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INSIDE Vandalism hits landmarks — Page 3 New era for fire brigades — Page 7 Monuments and markers — Pages 16–17 As we tentatively take the first steps into t he new normal, there remains an ever-present threat of a return to self- isolation. The end of June sees several suburbs of Melbourne in lockdown which, unchecked, could grow to a second Mechanics’ theatrical wave. We still see the teddy bears (see page 25) that lined the streets to brighten the days of children as they bore return — Page 18 the tedium of weeks in quarantine through April and May. These objects of our isolation that remain are a good Senior sport cancelled reminder of what we have been through and a warning to stay vigilant. For more on the COVID-19 Pandemic, see — Page 31 our story on Page 4. Photo: SANDI MILLER

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OVER THE HILLS By JOCK MACNEISH

TheOVER more THE things HILLS change... By JOCK MACNEISH The Diary has looked into the news A lot of people understood the council was clear camping grounds in township area and 42K Media archives to see what was happening going to pay for it at its own expense, but in erect lavatories therein. Community Media Solutions a century ago. every other place the householders had to Cr. Mitchell said he had suggested to the pay for such a convenience, and rightly so. Progress association to assist in improving Contact James & Sandi SANITARY SERVICE FOR It was not so badly needed in Templestowe as that footpath by providing the labour if the in Warrandyte and Doncaster, and the board 0458 218 380 or 0429 121 969 DONCASTER council found the gravel, as it is difficult for of health would keep at them until they made the council to get anyone to do the work. No project too big or too small. Box Hill Reporter, Page 2 some move in the direction indicated. He moved that a reply be sent accordingly. Friday July 16, 1920 Cr. Mitchell remarked that some of the In seconding, Cr. McNamara contended that Great rates for Warrandytians. residents of Warrandyte would gladly pay for lavatories were very necessary there, in view For the past couple of years, the Central the convenience if they could get a service. of the large number of visitors who went to [email protected] Board of Health has been urging on the President Tully said he had not forgotten Warrandyte on weekends. Doncaster shire council, acting on the the subject, but was doubtful as to how they He suggested that the engineer bring health officer’s annual report, the necessity could arrange for a contract. up a report regarding the provision of for establishing a sanitary service for the It was resolved that the president interview conveniences. township of Doncaster. the secretary of the Board of Health on the Cr. Duxson thought that the council would At the meeting of the council on matter. be taking on a big undertaking if it started-to Tuesday night, July 13, the Public Health DONCASTER SHIRE COUNCIL provide lavatories all along the river, as they department again wrote, pointing out that were just as badly required at Templestowe. in such important centres as Doncaster, This council held its monthly meeting at the Cr. H. Clay maintained it would be only a fair Templestowe, et cetera, early provision shire hall, Doncaster, on Tuesday evening, thing for the business people of Warrandyte, should be made for the establishment of a July 13, when there were present: who must reap the benefit of the week- proper municipal double pan service; also Crs. Tully (president), H. Clay, McNamara, urging the necessity provision being made Duxson, P. Clay and Mitchell. enders, to contribute something towards the for the collection and disposal of household Correspondence. establishment of conveniences. refuse in the centres named. From S. Metcher, Secretary Warrandyte The motion was carried, and the engineer Cr. H. Clay said it seemed as if the board Progress association, directing attention to is to report on the question of providing intended to quicken them up on this matter. the bad state of footpath and road in vicinity lavatories. Some time ago, movement was made in of the township, especially from the hall News reports sourced courtesy of the Doncaster to obtain a sanitary service, but down to the bridge; also the footpath from National Library of Australia’s Trove at that time they failed. Bishop’s onwards, and asking that council service.

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JULY 2020 Warrandyte Diary 3 Quarry revegetation project decimated Words & Pictures JILL DIXON “Years of work gone down the drain Andersons Creek Landcare — we care for the environment and ANDERSONS CREEK Landcare then it gets destroyed by vandals.” volunteers were saddened and angered Trees have been torn down to form a to discover devastation wrought on privacy wall across the innermost half Gold Memorial Road’s historic 1880s of the quarry, while bushes and grasses quarry by an unknown group of people have been pulled out or trampled. who have been using the site as a An old mattress, seats, hedge clippers regular party hide-away. and a great many cans, bottles, paper To their dismay, the 14-year long re- and cartons are strewn over what is planting project at the quarry, which is now a mud-earth floor in the interior part of the Sailor’s Reef Goldmine, has area. been reduced to a derelict of trodden Manningham Council has been earth and litter, even worse than it asked to support the clean-up of was in 2004, before the more-than-a- rubbish and branches. decade of nurturing and planting of It is likely the destruction occurred indigenous grasses, shrubs and trees. around the end of April/beginning of Prior to the destruction, the site May as Landcare weeding activity was had become a protected microcosm suspended at that time. of native bushland, largely isolated Only recently have pandemic from the road, a safety zone for conditions allowed for a small group native animals but still accessible to to resume “Wednesday weeding” interested public. sessions, which is why the damage It is suspected this is linked to went unnoticed until now. the health of both humans and nature avert their eyes to things they see you spot something and the Police two other “party” spots discovered Andersons Creek Landcare Group and we all have a role to play in holding as suspicious, being too busy to get (131 444) if you view apparent illegal recently, one on Fourth Hill and (ACLG) have signs at their work sites it together. involved. behaviour,” said Ms Gillespie. another along Harris Gully Creek. along Gold Memorial Road where the “Gold Memorial Road, for example, The Police, Council and Parks Victoria Following discussions with Police the public can see the work they do. is a narrow road with fragile sides but can do nothing unless people inform If you would like to help area will now be monitored. However, ACLG President Robyn is now used regularly as a way to avoid one of these authorities and collect any Landcare restore the quarry This comes on top of last year’s Gillespie shares the view of the travelling through Warrandyte’s main evidence they can, illegally dumped (no experience needed) and destruction of the deer-and-rabbit- committee that the entire community centre and it often carries heavy traffic. green waste and hard rubbish can sit continue the ongoing work exclusion-zone fencing designed to needs to take greater ownership in the “Vehicles move far too fast and make for weeks without being reported. in development along Gold protect specific plantings on Fourth protection of our community’s natural walking the roadside dangerous. “We earnestly support these Memorial Road, call Fritz on Hill. assets of parks and roadside native “More respect is needed for this authorities’ requests that people 0439 443 703 or Robyn on 0417 377 649. Fritz Uhl, Public Officer and team bushland. fragile environment,” she said. immediately call Council (9840 9333) Learn more about Andersons Creek leader since 2007 expressed the group’s “This wider area we know of as the The Committee is concerned that for roadside issues or Parks Vic (8427 Landcare at: hurt and frustration. Green Wedge is hugely important to both drivers and walkers sometimes 2002) for issues inside the Park, when facebook.com/andersonscreeklandcare Graffiti vandals target Warrandyte Bridge By DAVID HOGG “Rules exist which prohibit, regulate GRAFFITI VANDALS have twice and control the adverse nature of these struck at Warrandyte Bridge in the activities. past month. “To report bill posting or graffiti in In mid June, the new stone walling at our neighbourhood, use our online the bus stop south of the bridge was hit service request form or call us on with black spray paint. 9840 9333. At the same time, the two stone “However in this case, as all the pillars on the west side shared footpath graffiti is on a main road, responsibility — one of which contains the historic for clean-up rests with the Department Country Roads Board plaque — were of Transport (DoT).” defaced. A DoT spokesperson advised “Graffiti A week later, the green Armco crash vandalism on road infrastructure is an barrier was defaced, along with the ongoing frustration for the community. traffic light control box on the north “Our policy is to remove graffiti that side, in the area which had recently it considers to be racist, offensive or been beautifully landscaped. has a road safety implication, as soon So who does this mindless as practicable. vandalism? “Other graffiti is prioritised for Are they local or do they arrive on the removal depending on its size and bus, take a stroll across the bridge, hit location on the road network. everything in sight, then disappear on “This graffiti has been prioritised for the bus city-bound? removal in the first week of July by DoT Eastern Region Division 1’s Acting maintenance crews, and the specialist Local Area Commander, Victoria team will ensure the preservation of Police, Keith Jordan, told the Diary the heritage listed sandstone.” “Police are investigating graffiti around the Warrandyte Bridge. A sense of place and community has “We’d welcome anyone with any become integral to social wellbeing further information to please contact and in Warrandyte, pride for our town the Warrandyte Police Station. is part of that social wellbeing. “Anyone who witnessed the incident If the taggers are picking Warrandyte or has information that could assist for a reason, it is such a shame that police with their enquiries is urged they have such little respect for the to contact Crime Stoppers on surroundings, and heritage areas and 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential property, which has been thoughtfully report online at crimestoppersvic. designed or lovingly restored over the com.au.” past two years. A spokesperson from Manningham Whoever these vandals are, if Council said “Vandalism, graffiti anyone reading the Warrandyte Diary and bill posting negatively impact recognises one of the “tags”, perhaps our neighbourhoods and individual they can convey their suspicions to properties. the authorities.

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NEW RESTRICTIONS ARE NOW IN PLACE

With an increase in coronavirus cases, these postcodes have further restrictions in place:

3012 Brooklyn, Kingsville, Maidstone, Tottenham, West Footscray 3021 Albanvale, Kealba, Kings Park, St Albans 3032 Ascot Vale, Highpoint City, Maribyrnong, Travancore 3038 Keilor Downs, Keilor Lodge, Taylors Lakes, Watergardens 3042 Airport West, Keilor Park, Niddrie, Niddrie North 3046 Glenroy, Hadfield, Oak Park 3047 Broadmeadows, Dallas, Jacana 3055 Brunswick South, Brunswick West, Moonee Vale, Moreland West 3060 Fawkner 3064 Craigieburn, Donnybrook, Mickelham, Roxburgh Park, Kalkallo

If you live in one of those postcodes, there are only 4 reasons to leave home.

Shopping for food Care and Exercise Work and study and supplies that caregiving if you can’t do it you need from home

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For details go to vic.gov.au/CORONAVIRUS Authorised and published by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne JULY 2020 Warrandyte Diary 5 Crackdown on community transmission By JAMES POYNER a home, excepting the people who we are actively recruiting Biosafety The local arts community is also THE AUSTRALIAN Coronavirus usually reside there, a household is Officers. taking the first tentative steps to a battleground is squarely located in allowed up to five additional guests. “We are waiting for confirmed dates return to normal. Melbourne. This includes both indoor and for the return of competition from After closing in March, The June 22 was meant to bring everyone outdoor spaces on the property and EDJBA and Basketball Victoria.” Stonehouse Gallery on Yarra Street closer to a state where we can go down whilst guests can stay the night, the Since mid-May, The Grand reopened its doors to the public on to the local for a pot and a parma, but a limit of five people needs to be adhered Warrandyte has been closed, preparing July 1. steady increase in the number of new to. for a return to business and finishing Beatrix Mol, a member of the artist cases in Victoria — and specifically in In public spaces, groups are limited work on its new beer garden. collective who run the space, spoke Melbourne — saw new cases hit triple to a maximum of 10 people. TheDiary spoke with Manager Peter to the Diary about their decision to figures on the first weekend in July with Businesses such as cafes and Appleby about the mechanics of the reopen. 108 new cases reported on Saturday. restaurants remain open but are proposed re-opening on July 16. “The 18 Stonehouse member artists The State Government has now currently limited to a maximum of “We will open the public bar first, have been busy behind the scenes in enforced Stage 3 restrictions (the 20 people, in compliance with the utilising the old and new area and the their studios creating exciting new same as we all lived under through four-square-metre (4m2) rule, and outdoor area once completed. artworks ready for the reopening. April/May) in 10 metro-Melbourne gyms and yoga studios have also “Table service is defined as “We have a large community of reopened, although classes are limited consuming a drink and meal at a table postcodes in the north and west of COVID-19 resurgence has been to artists and makers who also have their to a maximum of 10 participants, plus with no vertical drinking — guests can Melbourne and has instigated full close the borders. work in the gallery and they have been the instructor and any other required order at the bar but must return to lockdowns in nine public housing In an early morning conference bringing in their new work the past support staff. their table. towers in Flemington and North call on July 6, the Victorian and NSW few weeks. General multi-use areas, such as the “However, there is no requirement to Melbourne. Premiers and the Prime Minister “It was decided six weeks ago that gym floor are limited to 20 people, in order food anymore. At Saturday’s press conference, agreed that the border between NSW we would reopen on July 1 and the compliance with the 1.5 metre and the “Guests are most welcome to treat the Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Victoria is to be closed for the first gallery will be showcasing the fabulous 4m2 rules. public bar as a public bar, and come in likened the spread, and the authorities’ time in 100 years, which now means new work of our makers that has been response to COVID-19, to bushfire. There is good news for junior sport, for a cold beer without a meal,” he said. created during the COVID-19 closure. that as of midnight July 7 there is no Unlike other venues across Australia “The close confines and the shared the 2020 Junior grassroots footy season “We are so grateful to have had travel in either direction across the which introduced mandatory booking community spaces within these large is scheduled to begin on July 12. wonderful support on our social media Murray. post-COVID, Peter says booking is not apartment blocks means this virus can South Australia’s border has For community sport and recreation and from our local community. spread like wildfire. that takes place outside of a sporting required to enjoy The Grand, once it remained closed since March, which reopens. “Our following has increased even “And just like fire, we need to put has seen tension in cross-border facility (such as bush walking and though the gallery has been closed this mountain biking on local trails), “With opening the public bar in a perimeter around it to stop it from communities. past three months. groups are limited to 10 people who Stage One, this will be on a first in best spreading.” Tasmania, Western Australia and “We are very thankful to our do not normally reside together and dressed basis as a continuation of what As we go to press, the reality of Northern Territory are also closed wonderful landlords who have been it is prohibited for a group to organise we have done in the past,” he said. these new lockdowns for affected to Victorians, unless granted an incredibly supportive and made this to have two (or more) parties of 10 to The new outdoor beer garden is Melbournians is only just coming to exception or spending 14 days in transition much easier,” she said. light. meet for a common purpose. nearing completion and with concrete quarantine. The gallery has hand sanitisation Manningham and Nillumbik are Basketball may also make a late pouring taking place in early July, Peter Queensland has stated that and the team are looking forward stations, directional arrows (similar a long way away from the threat of Victorians from COVID-19 hotspots return this year, Warrandyte Basketball similar lockdowns being imposed, Association (WBA) spoke to the Diary to welcoming patrons back into The to Quinton’s IGA) and are stating a are unable to travel to that state, but Grand. preference for contactless payment. however, there are a very small number as of July 3, Queensland considers all about the measures the club is taking of active cases in Manningham and to make a return to play possible. “We look forward to seeing our loyal The gallery is open Wednesday– 79 Local Government Areas within customers returning and meeting new Sunday, 11am–4pm. surrounding municipalities so the Victoria as hotspots. “Warrandyte Basketball is excited situation in the north and the west about the return of basketball. customers too. Working together Local impact is a glimpse into what could be if we “We are working with Basketball “We have the safety of our staff and The COVID-19 situation is constantly become complacent. For communities outside the Victoria, YMCA and local government customers as our priority and we ask evolving and it is imperative that we for patience from our customers as we The uptick in cases and the hotspots, the restrictions reintroduced to ensure the health and safety of our work together, as a community, to adhere to the new rules and patron Government’s response also falls on June 22 are in place until at least July basketball community is prioritised make sure we all get through 2020 with limits. during the school break and will mean, 12 and restrict the number of people whilst getting players back on the our health and our local businesses for many, yet another school holiday you can have in your home and the court. “With the inclusion of our new outdoor space, we welcome everybody intact. period spent at home. size of social groups in public places. “To help us implement return to The Premier has made it explicitly The national response to Victoria’s Under the current restrictions, in basketball health and safety protocols to come in and check it out and tell their friends and family. clear when he told the media half the “We have had an overwhelming numbers are being transmitted during Good neighbours amount of support over the past three family get-togethers where attendees months with emails and messages and are not following the advice around we look forward to reconnecting with distancing and hygiene. One way traffic your say everybody once we are permitted to “You can see how this could happen open our doors,” he said. — people feeling relaxed at home, “We have delivery drivers from all letting their guard down, letting old over coming every day, and I had a Dear Diary Bramleigh Estate owner, Mary-Anne opinion Lowe has also been awaiting some habits creep back. phone call from a woman in Taylors A big thank you to all the wonderful “But we are still in a pandemic — and Lakes trying to buy facemasks because people that have helped or much-needed good news from the asked if we need help in any government. people’s lives are still at risk,” said Mr By SANDI MILLER the stores there had all run out, so Andrews. she was coming to us to buy some,” way during the last few weeks. At the moment weddings are still Despite infection rates of COVID-19 It has made such a difference to our limited to 20 guests, plus the couple, The latest developments demonstrate creeping up across Melbourne, Julie said. lives to know that we live in such a how contagious this virus is and the She said she may get backlash from plus the celebrant, which is having a Warrandyte can currently count place that people do care and are huge financial impact on the wedding consequences of complacency. putting in extra measures, but hopes ourselves lucky. willing to help others, Nth Warrandyte industry. The roadmap to COVID-Normal However, we are at great risk seeing that it may go the other way, with and of course Dingley Dell Rd. Ms Lowe recently contacted Member means finding a path to something We are so very grateful to all that have our own spike if complacency is people feeling safe to shop there for Croydon David Hodgett about the resembling life before COVID-19 but because they know we are doing all asked and have assisted us over these allowed to set in. weeks. We are very blessed. distress the Wedding industry is facing we may never be COVID-Free which It has been a long hard road to get we can to keep people safe. about a lack of a road-map for the means the intimacy and proximity we to where we are, and many people But she can’t do it without everyone’s Jo and Ed Morris wedding industry to reach a state of used to practice openly may, very well, are itching for a return to normality. cooperation. North Warrandyte COVID-Normal. be a thing of the past. Walks along the river have been as Follow the guidelines in store, and crowded as market day, every day, remember we still need to stay 1.5 for months. meters away from those we don’t This melee has been able to be live with. avoided by time-shifting walks and As we are seeing elsewhere, if taking the paths less travelled (I won’t we have to lock down, it will mean mention where, so they remain “less everyone wearing masks, closing cafes travelled”). and sticking to our post code. But the thing is, one infected Do we really want to go there? person entering Quinton’s IGA will put everyone at risk, as customers are blatantly flouting the measures that Julie Quinton and her team have put in place to keep us safe. There are very clear markers all over the store to make sure people keep their distance, but my regular trips to the store have become a modern ballet, trying to dodge those entering the exit and walking the wrong way up the aisles. I spoke with Julie who said that she is very worried about the lack of social distancing in the store. She is putting in place extra measures that will come into force over the coming weeks, including providing face masks for staff and a people counter that will regulate the number of customers in the store. She said she is taking the virus very seriously and says that there are people from all over Melbourne that may come into the store. 6 Warrandyte Diary JULY 2020 Jumping Creek Road Crashes question road safety By SANDI MILLER changes on Research Road. LOCAL TRUCK driver, Stephen Ana Quine was trapped in her vehicle works forge ahead Goldsworthy says “enough is enough” for several hours, broke several bones after being forced to swerve his and received lacerations, when a truck By DAVID HOGG Although the road is closed delivery truck into a ditch to avoid collided with her car when its brakes MAJOR WORKS to improve Jumping to through traffic with diversions head on collision on Brysons Road in failed coming down Research Road Creek Road are proceeding apace. extensively signed, the road is open at late June. toward the bridge. all times for emergency vehicle access, “I would like to see signs telling Stage One of the upgrade is progressing “My truck is a write off,” he said. and residents have access for most of trucks to check their brakes, warning well with construction underway He told the Diary he was driving between Ringwood-Warrandyte Road the time. along Brysons Road, when he saw about the steep incline,” she said. and Nelson Drive in Warrandyte. Rachelle Quattrocchi, Director another truck come towards him in Her mother, Benita Quine says there Since construction started in mid- City Services, Manningham Council, the middle of the road has got to be more accountability and April, works have included re-levelling tells us: “It was speeding towards me as I more policing, to get the message the road area, which will help to “Works are on track to be completed came around the bend I had nowhere through, that it is not just road deaths that leave a lasting legacy on families. improve sightlines and safety along by the end of August 2020. to go — I hit the wall and wrote off “Ana’s life was saved, and we are very this section of road. “We appreciate the support and the truck.” grateful. Excavation works are now nearly patience of local residents and road He said the other driver stopped completed and many underground briefly before driving off. “But they don’t see the result, she users while these works are underway has a lifetime of injury because of services have been relocated. and detours are in place. “If I had not driven my van into the Works to install new underground [ditch], the van coming the other way someone not thinking, ‘oh should I “This is the first stage of this upgrade check my brakes’; the police officer drainage pipes are about half way project, which will see the full length would have hit me head on, it was through. said the driver knew his brakes were of Jumping Creek Road upgraded on the wrong side of the road, and I Contractors have installed 50 per failing, and he could have pulled over from Ringwood-Warrandyte Road in suspect speeding. cent of the kerb and channel and will “He would have known what had at some point,” Benita said. Warrandyte to Homestead Road in soon start works on the retaining walls happened, and then he drove off.” Ana said she understands that along the side of the road, before laying Wonga Park.” While he managed to walk away from change happens gradually. the asphalt. Ms Quattrocchi also told the Diary the accident, he said he is disgusted “I would like to see small changes Shared paths along the side of the the remaining stages of the project are with the state of Brysons Road. that would add up to something better, road are also being constructed as part currently in development and there “Brysons Road is a mess, a total particularly as the road is currently like warning signs on the road.” of this stage and works on these will is further community consultation mess,” he said. carrying additional traffic as the She implored people to be aware start soon. scheduled for early 2021. He said with no footpath on Brysons Jumping Creek Road traffic is being while driving “not driving for yourself Road, people have to walk on the road, detoured along that road. but for everyone around you”. there is nowhere for kids to ride their He said that funding is given to “You can’t predict when an animal is bikes on the way to school. projects in more populated areas but going to run out in front of you, but you He also says the drains are more than is not going where is it needed. can help yourself be able to react, by half a metre deep in places, “Someone will die on that road doing the speed limit and leaving your “They have not been managed at before Christmas,” he said. phone in the back seat — none of these all, the road often floods, because the Stephen is calling for a public things contributed to my accident, but drains are full of debris,” he said. meeting to discuss what should be there are just so many things people He also says that with trees only done, saying that “Council, State could be doing every single day, simple 30–40cm away from the road, the and Federal Government, along with things that won’t be as inconvenient as speed limits are inappropriate. VicRoads are not taking the safety of you think, but something that could “I would be lucky to be doing 40 our local residents seriously”. save someone’s life. safely [given the condition of the “Federal Government, VicRoads, “I think a lot of people who drive road],” he said. Council, we don’t care who is by [an accident] are hoping that the However, he is appalled that the responsible, we just want it fixed. person survives, but then the person road carries a Federal Black Spot surviving has to deal with surviving sign only 150 metres from where the Taking care, taking responsibility afterwards. crash occurred, despite not having Meanwhile a woman who was “Coming so close to not surviving is any substantial work done on it for seriously injured in a crash in January something that makes you feel very, the 12 years he has lived on that road, at Warrandyte Bridge is calling for very mortal,” Ana said.

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We plan to resume face- Council’s Economic Development Applications open Monday 29 June to-face delivery of accredited community support and Tourism team is supporting and close 31 July. programs, selected daytime Visit the Nillumbik website for local businesses and trader groups For more information visit programs (including MakerSpaces) resources and information to help nillumbik.vic.gov.au/grants and some community programs during these difficult times. us continue looking after ourselves from the start of Term 3, This includes subsidised training and and each other during COVID-19. commencing 13 July. support for businesses, a business Including disability services information, mentoring service and a weekly Business At this stage room hire and supporting older Australians, job Support enewsletter. Councillor out-of-hours programs will not yet opportunities and mental health resources. be available. This will be a staged Follow our Visit Nillumbik Facebook and candidate training approach and schedules will nillumbik.vic.gov.au/covid-19-community Instagram pages, which have launched be subject to change – we thank a ‘Stay home, Shop local Nillumbik’ workshop you for your understanding campaign that promotes Nillumbik local Thinking of running as a candidate and support. Online planning businesses who are still operating during in the 2020 council elections? this challenging time. Please visit our website for more Council is offering a new digital information, or contact us at Council will be hosting a free Councillor planning service. Facebook and Instagram [email protected]. training workshop, to assist candidates @visitnillumbik in preparing for the election. For more gov.au if you have any enquiries. Customers can now lodge and pay for all planning applications online. A dedicated nillumbik.vic.gov.au/covid-19-business information and to register visit our website. Wishing you all the best - planning advisory service (pre-application [email protected] nillumbik.vic.gov.au/council-elections stay safe, stay home! meeting) has also been launched, complete livinglearningnillumbik.vic.gov.au with an online booking system. nillumbik.vic.gov.au/planningonline JULY 2020 Warrandyte Diary 7 Consultation deficit as new fire reforms take effect By SANDI MILLER “No one can see any benefit to the CHANGES TO Victoria’s fire service community from these arrangements, have now come into force, with paid the arrangements take away all the Country Fire Authority (CFA) staff flexibility and the discretion needed in joining Metropolitan Fire Brigade cases of emergency… these are people (MFB) staff in the new Fire Rescue that have to make incredibly difficult Victoria (FRV). decisions — life and death — and you As outlined in last month’s Diary, cannot have an arrangement that puts career firefighters at integrated stations, a handbrake on the very fast decision such as South Warrandyte and Eltham making process that Victorians rely on.” will be migrated to the new service, He said volunteers do not lack the while volunteer firefighters will remain skills and dismissed the notion that with CFA. because volunteers are not paid for Just ahead of the changes, CFA’s Chief their service, they are somehow less “Our volunteers are ready and waiting Coordinator – Community Capability “Even if you are sat in the truck with Officer, Steve Warrington resigned from capable. to respond to the pager.” for North West Region and former the now wholly volunteer service. “The volunteers are some of the most the engine running, there are some Local CFA members were contacted captain of North Warrandyte CFA said A statement from the CFA Board said senior officers in Victoria, they have the areas of Templestowe that you just can’t for comment but most were not Steve Warrington began his service as most experience, they do equivalent that “community is the centre of what get to within the timeframe.” a CFA volunteer at Chelsea brigade in training… the notion that because prepared to talk to the Diary on the we do, and we take that very seriously”. However, this has seen a change 1978 before joining the staff as a career someone is paid, they must know record about the latest developments However, he said that much of the in who gets paged to attend the job, firefighter in 1983. better… every inquiry will paint a very beyond what was reported last month. new process is still unknown, and who with FRV staff from Eltham, South “Steve has given more than 40 years different picture about this. Some have taken to social media to will be responsible remains to be seen. Warrandyte, and now former MFB vent their frustration around lack of Rohan said his understanding at this of dedicated service to the CFA and “This isn’t about staff versus volunteer, stations in Templestowe, being sent to consultation for both volunteer and point is that CFA will be subject matter Victorian community. this is about command and control incidents in primary volunteer areas. “He has served the organisation and that is allowing political interference staff firefighters. experts in terms of bushfire, and, he One senior volunteer firefighter believes, FRV will be subject matter “They will be deploying who can get the people of Victoria with passion, skill to these statutory held positions,” Mr there the fastest,” he said. Barnett said. spoke to the Diary, but did not wish to experts on structure fires. and warmth,” the statement said. While this could be seen as positive, it Adam Barnett, Head of Volunteer Fire Member for Euroa, Steph Ryan, spoke be named. However, there are boundaries that will also feed into issues with the State’s Brigades Victoria (VFBV), the body that in Parliament on June 16 and said the He said that the resignation of Chief will dictate whose “patch” it is, meaning represents volunteer firefighters, said changes will “fundamentally alter the Officer Warrington has ripped the heart that FRV staff will now be providing surge capacity. on ABC radio that Volunteer firefighters emergency services landscape in this out of many volunteers. community safety in areas that are Figures show that the majority of surge were “angry, disappointed, and really s t a t e ”. “Steve promised to stand up for traditionally covered by CFA members. comes from outer metro volunteer sad” about the CFA Chief Officer’s She told the house, CFA will second volunteer members, and that when he He told the Diary that demarcation brigades, such as Warrandyte, North resignation. 229 FRV staff to run most of the CFA would not sign off on a document that is still up in the air, but his team have Warrandyte, Wonga Park or Research. He said that Mr Warrington’s operations, including 96 commanders, laid out the new arrangements, which been working to ensure that community But, Rohan said, if volunteers will departure followed a long list of high- 40 Assistant Chief Fire Officers, six went against that promise, he was given safety inspections were up to date not be able to attend local fires on a level emergency services personnel, community safety officers and 87 an ultimatum, sign or resign,” the CFA by June 30, so that they have twelve regular basis, this will impact skills including the Emergency Minister Jane instructors and supervisors. member said. months to work out the delegations. maintenance, morale and volunteer Garrett, and members of MFB and CFA She also said that two weeks out from He said he understands that support Another area of dispute is the retention. executive. the reforms’ commencement, “brigades CFA staff are being forced to move to service delivery standards, which “There is no way you can keep FRV and that some district support set expectations around how quickly “This saga has gone on for four very have still not been advised of the new membership if you can’t turn out joint operation procedures or the joint staff are being told they will be moved firefighters should attend emergencies. long and distressing years,” Mr Barnett regularly,” he said. said. agency arrangements that are going to the country if they refuse to switch Unions are claiming many volunteer However, Rohan said that they are He said that of the 54,000 CFA to apply”. uniforms. brigades are failing to meet the members, since 2014, CFA has lost 5,000 Captain Adrian Mullens of Warrandyte One of his major concerns was what standards, however, while volunteers hoping to operate as business as usual. operational firefighters from the books, Fire Brigade last month assured readers happens to community safety. are slower than staff brigades getting “We will continue to engage with that is the entire size of Victoria’s SES. that in the event of an emergency, “the Currently, CFA Community Education out of the station, they are meeting the community in the same way, until “They are feeling completely community will still receive the same and Safety are responsible for standards for getting to the scene. someone tells us otherwise. disheartened, locked out of the process standards of excellence in response community safety, but many staff will Rohan said that there are some “There is so much we don’t know — — they have had absolutely no input from Warrandyte CFA in conjunction now be moved to FRV. locations in the area that are unrealistic once we get told what to do, we will do into this change journey. with Fire Rescue Victoria. 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Community Sponsorships As a proud community partner of many events across Manningham (including Fireball, Doncare and other major events) Bramleigh Estate is welcoming applications from community groups to apply for our community sponsorships in 20/21 financial year. We are so pleased to be able to support our local community in many ways each year and have formalised our application process to make it easier for not for profit groups of all sizes to apply and be considered. In 19/20 we supported many local schools, kinders, charity luncheons and sporting clubs. Applicants can apply for Monetary funding (grants $250/$500/$1000) In Kind Donations for raffles / prizes Special event tickets ie: Oaks Day Luncheon tickets Sponsorship of event space for meetings Sponsorship of catering services for events We invite all community groups located within the local area to Bramleigh Estate – Warrandyte, Warrandyte South, Park Orchards, Wonga Park and North Ringwood to send an email requesting an application form and further information: [email protected] All Applications must be received by 15th August 2020 with successful applicants advised by 30th August 2020 www.bramleighestate.com.au | 420 Ringwood-Warrandyte Road, Warrandyte | 03 9844 3013 JULY 2020 Warrandyte Diary 9 Lions Park budget revealed as works commence By DAVID HOGG in Council’s 2019/20 budget for advise that it unfortunately did not FOLLOWING our coverage last month the construction of Stage One with meet or comply with safety standards; of the Lions Park development, the remaining funding to be allocated in therefore alternative equipment has Diary has now received detailed 2020/21. been sourced, as there are a range of explanation from Angelo Kourambas, Following the detailed design and safety standards and requirements for Director City Planning and tender process, it was determined outdoor fitness equipment installed in Community, Manningham Council, that the initial estimates for the open space areas. on our requests for clarification. construction of Stage One were under- The total cost of the exercise priced according to current market equipment including supply, Scope values and the construction costs for installation and rubber surfacing Stage One of the Lions Park upgrade this project were revalued. is $52,000, of which $45,000 will be in the Warrandyte River Reserve Funding of $625,000 has been funded by the Lions Club and the includes construction of a new car park allocated in Council’s draft 2020/21 remaining amount will be funded by and new pedestrian paths, along with Annual Budget for the completion of Council. ramps and stairs, an upgrade of the Stage One, bringing the total funding Concern has been expressed in the existing shelter area and construction allocated for Stage One to $1.035 community regarding the loss of the of a new picnic shelter area with a million. tennis courts, in that the static fitness barbecue, drinking fountain and As we go to press, Council has finally equipment is not really a substitute picnic table. released the minutes of the closed May for the courts in terms of provision for This stage will also include water meeting to decide the tender, and we active facilities for the community. sensitive urban design treatment can now see that JMAC Constructions It has been suggested that some garden beds, new open picnic Pty Ltd has now been awarded the sort of social sporting facility such as and grassed areas, an animal rope contract for the Stage One works at a perhaps a bocce or petanque pitch is Existing four burner barbeque to go crossing bridge over the road and the cost of $1.1M. needed at this part of town. installation of new exercise equipment. The minutes also reveal that the total Mr. Kourambas advises that the As part of Stage One of the upgrade, Stage Two budget and timing Budget and timing cost of Stage One is $1.324M after endorsed masterplan for Lions Park the existing shelter area will include Stage Two of the Lions Park upgrade including income from other sources. also includes open space areas a new accessible and Disability During 2019/20, Manningham suitable for outdoor exercise and has Discrimination Act compliant two will include the playspace as well as Council has completed the detailed Exercise equipment been designed following community burner barbecue and picnic facilities. an additional shelter, barbecue and design, soil and geotechnical testing The Lions Club of Warrandyte consultation. picnic facilities. and a cultural heritage management initially approached Council to offer We are told that as well as retaining Whilst Council has not received any the existing shelter it is intended to Funded separately in 2021/22, plan for Stage One of the upgrade to a contribution for exercise equipment requests for bocce or petanque pitches Lions Park. in Warrandyte. repurpose parts of the existing four Council has provisionally allocated or similar, this could be considered in burner barbecue currently in this While Council initially hoped works After careful review and the future. $700,000 in its four-year capital works would commence earlier in April 2020, consideration, Lions Park was chosen space. program for Stage Two of the Lions Barbecues We believe the intention is to this was delayed to June following an as the location and was approved as Park upgrade. extended tender process. part of the endorsed masterplan. The masterplan for Lions Park has reuse the surround bricks, which are As part of Council’s planning for this Whilst an initial quotation for fitness a total of six barbecue burners across engraved with the names of donors to This allocation will be reviewed and project and following initial works equipment, in the region of $15,000, the space that are complemented by the original bicentennial project, in the reassessed once the final detailed estimates, $410,000 was allocated was obtained by the Lions Club, Council picnic facilities. immediate area. design is developed. New protection for Yarra Significant tree By SANDI MILLER THE YARRA is an iconic part of what makes our part of the world special, pruned at bridge and it is now receiving the protection it deserves. The Victorian Government By DAVID HOGG Gum tree that was suffering from has now introduced permanent A LARGE 100-year old native sugar significant dieback in the canopy planning controls to guard against gum tree on the riverbank near and tree limbs. inappropriate development and to the bridge was severely pruned “Many of the affected tree limbs protect the river’s banks and improve by contractors from Manningham were overhanging walking paths and water quality. Council on June 22. the car park within the Warrandyte The permanent controls will be As we stated last month, big old River Reserve. applied along a 240 kilometre stretch trees are very important habitats “These limbs, along with three of the river between Richmond and for a diversity of birds. plants, fungi, smaller dead trees were removed for Warrandyte, setting tougher rules to insects and wildlife. health and safety reasons. prevent overshadowing. This tree was dead or dying but “It is intended that the large Sugar This follows interim measures that in itself is not a reason for taking Gum will become a habitat tree for introduced three years ago to it down, and some would argue local wildlife. streamline planning controls and that the remaining sawn-off limbs “The logs from the tree replace a patchwork of controls that detract from the attractiveness of maintenance works are to be differed between councils. this important heritage area. retained onsite for installation as New and amended requirements We asked Manningham Council part of the Lions Park upgrade. include: why they had done this and Rachelle “These works were carried out • vegetation removal Quattrocchi, Director City Services following a routine inspection by • restrictions on overshadowing advised us “Manningham Council Council’s arborist and in the lead up of the Yarra River, its banks and has completed tree maintenance to construction works starting on the adjacent public open space works to trim back a native Sugar Lions Park upgrade.” • height limitations for all new buildings • setbacks for all development from the Yarra River’s edge • fencing, swimming pools, tennis courts and other works — within close proximity to the Yarra River. Minister for Planning Richard landscape setting of the Yarra River said our iconic Yarra river is a vital part Wynne said the new measures will corridor. of Melbourne’s natural environment. ensure future developments do not Within this area a continuous “These controls will mean its compromise the beauty of our iconic corridor of vegetation and canopy natural landscape gets the care and river. trees are the dominant features of protection it deserves.” “The Yarra River has an important views of the corridor to and from The planning controls strongly align place in the hearts of Victorians public open space and the Yarra with the draft Yarra Strategic Plan and that’s why it’s important these River itself. controls remain in place permanently which aims to bring agencies together to safeguard its future.” The SLO manages the siting and to give effect to the community’s long- There are now mandated height design of buildings, removal of term vision for the Yarra and support limits for new developments and vegetation and earthworks within the its collaborative management. minimum setbacks to protect broader Yarra River corridor setting. The plan recognises the Yarra’s the river’s natural landscape, Design and Development Overlay management in one area has a flow- environment and character. (DDO) has been applied to specific on effect to other parts of the river and The Government will finalise areas of private land immediately is critical for ensuring Government’s the controls in partnership with adjacent to the Yarra, an area which protection of the natural beauty of the the relevant councils — Banyule, is highly visible. entire river corridor. Boroondara, Manningham, The DDO sets mandatory building Community consultation Nillumbik, Stonnington and Yarra — heights, development setbacks and and recommendations from an as well as Melbourne Water. overshadowing rules, tailored to independent expert panel will be Two new planning controls have meet local landscape requirements used to inform the final Yarra Strategic been applied to areas within the to ensure future development does Plan which is due to be released later middle Yarra River corridor within the not encroach on the landscape and in the year. Banyule, Manningham and Nillumbik environmental values and amenity planning schemes. of the Yarra River. For more information visit: Significant Landscape Overlay Minister for Energy, Environment planning.vic.gov.au/yarra-river- (SLO) has been applied to the wider and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio controls 10 Warrandyte Diary JULY 2020 Buckley’s adjustment to tribal life Many of the stories attributed to Buckley by these various authors were Birrarung stories often aimed at pandering to public interest in the more salacious details By JIM POULTER of his tribal life. The narratives were also designed WILLIAM BUCKLEY is of course firmly to confirm ingrained European entrenched in Australian history and assumptions about Aboriginal people folklore as “The Wild White Man”. as “simple and child like savages”. A convict, he escaped at age 22 Many of these accounts also from a short-lived colony at Sorrento included complete fabrications. in 1803. However, among these many He then spent the next 32 years with inaccuracies, false assumptions and the Wathurong people at Geelong. After John Batman’s historic meeting outright lies, there were also many with the Woiwurung in June, 1835, scattered gems of unfiltered truth. he returned to Tasmania, leaving his The real problem is in how to sort out party of three colonists and five Sydney the wheat from the chaff and build a Aboriginals camped at Geelong. more accurate picture of Buckley’s To their astonishment, the huge and tribal life. bearded 54-year-old Buckley walked To do this it requires some basic into the camp on July 6, 1835, wearing understanding of Aboriginal culture a possum skin cloak. and mindset. At first, he could not understand The first thing that comes through English, became a bit disoriented and these various accounts is an had to sit down. appreciation of how Buckley’s basic When given a piece of bread he personality was a key factor in his stared at it, then said “bread” and his survival. language came flooding back. Bonwick, for instance, judged him Buckley became a sensation in harshly and considered him to be of colonial Australia and everyone “low intelligence”, but this says more wanted to know everything about his about Bonwick’s pompous class life with the natives. driven views. The problem was that whilst Buckley Langhorne however, simply noted had become fluent in at least five that it was difficult to converse with The First Settlers Discover Buckley, William Woodhouse 1861 different Aboriginal languages, he him, which was understandable Image Courtesy: State Library Victoria remained completely illiterate in given Buckley’s 32 year divorce from English. conversational English. What becomes clear is that despite Later, another escaped convict destructive and killing power of back twentyfold. In agreeing to John Morgan found the tribe and soon began guns and cannons as well as the publishing his biography in 1852, his huge frame and two-metre height, Buckley’s prophetic message was abusing women. uncompromising attitude of the Buckley had no way of exercising any Buckley was a gentle natured and considered so important that he was editorial control over what Morgan mild mannered man, who intuitively Buckley consequently ordered him “White Man”. given a special role and status across wrote. fitted into the culture of respect that to leave and once he was out of These incredible hair-raising stories the whole five Kulin Nation tribes In 1856, the same year that Buckley permeated Aboriginal society. Buckley’s protection he was executed. became popular theatre across all the in Central Victoria, his title was in died, James Bonwick wrote another For instance, because he had picked This clearly showed that whilst Kulin tribes and Buckley had “sell- effect Headman for Education about account of his adventures, without up the spear of a deceased man Buckley might have been mild out” tours for over 30 years. Whitefellahs. mannered, he was nonetheless a The stories were, however, more him ever having met Buckley. named Murrangurk, he was accepted Because of Buckley’s warning all five person of strong principles and firm than just theatre. There are also many other into the tribe as the reincarnation of Kulin tribes instituted Murrangurk’s Murrangurk, albeit a lot bigger. resolve. In keeping with traditional culture documents recounting specific events Law which forbade any Kulin from or experiences with Buckley before he According to custom he was placed Buckley was also perceptive of the they were morally instructive. killing a white man. retreated, disillusioned, to Tasmania in the care of Murrangurk’s brother, Aboriginal tradition of story-telling Buckley warned that the white man in 1837 then asked if he wanted his widow and moral parables. would inevitably come looking for It proved to be a most effective The most illuminating of these was back. So once he became fluent he began land, take it and clear all the scrub. strategy in their future survival, when an interview recorded by Reverend Buckley declined as he did not want telling stories about his experiences in He warned that the worst thing they colonists finally began arriving in Langhorne in 1837, it was not to upset existing arrangements or the Napoleonic Wars. could do was kill one white man, plague proportions from mid-1835 discovered and published until 1911. create any ill-will. He told them about the awesome because if they did it would be paid onward. A study in our Indigenous history that you didn’t learn in school By SANDI MILLER Jim Poulter’s family first settled on been in collaboration with or the things I’ve come across”. Aboriginal Kinship, the effects of WHILE DIARY readers have been the Yarra River at Templestowe in endorsement of Aboriginal Elders. Jim says he has tutored U3A classes colonisation, Aboriginal place names, fortunate over the past three-and-a- 1840. Current Wurundjeri Elder, Uncle Bill in Australian History and given and profiles of local Elders during the half years to have been able to read Jim Close relationships were established Nicholson produced the Foreword for innumerable talks to schools and colonial period, such as Simon Wonga Poulter’s column, Birrarung Stories, he with the local Aboriginal community, the collection, and as an Aboriginal community groups, “in order to share and Jagga-Jagga. is now extending his audience. and these have endured through the Elder, endorsed the readings, noting and take pride in our rich Australian Reconciliation Manningham has A collection of 58 articles, most taken generations. that while the history has been Aboriginal history and heritage”. also hosted the documents on their Jim has therefore been privy to the complemented by academic research, The COVID-19 pandemic saw from his Birrarung Stories columns, is website for the broader community oral history both of his own family and it is “informed first and foremost by classes suspended at the U3A so the being used by University of the Third to access. Age (U3A) to teach Indigenous history Aboriginal families. the knowledge and wisdom gained institution decided to offer this history to its students across Victoria. He has known and worked with from the many Senior Elders and course online. They can be viewed at reconciliation- Readings in Australian History — the many iconic Aboriginal Elders and tribal people he has known”. The readings have been extremely manningham.org.au/australian- history you were never taught is now tribal people who have trusted him Uncle Bill called the works popular, being utilised by over 30 history an online study course on Australian with their knowledge. “essentially history from the inside”, U3As across the state. Or, of course, much of the content Aboriginal history and heritage into Many of his 30 books on Australian and that it “seems to read more from Topics of study include, Songlines, can be found serialised in back issues the first contact and colonial period. 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226-228 Heidelberg-Warrandyte Rd (corner Orchard Gv), Warrandyte VIC 3113 T. (03) 9844 3114 | Mon, Thurs to Sat 9am-5pm Sun 10am-4pm JULY 2020 Warrandyte Diary 11 There is more to an Op Shop than finding a bargain By MARTINE CORBERT members of the community including “We’ve taken a number of additional DONCARE counselling; financial and material aid, precautionary measures to ensure family services and volunteer supported WHEN COVID-19 first struck and that we continue to keep our teams, recreational activities to socially isolated customers and donors safe whilst they Doncare was forced to close its six Op seniors. Shops, the organisation was deeply visit our stores and we will also be “Our Chinese Walking group has been holding donations for 72 hours before concerned about its financial future. traversing the Manningham landscape The not-for-profit community processing the stock for sale.” since 1997,” says Helen Mackenzie who There are a few ways you can help services organisation requires diverse, manages the Social Support for Seniors sustainable resources and partnerships program. Doncare keep their stores a safe space to provide the income necessary to Doncare also now delivers the to shop. maintain service delivery. Community Visitors Scheme in the If you’re feeling unwell, please stay As the community’s need for support municipality. home until you are feeling well again. grows, Doncare adapts its service Since 2004, Doncare has been “The great news is you can also now provision accordingly. providing family violence recovery shop sustainable vintage fashion A process that has become services to women and children online at Doncare’s Op shop on increasingly reliant on self-generated recovering from the impact of domestic Depop, as well as check out our ebay income and intermittent philanthropic violence. store” said Jen. Doncare re-opened its op shop at grants. There has never been a better time to North Blackburn Shopping Centre on “The revenue generated from the op shop and support your community Wednesday, July 1, with more news to in doing so. social enterprise is critical and the follow on the other locations. temporary closure of the op shops due facing hardship. programs, counselling services and “Given recent events, it’s important For the latest COVID-19 to COVID-19 has been detrimental now, more than ever before, that we’re to our fundraising,” said CEO, Gaby “This is particularly important during family violence recovery services,” update regarding the all doing our bit to keep our op shops re-opening of Doncare’s Thomson. these unprecedented times, when she said. beautiful, safe and sparkling clean,” All profits from the stores go directly we are experiencing an increase For 50 years, Doncare has provided said Jen McMahon, Op Shop Program Op Shops please visit to supporting families in Manningham in demand for emergency relief essential support services to vulnerable Manager. www.doncare.org.au Anxiety and fear in the new lockdown Everyone is tired of the restrictions, out to someone. but the truth is, we are far safer here in A friend or member of you family mental health Australia than many parts of the world could be enough to settle your fears, and it is important that we continue but if you don’t have someone you feel By STEPHANIE FOXLEY to adhere to the advice of medical you can talk to about your anxiety, call MCouns, MACA officials and the government so that a hotline or book in to see a counsellor. this Pandemic doesn’t get out of hand. There are a number of skills that you ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE FACED with It is more important now than ever can use to alleviate anxiety. the boundaries of our “new normal” to reach out to those who you think Simple things to do at home are being curbed. might again be struggling with the some deep breathing or relaxation The imposition of isolation or social reinforcement of restrictions. techniques. distancing being reinforced to stem Reach out to the people in our If you notice that you, or a member of the resurging growth rate of COVID-19 community who are on their own, your family or a friend, is struggling and in Melbourne, causing many people offer to help with their shopping, that anxiety is increasing; that tensions to struggle once more with their keep checking in on them, call them are running high or developing into emotions in this time of uncertainty. and offer a VIRTUAL hug, don’t get anger, seek help early. Stress help for teens As we see pictures of testing stations complacent. These are normal human emotions, By MARTINE CORBERT In response to community being set up with people in full This new wave of the virus may be but they do require some form of DONCARE demand, Doncare is providing a protective gear, you may feel a sense causing additional anxiety and fear management so that they don’t cause FOR SOME adolescents, learning virtual space to connect teens who of unease, anxiety or even fear. for many of us. a problem or develop further. remotely provided a safe haven are experiencing stress and anxiety. You may even be overwhelmed by a As I explained in my article in the So, as we are faced with a longer from the dynamics of the school Stop the Stress is available to teens sense of fear. April Warrandyte Diary, anxiety period of restrictions, rather than environment. aged 12–15 years who attend school Now more than ever, it is really ranges from the sense of uneasiness hit out and let anxiety take hold, be in Manningham or reside in the important that we, as a community, thankful for the fact that we, as a Anxiety manifests in teens to increased worry or fear, to severe due to pressure to perform well municipality, and will be facilitated continue to look out for each other panic. community, are doing the best we can by group therapists online between and abide by the social distancing to keep the virus under control. academically, fractured relationships Anxiety is a normal response to a or the demands of commuting to and 4pm and 5pm, every Wednesday, regulations, hand washing and “perceived threat” and this is a threat Be patient, don’t let fear get in the for four weeks commencing July 22, coughing into our elbows. way of sensible behaviour. from school. that is not going to miraculously Some teens who previously found participation is free. It is also extremely important that we disappear, we have to all participate in Stephanie Foxley is a Warrandyte During the four sessions, teens continue to keep an eye on vulnerable the classroom learning environment social distancing and safe behaviours based counsellor who offers face difficult, found remote learning will have the opportunity to share members of our community, so they to drive this virus away, or at least to face and online counselling comfortable. what they have been feeling and don’t feel alone and know that they contain it. services. Medibank, Bupa, Police Whilst for other students, the learn to identify and understand are supported. In its mild forms, anxiety can simply Health Fund and Doctor’s Health disruption to daily routines and lack their experience of stress, worry The re-imposition of restrictions will present itself as a constant worry, fund accredited. Member of ACA of social connection compounded and anxiety. be hard to adhere to, since the promise leaving you feeling a little agitated, and CCAA, Provisional member of feelings of frustration and stress Participants can also share what’s of lifting all restrictions and returning fearful of the unknown and even PACFA associated with online learning and worked for them (and what didn’t!). to our “new normal” was so close. unable to sleep properly. Mobile: 0407 921 122 being confined to their home with Doncare’s counsellors will lead the Those who were feeling relieved If you don’t seek help for the anxiety it [email protected] parents and siblings. group to guide learning about types about the possibility of getting out and can develop and be a deeper concern. Coronavirus Health Information Whether your teen adjusted well to of anxiety; why we experience stress about or meeting friends, may now be Anxiety can develop into Line: 1800 020 080 the significant changes the pandemic and strategies to help. feeling fearful and more anxious or uncharacteristic irrational behaviours; Beyondblue Australia: 1300 22 4636 presented, times of uncertainty can For more information be experiencing an increased sense you might become completely restless, Lifeline: (Crisis Support) 13 11 14 test an adolescent’s resilience and visit https://doncare.org.au/ of isolation, especially those who argumentative or even aggressive. Headspace: (12-25) 1800 650 890 emotional well-being and evoke news/stop-the-stress or live alone with depression, anxiety If you are experiencing any form of Health and Human Services: stress. call 9856 1500. or stress. anxiety it is really important to reach www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au 12 Warrandyte Diary JULY 2020

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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited ABN 11 068 049 178 Australian Credit Licence 237879. (1480081-1480080) (06/20) JULY 2020 Warrandyte Diary 13 Continuing the legacy of the second Great War By DON HUGHES Two of those students were: both eventually signed up to defend missions but also other humanitarian humanitarian and peace operations IN THE EARLY 1940s, the world was “Stan Bisset, all of 12 years old, and our country against the peril of World and assistance operations worldwide. and missions conducted at both home awash with conflict, and Australia was his beloved older brother Butch. War Two (WWII), both ended up Australia contributed four military and abroad. not immune. Stan’s thoughts however quickly serving in PNG (see story below). observers to the first United Peace Some include: Ken McKenzie Sydney, Darwin and the north west returned to his family farm by the Butch died in Stan’s arms on Kokoda. Operation Nations into the field in (Korea), David Ryan (East Timor), coastline of Australia were relentlessly Yarra River and whether they would As a son of Warrandyte, Captain Stan Batavia, then the Dutch East Indies Doug Laidlaw (East Timor), Adam targeted. go fishing, play cricket or practice Bisset ended the conflict with a MID (Indonesia). “Buzz” Lawson, pictured (Middle Even Melbourne reported Japanese football — or maybe they’d go after (Mentioned in Despatches), DCM The four Australian Defence Force East) and Warwick Harvey, pictured reconnaissance aircraft flying over its rabbits, using their uncle’s shotgun, (Distinguished Conduct Medal) and (ADF) observers comprised of two (Solomon Islands). suburbs, while the “Bomb Shelter” or have a competition to see which a MC (Military Cross). Army, one Royal Australian Navy and Our local plumber, David Ryan and at the 115th Heidelberg Military/ of them could shoot out the flame of A fearful resolve spread throughout one Royal Australian Air Force officer his family, trekked the Kokoda Track Repatriation Hospital was fully a candle at a distance of 25 yards (25 the never-before threatened nation. to the United Nations Good Offices in 2018 to honour their grandfather, operational — ready to safeguard metres)”. Even the Nuns at the Daylesford Commission (UNGOC) on September Gunner Herbert Joseph Wells, of the Convent in north west Victoria, 14, 1947. 2/4th Field Regiment, who helped patients if needed. FitzSimons goes on to explain; “One The untried, mostly Victorian, accepted many new children as The inaugural President of the stop an invasion of our beloved of their favourite games was to take it boarders, to protect them from the Australian Peacekeepers and Australia. Australian Militia 39th Battalion, in turns to pretend to be Ned Kelly, faced the Japanese onslaught on the threat of invasion. Peacemakers Veterans Association A Memorial to Australian setting up ambushes in the nearby Until the controversial bombing of of Australia (APPVA), Paul Copeland Peacekeepers and Peacemakers was Kokoda track. bush. Just lads between 18 and 23 years Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ended the OAM, proudly points out that this 1947 formally unveiled on September 14, But they’d be hard put to match the 2017 in Anzac Parade, ACT. of age, they had a sprinkling of conflict. contribution; “has laid the historical most fun they ever had, which was milestone of ADF Peacekeeping This memorial recognises 73 years experienced soldiers to lead and An ongoing legacy of WWII was the when, with a couple of boys from the creation of the United Nations (UN). Operations that have been conducted of a significant and distinguished motivate them. Howden family, they’d wagged school After the calamity of WWII the non-stop to the present day — our contribution by over 50,000 Australian Eventually, reinforced by veterans and used some old gelignite and Charter of the United Nations was Peacekeepers continue to receive Peacekeepers — Military, Police and from North Africa, it was the first- fuse wire they’d found in one of the signed in June, 1945. international accolades.” Civilian — in over 60 international time Australian troops had defended abandoned mines to blow up things…” Australia ratified the Charter and Warrandyte residents have missions. our soil. These “war games” were valuable has become a staunch supporter and played a role in this United Nations It also records the passing of 48 The actions on Kokoda “the gateway preparation as Stan and Butch Bisset provider ever since — not only to UN commitment as well as other “Warriors of Peace” in the line of duty. to Australia”, have become legendary. One such soldier was Alex Edwards. Image 1 Born in Warrandyte in 1913, and Sergeant Warwick Harvey of a Yarra Street resident, VX5552 the Combined Task Force 635 Lieutenant Alexander Dale Edwards, (CTF 635) cleans and sorts his received the honour of an MBE equipment ready for inspection (Member of the Order of the British prior to his return to Australia. Empire) for his meritorious service Photo Credit CPL Amanda in the 2/7th Australian Infantry Campbell Battalion, in the final campaigns in Courtesy Commonwealth of the Balif-Maprik area of Papua New Australia, Department of Defence Guinea. Image 2 The diggers’ exploits were of great Royal Australian Air Force interest to those back home. Squadron Leader Buzz Lawson, In Peter FitzSimons’ Kokoda, the Task Group 633.4 A3-A5 C-130 air classic account of the iconic campaign, operations and planning, works he mentions; “ol’ Mr Hallet in the mid out flying schedules using a map 1920’s at the Warrandyte School, in the of the area of responsibility. old mining town some twenty miles Photo Credit: Senior Airman Clark northeast of Melbourne, pointing out Staehle, to his students the territories of New 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Guinea and Papua.” Image 1 Image 2 Courtesy US Air Forces Central Command The Story of Stan Bisset Warrandyte son: hero of Kokoda

By DON HUGHES in 1912; he and his brother Butch alongside fellow war-hero-to-be “I SAT WITH him for six hours — he spent their formative years in Edward “Weary” Dunlop, Stan was was quite conscious at times — we Warrandyte, an adventurous life selected to join the national team, talked about Mum and Dad, our of hunting, rafting and sporting and head abroad with the Wallabies. good times and bad times, what we pursuits. Stan described the events to did as kids. Stan was a natural athlete, who Kokoda historian, Dave Howell: “I sat with him until about 4am, just blossomed as a youngster in the “I was selected to go to England when he finally left us. bush around Warrandyte. with the Australian Rugby Union “We buried him beside the track.” He was a fine baritone singer, team in September, 1939. tennis player, boxer and rower. We met the King and Queen, but As Butch Bisset lay dying in his But it was with the ball he excelled; younger brother Stan’s arms, the we never played in England because Stan was asked to try out for St Kilda we arrived there the day before battle to protect Australia along the in the VFL, however his preferred World War Two was declared. track was intense. code was Rugby Union, in which he The tour was called off. Grossly outnumbered, the represented Australia. We played one game — against the Australians needed every ounce of Stan’s career as an international British army in Bombay, India on courage, luck and tenacity to slow rugby player was, unfortunately, heroic combatants. the way back to Australia. But above all else, he personified — and then stop — the relentless cut short. We won comfortably.” thrust of a determined enemy. After his Victorian debut against so many attributes of the Stan Bisset was born in Balaclava the touring Springboks in 1937, The tour was abandoned, and the Australian soldier: moral and Dispatches (MID), Distinguished team returned to Australia, many physical courage, compassion, Conduct Medal (DCM) and Military signing up with the Austrailan selflessness, independence, loyalty, Cross (MC), he returned home a Imperial Force (AIF). resourcefulness, devotion and changed man. Half a century later, Special Forces humour.” Local resident Ken Crooks, who soldier (Afghanistan) and Kokoda Growing up during the Great volunteers at the Melbourne Shrine expedition guide, Andrew James, Depression, and a frolicking of Remembrance, is a passionate walked the track with Stan, who childhood in the bush around the advocate of the great legacy the Stan recounted his war experiences. Yarra, Stan enlisted as a Private in Bisset story brings to Warrandyte. His terrific book, Kokoda Wallaby, the 2/14th Battalion along with his Secretary of the Warrandyte is a lasting testimony to our heroic brother Hal (Butch) in 1940. Historical society, Valarie Polley Warrandyte sons: Stan was rapidly promoted to said Ken has organised a number of “Stan Bisset was a real hero, both Sergeant, and Butch to Warrant exhibitions highlighting the Bisset in battle, on the rugby pitch and in Officer. brothers. desperate armed combat against Both were selected for Officer Captain Stan Bisset MC, DCM, the Japanese during the Second Training in the Middle East and MID was also awarded the Medal World War. graduated as Lieutenants. As a member of the ill-fated 1939 Both brothers ended up defending of the Order of Australia (OAM) in Wallaby touring team to England, Australia on the Kokoda Track. the Queens Birthday Honours, 2000. he was a rugby legend. Stan survived the war — but lost He passed away on October 5, In the Middle East and on the his brother and many friends. 2010. Stan and Hal “Butch” Bisset Kokoda Track, he was one of Despite returning home with Images courtesy Australia’s most distinguished and the honours of a Mentioned in the Australian War Memorial

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Diary Warrandyte 14 JULY 2020 JULY JULY 2020 Warrandyte Diary 15 Hanging out for the great escape hadn’t had to go to the shops to buy, The offsprings’ social lives quickly take home and prepare myself. outshone your own, as you had to much ado Eat with the same four people I had leave your dinner party, to pick them had breakfast, lunch and dinner with up from their “gath”. By KATRINA BENNETT for the last 12 weeks. Panic buying returned, as teens And when I’m finished, do the dishes emerged from their iso-slumber. IT WAS MY birthday. and clean up the mess myself. There wasn’t enough Vodka Cruisers, I was sitting at a café. Nope. UDL’s or slabs of Smirnoff Ice Double In my hand was a coffee. This non-coffee drinking, non- Black in the world for the all the 16th, In a mug. muffin eating bad-arse, was going to 18th and 21st birthdays that had been Not a takeaway non-biodegradable leave her dirty dishes, slap down a wad postponed during COVID-19. cup likely to get flushed down the of cash and swagger out of there when Three weeks of school at actual stormwater drain, enter the Yarra River, she was done. school flew by, until, inexplicably float out into Port Phillip Bay and end Just like a Real Housewife of morning alarms weren’t being set up on some social influencer’s Tiktok Warrandyte. anymore. as it gets regurgitated by a dolphin following the Sorrento-Queenscliff Unfortunately, it was more Mr Bean- It was time for a three-week school ferry. esqe by the time I re-sanitised my holiday. I don’t even drink coffee. hands. Excellent. In front of me on the cafe table was I had filled out the visitors register Just what we needed. a freshly baked, FODMAP friendly with my name, phone number and More free time to relax and do muffin. departure time then apologised nothing. It was probably going to taste exactly profusely for not reading the ‘no cash That’s okay. like it sounded, inedible with all the accepted’ sign and attempted three We’ll go away. fun stuff sucked out of it. times to find a credit card that wasn’t June is the perfect time of year to Carefully cultivated from Himalayan declined for insufficient funds. go away. goats’ milk and blueberries picked Restrictions were gradually lifting. Righto kids, where would you like from only the south facing branches The kids were back at school. to go? on the third Sunday after a full moon. Shops were re-opening. Anywhere you want. Toast marshmallows on a campfire, At home. I wasn’t even hungry. Non-residents were allowed in your As long as it’s in Victoria or NSW. sit on a riverbank and fish with mates. We could do 1000-piece jigsaw On the opposite side of the table was house. Sorry. Yeah, sorry. puzzles and play Monopoly together. a person. Pecking orders were established. You took too long to decide. Regional Victoria doesn’t want We could learn how to cook sour A bona fide human. Were you in the top five people list Now it’s anywhere in Victoria, even anyone from Melbourne Metro coming dough from a jarful of some manky- A human that I didn’t share DNA with or did you have to wait until it was the NSW don’t want us southerners to visit. looking substance lurking in the back or reside with. top twenty list? anymore. Besides, you’re only allowed to be of the fridge. A human that wasn’t grunting or I also had to re-remember my Actually, scratch that. outdoors with up to 10 people now. C’mon, you’ve always wanted me mumbling inaudibly at me. excuses for not going somewhere I Anywhere in Victoria but the ski And you know that social pecking to knit you a mustard coloured baggy Honestly, they could’ve bullied didn’t want to go. fields. order, are you really sitting in the top cardigan. me relentlessly throughout my Car handbooks were being pulled Although it’s been cold enough to five? As I said. entire secondary school career and I out of the glovebox as people had to re- emasculate a polar bear, there’s no That’s okay kids. Panic buying has resumed. would’ve happily sat opposite them. figure out how to fill their petrol tank. snow. Wouldn’t it be great to have some There isn’t enough Vodka Cruisers, I was out of the house! Google calendar had to be reinstalled Oh wait, you want to go camping with quality family time, just hanging with UDL’s or Smirnoff Ice Double Blacks Eating and drinking something I as footy training was rebooted. a few other families? your siblings and your Mum and Dad? in the world. Dreaming of the next great adventure Not in 2020, the last four months have Based on market research border restrictions, any quarantine Warrandyte community and in seen cancellations and postponements undertaken by resort operator Club requirements, does the country have particular our very understanding become the new normal, we find Med, Australians are keen to holiday COVID-19 under control, would clients. ourselves in such unfamiliar territory. as soon as it is safe to do so. clients have access to medical facilities Your support during this The situation seems to change daily. Beach resorts are at the top of the list if needed. extraordinary time has given us the We have always taken seriously our followed by nature holidays, winter We are asking the questions to courage to keep going. mission to inform and inspire our mountain holidays and of course accommodation and tour operators We continue to work for the best clients. visiting friends and relatives. — how are they improving health and outcomes for you and would have it We take pride in being knowledgeable As travel agents we are busy safety standards. no other way. and passing on information. implementing a raft of checks and Increased booking flexibility is a “Our connection to other people Sadly when asked about the future of buoys our optimism, spurring our Where’s balances to ensure clients travel safely must and returning customers will be travel and holidays, we find ourselves planning instincts for when better times Carolyn? saying “we just don’t know” — nobody when the time comes. recognised for their loyalty. arrive – and reminding us about what does. This includes constantly checking We are grateful to the greater is truly important.” But what I can tell you is that when —Christian Schwalbach OVER THE PAST 20 years the team at we do, we will travel differently, but Warrandyte Travel and Cruise have with no less enthusiasm. Carolyn Allen is the owner of diligently and excitedly arranged Right now, it is understandable we Warrandyte Travel and Cruise. holidays for travellers to all parts of don’t want to travel. www.warrandytetravel.com.au Email her on carolyn@ the globe. Eventually this will change. warrandytetravel.com.au Appropriate wood heater use this winter It is sure to pollute the air and it can enough to keep the fire burning produce toxic gases. brightly. Whilst the impact of a single wood • Never overload your wood heater heater may be small — the cumulative with too much wood. impact on air quality, particularly • Never leave your heater to IT’S COLD outside and for many through autumn and winter, is smoulder overnight. Victorians that means a trip to the significant — but many of the air This starves the fire of oxygen, woodyard and firing up the wood pollution problems associated with producing more smoke and air burning heater. wood heating can be prevented or pollution. Environment Protection Authority minimised by operating your heater • Go outside and check the chimney Victoria (EPA) has some simple steps correctly. occasionally for smoke emissions. to minimise how smoke can impact Tips on reducing smoke pollution • Consider the wellbeing of your neighbours. your health. • Only purchase a wood It’s important for people to • If you are concerned about the heater that is certified to the impacts of wood heater smoke on understand how their heater operates Australian Standards AS/NZS and to use appropriate fuel. air quality, consider using other 4012:2014 and AS/NZS 4013:2014 forms of energy for heating that This will be specified in the heater’s • Ensure your heater is installed by a operating manual and by using the produce less smoke, such as energy licensed person in accordance with efficient gas or electric heaters. correct fuel your heater will run more the Building Act 1993. efficiently. • Before winter have your flue Tips on buying firewood It’s a good idea to have your flue professionally checked and • If buying wood to use immediately, professionally checked and cleaned cleaned. always buy dry, seasoned, good more smoke and less heat. It can Freshly cut wood should be stored before winter begins to ensure it’s • Refer to the manufacturer’s burning and untreated wood, cause your heater flue to clog up for at least 8–12 months prior to use. clean and free from obstructions. operation manual for instructions preferably hard wood. more quickly. It is best to stack wood in a crisscross This will help prevent flue fires, specific to your wood heater model. • Refer to your heater manufacturer’s • You can save money by purchasing unnecessary smoke, and ensure the • Burn only dry, seasoned, good operation manual to identify the pattern to allow air flow. heater operates correctly. burning and untreated wood. correct fuel to purchase. unseasoned firewood in early Never burn household rubbish, • Get a hot fire going quickly with • Because unseasoned wood has a spring and storing it in a well- To read more about how smoke driftwood, treated wood or painted plenty of paper and small kindling. high moisture content, it is hard to ventilated shed or other covered can affect your health, visit the EPA wood. • Keep the air controls set high ignite, slow to burn and produces area until winter. website. www.epa.vic.gov.au 16 Warrandyte Diary Monuments and markers Warrandyte and surrounds are very proud of our collective history. The Diary team has taken a tour of some of the memorials that mark our historic sites from Andersons Creek to Christmas Hills. While not an exhaustive collection, it is a taste of our past. What is your favourite pointer to local history?

David Christmas memorial A One Tree Hill Road, Christmas Hills

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Gold Memorial Cairn, Old Post Office/Museum, The Diary Tree, D Gold Memorial Road E Yarra Street F Yarra Street Warrandyte Diary 17 Monuments and markers Warrandyte and surrounds are very proud of our collective history. The Diary team has taken a tour of some of the memorials that mark our historic sites from Andersons Creek to Christmas Hills. While not an exhaustive collection, it is a taste of our past. What is your favourite pointer to local history?

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Warrandyte Community Centre, Warrandyte Mechanics Institute, Warrandyte War Memorial, G Yarra Street H Yarra Street I Yarra Street 18 Warrandyte Diary JULY 2020 The roar of the greasepaint By ADRIAN RICE Mechanics’ Institute Hall. we are now planning a limited re- meagre supply we will aim to put on Warrandyte Theatre Company It’s gloomy and cold inside, the opening in August. additional shows. TIME FOR ANOTHER brisk walk/ smell of greasepaint lingers but Provided everyone behaves and To reassure our public, the Arts mad dash along the riverbank. is vaguely stale and the sound of the viral outbreak does not spin out Association has developed protocols The desperate crowds of COVID applause has long faded — not even of control, we will be staging the read in line with government advisories to escapees precludes a gentle saunter. a faint echo. play Love Letters by A.R. Gurney from ensure that safe physical distancing It’s just too dangerous to stroll — But read on dear reader — August 21 to 29. is maintained at all times the hall is gotta keep the speed up and throw Warrandyte Theatre Company have It’s the perfect play for a lockdown in use. in a few elaborate side steps to avoid some good news. and enables the cast — only two — to Tickets for the show can be booked the Grockles. Besides being “maintained” with keep their distance. on the trybooking website: Poking at passers-by with my generous contributions from our The audience will be restricted to www.trybooking.com/BJCTR newly fashioned 1.5 metre walking public, to add to the Community 20 per performance, meaning over Any additional enquiries to Adrian stick helps keep me safe and I make Grant from the Bendigo Bank to fund five shows we will only be able to sell on 0439 311 428 it at least as far as the Bakery, from building work and, adding in the grant 100 tickets. More good news is Calendar Girls is time — March 2021 — all being well. where I cut across Yarra Street for the from Manningham Council — for all So, get in as quickly as you can and now slated for the end of the year and And PS — we’re working on safety of the seemingly abandoned of which we are extremely grateful, if we find that demand outstrips our The Follies shifting back to Festival freshening the smells. Grants to support arts recovery By SUSAN FOREMAN us, inspiring us and keeping us grant, including: WARRANDYTE ARTISTS have been connected.” Dord Burrough’s grant will enable Join us in celebrating the richness of some amazing creative talents. LIVE JULY is a awarded $25,000 in grants to help However, she said the sector has the development of a new body of program of 36 live-streamed events featuring 47 artists. There’s music, dance, film, the sector to rebound, recover and been hit hard by event cancellations painting work for an upcoming solo ceramics, painting, illustration, creative writing, literature, creative upcycling… and more to explore new business opportunities and venue closures, and even as exhibition. keep you stimulated, learning, and inspired during these strange times. Simply have a look at the program, ‘like’ our Facebook page, then sit back, relax and as part of the first wave of the Victorian restrictions slowly begin to ease, these Ganga Giri’s grant will support the enjoy this diverse program! www.facebook.com/NSCArts Government’s Sustaining Creative workers and businesses will continue completion of a music album. Workers initiative. to be impacted for some time. Liv Jansz’s grant will support her Member for Eastern Metropolitan “The Sustaining Creative Workers to mix and master her debut album Region, Sonja Terpstra welcomed the grants will help them adapt to these under the moniker Punko news that local creative workers and new circumstances, develop new Natnael Ayalew Yimer’s grant will businesses would share in state-wide sources of income or new ways to support the Ethio-pop and reggae grants totalling $2.4 million through reach audiences, and keep working, artist Nhatty Man to write and record the first tranche of the program. building and future-proofing their his third studio album. Sustaining Creative Workers provides business or career,” she said. Zya Kane’s $5,000 grant will support quick response grants to support the The creative industries employ the artist to undertake research and work of professional creatives across 280,000 people in Victoria and have skills development for the creation of all fields — from filmmakers, game been among the hardest hit sectors, sensory theatre works. developers and fashion designers with venue closures, screen industry Sustaining Creative Workers is part to writers, visual artists, musicians, shutdowns and event cancellations of the Victorian Government’s overall performers and many others. leaving thousands of creative $51.1 million response to protect Ms Terpstra told the Diary, creativity practitioners and associated trades creative jobs and ensure the state’s has always played a strong role in our out of work, and leading to millions in renowned creative sector survives community. lost revenue. the crisis. “Over the past few months, while we Among the 400 recipients across The grants program was delivered in have stayed home, the creative sector the state, local artists across a range partnership with Regional Arts Victoria has played a vital role in entertaining of disciplines each received a $5,000 and Arts Access Victoria. JULY 2020 Warrandyte Diary 19 Local writers shine at annual writing prize By CHRIS RISBY believable... the prose was pared back THE SHIRE OF Nillumbik has long and simple, but all the more evocative held creativity as a core aspect of for its restraint”. its identity, whether it be in music, The prize for best creative non- theatre, visual art, or writing. fiction was awarded to local writer As a celebration of the Shire’s Allessandra Prunotto for her story The creativity, the 2020 Nillumbik Prize Things We Leave Behind. for Contemporary Writing (NPCW) Creative non-fiction, simply put, is a was held in June. carefully compiled genre with the goal The competition was split into two of creating factually-correct narratives. categories, Short Stories and Creative Judges Claire G. Coleman and Non-Fiction. Jeff Sparrow commented on the For each of these categories there importance of this genre in the current were three competitions; an open global crisis. entry event, a youth event, and a local “Creative non-fiction fits awkwardly event for their respective writers. into the cracks of genre, in ways that The 2020 judges were an esteemed many might find discomforting... yet group of writers featuring Melanie when you judge a competition during Cheng, Claire G. Coleman, Sarah a pandemic the importance of the Schmidt, and Jeff Sparrow. category becomes strikingly apparent,” This year’s winner of the Short Story they said. Screen shot of live stream ceremony Open event, Dominic Amarena, was Allessandra’s story follows the presented with the centre piece of the thoughts and feelings of the narrator contest, The Alan Marshall Short Story Nonna and “the everyday chronicle of she chose not to work in the field of series of detailed but unsentimental a performance like no other called Award, for his text titled Show don’t tell. my quiet little world,” as Allessandra so psychology. vignettes, the writer... created an Illuminous. The short story provided a lifelike eloquently describes it. With a vast body of work, an expert in absorbing narrative with a convincing The display consisted of a well- peek into the personal world of She writes with such down-to-earth the creative writing field, she can now and memorable voice.” dressed man playing the trumpet in a businessperson and the subtle elegance that you can truly empathise add the creative non-fiction prize to When asked as to how she felt an eerie fashion as accompaniment for nuances of their daily life. with the subject matter at hand. her list of awards. about this description she joyously a poet as she typed out her narrative. The local category for the creative Catherine was also happy to talk responded that “it was a very special As Nillumbik Mayor, Councillor Her words were presented to the Karen Egan put it: “The Alan Marshall non-fiction prize was awarded to about her award-winning short story. thing to receive, I admire the judges Award has been a much sought after another local writer, Catherine The obvious place to start, is with her very much, so those words meant a viewer via a projector onto a rugged acknowledgment of the craft and Padmore. inspiration, which she so vividly says great deal to me.” blue stone wall, which suited her calm ability of Australian fiction writers Catherine has been writing since is: “those cusp moments for me in a This isn’t Catherine’s first entry to the and insightful literary style (pictured since it was first awarded in 1985”. she was 10 and now teaches writing at story, that threshold moment when a NPCW, but it is her first win. above). The award carries the name of an Latrobe University. character is in a position when they’re “I live locally so I have a really A fitting end to the event. Australian and Eltham literary great Her entry into this year’s NPCW was often uncomfortable... when they’re big space in my heart for the local Congratulations to all the writers, and is a touchstone for any up and a tense, yet truly lifelike, depiction pushed up against a situation that is competition. winners or not, who competed in the coming author. of work in the field of psychology, bigger than them”. “I believe very strongly in the literary NPCW. The winning stories varied greatly in featuring an interaction between a “For me, when the short story really heritage around here so being a part of The anthology is available for theme and tone. patient and a carer, which quickly goes into interesting places is when it is a great honour.” purchase now in both e-book and turned south, seemingly out of She plans to enter into the NPCW Irene Lu’s Hiraeth won best work the characters are uncomfortable and paperback formats. of youth fiction with a morbid, nowhere. pushed beyond their comfort zone,” again in the coming years, which we uncomfortable, unrelenting The story is loosely based on she said. can all surely look forward to. Search for Nillumbik Prize representation of famine, seen through her experiences as a 16-year-old, Judges Melanie Cheng and Sarah The winning texts have been Contemporary Writing Anthology 2020 the lens of a skilled writer unafraid to participating in work experience at Schmidt only had praise for the work, assembled into the 2020 Nillumbik for links on popular book sales sites. delve into the mind of a starving child. a clinic. saying it “exhibited a mastery of the Prize for Contemporary Writing A pdf version is also available on Melanie Cheng and Sarah Schmidt After reading her winning story Work short story form”. Anthology. the Nillumbik Shire Council website, said the story was: “Beautiful and Experience, I can understand why “Told in forensic detail, through a The second half of the event was www.nillumbik.vic.gov.au. COVID-19 SURVEY I am very keen to hear about any difficulties you or your family may be experiencing as we move COMING in to the recovery stage. 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Corey White and Eleni Hale in conversation Porcelain Dolls Monday Drawing and Painting AGM of the Warrandyte Mechanics Institute with Claire Halliday When: Every Monday for 10 weeks When: Every Wednesday for 8 weeks and Arts Association Inc When: July 9, 7pm–8pm, Zoom invite will be from July 13, 10am–12pm or 1pm–3pm from July 22, 10am–12pm When: Monday, August 3, 8pm emailed to registered participants prior to Info: Cost $158, concessions $153. North Info: Cost $127, concessions $122. North Where: Warrandyte Mechanics Institute Hall, event. 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One of these tasks was to sort through a box of my late father’s childhood drawings and school books from the early-to-mid 1940s. Drawing out some limp, faded exercise books from Grades 6–8 at St Kilda Park School, I could not help being diverted from grim decluttering to peruse pen-and-ink pages from a different world. It’s a reminder how far we’ve come. COVID-19 restrictions. contrast between the view then of the I don’t know if I’ll keep the books. That there were no books after Grade Yet that education, as far as it went, Dad writes: United States and what we are seeing They certainly don’t “spark joy” 8 was a striking reminder that Dad had served Dad in decent stead. Australia’s effort has been very great today amid the ravages of COVID-19 for me; rather, sadness at unfulfilled had to leave school by 14. He spoke well and had a good in the recent war in the war loans that — not to mention how our awareness potential that access to education His family was poor: his father, raised vocabulary. we have launched and rationing we of Native American and Indigenous might have helped flourish. in pampered affluence, had been Unlike me, he seems to have learnt have imposed on ourselves and our peoples’ histories has expanded: Yet they are also a valuable reminder, left bitter and ill-equipped to find what a clause, preposition and Airmen, Soldiers and Sailors who have The U.S.A. is one of the great not only of another era, but of our professional work when that wealth transitive verb was. served on almost every battle front; countries of the world. It has developed fortune to live in a society where was stripped away; his kind and adored One look at his complicated sums the rationing including clothes, butter, tremendously since the pilgrim fathers primary and secondary education mother battled chronic illness and lived to work out fractions and answers in food, sugar, tea, and meat has been landed. is available to all and access to on for her sons. pounds and shillings makes my head very strict and our war factories have It was then a barren country inhabited tertiary education at least far more So, Dad’s staying in school was a swim. developed enormously we have made only by fierce red indians. open — notwithstanding enduring luxury the family could not afford. And he must also have imbibed that tanks, guns, ships, planes, and almost But now it is a great thriving country socioeconomic, funding and resource He worked hard later to pass an exam every other utensil of war. with great industries, rivers, and lakes. inequalities. that provided some equivalency of praise was hard won and life was not I think too, here, of my resilient Mum And I can’t imagine children today And they remind me of my own school finishing, but I think it forever fair; there were no awards or smiley who, as a child in 1939, spent months rankled that higher education, in an faces simply for turning up. gaining credit for comments such as excellent fortune, to have had parents age when its opportunities were skewed The books also offer a fascinating along with her little brother isolated these about a country I will not name, who valued reading and education; firmly towards those with money, had glimpse of Australia in the 1940s. with diphtheria at Fairfield Infectious which can only reflect what was being Dad even filled out my Austudy been barred to him. On one page, headed “Places I’ve Diseases Hospital; the only time taught: supplement forms to assist me through He slogged away for decades as heard about in the war”, Dad has she saw her parents was from a high The people of ____ are very dirty in university, and Mum ensured I had a public service clerk, when his written: balcony as they left the grounds after appearance and habits they live on home-cooked evening meals to come heart would have loved to follow We have heard a lot about Tunisia in being summoned in to farewell their the bare necessities of life. They hardly home to. professionally his love of politics, the past few months, where there was young son who had deteriorated — ever wash themselves and most of the That they faced disappointments but history, art, World War II planes or a lot of bitter fighting the Australians, fortunately he pulled through. time they are wearing dirty clothes, the got on with life and that education is horse racing. the English the Americans and the As I read Dad’s schoolwork, I also main industries are sugar, tea, jute, to be cherished and fair access to it That slim pile of schoolbooks was also South Africans were fighting against cannot help but be struck by the sago, and rice. should never be taken for granted. a reminder of how much education has the Germans and the Italians. changed, the contrast more striking There was very bitter fighting going on because of my heightened awareness there for a long time and many heroic through online learning of my son’s deeds done… Altogether Tunisia was Grade 1 curriculum. a great military and strategic victory. The 1940s books are replete with Russians are referred to in terms rote dictation, spelling and arithmetic, reflecting their role as World War II with a smattering of test answers, all allies, with Cold War fears of “Reds with an emphasis on getting it right — under the beds” yet to emerge: and a glaring dearth of star stickers or The people of Russia are a very encouraging words; aside from ticks progressive people. and marks, and the odd “very good”, They were once a very downcast the most notable teacher’s comment people but now they are a thriving was “Do you ever write without blots?” nation owing to the Bolishivik system My son’s teachers have clearly worked which means equality of all the people. incredibly hard to compose rigorous yet The industries of Russia are coal, engaging and stimulating thematically wheat, and oil. linked learning activities comprising Australia’s anxiety about Asia is reading, mathematics, inquiry, writing evident: stories — using the week’s spelling The Problems confronting our leaders words in the text, not just rewriting is that the teaming millions of Asia is them endlessly — and enjoyable increasing by millions each year and performing arts and second language ultimately it will become over-crowded efforts like teaching the children to and they will have to move south and write a Mother’s Day card in Mandarin. that will bring the standard of living In contrast, Dad’s education about down. China seems to have been restricted to: However, Australia does at least China has a very monsoonal climate produce the “biggest and best amount and millions of Chinese are drowned of wool”. every year because of the heavy rains There’s also a matter-of-fact reminder that fall into China’s rivers. of life in the 1940s that makes me China’s people are very poor and wonder how those who lived through there are about 400 million Chinese and World War II and the earlier Great some of China’s leaders have said that Depression might have regarded if millions of Chinese are not drowned the actions of some today who, each year they would not be able to from positions of relative immense feed them. privilege, complain loudly about our

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eye, the striking patterns within • Adjust your F-stop to the highest turns into sparkling droplets on the Lilliputian world. talking images plant life, such as the rows of spikes possible number such as f22. subject creating a more interesting You are the artist and you can on a cactus, and the unforgivingly This will give you the depth of shot. interpret this new perspective in any beautiful shape and colour of a field required. These flowers or leaves always look way you wish. By BILL McAULEY flower. • Slow your shutter speed down to better after I employ my “droplets” Enjoy! CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHY will Another great subject for a macro 60th sec. technique. introduce you to a whole new world is insect life. This will help you get your Is it cheating? I think not, to me, Photo 1: of possibility. Shoot a bee settling on a flower, or aperture “stopped down”. it is being creative and walking the Sprayed droplets on an African A macro lens will get you up close a bold shot of a butterfly. • Change to a higher ISO rating extra mile to capture a special shot Daisy in my garden. and personal with subject matter Imagine how amazing a close up of such as 800 ISO. to show my friends or feature on my Nikon macro lens, 60th sec, f22, that from a distance could appear a preying mantis would appear. • Be mindful of your composition. Face Book page, hey, why not? 800 ISO mundane. Technically speaking, a macro lens This is an opportunity to Getting thematic But, as you move closer and closer allows you to focus up close to your showcase not only the beauty of Photo 2: nature but also your talent as a Try to get a theme going, such as Close up of young Eve’s eye. to your subject, a series of new subject. river pebbles or textures of wood and perspectives will be revealed. photographer. Nikon macro lens, 125th sec, f16, With a really good macro such shoot a series of images. 400 ISO It’s another way of looking at things. as the 105 ml Nikon I use, you can Flower fundamentals Get involved and express your Some wonderful subjects for the move up to an inch or so away from If I am photographing a leaf or passion. Photo 3: use of a macro are the texture of your subject. flower in the garden, I grab a garden Once you get into the swing of Raindrops on a gum leaf [natural] bark, the smooth shiny surface of wet So once you have armed yourself hose, set the nozzle to a fine mist and things with your macro, it’s hard in Warrandyte State Park. river pebbles, rain drops poetically with a macro lens there are four main gently spray the subject. not to imagine that you are a giant, Nikon macro lens, 60th sec, f11, arranged on a gum-leaf, the human things to remember. After five seconds or so the mist peering through a window into tiny 800 ISO

Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 New homeware star rises in the west By JO FRENCH made sandals that this guy was making Although the Warrandyte store is a THERE ARE some new kids in the west in his garage in North Warrandyte, joint venture, Meg is the one to greet end of town, and they have flung open thinking how cool they were. you warmly as you venture in while their door to welcome us into a store “When we got older, we often Cath focusses on the Northcote store. filled with colour and life — perfect for discussed how amazing Pamela “I moved back to Park Orchards 18 this season and this time. Hipwell was… and what longevity — years ago with my boys,” says Meg, Douglas and Hope, a sister run 45 years [in business].” “and have raised my family there.” business, opened their Warrandyte Cath and Meg are looking forward “I love shopping local myself and store in June, bringing their beautiful to having an official opening when the locals have been — I couldn’t plants and pots, candles and cushions restrictions lift, and Pam’s is one name say anything short of amazing from to the West End. that will be on the VIP guest list. day one. Situated at 4/90-94 Melbourne Hill “Cath and I would love to meet her,” “Usually when we open a new store Road, Douglas and Hope are tucked says Meg. you get friends and family dropping in in behind Ruby Tuesday Jewellery “We always just have thought but my first day was more locals than we would like to do something in and next door to Ming’s Chinese anyone else — it is very exciting.” Restaurant — you can’t miss the bright Warrandyte — growing up here and being a local myself, I was constantly Meg and Cath take great joy in orange seats out the front, and if you sharing their love of all things creative happen to be walking your dog, there’s going into town to get presents … I and inspiring. somewhere safe to tie them up while just felt like we could offer something. you browse. “Cath is extremely creative when The window is filled with indoor Sisters Cath Hope and Meg Dunne it comes to sewing and Douglas and plants, with every possible shade of grew up in Park Orchards, spending Hope started with cushions and quilts, green catching the light, the shelves much of their teenage years in then it evolved itself into plants and are well stocked with colourful Warrandyte, sporting their latest find pots.” pots and homewares, and the racks from their favourite shop, Folk Art. Cath started Douglas and Hope 20 of ethical women’s fashion in the “We were heavily influenced by Folk years ago. doorway invites you to stop a moment Art in our teenage years — the early “The stores ran for close to 15 years and enjoy the feel of quality textiles 80s,” says Meg. in Fitzroy and The Block Arcade in the between your fingers. “We were getting around in our Folk city and during that time I worked for What are you waiting for? Art — I was really into the overalls and her … and we always discussed doing It’s time to venture in and say hello the tie die … walking around in hand a shop together. to Meg.

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Qualified Arborist @clancysgardencare warrandytevet.com.au 24 Warrandyte Diary JULY 2020 A galling issue for citrus tree health First identify “active” galls. refined petroleum oils with most of gardening If the gall is covered in tiny pin the sulfur compounds removed, or holes, the wasps inside have already produced from botanical sources hatched and gone. such as seeds of neem, cottonseed or By SANDI MILLER Look for swellings where the bark is soybean. still intact. Exposed pests like scales and aphids IF YOU HAVE CITRUS trees, you may are killed, but insects not in contact have noticed swollen galls on your Traditionally, galls are pruned out, cutting the affected limb well behind with the treated surfaces (like bees) grapefruit, lemon, lime or orange. are not affected. They are caused by citrus gall the gall. wasps (Bruchophagus fellis) — native However, in smaller trees you Give your trees an Overhaul Australian insects, which originated can lose all the most productive Another bio-friendly option in northern parts of Australia where branches this way. is Overhaul, kaolin clay (used in the native finger lime is the normal New advice is to instead, take papermaking and ceramics), which has host plant. secateurs, a sharp knife — or even a been used in broad-acre agriculture to However, the citrus gall wasp has also potato peeler — and, facing the blade reduce heat stress and sunburn in tree adapted to use introduced citrus trees away from your body, slice the top off and horticultural crops (e.g. tomatoes) as host plants and over the last decade one side of the active gall, or cut into for 18 years. or so they have found their way across the gall (slice it like a hot dog bun). An unexpected secondary benefit the whole mainland. This exposes the contents of the gall has become apparent: the fine coating The wasps have a one-year life cycle, (the larvae) to air, which kills them, of clay resulted in less insect damage spending most of their short lives without causing lasting damage to to crops. buried within the galls on citrus trees. the tree. It is believed that the clay works The small (about 2mm – 3mm) shiny The best time to do this is mid to in a variety of ways depending on black wasps are most active in spring late winter. the insect: repelling, reducing egg and summer, with the female laying a Just make sure you don’t ring-bark laying, impeding grasping, restricting Photos courtesy NSW Department of Primary Industries clutch of eggs into the bark of the soft the stem, as this will kill it. movement, altering behaviour, stems of citrus trees. Don’t prune in June inducing paralysis and mortality, and When the eggs hatch, the larvae Doing so unbalances the tree so that camouflaging the plant. burrow into the new growth. it has a larger root system area than Trials by the NSW Department As the larvae grow, the plant forms foliage area. of Agriculture in the Riverland and woody tissue around them, causing This causes the tree to try to restore Sunraysia have found it significantly swelling and the characteristic gall. the balance by growing vigorously in reduces the incidence of galls in their In spring, the adults hatch and the spring. citrus trees — both number and size of cycle continues. The vigorous spring growth results galls are reduced by up to 90 per cent. Once the wasp has emerged, it has in a flush of new foliage that the gall Using Overhaul on your citrus trees only 5 – 7 days to mate and then lay wasp prefers. will help reduce the incidence of gall up to 100 eggs under the green bark of Yearly pruning regimes, such as this wasp attack, in addition, its primary a citrus tree. perpetuates the cycle. function is to reduce heat stress in the Adult wasps normally do not move tree (the white clay reflects the heat). The “Prune in June” program is garden suppliers and nurseries with a Waiting until December to feed very far, but can be transported longer likely to result in a downward spiral This stops the shutdown of distances on prevailing winds or by photosynthesis and fruit drop in 500 gram pack lasting several years for citrus trees means that they remain of the tree over the course of several back yard gardeners. uninfected by the gall wasps. movement of infested branches or years until you are left with nothing response to heat stress, and allows the trees. tree to continue to grow and do well in Pesticides, sticky traps or insect Feeding citrus trees in February or but a stick. netting will affect pollinators as well March can result in a second flush of They usually re-infest the same tree, Most fruit trees are covered in fruit hot weather. or another one nearby. Just remember that by still as pest bugs, so resist using these new growth that is preferred by the (and possibly blossom) in winter, so it treatments. citrus leaf miner. While the galls generally won’t kill is another good reason not to “Prune photosynthesising, it will be using trees, they can seriously impact their water at a higher rate than if it had shut Feed in December This means that to avoid pests the in June”. only time to feed citrus in Melbourne vigour, reducing the size and yield of If you do prune off infected branches, down to prevent water loss, so water Avoid heavily fertilising trees in fruit, and causing growth to be weak the root zone well. is Late December and all of January. ensure you burn, soak under water, winter or spring. This may not be enough nutrients and spindly. cook in the sun in a sealed plastic bag Do not treat during flowering, This also results in a flush of new otherwise you may interrupt the action to see heavy fruiting in your trees, but Tackling gall wasp or deep bury the pruned galls. growth that the gall wasp prefers and it will restrict the insect infestations. Do not place untreated plant material of the insect pollinators. perpetuates the cycle. You may have heard the term “prune Spraying is best done in late spring, We are all in this together in June”, in relation to citrus gall. in the green waste as this will spread Unfortunately, citrus trees are heavy the wasps. with the first batch in September, feeders and require a lot of nitrogen Encourage your neighbours to However, there is new advice that then monthly at half strength, paying this increases new growth, which will Spray vulnerable new growth of rich nutrients. treat their citrus trees too, as the citrus trees with a horticultural oil in particular attention in November Without these heavy feeds, the leaves wasps could pop over from next door, make more possibilities for infestation when many wasps will be hatching. come spring. spring to disrupt the wasps egg laying. will go yellow and they may not be as undoing all your hard work when they Horticultural oil products are highly Overhaul can be found at many productive as heavily fed trees. move back in next year. Making a green recovery challenges and making our efforts to us a promising path to recovery from green edge respond more difficult. the social and economic shocks of the We see this right now in Vanuatu pandemic, while also restoring the and Fiji with Cyclone Harold, and in natural environments we depend on By CHARLOTTE STERRETT Bangladesh with Cyclone Amphan for all life. WarrandyteCAN — both examples of the destruction This requires us to reshape our that happens when climate-fuelled economy and our energy systems and extreme weather events and COVID-19 exports in ways that promise a bright collide. future for all Australians, and ensure Here in Australia, it’s a double that Australia plays its part in tackling disaster for bushfire-affected climate change and global poverty. communities, many of whom were It requires us to restore our natural already struggling to rebuild and environments — reversing the trend recover before COVID-19 hit. of massive deforestation that is killing So how do we recover from the tens of millions of native animals, COVID-19 and climate crises? wiping out endangered forest and According to WHO Director Maria woodlands, and contributing to “The coronavirus is just a fire drill for Neira: “We must embrace a just, global greenhouse gas emissions what is likely to follow from the climate healthy and green recovery and responsible for global warming and crisis… kickstart a wider transformation climate change. The only way forward is to create a towards a model that values nature as Our country abounds in sunshine world that leaves no-one behind.” the foundation for a healthy society.” and wind, and there are no economic —Lise Kingo, United Nations I agree. or technical barriers to developing PANDEMICS such as COVID-19 are But what should this recovery look a 100 per cent renewable electricity the result of humanities destruction like? system for use by all Australians — the of nature. To start we need to imagine a world barriers are only political. These aren’t my words, they are the that is socially just and environmentally Australia can choose to become a words of the United Nations and the safe — a place where humanity can powerhouse of low and zero-carbon climate change and bushfires to stop Sign on at: World Health Organisation. thrive. manufacturing, for example, green ravaging our nations forests, instead www.climateactnow. Logging and mining, intensive Our goal for a COVID-19 recovery steel (steel that is produced using choosing to re-green the nation by com.au and show your agricultural activity and expanding should not only support children, hydrogen from renewable sources restoring damaged environments and support for the Climate human settlements not only contribute their families and their communities’ rather than metallurgical coal), which reforesting. 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It may therefore be an appropriate distributions from trusts you should employer received JobKeeper The ATO has increased its focus on com.au Web: www. time to consider using the services of delay lodging your tax return until all payments for you as an eligible the tax gap of $8.4 billion between ptasaccountants.com.au Unique you: consciousness We’re going on a metacognitive to conscious cognitive How to re-wire your mind, changing wellness to symbolic output and vice versa. habits at the nonconscious level As thoughts cycle through the three The great discovery with levels they change and change the By MAREE ZIMNY neuroplasticity, is we now know the bear hunt! thoughts connected to them in a brain can be re-wired through new EVERY SNOWFLAKE is beautiful and dynamic interrelationship.” awareness, thoughts, and feelings and world, daily exercise was turned unique, and so too are you. Our brain is the responder to our repetition. eye spy into an adventure as young children You have something incredibly mind and goes through four levels It takes around 21 days of consistent headed out on a bear hunt. to process the minds information; practice to build long term memory, In Warrandyte, some of these bears special that no one else has in your DURING THE pandemic lockdown, family or the world and it is not just chemical, quantum, electromagnetic but it can take between 63–126 days to have stayed at their posts as we make it a habit. many households put out teddy your fingerprint. and genetic. bears at the end of their driveways, emerged from our isolation. Have you ever wondered why you From there the brain processes the Techniques: to brighten up the walks of young Hopefully they will not be needed are different from your siblings, even information and builds it into your Meditation, mindfulness, children. again as a threat of a second wave if you grew up together? cells, and then it instantly influences visualisation, hypnosis, focus, Stuck in our homes apart from hangs over our heads. Is this your heart, or your essence? all the cells in your body. daydreaming, studying, practice and the “four reasons” (work, supplies, If you have a bear still standing Yes and yes, but it is one more thing This is the brain-body connection. repetition and learning new things, can caring, or exercise), children quickly guard in your neighbourhood, send as well — conciousness. All our cells have memory all contribute to build the new mindset, became restless, so around the in a photo to the Diary. And it is because of these three belief, and programme. things that you are you, and why no We are more than our cells. With consistency and feeling the one else can ever be you. Acording to Dr Leaf, “the brain and successful completion of the desired So let’s investigate consciousness. the body are made of around 75–100 outcome first, the results will begin to With the gap between science and trillion cells and that is only one per show in your physical reality. spirituality bridging we are now cent of who you are as a human, so Elite athletes do this process. discovering they work best together 99 per cent of you, is the mind, it’s the If we look at a golfer, they imagine, when combining intellect with our ‘Unique You’”. visualise, and feel the feelings of the essence and heart. We all have a brain and similar ball getting right into the hole, some It allows us to change in so many physiology, but it’s how we use our even can smell the grass, feel the breeze. ways, some call it a miracle. mind that differentiates us from They engage all their senses. Today, modern science involves; everyone else. It’s the desired result with the feeling Neuroscience, Epigenetics, It is how you: of success you want to master. Feelings strengthen the process of Quantum Physics, Neuroplasticity • perceive things that make your and Spirituality. rewiring our brain and changes our body perform for you or against neurology more than words. Difference between the you. Imagination exercise mind and brain • love; it can affect your health, lack Imagine a ripe juicy lemon, you can According to Dr Caroline Leaf, (a of love for self and others could make you sick. pick it up, feel it, and even smell the best-selling author who holds a PhD skin of it. in Communications Pathology from • think, feel and choose is the Then imagine putting it onto a the University of Cape Town) and mind’s role, that gives you the chopping board, and getting a knife to her Geodesic Information Processing “I-factor”. slice open the lemon, the scent bursts Theory, there are three levels of According to Dr Leaf, it is the through, the juices drip around the thought: I-factor that makes you unique. board, and your fingers. • the non-conscious metacognitive Even identical twins will have their Then slowly bring a slice of lemon to level own unique view of the world, the your mouth to taste it. • the conscious cognitive level I-factor is what makes this possible. Now notice, how was your body • the Symbolic output level Your mind will delete, distort and responding, did you salivate, swallow, squish your face in response to tasting Level 1 processes about 400 billion generalise everything that comes through, either via the conscious or it? actions per second, 24/7. “As we embrace the emotion ahead of Level 2 processes about 2000 nonconscious mind. the environment, we are signalling the actions per second, when we are You will classify things differently gene ahead of the environment.” awake. to others, this can be based on how it — Dr Joe Dispenza Level 3 incorporates our five senses, made you feel, and what you thought We do things in life for the feeling it how we receive information and how of the event. gives us — love, satisfaction, joy and we express it. We see it all the time, in group happiness. Dr Leaf states on her website: situations, have you ever been to a Become a creator and leader of new “Thoughts cycle through the family reunion and you all recounted desires not a follower to old mindset three levels from non-conscious an experience differently? and beliefs. 26 Warrandyte Diary JULY 2020

Wine, wildlife and wilderness

angled turns around farm paddocks exciting new itinerary for two years a rocky headland to Cape Foulwind, Foodie havens advertorial 33 kilometers inland from the costal and am really proud to offer a tour one of many New Zealand landmarks We travel onwards along the inland town of Hokitika. of a special part of New Zealand with named by Captain Cook. Moutere Highway past apple, pear and That is the thing about the South experiences you won’t find anywhere Depending on which way the wind is kiwifruit orchards, berry farms, hop CAROLYN ALLEN from Island wilderness; it truly is as beautiful else.” blowing you might catch a malodorous fields and vineyards. as touted. Case in point is the lunch Pete’s whiff of the New Zealand fur seals Warrandyte Travel and We make a pit-stop at the oldest pub Yesterday, it was the aqua braids arranged at Moana’s Kingfisher which make home here. in New Zealand, the Moutere Inn, to Cruise, recently spoke with of the clear and fast Waimakariri Restaurant, where convivial locals The standout walk for me comes sample some of the country’s best craft GAYNOR MORGAN of River, inciting gasps of delight, as share their secrets for catching and halfway through the tour when we beers, the region’s ciders and wines are they were revealed at each of four cooking the West Coast delicacy, leave the highway far behind to cruise Grand Pacific Tours, to equally glorious. viaducts splicing five tunnels, along the whitebait fritters. into the heart of the Abel Tasman The Nelson region is synonymous most talked about part of the famous learn about New Zealand’s A more active coach tour National Park on the northern coast. with sunshine and good living and TranzAlpine rail journey. There is no road access to this coastal attracts talented artisans of food and South Island and the We had alighted at quaint Moana The other thing that is different treasure, it is either boat-in or walk-in drink, ceramics, glass and wood. treasures seldom seen on Station right alongside serenely with Top of the South Island is that it along the Abel Tasman Coast Track, All that creative energy is epitomised tour itineraries. beautiful Lake Brunner and its mirror decidedly targets a more active older one of New Zealand’s famed Great reflections of forested peaks across traveller. Walks. by the World of Wearable Art Museum, With travel restrictions slowly the water. The tour has been designed in Our leisurely cruise from Kaiteriteri displaying more than 60 award winners easing and travel bubbles The day before that, the stunning response to the growing number of traces this tropical-like coastline of from an annual costume competition that attracts designers from across predicted to be the next big teal of Akaroa Harbour entranced as us not-so-oldies who want a more sheltered coves, sparkling beaches we cruised the extinct volcanic crater, engaging experience of New Zealand’s and sandstone cliffs cloaked in lush the world. step towards international sailing into sea caves and beneath remarkable landscape and wildlife. native bush. If car design is more your thing, travel, travel agents across towering lava cliffs. Bus transfers are kept to a minimum, At Medlands Beach we disembark for check out the Classic Cars Museum right next door. Australia are predicting New All the more so when Hector’s with 1.5 hours the norm and the a 90-minute guided walk to Bark Bay dolphins began frolicking alongside longest journey, from Kaikoura to shaded by magnificent tree ferns that As we dine that night on local truffles, Zealand will soon be the and we were lucky enough to spot some Christchurch, a very scenic 2.5 hours open to blissful sea views. scallops, snapper, and sheep’s cheese, place to go. of the world’s smallest penguins, the taking in one of the finest coastal drives As cicadas hum and bellbirds sing, we devour a champion Seifried Gaynor recounts her White Flippered. in the world. our passionate guide fills us in on points Sauvignon Blanc, the local wine that We are following a new coach tour That means when the coach reaches of interest and sorts out our Manuka scooped its dominant Marlborough experience of New Zealand’s route that circles the top half of the exceptionally pretty places like from our Kanuka (native tea tree). neighbours in the 2019 New Zealand South Island. South Island from Christchurch. Kaiteriteri in the Nelson region there The track is still sturdy shoes, rather Wine of the Year Awards. In a first for New Zealand coach tour is time to wander its famous golden than hiking boots, territory and we Tastebuds piqued, the next day we It is the colour of the water that gets itineraries, Grand Pacific’s Top of the sands, linger over a latte or browse soon reach Bark Bay Falls where are excited to drive on over the hills me. South Island Tour is designed to get off boutique shops for gifts or treats. another swing bridge has us laughing to Havelock, at the head of Pelorus Today, the most vivid shade of the main tourist highways and venture There is time to enjoy four scenic as we wobble across to rejoin our vessel Sound, and into one of the world’s turquoise stops me in my tracks as we to idyllic hideaways like Lake Brunner walks along the 11-day journey. and cruise south to Anchorage. great wine regions, Marlborough. emerge from dense rainforest at the and the Hokitika Gorge on the West Most require less than an hour’s We are greeted there by a long golden Here, the climate and soils combine Hokitika Gorge swing bridge. Coast, Abel Tasman National Park in exertion to experience natural wonders beach and the wide smile of Darryl to produce exceptional white and red The river flowing by stark white rocks Nelson and the Marlborough Sounds. like the extraordinary Stack of Pancakes Wilson. wine varieties. below is as opaque and gleaming as a “These are the outdoor havens that rock formations and blowholes of His family have been welcoming More than 35 cellar doors intersperse thick coat of OPI [nail polish]. Kiwis themselves love to holiday in Westland’s Punakaiki (aka Pancake guests to this slice of heaven since 1841, row upon row of immaculate vines that It’s like nature just turned a light on. and some of my favourite spots in this Rocks) as they are pounded by the he tells us as he hosts a delicious BBQ traverse the Wairau Plains and rolling The colour is no less arresting spectacular country,” Grand Pacific relentless Tasman Sea. lunch on board. Awatere Valley. than the poster shot that compelled Tours Managing Director Peter Harding An hour’s drive north along the Most precious of all, there’s time to We head south to one of the more me to seek out this magical spot, tells me. wildly beautiful West Coast the next swim, stroll and sun bake and simply distinctive vineyards, Yealands Family following a wacky scenic route of right- “I’ve personally worked on this day reaches another short walk along be present in this magic moment. Wines. (cont. over) JULY 2020 Warrandyte Diary 27

This is Marlborough’s only coastal a crisp and aromatic Marlborough vineyard and, we learn from a video Riesling. introduction to our wine tasting, one All too soon our tour is homeward of the nation’s most committed to bound, heading south back to sustainable production. Christchurch, and today’s drive proves After a relaxed wine tasting, where to be the most scenic yet. we try one of the few tempranillos As we near our overnight destination grown in Marlborough, we embark on in the wildlife epicentre of Kaikoura, something quite extraordinary — the the highway runs right alongside the White Road Tour driving a bright white dazzling Pacific Ocean as it breaks limestone trail around the impressively endlessly on iron grey sands. vast Yealands Estate. Inland, green pastures rise to the Along with magnificent views to the stupendous Southern Alps. North Island and across the Awatere We readily spot hundreds of Valley to the Southern Alps and the chocolate brown NZ fur seals sprawling 2,885 metre ‘Tappy’ (aka Tapuae-o- atop kilometres of craggy rocks Uenuku), where Sir Edmund Hillary uplifted five metres from the seabed trained for Everest, we come across in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in chickens on insect control, Babydoll November 2016. sheep “mowers” grazing the vine rows, Occasionally, large pods of Dusky classical music playing to stimulate the Dolphins leap high above the waves vines and one of New Zealand’s largest solar power installations. close to shore. Back in central Blenheim we’re They, along with a year-round sperm treated to another standout wine whale population, congregate here tasting at Cloudy Bay Estate. because of the 3km deep Kaikoura We bypass the swish cellar door for Canyon just offshore that sustains a private tasting in the atmospheric a rich marine food chain, including barrel hall of the sparkling, sauvignon succulent crayfish (Kaikoura in Maori blanc, chardonnay and pinot noir the means crayfish). winery is esteemed worldwide for. Assured the chance of spotting a The royal treatment continues when whale is virtually guaranteed, we seize we board a luxury launch in nearby the opportunity for a scenic flight. Picton for a dinner cruise of the myriad Our pilot quickly locates a 16-metre coves of exquisite Queen Charlotte sperm whale as it surfaces and, Sound. enthralled, we circle the majestic As the light slowly ebbs on one of creature until it dives back into its New Zealand’s long summer nights, we feeding grounds. devour the fruits of the local seafood We, too, then must descend to earth, industry’s labour; the freshest of quietly contemplating yet another top salmon, Greenshell Mussels and of the south experience that has been Cloudy Bay Clams, partnered with nothing short of extraordinary.

We are open for business! Non contact delivery of domestic holiday ideas to suit every appetite. Email us: [email protected] or book online: www.warrandytetravel.com.au 28 Warrandyte Diary JULY 2020 They were students then… and (grand) parents now By TRACEY MAILE the new oval where the pine plantation WARRANDYTE IS such a close-knit used to be and the BAMPI [where the community, it is probably no surprise old shelter sheds and canteen once that even if young adults move away for stood]. a while, many end up renting or buying “The non-physical changes are in back into Warrandyte sooner or later. how children learn at school these At Warrandyte Primary School, it days, and how they are treated and turns out that quite a few of the current treat one another. students are actually the second, third “It’s most certainly changed for the or even fourth generation in their better, I think. family to attend the school. Eliza with Great Grandmother Eva “Kids have a lot more collaborative Darcy (age 9) is the third generation learning happening in the classroom. in his family to go to WPS. and was clearly a favourite for many “The school still has that great His dad Nik attended when he was students at the time, partly because it community spirit — and there’s the a boy, as did Darcy’s grandmother, seems that the yard duty teachers did free school bus!” Maypole 1940s Christine Vlasic (nee Bryson). not venture down there too often. Kate Riley told the Diary, “WPS is still All of them were taught at some stage Emma Gratton (nee Clark 1992–1998) the small, wholesome country school in the old stone building (currently the currently has two children at the that it was back when I attended. Prep and STEM classrooms). school, and is looking forward to when “Even without the old pine plantation, they will have the chance to play in the Similarly, Eliza in the Prep class of I love the natural bush setting and the school’s Bushband, which is still being 2020 has a long family association with big spaces in which kids can explore. run by Kevin O’Mara after 37 years. Warrandyte Primary School. “I loved the fact that when we came “I got to play the spoons and it was a Not only did her dad, Sam, go to the back with our children, there were still highlight of my Grade 6 year,” she told some familiar faces around. school in the 1990s, but her 90-year- the Diary. old great grandmother, Eva Laurie “Having long standing staff there “I also remember the swimming pool suggests it’s still a nice environment (nee Gallatly) also attended WPS from which seemed so deep as a Preppie and 1936 to 1943. to be in.” then by Grade 6 was shallow enough Emma Gratton added, “I think the The old stone building was the only that you’d scrape your fingers on the building, and she remembers it had a best part about WPS are the things that ground when doing freestyle. have actually remained the same. fireplace in those days. “During hot summer lunchtimes “The Christmas Carols at the outdoor The “bubs” (younger children) were we’d be allowed to jump in the pool stage overlooking the valley, the focus taught on one side, and the Form 6–8 in our clothes, then dry off in the sun Maypole dancers 1940s on open-ended play and student students on the other. or nick a spare shirt from the lost The only other structures at the property bin.” wellbeing, the connection to the school were the two shelter sheds — Sadly, the old school swimming pool broader Warrandyte community and one for the girls and one for the boys. had to be filled in back in the early the close teacher-parent relationships Some of the current parents who are 2000s when it started leaking and the are all a part of what makes it special. school Alumni recently spoke to the maintenance costs started to spiral out “We moved back to Warrandyte four Diary about what brought them back of control. years ago and never even considered when it came time to choose a school However, one of the swimming that our kids would go to any other for their own children. teachers at the time, Doreen Hennessy, school.” The school’s bush setting, its sense of while now happily retired, is still an The strong sense of community was community and the deep connections active and involved member of the important for Terri Fernando too. with the wider Warrandyte community, Warrandyte community. “We wanted a small school with a as well as the staff and the opportunities Terri Fernando (nee George 1984– great community feel for our own at the school were common themes 1990) only has wonderful memories children. amongst this group of parents. of her time as a student at the school. “I guess my very fond memories Swimming pool late 1960s We asked them what their memories “We had great teachers, and I got made it hard to choose anywhere else!” were of the school, when they were one of those coveted roles as a spoons Carmen Greenhill tried hard not students, and what were the biggest player in the Bushband too — we to let sentimental reasons affect her changes they noticed when they danced in colourful school productions judgment, “But in the end, the bush returned as parents. and had so much fun at school camps.” location was a big factor (sitting on top One of Kate Riley’s strongest Kathryn Khazour (nee Boyle 1985– of the hill, surrounded by the beautiful memories was being at the school 1991) said, “Art with Miss Farran was State Park) as well as the warm, caring during the 1991 bushfires in North always my favourite subject. and enthusiastic teachers. Warrandyte, with the students and “We’d make bowls or vases out of “One thing that really impressed us teachers being locked in the historic clay using the coiling method and when we attended the information stone building for hours until the all then she’d fire them in the school kiln evenings before our first child started clear was given. hoping they didn’t explode! school was Grade 6 students meeting She has very fond memories of the “We created a First Fleet mosaic wall, us at the gate, directing us to where dark and mysterious pine plantation I’m guessing in 1988, with Ms Farran we needed to go and engaging in (now the school oval and running and Gus McLaren. conversation with us. track). “It’s still there in the Music Room “It was great to see such confident The pine plantation was mentioned today. and friendly children, it really made an Mini parade the day by most of the parents interviewed, “The obvious physical changes are impression on us,” she said. before Festival The pines fort 1990s Warranwood puts new track through its paces By DYLAN SENDECKYJ That equates to 1,935kms travelled. IT WAS READY, Set, Go! That’s further than travelling from All students and teachers from Melbourne to Brisbane. Warranwood Primary School took part We hope to see our students continue in a Lapathon challenge on their new to keep striving to reach their own quick-dry running track. personal fitness goals. Each class ran, jogged or walked laps It is particularly tough to maintain to see how many laps the school could complete in a week. your fitness goals over the winter With a grand total of 10,754 the months, so make sure you get outside students and teachers were thrilled at when the weather lets you — and keep their results. moving!

Hanging laps Exhausted after their “marathon” effort JULY 2020 Warrandyte Diary 29 Engineers at work Anderson’s Creek goes online By ANNE HIBBERT shaped roller coaster with the marble By AMANDA CALLAWAY AFTER WEEKS of working in isolation, travelling from horn to tail. STAFF AT Anderson’s Creek Primary the Grade 5/6 students at Anderson’s Paige said, “It was a challenging School (ACPS), are delighted that Creek Primary School have embraced experience which has tested my limits. students have transitioned back to the team challenge of building the most “I really enjoyed designing the model school smoothly after remote learning. impressive Marble Run. and working with my friends.” Foundation teacher and coordinator, Small groups worked collaboratively Sophie said, “There are so many Ms Anna Verga said, “It is wonderful to to design and build paper roller coasters possibilities and it is so much fun hear the excitement in the classrooms for marbles. testing out what works and what does and playground as students reconnect Using their STEM skills, [Science, not. with their friends”. Technology, Engineering and “We have learnt that if we work Foundation students Olive and Joey Mathematics], the groups experimented together, we can solve any problems shared their reflections on returning to ensure the stability of their structures. we come across.” to school. Students created a variety of Henry observed that it has been a “I love being back at school,” said elements, such as turns, spirals and great way to make new friends in his Joey. funnels, and increased the complexity first weeks at Anderson’s Creek Primary Olive said, “I like school because you of their courses. School. can learn”. Following the engineering process, “It is a good way to be creative and Whilst the school has settled they conducted tests and improved on expand our knowledge. back into learning, the COVID-19 their initial designs. “If you want a job in engineering and restrictions have generated new ideas Underpinning the challenge was a design, this is a good place to start,” around how to promote programs and cooperative learning approach which he said. run school tours. supported all students to experience Alysha Buzzini, one of the Grade The school has gone online and is success and test their skills as 5/6 teachers, noted the importance of making information sessions available. engineers. collaborative group work for allowing The sessions will feature a school tour Inspired by the class text study on the students to reconnect after the video and provide the opportunity to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s extended period of remote learning. meet and ask questions to Principal, Stone, one group designed their marble This task was definitely one which Sue Dyos and Acting Assistant run based on a Quidditch field. allowed students to push their creativity Principal, Jake Laurie. Another team was pushed to their and design skills in creating impressive In addition, further information will be covered about the school including, creative limits by creating a unicorn roller coasters. the school mission, an overview of programs, facilities and insights into 2021 and beyond. Interested families are invited to join the online information sessions and video tour. The dates and times are as follows: July 14, 6pm–7pm and July 21, 7pm– 8pm. which commences with Storytime in The ACPS Storytime sessions will To express an interest in taking part Term 3. run on a weekly basis, every Friday in the online information sessions, Ms Verga will run the program and afternoon, from 2:30pm–3:15pm, until families can contact the school via said, “becoming familiar with the staff August 14. email at andersons.creek.pa@edumail. and new school environment can help In addition, special packs will be vic.gov.au or call 98442757. ease anxiety and provide a smoother Registered families will receive login transition to starting school.” delivered to local kinders so interested details closer to the date. “It also fosters new friendships and families have access to fun art/craft The school prides itself on delivering introduces the children to an early activities, key information about ACPS a comprehensive transition program, Literacy program.” and a video of the school.

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By BRIONY WYLDE games are in a safe and controlled launch the resumption of play as League teams may be able to see some Warrandyte Basketball Association environment, whilst adhering to quickly as possible, once permitted by sort of a season, however that may look. WARRANDYTE Basketball Association government, Basketball Victoria and the State Government and Basketball Many adjustments to the format is working actively behind the scenes venue management requirements. Victoria. of competition are highly likely, for to prepare and pave the club’s pathway So where to from here? At this stage, it appears that the 2020 example shorter training sessions and back to basketball, after the Victorian Without a doubt, COVID-19 has Winter season could resume at the start game times to allow for sanitation Government publicly announced the created a fundamentally challenging of Term 3 and run for a 10 week period. requirements before and after games, easing of restrictions to allow a return to and dynamic environment and the Likewise, the representative Victorian limitations upon the number of patrons training and competition as of Monday, priority is for the safety and wellbeing Junior Basketball League has indicated allowed in venues, and the recruitment June 22, subject to venue management of WBA members and the broader a recommencement of the 2019/2020 of Biosafety Officers to help implement opening stadiums and Basketball community. season as of Friday, July 17. the return to basketball health and Victoria approval. At this stage, WBA continue to plan However, WBA is awaiting clarification safety protocols. Whilst clarification around the the return based on venues being able around how the remainder of this Although WBA is still awaiting resumption of training and competition to be opened. season will proceed. confirmation upon any return just protocols are still being sought, During this suspension period And with drastic effects to the majority yet, it should be said that the club WBA have developed a COVID safe the domestic Eastern District Junior of the 2020 BIG V season, Basketball and committee are excited with the Return to Basketball Training and Basketball Association league, has Victoria is floating different ideas and prospect of resuming our sport and Competition Plan to ensure the continued to undertake pre-season options on how best 2020 can be rescued are committed to giving WBA members resumption of training sessions and preparation in order to be able to so that the Venom Senior and Youth every chance to play again. Are you ready to head back to the gym? sanitiser and paper towels that are Some studies show significant Ease back into it Why am I so sore? for wiping down equipment after you decline in muscle mass, physical To prevent this, the recommendation Common aches and pains have many use it. function, strength, aerobic capacity, is to ease back into your exercise routine. causes and are not always the result Gyms must adhere to health and metabolic function in as little as Consider reducing your intensity of injury. recommendations to reopen. 10 days of inactivity. or load to 70–80 per cent of your pre- Also, complete rest isn’t always the Class areas will be marked up with When we are inactive, our body pandemic efforts for a few weeks. best way to manage them. tape to ensure people keep their adapts to the lack of exercise. If you’re used to doing a 50kg bench This is particularly the case for distance. Restarting activity too quickly risks press, consider starting at around 35kg common problems such as back pain. Going to a sweaty, people-filled injury. and building gradually from there. Many of us think we should lie on the gym might be a bit daunting for some, What are the risks? Same with Lat Pulldowns, if you’re couch if we have a sore back. while others are straight back on the used to doing 80kgs, then look at doing While deconditioning can be rapid, But it is often safe and beneficial to treadmill and booking in their first 50 as a starting point. reconditioning the body is slower. continue some activity within your group class. I’d also recommend you set realistic limits while your body heals. However, before we pick up the We all know it is harder to get fit goals to allow your body to adjust and to than become unfit! If you do feel pain throughout or after dumbbells once again, we might need focus on re-establishing healthy habits exercise, recognise, in many cases, to be cautious. Upon returning to the gym we and routine. might feel like our muscles are your body will heal quickly with no During the pandemic, many of us As you ease back into exercise, it is wise lasting problems. have been more sedentary and those of “tighter” and we’re breathing more to acknowledge everything happening heavily. It’s normal for back pain and muscle fitness us working from home have missed out in your life. strains to take a few weeks to resolve. on incidental exercise such as walking We may also feel that our joints Our physical responses to exercise are are stiff, or that we reach our pain However, if your pain gets By CHRIS SHARP to the bus stop or train station. influenced by a range of factors. increasingly worse over a few days, get When we exercise less, our physical threshold well before we used to. Poor sleep, stress, nutrition, alcohol These are all normal signs that it checked out by a health professional. IF YOU’VE EMERGED from isolation condition declines, which may intake, our history of exercise and Remember, the benefits of exercise should improve after a few workouts carrying extra Coronavirus kilos you’re increase the risk of injury. many other factors can affect our body’s far outweigh the potential risks when or over several weeks. not alone. So how can we return to the gym response and risk of injury. getting back into the gym. But engaging in high-intensity To the joy of many, indoor gyms safely? For example, you could lower your Your enthusiasm just needs to be are reopening across Australia as movements or increasing loads too Deconditioning: what is it? expectations for a workout if you’ve had tempered with a realistic view of your Coronavirus restrictions ease. quickly can be a risk for injury. poor sleep recently. current condition, not the memory of They officially reopened in Victoria Humans are bioplastic. People might assume they can Fatigue can lead to poor focus and is your ability three months ago. on June 22 after a three-month lock- That means we respond to what we jump back into pre-pandemic linked with a higher risk of injury. I have got to say I feel so energised down. do with our bodies. exercise without considering the Sleeping well is also important for being back training at this fantastic To reopen, all gyms must adhere to Usually, our body responds reduced capacity of their body. recovery from fatigue caused by exercise. new facility and lifting weights again. health recommendations including positively to exercise: we get fitter Research has found novice Many people’s sleep patterns, I hope this has inspired you and physical distancing, hygiene, contact and stronger, and our mental and exercisers and those with lower including my own, have changed allayed some fears. tracing, illness, and employer’s duty physical health improves. activity before starting gym-based recently as they’ve worked from home Look forward to seeing of care. When we stop being active, our exercise are more likely to experience or been under added stress. 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New opportunities at Eltham Tennis Club Scotty James claims Snow By JAMES POYNER Junior members, which often means “It will also add to the attractiveness THREE NEW multi-purpose courts will the club has to hire courts from nearby of our club for new and existing Australia’s highest honour be constructed at the Eltham Tennis Warrandyte and East Doncaster tennis members, especially for juniors who Club facility in Andrew Park, Eltham. clubs so all their Junior teams can love hard courts,” said Wayne. BY JOSH HUNTLY The all-ability courts will create participate in Saturday competition. Evolution Futsal Manager Adam AFTER another stellar snow season sporting opportunities for disabled “Access to quality local facilities like Jones, said he was presently unaware for the Wizard of Warrandyte, Scotty and able-bodied athletes and will be this will encourage more of our young of the project works but welcomed the James capped off his campaign suitable for sports such as tennis and people to take up sports such as tennis opportunity to add a venue in Eltham, with yet another career accolade, futsal. and futsal and help the club increase where his club can play. winning Snow Australia’s Athlete Nillumbik Mayor, Councillor Karen its membership,” she said. “We always like to hear about new of the Year for a record fourth time. Egan told the Diary about how the Edendale Ward Councillor, John opportunities like this for futsal to This accolade makes James the project is being funded and of their Dumaresq said the club was a great expand in the Eltham area. first person in Snow Australia potential future use with completion part of the Nillumbik community. “We currently run some outdoor history to obtain a quartet of AOTY expected to occur later this year. “I am pleased that Nillumbik Shire futsal competitions on this type of awards, and he claimed the award “The $1.4 million project, funded by has received a substantial grant pitch over summer and it’s certainly as a joint-winner with world #1 towards an upgrade to the club’s the Growing Suburbs Fund (managed one of the most enjoyable formats for aerial skier Laura Peel, who he also facilities. by the Department of Environment, the players. shared the award with in such a Land, Water and Planning), to “On behalf of the community I would manner back in 2015. like to thank the State Government “Evolution Futsal would like to construct three new courts at the discuss the use of the courts when they The Warrandyte local led a Eltham Tennis Club is anticipated to and Eltham MP Vicki Ward for their are completed. successful X-Games title defence be completed late 2020/early 2021. continued support of sport in the and was victorious at the Copper “The courts will be built next to Shire,” he said. “I believe we could run a very enjoyable competition/program Mountain Half-Pipe, with three the club in Andrew Park and will be The Diary also spoke with Eltham World Cup Gold Medals rounding managed by the Eltham Tennis Club Tennis Club coach Wayne Askwith there,” said Adam. With court construction taking place out a superb season on the as part of the rest of the centre. about the opportunities these new snowboard for the 25 year-old. “The existing courts will remain open courts will offer. adjacent to the current courts, there should be minimal disruption to an James adds the award to a cabinet as normal during this time. “We’ve never had hard courts before, already containing the Australian already disrupted tennis season for “Two of the three courts will be so that adds to the variety of tennis Institute of Sports Male Athlete of Eltham Tennis Club. surfaced with cushioned plexi- surface available for members and the Year he collected in December, Councillor Egan also told the Photo: SALLY-ANNE WILSON pave and will be fully accessible for court hirers to choose from and get as he continues to solidify his spot wheelchair tennis and futsal,” she said. experience with. Diary Nillumbik Council is currently as one of Australia’s greatest winter Scotty James The additional courts will also be a “Importantly it will allow us to offer contacting groups who might be able sportsmen. 2018 Korean Winter Olympics valuable asset for Eltham Tennis Club, wheelchair tennis for the first time in to make use of the new courts, once whose 400 members, including 80 our club’s long history. they are finished. JULY 2020 Warrandyte Diary 31 No Senior competition at Warrandyte in 2020 By JOSH HUNTLY get a feel of how they’re going because THE EASTERN Football Netball we’ve got guys that are 17 and 18 up to League (EFNL) announced, in a joint guys that are in their mid to late 30s, so statement with the Northern Football everyone’s been affected differently Netball League on June 3, that there by footy being cancelled.” would be no Senior competition in With this, the club’s leadership the 2020 season due to the ongoing group has implemented several Coronavirus situation. strategies. “The EFNL & NFNL Boards endorsed “The virus has given everyone a the recommendation from league lot of grief and it’s up to us to stay management to cancel all Senior connected,” said Mr Cullum. football (including Seniors, Reserves, “Every person in the leadership Veterans and Under 19s) for both group will have about 15 players that men’s and women’s competitions. they’ll be responsible for and they’ll “The EFNL has also cancelled its have their own group chat, even if it netball season, whilst both the EFNL is just to organise a coffee or brekky and NFNL will push forward with their or a run along the river, or a kick of season 2020 Junior competitions.” the footy. Whilst this is not the news a hungry “We just want people to stay Bloods team wanted to hear, the Junior connected even though we’re not contingent is excited to see some play playing footy. this season (see story below). “A footy club is like a big family and This marks the first time since 1949 in times of crisis you can rely on your that Warrandyte will not play a season, big family and that’s why we want according to Warrandyte Football people to stay together, whether it’s on Club: A One Hundred Year History by Zoom or a podcast or on the phone.” Noel Taplin and Lee Tindale. Club sponsors have also been hit More than half the season has already particularly hard by the economic been lost due to suspension of play and impact of Coronavirus and Mr Smith a potentially shortened season was says now more than ever is the time not seen as financially viable by the to get behind local business. EFNL board. “We want to ensure we continue The survivability of all clubs was at the forefront of the decision said our players, coaches, volunteers and community, but not at the expense explore their opportunities because it supporting our valuable sponsors league CEO Troy Swainston in a spectators,” Mr Smith told the Diary. of people’s health and wellbeing,” he would be no different if they finished through this period via our social statement issued by the EFNL. Another consequence of the said. a season and they decided that networks,” he said. “Clubs expressed concerns about cancellation is the postponed debut of A season cancellation can be a Warrandyte Football Club is not for “We also want the wider community their financials, player numbers, Warrandyte’s inaugural netball teams crushing outcome for many football them.” to support local business through this committees, older volunteers, crowd who were due to compete in the EFNL’s clubs but Mr Cullum is optimistic While Mr Cullum understands difficult time. restrictions and their inability to senior netball competition. the club will continue to survive, and players may seek to have a kick While the doom and gloom of a manage crowds at open public spaces. It remains to be seen what thrive, in the seasons ahead. elsewhere in 2020, if the chance allows, lost season is weighing heavily on “We must make decisions based on the immediate economic and “I think there will be a lot of changes he expects that those players will find many people’s shoulders, there is a what is best in both the short and the organisational impact will be on that come as a result of this, but I think themselves back at Warrandyte come silver lining in a renewed focus in long-term. Warrandyte, and Mr Smith says they the club is in a good position in terms 2021. club development and infrastructure, “The information we have gathered will not have a clear picture until the of being set up well from a financial “All I’d say is in the unlikely situation including the introduction of the from our clubs together with the latest conclusion of the pandemic. perspective and administratively it’s that other comps do go ahead and a clubs fourth team — the inaugural medical advice, has determined that “As we now look to season 2021 run really well. player leaves, I think we’ll just expect Warrandyte Women’s Senior football cancelling the senior football and the club will continue to monitor the “Optimism is what we have to look that they return for season 2021. side. netball competitions in 2020 is the only community and state recovery and for in times of struggle and it’s that “We understand that players want to “With the season cancellation, this viable option. what this means for the club and how optimism that breeds good feelings kick the footy around and all power to now provides some time to evaluate “The health and safety of the we adapt.” amongst the players, the committee them but we’ve put in a good program the introduction of our first WFC community and club and league After a strong pre-season with high and the supporters. to keep people around and we’ve got Women’s team for 2021. sustainability have always been our training numbers and a swag of new “You stick together in the hard times great people at our footy club.” “In collaboration with our Junior top priorities,” he said. recruits, the announcement comes as and it makes the good times even The cancellation of local football has committee we have started this Warrandyte President Jason Smith a hammer blow to the Bloods. better. put a spotlight on mental health and process and will soon seek interest echoed the sentiment, stating that The club’s depth was bolstered “I’m really optimistic about season Mr Cullum is aware of the emotional both within the club and wider while it is a blow for the club, it is a after several key departures from 2021, I think we’ve got a good playing impact of losing the game, for however community which we are really necessary decision in the interest of last season’s squad and now they, group with good things ahead of it,” Mr temporary the length is. excited about,” said Mr Smith. along with the entire player base, Cullum told the Diary. “Having that chat about mental public health, with a resurgent number A bright future for the back oval of cases continuing to sweep Victoria. administration and supporters will With 30 Victorian leagues calling it health is really important and “There has certainly been an element look to 2021 for the club to get on the quits in 2020, it seems unlikely that nowadays it’s getting the airtime it The Warrandyte Reserve lights of uncertainty for some time leading park again. there will be any local football to should. program is also slated to be complete up to the season cancellation and Club Captain Michael Cullum was participate in this season but with “There’s guys that would be hating by March 2021, which would allow although this brought disappointment hopeful but realistic about the chances neighbouring leagues AFL Outer the fact they can’t play. potential night games to take place. to many, health was always our main for the season to go ahead. East and VAFA yet to make a call, the “Their week’s effected, there’s no Despite no football for Warrandyte priority. “I was quietly hopeful but not question of player movement is an structure on a Tuesday and Thursday, in 2020, there is still much to look “As the COVID-19 situation evolved confident, I wanted the season to go undeniable one. missing that social connection, some forward to for the Bloods and at a rapid rate, WFC continued to ahead but not at all costs. “I can see some players exploring are struggling. those involved with Warrandyte work closely with the EFNL and AFL “Footy is amazing and great for options and that’s ok,” said Mr Cullum. “(I’ve) been trying to stay in touch Football Club will hold tight until the to ensure the health and safety of the people we play with, and the “I think that you can’t not let people with as many blokes as possible just to commencement of the 2021 season. Day set to star on national stage Juniors footy By JOSH HUNTLY Photo: ARJ GIESE SOPHIE DAY’S cricketing journey has taken her from Warrandyte gets go ahead cricketer, talented Premier League all-rounder and now to a place among By JOSH HUNTLY • Spectators for training and the game’s elite as a squad member of competitions must abide by the Victorian Women’s Cricket team. WARRANDYTE JUNIOR Football Day’s transition to state cricketer Club’s season is set to go ahead public gathering restrictions — spectators should be in groups was confirmed on June 24 when after the Yarra Junior Football League Victoria released their 2020/2021 confirmed play will return on July 12. of no more than 10 people in open, outdoor venues and squad, and the former Warrandyte Despite the demise of most Senior star will take her place at the state’s sport, loosened restrictions have spread out around the ground or venue. top level, after several good seasons paved the way for Junior sport to for the Plenty Valley Cricket Club make its long-awaited return. • Spectators must keep 1.5 meters apart. in the Victorian Premier Cricket Full squad training has resumed in competition. the lead-up to the shortened season • Gathering limits will not apply to participants and Day will be linking up with multiple and Warrandyte Reserve has seen Australian superstars such as skipper the eager return of Bloods Juniors. those reasonably necessary to conduct the training or Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry in a Play will resume under guidelines talented Vic squad. set out by Return to Play Protocols competition (umpires, coaches, et cetera). In recent Premier Cricket seasons, issued by AFL Victoria, such as: Day has cemented herself as a key • Full-contact training and full- Warrandyte have 13 teams in the batsman for the Plenty Valley Bats contact competition resumption YJFL competition with seven teams with 1,070 runs in four seasons but for people 18 years and under playing at home this Sunday, with her talents as a spin bowler yielded 42 without any limit on the number of all 12 rounds of the home and wickets at an average of 24, confirming participants, although gathering away season finished by Sunday, her status as reliable all-rounder. rules apply to spectators. September 27 for an October Before her time in Premier Cricket, • For people 18 years and under, Grand Final. Day, the daughter of Warrandyte Day on her way to a match winning 40, Dec 2018 Plenty Valley vs Box Hill groups of 20 are no longer As we go to press, fixtures from Cricket Club legend Cameron Day, relevant and full squads can train Rounds 2–12 have not yet been took the field for the club on numerous Day is one of five new signings for the start of the WNCL will be affected together. released. occasions, from Under 16s through to the Victorian squad and with no word by Coronavirus, she is expected to the clubs 3rd XI. yet from Cricket Victoria on whether begin training shortly in preparation. Warrandyte Diary JULY 2020