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and his team will celebrate this weekend as they mark 80 years since the historic Toscana Olive Planation was founded at Laharum, south of Horsham. The grove was planted in 1943 amid the Second World War, and during a time when olive oil was not commonly used in Australian cooking. It has since survived fire, drought and harsh pruning. Story, page 17.
Horsham’s City to River redevelopments will be at the forefront of conversations with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today.
Mr Albanese is visiting Horsham to officially open the riverfront activation project and water play park at the Wimmera River.
The $3.1-million riverfront activation project and $2.45-million nature and water play park were completed earlier this year under stage one of a City to River Masterplan.
A Federal Coalition Government contribution of $1.65 million, a State
Labor Government grant of $500,000, and $850,000 from Horsham Rural City Council funded the riverfront activation project.
A $2.1-million grant from a Victorian government Sport and Recreation Victoria Stimulus program and $350,000 from a Federal Government Local Roads and Community Infrastructure program funded the water play park.
Mr Albanese said he was pleased to visit Horsham for the official opening of the park.
“It will be great to see the Wimmera River and hear from the angling club about how the revitalised riverfront is going,” he said.
“This project gives the people of Horsham new and improved ways to enjoy the beautiful river, which runs through their town.
“The revitalisation work along the Wimmera River will keep drawing in tourists keen to explore the Wimmera region, its many national parks, and enjoy the good company of the friendly locals.”
The council’s co-ordinator of community relations and advocacy Susan Surridge said the Prime Minister would speak with mayor Robyn Gulline and chief executive Sunil Bhalla during his brief visit to Horsham.
“They will highlight both projects completed through the City to River
Masterplan stage one riverfront works and future advocacy projects,” she said.
“The completion of the nature and water play park and other riverfront enhancements is exciting.
“Years of planning have gone into these projects, including the important work of the community reference group.
“It is great to see the final product ready for community use.”
The play park, near Horsham Rowing Club on Barnes Boulevard along the Wimmera River, includes all-accessible play stations for children of all ages and will open year-round.
Play elements include a gently-flow-
ing watercourse, manually-operated hand pumps, systems of adjustable dams and weirs, spray heads and pop jets, small boulders for climbing, logs for balancing, stones for jumping along and sand pits. Other riverfront activation projects included timber platforms overlooking the river, pergolas, barbecue shelters, pathways and landscaping for a café site.
Member for Mallee Anne Webster said it ‘felt like yesterday’ she was in Horsham in 2019, with then-deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, to announce funding for the riverfront activation project.
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Horsham Rural City Council road crews have completed the first stage of Polkemmet Road widening works.
A total of 1830m was extended from 3.7m to 6.2m, marking the completion of stage one at the southernmost section near Natimuk.
It means that two B-double trucks can pass each other without moving off the road. Polkemmet Road was identified as high priority in HRCC’s Rural Road Network Plan which was developed through engagement with rural communities.
The Federal Government contributed $5 million to the $8 million project.
Eleven residents have officially become Australian citizens after they pledged their loyalty at Horsham Rural City Council’s Citizenship Ceremony at the Civic Centre on Wednesday.
Individuals and entire families from the United Kingdom, the Philippines and India received their citizenship in a ceremony conducted by Mayor Robyn Gulline.
The citizenship ceremony represents the final step in the journey for many new Australians.
HRCC conducts Citizenship Ceremonies on behalf of the Department of Home Affairs throughout the year, welcoming more and more new Australians to our community.
“It really is an honour to be part of such a significant day for these residents. It’s an opportunity for us to give a warm welcome to our newest citizens and acknowledge the importance of what it means to become a member of the Australian community,” Cr Gulline said.
“Citizenship is the common bond uniting all Australians, whether you are an Australian by birth or by choice. Congratulations to those becoming Australian citizens on making their commitment to Australia,” she said.
Two months into the Better Sorted Waste services, Council’s waste team has reported excellent results from the nine rural glass collection points.
While rural residents do not have a kerbside collection for glass, out-oftowners have responded positively to the rural collections points across the municipality.
The collection points are being used regularly and there has been almost no contamination – that is to say there is only glass in the glass bins.
It’s a fantastic result and Council appreciates the rural community’s willingness to do the right thing.
Keeping other types of waste out of the glass collection means less time needs to be spent removing contaminates before the glass is crushed in Warracknabeal.
Once processed, the glass returns to Horsham to be used for rural road projects and footpath construction.
Q56/2023
MANUFACTURE, SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF GLASS SKIP BINS
Closes 10am, Thursday 8 June
Q57/2023
CONSTRUCTION OF PURPOSE BUILT STOCK YARDS
Closes 10am, Thursday 8 June
23/039
HORSHAM & NATIMUK HOUSING DIVERSITY & AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY
Closes 12noon, Friday 9 June
Q58/2023
AUDIT OF ACCESSIBLE CAR PARKING SPACES
Closes 5pm, Monday 19 June
All tender, EOI and RFQ details online at: www.eprocure.com.au/ horsham-rural-city-council
HRCC is seeking applications from Natimuk community members to join a Project Advisory Committee that will guide the implementation of the Natimuk Economic and Social Plan.
Committee positions will include:
• One Natimuk business operator
• One member with an interest in tourism
• One member with sustainability interests
• One member with recreation interests
• One older person (60 + years)
• One younger person (16-25 years)
Applications close Friday 9 June, 2023
More information and paper copy forms are available at Natimuk Post Office and the Civic Centre.
For Terms of Reference and to apply visit hrcc.vic.gov.au/ have-your-say
Tuesday will mark the end of an era for Horsham Rural City Band as members march from their current band hall to their new home at Jubilee Hall.
The band will relocate to the hall on Roberts Avenue in Horsham with a license term of 15 years, with two five-year extension options available.
The current band hall on O’Callaghan Parade will be demolished for a redevelopment of Horsham City Oval and Sawyer Park.
Band president Karl Carman said marching from the current band hall to a new rehearsal space was a fitting way to move.
“Marching was the way the band moved from the old location that burnt down in Pynsent Street,” he said.
“When the band built the hall in O’Callaghan Parade in 1969, members marched from Pynsent Street and the committee thought it was a fitting tribute to our old home to officially mark the move into the new home in a similar way.”
Mr Carman said the band would operate as usual as soon as the move was complete.
“We’re not planning on stopping or
It was back to business as usual at Latus Jewellers in Horsham – hours after the Firebrace Street store was broken into in the early hours of Thursday.
Shattered windows were replaced and owner Matt Latus was ensuring jewellery, including engagement rings, were ready for weekend collection.
Police taped off the corner of Firebrace and McLachlan streets during the morning, and are continuing investigations after two men gained access to the store between 4.42am and 4.48am on Thursday.
Mr Latus said he got a rude awakening when his security alarms alerted his phone to the incident.
“Someone has come up with a car and smashed all the windows along the side of the shop. They’ve hit them with sledge hammers and been able to just get their hands in,” he said.
“We’ve lost quite a few dress rings from the side window and we have to change three windows and clean it all
slowing down – the facilities at Jubilee Hall will allow us to continue to provide the services we do now and continue to grow,” he said.
“The hall is a little bit bigger in terms of rehearsal space, so we have room to expand, which was one of our focuses.
“We have gone from a membership of 10 in 2017 and now our membership base is 72. We’re hoping to continue that further with our development program and connections through Horsham College.”
Mr Carman said it had been a journey to relocate, but the band was happy with the outcome.
“We negotiated with Horsham Rural City Council about what we required in a facility and we have been able to successfully reach a conclusion, which is good,” he said.
“At the start, I don’t think the council quite understood what we needed, or what we had and how we used it.
“We were able to show them what we need and why we need it – it was never a case of saying this is what we want just because we wanted it.
“Some suggestions in early drafts of licences and agreements were unsuitable and it wasn’t deliberate; staff just didn’t know how or why it was
unsuitable. Through the process, we explained that we need our own space, have access all the time and we need a big enough space to not severely impact how we operate.”
Mr Carman said the promise from
the council was no group at City Oval would be adversely affected and any group asked to leave the precinct would be found a new location of equal or better value.
“We have been successful in that and
with the council on board, were able to strike up a good deal for Jubilee Hall that fits our purpose,” he said.
“We’re really happy with how the council has stepped up to honour their promise to us, community reference group and community that groups displaced from Horsham City Oval would be looked after, properly.”
The council will also provide $10,000 to the band for the impact caused by the relocation.
The redevelopments to Horsham City Oval include a new community pavilion and football changerooms, netball pavilion and changerooms, two netball courts, an accessible grandstand, a bigger playing oval and a playground area.
The Horsham District and Wimmera football and netball leagues’ operations team will also relocate from Hocking Street to O’Callaghan Parade because its current building will also be demolished.
Horsham Pipe Band will join the Rural City Band at Jubilee Hall in the future as more redevelopments occur at City Oval.
The band will march from O’Callaghan Parade, departing at 6pm along Urquhart Street and concluding at Roberts Avenue.
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“I am proud of The Nationals’ record, delivering for communities right across Mallee,” Dr Webster said.
“When in government, we invested in these communities because we are a regional party with regional people at heart.”
Dr Webster said it was great to see the two projects completed.
“The Wimmera River is such an iconic part of Horsham, with this project going a long way towards making this precinct a hub for the community,” Dr Webster said.
“Generations to come will be able to come down, grab a coffee and enjoy their time in the tranquil surroundings of the river, or make use of the nature and water play park.”
Mrs Surridge said the council had invited government representatives to attend the opening.
out – which is a big job.” Family-run Latus Jewellers has been in business almost 80 years and Mr Latus said while break-ins were rare, they had occurred in the past.
“It’s one of the downsides of being on the corner – you’re easy to get at and away from,” he said.
“We’ve had the sides done a couple
of times, but the past six to seven years – nothing. With the cameras installed, it’s been really good.”
A Victoria Police spokesperson said offenders were seen fleeing the scene in a ‘dark-coloured’ hatchback.
“Police were told a large amount of jewellery was stolen, the value of which is yet to be determined,”
the spokesperson said. The spokesperson said people who witnessed the incident, had CCTV or dashcam footage, or other information that could assist investigators could contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online via crimestoppers.com.au
“We are appreciative Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Jacinta Ermacora, Legislative Assembly member for Western Victoria, can visit Horsham for this event,” she said.
“The riverfront projects are a great example of all levels of government – local, state and federal – working together for the benefit of local communities.”
Grampians Tourism is focusing on attracting international visitation and working with new technology as tourism slows during winter.
Grampians Tourism chief executive Marc Sleeman said as international borders gradually reopened, it was a prime opportunity to position the region as a major naturebased destination.
“We use the Grampians Peaks Trail and Grampians Gariwerd National Park as the major attracter for the destination,” he said.
“Before COVID, the international market represented revenue worth $20 million for our region so as borders reopen, the international market will continue to play a key role in the visitor mix for our destination.
“We’re working strongly on profiling the new Grampians Peaks Trail 100 Miler Trail Race from November 23 to 26.
“We’re also in the middle of our annual tactical marketing campaigns to attract visitors during periods when it is traditionally quiet, such as leading into winter.
“We make sure we introduce several campaigns that will help position the region and continue to grow visitation for our tourism operators right across the Grampians.”
Mr Sleeman attended the Australian Tourism Exchange and Destina-
tion Victoria forum on the Gold Coast in Queensland last month.
He said the four-day event enabled leaders to engage with international tourism trade delegates and position the Grampians as a destination on a global market.
“We had about 85 appointments across most of our eastern and some western markets, including Qantas Holidays,” he said.
“Each year, Tourism Australia, which looks after the promotion of Australia globally, hosts an event and invites key distribution partners to Australia – all the travel agents from across the world who ‘sell’ Australia.
“There were about 1500 Australian seller delegates and about 600 buyer delegates from 30 countries.
“The event brought together Australian tourism businesses and tourism wholesalers to conduct scheduled appointments and we participated in networking events where we were able to connect with key industry partners and help sell our region globally.”
Mr Sleeman said Grampians Tourism primarily targeted UK, European and North American markets and received positive feedback from buyer delegates.
“Those markets have a propensity to travel to regional Victoria and the great announcement was that next year, the Australian Tourism
Exchange will be in Melbourne,” he said.
“We will be putting the spotlight on Melbourne and Victoria in 2024, which is very exciting and allows us to host important international buyers and get them out into our region to experience our destination first-hand.”
Mr Sleeman said the Destination Victoria event was for the Victorian travel trade and was a series of forums and presentations to educate the industry about trends and activities Visit Victoria was participating in.
“We had a number of Grampians Tourism operators and local government partners attend,” he said.
“From discussions there, I think the advancements in artificial intelligence, AI, are going to start to influence the way we deliver content from across the region.
“Bernard Salt, who is a business advisor, gave a presentation about why Victoria is a great place to invest in the visitor economy.
“The population of metropolitan Melbourne and, for us, the proximity to the fastest growing population base in Australia, is significant.
“Recent research showed 68 percent of Melbournians had not stayed overnight in regional Victoria. We’re on the doorstep of metropolitan Melbourne and 3.5 million people have not spent a night in our region. What an amazing opportunity for our destination.”
A reminder of the region’s history will come to life in Jeparit when the Wimmera Mallee Pioneer Museum opens its doors for its annual vintage rally this weekend.
Spanning nearly three-and-a-half hectares, the museum captures the pioneering times of the Jeparit region from the 1800s through to the mid 1900s. It covers a period of significant development in agriculture, from land-clearing to tractors
taking over from horses. Many of the items in the museum’s collection are in operating condition and will be showcased during the rally.
Among the exhibits and activities include vintage engines and cars, horse carriage rides, working horses, market stalls, blacksmith demonstrations and tractor and truck displays.
Organisers said the popular ‘Heritage Talks’ will return for this year
Centre for Participation’s Wimmera Food Collective has commenced a convenient new service selling fruit and vegetable boxes to people who want to eat healthier.
Wimmera Food Collective co-ordinator Jules Del Real said while the project was ‘small,’ she hoped it could become a force for good.
Formerly known as The Food Hub, Mrs Del Real said the project aimed to make produce more accessible to people, while growing the business and helping young people enter the workforce.
“Centre for Participation is trying to upskill young people to be work ready,” she said.
involve more young people and offer more products to customers.
“In our boxes, you pretty much get the everyday stuff,” she said.
“We do hope in the future to have more variations, including opportunities to provide workplaces with fruit boxes as part of their wellbeing strategies.”
Mrs Del Real said other initiatives from the Wimmera Food Collective, including the supply of produce such as okra used by multicultural communities, had potential to overlap.
“Occasionally in the boxes we will throw in something that isn’t traditional, Western food,” she said.
with contributions from Nhill Historical Society, Craige Proctor and a presentation on Clydesdale working horses.
There will be a church service on Sunday morning for those who would like to attend a service in a bush church setting.
In addition, there will be a wide variety of food and snacks and activities for children across the weekend.
Mrs Del Real said young workers would learn skills through packing boxes, making deliveries and serving customers.
“If they are pulling together a resume, this can come in handy,” she said.
She said the centre worked with youth, some of whom live with a disability, which could make finding employment challenging.
Mrs Del Real said she hoped as the business expands, it would be able to
She said the food collective used the services of a supplier who drove to Melbourne Market in the early hours of Monday.
Mrs Del Real said the fruit and vegetable boxes were available for pick-up or delivery between 3pm and 5pm on Mondays.
“Follow the Centre for Participation on Facebook, where we have a reminders throughout the week,” she said.
“It’s a simple online process to place an order.”
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Resource’s Avonbank mining project is on track to be operational within two years.
WIM Resource projects director Michael Winternitz said the mine was in an approval process, with construction to be finished in 2025.
The Avonbank mine at Dooen has a 36-year life and a deposit of a global mineral resource estimated at 490 million tonnes of ore.
In 2019, a mine test pit was excavated with more than 11,000 tonnes of ore removed and processed through a pilot-scale demonstration.
Mr Winternitz said rejuvenation of land at the mine site would be progressive.
“The landform will be fully reinstated into the ground and returned to farmland,” he said.
“Farmland would only be lost for four years, so it is temporary and we then return the land – we take five percent of mineral and 95 percent is put back.
“After our test pit was completed, we had positive rehabilitation and have harvested barley and lentils off the site with wheat planted this year. The rehabilitated land is safe and sta-
ble with good yields. Nobody will lose their land for a lifetime.
“We cannot mine on land we don’t own, so there are two options where we buy the land or arrange land access compensation and then lease or sell back the land.”
Mr Winternitz said the process to separate the zircon, rare earth and titania mined was chemical free.
“It’s a simple process using water and gravity through six to eight-metre spirals that separates the minerals from the tailings,” he said.
“We will widen the Wimmera Highway, so after minerals have been separated they can be transported by Bdouble trucks to the port at Portland.
“We will be able to recycle 60 percent of the water we use and have confirmed we can purchase water from GWMWater, which has the supply we require.
“On average, we would use 4.6 gigalitres a year and use an 8.5-kilometre pipeline from the Longerenong pump station.”
Mr Winternitz said for each year of the mine’s life, there would be the equivalent of 588 full-time jobs available in the Wimmera and southern
Seven Wimmera residents have proven that anything is possible, producing nearly 400 photographs across eight weeks as part a mindful photography course.
The group, who produced and edited images with their mobile phones, will display photographs in ‘The Possible’ exhibition, opening at Goat Gallery in Natimuk on Friday.
Viewers will see 56 images from each participant displayed on a large poster in chronological order, along with several of each person’s favourite photos.
The course, designed and run by Horsham woman Simone Dalton in partnership with Horsham Neighbourhood House, aimed to combine creativity and mindfulness and provide important connections through group learning.
Ms Dalton said the pilot project had exceeded expectations with participants, most of whom had not learned photography previously, creating a diverse and impressive portfolio of works.
“The course was inspired by the Instagram #photoaday where participants engage in daily creativity through photography,” she said.
“Outcomes went beyond the images, with the group becoming great friends and supporters through a closed social media site where they posted their work.”
Themes included the home, backyard, streets, nature, portraits, meaning in life and black and white.
“Participants also honed their editing skills and viewers will see some impressive results of combining a phone, an app and plenty of imagination and hard work,” Ms Dalton said.
“We wanted to show that anything is possible and were lucky to receive a ‘quick response grant’ through Regional Arts Victoria, which has allowed us to print images and hold the exhibition.”
Participant Charlie Helyar said the project helped him slow down and see and appreciate things he normally missed.
“I created memories, stopped time,
Mallee. “There are direct and indirect jobs that will be significant for the region,” he said.
“From boilermakers, plumbers and electricians to earth movers and geologists, they will all be necessary.
“We’re also working with the Minerals Council of Australia to develop a certification for entry-level jobs in the mine.”
Mr Winternitz said WIM Resource also sponsored schools to be involved in an earth sciences program.
“We want to introduce earth sciences to students earlier in their education, so schools receive rock kits and host an instructional day to talk about opportunities in the industry,” he said.
Mr Winternitz said the workforce would come from people who lived in the Wimmera and southern Mallee –both current residents and people who moved to the region.
“For construction, we are hoping to use as much local labour as possible,” he said.
“Feedback from the community indicates they do not want investment into temporary accommodation and would rather people live in the region.
“Research has shown the region would be able to absorb new people who moved to the area.
“The mine will be here for a long time, so the people working there will have to become part of the community and not be fly in-fly out.”
WIM Resource liaison officer Murray Wilson said the organisation was working closely with Wimmera Southern Mallee Development, formerly known as Wimmera Development Association, and Regional Development Victoria.
“We have been working on outlining the requirements we need initially for housing and what we would generate going into the future for the community,” he said.
“This is not just about Horsham; there is scope for smaller towns in our region to increase development and attraction from this project, too.”
Mr Winternitz said studies done for an Environment Effects Statement, currently part of the approval process by an independent panel, showed there would be limited impacts to the surrounding residents.
“We studied the air quality baseline for 12 months and the Environment Protection Authority, EPA, is comfortable changes will not exceed limits and the health risk is minor, which is
positive. We also studied how much noise would impact Longrenong College or residents at Dooen and Jung and we modelled a worst-case scenario,” he said.
“The noise levels did not exceed the EPA criteria and we will work to keep noise levels as low as possible as we will run the mine 24 hours a day.
“In terms of water, no farmers at the mine site use groundwater for their crops and we won’t be damaging the Dooen swamp.
“In the end, we will be freshening the groundwater because any water we lose and cannot recycle will be fresher than the current water, which is high in saline – so that’s a positive.
“Risk to animals and plants from radiation is also low and the tailings we will return to the ground will be cleaner as they will have less radioactive material.
“We have modelled the worst-case scenario again and radiation levels are magnitudes below where authorities would be concerned.”
Residents can visit WIM Resource’s showroom on the corner of Hamilton and Darlot streets in Horsham for more information and to ask the team questions regarding the project.
Simone Dalton, Charlie Helyar and Mellisa Hancock prepare for their photography exhibition, ‘The Possible’ which opens at Goat Gallery, Natimuk on Friday.
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paused and reflected. Just reach out, grab your phone and take the shot,” he said.
Debra Jubb enjoyed being able to exaggerate features or a mood that she could not quite capture before, and experiment with sending her own messages.
“The greatest pleasure, over the eight weeks, has been hearing when that message was received,” she said.
Di Bell described the process as
a ‘whole new journey’ in life and Tracey Francisco enjoyed embracing filters to ‘define, enhance and create; thus releasing the budding artist within’, while Mellisa Hancock now truly believes you cannot take ‘too many’ photos.
Katherine Hollaway learned that nature, in all its glory, remains the greatest artist of all, while Scott Neill says he ‘discovered who I am again through this wonderful process’.
The Possible opens on Friday at 6pm and runs the following two weekends from 10am to 2pm at the Goat Gallery Natimuk.
The project has support from the Federal Government’s Arts and Cultural Development Program, Regional Arts Australia and Regional Arts Victoria.
People wanting to register for the exhibition opening can go to trybooking. com/events/landing/1063160
BY ABBY WALTER
Afinal report for the regulatory investment test for the Victoria to NSW Interconnector West project has confirmed a preferred option for a new high-capacity transmission line.
The Project Assessment Conclusions Report, PACR, confirms ‘five A’ as the preferred option and geographic area.
The report charts a broad corridor that connects the Western Renewables at a terminal station at Bulgana, near Stawell, and crosses the Murray River north of Kerang, which connects with EnergyConnect in New South Wales at Dinawan substation.
Before the publication of the PACR, Energy and Resources Minister Lily D’Ambrosio announced a Ministerial Order under the National Electricity Act 2005 to identify the preferred option and progress work to identify a final route through consultation with landowners, Traditional Owners and community stakeholders.
Australian Energy Market Operator, AEMO, is responsible for planning the Victorian transmission network, known as the AEMO Victorian Planner, AVP.
Northern Grampians shire mayor Kevin Erwin said he was ‘astonished’ at the ‘brazen disregard’ for community views following the publication of the preferred project corridor.
“This community has spoken up often and spoken up loudly since the proposal was first announced in February,” he said.
“AEMO’s own report notes that 53 percent of the total individual submissions received were from farming communities within the Northern
Grampians shire. Of those submissions, the majority are outright opposed to the project on the basis it will have an irreversible and detrimental impact on their homes and businesses, and this cost will be generational.
“In the absence of any answers to landowners’ concerns about how transmission would impact the normal operation of farm enterprises, this is the only logical position they could reach.
“Landowners need clear and concise answers to the questions they have asked and not simply to refer them to some other arrangement as a reference to how it might work here.”
AVP group manager Nicola Falcon said consultation and stakeholder feedback had contributed to the proposed option to maximise benefits to electricity consumers and unlock Victoria’s renewable energy potential.
“The feedback received has helped us identify a preferred option for the critical transmission line – a variant of the previously proposed option – that delivers the most benefits for consumers and more electricity generation from three renewable energy zones in Victoria and NSW,” she said.
“By crossing the Murray River further north-west, the project can also avoid some sensitive cultural areas and prime irrigation land identified in feedback from local communities and avoid the habitat of the endangered Plains-wanderer.”
Landholders with properties in the proposed corridor will have a landholder liaison officer assigned to them.
“Farmers and landholders will be able to sit down with their landholder liaison to better understand how the land is used today and how to mini-
FIVE A: A five to 50-kilometre-wide area of interest was developed with information from landholders and community members, and extensive engineering and environmental assessments. By July, the area will be narrowed to a preferred corridor of 500 metres to one kilometre.
mise land use impacts through design, and to discuss appropriate compensation if they were to host the transmission infrastructure,” Ms Falcon said. No
Cr Erwin said the council ‘repeatedly implored’ AEMO to treat the community with respect.
“If people are being asked to host nation-building infrastructure, they need to be acknowledged for what they are being asked to forfeit to make this possible,” he said.
“This report and the accompanying government order continues with accelerating the infrastructure, with the community asked to respect the process when no respect has been shown
or trust established.” Member for Mallee Anne Webster said the State Government had taken another step to accelerate the VNI West project at the expense of Mallee landholders.
“This is the second time in three months the Minister has used her power to push through with a Ministerial Order to control the VNI West plan, and, cynically, she has done this new order on a Saturday to avoid the news cycle and any scrutiny,” she said.
“Communities were already being railroaded into what was option five, now at the stroke of a pen AEMO has option five A on the table.
“AEMO has said it will continue
ongoing consultation as it works to refine the route.
“The consultative process has provided no confidence to Mallee constituents so far and there is no evidence, despite the rhetoric, that it will do so.”
Victorian Farmers Federation, VFF, president Emma Germano said Ms D’Ambrosio used ‘extreme’ powers to ‘come over the top’ of farming communities and force transmission towers to be built on their land.
“The VFF called on the government to put a pause on these projects, take over their planning and get the policy settings right so communities are respected, and landholder rights are protected,” she said.
“Instead, they have done the complete opposite by giving AEMO unfettered powers to send the bulldozers over our farms.”
Ms Germano said the five A proposal included new communities to transmission development without consultation.
“Yet again, the government has allowed AEMO to announce a new transmission route in the dead of the night, without one jot of consultation with the farmers that could be impacted,” she said.
“We want to be able to say that Victoria’s plan for transmission is the best in the country, that it takes into account our food and fibre security as well as our energy security at a time when the cost of living is biting every Victorian family.”
Stakeholders are encouraged to share their local knowledge via an interactive map on the TCV website, transmissionvictoria.com.au to help inform the route selection process.
The Weekly Advertiser editorial director, Jessica Grimble, nailed all the key points of volunteering in her May 24 editorial titled ‘Let’s share the load, start volunteering’ – including the serious decline in numbers volunteering since COVID, which has now left many groups, events and organisations wondering how long they can continue.
As a person who has volunteered ever since my teenage years, it has brought so much to my life, and continues to do so.
The new friendships and connections continually, the excitement when someone new joins your group and brings new ideas and skills with them.
The new approach of trying something else when you join a different group.
It helps to keep us all fresh and improves our wellbeing.
Recently we saw the amazing amount of money raised by the volunteers of the hospital auxiliary for much needed equipment at the hospital, which will now help others.
These hardworking volunteers are making a big difference.
But I wonder as groups are desper-
ately needing volunteers, could we approach this differently?
We have so many retirees and semiretirees and maybe young mums or others who, for whatever reason, may wish to try something different or to feel they are making a difference in our community, which in turn can then improve their health and wellbeing.
It’s a basic human need to feel connected and to feel we have value and make a difference.
Some food for thought: Could we have a volunteers wanted listing in the local media showing where volunteers are needed and type of help required, and how they can make contact?
Can you help boost our local groups or events?
Does anyone have a suggestion for how we could manage this?
Remember that not everyone who could help is on social media.
Di Bell, Horsham
Victoria is broke
Under Labor, Victoria is broke.
In a budget that highlights total financial incompetence, the Andrews government is making life harder for regional Victorians with funding slashed in key areas such as roads,
health and agriculture. On health, there is no plan in this budget to solve regional Victoria’s workforce issues. This will only leave more Victorians on waiting lists, struggling to receive the urgent care and treatment many desperately need.
In fact, Labor has cut a further $1 billion from the health system after cutting $2 billion in last year’s budget, despite the crisis gripping the system. There is also no funding in this budget for desperately needed hospital infrastructure in Mildura, Shepparton, Bairnsdale, or countless other regional communities.
Our crumbling regional roads will also be left to disintegrate with maintenance funding slashed by 45 percent since 2020, with $260 million cut in this year alone.
Labor is risking the lives of Victorian motorists by taking money from the Transport Accident Commission to try hide their mountain of debt, leaving life-saving road safety initiatives on the cutting room floor.
These savage cuts come despite deaths on Victorian roads being up a shocking 30 percent on this time last year and following Federal Labor’s slashing of $1.3 billion from
It’stime to revisit the hand-washing, sanitiser and mask routine.
Conversations about COVID-19 and other illnesses are increasing and people are becoming more vigilant in recent weeks as illness spreads among the community.
Of course, COVID-19 hasn’t yet left us.
But as we saw about 12 months ago, when restrictions had eased well back and cooler weather arrived, we’re seeing widespread impacts in workplaces, among family and friends and within sport and other extracurricular activities as illness spreads.
Once glued to press conference updates about COVID-19, the news that 50 people living in Victoria died due to COVID-19 in the past week has somewhat, sadly, flown under the radar.
That’s the lives of 50 people, and 50 cohorts of family and friends who are grieving a loss.
That’s also an 18 percent increase compared to the previous week; and 12 percent more people were hospitalised with COVID-19 in Victorian hospitals during the same period.
The State Government is calling for people to exercise caution and ensure they are up-to-date with vaccinations as data shows 4.2 million Victorians are eligible for a booster dose.
We know the drill.
But the strict hygiene habits we adopted might
need a refresher – to ensure we all have the best possible chance of staying well.
The chief health officer provides six top-tips for staying ahead of COVID-19:
• Wear a high-quality and well-fitted mask
• Get your 2023 booster
• Let fresh air in – opening windows and doors, when you can, reduces the spread of the virus
• Get tested
• Stay at home for at least five days if you have symptoms
• Talk to your doctor – if you are at risk of falling very sick, you might be eligible for COVID-19 and influenza medicines, and early testing and diagnosis are important. With expanded criteria, more people are now eligible for COVID-19 medicines.
People wanting more information, and to access the most up-to-date information about COVID-19 in Victoria, can visit coronavirus. vic.gov.au or phone the Coronavirus Hotline on 1800 675 398.
Victoria’s roads. The regional development budget has also been halved from $211.5 million to $106.6 million in this year’s budget with funding slashed a devastating 80 percent since just 2020.
Funding for agriculture has not escaped the axe either, with a 34 percent funding cut and Daniel Andrews signing the final death warrant for our sustainable native timber industry and communities in the state’s east.
In a brutal State Budget, regional Victorians are being punished for the government’s own incompetence.
Peter Walsh, leader, The Nationals
Thank you for the generous reporting of ‘Managing the twilight years’ – an event presented by Horsham Combined Probus Club on May 10.
Without such coverage the attendance of 188 people from all over the Wimmera, and even a couple from Geelong, would not have been realised.
The feedback was very positive, giving the Horsham Combined Probus Club incentive to organise a similar event in the future.
Rae Decker, secretary, Horsham Combined Probus Club
The Drung South branch of the Country Women’s Association is getting ready to celebrate.
Our committee is seeking assistance to find past members, or those with any memorabilia, while the branch prepares to celebrate its 60th birthday.
We are holding a luncheon at the Horsham RSL on Wednesday, June 21.
Anyone who is interested, and wishes to attend, please contact M. Bergen on 0417 306 078 or J. Merrett on 0400 125 152.
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TheVictorian government and Australian Energy Market Operator, AEMO, have shown their true colours.
Despite backlash from the community regarding the Victoria-New South Wales Interconnector West corridor, also known as VNI West, from Bulgana to Pyramid Hill, and despite the evidence of farmers shutting down the main street of St Arnaud with a tractor blockade, and despite the warnings of energy market experts, they have pressed on with their transmission line project.
With another change to the route, which effectively ignores the consultation already done.
Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio made another ministerial order and now AEMO is looking at its next route – which snakes its way up past Kerang and into NSW.
How the Victorian government and AEMO unveiled their new ‘Option 5A’ is something out of a satire of how governments operate – akin to a plotline from the ABC TV show, The Hollowmen, or for older readers, the BBC’s Yes Minister.
Knowing they have an announcement that might upset some people, they made it on a Saturday – when people are too busy enjoying their weekend to be scouring the papers.
And that is exactly how this played out. There’s no surer way to beat the news cycle than to bury your story on a weekend and hope not too many are paying attention.
Even more galling is the fact AEMO went early and published their plans late last week before pulling them down abruptly, but not before local media and concerned farmers saw the release.
AEMO has said it will continue ongoing consultation as it works to refine the route.
But as I stated in Parliament recently, the consultative process so far has provided no social licence to the Labor government to push forward with this project.
From tokenistic consultation to smoke and mirrors, the community has little confidence consultation will improve.
The Federal Labor Government is also responsible for this shambles.
VNI West is one of the signature projects of the Federal Government’s Rewiring The Nation policy and Minister for Energy and Climate Change Chris Bowen has treated those concerned with the impact of the policy with contempt by rinsing and repeating his comments on social licence and its importance, but with no change in behaviour.
I will continue to stand with Mallee farmers and their communities against this disrespectful treatment, and make sure their voices are amplified at higher levels.
GenV is marking a two-year milestone at East Grampians Health Service.
GenV is a world-first study, tracking the health and wellbeing of Victorians from birth to old age, with the project aiming to better understand and treat the causes of health challenges such as asthma, food allergies and mental ill-health.
GenV Grampians area manager Rachael Cooper said the study reached a milestone recently with 90,000 participants – which includes babies and their parents –recruited across the state.
“In this region, GenV has been inviting families to join the program at East Grampians Health Service for the past two years,” she said.
“To date, 65 families have decided to join GenV after giving birth at East Grampians Health Service, making up a total of 171 babies and parents.
“GenV aims to be inclusive and represent a wide variety of families from all areas of the state.
“Families from the Ararat region who join GenV can ensure future research includes the unique needs of our local community.”
GenV is open to all Victorian families who have a baby from October 4, 2021 to October 4, 2023.
A GenV team member might visit people in hospital, or people can contact GenV via genv.org.au Murdoch Children’s Research Institute runs the study with the support of the Royal Children’s Hospital and The University of Melbourne.
The State Government and Paul Ramsey Foundation funds the study.
Healthcare providers across the Wimmera are receiving service contracts for a Commonwealth Home Support Program as councils transition away from delivering the program.
The change comes as the Federal Government implements changes to the aged care industry, including a standardised national and competitive approach to service delivery, and shifting to a model where the consumer controls their care and how much they are willing to pay for it – including who delivers it, where and when it is delivered.
The program provides funding for people aged 65 years and older or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people aged 50 years and older to access help with everyday tasks in their homes to maintain their independence and live safely.
Services include domestic assistance, home maintenance and gardening, personal care, meals, social support and transport.
Yarriambiack and Hindmarsh shire councils will no longer provide the Commonwealth Home Support Program, CHSP.
West Wimmera Health Service received the contract to provide services covering the area of southern Yarriambiack, including the towns of Minyip, Murtoa, Rupanyup, Kewell and Lubeck.
Rural Northwest Health received the services that will cover the area of northwest and central Yarriambiack, including the towns of Yaapeet, Hopetoun, Beulah, Brim and Warracknabeal.
Mallee Track Health and Community Service received the services that will cover the areas of north-east Yarriambiack, encompassing the townships of Patchewollock, Tempy and Speed, Turriff, Lascelles and Woomelang.
Annecto received the contract to provide services to the area covered in north-east and northwest Yarriambiack, working in partnership with Mallee Track to deliver domestic assistance to existing clients in the north-east area, with the potential to assist Rural Northwest Health where appropriate.
Services provided may include domestic assistance, flexible respite, home modifications, meals, personal care, social support and transportation.
Yarriambiack Shire Council mayor Kylie Zanker said the organisations were reputable and already established within the community. “These providers allow for a holistic model of
care for our community, which is something the council could not provide,” she said.
“Having home support care with organisations that provide acute, aged and other in-home care services makes sense.
“The transition to West Wimmera Health Service, Rural Northwest Health, Mallee Track Health and Community Service and Annecto has already commenced, and we will do everything in our power to ensure a smooth transition for our clients.”
Hindmarsh Shire residents will continue to access the program through West Wimmera Health Service.
West Wimmera Health Service chief executive Ritchie Dodds said the program was important for the ageing population.
“Given its link with health and wellbeing, the decision for our health service to assume responsibility for delivering it was an easy one,” he said.
“We are working closely with the council and are focused on ensuring the transition from their programs to ours is smooth and as worry and stress-free as possible for our clients.
“Ideally, we would like to see current community care staff come across from the council and consider employment with West Wimmera Health Service, which will assist in providing a smooth transition.
“CHSP clients can rest assured that contribution fees will be similar to what they are currently paying, with only the usual annual indexation increases being applied.”
The health service will deliver the program to eligible people who reside in the Hindmarsh Shire including Nhill, Jeparit and Rainbow, plus areas such as Dimboola and Gerang Gerung not currently serviced.
The new service providers will officially take over from July 1.
West Wimmera Shire Council announced earlier this year it would continue to provide the program.
The council committed to providing additional resources in line with new clinical governance compliance obligations.
West Wimmera Shire mayor Tim Meyer said the council was committed to the ongoing delivery of Commonwealth-funded aged care services, which seek to support the participation, independence and quality of life of older residents.
EXCHANGE: Grampians Community Health’s Leanne Bell and Kate Muller are calling for donations of winter coats for people in need across the region.
Picture: PAUL CARRACHERGrampians Community Health’s winter coat exchange program is warming hearts and bodies across the region.
Customer engagement program leader Kristy Price said the initiative called on people to donate coats to any of the health service’s offices for others to take home.
She said coat racks in reception areas at Ararat, Stawell and Horsham were always popular.
“We started the program in 2019, acknowledging that some of our customers were without warmer clothing,” she said.
Mrs Price said calls were initially made for staff to donate, but this was quickly opened up to the community.
She said there was no restriction on sizing,
and coats would be sent across Grampians Community Health sites to ensure they were available to everyone who needed one.
“It is the least we can do in the colder times, to be able to give someone a warm coat,” she said.
Mrs Price said the service was always seeking more coats, in good condition.
“The initiative aims to let people know that they matter, and that their basic needs matter to Grampians Community Health,” she said.
“The organisation has received plenty of positive feedback about the program.”
Mrs Price said people wanting to donate could visit any Grampians Community Health office.
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Rehearsals are underway for Horsham College’s latest drama production – the first to be staged in front of a crowd since 2019.
The school’s production of Cinderella, which will be showing from August 17 to 19, comes after the 2021 performance of Matilda was hindered by COVID-19 protocols.
Director Emily Friedrichsen said there would be three evening shows, with an 11am show on the last two days offering cheaper rates for school groups.
“It is the 2014 Broadway edition of Cinderella and we are actually the first school group or amateur group anywhere in the world to do this version,” she said.
“That’s not something you get to do very often.”
Mrs Friedrichsen said this new version of the story was chosen because of a changing of values.
“It’s based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein Cinderella, which is years old now, and with the times things change,” she said.
“There are a couple of new little story plots in there and a couple of twists which fit with today’s society.”
Mrs Friedrichsen said the production would be one of the first opportunities students had to engage in drama and performance in recent years.
“We’ve also worked with the cast we had and given more kids an opportunity to have lead roles,” she said.
“After the past several years of not doing anything, we wanted to offer as much opportunity to our students as possible.”
Assistant director Olivia Davis said the effects of COVID were front of mind when Cinderella was chosen.
“I think COVID has changed the interest level a little bit and made people second guess what they can and cannot do,” she said.
“What we saw in the auditions lent itself to this show.”
Mrs Friedrichsen agreed the show was also a broader attempt to revitalise drama at the school.
“Our most senior students who are involved, in years 11 and 12, have only really got to do one or two shows. Everybody else – year seven to year 10 – are all new,” she said.
“We are pretty much rebuilding the program from scratch, which is an exciting challenge in itself.
“I don’t think it is just the produc-
tion this has happened to – it is all sporting communities, dance programs, all extra-curricular activities.”
Sienna Walsgott, who has the role of Cinderella, said she was looking forward to seeing how the show turned out.
“I’m really excited. It’s my first lead role with Horsham College and the cast is really fun and welcoming,” she said.
Harriet Overman, who is playing the Fairy Godmother, said she was looking forward to performing in front of an audience.
“It’s my last show, because I’m in year 12, so hopefully it gets to be on the stage,” she said.
“We were in Matilda and that obviously didn’t get to be on stage.”
Neeve Kelly said she was drawing
on her experiences in Matilda to play one of the stepsisters.
“I’m actually really excited,” she said.
“The last production I did at school was Matilda and I got cast as the mum, so it’s kind of like the same level, which I’m actually really excited about.”
For Ebony Hart, who plays the other stepsister, Cinderella comes as a welcome chance to pursue her passion for drama.
Orlan Hart, who has been cast as the prince, said it had been good to return to rehearsals after the interruptions to school drama.
“It was a very big hit with COVID; it’s good to be back,” he said.
A Wimmera group is continuing its efforts to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer.
Wimmera Prostate Cancer Support
Group members and prostate cancer specialist nurse Mandy Johns will meet with people and gather donations at Horsham Plaza on Tuesday, as part of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia’s ‘Perfect Match for Men’s Health Week’, which starts on Monday.
Mrs Johns said one man was diagnosed with prostate cancer every 22 minutes in Australia and it would affect one-in-five men during their lifetime.
About 150 Horsham district men are diagnosed annually.
“The group and I wanted to get involved to contribute to research, which has helped to improve survival rates and makes a massive difference to men who are living with the disease,” she said.
Group leader Brian Nagorcka said his group was pledging $400 for the campaign.
Campaign sponsors Tyrepower and Hire a Hubby will double any donation made. Donations are tax deductable.
“Our aim is to help more local men gain access to clinical trials and new medicines,” he said.
“On average 15 percent of Australian men are diagnosed once the disease has spread outside the prostate, which means clinical trials are key to saving lives.”
People wanting information can go to perfectmatch.org.au or phone 1800 22 00 99.
Morning Melodies returns to Ararat RSL on Thursday next week.
Morning Melodies events welcome people to hear a free performance from Jan Pope, with a chance for a catch-up and morning tea.
The events starts at 10am on June 15.
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olive grove is reaching a significant milestone on Sunday with several events planned to mark the occasion.
Grampians Olive Co. will celebrate 80 years since the historic Toscana Olive Plantation was founded, with a harvest open day and small growers’ olive processing service.
Second-generation owner Greg Mathews said the Mathews family moved from Dandenong to take on the business 15 years ago, aiming to grow olives and expand operations.
“My parents had spent some time in Italy and experienced the magic of olives over there,” Mr Mathews said.
“My family has always loved the Grampians. We loved coming here on holidays.”
Mr Mathews said taking on the grove in 2008 had its challenges, but the family found its feet with mentoring from previous owners.
“It’s been a lot of hard work. We were thrown in the deep end and had to learn how to swim,” he said.
“The biggest change I have seen during my time has been the transition from hand-picking the olives to machine-picking.”
Mr Mathews said the decision to become a producer was easy because of the lifestyle it offered.
“I’ve always enjoyed good-quality food and wine and to be involved in that seemed logical,” he said.
With the 80th anniversary coming up, Mr Mathews said he felt ‘privileged’ to be carrying on the work of those who had come before him.
“We have to recognise the foresight of the founders,” he said.
He said the ‘forward-thinking’ was particularly remarkable because of the war context – the grove was planted in 1943 – and the fact that olive oil was not often used in Australian cooking at the time.
He said the olive grove was the biggest plantation in the Southern Hemisphere when it was first planted.
Mr Mathews said the olive grove had survived fire, drought and harsh pruning to survive. He said while these factors had taken a toll on the olive trees, the original roots remained in the soil.
“As far as we know, they are from the original planting,” he said.
Mr Mathews said the grove would be ‘firing up the pizza oven’ and serving wine for its annual harvest event, to celebrate the milestone.
“There will also be a full tour of the grove and there might even be some birthday cake for the special anniversary,” he said.
Mr Mathews said the business purchased a new, state-of-the-art olive press after the previous one had been in operation for 34 years and a pressing service would be offered on the day.
Stawell Performing Arts Company Inc is calling on the region’s performers to audition for its latest production, Hood the Musical, which follows the success of last year’s Spamalot.
Auditions started on Saturday, with a second round taking place tomorrow between 7pm and 9pm at Stawell Golf Club.
Hood follows the familiar story of Robin Hood and his ‘merry men and women’ in their feud with the Sherriff of Nottingham.
SPACi president Ian Mitchell said aspiring performers were invited to audition tomorrow, with crew also needed.
“SPACi is a very inclusive group. We welcome people of all ages and abilities,” he said.
“We can find a role for you to enjoy, and remember we will also be looking for backstage, sound and lighting, and front of house supporters.”
Mr Mitchell said there would be plenty of ‘robbing from the rich and giving to the poor’ – all performed with an ’80s music flavour. He said people interested in auditioning could call 0484 531 614, email spaci@outlook.com or visit the SPACi Facebook page.
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The Bureau of Meteorology forecast of below-average rain will continue from autumn into winter across the Wimmera, along with warmer-than-usual temperatures.
The bureau is forecasting a high chance of below-average rain for large areas of Australia until August.
Australia’s autumn rain totals were about 10 percent below the 1961 to 1990 average.
Nationally, it was the coolest autumn since 2012, with an average temperature equal to the autumn average for the same period.
Each state and territory had belowaverage rain overall and the country experienced its second-driest May since national rain records began in 1900, with rain totals about 73 per-
cent below the 1961 to 1990 average. Across the Wimmera, rain has varied since the beginning of the year, with tallies significantly lower than the same period last year, but more closely aligned to the average since records began.
To date, Horsham has recorded 113.6 millimetres of rain, compared with 185mm at the same time last year and an average of 125.6mm by the end of May.
Stawell has recorded 118.2mm to date, compared with 149.4mm last year and an average of 154.7 and Ararat has recorded 140.8mm compared with 256.7mm last year and an average of 198mm.
The rain total in Nhill for the year so far is 104.8mm, compared with 147.4mm last year and a 109.9mm average, while the total for War-
racknabeal is 88mm compared with 216.4mm at the same time last year and an average of 126.9mm.
Edenhope has recorded 166.4mm for the year to date, compared with 214mm at the same time in 2022 and an average of 173.6mm.
Frost warning Bureau of Meteorology extended prediction technical lead Catherine Ganter said there was a high chance of below-average rain, particularly in southern areas of Australia.
“Southern areas have at least twice the normal chance of winter rainfall falling in the bottom 20 percent of records,” she said.
Ms Ganter said with drier conditions forecast, the risk of frost during winter, which is most common for southern and central Australia, was
heightened for inland southern areas.
“Even though average minimum and maximum temperatures are expected to be warmer than usual this winter, there will still be times of cold wintry conditions,” she said.
“This can increase the frost risk when there are still nights that are clear of cloud cover.”
The winter long-range forecast reflects several climate influences including the chance of El Niño forming in the Pacific Ocean, signs of a positive Indian Ocean Dipole forming in winter and warmer-than-average ocean temperatures around Australia.
The bureau remains at El Niño watch, which means about double the usual chance of an El Niño event.
An El Niño indicates probable below-average rain across northern and eastern Australia.
A positive Indian Ocean Dipole generally means less moisture than normal in the atmosphere to the northwest of Australia.
This changes the path of weather systems coming from Australia’s west, often resulting in less rain and higher-than-normal temperatures over parts of Australia during winter and spring.
While the models show it is likely tropical Pacific Ocean temperatures will reach El Niño levels during winter, a shift in the tropical atmosphere is also needed for the bureau to declare an El Niño event.
Ms Ganter said any change to the current El Niño watch status would not change the long-range forecast, which was already trending towards warm and dry for most of Australia.
GWMWater has detected unsafe levels of blue-green algae at Lake Toolondo and advises the public to avoid direct contact with the water.
Warning signs have been positioned at recreational areas around the lake and will remain in place while there are elevated levels of blue-green algae. GWMWater recommends that people who come into contact with the affected water wash their skin immediately in clean water.
Blue-green algae occurs naturally and can be dangerous to humans and animals.
Meanwhile, a blue-green algae warning for Taylors Lake, near Horsham, has been lifted.
GWMWater will monitor the lake regularly and keep the community informed via Facebook and Twitter.
Residents across the Central Highlands region are finding comfort, protection and ways to express their individuality.
Cafs, also known as Child and Family Services Ballarat, is running a fully-operational ‘mobile wardrobe’ as part of its ‘Thread Together’ program, allowing the delivery of new clothing to reach people experiencing hardship.
The program, which has operated in Ballarat since 2021, is stocked with
new clothing and is open, via referral, to anyone in the community who is experiencing hardship.
This includes people experiencing homelessness, women and children escaping family violence, long-term unemployed, refugees, individuals facing severe illness, children or young people in care and young adults preparing to leave care.
Cafs chief executive Wendy Sturgess said the mobile wardrobe was loaned to the organisation three
months ago, for a six-month period.
“The Thread Together mobile wardrobe is on loan to Cafs, giving our team a valuable opportunity to meet people where and when they need help the most,” she said.
“We have a schedule of regional visits planned already to Ararat, Bacchus Marsh and Daylesford in addition to local pop-up opportunities around Ballarat.
“Cafs does not receive any ongoing funding for the Thread Together
program, so while we are very excited to have the opportunity to test demand for the mobile wardrobe, the reality is that we would be looking for a generous benefactor to come forward and assist us to underwrite the operational costs associated with the extended service.”
People wanting more information about the program can contact Cafs on 5337 3333.
Award-winning songwriter John Flanagan will return to Murtoa Mechanics Hall on Friday with his band for a special album release show. Flanagan, who is known for his authentic, heartfelt storytelling and uplifting performances, played at the venue in 2019 as part of the Festival of Small Halls.
His new album, Manhood Method Actor, uses the folk-rock sound of the ’70s to traverse themes of masculinity, love, conflict, parenthood and coming of age.
Performing with a new seven-piece line-up featuring a rhythm section and horns, Flanagan’s music takes inspiration from Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Van Morrison.
Tickets for the 8pm show are available via trybooking.com/CIGEX
Thetalent of Wimmera writers has shone in a second annual creative writing competition.
The Art is... festival partnered with ACE Radio and The Weekly Advertiser to again host the competition – calling on submissions to the theme, ‘fire in my life’ in the lead-up to the festival.
It came in line with the festival theme of Art is… FUNdamental and the focus for 2023 on the element ‘fire’. The Weekly Advertiser today publishes the submissions of two finalists — Louise Amor and her entry, ‘Heart sparks’; and Wendy Milligan and her entry, ‘The return journey’. The winner, a highly-commended and commended entry will be announced in next week’s edition.
The Weekly Advertiser editorial director Jessica Grimble said competition entries explored highly-personal aspects and interpretations of fire, and offered a high standard of quality creative writing.
“People’s interpretation of the theme, fire, was incredibly diverse – from experiences of bushfires or campfires to the environment, to childbirth and love. Writers took the opportunity to explore the theme and what it meant to them, personally – which is what this competition is all about,” Ms Grimble said.
“The entries published in this, and next week’s editions are well-crafted, insightful and self-aware, polished and they take the reader on a journey – and for many, that journey is an emotional one.
“We thank the writers for taking the time to pen their thoughts and congratulate those whose works are published and recorded for the community to enjoy.”
People can read the winning entries via theweekly advertiser.com.au and listen to a recording of the winner, highly-commended and commended entries, voiced by ACE Radio personalities.
The festival finishes on June 10.
Finalist: Louise Amor
The first explosion happened at 9.32pm on Thursday the 23rd of July, 2015. The details tattooed in my memory; a moment frozen in time. It started as an ordinary day, but from that moment on, I was different. Nothing could ever have prepared me for the aftermath’s glow. Sparks went off all around me and I was in love.
My world instantly changed and I cried as time stood still. People were rushing around me, everything was in slow motion, there was blood, bright lights and screams which echoed through the sterile room, or were they cries gasping for air? There was no time to comprehend. This was the beginning of a new chapter and the hand that was wrapped up in mine ever so tightly, wiped tears away from my eyes. My strength, my courage. This was a moment I had been waiting for, for longer than I could remember. I had imagined it, but nothing could have prepared me for the moment when a dream became reality.
Thoughts flowed through my mind, the self doubt erupted. The memory of a 13year-old girl flashed before me, unable to find words, wanting to blend in and not be noticed, living in the shadows, scared of rejection, but this girl was no longer me. I was about to meet the cause of the explosion. I had always been nervous at introductions, a little shy, a little awkward, but I could no longer hide. I had to remove the shell I had made as a much younger version of me. I was now strong, brave, confident and
determined to succeed. I was ready for the biggest moment of my life to date.
Minutes turned into hours and day turned into night. Loved ones came to see the cause of the explosion, but the screaming and crying did not stop, for days it was the only sound that filled my head. My niece asked if there was a pterodactyl taking shelter in my room. She could hear it, too – others mentioned the noise and I cried. I didn’t want to, I wanted to be glowing, everything perfect – I didn’t want to seem miserable, I wasn’t, the warmth from the explosion was indescribable, but those tears fell as a wave of emotion went straight through me and I was in no position to fight, I had no control, I felt helpless.
The deliveries kept coming, it felt like room service, but it was ironic that trays of food that I wouldn’t touch looked up at me, yet my body could not produce a source of nutrition. The books, articles and consultants discussed the many ways on how I had failed. I wanted to please, I tried, nothing I seemed to do was working. I was angry at the pressure, no-one tells you how hard it can be and I was disappointed in myself, I couldn’t do what I was meant to. I just wanted the explosion to settle.
The second explosion happened not quite four years later on Tuesday 21st of May 2019 at 8.33am. I was more prepared for this one. I was more confident, but no two explosions are the same. This explosion was quiet and calm, however I was not, I had lost a lot of blood. I was in recovery alone, counting down the minutes until we could be reunited. The moment finally came, but everything was too quiet, I was scared, tears rushed down my face again. Dehydration had taken over. This time I knew what I had to do, I told myself that I didn’t have to buy into the pressure, that I could make the decisions and so I did. I did what was right for me, for us. I took charge.
The explosions filled my heart with so much love. The burning desire had always been inside of me, but I never imagined the world that they would create for me, for us. The brightness in a smile, the electricity in the holding of a hand, the constant fireworks that fill my world. The chaos, the challenges, the extraordinary, all making life beautiful. My love for those two little explosions burns so bright. They ignited a fire inside of me that will last for eternity.
There are few situations in life more comforting than sitting in front of an open fire with a hot meal and a glass of wine. Especially when you’ve walked a hellish road to get there.
The journey on which I made this discovery started out as a fairly enjoyable one, but it threw me a rather memorable curve ball.
When I left my car and wandered into the bush, it looked like it would be a lovely, sunny afternoon. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky.
Hiking solo, I enjoyed the feeling of being totally immersed in nature, away from the distractions and demands of civilisation.
As I walked, I saw a mob of kangaroos bound across my path and into the cover of the bush. I followed an emu’s footprints along the trail for a time.
I took deep, rewarding lungfuls of the eucalyptus-scented air. I stopped to look in wonder at wildflowers and colourful fungi. I was enjoying the walk so much that I went a lot further than I had planned to and surprised myself by reaching the end of the eight-kilometre trail. On a bit of a high, I stopped to rest and rehydrate. That was when a teensy drop of rain landed on my nose.
I was startled to realise that it seemed unusually dark for mid-afternoon, and the temperature had dropped significantly.
Instinctively, I knew that these few hesitant drips were hinting at an imminent downpour.
Suddenly, my distance from civilisation didn’t seem like such a blessing. Berating myself for not checking the forecast, I got up and strode purposefully back the way I came, hoping that I would beat the storm back to the trail carpark.
When I was nearly halfway back, the drizzle slowly began to intensify to a steady, soaking rain, and I picked up
my pace. Lightning slithered across the sky and thunder sounded above my head. I turned in fright when I heard what sounded like a truck rushing up behind me, and seeing the trees swaying violently above me, I realised it was actually a very strong wind. I had the irrepressible urge to laugh at the melodrama of it. Only a couple of hours ago I’d felt a little too warm in my tracksuit pants and light hoodie, but now they were no protection against the gusts that drove the
rain into my back like icy darts. My clothes and my shoes were soaked through in less than a minute.
After over half an hour trudging through the rain in my freezing cold, heavy clothes and with my hair constantly dripping in my eyes, my car finally came into view. I began to run.
I ran towards that beat-up old bomb like a lost child who has finally spotted their mother.
No sight had ever been more welcome. I jumped inside, not caring
that my drenched clothes would soak through the seat, and slammed the door shut.
I sighed in relief as the assault on my senses was suddenly dulled by the blessed stillness of the air inside the car.
I drove the short distance home shivering.
Once I was inside my house it took a little time to get clean and dry and light the fire in the hearth with shaking hands. When I finally managed to sit down in front of the roaring flames with a steaming bowl of canned soup, some slightly burned toast and a glass of cheap shiraz, I was in the state of euphoria that only comes from finding safety and comfort after a stressful experience.
It’s possible that I would have felt just as grateful to be sitting in front of a gas or electric heater. Either one would have thawed my bone-deep chill just as well. But an open fire has a soothing quality that is unmatched by modern technology. Like a plastic Christmas tree doesn’t feel the same as a real pine. Like a packet-mix cake can’t replace your grandmother’s recipe. Like frozen vegetables can’t match the taste of those picked from your own garden.
With a full belly and a wine buzz, I was lulled to sleep by the gentle crackling of the wood in the fireplace, the delicious warmth of the flames, and the sounds of the rain on my roof. Rarely have I slept better than I did that night.
When discussing financial success, many people tend to use the terms ‘rich’ and ‘wealthy’ interchangeably.
While being rich is often associated with having a lot of money or material possessions, being wealthy is about having financial abundance that is sustainable over the long term.
Being rich is often associated with having a high net worth, a large income, or significant assets. It is a term used to describe people who have accumulated substantial money or wealth.
However, being rich does not necessarily guarantee financial success.
Someone who is rich might have a lot of money, but they may not have the financial stability or security that comes with being wealthy.
On the other hand, being wealthy is a more sustainable form of financial success.
Wealth is often created through long-term investments, passive income streams and wise financial planning.
A wealthy person has accumulated enough assets and income-generating investments to provide a steady income stream, allowing them to live comfortably without relying on external factors.
Financial success requires more than just having a lot of money – it is about having financial security and freedom.
Financial security means having enough money to cover your basic needs and some comforts; while financial freedom is the ability to make choices based on what you truly want, rather than being constrained by financial limitations.
The path to financial success requires a good understanding of financial literacy, clearly defined personal values, a long-term perspective, and the ability to establish, and stick to, a strategic plan.
Understanding how money works, including managing, investing and saving it, is critical to achieving financial success.
This knowledge will help you make informed decisions about your finances and enable you to take control of your financial future.
Successful people achieving financial freedom often clearly understand what is most important to them.
They know their values and use them as a guide when making financial decisions.
This approach helps them focus on their priorities and avoid impulsive purchases that jeopardise their long-term financial security.
True financial success and wealth is not built on the back of get-rich-quick philosophies. There is no ‘magic pill’ for financial success; it’s a lifestyle, not an overnight fix. Building wealth takes time. It requires focus, discipline, patience and long-term commitment.
Achieving financial success requires strategies such as creating a budget, investing wisely and building passive income streams. Again, these are all strategies that require patience and commitment. It is essential to stay focused on your goals and take the necessary steps to achieve them.
While the above factors each play a critical role in your journey to financial success, the secret ingredient lies in defining what financial success and wealth mean to you personally, as someone else’s definition of financial success might look very different to yours.
Some ways to achieve this are to:
• Assess your lifestyle: Consider what your ideal lifestyle looks like – where are you, who are you with, what are you doing?
• Define your values: Figure out what is important to you and define your values based on this. Your values can then provide a framework to make decisions based on what is important.
• Set financial goals: Be clear on what you want to achieve in life. You can then define your vision further by setting specific financial goals. If you are ready to start your journey towards achieving financial success, a financial adviser can help.
They will assess your financial situation, identify your goals and create a long-term financial plan tailored to your individual needs. With their guidance and support, you can take control of your financial future and achieve the financial security and freedom you deserve.
• The information provided in this article is general in nature only and does not constitute personal financial advice.
TIME FOR TEA: Maureen Webb, Nola Bellinger, Lea Crammond, Deirdre Ladlow and Jan Ackland enjoy the Biggest Morning Tea event at Laharum last month.
The Laharum community has hosted its 18th Biggest Morning Tea, with 34 people raising $1000 for the Cancer Council.
Facilitator Liz Hopkins said members of Wimmera Hospice Care in Horsham and other districts travelled to Laharum for the event, on May 25, offering people a chance to mingle over morning tea.
Grampians Health’s Carolyn Robertson was guest speaker.
Raffle prizes were made available from The Capital, Grampians Olives, Ginger Chilli, Horsham City Meats, Horsham Newsagency, Horsham Cinema tickets donated by Merryn Eagle and bunches of flowers from Trudi Phillips. A produce stall including items such as mar-
malade, cake, biscuits, home-made bread, slice, capsicum, pumpkin, tromboncino, apples, grapes and flowers contributed to the fundraising total.
The entrance and raffle money raised a total of $1000, which will be donated to Cancer Council Victoria.
The produce stall money of $400 was split between Wimmera Cancer Centre and Olivia Newton-John Foundation.
Mrs Hopkins said the Laharum community had raised almost $29,000 across its 18-year history of the event.
“This important fundraiser helps towards saving lives through prevention, early detection and treatment of cancer,” she said.
ENTERTAINMENT: An Art is... classical musical afternoon showcased the talent of the Itet Gariwerd String Quartet and Horsham Rural City Band on Sunday. The show, as part of this year’s Art is... festival, also included ‘fiery’ work from Horsham composer Nick Shirrefs. The Kuthumi and Gutuk puppet show and a community art opening also marked the major event of this year’s festival on Sunday, designed around the theme of ‘fire’ – the second of a five-year ‘FUNdamental’ theme. Pictured at the celebrations are, clockwise from above: Festival manager Alistair Shaw; Horsham Rural City Band conductor Lauren Arnett; Aunty Hazel McDonald narrating a Wotjobaluk puppet show; Meg Sleeman and Angela Matheson of Itet Gariward String Quartet; Janelle Phillips, Horsham Rural City Band; John Noble, Itet Gariward String Quartet; and centre, Lily Robson, Horsham Rural City Band. The festival finishes on Saturday. Pictures: PAUL CARRACHER
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Tesla’s Model Y is the first electric vehicle to become the world’s best-selling car, beating the Toyota Corolla in the first quarter of this year, despite being almost twice the price.
In more positive Tesla news, Ford has also announced it would adopt the electric vehicle specialist’s proprietary charging port that would grant Ford customers access to the ‘superior’ Supercharger DC rapid charging network.
But in a twist to the ongoing saga of Tesla’s so-called ‘full self-driving’ technology, a whistleblower has leaked a tranche of damning data about safety incidents dating back to
2015, plus evidence of internal policies designed to keep such reports from the public eye.
First, the good news.
Data sourced from Jato Dynamics reports the Model Y has surpassed the Toyota Corolla and RAV4 to take the top spot, selling 267,200 units globally in quarter one of 2023 against 256,400 Corollas and 214,700 RAV4s.
The numbers represent a 69 percent year-on-year increase for the Model Y.
Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries sales figures show Tesla is Australia’s seventh most popular vehicle brand with year-to-date sales of 14,083 units.
The Model 3 is Tesla’s best-selling vehicle in Australia and it dominates
the over-$60,000 medium passenger car segment with 8819 deliveries to the end of April, while the Model Y has accrued 5264 unit sales within the above-$60,000 medium SUV sector. Now for some bad news.
Adding to reports of battery fires and autonomous driving glitches that have beset Tesla almost since day one, a whistleblower at the company leaked 100GB of data to German business journal Handelsblatt showing more than 2400 cases of self-acceleration and more than 1500 braking problems relating to Tesla’s full self-driving, FSD, technologies dating back to 2015.
Also among the data are accounts of unintentional emergency braking and
so-called phantom stops as the result of false collision warnings.
To date, Tesla has recalled some 362,758 vehicles equipped with FSD for issues described by US National Highway Traffic Safety Authority as a ‘crash risk’.
To end on a more positive note, it appears Tesla is preparing to pen a deal with Ford to share its Supercharger network with owners of the Blue Oval’s electric vehicles.
As part of a recent meeting between Tesla chief executive Elon Musk and Ford chief executive Jim Farley –who has publicly praised Tesla on multiple occasions – Ford announced it would adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard proprietary
charging port that would allow Ford customers access to Tesla’s ‘superior EV charging network’.
In return, Tesla gets ‘crucial buy-in’ for its charging technology from ‘one of the top automakers in the world’. Mr Farley said the ability for Ford EV customers to charge their vehicles using Tesla’s Supercharger network would greatly accelerate the transition toward electric vehicles.
“To accelerate EV adoption and make the transition successful for our customers, we must improve the charging infrastructure. We are excited to work with Elon Musk and Tesla to give Ford EV owners access to the Tesla charging network,” he Tweeted.
– Matt Brogan
Following the recent introduction of its petrol-electric-powered Tank 300 four-wheel drive, GWM has added a new variant by lopping off the ‘hybrid’ part of the powertrain to create the petrolpowered Tank 300 – at a huge cost saving.
The five-seater Tank 300 petrol is available in two grades, lux and ultra, priced from $46,990 and $50,990 respectively, drive-away. These prices are $9000 and $10,000 less than their hybrid stablemates.
The model sells against an ocean of soft road medium and large SUVs, but few with the genuine 4WD capabilities of the Tank 300 petrol.
The closest proper 4WD petrol competitor is Jeep’s V6 Wranger Unlimited Night Eagle that is way out of the ballpark on price at $81,450 plus onroad costs. Comparable Land Rover Defenders are above that again.
There are a bunch of genuine 4WD diesel alternatives including the Ford Everest Ambiente from $58,290, Mitsubishi Pajero Sport GLX from $49,940, Toyota’s Fortuner GX from $57,620 and the Isuzu MUX LS-M from $54,900 – but these are all low spec’ base models.
GWM says the new model is for those searching for a petrol SUV that is ‘both rugged and refined’ with a tech-laden interior, ‘tough’ off-road
capability, dependable safety and affordable.
Power comes from a 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol four-cylinder engine with 162kW and 380Nm of torque mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission that feeds drive to the wheels via a part-time 4WD system.
It consumes petrol at the combined rate of 10.7 litres per 100 kilometres running on regular 91 RON unleaded fuel and can tow up to 2500kg braked.
The Chinese-made model uses a ladder-frame chassis sourced from the GWM Ute and in addition to selectable 4WD has a locking rear differen-
tial. Measuring 4760mm in length, 1930mm wide and 1903mm high, the Tank 300 is 122mm shorter from bumper to bumper when compared to a long-wheelbase Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. It is, however, 55mm taller and 36mm wider, meaning it offers slightly better accommodation for passengers and luggage.
Off-road specs and clearance numbers see the Tank 300 with 224mm of ground clearance, a 33-degree approach angle and 34-degree departure angle. No ramp-over or wading details are available.
GWM says the set up makes the
head and taillights, daytime running lamps, sunroof, two-piece under-body guard, and 12V power outlets in the front and luggage compartment.
The ultra adds 18-inch alloys, Nappa leather seats, heated and cooled front seats, eight-way powered driver seat with massage function and four-way powered lumbar support adjustment, a heated leather steering wheel, wireless charging, premium Infinity ninespeaker audio, 64-colour ambient lighting, 220V power outlet, front differential lock, three-piece bash plates, auto parking and auto reverse tracking function.
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Tank 300 petrol at home on-road and off-road providing comfort, capability, convenience and safety in a vehicle with an extensive feature list.
Tank 300 standard equipment list includes 17-inch alloy wheels, a sixway power driver seat, Comfort-tek leather seats, micro-fibre leather steering wheel, 12.3-inch full colour instrument cluster and 12.3-inch full colour infotainment system, front and rear USB charge points, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, nine-speaker audio, seven-colour ambient lighting, DAB+, power windows, auto-folding and heated power wing mirrors, LED
Safety features commensurate with the vehicle’s five-star Australasian New Car Assessment Program, ANCAP, rating include tyre pressure monitoring system, seven airbags, adaptive cruise control, auto emergency braking, front collision warning, lane departure warning, lane-keep assist, traffic sign recognition, rear cross-traffic alert with brake, crawl control for ultra low-speed off-road driving, and a feature called ‘tank turn’ that selectively applies the brake to assist steering in tight off-road conditions.
Also included is a transparent chassis camera function, front and rear parking sensors and a 360-degree view camera system.
– Peter BarnwellItmight be hard to believe that 20 years have passed since Volkswagen launched its cracking Golf R32 – a V6-powered rocketship that at the time was the fastest production car VW had ever built.
But 20 years it is, and to celebrate, the German manufacturer has unleashed a commemorative model it says is the hottest and fastest ever –the Golf R 20 Years.
On sale from July 13, and priced from $77,490 plus on-road costs, the special edition R will be available to just 50 Aussie customers.
The model includes what Volkswagen Australia says are ‘significant design and engineering enhancements over the series production Golf R’.
Those upgrades include a titanium Akrapovic exhaust, power and torque upgrades courtesy of an enhanced turbocharger, sharper-shifting dualclutch transmission, carbon-fibre trim inserts, premium paint, a panoramic sunroof and a harman-kardon premium audio system.
Volkswagen Australia will offer 32 examples of the Golf R 20 Years in lapiz blue and 18 in pure white, all riding on black 19-inch Estoril alloy wheels.
All examples feature a 245kW and 420Nm engine tune to dispatch the zero to 100 kilometre an hour standard in just 4.6 seconds.
Volkswagen passenger vehicles director Michal Szaniecki said the original Mark 4 and Mark 5 Volkswagen Golf R32 introduced the pioneering direct shift gearbox, DSG, and were renowned for their sonorous acoustics and compact agility.
“As our flagship hot hatchback evolved to become the Mark 6 and Mark 7 Golf R, they led the segment
for all-wheel drive traction and performance at a time when rally-bred sedan rivals departed the segment or simply did not evolve.
“Now, the Mark 8 Golf R moves onto another level with its torque-vectoring all-wheel drive system fused with incredible technology.
“It is fitting that this 20 Years special edition is about both enhanced styl-
ing, more power and torque, sharper responses from the transmission and an even more expressive sound.”
Volkswagen introduced the original Mk4 Golf R32 in 2002, the ‘R’ in Golf R standing for the German word ‘rennen’ or ‘racing’.
It featured a 3.2-litre six-cylinder engine producing 177kW and offered all-wheel drive for a 0-100kmh time
of 6.6 seconds. The model was the first VW to be offered from mid-2003 with a dual-clutch transmission. Just 200 examples were sold in Australia.
In 2006, the Mk5 Golf R32 upped the ante with a 184kW 3.2-litre V6 and a whole new look. It offered a crackling central-exit exhaust system, all-wheel drive, and the availability of three and five-door body styles.
The Mk5 was followed in 2010 by the Mk6, which dropped the ‘32’ and gained a 188kW four-cylinder turbopetrol engine.
It quickly added 50 percent to the sales totals of the preceding generation locally, VW selling 3276 examples of the Mk6 R, 2041 examples of the Mk5 and 195 Mk4s.
From 2014 the MQB platform-based Mk7 and Mk7.5 Golf R raised the bar yet again with a 213kW output, quick-acting 4Motion all-wheel drive system and impressive sales of 13.864 units. It was replaced in 2022 with the Mk8 Golf R, which offered a stunning 235kW, torque vectoringenabled 4Motion system, and even Drift Mode.
To the first quarter of 2023, a total of 19,833 Golf R32 and R hatchbacks and wagons have been sold in Australia across 20 years, meaning the 20,000th example of the car is likely to be sold in its 20th year. Fitting, don’t you think?
– Matt Brogan
Fill in the blank cells using numbers from 1 to 9. Each number can only appear once in each row, column and 3x3 block.
Fit the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 into the hexagons so that where the hexagons touch, the numbers will be the same. No number is repeated in any hexagon.
Fit the given numbers into the hexagons so that where the hexagons touch, the numbers will be the same No number is repeated in any hexagon
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TODAY’S Good: 13 words
FOCUS Very good: 23 words
Excellent: 33 words
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What is this? Find out by joining the dots.
1. What town in Ararat Rural City starting with ‘P’, originally named after a Roman goddess, had a slight name change in 1904 to avoid confusion with a similarly named town elsewhere in Australia?
2. What is the only planet in our solar system to spin horizontally?
3. On which Australian decimal banknote was a portrait of Henry Lawson?
4. Where generally in the human body do you find a femoral artery?
5. In various golf tournaments across the Wimmera, players might be inclined to reach into their bag for a ‘spoon’. What club is this?
6. There are meerkats at Halls Gap Zoo. Meerkats are omnivorous African mammals that belong to what animal family?
7. The main streets of some Wimmera centres were designed to be wide enough to allow what historic transport to turn?
8. We occasionally hear about a need for European honey bees to pollinate our crops and gardens. How many species of native bees call Australia home? Is it more than – A. 5 B. 15. C. 150 or D. 1500?
9. What common chemical, used by us in everyday life, has the formula NacCI?
10. How many major nuclear test explosions did the United Kingdom detonate at Maralinga in South Australia between 1956 and 1963?
Answers: 1. Pomonal. It was originally Pomona. 2. Uranus. 3. $10. 4. Upper leg to thigh, running along the femur into the pelvis. 5. The three wood. 6. A meerkat is a type of mongoose. 7. Bullock teams. 8. D. More than 1500. Unlike the honey bee, most -na tive bees are solitary and often suitable for exotic-plant pollination. 9. Sodium chloride, or common table salt. 10. Seven. There were also hundreds of ‘minor’ trials, leaving a vast contamination area that in the late 1990s and 2000s led to an $108-million -radia tion clean-up project. www.theweeklyadvertiser.com.au
(March 21- April 20)
Lucky Colour: Green
Lucky day: Friday Racing numbers: 9.6.5.4.
Lotto numbers: 13.16.25.24.40.1. Your life is changing for the better. More responsibility is likely. You should be able to handle any situation and get over most obstacles. New ventures should prove profitable.
Taurus:
(April 21- May 20)
Lucky Colour: Red
Lucky day: Friday Racing numbers: 9.7.5.1.
Lotto numbers: 2.5.12.21.14.41. It is a very busy period in which you can expect the unexpected; a VIP can enter your life and be very helpful. However, don’t take sides in friend’s arguments or disagreements.
Gemini:
(May 21- June 21).
Lucky Colour: Peach
Lucky day: Thursday Racing numbers: 8.5.2.4.
Lotto numbers: 13.14.25.22.18.45. Support is indicated from those you need to impress. Happier vibes around the working scene and luck can come in unexpected ways.
Cancer:
(June 22- July 22)
Lucky Colour: Navy Blue
Lucky day: Tuesday Racing numbers: 9.7.5.4.
Lotto numbers: 13.16.14.41.40.11.
A new beginning in a career venture is indicated and should bring success. Money should be easier to obtain or turn up unexpectedly. Benefits through family support.
Leo: (July 23- August 22)
Lucky Colour: Lilac
Lucky day: Wednesday Racing numbers: 8.6.5.6.
Lotto numbers: 3.5.12.21.10.45.
A rather high energy level could have you trying to do everything at once. This is a great period to entertain or be entertained by friends. Most will be more interested in health and fitness.
Virgo: (August 23-September 23)
Lucky Colour: Brown
Lucky day: Monday Racing numbers: 8.7.8.6.
Lotto numbers: 6.4.15.18.25.22.
A more positive mood should prevail. Health improvements and more opportunities to travel. A trip to a different place could work wonders for your love life.
Libra:
(September 24-October 23)
Lucky Colour: Mauve
Lucky day: Tuesday
Racing numbers: 1.6.5.2.
Lotto numbers: 13.16.25.24.40.44. There are going to be answers to mysteries and tying up of loose ends. It will be a much happier period. Many will be getting married or having babies. Just avoid trying to run the whole show by yourself.
Scorpio:
(October 24-November 22)
Lucky Colour: Yellow
Lucky day: Tuesday Racing numbers: 6.3.5.1.
Lotto numbers: 13.15.24.40.11.2. Now is a very exciting period. There will be more invitations to social gatherings. Many could mingle with the rich or famous. The wiser keep some time to themselves.
Sagittarius:
(November 23-December 20)
Lucky colour: Mauve
Lucky day: Monday Racing numbers: 5.6.8.4.
Lotto numbers: 13.15.24.28.45.40.
It could be the time to ask people to return favours and possessions. It is also a wonderful period for starting new relationships or rekindling up old flames.
Capricorn:
(December 21- January 19)
Lucky Colour: Green
Lucky day: Thursday Racing numbers: 8.6.4.7.
Lotto numbers: 15.14.17.11.10.2. Many could change jobs or get a good financial boost. There appears to be a lot going for you with more excitement in your love life.
Aquarius:
(January 20- February 19)
Lucky colour: Brown Lucky day: Tuesday Racing numbers: 8.7.1.2.
Lotto numbers: 2.12.15.24.42.32. A misunderstanding could create an unusual course of events. This could be a social period full of surprises. A holiday could bring a reason to celebrate.
Pisces:
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(February 20-March 20)
Lucky Colour: Purple Lucky day: Saturday Racing numbers: 8.9.4.2.
Lotto numbers: 13.15.24.42.40.11. It is a much busier social period with finances being a lot easier. Some good news concerning family matters. Gains should be made without too much effort and misunderstandings cleared up.
Shaun Micallef’s MAD
AS HELL (M l) 2:30 The Cook And The Chef
3:00 Gardening Australia 4:00 Antiques Roadshow 5:00 Back Roads (PG) 5:30 Hard Quiz (PG) 6:00 The Drum 7:00 ABC News
7:30 7.30 (PG) 8:00 Miriam & Alan: Lost In Scotland And Beyond (M d,l,s)
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30
Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “The Perfect Girlfriend”
ABC News 7:30 Gardening Australia 8:30
Smother (M l) 9:25 Utopia (MA15+) 9:55
Mayfair Witches (M v) 10:40 Interview With
The Vampire (MA15+) 11:25 ABC Late News
11:40 The Split (PG) 12:40 Harrow (M v) 1:30
rage (MA15+)
4:00 Andy’s Safari Adventures 4:25 Happy The Hoglet 5:00 Peppa Pig 5:35 Fireman Sam 6:05 Octonauts 6:30 Peter Rabbit 7:05 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 TBA 8:30 Penn And Teller: Fool Us (PG) 9:10 Documentary Now! (M) 9:35 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering (PG)
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30
Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “I Am
Elizabeth Smart” (M v) (’17) Stars: Elizabeth
Smart
2:00 House Of Wellness (PG) 3:00 The Chase UK (PG)
Seven News At
Seven News
7:00 Weekend Breakfast 9:00 rage (PG) 10:30 rage Guest Programmer (PG) 12:00 ABC News 12:30 Smother (M l,s)
1:20 The North Water (M l,v) 2:15 The Durrells (PG) 3:05 Brian Cox - Life Of A Universe 3:55 Landline 4:25 Designing A Legacy (PG) 5:25 Dolphins - Is Our Love Too Deep? 6:20 The ABC Of Jack Thompson (M l) 6:50 Bluey 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Sister Boniface Mysteries (M) 8:15 Vera (M v) 9:50 The North Water (M l,v) 10:45 Ragdoll (MA15+) 11:35 The Messenger (M l,s,v)
AFL: Round 13: Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide
AFL: Friday Night Countdown
*Live* 10:30 AFL: Post Game 11:30 Armchair
Experts (M) 12:00 Cricket: ICC World Test
Championship: Australia v India: Day 3
*Live* 12:10 Tea Break 12:30 Cricket: Day 3
*Live* 3:00 Home Shopping
12:00 Building Giants (PG) 2:00 Jade Fever (PG) 3:00 STIHL
Timbersports (PG) 3:30 Down East Dickering
(PG) 4:30 Storage Wars (PG) 5:00 Storage
Wars Texas (PG) 5:30 American Restoration
(PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00
Cricket: Pre Game 7:30 Cricket: ICC World Test Championship: Australia v India: Day 3
*Live* 9:30 The Lunch Break 10:10 Cricket: Day 3 *Live*
2:05 Ready, Jet, Go! 2:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood 2:55 Circle
Square 3:30 Play School 4:00 Andy’s Safari
Adventures 4:25 Happy The Hoglet 5:00
Peppa Pig 5:35 Fireman Sam 6:05
Octonauts 6:30 Peter Rabbit 7:05 Andy’s
Dinosaur Adventures 7:30 Spicks And
Specks (PG) 8:00 Hard Quiz (PG) 8:30
Movie: “Charlie’s Country” (M d,l,v) (’19)
Stars: David Gulpilil
6:00 Sunrise 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show (PG) 12:00 Seven’s Horse Racing: Eagle Farm/ Randwick/ Sandown *Live* 5:00 Seven News At 5 5:30
Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG)
6:00 Seven News 7:00 AFL: Round 13: Fremantle v
Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 8:25 Live At The Apollo (M l,s) 9:10 The Stand Up Sketch Show (M l,s)
Listen weekdays from 8.30am
12:00 ABC News 12:30 Landline 1:30 Gardening Australia 2:30 Sister Boniface Mysteries (PG) 3:25 Miriam & Alan: Lost In Scotland And Beyond (PG) 4:10 Grand Designs New Zealand (PG) 5:00 Art Works
5:30 Antiques Roadshow 6:30 Compass
7:00 ABC News 7:30 Designing A Legacy (PG) 8:30 Silent Witness (M v) 9:35 The Messenger (M l) 10:25 In Limbo (M l) 10:55
Interview With The Vampire (MA15+)
3:00 Secrets Of Beautiful Gardens 4:00 The Yorkshire Vet (PG) 6:00 Cricket: ICC World Test Championship: Australia v India: Day 5 *Live*
7:00 The Vicar Of Dibley (PG) 8:10 Mrs. Brown’s Boys (M) 9:50 Pie In The Sky (PG)
12:00 Miranda (PG)
4:55 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir (PG) 5:20 Mustangs FC
6:05 Viv’s Silly Mango (PG) 6:30 A Kind Of Spark 6:55 The Wonderful World Of Kittens
7:40 The Deep 8:05 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness 8:25 Dogstar
8:50 Hank Zipzer 9:15 Find Me In Paris
Roadshow
12:00 ABC News 1:00 Marcella (M l) 1:45
Movie: “Mao’s Last Dancer” (PG) (’09) Stars: Chi Cao (In English/ Mandarin) 4:00 Antiques
Roadshow 5:00 Back Roads (PG) 5:30 Hard
Quiz (PG) 6:00 The Drum 7:00 ABC News
7:30 7.30 (PG) 8:00 Australian Story 8:30
Four Corners 9:15 Media Watch (PG) 9:35
Q+A (PG) 10:35 China Tonight
4:00 Big Shrimpin’ (PG) 5:00 Aussie Lobster Men (PG) 6:00
Border Security International (PG) 7:00
Cricket: Pre Game 7:30 Cricket: ICC World Test Championship: Australia v India: Day 5
*Live* 9:30 The Lunch Break 10:10 Cricket: Day 5 *Live* From The Oval
4:00 Andy’s Baby Animals 4:25 Happy The Hoglet 5:00 Peppa Pig
5:55 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 6:05
2:30 Repco Supercars Championship Highlights 4:30
Full Custom Garage (PG) 5:30 American Restoration (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 Motorway Patrol (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Starship Troopers” (MA15+) (’97) Stars: Casper Van Dien
4:00 Andy’s Safari Adventures 4:25 Happy The Hoglet 5:00 Peppa Pig
5:35 Fireman Sam 6:05 Octonauts 6:30
Peter Rabbit 7:05
(M l) 9:30 QI (M l,s) 3:00 Billy The Exterminator (PG)
Down East Dickering (PG)
Storage Wars (PG) 5:00 Storage Wars Texas (PG) 5:30 American Restoration (PG)
American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 Highway Patrol (PG) 8:30 The Force - Behind The Line (PG)
4:00 Andy’s Safari Adventures 4:25 Happy The Hoglet 5:00 Peppa Pig
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Harcourts Horsham, established in 2015, is the largest real estate business in the Wimmera for both sales and rentals.
Our experienced team will make your real estate experience hassle free and appreciate the trust that you, our clients, place in us to deliver great service and results.
Our professional agents use the latest technologies and marketing platforms. With five sales agents and seven property managers and support staff you can trust us with your next property transaction, whether it be residential, rural, commercial, subdivisions, project management or property management. Harcourts has been in the real estate business since 1888.
With more than 900 offices in 10 countries, Harcourts International is one of the fastest growing real estate groups in the world. Call the Horsham office on 5381 1131 to discuss your real estate requirements.
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death notices
COFFEY, Janice Elizabeth
29.07.1948 – 30.05.2023
Passed away peacefully on the 30thof June 2023
Daughter of Jack & Joan Coffey.
Mother of Luke & Grandmother to Ethan.
Sister of Rhi, Francis, Michael, Ruth, John & Edwina.
‘Always In Our Heart’
Horsham & District
Funerals
Amity Perovic & Dylan Hartwich 5382 1149
HALLAM-BEAR, Jennifer Jean “Jennie”
Passed away on June 4, 2023 aged 69 years.
Dearly loved wife of Kevin.
Loving mother and mother in law of Tania & John; Mark & Sharon; Tracey & Darren.
Adored Nanny Bear of Kristy-Lee & Justin; Brenton & Abby; and Stephanie.
Great Nanny Bear of Paige, Amelie, Mikey & Taylen. “Go Pies”
death notices
PILMORE, Reginald (Reg) Keith 20/02/1922-31/05/2023
Reunited with his loving wife Elva.
Loved Father, Grandfather & Great Grandfather.
Forever fondly remembered. With much love Lynette, Graham & family, Geoffrey (dec), Heather & family.
Horsham & District
Funerals
Amity Perovic & Dylan Hartwich 5382 1149
Funeral Notices
Janice Elizabeth
The funeral service to farewell the late Ms. Janice Coffey
Will be held at Horsham’s St Michael & John’s Catholic Church, Friday June 9th commencing at 11am Interment to take place at 3pm at Murtoa Cemetery.
Amity Perovic & Dylan Hartwich 5382 1149
HALLAM-BEAR, Jennifer Jean
The funeral service to farewell the late Mr. Reginald Keith Pilmore will be held at Horsham & District Funerals Chapel, Thursday June 8th commencing at 1pm. A private cremation to follow.
Amity Perovic & Dylan Hartwich 5382 1149
Event Services
Horsham Florist 51 Roberts Ave, Horsham www.horshamflowerdelivery.com.au
5382 1834
Animals & Accessories
1 male mastiff x bull mastiff puppy, vacc, vet checked and wormed, born 22/11/2022, m/ chip# 953010006382898, Source# EE185505, he is ready for his forever home please $500 Ph 0481756063
2 Chocolate mini Dachshunds females, vacc, vet checked,m/ chip# 953010006162922 / 953010006162921, $3000 each, located in Nhill Ph 0431725487
4 10 week old Australian cattle dog pups for sale, 2 blue males, 1 red stumpy tailed female, 1 red boy, all vet checked, wormed vaxxed and microchipped 18/5/23, mchip# 953010006172145/953010006172 140/953010006171652/953010006
172141, source# MB146514 Ph 0407363983
Birds for sale , opaline turks, Bourkes all colours inc rubino, pied, cream, pink and rosa, all young birds, ring for prices Ph 0408535515 Black faced Dorpers joined $140 each Ph 0429912620
Black head dorper ewe lambs, born June 2022, pic# 3NGLM058 $250ea Ph 53585079
Border Collie pups , 8 weeks old, black and white, m/c# 956000014901145, 956000014931617 Ph 0427545546 Budgerigars, show birds at pet prices Ph 0447080439
Budgies, babies available $10ea Ph 0423976711
Budgies, just out of nest, pastel colours and lace wings $10ea Ph 0419505737
JOHN, Janette (Jan)
12-07-1932 to 26-05-2023 (90 years)
Dearly loved wife of Michael for 65 years.
Loving mother of 3 beautiful children - Cathy, Sue and Andrew. Beloved mother-inlaw of Rob and Tom.
Adored Grandma of Sam, his wife Laura, Maddy and Alice. Treasured Memories.
Horsham & District
Funerals
Amity Perovic & Dylan Hartwich 5382 1149
The Funeral of Jennie Hallam-Bear will leave St Andrew’s Uniting Church, Horsham on Wednesday, 14 June 2023 after a service commencing at 1.30pm for the Horsham Lawn Cemetery.
Trevor Bysouth & Daughter Ph 5381 1444 AFDA Member JOHN, Janette (Jan)
The funeral service to farewell the late Ms. Janette John will be a private family service.
Amity Perovic & Dylan Hartwich 5382 1149
Our professional staff will ensure your family is provided with the highest level of care available.
Animals & Accessories
Budgies, young, asstd colours
$10ea Ph 0423182267
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, 4 pups 3 M, 1 F, purebred (no papers) black Tan and Tri.colours, ready to go 02/05/23, microchipped,vac, wormed, flea ‘d, collect from Horsham, 75/63198514100520147 5/985141003955788, 956 source# MB113692 $2250 Ph 0409498729
Ferrets, 8wks to 18mths $30ea Ph 0418843180 Nhill
Hungarian Vizsla puppies ready by 10th May 2023, 1 male 4 females, vet checked, vaxxed, m/chip 953010006426842/60/64/89/902, source# MB216417, both parents available to view Ph Kirsty 0413926539
Muscovy ducks $10, drakes $20 Ph 0429842236
Pure breed black faced Dorper ewe lambs, pic# 3HSDC083 Ph Liz 0419664345
Roosters and ducks wanted Ph 0469740723
Wanted, day old roosters and day old meat birds - chooks Ph 0414851313
Whippet puppies, 6 males, 1 female, dark and light briendles, black and white, ready to go now, wormed, vacc, m/chip # 956000 16257287/256879/257197/254950/ 308627/312719/254208, source # MB109696, $1200 each, view and pick up Ararat, call Alan or Fiona Ph 0431176269, 53093267
Young pigs 2mth old, well bred, free ranged, suitable to spit or grow out, PIC# 3H5CG003 from $100ea Ph 0439834521
The Weekly Advertiser welcomes your advertising. We are required strictly by law to include specific information on some items when publishing your adv your obligations are as follows:
ANIMALS -
Ph: 5382 1149 | Email: admin@hdf.com.au
*All “for sale” or “to give away” advertisements, for either cats or dogs must include one of the following:
• Individual microchip numbers
• Vet certificate to exclude individual animals from needing microchips
• Domestic animal-business number
PLUS a source number from the Pet Exchange Register
LIVESTOCK -
When the times comes, it’s a relief to know everything has been taken care of.
Pre-arrange your wishes with Trevor Bysouth & Daughter of
5381 1444 (All Hours) www.wimmerafunerals. com.au
1999 Jayco 16’ pop-top caravan with unused annex, GC $14,500 Ph 0400823134
2000 Jayco Freedom pop-top caravan, tandem, Engel upright fridge, 12v system with inbuilt battery charger and solar kit, island d/bed and brand new mattress, light weight, easy to tow $17,900ono Ph 0400894020
2005 Jayco pop-top 16’ , reg til 12/23, EC, island d/bed, new annex, battery, kitchen and extras $20,000ono Ph 0428854313
Ezytrail camper , Sterling G, Mark 2, EC $21,999ono Ph John 0427562876
caravans
Safari Delta 216 , 21’6” 2015 build, full ensuite, q/bed, full solar independent off road suspension, full oven, large fridge, microwave, washing machine, leather seating, large oven, full length annexe, colour coded to match van, this is the van with the lot, selling due to no further use $49,700ono Ph 0429198599
Viscount pop-up caravan with safety cord and extension cord, 2-way fridge, 4-cooker, oven, collapsible kettle, compact cookware set, foldable dish drainer, microwave, air conditioner, 1 d/ bed, 1 s/bed, L-shape sofa, ample storage $5700neg Text 0419600049 or 0405516207
Galaxy 2007, new Tebbs annexe, a/c, oven, fridge, rego, batteries $25,000ono Ph 0402933972
Windsor Caravan 1998 , 19’6 Statesman, island bed, reading lights, battery pack skylight, aircon, gas stove, microwave, fridge, rollout awning, annexe walls ECT $19,500 Ph 53820505
Jayco Outback Swan 10/2007, comes fully equipped, reg until Dec 23, all standard features, queen and double bed, sleeps 5, lots of storage, 3 way fridge/freezer, microwave, 4 burner cooktop, full annexe, roof storage rack and bike rack, Anderson plug for on road charging, inspections welcome $17,500neg Ph 0417160279
Mars Camper Trailer, hard floor annex, electric winch, GC $6000 neg Ph 0427957212
New Brooks Adrenaline men’s sneakers , size 12 $80 Ph 0427993510
REDUCED Mazda BT3-500
Motorhome, 1991 10spd, modern interior, sleeps 3, full RWC, full complianced, EC $37,000 Ph for full details 0411450027
20 row culti seeder, small seed box $300 Ph 53844274 Inter Combine 511, 28 row, Trash Floats,stars and plates, serviced and in working order $7000ono Ph 0407911884
Lister shearing machine, 1 at $200, 1 at $250 Ph 0429848283
Massey Ferguson 585 12’ Header has been shedded for most of its life $1000ono Ph 0421442050 $28.60
*Selling, giving away or bartering of all livestock must include a Property Identification Code (PIC number) in the advertisement. *The
Safari 236 Caravan 2011 with roll out awning, 90 watt solar panel, 30amp solar regulator, 15” off road rims and tyres, elec brakes, battery pack with Anderson charge plug, 3 water tanks, air conditioning, ensuite shower, toilet, washing machine, vanity, storage, 4 burner stove, oven, microwave, 184L automatic 3 way fridge, television, CD/DVD/AM-FM radio, “L” shape seating, q/bed, and much more, EC, as good as new, no catches, genuine sale, if you are serious this is a must see, too good to miss $63,000neg Ph 0429671764
Massey Ferguson small bale pickup hay loader, GC $500 or highest offer Ph 0428504449
Pallet Racking Heavy duty,
high, $50 per end, $15 per rail
0428523919
When you pre-arrange your funeral, you’re thinking of your loved ones as well as yourself.
Holden WB Panel Van 1983, 6 cylinder petrol/gas, 3 speed manual, VGC, extra parts included, FSE369 $35,000ono Ph 0407614706
REDUCED 2017 Honda Civic
VTI-L Hatch, CVT auto, pristine condition, black sports pack, apple carplay, 1.5L turbo, new tyres, 41,000 country kms, Honda 7yr warranty, roadside assist, reg May 2024, always garaged, genuine sale 1MT2IG $28,900 Ph 0408881137
White 2011 Holden Commodore SS VE series II, selling due to upgrade to 4x4, service up to date with book, rego till May, roadworthy supplied, kept very neat and tidy, 177***kms, ZPK676 $35,000 Ph 0409579397
Rare Astor roller dial console radio, ex working order and cond Ph 53824316
REDUCED Yamaha CLP330
Clavinova Digital Piano , EC, great sound and feel, includes stool $2250 Ph0428894232
Student Cello and Bow $500 Ph 0427712331
A furnished room for single or double employed person/s, available now, Ph Val 0412169433
Hindmarsh Shire Council invites suitably qualified and experienced persons / organisations to respond to its Tender for -
CONTRACT NO. 2022-2023-19
CONSTRUCTION OF MECHANICS WORKSHOP AT JEPARIT DEPOT
The specific requirements are detailed in the tender documents, which can be downloaded via Council’s website at www.hindmarsh.vic.gov.au/tenders
Closing time for the above tender is 2:00pm on Thursday
29 June 2023
All enquiries should be directed to Mick Henderson, Manager Assets and Facilities, via email to mhenderson@hindmarsh.vic.gov.au or telephone (03) 5391 4444.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Council will consider submissions and adoption of the 2023/2024 budget (incorporating Revenue and Rating Plan and Long-Term Financial Plan) at the Council Meeting at 3:00pm on Wednesday 28 June 2023 at the Nhill Memorial Community Centre.
Airia, Fstyle, Mandolin with hard case, EC $300 Ph 0413207022
Land for lease, 860acres, cropping/ grazing, Miga Lake $70 per acre, 3yr terms and 640 acres, cropping/ grazing, Douglas $65 per acre, 3yr term Ph 0429811803
Marcy exercise nike as new $100ono Ph 0458192247
wanted to buy
Wooden wool table cane wool basket, rabbit traps and yabby copper Ph 0400017344
PUBLIC NOTICES
Hindmarsh Shire Council invites suitably qualified and experienced persons / organisations to respond to its Tender for -
CONTRACT NO. 2022-2023-16
DIMBOOLA DEPOT SHED REDEVELOPMENT
Closing time for the above tender is 2:00pm on Thursday
29 June 2023.
All enquiries should be directed to Mick Henderson, Manager Assets and Facilities, via email to mhenderson@hindmarsh.vic.gov.au or telephone (03)
5391 4444.
Greg Wood Chief Executive Officer
Any person may make a written submission on the proposed draft budget incorporating Revenue and Rating Plan and long-term financial plan by visiting Council’s website at www.hindmarsh.vic.gov.au/have-your-say. Alternatively, hard copies of submissions can be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, and posted to Hindmarsh Shire Council PO Box 250, Nhill VIC 3418. Such submissions must be received before 5pm on Wednesday 21 June 2023. Any person making a submission can request to be heard in support of their submission at the Council meeting on Wednesday 28 June 2023.
Copies of the draft 2023/2024 budget (incorporating Revenue and Rating Strategy and Long-Term Financial Plan) will be available for inspection at the Customer Service Centres in Nhill, Dimboola, Rainbow and Jeparit, as well as on the Council’s website.
Any person requiring further information concerning the 2023/2024 Budget or the making of a written submission should contact Monica Revell, Director Corporate and Community Services, on 03 5391 4444.
Greg Wood Chief Executive Officer
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Horsham West and Haven Primary School’s vision is to empower all students to achieve their personal best.
Our mission is to maintain a community of learners who are happy and confident in their ability to learn, grow and succeed.
GRADUATE and EXPERIENCED TEACHERS
REQUIRED FOR THE 2024 SCHOOL YEAR
Come and join our dedicated team.
Please email your resume to lee.mckenzie@education.vic.gov.au
If you have any questions, contact Lee McKenzie 0438 824 580 for further information
Just Better Care provides in-home aged care and disability support services, supporting people to live independently.
We are currently looking for a Full Time Rostering / Administration Assistant to join our Western Victoria team. The position is based in Horsham.
The Rostering/Administration Assistant is a member of the Client Services and Supports team. The position is primarily office based and is an integral role in ensuring person centred services and supports are delivered to customers in line with their service agreements.
The Rostering / Administration Assistant is responsible for providing rostering of shifts, shift changes and liaising with staff on those matters. Be responsible for administrative and clerical services in order to ensure effective and efficient operations. The Rostering / Administration Assistant is to provide a courteous, knowledgeable and reliable liaison between customers, the public and staff members.
The Rostering / Administration Assistant provides comprehensive, high quality administrative support to the Just Better Care office.
Further information about this role is outlined in the Position Description. Please contact Just Better Care on 03 5381 1432 or, email hr.wv@justbettercare.com to request a copy. A copy of the Position Description can also be located in the web link below.
If you would like to join our growing team and become part of our friendly, professional network please apply today via the following web link – https://applynow.net.au/jobs/JBC1073815 or via email hr.wv@justbettercare.com
Applications must address the Key Selection Criteria. Applications close 5pm Friday 9 June 2023
Mainly Grain Cartage
Must have: MC Licence Good Driving History
Genuine Enquiries Only
Dickerson Haulage Pty. Ltd. Mobile: 0428 595 365
Catalogue distributors wanted
To apply or for more information please go to: https://whcg.mercury.com.au/
Wimmera Aquatrail Shop Assistant
Wimmera Aquatrail currently has an exciting position for an energetic salesperson.
This is a diverse position to work in a business that caters to the sale of irrigation, plumbing, and landscaping supplies and services in the Wimmera region.
Previous experience with irrigation, plumbing, and landscaping/turf management industries would be highly valued but not essential. We will provide on-the-job and external product training from industry leaders.
The Position:
• Irrigation and pump salesperson
• Customer service in all areas of the business
• Nursery and landscaping sales and advisor
• The position is full time, and the position incumbent will form part of a weekend roster
• Remuneration- above award rates
About you
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Willingness to learn all areas of the business
• Irrigation/pump knowledge and pump repair skills are also an advantage
If you are looking for employment security and value the importance of great customer service with good attention to detail, then this could be the perfect job for you.
To express your interest in this position, please email a cover letter and your resume to apply@chsgroup.com.au or call in and see us at Wimmera Aquatrail, 2 Apricot Ave, Horsham.
• Horsham
• Stawell
• Ararat
Weekly pay Smartphone required ivehub.com.au
phone and reception duties
• Additional Administrative tasks as required Admirable attributes/skills:
• Good computer skills, including Microsoft Office
• Personable and Reliable
• Experience in accounting software is an advantage but not essential
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Included in this position, you will interact with internal staff and customers. Given the diversity of the business, you will be expected to work across all divisions, including Plumbing, Electrical, Technical, Engineering, Civil and Construction.
If you feel you would be a suitable candidate, please send your resume to: apply@chsgroup.com.au
Join the team at St Brigid’s College
St Brigid’s College is a leading co-educa�onal Year 7-12 Catholic College located in Horsham in the heart of the Wimmera. Applica�ons are invited from suitably experienced persons for:
St Brigid’s College, Horsham seeks to appoint a dynamic and innova�ve educator to posi�vely impact the lives of students, families and staff, and support the delivery of strategic goals across the school.
If you are a passionate educator looking to demonstrate your strong knowledge of contemporary educa�onal delivery and leadership, this is an opportunity to join a flourishing, co-educa�on and regional school.
Applica�ons addressing the selec�on criteria should be addressed to:
The Principal, St Brigid’s College PO Box 542, HORSHAM Vic 3402
For full details and a role descrip�on visit: www.stbc.vic.edu.au/employment and emailed to principal@stbc.vic.edu.au by close of business on Monday 19 June.
Our school community promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children.
ROUND EIGHT: There was action aplenty in Wimmera and Horsham District league matches across the region on Saturday. Pictured, clockwise from above: Edehope-Apsley’s David McLeish tackles Corey Mann, Pimpinio; Pimpinio’s Liam Jakobi and Bernard Kealy, Edehope-Apsley, go up for a mark; Jayde Ellis, Pimpinio, looks to pass; Braydon Witney, Pimpinio, keeps his eyes on the ball; Pimpinio’s Tahlia Thompson; Shannon Freeman, EdenhopeApsley, reaches above Lana Ellis, Pimpinio, for an intercept; Gage Wright, Horsham Saints, evades Ararat opponents; and centre, Jorja Clode, Horsham Saints, shoots for goal.
Pictures: PAUL CARRACHER
Available Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm 5382 1351
Horsham Rockets are a group of nine all-abilities athletes who participate in the annual Tri State Games in November and this year, the event returns to Cobram.
The games normally rotate to a new destination every two years.
The Tri State Games are a weeklong sporting event that gives people with a disability the opportunity to compete against other athletes from Victoria, southern NSW and South Australia in a range of sporting activities.
Horsham Rockets have been competing as an independent team, supported by a team of volunteers, for nine years and it is the highlight of their year.
The games started in 1986. They encourage and promote participants in inclusive and accessible sporting opportunities as a means of improving health, fitness and
quality of life for people with a disability.
They also encourage participants to pursue sporting interests in mainstream competition and promote the sporting achievements of people with a disability in the broader community.
The games also represent inclusion in the community with respect, sportsmanship and just having a great time.
Horsham Rockets are looking for financial support from organisations or individuals to enable them to compete in Cobram.
They are not supported by any agency; they are proud of the fact that they are completely funded by the community and through their own contributions.
People wanting more information can contact Jeff Pekin on 0428 575 280 or pekin.54@ optusnet.com.au
A beautiful winter’s morning greeted runners for the inaugural Ballarat Running Company Handicap.
Thirty-five runners ventured to the Ironbarks for a five-kilometre undulating course.
Joel Freeland was a clear two-minute winner over MS Glitter Angel Stacey Harrison, followed by the evergreen David Hunter.
Fastest male was Col Barnett in 21.30 and fastest female Elise Monaghan in 23.23.
Freeland is a former tennis champion and all-round natural sportsman. Running comes second nature to him.
His boys took an interest in running and joined the club and he followed in their footsteps.
This is his second season with the club and runs when his work commitments allow him.
Freeland was surprised with the win and was ‘just enjoying having a good run’.
In the junior three-kilometre race there was less than a minute separating the three place-getters.
Cameron Christian claimed the
victory, closely followed by Joseph Clarke and Kade Santuccione.
Twin brothers fought out for first and second place in sub-juniors, with Oakley taking the victory ahead of Hamish. Catherine Clarke came third.
After the race, a morning tea was held at the club rooms to help raise money to support the Kiss Goodbye to MS, The May 50K appeal. Donations
The halfway point of the Mininera and District league senior football season sees a large number of teams still vying for a finals place.
Last year’s grand finalists Tatyoon remain undefeated after eight games with a couple of big wins in the last two rounds against Moyston-Willaura and Glenthompson-Dunkeld.
Big margins in both games leave the Hawks with a significant percentage of 409.09.
Wickliffe-Lake Bolac and Woorndoo-Mortlake round out the top three with only a handful of losses between them.
The Magpies, in particular, are looking impressive, holding on against Ararat Eagles to run out four-point winners in round eight.
lucky against the ladder leaders in round seven, but will be pleased with the season so far.
Great Western, in seventh position, holds an even record in the competition and will be looking to improve this in future matches.
The Lions pushed the third-placed Tigers last week before losing by 17 points.
Hawkesdale-Macarthur is still within touch, sitting on three wins, ahead of a winnable round nine fixture against Lismore-Derrinallum.
SMW Rovers have one win at the break, with Moyston-Willaura also breaking its duck before formerAFL star Kane Cornes pulled on the Panthers’ colours for a one-off Carlton Draft game.
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The club’s next race is a combined Stawell and Ararat Cross Country
Last year’s premiers are still within striking distance after losing at Ararat’s Alexandra Oval, sitting in fourth with plenty of the season still to play.
Caramut sits at the foot of the ladder and is the only side yet to win in the 2023 season.
Lismore-Derrinallum, positioned ninth, had its round eight match doned after a heavy collision in the
A medical emergency caused the seniors tie to be called off after 10
There’s an interesting tale behind the name of four-year-old gelding Banksofthemurray – the winner of the $7000 Carey Covers Pace at Stawell last week.
“He was bought out of the APG Sydney sales over the March long weekend back in 2020,” part-owner Terry Lewis said.
“We were all up at a Lewis family reunion in the gardens at Murray Downs, over the bridge from Swan Hill. With the Murray Downs complex adjacent to the Murray River came the name.”
The son of Bettors Delight, USA, sat outside the leader throughout the 1785m trip and showed plenty of fight down the home straight to score by 3.8m from the fast-finishing Keayang Speak, Ryan Backhouse, and Presidential Art, Jackie Barker.
Banksofthemurray has drawn the
pole in race five at Ararat tonight and looks a great chance to add further to his handy career record of four wins and six minors from 26 starts.
Malibu Jack
Stawell’s nine-event fixture included the club’s annual memorial races for life members James McLeod and his daughter-in-law Judith.
Seven-year-old gelding Malibu Jack, for the Berringa training partnership of AJ and Beau Tindale and driver Jordan Leedham, took out the James McLeod tribute.
The winning move came down the back straight on the final occasion when Leedham worked his charge forward between runners into the oneout-one-back spot, enabling him to ease three and four wide around the final bend into clean air.
Once balanced up, Malibu Jack stormed down the home straight to claim victory by 4.3m in a rate of 2:00.2 for the 2180m journey.
It was a welcome return to the winners’ circle for the ownership group with Malibu Jack’s last victory being some nine months and 16 starts ago.
Mt Gambier owned and trained sixyear-old gelding Burning Hot proved much too good for the opposition in the Judith McLeod Memorial.
After starting from the second row and settling into the one-out-two-back position, driver Brent Howard made a sustained three-wide, forward move with Burning Hot at the 650m mark to assume the lead at the top of the home stretch.
The son of Sunshine Beach extended the margin to nine metres in the run to the post and notched up his 12th career victory for owner Marilyn Howard.
Wichita Dance
Great Western part-owner and trainer Daryl Crone and Maryborough driver
Tina Ridis combined with four-yearold gelding Wichita Dance to capture the $7000 Trackside Bistro Pace Final at Stawell.
Beginning brilliantly from gate four, Wichita Dance defied all challengers throughout the 1785m journey and went on to score by 1.2m in a rate of 1:58.9.
After showing moderate form in all eight starts last season, Crone has turned Wichita Dance’s form completely around this preparation, resulting in two wins and two secondplacings from four outings.
Dangerous
Talented three-year-old colt Dangerous cruised to victory at Kilmore on Thursday night for the Charlton trainer-driver combo of Shane and Ryan Sanderson.
First up since his unplaced run in the Group 1 NSW Derby Final in March, Dangerous lobbed along towards the tail of the field after starting from the
Horsham Pony Club hosted its first competition since 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic and floods forced multiple cancellations before the competition’s eventual staging on May 21.
The competition was split into a com-
bined training event and a dressage jackpot.
The winner of combined training involves the best combined scores of one dressage test and a round of show jumping; and the winner of the dressage jackpot is the competitor who received the best
results of two dressage tests. The club received 60 entries between each event, with riders from as far as Mildura and Geelong and of all ages and abilities.
The club continues to host rallies on the first Sunday of each month.
extreme outside second line gate over the 2180m journey.
Ryan made a forward move at the 400m mark and Dangerous responded with a dazzling burst way out wide to claim the lead at the top of the straight.
The margin widened to 12 metres at the post and the son of boom stallion Sweet Lou USA made it five wins from 11 starts for his Birchip district owners — the Lowry, Wilson, Hogan, Hodge and Dillon families.
Blake Bolac
Very smart Armstrong-trained gelding Blake Bolac took his record to six wins from 11 starts at Maryborough on Friday afternoon for owners, the Back Bolac Standardbred Group.
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Thetop teams after the regular season will be looking to take the direct route to the grand final when senior Horsham Volleyball Association competitions finals commence.
In A Grade, Hellenic Nuggets and Phantoms have been the top two teams all season and will clash in the second semi-final.
Nuggets have the personnel to stop Phantoms big hitter Jack Exell, which will be the key to this contest.
Exell is well supported by Laelah Robertson who is their key passer, while Will Saligari is their defence organiser and works well in tandem with Robertson in the passing row.
Nuggets will look to Tyler Puls to hit plenty of winners and Tom Roberts and Dimitrios Vettos to block the Phantoms’ attackers.
In the first semi-final between Rangers and Heidelberg, it will be curtains for the loser.
Jack Hannan and Tim Carter are the key players for Rangers, while Heidelberg will rely on Nathan Berry to set his team to victory, with Matt McLoughlin and Malachy O’Brien Heidelberg’s key hitters.
In A Reserve, reigning premiers Waterhammers will renew acquaintances with Heidelberg in the second semi and will be nervous after being beaten by
the traditional foes in the final round last week.
Chris Baker and Lachlan Start are Waterhammers’ key players, while the return of Michael Schneider will be most welcomed after the big hitter missed last week.
Paul Drendel and Vaughn Maroske are the keys to a Heidelberg victory.
In the first semi-final, Hurricanes will be out to make it two in a row against Von Steiger Shadows, after scoring a comprehensive straight-sets win in the final game of the regular season last week.
Ruben Ferguson and Alex Baker are well supported by setters Sam Peachey and Casey Quick and they should pack too many punches for the Von Steiger Shadows.
Kicking off the night will be the women’s finals with Bingo Biddies up against Rangers in the second semi and Heidelberg and Tsunami in the first semi.
Bingo Biddies have gone through the season undefeated and have Ellonia Barnett and Kymberley Murray in good form.
Rangers will rely on Mercedes Arnott and Mackenzie Camilleri for the bulk of their wins.
Heidelberg was beaten in a surprise upset in its final game last week against the Academy girls and will be stung into action.
Molly Carter and Annika McDonald will ensure the Heidelberg team gets over the line, but Emily Hannan and Lily
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Snowden will give their all for Tsunami and fight all the way to the finish.
Games get underway at 6pm tonight at St Brigid’s College Stadium in Horsham.
The volleyball community responded in the best way possible when they played for the Sartori-Billman family in a ‘Lightning Spike’ competition in Horsham on Sunday.
The event raised $2500 for the family who lost everything in a recent house fire. Volleyball Horsham would like to thank the businesses that donated raffle prizes, the volunteers who worked in the canteen and on the barbecue and the players who gave up their Sunday to rally for a cause.
The family were in attendance on the day and were overwhelmed by the kindness of the volleyball community.
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FOCUS: Ellonia Barnett competes in a Volleyball Horsham fundraising day for the Sartori-Billman family of Jung.
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Wimmera
Hockey Association
members joined colleagues from across the state on Saturday in pausing to honour the memory of hockey personality Annie Anderson, who died last year.
Before the senior matches, Wimmera Hockey Association hosted a brief ceremony where life member, and one of Annie’s former teammates, Launa Schilling, read a short piece highlighting Annie’s contribution to the sport locally and further afield.
Many players also wore a bandana – a regular part of Annie’s playing uniform – as a tribute.
Once the action got underway on the pitch, Yanac Tigers and Warrack Hoops played out another tense encounter in the open competition.
After these two played out a scoreless draw earlier this year, this trend continued early in the match, with neither able to breach the defence of the other in the first half. It was the Tigers who broke the deadlock with a goal early in the third quarter.
This proved to be the only score for the match, preserving the Tigers’ undefeated status this season, while the Hoops remain comfortably in finals contention in third place.
After a hiccup against the Tigers in the last round, where they suffered their first loss for the season, Horsham Hurricanes bounced back to their early form with a four-goal win against Nhill Rangers, which keeps them clear in second place on the ladder.
The determined defence by the Rang-
ers kept the scoreline much lower than it could have been, but the number of attacking options the Hurricanes’ forwards created soon overwhelmed the defenders.
Horsham Jets played out an even first quarter against Nhill Thunderbirds but stamped their mark on the game with three goals in the second quarter.
However, some solid defence by Nhill slowed the scoring, restricting the Jets to just one more goal in each of the last two quarters, giving a final result of five goals.
It was a similar story in the other women’s match, where Yanac established an early lead with three goals in the first quarter, but Warracknabeal fought back and restricted their opponents to just two more successful scoring shots for the rest of the game.
Although enjoying a week off with the bye, Kaniva remains on top of the ladder, but with their win, Yanac is keeping the pressure on and are ready to pounce if the reigning premiers falter.
The Jets lead the rest of the field in third place, with time remaining in the season for them to mount a challenge for the top two, while the Thunderbirds and Warracknbeal appear to be in a contest to claim fourth place in the finals.
The highlight in the under-16 competition was a six-goal haul by Tom Batchelor, who scored all of Horsham Bombers’ goals in their victory against Nhill Leopards to remain undefeated.
Yanac Warriors had three separate
goal scorers when they finished ahead of Warracknabeal Revengers.
Next weekend the whole competition has a bye for the senior country championships in Melbourne.
Although the Wimmera is not sending a team, several local players will take part, representing other associations. The local competition resumes on June 17, with a full round of matches at Kaniva. Yanac has the bye.
Results –
Open: Horsham Hurricanes 4 (Goals, J. Horsfall, T. Batchelor, J. Mills, R. Duggan; best, J. Horsfall, P. Mackereth, T. Batchelor) d Nhill Rangers 0 (S. Bone, D. Reichelt, D. Schwarz). Yanac Tigers 1 (T. Alexander; B. Alexander, S. Alexander, T. Alexander) d Warracknabeal Hoops 0 (S. Schultz, R. Bennett, T. Jorgensen).
Women: Horsham Jets 5 (E. Morrow 2, H. Mackereth, A. Heal, R. Creek; E. Morrow, L. Schilling, K. Krahe) d Nhill Thunderbirds 0 (N. Kuhnell, K. Clark, H. Cannell). Yanac Women 5 (R. Dart 3, N. Harding, M. Mackely; E. Alexander, M. Mackley, R. Dart, S. Hedt) d Warracknabeal Women 0 (B. McMaster, L. Eilola, E. Williamson).
Under-16: Horsham Bombers 6 (T. Batchelor 6; T. Batchelor, H. Mackereth, J. Schwarz) d Nhill Leopards 1 (O. Bone; D. Clark, O. Bone, T. Shue Bee). Yanac Warriors 4 (Archie Zanker 2, C. Zanker, S. Pedie; S. Pedie, C. Zanker, Asher Zanker) d Warracknabeal Revengers 0 (Best, Z. O’Connor, E. Williamson, N. Eilola).
Under-12 development program: Horsham Black Hawks 1 (C. Claassen; encouragement award, L Hobbs) v Kaniva Rampagers 1 (R. Doyle; encouragement award, D. Stimson). Dimboola Kookaburras 0 (Encouragement award, L. Elliott, M. Corbett) v Yanac Lowan Stars 0 (Encouragement award, T. Rethus, M. Dart). Nhill Bandits 3 (D. Bee, N. Krelle, B. Clark) v Warracknabeal Avengers 3 (S. Williamson 2, C. Bentley).
REMEMBERED: Hockey players pause at Dimboola to remember Annie Anderson during Annie’s round. Pictures: PAUL CARRACHER
UNITED: From left, Robyn Creek, Daniel Bee, Cooper Bentley, Asha Cramer, Chelsea Elliott and Ruby Doyle wear bandanas. Ellie Morrow, Horsham Jets Kelly Krahe, Horsham Jets Naomi Kuhnell, NhillHeading into a long weekend bye, the Horsham Demons women’s team is riding on a high after convincingly defeating Stawell in round eight of Western Victoria Female Football League.
The Demons were in control of the play all game and kicked 19.14 (128) to Stawell’s 0.1 (1).
Small forward Ella Boston could not be stopped and kicked seven goals and was supported well by Genevieve Blake who kicked six goals.
played a team-focused game and were powerful in the midfield and across the forward line.
The win has bumped the Demons to third on the ladder and bought their percentage closer to Tyrendarra, in second place. It will be a tough clash after the break when the Demons head to Tyrendarra for round nine.
The Horsham Demons under18s girls’ team suffered its second loss for the season after coming up against TerangMortlake.
on one point and the Bloods on zero at the first break.
Two goals to Terang-Mortlake gave them some momentum moving forward, but the Demons were not going to allow a big score blowout.
A third goal in the final quarter sealed the Demons’ fate and they lost 3.1 (19) to 0.2 (2).
Greta Arnel and Ashlee Ison played a strong game, but were unable to overpower the Bloods.
The Demons remain second on the ladder by percentage ahead of Warrnambool, who they will play after the break at home in round 10.
Elle Treloar and Dellie Brown
A lot of back and forth in the first quarter had the Demons
Gippsland Power overpowered
Greater Western Victoria Rebels girls’ and boys’ teams in round nine of Coates Talent League on Sunday.
The girls’ Rebels team was in front by two points at threequarter time after a competitive
Horsham Demons export Olivia Brilliant had eight disposals and was named among the best players.
The Rebels are 12th going into a two-week break.
Gippsland was too strong for the Rebels boys from the begin-
The final score was 13.16 (94) to 6.9 (45).
Horsham Saints export Joel Freijah had 23 disposals and was named among best players for the game, while Rupanyup export Connor Weidemann had 11 disposals.
LEARNING: Tennis Victoria hosted level one ballkid trials for the 2024 Australian Open at Haven Tennis Club, near Horsham, on Sunday and Horsham’s Charli Pietsch was on the court giving it a go. Level one trials were hosted at 19 tennis clubs across Victoria during May and early June. Level two trials for returning and successful level one ballkids will follow in July. The final Australian Open squad of about 400 ballkids will complete five on-court training sessions and an official induction and orientation day before the grand slam next year.
Wimmera
This week: King’s Birthday long weekend league bye.
Senior football
Last week: Round eight, Ararat 15.10 (100) d Horsham Saints 8.8 (56), Minyip-Murtoa
10.15 (75) d Nhill 7.6 (48), Southern Mallee Giants 19.14 (128) d Warrack Eagles 8.4 (52), Stawell 11.14 (80) d Horsham 8.16 (64). Dimboola, bye.
Ladder: Ararat 28 points, 269.37 percent; Southern Mallee Giants 20, 159.28; Dimboola 20, 116.01; Horsham Saints 20, 95.25; Stawell 16, 80.57; Minyip-Murtoa 12, 91.03; Horsham 6, 74.02; Nhill 6, 65.68; Warrack Eagles 0, 58.73.
A Grade netball
One of Laharum’s favourite sons reached a significant milestone when his team hosted Taylors Lake in round eight of Horsham District league football.
Hamish Roberts played his 300th game for the club after an involvement with senior footy lasting more than 20 years.
Roberts said his family has a long-standing affiliation with the Demons.
His mother Jill and father Barry are both life members and his uncle, Des Roberts, is the club’s game record holder.
“The club’s part of my identity as a Laharum person,” he said.
Roberts said his senior playing career stemmed back to his schooling days, in 2002.
He played a full year in the reserves in year10, at a time when other younger players were also coming through the ranks.
Roberts said he reflected especially fondly on the period starting in 2012, culminating in grand finals in both 2013 and 2015.
Ahead of Laharum’s round four match-up with Edenhope-Apsley this season, Roberts and his teammates from the 2013 premiership team met for their 10-year reunion.
Roberts said the team caught up to watch an AFL game on the Friday night, and then their own grand final tape.
“For those three or four years we were quite strong,” he said.
“It was probably my favourite period of playing.”
Looking back on the football landscape to when he started, Roberts said he noticed a number of changes, for the better.
“I don’t feel that old. I look at photos and we were wearing woollen jumpers. Back then it was a rough game, there were brawls and yellow cards every week, with young blokes being targeted,” he said.
“Tactically, there is a far bigger emphasis now, there is professionalism and training – gamesense is far more prevalent.
“There is far better awareness around concussion. I’ve had a number in my own career. Early on, they would just send you back out on the field; now it is much better.”
Roberts said the professionalism he saw playing for Leopold in the Geelong league came with him when he returned to Laharum in about 2012.
With Shannon Argall and Marcus Demaria, he took on different roles including assistant coach and joint coach, until 2016.
Roberts has held numerous positions during his time at Laharum, including football director for three years.
“I chip in where required,” he said.
He now has three daughters playing netball at the club, which means he spends more time at the courts than he has previously.
“I will always be helping out at the club, whether that is on the board or anywhere else,” he said.
On Saturday, Roberts also fulfilled duties as senior co-coach with Shannon Argall, which will continue for the remainder of the year.
Last week: Round eight, Horsham Saints 79 d Ararat 49, Nhill 50 d Minyip-Murtoa 25, Southern Mallee Giants 38 d Warrack Eagles 31, Horsham 54 d Stawell 36. Dimboola, bye.
Ladder: Horsham Saints 28 points, 159.34 percent; Horsham 24, 171.01; Stawell 20, 112.41; Nhill 16, 124.07; Dimboola 16, 92.57; Ararat 12, 90.45; Southern Mallee Giants 8, 85.67; Minyip-Murtoa 4, 60.14; Warrack Eagles 0, 56.05.
Horsham District
This week: King’s Birthday long weekend league bye.
Senior football
Last week: Round eight, Harrow-Balmoral 24.12 (156) d Noradjuha-Quantong 5.8 (38), Taylors Lake 9.13 (67) d Laharum 7.12 (54), Jeparit-Rainbow 13.7 (85) d Rupanyup 5.9 (39), Natimuk United 17.9 (111) d Kaniva-Leeor United 5.19 (49), Swifts 10.14 (74) d Kalkee 8.14 (62), Edenhope-Apsley 11.10 (76) d Pimpinio 6.6 (42).
Ladder: Harrow-Balmoral 32 points, 475.55 percent; Jeparit-Rainbow 28, 210.99; Swifts 20, 128.94; Noradjuha-Quantong 20, 112.52; Edenhope-Apsley 20, 95.23; Rupanyup 18, 116.19; Pimpinio 16, 91.42; Kaniva-Leeor United 12, 57.51; Natimuk United 10, 77.94; Kalkee 8, 77.8; Taylors Lake 8, 49.3; Laharum 0, 25.38.
A Grade netball
Last week: Round eight, Noradjuha-Quantong 75 d Harrow-Balmoral 26, Laharum 73 d Taylors Lake 29, Rupanyup 52 d Jeparit-Rainbow 52, Kalkee 48 d Swifts 37, Edenhope-Apsley 39 d Pimpinio 25.
Ladder: Edenhope-Apsley 32 points, 233.53 percent; Laharum 28, 157.56; Kalkee 24, 128.14; Noradjuha-Quantong 20, 125.31; Pimpinio 20, 112.11; Rupanyup 18, 117.48; Jeparit-Rainbow 18, 110.4; Natimuk United 12, 83.92; Taylors Lake 12, 70; Swifts 4, 53.43; Harrow-Balmoral 4, 45.28.
Mininera and District
This week: King’s Birthday long weekend league bye.
Senior football
Last week: Round eight, Wickliffe-Lake Bolac 10.8 (68) d Ararat Eagles 9.10 (64), Glenthompson-Dunkeld 17.13 (115) d SMW Rovers 4.5 (29), Penshurst 15.18 (108) d Hawkesdale-Macarthur 6.9 (45), Woorndoo-Mortlake 11.12 (78) d Great Western 8.13 (61), Tatyoon 26.29 (185) d Moyston-Willaura 3.1 (19), Lismore-Derrinallum v Caramut, abandoned.
Ladder: Tatyoon 32 points, 409.09; Wickliffe-Lake Bolac 28, 285.9; Woorndoo-Mortlake 24, 265.59; Ararat Eagles 20, 172.41; Glenthompson-Dunkeld 20, 122.11; Penshurst 20, 119.48; Great Western 16, 107.99; Hawkesdale-Macarthur 12, 121.91; Lismore-Derrinallum 8, 74.56; SMW Rovers 4, 75.65; Moyston-Willaura 4, 17.28; Caramut 0, 10.87.
A Grade netball
Last week: Lismore-Derrinallum 59 d Caramut 15, Glenthompson-Dunkeld 49 d SMW Rovers 46, Penshurst 33 d Hawkesdale-Macarthur 29, Woorndoo-Mortlake 78 d Great Western 28, Moyston-Willaura v Tatyoon, no game.
Ladder: Tatyoon 32 points, 206.49 percent; Lismore-Derrinallum 28, 250; Ararat Eagles 28, 243.08; Woorndoo-Mortlake 24, 191.88; Penshurst 24, 153.10; Hawkesdale-Macarthur 24, 131.68; Caramut 12, 75.83; SMW Rovers 8, 79.67; Great Western 4, 73.41; Glenthompson-Dunkeld 4, 68.51; Moyston-Willaura 4, 28.80.
North Central
This week: Round eight, Boort v St Arnaud, Wedderburn v Nullawil, Donald v Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers, Wycheproof-Narraport v Charlton. Birchip-Watchem, bye. Senior football
Last week: Wedderburn 15.11 (101) d St Arnaud 5.9 (39), Birchip-Watchem 13.8 (86) d Boort 5.5 (35), Donald 9.14 (68) d Nullawil 8.8 (56), Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers 9.13 (67) d Wycheproof-Narraport 5.4 (34). Charlton, bye.
Ladder: Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers 24 points, 242.79 percent; Nullawil 16, 177.14; Birchip-Watchem 16, 176.8; Donald 16, 127.84; Wycheproof-Narraport 14, 81.02; Wedderburn 12, 107.73; Boort 10, 103.77; Charlton 4, 39.47; St Arnaud 0, 31.93.
A Grade netball
Last week: Donald 55 d Nullawil 47, Wedderburn 66 d St Arnaud 22, Wycheproof-Narraport 47 d Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers 30, Boort 46 d Birchip-Watchem 34. Charlton, bye.
Ladder: Boort 24 points, 148.02; Wedderburn 20, 131.97; Nullawil 20, 125.23; Birchip-Watchem 16, 108.77; Wycheproof-Narraport 12, 105.36; Charlton 8, 104.61; Donald 8, 90.94; Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers 4, 66.02; St Arnaud 0, 48.28.
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The match of the round: Noradjuha-Quantong went into the game against Harrow-Balmoral undermanned, without four or five players including Damian Cameron and Brock Orval. Near the end of the third quarter, it got worse for the Bombers as they suffered another four injuries to finish with 17 players. Harrow-Balmoral is certainly the team to beat after its 118-point win on Saturday. With good players on every line, anyone who wants to beat the Southern Roos is going to need a full-strength team.
The standout player: Harrow-Balmoral’s Mitchell Grant used to play predominately in the forward line, but was put on the ball against the Bombers. The Southern Roos footballer kicked a goal on Saturday and was unlucky to not be named in the best players
The rising team: Jeparit-Rainbow has impressed to sit second on the ladder, closest to Harrow-Balmoral. Plenty who follow the league have been surprised by how well the Storm is performing this season. Some smart recruiting of players such as Bradley Stokes and Nicholas Yarran from the Northern Territory has paid dividends in 2023.
The match of the round: The draw between Rupanyup and Jeparit-Rainbow was the match of the round. The two teams were level at half time, three-quarter time and after the final siren. With third spot on the line, to have a draw with 52 goals apiece suggested a highly-skilled contest.
The standout player: Rupanyup’s Zanaiya Bergen threw 51 of the 52 goals her side scored in the round eight draw. Her accuracy in front of goal was crucial to the team’s ability to stay with Jeparit-Rainbow throughout the match.
The rising team: Rupanyup is the rising star considering how far it has come from last year. The team was once the easy beats of the league, but now find themselves as a group on the rise. The Panthers can challenge for third place on the ladder, behind leaders Edenhope-Apsley and Laharum, as the season progresses.
A Grade netball season has reached the league bye round, with new competitors challenging established teams.
Horsham District league chairperson Rosemary Langley said Rupanyup had made an impression, with a change of fortunes this season seeing it climb to sixth position.
The two teams that were on either side of last year’s grand final result are again leading the pack after eight rounds.
“Edenhope-Apsley is the team to beat in the netball, along with Laharum,” Langley said.
She said junior netball had also progressed nicely, with Pimpinio and Kalkee yet to be beaten in the 17-and-under competition.
In the 15-and-under group, Natimuk United joins Kalkee with eight wins after as many games.
Harrow-Balmoral and Laharum sit behind Pimpinio to make up the top three in the 13-and-under division.
Langley said netballers in age
groups 13-and-under, 15-and-under and 17-and-under would have the chance to represent their league at interleague competition.
“Our netballers have already travelled to Echuca for regional championships this year,” she said.
Langley said from a board perspective, all of the clubs appeared to be entering a positive mode after eight rounds.
“We will be catching up with clubs to have a health-check during the break,” she said.
She said the board had instigated an initiative to speak confidentially with clubs to see if they had any concerns.
Langley said while finding volunteers had been an issue recently, the league had heard less from clubs about this problem in 2023.
“The football and netball landscape keeps changing,” she said.
“A key aim of the board, going forward, is to keep netball and football as vital parts of life in the region.”
With the Horsham District league senior football season reaching the halfway point, there is still time for clubs to jostle for ladder position.
League chairperson Rosemary Langley said flag contenders were starting to emerge.
She said traditional teams were leading the way again this season, and singled out the performance of Jeparit-Rainbow, who has hit some good form in the lead-up to the bye round.
The Storm has taken it up to the other sides, including undefeated Harrow-Balmoral, but is yet to face Noradjuha-Quantong or Swifts, who round out the top four.
At the other end of the ladder, Langley said some of the games that appeared one-sided on paper had been more competitive on the day.
“Kalkee has been a surprise, dropping down the ladder,” she said.
She said the Kees, last year’s grand finalists, should not be discounted. The Kees sit in 10th and will need to make a strong run to gain a finals place.
In reserves football, Noradjuha-
Quantong and Harrow-Balmoral have shown depth to lead the pack, with Kalkee and Pimpinio making up the top four.
Langley said junior competition had been tracking well, with Pimpinio, Harrow-Balmoral and Kalkee leading under-17s.
“Across juniors, there have been a few mercy rules, but clubs have been handling that well,” she said. Kaniva-Leeor United and Rupanyup are undefeated in under-14s. Langley said junior interleague would return for the first time since 2019.
“Sunday week, we’ve managed to get an interleague game organised,” she said.
“Footballers in the under-13, under-15 as well as under-17 age groups will take on the Maryborough Castlemaine District league at Navarre. Teams will be announced later this week.
“We had two league respondents – the other was Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara league, which has indicated they might be interested in something next year.”
Oneround remains before the halfway point of the Wimmera league football season and in the senior competition, the fight for final ladder positions will remain tough until August.
Wimmera Football Netball League chairperson Pauline Butler said it was interesting to watch the senior football competition play out this season.
“It looks like it’s going to be a fight for those top five ladder positions until the end, which is exciting for the league,” she said.
“There are some of the same teams that were up there last year, but it’s never a sure thing and at this stage, the top five could be anyone.”
At the end of round eight, Ararat
is undefeated and sits clearly at the top of the ladder by two games.
Southern Mallee Giants, Dimboola and Saints follow, all having won five games and separated by percentage.
Stawell holds fifth position by one game ahead of Minyip-Murtoa.
Ms Butler said Ararat looked to be the team to beat.
“Ararat is proving strong and has beaten a lot of the top five teams so far,” she said.
“Time will tell with the next nine rounds and a few teams are struggling with injuries at the moment.
“It’s more than likely going to come down to the last round again for positions on the ladder.”
In the reserves competition, Ararat is undefeated at the top of the ladder. Horsham Saints are closing in, with only one game lost.
The contest for the remaining top-five positions is tight for Minyip-Murtoa, Stawell, Horsham and Nhill.
Ms Butler said in the junior grades, two to three sides were vying for top honours this year.
Horsham, Stawell and Horsham Saints are sitting on top of the ladder in the under-14s.
In the under-17s competition, Horsham, Horsham Saints and Ararat are sitting at the top of the ladder. All under-17 teams across the league have secured at least one win this season.
“The top three will be hard to beat, with Horsham and Horsham Saints looking really strong this year,” Ms Butler said.
“I don’t think too many teams will be able to knock them off during the season.
“Some of the changes we have made in the junior grades allow overage players to compete in under-14s and under-17s.
“This has given clubs the ability to field sides each week and for us, that’s a win.”
For clubs’ day-to-day operations, Ms Butler said finding volunteers remained a challenge.
“The people who are getting out and keeping game days ticking over are doing a sensational job,” she said.
“This year we will be presenting a volunteer of the year award, sponsored by the Horsham Sports and Community Club.
“We will be calling for applications soon, so people can start to put their thinking caps on for who would be worthy of the award for what they do around their club.”
Two teams have established themselves as the ones to beat in Wimmera league A Grade netball ahead of a longweekend league bye.
Horsham Saints are sitting comfortably at the top of the ladder undefeated, and Horsham is not far behind, having only lost to the Saints so far this season.
Wimmera Football Netball
League chairperson Pauline Butler said she believed it was a two-horse race for the flag in the A Grade competition.
“I think it’s going to come down to the Saints and the Demons again,” she said.
“I can’t see anyone being able to topple them after their performance in the first half of the year.
“They are proving to be strong competition and even though both teams lost players, they also gained players and have so much depth on their benches.
“However, while they look too strong at the moment, you never know what the second half of the season can bring, or even finals –anything could happen.”
Based on the ladder ahead of round nine, Stawell, Nhill, Dimboola and Ararat will be the teams
who will fight for the final three top-five ladder positions.
Horsham is undefeated in B Grade, C Grade and C Reserve and will be difficult to beat in the coming rounds.
In the 17-and-under competition, Horsham Saints are undefeated at the top of the ladder, followed by Horsham in second, one game behind, and Warrack Eagles in third, with five wins.
The same clubs have 15-and-under teams in the top three of the ladder, and Horsham and Saints are competing with Stawell in the 13-and-under competition at the top three positions.
Ms Butler said the junior netball competition looked similar to the junior football competition, with some strong teams jumping out early as contenders for a premiership.
“Across the grades, teams are winning by convincing margins or mercy ruling other teams each week,” she said.
“There are two to three sides in each grade who will fight it out come finals time.
“However, the 17-and-under competition could throw a few surprises in the second half of the season.”
Ms Butler said across the league, all clubs were working well together for a successful season.
“There has been some disruption with works at Horsham City Oval and the clubrooms at Stawell’s
Central Park will be redeveloped later in the year,” she said.
“Clubs have been accommodating and supportive of each other as changes have been made to venues during this season, which is great.”
The match of the round: Stawell v Horsham. It was two sides looking for a win and Stawell was able to take it. Horsham did not help itself by being inaccurate in front of goals with eight goals, 16 behinds. Stawell also was not super accurate with 11 goals, 14 behinds, but converted on more chances. At this stage, the Saints will be looking for a push into a finals chance. Horsham is a youthful side and that means a lack of experience to win the close ones.
The standout player: Billy Lloyd, of Southern Mallee Giants was the standout. He had not put on any master classes so far this season, but against Warrack Eagles on Saturday he turned it up. He had a cracker in the midfield and used his strength and big body and got the hard ball and fed it to his teammates.
The rising star: Horsham’s Zac Smith won the under-17s best-and-fairest last year as a middle-aged player and has stepped up into seniors this year. He has played a few weeks in seniors now, has had a couple of best-ons and is building into a good senior player. He is a pressure small forward and does not let the size of his opponents stop him from going for the ball.
The match of the round: Southern Mallee Giants v Warrack Eagles. The Giants controlled the court for the majority of the game. Every time Warrack Eagles pushed the score closer, the Giants responded. It makes it the Giants’ second win and keeps the Eagles winless going into the long weekend.
The standout player: Abby Hallam for Horsham Saints was the standout this week. She plays in goal attack and shot 35 goals from 43 attempts. She has not been as accurate all season, but this week she really lifted. She took lots of shots further out, which she hit each time.
The rising team: Horsham is the rising star this round. After its loss to Saints earlier in the season, it has been flawless. The team is building towards a rematch with the Saints and will want a big win on that one to get one game back before the final rounds.
Saturday, July 16,
Agroup of young aerobics athletes have excelled at different levels of competition to earn themselves a trip to Adelaide later this year.
Horsham’s Holy Trinity Lutheran College’s Energetix aerobics team, with coaches Tarn McDonald and Claire Burke, is looking towards nationals competition after winning state level at Rowville in Melbourne at the weekend.
McDonald said it had taken an ‘extensive’ training schedule for the team to prepare for competition.
“We had before school, lunch time, after school and weekend training,” she said.
“A very high intensity and high level of fitness is required, so we work to build that with the girls.”
McDonald said while the school had a history of teams reaching state and national levels, this year was different because there were new team members and a coaching step-up.
“It’s always different because you have a new group of girls and a new routine,” she said.
“We have three girls who were in the nationals team last year and two girls from the Spring Challenge last year.
“We then have two new girls who have never experienced the sport
before – so we have a range of beginners to experienced girls.
“The team has been running for a long time, but this was our first time taking it on as coaches. Previously, we were in more of an assistant role under Amanda Wik, so it was a bit nerve-racking for us to be in that head position this time.”
McDonald said the group was judged on compulsory moves and other secondary elements of its performance.
“You have compulsory moves –things such as jump jacks, straddle sits, kicks and push-ups – so every
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A player reunion and opening of a cricket museum will honour the memory of the First XI Aboriginal cricket team this weekend. Thirty-five years ago, an Indigenous team visited Edenhope to re-enact the journey of the First XI Aboriginal cricket team.
The 1988 captain, John McGuire, has called on his team from across Australia to return to the ‘birthplace’ of the First Aboriginal Cricket team of 1868 for what could be their last visit. Edenhope Tourism president Helen MulraneyRoll said the reunion, on Saturday and Sunday, would include tours of the area.
“The story begins at Bringalbert with Tom Hamilton initiating his all-round sportsman skill to teach people at the station to play cricket. This became a social event for the district,” she said.
“He bought his team to Edenhope to play against the Edenhope Cricket Club of 1862 on the shores of Lake Wallace, Edenhope, at the request of William Hayman, manager of Lake Wallace Station.
team is scored quite harshly on those,” she said.
“Then you have your basic other fitness, aerobic moves that you can choreograph.”
Co-coach Burke said the team was challenged to choreograph parts of their own routine.
“We have to try to match moves with the music, because we are scored on musical interpretation as well as teamwork, fitness and everything else,” she said.
Burke said the team was successful at the regional event in Gisborne during May, before trav-
elling to Rowville at the weekend.
“You have to achieve a certain score in regionals to be able to pass through to states, and then the same at states – you have to get a certain score that is averaged out to see if you are in the top percent to then make it through to nationals.
“The girls were lucky enough to win state championships as well as get over the score to make it through to nationals.”
McDonald said the nationals competition was in Adelaide between August 10 and 14 at Adelaide Entertainment Centre.
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“It was the beginning of the most memorable moment in Australia’s cricketing history to leave Edenhope, journey through Kadnook onto Queenscliff to play in the UK.”
Ms Mulraney-Roll said the museum, in Elizabeth Street, would honour the original and 1988 teams and their Kowree President’s XI opponents who were skilled cricketers from the district.
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BY SEAN O’CONNELL
athlete who hails from Ararat is poised to return to Europe for her fifth year of alpine action.
Sarah Blizzard spent nine years as a high-profile sprinter before making the unusual switch to bobsledding.
“It was a big change, but an easy change,” she said.
The four-time Stawell Gift 120-metre finalist said the switch from summer to winter sport was rare in Australia, with only a handful of bobsled athletes in the country.
She said bobsledding was only broadcast to Australian audiences every four years, via the Winter Olympics, which she believed impacted both interest and participation.
“It’s not really something you would think to do unless you knew somebody involved,” she said.
“I’m originally from Ararat and have been living at the Queensland Academy of Sport during the offseason – from March to October – sprinting and lifting in the gym.”
Blizzard said she would make a trip to the Czech Republic at the end of August, where she will prepare to
ber,” she said. Since taking up the sport in 2019, Blizzard said she had competed in Europe every season.
She spends five to six months a year in Europe and has participated at the Europe Cup and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Blizzard said the cost of bobsledding was different to other sports.
“It is a fairly self-funded sport, currently,” she said.
“There are some awesome opportunities, but it means that we have to fly all over the place, buying sleds, equipment and paying for accommodation.”
She said bobsledding was an equally ‘awesome’ sport for any company or sponsor to get involved with – noting opportunities for company logos on sleds that would compete in Europe.
Blizzard said she had taken on more responsibility both in the sled and organising the team for the coming season.
She is now a ‘pilot’, sitting at the front of the sled and memorising the track in order to steer.
She is also in charge of the logistics of the season – finding sponsorships, equipment and organising the team.
Blizzard said for the 2023-24 sea
She said she would also participate at the Europe Cup and World
CROSSOVER: High-profile track athlete Sarah Blizzard, of Ararat, has her sights set on the 2023 bobsleigh world championships.
port she had already received and anyone interested in supporting her
A Wimmera men’s representative team has finished third in Bowls Victoria region teams championships in Echuca-Moama.
A women’s team also represented the Wimmera, finishing seventh. Both Wimmera teams competed in the silver section of the championships during two days last month.
Geoffrey Bald, Geoff Lowe, Ashley Batchelor and Daniel Gloury made up team one of the men’s crew. Team two was Daniel Mahoney, Laurie Witham, Warren Perris and Michael Funcke, and team three was Ben Zolj, Daniel Danisch, Clayton Holcombe and Chris Young.
In round one, the teams drew with Murray Mallee, in round two Wimmera defeated Geelong, in round three Wimmera lost to West Coast, in round four Wimmera defeated Ballarat Highlands, in round five Wimmera defeated Mornington Peninsula and in round six Wimmera drew with Strzelecki. Round seven was abandoned due to the weather.
In the women’s competition, the Wimmera team lost to Murray Mallee in round one, was defeated by Geelong in round two, lost to West Coast in round three, was defeated by Ballarat Highlands in round four, defeated Mornington Peninsula in round five and defeated Metro West in round six. Wimmera forfeited round seven against Gippsland.
Team one comprised Stephanie Funcke, Pamela Rollinson, Karen Brennan and Angela Hodgett. Team two was Shelley Holcombe, Amy Hodgetts, Jan Arnold and Shirley Schor
