The Great Southern Star - November 5 2013

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The Melbourne Cup long weekend provided the perfect opportunity for hundreds of bushwalkers, park friends and campers to stage a protest against development in national parks.

Hundreds of people gathered at Tidal River in Wilsons Promontory National Park on Saturday to spell out “HANDS OFF PARKS!� using torches on the beach at dusk. Full story on page 4.

GAS ALARM CSG prospect rises

By Brad Lester THE prospect of coal seam gas (CSG) mining in South Gippsland appears closer than ever.

Talented dancers: from left, Francis Ngarama Tako, Tiara Sawtell and Nature Tanga from the Royal Polynesian Dance Team were about to hit the stage at the Hangi party at the Tarwin Lower Recreation Reserve on Saturday. The event raised money for the Venus Bay and Tarwin Lower Men’s Shed. Full story on page 2.

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In a new report, Peter Reith, chairman of the Victorian Government’s taskforce on the eastern gas market, has cited the need to develop onshore gas reserves to ensure adequate supply, competitive pricing and the security of manufacturing.

Most of the region, including Leongatha, Mirboo North, Inverloch and Wonthaggi, is covered by exploration licences.

Mr Reith handed his report to the government on Friday.

On his website, Mr Reith labelled CSG opposition as “scare campaigns� that had “been allowed to run for far too long and will have adverse repercussions for living standards and jobs�.

Mr Reith said from next year, Queensland liquid natural gas export plants may not be able to acquire enough natural gas from their new gas fields. “In that case, they will source gas from sources otherwise slated for domestic use, thereby pushing up the price,� he said. “In anticipation, prices are already rising. There is little reliable information on what the exact impact might be but at worst there could be big price increases for residential users, a shortage of gas for businesses, and even business closures and job losses.�

But Phil Piper of Coal and Coal Seam Gas Mirboo North doubted Mr Reith’s claims of a gas shortage, given the recent development of the Kipper Tuna Turrum field in Bass Strait, as well as other reserves. “So, we have several decades worth of offshore gas - plenty of time for us to transition from fossil fuels to alternative energy sources,� he said. “We would hope that our government will stand firm against the huge pressure placed, even by its own advisers, upon it and not cave in. Do what a government should do and that is to represent the wishes of the people.�

Deputy Premier and Gippsland South MLA Peter Ryan said greater understanding of the issues posed by any potential CSG industry was needed before decisions were made. “Victoria is closely watching developments in NSW and Queensland while it considers its position,� he said. “The Victorian Coalition Government put a ban on new exploration licences, banned the use of BTEX fracking chemicals and also put a hold on fracking itself. “Victoria does not have a coal seam gas industry and still no confirmed commercial reserves. “There is no way the Coalition Government will put at risk the water aquifers, the agricultural production and the liveability that are the hallmarks of Gippsland.�

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By Tayla Kershaw COAL Creek was buzzing with life and music as the Korumburra park hosted the South Gippsland Busker’s Festival for the first time on Sunday.

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Coal Creek was chosen as the venue to keep the festival in Korumburra and there are plans already being made for next year.

Twenty-six performers showed off their talents.

These were both local musicians and musicians from Melbourne and surrounds.

The buskers loved the idea of being able to perform for an entire day, move around and earn money at the same time.

The public was in-

volved by judging a people’s choice winner. Voting lasted until 4pm.

Buskers were also judged from 12pm until 5pm which resulted in a busk off.

A $1000 reward was up for grabs for the winner.

The winner of the Bill O’Neill Trophy was Brittany Fairthorne and runnerup Janie (Jay) Gordon.

Second runner up was Bryce Wright and other finalists were Aiden Hall, Lachlan Wilde, Ken, Morrie and John.

The festival gave buskers the chance to earn money themselves as well as competing.

“It’s a really good vibe, relaxed and not strictly structured,” Coal Creek coordinator, Rowena Ashley said.

“I’m amazed.”

Tarwin experiences tradition

By Tayla Kershaw THE Venus Bay and Tarwin Lower Men’s Shed gave Tarwin Lower a taste of Maori and Polynesian culture with a Hangi at the Tarwin Recreation Reserve on Saturday.

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A Hangi is a traditional Maori and Polynesian method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven.

It is prepared on special occasions and is interpreted as “party”.

Don Kennedy and Tom Ohia were the main organisers for the event.

This is the first of many functions that will celebrate different nationalities.

“We wouldn’t be able to do it without the ongoing support of local organisations and the Tarwin Football Club,” Mr Ohia said. “It’s an amaz-

Cultural experience: Dot Kennedy from Tarwin Lower and Brenda Hyett from Venus Bay enjoy Tarwin’s function.

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The function included a floor show by the Sunshine Island Band and the Royal Melbourne Polynesian Dancers.

The amount of people interested was larger than expected.

“We really didn’t know how many would turn up. It has been excellent,” Mr Kennedy said.

The money raised will cover the costs of Tarwin Football Club’s facilities and will also go towards a new storage shed and to the Venus Bay and Tarwin Lower Men’s Shed.

For the first time, the men’s shed trialled a transportable mini golf course for the kids.

“In the summer months there’s nothing for kids here. We are looking to give them something to do,” Men’s Shed treasurer, Colin West said.

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Children search is on

By Jacob de Kunder SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council is calling for expressions of interest for a new provider of child care services at Foster and Mirboo North.

The move comes after UnitingCare Gippsland announced two weeks ago it would withdraw as the operator of the two long day care centres, as well as Cowes and Lakes Entrance.

More than 100 concerned parents attended a

meeting at the Prom Coast Children’s Centre at Foster last Wednesday to discuss the future of child care there and council’s response.

Council’s director of community services Jan Martin said council would call for tenders from this Saturday, November 9 and will shortlist applicants over the next two weeks.

The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development will have the ultimate say in who takes over the tender.

Council will be talking with management at the respective centres to deter-

mine its needs. “We have had a number of providers express an interest in what is happening in the community and we have advised them there will be an expression of interest,� Ms Martin said.

She said council would attempt to recover some of the $249,000 given to the centre by the Federal Government. This was meant to be used over a four year period but UnitingCare has only been in the centre for two years. “We believe there is one and a half years they won’t have been providing

that service to receive that money so we will be pursuing that matter with them,�

Ms Martin said.

One parent said if UnitingCare was withdrawing because the business could not break even, then why would another operator take it on?

Ms Martin replied, “We believe there are a number of things that can be looked at. One is the model of service delivery and we suggest there are more efficient ways of looking at managing the service. “When you get a large organisation they some-

Looking ahead: South Gippsland Shire Council staff Shelly Fixter and Liz Wright discuss the child care issue with parent Amy Paul from Fish Creek at the Prom Coast Children’s Centre meeting last week.

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He met with the Parents Advisory Group in Mirboo North to discuss solutions for meeting the child care needs of the town, after UnitingCare Gippsland announced it would withdraw.

Mr Broadbent said attributed the excessive costs to the National Quality Framework imposed by the previous federal government, which he said it “knew it couldn’t afford�.

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Ms Taylor was keen for the new arrangement to integrate kinder and child care models. “My personal preference is for an integrated centre,� she said.

Ms Taylor said a parent of a kinder child who also uses before and after care ends up paying for a whole day of child care as well as the kindergarten service. “An integrated model makes perfect sense to me,� she said.

Sussan Ley, Assistant Minister for Education, said the Federal Government was committed to talking with the state and territory governments to assess the implementation of NQF and whether its implementation should be remodelled in some way,

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A new provider will have to be appointed before Christmas to ensure they are able to take over before UnitingCare’s final day on February 28, 2014.

If a new provider is not found by then, Ms Martin suggested some options. “Plan A is getting someone through the expression of interest like we have been discussing,� she said. “Plan B is establishing a community committee

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Alison Taylor of the Parents’ Advisory Group described the meeting with Mr Broadbent as “extremely comforting�.

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Pedal plan Message delivered for Vietnam

By Jacob de Kunder ADAM Leys is taking a different path when it comes to celebrating his 40th birthday.

The Inverloch man is taking to Vietnam on two wheels to raise money for disadvantaged children in the country.

Mr Leys will be joined by friend and former Wonthaggi man Peter Piasente in the Saigon Childrens Charity Cycle Adventure later this month.

“It is about a 200km trek over three days,” Mr Leys said.

“We go down to the bottom of the Mekong Delta and then spend three days riding back up to Ho Chi Min City.

“We are visiting a lot of things along the way that the fundraising goes towards like healthcare centres and kindergartens and those types of things.”

Mr Leys was originally planning a

fishing trip to celebrate his milestone birthday but instead he said yes to this as a spontaneous idea.

Mr Leys has travelled to Vietnam many times, with the most recent trip being in May. “We took the kids to the top end of the Mekong Delta last time we were there and you see how the children there live,” he said.

“If there’s a way you can improve that and have some fun in process, why not do it?”

Mr Leys is well on his way to reaching his minimum amount of fundraising of $500.

“If we could raise a grand that would be great but anything over the $500 is just a bonus,” he said.

If you wish to donate to Mr Leys for the ride go to www.justgiving.com/adamleys

HUNDREDS of bushwalkers, parks friends and campers converged on Wilsons Promontory National Park on Saturday to spell out a huge “HANDS OFF PARKS!” sign using torches on the beach at dusk.

“This peaceful community protest against the Victorian Government’s attacks on our national parks sent a clear message to Premier Denis Napthine that private developments, grazing and prospecting are not okay in the places we love,” Victorian National Parks Association executive director Matt Ruchel said.

The human sign re-enacted a famous community protest, held on December 29, 1996, against a proposed hotel development at Wilsons Promontory National Park.

The event was organised by the Victorian National Parks Association, the Friends of the Prom, and the Prom Campers Association, and took place at Tidal River beach.

Friends of the Prom president Deb Henry said, “This spelt out a message the Victorian Government can’t ignore.”

Sue Macgregor, president of the Prom Campers Association, said Victorians are proud of their national parks and want them protected, not opened up to private development with 99 year leases.

“The Prom is precious to many Victorians, but all of Victoria’s national parks and conservation areas are critical for nature conservation and already provide low cost rest, respite and recreation for millions of people each year,” she said.

Community groups are calling for recent changes to Victoria’s National Parks Act, which allows 99 year leases for private owners in two thirds of the parks estate, to be reversed.

“Tourism developments are best placed on private land outside but adjacent to parks, or in regional centres,” Mr Ruchel said.

“National parks and conservation reserves are the cornerstone of our efforts to protect nature for future generations. They are not cow paddocks, they are not for mining, and they are certainly not playthings for private resort developers.”

The community calls mirror the voices of 21 eminent Victorians - including leading academics, a Nobel prize winner, former chief scientist and former State Governor - who recently wrote an open letter to Victorian Premier Denis Napthine describing the move to allow 99 year leases in parks as a ‘betrayal of public trust’.

“This community protest comes 12 months before our next state election,” Mr Ruchel said.

“We are calling on all political parties to have strong policies and plans in place to protect and enhance our national parks for nature conservation, not to exploit them.

“National parks are a key community and conservation asset and deserve clear bipartisan support.

“In recent times, too often the great value and benefit of national parks to the community is talked down and undermined.

“Our leaders should be proud to act as custodians of our national parks estate, handing it on to future generations in improved condition.”

A spokesperson for Victorian Environment Minister Ryan Smith said the State Government was looking for sensitive and sensible development so that more people can enjoy national parks.

“We have not had any proposals for a 99 year lease and this would certainly be the exception rather than the expected,” the spokesperson said.

“The irony is that protestors would have been staying is the exact accommodation of what we’re encouraging to see in national parks. This is deliberate scaremongering from the VNPA. All proposals will have to go through a rigorous process outlined in the making a proposal package released recently.”

For a cause: Inverloch’s Adam Leys is encouraging people to donate towards his involvement in the Saigon Childrens Charity Cycle Adventure.

Gas alarm Continued from page 1.

Lock the Gate Victoria co-ordinator Ursula Alquier said, “We know from our work with regional communities that any proposal to expand coal or unconventional gas operations will be deeply unpopular. The Coalition ignores this strong community concern at its peril.”

Mr Reith said he hoped the State Government would “make a positive decision on the future of the gas industry sometime before Christmas”.

“The only barrier is politics. In my opinion, in order to secure existing jobs and to provide the prospect of more jobs, both Victoria and New South Wales cannot afford to delay,” he said.

“Victorians have a choice; they can close their eyes to the future or they can follow in the steps of great Victorians like John Monash and Henry Bolte and strive for the investments and jobs that could be the destiny of our state.”

Mr Reith urged the State Government to engage in public debate, otherwise “scare campaigns and green activists fill the vacuum”.

“And then the public debate is soon mired in myriad false claims, partly because government has not ensured the public is fairly informed and because some activists have other political agendas,” he said.

“Sadly, instead of promoting increased supply of gas by constructively responding to genuine issues, decisions taken in Victoria with its moratoriums and NSW with various policies have encouraged the green activists. This situation will have to change.”

Mr Reith said gas had lower emissions than brown coal and was essential to supplementing wind power.

Mr Reith said fracking was a safe method of extracting CSG and said in

Gippsland, fracking was not likely to be needed on the scale now underway in Queensland.

“There is virtually no country in the world that bans fracking because there is no reason to do so. Fracking was invented in the late 1940s; more and more firms are turning to green fracking which is another innovation from the gas industry,” he said.

Shadow Minister for Energy Lily D’Ambrosio said the Reith report was a failure in public consultation.

“Concerns have been raised that the taskforce assisting Mr Reith was heavily weighted towards industry whilst failing to adequately address the scientific and environmental impact issues around coal seam gas mining,” she said.

“It is important that any review into unconventional mining methods engage appropriately with farmers, local councils, regional communities and environment groups so that concerns can be addressed.

“Peter Reith’s ‘quick and dirty’ slapdash review has cost the Victorian taxpayer a bill of over two thousand dollars a day with many questions still left unanswered.

“The Napthine Government’s review has failed to rule out that fracking would not put at risk the state’s water supplies, food production and tourism industries.”

Documents obtained by the Opposition under Freedom of Information (FOI) of agendas and meeting minutes of the taskforce show almost all consultations undertaken by Mr Reith to be with the energy industry, whilst there is no documented evidence of any local community consultation.

Ms D’Ambrosio said the Opposition had requested a briefing with the Minister for Energy, Nicholas Kotsiras and Mr Reith during the review process, which was denied.

Top notch: captain of Dumbalk Fire Brigade Janet Auchterlonie and Walter Aich, and their awards.

Brave hearts

By Mustafa Nuristani SOUTH Gippsland firefighters were recognised for their acts of bravery at the National Emergency Medal presentation recently.

Seventeen firefighters received medals.

In an interview with The Star, two of the medal recipients talked about their passion for contributing to the community.

Dumbalk farmer Janet Auchterlonie, 54, joined the brigade 30 years ago.

“I joined because it was the community thing to do. In a small country town everyone became a member of the brigade,” the brigade captain said.

“And the philosophy was we help our neighbors and when we have a fire they come and help us.”

While the thought of firefighting can be terrifying, Janet said “it is not as bad as everyone thinks it is”.

“A lot of people don’t join the fire brigade because they imagine us in front of a huge fire trying to put it out. In reality that’s not what it is,” Janet said.

“Often we are coming out and put out smoldering logs that could ignite another fire. It’s not as dangerous as people imagine.”

Walter Aich, 60, also from Dumbalk, received a medal for 15 years of service at the brigade.

He was deployed to Sydney for his first firefighting assignment.

“The first night I was sitting on the back of a tanker, there were 15 tankers in a line, it was dark and we could see light flashing,” Walter said.

“And I thought okay, I can understand why people do this.

You had a sense of belonging and a sense people were there to back you up.”

Janet said it was ‘impressive’ to see people come together and achieve great things under extreme situations.

For Walter, the brigade gave people of all ages a sense of camaraderie and a special way of connecting with the locals.

Janet said while there were several firefighters eligible for the medals, some chose not to be nominated.

Among Janet and Walter, others who received awards were: • Boolarra Fire Brigade: Bruce Billingsley, Diana Billingsley, Michelle Birkbeck, Todd Birkbeck, Ross Kemsley, David O’Brien, Miriam Pickett, Simon Pickett, Roger Pither, Steve Plath, Keith Rand, Vic Scholes, Patricia Thatcher; and • Dumbalk Fire Brigade: Walter Aich, Janet Auchterlonie and Mary Trease; and • Korumburra Fire Brigade: Breanne Turner.

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - PAGE 5

Book eases mum’s pain

By Mustafa Nuristani “IT’S OK Mum. I have lived a good life.”

Those were the words 16 year old Peta Margetts said when she heard she had cancer.

Now, three years later, her grieved mother, Leonie opens up.

“I hate it. I hate every minute of living alone,” the Korumburra woman said.

“For a mother of five, I was used to a house filled with voices and music.

Now all I hear is silence.”

As we sit to talk about Peta and Leonie’s new book, being peta, it’s clear the terrifying ordeal of Peta’s death is relived by her mother daily.

“I make silly tea cozies,” Leonie said.

“After Peta died I used to make cakes, and then they got grander and ridiculous.

“Now, I make and sell tea cozies I have sold hundreds of them and they keep me sane.”

Tea cozies are not Leonie’s passion: she began knitting in the children’s hospital.

“The chemo rooms were quite cold due to the high levels of oxygen,” she said.

“So I started knitting beanies for all the children

to keep their cold heads warm.

“But I could not knit beanies after Peta died,” Leonie said as she took a deep breath fighting her tears.

“I couldn’t do anything really.”

While the death of her youngest was the biggest, most horrific experience, life had been cruel earlier.

It started with the Canberra bushfires in 2004.

“More than 500 hundreds homes burnt around us,” she said.

The family decided to move back to Victoria, where fears of bushfires were not an imminent threat.

But what seemed like a curse had just begun.

“I’m a country girl so moving about one and a half hours away from Melbourne was good. This way the girls could go to university and we didn’t have to deal with the craziness of city life,” Leonie said.

And that’s just when misfortune struck again.

First Leonie’s husband of 30 years decided he didn’t want to be married.

“I had no idea what happened,” she said.

“I gave him five children and all of a sudden, gone.”

But compared to Peta’s

cancer, divorce was nothing.

“It took all the attention from the divorce,” she said.

“We spent all our energy on getting Peta better.

“We had a great prognosis and were told that she will get better again.”

But that was not the case. Peta relapsed just five months after receiving chemotherapy and died soon after.

While the loss of her youngest child was unimaginably painful, the courageous mother is looking at the silver lining.

“We were lucky, we knew she was going to die,” Leonie said.

“I said everything I

wanted to say and don’t have any regrets.

“I promised her to finish her book and now I feel a sense of relief.”

The book is an honest account of Peta’s losing battle with leukemia and the intimate conversations between a mother and a daughter.

“It’s going to make people cry, but it’s important that we talk about grief,” she said.

“Writing the book was the only thing getting me out of bed.

“It has helped me tremendously with my grieving process.” being peta is available online and in all good book stores.

Moving forward: Leonie Margetts reflects on Peta’s life in her Korumburra home.

Wind farm takes shape

By Laura Gibb CONSTRUCTION of tracks at Bald Hills Wind Farm will begin in late November, despite community concerns about the project.

Access tracks are being prepared in the leadup to construction of the wind-power facility between Tarwin Lower and Walkerville.

The wind facility will eventually feature 52 wind turbines scattered across coastal land.

However, some local residents have misgivings about the project.

Sam Walker of Cape Liptrap expressed concern the wind farm would harm bird and bat populations, create unacceptable noise and reduce the value of surrounding properties.

Paul O’Sullivan of Tarwin Lower feared the development would have a negative impact on

the region’s beauty, as well as damaging the mostly unsealed public roads with increased traffic.

“We’ve basically got an industrial estate in the middle of the country, which I’m not very happy about,” he said.

In fact, damage to a road has already occurred.

Early in 2013, work at the wind farm caused damage to Buffalo–Waratah Road, which connects Buffalo, at its northern end, to Walkerville Road in the south.

Buffalo–Waratah Road will carry most of the traffic to and from the building site.

Most of the road’s surface is unsealed and it will have to withstand the passage of heavy machinery used in construction, as well as transport for commuting workers.

Up to 150 workers at a time could be on site at the height of construction.

Matthew Croome, general manager of Bald

Hills Wind Farm, conceded that construction work at Bald Hills did damage the BuffaloWaratah Road and stated that managers promptly had the road repaired.

He said Bald Hills Wind Farm would be more “proactive” about preventing and minimising road damage as they get closer to the beginning of the civil construction phase.

“We have undertaken a baseline survey to establish conditions of road before major activity commences,” he said.

“We’ll try to make sure that where the roads need upgrading to carry out additional traffic, we’ll be carrying that out.”

Mr Croome said Bald Hills Wind Farm staff would be monitoring the condition of the roads throughout the construction phase.

“We have an obligation to ensure the road is maintained.”

Locals can expect to see the first turbines delivered to the site in the second half of 2014.

At home: Leonie Margetts with her late daughter, Peta.

INVERLOCH KINDER Biker still in FAMILY FUN DAY hospital AND WALKATHON

The 59 year old man was hit by a Holden commodore on Tuesday, October 29 in Berwick.

The accident took place east bound on the Prince Highway, near the intersection of the Monash Freeway.

A 19 year old Berwick man has been interviewed in relation to the collision and released pending further enquiries.

According to the police, the rider was rushed to the Alfred Hospital with “life-threatening injuries”.

A spokesman from Alfred Hospital yesterday (Monday) said the man “is in a critical but stable condition”.

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History to go

By Jacob de Kunder A PERMIT application to demolish the Wonthaggi Cooperative Distribution Bakery building has been lodged with Bass Coast Shire Council.

Council’s planning and environment director Hannah Duncan-Jones confirmed council received the application on Thursday.

The special application will need to pass a number of strict conditions before it is approved.

“We have tried to make sure all of the history the building holds will be captured by putting conditions on the permit,” Ms Duncan-Jones said.

“Required are the photographic study, the architectural study and also a report about the site.

“All of the information will be shared with the historical society so it will have it on its permanent record but it will also be

utilised for any further use of the site.”

Council will implement a 173 agreement to attach the historical report, drawings and photos to the site title and then require any future development of the site to incorporate the heritage of the site.

“Also the permit requires that if the actual lettering on the facade cannot be retained and then utilised in a new build, then that lettering has to be replicated on the facade of any new build,” Ms Duncan Jones added.

Council has gone to the greatest extent it can to retain knowledge linked to this site.

The building had been deemed unsafe by structural engineers, which has led to its imminent demolition.

The significance of the building comes as it was the first cooperative building in Wonthaggi and it is the physical birthplace of the cooperative revolution in the town.

Sing it out: students from South Coast Christian School in Leongatha joined in and sang with tens of thousands of students around Australia for the Count Us In music day last Thursday.

Students at schools around Australia sang the same song at the same time.

Enjoying themselves were, back, from left, Tayla Keogh, Rhianna Lamers, Naomi van Leevwen, James Cantwell and Emily Russell, and front, Haley Adams, Jessica Gunia and Dakota Delarlo.

October was wet!

RAINFALL figures have confirmed what we probably already knew; October was very wet and bleak.

The Star’s Leongatha rainfall recorder Kay Peru said “it’s been the wettest October we’ve had for many a year with 110.9mm recorded.”

Last year’s October saw just 34.2mm recorded, in 2011 Leongatha had 92.8mm, in 2010, 78.8mm and in 2009, 93.6mm.

October started wet with 34mm tipped out on the first day. It ended wet too with 30mm on October 23. Leongatha’s year to date total is 1001.6mm.

Fish Creek recorder Neville Buckland said the last three months, August-

October, had been the wettest three months in the town since records were commenced in 1960. The last three months has seen 533mm recorded.

In October 160.5mm was recorded compared to the October average of 95.5mm. It rained 17 days in October.

The total rainfall for the year to date is 1016mm compared to 1097mm last year. At Meeniyan, Lindsay Fromhold reports a very wet October with 145.7mm falling. This compares to the last four years; 42.8mm in 2012, 80mm in 2011, 98mm in 2010 and 98mm in 2009.

So far this year 918.9mm has fallen in Meeniyan to the end of October.

In tune: Leongatha Primary School students joined with 600,000 other school children from around Australia for Count Us In 2013 last Thursday, a nation-wide simultaneous sing-along.

Gathering in the school’s performing arts centre were, from left, Harry Birrell, Zac Carruthers, Gabby Wilkinson and Shaelin Selmes.

Koonwarra market turns 13

By Tayla Kershaw THE Koonwarra Farmer’s Market celebrated its 13th birthday on Saturday and is looking forward to entering its 14th year.

The beautiful weather in Memorial Park brought about an excellent turn out with hundreds of regulars coming along as well as some new faces.

“Thirty per cent of our customers are visiting all the way from Melbourne. They all enjoy it,” market manager Rod Faudell said.

Stallholders did not disappoint, selling a range of fresh, home grown produce. There is a high standard of community support every month.

Thirteen was not an unlucky number this year, with $500 worth of vouchers on offer to lucky customers.

Each prize envelope contained a $30 voucher and were raffled off throughout the morning. These were donated by the stallholders involved.

The market has big plans for stalls in 2014 with the beginning of a new business. Deer Rise will be providing a venison stall as early as January.

The product will be quality venison from a farm near Leongatha.

Various choices of cuts will be made available.

“We are very careful about who we select. We are doing the right thing and selling all natural, genuine products,” Mr Faudell said.

Sweet scent: Cheryl Brennan’s assorted beeswax products smelt Friendly face: Rachel McGlead had plenty of produce to sell. delightful.

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Roads funding drops FIX OUR ROADS

ROADS funding has dropped by nearly 25 per cent in Gippsland in since 2011, the State Opposition revealed yesterday.

Meeting hero: Aston poses with her favourite author Alison Lester.

The maintenance budget for VicRoads’ Eastern Region, which includes South Gippsland and Bass Coast shires, fell from $101.5 million in 2011-12 to $76 million in 2012-13.

Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said all seven VicRoads regions had less funding for roads in 2012-13 than the previous financial year, with a combined cut of more than $160 million across the state.

“Denis Napthine is cutting funds to every road in every part of Victoria,” Mr Napthine said.

Mr Andrews said these funding cuts were responsible for roads fall-

ing into disrepair and this was creating a safety hazard for motorists.

“It’s pretty simple if you take money out of road maintenance and don’t build new roads, the quality of roads in Victoria will suffer and so will motorists,” he said.

“The neglect of regional and suburban roads is no surprise when Denis Napthine is spending $8 billion on a dud tunnel in Melbourne’s inner city no one voted for.

“You can’t fix crumbling roads or build new ones when the transport budget is going to one project at the expense of all others.”

Deputy Premier and Gippsland South MLA Peter Ryan said the Victorian Government inherited poorly maintained roads which had suffered 11 years of neglect by the former Labor Government, in which Mr Andrews served as a senior minister.

“To overcome Labor’s road funding backlog, the Coalition Government is spending $466 million on road maintenance in 2013-14, which is $83 million more than Labor’s last budget for road maintenance in 2010,” he said.

“Road maintenance funding was boosted by $45 million in October 2012 and then by a further $170 million over three years in May 2013.

“More than $4 million has already been announced this year to repair and restore Gippsland South roads around Foster, Buffalo, Fish Creek and Middle Tarwin and a further $5.4 million will be spent on road safety improvements over a 14 km stretch of the South Gippsland Highway, from Lang Lang to Loch.”

In addition to releasing funding figures, the State Opposition today launched new website www.FixOurRoads.com.au that will allow Victorian motorists to nominate roads that have become dangerous, fallen into disrepair and need fixing.

“Labor is launching this website today because the Napthine Government has dropped the ball when it comes to making Victorian roads safe,” Mr Andrews said.

“This campaign will allow motorists to tell us which roads have been neglected and forgotten by the Napthine Government and are in serious need of repair or an upgrade.”

Mr Ryan responded: “Rather than setting up a website, Daniel Andrews should visit country Victoria this summer and see the maintenance works that underway to fix Labor’s mess, including those in Gippsland.”

wider region to participate in the digital age. High-speed broadband can help deliver improved access to health, education and entertainment over high quality video links.”

McMillan MP Russell Broadbent said the rollout of high speed broadband to 880 local homes and businesses would be a boon.

“I think it’s fantastic for Leongatha and its surrounds and I’m really delighted at the news. It will be particularly good for small business in the region, and I think it will help to pull industries in,” he said.

The NBN expansion stood to benefit businesses and residents in Leongatha and surrounds, said Peter Watchorn, president of the Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

“It’s going to give great advantages to the businesses that need the internet,” he said.

“Anything that is going to help provide a better service is better for businesses because everything is going online.

“For people using the internet for banking and communication, it is going to help. If it will offer a better service that is more reliable, then that is the way to go.”

Mr Watchorn said the expansion could attract more businesses to the region.

“It’s going to make it easier for businesses to operate here,” he said.

Foster Chamber of Commerce president John Davies was happy to hear the news.

“It is certainly welcomed and quite often the rural towns miss out but it is good to see that we are in the mix,” he said.

“It will certainly give businesses the ability to use high speed telecommunications as a marketing tool and it perhaps give them some incentive to use that kind of technology.

“A lot of the businesses are on social media and with a higher speed of telecommunications, the more we will use it.”

The wireless network is also being rolled out in Bass Coast Shire but council is uncertain about the future of the fibre rollout, council’s economic development manager Peter Francis said.

“Phillip Island is nominated for fibre so we are just waiting to see what will happen under the Coalition (federal government),” he said.

On average, it takes around 12 months from the start of construction until residents and business owners can order NBN retail services from telephone or internet service providers.

“More information will be provided to residents about how to connect as construction nears completion in each area,” Mr Gibbs said.

NBN Co’s wholesale fixed wireless service offers download speeds of up to 25 megabits per second and upload speeds of up to 5 megabits per second.

Residents in the above towns should visit the NBN Co website to see if their home or business is included as part of the coverage footprint via the interactive map: www. nbnco.com.au/rollout/rollout-map.

Author lures children NBN action at last

By Mustafa Nuristani

CHILDREN’S author Alison Lester launched her new children’s book Kissed by the Moon in Wonthaggi on Sunday.

More than 40 family members filled Mega Bites café, where the award winning author talked, signed books and shared her thoughts.

Alison, 60, was born in Foster and has published more than 25 picture books.

“I grew up riding horses and playing with cattle all the time. I lived on a farm and that’s all I thought of the world,” she said.

“I also loved drawing and my favourite books were by Australian author Mary Grant Bruce.”

The latest lyrical lullaby for young children, Kissed by the Moon, has sold more than 10,000 copies.

Alison said she was “very pleased so

many copies had sold and hoped it resonated with people abroad”.

“We all have the same moon, the same ocean and the sun, so I wouldn’t be surprised if it was universally accepted,” she said.

Alison has spent the last two years as a children’s laureate for Australian Children Literature Alliance and travelled around Australia and overseas.

She said the most common experience was the prevalence of inequality in Australian schools.

“It’s very unfair some students in Australia don’t get the same opportunities as others,” Alison said.

“Basically the well-off students have wonderful opportunities and the kids from socially disadvantaged situations, never get the chance to get a good education and to live their dreams.”

The book Kissed by the Moon is available online and in all good book stores.

Loch backs sewerage By Jacob Kunder

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A SPOKESMAN for Loch has said the town doesn’t want any more delays in the Loch/Poowong/ Nyora Sewerage Scheme.

Chris Strong, the town’s community contact with water authority South Gippsland Water on the issue, said the Loch community was happy with the revised system but concerned about possible delays protests from another town would cause.

“One of the things I am concerned about from Loch’s point of view is the unrealistic view taken by the Nyora people that could actually put the scheme at risk,” he said.

“The more people complain, the more it throws the whole thing into risk which I think for the other two towns would be an enormous pity. Nyora’s going to be covered

with what it needs to be covered.

“I wish everyone would let it happen and get on with it.”

SGW was challenged to create a revised scheme by the Essential Services Commission after its original $28m plus project was rejected. The new budget is $20m and 280 fewer properties will receive the service than originally planned.

Mr Strong was happy with the revised scheme which he said would address the issues the towns face.

“I think it actually has the potential to work,” he said.

“From Loch’s point of view, we are very happy with it because we are in desperate need of a sewerage system.

“The actual grey water from washing up and so on just runs down the main street so it’s a pretty terrible situation.

“I know the authority is trying to get the decision through by the end of this year and if it

does then we will be very pleased.”

Mr Strong said he believed the Poowong community should be happy with the new scheme as well.

“Looking at what is proposed for Poowong I would think they are pretty happy too,” he said.

“They have problems not dissimilar to ours but most of the properties causing the problems come under the scheme.”

By Brad Lester and Jacob de Kunder FASTER internet services are on the way to South Gippsland.

NBN Co last week announced the National Broadband Network would be rolled out throughout the region, with 1680 homes and businesses to receive high-speed broadband.

Construction of the fixed wireless network has now started at Ruby, Dumbalk, Boolarra, Bena, Toora and Welshpool.

This promises better internet for Leongatha, Leongatha North, Korumburra, Kardella, Dumbalk, Mirboo North, Stony Creek, Boolarra, Boolarra South, Bena, Loch, Toora, Toora North and Welshpool.

Tony Gibbs, NBN Co’s community relations adviser, said the fixed-wireless service can bring better broadband to rural areas.

“More farms, residents and businesses can look forward to faster internet access with the NBN expanding its broadband footprint,” he said.

“For decades, rural and regional Australia has been left behind when it comes to telecommunications.

The fixed wireless service is designed to deliver the internet speeds and bandwidth that many in the big cities take for granted today.

“The NBN also means you can get the whole family on line at once, opening up opportunities for local farms, businesses and the

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Tram rises to occasion

By Jacob de Kunder MELBOURNE’S newest public artwork sculpture depicting a W Class tram was created far from where the trams run.

Foster was where most of the work on the 10 metre tall work was completed and

was at the hands of local artist David Bell.

Mr Bell has poured more than18 months of work into the breathtaking piece of art and hopes the piece is received well by the people of Melbourne.

“I wanted to make a monument to a Melbourne icon and I had noticed there are monuments all over the world in cities that are of famous people like explorers

Standout: Raising the Rattler Pole – The last of the Connies was created by Foster based artist David Bell.

and founders,” he said.

“Instead I thought it would be really lovely to have a stone monument to something that people have memories and stories about and I couldn’t think of anything more iconic than a W class tram.”

The piece, titled Raising the Rattler Pole – The last of the Connies stands upright over the intersection of Spencer and Flinders streets.

“It’s quite ghostly in a way,” Mr Bell said.

“It looks like it is made of stone and the windows glow softly at night and it really is a tribute to the last of the conductors.”

The piece was installed last Monday week and has been delighting people in the CBD since.

According to Melbourne lord mayor Robert Doyle, Raising the Rattler Pole is a fantastic addition to Melbourne’s public art collection.

“It is sure to become an iconic piece that is talked about by Melburnians and visitors alike,” he said.

Chair of arts and culture Cr Rohan Leppert said the City of Melbourne was delighted to see a beloved Melbourne object become part of the city’s public art collection.

Mr Bell said he understands controversy over public art but hopes many people can relate to this work.

“I think it will appeal to

a reasonably wide demographic. It is intended to be a bemusing and a bit startling at the same time,” he said.

“There will always be criticism of public art and I can understand that.

“Public art sometimes doesn’t always take into account the community it is being given to, so I am hoping the tram will be received by the community as something that is very much part of Melbourne life, instead of a tribute to an artist or a pretty shape.

“This is always how I approach my art. I don’t have a set thing that I do. I consider myself as a bit of a working class artist. I design what I think fits the brief and what will fit into the community.”

The art piece is based around a steel frame clad in exterior ply and covered with a mineral polymer render.

The hard wearing render gives the effect of stone and complements the poly carbonite windows and copper window surrounds.

Mr Bell won the $360,000 commission for the work ahead of over 40 other artists and included a team of locals when completing the project.

Bell’s wife Bec Matthews managed the project, Yanakie artist Grant Flather helped on all aspects, Trevor Wheeler of Fish Creek did cooper window surrounds and incidental metal works, Jeff Bell assisted with clad-

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ANNUAL REPORT 2012/13 The Annual Report has now been adopted by Council.

Copies can be viewed at local libraries, Tarwin Lower Health Centre, Venus Bay Community Centre and at www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au

Wed, 27/11/13 - ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING 2pm 10.00am - Public Presentations – Ph: 5662 9222 to book a speaking time

NEW ROAD NAMES Council resolved at its ordinary meeting held on 23 October 2013 (pursuant to Section 10 Clause 5 (1)(a) of the L G A 1989) to formalise the following new road names: a) Road 1 traversing in a northerly direction for 100 metres off Princes St, in the township of Korumburra, as Wrights Close. b) Road 2 traversing in a northerly direction for 350 metres off One Chain Rd, in the locality of Kardella, as Brydons Road. c) Road 3 traversing in a east/north Direction 180 metres off Stevens Road, in the locality of Kardella South, as Hollands Road.

GREEN WASTE AMNESTY Residents can dispose of green waste at Council's Waste Transfer Stations from 2 November to 31 December FREE OF CHARGE to encourage reduction of vegetation hazards on properties and minimise fire risk before the peak season. However, blackberry, ragwort, broom, mirror bush, kikuyu grass, hawthorn, cape weed, pampas grass, palm fronds and cordylines are not included in this amnesty offer.

These species must be disposed of as general waste, with the applicable fees payable. Residents can also collect mulch for their gardens free of charge year round during operating hours. Transfer station locations and operating hours can be found at www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au TRAFFIC CHANGES: LOCH POOWONG ROAD Tree removal and guardrail installation works are underway on the Loch Poowong Rd between Ferriers Rd and the S G Highway- until 15 November.

Motorists are advised that one lane will be closed during works and short delays are expected to ensure public safety.

These new road names are now officially registered with the Office of Geographic Names and will be gazetted in the Victoria Government Gazette on 7/11/13.

Maps and databases will be updated in due course and emergency service providers notified.

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ding, Hugh Anderson performed the finishes, John Hattam from Meeniyan did the engineering and logistics, and was assisted by Chris Zerbe from Buffalo.

Venus Bay’s Paul Deery did the engineering draft-

ing and consultation for the project.

“It is very much my intention that if I get more work that I keep the team local and keep the workshop running down here rather than do it in the city,” Mr Bell said.

“I would like to thank the City of Melbourne and the lord mayor for commissioning the project because it was a brave commission.

They could have easily gone for something that was not quite as difficult.”

Great work: chief artist David Bell and his wife and project manager Bec Matthews are happy with the completed product of the newest public artwork in Melbourne.

ExxonMobil spreads goodwill EXXONMobil Australia held its annual community liaison luncheon at the Foster Golf Club last Thursday.

Lunch attendees included representatives from South Gippsland Shire, South Gippsland Water, Gippsland Ports, West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, district emergency services (CFA brigades, Police, State Emergency Service, Rural Ambulance Victoria), primary and secondary schools and more.

Barry Beach Marine Terminal superintendent Mark Duthie said the lunch was one of the key activities held to inform the community of what the company’s activities.

“The major Kipper-Tuna-Turrum project is now producing gas into Victoria.

It has been the major project at ExxonMobil for the last few years,” he said.

“Our safety record continues to go well, three years

without a recordable injury.

We are proud of the team as our safety record is a major achievement.”

Mr Duthie said the Barry Beach terminal had been operating for more than 40 years and was a major part of operations for Gippsland.

“We will continue to operate in the area and are

currently planning upgrades to Barry Beach to make sure we can operate for another 40 years,” he said.

“Because of the way we operate, we have a security requirement for fencing around the site at Barry Beach, but that doesn’t stop us interacting with the community.”

Get together: Rocco Maruzza from the Port Welshpool Coast Guard and David Grylls from the Welshpool CFA enjoyed a catch up at the ExxonMobil community liaison lunch last Thursday.

POLICE BRIEFS Men charged TWO men have been charged for assaulting a student during a social night at a Leongatha hotel.

At 10.30pm, October 17, students from Mary Mackillop College and Leongatha Secondary College were in a licensed premise with other groups.

The pre-muck-up party turned sour when two men, 31 and 34 from Leongatha, became upset and started to argue with the students.

The students caught up in the argument left the bar, but were followed by the angry men. They managed to escape unharmed.

However, some new students who had just arrived became caught up with the offenders.

One male student from Leongatha Secondary College was hit in the side of the face and was rushed to hospital, where he received stitches in his ear, plus other minor cuts and abrasions.

Sergeant Dale McCahon of Leongatha Police said two males were interviewed in relation to the assault.

They have been charged on summons to appear at Korumburra Magistrate’s Court at

a later date.

Drink driving DRINK driving and hooliganism has led to an Inverloch man’s car being impounded and a fine of more than $1000.

At 7pm Friday, November 1, the 25 year old man was interviewed in relation to drink driving in the Leongatha CBD. His car was impounded for a month under hoon laws at a cost of more than $1000.

The man is due to appear in Korumburra Magistrate’s Court on summons at a later date.

Twice in one night A DISQUALIFIED unlicensed 42 year old Inverloch man has been charged for driving an unregistered truck, twice in one night.

At 7pm Friday, November 1, the man was charged for one count of driving while disqualified and one count of driving an unregistered three tonne truck.

At 9pm, on the same night, the man was stopped again on Nerrena Road, which resulted in two more similar charges.

The man facing four charges and is due to appear court at a later date.

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - PAGE 9

Chain smokers We light up as state seeks ban

By Brad Lester SMOKING rates in Bass Coast Shire Council are higher than the state average.

An estimated 20.8 per cent of Bass Coast residents smoke, more than the state average of 15.7 per cent.

In South Gippsland, about 14.1 per cent of people smoke.

The figures came as the State Government plans to crack down on smoking in public places.

The government recently introduced the Tobacco Amendment Bill 2013 (the Bill) into the Victorian Parliament. The bill is a bid to amend the Tobacco Act 1987 to introduce new outdoor smoking bans in areas frequented by children and young people for recreation and sport.

Under the proposed amendments, smoking will be prohibited within 10 metres of outdoor children’s playground equipment, skate parks, and sporting venues during organised underage children’s sporting events, as well as in outdoor areas of public swimming pool complexes.

The proposed bans come on top of those implemented in December last year that prohibit smoking at all patrolled beaches in Victoria.

Latrobe Community Health Service welcomed the government’s

move. Health service CEO Ben Leigh said the new legislation, once passed, would make it healthier for children and adults to attend sports and play areas.

“While adults can decide to smoke, their decision should not affect the health of children and nearby adults, particularly those who are otherwise trying to improve their health through sports and recreation,” he said.

“Research shows there is no safe level of smoking. Smoking, including other people’s smoke, has many long and short terms impacts on health. The best thing that any smoker can do for their health is to quit smoking.”

Mr Leigh said Gippsland’s high smoking rates could contribute to rates of chronic disease above the state average.

“While this can’t be attributed exclusively to smoking, it is one of the lifestyle factors that does hold back overall health improvement,” he said.

“While these figures are still high, the good news is that they have come down in recent years and no doubt this can be attributed in part to the stricter laws on smoking and the sale of tobacco products.”

Bryan Sword, South Gippsland Shire Council’s planning and environmental health manager, said council supported the move.

“Anything that improves public

health for the community is a good thing,” he said.

“The community does a pretty good job of accepting these reforms.”

Bass Coast Shire Council’s community safety manager Philippa O’Halloran said there were already restrictions on smoking in some areas such as children’s playgrounds.

“Generally, there is little need for enforcement in these types of areas as people take a responsible attitude,” she said.

“Council has the power under its local laws to restrict smoking in specified areas to go further than the proposed State Government restrictions.

“This can be done by a resolution of council and could apply to such areas as footpath dining; however at this stage, there is no proposal to undertake these type of restrictions.”

Councils are most likely to have responsibility for enforcing the laws if they come into effect. Neither council felt enforcing the new restrictions would place significant pressure on council resources.

Keith Beamish was at Rainbow Park at Inverloch with his grandchildren Jordan and Brock Robbins of Inverloch recently. The Queenslander felt the legislation was unnecessary.

“I do not think they should be banning it because it is still a legal product,” the non-smoker said.

Handy team: the staff at The Rusty Windmill get set for renovations. From left, Steph Thompson, Monique Ross, Sandy Nicols, Bonny Weymouth, proprietor Shareena Boyd and Leah Beckwith.

New look for eatery icon ONE of Leongatha's favourite Take-away coffee will be sold through the front window. eateries is about to get better.

The Rusty Windmill will be renovated this month to make way for a bigger kitchen, more eating space, a take-away coffee bar and more catering opportunities in the new year.

Proprietor Shareena Boyd and her team are also looking forward to opening several nights a week and acquiring a liquor licence to offer customers a range of drinks.

But the rustic nature of the interior will remain.

“Leongatha has warmed to that and we want to keep that,” Shareena said.

“We will have a new look out the front with white walls with green shutters and a concrete seating area.”

The store will close on November 13 and reopen on November 20 while renovations are underway.

The change comes a year after the business opened in McCartin Street.

A pergola will be built over the rear courtyard, which will also be expanded.

The Rusty Windmill is now the Leongatha pick-up point for Grow Lightly produce deliveries every Sunday, and in fact the business sources its produce through Grow Lightly and Aherns at Foster.

“Most of what we are putting on the plate is Gippsland grown,” Shareena said, adding Australian ingredients are used as much as possible.

The business is working towards Victorian Farmers' Market Association accreditation, and is now attending the Koonwarra and Coal Creek farmers' markets, offering pantry items and sweets.

Of the 10 local staff, two are undertaking hospitality traineeships and one a chef's apprenticeship.

The Rusty Windmill supports local community groups by offering vouchers.

The business trades 8am-4pm, seven days a week, and is open for lunches and get togethers.

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Wednesday, November 13 and reopening Wednesday, November 20 Play time: Keith Beamish, with his grandsons Jordan (left) and Brock Robbins of Inverloch, said cigarettes are still legal products and smoking should not be banned from such playgrounds as Rainbow Park at Inverloch.

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No vision for job SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Kieran Kennedy has ruled out employing an officer to implement a vision for the shire.

Council had initially planned to create a new position – a project manager for Vision 2050 – and later advertised the position with a salary package of $98,376.

But in the light of a controversial rate rise and massive budgetary pressures due to superannuation liabilities, reduced grant income and other pressures, the position was shelved.

Cr Kennedy told The Star council had ruled out seeking a project officer for the job.

“We called a halt to it because it

was ill timing and we need to sit back and take a cautious approach, and that is why we are setting ourselves the task and saving our residents,” he said.

The job of setting council’s direction is now the responsibility of the Community Engagement and Evolving Vision Steering Committee.

That group has held several meetings and was “well on the way to getting its teeth into the meat”, Cr Kennedy said.

“We want to get a few things in place first, to get the structure right in our own minds first,” he said.

The committee comprises all councillors, the CEO and directors, and staff from council departments including customer relations, governance and community strengthening.

Future consultation with parties beyond council is planned.

Council could turn to social media as a way of informing and involving the public in council decision making, and may include Facebook, Twitter and council’s Youtube channel.

The public could also be surveyed on customer satisfaction and understanding community expectations, in addition to the current annual Community Satisfaction Survey overseen by the State Government.

Residents could also be able to subscribe to digital information about council matters, such as via e-newsletters, online forums and online surveys.

Council expects to adopt a council Social Media Policy governing council’s use of social media.

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PAGE 10 - “THE STAR”, Tuesday, November 5, 2013

BEWARE of ‘tradies’ door-knocking for work.

An elderly couple was approached on the weekend in Leongatha to have their gutters cleaned for $350. On being given the go-ahead, the ‘tradie’ did the work in half an hour.

Fortunately the daughter lives over the road and approached the worker about the high cost for the work and he took off.

It is a warning for others not to accept work before the price, time taken and type of work are clearly explained. It may pay to check with a family member or qualified tradesperson before accepting the offer of service.

THE Mirboo North and District Community Foundation is now offering grants to help with education costs.

The Educational Support Fund is open to Australian citizens or permanent residents, people enrolled or intending to enrol in a recognised course of study in 2014, and people with a connection to Mirboo North, Boolarra, Darlimurla, Dumbalk, Mirboo, Thorpdale and Yinnar, including Allambee and Hallston.

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To find out more, email: info@mirboodistrict foundation.org.au THE Leongatha Swimming Club is hosting a special Come and Try swimming training session next Tuesday, November 12 for juniors and seniors wishing to get involved in swimming. The night is free for the training session, however those attending will still need to pay SG Splash for entry into the pool. See advertisement in today’s Sport for details and times.

DON’T miss St Laurence’s Parish and primary school fete on this Saturday, November 9 from 9am.

There’s plenty for all the family with activities, rides, and plenty of food. The action takes place in the school grounds in Ogilvy Street, Leongatha.

LEONGATHA Secondary College teacher Tony Clark has been named assistant principal at Trafalgar High School.

College principal Brett Windsor said Mr Clark has shown immense leadership potential over the last four years and deserves his promotion.

THREE Meeniyan CFA members went to NSW in October to help fight the bushfires. They worked alongside 2000 firefighters, including others from

Victoria and Tasmania. The three Meeniyan volunteers ended up driving tankers back from the blaze.

THE Dumbalk Open Garden Day begins at the CFA building at 12.30pm on Sunday, November 10. The cost of $10 gains you a map, afternoon tea, lucky prizes and entry to five gardens. Proceeds go to Dumbalk CFA. Enquiries to 5662 4266 or 5664 4344.

C O N G R AT U L A TIONS to Mitchell Gin, Nicholas Hakansson, Zoe Reed and Kelly Frilay-Cox who have been elected captains of Newhaven College for 2014.

SOUTH Gippsland Secondary College students Courtney McBride, Karli Blunden, Leith Green, Louis Wheeler and Chelsea McGannon are settling in well at the Alpine School near Dinner Plain. Despite 6.30am rises and being away from home, the students report they are settling in well and working on their project to enhance Foster’s laneways.

WELL done to Mary MacKillop College student Aron Lockart on receiving a bursary from the Science Talent Search competition.

Aron won the prize for his work on a hydroelectric plant project. He will attend the presentation day at Latrobe University, Bundoora, tomorrow (Wednesday).

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Round ’em up THE 11th annual Berryden Sheepdog Trial will be held near Mirboo North on November 15-17.

The event, at Jean Moirs’ property at 39 Dyalls Lane, will be attended by competitors from around Victoria and interstate.

This event is run by the South Gippsland Working Dog Group and is affiliated with the Victorian Working Sheep Dog Association.

The improver and open section will be judged on Friday by Bill Paton of Koroit.

The novice section will be judged by James Dodge of Snake Valley on Saturday. John Tuddenham of Ross Creek will judge the encouragement section for those starting out or haven’t been in sheepdog trialing for long. This class will be run at lunchtime on Saturday and Sunday.

The handler and his dog have to negotiate three sheep through a series of obstacles which includes a

long cast, gap in a fence, a race, a bridge and a pen.

All competitors start with a credit of 100 points and the judge deducts points where he sees the dog or handler not moving the sheep in an optimum manner.

The skill is in the handler commanding the dog to be exactly where he wants it to be and guiding the dog’s instinct to work effectively.

Sheepdog trialing is a sport many people love to watch. The public is welcome to watch this great sport for a gold coin donation. It is advisable to bring a chair to watch in comfort.

Some 100 trained, talented and dedicated dogs will work from 8am each day. It will finish about 2pm on the Sunday.

Dyalls Lane is 17.5km from Leongatha and 8km from Mirboo North. The trial will be sign posted.

For more information phone 5997 7378.

Family fun in Inverloch THE Inverloch Recreation Reserve will be transformed into a kids delight all in the name of a good cause this Sunday, November 10.

The Inverloch and District Preschool is hosting a fundraiser at the reserve as well as its annual walkathon.

Walkathon coordinator and committee member, Michelle Matthews, said this year members of the public were also encouraged to attend.

“It’ll be a great morning at the recreation reserve,” she said.

“We’ve got a jumping castle, face painting, balloon animals and more!

“We’re asking local businesses to get on board and support our ever popular raffle.

“We’d love to have a few more donations – gift vouchers, goods, services – anything really.”

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for their walkathon and will complete their laps bright and early at 9.30am on the Sunday.

“After the walkathon and obstacle course is complete, the fun really starts,” Ms Matthews said.

“There will be lots of delicious homemade goodies available at the bake stall, egg and bacon rolls for breakfast and coffees for the adults.”

For more information call Ms Matthews on 0438 477 539 or email michellembt@waterfront.net.au You can also follow the event on Facebook – Inverloch and District Preschool Walkathon Fundraiser.

All money raised from the event will go to an education fund for a preschool family whose mother recently passed away.

The Family Fun Day starts at 9.30am on Sunday, November 10 to 12.30pm.

Inverloch junior cricket will play at the reserve from 1pm.

Run away: a rogue koala found refuge in a tree in Leongatha’s Michael Place on Friday. Wildlife Victoria’s Peter Haydon was on hand to rescue the injured marsupial which he had suspected to have been attacked by a dog. The koala was taken to a veterinarian and will be released into the wild when it is healthy.

Mo-ving on up: it’s November or for some of the male population, Movember. Many locals will be choosing to sport a hairy upper lip this month to raise money for men’s health research.

Moyarra’s Nick Paterson is taking things to the next level and will be wearing a mohawk for the entire month as well as growing a moustache in an effort to raise more funds. Most would consider this a brave move. If you wish to support Nick with his double mo effort head to http://au.movember.com/mospace/6537377.

Think of others IT’S NOW – National Others Week.

This week it is a time when we can all do our bit, be it small or large, that will make someone else’s life just that little bit better and that little bit happier.

It’s a week when we reflect on others around us and to act NOW with a random act of kindness.

There are some NOW ideas or you may think of some of your own. Go out and be ‘a mate’ to someone in your community NOW. • stop to talk to someone you don’t know well; • stop complaining; • tell five Facebook friends what you appreciate about them; • take someone for a cup of coffee; • give mum a cheerful helping hand; • call in to see how someone is or make a phone call; • smile; and • express thanks to those who serve you, e.g. shop assistant, waiter.

National Others Week was launched in Parliament House last year by Global Care of the Christian Outreach Church. In this district it is supported by the Leongatha Uniting Church.

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - PAGE 11

No age limit Young people in aged care

By Brad Lester PEOPLE as young as their thirties are living in aged care in South Gippsland.

Bass Coast Regional Health accommodates a young woman, as well as several people in their fifties, at its hostels at Wonthaggi and San Remo, in a mix of high and low care.

But despite being surrounded by people decades older than themselves, the younger residents have no other alternative for accommodation and the special care they require.

So low is the demand for 24/7 care for young people across Victoria, the only feasible accommodation would be a centralised hostel, most likely in Melbourne, but that would remove people from their family and friends.

According to advocacy group Youngcare, more than 7500 young Australians (under the age of 65) with full-time care needs now live in aged care due to lack of other alternatives.

Younger residents typically have core disabilities, such as a mental illness, an acquired brain injury, early onset dementia or motor neurone disease, and hail from the local community.

Their conditions mean they may not be safe outside of aged care, such as a due to a high risk of falling.

Aged care, however, is perhaps the best accommodation for young patients said Janet Lodge, Bass Coast Regional Health’s director of nursing.

“If they need someone to care for them 24/7, that is not always possible if their parent or someone similar is not able to care for them,” she said.

To be admitted to aged care, people must typically be aged 65 or over and be approved for assessment by the Department of Health.

Being in the company of much older people is rarely a problem for young residents, Ms Lodge said.

“That has been their life from what may have been a birth incident or an accident; they have been isolated from their peer group and have been surrounded by professional carers,” she said.

“Their socialisation has just been limited, but in an aged care facility, they could have more socialisation than what they would at home.”

Bass Coast’s aged care program manager Anne Main said despite being in care, residents are encouraged to maintain their relationships with people in the community.

Joan Lowney, aged care clinical manager at Bass Coast, said some younger residents had been in and out of hospitals for some time, and often entering care was the best option for them.

“Parents would possibly want to keep their children at home for as long as possible, but it would possibly be a strain on the parents as they get older,” Ms Lowney said.

“But if the funding is there from the Department of Health to look after these people in the facilities, then that is probably the better option.”

Ms Lowney ensures all residents’ needs are met through tailored activities and games.

“We try to make the program as individual as we can. They can join or they can sit in their room for as long as possible,” she said.

Prom Country Aged Care at Foster and Toora has some residents nearing the age of 65.

CEO Rhett McLennan said the service’s Banksia Lodge at Foster could cater for younger residents now the new facility next door is completed.

“A couple of people have said it would be great if we could provide some sort of care for young people who need it around the clock,” he said.

“We need to experience the NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) and see what comes out of that. There may be some options in relation to respite that can be available.

“We know there are families out there that need respite care, if not full time care. It is something aged care services probably need to look at in the future.”

Neither Gippsland Southern Health Service nor Strzelecki House at Mirboo North have residents aged under 65.

Woorayl Lodge at Leongatha has a 61 year old resident.

Vibrant place: Armitage House senior resident Jan Grinham chats with Bass Coast Regional Health staff Janet Lodge (front), and back, from left, Anne Main and Joan Lowney.

Bush hoons warned

By Jacob de Kunder RECKLESS off road hoons in four wheel drives and riding motorbikes have been destroying vegetation in state forest around Hallston.

The hoons are creating new tracks through areas of the Mirboo North Regional Park and surrounding forest ravaged by bush fire earlier in the year.

Gerard Delaney, Parks Victoria ranger in charge South Gippsland, said the Department of Environment and Primary Industries and Parks Vitoria was aware of the issue.

“We have a number of management strategies in place to deal with the issue,” he said.

“Education is the key to ensure park users are aware of what they are legally allowed to do in state forests and national parks.

“Therefore, we have conducted a series

of rider education days, ranger patrols of the area, installed appropriate signage and closed illegal tracks within the park itself.”

These hoons are subject to on the spot fines.

“Under the Land Conservation Vehicle Control Act, if riders or drivers are caught riding or driving off-road they can be fined on the spot by DEPI and PV officers,” Mr Delaney said.

“In relation to illegal, reckless activity and rider behaviour, Victoria Police is responsible for issuing fines such as licensing and registration breaches.”

Trail bike riders, like all other vehicles user, are required to follow certain legal requirements.

Those who are registered, licensed and stay on formed road and tracks are welcome to ride on the forest roads, but those who are unlicensed and unregistered are limited to private land or motorcycle club venues.

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CSG scepticism WHY are the Peter Reith recommendations on fracking being kept secret?

Previous form would strongly suggest National Party Leader Peter Ryan will not ‘protect us’ against coal seam gas in Gippsland, as proclaimed in the last issue of The Star.

Liberal Mr Peter Reith says it must be implemented as a matter of urgency. Premier Napthine suggests a go slow approach. Why? Oh, that’s right, a state election is looming. What a surprise.

So often the National Party bends over to its big city coalition partner, the Liberals, on issues affecting rural Victorians, to the benefit of big business interests.

Other examples include the savage cuts to road maintenance and TAFE funding in regional Victoria - without a wimper from Peter Ryan.

Just as our roads are still a disgrace, previous form would suggest Peter Ryan will bend and allow the Liberals to implement fracking after the next state election.

By then it will all be too late and perhaps Mr Ryan may even

E D I T O R I A L Gas report a must read DEPUTY Premier Peter Ryan is not in an enviable position.

On one hand, he was ultimately elected to represent the constituents of his electorate of Gippsland South.

On the other, he is Deputy Premier of the state, with the interests of all Victorians to consider.

When it comes to the issue of coal seam gas, he is faced with seemingly widespread opposition from the electorate but perhaps economical opportunities for broader Victoria.

With the State Government now in possession of Peter Reith’s report about the future of gas supplies in this state, the government is left to decide whether to advance coal seam gas opportunities in Victoria.

A betting man would be wise to back the eventual development of coal seam gas mining in Victoria, if exploration by mining companies proves there are commercial quantities available.

But where this takes place is a little more uncertain and as everyone keeps advocating, must not impact upon our precious groundwater resources and reputation for safe food production, whether that be in South Gippsland or elsewhere.

Mr Reith is insisting the government responds to his report

by Christmas, but Mr Ryan has wisely stated the government would not be rushed.

The government will no doubt give substantial reasoning for its stance one way or the other, but to gain respect from the electorate, the government must make the Reith report publicly available for the sake of being open to the community.

If Mr Reith is as confident about fracking’s minimal environmental impact as he says he is, then the contents of his report would no doubt make interesting reading.

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have retired. Too bad for the farmers who have voted for Peter all these years.

Andrew McFarland, Venus Bay.

Protect Prom I DID not attend the Prom protest (The Star, October 29, 2013, page 5) but I would like to register my objections to encroachment onto national parks by commercial development and cattle grazing.

I am horrified by the disdain, denial and disregard shown by coalition governments toward environmental concerns, especially biodiversity loss and climate change. Threats to national parks are just one aspect of this vandalism.

The reason I did not attend the Prom protest is that I was spending time with family and friends, dear to me, who converged from WA, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne to enjoy each other, Koonwarra, and the rural and coastal ambience of South Gippsland. Some continued on to bushwalk in the Prom.

These (young) people, all working hard and contributing to Australia, are the ones I have in mind when I register my protest.

I also have in mind the future

of South Gippsland’s agriculture, tourism, and lifestyle features that are endangered as the environment degrades.

I ask our representatives in government (state and federal) to show leadership, locally and globally, in protecting and enhancing an environment that will sustain our children and their descendents.

You can be sure the environment was a topic of conversation around our table this weekend.

Kate Walsh, Koonwarra.

Dairy action THERE has been a lot of concern expressed recently about the $1/litre milk and its effect on the dairy industry.

As part of this concern, dairy farmers want their industry representatives to be working as assiduously as possible to deal with this problem.

At our last meeting, the South Gippsland branch of VFF asked the CEO of Australian Dairy Farmers, Natalie Collard, to explain how they are dealing with this issue.

Ms Collard explained that they and National Farmers Federation (NFF) want a mandatory code

of practice to regulate the major supermarkets. This is difficult to achieve, but we are not giving up.

NFF was party to the drawing up of a voluntary code but pulled out when the proposed document was less onerous than the current Produce and Grocery Industry Code of Practice. The supermarkets are still negotiating with the Australian Food and Grocery Council.

However, both the Coalition and Labor have agreed on a ‘root and branch’ review of the Competition and Consumer Law and that if a code satisfactory to the major users (ie grocery and food, including farming) is not agreed, they will consider a mandatory code. This would probably be administered by ACCC. Gordon Vagg, president, South Gippsland branch, Victorian Farmers Federation.

Mr Ryan disconnected JUST as Deputy Premier Peter Ryan gives his strongest assurance the coal seam gas (CSG) industry would not be developed in Victoria unless there is no environmental risk, Green Energy drills (October 29,

2013) an exploratory well 70 metres from the Yarragon train station!

Mr Ryan suggests another seven Esso wells will be drilled in the next 18 months. How does the industry benefit Australians Mr Ryan? Property devaluation, ill health, exacerbated climate change, increased fire risk?

Our politicians supporting the fossil fuel industry over our farmers are creating conditions for escalating conflict in regional areas for many years to come.

Morgan Knoesen, Wurruk.

Charity says thanks CONGRATULATIONS and thank you to Inverloch Lotto for its generosity during the Very Special Kids 2013 Piggy Bank Appeal.

Inverloch Lotto raised an amazing $9,292, which contributed to the total of $1.375 million raised by Victorians for Very Special Kids.

This funding will continue to help support 40 local families of children with life-threatening conditions in the Gippsland region.

Sister Margaret Noone, Patron, Very Special Kids.

VOXPOP! VOX How do you cope with year 12 exam stress?

“I have a good sleep, study hard and it’ll all take care of itself.”

Nick Arney, Temby Point.

“Of course I study but I also watch movies and YouTube to cope with the stress.”

Jesse Kent, Wonthaggi.

“I just put it all into perspective and keep an eye on the big picture.”

Ben Foon, Wonthaggi.

“I eat tuna because it makes me feel smarter.”

Sam Peterson, Inverloch.

Supermarket job sparks record flight

By Brad Lester RYAN Campbell funded his flying lessons by working at a supermarket for $7.60 an hour, as well as two other jobs.

At age 19, he became the youngest pilot to fly solo around the world in a single engine aircraft.

He was named Australian Geographic’s 2013 Young Adventurer of the Year, has just signed a contract to write a book about his journey and wants to eventually fly corporate jets in the United States of America.

Ryan was once told all he needed was courage and determination, and all obstacles could then be overcome.

The teenager from Merimbula, NSW, was the guest speaker at the Bass Coast/South Gippsland Business Alliance business breakfast at Manna Gum@ Broadbeach restaurant at Inverloch last Thursday.

Ryan’s journey entailed 34 stops and 180 flying hours,

and negotiating customs and immigration officials in every country he landed.

He returned to Wollongong, NSW, eight weeks ago after a 70 day flight around the world that was planned over two years and entailed raising $250,000.

“I had thought about that landing for years,” he said.

Neither a grumpy official in Greece nor a near collision with a jet in Indonesia detered him from completing the journey.

“When a lady gave me a meat pie after I landed in Broome, I knew I was back home,” Ryan

said.

The longest flight was 4000km between Hawaii and California, so long that Ryan pumped fuel from an extra fuel tank in the back of the cockpit into the main fuel tank every 40 minutes.

He flew around the world in his plane Spirit of the Sapphire Coast, after working with adventurer Dick Smith and Ken Evers of Bendigo, who had also flown around the world.

It was Dick who gave Ryan a piece of fabric from the plane Southern Cross flown by renowned aviator Sir Charles

Kingsford Smith.

The trip was not without hurdles.

A plane was offered to Ryan but subsequently withdrawn just months away from the scheduled start. He flew to the USA in a bid to convince aircraft manufacturer Cessna to supply a plane to no avail. He eventually hired a Cirrus

plane from Tamworth in NSW and covered it with sponsorship stickers.

Ryan said the key to success was breaking the flight into “bite sized pieces and keeping on chewing”. The monotony of long stretches was overcome by continually checking meters and filling out activity sheets.

“Most days I took off in the dark, would climb up through the clouds and see the sun rise,” he said.

Coming from a family of aviators, Ryan earned his private pilot licence at 17 and his commercial pilot licence at 18, and took joy flights around Merimbula.

Inspirational feat: around the world aviator Ryan Campbell (centre), with from left, Rob Francis of Bendigo Bank, Garry Austin of Telstra, Cr Bradley Drew of Bass Coast Shire Council and Wendy Major of South Gippsland and Bass Coast Local Learning and Employment Network. At left, Ryan and his plane.

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - PAGE 13

Disabilities no barrier

By Brad Lester

HAVING coached a football team of players with intellectual disabilities, Joe Aiello knew what they were capable of.

That’s why he had no qualms employing Justin Smith, a young man with an intellectual disability, to help produce vegetables and fruit for his Inverloch business, Jjaras Farm Gate and Cafe.

“I do not give him any jobs different to any other worker,” he said.

“The more work he does, the better he gets.”

The Aiellos found Justin through Work Solutions Gippsland, an employment agency specialising in finding work for people with disabilities, physical and mental.

That company has worked with employers to establish the Gippsland Employers Make a Difference (GEMAD) Charter to not only give people with disabilities a chance to work, but to also show clients and the broader community that regardless of disability, they are still people with skills to offer.

Work Solutions Gippsland held a lunch at RACV Inverloch Resort last Wednesday to encourage other businesses to employ people with disabilities, and to also change their practices to better service customers with disabilities and therefore increase profits.

Bass Coast Shire CEO Allan Bawden said council tried to make life easier for people with disabilities by installing tactile markers at intersection for people with visual impairments, widening kerbs and regulating footpath activities to

ensure access was not impeded.

Councillors have taken part in disability experiences, such as travelling by wheelchair, to experience the same hurdles faced by people with disabilities.

Businesses can also apply for grants of up to $500 to make their business more accessible to people with disabilities, such as by installing ramps or widening doors.

South Gippsland Shire Council’s director of community services Jan Martin said businesses with disabled staff can lure customers keen to support people with disabilities.

According to Work Solutions Gippsland, 20 per cent of Australians have a disability and 90 per cent of disabilities are not visible.

One in five Australian adults live with fluctuating mental health conditions and one in six have a hearing impairment.

Win, win: Work Solutions Gippsland employment consultant Trina Clarke (left) talks with Susannah and Joe Aiello of Jjaras Farm Gate and Cafe about the benefits of employing people with disabilities.

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Proudly Australian: Suwash Acharya (centre) celebrated becoming an Australian citizen with family members, as well as McMillan MP Russell Broadbent and Bass Coast Shire mayor Cr Clare Le Serve.

New Aussies welcomed FIFTEEN Bass Coast residents were officially declared Australian citizens at the Citizenship Ceremony held at the Bass Coast Civic Centre recently.

They come from Nepal, South Africa, Poland, and the United Kingdom.

The formal proceedings were conducted by Bass Coast Shire mayor Cr Clare Le Serve and CEO Allan Bawden.

Cr Le Serve congratulated the new citizens on choosing Australia as their new home, and more specifically, Bass Coast.

Guests included McMillan MP Russell Broadbent.

Although the numbers of new citizens in Bass Coast Shire are growing only slightly, the diversity of countries of origin is increasing.

New citizens included Suwash Acharya, born in Nepal, now living in Cowes; Alastair Blair, born in the United King-

dom, now living in Inverloch; Rosemary Fennell, born in the United Kingdom, now living in Cape Woolamai; Vaughn Hendricks, born in South Africa, now living in Wonthaggi; Lesley Higham, born in England, now living in Wonthaggi; Kapil Kapoor, born in India, now living in Wonthaggi; Miriam Kershaw, born in the United Kingdom, now living in Surf Beach; Robert Mankiewicz, born in Poland, now living in San Remo; Dariusz Pyka (husband), Agnieszka Pyka (wife) and Rafal Pyka (son) born in Poland, now living in Cowes; and Susan Scutt, born in England, now living in Coroney Bay. Also becoming Australians were Hardip Singh, born in India, now living in Wonthaggi; Anne Travers, born in Scotland, now living in Wonthaggi; and Charl Viljoen, born in South Africa, now living in San Remo.

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Great group: the Edney’s team includes (from left) Darren Betts, Aaron Clarke, Ricky Hurst, Ash Noorman, Heather Walker, Stu Mansfield, Kate Norton, Nick McRae, Jo Cope, Jason Purcell, Sharyn Newton, Jake Wyhoon, Darryl McGannon and Ian Marshman.

Ready to roll: Stu Mansfield and Jason Purcell make sure this new Nissan Pathfinder is programmed ready for customer to drive and enjoy.

Edney’s celebrates milestones Country COOKING WITH

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EDNEY’S Leongatha is celebrating two milestones this month.

The dealership has been selling Nissan vehicles for 40 years and Hyundai for 10 years, and dealer principal Darryl McGannon and his team want you to celebrate with them.

“We’re one of the longest serving Nissan dealers so we just wanted to celebrate that,” he said.

Throughout the month of November you can benefit from the milestone thanks to a special deal.

“Anyone who purchases a new or demo Nissan or Hyundai in the month of November will get $500 worth of free accessories,” Mr McGan-

non said.

“We are also giving away a $1000 travel voucher from Jetset Leongatha and everyone who buys a new car will get a ticket into the draw for that.”

Not only has Edney’s been dealing Nissans for 40 years but the current staff members have long running experience with the brand.

“We have a lot of guys who have been involved with Nissan for a long time,” Mr McGannon said.

“Ian (Marshman) my business partner knows a lot about Nissan and has been involved with the company for 25 years.

“This consistency shows our faith in the product.”

The business is also celebrating 10 years at

“The biggest change I have seen in the industry is there is more value for money in the cars,” he said.

“You get a whole lot more bang for your buck these days.

“You get a lot more safety equipment and more features and the cars are a lot smoother and quieter to drive. The technology in the cars now days has changed.

“Our model range has just expanded too and we have some pretty exciting stuff coming as well in the Nissan range.”

Edney’s also offers a great service facility that

will keep your new Nissan or Hyundai running smooth and as it should.

They also service all other makes and models.

“We would like to thank the customers who have been supporting us for the 40 years we have been with Nissan,” Mr McGannon said.

“They have kept coming back to us and buying new cars with us over that time which is just fantastic.”

Drop in today and see Darryl and the team this month, say congratulations and see if you can pick up a great deal on a new vehicle for yourself.

Mayor’s message Cr Kieran Kennedy

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its new premises as well as adding Hyundai to the range.

“We picked up Hyundai when we moved into the new premises here 10 years ago and they have been great over that time and exceptionally good over the last few years,” Mr McGannon said.

“It’s product has improved dramatically and now it is an inspirational brand for people to buy; its product is especially good.”

Mr McGannon has been at Edney’s for 14 years but he has a lifetime of experience in the industry.

Working hard: Edney’s service team member Ricky Hurst getting the job done in the workshop.

THERE’S nothing like cup weekend to herald the start of the tourist season!

Apart from absentee property owners returning to their holiday homes here, there always seems to be a surge of city dwellers ready to explore our countryside and all its attractions on this long weekend.

Open gardens, markets, galleries, festivals, walking trails and beaches plus great local food and wine – what’s not to like?

In some ways though, the weekend is now getting gazumped a week earlier by the amazing patronage of the Coal Creek Halloween event which is attracting crowds of 4000 to 5000, many from other regions.

I found it delightful to see how it is drawing whole families out for some harmless creative fun, with mums and dads as engaged in the dress up as the kids.

It’s hats off to Coal Creek’s small staff team and the wonderful volunteers who work so hard to make this such an outstanding event. You are helping put South Gippsland on the map.

The recent MAV Conference was a great success, with all six Gippsland councils spending the Thursday lobbying for motions which were all adopted.

These included increased pressure on the State Government for further funding for road maintenance in regional areas to combat the challenges of relentless weather event deterioration. This was followed up by further lobbying of the Deputy Premier last week to seek greater support

for the Loch-Nyora-Poowong Sewerage Scheme. CEO Tim Tamlin and Crs Hutchinson Brooks and Brunt travelled to Sale to state their case to Mr Ryan.

The Leongatha Parking Strategy Planning Scheme Amendment was adopted at the October council meeting after much public consultation.

In future, larger new businesses may need to contribute financially to the provision of parking in the town for their customers if they cannot provide sufficient onsite spaces. This approach may well become a template guide for other towns in the shire.

I have been asked by councillors to run again for the position of mayor again and will be doing so at this week’s mayoral election.

I thank councillors, staff and residents for the privilege of this rewarding experience over the past year.

It has allowed me to serve the community at a deeper level and to meet many extraordinary people who have the interests of the community in their hearts and are willing to physically support so many projects through to fruition.

Many people I speak to brush this of just as community spirit, and it is, but I believe South Gippslanders create and enjoy a lifestyle that is exceptionally rich, safe and inclusive, and well above the norm.

I am proud to serve such an outstanding community.

Cr Kieran Kennedy, mayor.

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Here’s hoping: Bass Coast Artists Society’s Dennis Leversha, president Colin Billington and volunteer Vilya Congreave at the Wonthaggi ArtSpace Community Gallery. They are hoping to win a Regional Achievement and Community Award this Saturday.

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By Brad Lester THE Bass Coast Artists Society is in the running for a Victoria wide award.

The group is one of just three finalists in the Regional Achiever Award of the 2013 Regional Achievement and Community Awards.

The honour recognises the society’s establishment of the Wonthaggi ArtSpace Community Gallery a year ago and the gallery’s success so far.

The awards will be presented at Bendigo this Saturday.

Society president Colin Billington was overjoyed.

“If we do not top the big one, we are still pretty happy because they have more than 200 people apply,” he said.

“We have done something special in opening this up.”

Other finalists in the same category

are Dr Christine Lee of Churchill and Traralgon Neighbourhood Learning House.

Society member Dennis Leversha said the gallery provides another icon for the town, attracting locals and visitors alike.

“A lot of people have said how great it is for the town,” he said.

Mr Billington added: “We think the level of support has a lot to do with Wonthaggi’s culture, even if it goes back to the mining days.”

The gallery is located in a former bicycle shop in McBride Avenue owned by Cr Neil Rankine and his wife Dr Nola Maxfield, and offered to the gallery at a discounted rental rate.

More than 60 people attended an initial meeting about the gallery and 17 nominations were received for a committee of just 10 positions.

Society members then transformed the premises over several working bees.

“We thought if they could build a railway line from Anderson to Wonthaggi in 10 weeks, then surely we could turn a bike shop into a gallery in 10 weeks,” Mr Leversha said.

The society sought donations from the community, and was overwhelmed by the response. Businesses donated paint, a security system, shelving, a cash register, sign, phone and fax, as well as cash. Bass MLA Ken Smith sourced a grant of $3000 for studio lighting.

Exhibiting artists hire shelf space and pay 20 per cent commission on sales if they are able to volunteer their time to run the gallery or 30 per cent commission if they are not.

“Some volunteers are not artists but help because they just enjoy the atmosphere,” Mr Billington said.

More volunteers are always welcome.

The society has been operating for 45 years.

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Braving the chilly conditions, the community still showed their interest with over 36 tickets sold within the first hour and a half.

There were four private gardens to be viewed. Three were located right in town and one was on a farm.

The owners are volunteers who are happy to showcase their hard work.

Among these was the beautiful garden of Virginia and Charles Pace. They have been in Meeniyan for two years and their garden is a project still a work in

progress. They have described it as being “full of surprises”.

“Meeniyan is nice and open with a fair bit of rain,” Mrs Pace commented.

They had a slow start to the morning but people were gradually making an appearance. Many enjoyed their garden and had plenty of questions to ask.

Virginia has always had a passion for gardening and has more big ideas for her garden to come as soon as the weather picks up.

The garden show is a Meeniyan tradition and has become well established.

This was Robyn Nottage’s first garden show and she was pleased with the turnout.

“People are always happy to look at a garden,” Ms Nottage said.

This is the second year the life saving club has showcased local artwork under this theme and all artwork can be viewed and purchased this week.

The life saving club is the perfect venue, allowing a constant flow of people to view the artwork on their way to and from the beach.

There was a lot of interest last year, which gives a promising estimation for this year’s results. Six items were sold on the first day.

There is a little bit of everything ranging from sculptures to paintings and knitted wear. Anything someone creates may be entered.

This year, more children have become involved and are exhibiting their artwork as well as the professional locals.

Anybody of any age has the opportunity to enter.

The gallery raises money for the life saving club ahead of summer. The money will go towards new equipment and will help prepare club members for this year’s summer surf program.

“I think it will go very well,” Aileen Eccles said.

Closing night is this Saturday.

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Harmers Haven CSG free SOME 45 residents and supporters gathered on a sunny afternoon at the small seaside hamlet of Harmers Haven to declare the area CSG-free recently.

“Locals have door-knocked the hamlet and found 96 per cent of the residents surveyed want the area to be CSG-free,” said John Old from Harmers Haven.

“I want our area and natural resources preserved for future generations”.

Speakers at the event included Cr Neil Rankine, deputy mayor of Bass Coast Shire, Luisa Macmillan and John Old from Harmers Haven and Jessica Harrison from CSG-Free Bass Coast.

Music from the Bass Coast Pickers entertained the crowd while they enjoyed a sausage sizzle.

Declared CSG-free community members from Seaspray and Poowong supported the day.

No gas: Harmers Haven residents and supporters declare their town a no go zone for coal seam gas.

Coast cleaner in one hour WARM, sunny conditions were perfect for the Clean Ocean Power Clean team to collect rubbish along the Inverloch foreshore in just one hour recently.

The Power Cleans are part of Operation Sea Eagle, an ongoing project to keep an ‘eagle eye’ on pollution along the Bass Coast.

Along with all beachside rubbish, the Sea Eagle team also found household rubbish dumped on the foreshore.

On investigation the Sea Eagle team discovered strong evidence as to who was responsible and have handed this on to Bass Coast Shire Council for further investigation and probable prosecution.

The group thanked everyone who turned out to donate an hour of their weekend time to help, including local Cr. Jordan Crugnale.

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Park on chopping block Growth plan backed

By Sarah Vella MEENIYAN’S People’s Park (next to the supermarket) has been deemed as surplus to the operational needs of the state by the Department of Treasury and Finance and will be sold.

A spokesperson from the Department of Treasury and Finance said, “In accordance with government policy for surplus land, the site is currently being prepared for a public sale.

“The property will be offered for sale by public auction. The property’s reserve sale price will accord with the Valuer General’s market valuation.

“South Gippsland Shire Council is working with community groups to arrange for the relocation of the playground equipment currently on the site prior to sale.”

President of Meeniyan Progress Association Catherine Smith said she was extremely disappointed to learn People’s Park will been sold, as it is a great community asset.

“So far there has been no community consultation or public advice regarding the

sale of the park. The progress association would certainly consider the purchase of the park,” she said.

Council has allowed $60,000 in this year’s budget to upgrade Meeniyan’s playgrounds, including the existing equipment at People’s Park.

A meeting was held at the Tarwin Valley Primary School recently to discuss the options for the money, now that the park will be sold.

Tanderra Park was touted as the most suitable position for a new playground to be built, while an upgrade to the equipment at Meeniyan’s other playground, Helen’s

Park was discussed.

Progress association member John Cocking said tourists benefit from the playgrounds as well as locals.

“Tanderra Park would be the ideal spot for a new playground and would complement the existing barbecue and rotunda and there is plenty of parking there,” he said.

Helen’s Park is currently due to be upgraded and South Gippsland Shire Council parks coordinator Steve Missen said there is around $30,000 available.

“In total, there is $60,000 available for playgrounds in Meeniyan. The money is there and ready to go,” he said.

Kerrie Tudor from Meeniyan suggested spending around one third of the money upgrading Helen’s Park and the rest developing a new playground at Tanderra Park.

Ms Smith said they would take this suggestion and the other options to the next progress association meeting for discussion.

“We will discuss the options during November’s meeting and come back to the shire with our recommendations,” she said.

“We will also put a survey or similar in the next Meeniyan Newsletter and in both the primary and the preschool newsletters.”

THE Gippsland Regional Growth Plan has been endorsed by the Bass Coast Shire Council.

While some councillors argued the shire had been unrepresented in the document, it was unanimously endorsed and will be handed to Planning Minister Matthew Guy for consideration.

The plan also has the backing of Gippsland’s other councils.

Council believes the broad working document compliments its own plan for land management and township boundaries; the proposed Bass Coast Arts and Cultural and education precincts; and support for development of renewable energy projects. Council’s director planning and environment Hannah Duncan-Jones said the plan had gone through an exhaustive process, including the addition of an “acknowledgement to country” for the land’s traditional owners.

“Likewise, the response to peri urban (the non-urban areas close to cities and towns) issues have been addressed,” she told the meeting.

“It’s also been strengthened in relation to the agricultural assets, recognising

there is strategic agricultural land in Bass Coast that needs to be considered in line with our other strategies.

“Importantly there has also been some new things included on renewable energy, including a map where such resources can be found across the region – along with a strategy for Gippsland around all energy sources.”

Cr Neil Rankine said council had been “moderately happy” with the changes to the document, but did not believe it was a great one for the shire.

“We’re hardly mentioned. It’s supposed to be all Gippsland councils getting together to decide what the best thing is for the whole of Gippsland, but there’s very little benefit in it for Bass Coast, which is unfortunate,” he said.

Cr Rankine said Wonthaggi’s description as a “regional growth hub” was fine, but he was concerned that Cape Paterson and Inverloch had been “tied in” with the larger town.

“There was a description in there, saying both towns would support Wonthaggi.

To me and a number of people in Cape Paterson there is a lot of concern,” he said.

Inverloch stays put Park funds: John Cocking, Kerrie Tudor and Catherine Smith attended a meeting to discuss the best way to spend funding on Meeniyan’s playgrounds.

A PROPOSAL to move Inverloch from the Bass electorate into the Gippsland South electorate has not been adopted by the Electoral Boundaries Commission (EBC).

A review of electoral boundaries (called a redivision in Victorian law) completed recently saw substantial changes in most parts of the state to restore the electorates to approximate equality.

However, the electorates of Gippsland South and Gippsland East avoided change.

Submissions involving the Gippsland South district put forward relatively minor adjustments to the current boundaries.

The Nationals and most of the private submissions suggested transferring Inverloch from Bass to Gippsland South.

The EBC took up this proposal, partly to reduce numbers in Bass and partly because of Inverloch’s links with Gippsland.

The EBC also proposed to move

Nyora and Loch from Gippsland South to Bass, as these localities appeared to be closer to Bass.

Bass MLA Ken Smith was absolutely delighted the EBC has decided to keep Inverloch within the Bass electorate.

Mr Smith lodged a submission to the EBC earlier this year requesting that Inverloch remain in his electorate on the grounds Inverloch had limited community of interest with communities in the district of Gippsland South.

Mr Smith believed it was important voters are appropriately represented and by placing them in the Gippsland South electorate, they would have lost their thread with their day to day connections and their community of interest they have in the Bass electorate.

Mr Smith is pleased that the EBC considered his reasons for keeping Inverloch and he would like to thank everyone who contacted his office and wrote to the EBC in support of keeping Inverloch within the Bass electorate.

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While not much is seen in the public arena, council advocates strongly on behalf of the community on a wide range of issues.

In 2012, council adopted a position to oppose new mining of coal and coal seam gas exploration and extraction. ‘Fracking’ or CSG, as it is commonly known, represents a serious risk to our pristine environment and our valuable agricultural industry.

Our advocacy against CSG last year was successful and resulted in the government introducing a moratorium on CSG exploration in the state. The moratorium was linked to the development of the National Harmonised Regulatory Framework for Natural Gas from Coal Seams (Harmonised Framework).

This framework was finalised in May this year, and is based on the principle of multiple land use. This Multiple Land Use framework has not been subject to community consultation.

Earlier this year, our CEO Allan Bawden wrote to Premier Denis Napthine presenting our concerns on the impact of CSG and requesting that the moratorium be extended. This moratorium, however, will not continue indefinitely.

The government is waiting for a report from former government minister Peter Reith on CSG in Victoria and it is widely speculated that the report will strongly endorse development of CSG. Rather than wait for this report, we have continued our advocacy effort on CSG. We recently put forward a motion at the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) State Council meeting that stated “That the MAV seek a commitment from the Victorian Government that thorough and meaningful community engagement will be undertaken to inform the development and application of the Multiple Land Use Framework in Victoria.”

I am very pleased to report the motion received full support at the meeting and will now be put to the State Government. If adopted by the government, the process will enable our community to have a say about any proposed CSG projects in Bass Coast.

Harmers Haven recently became the first Bass Coast community to declare itself ‘Coal Seam Gas Free’ after a survey by ‘lock the gate’ on CSG received 96 per cent support from residents. Council will continue its advocacy work to ensure our pristine environment and great agricultural assets are protected now and for the future.

Cr Clare Le Serve, mayor.

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - PAGE 21

Inverloch children wow seniors

By Tayla Kershaw INVERLOCH Primary School students prepared their best singing voices for a whole school perfor-

Taking the lead: music teacher, Andrew Paxton, sang along with the students.

mance at Warrawee Senior Citizens Club last week.

More than 250 students gathered in the Warrawee Club hall to perform for members of the community led by music teacher Andrew Paxton.

The concert was arranged by the Inverloch Masonic Fidelity Association to raise money for the primary school. They organised the venue, advertising and distribution of tickets. It is Warrawee’s major fundraiser for the year.

The concert is widely popular amongst the Inverloch community and often the hall is completely full.

Some look forward to it, even if they do not have children or grandchildren at the school.

Instead of putting together a choir, the whole school is encouraged to get up on stage and sing along. Usually there is no time for rehearsal but they manage to put on a suc-

cessful show in the end.

Children perform songs learnt throughout the year.

“My daughter has been very excited. She’s been singing the songs at home,” parent Kerri-Anne Gafa said.

“It’s good to see a showcase of the school’s talent.”

The school band made its first appearance in front of a local audience.

“We are back in business with our music department this year and excited to have the band perform,” school principal Wendy Caple said.

“We are very proud of them.”

This is the fifth year the students have performed for the community and have raised a total of $3400 over that time. This year they raised $1250.

This year the money will go towards planting fruit trees on school grounds. The next project will be to start a vegetable garden.

Clever bunch: Wonthaggi Secondary College’s Tournament of the Minds team from left, Skye Winder (facilitator), Ewan Millett, Bronte de Lacy Vawson, Breeana Clements, Mallory Bradley, Jack Mendes, Mack Geyle and Emma Harris (facilitator) at Canberra recently for the Australasian Pacific Final.

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By Sarah Vella TWO local secondary colleges sent teams to Canberra recently to compete in the Tournament of the Minds Australasian Pacific Final.

South Gippsland Secondary College’s team competed in the language and literature section, while the team from Wonthaggi Secondary College competed in applied technology.

South Gippsland’s team consisted of Tyler Bindloss, Xavier Duursma, Emma Fletcher, Cas Maclean, Leuca Maclean, Harley McDonald-Eckersall and Louis Wheeler.

The school’s team took out the final last year in the language and literature section, so to get to the finals again this year was a big coup for the school.

Tournament of the Minds facilitator Dianne Paragreen said the team competed very well in Canberra, but didn’t

come home with any medals.

“The challenge was an interesting one. Being held in Canberra, all of the challenges were to do with Canberra or politics,” she said.

“They had to create an entertaining, imaginative yarn that explained the origins of Canberra. They also had to use descriptive language and similes in their presentation.”

Ms Paragreen said the team bounced back after not receiving an award and had a happy trip home.

Wonthaggi Secondary College’s coordinator Nick Sibly said his team, Ewan Millett, Bronte de Lacy Vawson, Breeana Clements, Mallory Bradley, Jack Mendes and Mack Geyle, was competitive.

“They didn’t place, but they worked really well as a team and their presentation was an engaging and funny interpretation of the problem,” he said.

“They were pretty tired, so what we learnt from the experience is probably

to give them an early night on the Friday before the competition.”

As far as the challenge, Mr Sibly said he believed the Wonthaggi team was up there with the rest of them.

“I was really happy with the way they performed, particularly as this was their first shot at the national stage,” he said.

“I thought the schedule was great and really good fun. The kids got a message from the Prime Minister and we got to see Parliament House and Questacon.

“The event was held at Australian National University and the presentations were held at the Australian Institute of Sport.”

Mr Sibly said the team had a really good time and loved hanging out with the teams from New Zealand, and bonded well with other Victorian teams.

“Some of the New Zealand primary school students even showed us how do to a proper Haka,” he said.

Olden day sleepover GRADES Prep, 1 and 2 students from Welshpool and District Primary School went on an excursion to Coal Creek in Korumburra to learn about times in days gone by recently.

Clarinet clan: Hayley De Lacy, Emily McGillivray and Emily Lawson are among the members of the new school band.

Students learnt about reading and writing in the olden days, they visited the general store and mine carriages.

After the excursion, the students stayed the night at their school as an introduction to the world of school camps, which begin in Grade 3.

Old school: Welshpool and District Primary School students Sofie Platt and Cara Demaria in olden day school uniforms during their excursion to Coal Creek recently.

Big cheque handover

Rising guitarists: Caleb Robertson and Jayla Morcom provided some beautiful back up.

NEWHAVEN College captains Jack Bird, Tom Duncan and Rebecca Cope represented the 2013 Year 12 student cabinet to present a cheque for $11,500 to Mayra Stark from Urban Seed.

Eager entertainers: Inverloch Primary School students were ready to sing for the Warrawee Senior Citizens Club

Each year the Year 12 student cabinet selects a charity to support and this year Urban Seed was chosen as the beneficiary.

The students first became involved with the charity in 2010 during their Year 9 Melbourne City CITE program.

Originating from the Collins Street Baptist Church in the heart of Melbourne, Urban Seed runs street, food, hospitality, recreation, youth development and school based programs in four priority neighbourhoods around Victoria.

Their vision is to help

create communities of hope, healing and justice.

Mayra Stark from Urban Seed was presented with a giant cheque at a recent assembly where she thanked the college community for supporting the fundraising events that contributed to the impressive total.

“I can instantly think of

many people we work with who will benefit from Newhaven College’s generosity,” she said.

“This donation is very much appreciated.”

Vice principal of Newhaven College, Jason Scott said, “I couldn’t be more proud of the talent, passion and effort shown by this fine

group of young adults. It has been a tremendous effort.

“Year 12 is an extremely challenging year in itself, so to take on important leadership roles as well as show strong commitment towards fundraising for charity demonstrates the calibre of this particular group of students.”

Hand it over: Mayra Stark (second from left) from Urban Seed accepts a cheque for $11,500 from Newhaven College’s captains Tom Duncan, Rebecca Cope and Jack Bird.

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Lives at stake

By Brad Lester POOR mobile phone reception is risking lives at Sandy Point, South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Kieran Kennedy told council recently.

Learning stone opened MIRBOO North Primary School officially opened its learning stone with a smoking ceremony recently.

Local Koori education support officers and coordinators joined the staff and students walking through the smoke around the learning stone.

This smoke cleanses the area of previous evil spirits and cleanses all those who walk through it of evil spirits.

Special guests also placed a hand print on the decorative poles surrounding the learning stone site.

Those involved in the opening included (from left) Koori education support officer John Murray, Robyn Murray, Alan Banister from the Mirboo North Community Bank, Koorie education coordinator for Gippsland Zack Haddock, Mitchell Wordfold, Lynnette Solomon-Dent, assistant principal Matt Snell, Ronald Edwards, Chloe Maxwell, teacher Cathy Dunsmuir and Sienna Falkingham.

Milpara Community House news COMPANION Planting with Juneen Schulz is an information session happening at Milpara Community House tomorrow, Wednesday, November 6 between 10.30am and 12.30pm.

Movie star: Steve Canning, a supermarket employee in Leongatha and a musician, will appear in the DVD.

Spotlight on disabilities AN INSPIRING new DVD designed to raise the profile of young people with a disability will be launched by Beau Vernon on December 3, International Day for people with a disability.

South Gippsland Bass Coast Youth in Transition Network, in collaboration with the South Gippsland Bass Coast LLEN and the National Disability coordination officer, have worked to create a DVD entitled WHAT NEXT? Transition Stories.

These perspectives were filmed by Melbourne based film maker Darren Lunny in a range of locations around South Gippsland and Bass Coast, and include moving interviews with young people with a disability, whose stories display their strength of character and belief in their own selves and their circumstance.

National Disability coordination officer for Gippsland, Andrea Evans-McCall said: “Every single person in the DVD is totally inspirational. How they see themselves as an individual and how they have approached adversity – they are truly amazing.

“We wanted to highlight and raise the awareness young people with a disability are contributors like any other person.

They have the right to education and employment; to be professionally and personally valued as members of society.”

The DVD will be used as a resource for schools, registered training organisations, career pathway advisors, business and industry, government-funded bodies and community organisations to: • improve transition for young people with a disability from their school into post-secondary education, training and employment; • increase participation by people with a disability into higher education, vocational education and training and employment; and • establish better links and understanding between schools, universities, vocational education and training, training providers, employers and disability service providers so they can work collaboratively to provide the best possible assistance for young people with a disability.

The DVD will be launched on International Day of People with a Disability, December 3 at a Red Carpet event to be held at Stadium Cinema Smith Street, Leongatha from 5.30pm to 7pm. For more information on this event contact Andrea Evans-McCall 0418 208 039 or Wendy Major 5662 5500.

Juneen has been much involved in the establishment of kitchen gardens for a number of schools and community organisations, and we are really looking forward to the information she will present and share.

Call us now to put your name down for this session.

Soy Wax Candlemaking classes are something different being offered through the community house and it is pleasing to see the number of responses we have received so far. Soy Wax Candles are something special so if you would like to learn how to make them please call us on 5655 2524 to register your interest.

The class will be held on Monday, November 25 between 12.30pm and 3pm.

If you are a school leaver, out looking for work, or building your employability skills, you may want to consider some courses.

The Apply First Aid course starts November 12 and continues each following Tuesday until December 10.

The Responsible Service of Alcohol course runs from 9am – 1pm on Wednesday, December 11.

The Food Safety Level One course commencing 1.30pm to 5.30pm on Wednesday, December 11 and the Construction Induction course is being offered on Monday, December 9, 4pm to 9pm.

Coming up soon too are the classes in photography, and you will learn the basics of photography. The class is run over two weeks, on Wednesday, November 27 and Wednesday, December 4 between 10am and 1pm (BYO lunch). This is a great time to learn more about taking those important family photographs and recording those special moments especially with the festive season just around the corner. We look forward to hearing from you.

For information about any of the offered classes or courses at Milpara, please call Sandra, Leisa or Jenni on 5655 2524, or call into Milpara at 21 Shellcott’s Road, Korumburra.

Council backed his motion calling on telecommunications companies to fast-track a business case to install a mobile phone tower at Sandy Point.

The mayor also called for similar towers in such towns as Dumbalk, where people are unable to contact emergency services due to inadequate coverage.

Cr Kennedy said the State Government’s text message emergency alert system would be rendered ineffective in locations without adequate service.

“Sandy Point has 642 dwellings with over 89.4 per cent unoccupied. Many of the unoccupied dwellings are let as holiday accommodation during summer and Easter holiday periods, with many people visiting at these times coming to the town for the first time,” his notice of motion stated.

“These people often come with a lack of knowledge about local conditions including fire risk, water safety or emergency services.”

Cr Kennedy said the lack of service also discouraged visitors from coming to the region.

Cr Jeanette Harding seconded Cr Kennedy’s motion, saying a man had to take a woman to hospital at Foster himself because he could not phone an ambulance from his mobile at Sandy Point.

“Even at Toora there are plenty of times when you cannot get service one kilometre out of town because of the hills,” she said.

Cr Bob Newton said reception was poor between Leongatha and Korumburra, and also in the valley at Kongwak.

Bass MLA Ken Smith last week said the new joint telephone warning system between the State and Federal governments would now allow Telstra, Optus and Vodafone Hutchison Australia to also send messages to phones.

“This offers a warning facility to our residents and visitors during emergencies such as a bushfire and floods, which has the potential to save lives,” Mr Smith said.

From pages past Historical snippets from The Star 30 years ago November 8, 1983

5 years ago November 4, 2008

THERE it was on Saturday morning in all its glory, the beautiful figure of ‘Victory’ atop the hallowed Memorial Hall in Leongatha. But alas there was a difference. Victory was adorned with a dustbin on her head and her once graceful hand supported a fruit case.

THE Wonthaggi Power Football Club has been voted out of the Alberton Football League 10 votes to four, but may yet stay on a technicality. The AFL constitution requires a two-third majority vote to tip a club out of the league – which technically, would require about nine and onethird of the votes to fall against the Power.

10 years ago November 4, 2003 TWO groups of residents have united in their call for the State Government to address safety issues on the Strzelecki Highway. The groups, the Strzelecki Highway Residents Group and Mirboo Country Inc, want more overtaking lanes, a safer surface and corners straightened in a bid to address the high accident rate on the highway.

1 year ago November 6, 2012 FARMERS have been reminded of the high fire risk during the silage and hay seasons, following a hay shed fire at Wooreen last Wednesday. The blaze threatened a nearby house after being sparked by a faulty bearing on a baler. The baler, shed and 240 bales of hay were destroyed.

Free green waste BASS Coast Shire Council is once again providing a Green Waste Amnesty Period, running from November 1 to December 15.

During this six week period, residents and visitors will be able to dispose of domestic sized loads of green waste free of charge at

Grantville, Inverloch and Wonthaggi Waste Transfer Stations, and Cowes Public Place Recycling Bank.

“Council provides an amnesty period to encourage residents to prepare for the fire season each year by clearing their properties of long grass and overhanging tree branches,” council’s infrastruc-

ture director Felicity Sist said.

“Weed species and species that cannot physically be mulched, such as palm fronds, are not accepted and fees will apply should people wish to dispose of them.”

For disposal fees and opening hours, please visit council’s website at www.basscoast.vic.gov.au.

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STAR Real

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Shambala up for auction

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Spacious 3 bedroom with two living zones brick veneer home Blackwood timber kitchen, electric stove & dishwasher Undercover outdoor entertaining area with lovely views.

Cosy lounge with solid wood heater plus R/C Split System Single lock up garage with rear access and easy to care for gardens

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Private and only minutes to town G

REAT location located on the ever popular Garvies Road, Nerrena, this four bedroom home has plenty to offer.

STAR RealEstate www.thestar.com.au Real Estate Sales Joy Morgan e: joy@thestar.com.au For more information on Advertising in The Star phone Joy on 5662 2294

The home has been extensively renovated with a beautiful new kitchen with a large island bench stainless steel appliances and loads of cupboard space.

The kitchen/dining area has been opened up and is quite spacious overlooking the front yard and the three acres.

The separate lounge

is heated by either a wood heater or a reverse cycle air conditioner.

Both bathrooms have been completely renovated in neutral tones.

Outside a big outdoor entertaining area with built in bar and is a well sheltered area. There is also a large double carport and a 20 x 30 foot lock up shed.

With bitumen road frontage to the front gate and only a hop, skip and a jump into town, what more could you ask for?

NERRENA 175 Garvies Road 3 acres Stockdale and Leggo Leongatha Mick Hanily 0417 311 756

$490,000

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Saturday November 23rd at 11am On-site 985 Ameys Track, Foster North

SHAMBALA • • • • •

187 acres in 4 titles, zoned Rural Activity 4 b/r, 2 bath home with full internal renovation Central laneway to all paddocks Excellent water supply inc 27 meg dam Magnificent Wilsons Promontory Views

Zel Svenson 0438 636 290 Don Olden 0417 805 312 Elders Leongatha 5662 3523 - 16 McCartin Street 270 Leongatha Sth/Outtrim Rd. Leongatha South

AUCTION SATURDAY NOV 23 2013, AT 1PM

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ET on 28.5 acres with spectacular views, this beautiful home has been totally renovated and extended.

105 REASONS 42.65 ha (105 acres). 5 Minutes to Leongatha. Gently rising heavy grey soil. Comfortable 4 bedroom home. Central laneway to 13 paddocks. 4 dams & bore water to troughs.

Extensive shedding & Good fencing.A rare opportunity to secure a lifestyle property of this calibre, within easy commuting distance to the South Eastern suburbs.

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The open plan living area is a real highlight with huge double glazed windows to enjoy the amazing views, gleaming jarrah boards and the kitchen of every cooks’ dreams.

The kitchen has a large island bench with a polished timber bench top, a double oven with gas cooktop, and caesar stone bench tops and a big walk in pantry.

The lounge area is also quite spacious and is heat-

ed by a solid fuel heater and reverse cycle air conditioner.

Both areas open onto the wrap around decking of which half is covered.

Outside the home is surrounded by manicured gardens with your own vineyard, orchard, vegie patch, outdoor kitchen and self -contained cottage.

One of the major highlights is the enormous dam the home overlooks where there is fun to be had with a spot of fishing, canoeing or cubby building.

The acreage is undulating to hill, blue gum country which carries very well.

There is also a machin-

ery shed, hay shed, stockyards and loading ramp at end of road and sheep yards, to complete this magnificent property.

MOUNT ECCLES 55 Brownhill’s Road Stockdale and Leggo Leongatha Michael Hanily 0417 311 756

$685,000

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Servicing South Gippsland with our 4 office network - Leongatha, Mirboo North, Korumburra and Inverloch

www.stockdaleleggo.com.au/leongatha www.stockdaleleggo.com.au/mirboonorth

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49 Roughead Street, Leongatha Like the day it was built

31 Turner Street, Leongatha Investors take note

12 Silverback Place, Leongatha Modern comforts, traditional appeal

Sought after combination of a quality brick home on a large, level block with good shedding, side & rear lane access for boats or caravans. Well designed & spacious throughout with a large formal dining area or living room, kitchen. R/C air, elec. floor heating.

If you're looking to enter the market into your 1st home or begin your investment portfolio, here's the place for you. Sizeable brick home, BIR's, spacious living area, R/C air con, tiled bathroom, kitchen & meals area.

Federation style home in elevated positioned in a quiet court. Boasting 9ft ceilings, ducted natural gas heating, open plan kitchen, dining and living area with SFH. Fully landscaped with low maintenance gardens and room for a workshop if desired.

$310,000

$230,000 Sole agent

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29 Griffin Road, Leongatha Loads of appeal here Immaculately presented brick home with warmth, character & appeal. Featuring 4 bedrooms with BIR's, walk through bathroom to master bedroom, some cathedral ceilings, slate floors, kitchen & dining area plus sitting room & formal living area.

Extensive landscaping & paved area, garden shed.

$339,000 Sole agent

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350 Anderson Road, Leongatha Live the country dream

25 Eccles Way, Leongatha Four bedroom beauty 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.

$395,000 Sole agent

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Rare 13 acre farmlet located just 5 minutes from the Leongatha township. With 270 degree views over the lights of Leongatha & rural surrounds & the peace & quiet of country living, this property ticks all the boxes. The home has 3 bedrooms plus a study, Tasmanian oak kitchen with a pantry that will impress most cooks, solid fuel heating, a R/C air conditioner, & a sliding glass door to a large covered deck that takes in the morning sun. Landscaped gardens, 5 paddocks, stockyards & creek.

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235 Leongatha Nth Road, Leongatha Nth Picture perfect

Here is the ultimate property for those looking to work, rest & play. Situated on a large block, in a peaceful location, this attractive new home features attractive living spaces both inside and out. Approx. 21 squares of living area including 4 bedrooms, quality kitchen with stone bench tops and family area with large bi-fold doors opening onto two al-fresco areas, one covered and the other with an attractive pool & water feature. With side lane access to a huge colourbond shed, what more could you ask for?

Immaculately presented home set on 3/4 acre, renovated with a recent extension. Spacious family room, new kitchen, dining area with magnificent views, sizeable bdrms with BIR's. Also a LU shed, a double carport, secure yard & a huge well sheltered deck.

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Perfect property for a growing family, elevated position in a quiet court, featuring an abundance of space. Good storage throughout, 3 R/C & an open plan kitchen, dining & family area, sep. lounge + a large family room. Secure, low maintenance yard with a covered outdoor deck & spa.

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Agent

Michael Hanily 0417 311 756

Web ID

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7 James Court, Leongatha Attention families

$450,000

Price

24 Horn Street, Leongatha Horn Street Charmer Overlooking the Primary School ovals, with a complete makeover. Gleaming polished boards, fresh paint, new wiring & R/C air con, SFH. Renovated kitchen & bathroom, covered entertaining area. Not a cent to spend here!

$299,000

39 Main Street, Stony Creek Finished to perfection

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$449,000 Sole agent

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The perfect lifestyle change property with this 4 acre beauty. Overlooking the spectacular green hills of Berry's Creek & beyond. Renovated kitchen, 2 living areas, 4 bdrms, study, 20x30ft lockup shed & dble garage.

Web ID

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$550,000 Sole agent

Low maintenance townhouse with no body corporate fees & a sep. title. Immaculately presented townhouse, large kitchen/dining, sep. lounge, R/C A/C. Dble garage with access into the backyard, ideal for entertaining. Landscaped, low maintenance garden.

$310,000 Sole agent

$289,950

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190 Wooreen-Mirboo North Rd,Leongatha The perfect tree change

Within a short stroll to the shops & recreational facilities, this home has been updated throughout with new floor coverings, window furnishings & fresh paint.

Study, updated bathroom & open plan kitchen, dining, large family area & 2 outdoor areas.

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Price

7 Grand Ridge East, Mirboo North Easy Living

6 Ridgeway Street, Leongatha Who needs a car?

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$295,000 Sole agent

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5662 5800 15 Bair Street, Leongatha

Michael Hanily Jason Harris 0417 640 079 0417 311 756

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5668 1300

96 Ridgway, Mirboo North

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STAR Real

ADVERTISING FEATURE

Shambala up for auction

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ET north of Foster boasting magnificent views over Corner Inlet and Wilsons Promontory this 187 acre property offers buyers the opportunity to secure a private and peaceful lifestyle.

This quality grazing

property with a superbly renovated home, is centrally located and only a short drive to the village of Foster, and within two hours of Melbourne.

The large four bedroom home has been totally refurbished and renovated throughout, and includes a large open plan living, kitchen and dining room designed to encapsulate

Shambala - Foster 985 Ameys Track

the views, and the master bedroom has an ensuite and built in robe.

Outside a large entertaining deck would be lovely for barbecues on a warm summer’s night.

Close by to the house are extensive machinery and hay sheds, and stockyards. The 187 acres offers four titles with one of the major features of the property being its large amount of water, with spring fed dams in most paddocks, a central 27 mega litre dam ensuring water is supplied all year round.

The property is ideal for grazing cattle or sheep and is easily managed with a central laneway to most paddocks.

There is approximately 10 acres of natural remnant bush home to many native animals.

LEONGATHA Unit 3/22 Ogilvy St Alex Scott Leongatha 5662 0922

$275,000

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Saturday, November 23 at 11am on-site Elders Leongatha Don Olden 0417 805 312

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Auction 2

The open living/kitchen area has a near new re-

NEW LISTING

verse cycle air con.

The main bedroom also has its own air con for year round sleeping comfort.

The second bedroom also has built in robes.

Electrically operated shutters provide added security and comfort.

A single garage and paved back patio complete the property.

NEW LISTING

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Large quality built, comfortable 4 BR home (master with en suite) Sun-filled & easy living/entertaining home. Spacious galley kitchen central to dining area & both living rooms. Massive laundry, covered outside breakfast area. Huge rear yard with side access to garage & workshop. An immaculate property inside & out on a quiet no through road.

Views plus & just out of town. 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. Two generous open living areas, main BR has en suite.

Large shed/workshop. Inspect to view something special.

Versatile property suited to equestrian or general grazing usage, all well fenced & sheltered. Solid brick quality home with 3 BRs, as new kitchen.Family room, lounge with solid fuel heater, 2 x R/C air-cons.

Huge enclosed BBQ area, double carport & workshop. Extensive shedding incl. high 3 bay machinery shed. Large dam with power. An easily managed property.

$385,000 Sole agent

$480,000 Sole agent

$540,000 Sole agent insightrealestate.com.au

Fully renovated inside, 3 BR family home. New carpet & tiles, new blinds & paint work throughout. Open- plan new kitchen/ dining & lounge. New bathroom & laundry. Extensive covered entertaining deck (with patio blinds.) Side access to 6m x 7m double bay garage (with power.) Views over farmland. A low maintenance, light & clean property.

$205,000 neg. Sole agent

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5 McCartin Street LEONGATHA

5662 2220

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STAR Real

ADVERTISING FEATURE

Unbelievable value!

Only $205,000 G

ET into the property or investment market with this fully renovated, three bedroom family home.

Tastefully renovated in neutral colours, it has new carpet and tiles, plus new blinds and paint work throughout.

The U-shaped kitchen features new cabinetry, new vinyl bench tops, stove and pantry.

Open plan in design, the meals area joins the lounge, a generous north facing room with reverse cycle air conditioning.

A new bathroom and new laundry with plenty

of storage space completes the neat, inside package.

Outside, a fantastic extensive covered entertaining deck with patio blinds takes in the views over farmland.

Side access is handy to the lock-up, 6m x 7m double bay garage with power and workshop space.

This property is low maintenance, light, clean and tidy, so call to inspect.

OPEN FOR INSPECTION – Saturday, November 9, 1.30pm.

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ELL set back from the road back amongst rural land you will discover a well maintained and cared for three bedroom brick home on 10.8 acres.

This open plan design home features a galley kitchen, ample storage throughout, solid wood heater and split system air conditioner.

A rear verandah and outdoor covered barbecue area with an eight seater spa complete with pop-up TV provide a fabulous entertaining space.

The property is divided into nine paddocks, two dams reticulated to troughs and a semi permanent creek on the back boundary.

There is an abundance of infrastructure including a three bay garage, concrete floor, power, TV and wood heater, five bay 60’ x 30’ colorbond all steel shed with gas hot water, plus stock yards.

Excellent fencing and additional features include secure fencing and shelter ideal for dog owners/breeders and trainers.

Located within a 30 minute drive to the beautiful beaches of South Gippsland, this is a fabulous lifestyle property.

Insight Real Estate 5662 2220

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$495,000

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7 CLINTON COURT, LEONGATHA

72 OGILVY STREET, LEONGATHA

• Gorgeous period style home • 4 bedroom, 2 bathrooms • Outstanding location overlooking school oval

• 2 x large living areas • 1200m2 flat block • Family friendly court location

• 3 bedroom home in perfect position • Central to school precinct and CBD • Newly renovated kitchen, secure backyard & single garage

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• Spacious family home -5 years old • 4 bedroom, master with ensuite + WIR • Covered outdoor entertaining deck

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11 SILVERBACK PLACE, LEONGATHA

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• 4 bedroom & study, main with ensuite, WIR • 2 living areas, double garage, 9x8m shed • Perfect for entertaining and family living

• 3 bedroom home, master with ensuite • Open plan kitchen + family area with elevated views • Great package at the right price

• 8 year old home • 3 bedroom, main with ensuite • Quiet court location

• 1.7 acres (approx) • 4 bedroom weatherboard home • Panoramic rural views

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Can’t beat old favourites

By Karen Haw from the Town Centre Nursery, Mirboo North AT THE nursery, people get interested and excited with new releases but there is something to be said about old time favourites.

These are the plants everybody’s grandmothers had in their garden. These plants have lasted the distance, and have proven they are tough and reliable and give a great show with little effort.

Often people will come in to buy a specific plant for the nostalgia because they remember that plant from their childhood.

Lilacs flower for many weeks and have been around forever from the seventh century in England and who knows how long in Australia.

There are many varieties of lilac. Syringa vulgaris, the common lilac, is a large vigorous, suckering shrub that grows from a small tree to three metres and for that reason the lilacs available nowadays are grafted.

Its flowers are richly scented and borne in dense, erect panicles in late spring.

This species comes in many colours but the traditional colour found in most old fashioned gardens is pale lilac.

They are tough and hardy love the sun and will grow with very little care. Unlike many plants, lilacs like lime, as they originally they came from very chalky soils. Here they like to be well mulched

to protect them from our long, hot, dry summers.

Lilacs make great cut flowers. Syringa Laciniata is a attractive non grafted lilac that grows as a graceful shrub with three to nine lobed leaves and small panicles of lilac flowers in late spring. It is a worthwhile asset to any garden.

In years gone by, every garden had hydrangeas in the shady areas. There are a great many kinds of hydrangea than the justifiably popular mop head whose rounded inflorescences, in shades of pink, red, blue, purple and white, are seen in so many gardens.

But regardless, mop head hydrangeas are still the most popular of all hydrangeas.

Colours vary with the ph of soil.

If the soil pH is acid, hydrangeas flowers are blue and if the pH is alkaline, flowers

are red. To change flower colour, they need regular fertilising with pinking or blueing hydrangea fertiliser from early spring onwards. White mop head hydrangeas stay white regardless of the pH. Hydrangeas make great cut flowers and have been used in wedding bouquets for many years. My mother had hydrangeas in her bouquet in 1952. Even though they look delicate, hydrangeas are tough and easy to grow.

If they need water they tell you. They literally droop and after good water up they go. They do like to be well watered and need lots of fertiliser but if neglected will still survive.

Another good old fashioned favourite, not so common, is the oak leaf hydrangea. Hydrangea querifolia has wonderful autumn colour. The leaves are large, and strongly lobed like an

American oak. It has attractive large white flowers and has been in gardens since the 19th century.

The snowball tree is officially known as viburnum opulas sterile and must be the most popular of all the many varieties of viburnum.

In Leongatha there are many examples of viburnum opulas sterile flowering around town. The snowball tree is an attractive hardy flowering shrub and will flower every year with very little attention.

The name derives from having been called rose elder (Sanbubcus rosea) in previous centuries; the individual florets were thought to resemble small, single roses. There are many attractive plants in the viburnum species.

All varieties provide beauty and interest and most are perfumed. One of oldest though still rare, is viburnum burkwoodii. This is a lovely

medium sized evergreen shrub. It has attractive clusters of fragrant, pink-budded, white flowers.

Flowering is from mid winter to late spring and this variety has been around since 1924.

Old roses, besides their charm, beauty and incredible fragrance, are also very tough, and a personal favourite is Lorraine Lee which I have growing in my garden and originated from a cutting from my grandmother’s garden.

Lorraine Lee was bred by a famous Australian rose breeder, Alister Clark in 1924. It is named after Lorraine Lee, who was born in Melbourne in 1890, and was a cousin of Jessie Clark, Alister’s niece.

During World War One, Lorraine worked in the Women’s Land Army in England and the Ministry of Munitions, earning an MBE for her dedication.

In 1920, on a visit to Australia, Alister showed her his unnamed rose seedlings and asked her to choose one. The rose she chose became Alister Clark’s most famous and popular rose, Lorraine Lee. The unique characteristic of this rose is its winter flowering. When nearly every other rose in the garden is asleep, Lorraine Lee is still flowering and will continue to do so until early spring when it should be pruned.It will recommence flowering early November.

As a bush, Lorraine Lee can grow into a large 2m x 2m plant with dark glossy leaves. It is reasonably disease resistant.

Its soft pink-apricot hybrid tea flowers begin as long, pointed elegant buds and open to a cupped bloom, with a superb strong fragrance.

Regular removal of spent blooms will ensure this rose is almost constantly in

flower. A climbing version of Lorraine Lee is also available, but it needs plenty of room as it is reasonably vigorous.

Another delightful old rose that has been around since 1881 is Cécile Brünner.

Perfectly shaped, little pink buds have earned this rose its nickname The Sweetheart Rose.

Long flowering, the bush form remains compact, putting up sprays of fragrant flowers that look like tiny, high centred Hybrid Teas.

Long lived and healthy, Cécile Brünner tolerates everything from poor soil to partial shade.

There is a climbing form which is a vigorous climber producing large clusters of sweetly scented soft pink flowers on an almost thornless bush.

This is just a small sample of the many shrubs that have been in gardens for years and stood the test of time.

Gardens open to all MAUREEN Gallagher has transformed a bare block of land into a stunning English country style garden at her Inverloch home.

The botanical wonder will be one of many open to the public to enjoy as part of the Inverloch Uniting Church open garden event this Saturday, November 9.

“I just read a lot of books and when we moved here, I joined

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Perennials feature, salviars are a favourite, and there is still space for apple and nectarine trees. Plants are arranged in rooms and box hedging creates individual sections, all linked by meandering paths.

“I just like all the spots. You see things grow and I think ‘Wow, that’s good’,” Maureen said.

The garden was created without a detailed plan. Instead, Maureen

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Maureen and Rodney Gallagher’s garden was part of the Uniting Church open garden when it was just three years old.

“I just hope people will think it has evolved,” she said.

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Show stopping event SUMPTUOUS costumes from the ABC series Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries were highlights of a recent exhibition at Ripponlea mansion.

A group of Leongatha friends travelled to Melbourne to view the exhibition, where the ladies were given a conducted tour by co-producer of the series, Fiona Eagger, formerly of Leongatha, the daugh-

ter of the late Ron and Mary Eagger.

Based on the novels of Australian author Kerry Greenwood, the exhibition showcases some 30 outfits from the 1920s’ era as worn by the lead cast members including Miss Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) and Detective Inspector Jack Robinson (Nathan Page).

The exhibition was presented by the National Trust and Every Cloud Productions.

Thinking ahead: from left, Julia McCartan from Latrobe Community Health Service, Paul Griffin from Suncorp Bank, agricultural consultant Richard Jackson from Leongatha, Paul Smith from Commonwealth Bank, Committee for Gippsland CEO Mary Aldred, Alex Aeschlimann from Business Insight Group in Leongatha, chairman of Agribusiness Gippsland Alex Arbuthnot, and Agribusiness Gippsland board member Paul Ford.

Leongatha hosts future talk

THE Committee for Gippsland hosted a Future Gippsland Group discussion in Leongatha last Wednesday about food production and agribusiness for the region’s future.

Participants discussed what they saw as the major challenges, opportunities and issues for everything from farm gate and primary production, through to food processing and manufacturing, and pursuing international export markets for Gippsland.

Future Gippsland Group is a collection of major businesses and peak bodies in Gippsland, such as Agribusiness Gippsland.

It is facilitated by the Committee for Gippsland, with some funding provided through Regional Development Australia Gippsland.

Three forums were held in Octo-

ber, starting in Traralgon on the topic of energy and resources, then in Bairnsdale on business and industry investment, and then Leongatha on food production and agribusiness. The findings and key areas of feedback from each session will be compiled by the Committee for Gippsland and used as a piece of advocacy back to all levels of government.

Committee for Gippsland CEO Mary Aldred said key areas of feedback from the Leongatha session in the food production and agribusiness sector included the need to have a better strategy around marketing the Made in Gippsland brand, similar to King Island, and viewing Gippsland in a whole of region way.

“In addition, the importance of Gippsland having a strong infrastructure capacity, which included efficient freight resources, local road mainte-

nance, and port access both within Gippsland and at the Port of Hastings,” she added.

“Skills and workforce issues were also prominently raised, both at the skilled end, and the region being able to consistently source an available workforce.

“Export opportunities and international engagement for agribusiness, particularly throughout Asia and the Middle East were seen as key opportunities, and red tape and over regulation were brought up several times as one of the biggest blockages to investment and innovation.”

Anyone interested in finding out more about the Future Gippsland Group or contributing further feedback on the food production and agribusiness area can contact the Committee for Gippsland on 5623 3219 or via info@gipps.com.au

Miss Fisher tour: from left, Faye Rowlands, Gwen Chapman, Pat West, Jan Birrell, Marg Pegler, Fiona Eagger, Stephanie Hume and Dorothy Giles are pictured outside Ripponlea Mansion.

Shape Tarwin reserve’s future THE volunteer committee members of the Tarwin Lower Recreation Reserve have been working hard over the last few months developing a masterplan for the reserve.

The aim of the master plan was to review the existing facilities and consider the future opportunities for infrastructure develop-

Commando Drug message delivered youth health psyexhibition at LEADING chologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, presented the socially challenging Coping with Tobacco, AlWilsons Prom topic, cohol and Other Drugs to about

WILSONS Promontory National Park is renowned as one of Victoria’s most loved national parks being an ideal family getaway destination.

However, how many visitors would actually be aware of the Prom’s pivotal role in Australia’s World War Two training efforts?

Visitors will now have the opportunity to learn about the Prom’s role as the site for Australia’s first Guerrilla Warfare School in 1941-42 during the Cornerstone of the Nation exhibition.

This fascinating exhibition has been organised by the Foster and District Historical Society.

Parks Victoria ranger in charge Brett Mitchell said the Australian Army built their first School of Guerrilla Warfare No 7 Infantry Training Centre in 1941 at the current Darby River Picnic Area Site and also had established camps at Tidal River.

“The school trained

eight Australian and two New Zealand Independent Companies during 1941 and 1942 before the training program eventually moved to Queensland,” he said.

The site will also play host to the annual pilgrimage of commandos and their families on November 17 for the memorial commemorations.

The commemorations will begin with a short march from the visitor centre at approximately 1pm and head to the commando cairn located in the Tidal River campsite area.

A short ceremony will follow, with visitors welcome to attend this special event.

Cornerstone of the Nation will be on display at the Tidal River visitor centre until December 15.

Other exhibitions may be held in the future in conjunction with the Foster and District Historical Society to provide visitors with more insight into the Prom’s colourful history.

250 local parents, students and community members at a recent evening hosted by Newhaven College.

Dr Carr-Gregg used an interactive and fun quiz to deliver a clear message to parents they must know and understand the facts about the range of drugs available in today’s society.

His advice to parents was to: • get the facts; • be clear in your views; • look for opportunities to start a conversation about drugs with your children, “What do you think…?”; • make sure teens understand the harms; and • set rules and consequences.

Dr Carr Gregg encouraged parents to “be a mentor, not a mate”.

“Do the right thing as a parent by modelling correct behaviours yourself and set expectations and boundaries for your children, especially where their behaviours could be life threatening,” he said.

“Be aware that there are thousands of voices in teens’ lives; make sure your’s is the loudest.”

When sharing personal stories about the challenges he faced when raising his own teenage sons with vastly different personalities, Dr Carr-Gregg advised the audience that, “one size does not fit all”.

“You must become the world expert on each of your children individually. Parents should not outsource drug, sex and alcohol education to the school; that is the job of the parent,” he said.

Parents and schools can work together, however, to find a young person’s ‘spark’, something that gives joy, meaning, purpose, belonging and passion to their life that will give them a positive focus and outlook.

Research shows that keeping young people busy decreases the likelihood of experimentation with drugs due to boredom.

The good news for parents is that, “just because teens roll their eyes, doesn’t mean their ears are shut off.”

“The greatest gift we can give our sons and daughters is the ability to problem solve.

Parents should talk with their children every day to show them how to look for the positives in everyday life situations,” he said.

One way to do this is to, “ask the WWW question every night, ‘What went well?” Research shows that people who are asked this question every day are quantifiably happier and it works for all ages.

There are websites such as happyrambles. com that will email you the question, “What are you grateful for today?” every day, giving you an opportunity to reflect on the positive experiences of each day.

Dr Carr-Gregg congratulated Newhaven College on inviting him to speak directly to families. He was also excited to learn of the Trade Training Centre that will be built at Newhaven College’s Phillip Island Road Campus. The Centre of Excellence will offer regional students options and different pathways into successful and meaningful careers in the building and furniture making industry.

The project will incorporate a mentoring program that will include formal testing to measure the improvement of resilience and self-esteem in young men in particular - a group who are facing many mental health issues in regional Victoria.

Dr Carr-Gregg promised to continue his involvement with Newhaven College and the Centre of Excellence project.

ment at the reserve over the next 10 years.

Michelle Harris from Hands on Community Solutions has been developing the master plan that has involved months of research, consultation and discussion.

All of the key users of the reserve have provided input and ideas into the development of the plan. However now we are asking the broader community to get involved and to review the draft master plan.

Some of the key projects identified as part of the plan include; • driveways and access. Create a clear access route and parking for emergency vehicles with signage. Onroad signage as well as a general lift of the entrance is required; • construct a formal link into town. Construct a 1.5m wide concrete path from the recreation reserve into town along Walkerville Road to enable safe pedestrian access; • there is a need to plan for the replacement of maintenance of equipment, like mowers and slashers, used to maintain the oval and grounds as they are expensive to maintain and replace; • equestrian facilities. Shed improvements to include; kitchen upgrade/water tank/power supply; and • bowls club facilities. Replace the existing fence and incorporate seating and Sun Smart shelter.

The committee will need the help of the broader community to raise funds and implement the master plan in the coming years to benefit everyone in the district.

You can obtain a copy of the draft documents by contacting Michelle Harris on 0458 145 596 or email handsonsm1@bigpond.com.

You can also provide comments about the plan directly back to Michelle. The closing date for feedback on the draft Master plan is November 30.

Meeting place: the future of the Tarwin Lower Recreation Reserve – a popular sporting venue is now in the public’s hands.

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Show me the honey SWEET, golden and delicious, loved by Winnie the Pooh, pharaohs and well, just about everyone.

Dressing up: Interchange Gippsland staff at the Halloween event. Back row, from left, Sarah Wight (program coordinator South Gippsland/Bass Coast), Jenni Rohde (marketing manager), Kaytlyn Eaton (program coordinator), Debbie Knight (CEO), Narelle Bounds (admin coordinator) and Tanya Lynch (program coordinator).

Front, Samantha Hayward Bannister (program coordinator South Gippsland/ Bass Coast), Shilo Wilson (manager respite and support) and Jacqui Leek (administration officer).

Ability to party INTERCHANGE Gippsland held its annual general meeting at the Yallourn Yallourn North Football Netball Club recently.

The launch of the annual report was combined with a Halloween themed Connecting Families special event attended by more than 150 people.

Connecting Families is social support and family respite program made available to all families registered with Interchange Gippsland.

Debbie Knight, CEO Interchange Gippsland said, “Interchange Gippsland’s prime focus is to support families and to arrange regular planned respite through a range of service options.

“Our Connecting Families activities are an addition means of supporting families, and we encourage everyone registered with Interchange Gippsland to

access these family oriented events.”

Other Connecting Families activities that Interchange Gippsland offer families include a Christmas party, mothers’ retreats, fathers’ retreat, sibling camp, family camp and special events.

A number of members of Interchange programs attended the Halloween Party including ROADIES South, ROADIES Latrobe and Friendship Group. Many families also attended the special day out together.

Ms Knight said, “Everyone had a wonderful time at the AGM and Halloween event with participants and their families all getting into the spirit dressing up in many crazy and varied Halloween costumes.

“It was wonderful to see participants, staff and family members all interacting together and enjoying the disco and activities provided.”

We know bees make it, so a big thank you to our busy buzzy winged friends, but how do they do it?

Although they are incredibly intelligent, they are not able to tell us, so the next best option is to speak to Aris Wolswinkel, local Loch apiarist and producer of Aris’s Pure Honey.

He’s been beekeeping for over 60 years so knows the good nectar on all things bees and honey. He’s a regular at some of our local farmers’ markets and his honey can be found at food stores in the region, so you might already have a supply of Aris’s honey in your pantry.

This Saturday he’ll be making an appearance at on the Community Stage at the Coal Creek Farmers’ Market and sharing his knowledge of bees, beekeeping and honey production.

It’s an amazing and at times unbelievable process, we probably don’t really appreciate it fully when we drizzle a spoonful of honey on our toast or porridge.

There are lots of different varieties; Yellow Box, Orange Blossom and Red Sally to name a few. Each has a unique flavour and Aris will explain how this is achieved along with other fascinating facts.

There’ll be samples to try, and time to ask questions too.

Make sure you’re at the market around 10am, Meredith from Grow Lightly will be talking about what’s going on in the vegie patch, then stick around for Aris’ honey talk and tasting. The market kicks off at 8am and goes until 12.30pm.

Taaffe’s Roses are back, and so are all of your favourite local makers, bakers and growers. See you there.

Artistic duo: painters Rosemary Chan (left) and Wendy Saphin are now exhibiting at Mushroom Crafts, Leongatha.

Painters unite ARTISTS have combined their efforts for the latest exhibition at Mushroom Crafts in Leongatha.

Rosemary Chan and Wendy Saphin present Drawn from Life at the gallery during November.

Since moving to the Bass Coast, Chan has studied under Janice Orchard, working mostly in oils. She also spent a term painting in watercolours with John Adam, and also several years with Di Wilson, working on portraiture.

In 2013, Chan won the portrait and pastel sections of the Corinella and District Art Show.

“This year my portraits have been inspired by a journey to the Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival. The object of the festival, which has been taking place biennially for 20 years, is to share culture with the wider community,” she said.

Saphin has taught art widely and won numerous awards, including in the Figure It Now Competition at Phillip Island in 2012, and highly commended at the Rotary Art Show, Korumburra, 2012.

She has held solo exhibitions at Rusty Water Brewery at Phillip Island in 2012 and the Blue Pig Gallery, Wonthaggi, 2013.

Saphin has judged at the Corinella Contemporary Art Show in 2013 and the Cup Weekend Exhibition for the Art Society of Phillip Island in 2011.

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Dumbalk gardens revealed beds in the sunny spots complete the picture.

Collect tickets, which are $10 and a map from the CFA in Nerrena Road, Dumbalk from 12.30pm.

Afternoon tea is included in the price of the ticket, available at the Dumbalk Community Centre with a raffle, lucky ticket prize and plant sales also on offer.

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Organiser Julie Riley is pleased to have five new gardens, all fairly close together for visitors to explore.

One of the gardens, not far from the tennis courts in Dumbalk North belongs to Olive and Harvey Harris who built their house and started their garden in 1949.

Surrounded by hills and tucked into a little valley, the house is located towards the front of the property, allowing enough room at the rear for a tennis court and established orchard.

Olive and Harvey, now in their nineties, have been keen gardeners with trees being a feature in this garden.

A wonderful tulip tree has pride of place in the front garden and on the left hand side of the garden, willows, poplars, an ash tree and a silver birch form a wonderful backdrop to camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas. Harvey has built a channel here to

deal with the water which rushes down the hill after a storm.

At the rear of the house is a huge pin oak and the large trees in the garden have created a wonderful shady canopy for fuchsias and camellias.

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Buzzard to sing PUGSLEY Buzzard will play Waratah Lodge at Fish Creek as part of his national tour to launch his new CD, CHASIN’ ACES.

Come along: Nat Challis is encouraging everybody to come to the MS Society’s Music Fundraiser this month.

Buzzard will perform at the lodge on Saturday, November 16 and the Phillip Island Jazz Festival on Sunday, November 17.

The singer and piano player’s new CD album was recorded in New Orleans, Melbourne and the Blue Mountains.

This recording of 10 new original tunes by Buzzard features some of New Orleans top jazz, blues and funk players including Jimmy Carpenter, Antonio Gambrell, Craig Klein, Charles Brewer, Nathan Lambert, John Fohl and Irene Sage who have performed with artists Dr John, Allen Toussaint, Bonerama, Walter Wolfman Washington, Eric Lindell and the Mardi Gras Indian Funk Ensemble amongst others.

The album also features some of Buzzard’s favourite Melbourne musicians including Nathan Ford, Adam Simmons, Kynan Robinson Declan Jones and Tim Kingsley and Blue Mountains artists John Stuart and Neill Duncan.

Rocking for MS LEONGATHA will be hosting a rocking good night this month to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

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Award winners on stage LEONGATHA Lyric Theatre’s upcoming production of A. R. Gurney’s Love Letters will feature two recognised actors.

Joanne Street and David Tattersall appeared on stage together in Lyric’s production of Educating Rita in 2010; a performance that won them each of them the trophy for most outstanding actor in a comedy or drama at the Gippsland Associated Theatres Awards night.

Love Letters is a moving story, told through the reading of letters, of the 50 year relationship and on again-off again romance between Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. Both characters are from a wealthy back-

Australian rock chick Marie Wilson will bring music and good times to the Dakers Centre on November 16 in a family friendly event.

Up for auction on the night are a lot of fantastic items.

These include a 2013 Hawthorn Football Club jumper signed by the whole premiership team, two Hawthorn training balls which the team has used.

One ball is signed by Alistair Clarkson and Luke Hodge, and the other signed by Jarryd Roughead and other leading players.

A signed Essendon jumper from Dyson Heppell is also up for grabs, as is a four burner barbecue from Masters.

The Waratah Bay Caravan Park has donated two nights of accommodation in a deluxe cabin.

Organisers Nat Challis and Vicki Poxon are excited about the concert and hope the community gets behind the good cause.

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The play builds as their lives take different paths.

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Farming Insight • VLE LEONGATHA

Chase on for steers THERE were 657 cattle penned which was nearly 400 less week on week with the usual buying group present but not all operating fully in a dearer market.

Recent price decreases and reasonable spring growth across most of Gippsland have kept cattle in the paddock this week, although this is not the case for all areas.

Cows represented the majority of the yarding with most other categories hard to quote due to the limited selection on offer.

Most of the steers and bullocks were manufacturing types and sold to stronger competition. Most weights and grades were offered in the cows with dairy lines representing the larger proportion.

A handful of yearling trade steers sold from 161c to 188c/kg. Well finished yearling heifers made between 145c and 166c similar to last week’s results.

A single pen of grown steers which were of very good quality sold for 190c/kg. A couple of bullocks made between 175c and 178c/kg. The more numerous Friesian manufacturing steers made from 142c to 152c lifting 8c to 9c while a more limited selection of well finished three score crossbreds sold from 147c to 165c gaining 11c/kg.

Light weight dairy cows made between 85c and 116c/ kg representing a significant increase week on week. Medium weight dairy cows sold between 100c and 123c lifting 12c/kg. Heavy weight dairy cows made from 113c to 137c to sell from equal to 5c dearer, while the beef portion of the heavy weights made from 118c to 135c to sell from equal to 2c/kg dearer.

NEW HOLSTEIN EXPORT HEIFER ORDER Now buying for China Un-joined Holstein Heifers China protocols applied -190kg plus Delivery first week of December Top Prices Paid Ring for further information Delivered to Quarantine

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Heavy weight bulls sold from 132c to 155c lifting from 2c to 9c/kg on the C and D muscle lines.

The next sale draw - November 6: 1. David Phelan, 2. SEJ, 3. Alex Scott, 4. Landmark, 5. Elders, 6.

Rodwells.

Wednesday, October 30 BULLOCKS 12 E.L. & A.M. Deppeler, Yinnar South 1 I.N. & G.S. Cornwaith, Mirboo North 2 Formbuild P/L, Phillip Island 3 A.S. & S.C. Bright, Meeniyan 8 Redmond Dairies, Inverloch 1 L. Roberts, Kardella

601kg 675kg 647kg 590kg 665kg 685kg

190.0 178.2 165.0 162.6 152.6 151.6

$1142 $1202 $1068 $959 $1014 $1038

STEERS 2 W.G. & F.M. Pratt, Inverloch 6 A. Lade, Flynns Creek 1 A. Petersen, Fish Creek 1 P. Van Heerwaarden, Bena 1 I.N. & G.S. Cornwaith, Mirboo North 1 Hydewood Beef, Mirboo

387kg 507kg 380kg 375kg 470kg 525kg

195.0 187.6 170.0 165.0 162.6 161.0

$755 $952 $646 $618 $764 $845

COWS 1 L.A. & L.R. Hornby, Outtrim 1 M. & T. Verboon, Yanakie 6 K.H. Perry, Yinnar 1 B.R. Beattie Family, Nerrena 1 K.D. & L.J. Opray, Hedley 8 I. & R. Hengstberger, Stony Creek

685kg 730kg 592kg 680kg 795kg 539kg

137.0 $938 137.0 $1000 135.2 $801 135.0 $918 134.6 $1070 134.6 $726

HEIFERS 1 P. Van Heerwaarden, Bena 1 W.G. & F.M. Pratt, Inverloch 1 D. Land, Arawata 1 S. Hogarth, Kardella 1 G. & R. Opray, Dumbalk 1 Hydewood Beef, Mirboo

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168.6 167.6 165.6 162.6 161.6 152.6

$573 $544 $629 $349 $711 $724

BULLS 1 C. & J. Carter, Tarwin 1 R.D. & J.F. Atherton, Wonthaggi 1 B.V. & G.A. Sibly, Woolamai 1 D.L. & M.T. Brickle, Yanakie 1 A. Lade, Flynns Creek 1 C. O’Brien, Boola Boola

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$1371 $1299 $1174 $1228 $1246 $1147

Store sale

Calling shots: Rohan McRae from Elders Korumburra and Owen Kindellan from Elders Foster get ready to sell.

All set: Elders agents Clay Mabilia (left) and Ross McRobert gear up for a big day at the VLE Leongatha sale.

Thursday, October 31 Total yarding: 2042.

Steers: J. Agostino, Rosedale, 14 x $990; Lloyd Hengstberger, Dumbalk North, 13 x $950; Fermar P/L, Leongatha, 4 x $930; Conisbee & Co, Glengarry, 18 x $870; Merlewood Angus, Mirboo North, 14 x $870; A.J. & B.R. Moyle, Lance Creek, 10 x $855; R.D. Vosper, Narracan, 1 x $855.

Heifers: M. & M. Stephens, Moe, 11 x $740; R.D. Vosper, Narracan, 1 x $550; Richards Cheltenham P/L, Wonthaggi, 14 x $530; S. Mackenzie, Buffalo, 1 x $510; C. Rippon, Binginwarri, 1 x $500; Lionel Holdings, Yanakie, 23 x $494; Dirt P/L, Leongatha, 4 x $480.

Cows: A. & P. Maple, Tarraville, 1 x $720; P. Cashman, Stratford, 1 x $700; R. Woods, Yarram, 1 x $580; C. Rippon, Binginwarri, 1 x $500.

Cows and calves: P. Cashman, Stratford, 11 x $1000; Lionel Holdings, Yanakie, 7 x $970; R. Woods, Yarram, 2 x $770; C. O’Brien, Boola Boola, 4 x $740; W. Ponton, Boolarra, 3 x $700; R. Stipani, Willung South, 9 x $700.

Fingers crossed: hopeful buyers Marj Brown and Glenys Shandley at VLE Leongatha.

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Farming Insight

Small size, big power

MG bid welcomed AUSTRALIAN Dairy Farmers (ADF) has welcomed the latest interest in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB), with the recent bid by Murray Goulburn (MG) bringing into play the value of farmerowned co-operatives to the dairy industry.

ADF president Noel Campbell said the competition for WCB so far is a strong sign of confidence in the industry’s future prospects and growth, at home and abroad.

“There is strength in unity through farmer ownership of processing capacity, and the co-operative model offers farmers improved returns from the whole supply chain,” he said.

“Farmer co-operatives play an important part in the

industry in key dairy regions around the world, with four of the top eight dairy companies globally co-operatives.”

The recent Horizons 2020 report into the future of the dairy industry also provided evidence of the benefits of farmer-owned cooperatives.

The report stated that, “Sustained growth in dairy industry output of any major exporting country has - in the past - not been achieved without the significant presence of farmer-owned cooperatives as the engine for expansion.”

Mr Campbell said the dairy industry needs a range of company structures to help ensure a vibrant and prosperous future.

“Diversity in this respect will help ensure the industry delivers stronger returns and is well placed to capitalise on future growth opportunities,” he said.

Small and green: Frank Smolders uses his John Deere compact tractor on his nursery in Fish Creek, where it copes well with the tight spaces.

Top farmers NZ bound THE cream of Victoria’s young dairy leaders has risen to the top again, with the selection of the 2014 UDV New Zealand study tour group.

The United Dairyfarmers of Victoria, the dairy group of the VFF, together with the National Centre for Dairy Education Australia (NCDEA), conducted a rigorous screening program to select candidates for the Gardiner Foundation funded UDV Study Tour 2014.

“The crew of six were selected due to their high calibre of skill, determination and willingness to progress in the Victorian dairy industry,” UDV president Kerry Callow said.

“This year we have a particularly intriguing bunch of young go-getters, who are actively involved in the dairy industry both on and off farm throughout the state.

“We feel this year we are excited by the selected participants that represent the diversity of Victoria’s diary industry and look forward to seeing what

life-changing experiences they come away with.”

The group includes: • William Ryan – on farm and student (Flemington/Dumbalk); • Kallan Young – on farm and student (Longerenong/Inverloch); • Katherine Snell – veterinarian (Maffra); • Chris Potts – Fonterra area manager (Darnum); • Thomas Lindsay - on farm and student (Picola); and • Bradley Missen – farm manager (Denison).

Leaving Melbourne in February 2014 for eight days, the tour will be conducted on the North Island of New Zealand and will include visits to dairy farms, research and processing facilities and agricultural sites to meet the framework of learning identified by the participants.

The tour will be led by dairy farmer and UDV Policy Councillor Tim Leahy and joining Tim will be Sue Milne, industry trainer with the NCDEA.

titude of tasks around the nursery such as moving potting mix and spreading gravel.

“The tractor is doing the work it was intended for and the addition of the rotary hoe and loader increases the usability of the machine,” he said.

To find out more about John Deere tractors, contact Windmill Ag at Leongatha South on 5667 6600.

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“I needed something for the nursery that was able to work in tight areas. I chose a John Deere from Windmill Ag because of the service and the locality of the business,” he said.

“I have had the tractor for around five months and so far it is performing well.”

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KELLY LANE MIRROR. Neutral colours with pebble surround. Medium size. EC. $20. Ph. 5655 1264.

HIGHCHAIR. Chicco. White. Adjustable backrest & harness. Adjustable seat height. Removable tray. $20. Ph. 5663 5439.

DOLL HOUSE. 3 levels in pink and white. With storage section underneath for dolls and furniture. 100cm high, 63cm wide and 50cm deep. $40. Phone 0439 552 022.

SUITCASE. Large. On wheels. 60cm (h) x 8cm (l) x 30cm (w). $10. Ph. 5658 1159 DRIZA-BONE COAT. Ladies. Navy blue.

Full length. Beautiful Australian lining.

New condition. $50. Ph. 0448 860 292.

GIANT JADE PLANT. 1mt tall. planted in old washing machine bowl. $45. ph.

0448 860 292.

HIGH CHAIR. White cover. Mother's Choice 3 wheel pram. Both good condition. $50 the lot. Ph. 0411 743 648.

CHAIRS. 2 antique timber dining chairs, teak stain colour, cottage style, good condition, $50. Ph. 5663 5439.

CONCRETE GARDEN POTS barrel style (4), $10 the lot. Ph. 5662 3650.

TV. 27” with 'Strong' set top box connected on portable stand, $10. Ph. 5658 1515.

DOLL'S CRADLE. Double decker , pink wood, as new mattress, mosquito net, white trim pink spots and lace, $30. Ph. 5655 1792 pm.

WHEEL BARROW. Steel, for small child, $8. Ph. 5655 1792 pm.

BULKA BAGS. (3) 1 tonne cap. Good condition, $40 the lot. 0417 081 152.

PURE WOOL MEN'S COAT. Knee length, $45. Very good condition. Ph. 5662 2264.

SET LADIES GOLF CLUBS and bag, $35. Ph. 5662 2264.

WATER BED. Double, includes bladder, heater and cover, $50. 0433 776 365.

STOOLS x 2, light colour, hardwood, 670mm high. VGC. $20 pair.

Ph. 5658 1050.

TV CABINET. $20. Ph. 0430 767 950.

LARGE TRAMPOLINE. $10. Ph.0407 076 425.

PLUMBING FITTINGS. Assorted box: PVC, brass, etc. $30. Ph. 5658 1443.

Advertisements must be received at The Star by Friday 12 noon *The Star reserves the right to refuse any advertisement PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS ONLY - NO BUSINESSES Max. 2 advs. per week - Single phone number for contact NOTE: No advertisements for animals, birds or fish accepted

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KINESIOLOGIST, Abbey Mitchell, consults at the Natural Medicine Centre, Leongatha and Wonthaggi.

For appointments call 0417-376400.

DUMBALK OPEN GARDEN DAY

CHIROPRACTOR NORMAN G. VRADENBURG

Sunday, November 10 Start 12.30pm from CFA Building

“NON-FORCE PRACTITIONER”

$10pp - includes entry to five gardens, map, lucky prizes and afternoon tea Bargains at plant sale

Enquiries: 5664 4266 or 5664 4344 All Proceeds to Dumbalk CFA Dumbalk DDPA & CFA

28 Reilly Street, INVERLOCH HOURS - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday by appointment Phone and fax 5674 3666 South Gippsland Chiropractic Services & Adjunctive Therapies P/L

POSITION VACANT COOK / COOK’S ASSISTANT A position exists as a Cook / Cook’s Assistant within the Food Services Department at Woorayl Lodge to cover periods of staff leave. The position is approximately two days a week, with the opportunity to pick up extra relieving shifts when available.

The ability to work as part of a team and cover a variety of shifts including some weekend work is required.

Food handling qualifications and experience is preferred, but not essential.

Applicants please forward resumé including a current National Police Certificate, to the Manager at Woorayl Lodge, 71 McCartin Street, Leongatha.

Applications close November 11, 2013

Established Established 1986 1986

CRAFTS CRAFTS

ART/CRAFT SPACE presents

ST JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL KORUMBURRA

“DRAWN FROM LIFE”

work by ROSEMARY CHAN & WENDY SAPHIN

2014 Vacancies

until November 28, 2013

40 Bair Street, LEONGATHA. PH. 5662 2144

a) Maternity leave replacement, classroom teacher, full time terms one, two & three with possible part time term four b) 0.2 LOTE position Removal of Alberton West and Drouin West halls Pending permit approval, the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) plans to remove disused halls at Gelliondale Road, Alberton West and Old Sale Road, Drouin West in late 2013 or early 2014.

Both have not been used for more than a decade, and are in poor condition, with extensive damage and structural decay. They are a potential safety risk.

For more information or to provide feedback, please contact the DEPI Traralgon office by Friday, 22 November 2013 on telephone (03) 5172 2111. www.depi.vic.gov.au Customer Service Centre 136 186

Art Exhibition “ Spring Sunshine”

Expressions of interest are invited from suitably qualified teachers.

Written applications, including full Curriculum Vitae with phone details of four referees, should be sent to the school principal: Mr Greg Synan St Joseph’s Primary School 1-3 Bridge Street KORUMBURRA VIC 3950 Enquiries welcome. Call (03) 5655 2040 Applications close November 8, 2013

South Gippsland Shire Council

Community Support Worker Casual positions available $28.67-$30.30 per hour Uniform Supplied No night shifts or sleepovers Travel allowance paid *some conditions apply

A major Art Showing of Wildlife & Landscapes by

Would you like to make a difference in people’s lives?

Then join our award winning Aged and Disability team!

Help us assist frail aged, people with a disability and their carers to remain safe, secure and independent in their own homes.

Di & John Koenders Saturday, October 26 to Sunday, November 17

You will hold a Certificate III in Home and Community Care or equivalent including modules related to the delivery of personal care, consideration will be given to candidates who have completed Manual Handling, Occupational Health & Safety and Level 2 First Aid modules.

A current driver’s licence and access to a reliable roadworthy vehicle is essential. Medical, Police and Working with Children Checks will be conducted on the successful candidate.

Including all public holidays and Melbourne Cup weekend

These positions are Casual, however availability Monday to Saturday during the hours of 7am to 7pm is preferred to allow for rostering of shifts, along with the ability to travel to areas such as Venus Bay/Tarwin Lower, Foster/Toora and Meeniyan.

Open daily 10am-5pm

Enquiries to Client Services Team Leaders on (03) 5662 9200.

30831

STAR OFFICE - 36 McCARTIN STREET, LEONGATHA EMAIL : bagabargain@thestar.com.au

5662 5555

WOORAYL LODGE INC.

MUSHROOM

MAXIMUM 15 WORDS

OR PHONE :

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ZO391177

BAG A BARGAIN in The Star!

message of hope THE heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

Proverbs 16:23.

MAYFIELD GALLERY Fairbank Rd, ARAWATA | Ph 5659 8262

All applicants must submit an Employment Application Form and address the selection criteria outlined in the position description, by 5pm Wednesday 13 November.

Further information and a position description are available from our website.

www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au

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LEONGATHA SECONDARY COLLEGE

Forward resumé and letter of application to: Aimee Morehouse Leongatha Secondary College Private Bag 1, Leongatha 3953 Job description can be obtained by phoning Aimee on 5662 4333 Applications close 15/11/2013

wanted for young baby MONDAYS ONLY Pound Creek location

MILKER 10 MILKINGS PER WEEK Rotary dairy.

Must be able to milk every 2nd weekend.

Korumburra South PHONE 0427 667 114

EXCAVATOR, DOZER AND GRADER OPERATOR Must have all relevant tickets and licences Phone 0438 056 987

situations vacant Mirboo North Hotel Fully Qualified Weekend Barista / Front of House & Apprentice Chef For our busy and growing bistro Post resumés: 70 Ridgway Mirboo North 3871 5668 1552

Call April 0400 660 321

Newhaven College, an independent co-educational school on Phillip Island, offers quality education for students from Prep through to Year 12. Due to growth at Newhaven College we are looking for:

VCE Business Management and Accounting Teacher (P/T) Special Education Teacher 0.6 Careers Teacher (P/T) These positions can be combined for applicant’s with the right qualifications.

Please visit www.newhavencol.vic.edu.au Applications close Friday 15 November

Bass Coast Dental Group LEONGATHA

Health Leadership Roles

Require a:

We’re Expanding in Health. Can you?

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If you are looking for an opportunity to work for a privately owned, friendly business in Korumburra then apply via email to: jobs@burrafoods.com.au or by post to: Burra Foods, PO Box 379, Korumburra Vic. 3950.

Applications close: 13th November 2013

QUALIFIED BABYSITTER

work wanted QUALIFIED CHILD CARE worker, looking for position either as a nanny / babysitter. Cert 3 qualified, all checks and certificates completed. Jess Verboon 0474-228399.

Better health, Better lifestyles, Stronger communities

,03$&7 5(&58,70(17 &2168/7,1*

We are a growing Australian based company, which services overseas and domestic customers with a highly successful range of locally manufactured, premium branded dairy products.

Reporting to the Production Process Training Coordinator, this position assumes primary responsibility for: • Ensuring compliance with OH&S legislation by conducting workplace inspections, investigations and audits.

• Actively develop, promote and conduct safety initiatives and improvements in the workplace • Coordinating OH&S committee meetings and implement recommendations as required • Coordinating return to work To be successful for the position we require a person with: • Qualifications in a safety related discipline with a working knowledge of SafetyMap or AS4801 safety management systems • Strong problem solving, communication and organisational skills with the capability to manage change.

• Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment would be highly regarded • Experience in implementing safety systems in a manufacturing environment

Please call 0400 379 637

Meat Processors, labourers and Skilled Staff Required For large Export Meat processing facilities in the Wonthaggi Region.

Stability and Long term Employment Opportunities Available Duties include: • General Labouring • Process Work • Rendering • Boning/Slicing/Knife Hand • Picking & Packing Experience not essential. Full training provided.

MUST be Australian citizen or permanent resident.

Full time & casual positions available. Early starts.

MUST be prepared to attend INFORMATION SESSION. Eligibility Criteria Applies.

To apply please call 8398 1728 or email your most recent resumé to madmin@miss.vic.edu.au

Interchange Gippslandis isanainnovative community based respite Interchange Gippsland community based respite and support agency that provides a range programs and support agency providing a range of ofinnovative for children for andchildren young adults a disability families. programs and with young adults and withtheir a disability The programs aim to build, and promote strength and their families.

Theenhance programs createtheinclusive of the individual and the family unit. communities and build, enhance and promote the We are currently seeking to appoint a Program Coordinator to strengths of individuals and their family unit. We operate work across a number of key programs within, including the programs Gippsland wide and have offices based in Flexible Family Respite and Connecting Families Programs.

Newborough Wonthaggi.

The successful and applicant will be required to have completed a We are seeking appoint a Program Coordinator to University Degree into Social and Community Welfare or a related field Wonthaggi and have sector working in a similar our offirelated ce to experience, work across a number of role. key Interchange Gippsland isto an innovative community based This positionincluding has capacity be undertaken part time, minimum programs the Flexible Family Respite and respite and support agency that provides range of programs 45 hours per fortnight, and requires somea availability to work Roadies South.

The successful applicant will be required for children and young occasional adults with aevenings disabilityand and their families. flexible hours including weekends.

The to completed a University Degree in Social and Thehave programs to build, and promote the strength role is an eightaim month, fixed enhance term contract, with the possibility of Community Welfare or a related fi eld and have sector of the individual and the family unit. an extension. related experience, working in a similar role.

We are currently seeking to aappoint Program Coordinatorthe to Applications must include cover a letter that addresses work across acriteria number keyto programs This position has capacity bein undertaken full timethe or key selection asofoutlined the within, positionincluding description Flexible Family Respite and Connecting Families Programs. part minimum pertwo fortnight, and requires and atime, current resume 45 thathours includes professional referees.

A copy of the position can be downloaded from The successful applicant will be required to hours have completed a some availability todescription work flexible including www.impactrecruitment.com.au (click on work with our University Degree in Social Community Welfare or an aclients). related occasional evenings andand weekends.

The role is eight field and have sector related experience, working in a similar role.

All enquiries the position canthe be possibility made to Rebecca month, fixedregarding term contract, with of an Whelan at Impact Recruitment 5173 6820.

Applications can This position has capacity to beon undertaken part time, minimum extension. be submitted rebecca@impactrecruitment.com.

45 hours per electronically fortnight, andtorequires some availability to work Applications must include a cover letter that addresses au or mailed, PO BOX 409, Traralgon Vic. 3844. flexible hours including occasional evenings and weekends. The the key as outlined inthethe position role is an selection eightby month, fixed term with possibility of Applications COBcriteria Sunday 18contract, August 2013. an extension. and a current resumé that includes two description professional referees.

Applications must include a cover letter that addresses the selection as outlined in the position description Akey copy of thecriteria position description can be downloaded and a current resume that includes two professional referees. from www.impactrecruitment.com.au (click on jobs).

A copy of the position description can be downloaded from All enquiries regarding the (click position canwith beour made to www.impactrecruitment.com.au on work clients).

Rebecca Whelan at Impact Recruitment on 5173 6820.

All enquiries regarding the position can be made to Rebecca Applications can be submitted electronically to Whelan at Impact Recruitment on 5173 6820.

Applications can rebecca@impactrecruitment.com.au or mailed, PO BOX be submitted electronically to rebecca@impactrecruitment.com. au orTraralgon mailed, POVic. BOX3844.

409, Traralgon Vic. 3844.

409, Applications byby COB Sunday 18 August 2013. 2013.

Applications COB Friday 8 November

OH&S COORDINATOR

Great opportunity for experienced Commercial Cook / Chef in busy surf-side café.

Must love food, involved in creating menu with flair and bubbly personality.

DEVELOP A CAREER IN THE MEAT INDUSTRY

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

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CHEF

A well known and long time established local business is looking for an experienced Refrigeration Mechanic.

Experience preferred in breakdown, repair and service maintenance work - for both residential and commercial HVAC systems.

Apply via email: info@wilburns.com.au

Commencing January 2014

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Latrobe Community Health Service is one of the largest not-for-profit, incorporated community health organisations in Victoria.

We are expanding both in the services we provide and the places we provide them. We are seeking two Executive Directors to lead this expansion in the critical areas of aged and disability care, drug treatment services and counselling.

You will need to be hands on with the ability to manage a staff of up to 100 and a budget of up to $17m. You will also need to demonstrate entrepreneurial flair.

We want you to manage the changes in services and locations that our expansion demands.

Your leadership will be required either for:

Qualified Dental Assistant A leading dental practice in Gippsland requires a Qualified Dental Assistant.

Those who are interested in starting a great career in the dental profession should contact our office without delay.

The successful candidate will have exceptional communication skills, ability to foster great customer relationships, strong organisational skills and initiative, be friendly and reliable and have a real interest in caring for customers. The position is full time Monday to Friday.

To apply please mail your resumé to: Bass Coast Dental Group 32-34 Bair Street Leongatha 3953

Gippsland, Grampians and Hume Regions; or

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across Gippsland, including Drug Treatment, Counselling and Respite.

The skills you bring will significantly shape the direction of Latrobe Community Health Service. A highly competitive remuneration package including a fully maintained motor vehicle and access to salary packaging and other organisational benefits awaits the successful candidates.

If you share our vision and have what it takes to succeed, visit the LCHS website www.lchs.com.au, view the position description and lodge an online confidential application.

For a confidential discussion please contact: Ben Leigh, Chief Executive Officer, on (03) 5136 5411 Closing date for applications is Sunday 10 November 2013

www.lchs.com.au ZO360912

21st Annual General Meeting Members of the public are invited to attend the 21st Annual General Meeting of Gippsland Southern Health Service.

The meeting will be held in Leongatha at Gippsland Southern Health Service on Thursday 28th November 2013 commencing at 4pm.

The President of the Board of Management, Mr David Harvey, will report on the 21st year of operation of GSHS, and release the Quality of Care Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30th June 2013.

14 days notice must be given for any resolution to be considered.

If you wish to attend, please contact Dianna Mollica, Executive Assistant on 5667 5504 or email execassi@gshs.com.au.

Light refreshments will be available.

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meetings Fish Creek Football Netball Club

NETBALL AGM Wednesday, November 20 Fish Creek Social Club Rooms 7.30pm All welcome

for lease 118 ACRES, 40 acres bush, Buffalo area. Ph: 5662-4653.

for rent 3 BEDROOM brick veneer home in Korumburra, $250 pw. References required.

Ph: 0418-570536.

room to let

Netball Coaching Positions

ROOM TO RENT

Applications for all grades to: PO Box 99, Fish Creek 3959 fishcreeknc@hotmail.com

IN 3 BEDROOM HOME IN BUSHLAND IN KOONWARRA

South Gippsland Horse Trail Riding Club

AGM

LEONGATHA RSL SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10 6pm for a meal Meeting starts at 7pm

$150 per week plus share of expenses.

4 weeks bond and references required.

SUIT MATURE EMPLOYED PERSON Ph: 0409 813 957

for sale FOR SALE

accommodation PROFESSIONAL person seeks midweek self contained accommodation in Leongatha or Korumburra.

Ph: 0431-380089.

TREETOPS RESORT Port Douglas. Newly furnished units. Contact owner 0407460756.

garage sales LEONGATHA 9 Noel Court, Saturday, November 9, 7.30am - 3pm. Camper trailer, furniture, tools, household items, and much more.

Custom built motorbike trailer, made to carry three dirt bikes or one or two road bikes.

Fold out heavy-duty ramp included and stored under the rear of the trailer.

LED tail lights. $1,700 ONO Call Robert 0438 009 791

GARAGE SALE

MOWERS

The “STAR” can help you promote your event with our

We stock the largest range of New push and ride-on mowers in South Gippsland, including - Honda,Victa, Greenfield, Deutscher, Cab Cadet, MTD, Masport, Toro, Yard Machines & Rover from $149.

Professional repairs and service for ALL mower makes and models.

Husqvarna Specialist.

Also stocking a large range of parts and accessories.

We also have a large range of secondhand mowers available.

$27.50 GARAGE SALE KIT KIT INCLUDES 5cm x S/C advert (valued at $33.00) • 2 x A4 Garage Sale Signs • Garage Sale Tips (dos and don’ts) • Sheet of Price Stickers • Star Carry Bag

Total package valued at $41 ADVERTISE by calling 5662 5555 or emailing classifieds@thestar.com.au or call in to 36 McCartin Street LEONGATHA to pick up your kit when you place your advertisement

MOTORCYCLES & POWER EQUIPMENT

garage sales

garage sales

Cnr Allison & South Gippsland Hwy, Leongatha. L.M.C.T. 2714

Ph: 5662 2028

www.marriottsmpe.com.au

MONSTER GARAGE/ CLEARING SALE 4 MICHAEL PLACE, LEONGATHA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 TO SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Eclectic range of antiques, bric-a-brac, furniture, farm items, and more!

Queen Anne table setting, Italian style lounge and dining setting with feature wall unit, Bali cabinet, kitchen dressers, feature wall cabinets, art deco display unit, figurines, Hiskens Steeple trophy, paintings, wall prints, Pioneer plasma tv, printers, bookshelves, TV cabinets, bar fridge, light shades, mirrors, biscuit tins, wotnots, chairs, vintage radio, books, DVDs, ladies mountain bike, qty laminated chipboard, qty indoor pine planks, Bookowl signs, cash register, trolley floor scales, heavy old wagon wheel, Silvan 70L spray unit and hose reel to suit quad bike, Head Catcher (to suit Norton cattle crush), bullbar - ex Navara D22, set of wide tyres/rims suit D22.

Plus hundreds of items too numerous to mention.

for sale OLD CONCRETE REMOVED PATHS CONCRETE TANKS OLD SHED SLABS

used vehicles Affordable cars at drive away prices

Big or small for cheap rates Call Gippsland Concrete Recycling 5176 6100

SEWING MACHINE REPAIRS & SALES

FREE QUOTES WONTHAGGI SEWING CENTRE

167 Graham Street Wonthaggi

5672 3127

CAMPING EQUIPMENT and cabin tent Pouche, canvas, top quality, and equipment. 5662-3278.

CARAVAN Windsor Windcheater, 1987, 18ft, twin axle, electric brakes, front kitchen, double island bed with new innerspring mattress, four burner gas stove with oven (as new), three-way fridge, new roll-out awning, TV aerial.

Spacious and in very good condition. Reg until July 2014, No. C46318 H Tele: 5662-4630. $13,500.

FIREWOOD Local messmate / stringy.

Discount for bulk loads, cut and split, $90 per metre.

Ph: 0437-176187.

FIREWOOD, redgum & local wood, Ph 0408-980711, A/H 5662-5175.

PIANOLA with approx. 200 rolls.

Corrugated iron secondhand, $4 per sheet.

0418-791840.

RAMS Southdown, Poll Dorset and Border Leicester. Flock registered, brucellosis accredited, well bred, from $150 each. Can deliver. 0428-356376.

SETTEE 3 seater, floral tapestry design. As new, $180. 5662-3278.

SLEEPERS, treated pine, 200x50x2.4 $12.10 each, 200x75x2.4 $16.75 each, 200x75x3.0 $ 20.90 each.

Free delivery for pack lots.

Phone Joe 0417-530662.

TIMBER Kiln dried blackwood, silver wattle, cypress, celery top pine, most sizes for furniture and craft, also slabs and structural pine. Ph: 5681-2261.

WATER SKI equipment, skis, rope, and wetsuits.

Nearest offer. 5662-3278.

livestock OLD PORT POULTRY FARM delivering 20-weekold laying hens to your area, Saturday November 16, $19 each. Ph: BH 0438832535, AH 5183-2515.

used vehicles

FREE CAR REMOVAL Will pay up to $300 for complete car Buyers of scrap metal All machinery Bins provided

Bass Coast Metal Recyclers 5672 2946 0417 556 593

SG CHEAPEST CARS Geary Road Leongatha LMCT 10804

Phone Judy or Geoff 0428 920 095 for full range of vehicles Or visit: www.sgcheapestcars.com NOTE: drive away means no more to pay.

All on road costs paid.

TOYOTA LANDCRUISER 1991, turbo diesel, 400,000km, VGC, $13,500 ONO. (2SWAMP) 0428745538.

VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2007 wagon, silver, auto, diesel, 63,000km, RWC. Rego due Oct 2014 (WAD434). $20,000 ONO. Call Sally: 0425-707057.

wanted DUST IT AWAY CLEANING SERVICE Family business DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL CLEANING Pensioner rates COVERING SOUTH GIPPSLAND AREA Phone 0400 614 056 or 0409 547 461

thanks THANK YOU To our wonderful daughter Jillie and our great son-in-law Rob, our grandchildren Jess, Bec and Jarrod, for the organisation of our 60th Wedding Anniversary celebrations. Also a heap of our faithful friends from years past for the beautiful cards and good wishes, we treasure them all.

Our grateful thanks, Marg and Ted Leamon.

marriage celebrant PAM HERRALD

deaths ANDREWS - John Owen (Jack).

3.10.1937 - 4.11.2013 Beloved and loved husband of Lorraine.

Loved father and father-inlaw of John and Leeanne; Kaylene and Peter.

Cherished Pa of seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

At peace.

Forever in our hearts.

COOKSON (Sheffield) Elizabeth Harton (Beth).

Passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family at Dalkieth Hostel, Traralgon on October 24, 2013 in her 90th year.

Dearly loved wife of Ern (dec). Treasured mum of Pat and Alby (dec), Peter John (dec), Roslyn and Robert, and Noel (dec) and Marg.

Loved nan of Craig and Manda, Paul and Sue, Carolyn and Erik, David, Kaitlyn, and Stephanie.

Loved great nan of Zac, Lydia and Meg; Zoe and Peppa; Kaelen, Kai and Mahlet.

Our precious Mum, reunited with loved ones.

A lifetime of precious memories are ours to treasure.

Bye Mum, bye bye.

XX Pat XX Our dearly loved Mum and Nanna.

United with family.

Love you forever.

Roz, Robert, David, Carolyn, Erik, Kaelen, Kai and Mahlet.

COOK - Donald Keith.

15.2.1918 - 1.11.2013 Late of ‘Greenslopes’ Koonwarra.

Beloved husband of Hilda (dec).

Well loved father of Lynette, Jeanette, Greg and Tony.

Loving father-in-law of Brian, Ross and Helen.

Proud great grandfather of Simone, Ward (dec), Letitia and Verity; Ben and Hannah; Matt and Sophie and great granddaughter Ava. Thank you Dad.

All areas - 5672 3123 jenny_milkins@hotmail.com

COOK - Don. The South Gippsland Beekeepers regret the passing of its most senior member Don. His gentle nature and good humour will be missed by all.

CAM ABOOD

Our condolences to his family.

5662 2553 0438 097 181

Jenny Milkins Leongatha 5662 4191

in memoriam YOUNG - Bev and Gordon.

4.11.2003 Ten years since that tragic day but we remember the happy times.

COOK - Don. A special friend and neighbour who we will always remember. Will be sadly missed.

Our thoughts are with the Cook family.

deaths CUMMING William Ronald.

Passed away peacefully on October 30, 2013 aged 83.

Loving husband of Anne (dec).

Much loved father of Lindy, Andrew and David, fatherin-law of Susanne, Jeff and Tania.

Proud grandfather of Justin, Gemma, April, Ryan, Owen, Sharna, Harrison, Taite and Olivia.

Lots of cherished memories.

Rest in peace.

MARTIN - Mercia Lesley.

(28.10.2013) Has lived to near 83 years a rich and full life and left her mark on her children and grandchildren with love.

Max Martin - we also swam in the waters of Turton’s Creek and walked in the hills of Hoddle.

How fortunate I was to share sixty years with her, and the sun comes up tomorrow.

O’BRYAN Patrick Desmond.

Passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at Fairview Homes, Warragul on October 30, 2013. Aged 94 years.

Loving husband of Norma (dec).

Much loved father of Fr Denis, Paul and Debbie, Anne and Mark, Julie and Godwin, Kevin and Ray, and Fiona.

Adored grandpa of Damian, Emily, Joshua; Jason, Leigh; Bill and Louise, Theresa and Brad, Alicia, James and Lesley; Todd, Beau and Jade, and Jacob.

Treasured great grandpa of Tommy, Harry, Austin, Lochie, Hunter and Violet.

Dearly loved brother of Eileen (Sr Vianney), Owen, Bernard, John (all dec), and Ellen (Sr Bride).

Loved brother-in-law of Dorothy, Mary (both dec) and Julie.

At peace in God’s arms with Mum. RUFF (nee Stokes) Florence Merle (Merle).

Passed away peacefully at Koorooman House, Leongatha on November 2, 2013 aged 87 years. Late of Leongatha, formerly of Mt Waverley.

Beloved wife of Perc (dec).

Dearly loved mother of Faye and mother-in-law of Robin.

Loved nanna of Bradley and Kim. Great grandmother of Gabby.

Now peacefully resting.

deaths

funerals ANDREWS - The Graveside Funeral Service for the late Mr John Owen (Jack) Andrews will be held at the Leongatha Lawn Cemetery on Thursday, November 7, 2013 commencing at 2pm.

All Ex-National Servicemen are respectfully invited to attend.

COOK - A time of refreshments and reflection to celebrate the life of Mr Donald Keith Cook will be held at the Uniting Church, Meeniyan on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 1.30pm.

A private family service for burial will precede the above service.

The family respectfully requests no flowers.

O’BRYAN - Rosary and Concelebrated Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Mr Patrick Desmond O’Bryan, late of Warragul and formerly of Leongatha and Traralgon, will be offered at St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Witton Street, Warragul on Wednesday, November 6 at 11am.

The funeral will leave at the conclusion of Mass for the Warragul Lawn Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers a donation in memory of Patrick may be made to Fairview Homes, Warragul. Envelopes will be available at the church.

NIELSEN FUNERALS Warragul 5623-2771 RUFF - The Funeral Service to celebrate the life of the late Mrs Florence Merle (Merle) Ruff will be held at our Leongatha Chapel (Cnr South Gippsland Highway and Bellingham Street) on Saturday, November 9, 2013 commencing at 10.30am.

Following refreshments the funeral will proceed to the Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon for a Committal Service arriving at 1pm.

No flowers please.

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Coral, Col and families.

YOUNG - Gordon and Bev. It seems like only yesterday you were taken from us.

Our loss is felt every day, with the love and strength you gave us, we will all be together forever.

Dianne, Peter, Amanda, Stephanie and Brady.

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Condolences to the family.

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Don’t be complacent THE Transport Accident Commission is urging regional Victorians not to be complacent about road safety, despite a downward trend in the road toll.

As at midnight, October 23, fatalities were down 19 per cent compared to the same time last year.

But the TAC’s chief executive officer Janet Dore said with 108 lives lost on regional Victorian roads this year, and 74 in Melbourne, it was important to remember there were 182 families grieving for a loved one.

Ms Dore said the TAC’s latest statistical summary, released last week, showed that Victorians using regional roads in particular, needed to take care.

“The summary shows that in the 12 months to the end of September 2013, fatalities in Melbourne reduced by 16 per cent compared to the previous year. But in regional Victoria, there has been a two per cent increase,” she said.

Six people were killed on South Gippsland and Bass Coast roads between September 2012 and 2013.

Thirteen people were hospitalised for more than 14 days and 65

required hospital admission.

The TAC is working with road safety partners, the State Government and the community to implement the ‘safe system’ approach: to have safer people in safer cars on safer roads at safer speeds.

The Safe System recognises that it’s not one single action, but a range of initiatives that collectively address all aspects of the road network, that will reduce the road toll.

As Christmas approaches, the TAC reminds all Victorians that reducing road trauma is a community effort. Nearly 200 families have lost loved ones on the road this year.

Rail ride: Adam, Olivia and Caitlyn travelled on the bush tramway.

Students tour Coal Creek PREP and Grade 1 pupils took their studies outdoors on Friday with a trip to Coal Creek Community Park and Museum at Korumburra.

The students were on an excursion from St Laurence O’Toole Primary School in Leongatha.

They are investigating the concept of ‘a long time ago’.

Of particular interest for the students was the lesson held in the old Jeetho schoolhouse by tour leader Rachel Tierney.

Ms Tierney, dressed in costume, asked the group to call her ‘Ma’am’ and inspected their hands to see whether they were clean.

She then showed them the cane, which was used in the past to hit school students as a punishment.

The students were glad she didn’t demonstrate the cane in action.

Students also gleefully rode on the bush tramway and saw the historical buildings of the mining village.

They are trying to answer the question, ‘is life better now than in the olden days?’

Set to start: Inverloch Lions Club members Ken O’Neill, David Butler and Geoff and Helen Cole join Bass Coast Shire Council’s coast and bushland coordinator, Derek Hibbert (second from left) at Inverloch’s The Glade, the site of the new barbecue shelter.

Inverloch BBQ revamp WORKS on the construction of a new barbecue shelter at The Glade, Inverloch, will start tomorrow (Wednesday).

The shelter will be constructed in an area being redeveloped as part of a partnership between Bass Coast Shire Council and the Inverloch and District Lions Club. Works include the construction of a shelter, installation of barbecue units and the replacement of one existing pine tree with several indigenous shade trees.

The barbecue shelter construction is expected to be completed by midDecember, and will enhance a great space for the community to gather, and enjoy our outdoors.

This project has already seen the installation of an elevated, grassed

performance stage, and installation of power supply.

Council’s planning and environment director, Hannah DuncanJones, said the barbecue shelter will be an important facility in one of the most popular sites in Inverloch and commended the Inverloch Lions Club for their involvement in the project.

Ms Duncan-Jones said the site is used for community markets, events such as the Food and Wine Festival, the Jazz Festival, and community performances.

President of the Inverloch and District Lions Club, Ken Aly, said the barbecue and shelter, along with the new entertainment stage and electricity and water outlets, will see The Glade near completion.

“As Inverloch and District Lions we have put money aside for years hoping to be in a position at some stage to help with a community project that will benefit all within the community and this is it,” Mr Aly said.

“Bass Coast Shire Council has a lot to do in a lot of areas up and down the coast so we really appreciate the time and effort they have put in to redevelop The Glade.

“As Lions we help with a lot of different community needs, but in this instance it is all about funding.

“We have accumulated $40,000 over several years for this project and as soon as the barbecue is finished, we will hand it to Bass Coast Shire Council for everyone in the community to enjoy.”

Red Cross action Landslip closes road THE Leongatha Rose Show is on this week, Friday, November 8 and Saturday, November 9 and the Leongatha Red Cross ladies will be there serving up delicious Devonshire teas in the morning and afternoons.

On both days a light luncheon is also available, with all proceeds going to Red Cross.

On Saturday afternoon, the raffle will be drawn and the lucky winner announced.

In other Red Cross news, two of our members attended a successful emergency services exercise at Inverloch recently, conducted by the South Gippsland and Bass shires.

The Australian Red Cross centenary will be celebrated in October 2014. To commemorate this, our local unit will be planting two centenary roses; one at the Leongatha hospital and one at the medical centre along with a plaque.

On Thursday, November 28 we will be having a stall in the foyer of Leongatha Memorial Hall and raffling a Christmas hamper.

As a result of this, our last meeting for the year will be held a week later on Thursday, December 5 at 10.30am to be followed by a Christmas luncheon at the Leongatha RSL.

KERNOT-Krowera Road in Kernot has been closed due to a landslip.

Bass Coast Shire Council has implemented a full road closure after the landslip was caused by heavy and excessive rainfall over a number of months.

“Council has been recently monitoring the landslips along this road and had noticed a section of road deteriorating rapidly,” council’s infrastructure director Felicity Sist said.

“Council has implemented a full road closure for all road users for safety reasons. All emergency service authorities and property owners have been notified.

“Council staff are currently investigating options to rectify the landslip as soon as practicable.”

We apologise for any inconvenience the closure may cause. Please direct all queries to council’s infrastructure projects team on 1300 BCOAST (226 278).

Learning lots: Lachie, John and Holly assist volunteer Jayne Scott at the Meeniyan Area Community Shop recently.

Surprise revealed THE Meeniyan Community Shop is fantastic.

That is what the Grade 5 and 6 children of Tarwin Valley Primary School have been saying about their local community shop after coming back from their visits each week this semester.

Small groups of Grade 5 and 6 children and school chaplain Mrs Taylor, have been welcomed by the Meeniyan Area Community Shop (MACS) volunteers each week to discover how the Meeniyan Area Community Shop operates.

The children discovered all the money earned through the shop is raised by volunteers who work there and distributed to the local community.

The children were amazed at how much work was done behind the scenes, for example, by the MACS Committee and others who give up their time to keep the shop running.

The volunteers showed the children how the shop was managed to work effectively for everyone, especially their customers.

Roadwork underway WORKS on the Strzelecki Highway at Mirboo North are continuing by VicRoads contractors.

Works near St Ellen’s Road have been undertaken as part of the overtaking lane upgrade according to VicRoads regional director Sebastian Motta.

“Tree removal works were completed a few weeks ago and the focus is now on earthworks to repair the slip site and to prepare for construction of the overtaking lane,” he said.

Motorists are encouraged to obey all temporary speed signs and allow for some delays in coming months.

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South Coast Athletics Local meet 3 Leongatha October 29 CONDITIONS: cool, light winds, long grass, hand timing.

100m: Tevuro Montgomery 18.11sec, Invite, SB; Lucinda Graeme 17.20sec, U/14 Women; Bethany Thorson 16.39sec, U/14 Women; Brodie Anderson 14.72sec, U/14 Men; Wes Graeme 13.07 sec, U/16 Men; Brock Thomson 13.74sec, U/16 Men; Sadie Plumb 15.35sec, U/18 Women, SB; Jezeloni Montgomery 15.98sec, U/20 Women, SB; Michael Green 14.35sec, U/20 Men; Sarah Lewis 14.87sec, Open Women; Emma Plumb 15.81sec, Open Women, SB; Brenton Taber 14.18sec, Open Men, SB; Santo Jona 12.71sec, Invite; Gerson Pacheco 12.71sec, Invite.

1500m: Lucinda Graeme DNF, U/14 Women; Bethany Thorson DNF, U/14 Women; Brodie Anderson 5.44.86min, U/14 Men; Wes Graeme 5.51.61min, U/16 Men; Brock Thomson 6.08.90min, U/16 Men; Sadie Plumb 8.22.87min, U/18 Women; Sarah Lewis 6.32.99min, Open Women; Emma Plumb 8.22.87min, Open Women; Brenton Taber 8.22.87min, Open Men. Javelin: Tevuro Montgomery 10.25m, Invite, SB; Lucinda Graeme 13.13m, U/14 Women, SB; Brodie anderson 19.36m, U/14 Men, SB; Sadie Plumb 26.51m, U/18 Women, SB; Sandra Plumb 15.42m, U/18 Women; Jezeloni Montgomery 23.20m, U/20 Women; Emma Plumb 21.03m, Open Women, SB; Sarah Lewis 10.87m, Open Women, SB; Brenton Taber 30.51m, Open Men; Gary Roberts 11.59m, Open Men, SB; Beth Montgomery 11.86m, Masters Women; Corrie Graeme 10.51m, Masters Women, PB;Donna Anderson 10.23m, Invite; Alison Roberts 5.73m, Masters Women; David Green 19.90m, Masters Men; Steve Plumb 25.34m Masters Men; Santo Joma 28.70m, Invite.

Long Jump: Tevuro Montgomery 2.97m, Invite, PB; Bethany Thomson 3.15m, U/14 Women; Lucinda Graeme 3.50m, U/14 Women, SB; Brodie Anderson 3.84m, U/14 Men, SB; Wesley Graeme 5.21m, U/16 Men, SB; Michael Green 4.41m, U/20 Men; Brenton Taber 4.83m, Open Men; Santo Joma 5.08m, Invite; Gerson Pacheco 3.90m, Invite.

Free juniors tennis clinic MIRBOO North and District Tennis Association are holding a free tennis clinic for all A Grade Junior tennis players this weekend.

It will be held at the Mirboo North Tennis

Courts from 9am on Sunday, November 10.

Well renowned local tennis coach Matt Pocklington will be running the session.

There will also be a free barbecue on the day.

For enquiries contact Matt 0402 736 693 or Dan on 0458 641 234.

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

At Port Phillip Heads

NOVEMBER Time

height (metres)

Add one hour for daylight saving

6 WED

7 THUR

8 FRI

9 SAT

10 SUN

11 MON

12 TUE

0139 0713 1329 1918

1.66 0.58 1.44 0.13

0224 0757 1415 2004

1.71 0.53 1.47 0.10

0309 0840 1459 2051

1.72 0.49 1.48 0.12

0353 0925 1545 2138

1.69 0.47 1.47 0.16

0437 1011 1632 2226

0.73 1.29 0.40 0.24

0523 1059 1725 2315

1.56 0.45 1.38 0.34

0612 1150 1829

1.49 0.45 1.33

All times shown in 24 hour clock 0001 - 1200..................AM 1201 - 2400..................PM

• Leongatha Table Tennis

Leongatha bowls

Starting today FINAL ladder positions have been decided after a ring-ading- game between two A Reserve teams MAD and Happy Feet.

You know it is going to be a long night when the first four games could only be decided in the fifth set, and four games concluded in four sets.

Oh what a battle! This rocked the Happy Feet players. Happy Feet’s third ladder position ‘run’ just broke and their fall could ultimately continue to sixth position.

In A Grade team Can Do and team Fudge already in third and fourth position had to play each other just like a pre final game. This was a fight for third spot and goes into this week being the victor of the previous match.

Will Can Do’s confidence carry them through to preliminary finals or will Fudge leave some fudge on the floor and trip up Can Do. All past and present players are welcome to come and watch this three week final process. Why not make it a social thing and bring a small plate to share.

Finals week one: A

Grade play Tuesday, November 5 at 7pm and A Reserve play Wednesday, November 6 at 7pm.

Results October 29-30

A Grade: Duracell 8-26 d Wannabes 3-15, Can Do 7-21 d Fudge 4-16, Rulers 9-27 d CCs 2-12.

A Reserve: RMB 6-19 d TJs 5-15, The Boys 7-23 d Sky Jets 4-14, MAD 6-25 d Happy Feet 5-19, TVs 6-20 d IDI 5-19, Kestrels 7-25 d Lightening 5-15.

Ladders A Grade Rulers ....................... 24-103-348 Duracell ...................... 18-96-318 Can Do........................ 18-81-316 Fudge .......................... 16-85-289 CCs.............................. 12-81-288 Wannabes ...................... 2-49-208 A Reserve Kestrels..................... 222-94-317 TVs ............................. 22-87-303 MAD ........................... 20-85-281 RMB ........................... 18-87-308 Happy Feet .................. 18-84-293 IDI ............................... 16-86-282 TJs ............................... 14-83-290 Sky Jets ....................... 10-74-263 The Boys ....................... 6-70-257 Lightening ..................... 6-66-235

Final aggregate count A Grade: Phil Munro 37, Geoff McKenzie 32 Mark Dowling 32 and Neil Chilver 31.

A Reserve: Neil Smith 39, Martin Stone 36, Michael Bracecamp 36 and Michaela Campbell 33.

Allambee Mirboo & District tennis A GOOD day’s tennis with quite a few tiebreakers.

Burra/PI had a good win against Leongatha, a new venue for some players.

The ladies sets were close. The men’s sets went to the combined team.

Some of the Burra/PI matches are being played at Cowes.

Baromi were too steady for the North, winning all the sets. Inverloch kept on their winning way only losing one set.

Leongatha won by 10 games against Burra Gold.

Baromi and Koony had a close match with just four games in it.

Hallston won out at Nichols Road against Mardan. Outtrim hosted Berrys Creek and won by four games.

What a great venue on a day like Saturday. Caravan Club were entertained for the afternoon.

B Grade had the week off, splitting up the season as there is only four teams this season.

Results A Grade: Inverloch 8.70 d Koonwarra 1.34; Burra/PI 7.68 d Leongatha 2.38; Baromi 9.72 d Leongatha North 0.29.

A Reserve: Koonwarra 5.60 d Baromi 4.56; Hallston 6.63 d Mardan 3.42; Leongatha 6.54 d Burra Gold 3.44; Outtrim 5.59 d Berrys Creek 4.55; Longshots - bye.

B Grade: All teams had a bye.

Round 14

1 saw the monthly Kitty Club tea take place but it was also a very special night as well. The Leongatha club farewelled two of the club’s dedicated and valued members, both on and off the greens, Col and Bev Watt who have decided to vacate the cold and wet of South Gippsland and head north to warmer pastures.

Chairman of the board opened the presentation proceedings then asked club coach John Hall to make the presentations.

First was to Bev Watt who was a little bit wary as to what may or may not be said about her, but was over the moon when on behalf of the club presented Bev with a framed certificate which read ‘Presented to Bev Watt in appreciation of valued contribution to the Leongatha Bowls Club’. Included on the certificate was a history of Bev’s bowls achievements since joining the club in 2006. As well, a framed photo of all the pennant ladies in uniform was presented by the ladies pennant selector Trish McCormack and it was the first time Bev became lost for words.

Bev responded and thanked the club for the presentations and wished the club the very best for the future.

Then came Col’s turn to be thanked for all the valued work both as a bowler and his efforts around the club facilities. Again a similar type presentation was made to Col as was made to Bev, a framed certificate in appreciation of 25 years of valued contribution to the club, 1988 to 2013.

Col also lost for words responded saying bowls is an amazing game, to him it has been an amazing journey and that his mentor was Neil Smillie, but when Neil moved to Melbourne Col said he had to reorganise himself and that was a challenge.

He also thanked the club

for the presentation and as with Bev those present carried the presentation with acclamation.

But all was not over, the chairman of the board presented both Col and Bev with a wrapped present that when opened by Col and Bev, left them in wonder and delight as it was a framed colour photo of their farm home at Leongatha South. Bev’s response was, “This is excellent and will retain the memories of Leongatha South and the Leongatha Bowls Club and to all thank you one and all.”

It was a great night and these two members will be sadly missed.

Again sincere thanks to chef Ron and his team for all the effort put in to provide the excellent meal and also to the bar staff Wayne, Joy and Ian and MC John O’Connor.

Finally I have been requested to sort out what has been a mix up and I refer to an advertisement that appeared in association with the heading ‘Barefoot bowls’ in the Star newspaper. It was not the Star’s fault but the advertisement did not have any details regarding the fact that this is apparently a name change to what in past years has been known as business bowls. However no contact phone number, starting times or the number of bowlers required for a team was shown in the advertisement by whoever placed the advertisement.

For the record, for our business folk wanting to enter a team, you require four persons for your team and you are to be present at the clubhouse at 5.45pm on the nights of play, with the first night being Tuesday, November 12.

The contact person to enter your team is Bev Coulter on 0427 623 841. There is still room for more teams, so please get your entry in as soon as possible.

Until the next report, good bowling - ‘Jackhigh’.

Ladders A Grade Inverloch ..............................44.5 Baromi ..................................32.5 Burra-P/I..............................27.5 Koonwarra ...........................25.5 Leongatha North ...................23.5 Leongatha.............................. 11.5 A Reserve Koonwarra ...........................36.5 Hallston ................................31.0 Baromi ..................................30.5 Longshots .............................29.0 Outtrim ..................................29.0 Leongatha..............................27.5 Berrys Creek .........................24.5 Mardan ..................................24.5 Burra Gold ............................12.5 B Grade Leongatha North .................27.5 Mardan.................................27.5 Baromi ..................................17.5 Leongatha ............................13.5

Korumburra volleyball A Grade: Pirates d Warriors Forfeit (3:0) 25:0, 25:0, 25:0.

Giants d Champions (3:0) 25:20, 25:14, 18:9.

Golliwogs d Bugs (2:1) 25:18, 21:25, 18:12.

TUESDAY, October 29 saw Division 2 and 3 ladies pennant at home to Tarwin Lower.

Division 2 had a very good win, 94 shots to 47: J. Todd (s) 32 to 20, G. Trotman (s) 34 to 19 and Trish McCormack (s) 38 to 8, while Division 3 also won 60 shots to 21: L. Cox (s) 32 to 8 and B. Thompson (s) 28 to 13 shots.

Round seven on November 19 will see Division 2 away to Fish Creek ladies and Division 3 away to Wonthaggi.

The midweek social bowls saw the winners as R. Trotman (s), J. Embleton and L. Wilson with two wins, a draw, plus six. Runners-up were A. Rayson (s), C. Richardson and E. Coulter with two wins plus 12.

Friday, November 1 evening social bowls saw only four teams on the greens and the winners were R. Trotman (s), F. Hanks and N. Stone with two wins plus eight.

Saturday, November 2 men’s pennant saw Divisions 1, 3 and 4 all at home. Division 1 were to travel to Lang Lang but the Lang Lang new greens have not yet been finished.

Division 1 went down to the visitors, 65 to 72 shots: R. Trotman (s) won 28 to 14, C. Watt lost 15 to 33, J. Turner lost 22 to 25.

Division 3 were home to Korumburra Gold and won 77 to 45 shots: A. Rayson (s) 31 to 14 shots, R. Withers 26 to 23 shots and R. Saunders lost 20 to 28 shots.

Division 4 were home to Lang Lang and won 106 to 40 shots: G. Elliott (s) won 28 to 14 shots, W. Harry (s) 48 to 15 shots and F. Sauvarin (s) 30 to 11 shots.

The next round of men’s pennant round five sees Division 1 at home to Inverloch, Division 3 away to Tarwin Lower and Division 4 are at home to Inverloch White.

Friday night, November

B Grade: Misfits d HELP (2:1) 18:25, 26:24, 17:11.

Chargers d Shark Bait (2:1) 24:26, 25:11, 16:10.

Panthers d M. G. Holy Cows (3:0) 25:11, 25:13, 25:10.

Bon voyage: Leongatha bowls members Col and Bev Watt were presented with a gift as they leave the club after 25 years service.

South Gippsland Bridge Club Meeniyan – Monday Evening: 1st Susan Ruffin, Clive Hope. 2nd Margaret Munro, Ellie McIntyre. 3rd Kathryn Smith, David Baggallay.

Tarwin Lower – Tuesday afternoon: North/South: 1st Faye Rowlands, Clive Hope. 2nd Jack Kuiper, John Sutton. 3rd Ken McKenzie, Marie Sands. East/West: 1st Jean Barbour, Greg Nicholson. 2nd Lanie Truscott, Dorothea Green. 3rd Norma

Hannay, Marj Freeman.

Inverloch – Friday Afternoon: North/ South: 1st John Farr, Arendina Drury. 2nd Anne and Bruce Gibson. 3rd Jack Kuiper, Jean Barbour. 4th Hannah Martin, Margaret Munro.

East/West: 1st John Sullivan, Alan Johnston. 2nd Kaye Douglas, John Sutton.

3rd Ian and Julie McPhee. 4th Faye Rowlands, Pat West.

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thestar.com.au Fish Creek bowls THE main event this last week was our ladies Tournament which, for the first time in four years, was played without rain.

We had a full green and everyone seemed to be having lots of fun.

The trading table and the food and plant stall did a roaring trade as did Travelling Jack with her marvellous array of uniform and accessory items.

There were four three game winners but the winning team was Paddy Francis (S), Pat Davies, Maureen Oates and Val Wallis from Phillip Island and Runners-up from Tarwin Lower were Heather Marshall (S), Robyn Griffiths, Laura Barker and Helen Twite.

Other three game winners were Yvonne Clode’s team skipped by Wendy Braun from Phillip Island and Leoni Hanks’ team from Meeniyan.

Acknowledgements which were forgotten on the day are sincere thanks to RSL Leongatha for sponsoring this event, our greens director Dave Christie for preparing and clearing the green, visiting player Yvonne Clode for being our umpire and Joyce Arnold and her team from Inverloch for helping us with a team at 10 pm the previous night. We owe you big time Joyce.

Many thanks to all our lady members for all their cooking and their help all day. It is impossible to name everyone but every member contributed to the success of the day.

Our ladies excelled last week by winning over Corinella, at Corinella for pennant. It was a marvellous effort and we are all very proud of you.

Our men had successes all round too with Division 2 defeating Corinella by seven shots with two rinks winning and Division 5 successful over Phillip Island by three shots Next Saturday Division 2 are at home to Loch – teams are unchanged.

Division 5 are at home to Wonthaggi with: K. Flanders(S), W. Ferbrache, B. Cooper, C. McGan-

non. D. Steani(S), J. Lavarda, C. Bell, R. Everitt. J. Lindeman (S), N. Buckland (Manager), A. Atwell, R. Poletti. Emergency – R. Constantine.

Sunday, November 24 is a mixed fours day sponsored by the Van Dyks and Shaws.

The tournament secretary (Bill Ferbrache) would appreciate any team or individual entries.

The draws for the ladies championship singles and pairs are done with the singles to be played on or before Friday, November 8 and the pairs on or before November 17. Apologies for the tight schedule but the champion of champions is in December so time is scarce.

Any difficulties please speak to Peg Hazeltine. The next ladies’ meeting is on Wednesday November 13 at 10.30 am.

Last but by no means least a big hello to Diane Buckland who transferred to rehab last Friday and who will, we hope, be home soon. Looking forward to seeing you Di.

Inverloch bowls THURSDAY’S mens triples saw 18 teams played the usual four 12-end games for prizemoney donated by Stockdale and Leggo, our generous sponsor for this event.

Winners, with 70 points were Ron Burge, Graeme Pope and Jim Scott (S).

Runners-up, with 68 points were Alan Johnson, Tim Hancock and Nic Van Grunsven (S).

Best last game, with 15 shots up, went to Mick Yates, Ray Gostling and Harry Rybalka (S).

Next men’s social game (apart from the Cup Day event) will be the normal Thursday men’s pairs event on Thursday, November 7. Names in by 11am for a 12.30 start.

In Pennant Division 1 hosted their fierce rivals Korumburra in a top of the table clash.

Division 2 travelled over the hills to Loch in another top two hit out and an intra club match between the Whites vs the Blues.

SGBD Tuesday pennant bowls Round 6 - October 29 Division 1: San Remo 82 (19 shots) d Korumburra 63 (S. Carvosso 19 lt S. Martin 26, R. Dennis 26 d M. Goad 20, J. Allen-Dayle 37 d J. McVeigh 17).

Wonthaggi (1) 77 (18 shots) d Wonthaggi(2) 59 (J. Clarkson 31 d D Jenson 25, K. Simpson 17 lt K. Bird 22, A. Green 29 d I. Thomson 12).

Meeniyan 90 (37 shots) d Foster 53 (L. Hanks 29 d J. Miles 23, M. Pearson 31 d G. Facey 17, A. Van Wamel 30 d L. Wheeler 13).

Phillip Island 78 (21 shots) d Inverloch 57 (J. Boyce 37 d I. Sheppard 15, R. James 21 lt A. Tschiderer 22, L. Luby 20 drew P. Francis 20).

Division 2: Inverloch 64 (1 shot) d Toora 63 (M. Flett 19 d R. Richardson 14, D Patterson 25 d B. Currum 22, J. Arnold 20 lt K. Barwick 27).

Phillip Island 83 (14 shots) d Loch 69 (G. Caile 19 lt J. Miller 42, R. Eames 31 d V. Kennedy 9, J. Stubbs 33 d B. Bowcher 18).

Port Welshpool 63.25(6.25 shots) d Lang Lang 57 (A. Collins 15 lt B. Button 24, L. McLaine 19 lt J. Prowd 22, P. Matthews 29.25 d J. Dowson 11).

Leongatha 94 (47 shots) d Tarwin Lower 47 (J. Todd 32 d R. Griffiths 20, G. Trotman 24 d H. Twite 19, T. McCormick 38 d B. de Rooy 8).

Fish Creek 77 (3 shots) d Corinella 74 (F. McKenzie 37 d J. Carter 18, N. Van Dyk 16 lt E. Johnson 26, M. Smith 24 lt B. O’Keefe 30).

Inverloch ladies DIVISION 1 and 3 unfortunately lost and Division 2 coming in with a win.

The weather was very pleasant on Wednesday where 18 ladies played.

Winners on the day were Joyce Arnold, Rhonda Davies and Joan Hitchen.

Raffle winners were Carol Hughes, Judith Moule and Janis Parks.

There will be no ladies meeting on the first Wednesday of this month, it will be on the first Wednesday in December.

Guest day is the November 8, so hope you have your team in and plate in hand with food for the luncheon.

Reminder ladies that Triples day is December 13.

There will be pennant practice on Tuesday 10am for those not playing their club championship games.

of another year of bowling and it was a reasonable turnout of 16 members.

Two games of 10 ends was the order for the night and equal teams of four made it an easy night for selectors.

This week it was the turn of the Bakers to rip up the opposition.

Jeannie and Ronnie combined with the return of Ian Hasty under the guidance of Andy Plowman, made life difficult for those of us who faced them.

Their accuracy was spot on and they really didn’t put a foot wrong all night.

The luckiest player of the night was John McColl who had the pleasure of being surrounded by ladies all night, however, he kept his cool as a cucumber persona and played his usual steady game to help his team finish runners up for the night.

We missed having Vito there for the final night, but we know he would have been there if he could and we look forward seeing him next week at the AGM to collect his huge swag of prizes for his years achievements.

The results on the night were as follows: Runners up with one win and 12 ends: John McColl, Lorna Roberts, Jeanette Grady and Ann Plowman (skip) Winners with two wins were: Jeannie Baker, Ronnie Baker, Ian Hasty and Andy Plowman (skip) So the final night was skipped by the Plowmans, who, considering they were travelling for several months, came back and played bowls as if they had never had a break from playing.

Wednesday, November 6 will be the AGM and our final night at the hall so I hope we see as many members as possible turn out and hopefully this year I’ll finally have a prize in the sweep.

Buffalo indoor

Mardan indoor bowls WELL we’ve come to the end

WEDNESDAY October 30, 12 players at Buffalo this week enabled selectors to pick four

South Gippsland pennant bowls

Division 3: San Remo 53(26 shots) d Inverloch 27 (J. Farquhar 31 d B. Kurrle 10, W. Brunsden 22 d S. Nation 17).

Mirboo North 52 (52 shots) d Wonthaggi 23 (M. Briscoe 48 d L. Beaumont 6, P. Plowman 27 d R. Stewart 17).

Foster 60 (23 shots) d Korumburra 37 (J. Bohn 32 d M. Wrench 16, M. Freeman 28 d M. Hams 21).

Meeniyan 45 d Phillip Island 41 (K. Brown 20 lt E. Stephenson 21, B. Dyke 25 d M. Rogers 20).

Leongatha 60 (39 shots) d Tarwin Lower 21 (L. Cox 32 d J. Fraser 8, B. Thompson 28 d S. Browne 13).

Ladders Division 1 Wonthaggi (1) ...............+164 San Remo ........................+71 Phillip Island......................-5 Meeniyan.........................+33 Inverloch ...........................-42 Foster.................................-57 Wonthaggi (2) ...................-66 Korumburra .......................-98 Division 2 Leongatha .....................+123 Port Welshpool ..........+47.25 Corinella..........................+28 Lang Lang .........................+6 Tarwin Lower ...................-.24 Phillip Island .....................-32 Fish Creek .........................-71 Inverloch ............................+3 Loch ..................................-56 Toora .................................-18 Division 3 Mirboo North ...............+117 San Remo ........................+59 Meeniyan.........................+27 Leongatha .........................+5 Phillip Island ......................+7 Foster.................................-14 Inverloch .............................-3 Wonthaggi .........................-53 Korumburra .......................-43 Tarwin Lower ..................-102

Division 1 boys in glorious conditions for bowls struggled to contain the ‘burra boys as they led us on a merry dance over the first third of the game.

In Division 4, it was a gloves off affair.

As every club that has had two sides in the same division knows the bottom side always has a point to prove and this was similar to every Whites vs Blues clash the club has witnessed through the years.

Friday saw John Sutcliffe (Skip) and Gary Hardy win the SGBD Over 60s pairs.

Other good news for the club is that Inverloch’s own Mick Bowman and John Fisher have been chosen to represent the RSL for Victoria, another great achievement and all Inverloch bowlers are proud of the boys.

This week sees Division 1 and 4 Whites run of home games broken by a trip to Leongatha.

Division 2 at home to Corinella, and the Blues at home to Lang Lang.

78 74 59 57 35 28 27 26 75 51 50 50 48 48 44 42 38 34 61 61 54 49 46 37 37 30 28 16

Division 1: Phillip Island 16-101 d San Remo 0-40; Lang Lang 14-72 d Leongatha 2-65; Inverloch 16-79 d Korumburra 0-63; Mirboo North 16-66 d Wonthaggi 0-49.

Division 2: Wonthaggi 0-62 lt Toora 16-101; Corinella 2-67 lt Fish Creek 14-74: Loch 4-64 lt Inverloch 12-68: Meeniyan 0-51 lt Phillip Island 16-78.

Division 3: Phillip Island 0-42 lt Foster 16-112; Leongatha 14-77 d Korumburra Gold 2-65; Korumburra Maroon 2-66 lt Tarwin Lower 14-67; San Remo 0-47 lt Wonthaggi 16-82.

Division 4: Wonthaggi 2-59 lt Port Welshpool 1480: Lang Lang 0-40 lt Leongatha 16-106; Inverloch White 2-60 lt Inverloch Blue 14-72; Meeniyan 2-56 lt Phillip Island 14-77.

Division 5: Loch 14-81 d San Remo 2-49; Foster 16-98 d Tarwin Lower 0-64; Mirboo North 14-65 d Toora 2-68; Wonthaggi 2-74 lt Corinella 12-80; Fish Creek 12-75 d Phillip Island.

Ladders Division 1 Inverloch .........................+95 Phillip Island...................+85 Leongatha .......................+13 Korumburra .....................+1 San Remo ..........................-74 Mirboo North ....................-52 Wonthaggi .........................-21 Lang Lang .........................-47 Division 2 Fish Creek ......................+36

64 47 42 34 20 16 16 15 56

Toora ..............................+75 Inverloch ....................... +17 Loch ................................+44 Corinella ...........................-18 Phillip Island ....................-37 Wonthaggi ........................-72 Meeniyan ..........................-45 Division 3 Wonthaggi ..................... +74 Leongatha ......................+37 Phillip Island ...................-49 Tarwin Lower ................. +2 Foster .............................. +53 San Remo .........................-47 Korumburra Gold ............ -26 Korumburra Maroon ....... -42 Division 4 Leongatha ..................... +80 Meeniyan ....................... +21 Port Welshpool ..............+47 Wonthaggi ......................+30 Inverloch White ...............+51 Phillip Island ..................... -4 Inverloch Blue ..................-72 Lang Lang ......................-153 Division 5 Mirboo North ................+76 Fish Creek ......................+31 Loch ................................+70 San Remo .......................+29 Corinella............................-17 Foster ................................-73 Tarwin Lower ...................-28 Wonthaggi ........................-54 Phillip Island ......................-2 Toora ................................-38

44 42 37 31 22 16 8 56 44 40 34 32 22 20 6 46 44 40 36 33 32 16 9 60 44 36 34 30 30 26 22 20 18

The ‘Kiss of Death’ tips for this week are San Remo (home) to bounce back after last week’s lesson in how to play bowls with an easy win over Mirboo North. Wonthaggi (home) will be no match for Phillip Island. Leongatha (home) will not be good enough for Inverloch, whilst Korumburra (home) will easily account for Lang Lang.

Good bowling to all.

teams for six bowls triples. The first game saw Toni, Carolyn and Andrew race to a 7-1 lead over Bill, Joyce and Peter to take out the game 9-3. Also out to a 7-1 lead were Rod, Peter T. and Glenys over Ian, Joe and Illene who caught them but lost 7-10.

The second game saw two very even contests with the 1st game winners playing all on mat 3 and in a close tussle, Toni’s team victors over Rod 6-5 (with Rod scoring five singles).

On mat 2 a draw between Ian

Mirboo North bowls WHAT a great win from our Tuesday bowlers with a 52 shot win over Wonthaggi.

Results as follows: Ann Plowman’s team (Ann, Kaz, Lorna and George Stein) won 27/17 and Marg Briscoe’s team (Marg, Dot S, Robyn and Dot Mc) won 48/6.

Congratulations on a very convincing win and well done to all bowlers.

Next game is not until Tuesday, November 19, (due to Melbourne Cup day and The Victorian Open on the next two Tuesdays), and will be away against Korumburra.

After six games, our Tuesday bowlers are on top of the ladder, equal on points with San Remo on 61 points, but 58 shots ahead, followed

by Meeniyan on 54 points and Leongatha on 49.

Barbecue bowls on Wednesday was another fun night and it was great to again see some new faces, all interested in learning more about the game of bowls.

Winners on the night were the ‘Junior Suits’ comprising Patrick, Julie and Rena on plus 23 with the runners up ‘The Gophers’ (Watto, Terry and Brandon) on plus 16.

Thank you to our organisers (Kaz and Allen), to those who brought new bowlers along, our barbecue person (Maurie), our bar people and to those who helped in the cleaning up.

A highlight of the night was a live performance from Max, William, David and Mikey of ‘The Little Tiger’; not sure if they will be touring but watch this space!

As mentioned in our last report, please come along and support this fun, social night which is open to all ages and abilities.

Our Saturday Pennant Division 1 bowlers played against Wonthaggi at home and won by 17 shots, with wins in all three rinks.

Results as follows: Tom Whitelaw’s team (Tom, Geoff, Greg R and Paul) won 23/8, Phil Stimson’s team (Phil, Watto, Greg L and Ray) won 26/25 (after picking up a thrilling 5 shots on the last end), and Neil Whitelaw’s team (Neil, Mick, Allen

and Bill 8-8 (4 ends each).

The third game of the night saw Bill’s team out to an early lead with a 5,4 and 3 for 11-0 to see Rod catching up with a 6 (full score) on final and but alas 13-10 to Bill.

Toni’s team combining well continued on their winning way with a 14-3 over Ian (Not helping teammates by hitting forty off several times-oops!)

Winners on the night were Toni Helden (s), Carolyn Benson, Andrew Hanks (WWW) 14 ends +18, from Bill

Wolswinkel(s) Joyce Occhipinti and Peter Heldens (LDW), then Rod McConchie(s), Peter Tiziani and Glenys Pilkington (WLL) 14 ends and Ian Benson, Joe Occhipinti and Illene Tiziani (LLL).

Lucky Ticket: Joyce selected Rod’s ticket for Chook, eggs to Ian, roses Peter T. and chips to Joe and Illene.

Names taken for Mardan’s end of year breakup on November 11 at RSL Leongatha - Supper - Then home.

See you next week

and Mike) won 17/16.

Saturday Pennant Division 5 also played at home, against Toora, and also had a 17 shot win, with wins in two of the rinks.

Results as follows: Kev Queale’s team (Kev, Maurie, Rena and Julie) lost 13/36.

Andy Plowman’s team (Andy, Trevor, Lorna and Brian) won 32/18 and Ann Plowman’s team (Ann, Kaz, Patrick and Graeme) won 40/14 (after being 1/10 down this team then won the next 39 shots to their opponents 4).

Congratulations to both divisions on two great wins and thank you to everyone who helped with afternoon tea, behind the bar, getting the green ready for play and in the cleaning up.

After four games, Saturday Pennant Division 1 is in 6th place on the ladder and Division 5 is on top with 60 points, 16 points ahead of Fish Creek on 44 followed by Loch on 36 and San Remo on 34.

Next Saturday Pennant games are both away, with Division 1 playing at San Remo and Division 5 playing at Corinella.

On Tuesday our entrants (Geoff and Paul, Phil and Ray and Allen and Greg L) in the Over 60 Pairs played the balance of their sectional games

at Korumburra but, unfortunately, none of the teams got through to the next stage.

Well done to all bowlers in representing our club against very strong opposition.

On Wednesday a combined team of Gerry van Duin (Warragul), Greg L and Brian Carpenter (Yinnar) finished runners up at Traralgon RSL in their Monthly Triples with two wins and plus 22 shots (the winners were a team from Yallourn with two wins and plus 38 shots).

Our Monthly Mixed day on Friday had a total of 12 teams playing and was a very enjoyable day, both weather wise and bowling wise.

The winner on the day with 66 points was a team from Traralgon comprising Don Livingston, Gary Talbot and one of our locals Pat Reynolds.

Runner-up on 65 points was another combined team comprising George Bruce (Yinnar) and Sam and Letty Mizzi (see attached photo) from Morwell.

Thank you to our sponsors ‘Ken Graeme Motors’, to Ray for organising and juggling to fill six rinks, the ladies (Ann, Marg and Pat) who prepared afternoon tea and to everyone else who helped out in any way on the day.

We still have room for more teams Commences: Tues Nov 12 5.45pm for 6pm start 4 people per team To enter your team

Call Bev 0427 623 841 or Reply to: P.O Box 232, Leongatha Individual or team name, Contact person, Phone number and competition preferred.

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Wonthaggi ON a fantastic sunny Saturday we played our November monthly medal with a field of 96 players.

The greens are hardening up and playing at a great pace and with the championships only 2 weeks away preferred lies are now definitely off.

Thank you once again to Wonthaggi Plaster for their generous sponsorship of our championships well done

Paul Brusamarello and Trevor Bowler we really appreciate your support.

Now for Saturday’s results: A Grade and monthly medal winner was G. Turner 70 net, B Grade winner was P. Studham and C Grade winner was J. Harvey 71 net.

Balls down the line: C. Andrew 71, G. Moresco 71 net, G. Lingurey 72 net, D. Garry 73 net, J. Walsh 73 net, S Chisholm 74 net, P. Hanley

74 net, R. Johnson 74 net, J. Burke 74 net, P. Davis 74 net, P. Dell 75 net, J. McEachern 75 net, A. Lowe 75 net, M. Scott 75 net.

Nearest the pin: 2nd P. Foon, 8th J. Wade, 13th M. Loughran, 17th J. Andrew.

Being a long weekend we also had 9 visitors play in the field which is great.

Good luck to those playing in the ambrose event on Cup day.

See you all on the course

this Saturday which is our annual Wonthaggi tournament.

Woorayl THE club championships started on Saturday with Le-

ongatha Holden sponsoring day one. Highlight of the day was the hole in one by Gavin Maisey on the 8th hole, just another eagle.

Tim Burgess won A Grade

Leongatha ladies ONCE again weather conditions were unpleasant on Wednesday but 30 women completed the popular Par event.

Our A Grade winner, Marg Berry, recorded the best score of the day with -3. Marg complemented the grounds staff for their presentation of the course and thanked the event sponsors Dot Stubbs and daughter Di Williams.

B Grade was won by Jill Steer with -4, and our C grade winner, Noreen Williams, made a special request that her score not be published. It was not in the double figures.

Down the line balls were won by Sharyn Rayson -4, Trish Owen and Coral Gray -6, Glenyce

Wonthaggi ladies winners: from left, Lyla Taberner foursomes winners Anne Walker and Leonie Bentick.

Wonthaggi ladies Leongatha ladies golf: winners, from left, Marg Berry A Grade winner, Jill Steer B Grade and Noreen Williams C Grade.

McRobert, Dot Stubbs and Marianne Leaver -7 and Deb Miller and Wendy Parker -8 on a count back from five others.

Glenyce McRobert and Sharyn Rayson won the

nearest the pins on the 14th and 16th respectively.

Our nine hole competition was won by Toni West with 16 points and Gwen Chapman won a ball down the line.

AFTER some rugged conditions the past few weeks last Wednesday was more moderate with nuisance showers and winds which caused a couple of umbrellas to bite the bin; some new Christmas presents may be coming Annie T and Jacky L’s way.

The final of the Lyla Taberner Foursomes was the premier day’s event and a thrilling match was had between sisters Anne Walker and Leonie Bentick against best mates Robyn Wilkinson and Chris Yann.

The match was a close one but in the end Anne and Leonie were too strong and ended up the winners 4 and

3 .What a great thing to win an event with your sister, congratulations to all the four players for making the grand final.

As well a daily event was held for the 20 other players and A Grade (0-21) was won by Marg Johnson (12) 34 points and B Grade

by Kathy Geyer (25) 31 points. Kathy doesn’t always play each week so well done for the effort.

NTP 2nd and Pro Pin 8th Marg Johnson, NTP 17th Anne Tschiderer BDL M Johnson 34, K Geyer 31, I Walsh 30, I Ruby 30, D Grimmond 28, B Bowmar 28, A Tschiderer 27 Good luck everyone for the classic this week.

with his net 71 Ian Atcheson, B Grade with net 68, C went to Graham Salmon with net 68 and George Misson took out D Grade.

Balls went to T. Walters, T. Lund, J. Howard, D. Clemann, E. Poole, M. Collins, G. Maisey, C. Turner, J. Bolge, A. Clemann, G. Winkler and J. Hassett. The nearest the pin on the 8th went to Jack Howard and there is no prize for guessing who won on the 17th.

The D. Lim Syndicate won the ball raffle and Michael Grist won the putting competion with 27 putts.

On Sunday Jim Newton sponsored the day with Brett Stubbs winning A Grade from Brendon Robjant with a net 69, B Grade went to Graeme Calder from Greg Fennell with a net 69, Rod Goodwin won C Grade with a net 71 from Ross Winkler and Jim Newton took out D Grade from George Misson with net 68.

Balls went to Danny Dwyer, I. Balfour, T. Walters, Dean Dwyer, J. Howard, T. Ryan, M. Herrald, D. Lim, K. Riseley and A. Clemann the nearest the pins went to Brendon Robjant and Brian Hogan.

Our Thursday competition was won by Graeme Calder with 37 points, balls going to John Bolge, Ross Winkler and Ed Poole.

The nearest the pin on the 17th went to Rob Gourlay.

Next week we will continue and conclude our championships with Ryans Bricks sponsoring Saturday and Leongatha Rural Supplies sponsoring Sunday.

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the stroke monthly medal competition on Saturday, November 2, with trophies by Don Hislop.

Goyne (handicap): G. Jones 66 net.

N Parry (scratch): T. O’Neill 70.

Junior: T. Marotti 78 net.

A Grade (2 hcp): T. O’Neill 68 net, runner-up C. Clasby 71, L. Guilfoyle 73.

B Grade (15 hcp): G.N Jones 66 net, runners-up B. Papadopoulos 68, P Vanagtmaal 73, M. Webb 73.

C Grade (17 hcp): R. Newton 69 net; runners-up C. Rielly 71, C. Thornton 72, J. Wilson 73, D. Hislop 73, M. Deleeuw 74.

Putting: C. Clasby 26, G. Jones 28, D. Hislop 27.

Nearest the pin: 1st R. Ludenia, 7th T. Fowles, 10th A. Smith (Leongatha), 13th N. Perks.

Tuesday’s winner was P. Vanagtmaal 40 pts and Thursday’s winner was R. Spokes 33 pts countback.

Mirboo North THE day winner of the stableford competition played on Thursday, October 31 was Joe Taylor (18) 42 pts.

Down the line: Gary Renwick 38 pts, Mal Payne 40 pts, Chris Bracecamp 38 pts.

On Saturday, November 2 a stableford competition was played and the day winner was Doug Taylor (21) 37 pts.

Down the line: Terry Bradshaw, Neil Whitelaw, Steve Bickerton, Stan Evison all 36 pts.

2nd shot nearest the pin 1st hole: Simon Duff.

Nearest the pin: 4th Terry Bradshaw, 6th Terry Donnison, 13th Neil Whitelaw, 16th John Blunsden.

Straightest drive on the 18th: Tony Tomada.

Mirboo North ladies Results - October 28 Off to Bairnsdale: eight Korumburra women played in the Bairnsdale Ambrose event, pictured are back- Judy Webb, Beryl Brown, Chris Rickard, Heather Grist, and Julie Hislop, front- Corrie George, Betty Thomson and Lee Clements.

Korumburra ladies LAST Wednesday, 23 ladies completed 18 holes and six played 9 holes, in a Stableford competition. Of course, we couldn’t finish without some light showers and some found it heavy going in patches.

Thank-you to Joan Peters, who donated some lovely trophies which were most appreciated, especially by the winners.

Division 1 (0-21) was won by Judy Webb (21) with a great score of 36 points.

Runner-up was Lee Clements (11) with 30 points.

Barb Twite (27) won Division 2 ( 22-28) with 29 points, on a count-back from Corrie George (27).

Division 3 (29-45) was won by Carie Harding (30), who finished with a good score of 36 points. Runner-up was Pam Eyres (42) with 25 points.

Jenny Pollard (44) had an excellent score of 21 points to take out the 9 hole competition.

Balls down the line went to Corrie George, Marg Young and Lynette McIvor.

Lynette McIvor was nearest the pin on the 1st and Barb Twite was closest on the 13th.

Thanks are extended to Chris Clements who led a

clinic on chipping, with many of the ladies finding the tips very useful.

Thanks, too, to Dot West and Marie Brookes who had been busy baking and provided raffle prizes. The winners were Betty Connors and Gwen Evison. The chocolates, donated by Joan Peters were won by Marie Brookes.

Next Wednesday, is Stroke and the November Monthly Medal with Di Freene and Julie Brannaghan rostered to put the field out.

Last Friday, eight Korumburra golfers played in the 4-person Ambose event in the Bairnsdale tournament. The course was in great shape and the weather was perfect. Our appreciation is extended to the very hospitable people who provided accommodation and meals for us. Well done to one of the teams, comprising of Betty Thomson, Julie Hislop, Corrie George and Heather Gris, who won the Runnerup Handicap trophy with 76 gross (14 ¾) 61 ¼ net.

On Saturday, it was good to see twelve women make the most of the glorious weather to play in the RB Stroke and Putting event. The course had significantly dried out and there was some pleasing run in places.

The Handicap RB for November and Division 1 (0-22)

were won by Judy Webb with a good round of 91(20)71 net.

(Perhaps that new electric buggy is helping the golf!)

Runner-up was Marg Young with 96 (22) 74 net.

Division 2 ( 23-45) was won by Chris Rickard with a score of 97 (24) 73 net and Julie Hislop was runner-up with 116 (40) 76 net.

The Scratch score winner was Lee Clements with 88.

Putting was won by Judy Webb with 28 putts.

Nearest the pins were Lee Clements on the 1st and 4th greens and Chris Rickard on the 13th.

Unfortunately, the coaching clinic with Scott Adams, scheduled for last Sunday, needed to be cancelled due to the wintery weather. These classes will now continue for the next three Sundays, 10th, 17th and 24th of November, at 3.30 pm on the fourth fairway at a cost of $10 per week. All those interested in improving golf techniques are welcome to attend.

Twilight golf will begin on Thursday, November 14, with the first few weeks being 7 holes. Members and non-members are welcome to participate and enjoy a relaxed and social round of golf amid a picturesque course. There will be a time-sheet going up in the foyer.

Senior champions: from left, association president Anne Walker with senior champion Barb Warren and veteran champion Gale Tyers.

THE winner of the bowl, was the Warragul team of Del Baker 38, Joy Marriot 36, Shirley Todd 28, 102 pts.

Runners-up Morwell Jenni Thorburn 37, Carmel Trembath 35, Shirley Skinner 25, 97 pts.

Silver Division - Shannon Trumper, Warragul 39 pts; Bronze Division - Rose Gallagher, Warragul 38pts.

Nearest the pin: 4th Joyce Griffith, 6th Barb Stimson, Jenni Thorburn; 16th Jenni Thorburn.

Down the line: Barb Stimson 36, Jeanne St Ellen 34, Alix Williams 32, Deb Huyskens 32, Karen Adams 32.

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Grade winners: from left, C Grade Nancye Hammet, B Grade Chris Rickard, and A Grade Shirley Thomas.

Seniors golf championship THE South Gippsland Ladies Golf Association held its Seniors Championship at Woorayl Golf Club on Monday October 28.

Due to the weather we are experiencing at the moment finally the event was played in conditions not perfect but better than what we have been having.

Congratulations and many thanks to Woorayl for hosting the event for this year and having the course as best as could be expected for the day.

The results are as follows: Seniors 18 hole scratch winner: Barb Warren (Foster) 87 Veterans 18 hole scratch winner: Gale Tyers (Foster)

93 on a c/b from Shirley Thomas (Woorayl) “A” Grade 18 holes handicap winner: Shirley Thomas (Woorayl) “B” Grade 18 holes handicap winner: Chis Rickard (Korumburra) 83 on a c/b from Anne Horstra (Foster), Jan Trease (Meeniyan) “C” Grade 18 holes handicap winner: Nancy Hammet 79 (Meeniyan)

Stableford aggregate Winners - Rhonda Evans (37) 39pts, Jeanne St Ellen (28) 33pts, 72pts.

Down the line: Lia Brent (43) 37pts, Wendy Gervasi (17) 30pts, 67 pts.

Nearest the pin: 4th Rhonda Evans, 16th Lynne Winderlick.

Foster AFTER a few nice days the course is now playing well and a big field turned out on Saturday to enjoy the first decent spring weather.

On Tuesday, October 29 Neville Thompson (10) had a win with 35 points from Jim Parry (12) on 34 points. Noel Black was NTP. On Thursday last Robert Fulton (14) returned to form to win with the good score of 39 points. DTL balls went to

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Last Friday Lloyd McKenzie (9) got the chook with 19 points. DTL balls were won by Norm Cooper and Randy Reusch on 17 points.

NTP’s were Lloyd McKenzie and Barb Britten.

Last Saturday, November 2 it was Medal Day and Star Medallist Playoff – for trophies from David Knee.

Great to see Andrew Naylor back at the top of his game and he produced a good round of 87-19-68 to easily have the day’s best score and take the Monthly Medal and B Grade.

Tony Vanin won A Grade with 77-6-71. Tony and Andrew also took out the A and B Grade scratch scores and Tony also won the putting with 28 putts.

DTL balls went to Pat McKay 78-6-72, Peter Dight 80-8-72, Fred Tyers 8614-72, Don Cripps 91-1972, Jim Freeman 78-5-73,

Norm Cooper 82-9-73, Peter Cambridge 87-14-73, John Ellis 94-20-74 and Scott Rathjen 82-8-74. Good to see Johny Ellis back in the good country and figuring in the winners.

NTP’s were Norm Cooper (2 holes), Noel Black, Cam Downing and Pat McKay. The encouragement award went to Greg Paine with 89 net.

The Star Medallist playoff produced a triple dead heat between Pat McKay (6), Peter Dight (8) and Don Cripps (19) who all had 72 net. The winner will be decided by the best net score next week in the first round of the championship.

Ladies - Gale Tyers (12) showed glimpses of her best in recording 34 points to win from Gayle Reid (22) on 31 points. Gale Tyers was NTP. Sunday, November 3 was the Mixed Foursomes Championship sponsored by Norm Cooper.

In an epic battle Fred and Gale Tyers defeated Jim Parry and Beth Curram on the fourth extra playoff hole after both pairs had recorded 90 scratch

in regular play.

Handicap winners were Neville and Carmen Thompson with 96-19 ½ - 76 ½. DTL ball went to Jim & Beth with 77 net. The NTP’s were Gale Tyers and Neville Thompson.

The prestigious Winchester Singles Knockout was won by Pat McKay(6) who defeated Don Cripps (19) by 3/2. In the Tuer Trophy – Steve Reid defeated Lloyd McKenzie on the 20th in their semi-final.

The Club Championships are on all this weekend and next weekend.

Tony Vanin will be trying for 2 in a row but faces challenges from former champions Neville Thompson, Paul Robertson, Peter Dight, Kevin Flett, Noel Black, Jim Parry and Jim Freeman as well as ex-Meeniyan champion Bill Symmons; another dark horse in Scott Rathjen.

Manager Tim Gash spun up his own number in the members draw and took home $500 – looks like he’s finally worked out how the random computerised electronic draw works.

Neville Thompson was a popular winner of the $400 in the golfers Saturday cash draw.

Neville was overcome with emotion afterwards saying “I never knew I had so many mates!” The draw is back to $200 next week. The golfers card draw for the stubbies was won by Bruce Knee.

The free golf lessons from our accredited golf teacher and ex PGA Pro Kris Drangsholt have proved popular. You can arrange a lesson by calling the club on 56822272.

Coming events Thurs. Nov 7th - Par Fri. Nov 8th - Chicken Run – Holes 1 to 9 Fri Nov 8th - Members Draw - $500 - 7.00 to 8.30 pm Sat. Nov 9th - Club Championship 1st Round – Evans Petroleum Trophies Sat Nov 9th - Golfers $200 Cash Draw at 5.30 pm Sun Nov 10th - Club Championship 2nd Round – Landmark Trophies Tues Nov 12th Stableford Sat Nov 23rd - 4BBB

Championship The Happy Hooker.

Meeniyan SATURDAY’S medal day was well attended, bolstered by some lost souls from Leongatha, on a rare day of good weather.

The A Grade winner was G. Revell (11) with a net 70 and C. Buckland (14) was runner-up with 74. The B Grade, and medal winner was D. Gregg (20) with 64. Runnerup was C. Stewart (22) with 68. G. Revell also took out the pro pin and R. McKnight won the putting with 27.

Balls went to W. Reilly and C. LePage, both with 70, F. Stalker (72) and R. Hannay (73). The members’ draw was unclaimed and jackpots to next week.

Tuesday’s stableford event was won by R. McGeary (18) with 41 points, followed by R. Hannay (38) and D. McIntyre (36). NTP went to R. McGeary and best 9 to J. Hyatt.

Thursday saw R. Hannay (23) win, on a count back,

from I. Warman (21) and C. Stewart (22) all with 35 points.

C. Stewart won NTP and D. Gregg took out the best 9.

Next week is Star Medallist day so another round of stroke. Don’t forget Saturday, November 16 is the golf club trivia night.

Meeniyan ladies ON Wednesday, October 30, 16 players contested Stableford.

The sponsor for the day was Coral Stewart.

The winner of section 1 with a great score of 33 points was Faye Le Page.

Section 2 with another good score of 34 points saw the winner being Helen Helms Boyle.

Winner of the best 9 was Sue Hoskin with 17 points on a count back from Faye Smallman 17 points.

D.L.B Dot Christie 32, Linda Brown 27, and Veronica Park 26.

Nearest the pin 2nd hole, Dot Christie.

Nearest the pin 17th hole,

Faye Le Page.

Woorayl ladies A STROKE round and the second round of club championships was played last Wednesday in more pleasant conditions than the previous week.

The daily winners were, A Grade, Shirley Thomas (15) 80 net, B Grade Jenny Riseley (26) 78 net, C Grade Janet Thompson (37) 80 net.

Down the line balls went to Heather Sullivan 81 net, Dot Jarvis 81 net, Fay Maynard 81 net and Barb James 83 net.

Nearest the pins went to Shirley Thomas on 8th and 17th, and Anne Grist on 11th.

Next week we will play the final rounds of the club championships, the Dot Forrester 54 hole net event and the senior lady championship.

The daily stroke event will be sponsored by the Robjant family.

The day will finish with a celebration luncheon. Good luck to all players.

Champion’s trophy: PIA chairman Danny McKeon (Morwell, right) presents Stewart Cluning (Trafalgar) with the 2013 overall champion’s trophy, while Tony Jones, representing the major sponsor, looks on.

Sailing away: Ian Jones salutes his sailors off to a great start to the summer season.

New season launched

By Mustafa Nuristani SOUTH Gippsland Yacht Club launched its new season on Sunday.

Round completed: Peter Stevens (MT Martha), Brian Murphy (Coolangatta), Arthur Pearce (Trafalgar) and Don Robinson (Trafalgar) after their round at Leongatha on Saturday.

Leongatha THE Leongatha Golf Club hosted the Power Industry Association 3 Day Tournament over Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this week .

Almost 200 players from all over Australia took part each day of the 3 days and all found the course a real challenge on the fast greens. It was a huge success and all enjoyed the course and the hospitality of the Club.

Special thanks and congratulations to the organisers and staff for their hard work and making it an outstanding success. Particularly the clubhouse staff led by Michael James-Cull and Rebecca Thomas for their outstanding contribution in keeping the drink and food up to such a large number of people over the 3 days.

Congratulations also to course superintendent Dylan McMeekin and his staff for presenting the course in such wonderful condition. The greens were fast and true and the fairways were in magnificent condition.

Also special thanks to the members who gave up their course for the weekend and to the many volunteers who helped over the 3 days with the various tasks that made it such a great success. Everyone involved should feel very proud of what was achieved.

On Tuesday a Stableford competition was held with Chris Leaver (9) taking out the A Grade with a very good score of 39 points whilst Craig Hall from Woorayl Golf Club was successful in B Grade with 37 points.

NTP’s were Geoff Maher on the 14th and Bryan McCorkell on the 16th.

DTL Balls were won by Russell Williams, Mick Oliver, Rob Orlum, Peter Waters, Ted Bruinewoud, Bryan McCorkell, Glenn Marsham, Bruce Hutton, Colin Bear and Eddie Poole.

Thursday was a 4BBB Stableford event in which John Eabry (19) and Geoff McDonald (9) teamed together very well to amass 47 points and win easily from Ian Nunn (20) and Peter Waters (18) who finished Runner on a countback with 42 points .

NTP’s were Terry Jones on the 14th and Chris Leaver on the 16th.

DTL Balls went to 37 points on a countback and were awarded to the Teams of Ray Burton and Peter Hobson, Reno Borg and George Petrovic, Reubon Kincaid and Rick Scorluck, John Engel and Bill Estrada, Kevin Castwood and Andy Bassett, Joe Lowell and Geoff Maher, Nancy Whitely and Terry Jones, Fred De Bondt and Ian Murchie, and Frank Smedley and his partner.

While the winds forced sailors off the water, the enthusiasm was not dampened.

Club commodore Ian Jones said sailing is a great way of releasing stress and the community coming together.

“We have three generations on the water competing against each other and it’s marvelous,” he said.

While sailors maintained their

excitement Mr Jones was excited about the clubs new rescue boat.

“We have been able to buy this new rubber rescue craft, which also doubles the training mode, with a generous help from Vic Health.”

“And also we have been given another grant by Bass Shire to purchase a new motor to go on this boat.

“An additional grant from local Councilor Jordon Crugnale has contributed towards a complete unit with a new craft, which will provide not only with a back up rescue service but training,” he said.

Mr Jones said the new boat could not have come at a better time.

“The other one was 13 years old and it has deteriorated through sun and use and was no long usable,” he said.

Mr Jones said while the club appreciates the new boat, if necessary the old one would still be used.

“We probably would not have purchased a new boat with the club funds being stretched too far,” he said.

“We need to have some funds in reserves for urgent matters. So we would be reluctant to go and spend that sort of money.”

Hallston tennis looks to 100 HALLSTON is set to celebrate 100 years of tennis in 2014.

The tennis club was formed back in 1914 but sadly there are no minutes or records from back then.

Players played socially from 1914 and the association that the club joined was formed in 1947 which was known then as the Allambee and District Tennis Association.

Hallston has always had a team in the association and some seasons, more than one.

Juniors have been part of the club since 1977 and teams have been entered over the

years and two teams are currently playing this season.

Frank Dekker played as a junior at Hallston in 1977 and he is still a driving force within the club, even though he is playing for Leongatha this season.

Four generations have played for the club, which is quite an achievement for a country club. These four generations are a combination of the Cook, Garner, Jepson and Clark families.

Celebrations for this momentous occasion are planned to start in the morning of April 5 and will continue into the evening. All events will be held at the Hallston Tennis Courts and

the Hallston Hall.

If anyone has any photos or memorabilia, please con-

tact Frank Dekker on 5668 5285 or Mary Jepson on 5662 3787.

Almost 100 years: the four generations that have been involved with the club include, from left, Jessica Garner, Mary Jepson, Susan Clark and Nicole Clark.

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• Leongatha Cycling

Track season starts up LEONGATHA Cycling Club track season fired up on Friday night in great conditions and with seven new riders along with returning club riders giving a turnout of 19 riders.

This kept officials busy completing paperwork and arranging racing.

The two hours of action between eight and 10 riders was non-stop racing.

The first event was a one lap time trial to see where every rider is at with their fitness and for our regular members they can look back at last year’s times and see their progression.

In the Junior A club riders Matt Minogue clocked a 34.50 sec lap. He was followed by Austin Timmins 36.37, Alex Bennett 41.38, Matt Winchester 42.90 sec.

In the Junior B Grade, Fleur Timmins was best at 45.00 sec, followed by Thomas Fitzgerald 51.15 sec and Cody Cox 52.05 sec.

In the Senior club riders it was Thomas McFarlane laying down a good marker for the season at 30.85 sec.

Next was Ben Meadley 32.63, Ben Stein 34.43, Will Lumby 36.30 and Kevin Feely 36.30.

In our novice Junior B Grade it was Oliver McLean at 54.85 just ahead of Oliver Schmidt at 50.35 sec. In the other novice riders it was Josh Chiavaroli at 32.40

sec with a very impressive time.

Next was Michael Park at 35.98 sec , Brian Eldridge 37.50 sec, Roman Schmidt 37.53 sec and Harrison McLean 39.62 sec.

To get the legs going the riders were given short scratch races.

In the Junior A, Matt Minogue took out the win from Austin and Matt Winchester.

In the B Grade race it was Fleur winning from Thomas and Cody.

In the senior race it was Thomas McFarlane winning from Ben and Kevin Feely.

For the Novice B Grade it was Oliver McLean getting the job done ahead of Oliver Schmidt.

In the novice A group Josh Chiavaroli grabbed the win but it was a major battle for the minor places with Michael Park taking second ahead of Roman Schmidt.

The riders were then given some one lap handicaps.

First event saw Matt Minogue claim the victory from the scratch mark with a very slick ride racing past Alex Bennett in the last few metres. Austin Timmins claimed third.

In the B Grade juniors, Cody Cox could see a win right from the start and flew round defying the chasers for the win from Fleur and Thomas. In the senior race Ben Stein performed similarly to take the win from Will

Off and away: Alex Bennett, push started by his father David in the one lap handicap. Photo credit Lynton Clay.

Lumby and a fast finishing Thomas McFarlane.

In the B Grade Novice handicap it was Oliver Schmidt winning the first race from Oliver McLean however in the re-handicap race the tables were turned.

In the Novice A handicap, Josh Chiavaroli also did a win from scratch with a great ride. He was followed home by Michael Park and Harrison McLean.

In the re-handicap it was Roman Schmidt who claimed the win from Brian Eldridge and Michael Park.

The re-handicaps for the club riders saw Austin Timmins winning from Matt Minogue and Alex Bennett in junior A Grade.

In junior B it was Thomas Fitzgerald from Fleur and Cody. For the seniors it was Ben Meadley winning from Will Lumby and Ben Stein.

By this stage of the night there were plenty of riders finding the short sharp efforts were taxing and legs were impacted by a lactic acid build up.

However, the last rides for the night were another run of scratch races.

In the Junior A five lap race a move by Matt Minogue with two laps to go saw the field split, however, Austin was able to go with the move.

In the dash to the line it was a very pleased Austin who had the fittest legs who claimed the win from Matt.

Alex Bennett finished off a consistent night with another third.

The Junior B race saw Fleur garb an easy win from Thomas and a very tired Cody.

The third lap race between the Olivers saw Oliver McLean grab the win from Oliver Schmidt.

In the novice A race Josh Chiavaroli raced away with two laps to go for a clear win.

Michael Park showed plenty of speed again for second and a close fight for third saw Brian Eldridge get the honours.

The final race was an eight lap scratch race for the seniors.

Thomas McFarlane and Ben Meadley slipped away at the half way point and proved too strong for the chasers.

In the final dash to the line it looked like Ben might come over Thomas however the younger legs of Thomas prevailed.

Kevin Feely led home the chasers for third place.

Training will again be on Wednesday night weather permitting.

The club is still keen to see more new riders so if you are interested come along and try out.

The club still has some bikes it can put together for new riders.

Racing again next Friday night will hopefully see a few more racing.

Action: back marker’s Austin Timmins and Matt Minogue in action during a one lap handicap. Photo credit Lynton Clay.

• Wonthaggi Little Athletics

Sunshine on athletes THE second week of competition ran much smoother than the first, as the club is now beginning to understand the new timing equipment. However there was a glitch with the

1500m walks, which means those results weren’t available.

If athletes are still unregistered their results aren’t recorded and won’t be available below.

Please make sure to contact the registrar Jane Peters,

Put it down: Archie Terlich shows his strength in the shot put.

if you have any problems registering.

The under 16 age group is doing well this year, so far recording five centre records.

Tegan Lowe broke both the long jump and triple jump records with jumps of 4.51m and 8.93 respectively. Nicole Davis smashed the Discus record with a throw of 26.44m and in the Shot Put threw 9.71m.

Ethan Slade broke the U16 Boys Long Jump record with a jump of 5.09 m.

A reminder to those age groups wishing to enter a relay team: entries need to be made before the middle of November.

Results: November 2 U6 G - 200m - 1 Riahn Hawthorne 57.48, Long Jump - 1 Riahn Hawthorne 1.18.

U6 B - 200m - 1 Jake Marotta 35.92, Long Jump - 1 Jimmy O’Neill 1.83.

U7 G - 100m - 1 Baia Pugh 19.82, 200m - 1 Baia Pugh 45.38, 70m - 1 Baia Pugh 14.02, Long Jump - 1 Gabby Neal 1.53, Shot Put 140 Gabby Neal 3.53.

U7 B - 100m - 1 Jesse Dugard 20.28, 200m - 1 Jesse Dugard 44.88, 70m - 1 Jesse Dugard 14.25, Long Jump - 1 Jesse Dugard 2.29, Shot Put 1 Riley Gray 3.73.

U8 G - 70m - 1 Olivia Bramley 14.68, 100m - 1 Olivia Bramley 22.16, 200m - 1 Olivia Bramley 47, Long Jump - 1 Olivia Bramley 2.14, Shot Put - 1 Olivia Bramley 3.72.

U8 B - 70m - 1 Xavier Lindsay 13.18, 100m - 1 Xavier Lindsay 18.78, 200m - 1 Xavier Lindsay 40.36, Long Jump - 1 Xavier Lindsay 2.55, Shot Put - 1 Xavier Lindsay 4.09.

U9 G - 1100m W - 1 Tevuro Ihomana Montgomery 09:05.62, 400m - 1 Tess Wingfield 01:46.93, 70m - 1 Tevuro Ihomana Montgomery 12.82, Triple Jump - 1 Tevuro Ihomana Montgomery 6.42, Discus - 1 Tevuro Ihomana Montgomery 13.13.

U9 B - 1100m W - 1 Archie O’Neill 08:34.84, 400m - 1 Jai Williamson 01:33.49, 70m - 1 Saher Biggs 12.21, Triple Jump - 1 Archie O’Neill 6.2, Discus - 1 Archie O’Neill 15.73.

U10 G - 100m - 1 Jordane Dobson 19.63, 1100m W - 1 Alicia Smith 08:46.43, 800m - 1 Alicia Smith 03:55.49, High Jump - 1 Jordane Dobson 0.97, Shot Put - 1 Bianca Lyle 4.43.

U10 B - 100m - 1 Matthew Nicholson 17.44, 1100m W - 1 Jacob Timmermans 08:03.36, 800m - 1 Jacob Timmermans 03:20.03, High Jump - 1 Angus Blight 0.95, Shot Put - 1 Angus Blight 5.16.

U11G - 200m - 1 Nicola Slade 41.01, 400m - 1 Mikaela Notley 01:33.81, Discus - 1 Mikaela Notley 14.34, Long Jump - 1 Nicola Slade 3.36.

U11 B - 200m - 1 Onni Joma 39.36, 400m - 1 Onni Joma 01:40.97, Discus - 1 Onni Joma 17.08, Long Jump - 1 Onni Joma 3.44.

U12 G - 400m - 1 Hajer Mohamed 01:31.77, 70m - 1 Emma Graham 12.5, Shot Put - 1 Rachel Aitken 6.38, Triple Jump - 1 Emma Graham 7.00.

U12 B - 400m - 1 Cooper Smith 01:23.54, 70m - 1 Cooper Smith 11.21, Shot Put - 1 Jarrod Anderson 6.21, Triple Jump - 1 Cooper Smith 7.29.

U13 G - 100m - 1 Siobhan Griffin 16.3, 800m - 1 Siobhan Griffin 03:16.14, High Jump 1 Melody Notley 1.28, Javelin - 1 Melody Notley 3.93.

U13 B - 1 Cooper Wagner 14.68, 800m - 1 Luke Nicholson 02:54.87, High Jump - 1 Cooper Wagner 1.4, Javelin 1 Cooper Wagner 15.97.

U14 G - 100m - 1 Bridget Lowe 16.36, 400m - 1 Bridget Lowe 01:27.32, Shot Put - 1 Bridget Lowe 6.31, Triple Jump - 1 Bridget Lowe 7.14.

U14 B - 100m - 1 Brodie Anderson 14.31, 400m - 1 Brodie Anderson 01:10.39, Shot Put - 1 Luke Graham 6.32, Triple Jump - 1 Brodie Anderson 8.74.

U15 G - 100m - 1 Georgia Filippi 17.1, 400m - 1 Daisy Filippi 01:45.49, Shot Put - 1 Georgia Filippi 5.65, Triple Jump - 1 Georgia Filippi 7.38.

U16 G - 100m - 1 Tegan Lowe 16.04, 400m - 1 Tegan Lowe 01:43.07, Shot Put - 1 Nicole Davis 9.71, Triple Jump - 1 Tegan Lowe 8.93.

U16 B - 100m - 1 Ethan Slade 13.7, 400m - 1 Ethan Slade 01:13.39, Shot Put - 1 Ethan Slade 7.26, Triple Jump - 1 Ethan Slade 8.18.

High flyer: Xavier Lindsay goes his furthest in the long jump.

Close race: Jimmy O’Neill and Cale Hooper battle it out in the 200m race.

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Two medals for Hansch Rider claims ribbons MIRBOO North’s Lateasha Hansch took out two titles at the recent Secondary Schools State Athletics.

Lateasha took first in the 100m and 200m sprints but was unable to find similar success in her hurdles event.

She was joined by the school’s under 15’s girls who did extremely well but were unable to place on the day.

Fellow MNSC student Wes Graeme also took home a title.

Left, Medal winner: Lateasha Hansch shows off her state school title medals.

MIRBOO North Pony Club member Jaime Chila had two show jumping successes recently.

The primary school student rode her horse Spook at Warragul on October 19 taking home E Grade.

She backed up this performance the next day jumping 80cm at Ayre Hill and won Reserve Champion in E Grade.

LEONGATHA FOOTBALL/NETBALL CLUB

Back to pavilion: Jayson Meade finishes his time at the crease after a great ball from Cougar Josh Moore in B2. Photo by Mark Drury.

C Grade Div 1 NERRENA d IMPERIALS 1st innings Imperials P. McGavin c. b. D. Grigg .............................8 B. Casbolt c. T. Clark b. C. Dougherty ....................15 N. Hodges lbw. b. S. Gaddam ..........................1 M. Malloy c. C. Dougherty b. S. Gaddam ........................30 B. Maskell b. C. Dougherty .......1 R. Turner n.o. ...........................23 S. Bentley c. b. S. Gaddam ..........................1 G. Wright r.o. .............................4 G. Price b. D. Grigg ...................3 B. Price stp. G. Giliam ...............0 M. Price stp. G. Giliam ..............1 Extras ........................................8 Total ....................................10/95 Bowling: K. Clark 0/2, D. Grigg 2/22, S. Gaddam 3/18, J. Hoy 0/16, C. Dougherty 2/24, G. Wightman 2/11.

1st innings Nerrena T. Clark lbw. b. S. Bentley ...........................6 G. Giliam b. S. Bentley ............25 S. Gaddam c. B. Price b. M. Malloy ........................23 G. Wightman c. N. Hodges b. R. Turner ..........................25 M. Waltom c. N. Hodges b. R. Turner ............................3 J. Hoy n.o. ..................................9 M. Wardle n.o.............................3 K. Clark n.o. ...............................0 Extras ......................................16 Total .............................5/110 (cc) Bowling: B. Maskell 0/18, G. Wright 0/16, S. Bentley 2/24, M. Malloy 1/16, P. McGavin 0/12, R. Turner 2/18, M. Price 0/2, B. Price 0/3.

PHILLIP ISLAND d WON WORKMENS 1st innings Phillip Island R. Good r.o. ................................7 R. Purcell b. S. Roche ..............18 C. Muscat c&b. C. Casey ...........6 M. Cleary c. S. Roche b. C. Smith ...........................34 P. Cleary c. L. Borne b. C. Smith ...........................19 M. Christopher lbw. b. L. Borne .............................2 C. Epifano lbw. b. S. Morison ..........................2 W. Paterson b. S. Morison........13 D. Mani r.o. ................................0 M. Sampson n.o. ........................0 J. Excelll n.o...............................1 Extras ......................................12 Total .............................9/113 (cc)

Bowling: L. Borne 1/3, A. McLean 0/11, C. Casey 1/21, S. Roche 1/30, C. Smith 2/14, S. Morison 2/24, I. Barnes 0/5.

1st innings Won Workmens S. Roche b. W. Paterson .............0 S. Osborne c. M. Cleary b. W. Paterson ......................22 C. Casey c. M. Christopher b. W. Paterson ........................1 I. Barnes c. W. Paterson b. M. Cleary .........................18 S. Morison c. W. Paterson b. P. Cleary .............................5 S. Brann n.o..............................31 C. Smith c. C. Muscat b. C. Epifano ........................26 M. Davey c. M. Cleary b. P. Cleary .............................0 A. McLean n.o. ........................10 Extras ........................................6 Total ....................................7/119 Bowling: C. Epifano 1/29, W. Paterson 3/28, M. Cleary 1/23, P. Cleary 2/28, M. Sampson 0/9.

OMK d TOWN 1st innings OMK A. McKinnon stp. J. Schelling b. M. Warren ........................10 W. Dowel c. M. Craig b. M. Warren ........................34 T. Eustace n.o. ..........................62 P. Harper c. J. Schelling b. R. Shields .........................22 P. Miller n.o. .............................14 Extras ......................................16 Total .............................3/158 (cc) Bowling: M. O’Loughlin 0/22, B. Graham 0/15, C. Dowling 0/24, M. Warren 2/35, R. Shields 1/36, L. O’Brien 0/21.

1st innings Town D. Pell lbw. b. C. O’Brien ..........................0 M. Craig c. W. Dowel b. T. Eustace ...........................8 G. Pouw c. A. McKinnon b. G. Lomagno .......................3 M. Warren b. N. Audino .............8 B. Graham c. P. Green b. G. Lomagno .......................0 Q. Graham c&b. N. Audino .......3 J. Schelling c. T. Eustace b. N. Audino ...........................3 M. O’Loughlin n.o. ..................12 C. Dowling c. P. Miller b. N. Audino ...........................0 L. O’Brien n.o. ...........................6 Extras ......................................12 Total ...............................8/55 (cc) Bowling: P. Green 0/0, T. Eustace 1/8, C. O’Brien 1/8, G. Lomagno 2/8, N. Audino 4/18, B. Walker 0/9, N. Paterson 0/2.

MDU def by INVERLOCH

1st innings MDU G. Jones c. P. Johnson b. T. Wyatt ..............................0 T. Bright c. D. Connelly b. C. Selby ............................25 N. Hill lbw. b. T. Wyatt ..............................4 P. Robinson c. W. Williams b. I. Fowler ...........................38 C. Hughes b. S. Hemming .......13 C. Dyke b. T. Wyatt ....................0 M. Perry b. S. Hemming ............2 K. Newton n.o. ...........................2 M. Damanin n.o. ........................1 Extras ......................................21 Total ....................................7/106 Bowling: D. Houston 0/16, T. Wyatt 3/10, D. Connelly 0/15, C. Selby 1/21, I. Fowler 1/31, S. Hemming 2/11.

1st innings Inverloch J. Belli b. ..................................28 P. Johnson c. ...............................7 T. Wyatt n.o. .............................37 D. Houston lbw. .........................0 I. Fowler b. ...............................18 D. Connelly c. ............................7 J. Brosnan n.o.............................3 Extras ......................................14 Total ....................................5/114 Bowling: K. Brown 1/30, P. Robinson 1/16, N. Hill 1/22, M. Perry 0/28, K. Newton 2/12.

C Grade Div 2 WON MINERS d MDU Won on forfeit GLEN ALVIE def by KOONWARRA-L/RSL 1st innings Glen Alvie M. Hull c. T. Dudley b. M. Boswell .......................82 G. Chisholm c. M. Green b. H. Langenburg .................44 A. Spradbury n.o. .....................18 B. Carr n.o. .................................3 Extras ......................................17 Total .............................2/165 (cc) Bowling: B. Perry 0/20, S. Wentworth 0/26, H. Langenburg 1/36, L. O’Connor 0/18, M. Boswell 1/30, D. Clark 0/19, T. Dudley 0/16.

1st innings Koonwarra-L/RSL A. Vaughan c. ........................... 11 S. Wensworth c.........................22 M. Green n.o. ...........................38 M. Boswell n.o. ........................71 S. Hills b...................................10 Extras ......................................17 Total ....................................3/169 Bowling: A. Spradbury 0/20, D. Burke 1/10, J. Hull 0/32, B. McRae 2/25, M. Hull 0/34, B. Carr 0/37, G. Chisholm 0/8.

KILCUNDA-BASS d WON WORKMENS 1st innings Kilcunda-Bass S. Ashenden c. b. M. Dobbie ........................23 D. Aurisch b. W. McCall ............5 D. Halliday c. b. A. Busana ......................... 11 J. Reilly n.o. .............................37 B. Rookes c. b. M. Cadwallender ................7 D. Blackney b. W. McCall .........1 J. Oates lbw. b. W. McCall ..........................0 P. Golby n.o. ...............................3 Extras ........................................6 Total ...............................6/93 (cc) Bowling: W. McCall 3/7, A. Ray 0/15, A. Busana 1/3, M. Dobbie 1/10, B. Evans 0/28, M. Kelly 0/16, M. Cadwallender 1/8.

1st innings Won Workmens T. Tootell c. b. B. Rookes ...........................2 B. Evans c. b. B. Rookes ...........................5 M. Kelly b. B. Rookes ...............0 A. Busana b. D. Aurisch.............5 J. Licis c. b. D. Aurisch ..........................4 M. Cadwallender c&b. D. Aurisch .....................0 S. Knight c. b. S. Ashenden........................0 M. Dobbie lbw. b. S. Ashenden........................2 W. McCall n.o. .........................17 P. McDonald lbw. b. D. Aurisch ..........................2 A. Ray c. b. D. Aurisch ..........................1 Extras ........................................6 Total ....................................10/44 Bowling: D. Halliday 0/9, B. Rookes 3/9, D. Aurisch 5/10, S. Ashenden 2/10, P. Golby 0/6.

INVERLOCH def by OMK 1st innings OMK G. Adams b. H. Keily ...............38 D. Wylie b. H. Keily ................38 B. Maguire c. L. Keily b. B. Aikins ..........................63 L. Lamers c. Mackay b. B. Aikins ..........................19 M. Gow n.o. .............................31 W. Hayes n.o. ...........................20 Extras ......................................10 Total .............................4/219 (cc) Bowling: L. Keily 0/36, C. Butler 0/35, H. Keily 2/28, F. Keily 0/14, M. Woods 0/37, B. Aikins 2/46, D. Snelling 0/19.

1st innings Inverloch L. Keily b. ..................................1 M. Woods r.o. .............................6 B. Dennerley b. ..........................1

D. Snelling stp............................0 Mackay c. ...................................1 H. Keily n.o. .............................12 F. Keily c. .................................16 C. Butler b. .................................2 B. Aikins c..................................0 Extras ........................................4 Total .........................................44 Bowling: B. Maguire 3/0, G. Burrows 0/5, L. Lamers 2/14, J. Whiteside 1/3, J. Lamers 0/10, B. Murphy 1/7, R. Wyatt 0/5.

Invites you to its NETBALL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Friday, November 8, 2013 at 7.00pm Woorayl Golf Club More information Ph: Brooke Brown 0419 367 854

All welcome

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KORUMBURRA MOTORCYCLE CLUB Presents the Annual

COME & TRY WEEKEND SATURDAY NOV 9 - Practice for MV Licenced riders & members SUNDAY NOV 10 - Ride day for non MV licenced riders (Come & try riders) $20 Single rider | $30 family ride Discounted memberships will be available on the day

Sign in from 8.30am | Riders briefing @ 10.00am A GREAT FUN DAY FOR ANY RIDERS, OF ANY AGE AND ANY LEVEL Due to the massive number of riders who attended this event last year the club has decided to hold it over 2 days, separating riders that hold Motorcycling Victoria Licences (Race Licences) to ride on the Saturday and then the non MV licenced riders to ride on the Sunday to give them a better go on the track.

SECOND HAND GEAR SALE Heaps of cheap motorbike gear, tyres & much more willl be for sale in the hall on the day!

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Make sure your bike is in good working order & you have the appropriate safety gear, helmet, goggles, gloves, long sleeved top etc.

Canteen & First Aid on duty

If you would like any further information, you can contact the club president Graham Bird on 0417 588 768

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Baker hits big

Imps demolish Kilcunda-Bass

WONTHAGGI Workmens’ Jay Baker slugged 101 not out against Phillip Island in the sunshine on Saturday.

The opener lasted the whole 40 overs hitting six fours and four sixes on his way to his triple figure feat.

This was complimented by teammates Chad Harvey smashing out a quick 56 and Craig Harvey 41.

The Workmens ended 6/244, a tall order for Phillip Island.

The Sharks’ Russell Cleeland came out with vigour knocking 49 but low scores through the rest of the order led to their undoing.

A 189 run partnership from Russell White and Kris Kerr allowed OMK to walk

away with a win over Leongatha Town.

Luke Jones fell for a duck and allowed White and Kerr to knock out 90 runs each as a pair with White ending the innings 91 not out.

Town struggled to find a solid partnership to even come close to OMK and Peter Dell’s 3/23 helped make short work of their batting order.

The Scorpions finished 9/159, well short of their target.

Four wickets to Wonthaggi Miners’ Jonothan Rumbold was not enough to give his side a win over Inverloch on the weekend.

Good scores from Brayley (45) and Ruffin (62) had the Stingrays looking good and they managed to come through with a 6/194 innings.

LDCA ladders A Grade Division 1 OMK........................................42 Inverloch .................................30 Won Workmens ......................30 Town ........................................30 Nerrena .....................................30 Imperials ..................................18 Korumburra ................................6 Phillip Island ..............................6 A Grade Division 2 Kilcunda-Bass.........................42 Glen Alvie................................42 Won Miners ............................30 Koonwarra-L/RSL .................30 Foster........................................18 Poowong-Loch .........................18 Fish Creek-Tarwin......................6 MDU ..........................................6 B Grade Division 1 OMK........................................42 MDU ........................................30 Won Miners ............................30 Won Workmens ......................30 Phillip Island ............................24 Town.........................................18 Inverloch ..................................12 Nerrena .......................................6 B Grade Division 2 Imperials .................................42 Foster.......................................42 Korumburra ...........................30 Koonwarra-L/RSL .................30 Poowong-Loch .........................18 Fish Creek-Tarwin....................12

Kilcunda-Bass ..........................12 Glen Alvie ..................................6 C Grade Division 1 Won Workmens ......................36 OMK........................................36 Inverloch .................................36 Nerrena ...................................30 Phillip Island ............................18 Town.........................................18 MDU ........................................12 Imperials ....................................6 C Grade Division 2 Won Miners ............................42 OMK........................................36 Kilcunda-Bass.........................36 Koonwarra-L/RSL .................30 Won Workmens ........................12 MDU ........................................12 Inverloch ..................................12 Glen Alvie ..................................6 Korumburra ................................6 Under 16 Fish Creek-Tarwin .................12 Poowong-Loch ..........................6 Won Miners ..............................6 MDU ..........................................6 OMK ..........................................6 Imperials ....................................6 Phillip Island ..............................6 Kilcunda-Bass ............................6 Won Workmens ..........................6 Korumburra ................................0 Nerrena .......................................0

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Most Miners couldn’t find their feet with Brosnan claiming the highest score of 17. This led to them being all out for 105.

MDU found its way in the last over to claim a win over Nerrena. MDU was chasing 148 and got over the line in 40th making 8/152.

Details MDU d NERRENA 1st innings Nerrena A. Harrison c. C. Baillie b. K. Sinclair ........................12 W. Telfer b. D. Zuidema...........21 A. Joboy b. L. Mercer ................1 T. Hawksworth c&b.T. Zukovskis ...................8 T. Clark c. b. D. Zuidema ......................41 C. Baudinette b. D. Zuidema .....2 V. Kumar c. b. S. Riley...............................2 B. Croatto lbw. b. S. Riley...............................1 V. Prakash c&b. S. Riley ............0 M. Croatto b. S. Riley ..............19 P. Joseph n.o. ............................20 Extras ......................................22 Total .......................................148 Bowling: L. Mercer 1/19, K. Sinclair 1/25, T. Zukovskis 1/18, D. Zuidema 3/30, D. Gordon 0/19, S. Riley 4/30.

1st innings MDU R. Olden c. b. P. Joseph ........................... 11 T. Sinclair c. b. V. Prakash.........................20 C. Baillie c. V. Prakash ............39 D. Gordon b. B. Croatto ........... 11 T. Zukovskis lbw. b. M. Croatto ..........................2 B. Davey c. W. Telfer b. V. Prakash...........................6 D. Zuidema b. W. Telfer .............9 L. Mercer n.o............................13 D. Thomas lbw. b. W. Telfer .............................0 K. Sinclair n.o. ...........................3 Extras ......................................38 Total ....................................8/152 Bowling: B. Croatto 1/21, P. Joseph 1/28, M. Croatto 1/37, A. Joboy 0/2, T. Hawksworth 0/14, V. Prakash 3/25, W. Telfer 2/6, T. Clark 0/6.

WON WORKMENS d PHILLIP ISLAND 1st innings Won Workmens R. Geyer b. A. Thomas...............4 J. Baker n.o. ...........................101 L. Sawyer b. A. Thomas.............1 C. Harvey c. A. Finlayson b. J. Johnston ........................56 J. Thomas c. R. Cleeland b. M. Francis ........................21 C. Harvey r.o. ...........................41 L. McLean c. P. Francis b. J. Cox .................................0 B. Osborne n.o. ..........................0 Extras ......................................21 Total .............................6/244 (cc) Bowling: J. Cox 1/35, A. Thomas 2/17, M. Francis 1/55, B. Young 0/22, J. Johnston 1/41, P Francis 0/42, G. Excell 0/23.

1st innings Phillip Island R. Cleeland c. J. Thomas b. L. McLean ........................49 B. Insall c. B. Osborne b. Z. Macdermid.....................3 A. Finlayson stp. B. Osborne b. L. McLean ........................ 11 M. Francis c. C. Harvey b. L. Sawyer ...........................1 J. Manning b. L. Sawyer ..........16 J. Cox r.o. ...................................4 G. Excell lbw. b. L. Sawyer ...........................0 J. Johnston c. C. Harvey b. L. Volpe ..............................4 P. Francis n.o. ...........................20 B. Young n.o...............................1 Extras ........................................8 Total .............................8/117 (cc) Bowling: S. Coldebella 0/41, Z. Macdermid 1/20, L. McLean 2/14, L. Sawyer 3/23, L. Volpe 1/15, C. Harvey 0/3.

TOWN def by OMK 1st innings OMK K. Kerr b. S. Browne ...............90 L. Jones c. W. Kuhne b. J. Hume ..............................0 R. White n.o. ............................91 J. Paterson n.o. ...........................5 Extras ......................................23 Total .............................2/209 (cc) Bowling: B. Berry 0/45, J. Hume 1/33, P. Fine 0/20, S. Browne 1/36, S. Fixter 0/36, J. Bolge 0/26.

1st innings Town

T. Willcocks b. P. Dell ..............24 I. Hanks c. P. Dell b. M. Cooke..........................16 J. Withers c. J. Paterson b. M. Cooke............................0 W. Kuhne r.o. ...........................16 S. Fixter c. R. Quaife b. J. Cochrane....................... 11 S. Browne b. R. White ...............4 J. Hume b. P. Dell.....................55 J. Bolge n.o. .............................15 P. Vine b. P. Dell.........................0 D. Goss c. R. Quaife b. D. Jeffries ...........................0 B. Berry n.o. ...............................0 Extras ......................................18 Total .............................9/159 (cc) Bowling: M. Cooke 2/26, B. Nation 0/34, P. Dell 3/23, J. Cochrane 1/30, R. White 1/10, J. Paterson 0/17, D. Jeffries 1/11.

INVERLOCH d WON MINERS 1st innings Inverloch S. Brayley c. D. Lambert b. J. Rumbold .......................45 N. Brayley c&b. D. Lambert ......7 D. Ruffin c. R. Davey b. P. Hammer ........................62 L. Sharrock lbw. b. J. Rumbold .........................0 J. Courtenay c. F. Brosnan b. J. Rumbold .........................0 A. Ware b. J. Rumbold ............. 11 A. Brayley n.o. .........................17 W. Hume n.o. .............................9 Extras ......................................43 Total ....................................6/194 Bowling: F. Brosnan 0/23, D. Jones 0/24, D. Lambert 1/43, R. Davey 0/32, J. Rumbold 4/29, R. Bettess 0/25, P. Hammer 1/10.

1st innings Won Miners P. Cooper lbw. b. J. Courtenay .....................13 P. Hammer c. J. Ritchie b. N. Brayley ..........................5 M. Schreck b. J. Courtenay ........2 R. Bettess c. A. Ware b. W. Hume ..........................10 F. Brosnan b. A. Ware ..............17 S. Ivekovic c. b. L. Anderson ........................7 D. Jones b. A. Ware ....................3 D. Lambert b. A. Ware .............15 J. Rumbold c. b. J. Ritchie ............................5 R. Davey lbw. b. A. Ware...............................0 A. Honeysett n.o. .......................0 Extras ......................................27 Total .......................................105 Bowling: J. Courtenay 2/17, N. Brayley 1/21, W. Hume 1/23, L. Anderson 1/15, A. Ware 4/10, J. Ritchie 1/16.

LEONGATHA Imperials kept scores low as its bowlers faced off with Kilcunda-Bass.

Despite efforts from Aplin, Blake and Coleman the Killy-Bass contingent struggled to get runs on the board.

Ten maidens led to them being all out for 99.

The Imperials only then needed 20 overs to reach above their target. A 54 run effort from Elliott helped them make 3/113.

Three wickets of 1.4 overs was too late for Glen Alvie’s Brad Hateley.

Foster where chasing 130 and shortly after they got their score Hateley showed what he could do with the ball.

He claimed two wickets in his first over and finished his opponents’ innings in his second. Foster finished all out for 157.

Fish Creek ran home to take against Poowong Loch to take a win with two wickets in hand. The FCT guys managed to reach their target with two overs to spare as well.

Koonwarra-Leongatha/ RSL was able to snag a win over Korumburra in the dying minutes. Some good bowling from the Cougars had kept the Korumburra score to 8/114.

This allowed the Cougars to pounce and gain a win in the last few overs.

Details IMPERIALS d KILCUNDA-BASS 1st innings Kilcunda-Bass T. Aplin c. M. Elliott b. J. Rushton.........................21 R. Gardiner c. T. Jans b. K. McGavin........................3 H. Grace c. T. Jans b. K. McGavin........................6 S. Tapscott c. J. Ballagh b. B. Davidson........................0 I. Brown b. J. Rushton ...............4 S. Blake r.o. ..............................23 J. Bastwrous r.o. .........................3 R. Duff c. B. Davidson b. M. Elliott ............................0 P. Coleman c. M. Elliott b. G. Forrester ......................19 L. May c. J. Rushton b. M. Elliott ............................1 R. Duff n.o. ................................0 Extras ......................................19 Total .........................................99 1st innings Imperials G. Forrester c. P. Coleman

Under 16 scores KILCUNDA-BASS v OMK 1st innings Kilcunda-Bass J. Bastwrous ret. .......................75 T. Smith b. P. Gilian .................51 K. Condick ret. .........................41 L. May b. B. Walker .................14 M. Whitham r.o. .......................21 E. Garratt r.o...............................4 R. Taylor r.o. ..............................0 D. Ferguson r.o. ..........................0 B. Pipicelli r.o. ...........................4 J. Bastwrous n.o. ........................1 S. Burchell n.o............................0 Extras ........................................8 Total .............................7/219 (cc) Bowling: N. Wylie 0/19, B. Walker 1/51, R. Dixon 0/22, J. Lamers 0/40, K. Wakeford 0/24, P. Gilian 1/31, M. Nicholas 0/16, E. Lamers 0/4, M. Perks 0/9.

MDU v FISH CREEK-TARWIN 1st innings Fish Creek-Tarwin O. Brennan lbw. b. C. Dyke ............................25 T. Redpath r.o. ..........................51 O. Straw r.o. ...............................2 H. Griggs c. K. Newton b. W. Collins...........................4 B. Rogers b. M. Darmanin .......25 A. Watkins lbw. b. C. Olden .............................4 L. Buckland c. b. N. Brown ............................6 L. Hateley c&b. C. Olden ..........3 E. Watkins c. J. Riley b. N. Brown ............................7 Extras ......................................21 Total .......................................147 Bowling: J. Riley 0/23, M. Olden 0/27, K. Newton 0/20, W. Collins 1/27, C. Dyke 1/12, C. Olden 2/10, M. Darmanin 1/10, N. Brown 2/3.

KORUMBURRA v WON WORKMENS 1st innings Won Workmens

K. Brann b. J. Celebrine .............4 A. Busana c. b. H. McNeill .......................13 B. Cocks lbw. b. J. Celebrine ........................0 B. Bayne b. J. Celebrine.............8 N. Dobbie r.o. .............................0 A. Babu b. J. Celebrine ..............0 C. Collins n.o. ..........................13 K. Dudley b. J. Celebrine ...........7 Extras ......................................22 Total .........................................67 Bowling: J. Celebrine 5/16, H. McNeill 1/18, M. Allen 0/8, R. Pattinson 0/6, G. Pattinson 0/11, Z. Allen 0/2, Z. Allen 0/4.

1st innings Korumburra L. Miller b. B. Bayne .................8 J. Celebrine b. A. Babu ............12 H. McNeill c. b. B. Bayne.............................2 M. Allen c. B. Bayne b. A. Busana ...........................0 R. Pattinson b. A. Busana...........1 Z. Allen n.o. ...............................1 J. Beckwith n.o...........................1 Extras ......................................12 Total ......................................5/38 Bowling: B. Bayne 2/14, K. Brann 0/8, A. Babu 1/10, A. Busana 2/2, C. Collins 0/1, B. Cocks 0/1.

POOWONG-LOCH v NERRENA 1st innings Poowong-Loch Extras ......................................20 Total .........................................41 Bowling: M. Trotto 0/10, C. Dougherty 2/5, A. Roberts 6/8, J. Hoy 0/7, N. Trotto 1/5, N. Battersby 1/4.

1st innings Nerrena J. Kelly n.o. ..............................28 B. Perry n.o. .............................12 Extras ........................................5 Total ......................................0/45

b. S. Blake ............................18 T. Cashin lbw. b. R. Duff ...............................3 A. Meyer n.o. ...........................19 M. Elliott c. P. Coleman b. H. Grace ...........................54 J. Rushton n.o...........................15 Extras ........................................4 Total ....................................3/113 Bowling: R. Duff 1/22, S. Blake 1/24, S. Tapscott 0/21, H. Grace 0/20, T. Aplin 1/22.

FOSTER d GLEN ALVIE 1st innings Glen Alvie J. Tiziani c. T. Byrnes b. J. Chaseling ........................6 J. Wheeler b. J. Chaseling ........16 E. Chandler c. S. Chaseling b. J. Chaseling ......................26 A. McBride b. A. Starret ............4 D. Hateley c. T. Byrnes b. A. Starret ............................0 D. Gilbert b. A. Starret .............19 B. Hateley c. D. Garlick b. J. Pilkington ..................... 11 R. Burke b. S. Chaseling ..........27 L. McRae c. J. Pilkington b. D. Garlick...........................1 B. Davidson n.o..........................9 Extras ...................................... 11 Total .......................................130 Bowling: P. Jervies 0/25, J. Chaseling 3/22, A. Starret 3/26, D. Garlick 1/21, J. Pilkington 1/24, S. Chaseling 1/10.

1st innings Foster A. Starret c. R. Burke b. L. McRae............................8 J. Pilkington c. A. McBride b. D. Gilbert ...........................1 D. Garlick c. b. E. Chandler ......................34 T. Garvey c. b. D. Gilbert .........................30 M. Da Costa c. B. Hateley b. B. Davidson......................17 S. Chaseling c. b. B. Hateley ........................31 P. Jervies c. R. Burke b. B. Davidson........................1 C. Fuller c. D. Gilbert b. B. Hateley ..........................9 B. Cripps b. R. Burke .................1 T. Byrnes n.o. .............................0 J. Chaseling b. B. Hateley ..........3 Extras ......................................22 Total .......................................157 Bowling: D. Gilbert 2/22, L. McRae 1/26, A. McBride 0/16, J. Wheeler 0/20, E. Chandler 1/20, R. Burke 1/22, B. Davidson 2/22, B. Hateley 3/1.

FISH CREEK-TARWIN d POOWONG-LOCH 1st innings Poowong-Loch S. Dinger n.o. ...........................50 G. Birnie b. L. Edgelow .............0 G. Curry lbw. b. J. Pouw .............................10 D. Thomas c. T. Stybosh b. L. Edgelow .........................7 A. Dixon r.o................................0 M. Stephens lbw. b. G. Buckland .......................4 S. Head c. O. Brennan

b. L. Edgelow .........................1 G. Bell b. G. Buckland ...............1 R. Humphrey r.o.........................5 S. Farbus n.o. .............................2 Extras ......................................27 Total .............................8/107 (cc) Bowling: L. Edgelow 3/12, L. Buckland 0/10, T. Stybosh 0/10, O. Straw 0/19, J. Pouw 1/20, G. Buckland 2/24.

1st innings Fish Creek-Tarwin G. Webster lbw. ........................29 T.Stybosh b...............................22 J. Pouw c. ...................................0 O. Straw b. .................................0 M. Bright c. ..............................23 O. Brennan lbw. .........................2 G. Buckland lbw.........................3 L. Buckland c. ............................0 S. Silver n.o. .............................20 L. Edgelow n.o. ..........................6 Extras ........................................9 Total ....................................8/115 Bowling: M. Stephens 0/27, S. McKinnon 3/22, S. Head 1/28, G. Bell 1/17, G. Birnie 3/5, A. Dixon 0/13.

KOONWARRA-L/RSL d KORUMBURRA 1st innings Korumburra R. Webster c. B. Tomada b. S. Anderson ........................0 C. Smith r.o. ..............................6 T. Allen c. B. Tomada b. J. Moore ...........................40 P. Dunlevie c. J. Tomada b. D. Bakers............................7 J. Oxlee c. J. Tomada b. D. Bakers............................6 J. Meade b. J. Moore ..................1 T. Gray b. P. Buckley ...............13 S. Harland c. B. Tomada b. P. Buckley ..........................3 L. Miller n.o. ............................12 C. Mileto n.o. .............................4 Extras ......................................21 Total .............................8/114 (cc) Bowling: S. Paterson 1/7, N. Arnup 0/25, S. Anderson 1/15, J. Moore 2/20, D. Bakers 2/25, P. Buckley 2/13, B. Rawson 0/4.

1st innings Koonwarra-L/RSL L. Enter stp. B. Condolucci b. P. Dunlevie .......................23 J. Tomada c. R. Webster b. P. Dunlevie ....................... 11 C. Moscript b. J. Meade .............1 B. Tomada c. C. Smith b. J. Meade .............................0 S. Paterson n.o............................0 P. Buckley c. J. Oxlee b. L. Miller .............................0 D. Bakers lbw. b. L. Miller ...........................18 J. Moore c. J. Meade b. J. Oxlee ............................22 B. Rawson n.o. .........................13 N. Arnup c. J. Oxlee b. L. Miller .............................6 Extras ......................................29 Total ....................................8/123 Bowling: J. Meade 2/4, J. Oxlee 1/8, C. Mileto 0/20, P. Dunlevie 2/29, T. Gray 0/19, S. Harland 0/21, L. Miller 3/10.

Leongatha District Cricket Association Umpire Appointments EVANS PETROLEUM Round 5 - November 9 & 16 Home team Grade A1 Phillip Island Imperials Inverloch OMK Grade A2 Glen Alvie Poowong-Loch MDU Koonwarra-RSL Grade B1 Town Nerrena Won Workmens Won Miners Grade B2 Foster Kilcunda-Bass Fish Ck-Tarwin Korumburra Grade C1 Phillip Island Inverloch OMK Imperials Grade C2 MDU Won Workmens OMK Won Miners Koonwarra-RSL

Away Team

Ground

Umpire

v v v v

Korumburra Won Workmens Town Nerrena

Cowes L Turf I Turf Butch W

A. Jordan C. Salmon G. Laird M. Heenan

v v v v

Won Miners Kilcunda-Bass Foster Fish Crk-Tarwin

GA Rec Loch Meen Koon Rec

A. Roberts L. White V. Baskerville T. Rogers

v v v v

MDU Phillip Island Inverloch OMK

WC Nerr Rec McMhn Won Rec

B. Bek S. Lanyon B. McDonald G. Stabb

v v v v

Koonwarra-RSL Glen Alvie Imperials Poowong-Loch

FGC Bass 1 FC Turf Kor Rec

TBA A. Stride TBA N. Barnes

v v v v

MDU Town Nerrena Town

Newh Inv Rec Outt Rec EC

TBA M. Wishart TBA TBA

v v v v v

Kilcunda-Bass Korumburra Glen Alvie Inverloch Bye

Dumbalk WSC Kor Res Won Nth

TBA TBA TBA TBA

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Diggers deliver BIG hitters, Adam Miller, Daniel Lloyd and Jason Wilson took Outtrim Moyarra Kongwak to victory on Saturday.

The reigning premiers started well with opener Miller swinging well.

Fellow opener Jesse Van Rooye fell with three before Lloyd and Miller set to hitting with a partnership of 84.

Lloyd was caught off a ball from Town’s Borschman while Miller was run out on 82. This was then backed up by captain Jason Wilson who knocked out 42 bringing the score to 5/212 at the close.

After taking to the pitch Leongatha Town had a slow start until Weerasinghe Silva managed a 25 and Amila Ratnayake really found his feet with five sixes and three fours to give him 70 runs.

Alan Jenkins was leading the bowling for OMK claiming four wickets to have the Scorpions all out for 170.

Cook and Osman were the big hitters for Korumburra when the Cobras faced Inverloch on Saturday. Cook managed 35 while Osman 30.

The Stingrays Clark and Mathews were dominating the bowling, having claimed three wickets each

for the innings.

The Cobras finished 9/134 and Inverloch was set for some big hits.

Rankin and Debono stepped up to the plate hitting 41 and 42 respectively helping to boost Inverloch’s score.

A weak effort by the Stingray bottom order however didn’t stop them coming home with a win ending 9/169.

A tough battle emerged when Nerrena took on the Imperials.

Imps stalwart Gary Sauvarin started slowly but third order Tom Piddington stepped up with a 43.

Maskell managed a 30 not out to help the Imps to a score of 5/125.

Nerrena managed low, yet consistent scores to finish in the second last over 8/130.

The Wonthaggi Workmens made swift work of Phillip Island as they chased 9/116 on Saturday.

Bolding and the Britt brothers hit well early reaching four runs short of their target before a run of three ducks.

The Workmens managed to get over the line 8/126 with 11 overs to spare.

NERRENA d IMPERIALS 1st innings Imperials G. Sauvarin lbw. b. R. Clark ...........................15 T. Perczyk c. D. Symmons b. J. Trease..............................5

T. Piddington c. T. Davison b. M. Clark ...........................43 L. Rogers r.o...............................0 T. Williams c. J. Renden b. M. Clark .............................6 R. McGavin n.o. .........................8 K. Maskell n.o. .........................31 Extras ......................................17 Total .............................5/125 (cc) Bowling: J. Trease 1/26, T. Davison 0/22, T. Wightman 0/14, R. Clark 1/21, J. Hoy 0/18, M. Clark 2/22.

1st innings Nerrena M. Clark c. T. Williams b. L. Rogers ..........................20 T. Wightman c. T. Sauvarin b. T. Piddington ......................3 J. Renden c. T. Williams b. L. Rogers ............................3 D. Symmons r.o........................17 D. Trotman stp. T. Williams b. T. Sauvarin .........................9 C. Salmon c. A. Eddy b. J. Parker............................17 J. Trease c. T. Perczyk b. T. Sauvarin .......................20 R. Clark n.o. .............................28 D. Baldi lbw. b. A. Eddy ............0 J. Hoy n.o. ..................................4 Extras ........................................9 Total .............................8/130 (cc) Bowling: A. Eddy 1/21, T. Piddington 1/27, J. Parker 1/21, L. Rogers 2/27, T. Sauvarin 2/33.

PHILLIP ISLAND def by WON WORKMENS 1st innings Phillip Island L. Cleeland lbw. b. R. Thomas ..........................2 J. Black r.o..................................6 T. Hornsby c. b. M. Thomas .......................36 B. Johnston b. T. Hooper............6 C. Keerthisinghe c. b. M. Thomas .........................2 C. Viljoen c. R. Thomas b. M. Thomas .........................5 S. Boyack b. G. Britt ................31 D. Johnston c. T. Hooper b. M. Thomas .........................3 M. Price r.o...............................13 S. Kirton n.o. ..............................0 Extras ......................................12 Total .............................9/116 (cc) Bowling: R. Thomas 1/25, M. McCall 0/14, S. Williams 0/19, G. Bolding 0/10, T. Hooper 1/3, M.

Here we go: Tim Wightman fires one down to an Imperials batsman on Saturday. Photo by Mark Drury.

Thomas 4/26, G. Britt 1/16.

1st innings Won Workmens D. Britt c. T. Hornsby b. C. Keerthisinghe ..............18 G. Bolding c. C. Keerthisinghe b. S. Kirton ...........................34 G. Britt c. D. Johnston b. S. Boyack ........................35 S. Huitema c. T. Hornsby b. C. Keerthisinghe ................0 M. Thomas lbw. b. S. Boyack ...........................0 D. Turton c. J. Black b. S. Boyack ...........................0 J. Liddle lbw. b. S. Boyack ......................... 11 S. Willliams n.o. .........................2 R. Thomas c. S. Kirton b. C. Keerthisinghe ..............13 Extras ......................................13 Total ....................................8/126 Bowling: S. Boyack 4/31, S. Kirton 1/31, T. Officer 0/7, C. Viljoen 0/20, C. Keerthisinghe 3/23, M. Price 0/9.

OMK d TOWN 1st innings OMK A. Miller r.o..............................82

J. Van Rooye c. R. Templeton b. A. Ratnayake ......................3 D. Lloyd c. M.Weerasinghe-Silva b. M. Borschman ..................50 T. Wyatt c. R. Templeton b. M. Borschman ....................1 J. Wilson n.o. ............................42 P. Dyer c. R. Templeton b. M. Weerasinghe-Silva ........2 B. Wyatt n.o. ..............................9 Extras ......................................23 Total .............................5/212 (cc) Bowling: A. Ratnayake 1/41, J. Burge 0/30, M. Borschman 2/28, J. O’Loughlin 0/39, M. Weerasinghe-Silva 1/32, A. Hickey 0/14, S. Clark 0/20.

1st innings Town J. O’Loughlin lbw. b. A. Jenkins .........................13 M. Smith c. b. A. Jenkins ...........................8 M. Weerasinghe-Silva lbw. b. R. Greaves ........................25 D. Burge r.o. ...............................2 A. Ratnayake c. P. Dyer b. A. Jenkins .........................70 A. Hickey b. S. Jenkins ............18 R. Templeton c&b. S. Jenkins ....0

M. Borschman stp. b. S. Jenkins ...........................5 M. Borschman b. B. Wyatt.........4 J. Burge n.o. ...............................7 S. Clark b. A. Jenkins .................0 Extras ......................................18 Total .......................................170 Bowling: A. Jenkins 4/29, N. Cant 0/14, J. Wilson 0/16, R. Greaves 1/29, S. Jenkins 3/40, B. Wyatt 1/38.

KORUMBURRA def by INVERLOCH 1st innings Korumburra J. Cook b. D. Clark...................35 K. Rigby c. W. Taberner b. L. Rankin............................5 D. Salmon c&b. R. Thomas .......3 U. Weerasinghe b. R. Thomas ....0 I. Osman c. J. Rankin b. D. Mathews ......................30 T. Lucas b. D. Clark ...................0 K. Miller b. R. Thomas ............16 J. Richards b. D. Mathews .........5 D. Scott b. D. Mathews ..............6 J. Parker n.o..............................17 A. Meade n.o. .............................2 Extras ......................................15 Total ....................................9/134

Bowling: R. Thomas 3/19, L. Rankin 1/20, J. Rankin 0/11, K. Rotthier 0/17, J. Smith 0/15, D. Clark 2/20, D. Mathews 3/29.

1st innings Inverloch W. Taberner c. U. Weerasinghe b. A. Meade ............................7 W. Rankin stp. K. Miller b. I. Osman ...........................41 B. Debono c. T. Lucas b. I. Osman ...........................42 K. Rotthier c&b. I. Osman .......12 J. Rankin c. b. I. Osman .............................5 D. Clark c. K. Miller b. U. Weerasinghe ................30 J. Dennerley r.o. .........................5 J. Smith c. K. Rigby b. I. Osman .............................1 D. Mathews c. D. Salmon b. U. Weerasinghe ..................1 R. Thomas n.o. ...........................0 L. Rankin n.o..............................1 Extras ......................................24 Total .............................9/169 (cc) Bowling: A. Meade 1/11, K. Rigby 0/16, D. Salmon 0/21, J. Cook 0/27, D. Scott 0/25, U. Weerasinghe 2/27, I. Osman 5/38.

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Nelson gets his century WONTHAGGI Miners’ Paul Nelson came out firing on Saturday against Koonwarra Leongatha/RSL. Nelson came to the

crease as the third order batsman after opener Gerard Kent went for a duck.

Blake Andrighetto shared the crease, the pair adding 52 runs, Beesey fell for 9 and then fellow

big hitter James Honeysett joined Nelson.

Nelson (102 not out) and Honeysett (60 not out) fired out a fantastic partnership ending 141 not out and giving the Miners a

So close: Nerrena bowler Ryan Clark drops a sharp caught and bowled chance on Saturday. Photo by Mark Drury.

score of 3/218.

The Cougars struggled to respond with four ducks in their order seeing them all out for 110 in just 27 overs.

An easy chase by Kilcunda Bass secured them a win over MDU. Five single figure scores and three ducks meant the MDU order was torn through very quickly but the Kilcunda Bass bowling was shared around. All six bowlers managed at least one wicket to stop MDU at all out for 82.

Larcombe and Donohue hit big with scores in the 30s to reach their target in just 22 overs.

Frazer Griggs claimed 3/27 when Foster faced Glen Alvie but it wasn’t enough to stop a Glen Alvie victory.

A big score for Hales (73) lead to a 6/198 for Glen Alvie before Foster had to chase.

Consistent bowling from all the Glen Alvie side saw nine maidens retrict the Tigers to just 6/104 at the end of its innings.

Solid and steady batting from Poowong Loch led them to victory over Fish Creek Tarwin on Saturday.

Ricky Carvill was the

run leader with 45 followed by Adderley (27) and Knox (26).

The Magpies’ 9/176 was too much for the FCT fellas who could only manage 9/143.

KILCUNDA-BASS d MDU 1st innings MDU M. Olden b. B. Egeberg .............4 W. Prosser lbw. b. D. Pipicelli .........................5 M. Martin b. ...............................0 M. LePage c. A. Oats b. C. Davidson......................17 C. Harris b. J. Tregear ................0 C. Hoober c. C. Davidson b. J. Tregear ............................0 M. Olden c. B. Egeberg b. C. Davidson......................13 T. Harris stp. A. Larcombe b. J. Mahood.........................12 B. McKnight c. A. Larcombe b. T. Smith ..............................9 J. Riley b. C. Davidson ..............2 M. Patching n.o. .........................5 Extras ......................................15 Total .........................................82 Bowling: D. Pipicelli 2/11, B. Egeberg 1/11, J. Tregear 2/13, C. Davidson 3/23, J. Mahood 1/10, T. Smith 0/10.

1st innings Kilcunda-Bass A. Larcombe n.o. .....................32 A. Oats c. M. Martin b. T. Harris ...........................10 A. Donohue n.o. .......................34 Extras ......................................10 Total ......................................1/86 Bowling: T. Harris 1/14, M. Patching 0/19, J. Riley 0/11, B. McKnight 0/19, C. Hoober 0/15, M. Olden 0/6, C. Harris 0/1.

GLEN ALVIE d FOSTER 1st innings Glen Alvie S. Smith c. T. Smith b. F. Griggs .............................3 S. Lowe c. S. Jeffery b. F. Griggs ...........................27

T. Luckhurst c. G. Tanner b. B. Corrie.............................7 J. Glen c&b. F. Griggs................0 S. Bolding c. G. Collis b. S. Lanyon .........................30 D. Hales r.o. .............................73 A. Hamilton n.o........................28 J. Hales n.o. ................................3 Extras ......................................27 Total .............................6/198 (cc) Bowling: F. Griggs 3/27, J. Prain 0/55, B. Corrie 1/41, G. Collis 0/33, G. Tanner 0/20, S. Lanyon 1/19.

1st innings Foster S. Jeffery b. D. Hales .................9 S. Lanyon c. S. Bolding b. D. Willilams .....................16 M. Lynch n.o. ...........................34 J. Prain b. J. Hales ....................17 G. Collis c. T. Luckhurst b. K. Simpson.........................3 G. Tanner stp. T. Luckhurst b. K. Simpson.........................2 B. Corrie b. J. Glen ....................5 T. Smith n.o. ...............................2 Extras ......................................16 Total .............................6/104 (cc) Bowling: D. Hales 1/21, D. Williams 1/19, J. Hales 1/8, K. Simpson 2/18, J. Hamilton 0/28, J. Glen 1/6.

POOWONG-LOCH d FISH CREEK-TARWIN 1st innings Poowong-Loch C. Knox c. J. Flanders b. A. Straw............................26 M. Loader c. T. Williamson b. J. Flanders ..........................0 R. Carvill c. G. Watkins b. B. Coates ..........................45 T. Hancock b. T. Williamson ....15 M. Adderley c. b. A. Straw............................27 C. Oliver c. W. Cocksedge b. J. Flanders ..........................2 N. Findlay c. J. Buckland b. B. Coates ..........................14 A. Fisher r.o................................0 S. Magnuson c. J. Buckland b. J. Law .................................6

R. Knox n.o. .............................12 Extras ......................................30 Total .............................9/176 (cc) 1st innings Fish Creek-Tarwin Extras ......................................25 Total .............................9/143 (cc) Bowling: C. Oliver 2/11, M. Loader 0/27, J. Foster 2/32, N. Findlay 1/39, A. Fisher 0/14, T. Hancock 2/17.

WON MINERS d KOONWARRA-L/RSL 1st innings Won Miners G. Kent c. J. Hughes b. B. Thomas ..........................0 B. Andrighetto b. S. Hughes ....24 P. Nelson n.o. .........................102 D. Beesey c. B. Thomas b. N. Toms ..............................9 J. Honeysett n.o. .......................60 Extras ......................................23 Total .............................3/218 (cc) Bowling: J. Kennedy 0/50, B. Thomas 1/32, S. Hughes 1/22, N. Toms 1/59, S. Sperling 0/45.

1st innings Koonwarra-L/RSL S. Hughes c. B. Foon b. R. Birkett ............................1 N. Toms b. B. Foon ....................5 S. Sperling c. P. Nelson b. D. Beesey .........................18 B. Moore b. R. Birkett ...............0 P. Stow c. B. Andrighetto b. R. Birkett ............................2 B. Anderson n.o........................31 D. O’Connor b. R. Birkett..........0 N. Grimes c. C. Honeysett b. D. Beesey ...........................5 J. Kennedy c. B. Andrighetto b. P. Nelson ............................0 J. Hughes c. R. Jones b. P. Nelson ............................0 B. Thomas c. R. Birkett b. P. Nelson ..........................18 Extras ......................................30 Total ....................................... 110 Bowling: B. Foon 1/30, R. Birkett 4/21, D. Beesey 2/19, P. Nelson 3/34.

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Tails wag at Welshpool

by Tayla Kershaw BELOKA Kelpie Stud welcomed back competitors for the 17th Annual State Cattle, Sheep and Duck Dog Championships at Welshpool on the weekend.

High Scores: Adam James and Buster did exceptionally well in the open cattle trial.

Dog handlers from all over made an appearance for the two day top dog event.

Entrants included 20 open handles, 30-40 novice handlers and 40 city slicker handlers.

“We’re starting to get a good crowd,” dog breeder, Paul McPhail said.

Dogs are placed in four trials to obtain an aggregate score to determine the winner.

Each dog is given basic training from the time they are puppies. They

are exposed to a certain amount of farm work and are fine tuned to be able to direct stock. The idea is to be able to show control. The dogs are generally aged between two and 12 years old.

Mainly kelpies and collies are entered but there were also a range of mixed breeds and even a corgi had a crack.

In the end the trials are a test of endurance.

“Scores can change at any time.

It keeps it interesting,” Mr McPhail said.

This year, 22 students from GippsTafe Warragul completed the animal handling course.

The experience allows the students to understand the nature of the dogs and they are given the opportunity to compete.

“It’s a fantastic experience. I’ve enjoyed working with the dogs and

learning their behaviour,” student Alison McMillan said.

“We get amazing support from Paul and Anneke,” Kristy Waddell said.

Other special guests included first time dog handler Ben Griffiths from the Richmond Football club and authors Andrew Chapman and Melanie Faith Dove.

Their book “Working Dog” officially became available in September and has been a runaway success.

“We watched and documented the progression of one of Paul’s puppies, Sky Blue,” Melanie Faith Dove said.

Ben Griffiths entered his kelpie, Ralph, in the city slicker event. This event is for kelpies who may have never had the chance to encounter cattle but are tested for their instincts.

“I reckon he’ll do alright,” Ben said.

Working Dogs: Andrew Chapman, Melanie Faith Dove and Pepper are excited about their book launch about the journey of a local working dog.

Right, Handlers in training: Jessica and Richard have entered Tessie in the trials.

Country Life: Richmond footballer Ben Griffiths with his furry friend Ralph.

Come ‘n’ Try SWIMMING TRAINING SESSION FREE

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The Leongatha Swimming Club invites you to come along to a FREE introductory training session

Tuesday November 12 Juniors: 8-11 years, 6pm to 7pm

Natural talent: Buster controls three cows with the commands from handler Adam James.

Seniors: 12-17 years, 7pm to 8pm The emphasis will be on fun with no obligation Free icy pole on conclusion

Parents are most welcome to come long and meet our coaches and ask questions *PLEASE NOTE: Normal pool entry fees into SG Splash is payable on arrival

For more information on the Leongatha Swimming Club visit our website www.gathasharks.com

LEONGATHA AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB Supportive spectators: Clara, Archie, Jacob and Sam cheer on the dogs

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Regatta focuses on classics THE South Gippsland Yacht Club in Inverloch with the assistance of local service clubs, community groups and sponsors is running the Classic Timber Dinghy Regatta over the Australia Day weekend in 2014.

Cup winners: Ben Grumley, James Mecer (Inverloch), Jack Clements (Inverloch), Justin Hough, Graham Charlton (coach) and Ben Clements (team mascot) took home the John Fitzgerald Cup recently.

John Fitzgerald Cup hat trick CENTRAL Gippsland has claimed tennis’s John Fitzgerald Cup for 13 and under boys for the third year in a row.

Australian number 780 Inverloch’ Jack Clements and teammate Justin Hough have represented Central Gippsland since its first victory, joining fellow Inverloch boy James

Mercer and Ben Grumley in the grand final face-off against Barwon.

The quartet won five rubbers to one and 45 games to 19 in the grand final.

This event serves as a trial to select four players for the chance to be selected for the Victorian state team that will play in the 2014 Australia Made Foundation Cup. Jack and

Justin never lost a set throughout the tournament, greatly increasing their chances for state selection.

Nearly 50 of the best competitors from all 11 country regions of Victoria participated in the two-day round-robin event. All four boys are coached by Graham (Woofa) Charlton from Traralgon.

Southern Fusion to double success THE success Southern Fusion has had in 2013 speaks for itself at its recent trials.

After a two amazing weeks, the team has opened up its final week of trials on November 10.

This will give any new players the opportunity to trial if they have only just found out about it, or have been unable to make the previous two weeks.

Southern Fusion is excited to announce it will be running two under 13 sides, two under 15 sides, an under 17’s side and an open/senior side.

This is possible due to the immense talent in attendance at trials and the development clinics.

This is a huge step forward in the development of the club, along with the South Gippsland region.

This now allows even more tal-

The purpose of the regatta is to display to the public the variety of timber dinghies once common along Victorian beaches but are now quite rare.

Coordinator Wayne Smith said the Classic Timber Dinghy Regatta will focus on timber racing dinghies of the era around, but not limited to, 1940-70 and in particular the Moth.

“The Moth, which is now sailed around the world, is of special interest because the Moth class originated in Inverloch. Len Morris built the first boat and it is on display in a yacht club at Albert Park Lake,” he said.

“We are running the regatta because there has been a bit of interest within the club. From within the club we are expecting about 10 boats and another 20 from other clubs around the state.”

Mr Smith said on the Sunday, the boats will be rigged on the beach so visitors can get

an up close look at the designs and features of each one.

“The boats will be displayed statically on the beach near the boat ramp in front of the yacht club,” he said.

“There will be a market on in the Glade that day, so we hope people will flow down on to the beach from there. The public will also get the chance to judge the best presented boat on the day.

“It is not just a static display. The club usually holds a three day regatta across the weekend and it is expected there will be races of the wooden boats on the Sunday and Monday.”

Mr Smith said they are going to set a course up close to the shore so the public can easily see the boats race.

“It is expected the display of boats on the Sunday will begin at around midday to use the optimal low tide beach area,” he said.

Mr Smith said there is a renewed interest in wooden boats and people are now seeking out old boats and restoring them.

“By running this regatta, the yacht club hopes to generate more interest in our sailing heritage and to secure the future for those wooden dinghies that are still left,” he said.

ented netballers access to playing at a representative level of netball.

If you are interested in gaining one of the 54 possible playing positions within Southern Fusion, please come along to the final trial day November 10 at the Meeniyan and District Sports Stadium.

For any further information and times please contact 0417 168 423 (Ben Dixon) or email info@southernfusion.com.au.

Book now for Ladies Day WHAT a better way to relax and have some fun with your girlfriends than a day at the races.

Monday, January 6 will mark the third Stony Creek Racing Club Ladies Day and all ladies are invited.

The popular event sees some high class fashion and fun for the ladies and this year a keynote speaker.

Carolyn Creswell, Australian business woman of the year, will be talking about herself and experiences in business and life.

Eight races will be run over the day with the Pink Vase Handicap being the main event.

This race is run in memory of young women who have died of cancer.

Waratah Hills Winery will have some of its award winning wine on offer while Kelly Sports will be providing fun action packed entertainment for the children.

Those who attended last year will be receiving an invitation to attend shortly.

The ever popular ladies day sells out quickly so call the club now on 5664 0099 to book your place in a marquee or for general enquires call Kate Adkins from Events By Kate on 0419 599 309.

Great day: Winner of the best racing fashion at the marquee at the 2013 Ladies Day was Avril Piasente of Inverloch.

Set sail: the South Gippsland Yacht Club is running the Classic Timber Dinghy Regatta over the Australia Day weekend in 2014.

Monday 6 January, 2014

- Gourmet Food - Music - Local Wines - Giveaways and more...

-Special guest Carolyn Cresswell: 2012 Australian Business Woman of the Year -Racing Club Members $90 - Other guests $100 - All inclusive Enquires Kate, Events by Kate 0419 599 309 Ticket purchases Sarah, Stony Creek Racing Club 5664 0099 Kylie, Haze Boutique, Inverloch 5674 1133 Kellie, The Duck Hutt, Meeniyan 5664 0100

A Country Racing Victoria Fashions on the Field event hosted by Stony Creek Racing Club with the professional support of Kate Adkins from Events by Kate.

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Photo credit Lynton Clay

Clean bowled: Korumburra’s Trav Gray is sent packing after the ball knocks the bails high in the air on Saturday. Koonwarra/Leongatha RSL wicket keeper Brendan Tomada is happy with bowler Paris Buckley’s efforts. Photo by Mark Drury.

GCL loss for Leongatha LEONGATHA and District Cricket Association conceded a loss in its first Gippsland Cricket League match on Sunday at Wonthaggi.

A spinning pitch played into the hands of its opponent Traralgon with dropped catches by Leongatha made it a bad loss for the locals.

Leongatha chose to bat first and after a rain delayed start Walter Taberner and Jason Wilson stepped up to the crease.

Wilson was the first to fall taken out on his eighth ball. He was replaced by GCL debutant Tom Piddington who managed the highest batting score for the Leongatha side hitting out 30.

Selector Gary Sauvarin said the Traralgon spinners were having a field day.

“The Wonthaggi pitch always spins and they have four spinners who all did pretty

well on the pitch,” he said.

“Sloyan and Golding were certainly getting the ball to turn and our boys kept hitting them up in the air unfortunately.”

Leongatha ended all out for 12, three overs short of their entitled innings.

Slight showers throughout the day were not enough to disrupt play as the Traralgon order took to the pitch.

Traralgon opener Lee Stockdale was hitting well but Leongatha fumbled opportunities to send him walking early.

“Stockdale was dropped a few times so that certainly cost us,” Sauvarin said.

“If we caught him earlier on it would of at least had us in their middle order a bit earlier and made it a bit more difficult for them.”

Traralgon continued to bat well despite strong bowling efforts from Barry Wyatt (2/27) and Tim Wightman (1/26).

Hard slog: Tim Wightman managed to snag a wicket in Leongatha’s GCL round one loss.

Phillip Island player Charith Keerthisinghe was hard done by not to get a wicket according to Sauvarin.

“He bowled nice and tight but had a couple of catches dropped,” he said.

“He was a bit stiff not to have a wicket being a spinner.”

This is a disappointing loss for last season’s premiers but Sauvarin said the team will lift in a fortnights time.

“We will definitely get back and have a win soon, the next match is in a fortnight so hopefully we will bounce back for that one,” he said.

“Usually you can get away with losing one and still make the final. It is very rare the two top sides are undefeated but we are certainly not helping ourselves losing this first one.”

Leongatha face Central Gippsland at Yallourn North on November 17.

LEONGATHA & DIST def by TRARALGON & DIST 1st innings Leongatha & Dist W. Taberner c. M. Dyke b. C. Sloyan ........................ 9 J. Wilson c. B. Knowles b. T. Shippen ....................... 2 T. Piddington stp. M. Dyke b. B. Julin.......................... 30 G. Britt c. M. Golding b. C. Sloyan ...................... 12 P. Dyer c. G. Munro b. B. Julin............................ 9 J. Dakin c. I. Stockdale b. B. Julin............................ 0 K. Rotthier n.o. ..................... 22 C. Keerthisinghe c. I. Stockdale 2 T. Wightman c. C. Sloyan b. B. Julin.......................... 14 S. Sperling c. T. Shippen b. J. Keighran ...................... 6 B. Wyatt c. B. Julin b. J. Keighran ...................... 2 Extras ................................... 13 Total ................................... 121

Bowling: B. Knowles 0/17, T. Shippen 1/13, C. Sloyan 2/16, M. Golding 1/22, B. Julin 4/22, I. Stockdale 0/23, J. Keighran 2/3.

1st innings Traralgon & Dist I. Stockdale c. J. Dakin b. B. Wyatt ........................ 88 G. Munro c. P. Dyer b. T. Wightman .................. 17 M. Dyke c. P. Dyer b. B. Wyatt ........................ 19 J. Keighran stp. P. Dyer b. S. Sperling .................... 28 R. Webber c. P. Dyer b. T. Piddington ................... 0 B. Julin n.o............................ 10 D. Nicholls n.o. ..................... 14 Extras ................................... 12 Total ......................... 5/188 (cc) Bowling: B. Foon 0/17, C. Keerthisinghe 0/18, K. Rotthier 0/40, T. Wightman 1/26, S. Sperling 1/29, B. Wyatt 2/27, T. Piddington 1/16, J. Wilson 0/11.

Top team, no win: the first round Leongatha GCL team included Kit Rotthier, Jacob Dakin, Wal Taberner, Tom Piddington, Ben Foon, Sam Sperling, Charith Keerthisinghe, front, Barry Wyatt, Paul Dyer, Gavin Britt and Tim Wightman.