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8 OCTOBER, 2024
Full steam ahead!
Sunbury Model Railway Club treasurer and exhibition organiser Michael Holian with an operating layout. (Damjan Janevski). 434995_05
All aboard! The Sunbury Model Railway Club is hosting its annual model train exhibition this month. The exhibition will include demonstrations of model train sets and modelling techniques along with trade stands selling a variety of model trains and railway parts. Sunbury Model Railway Club treasurer and exhibition organiser Michael Holian said that building and operating model trains is a multidisciplinary pursuit. “It seems to draw a lot of people that are just into trains generally [who] either photograph them and then they want to get into models [or] they like the technical side of it. There are a lot of different aspects,” Mr Holian said. “I started as a kid. My father was involved in the hobby and he’s been a member of the club for as long as I can remember. He was treasurer of the club for 21 years and when he stood down as treasurer I took over him. It’s sort of been a father-son activity,” he said. He said that the club is always looking for new members – especially younger people – to get involved with the hobby. The exhibition will be held on Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 20 from 10am–5pm at St Anne’s Hall in Sunbury.
Women’s health boost A specialised women’s health clinic will be opened at Kyneton Health. The state government announced on Wednesday, October 2 that Kyneton Health, run by Central Highlands Rural Health, is one of 20 locations selected for a free and specialised women’s health clinic, funded through the government’s women’s health package. Each of the clinics will provide access to specialist nursing and allied health support for conditions including endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), pelvic pain, incontinence, perimenopause, and menopause.
Central Highlands Rural Health chief executive Maree Cuddihy said that the organisation was “really pleased” with the announcement of the new centre. “Having a specific focus and really listening to women and spending time with women across various illnesses has not necessarily
had as much focus in the past,” Ms Cuddihy said. “We have previously been selected and just have established a sexual health and reproductive hub … so we’re in the process of setting that up. Then the opportunity was made available to us to nominate interest in establishing a [women’s health] clinic, and we were keen to do that,” she said. “A hospital such as Kyneton Health can do it well and safely, and we have a range of specialists who are keen to work with us in establishing the model.” She said that the organisation hopes to open the new women’s health clinic by the end of this year. Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas said
that the centres will offer broad services. “We know the gender health gap is real – that is why we’re offering these important services under one roof to give Victorian women easier access to the wide-ranging specialist treatments they so desperately need,” Ms Thomas said. The announcement also listed Goulburn Valley Health in Shepparton, Western Health Sunshine Hospital in St Albans, Eastern Health in Blackburn South, and Monash Health in Clayton as hospitals that will receive new women’s health clinics. Women have their say on top health
concerns, page 12.
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By Oscar Parry