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June 23, 2014 Issue 22The American Motercycle Club’s Goldfields Chapter

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The Local is a fortnightly community publication covering the Hepburn Shire. The next edition is due out on Monday, July 7.

Advertising deadlines for the next edition of The Local:

Space bookings: Wednesday, July 2Copy provided by: Thursday, July 3

Editorial deadline: Thursday, July 3

Managing editor/sales: Donna KellyGeneral manager/photography: Kyle BarnesGraphic designer: Glen HeyneSub-editors: Nick Bunning and Lindsay Smith

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Front cover: Rides, social events and raising money for charity go hand-in-hand for members of the Goldfields chapter of the American Motorcycle Club. See their story on page 7.

Image: Kyle Barnes

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Senator John Madigan helps Daylesford students achieve their full potential

WHILE both Labor and Liberal state candidates have used Daylesford Secondary College as a political point scorer,

federal Democratic Labour Party Senator John Madigan has donated scaffolding worth $4500 to the school.

Michael Sayn, who teaches building and construction at the school, said one of the units involved learning how to set up scaffolding.

“The school didn’t have any and couldn’t afford to buy any so I applied on John’s website and he generously donated money from his parliamentary pay rise.

“We couldn’t be happier and are very appreciative of John’s donation. It means I don’t have to send kids away to do this unit, or hire scaffolding, so they can stay here.”

Mr Sayn, pictured right, said when the scaffolding was not being used by his students it would be used around the school for other initiatives including in the theatre by the drama students.

The aluminum scaffolding was Australian made in line with Senator Madigan’s support of Australian manufacturers, he said.

Senator Madigan, who has a blacksmith business in Hepburn Springs, also gave students a demonstration of blacksmithing skills. See page 14.

Meanwhile, Liberal candidate for Macedon Donna Petrovich said the priorities of Daylesford Secondary College would be discussed “to ensure we have a clear picture, based on the independent audit commissioned by the coalition state government after it came to office, and the requirements of the school”.

“It would be premature to speak in specifics about what needs to be done without understanding all the issues DSC is facing.

“I have not spoken with Senator Madigan and I am not sure what he aims to achieve by donating some scaffolding. I am sure he is doing it with the best intentions.”

Labor candidate for Macedon Mary-Anne Thomas has said that education would be “a critical issue in November’s state election”.

“Parents in Daylesford and neighbouring towns are right to be concerned about the Napthine government’s failure to support much-needed building works at Daylesford Secondary College.”

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From one artist to another

MOTHERLOAD tattoo artist Dave Bamberger is Trentham artist Louise Otten’s entry in the Archibald and Doug Moran

portrait prizes.Ms Otten, who has twice been selected for the

Hidden Faces of the Archibald, said she made the choice after having her own tattoo refreshed by Dave.

“We had a talk and I just really admire him as a skin artist.

“Tattoo has a bit of that bad image but it’s a real art form and beautiful with all that detail. I couldn’t do it.”

Ms Otten said one painting was already on its way to Sydney for the Archibald and she would enter the other, pictured, in the Doug Moran portrait prize.

She said she had taken licence with some of Dave’s tattoos covering one arm with roses to show his gentlemanly side and the other with skulls. There is also a Motherload tattoo – representing Dave’s Daylesford business.

The works, acrylics on canvas and titled The Weapon 1 and 2, were done over about a month using a combination of a sitting with Dave and photos.

Dave said when he first saw the painting it was “just me looking at me”.

The first time artist’s model said he had agreed to sit with Ms Otten because he was interested in the project.

“It is just amazing. Very clever.”

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Keeping warm by sharing squaresTHE Square Share project has seen more than 10,000

squares collected in just over two years.Project founder and Daylesford resident Anna Ghaie said there

were more than 100 people involved including knitters, crocheters and sewers.

The squares, which are used to create blankets and rugs, have been distributed throughout Victoria including Daylesford Hospital and the Daylesford Community Opportunity Shop.

Some have also been sent overseas.Ms Ghaie started the project by leaving wool and knitting

needles in her husband’s doctor’s surgery in Ballarat and asking people to donate a couple of hours to help others.

“Women, and men, from all over are making these warm, eclectic squares – the generosity of people is just overwhelming,” she said.

Ms Ghaie said she would love to hear from more people and was also seeking donations of 8-ply wool of any colour.

Details: 0409 326 811.

Robust outlook for councilHEPBURN Shire Council will spend

$10,000 looking into the “business case for pay and display parking meters in

Daylesford”.The move is part of the 2014/15 Budget which was

passed last week.Other initiatives include replacing the shire’s street

lighting with LED lighting ($35,000), a new storage shed at the Glenlyon Recreation Reserve ($38,110) and a feasibility study and business plan for childcare for Trentham Childcare ($20,000).

Another $175,000 will be spent on the “introduction

Knitter Janet Gaden checks out some of the colourful rugs

of a social enterprise at the transfer stations to reduce waste to landfill”.

Mayor Cr Don Henderson said the budget, which includes a four per cent rate rise, was developed in conjunction with “the revised 2013/17 Council Plan and guided by the 10-year financial plan”.

“It provides council with a robust and sustainable outlook into the future and was developed after considerable consultation and input.

“The budget ensures that council continues to meet the needs of the community by providing efficient services in an economically responsible and sustainable way.”

My Sayby Donna Kelly

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I WONDER about a lot of things. Climate change, the next fire season, what the dogs would say if they could speak...whether I can get another day without washing my hair.

And sometimes I wonder about the feasibility of feasibility studies.The council has just passed its budget and $10,000 is going into the “business

case for pay and display parking meters in Daylesford”. Mmm. Whatever the outcome we’re already $10K down from the get-go. But

surely with the internet they could just Google a similar sized council with similar weekend traffic and get a quick response. Or maybe just pick up the phone and have a chat.

It just seems a fair bit to pay to have a think about something. Even if you were paying a “consultant” $100 an hour that’s 100 hours of wondering time. That’s two and a half full-time weeks.

Personally I’m not sure about paying for parking. Maybe just on weekends but will that stop the tourists we need to make ends meet? But then, maybe it’s better than a tourist returning to a car to find a parking ticket because they didn’t check the time limit. That would bugger up your holiday.

I certainly don’t want to pay during the week. It’s already annoying enough to have to find $1 to get those nice small trolleys at Coles.

Talking of Coles, well we sort of are now, is it just me or does everyone need help at those self service checkouts. I am continuously pushing “I’m using my own bag” even when I’m not just to try and keep going. And then it comes up “wait for assistance” and then the person has to peer into your bag to see what’s gone in. And usually it seems not in a “did you steal something way” but just that “oh, Apricot Chicken for dinner again” way. Like everyone you have already chatted to in the aisles.

But back to feasibility studies and the budget.

The council is also spending $175,000 on “the introduction of a social enterprise” at the transfer stations. I did send an email asking what that was but didn’t get a reply. Is a social enterprise a tip shop? And would that need $175,000 to set up? Seems like a lot.

I liked the Daylesford tip shop. I bought a great three piece lounge set once and a glass platter that I took home, popped in the dishwasher, topped with chocolates and gave away for a Christmas gift. The platter was $1. (I had to use the big shopping trolley that day at Coles.)

But money is all relative. In a strange twist of fate a couple of years ago Kyle and I found ourselves on a plane to the Pilbara. The dogs were down below in the storage hold after being wheeled across the tarmac, caged, at Tullamarine. Did you know you can hear dogs barking on some planes. For six hours. Really Rosie and Curly...

Anyway, I was on the local paper, of course, and Kyle was the manager of the information centre. Talk about deja vu.

Kyle, as usual, decided he needed more to do and came up with a plan to turn a tired, old art gallery out the back of the centre into a slightly less tired old art gallery.

In his words: “coming from my humble council career at the financially hamstrung Hepburn Shire, where I had spent a couple of years looking after the visitor centres, I decided not to ask for too much”.

So Kyle approached a local mining company to see if they possibly had $10,000 for the transformation and hoped to receive $5000. But he had forgotten he was no longer in the Central Highlands but in a town in the middle of the mining boom.

Back came a cheque for $18,000 - for a feasibility study into the gallery - which already existed. We only stayed a year so never found out if the gallery went ahead or was deemed not feasible.

But we like to think it happened. Apart from drinking there wasn’t much else happening at the time in Karratha or K-Town as it’s known. The library had been flooded and permanently shut. That was also the entertainment centre and the evacuation centre. The movie theatre had closed before we arrived. There was no museum, no theatre, no community lunch...

So I guess, even though nowhere is perfect, Hepburn Shire with its community and culture is not such a bad place. Even if you have to pay for parking.

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Riding for a causeWHETHER it’s raising money for Sam Johnson’s Love Your

Sister unicycle ride, the Royal Children’s Hospital Appeal or the Epilepsy Foundation, the Goldfields chapter of the

American Motorcycle Club is only too happy to help out.The club, which is one of 18 chapters around Australia, started in the

Daylesford region about three years ago.President Chubb Ryan said many members had joined the Bendigo chapter

when it started up seven years ago but decided in 2011 it was time to go local.“The Bendigo chapter is still going but we had about eight from down here so

we decided rather than go up there we would start our own chapter. We live here, we’re locals.”

Including social members the club now has about 40 members who get together for rides, social events like music nights and helping out where possible with mostly local causes.

“We’re a non-profit organisation, all the chapters in Australia are non-profit, and a lot of the chapters raise money for different causes.

“Our next cause will be Bikers Against Child Abuse. We’re going down to Melbourne to see them soon so that will be happening over the next few months.”

Mr Ryan said it was unfortunate, especially with the new motorcycle club laws happening in Queensland, that many people saw motorbike riders as a threat to society or the law.

“All bikies, unfortunately, get put in the same ‘bad’ basket. But we just like riding our bikes and holding a few social events,” he said.

“We are just like-minded people. Our members consist of local business men and women from Daylesford and the Ballarat region.”

Mr Ryan said the club was always open to new members.“But we only have good people, we don’t have gooses. We are mostly older

people, although there are a few young members, but anyone with a Harley is welcome to come along for a ride.”

Contact: Chubb Ryan on 0408 780 684.4/11 Howe Street, Daylesford0407 389 172

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

Tuesday of each month at the Daylesford Bowling Club, Camp Street. Details: 5348 7704.

Talbot MarketThe Talbot Farmers Market is held on the third

Sunday of every month from 9am to 1pm.

Glenlyon MarketA market is held next to the Glenlyon Hall on

the third Saturday of each month from 9am to 1pm. Locals offer up fruit, vegies, baked goods, honey, olive oil and jams and spreads.

Daylesford MarketA Farmers’ Market is held on the first Saturday of

the month at the Daylesford Primary School oval from 9am to 1pm.

Picnic in the ParkCatch up at Daylesford Community Park (aka skate

park) between noon and 3pm on the last Sunday of the month to share ideas and nurture the park. Details: daylesfordcommunitypark.blogspot.com.au, Facebook Group Friends of Daylesford Community Park or email daylesfordcommunity@gmail.com

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Lucca Strings will perform at the Daylesford Town Hall next month in support of the Hepburn Wildlife

Shelter.The Lucca Ensemble consists of four young

musicians based in Melbourne. Both of the violinists completed postgraduate

qualifications with distinction at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 2003–2005. During this time, they were first prize winners in the Harold Craxton Chamber Music Competition and performed at such prestigious venues as the Royal Festival Hall and the UK Foreign Office.

They have worked with the London Chamber Players, the Royal Academy Soloists, Orchestra Victoria and the Melbourne, Western Australian and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras.

The Lucca Strings will perform on July 6 from 3pm.

Cost is $60 including wine/champagne and vegan canapés on arrival.

Tickets and details: Deb on 0400 955 499 or Lou on 0439 417 212.

All proceeds will go to the Hepburn Wildlife Shelter.

Wildlife fundraiser

AS A child Samantha Fray was always drawing so it is no surprise that now, with a design degree, she is still being creative. What is a surprise is her modus

operandi. She took time out to chat to Donna Kelly.

DK: What is Wood Duck Press?SF: Wood Duck Press is a design and letterpress print studio

nestled amongst the towering gum trees of Wheatsheaf.

What does Wood Duck Press do?We design a range of items including business cards, wedding

stationery, swing tags, greeting cards (and more) and letterpress print them using our vintage printing presses.

What is letterpress?Letterpress is the oldest form of printing. In this method, a raised

surface printing plate is inked and pressed to the surface of the printing substrate “paper” producing an impression.

What’s your background? I was born in the 70s and it was known from a early age that I

would enter into a creative career. I spent hours at the kitchen table, drawing and arranging my pack of 72 Derwent pencils and insisting on wearing my red and white checked art smock to family events and making greeting cards to sell at school fetes. Years on, I have a design degree and years of experience in design, styling and events but the basics remain same.

When did your love for letterpress printing begin?My love for letterpress printing started when I got engaged, I felt

enormous pressure to come up with something really special for my own wedding invitations, knowing I was inviting five colleagues with whom I’d studied at university. It was really important to me that all my guests receive something unique and reflective of the great weekend that awaited them. (A Convent Gallery wedding in Daylesford.) I had many sleepless nights worrying about the invitations and had almost given up hope when one day I was flipping through a pile of overseas wedding magazines when I came across an ad for letterpress stationery. I instantly fell in love. It became a hobby, which would eventually turn into my career.

Why the interest in such an “old fashioned” form of production?I believe it’s the tactile quality. We live in such a digital world that

we forget how good it is to feel something that has been hand crafted by human hands. For example, when I hand someone my business card, I lose them for a minute. You see their fingers clasp the card and start to trace over the letters and instantly their eyes as well as fingers are drawn to the card, as their fingers have to play with the impression. I am still amazed at the quality of printing that can be achieved with such a vintage piece of machinery. These machines are works of art themselves and like each of us, each of them are different and have their own little quirks.

Why the name (although being in Wheatsheaf I can guess…)?The name “Wood Duck Press” is derived from the street name

in which the studio is located. The studio is literally surrounded by towering gums trees, a dam and a family of ducks. My style is hugely influenced by my surroundings, so wood duck press was an obvious and perfect choice.

Where can people see your work?The entire Wood Duck Press stationery range - greeting cards,

gift tags, wrapping papers - can be touched and purchased from “Mulch” 12 Howe Street, Daylesford. For wedding or business stationery please contact me to make an appointment to visit our design and print studio.

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Collection started by wide-mouthed frogWE KNOW we’re at the right house

because there is a frog plaque on the wall by the front door.

And Jan Pengilly collects frogs.It started innocently enough about 40 years ago.

Her husband Warren would tell their children the story of the wide mouth frog to get them to laugh when they were upset.

And one day Jan, the outgoing Daylesford Rotary president, was out and found herself buying a small, “ugly”, material frog with a very wide mouth.

“Then Warren was out somewhere and saw another frog and brought it home. So we had two frogs and as soon as people see two frogs they say “oh, you collect frogs” and start giving them to you.”

Jan’s 400 to 500 frogs are from all over the world. South America, Uruguay, Thailand, Russia. But her favourite is an Australian green tree frog.

“It’s an early Australian ceramic, with New South Wales written on the bottom, and it came from the house my mother went to when she was first married.

“It used to sit beside a pond but when I was born my father was so paranoid that I might drown they filled in the pond. But I suspect it is well over 150 years old.

“I just think it’s interesting because if you think of the early potters and ceramicists… and when I was a little kid we had a dunny out the back, we were in the country, and there was always a green tree frog hiding in the loo.”

Jan said another piece that intrigued her was a vase with etched glass caricatures of frogs playing musical instruments.

“Tara (her daughter) found it in an op shop and I think it’s from a Russian glass maker. I think it might be quite significant.”

Tara’s contribution to the collection also includes a clay frog she made at the age of just five while the tiniest frog came from a faux pas while living in Canberra.

“We went to someone’s house who was Japanese and I didn’t understand Japanese customs very well. I saw this tiny little frog and said to our host ‘what a gorgeous frog’ and she gave it to me. I felt so bad. I learnt to never say that again.”

Also in Jan’s collection, and being worn for the photo shoot, is a frog ring from The Rocks, frog earrings and a diamond frog broach.

“They are all gorgeous but in the end I had to tell people that I do love frogs – but they need to be special. There are a lot of average frogs out there.”

“There was always a green tree frog

hiding in the loo.”

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Rockin’ The Look with Tasha Miller

This is the final in the Rockin’ the Look series

for a while. Stay tuned for Pets @ Work

TASHA Miller is an artist – with an edge.She designs everything from handbags and jewellery to

wallets and iPhone cases, using her artwork which includes skulls, pirates, painted ladies and even babushka dolls.

Inspirations include traditional tattoos, rockabilly culture and vintage ephemera.

It’s an eclectic look – and Tasha is also rockin’ her own look.When The Local visited recently she had gone for “a 50s style look

with a modern twist - skulls and daggers and bright hair - it’s just a bit of fun”.

Tasha said her dressing options for the day depended on her mood.“I change a lot depending on the mood on the day. Sometimes it’s a

lot darker, sometimes it’s jeans like everyone else but with skulls on them.

“I actually changed today for the photo – I was a lot darker this morning, with skulls, so I thought I would brighten up a bit.”

Tasha started off studying journalism but, in her own words, didn’t make it past university.

“It wasn’t for me. I went off travelling for a few years and then started doing markets in Melbourne.”

Tasha, and business and life partner Paul O’Leary, made the move to Daylesford two years ago, a few years after starting Jubly-Umph Originals.

They now work out of their shop, which opened over the Easter weekend, in East Street, Daylesford, also employing a part-time staffer.

“It’s a completely made-up name but we are now marketing ourselves around the world in the US, UK and another eight countries.

“And we are trying to build it up even more.”Jubly-Umph Originals is open Saturdays from noon to 4pm.Link: jubly-umph.com

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Prom Deb ThingyHEPBURN Shire Council is partnering with FreeZA, the

State Government, the ARC, Winterfest, Hive and Zaque to present the Prom Deb Thingy.

The Prom Deb Thingy is a youth event focused on allowing young people to “dare to debutante your way”. It’s an all inclusive event for 15 to 25 year olds to have a safe and open minded ball free from discrimination.

The event presents young people from the Hepburn Shire and surrounding areas with a social setting in which they can enjoy music in a fun and secure environment.

FReeZA guidelines will apply which means it will be a drug and alcohol free event and fully supervised with security. There will be music by The Resignators, The Vibe Master and DJ Casio.

Tickets are available from Daylesford Secondary College, The ARC, ZAQUE and libraries at Clunes, Creswick, Daylesford and Trentham.

A limited number of buses will run from Clunes, Creswick, and Trentham. ZAQUE will also run a bus from Ballarat.

Event: Prom Deb ThingyDate: Saturday, July 12Venue: The ARC, Smith Street, DaylesfordTime: 8pm–11.30pmDress: Masquerade formalTickets: $10 per personDetails: Sally Walsh 5321 6118.

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Wombat Hill, Daylesford - courtesy photographer Dale Callahan

A FREE community get-together at the Bullarto Hall will celebrate funding for the Bullarto to Lyonville Rail Trail and new community facilities at the township.

Bullarto Community Planning Group secretary Gayle Walker said the celebration comes after Hepburn Shire Council approved $35,000 to design and document the Bullarto to Lyonville Rail Trail - and a further $22,000 for new community facilities to be constructed at Bullarto.

Ms Walker said council would now enter discussions with all relevant landholders and stakeholders including the Daylesford Spa Country Railway, the Trentham Residents and Traders Association, the Bullarto Hall Committee and community groups between July and December.

She said the first stage of the project was the existing Lyonville to Trentham Domino Trail which traverses the headwaters of the Coliban River.

Ms Walker said the money allocated for new community facilities in Bullarto township acknowledged there was a complete absence of noticeboards, maps or interpretive displays, picnic shelters or tourist information.

The community get-together will be held on Thursday, June 26 from 7pm. All residents living in Bullarto and nearby areas are very welcome. Music is being provided by well-known local musicians the Belles of Bullarto, pictured right.

Bullarto celebrates rail trail funding boost

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Cool Creswick!

If it’s been a while then it’s time to take another

look at Creswick and everything this town has to offer - cool cafes and

pubs, great retail therapy, a fabulous golf course,

welcoming organisations and a community bank!

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For more information on “Cool” Creswick visit the Creswick Visitor information Centre:

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Patchwork Classes

Twin Needles has new classes starting now for all levels. So if you would like to explore the joys of patchwork and have never been game to start here is a great opportunity!

Juniors are also very welcome.

Just phone Tanya on 5345 1556 to make a booking.

We also have Saturday classes from 10.30am to 1.30pm.

Twin Needles has a large range of fabrics to choose from along with being the home of the world renowned Cascade

House Embroidery Yarns.

Twin Needles is at 88 Albert Street, Creswick.Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10.30am – 5pm.

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Next year, the 100-year anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli, will be one of the busiest for Creswick Light Horse Troop.

A joint initiative of the Creswick Youth Alliance, the Creswick Police and the Creswick RSL sub-branch, the troop was formed in 1995.

The troop depicts the light horse of the first World War and preserves the memory of the Australian light horse along with keeping the ANZAC traditions of mateship and national pride. Involving young people has also been a major focus of the troop’s activities and membership.

There are now affiliate troops in Horsham, Corangamite, Bairnsdale and Yarra Valley.

The Creswick Light Horse Troop can be seen at events throughout Victoria and Australia honouring veterans and the spirit of ANZAC with its involvement in commemorative ceremonies, special events and parades.

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Creswick Light Horse Troop gears up for 2015

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Being bigger is not just about size, it’s also about your actions.

Our bank is probably bigger than you think. We’re part of Bendigo Bank, so we can help you with everything you expect from a big bank.

But in the things that matter, we’re even bigger than that.

Our bank is owned by our community. We earn revenue from our banking business. And we get to decide how it gets spent for the benefit of all.

So just by banking with us, you automatically become part of something bigger.

Bigger than a bank.

Drop into your nearest branch at 1 Raglan Street, Creswick or phone 5345 1233 or apply now at bendigobank.com.au

Warm up this Winter Wind down and warm up with a special offer

which includes 18 holes of golf & cart PLUS adelicious toasted sandwich and hot homemade

soup!

Novotel Forest Resort Creswick 1500 Midland Highway Creswick 3363 P: (03) 5345 9600E: reservations@forestresort.com.auW: www.novotelforestresort.com.au

Weekdays- $40 per person Weekends- $50 per person

THREE Melbourne University students, based at Creswick’s Department of Forest Ecosystem Science, will head to Canada in August to take part in the 42nd International Forestry Students’

Symposium.Master of Forest Ecosystem Science students Jesse Mahoney and Krissie Piskorz

will join lead DFES-IFSA representative Sarah Dickson-Hoyle to represent the university.

The symposium is the largest annual meeting of the International Forestry Students’ Association with the Department of Forest Ecosystem Science a member.

Sarah attended the 41st IFSS in Spain last year where she was elected to an official liaison officer position. Unlike this year, during the last IFSS Sarah was the only Australian in a group of more than 80 students from around 40 different countries.

“IFSS 2013 was such an amazing and eye opening experience for me. Still, it would have been so much better to have had fellow DFES students there, or to have known a past participant who could have guided me through the process,” she said.

“I wanted to make sure that Australia was strongly represented at IFSS 2014. Over the past few months I’ve been working with Jesse and Krissie, as well as ANU student Madeleine Hearnden, to help organise our applications and fundraising efforts.

“I’m so excited that all four of us were accepted to attend and really hope this can be a catalyst for reviving our IFSA membership here in Australia.”

Over two weeks, Sarah, Jesse and Krissie will join fellow IFSA students in exploring British Colombia’s forested landscapes, visiting forestry operations and forest management innovations, taking part in youth professional networking nights, participating in the IFSA General Assembly and seeing showcases of forestry education from the host universities.

Jesse said it was hard to decide what he was looking forward to the most.“But I think getting outside and exploring the forests of British Colombia and

learning about their history is what I’m most excited for.”Krissie said she was particularly excited about participating in an international

exchange of ideas and sharing her knowledge of the wonders of Australia’s forests “such as the tallest flowering plant in the world Eucalyptus regnans”.

24 Cool Creswick! The Local

Situated at 2851 Midland Hwy Newlyn on the road to Creswick,

Newlyn Antiques and Cottage Garden Nursery offers antiques and collectables

from Georgian to Vintage Modern, heritage fruit trees, olives, iris and more.

Refreshments available.

Phone (03) 5345 7458

CRESWICK and DISTRICTU3A

We welcome new members.

U3A provides opportunities to continue learningthrough social,educational and physical activitiesenabling members to keep mentally and physicallyalert.

First age is childhood, second age work and familyand third age retirement or no longer working fulltime. Among our many activities are Ceramics, TaiChi, Cards, Mah Jong, Table Tennis, Films, Scrabble,Philosophy and our newly formed Croquet Group.

Put yourself in the picture and start enjoying thebenefits, companionship and fun of being a member.

The only qualification is a desire to enjoy the companyof other members and a sense of humour.

Further details www.creswicku3a.com or 0459 981 066

Celebrating 5 years.

Great life in Creswick for artistDAVID Mellows is a fast talker.

He moves around his Creswick studio picking up different photos, paintings and canvases to make his point.

Mellows’ style, he says, is representational and “painterly”.“I use knives, brushes, whatever is necessary. “I recalled recently when I sold my first few paintings I was told I might

become a colourist. I was drawing in charcoal and doing etchings in black ink and I thought ‘what are you talking about?’.

“But there is a market out there now for my work because of the way I use colour. It’s something I generated from my own efforts so that is very satisfying.”

Mellows’ works are sold in galleries throughout Australia and if you head to Melbourne you will find his larger works in galleries like Jackman and Without Pier.

Mind you, his smaller works are up for sale at Creswick’s Bean and Barrow Café.

Mellows moved into art after his WA career in motorsports as an administrator, journalist and photographer ended abruptly after the front brake on a self-built motorcycle “punched the ground” and he broke his right wrist.

It meant an end to writing longhand or typing and he was classified as disabled.

But rather than give up on life, Mellows looked for another “job” and underwent a Diploma of Arts with a printmaking major in the early 90s.

“I did a preliminary certificate course and then went on to uni for six weeks and found out that wouldn’t work.

“So I took all the things I learned in the diploma, realised you can’t make a squillion out of prints, and just turned that over to painting and worked out the colour as I went.

“Now as a small business operator I work as I can, when I can, as long as I can. I can do a complete solo exhibition in three months. I’ve done that.

“And the satisfaction is getting the job done, up on the walls and hearing people tell their story on how my work relates to their lives.

“It’s a heck of a lot easier than any other kind of employment I have ever had and any frustration is my own cause and effect, so I usually just get on with it.

“It is very, very satisfying and there is good money these days. Galleries have driven my prices up to where I sitting comfortably just under the collectors.”

In 2000 Mellows moved to Melbourne and four years ago he made the move to regional Victoria and Creswick.

He loves it.“Creswick was the sort of town I wanted to live in, size wise, and it’s worked

out superbly.“I have done two performances with the local theatre company which I

would never have dared to do in the city, I spend time at the information centre answering questions and I am much more social here.

“From day one I was introduced to people, I was a new person in town not a foreigner, and I just got on with it.

“I just enjoy it. This is very, very satisfying…the exercise, the surroundings. Being from Western Australian I find it funny to have clay under my feet, it should be sand, but I have Foxtel so I can watch West Coast and Fremantle win.

“And there is access to regional galleries with fabulous, good quality stuff.“And just the simple visual stimulation. There are more greens in this town

throughout the year than I could ever imagine seeing in Western Australia.“It is so revitalising.”

David Mellows, right, at work in his Creswick studio

Cool Creswick! 25The Local

Meals 7 daysFunction RoomBottleMart Bottleshop

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FARMERS ARMS HOTELCRESWICK

JUST THE SPOT FOR

A POT!

CRESWICK started life, as many towns in central Victoria, as a gold mining town.

The impressive buildings of the town, many which remain today, were built thanks to gold deposits mined from the 1850s.

But Creswick is also the Australian birthplace of reforestation with John La Gerche re-planting forest areas, affected by mining activity, way back in 1882.

A lot of his work is still around today including plantings along local streets and there is a 40-minute walk which gives an insight into his hard work.

People who have called Creswick home include Australia’s 14th Prime Minister John Curtin and the famous Lindsay family.

To see a great collection of Lindsay paintings pop into the Creswick Museum.

Today Creswick is home to just over 3000 people and has an array of shops, cafes, hotels, community groups and enterprises – including the Creswick Woollen Mills.

The Creswick Market is held every third Saturday at the Creswick Neighbourhood Centre, and the town even has its own community bank.

Oh, there is also a fantastic golf course just up the road. For ideas on spending time at Creswick call into the Creswick Visitor

Information Centre for the low down on things to do and places to go.

Link: visitcreswick.com.au

Cool Creswick

FOLLOWING the success of the recently screened Blues Brothers, the Daylesford Community Theatre is throwing its

doors open for another “Fun Night At The Flix”.

This time it’s the classic 80s movie Dirty Dancing, this Friday, June 27.

Theatre president Linda Carroll said she was “hoping to pick up the after-work crowd who might like to come along, enjoy a glass of something nice then kick back and watch a movie with friends”.

“It might be a movie we’ve all seen, but sometimes it’s nice to re-visit old favourites.

“We are trying to incorporate some fun movies along with our mainstream block-busters.

“There was dancing in the aisles when we screened the Blues Brothers and we expect the same with Dirty Dancing.”

Doors open at 6pm and the movie starts at 7pm. There will be drinks available prior to the movie as well as door prizes and a quick auction before the movie starts.

Anyone organising a group of 10 or more will receive a complimentary movie pass to be used within the next month. Tickets available online at $15.

Link: therex.org.au

26 Happening here The Local

Dirty DancingTHE Victorian Government’s Small

Business Bus will be in Creswick on Wednesday, July 2 and Daylesford on

Thursday, July 3. The Small Business Bus offers free mentoring

throughout the day with an experienced business professional.

There is also information on Small Business Victoria’s programs and services as well as tools and tips to help start or grow a small business.

Bookings are essential for the mentoring sessions at business.vic.gov.au/sbb or 13 22 15.

The Small Business Bus will be located outside Creswick Town Hall, 72 Albert Street in Creswick and in front of the Coles walkway, 52 Vincent Street in Daylesford between 10am and 4pm.

Meanwhile, Central Highlands Digital Enterprise will hold two Community Strengthening Workshops at the Daylesford Town Hall.

Secrets of Successful Committees will be held on Tuesday, July 8 from 5pm to 8pm.

Bringing in the Bucks will be held on July 23 from 5pm to 8pm.

Link: www.digibiz.net.au

Business advice

SURVIVE and Thrive, with Hepburn Springs’ David Holmgren and Canadian sustainability expert Nicole Foss, will

start touring Australia at the end of this month.

Mr Holmgren is the co-founder of Permaculture and will focus on solutions, updating and extending his “retrofitting the suburbs” theme. He will also discuss the important role of the “informal economy”, the household and local economy, which do not show up in official GDP calculations.

Ms Foss was editor of the Oil Drum Canada website where she wrote on the connections between energy and finance. On this tour she will further explore the links between the converging pressures of peak oil, financial crisis and climate change, the implications for everyday lives and solutions.

Survive and Thrive will come to Daylesford on Monday, July 11.

Link: holmgren.com.au

Holmgren tour

Tuesday 1st JulyKaty Perry Tribute

1-3pmStrictly under 18

eventChildren $20Adults $10

Mark your Calendarsupcoming

EVENTS

Saturday 19th JulyAustralian Queen Tribute

Show 8.30pmMeals 6-8pm (extra on the night)

Financial Members $23General Public $28

Friday 15th AugustRewind Duo

7.30pmFREE ENTRY

Club Members Spend $5 in club and receive a token that can be exchanged on

Sunday 20th July for a ticket into the BIG POWER GRAB for

numerous white goods.

Kyneton Bowling Club(03) 5422 1902

www.kynetonbc.com.aumanager@kynetonbc.com.au functions@kynetonbc.com.au

61-79 Mollison StreetKyneton

3444

Morning Melodies4th Monday of Every Month

10.30am Free EntryTea, coffee and song books provided. Great for aged

care outings, planned activity groups etc.

Saturday 23rd AugustJames Blundell8:30pm ShowMeals 6-8pm

(extra on the night)Financial Members $34

General Public $38

BocconciniMore than just a cafe!

Sourcing the finest of local and imported goods

59-61 Vincent StreetDaylesfordTrading hours:Tuesday - Sunday 8.30 - 4

Nom Nom Nom! 29The Local

Grange Bellinzona doors open for dining

FIRSTLY, Grange Bellinzona in Hepburn Springs is open for Friday and Saturday night dinner.

Secondly, it’s fantastic. I mention the first part because, so far, everyone I have

talked to has no idea the lovely Heritage Restaurant is open to the public.

Everyone seems to have assumed it’s all about weddings and conferences. Including me.

So it really does need to go on your “must dine there one day” list.

Last Friday, we are greeted by our attentive waiter Thierry who showed us to our corner table in what is a luxuriously decorated room.

We start with a complimentary amuse-bouche of beer bread and a clear soup to which we added a little bowl of a chopped tomato mix.

There are four entrée choices, five mains and four desserts. Enough to choose from, not too many to waste time pondering.

I chose the creamy seafood vol au vent served with a side of fennel salad and caviar ($15). It’s delicious. A modern take on an old favourite. Perfectly cooked pieces of fish, scallops and prawns with a fabulous sauce inside a huge puffy pastry casing. Yum.

Kyle can’t go past the twice cooked pork belly with celeriac mash and red win jus ($16). The pork was perfectly cooked with a layer of delicate thin crackling over tender meat. The mash was “fluffy” and the jus was “amazing”.

For my main I ordered the oven baked Atlantic salmon coated in sesame seeds with a lemon thyme sauce, roasted potato and bok choy ($28).

This is the real deal. The fish just flakes away, the sauce is beautifully balanced and vegies are perfect. And we’re talking decent serves here – the chef is obviously not a believer in minimalism.

Kyle goes for the grilled Wagyu rump fillet with roasted potatoes, asparagus and Cleveland shiraz jus ($35).

The steak is superb and there’s really no need for the steak knife provided. I try a little with the jus and it’s tender and delicious.

Clearly it’s a hit with Kyle who has finished the sides and is now lazily dragging his finger around the plate to get the last of the jus.

We are totally satiated. Or so we thought. Until waiter Thierry, who has been in Australia for 25 years but says with a smile that his French accent is good for business, brings us desserts.

Well, they are a little sample of what is on offer at High Tea at Bellinzona Grange on Saturdays.

Kyle tells me he is full and will just “pretend” to eat a little and then I watch him literally inhale a shot glass of cream, berries and maybe berry compote. He then moves onto a little passionfruit cheesecake, and that’s gone, and then it’s goodbye to the marmalade pastry.

OK, mine is also gone, just not as quickly. Delicious. And apparently the High Tea just keeps on giving with desserts and sandwiches and even bubbles. But Thierry assures us that it is a long leisurely event with time for strolls around the garden.

We are now truly full. And pleased to have found a new dining option that is affordable, with a lovely atmosphere and with great staff. Perfect.

B E L L I N Z O N AWinter Weddings

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with lots of natural light streaming through, beautiful natural backdrops, you will be spoilt with choices for ceremony as well as reception rooms

to host your dinner reception. Looking for something more intimate, ask about our Elopement package.

For a wedding you’ll truly adore call:5348 2271

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Just $110 per personall inclusive

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THE GARDEN by Jackie Airey

30 The Garden

AS A youngster, I was a compulsive reader. Being an only child, with mum unable to play with me every day, and having bored my frocked and bonneted cat and dog with endless tea parties, I took to the printed word.

I was voracious: no cereal packet, soup tin or jam jar label was safe from my prying eyes. My grandfather read The Sporting Globe and The Truth but I was only allowed to read about the players in one of those! So dad started bringing home The Sun in the morning and The Herald after work. I devoured them. I even eventually managed to find, in the bottom of dad’s chest of drawers, his secret copy of...wait for it....Lady Chatterley’s Lover. I knocked that over in a few quiet afternoons, carefully replacing it each time. Why it was hidden away, though, I never quite worked out, but I sensed that I shouldn’t ask and give away my illicit habits.

This is a very roundabout way of letting you know that, when I first felt that I’d like to get into some serious gardening, it was to books that I turned in tandem with getting my hands dirty. Looking plants up and cross referencing with other books has always been a pleasurable preparation to planting. Knowing a plant’s origins, how writers and gardeners in different climates might regard and treat them, and then applying or modifying that information to our conditions has kept the whole process less fraught with failure and disappointment.

For most of my gardening life, there has been no internet, no googling things for snippets of information. I have always preferred a deeper study of any subject I sought and good, well written books have served me handsomely over the years.

I began with the Yates and Brunnings garden guides, great to start with, but I eventually found them a bit too general. A friend gave me Jane Edmanson’s Working Manual for Gardeners and it is still a helpful guide to seasonal chores.

Cheryl Maddocks’ Let The Garden Go fed my natural tendencies in garden style (the title says it all) and when Michael McCoy’s Garden burst on to the scene, I was set. An account of his creation of a drought hardy garden in the cold climate of nearby Woodend, it answered all of my needs, and I think I read it at least six times from cover to cover. A similar enchantment caught me with Wendy Lauderdale’s The Garden at Ashtree Cottage but this one dealt with an English experience.

I soon began to look for narrower references in a never satisfied desire for the answers to more and more detailed questions. The big items needed a tome like Ernest E. Lord’s classic Shrubs and Trees for Australian Gardens supplemented by both of Stephen Ryan’s very entertaining works on Exceptional Plants.

Very influential were three publications on the natural garden style by Piet Oudolf, Henk Gerritsen and Noel Kingsbury and these fed my interest in perennials, grasses and the like. Early on there had been Allan Seale’s Garden Companion to Bulbs and Perennials launching a lifelong love affair with both of those groups, fed by works on perennials by Graham Stuart Thomas, Christopher Lloyd and Roy Lancaster, and on bulbs by James Hitchmough and Anna Pavord.

I have several books on roses, but the ones I think helped the most were anything by Susan Irvine and Climbing and Rambling Roses by Sally Allison. I have to confess to a weakness for monographs (books on one single plant type), and there must be a dozen on clematis (more on them another time), a few on paeonies, more than one on natives, irises, lilies, helleborus, pelargoniums, geraniums, gladioli....and I could just keep going.

Yes, you guessed, I’m a bookaholic too.

Drop in to The Good Food Store and grab a great brekkie, a super tasty lunch or take something delicious

home for dinner. We make it all here! Extended dining room now open.

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Dining 31The Local

Welcome to The Farmers ArmsOpen 7 days a week for lunch and dinner

The Farmers Arms Daylesford offers the perfect blend of country charmcombined with a sophisticated menu, wine list and professional service.

For more information about the pub and also our current menu,please visit our website: www.thefarmersarms .com.au

1 East Street Daylesfordph. 03 5348 2091

Vietnam orphans fundraiserAN ARTISTS for Orphans fundraiser will be held at the Kyneton Toyota Showroom on Saturday, June 28 with all proceeds going to orphaned and sick children in Vietnam

Eganstown’s Maureen Andrew is the event’s ambassador while Daylesford artists Mark Payne and Liz Archer, and Trentham artists Rose Wilson and Louise Otten, have donated works to the auction.

Other artists who have donated works include Michael Leunig, Mark Zanetti, Reg Mombassa, Helen Cottle, Richard Chamerski, Lee Pennington, Christine Huntley-Harris, Roger “Bushfire” Saunders, Ray Ellis, Joyce Hopwood-Knights, Danielle McManus and a Chagall lithograph.

Auction items include a football jersey signed by the Melbourne Rebels and sporting memorabilia donated by three times Brownlow medallist Ian Stewart.

Entertainment will be provided by Mark Andrew’s Legends Showcase feature Elvis, Tom Jones, Dean Martin, Austin Powers, Buddy Holly.

Tickets are $45 from Aesop’s Bookshop, High St, Kyneton (cash only) or trybooking.com

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THE paddock to plate journey of Macedon Ranges truffles can be experienced when The Argus Dining Room executive chef David Willcocks and local grower Georgie Patterson come together at

two events on July 26 and August 9.Mr Willcocks and restaurant manager Tristan Fraser will take a total of 14

guests to visit Ms Patterson’s Trufferie to see her working dogs harvest the prized delicacy.

Guests will also have the opportunity to buy truffles direct from the farm.Capped at 14 people for each event, guests will spend a day exploring the

epicurean delights of Trentham village and a rustic lunch matched with wine, before returning for an exclusive eight-course dinner at The Argus.

The dinner will be matched with Italian wines handpicked by Argus sommelier Jeremy Shiell.

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Our MusosThe Local

Liz Frencham feels she was born to make music.

Well before Liz was born, her family home was filled with the joy of singing and music. Singing as a family wasn’t so much encouraged as it was just the normal thing to do. She recalls singing with her mum and sisters in church on a regular basis and sharing special singing moments after dinner with her dad and his guitar.

Liz was particularly drawn to lyric-based music, especially music that had an emphasis on community participation.

“That is why I found my first musical homes in bluegrass and Celtic bands where encouraging audience singing and getting together for casual jams was part of the culture,” she says.

Her brother, Robert, was a big musical influence. His musical taste became her own and when he started playing bass guitar in a local bluegrass band she wanted to do the same.

“I would sneak into his room as a 15-year-old and play his Fender copy to his records, teaching myself to play. I was found out when I accidentally broke the needle on his record player.”

Her dedication paid off because she eventually replaced her brother as the bass player in that very same band.

The band’s dobro player - who became Liz’s first boyfriend - convinced her to play a “real” bass.

She remembers her first double bass sitting in her bedroom and thinking she would never be able to play it.

As a songwriter, Liz is more interested in people and relationships than in events and politics. She’s certainly not afraid to explore themes like jealousy, loneliness, fear, grief and negative body image.

“I do seem to write a lot about vulnerability. If I had anything close to a mission in my writing it would be to bring the shadowy parts of human nature into the light in order to accept them as real and keep them in balance.”

Liz says that the most helpful guidance she received in her early career was to say “yes” to everything.

It led to many opportunities playing on festival stages with incredible people in every genre. She played the Melbourne Jazz Festival with an all female Salsa band, completed a 10-date tour of the Netherlands as the opening act for an LA band and was in a trio for 13 years whose party trick was to lower themselves to the ground, which sometimes meant playing her bass upside down with her feet in the air.

Liz is a tireless musician who is currently touring with long time associate Fred Smith, a multi-award winning songwriter. Add to this that she is in the final stages of recording an album of live duets and in pre-production for an original studio album.

Words: Jack Larm

34 The Scene The Local

Gig Guide!Old Hepburn Hotel. Hepburn Springs

Performance Night - Friday, July 4Cam Kettle - Saturday, July 5Funky Dance Tunes - Friday, July 11Matt Gurry - Saturday, July 12

Radio Springs Hotel, Lyonville

Family Farm - Thursday, June 26Grumpy Neighbour - Friday, June 27Pete Fidler - Saturday, June 28 - lunchGeoffrey Williams - Saturday, June 28 - dinnerGillian and Terry - Sunday, June 29 - lunch

Perfect Drop, Daylesford

Family Farm - Friday, June 27Grumpy Neighbour - Saturday, June 28Annie and Charlotte - Friday, July 4Zeebz vs. Miss Vitula - Saturday, July 5

Glenlyon General Store, Glenlyon

Family Farm - Friday, July 4 - 6.30pm-8.30pmJarrod Shaw - Friday, July 11 - 6.30pm-8.30pmVida Jazz - Friday, July 18 - 6.30pm-8.30pmBella Frisky - Friday, July 25 - 6.30pm-8.30pm

Cosmopolitan Hotel, Trentham

Jarrod Shaw - Sunday, July 6Family Farm - Sunday, July 13Liz Frencham - Sunday, July 20Cam Burnside - Sunday, July 27

Local stuff 35The Local

FOR the locals - by the localsLocals are always looking for a great deal

– and the region’s restaurants and hotels are keen to make sure there is plenty on offer.

Weekday specials are available from a host of establishments.

Mondays, fittingly, is Mercato and also The Grande while on Tuesdays it’s hard to choose between Cosy Corner, Kazuki’s and Daylesford’s Royal Hotel.

On Wednesdays it’s time for Sault or The Larder.And Thursdays head to The Daylesford Hotel or

Daylesford Inn.On Friday, think about visiting the Anglican

Church hall in Daylesford for the community lunch catered by the 5000 club. The more the merrier.

Know a locals’ deal and want to share? Email dhslocal@gmail.com

WANT to help a local organisation - and have fun?

Time to take part in a Friday night raffle.At the Farmers Arms Hotel in Daylesford over

the next fortnight members of the 5000 Club will be selling tickets to raise money for the Friday community lunch. Tickets go on sale around 6.30pm and the raffle is held at 7.30pm.

Meanwhile, the Old Hepburn Hotel also holds its weekly Choke a Chook raffle on Friday nights.

Call the Old Heppy to book your organisation’s raffle.

Daylesford’s Royal Hotel is also doing Friday night raffles for different charities.

June is for Love your Sister and July for Christmas Cheer.

Know of any Friday night raffles around the region? Email dhslocal@gmail.com and we’ll let everyone know.

Friday night raffles Locals’ deals

 

A 5-star boutique winery in the heart of the Macedon Ranges.  

An award winning winery, Paramoor wines are recognised as some of the best cool climate wines in Victoria. 

Nestled between Woodend, Kyneton and Hanging Rock, Paramoor’s rustic cellar door offers a range of elegant wines and delicious wood fired pizzas in a beautiful unique setting. 

We are open for wine tastings and sales every weekend.  Wood fired pizzas are served on the first two Sunday’s of each month. Bookings for pizza lunches are recommended. 

 

www.paramoor.com.au 

 

Paramoor WineryOpen Friday to Monday 10am until 5pm 439 Three Chain Road Carlsruhe 3442 

Phone: 03 5427 1057 Email: enquiries@paramoor.com.au 

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Howe Automotive

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HEPBURN WINS BILL MALONE CUP

HEPBURN Football Club has taken home the Bill Malone Cup.

The match was played on Saturday, June 21 with the final score Hepburn 10.8-68 to Daylesford’s 3.3-21.

The cup is played in honour of the late football legend and war veteran Bill Malone who played with Daylesford

and coached with Hepburn.Mr Malone celebrated his 90th birthday earlier this year

but sadly passed away last month.(More photos from the match at

facebook.com/DHSLocal)