his second shot into the 15th on Saturday. Very funny stuff when someone has an ‘airy’ shot. Good luck, and I will see you all next week.
Good numbers: Leongatha Golf Club was overwhelmed by the turnout of young golfers to its introductory golf clinics last Wednesday through to Friday. On Thursday some 19 juniors attended, with the group divided into two. An eight week junior golf clinic will take place every Wednesday from February 4. Contact the club or golf PGA professional Josh Hall on 5664 3314. Josh is pictured with some of the juniors, including Nick, Will, Sam, Patrick, Philip and Merrin.
8 x 1 hours sessions over 8 weeks for only $100. 5 - 9 years olds, start from Wednesday February 5, 4.30 - 5.30pm, 10 - 13 year olds start from Thursday February 6, 4.30 - 5.30pm, 14 - 18 year olds start from Thursday February 6, 5.30 - 6.30pm. 855 Koonwarra-Inverloch Road Leongatha South. Only 10 minutes from Inverloch P: 5664 3314
Be quick, limit of 10 people per age group.
BHS5564-V4
Junior Golf Coaching Clinics with our club professional Josh Hall PGA.
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SATURDAY 2014 CHANNEL CHALLENGE FEBRUARY 1 SAN REMO TO PHILLIP ISLAND
Challenge yourself at the channel TRIATHLETES from interstate and possibly overseas will contest the annual San Remo Channel Challenge this Saturday, February 1. The swim and run event will start at 1.45pm, with a 550m swim across the channel between the fishing village of San Remo and Newhaven on the north side of the channel. Due to the strong tide flow through the channel, the swim can only take place on the slack water of the appropriate high tide. Slack water only lasts for about 15 minutes, in which time 500 plus competitors must complete the swim. The run starts in the transition area at Newhaven on Phillip Island and is a two kilometre course back up over the picturesque Phillip Island Bridge to San
Remo. There is usually a spectacular sprint to the finish line in the main street, with large crowds urging the competitors on. The event is the main fundraiser for race hosts, Woolamai Surf Life Saving Club. Event coordinator Ron Nicholson said the race was unique. “If you are a good swimmer, it is an easy swim but a lot of swimmers don’t like the run and the runners usually do not like the swim,” he said. “The average person likes to do it to keep their fitness up or they’ve wanted to swim across the channel, so they see it as something of an achievement.” Top athletes from the Victorian Institute of Sport have been able to complete the swim and run in under 11 minutes. Activities start from 8am with the market, followed by the carnival, animal
nursery, music and a fashion display. During the race, keep an eye out for the iconic shark fin. Rest assured it will not (well, hopefully) be attached to a real shark but rather to Newhaven builder Geoff Daff. He regularly dons the fin while competing in every race. Among the other notable competitors will be Flinders MP Greg Hunt, who has competed in 16 events. The surf club is assisted in staging the event by the State Emergency Service, Phillip Island Rotary Club, Bass Coast Shire Council, schools, and the Phillip Island and Kilcunda-Bass football clubs. The surf club will have 17 rescue craft on the water including boats, jet skits, inflatable boats and boards to quickly come to a swimmer’s aid. Online entries close Friday at www. islandevents.org.au but entries will be taken on the day as well.
Channel plunge: around 450 competitors hit the water in San Remo for the 2013 Channel Challenge swim and run race. Photo supplied by Ivan Webb, Webb Imagery.
Previous winner: Sascha Bondarenko, 19, of Yarra Junction won the open senior male section of the Channel Challenge in 2013 with Nathan Buschkuehl and Jamie Rhodes closely behind.
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LDCA look to Country Week LEONGATHA is hoping to redeem itself from an up and down Gippsland Cricket League season at the upcoming Melbourne Country Week. Twenty-two of the best cricketers from all around the association have been selected for the week of competition. The team will be lead by skipper Tim Wightman who will no doubt have his stand out bowling on display while the likes of Jason Wilson will be swinging the bat around. Outtrim Moyarra Kongwak have the most representatives in the side with six including the Wyatt brothers Inverloch, Nerrena and Phillip Island have all supplied three players. Sale Maffra will be the first opponent Leongatha will face in day one of the competition followed by South West, Bendigo. The day four match will be against Bairnsdale, Leongatha found victory over in a
recent GCL match. The team will be playing at high class grounds all over Melbourne. Country Week begins on Monday, February 17 and builds to the grand final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday, February 21 which Leongatha will hopefully be a part of.
Country week squad Tim Wightman (captain), Nerrena; Walter Taberner, Inverloch; Mitchell Clark, Nerrena; Jason Wilson, OMK; D. Clark, Inverloch; Tom Piddington, Imperials; Thomas Wyatt, OMK; Amila Ratnayake, Town; Kit Rotthier, Inverloch; Madura Weerasinghe-Silva, Town; Charith Keerasinghe, Phillip Island; Lewis Rankin, Inverloch; Caine Salmon, Nerrena; Barry Wyatt, OMK; Eli Richards, Phillip Island; Ben Foon, Wonthaggi Miners; Luke Rogers, Imperials; Lachlan Cleeland, Phillip Island; Sam Sperling, Koonwarra-RSL; P. Dyer, OMK; Alan Jenkins, OMK; Adam Miller, OMK.
Thanks fellas: Matt Boswell salutes his Cougar teammates after reaching 100 runs on Saturday. Photo by Mark Drury.
• B Grade, Division 2
Imps rush to 300 IT WAS all about getting things done quickly for the Leongatha Imperials on Saturday on their way to a first innings victory. Glen Alvie was sent into bat by the Imps but couldn’t find any ground to stand on early. Great bowling for Zac Price and James Rushton had the Glen Alvie line up in all sorts except for Richard Burke who managed 63 runs. Price finished the innings 5/34 and proudly took four ducks for the day while Rushton took 3/34 along with three maidens. Glen Alvie was all out for 125 which saw the Imps walk into bat. Rushton stood out again with 105 runs including 14 fours and three sixes adding to the 42 boundaries hit by the team in the innings. The Imperials needed just 43 overs to reach 8/313 at the end of the day and will most likely send Glen Alvie into to bat early on day two to push for an outright. It was a rocky start for Koonwarra-Leongatha RSL against Poowong Loch with the score at the first over 2/0. Things turned around from here however with Brett Moore (88) and Sam Turner (41) hitting big. Matt Boswell stole the show from when he stepped out to the crease hitting a number of boundaries and racking up quick runs. Boswell fired up and pushed his number to 106 not out by the end of the innings to celebrate his first century with the Cougars. This score boosted the teams to 8/327 at the end of the day – a tall order for the Poowong Loch counterparts. Kilcunda-Bass are on par for a first innings victory sitting 10 runs short of their target at the end of day one. The Panthers are chasing a 140 run effort from Foster after they were taken all out in just 30 overs. Kilcunda-Bass used the remaining 40 overs of the day effectively knocking out 7/130. Cameron Smith came agonisingly close to triple figures for Korumburra on Saturday. The third order batsman was the stand out for
his side hitting seven fours to see him to 94 runs before being clean bowled by Fish Creek Tarwin’s Buckland. This haul of 94 helped Korumburra to 9/208 at the end of their 70 overs, a reachable target for FCT.
Details GLEN ALVIE v IMPERIALS 1st innings Glen Alvie J. Hamilton b. Z. Price ...............0 B. Davidson b. K. McGavin.......5 J. Burke b. K. McGavin ........... 11 R. Matthews b. Z. Price .............8 R. Burke c. J. Bloom b. J. Rushton.........................63 E. Chandler b. Z. Price ...............0 A. McBride lbw. b. Z. Price .......0 D. Burke b. J. Rushton ...............9 A. Newsome c. S. Vagg b. Z. Price ...............................0 L. McRae b. Z. Price ..................6 B. McRae n.o. ............................0 Extras ......................................23 Total .......................................125 Bowling: Z. Price 5/34, K. McGavin 2/27, J. Rushton 3/34, J. Forrester 0/19. 1st innings Imperials G. Forrester c. R. Burke b. A. McBride.........................8 K. McGavin lbw. b. D. Burke ....7 J. Rushton c. D. Burke b. R. Burke .........................105 R. McGavin c. L. McRae b. A. McBride.......................57 S. Vagg c. J. Burke b. B. McRae .........................65 J. Forrester c. B. Davidson b. A. McBride.......................36 J. Bloom c. R. Burke b. J. Burke ..............................9 Z. Price c. R. Matthews b. J. Burke ..............................4 P. McCaughan c. ........................6 D. Ginnane n.o. ..........................1
Extras ......................................15 Total ....................................8/313 Bowling: D. Burke 1/46, A. McBride 3/53, J. Hamilton 0/47, L. McRae 0/38, E. Chandler 0/16, R. Burke 1/37, J. Burke 2/28, B. McRae 1/39. KILCUNDA-BASS v FOSTER 1st innings Foster J. Toner c. J. Bastwrous b. T. Smith ............................31 S. Chaseling c&b. R. Duff .........0 J. Pilkington c. B. Joseph b. R. Duff ............................. 11 S. Davies lbw. b. R. Duff ...........0 D. Williams c&b. D. Clay ........19 F. Cooper b. S. Tapscott ...........15 J. Staley b. D. Clay.....................6 B. Cripps c. P. Coleman b. S. Tapscott ..........................0 R. Staley n.o. ............................24 T. Whitham b. R. Duff .............22 Extras ......................................12 Total .......................................140 Bowling: T. Smith 1/25, R. Duff 4/36, D. Clay 2/26, H. Grace 0/18, S. Tapscott 2/30. 1st innings Kilcunda-Bass T. Aplin lbw. b. S. Chaseling....20 B. Joseph c. S. Chaseling b. J. Staley ............................17 R. Gardiner c. J. Toner b. J. Staley ..............................1 H. Grace c. J. Toner b. S. Chaseling .......................0 S. Tapscott c. J. Toner b. F. Cooper ..........................40 T. Smith b. S. Chaseling.............6 J. Bastwrous c. J. Toner b. S. Chaseling .....................10 D. Clay n.o. ..............................18 R. Duff n.o. ................................3 Extras ......................................16 Total ....................................7/130 Bowling: J. Pilkington 0/45, S. Chaseling 4/38, J. Staley 2/19, J. Toner 0/5, F. Cooper 1/16. KOONWARRA-L/RSL v
POOWONG-LOCH 1st innings Koonwarra-L/RSL C. Moscript c. N. Brew b. S. Head ...............................0 L. Enter b. S. McKinnon ..........16 B. Van Rooy c. N. Brew b. S. Head ...............................0 B. Moore c. b. G. Birnie...........88 S. Turner c. N. Brew b. S. Head .............................41 D. Pearce c. b. S. McKinnon ......4 M. Boswell n.o. ......................106 S. Paterson c. ............................42 P. Buckley r.o. ............................6 S. Anderson n.o. .........................3 Extras ......................................21 Total .............................8/327 (cc) Bowling: S. Head 4/88, S. McKinnon 2/47, N. Hancock 0/81, G. Birnie 0/37, S. Dinger 0/29, N. Brew 1/28.
FISH CREEK-TARWIN v KORUMBURRA 1st innings Korumburra S. Harland c. M. Bright b. T. Stybosh.........................21 P. Dunlevie c. M. Bright b. O. Straw .............................8 C. Smith b. G. Buckland ..........94 J. Meade c. G. Buckland b. M. McGannon ..................13 T. Allen b. J. Pouw ...................15 M. Wrigley b. G. Buckland ........4 J. Oxlee c. D. Lavarda (sub) b. J. Pouw ............................. 11 T. Gray b. J. Pouw ......................8 L. Miller n.o. ..............................6 C. Mileto b. J. Pouw...................2 B. Condolucci n.o. .....................1 Extras ......................................28 Total ....................................9/208 Bowling: J. Pouw 4/37, L. Buckland 0/35, O. Straw 1/10, C. Fisher 0/22, C. Bawden 0/26, T. Stybosh 1/23, M. McGannon 1/16, G. Buckland 2/30.
Hats off: Poowong-Loch’s Nelson Brew dives backwards to dismiss Daniel Pearce. Photo by Mark Drury.
C Grade cricket scores C Grade, Division 1 WON WORKMENS v NERRENA 1st innings Won Workmens S. Osborne c. C. Baudinette b. B. Standfield.....................55 S. Roche c. G. Giliam b. K. Clark ............................10 I. Barnes c. D. Campbell b. B. Standfield.....................29 C. Harvey c. B. Standfield b. M. Trotto ............................4 A. Yann c. C. Dougherty b. M. Walton.........................25 B. Osborne n.o. ......................189 A. Lang r.o. ..............................35 J. Sheerin n.o. .............................1 Extras ...................................... 11 Total .............................6/359 (cc) Bowling: M. Walton 1/58, K. Clark 1/71, C. Dougherty 0/44, D. Campbell 0/26, B. Standfield 2/66, M. Trotto 1/51, C. Baudinette 0/27, G. Wightman 0/11. IMPERIALS d PHILLIP ISLAND
1st innings Phillip Island R. Purcell n.o............................95 R. Good c. N. Hodges b. M. Collins ........................78 A. Finlayson c. H. Marshall b. D. McLennan ...................35 C. Muscat n.o. ..........................14 Extras ......................................14 Total ....................................2/236 Bowling: S. McLennan 0/59, P. McGavin 0/19, G. Price 0/13, T. Cameron 0/35, M. Collins 1/34, D. McLennan 1/34, H. Marshall 0/36. MDU v TOWN 1st innings MDU Extras ........................................6 Total ....................................... 117 Bowling: J. Scott 3/50, M. O’Loughlin 2/12, D. Goss 5/35, T. Willcocks 0/20. 1st innings Town G. Pouw b. M. Perry ..................3 J. Schelling b. M. Perry..............1 T. Willcocks n.o. ......................18 M. Wilson b. M. Perry ...............0 J. Scott n.o. .................................4
Extras ......................................15 Total ......................................3/40
Extras ...................................... 11 Total ....................................1/106
OMK v INVERLOCH 1st innings Inverloch I. Smith c. .................................20 P. Johnson c. .............................15 J. Belli b. ....................................0 D. Clarkley c. ...........................21 B. Phillips b..............................16 W. Holmes b. ..............................0 W. Williams c. ............................7 D. Lawton c..............................18 I. Fowler n.o. ..............................8 M. Goldsmith b. .........................1 E. Cousins c. ..............................9 Extras ........................................5 Total .......................................120 Bowling: G. Lomagno 0/12, J. Greenwood 2/19, J. Cochrane 0/39, C. O’Brien 4/24, N. Audino 4/24.
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1st innings OMK W. Dowel n.o. ..........................58 J. Greenwood stp. I. Smith b. E. Cousins ........................30 A. McKinnon n.o. ......................7
KORUMBURRA v WON MINERS 1st innings Won Miners M. Thatcher c&b. I. Riddell .....42 B. Thatcher c. M. Olden b. T. Scott ...............................2 T. Nelson b. M. Olden ................9 J. O’Reilly c. T. Scott b. I. Riddell ..........................37 G. Peters b. M. Olden...............22 P. Loos c. I. Riddell b. B. Gibbs-King ..................12 D. Jones c. J. Celebrine b. T. Scott .............................20 M. Lindsay b. T. Scott ..............18 J. Harpreet-Singh b. T. Scott ......7 J. Rumbold c. J. Celebrine b. T. Scott .............................12 S. Watson n.o..............................3 Extras ......................................12 Total .......................................195 Bowling: T. Scott 5/43, B. Gibbs-King 1/41, M. Olden 2/52,
S. Hall 0/19, I. Riddell 2/19, J. Celebrine 0/21. 1st innings Korumburra M. Olden n.o. .............................8 J. Kyle n.o. .................................4 Extras ........................................3 Total ......................................0/15 Bowling: J. Rumbold 0/1, T. Nelson 0/1, D. Jones 0/3, G. Peters 0/2, S. Watson 0/8. WON WORKMENS v OMK 1st innings OMK G. Adams c. M. Davey b. M. Cadwallender ..............70 D. Wylie b. S. Knight ...............21 C. Walker c. J. Licis b. C. Rigby ........................... 11 B. Maguire c. A. Ray b. S. Morison ........................24 K. Houghton c. M. Davey b. M. Cadwallender ..............10 M. Gow n.o. .............................56 M. Dowel c. C. Rigby b. A. Geyer ...........................25 J. Whiteside n.o. .........................3 Extras ...................................... 11 Total .............................6/231 (cc)
Bowling: A. Ray 0/37, S. Knight 1/58, C. Rigby 1/28, S. Morison 1/62, M. Cadwallender 2/29, A. Geyer 1/3, P. McDonald 0/7. GLEN ALVIE v KILCUNDA-BASS 1st innings Glen Alvie M. Hull n.o. ............................105 A. Spradbury c. S. Blake b. D. O’Neill ........................47 T. Piasente b. D. O’Neill ..........21 W. Stirton c. A. Blackney b. D. O’Neill ..........................0 J. Smith c. D. Aurisch b. J. Oates ...............................9 B. Carr r.o...................................0 E. Sheerin n.o. ..........................15 Extras ......................................13 Total .............................5/209 (cc) Bowling: S. Blake 0/29, D. O’Neill 4/67, D. Aurisch 0/33, B. Jones 0/22, A. Blackney 0/32, J. Reilly 1/22. KOONWARRA-L/RSL v INVERLOCH
1st innings Inverloch L. Keily b. ..................................3 C. Butler b. .................................1 S. Hayes b. .................................7 H. Keily b. ..................................4 C. McCaughan b. .......................0 D. Snelling lbw...........................0 B. Dennerley c. ..........................2 J. Williams n.o............................4 K. Fowles c. ...............................0 J. Dennerley b. ...........................1 Extras ........................................8 Total .........................................30 Bowling: S. Wentworth 2/2, B. Perry 3/10, P. Kennedy 1/5, D. Clark 0/6, A. Piksons 3/2, A. Vaughan 0/4. 1st innings Koonwarra-L/RSL B. Perry n.o. .............................67 P. Kennedy n.o. ........................73 S. Wentworth b. ..........................2 A. Clark b. ..................................7 S. Hills b.....................................0 A. Vaughan r.o............................4 Extras ......................................28 Total ....................................4/181
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Workmens set 407 run target A CENTURY from David Britt helped the Wonthaggi Workmens to an innings of 406 against Nerrena on Saturday. An opening stand between Hooper and Britt led to 113 and a good start for the Workmens. Hooper fell at 65 and Britt continued to hit big along with Baker (93). Britt used 20 fours and two sixes to get him to his score of 121 before being dismissed by a Renden catch on a Clark delivery. Quick batting for Ryan Thomas meant another boost for the Workmens later in the innings knocking 61 runs off just 31 balls including five sixes. The Workmens ended their 75 overs with 6/406. A remarkable feat and a
huge challenge for the Red Caps come this weekend. Outtrim Moyarra Kongwak have a good chance for a win thanks to a six wicket haul from Sam Jenkins. Jenkins cleared out the Inverloch order taking three victims in single figures as well as a duck on the way to 6/42. Inverloch’s highest scorer came in the form of Will Rankin with 41. Despite this the Stingrays could only managed 134 runs before the diggers had cleaned them out. A solid stand from Rhett McLennan was the highlight in what would be a lacklustre innings for the Leongatha Imperials on Saturday. McLennan lasted 161 balls and managed 62 runs before being run out late in
the innings. Tom Piddington was the next best for the Imps with 24 while four other batsman managed to break into the teens. Good bowling from all the Phillip Island bowlers was fantastic in keeping the Imps innings to all out for 176 in the 69th over. The Sharks took to the crease for five overs but lost Cleeland early and will resume at 1/8. The return of Udara Weerasinghe provided a much needed boost to Korumburra’s middle order on Saturday. A 10 and 11 run effort to openers Cook and Miller led to a boost from Rigby (22), Salmon (31) and Weerasinghe (41). Lucas kept late innings hopes alive with 33 but the Cobras were all out 203,
Well played: Ryan Higgins gets one away for the Imperials against Phillip Island. Photo by Mark Drury. 10 overs short of their 75. Town bowler Madura Weerasinghe Silva was the main culprit with the ball claiming 4/60 in his 23 overs. The Scorpions now sit at 0/31 after 10 overs. WON WORKMENS v NERRENA 1st innings Won Workmens T. Hooper c. C. Salmon b. T. Davison ........................65 D. Britt c. J. Renden b. M. Clark .........................121 J. Baker c. B. Hayes b. M. Croatto ........................93 G. Britt c&b. M. Croatto ..........20 R. Thomas c. C. Salmon b. T. Wightman .....................61 G. Bolding b. M. Croatto ...........6 M. Thomas n.o. ........................24 S. Williams n.o. ..........................4 Extras ......................................12 Total ....................................6/406 Bowling: R. Clark 0/59, M. Croatto 3/77, T. Davison 1/77, T. Wightman 1/97, M. Clark 1/24, D. Symmons 0/62.
Joe O’Loughlin: The Imperials batsman plans his shots carefully. Photo by Mark Drury.
IMPERIALS v PHILLIP ISLAND 1st innings Imperials R. McLennan r.o. .....................62 G. Sauvarin lbw. b. S. Boyack ...3 T. Piddington c&b. M. Price ....24 R. Higgins c. S. Kirton b. D. Johnston ......................13 J. O’Loughlin c&b. C. Keerthisinghe..........16
B. Davidson b. S. Kirton ..........15 A. Eddy c. D. Johnston b. S. Kirton .............................3 J. Ginnane c. L. Cleeland b. C. Keerthisinghe ..............15 J. Parker c. C. Viljoen b. S. Boyack ...........................6 L. Wright n.o. .............................0 T. Sauvarin lbw. b. S. Boyack ....0 Extras ......................................19 Total .......................................176 Bowling: S. Kirton 2/37, S. Boyack 3/26, C. Keerthisinghe 2/53, M. Price 1/14, D. Johnston 1/20, E. Richards 0/11. 1st innings Phillip Island L. Cleeland c. J. Ginnane b. A. Eddy ..............................2 E. Richards n.o. ..........................3 B. Johnston n.o...........................2 Extras ........................................1 Total ........................................1/8 Bowling: A. Eddy 1/4, J. O’Loughlin 0/1, J. Parker 0/2. KORUMBURRA v TOWN 1st innings Korumburra J. Cook c. L. Smith b. M. Borschman ..................10 K. Miller lbw. b. M. Weerasinghe-Silva ...... 11 I. Osman lbw. b. M. Weerasinghe-Silva ........4 K. Rigby stp. L. Smith b. J. Burge ............................22 D. Salmon c. I. Hanks b. J. Burge ............................31 U. Weerasinghe c. M. Smith b. S. Browne.........................41 K. Dorman lbw. b. M. Weerasinghe-Silva ........6 J. Richards lbw. ........................13 T. Lucas c. A. Hickey
b. S. Browne.........................33 D. Scott c. J. Hume b. S. Browne...........................4 A. Meade n.o. .............................3 Extras ......................................25 Total .......................................203 Bowling: A/ Ratnayake 0/20, J. Burge 2/37, M. WeerasingheSilva 4/60, M. Borschman 1/34, S. Browne 3/17, A. Hickey 0/22. 1st innings Town I. Hanks n.o. ...............................9 M. Smith n.o. ...........................22 Extras ........................................0 Total ......................................0/31 Bowling: A. Meade 0/3, U. Weerasinghe 0/22, I. Osman 0/6.
OMK v INVERLOCH 1st innings Inverloch B. Debono c. B. Wyatt b. R. Greaves ..........................8 W. Taberner c. P. Dyer b. B. Wyatt ...........................36 K. Rotthier c. J. Van Rooye b. B. Wyatt .............................6 D. Clark c. D. Lloyd b. S. Jenkins .........................14 W. Rankin stp. P. Dyer b. S. Jenkins .........................41 J. Dennerley lbw. b. R. Greaves ..........................1 N. Brayley c. B. Wyatt b. S. Jenkins ...........................0 J. Smith lbw. b. S. Jenkins .......15 D. Mathews b. S. Jenkins ...........5 R. Thomas n.o. ...........................1 L. Rankin lbw. b. S. Jenkins.......1 Extras ........................................6 Total .......................................134 Bowling: P. Dell 0/29, R. Greaves 2/10, N. Cant 0/24, B. Wyatt 2/25, S. Jenkins 6/42.
• A Grade, Division 2
Oats takes five for Killy-Bass ASHLEY Oats’ 5/26 spell on Saturday kept Foster in check on their own ground. The Kilcunda-Bass all rounder helped demolish the middle order of the Tigers leaving them all out for 165. Despite the onslaught from Oats some of the Foster batsman got willow on leather with Corrie leading the way with six fours getting him to 43. Other notable efforts came from Lynch (27) and Chaseling (28 not out). Kilcunda-Bass batted six overs to round out the day and will bat from 0/12 this weekend.
Matt Olden and Craig Hoober were the big hitters for Meeniyan Dumbalk United when they faced off with Glen Alvie. Olden opened well finding his way to 52 while Hoober used 150 balls to make his 76. Consistent bowling from Glen Alvie’s Hales (4/47) including three maidens stopped any other scores making it over 30. The red and blue finished the innings 8/238. Three half centuries in the Fish Creek Tarwin batting order led to a solid score against the Wonthaggi Miners. Coates (54), Watkins (52) and Shaw (69) – who
smashed nine fours and three sixes – all contributed greatly for the team as honourable mentions are needed for Buckland (35) and Cocksedge (33). FCT ended the innings nine overs short with 294. The best bowling came from Foon and Loos with 3/61 and 3/52 respectively and the Miners are currently 0/28. Adam Fisher (75) was the big hitter for Poowong Loch against Koonwarra Leongatha/ RSL on Saturday. An early wicket of Colin Knox put the Magpies on the back foot but efforts from Adderley (32), Findlay (30) and Sheedy (58)
boosted the score followed by Fisher’s knock. The Magpies finished the innings 8/288 setting the bar high for the Cougars this weekend. FOSTER v KILCUNDA-BASS 1st innings Foster M. Lynch b. A. Oats .................27 S. Corrie c. A. Larcombe b. A. Donohue ......................43 G. Collis c. J. Mahood b. A. Oats..............................19 J. Prain c. B. Egeberg b. A. Donohue ........................2 G. Tanner lbw. b. S. Shelton.....17 D. Lacasa b. A. Oats...................4 H. Griggs c. P. Mohascy b. A. Oats................................4 T. Smith b. A. Oats .....................6 B. Corrie b. D. Pipicelli .............0 J. Chaseling n.o. .......................28 F. Griggs b. J. Tregear ................5 Extras ......................................10 Total .......................................165 Bowling: D. Pipicelli 1/19, J. Dakin 0/10, C. Davidson 0/20, A.
Donohue 2/13, B. Egeberg 0/27, J. Mahood 0/30, A. Oats 5/26, S. Shelton 1/9, J. Tregear 1/5. 1st innings Kilcunda-Bass P. Mohascy n.o. ..........................6 A. Oats n.o. ................................4 Extras ........................................2 Total ......................................0/12 Bowling: B. Corrie 0/8, F. Griggs 0/0, G. Collis 0/0, G. Tanner 0/4. MDU v GLEN ALVIE 1st innings MDU M. Olden b. D. Gilbert .............52 M. Le Page c. S. Lowe b. D. Hales..............................0 C. Hoober c. D. Hateley b. D. Hales............................76 S. Arnup b. J. Hales..................22 M. Olden c. D. Hateley b. D. Hales..............................0 W. Prosser r.o. ..........................20 M. Martin b. D. Hales ..............28 C. Le Page n.o. .........................16 T. Harris c. D. Williams b. J. Glen ................................3 M. Cantwell n.o..........................1 Extras ......................................20 Total .............................8/238 (cc)
Bowling: D. Hales 4/47, D. Gilbert 1/35, D. Williams 0/49, J. Hales 1/42, J. Wheeler 0/28, J. Glen 1/23.
G. Kent n.o. ..............................12 A. Warren n.o. ............................9 Extras ........................................7 Total ......................................0/28
WON MINERS v FISH CREEK-TARWIN 1st innings Fish Creek-Tarwin B. Coates b. B. Foon ................54 J. Law b. R. Birkett ....................2 N. Wilkins c. P. Nelson b. B. Foon...............................3 J. Buckland c. D. Loos b. J. Loos ..............................35 G. Watkins c. B. Foon b. R. Birkett ..........................52 J. Shaw b. B. Foon ...................69 H. Buckland lbw. b. P. Nelson ..........................13 W. Cocksedge c&b. D. Loos ....33 T. Williamson c&b. D. Loos ......3 J. Flanders c. G. Kent b. D. Loos...............................1 A. Straw n.o. ..............................0 Extras ......................................29 Total .......................................294 Bowling: B. Foon 3/61, R. Birkett 2/49, J. Loos 1/36, P. Nelson 1/82, D. Loos 3/52. 1st innings Won Miners
POOWONG-LOCH v KOONWARRA-L/RSL 1st innings Poowong-Loch C. Knox c. S. Hughes b. J. Kennedy..........................1 M. Adderley c. K. Thorne b. J. Kennedy........................32 N. Findlay c. J. Hughes b. K. Thorne .........................30 A. Sheedy c. b. C. Sherriff .......58 T. Hancock c. N. Toms b. J. Kennedy..........................8 A. Fisher b. S. Hughes .............75 M. Loader c. N. Grimes b. K. Thorne .........................14 M. Hancock n.o. .......................24 C. Oliver c. S. Sperling b. S. Hughes .........................18 M. Stephens n.o..........................1 Extras ......................................26 Total ....................................8/288 Bowling: J. Kennedy 3/45, D. O’Connor 0/38, K. Thorne 2/92, S. Sperling 0/50, C. Sherriff 1/35, S. Hughes 2/17.
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Nail biter goes to Workmens WHEN it comes to nail biting grand finals Outtrim Moyarra Kongwak and the Wonthaggi Workmens do it best. They proved this again on Sunday with the final of the LDCA A Grade 20/20 Knockout Competition. Both teams breezed into final via knockout games that morning with OMK only needing 12 overs to reach the target of 117 set by Phillip Island while the Workmens needed just 10 to get on top of the Wonthaggi Miners’ score of 130. The stage was set for a cracker and both teams delivered. OMK won the toss and chose to bat under the guidance of captain and big hitter Jason Wilson. Adam Miller opened well with a quick five runs but the Workmens field and Mitchell Thomas proved too fast running fellow opener Robert Quaife out for a duck. Jesse Van Rooye proved as a solid partner for Miller who had found his feet and was hitting big. Van Rooye however
only managed three runs of his own before being caught out. Wilson joined the game and added 43 alongside Miller before the opener was sent packing for 45. Skipper Wilson fell for 20 to a nice delivery from Gavin Britt while Tom Wyatt pushed through to 23 and his brother Barry found 18 before the 20 overs came to an end at 7/129 – a score that could see the game go either way. The Workmens bowling force had shared the glory throughout the innings with six out of the seven bowlers claiming wickets. The Workmens walked to the crease full of energy but it was only eight runs in that Gavin Bolding walked back to the pavilion with six runs to his name. Captain Tim Hooper, the fellow opener continued to play well across from Jay Baker until a four and six later Baker was sent walking for 13 after being run out by Barry Wyatt. The skipper went on to 21 with three fours while
Ryan Thomas knocked out 24 on balls that were never easy. The OMK bowlers were bringing the heat in their deliveries but it was only Barry Wyatt and Nathan Cant that managed to break through the Workmens line up. Workmens’ reliable Gavin Britt stood tall against all the bowlers and found runs all over Butch West Oval. It was Britt and Daniel Turton that managed to get the Workmens over the line on the third last ball of the day to win by one run on 6/130. Britt finished the innings 39 not out with a four and two sixes to his name while bowlers Wyatt and Cant ended with 3/10 and 2/9 respectively. OMK def by WON WORKMENS 1st innings OMK A. Miller stp. J. Liddle b. L. McLean ........................45 R. Quaife r.o. ..............................0 J. Van Rooye c. T. Hooper b. M. Thomas .........................3 J. Wilson b. G. Britt .................20 T. Wyatt c. L. McLean b. R. Thomas ........................23 D. Lloyd c. M. Thomas b. G. Bolding ..........................7 B. Wyatt c. D. Turton b. J. Thomas .........................18 R. Greaves n.o. ...........................2
Set sail: The inaugural Inverloch Classic Wooden Dinghy Regatta on Australia Day was a fantastic success according to organisers. See the full story and more photos on page 47. P. Dyer n.o. .................................0 Extras ......................................10 Total .............................7/129 (cc) Bowling: T. Hooper 0/11, R. Thomas 1/18, J. Thomas 1/19, M. Thomas 1/17, G. Britt 1/18, G. Bolding 1/21, L. McLean 1/21. 1st innings Won Workmens T. Hooper lbw. b. B. Wyatt.......21 G. Bolding c. S. Jenkins b. B. Wyatt .............................6 J. Baker r.o. ..............................13 R. Thomas c. R. Greaves
b. N. Cant .............................24 G. Britt n.o. ..............................39 S. Huitema c. S. Jenkins b. B. Wyatt ...........................14 M. Thomas c. A. Miller b. N. Cant ...............................2 D. Turton n.o. .............................1 Extras ...................................... 11 Total ....................................6/130 Bowling: P. Dell 0/29, B. Wyatt 3/10, R. Greaves 0/26, S. Jenkins 0/22, J. Wilson 0/23, N. Cant 2/9.
• B Grade, Division 1
Dutchman delivers
DAVID Dutchman was undoubtedly on fire on Saturday hitting 188 not out for the Wonthaggi Work-
mens.
The opener found his rhythm early alongside fellow opener Steve Brann (49) with a partnership of 110.
Dutchman and Daniel Turton (54) then got together as a partnership making 132 between them. Rob Geyer (34) was the next to step up
and work with Dutchman with a 104 run partnership. Dutchman was finding boundaries all over the ground with 22 fours
Shane Paterson: the big man managed 42 runs for Koonwarra-Leongatha RSL in B2 at the weekend. Photo credit Mark Drury.
and four sixes next to his name by the end of the innings not to mention being 12 runs short of a double century. The Workmens ended the innings 3/351 setting Nerrena an almost impossible task for day two of the clash. Ben Thomas’s 6/49 for Inverloch could not keep the Outtrim Moyarra Kongwak score in check on Saturday. Despite dismissing big hitter Kris Kerr (71) and Michael Cooke (31) Thomas’s effort failed to stop the OMK score creep up over 220. Inverloch will have to perform well with the bat to secure a win on day two. Consistent batting was the name of the game at the West Campus oval for Leongatha Town on Saturday. Withers (61) and Templeton (79) started the match with a very solid opening partnership of 157. After the opening pair fell Burge took on the flame knocking out 53 including eight fours. Turner boosted things up for the middle order later in the day with 39 all adding up to a fantastic score of 334 that the Wonthaggi Miners are left to chase this weekend.
Despite solid performances from a number of batsman the 30s curse couldn’t be broken for Meeniyan Dumbalk United against Phillip Island. Four MDU batsmen couldn’t get past the 30s and with others struggling to make double figures the score suffered and ended at 9/183. McCoy was the leading bowler with 4/48 and four maidens.
Details PHILLIP ISLAND v MDU 1st innings MDU T. Zukovskis c. R. Cleeland b. Z. Brown ..........................31 P. Robinson b. A. Thomas ........38 T. Sinclair c. J. Keating b. T. McCoy .........................30 J. Sinclair c. J. Good b. Z. Brown ............................1 S. McRae c. J. Good b. T. McCoy .........................34 C. Harris c. J. Good b. T. McCoy ...........................0 D. Thomas c. J. Manning b. T. McCoy ...........................5 J. Riley b. J. Cox ........................3 K. Sinclair c. T. McCoy b. J. Cox .................................4 L. Mercer n.o............................24 S. Riley n.o............................... 11 Extras ........................................3 Total .............................9/183 (cc) Bowling: R. Cleeland 0/19, J. Cox 2/29, J. Good 0/13, A. Thomas 1/21, Z. Brown 2/52, T. McCoy 4/48. NERRENA d WON WORKMENS 1st innings Won Workmens S. Brann c. B. Croatto b. B. Irish..............................49 D. Dutchman n.o. ...................188 D. Turton c. T. Clark b. G. Labuschagne................54 R. Geyer c. T. Clark b. G. Labuschagne................34 L. Sawyer n.o. ............................2
Extras ......................................24 Total .............................3/351 (cc) Bowling: P. Joseph 0/20, J. Hoy 0/34, G. Labuschagne 2/103, W. Telfer 0/86, J. Hoy 0/17, B. Irish 1/28, D. Trotman 0/55.
INVERLOCH v OMK 1st innings OMK R. White c. D. Connelly b. N. Goodall ........................22 K. Kerr lbw. b. B. Thomas .......71 A. Rose b. B. Thomas ..............10 J. Paterson c. M. Anderson b. B. Thomas ..........................5 R. Quaife c. D. Ruffin b. L. Anderson ......................43 T. Eustace c. B. Thomas b. J. Ritchie ..........................19 M. Cooke b. B. Thomas ...........37 N. Wylie c&b. B. Thomas ..........1 D. Jeffries r.o. .............................2 T. Knox n.o.................................0 P. Green b. B. Thomas................0 Extras ...................................... 11 Total .......................................222 Bowling: B. Sword 0/27, J. Courtenay 0/23, D. Connelly 0/17, L. Anderson 1/33, N. Goodall 1/41, B. Thomas 6/49, J. Ritchie 1/30.
TOWN v WON MINERS 1st innings Town J. Withers c. D. Beesey b. P. Owen ............................61 R. Templeton c. D. Beesey b. F. Brosnan ........................79 D. Burge lbw. b. D. Beesey ......53 N. Johnston c. S. Ivekovic b. C. Honeysett.....................16 C. Bruce b. C. Honeysett ...........2 M. Davies c. S. Ivekovic b. D. Beesey .........................19 W. Turner c. B. Foon b. P. Hammer ........................39 S. Fixter c. S. Ivekovic b. D. Beesey ...........................8 S. Clark b. P. Hammer................9 M. Warren c. B. Foon b. P. Hammer ..........................0 J. Bolge n.o. ...............................3 Extras ......................................45 Total .......................................334 Bowling: F. Brosnan 1/49, D. Beesey 3/44, P. Hammer 3/59, D. Brosnan 0/27, P. Owen 1/44, C. Honeysett 0/22, A. Honeysett 0./22, B. Foon 0/20.
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Air time: Nicholas Stewart tests his jumping ability at Perris Motocross track, southern California, USA. Advancement: local martial arts trainers Andy Law and Scott Griggs flank Grandmaster Eng Chor Khor after being awarded with their 4th Dan certificates.
Prom martial arts instructors advance PROM Coast Martial Arts Club instructors Andy Law and Scott Griggs were presented with their 4th Dan certificates by Grandmaster Eng Chor Khor, president of the National Martial Arts Games Committee recently. Grandmaster Khor personally took both Andy and Scott through the grading process. The presentation was made at a function in Melbourne in early December and is the result of the dedication and perseverance of approximately 30 years training through various martial art disciplines. The presentation was well received by the 300 people present. Andy currently teaches both Yang and Chen style Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong at Foster and Inverloch classes, with emphasis on traditional teaching methods. Tai Chi Chuan (Grand Ultimate Fist) evolved out of the Chinese fighting systems/traditional Chinese medicine and various forms of Qigong around 700 years ago to be a complete health system based around the philosophy of Yin Yang to aid
in preserving/improving health and providing a very efficient fighting system. Tai Chi is considered an internal martial art with reliance on the mind leading internal energy rather than external/muscular force to perform the various techniques and movements. Scott currently teaches Shotokan Karate-Do (empty hand way) at Foster with the emphasis also on traditional ways rather than competition styles. Shotokan was founded by Gichin Funakoshi on the island of Okinawa in the late 1800s before finding its way to Japan, proving itself many times over to be a very efficient martial art system. Shotokan Karate is one of the hard or external martial arts, Tai Chi is known as a soft or internal martial art. Andy and Scott were both thrilled to receive such recognition after so many years involved in martial arts as both practitioners and instructors. Anyone wanting more information on Prom Coast Martial Arts Club can visit the website at www.promcoastmartialartsclub.com.au or call Andy on 0409 871 305 or Scott on 0429 139 937.
Podium finish in sights By Brad Lester MOTOCROSS racer Nicholas Stewart has ticked off items from his bucket list for 2013 with placings in the Gippsland Centre Series and the Victorian Motocross titles, and a riding trip to the USA. Now the 20 year old from Dumbalk is aiming to place again in the massive fields of high level competitors. The Korumburra Motorcycle Club member placed second in the A Grade lights classes of the Gippsland series and Victorian titles last year. While he does not harbor ambitions of turning professional, Nicholas is hoping for a top three finish in the Gippsland and Victorian titles by the end of season 2014. “The competition in A Grade this year is going to be really packed because there are some fast kids coming up,” he said. Nicholas recently enjoyed three weeks riding in the United States of America with friend and fellow racer
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Steven Forrester of Leongatha. They took part in Race So. Cal. (Race Southern California), touring public motocross tracks maintained to perfection and the testing their skills on fresh tracks. “It made me realise that sometimes you just need to get back to basics and think about the things you learnt to start with, like readjusting your technique,” Nicholas said. “It made me realise I need to ride more.” While athletes in any sport keep their cards close to their chest, Nicholas did offer this secret, “It’s all about braking as little as you can into corners and carrying the momentum all the way through. Corner speed and starts are the biggest keys.” He began riding on a PeeWee 50 and then entered racing as a 10 year old. His preferred bike now is his Suzuki RMZ 250 and he is sponsored by Suzuki Australia throughout Marriotts MPE in Leongatha. “The Suzuki has been so reliable for us and it has a little bit more low down power,” Nicholas said. Apart from a decent bike and riding skills, fitness is paramount to racing success. “You might be the fastest but if you are not fit enough when it comes to the Victorian titles, you won’t be able to keep your speed up,” Nicholas said. “Motocross is one of the most physically demanding sports there is. A lot of people don’t realise how physically demanding it is. “It involves pretty much the whole body: legs because you’re always standing up, your arms and your core strength.” He trains in a gymnasium three times a week, but said nothing beats time on the bike to ensure his body is up to the demands of racing. “Riding uses muscles in a totally different way to anything else,” he said. Nicholas needs to look after his body, having broken his femur, his left ankle twice, his right lower leg and right wrist. He’s also injured a shoulder, collarbone and thumb. “If you race motocross, you’re bound to end up with an injury at some point in time,” he said. “It’s just a risk you take for the love of the sport. You can’t live in fear of being injured.” Racing is in the Stewart family. Young brother Wayne, 17, placed third in the Gippsland Series B Grade light class and second overall in the Victorian titles in 2013. In 2012, Wayne finished second in the Australian titles in the 150cc, 14-16 year old class. He is now qualified to race in the A Grade class against Nicholas. “I do not have to worry about winning trophies now. It’s just a matter of beating Wayne,” Nicholas laughed. Elder brother Damien, 22, has given racing away due to injury. The boys’ father Peter is a life member at the Korumburra club and with his brother Brian raced sidecars. Brian was a multiple champion in the discipline. These days, Peter acts as mechanic for his sons. “I could not do it without the help of Dad and Mum (Kerry),” Nicholas said. He also paid tribute to his employers Brendan and Lisa Hemming of B and L Window Tinting for allowing him time away from work to race. Their son Jack also races.
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Moscript represents Victoria By Jacob de Kunder IT was a week filled with heat at the Under 18 Female Cricket National Championships, both in the atmosphere and on the pitch. Leongatha South’s Chelsea Moscript was right in the thick of it representing the state in the competition in Ballarat. “It was a lot of fun and all the games were played at a really high standard,” she said. “I wouldn’t say any of the games were easy because some of the sides this year packed some really good bowlers and because of the hot weather it didn’t help the conditions.”
The teenager started the competition with a match against New South Wales where Victoria came out on top by one wicket. Eight overs in match number two against Western Australia saw the leg spinner take 2/20 in a high scoring match to help secure a win. Wins kept coming for Victoria over ACT, Tasmania and the Auckland Schoolgirls and a 2/4 effort for Moscript against Queensland again helped in a win. A close loss to South Australia came before the grand final against old rivals New South Wales. Unfortunately the NSW chase was too strong and their bats reached the target with two wickets in hand to be named champions.
Despite losing to them in the ultimate game Moscript said her team’s matches with NSW were the highlight. “I think beating New South in the first game in a really close match was a stand out,” she said. “And even in the final, we only needed two wickets and had them right at the end but we just couldn’t get there, but it was a really good match.” Moscript may be showing her skills off to some of Australia’s best female cricketers taking up the chance to bowl to the Australian side – the Southern Stars. The teenager is excited but not too nervous about the opportunity. “I’m not too nervous,” she laughed.
“I am prepared to get knocked around a bit.” Other highlights on Moscript’s calendar include representing Gippsland in the Victorian Championship grand final at the MCG and she is also hopeful of some training with Victoria Spirit in between her club duties at Dandenong. Moscript is also looking towards the Gippsland Girls Cricket Carnival that is coming up in April which is a great way to get into the sport for females.
Below, Spin it up: Leongatha South’s Chelsea Moscript fires in a delivery against Western Australia during the Under 18 Female Cricket National Championships.
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