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5 Rail planMore trains to easeour commuters’ pain

6 Pay upNon-voters sluggedwith fines

7 Money trailCouncil chasespromised funds

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Hit the dust: The controversialdirtbike circuit at Mickleham.

Red flag for dirtbike circuitBY HELEN GRIMAUX

Drew Jessop

Adem Atmaca

A DIRTBIKE circuit at Micklehamfailed to get a permit when it camebefore Hume Council last week.

The council deemed the earthworksand soil relocation associated with thecreation of the track illegal after theowner sought a retrospective permitfor his plans.

Craigieburn ward councillor DrewJessop described the works as ‘‘agrossly excessive change of land use’’and identified noise, dust and run-offas major problems with the develop-ment.

Residents also pointed out theirtank water supplies were affected bydust associated with motorcyclists

using the track on an almost dailybasis, often outside normal curfewtimes prohibiting excessive noisebefore 9am and after 5pm.

‘‘I am still surprised someone builtsuch a huge facility without seeking apermit,’’ Cr Jessop said. ‘‘It’s beyondunderstanding.’’

Councillors heard that the site, at115 Bardwell Drive, Mickleham, waspart of a green wedge zone with anenvironmental significance overlay.

‘‘Planning rules apply equally incountry and urban areas,’’ Cr Jessopsaid. ‘‘Amenity is important.

‘‘Clearly the message to the ruralcommunity is that planning rulesapply equally and fairly.’’

Cr Adem Atmaca also expressed

surprise at the development of what hedubbed ‘‘a professional riding track’’.

‘‘Yes, I’m sorry for people whospend lots of money without apermit,’’ Cr Atmaca said.

‘‘But you can’t just go and illegallydo what you want on your land. It’s ashame it got to this stage.’’

The permit drew 14 objections fromneighbours, who told the Weekly theyhad been prepared to take the matterto the Victorian Civil and Adminis-trative Tribunal if the council hadgranted a permit to applicant MartyCraggill, trading as Maz Maintenance.

Residents also wanted to know themitigation works the owner would beexpected to carry out.

Council’s director city sustainability

Kelvin Walsh said Hume’s naturalenvironment was an important asset.

‘‘The council uses all tools availableto it to ensure the environment isproperly managed and protected frominappropriate and damagingdevelopment and works,’’ Mr Walshsaid.

‘‘Where necessary and needed coun-cil seeks enforcement orders throughVCAT and the courts.’’

‘‘The council is confident that thedecision it took on Monday evening isrobust.’’

When the Weekly contactedMr Craggill he said he had not beentold about the meeting and reservedfurther comment until he heard fromthe council.

‘You can’t just go andillegally do what youwant on your land. It’sa shame it got to thisstage.’ — Cr Adem Atmaca

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Population boomor bust for Hume?BY HELEN GRIMAUX

BOOM times in Hume may be good for business,but there are real concerns about the ongoingaffordability and sustainability of new residentialsubdivisions.

In its submission to the state government’sMelbourne planning strategy discussion paper,Hume Council echoes concerns cited by thegovernment’s own senior ministerial advisor RozHansen.

‘‘We know that growing the boundary furtherand further out has not solved the affordablehousing issue,’’ Ms Hansen said last week.

‘‘We have an increase in the number of youthout on the fringe who aren’t participating in theeducation system, who are becoming unem-ployed and disillusioned with their lot.’’

Last week, Hume Council sent in its ownsubmission on the government’s discussion paper— prepared by Ms Hansen and her advisorycommittee — calling for an authority independ-ent of government to be responsible for ‘‘the co-ordination of land release and infrastructure

delivery to ensure the equitable and timely provi-sion of state infrastructure spending’’.

‘‘Governance surrounding growth areas needsto be improved,’’ Hume’s submission says,calling for a review of the current Growth AreaAuthority. ‘‘The current regime of authorities,such as the GAA, duplicates council planningprocesses (and) needs to be reviewed in favour ofan authority charged with co-ordinating theplanning of growth corridors and leaving thedetailed planning and implementation of specificareas to council,’’ it states.

The council criticises the government’s discus-sion paper for failing to properly identify orpresent solutions to address what it termed ‘‘thegrowing disparity between the two Melbournes’’.In February, Hume mayor Geoff Porter releasedOne Melbourne or Two? on behalf ofMelbourne’s 10 interface councils, includingHume. The report confirmed serious shortfalls ingovernment funding that meant transport, jobs,education, medical, aged care and communityfacilities were not coping with the populationboom.

Nature’s dwindling gifts ‘snapped’ in HumeA PICTURE tells a thousand words, and such isthe power of photography.

Last week, an exhibition of photographstaken by Hume residents began a citywide tour.Starting at Broadmeadows Global LearningCentre, it runs until Friday then moves toCraigieburn library and later the George EvansMuseum in Sunbury.

‘Hume In Focus’ had invited entries thatcapture the municipality in its most naturalstate, its wildlife, waterways and plants.

Beverley Van Praagh, winner of the ‘native

plants in Hume’ category (pictured with daugh-ther Lily), said her inspiration came from herinvolvement in Hume Walks — photographicassignments organised by the council to famili-arise residents with the indigenous plants,animals and insects.

Dragging along Lily, 10, paid off at theawards, with her winning the ‘communityinteraction with the environment’ category fora photo of her mother focusing on the finedetail of grasslands at Sunbury. Details onexhibition times and dates: hume.vic.gov.au


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Freeing up a logjamBY TARA MURRAY

HUME’S northern suburbs are among thewinners in a $30 billion state transport plan tocater for Melbourne’s growing population.

The Network Development Plan: Metropol-itan Rail, released on Wednesday by PublicTransport Victoria chief executive Ian Dobbs,details the infrastructure and services neededover the next 20 years.

Major projects in Hume included in the planare the Melbourne airport rail link, upgradingsignalling on the Craigieburn and Sunbury lines,upgrading Craigieburn station and extending theUpfield line to cater for Hume’s northernpopulation.

Under the plan, it is expected that 21 trains anhour will run on the Craigieburn line by 2038. Inoff-peak times, six trains an hour are expectedfrom 2016, and it’s predicted to stay at that level.

Extending the Craigieburn line was one of theideas looked at by PTV to cater for suburbsbeyond Craigieburn. Instead, it decided toextend the Upfield line.

‘‘The Craigieburn line is not expected to havesufficient capacity to accommodate additionalpassenger demand arising from a northernextension in the existing rail corridor,’’ the report

said. The plan also looks at reinstating the con-nection between Somerton and Upfield and tak-ing V/Line trains off the Craigieburn line.

‘‘With train frequencies increasing rapidly onthe Craigieburn line, there will be a need to findan alternative route for regional services fromSeymour. Related to this is the need to considerhow future growth in the Hume corridor will beaccommodated. Both issues can be resolvedthrough better utilising the Upfield line.’’

As reported by the Weekly on March 19, thenew airport rail link will have trains run fromSunshine to the airport.

Hume mayor Geoff Porter said the rail exten-sion was needed to help with new suburbs likeMerrifield. ‘‘The additional lines and upgradesare certainly needed and will be beneficial forresidents of Hume.’’

Public Transport Users Association presidentTony Morton said Sunbury and Craigieburnshould benefit from completion of the RegionalRail Link project.

‘‘According to the PTV documents, this shouldallow additional peak-hour trains to run onthese lines and boost the frequency to a trainevery 10 minutes all day.’’

Out of the loop: page 11

Beginner drivers step up to the L-plate

Key to safety: HWLLENcommunity actionleader Huon Damm anddriver educationorganiser Nicky Leitchare putting people inthe driver’s seat.

LEARNING to drive, for Melburnians, is almosta must.

With many parts of the city not well served bypublic transport, cars become indispensable forshopping or dropping children off at school . . . ifyou can drive.

Hume Whittlesea Local Learning and Employ-ment Network (HWLLEN) has identified a gapin driver education services for people aged 21and above, and especially young parents whoselearner-driving has been interrupted.

‘‘Research done by Centrelink also showedmany middle-aged migrant women have given up

on ever getting their licence and mainly becauseof the costs,’’ community action leader HuonDamm told the Weekly. ‘‘Such people in the30-35-year-old age bracket are quite dis-connected.’’

HWLLEN is offering free driving lessons forolder learners as an adjunct to its regular L2Pdriver education courses.

The Ignition initiative is open to Hume resid-ents aged 21 and over.

And if you are already fully qualified to drive,consider becoming a mentor to others.

Details: Nicky Leitch, 9309 5500.


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Non-voters orderedto pay the priceBY HELEN GRIMAUX

ABOUT 11,000 Hume residents who failed tovote in last September’s council elections facefines of $70 each.

But it’s no good fronting the council to com-plain because the fine notices have been issued bythe Victorian Electoral Commission, which wascontracted to run local government electionsaround the state.

A spokeswoman for the VEC said people whodid not vote had been sent ‘‘please-explain’’notices at the end of January, with fines applyingonly to those who failed to respond or giveadequate excuses.

Sue Lang told the Weekly that voter turnout inHume had been on par with the rest of Victoria,with an average 73 per cent of registered votersreturning their postal ballot.

She said that while usually more people votedin postal ballots than when they were required togo to a polling booth, voter turnout in Hume haddecreased by between 3 and 4 per cent comparedwith the 2008 council election. The election last

year was entirely by postal ballot. The slightlypoorer result was not attributed to growth inEnglish as a foreign language among Hume com-munities though.

‘‘Language has been an issue in the past inareas with high levels of non-English-speakingpeople,’’ Ms Lang said.

‘‘However, for the very first time ever, wetranslated election information into 20 otherlanguages.’’

The fine notices were sent out last week. Allrevenue from fines goes to the council.

Ms Lang said those who received the finenotices still had a chance to give a legitimatereason for not voting, such as travelling overseasor being in hospital.

And people who believe they did vote but stillreceived a fine notice are also being urged to getin touch with the VEC.

The deadline for taking action on infringementnotices is Friday, April 26.

All questions about enforcement should bedirected to the VEC’s compulsory voting inquiryline on 1300 551 575.

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Sunbury Girl Guides including

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month. Group leader Annette

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children go through in developing

countries. When we started, we

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Spring Street getsa $14m questionBY TARA MURRAY

HUME Council is seeking answers on the elusive$14.7 million allocated by the previous Laborgovernment for a government services buildingin Broadmeadows .

The Coalition government announced inMarch last year the building would no longer bebuilt. In the 2012-13 state budget, it diverted themoney for the ‘central activities areas andstrategic sites,’ to be used statewide.

On February 6, mayor Geoff Porter wrote tothen treasurer Kim Wells, asking for an updateon the funding and whether Hume would get anyof it.

In his email, Cr Porter suggested projects inBroadmeadows, Craigieburn and Sunbury thatcould well use funding.

At a council meeting last Monday, Cr AdemAtmaca expressed his disappointment that thecouncil was yet to get a reply.

‘‘This $14.7 million was allocated to HumeCouncil for its central business district works.However, a change of government saw that we

got neither the building nor the $14.7 million. . .the money was taken back and distributedthrough all the central business activity areasacross the state.

‘‘It’s like the reversal of Robin Hood. They aretaking money from the poor and distributing itamong the wealthy suburbs.’’

Cr Atmaca said it was not the first time thecouncil had failed to receive a response from thegovernment.

‘‘We are [also] having issues with other depart-ments . . . [from whom] we aren’t gettingresponses and it’s very disappointing.’’

Cr Jack Ogilvie said two Hume projects —parking at Sunbury and Craigieburn stations —were important.

‘‘They [the government] have brought themoney forward to budgets, saying it’s still therefor something.’’

Cr Atmaca advocated that the state govern-ment commit the funding back to projects inHume. He said the parking situations in Craigie-burn and Sunbury, both major issues, could besolved with less than half the $14.7 million.

A chance to learnCraigieburn Education Expo 3064 drew hundreds of families to the Hume Global Learning Centre last

week to explore education opportunities available in the region. Among them was Emma McKenzie,

with her eight-month-old son, pictured getting tips from Dawn Gordon of Hume Anglican Grammar.

The expo, an initiative of Hume Council under its Craigieburn community renewal program, was

organised in partnership with school communities and education providers. Representatives from

childcare centres, pre-schools, and primary and secondary schools helped parents make informed

decisions about their children’s schooling. The Education 3064 booklet, a take-home reference of all

childcare centres, pre-schools, and primary and secondary schools servicing the 3064 community,

was distributed free of charge. Picture: Michael Copp


The old homesteads in Melbourne’s north-west make it a favourite site for ghost hunters. Tara Murray joined one tour searching for spectres.

Alex Mifsud suddenly stops talking and asks: ‘‘Did anyone else see that?’’ He looks for another moment, then says: “There was a lady just ran across the room. It’s the fi rst time I’ve seen someone run across this room

like that.’’ But it wasn’t just any lady. It was a ghost. It isn’t the fi rst time Alex claims to have seen one, nor

will it be the last. Misfud is one of the hosts of Lantern Ghost tours. On this occasion he is taking a group through Point Cook Homestead.

‘‘People get pushed, poked, their hair gets lifted,’’ he says. ‘‘Some people hear their names being called and others can smell and hear things. Every night is different. Some nights there’s lots of activity, then other nights we don’t get as much.’’

Jacqui Travaglia started Lantern Ghost Tours Williamstown in 2009. She and her partner Andrew Wishart have expanded the tours to Altona, Point Cook and Eynesbury homesteads, and overnight tours to places like the infamous J-Ward asylum in Ararat.

Travaglia has seen ghosts for as long as she can remember.

‘‘I grew up in a haunted house in Williamstown and I used to see a little old woman walking around the house and hear footsteps that were unexplained. A little old woman used to live there with her husband and she liked to cook.

‘‘Then I moved to England and there’s a lot of history and ghost activity there as well. I did every single ghost tour I could do and stayed at every haunted place I could. Then my friends would come along with me and go ghost hunting. Their friends started to join and then I thought, I could get a bit extra for this and cover my costs, and it developed into a business.’’

Travaglia says the Point Cook Homestead is one of the most active places for ghosts, with at least 12 there. They include a little boy who drowned, a stablehand,

a cat, a couple, an RAAF pilot and the ghosts of the property’s owner Thomas Chirnside, his brother Andrew and his wife Mary.

‘‘Point Cook Homestead has the most activity and we haven’t had a tour without any action. It’s not scary, but a welcoming tour.

‘‘At Eynesbury we believe there’s a lot of spirits there as they use to hold wakes there. When somebody died they would hold a wake and put the body on the lounge-room table and people would come and see the body and they would keep a visual on it in case it woke up. That’s why we believe there’s a lot of bodies trapped.

‘‘The scariest [place] is the J-Ward asylum [in Ararat] which housed the criminally insane. We stay overnight there and it’s quite uncomfortable. We had one guest we believe was possessed and we’ve had people locked in the cells, which is physically impossible.’’

Travaglia says many people who look for ghosts are sceptics, who want to be proved wrong or right.

‘‘We have a lot of sceptics come to our tours. We have a number of different tours catering for those who want to research it more with equipment, and others involving the general public.

‘‘Some walk away more sceptical, but have a good night having enjoyed the stories. The best thing is when they change their minds. Sceptics are more scared than the non-sceptics when they experience something.

‘‘For us it’s about the history, the stories and the ghosts. Some of the stories are more interesting than fi ction.’’

Paul Levey didn’t believe in ghosts until 2006, when he took over The Coach & Horses Inn in Clarkfi eld, which many people call Australia’s most haunted pub.

‘‘I thought the stories were sort of not true,’’ he says.

‘‘My wife was the believer. But I have since changed my mind. There’s whistling upstairs, unexplained noises, stomping upstairs, glasses break, chairs and cutlery move and you can come in the morning and the stove top is on. We get lots of people taking photos on the stairs and they will send them in and we’ll see a person in the background.’’

Levey isn’t the pub’s fi rst owner to change his mind about ghosts.

Frank Nelson and his wife bought the hotel in March 1984. It took only three days for Nelson to experience his fi rst ghost. He was pushed down the stairs resulting in an ankle broken in three spots. The fi nal straw was when Nelson felt a hand between his leg and the plaster cast. He and his wife moved out a short time later.

Levey says there are three known ghosts who haunt the pub, including a Chinese man who was found hanging in the stables after a fi ght over gold, and Irish man Patrick Regan, who was murdered after talking about fi nding gold. The third is a little girl who was murdered by her father and thrown in the well at the rear of the hotel. The girl, who was intellectually disabled, is often seen around the staircases; a number of children have reported seeing her.

Levey says many people come to the pub, just to see if they can see ghosts.

‘‘There’s three types of people who come to the pub to see the ghosts. You have the people who come to take photos, you have the psychics and mediums, and then you have those dressed all in black who come on the full moon at midnight.’’

The Blackwood Hotel is another which claims it’s the most haunted pub in Australia.

‘‘I’m not a great believer of ghosts, but you get a sixth sense about things,’’ says Heinz Mueller, who took over the hotel three years ago.

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‘‘When I’m doing my rounds, you get a feeling around the [former] morgue and you feel the hair on the back of your neck stand up. Staff members, some who have been here for over 20 years, won’t work by themselves, so that says something.’’

He says there are four ghosts at the hotel and describes them as ‘‘friendly.’’

The most famous are Laura Dalton, who was burnt to death in the 1940s, and a miner who sits next to the fi re. ‘‘Everyone who comes here, comes to see if they can see the ghosts. We take them on tours of the cellars and downstairs. Unit three has been built into the morgue and people come from far and wide to stay in that room.’’

In 2007, a TV series, Haunted Australia, visited nine locations looking for ghosts, three were in Melbourne’s outer north-west. They visited the Coach & Horses Inn and the Blackwood Hotel, as well as the Melton Equestrian Centre.

The old Sunbury University campus, which was originally the Sunbury Lunatic Asylum, is another spot where ghosts have been reported, while there’s reports of a maid being seen at Salesian Bridge also in Sunbury.

Travaglia puts this down to the fact that a lot of the old buildings are still in existence.

‘‘I think the reason for that is that we we have a lot of old homesteads like Eynesbury and Point Cook. On the other side of the city, they have lost a lot of that and the history with it.’’

Back at Point Cook, sadly for Misfud, no one else sees the lady running across the room. On this occasion, it was the only ghost to appear on the tour and many people are left disappointed.

Opinion will always be divided on whether ghosts are real, but for people like Mifusd believing is only the beginning. �

Jacqui Travaglia and Andrew Wishart run Lantern Ghost Tours.

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Playspace makeoverHume Council is replacing the

playspace at Yarcombe Crescent

Reserve in Craigieburn due to ageing

equipment. Two draft concept plans

have been developed and a community

consultation session has been

scheduled for Thursday at the reserve

in Craigieburn (Melway: map 386 J12),

5-6pm. The feedback period closes on

April 12 and the new playspace is due

to be built mid-year. Details: the open

space and recreation planning unit,

9205 2200. Email feedback to

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Sing and be merryHume sings — every Wednesday —

courtesy of Join With One Voice, a

program that uses singing to break

down barriers. Regardless of age or

language, the public is invited to come

and sing then meet up again over

supper. It’s every Wednesday at the

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Centre, 30 Wiltshire Drive, Roxburgh

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visit creativityaustralia.org.au

A lot of carry-on packed with funBY HELEN GRIMAUX

Go for laughs: Melissa Kahraman prepares to take listeners on a journey of fun.Picture: Darren Howe

Laughter is the best everydaymedicine anyone can take, anddressing up, or down, is one of

the best ways to ‘‘bring it on’’.With a propensity for special effects

make-up and prosthetic appendages,Dallas resident Melissa Kahramantakes to the Melbourne InternationalComedy Festival stage later this monthwith homegrown show Suitcases,Baggage & Other Synonyms.

After studying musical theatre at theCentrestage Performing Arts School inBrunswick East, Kahraman and fivefellow alumni co-wrote this romp,which headlined at the 2011 Mel-bourne Short & Sweet Cabaret Galaand 2012 Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Described as inappropriately funny,the original musical comedy followsfive friends as they embark on thedubious task of organising an overseastrip. In a witty exchange of comicalbanter, Broadway-inspired hits, andstories from the realm of Grindr [a net-

working app geared to gay, bisexual,and bi-curious men], the fivecomrades-turned-housemates mustlearn the art of compromise if they areto overcome their travelling woes.Suitcases, Baggage & Other

Synonyms runs April 17-20 atTheatreworks.

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Out of the loop,and not happy

Bypass: Public Transport Victoria has reduced the number of Craigeburn line services entering the City Loop.Picture: Craig Abraham

BY EUGENE BENSON

GREENS leader Greg Barber has launched astinging attack on Public Transport Victoria forchanges made to services on the Craigieburn line.

A timetable released last November included areduced number of city-bound services throughthe City Loop in the morning peak. And a new ti-metable coming into affect on April 28 will resultin all bar one of the evening services bypassingthe loop.

Mr Barber said he could not understand whyPTV would make things tougher for commuters.

‘‘PTV never ask the passengers what theywant. They run the transport system for theirown convenience and profit while the TransportMinister [Terry Mulder] just sits mute.

‘‘I predict there will be more of this trend untilthe Craigieburn line is cut out completely fromthe City Loop.

‘‘They think they can run a really good rail sys-tem — if not for the passengers. You read aboutthese changes when it’s a done deal and in the ti-metable.’’

Craigieburn line commuter Damien Ash saidhe regularly complained about the servicechange.

‘‘It’s a real pain. I would expect 90 per cent ofpeople would much prefer to go through theloop.

‘‘It’s not good enough; you see a lot of peoplegetting off at North Melbourne and having towait for a City Loop train.

‘‘Train fares are forever on the increase whileMetro’s offering seems to be on the decrease; themore you pay the worse the service gets.’’

At present, all trains from Craigieburn run viathe loop in the morning, with the exception ofthree — in the peak period between 8 and 9am;they run to Flinders Street Station via SouthernCross.

In the afternoon and evening, services run viathe loop, but in the other direction, with nine ofthe evening services not going through the loopwhen they terminate at Flinders Street.

Under the new timetable, post-April 28, themorning stays the same, but there will be twoextra afternoon services that don’t enter the loop

and only one evening service that will use theloop. A PTV spokesman said despite servicesmissing the loop, five peak services were added tothe Craigieburn line.

‘‘This change has benefited those passengerswho travel [direct] to Southern Cross andFlinders Street as they no longer have to travel

through the City Loop or change trains at NorthMelbourne station.

‘‘While meeting the needs of more train users,this change has helped manage the number ofservices running through the City Loop and inturn improved the reliability of services using theloop.’’


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The Competition and Consumer Act provides that advertised prices for goods and services which attract GST should be GST inclusive.

Prices should not be quoted as being 'excluding GST' or 'plus GST' or by the use of words or phrases conveying similar meaning.

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Kia SUV is versatile and functionalAlistair Kennedy road tests the latest version of the Sorento

Neat and attractive: The seven-seat Kia Sorento is a practical and affordable people mover crossover.

Kia Sorento is the larger of two SUVs fromthe ambitious Korean importer. Thesmaller Sportage is aimed more at the youth

and small family market, while the seven-seatSorento is effectively a crossover people moverwith some off-road ability in the AWD variants.

The latest version of the Sorento was launchedhere in September 2012. Although there wereexternal changes, they didn’t change the overalllook of the vehicle.

In people mover mode the management ofSorento’s interior space is critical and the Kiadesigners have managed to juggle the variouspassenger/luggage permutations nicely. As isinvariably the case with mid-sized seven-seaters,the third row is best left to pre-teen children.

The third row of seats folds flat to provide upto 1047 litres of luggage space with the centreseats in place but drops to 285 litres with all seatsoccupied. The back row seats are split 50/50 toallow some extra seating flexibility. Folding bothrows of rear seats opens the rear up to a van-likecapacity of 2052 litres.

The choice of two- or four-wheel drive israpidly becoming the norm in the latest breed ofSUVs, something that makes lots of sensebecause the majority of buyers neither want norneed drive to all four wheels.

Kia Sorento comes with a choice of twoengines, 3.5-litre V6 petrol and 2.2-litre turbo-diesel. Previous criticisms of the Sorento’s rideand handling have been addressed with the use ofultra high-tensile steel contributing to an 18 percent increase in torsional rigidity improving ridecomfort, handling and crash protection.

The seats are comfortable and the ergonomicsfor the driver very good.

On the road, both the petrol and diesel ver-sions are surprisingly spirited vehicles and hillsand rapid overtaking are dispatched with ease.

Kia Sorento is a neat and attractive SUV thatoffers plenty of options for a large family lookingfor a single vehicle that can handle a variety oftasks.

Prices start at $37,490, not including govern-ment or dealer delivery charges.


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INBRIEF

EDFLFor a report of the stand-alone season opener for

Premier Division between Strathmore and Keilor

from Good Friday, go to humeweekly.com.au. Off

the park, reigning Dick Reynolds medallist Mark

Lynch is at the centre of a clearance saga.

Essendon Doutta Stars are standing firm on

Lynch’s contract for the coming season, with the

former Southport Sharks on-baller already twice

denied a clearance to join Northern Football

League team Heidelberg.

TAC CUPCalder Cannons played their round two match

against Oakleigh Chargers at Highgate Reserve

on Sunday. For a report on the match, go to

humeweekly.com.au

VPLHume City kicks off in the Victorian Premier

League on Sunday night against newly promoted

Port Melbourne Sharks. Off-season recruits for

Hume City include English striker Sean Canham,

previously of Bath but with a stint at Notts County

on his resume; former Southern Stars duo Alan

Mulcahy and Sait Guler; New Zealand Olympic

team member Dakota Lucas; and ex-Townsville

player Deejay Firth. Kick-off is 6.30pm at

SS Anderson Reserve in Port Melbourne.

SOCCERState leagues return this weekend with Hume

United making the short trip to Moomba Park to

take on rivals Moreland United in state league 3

north-west. State 4 north starts with the derby

between co-tenants Upfield and Northern

Roosters at Gibb Reserve in Dallas. Light United

opens the season at Progress Reserve in

Coolaroo against Oak Park in state 5 north. In

state 5 west, Greenvale United makes its bow at

home against Melton Phoenix at Barrymore Road

Reserve. All games kick off at 3pm on Saturday.

VTCAGreenvale came up short in the senior division

grand final, but Craigieburn is celebrating after

winning North B1. Greenvale saved its worst

batting performances for the final, rolled for 71

and 84 as Old Mentonians (143 & 0-13) won by 10

wickets. Craigieburn’s Michael Bury had a final to

remember as his 110 led a 16-run win.

Craigieburn successfully defended 203 by

bowling out Haig Fawkner for 187. Strathmore

won the North Division with a 38-run win against

Tullamarine. PEGS was not so fortunate in North

A1 however, losing by six wickets to West Coburg.

VWFLThe Victorian Women’s Football League will

provide much of the talent for a one-off AFL

match between Melbourne and the Western

Bulldogs. The game will be the curtain raiser for

the AFL home-and-away game between the

Demons and Bulldogs at the MCG. It is the first

time women’s teams will play as AFL

representatives in member club guernseys. The

teams will be filled via a draft.

VFLEssendon makes its bow in the VFL on Friday at

QEO in Bendigo against the Bendigo Gold. For a

full report of the match, grab next week’s Weekly.

Tulla axes fees to draw juniorsBY TEO PELLIZZERI

TULLAMARINE has taken the drastic step ofwaiving all junior fees as it attempts to boost itsnumbers for the coming Essendon DistrictFootball League season.

A contender for promotion in the second tierof seniors in recent seasons, Tullamarine has hadits junior numbers disintegrate.

The decline claimed both the under-16s andunder-18 grades at the club last year.

The absence of teams again this year couldhave major ramifications for the club, includingthe possibility of review by the EDFL board andenforced relegation for its senior grades.

A promising Auskick program currently hasunder-10s at decent numbers, but club presidentAndrew Fischer said every other grade atTullamarine needed eight to 10 more players forthe coming season.

Having previously offered registration fees atthe lower end of the EDFL scale, Tullamarine hasscratched the fee altogether for this campaign.

The club is now pushing its message to schoolsand even in fast food via a club sponsor, with theslogan ‘‘you won’t miss out on a game at Tulla’’.

The Demons are hoping to bring back previousplayers lost to the game and also provide anoption for juniors now being squeezed by theburgeoning junior numbers at other clubs.

Fischer said the strategy was a short-term oneand some hard work would be needed to recoupas much of the financial hit as possible.

‘‘It has put a whole lot of pressure on the club,’’Fischer said.

‘‘If we don’t field under-16s and under-18s wecould be faced with the seniors being moved todivision 2 (third tier).

‘‘We’ve got a strong senior side and some ofour players are very loyal, but if we went down adivision I’d hate to think how many would walkout of the place.’’

Fischer said the Hume Council was installinglights at Tullamarine and the next item on theinfrastructure list was an electronic scoreboardat Leo Dineen Reserve.

‘‘Some clubs have got 76 under-16s; there’s noequality. We’re hoping this might bring someplayers in,’’ Fischer said.

‘‘If I was a parent paying $450 and a rotationsystem is causing my kids to miss out on three orfour games a year I’d be questioning the value.’’

EDFL general manager Marc Turri said it wasimperative that each club show a commitment toa senior and junior structure, and Tullamarinewas no exception.

He said not fielding grades in under-16s andunder-18s could lead to a club being moved bythe EDFL board to division 2 with an enforcedrelegation.

But Turri said it was not a ‘‘do this or else’’situation with Tullamarine.

‘‘The board would need to see an effort inevery club that they are committed to a juniorpathway.

‘‘Juniors are a cornerstone of the league.’’

Prospective players can checktullamarinefc.org.au for club contact details

Hard at work: David Jacka and Trevor Wilson race in Henley on the Maribyrnong. For a gallery from the regatta, go to humeweekly.com.au Picture: Darren Howe

Essendon duo win national rowing eventESSENDON Rowing Club’s Cain Saul andTyron Boorman delivered on club hopes for bigthings as they won a national championshipevent at the Sydney international rowingregatta recently.

Saul and Boorman won the under-19 men’sdouble scull as the best Essendon result for theweek-long event at Penrith.

The Essendon duo completed the 2000mcourse in 6.58.03, beating Corio Bay duo Nich-olas Powers and Joseph Dingle by 2.67, withANA/Fremantle composite team Willis

Armstrong and Jack Cleary third. Saul and Boor-man edged ahead by 21⁄2 seconds at the 500msplit and in a race where first and second were thefront runners throughout held the steady advant-age from Corio Bay for the middle 1000m beforeedging ahead in the final 500m. Saul had been onthe podium the day before with his second-placed finish in the under-19 single scull, finish-ing 3.55 seconds behind Cleary in the final.

Saul and Boorman backed up for the under-19quad-scull final with clubmate Vaughan Wilsonand Bendigo’s Scott Balmer, finishing second.

The Essendon-Bendigo combine was 3.66seconds behind a team of four from Mosman andSydney University. Essendon’s other finalist wasSabrina Pilla, teamed with Corowa’s Sara Willi-ams in the under-17 women’s double scull.However, the duo did not finish in the final.

Last Sunday week, Essendon Rowing Club’shome regatta, Henley on the Maribyrnong,was held with 279 athletes taking on theunique 350m course near The Boulevard inMoonee Ponds.

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