Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Weekly 28-05-2013

MAY 28 | 2013

WAYNE’S WORLD

THE ABORIGINAL STORY TOLD THROUGH THE LENS

HUME AND AWAY

SUNBURY SECESSION POLL

NO FREE RIDE

MAYOR PAYS FOR JAPAN TRIP

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What’s on in our Shire Notice of Special Council Meetings

Notice of Preparation of Amendment C92

Pursuant to Section 84 of the Local Government Act 1989 the Mayor, Cr Roger Jukes has called the following Special Council Meetings: Wednesday 5 June 2013, 4pm in the Council Chamber, first floor, Town Hall, 129 Mollison Street, Kyneton for the purpose of hearing persons who wish to be heard in support of their written submission on the following exhibited documents and matters: 1. Draft Budget Report 2013/14 2. Draft Council Plan 2013 – 2017 ( Year 1 ) 3. Draft Strategic Resource Plan 2013/14 4. The Intention to Sell four (4) parcels of vacant land at: a) 6 Namnan Way, South Gisborne b) 4 Gardiner Street, Gisborne c) 12 and 14 Wyralla Crescent, Gisborne and Council’s intention to allocate the proceeds from these sales to the construction of a netball complex in the Gisborne area.

5. The setting of the Mayoral and Councillor Allowances for 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17.

Wednesday 12 June 2013, 7pm at the Gisborne Administration Centre, 40 Robertson Street, Gisborne for the purpose of considering the following matters: 1. Adopting (with or without amendment): 1.1 Budget Report 2013/14 1.2 Council Plan 2013 – 2014 (Year 1) 1.3 Strategic Resource Plan 2013/14.

2. The Intention to sell four (4) parcels of vacant land at: a) 6 Namnan Way, South Gisborne b) 4 Gardiner Street, Gisborne c) 12 and 14 Wyralla Crescent, Gisborne and Council’s intention to allocate the proceeds from these sales to the construction of a netball complex in the Gisborne area.

3. The setting of the Mayoral and Councillor Allowances for 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17.

These Special Council Meetings are open to the public, with the Notice Papers for each meeting being available from Council’s website, www.mrsc.vic.gov.au from 12 noon on the Monday immediately before the meetings, or at any Council Service Centre.

Specific enquiries should be directed to Stephen Mahon on 5422 0352 or Glenn Owens on 5422 0392.

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MACEDON RANGES PLANNING SCHEME Notice of Preparation of Amendment Amendment C92 Macedon Ranges Shire Council has prepared Amendment C92 to the Macedon Ranges Planning Scheme.

The land affected by the amendment is: • Rear of 38A Bruce Street Macedon (Lot CM PS404199); • 6 Keating Street Macedon (Lots 28 and 29 LP987); • 57 Victoria Street Macedon (Lots 8 and 23 LP987); • 10 Bruce Street Macedon (Lots 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 LP11219); • 35 McBean Avenue Macedon (PC360087); • 11 McBean Avenue Macedon (Lots 11, 12, 13 and 14 LP13894); • Rear of 1A McBean Avenue Macedon (CP150488); • 84 Railway Place Macedon (Allotments 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 Sec. 86 Township of Macedon); • 37 Greene Street Macedon (Allotments 3, 5, 7 and 9 Sec. 86 Township of Macedon); • 23 Greene Street Macedon (Allotments 1 and 3 Sec. 87 Township of Macedon); • 6 Walton Street Macedon (PC370996); • 29 Hunter Street Macedon (Allotment 67 Parish of Macedon); • 404 Black Forest Drive Macedon (Allotment 68 Parish of Macedon); • 96 Railway Place Macedon (PC367192); • 10 Barkly Avenue (Lots 88, 89, 90 and 91 LP3273).

The amendment proposes to: • Amend Clause 21.08 to include the Macedon Restructure Overlay Review, Final Report, 2012 in the list of Reference documents in the Planning Scheme.

• Amend the Schedule to Clause 45.05 – Restructure Overlay to update: - RO4—Bent Street Restructure Plan to Bent Street Restructure Plan – Revised 2013 - RO5—Macedon South West Restructure Plan to Macedon South West Restructure Plan – Revised 2013 - RO10 Mt Macedon Restructure Area to Mt. Macedon Restructure Area – Revised 2013.

• Amend the Schedule to Clause 45.05 - Restructure Overlay to include: - RO14—Hunter Street Restructure Plan • Delete RO10 from 29 Hunter Street and 404 Black Forest Drive and replace it with RO14.

• Amend the Schedule to Clause 81.01 to update the Macedon Ranges Shire Restructure Area Plans, 1999 to the Macedon Ranges Shire Restructure Area Plans, 1999 (Revised 2013) The amendment proposes to amend the Macedon Ranges Shire Restructure Area Plans 1999 Incorporated Document to remove existing restrictions on specific lots to allow the potential for 17 additional dwelling lots to be developed across the Macedon township and to clarify the current restrictions affecting 96 Railway Place and 10 Barkly Avenue.

You may inspect the amendment, any documents that support the amendment and the explanatory report about the amendment, free of charge, at: • Macedon Ranges Shire Council offices: Kyneton Administration Centre 129 Mollison Street, Kyneton 8.30am – 5.00pm weekdays Gisborne Administration Centre 40 Robertson Street, Gisborne 8.30am – 5.00pm weekdays Woodend Service Centre Cnr High and Forest Streets, Woodend 9.30am – 5.00pm, Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri. 9.30am – 6.00pm Wed.

Romsey Community Hub 96-100 Main Street, Romsey 9.30am – 5.00pm, Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri. 9.30am – 6.00pm, Thurs.

• Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s website, www.mrsc.vic.gov.au • Department of Planning and Community Development’s website, www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/planning/publicinspection Any person who may be affected by the amendment may make a submission to the planning authority. Once received, submissions become public documents and will be available to be viewed by others.

The closing date for submissions is 12 July 2013. A submission must be sent to the Director Planning and Environment, Macedon Ranges Shire Council, PO Box 151, Kyneton VIC 3444 or emailed to strategicplanning@mrsc.vic.gov.au.

In accordance with section 8A(3) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987, the Minister for Planning authorised the Macedon Ranges Shire Council as planning authority to prepare the amendment (Authorisation A02452).

Road Management Plan Review Council is currently reviewing its Road Management Plan (RMP).

The review aims to ensure that the standards in relation to, and the priorities given to the inspection, maintenance and repair of the roads and classes of road to which Council’s Road Management Plan applies are safe, efficient and appropriate for use by the Macedon Ranges community.

The review applies to all roads and classes of roads to which Council’s Road Management Plan applies.

A draft review of the plan has been prepared based on recommendations from Council’s internal auditors and internal staff.

The draft plan may be viewed on our website, www.mrsc.vic.gov.au or during office hours at Council’s Service Centres in Kyneton, Woodend, Romsey and Gisborne.

Anyone may make a submission to Council as part of the review process. A submission is a public document and must be made in writing and forwarded to the Director Assets and Operations, Macedon Ranges Shire Council, PO Box 151, Kyneton VIC 3444.

All submissions must be received by Friday 7 June 2013.

For more information, contact Council’s Manager Operations 5422 0333.

Contact Council General Enquiries 5422 0333 Rates Enquiries 5422 0322 Kyneton Town Hall Box Office 1300 888 802 Mail & tenders PO Box 151 Kyneton 3444 Facsimile 5422 3623 Email mrsc@mrsc.vic.gov.au Administration Centres Kyneton 129 Mollison St Gisborne 40 Robertson St Service Centres Romsey Community Hub 96-100 Main St Woodend Library Cnr High and Forest Sts Emergency (After Hours) 1300 656 577

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Sunbury to vote on its future

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BY TARA MURRAY

Mayor ‘dumbfounded’

delivered if it’s what Sunbury really wants.’’

Sunbury Residents Association president Bernie O’Farrell welcomed the vote but said he wanted to see the second report of accounting firm

and investment in the local community were being misrepresented and disparaged.

“I am dumbfounded by Ms Petrovich’s comments about Hume Council as reported in local media. She has been either misquoted, ill-informed or worse,” Cr Porter said.

“Her comments are not a true representation of the facts before us. ‘‘We don’t understand why a local representative would give weight to a myth, being propagated by a vocal minority, about a lack of services by council.’’

KPMG, which would look at the financial costs to both Sunbury and Hume if boundaries changed. This would help residents make an informed decision.

The report is due to be released at

the end of June. The first report, released in February, found Sunbury had received a similar or higher share of services from Hume Council over the past three years. ‘‘We want a definite position. All I’m saying is I don’t know what’s in the [second] report,’’ Mr O’Farrell said. ‘‘I don’t agree with the whole municipality having a vote. [It] should only be Sunbury residents.’’

Cr Jack Ogilvie said he was pleased the Coalition had honoured its commitment for a vote – made when in opposition at the last election. ‘‘We have an opportunity now to deliver a total new government and it doesn’t need a lot of the structures that current councils have.’’

Labor’s Macedon MP Joanne Duncan, who was also at the announcement, said the updated figures of the KPMG report would offer useful insights.

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HUME mayor Geoff Porter has expressed his disappointment at comments by Northern Victoria MLC Donna Petrovich that some Sunbury residents were not getting a fair share from the council.

Ms Petrovich made the comments after she announced on Thursday that Hume residents would vote on whether Sunbury should stay in Hume or form its own council.

Ms Petrovich said: ‘‘As a part of the Hume Council, there are groups within the Sunbury community who are not receiving the best representation.”

Cr Porter said the council’s reputation

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AFTER years of campaigning, Sunbury residents have finally got a chance to vote on whether the town stays part of Hume Council or secedes.

All Hume residents can have their say in a non-compulsory postal vote that closes on October 25.

Local Government Minister Jeanette Powell and Northern Victoria MLC Donna Petrovich made the announcement in Sunbury on Thursday. More than 30 residents turned up to hear the news.

A website and Facebook page have been set up in support of the vote to ‘‘get Sunbury out of Hume’’.

Ms Powell said the local community would have a say on the exact wording of the question for the vote. ‘‘We will be working with the Sunbury people, residents association, businesses and the [Hume] council as to what the question will be, and we need to make it as simple as possible.’’

She said the Victorian Electoral Commission, which would conduct the vote, would look at the outcome of each of Hume’s three wards.

Ms Powell said there wasn’t a particular percentage she would use in making a decision on whether or not there was enough support to get Sunbury out of Hume. ‘‘If the vote is ‘yes’, I have to establish a panel and it will look at all the issues raised [including assets, boundaries and money] and the panel will then make a decision on the impact of that,’’ she said.

Ms Petrovich said it was a milestone for Sunbury. ‘‘We need to have a committed voice in this; we need you to have your say and it’s up to all of you to advocate for this [Sunbury out of Hume] strongly. ‘‘It’s a great opportunity to see it

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INBRIEF It’s ‘Pajama’ time at school It’s time to sleep tight, but keep an eye open for the latest Kyneton Secondary College theatre production, The Pajama Game. Students will take to the stage at 8pm this Saturday to wrap up a season of four performances. The production will run in the college hall in High Street. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 students, or $60 for a family; book on 5421 1100.

Roundabout remedy for hazards Two roundabouts in Kyneton, costing $250,000 each, will improve safety at busy residential intersections. A roundabout at Epping and Edgecombe streets is nearing completion, while the second at the intersection of Beauchamp and Wedge streets is in progress and expected to be completed by June. Council’s director of assets and operations, Dale Thornton, says the roundabouts will help slow traffic along the busy roads and encourage drivers to come to a stop at the intersection, minimising the likelihood of collisions. Since 2006, there have been five deaths at the Beauchamp Street intersection and three at the Epping Street intersection.

Upgrade for saleyards toilets Macedon Ranges Council will refurbish a block of toilets at the Kyneton Saleyards, but a disused toilet block in Riddells Creek will not be fixed. At its meeting last Wednesday, the council decided to defer all planned works for the Wybejong Park public toilets in Riddells Creek as they are on Crown land, and not a council-owned building.

Last year, ‘Greening of Riddell’, a volunteer group, campaigned for the council to convert the disused toilet block in Carre Reserve, next to Wybejong Park, into a public toilet.

SES unit passes rescue test The Sunbury SES will continue to be a road rescue unit after it passed a test by the SES state assessors last week. The testing occurs every three years to ensure that road rescue in Victoria remains at standards expected by the community. Unit controller Anthony White said: “We all train very hard to build our skills so that we may better serve our community. I’m very proud of the unit and of our volunteer members who completed the rescue assessment.’’

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On the right path, with an extra pair of eyes FIVE-YEAR-OLD golden retriever Umi is Alan Officer’s eyes.

The Kyneton resident lost his sight in 1986 from glaucoma, an eye disease that damages the optic nerve.

The 85-year-old also has about 1 per cent tunnel vision in his right eye.

Mr Officer was paired with seeingeye dog Umi about three weeks ago and immediately they bonded.

His former dog Karma worked alongside him for about five years before she developed problems and became blind.

She has retired but still lives with Mr Officer. ‘‘I take Umi everywhere,’’ he admits.

Without her, Mr Officer would not be able to cross a busy road like Mollison Street in Kyneton.

‘‘There’s no way I would be able to cross Mollison Street by myself, but when you have a dog you can do it.’’

Umi is an extra special dog as she marks a significant milestone for Seeing Eye Dogs Australia (SEDA).

She’s the 200th working dog in Australia at the moment — the most the organisation has ever had at one time.

A seeing-eye dog costs about $30,000 to train. SEDA relies on donations and puppy sponsors. ‘‘What a tremendous asset it is to a blind person to have a seeing-eye dog,’’ Mr Officer says. ‘‘They can change your life.’’

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My companion: Alan Officer at his Kyneton home with Umi. Picture: Paul Rovere

Japan trip won’t cost ratepayers

BY ANGELA VALENTE MACEDON Ranges mayor Roger Jukes will fund his own trip to Tokai to strengthen the shire’s relationship with the Japanese city.

At a meeting on Wednesday, councillors were divided on whether to approve travel and associated expenses of up to $2500 for the mayor.

Previous mayoral trips to Tokai had been paid for by ratepayers. But councillors who were part of previous delegations paid their own travel expenses.

Tokai is in the prefecture of Aichi, south of Nagoya City, in the south-west of Japan. It’s a major industrial city with a population of more than 100,000 in an area of 43 square kilometres.

At the meeting, councillors Joe Morabito, Russell Mowatt, Jennifer Anderson and Sally Piper objected to the use of ratepayers’ money to fund the visit.

Cr Morabito said the council was proposing a 6.9 per cent rate rise, adding to the ratepayers’ mortgage and rental stress.

He said the timing of the visit was wrong.

After years of visits, the two cities still had no ‘formal’ relationship. ‘‘We have a very tight budget and we’re struggling to support local projects in our own region. ‘‘I find this a bit rich and a little bit embarrassing,’’ Cr Piper said.

Cr Anderson said Tokai already had a ‘sister city’ relationship with a city in Turkey.

Cr John Connor, a former mayor who has previously travelled to Tokai, said the visit to Japan was a chance for the shire to strengthen relations.

Cr Henry McLaughlin, who travelled to Tokai in 2011 as mayor, said ‘‘going back on [strengthening relationships] now would be discarding the investment we’ve already made’’.

Cr Jukes said that all councillors, including himself, who would be part of the delegation in September, would bear their own costs associated with travel.

The council approved general expenses of up to $1500.

Councillors are hoping that a formal sistercity relationship will be formalised by the end of this year.

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THE former Romsey Primary School site will be transformed into an all-abilities park and cultural precinct.

Macedon Ranges Council decided last week to buy the land from the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development at a cost of $353,000.

Purchasing of the one-acre block on the corner of Main Road and Palmer Street will go ahead if the council is able to sell a block of land it owns in Romsey.

A report on land sale options will be decided by the council at a future meeting.

At last week’s meeting, councillors unanimously voted in favour of Cr Henry McLaughlin’s motion to support the purchase, going against council officers’

‘‘It will be unique in our region and people will come from far and wide to experience this park.’’

— Cr Henry McLaughlin recommendation. Cr McLaughlin said there was a need to increase the amount of quality open space available to Romsey’s growing population. ‘‘There is an identified need for this kind of park in the eastern side of the shire. ‘‘It will be unique in our region, and people will come from far and wide to experience this park.’’

The concept was developed by the Greater Romsey All Abilities Park (GRAAP) group in 2008. Its vision is to design, develop and build a

community open space and sensory garden for all ages and abilities. GRAAP committee president Raelene Mottram said the group had been lobbying for the former school block to be retained and developed into a space for innovative play and recreation.

The group had been waiting for about two years for a government decision on the future of the former school site.

The school had been declared surplus to state government requirements.

The group will now focus on continuing to seek pledges of financial support from residents. ‘‘We’re part of the way there but there’s still a way to go yet,’’ Ms Mottram said. ‘‘The community needs to show that this is something they want. ‘‘We’ll do everything we can and keep plugging away in the meantime.’’

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Sport centre designs on view A joint-use agreement between Macedon Ranges Council and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development for the Gisborne Indoor Sports Centre is nearing completion. Council chief executive Peter Johnston is finalising the agreement which will be signed off before construction contracts are given the tick of approval. Designs of the sports centre at Gisborne Secondary College are available for residents to view.

Council recreation and cultural development manager Rod Clough said the council’s contribution of $1.5 million would be offset by a fee charged for community use. Operating and ongoing costs will be shared among the council and the school and community groups according to their usage. It’s estimated that the community will use the centre 65 per cent of the time, while the school’s use is estimated at 35 per cent.

Bargains galore at market A Sunbury Rotary family market and car boot sale will be held on Saturday. Stalls will offer picture framing, giftware, jewellery and cards, collectible toys and woodwork. Sites are still available and the market is looking for a fruit vendor. The market is at the Community Centre, Elizabeth Drive, from 9am. Details: 0400 907 793

Food for thought: Jenny Lonergan and Gene Roberts at Ethic in Woodend where a special celebration for Reconciliation Week will take place with indigenous food, music and art.

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A Macedon Ranges Council draft four-year strategy to guide youth programs in the shire has been released for residents’ comment. The strategy outlines the programs, initiatives, advocacy and support work for young people and their families in the shire. According to the 2011 census, the Macedon Ranges is home to about 8093 people aged 10-24. That is about 19.7 per cent of the overall population of the municipality. The council’s youth team leader, Pauline Neil, says the strategy outlines ways to increase youth inclusion within the council and mentor young leaders for the future.

The plan also looks at ways to improve young people’s health and well-being and includes introducing ‘teen mental health first aid training’ to 15-18-year-olds. The draft paper replaces the 2005 strategy. For more information about the strategy, visit mrsc.vic.gov.au

including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents.

National Reconciliation Week started yesterday and runs until Monday. The celebration is from 6.30-11pm at Ethic, 63 Urquhart Street, and costs $30 per person with children under 15 admitted free.

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Night to share, value Aboriginal culture MACEDON Ranges Reconciliation Group wants to inspire people to learn and celebrate Aborigines’ rich culture.

The group hopes a celebration this Saturday in Woodend will turn into an annual event during Reconciliation Week.

A member of the group and owner of Ethic in Woodend, Jenny Lonergan, said people would be treated to an evening of indigenous food, music, art and culture. ‘‘It’s going to be a memorable night, the first of many,’’ she said.

The group was formed last year after an Aboriginal flag-raising event at the Kyneton Town Hall during National Reconciliation Week. There are 60 members

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Legal eagles 20 years in the nest

A WEEK after Hume councillors made renewed calls for road improvements on Bulla Road, the state government has announced upgrades to the main section between Sunbury and Melbourne Airport Road.

Western Metropolitan Region MP Bernie Finn last Monday announced $1.65 million would be spent on the section between Wildwood Road and Bulla-Diggers Rest Road, which includes the Bulla township.

The funding was given as part of the Transport Accident Commission’s (TAC) safer roads infrastructure program.

The Weekly last week reported that the duplication of the road was number one priority on Hume Council’s road funding wishlist.

The funding will be used to widen lanes; install a raised median, new wire rope safety barriers and signage, including vehicle-activated warning signs on Bulla Hill; improve guard fencing; and resurface some of the road.

From 2008-12, there were 19 casualty crashes recorded along this stretch of road, including one fatality.

“These steps will help prevent drivers from running off the road and, if they do, remove hazards from their path or protect them from hitting objects on the roadside,’’ Mr Finn said.

BY TARA MURRAY IT’S a service that’s greatly valued, so thousands of Sunbury residents will be pleased and grateful that the Broadmeadows Community Legal Service’s outreach program at the Sunbury Community Health Centre has celebrated its 20th birthday.

Last Tuesday, past and present members of the service and centre celebrated, belatedly, the service’s two-decade milestone. Since starting in February, 1993, it has helped about 3000 people with legal issues.

The service operates one day each week. ‘‘It’s a good thing to have the outreach service in the community; we also have one in Craigieburn,’’ legal service principal solicitor Joanne Carlton said. ‘‘We’re part of the community here and it means residents don’t have to travel to other locations. ‘‘It’s much easier for the community. There are seven appointments every Tuesday and they’re free of charge. ‘‘It’s not means-tested and anyone can come to us for advice. We’re a referral service and tell people whether they have a case and where they can go.’’

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Time to celebrate: Lois Erickson and Maria Norris, from the outreach legal service committee, look on as Phillip Ripper cuts a cake.

Ms Carlton said normally there was a twoweek waiting list to see a solicitor at the service. ‘‘Many people don’t realise we exist or they think you have to be on a low income.’’

Lois Erickson, a lawyer who is visiting Sunbury to help residents, said most people come to see her for family law advice.

‘‘We look at wills and power of attorney for pensioners. I also see a lot of neighbourhood disputes, motor vehicle accidents and infringement notices.’’

Health centre chief executive Phillip Ripper said he was pleased and proud to have the service at the centre.

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MACEDON Ranges Council has deferred its decision by a month over building a pavilion on Kyneton’s Barkly Square. It wants to use the time to further consult residents.

The council has faced opposition from Friends of Barkly Square who prefer the pavilion to be near the existing sports building and not at the corner of Beauchamp and Wedge streets, as proposed by the council.

The cost difference between where the council wants the building and the Friends group proposal could be about $54,000.

The group hopes to meet councillors this week to outline how it can contribute to the project.

Residents who live near Barkly Square say the council’s proposed site will adversely affect the visual amenity of the park and neighbouring streets. They say it will be ‘‘a blight’’ on Barkly Square. ‘‘This decision [for further talks] buys us some time, which we are happy about,’’ group spokesman Andrew Hedge said. ‘‘We’re working out a way to secure that winwin we all want. I mean, it’s a joint effort between the Kyneton District Soccer Club and the community.’’

Soccer club president Ron Cole said any site on the ground would suit the club. ‘‘We need the facilities and we’ve been trying to get them for 30 years. ‘‘We’re happy if it’s built anywhere on the ground. The last thing we want to see and the Friends group wants to see is that the funding gets dragged away. ‘‘As far as we are concerned, we want the best outcome, the one that makes everyone happy, including the local community.’’

A meeting is scheduled for this week between councillors, the soccer club and the Friends group. ‘‘We will sit down this week and make sure the councillors are clear on all our concerns,’’ Mr Hedge said.

Time to talk: Kim Dickins of the Kyneton District Soccer Club and Andrew Hedge at Barkly Square.

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IT WILL be a hard act to follow Bruce Springsteen, but concert organiser Frontier Touring is set to secure another big name to perform at Hanging Rock next year.

The Rock has hosted three international superstars — Leonard Cohen, Rod Stewart and, most recently, Springsteen.

The concerts have been allowed under a special three-year, four-concert agreement between Frontier Touring’s Michael Gudinski and Macedon Ranges Council.

At its meeting last Wednesday, the council authorised its chief executive Peter Johnston to negotiate a deal with Gudinski in order to stage another concert over the summer of 2013-14. ‘‘There’s been some very good community and economic outcomes in our region with the concerts we’ve had,’’ Mr Johnston said. ‘‘We’re happy to explore a further agreement that would benefit both Hanging Rock and the broader community.’’

Council’s recreation and cultural development manager, Rod Clough, said it required time to consider a long-term agreement, but Frontier Touring needed to confirm venues for touring artists.

The council will consider signing a five-year agreement.

— Angela Valente

The council will make a decision on the new pavilion site at its next meeting in Romsey at 7pm on June 26.

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tional Apolo is taking his prints of Australia’s Na m illia Qu yne Wa her rap tog pho l Renowned Aborigina in New York, writes Laura Little Stolen Generations to an exhibition

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t’s February 2008 and Wayne Quilliam is at Parliament House in Canberra waiting to photograph (then) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd make his apology to the Stolen Generations.

An indigenous Australian himself, Quilliam knows that what is about to take place will mean the world to many of his people, but it’s not until he begins viewing the scene through his camera lens that he realises the magnitude of what has happened.

All around him, men and women, indigenous and nonindigenous Australians, are crying and sharing their stories.

The room is full of raw emotion that Quilliam will never experience again.

Fast forward five years and he is sitting in the study of the Point Cook house he shares with his wife Jodie and daughter Tanisha, 4, planning to revisit some of the people he photographed on that landmark day.

Quilliam is preparing to take his Sorry: more than a word exhibition to New York.

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The exhibition was commissioned to mark the first anniversary of the apology, and it has attracted more than 250,000 visitors to Parliament House.

Naturally, Quilliam hopes the exhibition will be as popular when it opens in New York next month, but he also hopes his photos will make a difference.

He’s taking the exhibition to the Big Apple at the request of the Australian Consul-General, Phillip Scanlan, who approached Quilliam during his exhibition at the city’s Australian Embassy earlier this year. ‘‘The Consul-General asked me to return to New York to re-explore [the apology exhibition],’’ Quilliam says. ‘‘He mentioned to me at my last show about how President {Barack} Obama had spoken to him about the apology and the influence on the President himself and his family, and how he wondered if they would be able to reignite discussions in America based on Kevin Rudd’s apology. ‘‘To take this show over there will be wonderful because I intend to reinvigorate the whole show and the whole

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process. Instead of just taking the exhibition, I want to revisit a lot of the people who were there that day and do their portraits and include that in the show. ‘‘[I want to] open the discussion on the significance of the apology and what it meant to all Australians, whether Aboriginal or not; because the people I have talked to since then, including non-indigenous people, say there has been a significant impact on them.’’

Quilliam, who was official photographer for the apology, believes it was a turning point for many Australians, which is why he was disappointed to learn that a group of his friends were subjected to racism in Melbourne only a few weeks ago.

The prominent Aboriginal actors, including Rabbit-Proof Fence star Natasha Wanganeen, were repeatedly refused taxi rides and racially abused on a St Kilda tram. ‘‘Seeing those latest racist events in Melbourne is so contradictory to what happened [in 2008],’’ Quilliam says. ‘‘I work in a lot of rural and remote areas where you

‘The communities in Arnhem Land, Tasmania and the fellas up in Torres Strait are all so different but

people put us all into one big pot’

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY WAYNE QUILLIAM PHOTOGRAPHY

Passion for fashion: Wayne Quilliam and some of the images he created for the indigenous runway show during the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival

expect racism, but my daughter goes to school with children who are Chinese, Arabic, Muslim – that’s natural. When I was growing up it wasn’t natural. ‘‘There were only two Aboriginal families in my community.

There were no Chinese, no Arabic; it was a very white society.’’

It is Quilliam’s own experiences of racism – often committed by people who don’t realise he is indigenous – that make him want to educate people about his culture.

He says ‘‘everything he shoots’’ is related to his culture in one way or another. About 60 per cent of his work involves Aboriginal communities around the nation.

Through opportunity and chance, Quilliam has documented all of the major indigenous events over the past 15 years. He captured the 40th anniversary of the 1967 referendum, which recognised indigenous people in the Constitution, and major festivals including Garma in Arnhem Land.

He hopes his photographs can help people understand that different communities have different rules and standards. ‘‘The communities in Arnhem Land, Tasmania and the fellas up in Torres Strait are all so different, but people put us all into one big pot,’’ Quilliam says. ‘‘People want to know about Aboriginal culture, but there is a lack of education. I’ve had people say to me, ‘I want to meet an Aboriginal person’, so it is our job to welcome people.’’

But it isn’t just non-indigenous Australians who Quilliam, an associate professor at RMIT University, hopes to educate.

He recently spent some time working with children at Yalata, about 200 kilometres west of Ceduna, South Australia, teaching them to use digital cameras.

Quilliam says while many of the children will never become photographers, he feels that by teaching them to use the cameras he has reminded them of what they can achieve and given something back to the community.

This week, the children and Quilliam will travel to Adelaide to exhibit their photographs at the city’s Coming Out Festival. ‘‘They will get the chance to show people what their community looks like,’’ Quilliam says. ‘‘That’s what brings me so much passion. I’ve done so many exhibitions and shows ... teaching them renews my passion.’’

Last month, Quilliam spent a few days visiting Ntaria, a remote community in the Northern Territory, as part of the Aboriginal Role Models Tour.

The program, which is run by the National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy, brings groups of indigenous athletes to remote communities to run sport and recreation activities that encourage children to take part. Importantly, the program also teaches life skills.

Quilliam was originally invited to photograph the tours, but these days he also attends as one of the role models.

He doesn’t view himself as a career photographer. Rather, he describes himself as a modern-day storyteller.

As a kid he always played with cameras and when he joined the navy at 17, he began documenting the places he visited.

He says telling stories through photographs is a significant part of who he is. ‘‘I am a people-watcher. I love the diversity of what people do.

I always have my camera with me. It is my happiness.’’

When he’s not looking through a camera lens or teaching, Quilliam dedicates his time to promoting indigenous fashion designers and models.

With the help of Maori artists, he is in discussions to create an indigenous fashion course in the western suburbs. ‘‘We want to expose the world to the beauty of AboriginalMaori culture,’’ Quilliam says.

The group staged a runway show at the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival in March, giving more than 80 young indigenous fashion designers and models a chance to strut their stuff. ‘‘These kids have come from nothing and all of a sudden they are out in front of hundreds of people. Designers want to see different looks, which is why the fashion week show was so successful.’’

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I have been a critic of VicRoads’ maintenance of the Melbourne-Lancefield Road. Yet I now congratulate it for the fine work done on the recently completed first section of overtaking lanes on the road at Clarkfield. A bouquet also to the contractors who did the work, and the state government, which when in opposition promised to duplicate sections of the road and followed through with the promise.

Special thanks also to Cr Joe Morabito, who for years campaigned for duplication of this road.

Although these divided road improvements are a great safety improvement, there should also be a divided section installed about midway between Goonawarra and Clarkfield.

Editor David Bonnici Regional Sales Manager Nicole Becchetti 8318 5777 Group Sales Manager James Stuart 9731 2777 Publisher Antony Catalano

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Save our parkland Many Gisborne residents have supported petitions to Macedon Ranges Council calling for rescission of the council’s May 1 decision to sell the land at 12 and 14 Wyralla Crescent, Gisborne. We are opposed to this extraordinary decision. If progressed it would have a detrimental impact on our beautiful surroundings and neighbourhood.

The impact from the loss of the parkland would

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be significant for residents, a negative factor on property values, and would eliminate from the neighbourhood the only suitable land in the area available for recreational and passive use. This land was reserved as community open space as part of the original subdivision of the estate and is a treasured asset. We call on councillors to rescind the ill-conceived decision to sell this parcel of land.

Barry Hirt OAM and Neil Hirt, Gisborne

Honour your responsibility, Vic Uni Victoria University has a statutory obligation, under its Act of Parliament, to provide postsecondary education and training opportunities to western metropolitan Melbourne (including, specifically, Hume). Having decided to close and flog off the $40,000,000-plus Sunbury campus, it plans, with the City of Hume, to set up limited online course delivery in the Sunbury Learning Centre.

Clearly, the opportunity to study university or VET programs at a campus is to be restricted to those with the financial and/or geographic access to central Melbourne and denied to those living in the ‘burbs’. We now have less educational opportunity than five years ago. I look forward to hearing, in this election year, the candidates for McEwen and

Bendigo demanding reopening and expansion of the Jacksons Hill site to meet the needs of a growing, dynamic community.

Chris Bromley, Malmsbury

Tell the full story Accounting firm KPMG’s report on ‘Sunbury out of Hume’ has considered expenditure only over the past three years, ignoring the history since Bulla shire was forced to join Broadmeadows City Council in 1994.

Hume was technically bankrupt in 2000 and Sunbury’s assets, including 50 hectares at Racecourse Road, worth millions of dollars, were sold.

KPMG failed to record that the Racecourse Road land, bought in 1975 for $386,000, was sold last year for $25 million to a land developer on a timepayment basis. The Evans Street land, bought in 1983 for about $120,000, has been covenanted away at not cost to Trust for Nature, which provides vegetation offsets to land developers throughout Victoria. It is now worth millions of dollars. KMPG says there are 428 off-road car parks, but the council owns only 140.

John McKerrow, former town planner for Shire of Bulla

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Gisborne Village Shopping Centre’s new Centre Manager Liz Pimperl congratulates the Mother’s Day Competition winner Mrs Jennifer Willard of New Gisborne.

The Mother’s Day Competition was drawn on Saturday 11th of May 2013 at 12 pm. Mrs Willard spent $5.00 at Gisborne Village Shopping Centre and presented her receipt to our promotional hostess to win. Don’t miss Gisborne Village Shopping Centre’s next competition for your chance to win!

Gisborne Village Shopping Centre Brantone St, Gisborne Ph 9331 1255 G6053203AA-a28May©FCNVIC

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Residence fee hike grim spectre She said rent had increased by 55 per cent since 2004. ‘‘I’ve tried to find out more about this [from the government] and I keep getting passed around to different people. ‘‘One of them said it was because of the NDIS [National Disability Insurance Scheme], but I got a letter about the increase before it was approved [by the federal government].’’

A government spokesman said the average contribution per resident for supported accommodation was about $17,500 a year. ‘‘The average cost to government to support a resident in Department of Human Services-managed supported accommodation is $128,000 per annum. ‘‘If a resident is unable to meet their basic daily living expenses, the DHS hardship policy will apply. Families or carers are not expected to meet expenses such as continence aids if a resident is unable to afford them.’’

BY TARA MURRAY SUNBURY’S Shirley Currie doesn’t know how she will pay for her disabled son’s daily activities after the state government’s decision to increase fees paid by Victorians living in state-run residential units.

Residents staying in these units will now have to spend 75 per cent of their pension on accommodation and food.

Ms Currie said the changes, which were outlined in the state budget and will come into force in December, were likely to mean a weekly increase of more than $500 to look after her son Daryl. ‘‘We are currently paying $930 a month for rent and food. We then put in money for a daily outreach program and have to buy incontinence pads, medical products, clothes and pay for holidays. ‘‘If we have to pay an extra $500, it will mean no holidays and Daryl will no longer will be able to go for outreach placement.’’

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Geoff: ‘‘A mid-size council of Sunbury would be good. We have a different culture to other Hume areas.’’

Nola: ‘‘We’ve been here since 1970 and we weren’t Hume then. Now Broadmeadows gets everything.’’

Bruce: ‘‘I would definitely support the vote. Our own council will be better and more will go into the community.’’

Chelsea: ‘‘Hume Council is huge and we have different needs. Our library could definitely be refurbished’’.

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Tuesday 4 June Wednesday 24th July Tuesday 20th August Wednesday 18th September Wednesday 9th October

ONESIE DRESS UP PARTY FOR QUEENS BIRTHDAY EVE

WITH A HUGE LINE UP OF D.JS. TIX $15.

Stairs will be running a competition titi ffor allll secondary school pupils to design the next “stairs underage event” poster.

Skate plan details: Call Lancefield Neighbourhood House on 5429 1214.

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• Table Olives and tapenade (naturally processed) • Tours of our processing facility • Lunch and refreshments available • Local produce market

The poster must in include: ENTRY COST: $20 DATES: 1st & 8th of July TIME: 5pm to 10 pm ALCOHOL FREE EVENT prize:$100 voucher for Skin Ski and Sufr Sunbury & free entry into the club on both dates!

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1999. ‘‘A site for the skate park has never been approved – that’s why it’s never been built. No one could agree where to put it,’’ she said.

According to the 2011 census, 20 per cent of the Lancefield’s population of 2357, or 473 children, are aged between 14 or under.

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Fun at the park: Children celebrate on the grounds of Lancefield Park, the proposed site for a skate arena.

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Sunbury’s Kismet Park Primary School pupils Sheleah, Sadie, Jack and Sabrina (pictured) made the most of Education Week to spend time with their buddies. On Friday, the school had a Special Buddies Marvellous Maths Day, with pupils taking part in hands-on mathematical activities. They also wore masks and friendship wrist bands during the school’s assembly. The day was part of the school’s Better Buddies program aimed at putting a stop to bullying.

Education Week ended on Saturday.

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Get your skates on THE Lancefield skate park committee wants residents to pledge support for a skate arena at its proposed location within the Lancefield Park.

A skate park design proposal is at the Lancefield Neighbourhood House for sports clubs and residents to view. The site earmarked for the skate rink is at the rear of the playground.

Committee member Vivien Philpotts said the group wanted to know whether residents supported the location within the park. ‘‘We know there’s support for a skate park in the town – it’s come up as a main priority in our youth action plan,’’ she said. ‘‘We want people to write letters of support to make sure the community is happy with the location.’’

The Lancefield Bowling Club committee will call a meeting to discuss the skate park and its location. The club is located within the park, about 30 metres from the proposed skate arena.

Secretary Gordon Charles said no comment could be made until he had met committee members.

Amy Bell, another member of the skate park committee, said a skating area for young people had been on the agenda for Lancefield since

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Curtains lifted on new owners Decorations, including aromatic candles, prints, rugs, lounge chairs, lamps, children’s toys and wallpaper are all available to complement new window furnishings.

The shop also sells outdoor blinds, ideal for enclosing an entertainment area this winter.

As well as couples, individuals and families, Anthony encourages building companies to visit the shop. “The growth spurt in Sunbury and surrounding areas has given us the chance to work with local builders who need windows to be covered prior to selling homes they’ve constructed. We encourage more of them to drop in and see what we have to offer. “Our passion for our business and the satisfaction we get from seeing happy customers will ensure we continue to set the bar high in the window furnishing industry.�

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Fresh ideas: Daniel Cesana, Michelle Jerman and Anthony Cesana have given Dollar Curtains & Blinds in Sunbury a new lease on life.

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Having owned a business before, Anthony knows how to treat his clients and looks forward to providing them with quality service and products. “Daniel and I enjoy interacting with people and look forward to meeting existing customers and welcoming new ones. “The company has been established for more than 30 years and now that we’re part of it we will continue to provide customers with high quality window coverings, decorations and outdoor blinds.�

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OPEN Mon-Fri 9.00am - 5.30pm & Saturday 9.00am - 3.30pm We offer FREE-MAKING on drapes from a huge range of Free-Make Fabrics

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SUNBURY & MACEDON RANGES WEEKLY 13

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Real Estate Today What Does Median Value Mean?

One of the most common mistakes real estate buyers and sellers make is to assume that median value is the same as the average value. Median value is derived from a list of sales in a defined area. Instead of being the average value, it is the sales figure in the middle of the list where half the sales are higher and the other half lower. So if 13 sales are recorded in a suburb and listed in descending order, the seventh sale price is the median price. So why not use the average price which is obtained by dividing all the prices added together by the number of sales? The reason is that this masks the fact that there can be unusually high or low sales made which throw off the figures. On the other hand, the median value can yield a more accurate indicator of true market activity. Even then, it should not be assumed to be the ultimate indicator of whether to buy or sell. For example, new developments can skew median figures.

Another point to understand is that median values give only a historic picture. They do not capsulise the current market. As such, they do not represent a forecasting tool. Median values change quarterly.

So which set of median values is most reliable for getting a medium or long-term view? The answer is annual suburb specific medians. These will smooth out the variations in seasons and the market supply.

If you are interested in a sale, purchase or lease, feel free to contact me, John Dunlop on 9744 2555 at any time or, alternatively, call into our friendly offices at Sunbury and Gisborne to discuss it.

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Four-leafed clover This stylish home leaves nothing to be desired, writes Carole Levy hill-studded skyline view to please the eye, a plantation reserve at the back, chic interior decor and well-designed outdoor spaces: this property in the hamlet of Romsey delivers on all counts.

The choice of double-sized bricks for the facade points to design flair, borne out inside by the unstinting proportions, acres of gleaming floorboards and wall palette of deep chocolate and light mocha accented with crisp white.

Laying out a classy welcome mat, the entry hall, with a chandelier suspended from a high vaulted ceiling, continues up three steps past a concealed cloak closet and recessed display shelves. The lounge room, to the right of the entry, is the first of three living zones, each big, bright and bold. The family-meals zone and separate theatre room (with in-wall cabinets and blockout blinds) each link to an integrated deck with customised seating and a handy sink.

A large butler’s pantry with garage and entry hall access is the sparkler on the kitchen’s cake, but the Caesarstone-topped island bench, white glass splashbacks, wine rack, dishwasher and

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900-millimetre gas cooker are fine supporting acts.

The main bedroom, off the family room, has twin walk-in wardrobes and an en suite with dual raised basins set on Caesarstone. Three more large bedrooms, each with walk-in wardrobes, are down a hallway, as are a study – or fifth bedroom, a sparkling main bathroom and a laundry-cum-drying room with a wall of storage.

The dual-level backyard is buffed to a turn and, with glass-fenced pool, elevated lawn patch and concreted play area, it’s an entertainment heaven for the whole family.

18 Clover Court, Romsey Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2 plus powder room Living areas: Study, lounge, family-meals, theatre The rest: Gas ducted heating, evaporative cooling, double glazing, covered deck, solar-heated pool, 22,500-litre water tank with pump, integrated double garage with internal access Price: $675,000 Private sale Agent: Keatings Real Estate, Woodend, 5427 2999

Proudly leading the way with totally transparent auctions.

MAY 28, 2013

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REAL ESTATE

5428 2544

GISBORNE

Lots 1-6 Rockglen Way “Rockglen Estate” - Exclusive Country Lifestyle Allotments.

Six Blocks - Each 9.6 acres (3.9ha).

Stunning views to Macedon Ranges • Magnificent homesites • Rolling pastures • Fully fenced featuring drystone pillars & post/rail entrances • Sealed road • 4 min drive to beautiful & vibrant Gisborne township • 40 minutes freeway drive to CBD/ Airport 25 mins. approx.

PRIVATE SALE: PRICE: $475,000 TO $495,000 VIEW: Saturday 1.30 - 2.00 pm

33 Brantome Street, Gisborne

www.huntrealestate.com.au

Wilma Grumont 0409 138 472 / Trevor Hunt 0418 550 832 / Brian Hunt 0418 320 412 16 SUNBURY & MACEDON RANGES WEEKLY

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REAL ESTATE

5428 2544

NEW GISBORNE

86 Ferrier Road “SURAMA” DISTINCTIVE COUNTRY HOMESTEAD –CIRCA 1935. LAND APPROX. 1.04HA (2.5 ACRES) The classic timber residence offers spacious & stylish comfort comprising 4 B/R, 2 ensuites & bathrm, formal lounge & dining room, both with O.F.P. Casual family area with architectural features & north facing aspect. Modern kitchen & meals area overlooking the gardens, outdoor living space & inground pool. Also includes a sep. 2 B/R cottage, outbuildings incl. large workshop/ office & triple carport. CBD within 50 minutes & short distance to train station. A select & appealing property.

AUCTION: Saturday 1st June 2013 at 11.00am PRICE: EST SELLING RANGE $1,100,000 TO $1,200,000

RIDDELLS CREEK

2 Price Drive Family Home in Elevated Location. Land 6,616m² approx. (1½ acres).

Rustic location. Home offering 3 b/rms & study (or 4th b/rm). Sitting room, large family room with access to undercover outdoor living area. Well equipped kitchen. Sunroom & dbl garage. Private gardens, rolling lawns & shade trees, shedding & storage.

PRIVATE SALE: PRICE: $565,000 VIEW: by appointment

WOODEND

9 Shannon Court Real country living within minutes of township. Land approx. 1.6 Ha (4 Acres).

The whole family will love this property – beautiful gardens & views, solar heated swimming pool, paddocks for horses & even a chicken run! Offers 3 bedrms & study or 4 bedrms, 2 living areas, well appointed kitchen, ensuite & main bathroom. A large American style barn provides ample storage. A great lifestyle property.

PRIVATE SALE: PRICE: $639,000 VIEW: Saturday 2.30 - 3.00 pm

33 Brantome Street, Gisborne

GISBORNE

4 Jackson Court Family Residence - Space & More Space. Terraced Gardens, Court Location.

Land 1,650 m² (approx.)

Enjoy the space & open plan living. 4 B/R + plus study, ensuite & main bathroom. Mod. kitchen –plenty of bench area & dishwasher.

Dble garage –remote control door, outside entertainment area, rain water tanks.

Landscaped garden, stone retaining walls.

PRIVATE SALE: PRICE: $565,000

GISBORNE

“RESIDENTIAL LAND” VISIT www.huntrealestate.com.au

FOR A HUGE RANGE OF LAND FROM JUST $205,000 (short and long settlements available)

www.huntrealestate.com.au

Wilma Grumont 0409 138 472 / Trevor Hunt 0418 550 832 / Brian Hunt 0418 320 412 MAY 28, 2013

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REAL ESTATE MOUNT MACEDON

5428 2544 47 Taylors Road “Braeside” On 27 Acres approx (10.9ha) An Australian farmhouse residence/cafe plus 3 quaint bed & breakfast cottages. Offered as walk in, walk out business or as a versatile family property.

Part of Mt Macedon Village & convenient to popular hospitality & tourist attractions.

Offers serene natural environment. Superb mature gardens. This thriving income producing property offers a lifestyle/business opportunity or just an escape to the country. Within 1 hour Melbourne CBD/Airport 40 mins. www.braesidemtmacedon. com.au The choice is yours!

Main Residence Denise’s Cottage

PRIVATE SALE: PRICE: $1,500,000 VIEW: Saturday 12.00 - 1.00 pm

Stuart’s Cabin

Jim’s Cottage

BULLENGAROOK

163 Walsh Road

“Friar’s Lodge” - On 8 hectares approx. (20 acres).

Not Scared of a Challenge? Improvers Opportunity.

Home Plus Improvements.

GISBORNE

5 Jonathan Road

On Over 6,000m² (1.5 Acres Approx.)

Elevated Blue Ribbon Location. A must see!

2 storey residence looking for TLC offers 3 living areas, 3 bedrooms, open fire place & slow combustion heater. Hardwood floor boards, double garage, views over property & forest. Several paddocks, loose boxes, stock yards, cleared & timbered country. Adjoins Lerderderg State Park Pyrete Range.

Classic homestead style family residence on superb allotment with both fenced garden area & wildlife haven of natural bushland. 5 bedrooms, full ensuite to master, lounge with O.F.P. & bay window, formal dining, Blackwood kitchen/meals & family/ rumpus. Polished timber floors, 2.7m ceilings, split system air con, wood heater.

Dble garage/workshop. Private, tranquil country setting with township convenience.

PRIVATE SALE: PRICE: $490,000 - $520,000 VIEW: By appointment

PRIVATE SALE: PRICE: $820,000 VIEW: By appointment

33 Brantome Street, Gisborne

www.huntrealestate.com.au

Wilma Grumont 0409 138 472 / Trevor Hunt 0418 550 832 / Brian Hunt 0418 320 412 18 SUNBURY & MACEDON RANGES WEEKLY

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et among mountain greenery, this quaint three-bedroom Cedar house occupies a 1356 square-metre block in an iconic area.

Flanked by verandahs, the house has a lounge room with floorboards and a living area with a vaulted ceiling. The kitchen has natural gas and a bulkhead ceiling. Private yards comprise a vegie garden, cubbyhouse and storage sheds. Extras include ducted heated and a wood fire heater. The property is handy to the freeway.

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11 Ferrier Street, Mount Macedon Price: $539,000 Private sale Agent: Gisborne Real Estate, 5428 8895

5428 2544 46 Skyline Drive

Ideal Family Home in Sought After Location Beautifully Established Garden with Rural Views.

Land Approx. 2,044m².

Accommodation offers entry hall, 3 brms, study, lounge, kitchen/meals/family room, ensuite, family bathroom & huge laundry.The home is well equipped, fresh décor and a family friendly floor plan. Outside provides a double garage & large under cover outdoor living area.The mature garden is a delight, showcasing rural views at the rear.

PRIVATE SALE: PRICE: $595,000 VIEW: Saturday 9.30 - 10.00 am

33 Brantome Street, Gisborne

www.huntrealestate.com.au

Wilma Grumont 0409 138 472 / Trevor Hunt 0418 550 832 / Brian Hunt 0418 320 412 MAY 28, 2013

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54 Evans Street, Sunbury 40 Aitken Street, Gisborne

57 Majorie Avenue Sunbury

23 Robb Drive Romsey

PRIVACY WITH POTENTIAL

NORTH FACING QUALITY ENTERTAINER

An ideal 1st home or investment property features 3 bedrooms, WIR, BIRs, large modern kitchen, meals, lounge, bathroom and laundry. Covered entertaining, spacious yard, lock up garage and carport.

FOR SALE $305,000 INSPECT THIS SATURDAY 11.30-12.00pm Photo ID Required CONTACT Sunbury Office 9744 2555

2/17a Cornish Street Sunbury

With a stunning aspect and backing onto parkland, with a fantastic covered outdoor living area. Master with WIR and ens, 2 more brs, study, formal lounge and dining, kitchen meals, family, heating, cooling and dbl remote garage.

9744 2555 5428 2800

FOR SALE $479,000 INSPECT THIS SATURDAY 12.00-12.30pm Photo ID Required CONTACT Sunbury Office 9744 2555

7 Abelia Court Sunbury

SAFE AND SOUND

SPACIOUS, RENOVATED & CITY VIEWS

Set close to the township facilities, this well maintained unit features 2 bedrooms, 2 way bathroom, kitchen, meals, lounge and laundry. Modern dĂŠcor, lock up garage and private courtyard.

FOR SALE $320,000 INSPECT THIS SATURDAY 10.30-11.00AM Photo ID Required CONTACT Sunbury Office 9744 2555

Tastefully renovated 4 bedroom home with 3 living areas, city views & a court location. s/s appliances, dishwasher, heating, cooling, covered decked entertaining, under house work shop/storage & carport.

FOR SALE $395,000 INSPECT THIS SATURDAY 1.30-2.00pm Photo ID Required CONTACT Sunbury Office 9744 2555

OPEN FOR INSPECTION THIS SATURDAY 57 Marjorie Avenue, Sunbury

1.00-1.30pm

2 Abbey Court, Gisborne

12.00-12.30pm

23 RobbDrive, Romsey

1.30-2.00pm

7 Abelia Court, Sunbury

2/101 Main Road, Riddells Creek

12.00-12.30pm

190 Blackwood Road, Macedon

1.30-2.00pm

94 Horneman Road, Gisborne South

11.00-11.30am

36 Gleneagles Drive, Sunbury

12.00-12.30pm

59 Willowbank Road, Gisborne

2.00-2.30pm

11 Farrell Street, New Gisborne

11.00-11.30am

41 Skyline Drive, Gisborne

12.30-1.00pm

561 Elizabeth Drive, Sunbury

3.30-4.00pm

105 Palmer Road, Sunbury

11.30-12.00noon

14 Blyton Court, Sunbury

2.30-3.00pm

48 Blackforest Drive, Mt Macedon

2.30-3.00pm

30 Viewbank Lane, Riddells Creek

11.30-12.00noon

7 Arwon Court, New Gisborne

1.00-1.30pm

11 Feeneys Lane, Lancefield

10.00-10.30am

36 Grant Avenue, Gisborne

10.30-11.00am

2/17a Cornish Street, Sunbury

10.30-11.00am

11.30-12.00noon

To see our full range of properties for sale go to:

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Leaders in Real Estate Excellence

Paula Carey 0411 407 703 Shantelle Cardwell-Smith 0421 217 582 Andrew Bearman 0487 264 325 Doug Gray 0413 161 804

John Dunlop 0419 001 991

Julie Gloster 0408 323 056 Howard Jones 0409 133 407 Josie Borg 0401 076 727 Michael Garvey 0412 298 258

S O LD in May

16 Parkview Street, Gisborne $757,500

SOLD

in May

bury Road, Sun 70 Palmer ,000 $875

1 Mowbray Court, Su nbury $340,000

SOLD

SOLD

Sunbury eth Drive, 321 Elizab 05,000 $3

S O LD in May

11 Molvig Rise, Sunb ury $619,000

1/42 Mahoneys Road, Riddells Creek $297 ,000

in May

36 Sherwood Court, Lancefield $399,00 0

in May

S O LD in May

SOLD

S O LD in May

S O LD in May

SOLD

877 Bacchus Marsh Road, Bullengarook $849 ,000

in May

SOLD

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isborn Avenue, G 6 Charters 3,000 $47

S O LD in May

S O LD in May

SOLD

in May

unbury Avenue, S 79 Dobell 4,999 $31

25 Alcheringa Court , Gisborne $720,000

SOLD

in May

Road, 102 Dixon 99,000 $6 k oo ar g Bullen

, bells Road 243 Camp $699,000 ek re C Riddells

S O LD in May

unbury s Street, S 32 Flinder 9,000 $34

8 McKim Road, Gisbo rne $780,000

in May

in May

dells Place, Rid 36 Filmer 420,000 $ ek Cre

S O LD in May

39 Carnoustie Drive, Sunbury $319,500

SOLD

in May

, bank Road 59 Willow 85,000 7 $ e n or b Gis

MAY 28, 2013

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54 Evans Street, Sunbury 40 Aitken Street, Gisborne

9744 2555 5428 2800

AUCTION

Shops 13 & 16/114-126 Evans Street Sunbury

2 Abbey Court Gisborne

COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY HOME ON ½ ACRE approx.

Looking for a superfund investment or retirement plan ? Here are two opportunities up for Auction, both tenants’ are on 5 year leases with 5 year options, fixed annual increases and outgoings paid by tenants.

Simply stunning sandstone brick home with loads of feats throughout including 4 good sized bedrooms, 3 living zones plus air-conditioned home office/studio/teenagers retreat, decked alfresco with built in BBQ & pizza oven, landscaped gardens with stone walls, double garage & double carport.

AUCTION THURSDAY 6th JUNE @ 2pm INSPECT BY APPOINTMENT CONTACT Sunbury Office 9744 2555

7 Arwon Court New Gisborne

FOR SALE $650,000 INSPECT THIS SATURDAY 1.00-1.30PM Photo ID Required CONTACT Gisborne Office 5428 2800

561 Elizabeth Drive Sunbury

BLUE RIBBON FAMILY HOME ON 1328m2 approx.

Family size 4 bedroom plus study features high ceilings, quality fittings throughout and lots of living areas including games room. Large covered alfresco, secluded gardens, double garage and workshop. Walk to school and station.

COUNTRY STYLE AMBIENCE FOR SALE Buyer’s Range $580,000-$620,000 INSPECT THIS SATURDAY 11.30-12.00noon Photo ID Required CONTACT Gisborne Office 5428 2800

Country style home close to school, bus stop and parkland.

Feats 3 bedrooms, study/4th bedroom, ens, WIR, BIRs, huge kitchen/meals/family, large lounge, 2nd bathroom & laundry. Heating, cooling, ceiling fans & covered entertaining.

FOR SALE $339,000 INSPECT THIS SATURDAY 12.30-1.00PM Photo ID Required CONTACT Sunbury Office 9744 2555

RENTAL PROPERTIES AVAILABLE Burke and Wills Track, Lance-

Dobell Avenue, Sunbury

Keily Road, Gisborne

$550 PW Available: July 2013

$300 PW Available: Now

$360 PW Available: Now

Timms Court, Sunbury

Turritable Road, Mt Macedon

Anslow Street, Woodend

$310 PW Available: 4/6/13

$430 PW Available: Now

$290 PW Available: Now

THE PERFECT HIDE AWAY 4 br family home on 5 acres, ens, BIR’s, large kit, dining, two large living, ducted heat and wood fire heating, evap cool, dble gge, ménage, barn, 4 paddocks, town water.

BRAND NEW 3 bedrooms, built in robes, open plan kitchen/meals/family area, gas and electric cooking, ducted heating, bathroom, laundry, carport, garden shed.

A PERFECT PLACE TO CALL HOME 3 brs, reno kit and bathroom, meals, sep lounge, formal dining/study, air con, gas heating, solar panels for elect and a great back yard, dble length gge.

‘Clover Cottage’ 3 br, ensuite, formal and informal living, gas ducted htg, dbl garage. Close to all amenities.

To see our full range of properties for sale go to:

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Leaders in Real Estate Excellence

Paula Carey 0411 407 703 Shantelle Cardwell-Smith 0421 217 582 Andrew Bearman 0487 264 325 Doug Gray 0413 161 804

COSY HOME This lovely 3 bedroom, ensuite home includes lounge with wood combustion heating, open plan living, kitchen, dining and family room with split system. Large garage. Good backyard.

CLOSE TO TOWN Only a short stroll to Woodend Village and train station this 3 br home with open plan living, kitchen/ dining area and good size lounge area with natural gas heating. Carport and one

John Dunlop 0419 001 991

Julie Gloster 0408 323 056 Howard Jones 0409 133 407 Josie Borg 0401 076 727 Michael Garvey 0412 298 258

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Servicing All Macedon Ranges OPEN SATURDAY 12-12.30PM

MACEDON

11 FERRIER STREET

Escape to a Mt Macedon lifestyle! This 3BR (ES) plus study Cedar home on huge 1356M2 offers so much.

Stylish, with timber floors, lovely formal lounge, plus casual living. Vaulted entry, private yards, carport, fantastic storage sheds and natural gas heating! Adjoining block for sale separately!

$539,000

GISBORNE

85 WILLOWBANK ROAD

6236SQM - 1.5+ acres! Highest quality residence with development (STCA) concept plans available R1 zoning. Views, prestige locale! 3BR, studio, lounge, family, casual lounge, State of the Art kitchen and bathrooms. Shedding. An exemplary indoor pool in its own pool house integrated to the home. Backs onto Vancleve Crescent.

P.O.A. – Development (STCA)

OPEN SATURDAY 11-11.30AM

NEW GISBORNE

6 DORIEMUS COURT

Impressive larger family home very close to station! Exquisite 4BR, study, formal lounge/dining, family living/dining, sep rumpus, DLUG, shed, superb IG pool. With fantastic outdoor living area.

Everything for a large family.

$732,500

BULLENGAROOK

300 WALSH ROAD

Approx 30 acres with quality limestone home approx 30 squares, GIGANTIC shed 36M X 7.7m (120’ x 25’)!

Secluded but only about 10 minutes from Gisborne township. Magnificent unique farmlet with pasture/ serene bush. Privacy Rules!

$849,000

R E F F ER O BUSY

U NE ’DV E B E E N W

MACEDON

45 NURSERY ROAD GISBORNE

“Belle Vue” - view the ever changing face of Mt Macedon from your 3404 M2 (¾ A) township cnr block.

Privacy assured - 5BR (or 4 + study), 3 living rooms, pretty gardens, pony paddock, shedding. All services.

$639,000

UNIT 4, 2 – 6 MELBOURNE ROAD

So very private with FOUR yes FOUR bedrooms! Main BR DOWNSTAIRS. Perfect for “lock up and go” or busy families, investors, a wide range of buyers! In the throb of township so enjoy the local facilities all within easy walking! Cosmopolitan living in Country Environment!

$389,000

JUST LISTED

RIDDELLS CREEK

5A MOORES ROAD

App. 3000 SQM with impressive driveway. 4 BR + study, sep living rooms - lounge, family, dining, rumpus.

Outstanding outdoor living with swim spa, superb outlooks with continental garden.

Contemporary elegance with smooth rustic character. Magnificent family lifestyle opportunity.

$669,000

7/38 Brantome Street Gisborne info@gisborne-realestate.com.au

WOODEND

33 SPENCER ROAD

Strikingly picturesque 4+ acres, dam, sealed road. Big house, big living rooms, 3BR, sep gym(shower) or home office. American barn with loft (ideal stable block) plus many useful outbuildings. DLUG with storage, sep wine cellar. Quality country lifestyle property.

5428 8895

www.gisborne-realestate.com.au www.macedonrangesrealestate.com.au

$720,000 - $760,000 Janis Paul Robert Wilson Jim Paul MAY 28, 2013

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Auction Saturday 22 June at 11am

Woodend 121 Quarry Road

Price $475,000

View By appointment A Classic 1980’s Brick Veneer on Over Half Acre (Approx 2130m2) Sandi Mueller 0408 392 347 Beautifully sited home featuring three bedrooms, integrated double carport plus large garage. Low maintenance garden, lovely views, and not far from town centre. John Keating 0419 880 444

Woodend

29 Buckland Street Renovators Delight or Ideal Unit Development Site

View Sat 1 June 1-1.30pm John Keating 0419 880 444 A very cosy three bedroom weatherboard cottage on a generous 1150m2 block within the central town precinct and with good unit development potential (STCA). Sandi Mueller 0408 392 347

Woodend 4 Heron Street

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Situated only a short stroll from the Primary School, Kindergarten, Children’s Park, Five Mile Creek walk and Village Centre, this instantly appealing four bedroom split level home offers the convenience of town living in a very peaceful environment. Comprises spacious open plan living, cathedral ceilings, polished timber floors and a lovely manicured garden on 1011m2.

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$559,000

Sat 1 June 2-2.30pm Sat 15 June 11-11.30am Sandi Mueller 0408 392 347

Auction Saturday 22 June at 1pm

Monegeetta

2076 Melbourne-Lancefield Road Ideal for first home buyers or excellent investment opportunity Accommodation includes sitting room, open plan kitchen/family meals area, three bedrooms, bathroom and laundry.

Reserve Price $310,000 View Sat 1 June 12-12.30pm Sat 8 June 12-12.30pm John Keating 0419 880 444 Sandi Mueller 0408 392 347

Woodend

Price $389,500

9 Ashbourne Road Looked before? Look again!

Four bedroom 1950s weatherboard cottage and established garden on a conveniently positioned block close to everything Woodend has to offer.

View By appointment Julian Davies 0407 670 234

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Gisborne 26 Alcheringa Court

$775,000

View

Double-Glazed Luxury with a Magnificent Mountain Backdrop A fabulously spacious, high-quality, two-storey four bedroom (plus study) family home on an elevated corner block of 1251m2 only a few minutes’ drive from Gisborne town centre.

Features kaleidoscopic views to Mount Macedon and an inviting in-ground swimming pool. You and your family will think you’ve arrived in paradise when you inspect this one!

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12 Gap Road, Riddells Creek Price: $550,000 Private sale Agent: Hunt Real Estate Gisborne, 5428 2544

f fishing in your own dam among a bush setting appeals, then this 2.4 hectare property known as Rosebank could be the one for you. There is an American barn with loft; rustic house with five bedrooms, and three separate living areas including a lounge, rumpus and meals area. Timber cupboards and stainless-steel appliances are kitchen features. Parquetry and polished cork floors, a wood heater, fireplace, verandah and water tank are included.

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STUNNING LONG OWNERSHIP PROPERTY IN THE EXCLUSIVE

ROMSEY DISTRICT

RENOWNED

“Lansdowne”

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103 ACRES - 41.54 ha - 2 TITLES

A prestige location - 325 Black Range Road - approx 65 kilometres Melbourne CBD ● ● ●

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A truly unique parklike property complemented by magnificent cypress plantations.

Wonderful balance of pastures with spectacular stands of English and native trees, offering a special ambience.

5 B.R. timber residence immaculately presented, in superb 100 year old setting - privately sited and holding a stunning aspect of the district.

Outbuildings include woolshed with adjoining yards character filled sundry machinery/haysheds and stock yards.

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MAY 28, 2013

A Special Opportunity

Expressions of Interest

Closing Friday 14th June at 2.00 pm Melbourne (03) 9866 5588 0418 317 440 0417 200 600

Australia’s new home for property

A Weekly Advertising Feature

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TWIN OAKS

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Goes PINK to fight Breast Cancer!

ADOPTING AN ANIMAL

To read the story of a small community business, fighting to cure breast cancer go to and search for:

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SAVES LIVES Please choose to adopt an animal

Pets Haven rescues animals from death row pounds and our community.

All animals deserve a second chance at happiness.

Please choose to Adopt.

Twin Oaks is a locally owned and operated children’s education centre in Gisborne, Victoria. We have been providing education and care for the children and families of Gisborne and the surrounding Macedon Ranges for 4 years. We provide Long Day Care Services, Occasional Care, Before School Care, After School Care and Vacation Care.

We are open 7 days per week

Phone: 5428 4455

6/130 High Street, Woodend

5427 3603

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YOUR COMMUNITY VOICE TM

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WEEKLY Classifieds • Holland Blinds • Roman Blinds • Venetians • Timber Venetians • Vertical Blinds • Canvas Blinds • Panel Glides

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Pat O’Meara M: 0417 334 924 DB-U 32219 www.greenridgehomes.com.au pat@greenridgehomes.com.au

E R & J W Campbell

Floor Services

QTF

All types of electrical installations inc Split systems ★ Domestic ★ Commercial ★ Industrial

G5589359AA-dc11De

Stencil Exposed Ag Pattern Slate Plain

Small and Large Jobs

NEW GISBORNE PAVING G5496337AA-dc30Oct

Rowland Concreting

Mini Digger, Bobcat, Tipper

TAYLORS LAKES CONCRETE Experts in all types concrete Plain – Colour – Slate – Stencil – Exposed call JOE 9390 2097 or 0419 303 150 www.taylorslakesconcrete.com

G5966031AA-dc23Apr

Contact Trevor on: 0417 997 060

Electrical Services

A 1 Absolute

G5884119AA-dc19Mar

Rec 1944 A Grade Electrician Any type of Electrical Work Ceiling Fans Inc TV & Ph points, lights, power points, safety switches etc.

No job too small. Will beat any price. 10% Pensioner discount.

John at Kerrie Electrics on 9337 4732/ 9744 2478 / 0418 582 656 30 SUNBURY & MACEDON RANGES WEEKLY

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EXCAVATIONS: • • • •

For house sites Driveways Landscaping Shed sites

Bobcats Tippers Roller Grader Excavators www.gregandersononline.com Mob: 0427-759-212 Ph: 5428-8802

Furniture Removals

Quality workmanship Phone Leon (03) 5428 2802 or 0418 378 602

MAY 28, 2013

NO JOB TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL Gutter Cleaning Pergolas Gardeners Painters Concreters Plasterers Plumbers Cabinet Making Electricians Handymen Heat & Air Con Service Roof Tiler Decks Tilers & Pavers www.greyarmy.com.au

Phone 131198

Heating

WE COME TO YOU FOR ALL YOUR HEATING NEEDS

For free quotes call now: 1300 550 901

Furniture - Piano’s - Pool Tables

0403 745 671 Small & Large Trucks available

G5462353AA-dc29Jan

VIC / Interstate

Westsub Heating & Cooling Service, maintenance & repairs of all types of evaporative, refrigerated & heating systems.

Professional on Brivis, Stadt, Bonaire, Breezair & Cool Breeze Phone Lance 0425 734 271 G5879013

GARAGE DOORS DIRECT FROM MANUFACTURER F R E Ere

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ROLLER DOORS - SECTIONAL DOORS CUSTOM MADE - AUTOMATED OPERATORS since SERVICE & REPAIRS - WARRANTY

1958 www.airportdoors.com.au

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Gardening, Rubbish Removal, Mulching Gutters Cleaned, Landscaping, Expert Pruning, Hedge Trimming, Ride-On Mowing, Clean Ups, Body Corporates, Free Quotes Insurance/ Work Cover work provided Police Checked, Insured & OH&S Compliant

MORE than just mowing!

www.jimsmowing.net

Landscaping

Stonelayer And Paver

Specialising in Bluestone & Castlemaine rock House Retaining walls Drystone All types of paving Feature Walls Slate/Brick Paving Qualified 20 years Exp.

Garden Services

Leon Dupuy Dozer Hire Pty Ltd With over 40 years experience • Dam sinking • House and factory excavations • Clearing etc • Laser levelling.

5428 2899

Specialising in:

Garages Garage Doors and Carports Crushed rock Scoria Menages & Tracks Crossovers

6 Ladd Road New Gisborne

• Gas Ducted Heating • Gas Log Fires • Reverse Cycle Wall Hung Split System • Reverse Cycle Split Ducted System

Phone Darren 0488 926 648

• • • •

• Fast Glass Replacement • Mirrors • Shower Screens • Splashbacks • Double Glazing Into Your Existing Timber Windows

G5862382

GISBORNE TAXI-TRUCK & COURIER SERVICE

DMZ EXCAVATIONS & MINI DIGGER • Site Cleans & Rubbish Removals • Driveways & Nature Strips • General Landscaping • Soil Crushed Rock & Toppings • Post Holes • Soil & Concrete Removals • Retaining Walls - Day rate available G5470641AA-dc23Oct

DRIVEWAYS:

Servicing Sunbury and the Macedon Ranges since 1970

Phone 0412 488 732

Removals - House Clearance

G5989792AA-dc7May

• Exposed Aggregate • Colour • Plain • Slate • Stencil • Resealing • Shed Slabs • And all Aspects of Landscaping

Macedon Ranges Glass

Specialising in: ❏ Sanding, Polishing and repairs of all timber floors.

Fast free quotes, Top quality workmanship at Mates Rates

G5368812AA-dc4Sep

Tel:(03) 5427 0443 Mobile: 0418 553 659

• Site Cleans • Soil Removals • Driveway • Nature Strip & Other Various Excavations Fully Insured Call Steve 0409 968 889 or email steve@persaudhomes.com.au

Glazing and Glaziers

Top Rate Floors

G5397522AA-dc27Nov

FREE QUOTES & FAUX BRICK AVAILABLE

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All aspects of concreting covered

Phone David Aldridge 0407 871 618 or AH 5422 3210

G5419552AA-dc25Sep

9746 3080

SPECIALISING IN SLATE PAVING

2.5, 5 & 12 Tonne Excavators Post Hole Digger with 350, 450 & 600 Augers • Laser Level • Building Sites • Driveways & Footings

G5852239

Handy Person Services

13 Wright Street, Sunshine, Vic, 3020.

Tel: 9312 5166 - Mob: 0422 314 306 *Massive Showroom Supplies & Installations: Sanding & Polishing (New & Old Floors) Experienced in Installations All jobs satisfaction guaranteed *Free Quotes *Good Prices

BOBCAT AND TIPPER TRUCK

Display Area Open by Appointment

TIMBER FLOORING

*Solid Timbers *Floating Floors *Laminates *Bamboo *Decking

G5664659AA-dc15Jan

CONCRETING & EXCAVATION P/L

G5798962

Excavations and Earth Moving BOB CAT GRADER & EXCAVATOR HIRE

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Concrete Products and Services

0418 382 729 - AH 5428 1811

REC 9537

Call 0409 250 445

www.macedonrangesglass.com.au

G5884134AA-dc19Mar

Phone John Kemp

Call Alan on 0422 384 544

FREE Quote

Phone 0407 506 578

Commercial Servicing Data/Phone Macedon Ranges Glenn Moore TV Points & Western Suburbs 0410 033 070 Solar Design & Installation glenn@newgisborneelectrical.com G5435500AA-dc2Oct ABN 88 229 249 390 Rec 19135

A Grade Electrical Contractor Servicing Your Local Area

Servicing all types of computer needs ● Networking ● Small businesses

No Obligation,

FENCING CONTRACTORS G5600017AA-dc11Dec Rural and Farm Fencing Specialists # For all your fencing needs #

QUICK SMART ELECTRICAL

ELKASALSA COMPUTER SERVICES

28 yrs experience

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Computer Service and Repairs

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Builders and Building Services

ADAM VALENTI

All sites left clean Telephone Bevin on 0404 046 864 www.bevinsboundaries.com.au

9746 8176 0412 436 479

• New Homes • Outdoor Living • Extensions • All Carpentry Work • Renovations

• Picket, Paling, Colorbond & Tubular Fences • Retaining Walls • Boxed Lattice • Core Drilling • Gates

G5390263AA-dc11Sep

Opal Blinds

41 O’Shanassy Street, Sunbury Email: info@calcoelectrical.com.au Rec 122 www.calcoelectrical.com.au “Servicing the local community for over 37 years”

● Lawns mowed, ride on service ● Leaves vacuumed and removed ● Horse paddocks Chain harrowed ● Paddocks poisoned for capeweed (fully licenced for poisioning) ● Rotary hoeing ● Rubbish Removed

Building Fences with Pride

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Calco Electrical Pty Ltd 9744 1555

M & P Smith Property Maintenance

Bevin’s Boundaries

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Awnings Blinds Curtains

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All Electrical Wiring, Airconditioning, Heating, Phone, Data, TV, Sound Systems, Hotplates, Oven I Installations I Repairs I Service Safety testing, tagging and much much more!

Garden Services

131 546

Ph: 03 5427 4778 or 0429 162 589 www.cdunnstone.com.au

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Trades & Services

Fencing and Gates

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Electrical Services

Pest Control Over 20 years experience in pest control

Termite Treatments Possums Bees & Wasps Termite Control Rats & Mice Termite Pre-treatment Ants & Spiders Weed Control Phone: 0400 606 676 G5468952AA-dc23Oct

13 24 25

Weekly Classifieds OZTEC WINDOW SHUTTERS • Aluminium • Electric or manual • Repairs • Prompt Service FOR FREE MEASURE & QUOTE PH: 9336 0005 Jordan 0413 708 238

G5738798AA-dc5Feb

Domestic/Commercial/Insurance Prompt and Reliable All aspects of Plastering All small and large jobs.

No Obligation Free Quotes

G5878720AA-dc19Mar

GREG CANNARD PLASTERING SERVICES

Tree Services

Showroom at 18 Quinn Drive, Keilor Park

0408 910 246 or 5428 8332

G5919546AA-dc7May

S&L DRAINAGE & PLUMBING P/L

A GRADE

# Commercial # Residential # Industrial # Backhoe Hire # Trenching # All General Plumbing

All BICKLES RUBBISH REMOVAL

0408 554 284 LIC 28673

5429 5646

JEFF 9744 1401 - 0418 998 823

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3, 4, 6, 8 & 10 CUBIC METRE SKIP BINS G5406486AA-dc25Sep

G6034041AA-dc20May

Phone: (03) 5428 1871 Mobile: 0439 375 140

FREE QUOTES 20 years experience Complete Tree Service Travel Tower Mulcher & Stump Muncher also Kanga Fully insured - Pensioner discount Competitive - Professional - Prompt

Ph David 9740 7000, 5428 6359 or 0418 526 769 G5238623AA-dc31Jul

Paul Murphy

0438 298 659

THE GAS CHIEF

✆ Glen 0450 1020 30 - 5428 4238

G5469110

RING-A-BIN

for all your Natural and LP Gas appliance repairs N Central Heaters N Cookers N Space Heaters N Hot Plates N Hot Water Units N Wall Ovens

If it’s got gas we’ll fix it!

Lic. No. 24391

2M, 3M, 4M, 6M & 9M Walk in bins available G5448767AA-dc9Oct

Ph: 5367 7756 or 0438 536 150

G5688051AA-dc22Jan

Call Rowdie McIntosh

Licensed Natural Gas Conversion Specialist

Macedon Ranges / Sunbury based / Gisborne 7 days a week Support your local business

Ring a bin today 1300 746 422 0418 392 622

Reblocking and Underpinning

EXPERT

G5996061AA-dc7May

Septic Tanks

REBLOCKING & UNDERPINNING • Computer Levelling • Council permits supplied RBP - 24841 • Stumps for new extension 15 Year • Engineers plans and soil test supplied Guarantee Free Quote and advice

SIMS SEPTIC TANK & GREASE TRAP CLEANING

Ph: 0416 033 003 or 9338 3668 (AH)

5

STAR

FIVE STAR REBLOCKING & UNDERPINNING Full Insurance All work Council approved 15 years guarantee All Council permits supplied 100% computer levelling Concrete pump used 15 years experience For a free quote and advice

G6032171AA-dc21May

Contact Simon:

9309 0700 - 0411 174 000

Computer Levelling, Council Permits Supplied 15 Years Guarantee, Fully Insured, Free Quotes, DBL- 26586

G5997959AA-dc7May

GENUINE REBLOCKING & UNDERPINNING Call Bill 0405 353 092 or 9466 3546

“We won’t be beaten on price’’ 7 days a week ~ All areas All drains unblocked

Phone 5422 2952 Mobile 0407 506 644

Family owned and operated G5710211AA-dc29Jan EPA Permit

Tilers

G5520480AA-dc29Jan

• Hydronic Slab & Panel Heating • Hot Water Units • Gas Fitting • Spilt Systems • Ducted Heating • Roofing • Rain Water Systems • Evaporative Cooling • Drainage • Bathroom & Kitchen Renovations Servicing Romsey & Surrounds

" A local providing for locals ''

0408 507 145

Digital TV Antennas • Crystal Clear TV Reception • Installations • Repairs • Boosters • Prompt Service • Electronic Signal Tests Made • 25 Years Experience • Free Quote Pensioner Special Discount

TILING

Specialists in wall & floor tiling

NO JOB TO SMALL

• waterproofing • renovations • new homes • commercial • domestic • small jobs

FREE QUOTES

Call Jason 0431 856 496

AFFORDABLE ESCORTS 18–48yo, great ladies, great prices.

Open 24 hours. To your door in 30 mins. 9416 6221 swa4281be.

Anya - adventurous escort.

21yo, tight sz 8, Raven black hair, ex-dancer. Avail most daytimes call 9495 2768 swa4281be.

ARE U BI CURIOUS

★★ DELIGHTFUL ★★

EXOTIC RELAXATION 10.00am-8.00pm Mon-Sat Unit 14/2 (upstairs) Techno Park Dve Williamstown 9397 0347 swa4576xbe

Under New Management

Manager’s Special - 30mins $115.

Our ladies are naughty by nice.

In western suburbs 9369 0600. swa6318be.

FAR EASTERN RELAXATION Now With More Young, Beautiful, Exotic, Friendly Ladies Affordable Prices From $65

Discreet Rear Parking (via lane way) CREDIT CARD & EFTPOS WELCOME Ladies Warmly Welcomed Mel ref P43 B1 / Tram 57 Stop 22 77 Race Course Road, North Melbourne

9326 8388

Proof deadline: All Classifieds:

Friday 5.00pm Monday 10.00am

Phone 13 24 25 8.30am-5.00pm, Monday - Friday.

All major credit cards accepted.

G5910758

9744 4144

Water Tanks and Water Bores

WATER BORING DK & EM Murray

Over 60 years experience in Macedon Ranges • Largest Modern Rig • No Water No Charge G5435505AA-dc2Oct Free site inspection

5428 1798 or 5345 2175 0428 518 159 or 0428 452 175

Suppliers & installers of: • Domestic Aluminium Windows • Commercial Aluminium Windows • Automatic Doors & Gates • Alucobond Panelling

52 Barry Road, New Gisborne

5428 3477

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For Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Weekly are as follows:

SUNBURY CITY ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS • TV and Sound System repair and Inc Home Entertainment Set Up • Microwave, Vac, Dryer and Small Appliance Repairs • Digital TV antennas and outlets supplied, installed and repaired • Safety test & tagging • Electronics & componentry

41 O’Shanassy St, Sunbury

PH - 1300 ESCORT

24hrs/7 days

CLASSIFIEDS DEADLINES

Call John on 0437 542 317

Windows

TRELOAR

Adult Services

LOTUS EXOTIC ESCORT I Luv you longtime. Tiny size 8 figure, pleasurable. I can do body rubs too. 9935 7738 swa4281be.

Public Notices

TV and Home Entertainment Services

G6007265AA-dc7May

G6007188AA-dc7May

3M, 4M, 6M, 8M and Walk In Bins Available Gisborne based, servicing the Macedon Ranges

G5671537AA-dc14Jan

Cougar Ladies The best of 30's, 40's & 50yo.

We're eager to please & a total tease. Ph: 9495 2738 swa4281be

Tree & Stump Removal 8 The Narrow Access Specialists 8 Pensioner discount 8 Full insurance cover Call Greg & Elisha for a Free Quote

G5174326AA-dp24Jul

Macedon Ranges MINI SKIPS

Adult Services IMOGEN - Hot, hot, hot.

Ex swimsuit model. 32yo size 8.

Tall, toned, busty and blonde.

I visit you. 9495 2723 swa4281be KIM - Mature 40yo escort.

Stunning DD fullness.

Always happy to please...

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WHATEVER? Try a sensual male body rub by attractive friendly guy.

Ph: 0402 640 397 swa1159xe

That Tree Feller Murphys Plumbing Vic

Adult Phone Talk ALL FETISH! Anything goes! from 99c/min 1300 700 904 1902 226 323 Chat now! $5.45/min pay/mob extra

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ FULL INSURANCE Patrick O'Toole ★ ★ ★ ★ ☎ 5422 2242 or 0408 736 887 ★ G5520659 ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ★

PM TREE LOPPING TREE Free stump removal with any tree removal

GISBORNE MINI SKIPS/DINGO HIRE The original provider servicing Macedon Ranges and surrounding areas

General

MACEDON RANGES TREE LOPPING & STUMP GRINDING

★ Cheap Rates ★ Pensioner Discount ★ We Load For You ★ Free Quotes

All types of Septic Tanks & treatment plants installations available.

Sewer Machine & Block Drains Cleaned

• Fully Insured ($20m) • Electrically Certified • Trained Staff • Qualified Arborist

9744 3033 ~ 0488 393 799

Rubbish Removal Plumbing

• Travel Tower • Stump Grinder • Mulcher • Mulch For Sale

TREE LOPPING & REMOVAL

SWA6143B SWA6144B G5670540AA-dc15Jan

Roller Shutters

G5994182AA-dc7May

Plasterers

G5971365AA-dc23Apr

ALL ADVERTISERS - PLEASE NOTE Multiple Insertions - Errors in multiple insertion advertisements after the first day of publication are not the responsibility of the publisher. Please check the first day advertisement and advise of any error to the appropriate sales department.

Cancellation - Cancellations are not accepted after deadline.To ensure cancellation is effective, cancellations must be phoned through to the appropriate sales department prior to deadline & advertisers will be issued with a cancellation number for each advertisement.

Disclaimer - Metro Media Publishing regret that it is not possible to verify information other than that conveyed in editorial content of the newspaper. Although Metro Media Publishing endeavour to ensure the accuracy of everything published, the Competition and Consumer Act requires Metro Media Publishing to disclaim any belief in the truth or falsity of information which is supplied and which is published in other than editorial content. The publisher reserves the right to omit or alter any advertisement. The advertiser agrees to indemnify the publisher for all damage or liabilities arising out of the published material.

Indemnity - Any other liability of the Publisher or any of its officers, employees or agents howsoever arising in respect of an advertisement or series of advertisements, and which does not arise by any lack of care or skill on the part of the Publisher, is limited to a total of $50.00 for each advertisement or series.

The Publisher makes the stipulation contained in the preceding sentence on behalf of its officers, employees and agents and, in addition, the Advertiser agrees with the Publisher not to bring or be party to or assert any action claim counterclaim or set-off against any of them at variance from the protection sought to be extended to them by this condition.

Terms & Conditions - Full copies of Metro Media Publishing's Terms & Conditions relating to classified and display advertising are available at all branches or by phoning any of the numbers below.

Printed & Published by - Antony Catalano of 214-220 Park Street, South Melbourne 3205 for Metro Media Publishing (who accepts responsibility for election and referendum comment). The Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Weekly is printed at Border Mail Printing, 1 McKoy St, Wodonga, Vic, 3690.

Classified advertising (all papers): 13 24 25 Dandenong: 9238 7777 Werribee: 9731 2777 Airport West: 8318 5777

MAY 28, 2013

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Weekly Classifieds Public Notices

For Sale

REDGUM FIREWOOD

0418 570 249

G6034545

SPLIT LOCAL FIREWOOD

4 cubic meters $400 8 cubic meters $760 10 cubic meters $900 Free Delivery Phone The Wood Bloke

0418 570 249

G6055195

Classifieds

NATURAL PLUS

7 days, 9.30am - 9.30pm.

5 City Place, Sunshine.

Phone 9311 0198.

FIREWOOD SUPPLIES 28 Sauer Road, New Gisborne.

Split Red Gum and Box Firewood.

Pick up and delivery by weight.

Delivery by measure available.

Free all areas. 7 days.

13 24 25

Trading World FARRIERPrompt, professional and reliable, great rates and friendly service. Call Kaz anytime on 0409 333 597.

For Sale Fire Wood-Red Gum Top quality, clean, split, dry.

2 metre min. Free delivery, 7 days.

0409 210 565 or 0428 359 214 G5843394

FIREWOOD Murray River Redgum Block/split or mill ends from $110pcm 14m3 truck loads.

☎ 0429 822 816

G6055477

That Nursery on Lancefield Road

REDGUM FIREWOOD, SPLIT, DRY & READY TO BURN FYI: 1 cubic meter is approx 600kgs, which is more than half a tonne - so compare our prices – you’ll be glad you did!!!

Mention this ad to receive: 4cbm $625, save $10. Normally $635. ***all prices include delivery to your door*** Pick Ups welcome For on time delivery of clean hand loaded wood

For Sale LOCAL FIREWOOD $110pcm

Split and Free delivery.

Tree Lopping Services Available.

Phone: 0439 314 347

CLASSIFIEDS

SOLD!

$130 pcm $135 pcm $140 pcm

Early Bird Special 20m split . .

20m unsplit . .

G5938878

13 24 25

MURRAY RIVER REDGUM 12m split . .

6m split . .

3m split . .

Call 9744 4846

$125pcm $120pcm

Professional

“Guaranteed or your money back”

Our Professional Employment and Situations Vacant columns are reserved for advertisements which carry a SPECIFIC and GENUINE offer of employment.

All employment advertisements must state clearly the type of job offered and remuneration offered. (i.e. salary package, retainer plus commission or commission only).

"Commission only'' jobs are only accepted in these columns PROVIDED that this is clearly stated in the ad AND the employer is paying Workcover and Superannuation. If not, then these advertisements MUST be placed in an alternate classification such as Self Employment Opportunities.

Placing misleading advertisements is an offence against the Competition and Consumer Act and all advertisements are subject to the publisher's approval. For further advice contact the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on 9290 1800.

Whilst Metro Media Publishing make every attempt to screen job advertisements, WE DO NOT ACCEPT LIABILIT Y FOR ADVERTISERS WHO FAIL TO C O M P LY W I T H T H E S E REGULATIONS.

Training and Career Services

Business Franchise for Sale or Lease

32 SUNBURY & MACEDON RANGES WEEKLY

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G5927910AA-dc9Apr

www.woodbloke.com

Credit cards & Paypal Accepted in online store

Business For Sale

Sunbury

Rare opportunity to secure a great PART TIME business that can be operated from your home, with all custom by appointment only. Join a 70 branch national franchise that has been operating for over 25 years. This branch opened approx. 18 months ago as a “greenfield” business and has enjoyed excellent brand recognition and continues on a steady growth path. Long franchise tenure with exclusive territory rights - ability to split territory to create two separate businesses.

Adverse health issues are reluctantly forcing this sale.

Asking Price is $32,500 inclusive of all franchise transfer G5993199AA-dc7May and training fees, stock etc.

Call John on 0411 228 167 for a confidential discussion.

MAY 28, 2013

Call Bernadette: 0408 807 466

G5874178

For large Export Meat processing facilities in Brooklyn. Stability and long term employment opportunities available Duties include:

General Labouring Process Work Boning/Slicing/Knife Hand Picking & Packing Full training provided.

Must be Australian citizen or permanent resident.

Full time & Casual Positions, 5:30am Starts.

Experienced HR Manager/Consultant able to assist with FREE résumé assessment and career advice, Cover Letter, Key Selection Criteria and Interview Coaching www.provenresumeresults.com.au

ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE PREPARED TO ATTEND INFORMATION SESSION Eligibility Criteria Applies To Apply please call 8398 1723 or email your most recent resume to madmin@miss.vic.edu.au

DO YOU HAVE

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Is your Resume Successful?

Get the interviews for the job YOU WANT! Money back guarantee

Call Carolyn on Mob: 0431 304 296 Mobile Service

SELL! SELL! SELL!

WITH CLASSIFIEDS

13 24 25

One on One Nail Beauty Training

☎ 9379-6577

G5710520

Food Processors, Labourers & Skilled Staff Required

PHONE

www.fantasticnails.com.au

Manny 0418 570 249

Mt Macedon Trading Post Cafe´ & General Store Seeking an enthusiastic cafe´ all-rounder to work in our Mt Macedon cafe´. Food preparation and customer service skills necessary. 5 shifts available per week.

Please forward your resume´ to:

ADVERTISERS PLEASENOTE

03 5423 7103

“All prices include delivery”

G6036114

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A RÉSUMÉ WITH PROVEN RESULTS?

Phone Peter on

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elburnians are incredibly lucky to have the thriving wine-growing region of Macedon Ranges on their doorstep.

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More than 30 wineries, many familyowned, vibrantly complement an area already renowned as a foodie destination.

Macedon Ranges Vignerons Association treasurer and winery owner Eric Bellchambers says the region has plenty of cellar doors to visit. ‘‘The cool climate is what makes our wines so good. The cool, slow ripening of the grapes makes all the difference,’’ he says. ‘‘New wines being tried in the region include tempranillo, a Spanish red; nebbiolo and lagrein, which are Italian reds; and prosecco, an Italian sparkling wine.’’

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suited to the production of premium sparkling wine and also produces riesling, chardonnay, pinot noir, shiraz, merlot and cabernet sauvignon.

Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s economic development and tourism manager, Kylie Lethbridge, says each area of the shire produces a different variety of wine. ‘‘The southern wineries around Gisborne, Lancefield and Romsey tend to produce table wines from early ripening varieties like pinot noir and chardonnay – which also provide the base wines for the sparkling labels. ‘‘The drier, rolling hills of the north around Kyneton, Malmsbury and Baynton produce robust varieties that extend to riesling, merlot and full-bodied shiraz.’’

With numerous bus tours of the area available there is no excuse not to enjoy the many boutique wineries, cellar doors and vineyards in the area.

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Cheap, cheerful Mirage reappears Ewan Kennedy road tests Mitsubishi’s latest small car offering speakers, USB and AUX input. The LS has two additional speakers plus climate control airconditioning.

For a small car, headroom and rear legroom are impressive. A tight turning circle of 9.2 metres makes the Mirage nicely manoeuvrable in squeezy parking spots. All-round driver visibility is excellent thanks to a low belt line.

Handling is safe and secure though not what you call sporting.

Ride is good on all but the roughest roads, where the Mirage tends to get bumped about a fair bit. As a suburban car it’s more than adequate.

Typical fuel consumption will be in the five to six litres per hundred kilometre range in country driving, and seven to nine litres in tough commuting.

A great buy at a very modest price, the all-new Mitsubishi Mirage definitely leans in the ‘cheerful’ direction in the ‘cheap and cheerful’ class in Australia. It’s definitely worth a high place on your short list.

itsubishi Mirage was a major player in the small car scene in Australia during the 1970s and into the ’80s. It was built in Adelaide for much of its time on sale here.

Mirage faded from the local scene when the local branch of the giant Japanese company got into financial strife and closed its factories; but it’s reappeared.

The new Mirage has a price list beginning at a very low $12,990, plus on-roads, and takes on the established Suzuki Alto, Nissan Micra and Holden Barina in the cheap and cheerful class.

Mirage has a modern, youthful face with its wide-eyed headlamps and curvaceous bonnet.

The narrow grille opening and front bumper act as an air dam at its corners to ensure optimum airflow around the front, while a roof-mounted rear spoiler also plays a part in improving aerodynamics.

The sixth generation Mitsubishi Mirage comes from Thailand and is sold in Australia in three specification levels: Mirage ES, ES Sport and LS. All variants come with a CD player, two

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Youthful face: Big headlights and a curvaceous bonnet give the new Mitsubishi Mirage a cheeky look.

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Loss puts Bombers on outer

BY TEO PELLIZZERI ESSENDON is losing touch with the VFL top eight after a nine-point defeat to Collingwood at Victoria Park on Saturday.

The high-scoring shootout was entertaining for the 3000-odd crowd but not so enjoyable for the Bombers as Collingwood won 18.14 (122) to Essendon 17.11 (113).

The loss leaves Essendon with two wins and five losses, already six premiership points adrift of eighth spot.

Collingwood’s Kyle Martin was brilliant with six goals on Saturday. His performance was desperately needed by the Pies after a fast Essendon start. The Bombers led by 28 points in the open-

ing quarter, kicking the first five goals of the game unanswered.

But having taken 19 minutes to kick a goal, Collingwood then booted the next five in a row to hit the front by the two-minute mark of the second term.

The middle quarters were largely goal for goal, with Collingwood breaking the run of lead changes by booting back-to-back goals in the final three minutes of the quarter to lead by nine points at three-quarter-time.

Essendon drew to within three points when Matthew Bate sunk a 48m set shot two minutes into the last quarter, but Martin snapped a quick reply from the forward pocket to give the Pies breathing space. Daniher and Dell’Olio finished

the game with five goals each and Bate kicked three. ‘‘We were trying to put a stop to the shootout.

That’s not how we want to play all game,’’ Essendon coach Hayden Skipworth said. ‘‘We couldn’t get deep enough entries into our forward 50m and unfortunately they hit the scoreboard a lot more than we did. ‘‘We’ve got a habit of losing the close ones at the moment. That’s the third for the year.’’

Essendon returns to Windy Hill this Saturday to play reigning premier Geelong from 1pm.

For an extended report and more reaction from coach Skipworth go to sunbury weekly.com.au

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INBRIEF Basketball Sunbury Jets suffered two tough losses at the weekend, by three points and one point, in Big V Basketball men’s division 1. Melbourne University won 69-66 on Saturday night, with Sunbury’s Tom Moon (15 points) Jay Boyle (14) and Gavin Mitchell (13) leading the scoring. Visiting McKinnon Cougars won 76-75 on Sunday. Gavin Mitchell scored 28 points for the Jets.

Sunbury’s four-win, eight-loss record puts it 13th of the 16 teams in division one. In women’s division one, visitors Warrandyte proved too strong at Boardman Stadium on Saturday night.

The Venom won 80-62 to leave Sunbury’s women ninth on the table with two wins and eight losses.

Sunbury’s women play Hawthorn Magic at Boardman Stadium from 8pm on Saturday. The men play La Trobe City Energy at the same venue from 2pm on Sunday.

Soccer Sunbury United’s push towards the promotion places of FFV state league 3 north-west continued on Saturday with a 3-2 win against Westvale.

Sunbury is fourth on the table with 13 points, behind third-placed Banyule City on goal difference and top pair Sporting Whittlesea and Cairnlea, who are both on 15. Sunbury plays Melbourne University (eighth, 10 points) at Langama Park at 3pm on Saturday. In Men’s Metro League 1, Gisborne lost 3-0 to Bayside Argonauts on Sunday. Kyneton District won 2-0 against Moreland City in metro 2 north-west.

Swift sweep and out of reach

AFL Under-18s Vic Metro may not have kicked straight but its Calder Cannons connections were an important part of beating Queensland on Sunday. Sunbury’s Jason Cooke kicked two goals and Maribyrnong Park’s Touk Miller one in the 12.28 (100) to 9.6 (60) result in Brisbane. Miller was also in the best for Vic Metro. Keilor’s Western Jets connections James Sicily and Jake Greiser kicked a goal each, with Sicily named in the best. In the weekend’s other match, Vic Country thrashed Northern Territory, 22.13 (145) to 5.4 (34). Vic Metro’s next assignment is NWS/ACT at Princes Park in Carlton at 2.30pm on Sunday, June 9. TAC Cup action returns on Saturday with Calder Cannons playing Dandenong Stingrays at Highgate Reserve from 11.30am.

Riddell Bombers’ Cayley Armstrong, right, flies for the ball in the RDNL’s dominant win against the Kyabram league on Saturday. At far right, Romsey’s Toni Lind stretches for a loose ball.

For more action shots from Shawn Smits’ gallery go to sunburyweekly.com.au

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Late goal rush gets Ballarat home SUNBURY Lions’ interleague connections to the Ballarat Football League trumped Gisborne’s links to the Bendigo league on Saturday as one final burst decided the contest.

The Ballarat league kicked four goals in the last eight minutes to win 13.10 (88) to 8.17 (65) at Eastern Oval and return to the pointy end of the AFL Victoria Country Championship rankings.

Bendigo missed two key shots at goal in the mid stages of the final quarter with the game in the balance, leaving Ballarat to capitalise.

Redan’s Grant Bell, East Point’s Dan Jordan and North City’s Derick Micallef all goaled in the space of five minutes after the Bendigo League’s Rick Ladson missed a shot that would have put his side seven points up.

Sunbury’s Xavier Linton iced the game to start the celebration as Ballarat reclaimed fourth spot on the country championship rankings and shunted the Bendigo league to seventh.

Sunbury’s Brett Chambers, Melton South’s Leigh Burke and Ryan Luke from North City were stoic down back, especially early on when Ballarat was under fire.

Captain Jason McNamara and Redan’s Brendan Peace ran riot through the midfield, aided by the always-dominant Pat Cariss from Sunbury in the ruck.

And down forward, Micallef helped himself to four goals, three of which came in a row when Ballarat was 18 points down.

Bendigo’s misses in the final quarter summed up the day, after kicking 2.7 in the first quarter

when to waste what was a total control of the contest.

Brodie Filo won the Derrick Filo Medal as Bendigo’s best player. The umpires awarded their best to wingman Wayne Schultz.

Gisborne’s Ollie Messaoudi was crunched at the opening bounce but dusted himself off to be one of the Bendigo League’s best for the day.

Bulldogs show their worth In Under-18s, Gisborne players were among the best as six-goal Patrick McKenna, Patrick Trotta and Ethan Minns starred in a 25-point win against the Ballarat league.

Bendigo led at every change in the 14.11 (95) to 9.16 (70) victory.

McKenna dominated in the Bendigo forward

line to spearhead the victory, while Golden Square’s Harry Whittle scored three goals of his own.

Geelongs take top honors In the battle for No.1, Geelong Football League led from start to finish against Goulburn Valley, winning 15.24 (114) to 11.15 (81).

Geelong will play Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League in next year’s 1 v 2 match after the MPNFL beat Ovens and Murray 15.10 (100) to 7.13 (55).

Top 10 matches next year will pit Goulburn Valley against Ballarat, Ovens and Murray against Hampden, Bendigo against Gippsland and Sunraysia against Murray.

— with Pat Nolan/Ballarat Courier and Luke West/ Bendigo Advertiser

Ballarat hits back for win

Team spirit trumps Bendigo IN a bold statement, Ballarat Football League coach Ben Jordan said his outfit could beat any other league on its day.

Jordan heaped praise on his side after beating the Bendigo league, not for outstanding individual performances but for the way it worked together.

“If we can play the game on our terms we can beat anyone,” he said. “People potentially underestimate the Ballarat league for the depth and the strength of good players that play in the league.

“It’s not a big-money league. We don’t have superstars running around and we don’t have ex-AFL players. What we’ve got is we’ve got the town of Ballarat and five clubs outside of Ballarat that are strong football areas and have a strong football culture and we’ve got fantastic juniors.”

Jordan praised the commitment his team had shown to training and preparation throughout the campaign.

“People always say ‘who have you got in your comp that have played 100 AFL games or that’s played in an AFL premiership?’ Well, I don’t know.

“What I know is that we’ve got a really good, strong core of footballers and if you get them together and playing for each other then this is the sort of result the league can have.”

Bendigo coach Jeff Brennan was left to lament poor kicking early in the match and his team’s failure to seize big moments in the final term.

“Clearly, missed opportunities have cost us today,” he said.

“We started brilliantly with the way we wanted to play, but we just didn’t kick goals and it put us under pressure.

BALLARAT Netball League may have been light for players from the Eastern Bloc but left the interleague round a winner after overcoming Bendigo by four goals on Saturday.

Bendigo was fastest out of the blocks to lead by six early, but Ballarat came back and had the edge in the last quarter of the 39-35 win.

North Ballarat City’s Stacey McCartin was best on court.

The Bendigo FNL open team which played Ballarat was Abby Gilmore, Jordan MacIlwain, Annie Stewart, Carly Geary, Tiarna Newman, Maddy Stewart, Bridget Chambers and Teigan Redwood.

Bacchus Marsh goaler Susan Dalmau was the only player from an Eastern Bloc club involved in the match.

Winners are grinners: Ballarat league players, some having exchanged their guernseys with their Bendigo league opponents, celebrate after Saturday’s win.

“For the amount of footy that went in, we probably should have kicked eight goals in that first quarter. Instead it was just two. ‘‘It’s a very disappointing result.”

Bendigo all the way In the under-17 netball, Bendigo led at every quarter to beat Ballarat 40-22.

Melton South’s Monique Clark was awarded best on court for Ballarat, while Kyneton’s Jess Mangan was a key player for Bendigo.

— With Pat Nolan, Ballarat Courier, and Luke West, Bendigo Advertiser

Match sealer: Sunbury’s Xavier Linton kicked a key goal in the dying stages of the Ballarat league’s win.

Picture: Ballarat Courier MAY 28, 2013

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Soaring success: Romsey’s Angus Storey (left) flies for a ball-up in the under-18 match.

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Clean sweep for Riddell Day out: Macedon’s James Wright was the stand-out on a dominant day for the Riddell league.

Picture: Shawn Smits

Celebrating day when it all went Wright

BY DANIEL PAPROTH ON a day in which just about every one of his teammates won his respective position, James Wright stood out above the rest.

As the Riddell and Kyabram District Football Leagues gathered opposite each other for the presentations the medal could have gone to any number of players — Melton Centrals livewire Nathan Richardson; Riddell’s Matt Sammut had plenty of the ball; backmen Daniel Gregory (Sunbury) and John Ryan (Diggers Rest) resembled mobile brick walls.

But coach Matt Power

smiled as he called up Macedon’s Wright, who was originally named on the interchange bench.

Wright, the Cats’ only representative in the team that lined up on Saturday, was brilliant throughout the afternoon, kicking four goals and looking dangerous whenever the footy was near him.

Wright said he was thrilled to win the medal in the RDFL’s return to interleague footy.

“It feels good,’’ he said. ‘‘Obviously this is our first time back in the VCFL Championships for a while, so to get a good win with a good bunch of blokes is very positive.

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“It’s good to finally be back in and there was a good response to it. Everyone put their hand up and gave a good account of themselves today.”

Wright said the win would have been even greater had the team kicked straighter.

“We kicked 20 points . . . if we’d put them away earlier the game might have been easier early on,’’ he said. ‘‘But, to the boys’ credit, we stuck at it and actually came away with a pretty big win.”

Of his own form he said: “It’s good to get a kick. ‘‘If you can’t get a kick on days like this . . . it was perfect weather. It was a good day.”

IT was success after success for the Riddell District Football Netball League at Tatura Showgrounds, with the junior football and senior and junior netball sides all enjoying comfortable victories.

The senior netballers ran away late against Kyabram District, taking every quarter in a 64-27 win.

Romsey’s Hope Hamilton and Melton Centrals’ Renee Hulls were a class above under the net but the RDFL had winners all over the court, holding Kyabram to just nine goals in the second half.

Coach Kim Bailey, from Sunbury Lions, said the victory showed the strength of the netball in the Riddell League.

“We were really disciplined today; the girls seemed to gel all the way down the court,” she said.

“The scoreboard might have looked decisive but it wasn’t as Kyabram were hard to play against. But the girls were able to stand up to the pressure.”

The under-17 girls beat the KDNL 52-22 in a dominant performance.

In under-18s football, the RDFL was never challenged.

Its quarter time score of 5.6 (36) was more than Kyabram’s final score of 3.3 (21) and the RDFL ran out easy 117-point winners.

The KDFL managed just one point to quarter time and kicked two of its three in the final term.

Dominant Danni: Romsey’s Danni Davidson won the AFL Victoria Country medal for her starring role in the senior netball victory.

Rupertswood’s Jayden Muscat was awarded the AFL Victoria Country medal in the 20.18 (138) to 3.3 (21) win.

— Daniel Paproth More pictures: See page 39 for more action from the RDFNL interleague round and log on to sunburyweekly.com.au for more from Shawn Smits’ action gallery

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Riddell comes back with a vengeance

BY DANIEL PAPROTH THE Riddell District Football League made a triumphant return to interleague football at the weekend, belting the Kyabram District by 77 points at Tatura Oval.

Thumping wins for the under-18s and both the seniors and under-17 netballers capped off an extraordinary day for the Riddell District at the AFL Victoria Country Championships, the league’s first appearance in the event since 1995.

The 16.20 (116) to 5.9 (39) win in senior football means the RDFL climbs to 30th in the VCFL rankings and will play the 29th-ranked league in 2014.

Under coach Matt Power, the RDFL assembled a powerful squad that dominated the KDFL for

most of the afternoon in what turned out to be a total mismatch.

But Riddell’s inaccuracy meant the final margin flattered Kyabram, which was no match for the breadth of talent in the RDFL side.

It was a jittery start by both teams as they sized each other up.

Riddell’s Matt Darby marked strongly on the lead in the first minute but missed, and it wasn’t until the seventh minute that the KDFL’s Paul Arandt kicked the first goal.

The RDFL controlled the next 10 minutes, marking inside 50 on multiple occasions, but couldn’t convert.

Rockbank’s Matthew Krul missed several early and, despite eight scoring shots to five, Riddell trailed at quarter time after Chris McKay

Show of strength: Rupertswood’s Mitchell Gaunt tries to shrug a KDFL tackle.

kicked Kyabram’s second. Trailing on the scoreboard but dominating both in general play and in the air, the RDFL broke the game open in the second quarter.

Sunbury talls Jamie Cuffe and Leigh Fishenden rotated between the ruck and full forward, which frustrated the KDFL at the stoppages.

Riddell’s Matt Sammut came alive during the term, driving the ball forward to Romsey’s Cameron Dawson, who kicked two goals and had several assists.

Kyabram barely got the ball into its half of the ground and when it did it was frustrated by the stonewall defence of Sunbury’s Daniel Gregory and Diggers Rest’s John Ryan, the pair seldom losing a contest.

Five more goals in the third quarter saw

Riddell’s lead blow out to 50 points before the KDFL kicked a late goal.

Macedon’s James Wright, Melton Centrals’ Nathan Richardson and Sunbury’s Matt Welsh were all brilliant, Welsh kicking two goals from a plethora of forward 50 entries and Wright four.

Sunbury’s Tierone Cuffe popped his shoulder out but was back on the ground soon after, kicking a goal barely 10 minutes later.

The RDFL kicked six goals to Kyabram’s one in the final term and, with Riddell so far ahead, the match fizzled out.

Power named Wright best on ground, one of many winners the RDFL had across the park.

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Ears ringing: Melton Centrals’ Nathan Richardson makes his presence felt.

Huge thrill for winning coach AFTER an 18-year absence from interleague football, few people were as happy when the siren sounded as Riddell senior coach Matt Power.

“We are rapt to be back,” he said after the win over Kyabram.

“It’s an overwhelming thing, pretty exciting, and our players showed today how excited we are to play in it.”

Power is a stalwart of the Riddell District Football League.

He won the Bowen Medal in 1995 — the last time the RDFL contested interleague — as a Sunbury Lion and was part of the Lions’ premiership team in 1996.

In 2010 he coached Riddell to the flag and stepped down at the end of last year.

He jumped at the opportunity to coach the interleague team and said he had loved the experience.

“It’s been really good, from start to finish, from training and picking the squad to now,’’ he said. ‘‘To win on our first time back in 18 years made it a really enjoyable day.”

Despite the early inaccuracy Power said he was confident the RDFL would work their way in front.

“I had a lot of faith in the players, they were holding their structures and playing the way we wanted them to play,” he said.

“Obviously bad kicking is bad football but I knew if we turned that around we’d get on top, and we did.”

Power said the team had winners all over the ground.

“That’s how we saw it,” he said.

“John Ryan and Daniel Gregory were outstanding as were the blokes around them, James Wright is a class act and he proved that today, Alex Desmond acquitted himself well.

“We had a really good balance right across the board with our smalls and talls. So congratulations to the blokes who picked the side, they got it right today.”

Asked where the win would put the RDFL in the VCFL rankings, Power was blunt.

“We don’t care. We’re just rapt to be back and rapt to produce what we did today, ’’he said. ‘‘We’re building a culture so we can produce what we did today going forward.”

— Daniel Paproth

Top of the pack: Romsey’s Cameron Dawson got hands to this attempt but could not drag in mark of the day.

Picture: Shawn Smits MAY 28, 2013

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