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Kipflers just one drawcard for Spudfest

Options still open for Daylesford Community Theatre

but we will be discussing our options with the members and once we’ve presented all the alternatives to them, a decision will then be made.”

The Daylesford Community Theatre has been operating for 14 months.

A new committee took over in November last year.Meanwhile The Rex centre manager Karen Hemming

said the owners and herself had always shared a vision of having the cinema at the centre.

“We now know The Rex is a viable operation and the Daylesford Community have shown how much they want this cinema/theatre to continue by their messages of support.

“I’ve always said Daylesford’s cinema/theatre belongs at The Rex, and I’m still saying it.

“We are currently in the process of seeking new operators for The Rex cinema/theatre.”

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WITH their winning smiles, and great music, The Kipflers are sure to draw a crowd at this year’s The Great Trentham Spudfest.

The two brothers, Tom and Ben, pictured, along with Rowley, Jesper and Reuben, and their dog Woody, were first discovered one festival just happily busking by themselves.

And when they were invited to join the festival itself they were a real crowd pleaser.

Now they are on the official program, wearing hessian sacks with potato buttons and appropriately titled The Kipflers.

And on May 3 they will join Family Farm for a bit of a jam session at 10.50am and again at 3.50pm.

In the lead up to the Spudfest, The Kipflers will also be doing their promotional work by busking from 11am to noon at Red Beard Bakery, Trentham on Saturday, April 5 and 19, Mr Carsisi Eating House, Kyneton on Saturday, April 12, and outside the ANZ Bank, Daylesford on Saturday, April 28.

While committee members hand out flyers, the five musicians will be doing their best to entertain the crowd and receive some gold coins in appreciation. All money raised goes straight to The Kipflers.

The Great Trentham Spudfest has a host of activities throughout the day from 10am to 3.50pm.

There is a Spud Hub, live music, school performances, spud sales, spud hunting, spud sack races, the Trentham Station Market (from 8.30am) and a Spudtacular Dinner at The Cosmopolitan Hotel.

There will also be historic “Conniptions at the Cosmo” and the Trentham Photography Club is holding an All Things Potato competition. Entries close April 11. Details: trentham.org.au

For the full Spudfest program go to trenthamspudfest.org.au

DAYLESFORD Community Theatre committee members will meet on April 7 to discuss options for the theatre’s future.

The theatre, located in the Rex Arcade, agreed to leave its current premises after mediation with the arcade’s owners earlier this month.

Committee president Linda Carroll said the committee was “presently exploring all our options and having discussions with several different venues at the moment”.

“Once we have all the offers lined up, we’ll be putting it to the members at our meeting on April 7.

“The ideal situation would obviously be to move to a permanent home straight up, but logistically, that may not be possible.

“We want to keep the momentum that has been built up over the last year.

“It might mean we change our format for a short time,

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THELMA Pitcher loves Hepburn.So much so that while holidaying in the town in 1950, at the age of

just 17, she decided to move from Melbourne.“I had wanted to be a nurse but I got a bit funny when I saw blood so I

decided there must be something else.“I came up for a holiday and I liked it so I ended up as a housemaid waitress

at The Grande with blisters everywhere.”The feisty teenager, who was orphaned at a young age and had been living

with her aunt and uncle, soon moved to The Dudley.The work was similar but the accommodation house was “a bit more

updated”.“I was a housemaid waitress. There were two of us and we used to do 16

rooms each, then wait on tables and help wash up. We’d knock off about 2.30pm then come back at 5.30pm and work until 7.30pm.

“It was a long day. We had one day off a week but I could never get Christmas. Only one girl got that and I don’t know how she worked it but I never could.”

Mrs Pitcher said that when she was at The Dudley the property extended to where the Hepburn Motel now stands with a tennis court, kitchen garden and gift shop.

When the girls were not working in the house they were either in the garden or bottling fruit, she said.

Mrs Pitcher said most of the guests were middle class “mum and dad and two kids” with a few honeymooners thrown in.

“I wouldn’t say they were rich people but it was a reasonable holiday for them.

“They would come up on the trains and two taxis from Hepburn would meet them at Daylesford Station.”

Mrs Pitcher met her first husband at The Palais which was “really moving” with dances every week.

She married “from” The Dudley and returned for a few years after their honeymoon before the couple moved to find orchard work.

“Things were slowing down here,” she said. “There was plenty for the girls but not much for the men.”

They returned when their eldest child was seven or eight and Mrs Pitcher, apart from heading north for caravanning winters, has never left Hepburn again.

She was widowed after her husband passed away but 15 years ago married Laurie, who had also lost his wife.

Laurie, a newcomer with just a 40-year history in Hepburn, ran the post office for 15 years before retiring. His wife and Mrs Pitcher had been good friends.

“When my wife passed away Thelma was there looking after me. We feel very lucky,” he said.

Mrs Pitcher said she had recently been back to The Dudley with a private tour by new owners Paul and Cate Lever.

“I couldn’t believe the difference and my room’s not even there anymore. But what they’ve done is amazing.

“It’s a new lease of life.”

“I had wanted to be a nurse but I got a

bit funny when I saw blood.”

Just briefly...DAYLESFORD Junior Football Club is looking for more players - both boys and girls - to add to their sides.

Spokeswoman Jan Steen said the club had “a fantastic group of players already but require a few more to ensure sufficient numbers throughout the season”.

“We welcome players of all ages and skill level. “If you are under 18 and want to stamp your place in our teams, come down,

have a kick, get to know us and you won’t look back.”Call coach Jeremy on 5348 1761 or team manager Gerald on 5423 9316.

News 5

DAYLESFORD Men’s Shed and Daylesford Primary School have teamed up

to create the school’s very first marimba.

Performing arts specialist Suzanne Hobson said the large xylophones, popular in Africa and South America, were a big hit with the students last year.

“The school hired a full class set last year and all grades had an opportunity to learn pieces.”

Ms Hobson said she contacted the Men’s Shed and Mark Hallett “took up the challenge”.

“Mark has made a beautiful, well-crafted instrument (and) at last week’s assembly the school thanked Mark and presented a certificate of recognition to the Daylesford Men’s Shed gratefully acknowledging their support.”

Ms Hobson said Drummond’s Jon Madin’s work had inspired the project.

“Jon is a well-known, highly regarded musician, educator and inventor of wacky instruments.

“He has also done a great deal to promote marimbas in schools Australia-wide, publishing books of marimba music as well as a manual on how to build them.”

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THE Daylesford Healthy Legs Club is the second to open in Victoria.

Operated by Hepburn Health, the club is an interpretation of a community-based leg wound management program from the UK called the Lindsay Leg Club.

Nurse Patty McKibbin, who has spear-headed the establishment of the club, said the leg club was a place for people with a common interest to get together, share a story, have a cuppa and have their leg attended to.

“Unlike traditional clinic settings which focus just on the wound, the Healthy Leg Club addresses many other aspects of living with a long-term condition, like loneliness and isolation,” she said.

The club will be held at 79A Raglan Street, Daylesford on Wednesdays from 1pm to 3pm. Gold coin donation. Details: 5321 6570.

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HEPBURN Community Radio is developing a local community radio station to broadcast

exclusively in the Hepburn Shire area. Spokesperson Pat Harrison said a small group of

volunteers were in the process of incorporation and applying for a broadcast license.

The station will eventually offer local people the chance to gain skills in radio production, a chance to discuss local issues, provide an outline of what’s happening in the community, provide a credible outlet for local talent, arts and business and improve social inclusion throughout

“We are seeking people to join us on the committee of management in a range of roles, especially people who have any technical knowledge around radio production/broadcasting.”

Details: Secretary Ian Bailey on 0405 826 977 or hepburncommunityradio@yahoo.com.au

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Students, from left, Kiara Clifton, Caprice Scott and Lachlan Russell get some marimba practice with Mark Hallett

What’s On The Rex Community Theatre 47-53 Vincent St Daylesford VIC 3460

www.therex.org.auTuesday 1 April4pm Mr Peabody & Sherman (PG)6pm 300 Rise of an Empire (MA15+)

Friday 4 April4pm Mr Peabody & Sherman (PG)6pm The Lego Movie (PG)8pm The Monuments Men (M)

Saturday 5 April1pm The Lego Movie (PG)3pm Mr Peabody & Sherman (PG)6pm The Lego Movie (PG)8pm The Monuments Men (M)

Sunday 6 April11am The Lego Movie (PG)1pm Mr Peabody & Sherman (PG)3pm The Lego Movie (PG)6pm The Monuments Men (M)

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Friday 11 April12pm Mr Peabody & Sherman (PG)1:45pm The Lego Movie (PG)3:45pm Muppets: Most Wanted (G)6pm The Lego Movie (PG)8pm Tracks (M)

Saturday 12 April12pm Mr Peabody & Sherman (PG)1:45pm The Lego Movie (PG)3:45pm Muppets: Most Wanted (G)6pm The Lego Movie (PG)8pm Tracks (M)

Sunday 13 April12pm Mr Peabody & Sherman (PG)1:45pm The Lego Movie (PG)3:45pm Muppets: Most Wanted (G)6pm Tracks (M)

Tuesday 8 April1pm The Lego Movie (PG)3pm Mr Peabody & Sherman (PG)6pm The Lego Movie (PG)8pm The Monuments Men (M)

Wednesday 9 April11am The Lego Movie (PG)1pm Mr Peabody & Sherman (PG)3pm The Lego Movie (PG)

My Sayby Donna Kelly

6 Opinion

I FOUND myself at one of the Hepburn Hub consultations last week.It was in the Daylesford Town Hall laneway…the space that has the pop-up

art exhibition next year. That will cost $8000…but I digress.I have heard a bit about the Hub. A way of pulling together all the bits and

pieces of council services, childcare, visitor information services and running them more effectively.

There’s also economies of scale (the one term I took from studying economics at uni) with energy, staff and spaces.

So it kind of makes sense. And yet, there are so many questions.My first, which I put to Kyle just today, was why would you include as

possibilities the Three Lost Children memorial park, the former Hepburn Depot, the Daylesford Depot, Rex Theatre and even the Daylesford Lawn Tennis Club?

Two are in the middle of nowhere and two, as far as I am aware, are not for sale.

Kyle, being the sage that he is, said that it’s an old ploy where you decide what you want and then also put up some stupid other ideas. So people head to your choices anyway – after being “consulted”.

Mmm. Maybe.Another question is why a Collingwood-based architecture firm was chosen for

the task. Now I have nothing against Collingwood. I come from Frankston so the

jokes are just as rampant there.(What do you call a woman in Frankston/Collingwood wearing a white

tracksuit? The bride. Boom boom!)But I recall the new council website revamp is also being done by a

Collingwood mob. And I know we have some great website people right here in the shire.

Anyway, I am sure they are all very talented but I am not sure they get the vibe of this place. One told us, and we had said we were media, that he was surprised by Hepburn Shire.

“I thought it was a really well connected community,” he said. “But it’s not really, is it.”

No, it’s not. And that’s what happens when state governments randomly bunch together towns and call them a shire. Just ask Trentham.

He also added that on the Friday night session a bit of alcohol had been on offer. We asked how that had worked out. He just smiled. In a mysterious way.

And my, not final, but last big question is where is the money? Mostly on Vincent Street, I imagine, but it’s going to cost big bucks to create a new “Hub”.

The Hub brochure talks about state and federal funding. Maybe. But how did that work out for the Victoria Park redevelopment.

Lots of questions, lots of answers. I guess we just watch and wait.

Does Collingwood know how to play the game?The Local

News 7The Local

Budget not reflecting ratesTRENTHAM residents are fighting for

a “Fair Go”.Just over 600 residents from the town

have signed a petition delivered to council asking that Hepburn Shire Council “redress the demonstrated inequity and unfair treatment of the ratepayers and citizens over the past several years”.

The petition asks the council to provide basic community facilities, provide recurrent and maintenance support for community facilities, along with other municipal services, equivalent to other wards and towns.

Trentham Community FORUM spokesman Ian MacBean said Cr Sebastian Klein had provided figures from the past 13 years of “discretionary” budget expenditure for projects and new capital works which showed Coliban Ward (Trentham) had received $747,175 which was just three per cent of the overall budget, while paying 15 per cent of the total rates.

The figures showed that of a total of $24,800,023 Birch Ward (Daylesford and Hepburn Springs) received $14,136,675 (57 per cent), Creswick - $5,994,430 (24 per cent), Cameron (Clunes) - $3,077,143 (12 per cent), Holcombe (Glenlyon) - $297,000 (1 per cent) and projects other than Coliban and Holcombe wards - $547,600 (2 per cent).

Mr MacBean said the council’s response to the

petition was “a huge disappointment”.“In the month since it was presented to council

there was no communication with the Trentham community and, finally, a weak, barely two-page and largely irrelevant report proposed consideration of a budget allocation for the Hub project and more talking and another report.

“Another report. The 600 people who signed the petition wanted action.”

Mr MacBean said the council was “clearly not willing to talk with the signatories or the FORUM.

“Council’s attitude is becoming crystal clear. ‘We will decide what’s best for Trentham, and the circumstances in which Trentham gets anything at all’.”

Mr MacBean said the next step would be to go to the Local Government Minister and ask for an independent inquiry.

At council’s March 18 meeting, a report about the petition said it was “a strong reflection from the Trentham community as to their feelings about investment in their community by council”.

The council voted to continue the Trentham Hub, receive another report from officers, and meet with committees from the Trentham Mechanics Institute and the Trentham Sportsground.

There was no move to meet with FORUM members.

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HEPBURN Health Service is running an “aim for 100 per cent campaign” to encourage people to get the flu vaccination.

Seasonal influenza is a serious illness affecting as much as 20 per cent of the population and causing up to an estimated 3500 deaths each year in Australia.

Meanwhile Springs Medical Clinic is running flu immunisation clinics on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at its Daylesford campus and Tuesday/Wednesday at its Trentham campus until the end of April.

For some people the vaccination is free. Call Springs Medical Clinic at Daylesford on 5348 2227 or

Trentham on 5424 1602 for appointments and information.

Springs Medical Centre nurse Jill Griffiths administers a flu shot

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Daylesford Probus Club Daylesford Probus Club meets at 10am on the

third Tuesday of each month at the Daylesford Bowling Club, Camp Street. Inquiries: 5348 2553.

Daylesford Library Holiday Fun Zoologist Prue Simmons will present an

interactive session on animals that live in the creek on April 8 at 2pm. Easter craft will be held on April 16 at 11.30am. Bookings Allison on 5348 2800.

Artist TalkDoor3 is presenting an artist talk on Saturday,

April 5 at the Door 3 complex, East Street, Daylesford from 5pm. Petrus Spronk will show a series of images of van Gogh paintings.

Family Day FundraiserA fundraiser to help stop gold mining in the

Wombat Forest will be held at Bodhidharma, 971 Basalt Road, Shepherds Flat on Sunday, April 6 from 11am to 4pm. The event includes information about proposed mining in the Wombat Forest, local musicians and a jumping castle. BYO picnic. The Shepherds Flat Community Action is working to stop an application for a 55-hectare mining licence in the Wombat State Forest near Shepherds Flat. Entrance fee: $10 individual and $20 family. Details: www.wombatforestcare.org.au

What’s up! Murray’s Cornish Hill contributionBy Dallas Kinnear

MURRAY Winter, aged 81 years young, has retired after five years volunteering as a member of Friends of Cornish Hill.

Singlehandedly, he has removed the woody, invasive weeds from one hill on the reserve. When he reached the top, he returned to where he started and began chipping away at the re-emergence of weeds.

Affectionately known as Muzza, he has never sought accolades for what he has achieved.

He didn’t want to use chemicals to pollute the pristine creek and surrounds, or noisy machinery using up non-renewable resource.

Instead, he set himself the challenge of clearing the broom and gorse from the hill above the creek, using only secateurs, an axe and a tomahawk and his own physical strength.

Muzza loves Cornish Hill. He enjoys being in those beautiful bush surroundings, so peaceful and quiet, and feels it has fed his inner being.

He believes clearing this special public place of invasive noxious weeds was the contribution that he could make and it gave him a real sense of meaning and purpose.

Over the past five years, Muzza has enjoyed the company of the Friends who, like him were working together to clear weeds and restore the bushland by planting indigenous species.

He will be missed but promises to visit again, when the weather improves and his heart takes him for a walk again, up to that very special place which means so much to him.

Good on you Muzza!Link: www.facebook.com/cornishhilldaylesford

News 9The Local

DEVELOPMENT of the Daylesford Town Hall or the historical precinct around the Daylesford Post Office are the preferred sites so far for the Hepburn Community and Council Services Hub.

The other locations include The Rex Arcade, Daylesford Lawn Tennis Club, the Lost Children memorial park, council’s Duke Street offices, the Daylesford Depot and the former Hepburn Depot.

A “Sites and Spaces” consultation was held on March 14 in the Daylesford Town Hall laneway with council and representatives from Collingwood based ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects on hand.

Council chief executive officer Aaron van Egmond said “it was great that so many people came along to discuss the Hub concept and the proposed locations”.

“It’s been really beneficial speaking with the community to get a better understanding of what’s important to them.

“Based on consultation to date, we understand that accessibility and proximity of the potential site is a high priority.

“We look forward to working with the whole Hepburn Shire community as the project develops.”

The Hub is a proposed new multipurpose community facility that will integrate a number of council facilities to improve service delivery shire wide. These include library, council and visitor information services, community and art spaces and early years.

Feedback can be provided at Sites and Spaces sessions, the next is on Monday, March 31 from 4pm at the Daylesford Senior Citizens, or by picking up and completing a form at the Daylesford Town Hall or Library, or joining the online discussion. Feedback is open until April 13.

Other hubs are also proposed for Creswick, in the current library building in Albert Street, and Trentham at the Mechanics Institute hall in High Street.

Link: www.hepburnhub.com.au

Preferred sites for Hepburn Hub

Rockin’ the Look!WHEN Suzanne Hobson found herself

with breast cancer and facing rounds of chemotherapy she decided

to take action.With wigs.The Performing arts specialist, who teaches at

Daylesford Primary School, said she hit eBay to “explore the alternatives”.

“I didn’t like the idea of ‘real hair’ wigs. I tried turbans and scarves and they really didn’t suit me.

“So I went for cheap, synthetic wigs which were between $10 and $20 and eventually ended up with 11 wigs for the price of one ‘real hair’ wig.”

Suzanne, pictured top with her husband Dean, and around their home, said it gave her plenty of options from “blonde one day and a redhead the next, choosing a dress first and then hair to match”.

“And yes, they were definitely a distraction, something positive to think about during an otherwise pretty terrifying time.

“I also think it was important for me to feel in control of something, when there was so much out of my hands.”

Suzanne, who has had a long term love of the mid-century as displayed in her Drummond home, said she now has a permanent “rather creepy” display of wigs and still wears them occasionally for fun.

“I do wonder what the neighbours think on ‘wash day’, when I line them all up on the verandah to dry…”

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Bells By The Beach really is pet friendlyBy Donna Kelly

WE’VE finally done it! Found dog friendly accommodation that really is dog friendly.

Kyle and I have two dogs, you may recall their recent columns, both rescue pups. Rosie was first on the scene, at just six weeks, after being found in a box on the side of the road with the rest of the litter.

We chose her because she was quiet. Found out later it was kennel cough and, as with any proud kelpie cross, she hasn’t slowed down since.

Curly turned up two years later. I had forgotten to pop his photo on the paper I was working on at the time and felt so guilty I went and picked him up. He was an escape artist and his Mt Eliza owners, rather than build a decent fence, gave him to the RSPCA.

They have both been the joy of our lives – you guessed it, we’re kid free – but they have also been the bane because we want them to enjoy holidays with us but have spent 14 years frustrated by “false” pet friendly advertising.

You know what I mean. Pet friendly but “no pets inside”. Pet friendly but “animals must stay on verandah/in garage”. Pet friendly but “fully fenced to a height of six inches”. Really?

But, as we all get a bit older, we’ve found THE place. (As a journo you should never put words in capital letters, no not shouting, just poor style – but this is THE place.)

Bells By The Beach at Ocean Grove.We were just there for a few days away from the seven day a week

job that is The Local.And it’s fabulous.Owners Jan and Lin met us at the door and while Lin and Kyle

chatted I walked, nervously, through the house. Remember there have been many disappointments up until this stage.

But it was all just perfect. A lovely big house with three bedrooms, all beautifully appointed, a fabulous lounge-room with two big couches and windows looking out on gardens in every direction, a real laundry and kitchen, and every little detail taken care of.

(Think little chocolates for humans, carob treats for dogs, heaps of toiletries, loads of dog toys, books, DVDs, board games, an extra dog lead just in case, handy numbers and loads of brochures on things to see and do.)

And then I stepped outside. The dogs were already there, courtesy of Lin and Kyle, and sniffing their hearts out. Plenty of grass, loads of shrubs and trees – and two-metre high fences all around. Yay!

Bells By The Beach is also just a walk away from dog friendly beaches and a short drive to the main centre of Ocean Grove – you could walk if you wanted, and nearby Barwon Heads. Oh, and the whole Bellarine Peninsula and Great Ocean Road.

So there’s loads to do, but to be honest, we mostly just lounged around in the house and the garden, slept a lot and ate loads of homecooked seafood after finding a great little outlet at Barwon Heads Airport. Oh, did I mention the barbecue?

We only had two nights but next time we’re booking for longer. It’s the kind of place where time just meanders past and before you know it it’s time to head home.

But best of all, it’s only just over an hour to return to Bells By The Beach and real dog friendly service.

Contact: Jan and Lin Bell on 0403 221 737, www.bellsbythebeach.com.au or bellsbythebeach@bigpond.com

Our family-owned property is popular with every person and their dogJust 500 metres (or a 10-minute walk) to one of the safest and best dog beaches in VictoriaYour dogs will be treated like canine royalty and can stay and sleep indoors on their own personal pet bedDogs play in a large garden with plenty of lawn and are safe and secure behind high fences Dogs enjoy a freshly baked crunchy gourmet treat on arrival with comfy pet beds for big and small dogsClean towels and blanketsSpare lead for beach walksWarm outdoor shower to wash off the salt and sandSelf catering, large living area, gas log fire, spa bathCafes and restaurants that are outdoors pet friendlyPlenty of walking and cycling trailsThe Bellarine Taste Trail – local provedors selling fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, seafood delights, chutneys, jam, honey and fresh crusty breadOn-site vehicle parkingInspection invited, brochure availableFrom $165 per night – 2 to 6 guestsHire our linen, or bring your own

Enjoy a holiday at Bells By The Beach with nothing else to bring except your food, personal items and your furry friends!

Contact: Jan and Lin Bell0403 221 737 www.bellsbythebeach.com.au bellsbythebeach@bigpond.com

News 11The Local

Spanish influence at Sault with SantiIF IT’S been a while since your last visit to Sault – book now.

Newish chef Santi, who has worked in Michelin Star restaurants all over Spain, is now in residence giving the menu a fabulous Spanish twist including always

popular tapas.If you head over on Locals’ Night, Wednesday, you can try a few from the a la carte

menu – from $4 for a scallop up to $13.50 for the terrine - along with the locals’ special of a main and a glass of wine for just $31 or upgrade to the steak or barramundi for just $36.

Jodi Flockhart, who took over Sault with her husband Damien Aylward eight years ago, said the word was slowly spreading about Santi’s talent.

“He has an amazing attention to detail and some of his work is also much like Heston Blumenthal. The dishes are incredible.

“Santi has also created an even stronger influence with using as much local produce as possible, because he wanted to meet with the producers who bring in, say a whole pig, and talk about how it is grown.”

Jodi said other exciting news for Sault was the building of a barn on the lake to cater for not only weddings but also private functions and even as a gallery space for local artists during winter.

The barn, will have a large glass window overlooking the lake, will be built next month and cater for up to 110 people.

“It’s been eight years in the making so it’s very exciting for us,” she said.Along with Wednesdays locals’ night, Sault is open for dinner on Thursday and then

lunch and dinner on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.High tea is also served on Sundays from 2.30pm to 4.30pm and proving popular with

“mums and daughters, hens gatherings and grandparents”.“We have a blend of tea made by a tea master in Geelong. So people can come along

and enjoy an afternoon here with really amazing tea.”

Sault is at 2349 Ballan Daylesford Rd, Daylesford.Phone: 5348 6555 | Fax: 5348 6551 | enquiries@sault.com.au

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Business celebrates 30 years

NED Kelly Wood Heaters, a division of Daylesford Engineering, is celebrating 30 years of business.

Owned and operated by Colin and Glenda Richardson, Ned Kelly Wood Heaters was born in 1984 after a customer asked whether Colin could make a wood heater similar to a 44-gallon drum for use in a workshop. After some experimentation, Colin designed and manufactured a rounded heater which appeared to resemble ‘Ned Kelly’s helmet’.

In addition to workshop heating, Colin made some modifications and designed heaters for use in the home. The pair trialled the indoor models in their own home and then relying primarily on word of mouth, the Ned Kelly heating range took off.

Glenda said support from local clientele was immediate. “Straight off, local people really supported us, and at one stage, we heard that the majority of heaters being installed locally were Ned Kellys.”

Since the mid 1980s thousands of Ned Kelly’s have been sold and while the local area retains a large market share, heaters have also been shipped nationally.

The Ned Kelly range is manufactured exclusively at the Daylesford Engineering site and has been overseen by Ian “Tubby” Marshall from the late 80s until his recent retirement.

Brenton Van Workum is now responsible for the heater manufacturing but is also improving the marketing component through social media advertising and engaging directly with architects and builders.

Over the years there have been numerous design and manufacturing modifications to the humble Ned Kelly, which meet Australian and New Zealand Standards of lower emissions and higher heating levels.

The Ned Kelly evolved to become a more square shaped wood heater – with the Glenrowan and the Bushranger the most popular styles.

However this year, the Ned Kelly has come full circle and returned to the more rounded shape with the release of the new Outlaw model.“It’s very similar to the Bushranger with a deeper firebox and a higher kilowatt rating,” Glenda said.

“People just kept asking for rounded heaters so we have returned to that shape.”Both Colin and Glenda said they are pleased to be celebrating the 30-year mark with Ned

Kelly Wood Heaters – especially in a town where manufacturing is not a main employer. “When we go somewhere and see one of our heaters – it’s still a really good feeling,” Colin

said.

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HEPBURN Wholefoods Collective has a new home.The organisation moved recently from the Daylesford Neighbourhood

Centre to the old police residence behind the centre.The collective is a small membership-based community group which sells

wholefoods in the Daylesford and Hepburn area. Spokeswoman Dora Berenyi, pictured below, said the collective had formed

with the ideas of buying direct from farmers and using local produce as much as possible. Organic food was also another tenet, she said.

“We have a fairly small mark up, of about five per cent, so the goods are fairly cheap when compared to retailers. And all the work done here is voluntary.”

Ms Berenyi, who is the roster coordinator, said the collective had a steady

“trickle” of new members and a healthy bank account.“Moving to the new site means more people can shop at the same time, and it’s

also given us more room for stock. It’s great to have the extra space.”Ms Berenyi said most of the stock was sourced in Victoria and was either

delivered direct or through a system of different people collecting goods on their travels.

Memberships are $30 and $15 for concession card holders but first time browsers are welcome to just turn up for a look.

The collective, which started about two and a half years ago, is currently open Wednesdays from 2pm to 4pm and Saturdays from 10am to noon. Link: hepburnwholefoods.org.au

Congratulating Hepburn Primary School150th Anniversary

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Hepburn Primary School celebrates 150 yearsby Glenda Young

WELCOME to the 150th Anniversary of Hepburn Primary School.

It is indeed an honour and a privilege to be the principal of this wonderful school in this special year. There are not many schools in Victoria that can lay claim to the fact that they have been providing education to the children of their community, continuously for 150 years. Past and present teachers and students can stand tall and be proud of their school. 150 years is a wonderful milestone.

It is very difficult to explain to our current students what it must have been like coming to school 50 years ago let alone 100 or even 150 years ago. I don’t think I can imagine the cold of those frosty mornings, with the one small pot belly stove in the front of the room, the boys chopping the wood and the heat going no-where near the children. What about the stifling hot afternoons, when there was no breeze, just the relentless sun beating down? No cars in those days to bring you to school, no matter what the weather, there was always the long walk to school and the even longer walk home. Some kind mums warmed half bricks on the hearth overnight and wrapped them in cloth for children to carry in their pockets on cold wet mornings to keep little fingers warm.

But some things have remained the same, the fun, the laughter, silly tricks, the whispered secrets and the special friendships, some lasting a short time while others have lasted for a lifetime. Some old friends will meet up again today and some new friendships will be formed, that is what is so special about school and in particular this school.

I believe this is a very special school because it has its roots in the early years of Victoria and the days of gold. The proud heritage of this area belongs to the Swiss, Italian, German and English migrants who came searching for gold. They worked hard and they played hard too. But they had a need of a community and so

they built their own. They built houses with stone from the land; they developed small farms and grew food, for many they achieved their dreams. What were those dreams, why did they come all this way from Europe to a foreign land? They came to build a better future for themselves and their families. Did they achieve those dreams, yes with hard work, determination and a strong community spirit,

many did. How do I know this? Because standing here in the crowd today are the descendants of those long gone pioneers. Four or five generations of those families have built their lives around Hepburn Springs and its community, but most importantly for us, is that they have supported this, their school.

From the humble beginnings in the wooden structure that was a redundant miners’ hall in 1864 to a big solid brick building, built of local brick in approximately 1870, this school has faithfully served its growing community. It was only in 1967 that a third room was added. Often late at night when the walls creak in the wind I think

that, yes, these walls have more than one story to tell. We have built a community hall for all to use. We have seen some portable buildings come and go and more recently we have seen a very new and bright open set of classrooms arrive. In the recent past we have made lots of changes, we have worked hard to improve the physical facilities of this school, but more importantly we have made the ongoing commitment of building on the solid foundations of the past. So now to the future. We all have a role to play I ask you all to make a pledge to continue to support this fantastic school as we move forward?

(This is an edited version of the speech principal Glenda Young made at the 150th celebrations on Saturday, March 29.)

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Fiona Bellingham - “I spent seven years here at Hepburn - all my primary school.”

Peter Avery - “I was here for six years. I’ve met a few today I haven’t seen for 20 years.”

Fiona Cooper - “I’ve been teaching here for 10 years - Italian, library and a prep class.”

Rose Cooper - “My children went to Musk but three of my grandchildren were at Hepburn.”

Peta Heyne - “My daughter Claire did her teacher training at Hepburn Primary.”

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Far left: Hepburn Primary School students entertain the crowd with their own school song; left, school council president Rebecca Pedretti, pictured with her children, Maddison, Isaac and Jake, was among those thanked for their work organising the 150th anniversary by principal Glenda Young.

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Hepburn Shire Council would like to congratulate Hepburn Primary School on its 150th anniversary.

From humble beginnings in 1864, with 22 boys and 11 girl students and a weatherboard Miners Hall, the school has grown through the generations.

Providing education to the children of the Hepburn Shire community for the last 150 years is a wonderful achievement.

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Impressions of fungiBy Alison Pouliot

“ENDLESS Forms Most Beautiful” – these were the words of Charles Darwin in describing the diversity of life in The Origin of Species in 1859.

The Wombat Forest is home to an endless assortment of life-forms that are not only most beautiful, but also most bizarre, enchanting and essential.

Many of these belong to a kingdom that has so often been overlooked in Australian biodiversity conservation – the Kingdom Fungi.

Australia is a signatory to the Convention on Biological Diversity, an internationally legally binding treaty that aims to conserve the world’s biodiversity.

Australia is also a mega-diverse country and yet the Kingdom Fungi – with possibly tens if not hundreds of thousands of species – is not included in Australia’s Biodiversity Strategy 2010-2030.

In 2015 there is a review of this strategy. Every effort to represent the significance of fungi may enhance the chance to have fungi included.

For without fungi, there would be no Wombat Forest.We invite impressions of fungi that you have encountered in the Wombat

Forest. You might like to contribute an anecdote about an experience with a beautiful or bizarre fungus.

Or perhaps a photograph or sketch of a favourite species, a short story, a poem, an impression of some sort – anything that represents your encounter with fungi in the Wombat.

We’re hoping to include lots of representations, so the shorter the better. Submissions of around 250 words or less have the greatest chance for publication.

Email alison@alisonpouliot.com by April 15.

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HEPBURN NOT HEPBWN

SO HEPBURN Shire Council has headed to Collingwood again for its Hepburn Hub architecture expertise.

This follows the council choosing a Collingwood firm for its new branding at a cost of $25,000.

I am now retired but have 50 years’ experience in advertising/marketing/graphic design and illustration – and am completely gobsmacked.

If what I am currently seeing is the new “Hepburn” logo it is a joke! The logo is an unsophisticated handlettered style (which incidentally I could have produced by hand in minutes).

It actually reads as Hepbwn not Hepburn! I like Cr Bill McClenaghan’s tongue-in-cheek response to the new logo. He now signs his emails with “this email sponsored privately at no cost to Hepbwn Shire ratepayers”.

By what method did the council decide to appoint these people when our Hepburn Shire is blessed with so many talented professional designers and architects who, I am sure, would have been only too happy to take on the brief.

My husband Don and I always look local first and are rarely disappointed with the friendly, helpful and professional assistance we have received from all the local tradies and businesses.

What a pity the Hepburn Shire Council has not done likewise.

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DISABLED PARKING

ONCE again, in the Coles carpark, I watched in disbelief as a car pulled up in the disabled parking bay and a young boy jumped out to run to the supermarket.

Clearly mum was waiting in the car.If we photograph these cars can council or police

follow up and fine them? Even just shame them?

Louise OldfieldDaylesford

DOGS ON LEASH PLEASE

TO MY astonishment I have been rushed by off-leash dogs with their owners screaming “they’re friendly”.

Like me, my dog is ageing, not particularly friendly and a bit grumpy.

Please respect the council rules pertaining to dogs on leash at all times, in all areas, unless specified otherwise.

M MontgomeryHepburn Springs

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Your say... Soccer lossDAYLESFORD and Hepburn United Soccer Club

coach Marcus MacIntosh has left Australia.It is believed Mr MacIntosh, a United Kingdom national,

could not renew his visa in Singapore earlier this year.Club president Ivan Carter said Mr Macintosh arrived

in Daylesford in 2012 “and immediately put on the soccer shoes to help out the seniors in Division 1”.

“He coached the Under 15s in 2013 to their first final series in a decade, and lifted them to a new level of quality soccer,” Mr Carter said.

“Marcus is one of the highest qualified coaches in Victoria, with the qualifications to be able to coach in the Victorian Football Federation State League.

“He played his younger years at Fulham FC in the UK, playing alongside many stars of the games and then went on to play professional soccer in Tunisia.”

Mr Carter said Mr MacIntosh had retired from professional soccer and had wanted to help develop the game in Australia and regional Victoria.

Jeff Brownscombe, whose son was one of those coached by Mr MacIntosh said the coach had been “a local personality and a valued member of our community”.

“Marcus’s presence at Daylesford and Hepburn United Soccer Club was immense. He founded the Under 9s, coached the Under 15s, was assistant coach and specialist trainer for the seniors (as well as a player) and a club committee member.

“He gave much time to groundworks, sponsorship issues and general club development and inspired passion and self belief. This country is down a good man. This town is down a good man.”

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Memories of Sundays past...By Glen Heyne

IF THERE’S one abiding childhood memory close to the hearts of “we of a certain age” it’s that of our family sitting down together

each week for the traditional Sunday roast.It’s no great surprise then, that Peta and I made

haste to the RSL’s Diggers Bistro when we heard they were turning on a regular Sunday Roast Lunch - “just like mum used to make”.

The Diggers Bistro has a breezy retro cafe feel to set the mood and a friendly well-stocked bar, for a quiet pre or post lunch drink.

We were shown to a favoured table, close to the kitchen, by mine host - John Goulett, and handed a cleansing ale and a menu.

Looking around we were pleased to see family groups enjoying the experience and the kids menu - much the same as ours but a more kid-friendly selection including ice-cream and topping.

Fortunately for us we were saved from our usual dilemma - indecision - as there were two choices for main course. This week it was roast beef or roast pork. The alternate week offers the options of roast chicken or roast lamb.

Surprise, surprise. Peta went for the roast pork with crackle, of course, so l decided on the roast beef.

Memories came flooding back as we were presented with large plates brimming with heaps of

finely sliced, perfectly cooked meats accompanied by vegetables of every description and that old favourite - yorkshire pudding.

Now when I was a kid, yorkshire pudding usually took up most of the plate to compensate for the shortage of meat. Fortunately, in these times of plenty, the yorkshire pud was a welcome garnish.

We were determined to try the desserts, pineapple sponge and sticky date pudding both served with cream and ice cream despite the generous main courses. Luckily we were able to order half serves each.

Just as well. Even then the bowls were brimming with scrumptious light and fluffy sponge and topping.

The sticky date pudding was rich, creamy and decadent.

Complimentary tea and coffee followed.lf we thought our own mothers insisted on us being

fed to pussy’s bow then this was certainly a meal like ‘mum used to make’. The main difference being we weren’t told by our hostess Jan that we couldn’t have sweets until we finished our veggies - not that we needed any encouragement.

At $18 per main course and $8 for dessert - Digger’s Bistro is not only a great choice for Sunday Lunch but excellent value.

We are now planning a return visit to try their alternative menu soon.

P.S. The Digger’s Bar is a great spot for a quiet drink or two with the locals.

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THE GARDEN by Jackie AireyHello. My name is Jacqualine Elizabeth Airey and I am an addict. I am an ’oholic – not an alcoholic, but a plantoholic.

I’ve tried to kick the habit so many times now, but every time I try to escape, they drag me back in (thank you Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola and Al Pacino). This time it was a binge and oohh it was goood!

I’ve already confessed to you about the bulbs; they were bad enough, but now I need to come clean about the other stuff – the perennials. It was that Lambley place again – don’t go there, you’ll end up like me – hooked. This time I started with the Hummingbird Mints, two of them, one a coppery, apricot, rose colour (Agastache aurantica Copper Rose) and the other a deep mauve (A. Cana Lambley Select). These are pretty, dry tolerant small leaved sub-shrubby plants with salvia-like flowers. Speaking of salvias, there were a couple of those too, the most striking being the Salvia cadmica, with large, lush, dark green leaves and deep blue/purple flowers – not really a typical salvia. There were three of those.

I like scabious flowers, so when I saw some low ground-covers with similar blooms, I had to bring them home. One is the dwarf Pterocephalus pinardii, which also offers lovely fluffy seedheads, and the other, a native of Crete, Lomelosia cretica. The pinky/purple/mauve colour range seems to have got me in its clutches long ago, as I’ve been lusting after the members of the phlomis

family that are not yellow for years, and I finally managed to whisk two into the car before someone else saw them. They are Phlomis tuberosa and Phlomis taurica; two different growth habits and two different hues of pinky mauve – what a glutton!

Then there was the woody shrub Euonymous europus Red Cascade, with dusty reddish berries and leaves with great autumn colour, and, even though I must have at least eight different kinds of buddleja in the garden already, how could I possibly resist the Buddleja machrostachya ’Fansipan’? Fancypants? No, Phan Xi Pang – the tallest mountain in Indochina, after which it is named. It’s a tall one too, with felted grey leaves and upright sprays of deep pink, fragrant flowers. My excuse is that it will look fabulous with my new Geranium sanguineum ’Cedric Morris’, weaving around its trunk. This is a hardy, low growing geranium with heavily dissected leaves and large iridescent magenta flowers. I’m not apologising for this choice as I will always have to own any plants bred by, or named after the Welsh painter and plant breeder. I already have the musky pink oriental poppy carrying his name, and I intend to hunt down the off-white rose carrying the same title; it’s a wild rambler, and that makes any plant a must for me, putting paid to any foolish notions I may have had of attempts at sobriety!

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Words/Image - Jack Larm

TANIA Petrini always wanted to sing and play piano.

Her earliest memories were performing for family and friends, and singing with school friends in her bedroom. But to realise the dream of taking her voice to a real stage took patience, courage and a chance encounter.

Like for so many creative individuals, life just got in the way. Setting up a home, raising children and trying to make all the ends meet were the priority. However, music was always a constant, even when it just meant filling the house with the passion and energy of singers like Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin for pure inspiration.

All that changed when her car broke down in Franklinford.

“I was picked up by a guy with a piano in the back of his car. I was intrigued and he turned to me and asked if I knew of any singers. I knew then that it was an opportunity I couldn’t miss.”

It took Tania three weeks to call him, but when she did she knew it could be the start of something really important.

Russell James and Bruce Millar of the Cellar Cats started coming to her place for rehearsals and they liked what they heard.

Having a couple of regular gigs in the Hepburn

Shire, they eventually suggested that Tania get on stage with them.

“I went to their shows, but it took three long months before I found the courage to get on stage and sing a couple of songs with them,” she said.

“They were just so supportive, such great guys.”As her repertoire and self-belief grew, Tania

wanted to dedicate herself to music. There had always been a nagging sense that she needed to develop formal musical skills, and this led to qualifications in jazz theory and a bachelor’s degree in psychological sciences.

For the last couple of years, Tania has been the driving force behind Vidajazz. With a current repertoire of more than 150 songs spanning the breadth of great jazz and blues standards, Tania loves taking to the stage to connect with her audience.

“Music has always been there. It’s about sharing, connecting and, most importantly, a source of healing. Music has done so much for me that I feel really privileged to be able to give something back.”

The future looks bright. Besides her day job as a singing teacher and avid gardener, Tania will be recording a full-length album and performing as much as possible. You’ll be able to catch Vidajazz at the Castlemaine Jazz Festival during the Queen’s Birthday weekend.

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Old Hepburn wins The Local’s Great Steak-Off

THE Old Hepburn Hotel has won The Local’s Great Steak-Off.The pub received the most Facebook “likes” on its photo of a pork sirloin

steak with honey glaze coleslaw and roasted chats.Not far behind was the Daylesford Bowling Club’s eye fillet wrapped in

bacon followed, again closely, by Daylesford Hotel’s local grassfed black angus porterhouse.

The Old Hepburn Hotel will receive what is believed to be Australia’s largest pepper grinder, crafted by the Daylesford Men’s Shed and pictured with Old Hepburn staff member Misty below, as the start of a perpetual trophy.

The Local’s next “Off” will be a Great (drum roll please) Breakfast-Off. Keep reading The Local for details.

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THE Glenlyon Sports Club has raised $16,800 from its 2014 New Year’s Day Sports. Over the past

10 years the club has raised $116,000.Money went to: Daylesford Hospital

- $5000, Trentham Hospital - $500, Creswick Salvation Army - $1000, Daylesford St Vincent de Paul - $1000, St Johns Ambulance - $500, Daylesford Junior Football and Netball Club - $400, Daylesford Municipal Band - $500, Glenlyon Pony Club - $600, Royal Children’s Hospital - $500, Glenlyon Recreation Reserve upgrades - $600, Daylesford Junior Tennis - $400, Hepburn Junior Football and Netball Club - $400, Daylesford Girl Guides - $400, Daylesford Junior Soccer Club - $400, Glenlyon Play Group - $300, Glenlyon and District News - $200, Daylesford Preschool - $500, Hepburn Preschool - $500, Junior Glenlyon Gun Club - $100, Junior Glenlyon Cricket Club - $800, Daylesford Senior/Junior Pipe Band - $500, Dennis Beddoe Boxing Gymnasium - $200, Daylesford Riding for the Disabled - $400, Trentham Junior Football and Netball Club - $400, Glenlyon Adult Riding - $500 and New Year’s Eve Gala Daylesford - $200.

Major sponsors are Daylesford Royal Hotel, IGA Country Grocers – Daylesford, Trentham & Ballan, Howe Automotive, Walsh Mobbs Land Surveyors, Coles Daylesford, Daylesford Newsagency, Fells Powerline & Electrical, Commonwealth Bank Daylesford, Massey Ferguson (L & G Shephard & Sons Kyneton), Springs Medical Centre – Daylesford & Trentham and Bendigo Bank - Daylesford District Community Bank Branch.

Other sponsors are Olvers’ Cleaning Service, Gracenotes Café, Daylesford Garden Supply & Equipment Hire, Spa Country Refrigeration, Eddy Comelli Trading, Spa Venison, Scobie’s Service Centre, Velocity Signs, Daylesford, Daylesford Post Office, Daylesford Bowling Club, Central Highlands Garden Supplies, Sandy Farm Winery, McCain Australia, K.R. Littles Buses, Darryl Wilson & Associates Optometrists, The Magic Pudding, Albert St Butchery, Courtot Automotive, John Rodda Motors, Old Hepburn Hotel, Spa Centre Meats, Peter Stevens Nissan Ballarat, Daylesford Hardware & Timber, Farmer’s Arms Hotel, Daylesford Tyre and Windscreen Service, Daylesford Engineering Works, Harbinger Group, D. Murray Drilling Contractor, Jenkin & Thomas Bi-Rite, Hepburn Springs General Store, Daylesford Pharmacy, Boomerang Holiday Ranch, ANZ Bank Daylesford, Tonna’s Fruit Supply, Wombat Hill Nursery, Russell Manning Concrete, Davies & Rose – Creswick, Elliott Accounting, Daylesford Cottage Directory, Hewitt & Whitty (Ballarat), John Evans Real Estate, J.W. Painting, Wesfarmers Federation, J. Bennett (Newlyn), W & D Investments, The Royal Mail Hotel Sporting Club, Coles Express Daylesford, Daylesford Secondary College, Mt Olive Accommodation, Central Highlands Self Storage, Conroy Racing Stables, Buffalo Sports and Brian O’Halloran Electrician.

The committee also thanked The Local for its support, publicity and coverage of the event.

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FANCY a game of darts?The Daylesford and

Hepburn Darts Association is looking for new players to expand its current seven teams.

Aardvark team member Ed Banks, pictured, said games were currently played at Hepburn and Dean venues on Thursday nights.

Details: Association president Les Quick on 0400 483 769.

Bullseye!