Upper Yarra
Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
Busy times at Wandin CFA with training and fires
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Bees bed down for the winter By Tanya Steele
As the world celebrates “International Day of the Bee” Australian Bee Keepers are getting their hives ready for winter.
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Ahead of World Bee Day on May 21, Victorian hobby beekeepers are getting their hives ready for winter and making sure they are set up for the colder period. Yarra Valley Bee Keepers Group Vice President Jim Dawes has been a hobby beekeeper for eight years and initially started his hives to help his backyard fruit trees along. “It’s more about the bees now,” Mr Dawes said. The retiree has two active hives in his backyard in Moroolbark and uses the Yarra Valley Bee group to network and meet regularly with other apiarists on all things bee and beekeeping. Turn to page 17 for more
Volunteers valued By Callum Ludwig and Tanya Steele National Volunteer Week 2023 is being celebrated this week, recognising the vital support that millions of volunteers nationwide provide to their local communities. Organisations throughout the Yarra Ranges took the time to appreciate the efforts of their dedicated volunteers. The Millgrove Residents Action Group (MRAG) member Kate Baselier has been helping organise fundraisers, events and meetings ever since she joined the group in 2015.
Marion Drake has done it all as a volunteer, she’s been a tour guide at Healesville Sanctuary, operated the River Valley Church van and acted as President and Secretary at LinC for many years. Volunteer Sue at Healesville Interchurch Community Care Inc (HICCI) has volunteered for the organisation on and off for many years and said the people there are ‘a major drawcard’ that encourages her to volunteer. Vice-President Roy Bennet, Secretary Graeme Chester and photography expert Barend Van de Hoek are three volunteers that
President of the Badger Creek Men’s Shed Mario Herodotus ‘couldn’t do without.’ Anita Prowse is the heartbeat of the Upper Yarra Pony Club and was instrumental in organising the UYPC’s 60th-anniversary reunion last year. Rodney McKail is a life member of the Warburton-Millgrove Football Netball Club, having first joined the committee in the mid1970s. In the last year, Gayle Seeger has done it all for the Wandin Cricket Club, helping out at every opportunity and even grabbing the bat and
ball to play in the club’s first women’s side. At Yarra Valley ECOSS, volunteers from Melba Support Services and Interchange Outer East have been helping in the community garden to grow fresh produce for Oonah Belonging Place and the Koha Community Cafe. Ruth Menzies has been a long-time member of Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater (FOHH), having performed almost any role since the group’s founding, still working in the nursery at the age of 91. More on pages 11, 12 and 13
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