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Turning the page By Parker McKenzie A children’s book exploring the positive community response to the June 2021 weather event in the Dandenong Ranges has been launched with readings to classrooms in the hills. Primary students at the Dandenong Ranges Steiner School were given an early reading the Story of the Big Storm, which pictures by the students of Mt Dandenong Primary School. Author Julia Hall said the book was conceptualised by both her son and her in the aftermath of the June storms. “We had 25 trees come down on that night and then five weeks later, another five,” she said. “My son Jackson, who was 12 at the time, we had a few ideas of what we put in the book talking about all the good things that happened after a storm where we can together as a community.” Rescue Logs committee member Wendy Berry visited the Dandenong Ranges Steiner School and read the book to the class of children. “This one is a special book that’s been written by a lady called Julia and she was involved last year in the big storm,” Ms Berry said to the class. “All the illustrations are done by children from Mount Dandenong public school, they all drew the pictures and Julia wrote the words.” Ms Hall — who is the president of Rescue Logs — was originally set to read the book to the class, however, was forced to cancel because she was a close contact to a Covid-19 case. Children of the Big Storm was published with assistance from Rotary Clubs grants

Wendy Berry reading The Children of the Big Storm to students at Dandenong Ranges Steiner School. raised for storm recovery. Emerald Rotary president Shalini Penny said she was excited to see the funding rotary raised go towards a positive story for children to enjoy. “When we realized that mental health was a problem that seemed to be a really good starting point, especially with the young children,” she said. “They can look back on this and years to come when they’re adults and they still have those memories, but they’re good memories and not harrowing ones.” Rescue Logs is an organisation focused on reusing felled trees in the Dandenong Ranges

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for firewood and other purposes. Rotary District 9810, particularly Belgrave, Emerald and Monbulk Rotary Clubs, helped raise over $100,000 dollars for the Storm Recovery Fund 2021. Other potential projects earmarked for funding include satellite phones for emergencies, a new roaster for the Kalorama Chestnut Festival after one of destroyed during the storms and essential equipment for SES units in the Dandenong Ranges. Ms Hall said there is resources available for people who are still suffering trauma from the storm. “You’ll notice at the back of the book there

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is a blurb from Anna Napoli, a child psychologist from Mt Evelyn,” she said. “It’s really important for children to know they aren’t alone and part of the healing journey is actually processing the vents of that night and talking about it, but also sitting back and looking at the good things that came from it.” Children of the Big Storm was launched at the Rotary Storm Recovery Festival on Sunday February 27. It can be purchased at www. rescuelogs.org or by visiting Mountain Wholefoods in Mt Dandenong, who have agreed to sell the book with all profits going to Rescue Logs.

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Committee to focus on local housing strategy

The Upper Ferntree Gully Station car park is receiving an upgrade. Picture: CAR PARKS FOR COMMUTERS

Yarra Ranges Council is seeking expressions of interest from community members interested in joining a community reference group, to provide feedback on the development and review of the new housing strategy. Yarra Ranges Council said the housing strategy will guide where and what kinds of new housing will be in the Yarra Ranges. “The Strategy underpins the Planning Scheme council uses to assess planning applications,” Council said. “This Strategy will provide the basis for Council’s policy on affordable housing; influencing Council’s advocacy work on the provision of affordable housing in Yarra Ranges. The Strategy also guides the design of new residential developments to increase accessibility and sustainability.”

The purpose of the community reference group is to provide input at key points as the project proceeds, including the discussion paper, draft housing strategy and planning scheme amendment. The group is open to community members passionate about the future of housing in the Yarra Ranges. A maximum of eight people will be appointed to the Community Reference Group The EOI process will close on Tuesday, 5 April. You will be notified on or after Tuesday, 26 April. Residents can express their interest at www.shaping.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/housing-strategy-review/community-referencegroup-expression-interest

Commuter car parking The car park at Upper Ferntree Gully Station will be receiving upgrades in the coming weeks, as the Victorian Government builds 30 new parking spaces. The new car park will also feature improved CCTV, lighting and more bicycle parking. After a period of community consultation, the State Government said safety, design and

environmental impacts were major factors for local residents. Works are expected to begin in early 2022, with completion expected by the end of 2022. Upper Ferntree Gully Station is on the Belgrave train line and the upgrades are being delivered as a part of the Level Crossing Removal Project.

The community reference group will provide feedback on the new housing strategy. Picture: ON FILE

Works continue near you and there will be transport disruptions As part of Victoria’s Big Build, we’re removing 85 dangerous and congested level crossings, with 58 already gone. We’re also continuing works to prepare for major construction on North East Link. Train disruptions: Buses replace trains in both directions Belgrave and Lilydale lines

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IN BRIEF Suspicious activity in Ferny Creek

Lake works begin

Belgrave Police are seeking more information regarding suspicious activity in Ferny Creek and the surrounding area. Over the past month, two men in a silver Subaru have been approaching people who are out walking around 8.30pm in the Alpine Road, Highview Road, Mount View Road and One Tree Hill Road area. Police said the driver of the vehicle has been telling lone walkers “Where do you live?”, “What’s your name?” and “My friend likes you.” Anyone with information regarding the people involved or if they have approached should contact Belgrave Police on 9754 6677.

By Parker McKenzie Maintenance work at a Knoxfield site — known locally as Lake Knox — has begun to repair the artificial dam. Lake Knox is located on the corner of Burwood Highway and Scoresby Road, Knoxfield. It is on the grounds of the former Knoxfield Horticultural Research Institute, where it is believed to have been used to store water for use in irrigating research crops in either the late 1950s or early 1960s. The land it is situated on is owned by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. It was rezoned in 2018 for Development Victoria to develop the land for residential housing and community space. The works form part of the development of the site, which includes replacing the dam with an artificial wetlands system. Construction will begin on Thursday 17 March and is scheduled to be carried out over the next month. Development Victoria said the dam has been assessed as structurally unsound and at risk of failure, with the works needed to address deterioration and community safety risks. “It will see crews remove the concrete spillway and associated unstable soil, remove weeds and invasive plants around the spillway to improve water flow into nearby Blind Creek and also add rocks to replace the concrete and soil removed.” Development Victoria said. “The new wetlands has been designed by a

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Concerns over the vulnerable blue-billed ducks who have made Lake Knox their home have led to opposition to the proposed development of the site. Picture: FRIENDS OF LAKE KNOX team of expert consultants, including ecologists. It will result in a far better overall environmental outcome and improve the health of local waterways, including Blind Creek by ensuring the proper treatment of stormwater, which is not currently happening through the dam.” The development of the site has proved controversial, with the discovery of several hatchings of the vulnerable blue-billed ducks. While Development Victoria argues the new wetlands being constructed will result in better environ-

mental outcomes for the species, opposition to the plans have raised concerns over the ability to produce the promised results. A community-funded report by Professor Paul Boon stated several issues with the plans, including that claims of guaranteed ecological success “are inconsistent with scientific literature,” “doubts over Development Victoria’s capacity to deliver high-quality replacement aquatic habitat,” and the plan containing questionable assertions about Lake Knox and its development.

Early morning house fire in Belgrave By Parker McKenzie Vehicles from CFA and FRV responded to a house fire just after 3am on Monbulk Road, Belgrave, near Leslie Street and Wedgewood Avenue. 15 vehicles attended the fire in the early hours of Wednesday 16 March, with CFA and FRV crews getting the fire under control by 4.30am. Ambulance Victoria responded to the incident around 3.25am. Paramedics assessed four people at the scene, while a man in his 20s was transported to the Angliss Hospital in a stable condition with upper-body injuries. CFA said the fire will be investigated.

A breathing apparatus vehicle used during firefighting.

The car park at Upper Ferntree Gully Station will be receiving upgrades in the coming weeks, as the Victorian Government builds 30 new parking spaces. The new car park will also feature improved CCTV, lighting and more bicycle parking. After a period of community consultation, the State Government said safety, design and environmental impacts were major factors for local residents. Works are expected to begin in early 2022, with completion expected by the end of 2022. Upper Ferntree Gully Station is on the Belgrave train line and the upgrades are being delivered as a part of the Level Crossing Removal Project.

Scoresby Road driver more than double legal limit On 9pm Friday 18 March, a 60-year-old woman returned a positive preliminary breath test result of 0.126 after being stopped by police on Scoresby Road, Ferntree Gully. Her license was immediately suspended for 12 months and her vehicle was impounded for 30 days at a cost of $1325. Police said she will be charged with all matters.

Fatal collision in Tecoma A 47-year-old woman from Lilydale was struck by a car after she attempted to cross Burwood Highway in Tecoma around 11.12pm on Friday 18 March. The woman died on the scene, while the woman driving the vehicle was uninjured. Police said the exact circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated.

Council launches coworking spaces Firefighters responded to a housefire early in the morning.

The fire was under control by 6am.

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The cause of the fire is currently unknown.

Yarra Ranges Council is supporting small businesses with free pop-up coworking spaces. In conjunction with Eastern Metropolitan Partnership, the free spaces will offer anyone in the community the opportunity to take time away from home offices and re-connect with other businesses. Council is exploring the interest in coworking spaces for the community and investigating whether it can be supported permanently in the future. The workspaces will have free wifi and every person who utilises the coworking spaces will receive a voucher from a local cafe. The coworking spaces will be running in Monbulk and Montrose in March.

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Pledge powered by solar By Parker McKenzie The Australian Labor Party has announced it will pursue a $177,000 solar energy project in Monbulk to help disaster-proof power supply if elected to government at this year’s federal election. Labor candidate for Casey Bill Brindle and Federal Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced an election promise for the project at the Monbulk Football Netball Club pavilion within Monbulk Recreational Reserve on 18 March. Mr Brindle said it was important for new projects to have support from all levels of government. “I’d like to thank the Yarra Ranges Mayor Jim Child and Director of Environment and Infrastructure Mark Varmalis,” he said. “We’ve also got the president of the Monbulk and District Community Working Group here, so it’s a really great gathering.” The solar project will power the pavilion in the event of a natural disaster affecting the power supply, which was experienced during the June 2021 storm weather event, giving the community access to showers, kitchen facilities and emergency coordination. Mr Chalmers said the project ticks multiple boxes in making the community more resilient, learning from disasters, using renewable energy and working closely with the local council and community organisations. “We will certainly be supporting the campaign here in this community, it is a very important community,” Mr Chalmers said. “There are occasions where local organi-

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Labor Casey Candidate Bill Brindle and Yarra Ranges Mayor Jim Child. zations and local councils can work together with the alternative government to come up with good ideas like the one we’re talking about today.” Mr Brindle pursued the project in consultation with the Monbulk Emergency Management Group, Monbulk and District Community Opportunities working group and Monbulk Recreation Reserve Development Group.

Mr Chalmers said Mr Brindle was an excellent candidate to represent the people of Casey. “With the retirement of the speaker, I think there is an opportunity for us here, we couldn’t have picked a better candidate than Bill was deep links with the community, small business communities experience over a number of years now,” he said.

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“I think he’s a terrific candidate. There’s no better candidate anywhere in Australia, and so we’ll be supporting him strongly.” The project will also help reduce the cost of the electricity for the pavilion and sporting facility by delivering a renewable power supply throughout the year. Monbulk Recreational Reserve is located on the corner of Moores Road and Main Road, Monbulk.

Positive response for State Gov’s sick pay for casuals By Mikayla van Loon The onset of the pandemic really changed the way people viewed going to work sick, something that has been reflected in a new State government pilot program to pay casual workers sick leave. While the Australian-first initiative has received some backlash about spending taxpayer money on giving casual staff five days of paid sick leave per year, some business owners have welcomed the announcement. Freelance Futsal owner Nomes Langham, who runs futsal training out of the Pro Futsal Mount Evelyn centre, said she thinks the benefits of the program are twofold. “It’s not just the workers who benefit, I think it’s the companies who benefit because I have some great staff but I can’t afford to have them on full time or even permanent part time for that matter,” she said. “At the same time, I can’t afford to have them come into the facility when they’re sick because we work with kids, so we can’t afford that either to be fair.” Although the industries included so far only extend to hospitality, retail and other

Getting people to stay at home when they are sick is possibly going to be made easier with a new pilot program to pay casual workers five sick leave days per year. Picture: UNSPLASH food handling businesses, Ms Langham said she hopes if the pilot program is successful it will be offered to all casual workers. “[Workers] can have a little bit more stability in knowing that, ‘if I’m unwell, I can stay home, I know that I can afford to pay my rent or whatever I’ve got to do for the week’ and still have a job to go to,” she said.

“We have to take care of the people who are taking care of us, essentially, which is our staff. We can’t function without them, we have to take care of them.” Ms Langham said the pandemic changed the attitude of people who when they were sick would continue to push through and go to work. “We’ve all been expected at different times in our lives and our careers to just get on with it and told ‘you’ll be right’. “I think our mindset really has changed and if you’re unwell just stay home. Stay home and here’s a little bit to get you through. “And now I even say to my clients and it’s a weekly thing, if your child is unwell, if you are unwell, do not send them.” Getting back to rebuilding her futsal programs and staffing after the lockdowns, Ms Langham said it was an extremely challenging time for her casual staff, some of whom decided to move interstate to find work because the business wasn’t making any money to pay them here. “They’re still just a huge part of our what

we call our business family,” she said. “We’ve got new staff since we’ve been able to open again and we generally put on people who are local, kids who come to our program, are local to the area and can continue to build the relationships and the programs of the people we’re trying to support.” Looking after her staff in every aspect of their life is something Ms Langham really prides herself on and said the ability to ensure people could take sick leave without missing pay would be a relief. “We all like to think that the worst of Covid is over but my degree in medicine tells me that we’re not there yet. “It’s a flow on effect, even if it is just a runny nose, your runny nose could be Covid and that affects my business, the next guy’s business, the guy after that’s business, everyone’s family, all those kids now at home, those parents can’t go to work. “I hope that it will come across the board and we will be able to see in every industry that our casual workers can be taken care of in that way, otherwise, they are just going to keep coming to work sick and then we’re no better off.”

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Smoke haze a hindrance By Mikayla van Loon Thick smoke blanketed the eastern suburbs and even extended into the city over the long weekend as planned burns in Mount Evelyn and Montrose formed part of the autumn fire reduction strategy. As the grey haze started filling the air, social media comments went rampant from residents in Mooroolbark, Lilydale and across the Yarra Valley who were concerned about the cause, with fires also in Powelltown, McMahons Creek and Lysterfield. Lilydale SES and local CFA crews had to issue pleas on social media not to call triple zero in an attempt to alleviate firefighters being called out to the sites of the burns as panic settled in. Emerald resident Kate Forster has researched the impacts of biomass smoke pollution as a concerned citizen for many years and said she was deeply worried about the impact of the smoke on everyone’s health. “The community needs to know how to protect themselves and the information on that has been inadequate,” she said. “Wood smoke’s health impacts are similar, some studies indicate, to tobacco smoke. Most people wouldn’t allow someone these days to smoke beside their children but the amount and extent of smoke from the weekend incident was much greater than that.” Other social media posts related to the necessity of burning over a long weekend when local events like the three day Warburton Trail Fest were being held. In Warburton at 9am on Sunday 13 March, according to the AirRater app that tracks local air pollution conditions, the result was returning a ‘very poor’ reading compared to the EPA’s ‘fair’ forecast on Saturday 12 March. Ms Forster said the air pollution showed a reading of PM2.5 211 µg/m3, which was worse

Planned burns in McMahons Creek were part of the autumn fire strategy by FFMV.

Forest Fire Management Victoria and CFA crews gathered in Montrose last week to undertake planned burns. Pictures: FFMV than the most polluted world cities. She said most Australian homes are poorly sealed, so closing doors and windows usually isn’t sufficient when there’s smoke in the air but it’s not always feasible that people will be able to escape the smoke in a sealed building with air purification systems or be able to leave and stay elsewhere either. Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMV) deputy chief fire officer Tamara Beckett said sometimes the window of burning is small and with so many areas to cover in the state, there can be many burns in close proximity to each other. “Autumn in particular is our peak burning

period because it tends to be when we get the right balance of fuel moisture and weather conditions,” she said. “So warm stable weather during the day, that cools down overnight where the moisture returns overnight, that’s when we can deliver burns safely.” Ms Beckett said calculating the right conditions does take quite a bit of research and unfortunately, being autumn, public holidays, school holidays and Easter all fall within that time frame. “We basically have to take every opportunity we have to burn. We’ve got a big program and essentially quite a short window of the

right weather conditions,” Ms Beckett said. “We do consider a whole range of factors. We’ve got a number of burns that are near schools or childcare centres or hospitals and we consider all of the potential impacts.” While forecasting the weather and wind direction as best as FFMV can, Ms Beckett said on the day of a burn it can vary meaning smoke will blow in all directions. “When we do burns in the Yarra Valley or up in the Dandenongs, this smoke can settle down overnight with those cooler, damp conditions,” she said. “Sometimes there’s what’s called an inversion layer, which you can’t see but essentially, it’s like a lid in the atmosphere that keeps the smoke in and we try and avoid burning in those conditions to the extent possible but we can’t always forecast it.” FFMV uses social media, electronic road signs and other channels like SMS messages, as well as contacting local businesses and residents directly, where they can, to alert people of planned burns but are aware that is not always enough. More planned burns are scheduled for the area including Sassafras, Ferny Creek and Mount Dandenong. EPA Victoria was contacted for comment.

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All First Nations line up By Callum Ludwig The Australian Greens party has announced its senate ticket for the upcoming federal election will be made up of First Nations Peoples. Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe, a Gunnai, Gunditjmara, and Djab Wurrung woman selected Taungurung man and Healesville resident Adam Frogley, Gunditjmara, Keerray Wurrung, Peek Wurrung, Djab Wurrung woman Sissy Austin, and Wiradjuri, nonbinary person Zeb Payne in a Victorian first. National Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Team at the National Tertiary Education Union Mr Frogley said it was an honour to be considered and selected for the ticket. “Lydia, the powerful senator she is, Sissy campaigning for the Djab Wurrung and Zeb putting their hand up is wonderful for people who are trying to be recognised in what they feel is their true sex,” he said. “It shows we have more than enough people within the Aboriginal community to stand up at any stage and be able to take on the responsibility of running for the Upper or Lower House.” The Australian Greens have indicated a national treaty between Federal Government and First Nations clans Australia-wide is a priority for them. As cultural differences and historical experiences are so varied between First Nations clans, they aim for separate treaties to be settled between each community. Mr Frogley said the treaties are something he has been campaigning for for many years and believes we need to focus on what the future for Aboriginal Australians looks like. “It is so the Aboriginal community can try to move out of being stuck in the political cycle which we’ve seen in many years gone by,” he said.

Local resident Adam Frogley is part of the all Aboriginal senate ticket put forth by the Australian Greens. “Where we can actually look to get out of the criminal justice system, we can look to get away from the welfare system and actually look to become citizens of the community that works together.” Greens candidate for Casey Jenny Game said she believes the Greens set standards, and the party sets the bar on issues of representation in government. “Our policies are about saving the planet, and this is what we need to do we care about people on the planet,” she said.

“I think the fight for indigenous rights has a long way to go. I think the senate ticket and the introduction of treaties is an important step.” Mr Frogley has a rich history in the area, descending from the family who owned the Healesville Cordial Products store, which was previously a camping spot set up in 1938 by the Frogleys until they sold it in 1986. The other side of Mr Frogley’s family was situated at nearby Corranderk, which was once home to an Aboriginal station closed permanently in 1924.

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Mr Frogley appreciated the tight-knit community of First Nations people in and around Healesville and the general acceptance and support of Aboriginal Australians in the area. “I knew Aunty Joy Murphy through my family, and Aunty Dot Peters would come and teach us about Aboriginal culture when I was in primary school,” he said. “The overall links and my links to the community are fairly strong. And I know those people in the community would love to see greater representation.”

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Upwey pilot’s angel wings By Parker McKenzie A local Upwey pilot has flown over 250 flights with a charity group dedicated to delivering people to the medical treatment they wouldn’t otherwise be able to receive. Oleg Kuznetsov said he has been conducting trips with Angel Flights for around eight years, during which he has made 262 flights to help people in remote areas. “It’s definitely is a good thing and it’s a good feeling when you help other people get treatment and the help they need, especially people who live in distance locations in Victoria and other states,” he said. “They may be disadvantaged or have problems getting medical treatments which are available in cities and towns. It’s where Angel Flight and pilots like me come to help.” Angel Flight coordinates non-emergency flights to help country people deal with bad health, poor finances and long distances. All the flights are free and may involve patients travelling to medical facilities across the country. Mr Kuznetsov said Angel Flight also offer him the opportunity to keep his license current after he left the commercial pilot industry while also helping the people in need. “Every flight is memorable and special in some kind of way,” he said. “I’ve done a few flights carrying a blind person, which I remember because without the service of Angel Flight, a person whose vision is very much compromised may have big trouble getting between states and between

rural and more central Victoria.” Angel Flight accepts and receives mission requests from a pool of over 3200 health professionals with a good knowledge of the patient’s medical condition before making the flight to support them. Mr Kuznetsov said he will often make multiple flights in a week if there is a demand for it, but normally makes one flight every two weeks. “I’m just very grateful for the people in Angel Flight to provide such support, not just for people who need medical attention, But also for pilots like myself,” he said. “I’m not flying commercially anymore at this stage and I think it’s just it’s a great idea how people can help other people to get medical help.” Angel Flight is funded through private donations from individuals, private businesses, clubs and service clubs, and deceased estates. Donations are used for the cost of fuel for planes, discounted commercial flights when poor weather stops light aircraft from flying and a flight support centre featuring four mission coordinators and two administrative staff. Around 85 per cent of revenue is spent on coordination and delivery of flights to those in need. Established in 2003 by Bill Bristow AM, the flights are conducted by volunteer pilots in their own aircraft, who operate Australia-wide. Anyone seeking more information or looking to donate to Angel Flight can call them on 1300 726 567.

Oleg Kuznetsov with a recipient of Angel Flight’s assistance and a ground support staff in 2017. Picture: ANGEL FLIGHT

Yarra Ranges Council working to combat homelessness By Callum Ludwig Yarra Ranges Council has pointed to a lack of social housing and housing affordability as a key reason for the high numbers of homelessness in the Yarra Ranges. The council is a part of a 13-strong group of councils, across Melbourne’s south-east, called the Regional Local Government Homelessness and Social Housing Charter Group, working together to change the face of homelessness by advocating for more social housing, better funding, and more holistic services. Director of Communities at Yarra Ranges Council Jane Price said the Council will continue advocating for homelessness assistance on top of their own efforts. “We refer people to Anchor for rapid response as part of a project being funded with the Council. However, there is currently no crisis accommodation available in this municipality, and Anchor has limited funding to provide temporary housing,” she said. “We will continue advocating with the State Government about housing affordability and support for people experiencing homelessness.”

Yarra Ranges Council is continuing to advocate and work to reduce homelessness in the area. Picture: ON FILE Yarra Ranges residents who notice or know of anyone sleeping rough are urged to report this on the Yarra Ranges Council website or by calling 1300 368 333. Ms Price said there are a number of factors that contribute to homelessness in the

region and the need for more services. “A lack of social housing that is affordable for people on the lowest incomes is the primary issue, and the overall decline in the affordability of housing. Anyone can be at risk of homelessness when circumstances

change: job loss, family breakup, or illness can propel someone into homelessness,” she said. “Though there is fantastic work being done by agencies in the region, more support is always needed. In particular, there is a need for a mental health outreach service so people who experience homelessness can be supported while they are awaiting housing options.” In particular, the colder months are a concern, with the very cold and wet Yarra Ranges weather and the number of homeless people in the Yarra Ranges who sleep away from sheltered areas to avoid passersby. Ms Price said the Yarra Ranges has many organisations assisting the homeless and urged those in need to reach out. “We are very fortunate to have committed local agencies like Anchor, Holy Fools, the Salvation Army and Stable One, and many smaller emergency relief organisations which support people experiencing homelessness,” she said. Ms Price also said those in need of help with housing should contact Opening Doors-24/7 on 1800 825 955.

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Protect your child with the coronavirus vaccine for 5-11 year olds Throughout the pandemic, our kids have given up a lot to help keep their families, schools and friends safe. And with children eligible for vaccination from January 10, now it’s their turn to feel safe. The coronavirus vaccine for kids 5 - 11 will keep them protected from serious illness and will get you off to a safe start to the school year.

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In memory of Di Moore A memorial will be held Saturday 2 April at The Memo in Healesville for beloved former Yarra Ranges councillor and mayor Di Moore after she passed away in Ballarat in December 2021. Free tickets are now available on a booking system set up by Yarra Ranges Council for the 1pm-3pm event. Mayor of Yarra Ranges Council Jim Child said Yarra Ranges Council was saddened by her passing, and that Healesville has lost someone who was very passionate about the community. Ms Moore lived in Ringwood prior to moving to Healesville in 1977 with her husband, quickly buying a house in what she thought was a beautiful country community. Ms Moore’s first foray with council was as a councillor with the former Shire of Healesville, representing the Badger Creek Ward from 1988 until commissioners took over as part of council amalgamation in 1994. She went on to represent the Ryrie Ward as a Yarra Ranges councillor from 1997 until 2005, including being elected as Mayor of Yarra Ranges in 2000, where she organised great bicentennial celebrations and played a part in welcoming the Olympic torch to Healesville during the Sydney Olympics torch relay. Jane Judd became close friends with Ms Moore after she moved to Healesville in 1986 and said Ms Moore was an incredibly community-focused person who was loved for her enthusiasm.

“Di was incredibly compassionate and understanding. She had great energy and commitment to improving services for the community,” Ms Judd said. “She had a long history of trying to maintain services for the community. When I first met her, she had been involved in trying to retain the railway system, which was being dismantled at the time.” Mrs Moore was also a strong advocate for bringing in Eastern Access Community Health with the merger of Rivendale Community Support and the Healesville adult daycare centre. She also worked to secure the 99-year lease awarded to the Living and Learning Centre site and to renovate The Memo hall, and was successful in lobbying for the Badger Creek old school building to be moved across the road and retained for the community. In her spare time, Mrs Moore sang for Leah Marlow’s choir for over 10 years and was a passionate tennis player, playing doubles tennis for many years. She also was a regular attendee at local churches. Anyone who would like to tribute Ms Moore at the memorial is encouraged to get in touch with Ms Judd. RSVPs for the event can phone The Memo 1300 368 333 or in-person at the venue when open. Online reservations can be made via the link: https://YARRARANGES.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/52170

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Several community-based refugee and social justice groups have come together for a middle-eastern feast at the Emerald Senior Citizens Centre, to raise funds to support seekers of asylum in Australia. Marilyn Huber, from the Social Justice Group of the Catholic Parish, said the group has partnered with Casey Grandmothers 4 Refugees and the Asylum Seeker Centre Dandenong for the fundraiser. “The Middle Eastern feast idea came from the KC grandmothers. They ran one in someone’s home a year ago and when I attended I thought we could do this on a larger scale,” she said. “We were scheduled to do it last October and we just had to put it off, but now we’ve got a bit of a window away from Covid and we thought we’d make the move.” The feast will be held on 3 April from 1pm, with a $25 dollar donation on entry. Bookings from 1 April are essential to ensure a spot.

Ms Huber said some of the people currently in indefinite detention have been there for nine years. “They are people running away from a situation we’d all run away from,” she said. “They happen to get into boats and they happen to be helped along by people that they paid. They landed here and had been more or less demonised.” Ms Huber said there will be music by Josh Licht and a speech from David Spitteler from the Asylum Seekers Centre Dandenong. “He’s been working with asylum seekers for 25 years and he’s going to be a guest speaker, and we’ll give some of what we raised to his organisation too,” she said. “He runs a kind of a free supermarket for asylum seekers, you’ve got to have some kind of identification and he allows you to come and take food for a period of six months while you need it.” Emerald Senior Citizens Centre is located at 8 Church Street Emerald and booking for the event can be made by calling 0423615662.

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Murphy’s Mitre 10 Monbulk in February celebrated 21 years of proud service to the community Back in 2001, Paul and Julie purchased Anderson Hardware after moving from Ringwood and with Paul’s long time association with Mitre 10 which included sitting on both the Board of Mitre 10 as well as the National Advisory Council. Over the years, many awards and accolades were achieved including Store of the Year – Medium Format and Victorian Pioneers to name a few. In 2013, saw the sudden passing of Paul and whilst this had left a big set of shoes to fill, Julie together with daughter, Laura and sons, Patrick and Daniel, have continued Paul’s legacy with the same great passion and community spirit. Patrick is Trade manager, Laura is our social media wiz and Hardware expert and Daniel works in Trade. Together with Store Manager, Adrian and a team of dedicated, hard-working staff, we aim to bring you great customer service with a smile. In 21 years, the business has grown and developed, but this year will see some huge changes. Together with the IHG (Independent Hardware Group) Store Development team, Murphy’s Mitre 10 will be upgraded both internally and externally and the outcome will be a much bigger and better offer for locals than ever seen before. We are also very excited to announce that Murphy’s Outdoor and Camping will be launching on Saturday 26 March. As part of Mitre 10, we are now able to sell the fabulous Adventure Kings Camping, Outdoor and 4x4 range. Adventure Kings is an Australian owned company whose products are affordable enough to see more Australians experience the great outdoors. We will also stock a large range of Kings products, so locals don’t need to travel far to get their 4x4, camping and outdoor products it will be available locally. Murphy’s Outdoor and Camping will be located at 87 Main Rd, Monbulk.

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A terrible railway accident This year marks 110 years since the worst-ever accident along the Warburton Railway. On 18 April 1912, sixteen workmen left their camp at Evelyn Station aboard a maintenance trolley, heading towards Wandin. Their task was to lay new rails along the line near the Stringybark bridge. They didn’t know they were running late that morning because supervising ganger Albert Williams’ watch was eleven minutes slow. Normally the men would have reached their work site and removed the trolley from the rails before the Lilydale-bound train came into view. On the downhill run towards the bridge over Stringybark Creek, the gangers saw the locomotive round a bend in the distance. They tried to stop, but the trolley brakes failed

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Lacks calories and taste Loveland Starring Ryan Kwanten, Jillian Nguyen and Hugo Weaving Rated M Directed by Ivan Sen, Loveland is a meandering, insubstantial Australian sci-fi drama. In a dystopian future Hong Kong, Jack (Ryan Kwanten), an assassin, falls in love with April (Jillian Nguyen), a nightclub singer, only for his body to start breaking down. The utilitarian dialogue has some warmth to it, but the film is filled with trite, droning monologues; the brooding poetry of the monologues feels like parody at times, but the film is dead-serious. The plot contains incredibly vague world-building about androids, cybernetic implants and a nefarious biotechnology corporation. Conflicts come and go without incident, and the gradual deterioration of Jack’s body carries very little urgency. Moreover, Jack’s condition is revealed as a hormonal overload from his relationship with April, but Kwanten’s persona is too low-key for this explanation to be credible. The eternally charismatic Hugo Weaving plays the reclusive Dr Bergman, but this character exists only to explain the plot and Jack’s flimsy back-story.

Loveland features an elegantly moody electronic-tinged score and a beautiful portrayal of a vibrant yet soulless cyberpunk city, but the imagery feels generic, with the cityscapes lifted almost wholesale from Blade Runner. Indeed, Jack’s bodily deterioration and Loveland’s fuzzy musings on what is real are very reminiscent of Blade Runner. I hate to be so critical toward an Australian film, especially in a sci-fi sub-genre that I love, but Loveland feels like the filmmakers lacked the creativity or budget (or both) to provide a unique, dramatic or interesting spin on cyberpunk. Pretty but derivative, slow and flat, Loveland is playing in select Victorian cinemas. - Seth Lukas Hynes

which was 30 feet above the creek. Their trolley was the pump-action type, powered by working a handle back and forth. Their only chance was to pump as hard as they could towards the oncoming train, in the hope of clearing the bridge before the engine struck them. They reached the far side with only seconds to spare. The engine driver, Henry Collings, applied the brakes as soon as he saw the trolley. He could not stop the train, which was travelling at the maximum speed of 40 miles per hour. The engine’s cowcatcher caught the trolley, upending it and smashing it to pieces. Most of the crew leapt down onto the embankment. One said he heard someone shout ‘jump’, and he jumped. The engine narrowly missed an-

other man, who pushed his mate off the trolley ahead of him, saving his life. Four men who could not jump clear in time were killed. Three others were injured. The dead were Walter Peberdy, Robert Hallam, Henry James and David Baxter. Peberdy and James were immigrants, who had arrived in Victoria only a few months earlier. Peberdy’s wife was on her way out from England to join him. After visiting the scene of the collision, the jury at the inquest found that the deaths were accidental. No railway employees were blamed. The present Stringybark Creek bridge on the Rail Trail replaced the original wooden trestle bridge at the scene of the accident.

A strange, dark fantasy novel for mature readers A review of Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan Back in 2009, when Australian author Margo Lanegan’s young adult title Tender Morsels won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, there was praise as well as condemnation. The book was commended by Meg Rosoff via the Guardian as being “funny, tragic, wise, tender and beautifully written”. Described by the School Library Journal as “a novel not to be missed”, it is one of Neil Gaiman’s “favourite books in ages... powerful and moving”. Yet, via the Daily Mail, Danuta Kean was quick to denounce the book as “the kind of sordid wretchedness usually only on offer in the stacks of misery memoirs found in supermarkets, or in the seedy extremes of violent crime fiction”. Keep in mind that it was 2009, before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, before Jill Meagher, Rosie Batty and Hannah Clarke, before the #MeToo movement, and before Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins. It was a time when the aforementioned Kean’s view was prevalent: “The truth is that when children are exposed to deeply disturbing scenarios in teenage fiction, they are made painfully aware that the world contains cruelty beyond their experience and their imagination.” Kean insists that children’s innocence should not be underestimated, that we should teach them “the evil out there is an aberration, not the norm”. But Lanegan is not convinced. Instead, the author believes young adults are able to handle the themes of her book: “There’s this assumption that all children have the luxury of a childhood where their innocence is always respected and their main occupation is pleasant play – at the age of 18, or 21, they are then thrust into the real

PASSION FOR PROSE WITH CHRISTINE SUN world and shown the uglier side, but not before.” “How on earth do people imagine we equip children for life, if we never show them the sorts of issues other people encounter, if we never talk through with them how they might deal with difficulty, or violence, or unexpected shocks and surprises?” Thus Tender Morsels remains relevant today, as we have learned to expose the “uglier side” of humanity in a collective and continuous effort to eliminate it. To sweep such ugliness under the carpet is neither healthy nor helpful, in the same way that 15-year-old Liga escapes to a parallel world where everything is calm, comfortable, pleasant and peaceful. Liga has suffered much abuse by her own father and other men in her village. Without confronting reality, she cannot truly recover from her emotional and psychological trauma. Worse, desperately trying to shield her daughters Branza and Urdda from all possible danger, Liga fails to educate them what harm there can possibly be and how to handle it when the unthinkable happens. It is true that Tender Morsels is suitable only for mature-minded teenage and adults readers. It is hard to recognise there is both evil and sweetness in our true world, but it is more difficult – yet necessary – to appreciate the magic and heartbreak of learning to live with both.

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Volunteering back stage By Peter Kemp Are you new to the Dandenongs? Are you interested in meeting new friends and meeting people? Perhaps you are interested in theatre. If so, all the below may interest you. The 1812 Theatre, at Rose Street Ferntree Gully is always looking for help. BEHIND THE SCENES: The production of a play at The 1812 Theatre involves far more people than just the action on stage. For example, the company needs set builders, stage crew, backstage management, costume making, front of house helpers, technical crew, bio box, lighting, and sound technicians. A small army of volunteers provides all these functions. WHY DO THEY DO IT? It is an extremely rewarding experience, it builds lifelong friendships, can result in mar-

Kemp’s curtain call riages, it enables participants to utilise existing skills as well as developing new ones. They have a lot of fun and laughs and enjoy being part of a production which they are proud of and which brings enjoyment to many people. Whether it’s a barbie in the backyard, movie nights or other get togethers the 1812 Theatre realises the volunteers are the lifeblood and a pretty social bunch too. If you are aged 14 plus and this seems like

something that may interest you please read on top find out what goes on behind the scenes. SET BUILDING: No production is complete without the set onstage. The building of the set involves design, painting, carpentry, furniture restoration and electrical work. This can range from hanging a picture to building a staircase. Experienced chippies, electricians, artists, designers are always welcome along with people who are willing to learn. While the sets are being built, the costumes are designed and created. Working with the director this involves machine and hand sewing and fitting outfits on the performers. BACK STAGE: This involves the changes made to the sets during the live performances. This could range from providing an empty cup to an actor at a critical time before they go on stage, to chang-

es between acts while the lights are down FRONT of HOUSE: As the face of the 1812 Theatre you could be the lovely lady or gent who greets the patrons at the door, guiding them to their seats and making sure that the audience refreshments between acts and after the performance are ready to go. TECH CREW/THE BIO BOX: The designers choreograph the lighting and sound as part of the preproduction of the play. The technical crew and bio box operate the sound and lighting during the performances. You may be working with special effects. Whether you are experienced or simply full of enthusiasm and ready to learn this may be for you. STILL INTERSTED? ring The 1812 theatre on 9758 3964 or email admin@1812theatre. com.au

Emerald Library to close for two weeks for renovations By Parker McKenzie Emerald Library will be closed for two weeks as it undergoes “facelift” renovations. The library, located at 400A BelgraveGembrook Road, will be closed from 21 March. An Emerald Library spokesperson said some services usually offered at the library would be available at the Emerald Hills Hub instead. “People will be able to come and collect holds and we will have a really small browsing collection,” she said. “There’ll be printing services and those types of things, so we’ll have a limited-service

running a little pop-up library.” Services available during this time include holds collection, click and collect, browsing of new and top titles, limited PC access, printing, free WiFi, adult and children’s programs and a returns chute. After the two weeks of renovations are complete, the library will reopen while other works are completed. “We’ll be back down working out of our foyer and meeting room, working amongst the trades,” the spokesperson said. “It’s a bit hard to have an exact date of when it’ll all be completed.” The Spokesperson said the library is re-

ceiving a facelift, but no structural renovations. “We’re going to be opening up our meeting room into the library and will be getting a new desk, new carpet for the furniture.” she said. The works will include a dedicated study and programs space, a new service desk and a foyer area. The car parks of the Hills Hub and Emerald Library are also both receiving major works until April, which may affect parking for the facilities. Emerald Library will be closed for a two-week renovation. Picture: STEW CHAMBERS

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Walk honours 32 diggers By Parker McKenzie With Anzac Day fast approaching, take the time to listen to the stories of the 32 diggers who lost their lives on Emerald RSL’s Anzac Walk Audio Trail. The tour, devised in 2015 before the Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove visited Emerald to open Anzac Place, features eight stops with QR codes where people can listen to stories of life during in the township during the First World War and the sacrifice of the 32 Australian soldiers from Emerald who lost their lives. Emerald RSL president Peter Maloney said the Audio Tour hasn’t been running for the last two years because of the pandemic. “When the governor-general came to Emerald to open it, that’s when we set up the walk which goes down the main street of Emerald down to Anzac Place,” he said. “There are 10 stations and they all have audio about four of the men who died during the First World War.” Mr Maloney said once you scan the QR code on each station, you can listen to the audio tour on your phone. “It starts off at station one with a preliminary about life in Emerald at the time,” he said. “As it progresses through to stage two at Anzac Place, you can hear the story of each of the groups of four men who died in the First World War, “The experience is quite unique here in Australia, there isn’t many like it.” Amazingly, no soldier from Emerald lost their life during the Second World War. Mr Maloney said the audio trail was honouring the memories of the soldiers who lost their lives, but also previous efforts to commemorate veterans from Emerald. “Heroes Avenue in Emerald was initially established in 1921, near the primary school. It had a whole heap of Blackwood trees which

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Anzac Avenue in Emerald. were planted and had plaques around them,” he said. “In the 1950s the council decided to widen Heroes Avenue so all the plaques were taken off the trees and the RSL salvaged them, we have the plaques in our club room, “We couldn’t replace Heroes Avenue because of how busy the roads are now, but we

Pictures: STEWART CHAMBERS decided to replace it with a new Anzac Walk.” A documentary on the efforts to revive the Heroes Avenue of Honour was produced in 2017 by Christine Weller, titled Emerald Lest We Forget. Ms Weller said she thought it would be a great idea to do a documentary on the people who made the revival happen.

The original Heroes Avenue was built in 1921. “Within the 32 people there are some really interesting stories,” she said. “They launched the documentary at the theatre in Emerald.” The documentary, which runs for 15 minutes and 47 seconds, can be watched at www. cwcreative.com.au/productions/documentaries/

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Art within the sounds By Parker McKenzie Outside the Selby Community House, a new sound art installation highlighting the mythological connections of birds and children with angels, totems, ghosts and spirits has been built. Artist Peter Mcilwain’s Bird Child Spirit artwork is a sound installation through a patch of bushland, where the sounds of children imitating birds are heard as you walk across a short trail. Mr Mcilwain said the sounds were recorded in a workshop with local children at the Birdsland Environmental Education Centre. “We had one child, she’s aged eight, and her mother didn’t really know that she was musical. I went through the breathing exercises and put some sounds up on a whiteboard, and said now I want you to follow what I do and just imitate that,” he said. “She was just brilliant at it, her mother was sitting there saying Elle I didn’t know you could do that.” Bird Child Spirit, which launched on March 6, is running until April 19 from 9am to 9pm every day on the Wombalana Track, Selby Community House. Mr Mcilwain, who guides soundwalks at Birdsland Reserve, said he expanded on his experience in sound design and music composition for the artwork. “I’ve been thinking about doing a long, fiveyear project in the Dandenong Ranges,” he said.

Artist Peter Mcilwain on the Bird Child Spirit trail. Picture: PARKER MCKENZIE “This is the starting point for it and it dovetails in with the soundwalks.” Mr Mcilwain coded the reoccurring bird sounds himself, so no two walks along the trail are the same. He said he hopes to tour the artwork regionally throughout Victoria. The project has been supported by Yarra Ranges Council through the Art Attack program, with the recording of the bird sounds being contributed by local children. Selby Community House is Located at 2/1 Minak Road, Selby.

Painting portraits Jeweller’s hidden treasure By Parker McKenzie People in Monbulk may know Ken Hunt as the local jeweller, but for two decades he has been pursuing another passion. “Most people will know me as the local jeweller in Monbulk because I’ve been there for 30 years,” Mr Hunt said. “Very few know that I’m actually an artist. I’ve had 15 paintings over the last 20 years entered into the Archibald and nine of those have been chosen for the Hidden Faces of the Archibald.” This year for the 2022 Archibald Prize, Mr Hunt has created an oil painting of his 90-year-old father —also named Kenneth Hunt —and his daughter’s 18-year-old cat titled So Happy. “I thought he’d be a great subject, the image was at my house with my little cat and it was a cold winter’s day and he was all rugged up,” Mr Hunt said. “Outside it was sunny, hence the sun coming through the window. I thought the painting captured I’m and the cat very well on a really happy day.” The Archibald Prize is Australia’s most prestigious portrait art competition, with a selection of portraits being hung in galleries around Australia. The best of the Victorian paintings which aren’t selected for the main prize form another art exhibition called the Hidden Faces of the Archibald. Mr Hunt said when you know the person you are painting on canvas you can be critical of yourself. “It’s kind of a strange journey, in some

Ken Hunt’s Archibald portrait of his father. Picture: KEN HUNT ways it’s like painting yourself,” he said. “It’s lovely to see a finished product and know the person you are looking at is exactly like that.” Mr Hunt said his father was both a former plumber and an artist himself, fields he followed his footsteps into before becoming a jeweller. “I started an apprenticeship with him when I was 18-years-old,” he said. “I did 20 years with him in plumbing, when he retired I basically retired from plumbing too and bought the jewellery shop.” The Archibald Prize finalists will be announced on 5 May, with winners being awarded between 13 May and 27 July.

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Get on board with game By Parker McKenzie After the success of two board games published within other newspapers, Star Mail readers will have the opportunity to contribute to a Yarra Ranges-based board game before its launch. Jenni Ivins has designed two board games for Star News Group — the owner of this publication — and is seeking photos for use in her third table-top game. Ms Ivins said the board game will feature people’s photos of their favourite locations throughout the Yarra Ranges. “Things that people like about the Shire that make it special, hidden secrets, and things that people don’t know about,” she said. “Then they will be put into on the back of what are called GO-TO cards, they’re going to measure four centimetres by six centimetres.” The board game will be published in the Star Mail newspapers and online in PDF format, with a board, the GO-TO cards and a rule set. Ms Ivins said she has received positive feedback from the other two games. “Many people told me that they learned a lot about the Shire, particularly which towns are in the Shire. That one seems to be a big one across both areas where I’ve done it before,” she said. “People have been learning about places they can take their families to or just things to explore.” A Part Together, Ms Ivins boardgame about Cardinia Shire which was published in the Pakenham Gazette, won the Best Community Campaign Award at the 2021 Country Press Awards. Ms Ivins said she hopes people can reach out to those in hard-to-reach places to receive the best images from all around the Yarra Ranges. “We want is people from all demographics that we want all people, young people, all nationalities, cultures, we want to capture as

Jenni Ivins with the board game she designed, highlighting the Macedon Ranges. many voices as possible in this project so that is the game means a lot to everybody.” she said. She said people can also include quirkily stories about the locations, which will be included on the GO-TO cards. “Connecting communities through Facebook conversations are about life in the shire,

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what is valued or unique; talking about our histories, treasures and activities we value, helping people to get to know their area better,” Ms Ivins said. “This is happening in the Connecting Communities group and in the many township groups, in which I have been welcomed so I

can ask questions and prompt deeper conversations.” The board game will be published in the Star Mail newspapers in late May or early April. Anyone interested in participating can join the Connecting Communities Yarra Ranges Shire Facebook page or email the photos directly to Jenni@MindDrawing.net.

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Unsealed growing pains By Renee Wood Yarra Ranges Council has begun campaigning for funding opportunities ahead of the upcoming federal election, urging prospective parties and candidates to get behind vital projects for the region. ‘Roads for Agribusiness’ is the first council wants supported with $150 million needed to deliver 150 kilometres of roads upgrades connected to local producers. Almost 800 agriculture businesses are based across the municipality, however, unsealed roads are causing issues for crops, supply and tourism opportunities. Several case studies have been investigated which have found dust from dirt roads are affecting the quality of nearby crops and unstable roads are damaging produce, like berries, going off to market. A produce farm located near the intersection of two unsealed roads frequently sees road issues after heavy rain events, with potholes and washed out sections damaging goods in trucks as they drive over the damaged roads. Mayor Jim Child said it’s a unique issue faced by the metro municipality. “Our agricultural sector has over $701 million in economic output every year. It’s the food bowl to Melbourne metropolitan area, but we’ve got these challenges,” Cr Child said. “A political party or an independent can be assured by supporting this project for the life of this project, they’ll be getting the credit for delivering it.” Helen and Joey Estate in Coldstream is just one business hopeful to see road upgrades on Spring Lane, with 700 metres of road constructed from Maroondah Highway needed in order to meet expansion plans and permits. The road costs are a significant part of the

Spring Lane in Coldstream that could benefit from the proposed funding. permit requirements which was issued in 2018, however, the pandemic has severely affected the business, like many others, pushing the project out by two to four years as they face financial challenges. Stephen Powell from Helen and Joey Estate said unsealed roads affect tourism numbers with drivers not wanting to drive or return to the estate due to the Spring Lane’s condition. “We have had feedback saying they’re here now but they wouldn’t do it again,” Mr Powell said. “We regularly see people putting themselves in a dangerous position, they treat it like it’s a single lane road, they approach this ridge line in the middle of the road and there’s cars coming from the other way and quite often they’re driving with unfamiliarity.” Mr Powell said improvements to roads can make a huge impact in inviting visitors back to

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help boost business recovery after a tough two years. “Anything’s going to help a little bit at the moment.. We’re 40 per cent of the staff, 40 per cent of the revenue and everything’s going up,” he said. The project flows on from the council’s successful ‘Roads for Community’ initiative which was supported at the last federal election with $150 million. Since 2018, ‘Roads for Community’ has been delivering upgrades to unsealed roads with a target set of 180km to be reached over the next nine years. If the proposed project is successful, local residents and businesses will need to support the costs of the road upgrades, which is also part of the current community roads initiative, seeing property holders pay up to $7000.

Many unsealed roads are being used more frequently as the region’s agri-tourism sector grows. The funding helps to significantly reduce the cost of around $15,000. “The strong buy in by the community has been amazing through the statutory process that we have to engage with. It’ll be no different with this project either,” Cr Child said. Mayor Jim Child said some 1400 residents are set to benefit from the project and it will free up to half a million dollars of expenditure of grading unsealed roads yearly. “It’s a big expense for us as a municipality. We’re classed as a metropolitan municipality, but we’ve got in excess of 700 kilometres of unsealed roads that we have to deal with,” he said. “So if we can get this type of funding to deliver this project along the same lines as we do in delivering the Roads to Community initiative, this is going to be a tremendous outcome and will benefit the whole municipality.”

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From trash to park tables By Parker McKenzie Picnic tables made from recycled plastic will become a permanent fixture in the Dandenong Ranges National Park, after collaboration between Parks Victoria and manufacturer Repeat Plastics Australia. Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio announced on 15 March the addition of the new picnic tables in 17 parks — Including the Dandenong Ranges National Park — as a part of the State Government’s $21 million Urban Parks Active Wellbeing Program. “The use of recycled plastic in this project is the perfect example of resource recovery that is protecting the environment,” Ms D’Ambrosio said. “The Urban Parks Active Wellbeing Program is making a big difference to green spaces in our suburbs and is an example of the Labor Government’s strong record of support for growing communities across Melbourne.” Repeat Plastics Victorian Business Development Executive Thomas Anderson said 42 all-in-one picnic tables are being produced for Parks Victoria. “There was an opportunity with Parks Victoria for the early works package to create an all-in-one setting that is fit for the ever-changing Victorian climate,” he said. “Part of the contract was we had to create something that was quite strong and sturdy. We thought with the sustainability focus that Parks Victoria has, we thought we’d be the best fit.” The tables will save 5.67 tonnes of plastic waste from entering landfills as Victoria moves towards a target of diverting 80 per cent of waste from landfills by 2030. Mr Anderson said Parks Victoria has been one of their biggest clients.

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Highland Games welcomes new era By Mikayla van Loon The first Celtic festival in two years was held on the weekend as Croydon hosted the Melbourne Highland Games and Celtic Festival. As the only festival of its kind remaining in the greater Melbourne area, people travelled far and wide to attend the traditional celebrations of the Celtic culture on Sunday 20 March. Bringing together descendants of the various Clans, as well as pipe bands, Scottish and Irish dancers, heavy game competitors, sword fighting demonstrations, traditional food and folk music performances, it was a cultural indulgence for those both of Highland heritage and those who were not. Officially launching the new name, having originally been known as the Ringwood Highland Games for 54 years, the committee and special guests gathered in Ringwood on Friday 18 March to introduce the new era of the festival with a traditional Ceilidh dance and dinner party. “It’s a Scottish dance party and we use it as an introduction to the highland games,” Ceilidh organiser Rhonda Watson said. The reintroduction of celebrating with music and dance before the games started five years ago and has become a special part of the preparations for the festival. But this Ceilidh was a rather important one as it was the first gathering of people involved in the festival in two years. With 141 people in attendance on Friday night, it was a joyous occasion of singing and dancing with Scottish Highland Dancers, Scottish Country Dancers and Irish Dancers all there to perform as well. The opening of the evening began with the Address to the Haggis, a poem by Robert Burns that is a comical celebration of the Haggis. After months of preparations and postponements, a large crowd welcomed the new phase of Highland Games in the eastern suburbs on Sunday.

Highland Games treasurer David Watson with Deakin MP Michael Sukkar.

The Glenbrae Celtic Dancers performed various highland dances.

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Pipe bands marched and played all throughout the day.

The traditional Address to the Haggis was performed as an opening ceremony before the festival commenced.

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“They have such a passion towards what we do in terms of obviously diverting waste,” he said. “We’ve supplied to hundreds of their sites in the past and we did the fire restoration works down in Cape Conran, “I always say to my clients waste is only considered waste as it is limited by our imagination, and I think that is a fantastic one as it is a testament to the creative thinking between Parks Victoria and RePlas.” Mr Anderson said he hopes the recycled allin-one picnic setting can be rolled out in other municipalities and states after their implementation in Victorian National Parks.

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Pet rego due Yarra Ranges Council is reminding residents to renew their pet registration and register new pets in April, to ensure they can be returned home if they become lost or escape. All dogs and cats must be registered with council and microchipped by the age of three months. Cats being registered for the first time must be desexed unless eligible for an exemption. Yarra Ranges Mayor Jim Child said now is the time to think about responsible pet ownership. “Registering your pets is crucial, it ensures that we can help reunite you with your pet if they run away or go missing. If your pet isn’t microchipped or registered, it is very difficult to help them get back home,” Cr Child said. “Registering can be done in a few steps online, and we’ve been contacting owners via Mail to remind them of renewals coming up.” Mr Child said pet registration is one small part of responsible pet ownership. “Your pet needs regular exercise, playtime and mental stimulation. They need to be given good shelter from heat and rain, access to food

and water, regular immunisations, vet checkups and, of course, plenty of love. “During COVID-19, your pet may have missed an immunisation, and returning to offices and workplaces means your pet may be spending more time alone. If you’ve got a pet, make sure you take time regularly to prioritise their wellbeing.” Yarra Ranges Council requires dogs to always be on a lead while exercising, unless inside a designated off-lead area. Owners are responsible for disposing of waste responsibly. Mayor Child said keeping your dog on-lead is for the protection of other people and the wellbeing on your dog too. “We know our pets well, but we don’t always know how they will react to other people, animals, or sudden noises when we’re out in the community. “It’s always distressing to hear of incidents when animals or people are injured, and if we’re all doing our bit to be responsible owners, we can minimise these incidents as much as possible.”

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A health kick for teams St John’s Tecoma Cricket Club has received a smoothie kit donated by Woolworths, aimed to encourage young cricketers to eat healthy after their training sessions and games. Headlined by Australian cricketers Sophie Molineux and Beau Webster, the campaign is part of Woolworths’ ‘pick fresh, play fresh’ campaign with grassroots cricket clubs across Australia invited to apply for healthy smoothie kits. More than 50 clubs were selected to receive a smoothie kit (blender, fruit, cups, etc) from Woolworths valued at over $1000 each to help young Aussies to enjoy a healthy, delicious snack and fuel them to play to the best of their ability. The Cricket Club will also receive a counter card with a QR code for their canteen, which links to an interactive digital experience for participants. Australian Women’s cricketer Sophie Molineux has put her support behind the campaign to encourage young Aussies to make healthy choices. “This is such a great initiative, and it’s something I wish we had when I was going through my junior cricketing years,” Ms Molineux said. “Cricket clubs play such an important role

St Johns Tecoma Cricket Club is one of over 50 cricket clubs receiving a smoothie kit valued at over $1000. Picture: SUPPLIED in shaping a young cricketer’s habits and set them up for a healthy and nourishing life.” “The Woolworths smoothies kits will no

doubt be welcome additions to cricket clubs across Australia and get them through the hot summer days on the field.”

Clubs from across Australia with a Woolworths Cricket Blast Centre were invited to enter the competition and were required to share, in twenty-five words or less, why they should receive the kits. Woolworths Head of Community & Sponsorships Sarah De La Mare said Woolworths are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of Australian kids. “We’re proud to help club canteens across Australia fuel their young athletes with smoothies and help educate young cricket fans and their families about the natural connection between picking fresh and playing fresh.” Cricket Australia’s Executive General Manager, Community Cricket & Capability James Allsopp thanked Woolworths for supporting community cricket clubs across the country. “We are very grateful for Woolworths’ continued investment into community cricket and for helping to push the message of healthy lifestyles through initiatives like this one. “The smoothie kits will help encourage clubs to provide healthy snacks to their participants. It’s great that Woolworths and cricket can play a role in promoting healthy eating habits to junior cricketers across the country.”

Season over for bowlers Finals time arrived on Tuesday with Monbulk 1 who finished on top of the ladder after the home and away season taking on Yarra Glen who were fourth playing in a knockout game at Monbulk. Monbulk started well on all rinks and had an imposing lead, but faltered late to set up a close finish. Jim Bras’ rink took control early and led by 10 shots after 2 ends. Their opponents then won 5 of the next 7 ends to cut the margin to 5 shots. The Monbulk rink then grabbed the ascendancy again winning 8 of the last 12 ends including three multiples to win by 17 shots, 13 to 30. Jenny Holmes’ rink was on top early and led by 4 shots after 8 ends. They then dropped 10 shots in the next four ends to trail by 6 shots. The Monbulk rink picked up 5 shots

on the thirteenth end and when they won the next end scores were level. However, they did not win another end dropping 16 shots over the last 7 ends to lose by 16 shots, 14 to 30. Eric Markham’s rink had a close battle early and scores were level after seven ends. The Monbulk rink then took control winning the next 4 ends to lead by 10 shots. They had maintained this lead by the end of the fourteenth end, but then lost 4 of the next 5 ends and scores were tied on the rink. Monbulk had an overall lead of 1 shot with two ends to play and were not able to hold on eventually losing the rink by 3 shots, 20 to 23 and going down on the overall by two shots, 64 to 66. This meant that Monbulk’s season was over and Yarra Glen had progressed to the sectional final.

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Midweek bowlers in final On Saturday Monbulk 3 played in the semifinal against Yarra Junction away from home with the winner to take on Cockatoo in the final. Mike Harris’ rink started well and at the half way mark led by 5 shots. They then lost the next two ends to lead by just 2 shots, but rallied winning the next 2 ends and with 3

ends to play led by 6 shots. However, they lost the last 3 ends with the game ending in a tie, 12 shots all. Alan Brooke’s rink was all square after 5 ends, then with Pat Ray (leading) and Mike Dowling (second) really beginning to bowl well they won 8 of the last 10 ends to win by 16 shots, 21 to 5 and gain a place in the final.

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The Ferntree Gully and District Cricket Association seasons ended with two huge finals on Saturday, with Lysterfield taking on The Basin Cricket Club in the NR Reeves Shield and Monbulk Cricket Club facing off against St Johns Tecoma Cricket Club at Monbulk Recreational Reserve. Norm Reeves Shield Final Lysterfield 9/165(cc) (NM Walsh 78, HJ Carter 30, C McEl-

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Treat any suspect fruit with eggs or larvae using heat (boiling or microwaving) or freezing (until frozen solid). Then bag and bin.

Together we can prevent Queensland Fruit Fly in the Yarra Valley, and we can protect fruit.

Queensland Fruit Fly can travel to the Yarra Valley hidden inside infested fruit. Don’t bring fruit into the region from fruit fly areas. Eat it or cook it first. QFF are 8mm long. They have yellow shoulder pads & two yellow stripes on their back.

Use traps in your garden to detect Queensland Fruit Fly early. Report any suspect flies.

Queensland Fruit Fly Images from: CSIRO & SITPlus project, IAEA

Harvest ALL the fruit in your garden & pick up any fallen fruit. Protect fruit with insect netting if QFF are in your area.

Fruit fly traps can target either male or female fruit flies. It’s good to use both types of trap in your garden. Fruit fly traps need fresh lures installed inside them about every three months—check the label. Spring is a good time to start. Check traps weekly and record results.

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