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Welcome to the May edition of The Section Page Waterline News. President: Les Ridge Vice President: Neroli Heffer Advertisers index 36 Secretary: Sandy Ridge This edition has been produced with some Arts, Books & Writing 30-31 difficulty, caused by unforeseen [email protected] Bass Coast Post in print 24 circumstances. Treasurer: Lester Harris Book Reviews 32 General Committee Members: Community Notes, Directory, Apologies in advance for anything that Margaret Boyer, Lucy Cirona, and Community Centre updates 6-12 didn't make it, and there were a number of Roger Clark, Darrell Egan, Greg Miller Community Spirit 22 and Betty Young. reports not received, but I can only wait so Contact Details 5 long before the commitment to space is Entertainment & Lifestyle 16-17 made. The Grantville Business & Community Environment 33 Association Committee met earlier this Focus on…. Our people - Obituary 19 Community is always the first consideration month and reports the official Food 18 when prioritising what space is given to incorporation has now been completed. French Island News 20-21 each segment. Gardening & Outdoors 35 As soon as bank accounts have been sorted Greg Hunt’s news 25 I am always looking for balance and make a out, which will probably have happened by Health & Lifestyle 13-15 strong commitment to ensuring there is the time this reaches print, finances will be History 26-29 something in each edition for everyone to consolidated and the two former entities Markets, Op Shops and local Halls 9 read. will be merged into the new group. Philosophy, Trivia & Quiz 23
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The Waterline News May 2018 Page 5 Community Notes CORINELLA Membership is $10 family. CORONET BAY RATEPAYERS AND We would love you to join us, meetings NEIGHBOURHOOD RESIDENTS always finish with a social "cuppa and WATCH ASSOCIATION cake" and a friendly chat. Great opportunity Chairperson: to connect with others in your community Ivan Bradshaw and make new friends. P: 5678 0663 2018 Committee Lyndell Parker, Treasurer President. Wayne Maschette. Email: [email protected] Vice President. Peter Tait. Facebook: Secretary. David Laing. Coronet Bay Neighbourhood Watch Treasurer. Lyndell Parker General Committee Member. We have a GREAT UPDATE from our John Stewart. March meeting, when we heard the disturbing news that Police face difficulties On 7 April, Corinella hosted the launch of On behalf of the CRRA Committee. apprehending lawbreakers due to their out- the "Luminous Galleries" lighting up our President: Jean Coffey 0419 500 593 dated radio communication system, which towns, the last stage of the Regional Arts Secretary: David Pearce 0401 514 339 can be overheard by anyone via an easily Victoria grant project won by The Edge of We will be holding a Winter Solstice available app for mobile phones, etc. Us. All 5 Waterline towns officially Festival of Light on the weekend of 22-24 "turned on" their clusters of June. The magic of light on the darkest After contacting local and federal MPs and permanent LED ground lights displaying night of the year will be on display along local councillors, we have heard from ALP temporary artworks designed and made the street and on the water. Let us know candidate for Bass, Jordan Crugnale, that by very hard working creative local now if you would like to be involved. our State ALP Government are delivering a residents. All Tenby Point residents are welcome to regional digital radio rollout. To quote from Corinella's display was designed by former join our association. Membership is just the website of our Premier Daniel Andrews, mayor Jordan Crugnale and created by $10 per household per year. “Police and emergency services in regional Jordan and children from grades 5&6 Bass Victoria will have access to the state’s Valley Primary School. Corinella put on a CORONET BAY digital radio network from 2018”…“new magic day as the preparations took place RATEPAYERS & digital radios for Victoria Police are being and as the evening descended a glorious RESIDENTS acquired and progressively rolled out across sunset cast a glow over the beautiful ASSOCIATION the state. Once the roll out of devices is setting. some 300 people (rough guess), completed, the network will be encrypted there were a lot, who were delighted by the 2018 Committee and police radios in rural areas will be as view from the Corinella Foreshore Rotunda President: David Buckingham secure as those in metropolitan areas” … over the pier brought to life with a visual Vice President: Kevin Brown “an encrypted network will mean that feast of colourful light sculptures, Secretary: Stephanie Hartridge communication between police can no the French Island barge alight with Treasurer: Louise Gration longer be heard by criminals or members of colourful lights and the SUP sisters also General Committee Members: the public”. See the full report here: glowing with lights and more lights. Mel Gration and Mark Hanrahan https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/regional- Kutcha Edwards and children from grades 3 Secretary Combined Community Group, emergency-services-switch-on-to-digital- & 4 entertained us in song and on it went Sue Quartermain 0408 290923 radio/ with wonderful recitations of history and or email [email protected] song. It was a wonderful, magical night. We have a Queen’s Birthday Raffle. Thankyou to all the wonderful locals who Tickets only $1 from Coronet Bay Store have brought this project to life and each 1st $150 basket of food and goodies month we will all get to enjoy another feast donated by F&M Services - Handyman of creativity by individual artists or Mob 0449 004 324 groups as the gallery changes on the 2nd $50 voucher donated by Mario’s first Saturday of each month. looking Restaurant San Remo. forward to seeing what local artist Lisa 3rd Car boot divider. Burrell creates with her exhibition entitled Drawn at June 18 meeting. "Net The CRRA committee and members Next meeting: Monday June 18 with worked hard assisting in the set up and Bruce Kent from San Remo Police clean up of the Launch night, and we are Starts 7pm sharp, Coronet Bay Hall, Fred looking forward to working with other Gration Reserve. All welcome. community groups on joint projects in the near future. A Social "Casserole and Other meeting dates for your diary: Movie" night is in discussions with the Jul 9, Aug 13, Sep 10, Oct 8, Nov 12 Corinella and District Community Centre in a couple of months, as we are keen to For Emergencies call 000 (24hrs) help other groups with their fundraising. Domestic Violence 1800 015 188 (24hrs) The CRRA is about community sharing and caring for, and with each other. The next meeting of the CRRA is on 2 June at 10am at the Community Centre.
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PIONEER BAY PROGRESS Rhyll Community Association Inc. ASSOCIATION Secretary: Contact : Cheryl Overton 0427 680 483 Zena Benbow www.u3abassvalley.com [email protected] (PO Box 142 Grantville 3984) The 2018 committee is: Chairperson : Mark Dunbar No report this month Deputy Chair :Geoff Guilfoyle ______Secretary : Christine Holmes Copies of The Waterline News are now Treasurer : Beverly Walsh available at the Rhyll General Store each FRUIT CAKES General Committee Members: month. Vicki Clark and Sue Dunbar.
Rhyll Community Association Inc. U3A BASS VALLEY - 2018 C/- Rhyll Post Office ENROLMENT Rhyll. 3923 If you are interested in joining your local U3A community, Bass Valley is now President: Judy Lawrence AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE offering the following activities for 2018: Vice President Carmen Bush A limited number of Art for Pleasure Secretary: Lions Christmas Cakes are available for Book Club Cheryl Overton 0427 680 483 purchase throughout 2018 Creative Writing 1.5kg - $16.00 (RRP $17) Gardening, Meetings are Bimonthly (1st: 3rd: 5th 7th 1kg - $12.00 (RRP $13) Get Creative 9th 11th month) on the 3rd Saturday Ideal for Decorating, Local History (new) and are held in the Rhyll Hall, Lock Road Birthdays, Anniversaries, Movie & Theatre Appreciation, at 10.00 am Christmas in July Tai Chi for Arthritis, All Welcome. Travel & History Call Lyn on 0416024356 Welding Rhyll Slipway is an active place to be in To arrange pick up or delivery An Annual Subscription of $30 per person Autumn and Spring, when boats are slipped will cover as many U3A Bass Valley in for maintenance. classes as you may wish to attend, subject New Members are welcome. New Series to availability. For more information, please contact either Current members of other U3A groups Noel 0407 095 690 or Bill 0427 680 483 may join U3A Bass Valley for $15 per Think annum as an associate member, which will Bass Coast Branch of National Trust. About cover as many classes that you may wish If you are interested in joining the Bass to attend, subject to availability. Coast Branch of NTAV, meetings and It !!!! activities, contact Mary-Lu Burt for information. [email protected] or visit the NTAV website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/vic
We had a very successful day on 28 April, 2018 and would like to say Thank You to everyone who supported us and came along for the Day Tour. TAI CHI FOR ARTHRITIS Rhyll Tennis Club: Hosted by Vicki Clark The courts are available for hire for non- Held at Coronet Bay Community Hall members at a cost of $15 an hour with a $5 Gellibrand Street key deposit. Every Tuesday 9:30 am - 10:30 am Bookings can be made at the Rhyll General Store. 5956 9205 Other U3A Groups in the Waterline Cheryl Overton 0427 680 483 News area are at: Cowes (Pical) Phone 5952 1131 and Experienced and Qualified Teacher Wonthaggi Indonesian/English Years 7-12. http://www.u3awonthaggi.org.au V.I.T Registration Ph: 03 5672 3951 phone Kerry 040810299
The Waterline News May 2018 Page 7 Community Directory Send us your Community Group Cowes Table Tennis Group Phillip Island Patchworkers Notices by 1st each month Social play, coaching available. Meet on a Monday night from 7.30. [email protected] Barbara Parrott 0425 885 834 Contact - Lyn Duguid 0427 593 936 Artists’ Society of Phillip Island Email: [email protected] 56-58 Church Street Cowes Grantville & District Ambulance Auxiliary For more information http://aspi-inc.org.au/ Contact - Shelly 0417 593 497 Phillip Island Senior Citizens Club Phone bookings 5952 2973 Australian Red Cross Grantville Business & Community Association Email [email protected] Woodleigh Vale Branch Secretary Sandy Ridge [email protected] Contact Sheila Campbell 5 678 8210 Phillip Island Squares Grantville & District Foreshore Committee Square Dancing, Bass Valley Community Hall. Bass Coast Community Baptist Church Contact: Barbara Coles Bass School Rd, Minister - Barry MacDonald 5995 3904 Email: [email protected] Contact: Carol 5952 5875 OP SHOP Mon-Saturday (Judy) 0498 350 634 Grantville Recreation Reserve Committee Pioneer Bay Progress Association Bass Coast L2P Learner Driver Mentor Pat Van 5997 6221 Zena Benbow [email protected] Program Wonthaggi Leanne Tilley 5672 3731 or 0467 590 679 Grantville Tennis Club Inc. Probus Club of Corinella and District Contact Pat Van 5997 6221 First Wednesday of each month at the Bass Bass Coast Strollers Hotel. Contact Liz Hart 5678 0346 Kernot Uniting Church Contact Heather Reid 0421 012 519 Website: http://basscoaststrollers.org/ 1040 Loch-Kernot Road, Kernot Rob Parsons 0402 852 300 Contact Secretary Judy Hogan 0422 094 903 Bass Friends of the RSL Probus Club of San Remo Secretary Trish Thick 5678 1071 or 0409851599 Lang Lang Bowling Club Second Monday of the month (except January) Ian Painter 5997 6554 M: 0419 646 040 10am at the Newhaven Public Hall. Visitors Bass Valley Community Group Email: [email protected] Welcome. Monday - Friday 5678 2277 Enquiries: Bob Andrews 0437 526 757 Lang Lang Community Centre Bass Valley Landcare Coordinator Marg Hambleton 5997 5704 Rhyll Community Association. 2-4 Bass School Rd, Bass 5678 2335 Email: [email protected] Secretary Cheryl Overton 0427 680 483
Cape Woolamai Coast Action Lang Lang Cricket Club South Gippsland Arthritis Support Email [email protected] Secretary: Sharon May 0459 368 431 Group Contact: Adam 0408 353 785 Corinella & District Probus Club Lang Lang Playgroup Marg: 0417 154 057 Heather Reid 0421 012 519 (0-Preschool) Thursdays 9.30am Diane: 5658 1443 Contact Bon 0439 886 843 Corinella Boating & Anglisng Club South Gippsland Mental Illness Carer’s Website: www.corinellafishing,com.au Lions Club of Bass Valley Group First Tuesday each month 6pm Maggie 5658 1781 Rosemary 5662 4352 Corinella Bowling Club Inc. Grantville Transaction Centre then third Balcombe Street Corinella. Tuesday each month, Dinner at Bass Hotel. South Gippsland Support after Suicide Jacquie Carter 5678 0596 Gayle Robertson 0408 509 259 Phone 9421 7640 Email [email protected] Corinella & District Community Centre Nyora Youth Group 48 Smythe St Corinella. 5678 0777 Dawn King: Email: [email protected] Survivors of Suicide Website: www.corinellacommunitycentre.org.au Raising awareness to aid prevention Phillip Island Bowls Club Jillian Drew 0413 056 165 Corinella & District Men’s Shed Dunsmore Avenue, Cowes. & Woodies Group Corinella Road New members welcome, Free coaching St Pauls Anglican Church Bass Contact : Ken Thomas 0427 889 191 Contact George Mol 0407 851 065 HC at 12.30pm every Sunday Contact Sandy Ridge 5997 6127 Corinella Foreshore Committee Phillip Island Community Art & Craft Contact Barbara Oates 0427 780 245 Gallery Inc. St Georges Anglican Church Corinella Cowes Cultural Centre Thompson Ave 1st Sunday each month 11.00am Coronet Bay, & Surrounds Playgroup All Enquiries Call Aleta 0419 525 609 Other Sundays 9am (0-4yrs) Coronet Bay Hall Free Community Lunch Corinella Community Mondays 10am—12noon Phillip Island Indoor Carpet Bowlers Centre Second Friday at 12pm Contacts: Catherine 0416 112 629 Come and join the fun. Phillip Island Celebration Op Shop open Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri 10am - 2pm Centre 6 Lions Court, Cowes Saturday 9am - 12.30pm______Coronet Bay Adult Social Club Contact Jack 0434 944 380 Tuesday 7-10pm Coronet Bay Hall Tenby Point Residents Association Ann 5678 0341 Phillip Island & District Railway Modellers President Jean Coffey 0419 500 593 Inc. Secretary David Pearce 0401 514 339 Country Women’s Association of Vic inc. The Phillip Island & District Railway Bass Group. Contact Peter 5956 9513 Woolamai Racing Club Cowes Lorraine 5952 2165 Contact the Secretary (03) 5678 7585 Glen Alvie Libby 5678 3280 Phillip Island Community and Learning Grantville Annie 5678 8037 Centre (PICAL) Loch Val 5659 4268 56-58 Church Street, Cowes 5952 1131 Woodleigh Vale Carol 5678 8041 Email: Linda Morrison [email protected]
The Waterline News May 2018 Your group or Association not here? Email: [email protected] Page 8 Around the Markets & Op Shops MARKETS 3rd Sunday Corinella Inverloch Farmers Market St George’s Anglican Church Op Shop The Glade, Esplanade, 8am - 1pm Smythe Street Corinella, next to Church Community Markets 50+ stalls Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Information: [email protected] 10am - 2.00pm Phone 0439 364 760 Saturday 9.30am - 12.30pm
Tooradin Sunday Market Grantville Every Sunday 9am - 1pm Bass Coast Community Baptist Church Kongwak Market Stallholders wanted, $20 includes 1 sausage Op Shop Mgr Judy - 0498 350 634 10am - 3pm & bread breakfast per stall. Bass Highway, Grantville Retro stalls, food, vegetables, coffee, curries All Market Enquiries: 0429 188 280 Open Monday - Friday 10am - 3pm 30+ stalls Saturday 9.30am - 2.00pm Enquiries: Jane 0408 619 182 4th Sunday (Weather Permitting) ______Grantville Variety Market 2nd Saturday Except December which is the third Sunday Bass Valley Lions Club Op Shop Coal Creek Farmers’ Market Grantville Recreation Reserve Situated at the Grantville Garden Supplies Coal Creek Community Park 8am –12.30pm 8am—2pm 100+ stalls Open Monday-Saturday 5678 8357 50+ stalls BBQ & Sausage sizzle, Coffee Cart, indoor [email protected] and outdoor, cake stalls plus plenty of home Korumburra Contact for information 0459 629 000 made goodies. Korumburra Uniting Church Op Shop Contact for further details 5997 6221 Thur-Fri 10-4 Saturday 10-12 Cowes Island Craft Market Contact for information 5658 1884 102 Thompson Avenue, 9am - 2pm Last Sunday of each month In the grounds of St Phillips Church Inverloch Community Farmers’ Market Lang Lang 60+ stalls Make, bake and grown goods and The Glade, Esplanade, 50+ stalls Lang Lang Community Op Shop produce. Fresh produce grown and made in 12 Westernport Road Contact for further details 0412 710 276 Gippsland. Monday - Friday 10am - 3pm Email: Saturday 10am - 1pm Corinella Community Market [email protected] Contact details 0435 736 510 Phone 0417 370 488 Nyora Nyora Op Shop at the Nyora Station 4th Saturday 2nd Friday and Saturday each month Open Monday - Saturday 9am - 1pm. Churchill Island Farmers’ Market San Remo Cuppa and Chat Market Enquiries to Sylvia, Phone 5659 0089 40+ stalls. 8am - 1pm St. Augustine’s Church [email protected] Marine Parade San Remo San Remo Further Information 0439 364 760 Hosts a Cuppa and Chat Market every San Remo Op Shop month on a Friday and Saturday. Back Beach Road. Cowes Market on Chapel Friday 9am - 1pm Saturday 9am - 12noon Enquiries 5671 9200 Chapel Street. 8.30am - 2pm, 30+ stalls 10+ stalls Email: [email protected] Further information-contact 0428 603 043 Bric a brac , cakes, & jams Friday, plus a sausage sizzle on Saturdays. Community Halls for Hire 1st Sunday Further Information: 5678 5386 Jumbunna Bush Market Jumbunna Hall OP SHOPS Further information, phone 5657 3253
2nd Sunday Koowee Community Market Cochrane Park, Rossiter Rd 8am -1.30pm Indoor/outdoor Phone 0418 289 847 Email: [email protected] Archies Creek Mez Oldham 0415 445 215 Bass Valley 5678 2277 Rotary Club Market Wonthaggi Bena Maureen 5657 2276 Apex Park 8am - 1pm, 50+ stalls Corinella Paula Clarke 0448 441 046 Walk to nearby Make it -Bake it Market Coronet Bay Peter Thick 0429 851 004 Contact: Neville Goodwin 5672 7245 Bass Dalyston Dorothy Slade 5678 7334 Garry Sherrick 5672 5812 Bass Valley Community Group Grantville Pat Van 5997 6221 Hadden House Op Shop Kernot Julie Johnston 5678 8555 Loch Lions Village Market Next to Bass Hall, Bass School Road Kongwak Betty Anderson 5657 4317 May - Sept Loch Public Hall Monday to Friday 9am - 3pm Loch Grieg Barry 0419 358 628 Oct - April Loch Railway Station Park Saturday 10am - 2pm Kilcunda Nicola 0439 476 724 70 + stalls Phone Enquiries 5678 2277 Nyora Robyn 5659 0098 Information from Noel Gregg 5627 5576 Newhaven Noel Street, 5956 6122 Market day phone 0418 500 520 Rhyll Ring General Store, 5956 9205 Woodleigh Evan Jones 5657 7275 The Waterline News May 2018 Page 9 Community Centres and other local news Your Asthma in Your Hands: CORINELLA Saturday 26th May from 10am to 11am. BOWLING CLUB INC. Learn simple techniques to open your lungs 22 Balcombe Street, 5672 3731 and enhance your breathing capacity. LSA Corinella Decluttering for Downsizing: Ph. 5678 0497 Who are we? Saturday 2nd June from 10.30am to 12noon. Wonthaggi Neighbourhood Centre Come and learn the basic principles of Follow and like us on facebook incorporating Mitchell House and the sorting your ‘stuff’ and find out how you can Corinella Bowling Club Inc Harvest Centre is run by a community based get rid of things you don't need anymore. Committee of Management. We aim to LSA We welcome new bowlers & invite you to provide a positive, welcoming environment Beautiful Handmade Cards: give bowls a try at our Wednesday Social where you can meet new friends, learn or Tuesday 5th June from 10am to 12.30pm. days from 2 May. share skills, ideas and information. If you’re Learn to make beautiful and unique cards for Coaching available. interested in being more involved in your your family and friends. LSA special cost. Corinella Winter Tournament for 2018 Neighbourhood Centre call in and have a Learn How to Prune: commences Saturday May 5 with our three chat to the Coordinator Jan Bourne. Wednesday 13th June from 11am to bowl Triples competition and continues News from Wonthaggi Neighbourhood 12.30pm. Come to the Harvest centre garden through until 25 August. Centre (Mitchell House) or call 5672 3731 orchard and learn how to prune and care for Get a team together or single entries are your fruiting trees. LSA accepted. Become a member of the WNC this term and Programs: Contact reduce the costs on LearnShare Activities The Art of the Mosaic: Two Introductory Dave Burzacott Ph. 0423 593227 (LSA) for the rest of the year. Bookings are workshops will be on Saturdays 19th & 26th Enid Johnston Ph. 5678 0118 required for all activities unless specifically May from 10.30am - 1.30pm. Learn basic ------stated. Some require a gold coin (GC). techniques used in making mosaics. These foundation classes may lead to an on-going Special Events: creative mosaic group. Contact WNC for National Reconciliation Week 2018. Theme: what to bring and to book in. LSA ‘Don’t Keep History a Mystery’. Is from Digital Camera Evening Classes: 28th May to 3rd June. Mondays from 7pm to 8pm. These weekly It marks two milestones in Australia’s classes will help you to get the most out of reconciliation journey: The 1967 referendum your digital camera. LSA and the historic Mabo decision. To support Pre Schoolers: This week is a time to learn more about our Tea & Tots Facilitated Play Group is on shared histories and cultures and Mondays 10.30am - 12noon. This is a achievements to help strengthen respectful weekly play group which includes story relationships between the wider Australian time with a special guest reader, free play community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait and a healthy morning tea. Call to book. Islander peoples. LSA Pavement Art: Wonthaggi Library Arcade: For older children: Is on Monday 28th May from 11am. Join Tuesday Night Youth Hang Out! Is from local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 6.30 - 8.30pm and is a weekly get together at Safina Stewart and Aboriginal children from the Harvest Centre Shed for young people to Wonthaggi PS to create colourful chalk drop in, meet with others, relax, share dinner drawings. and play board games. GC Bass Coast Stories: Is on Wednesday 30th May from 2pm. Join members of the South Social Support: Gippsland Reconciliation Group to hear the LGBTI Social/Support Group: will meet on story of Aboriginal ‘Freedom Fighters’ and Mondays 21st May & 18th June from 7.00 to Phillip Island their special connection with Bass Coast. GC 8.30pm for an informal, safe and relaxed Community One offs: space to share experiences, friendship coffee and Learning ‘Come and Try’ An Introduction to the Art and good conversation. Please call Jan for of Spinning: is on Wednesday 16th May more information. LSA Centre 10.30am to 12noon. If you’ve got a spinning wheel and don’t know how to use it or There are many other courses and events 56-58 Church St, Cowes prepare fibre to spin, then this is your available, find out by visiting our Centre Manager - Linda Morrison opportunity to learn. LSA Facebook page on Mitchell House 5952 1131 ‘Welcome to Our Town’ Morning Tea is on Wonthaggi Neighbourhood Centre and Email : Wednesday 23rd May from 10.30am at keep up to date with what’s going on or [email protected] Mitchell House. Are you new to the area or just pop in and have a cuppa and a chat, Website: been here a while and would like to meet everyone welcome. www.pical.org.au other friendly folk? Come and have a cuppa and a chat and pick up your FREE The Bass Valley Community ‘Welcome to Our Town’ DVD and pack. GC Group Committee of Governance no longer wish This work is copyright. 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The Waterline News May 2018 Page 10 Community Centres and other local newsElla Hayes support group for people who are living LANG LANG COMMUNITY with depression and anxiety is commencing in May. Come along to this newly formed CENTRE self-help group. Come and help create a safe place where you can share your experiences, thoughts & What’s happening at your local community feelings in a confidential, accepting and centre in Term 2 2018? We held our warm environment with people who have Public Internet Access to all members. Annual General Meeting on 19 April 2018 been through similar experiences to you. IPad Tuition and I’m pleased to share the details of our Book club is a great group that runs on the Lifestyle classes including: incoming Committee of Management. Our second Thursday evening of every month. Yoga, Pilates, Cardio, Walking group and new Executive Members are: President - Join Libby and the group to discuss or Line Dancing, Tai Chi. Wayne Maschette; Vice President - Jean debate the book of the month. The lovely Playgroup for the littlies. Coffey; Secretary - Heather Reid and women of the St Georges Church Auxiliary A variety of Patchwork groups. Treasurer - Rex Parker. Our ordinary host a delicious three-course community Men’s Shed Group. committee members are: Libby Skidmore; lunch on the second Friday of the month. Secretarial Support Services including: Coral Smith; Georgia Vassilikoy and Photocopying, typing and scanning. Lynley Northcott. The food pantry is open every day to Book Exchange support people to put food on their table. Small offices for hire We have activities and groups running This free service is designed to provide Centrelink Agent with dedicated every day; our term program is completed enough food in emergencies to get through computer. and can be viewed on our webpage at: a 24-hour period. We have a range of Medicare Claim Service www.corinellacommunitycentre.org.au. pantry goods, fresh fruit and vegetables. ______CDCC run regular small bus trips to city Fresh fruit and vegetables are generously markets, theatre shows, hot springs etc., call donated every week by our friends, the We have vacancies in our Tai Chi and us to register your interest and enjoy a day Riccardi family at La Provincia in Cardio exercise classes if you are interested out without the hassle of driving. New Corinella. Thank you to La Provincia for please give us a call timetable of trips is posted at the centre. supporting us.
Want to get back into the workforce or go Drop in to have a browse of our free book onto further study? Brush up on your exchange, grab a book, swap a book or computer skills or further develop your donate a book, up to you. We have a great
skills, we have the Pre-Accredited Course range available for our selection. We have for you. We will be running a basic created the ‘West Wall Gallery’ in the foyer Fridays 12 noon—1.00pm computer course: Intel® Learn Easy Steps of the centre and are hosting monthly program. Call us for further information on exhibitions of local artists. All of the Blokes in the Kitchen 5678 0777. exhibiting artists are living in the district, support your locals by dropping by and Want to learn how to create beautiful maybe purchase their work. mosaics? We have an enthusiastic group that meets fortnightly, on a Thursday from Do you need a small bus to get to events? 1.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. where you can work We hire out the Waterline Community Bus on your own masterpieces amongst (9 seater) at very reasonable rates. Call us likeminded people. to check availability and prices. Did you Free workshops designed for men only know that we have rooms for hire? Our over 50. Learn new cooking skills and On Monday evenings our local Yoga guru, function room is great for events and how to prepare & cook nutritious meals. Nikki runs the very popular yoga classes. celebrations. We also have a smaller The Crafties meet every second and fourth meeting room, reasonable rates, call to May 17th, Wednesday of the month, bring along your discuss. June 21st & July 19th crafts that you are working on or have not Contact: Iain Ritchie 10.30 am—1.00 pm had the time to finish and join a bunch of Manager (Tues to Fri) This program is auspiced by Lang Lang fellow Crafties for a fun morning out. 48 Smythe Street Corinella 3984 Every Thursday, local artist Keith Community Centre Ph: (03) 5678 0777 facilitates an art group where you can work Mob: 0409 528 543 Venue - Lang Lang Memorial Hall on your paintings and get some tips from Keith. The program will continue to run during 2018. Our local Justice of the Peace, Libby will We plan to hold the workshops on the 3rd be available at the centre each Thursday Thursday each month. 10.30—12.00 for witnessing docs, or further details on all events declarations etc. Call to make an Please call us, we open @ 9.30am five days a appointment with Libby. Every Thursday at week. 7 Westernport Rd, Lang Lang 3984 12.00 pm, we run the ‘Autumn Days Social Lunch.’ Everybody’s welcome to enjoy a Contact (03) 5997 5704 light lunch whilst having a ‘chinwag’ with [email protected] others, cost is by donation. A new self help
The Waterline News May 2018 Page 11 More Community News CFA NEWS Grantville Branch New CWA Cookbook Country Women’s Association With
Michele Fulwell Meets at the Grantville Hall on the
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The Waterline News May 2018 Page 12 Health DEMENTIA adapt. Switch to a mug for drinking 10 Tips to get them to eat and soup (instead of a spoon and bowl) and switch to finger foods. Offer drink more Rachael Wonderlin food he can pick up with his hands—a burger and fries is finger food! 3. Offer small meals throughout the day instead of big meals 2 or 3 times a day. Snacking is easier because he can get enough water and food without sitting down for a whole meal. 4. Don’t ask him if he’s hungry. Instead, just present the food and “My father-in-law has dementia. He beverage. “Here, this is for you.” doesn’t eat well and frequently doesn’t 5. Offer more water throughout the finish drinks. He turns over the cutlery over day. One thing caregivers always and over and has to be reminded to eat, as forget to offer is water. And it’s well as forgetting he is holding a cup. I’ve not, “Are you thirsty?” but instead seen your comments about sippy cups and handing the person with dementia a I think we’ll get him a mug with a straw at glass of water without asking. least, that really helped. But I just 6. If he’s having trouble swallowing, wondered if you can help with the eating? adjust the diet. You may need a He’s currently being cared for at home by mechanical soft (”ground”) diet or a my mother-in-law.” puree option. You may also need to add thickened liquids. Before I get into some tips about how to get 7. Eat with him. People with dementia a person to eat and drink more, I want to have an easier time following cues offer this caveat: when someone with when they can mimic others. dementia progresses to a certain point, their 8. Change the color of the cup and body no longer tells them to eat. I don’t plate. Make sure that the cup and know how advanced he is, but at some plate are a different color than the point, as he is actually beginning to pass actual meal—red is a great option. away, it won’t matter what tips you use, he Blue actually discourages food will just stop eating. And this is natural. intake. In the meantime, here are some tips to 9. Turn on some music (without encourage eating: lyrics). We’re often used to eating 1. Make sure what you’re offering him meals in restaurants or maybe with is sweet and tastes good. Many some music on in the background at people with dementia eventually home. Something without lyrics lose their ability to taste foods that won’t encourage distracting singing, aren’t sweet. Also, did he like that but it may encourage food intake. food or drink before he got 10. There are a lot of cool plate and mug dementia? Don’t start bringing new modifications you can make. I items, like extra protein, into the diet recommend doing a Web search for to “make him better,” instead, focus different types of plate guards and on what he enjoys. cups. 2. Sounds like he’s forgetting how to use utensils. Instead of fighting it, http://www.dementia-by-day.com/
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The Waterline News May 2018 Page 13 Health White, brown, raw, honey: which In nutrition, sugar refers to simple followed by glucose and sucrose. The sweet type of sugar is best? carbohydrates consisting of one or two basic taste of honey is attributed to its higher oversixty.com carbohydrate units such as glucose, fructose fructose content, and fructose is known to and galactose. Consumers often use “sugar” be sweeter than glucose or sucrose. Honey to describe simple carbohydrates that taste is about 17% water. sweet, but not all sugars are sweet. There are many different types of sugars we add to our baking or hot drinks such as white sugar, brown sugar, raw sugar and honey. But when we’re looking at a packaged product the ingredients list will have many more options still. Corn syrup, palm sugar, molasses, maple syrup and Sze-Yen Tan, Senior Lecturer in agave nectar are but a few. Nutrition Science, Institute for Physical Despite the large variety of sugars, they are Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise very similar nutritionally. They are and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin comprised predominantly of glucose, University, asks which type of sugar is fructose and sucrose, which are the basic Syrups: can be produced from a wide range the least healthy. forms of sugar. Glucose and fructose are of plant sources in the forms of sap and Written by Sze-Yen Tan. Republished with slightly different in chemical structure, fruits. Some examples include agave (a permission of The Conversation. while sucrose is a sugar composed of one desert succulent), corn, date, grape, maple glucose and one fructose. and pomegranate syrup. The factors that distinguish sugars are their Because agave and corn are more complex
sources (from sugarcane, beet, fruit, nectar, carbohydrates, they’re first broken down palm or coconut saps), flavour profiles, and into sugar during food processing before the levels of processing. being concentrated into syrup. Corn syrup is often further processed into the sweeter Types of sugar version, high fructose corn syrup. DG Nurse Practitioner Grantville Transaction Centre White sugar: also called table sugar, is the Fruit sugar: can be made from the drying Cnr Bass Hwy & Pier Rd final product of the processing and refining and grinding of fruits such as dates. Sugar Grantville, 3984 of sugarcane or beet. During the refining produced through this process shares similar Hours process, moisture, minerals and compounds nutrient composition with the fruit (such as Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri 8:30 am - close that give sugars their colour are removed, fibre and minerals) but it is lower in water Bulk Billing and white refined sugar is formed. The by content. All consultations bulk billed product containing the removed compounds May have fees for some procedures* during sugar refining is known as molasses. Which type is best? For appointments phone Several studies have reported adverse effect 5616 2222 Raw sugar: is formed if the final refining of white sugar and high fructose corn syrup or process is bypassed. on our health. So should we substitute these 0467 841 782 types of sugars with another? Same day appointments available Brown sugar: is refined white sugar with varying amounts of molasses added. Raw Sweetness and sugar content Some of the services available sugar, brown sugar and molasses are higher Some sugars such as honey and agave syrup Fluvax Immunisations Men’s Health Prescriptions in compounds that provide colour, from are higher in fructose. Fructose is sweeter Referrals Skin Checks natural sources or by products of the than glucose and sucrose, hence a smaller Wound Care Women’s health breakdown of sugar (caramel) during sugar amount may be needed to achieve similar Dressings* Ear syringing* processing. level of sweetness from white sugar. Honey Lesion removal* Suturing* Treatment minor illnesses / infections and syrups also have a higher water content. Honey: is sugar-rich nectar collected by So the sugar content is less than the bees from a wide variety of flowers. equivalent weight of white sugar. Fructose is the main sugar found in honey, continued page 15
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The Waterline News May 2018 Page 14 & Lifestyle White, brown, raw, honey: which White sugar, composed of 50% glucose and type of sugar is best? 50% fructose, has slightly lower GI. Based on available values. Agave syrup has the lowest GI value. Antioxidant capacity Therefore, it’s a better option than other Due to the different levels of processing and sugars in term of blood sugar management. Volunteers Needed refining, sugars that are less processed and refined tend to have higher contents Antimicrobial activity of minerals and compounds that give plants Honey has been reported to possess their colour. These compounds have been several germ-killing capabilities due to the found to increase antioxidant capacity, presence of several naturally-occurring which reduces the cell damage in the body compounds. But it’s still unclear how the that causes several chronic diseases. antimicrobial property of honey may be The Ready2Go project is a resilience Although the antioxidant capacity of date obtained. program first established in Cockatoo, sugar and molasses is many-fold higher to support people within the community than white sugar and corn syrup, it’s still In the end, sugar in our body is still during heatwaves and other extreme relatively low compared to antioxidant-rich sugar. So while honey, raw sugar, date weather conditions such as fire or flood. foods. For example, more than 500g of date sugar and molasses are “better” than sugar or molasses need to be consumed to white and other types of sugar, everyone During severe weather events, some get the same amount of antioxidant should try to cut down their sugar intake. people are at greater risk of health-related contained in a cup (145g) of blueberries. illnesses. The Ready2Go project will match people with a volunteer who https://theconversation.com/au will be available to check on them during these times.
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The Waterline News May 2018 Page 17 Food A cook’s journal Coconut Fish Pie I thought I should make a cake, and a Ingredients pumpkin fruit cake was the logical choice. I For Wonthaggi's Jan 400ml can of coconut milk or cream have made this recipe many times and it is Cheshire, good juice and zest of 1 lemon always a winner. It is very easy to make and cooking starts in the 1 bay leaf it keeps well. garden with fresh, 500 grams of fish such as blue grenadier seasonal vegetables, chopped into chunks Pumpkin Fruit Cake herbs and fruit. splash of white wine (optional) Ingredients Jan shares one of 350 grams of celeriac peeled and diced 225 grams of butter her favourite 2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced 1 cup (200 grams) of caster sugar recipes. thyme 2 eggs lightly beaten parsley and chives (optional) 225 grams of plain flour sifted Fish dish in a breeze ½ teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda Method ¼ teaspoon of cream of tartar Gently poach the fish in the coconut milk 450grams of mixed dried fruit (I prefer to together with the lemon juice and zest, use sultanas only) parsley and chives, if using, and a splash of 1 cup of cooked mashed pumpkin olive oil for 5 to 8 minutes. Cook the celeriac together with the thyme Method and potatoes for 20 minutes until soft. Cream the butter and sugar together until Drain and mash together with a little butter, light and fluffy. season. Beat in the eggs. Put the fish in a baking dish, pour over the Add the pumpkin and flour. poaching liquid. Add the dried fruit. Top with the mashed celeriac and potatoes. Transfer to a greased and lined 23 cm loose- Bake at 180 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes bottom cake tin. until golden on top. Bake at 160 degrees for 2 hours. Enjoy!
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Vale Ken Adshead on. They shut all Frankfurt down, put every Ken’s first job on arriving in Australia was - an interesting life as a gentleman of single truck that had come from the east on driving a truck for a business in Notting the road this massive football ground and left us Hill, Melbourne delivering and installing Janice Orchard there for about five or six days. We had safes and then with his mate Jack Cleaves food and stuff with us. he had the contract to fit out every TAB And then we slowly made our way back to shop in Victoria. the UK, and we did that sort of thing for Ken didn’t marry until he was thirty six three years from 1963 to 1966, the year and he and his wife Jen lived in Pioneer before we came to Australia, dad and I did Bay before buying a block in Kernot and that. building a home there in 2003. The scenery Of his experiences in Europe as a young in the Kernot area reminded him of the man Ken Adshead said “it opened my mind hills of home without the stone cottages so up. I come from a working class he built a mud brick house and he and Jen background back in the UK but it settled in. broadened my outlook. The people I dined A regular fixture on the veranda of the with in Budapest and Saltsburg, they were Kernot Store with his little dog Cyril, Ken upper class really. I remember sitting at made many good friends in the community. table with a bloke called Lord Abramson. I And as a founding member of the Kernot was having trouble with my knives and Boxing Day Cricket Team the annual forks to tell you the truth, and he sat me trophy has been named the Ken Adshead Born in Manchester, England on 2nd down this bloke and when you dined at Shield after him. March 1946 these places you dined from seven till While he did his best to battle cancer, Ken As a young man Ken worked with his dad, eleven or twelve o’clock. It just went on passed away on 20th March and his a long distance lorry driver and in 1963 and on. Lord Abramson said “Listen here, passing has been a blow to all who knew was the first truck from the west to go one thing for you to remember as a young and loved him. behind the Iron Curtin. That was well man, and remember this when you are an Ken Adshead leaves three children Katrina, before the Channel Tunnel was built so old man, you are as good as any person in Jordan and Wayne and Ian (dec). He was they took the truck over on the overnight the world. Listen to what they are saying, and is a much loved grandfather to Joel, ferry called The Cedric. evaluate what they say, and carry on from Edyn, Leah, Hayden, Acacia, Byron, They headed for Munich and ended up in there”. And you know what, that stood me Zeplin and Josie. Salzburg on a Sunday morning. In those in good stead all my life, it really has”. He was the much loved son of Jim and days trucks weren’t allowed on the road so On coming to Australia, “when we finished Marjory Adshead (deceased), cherished they had to park up for the weekend. in 1966, this contract we had in Europe, brother to Anne (dec), Barry, David and Of the trip Ken said “Before we went the and went back to England I thought “what Jane, an adored uncle and cousin, friend to government made us sign documents am I going to do now”? I said to my mum everybody and best mate to Cyril. recognising that if we got into trouble with and dad I can’t just carry on and go back to the Russians we were on our own, we truck driving here, there’s nothing for me could not be helped. It happened in Poland, in it. I wanted my brain stimulated, you they took our passports off us in Poznan in know, so I actually said to my parents “I’m Poland for a month. And you don’t know if sorry, I’m going to Australia”. I had uncles you’re going to get out”. over here that worked in Coober Pedy and Eventually they were allowed to leave. places like that from the early 1940s. When “We got to the Berlin Gate, or Checkpoint I told my brothers Barry and David they Charlie prior to it being built, but the said well if you’re bloody going we might Russians were there and they were full on. as well come! And then my sister said if It took us another week to get through the boys are going I am as well. So then there. And eventually we made our way to dad said oh well if you boys are going me Frankfurt on Main which is Western and your mother might as well come! And Germany, and the day we got there it’s the best thing we ever, ever, ever did”. President Kennedy was arriving in Frankfurt, he had some sort of thing going
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The Waterline News May 2018 Page 20 The French Island News This involves capturing koalas on both In the far distance we saw a Peregrine public and private land, checking the health Falcon pair with two young gracefully of the animals, and implanting females with flying high. a long-term contraceptive. We also saw Terns, lots of Muttonbird Meredith Sherlock Other tasks include updating information burrows, intact bones of birds some with on koala density and canopy conditions. feathers, one large, partially collapsed egg, PROJECT DAYS It is not planned to take more koalas off the small spiders, large horse flies or marsh The ferry departs from Stony Point at 10.00 island at this stage. flies, various animal tracks, plants and am on Saturdays and Sundays and returns at weeds I can’t remember the names of, rock 4.00 pm. Forthcoming Activites types, a newly formed sandspit and lava In summer we may catch a later ferry back Saturday 2 June: Landcare Planting Day layers. and in winter an earlier one. FOFI members always look forward to this Lunch ended with a special and educational If you plan to come on a project day, please combined activity with French Island BUSH TUCKER dessert Chris provided: contact the Secretary well in advance to Landcare. the fruit of Pigface (which I later identified give us time to organise transport on the This year’s planting will be on private as Carpobrotus glaucescens, a salt-tolerant island. property off the Barge Access Road. Tools pioneer species with yellow-centred Ferry tickets. provided; kneeling mats can be useful. purplish-pink flowers). FOFI has a number of tickets to help Homemade soup and rolls, tea and coffee We must have collected some 50+ kg of pay for members under 60, generously will be generously supplied for lunch by rubbish – we dragged about 8 large bags, provided by Parks Victoria. Landcare. each weighing maybe 7kg. We had to leave Seniors Card holders travel for free on them for the rangers, who will send a boat weekends. Saturday 30 June: Western Port Wader out to collect them. For more information see: Survey Most were SOFT DRINK BOTTLES! Quite http://westernportferries.com.au/ This will be Bird Life Australia’s second a bit of tangled ropes and other PLASTIC. ______survey for the year. Some glass bottles and cans. 1 larger metal Martin O’Brien has again offered to co- can. Tyres we couldn’t carry. Pieces of Koala Management Program ordinate the French Island teams, which will broken glass and 1 lure with multiple hooks. aim to cover the main high-tide roosts. and 1 boat fender. If you are planning to come, please book in Personally I also cherished the many with [email protected]. fascinating forms and awesome colours of seashells (yes, I put them back), and the First-Time Experience of FOFI ferry rides! Sky Murphy This shall remain a lasting memory, I saw, walked on, and learnt so much about a day of fun and positive action. French Island: its plants, animals, geology, history and our connected humankind past Thank you all. and present. Everyone was amazing in knowledge, Photo - Walter Mitchell interests, and friendship. Incredible to walk all that way over the Parks Victoria and DELWP are continuing peaty saltmarsh with no track, beach, then their French Island management program ‘an isthmus of mangroves’ that connects to that will keep the koala population in good the beach of (formerly an island) Tortoise health and within sustainable limits. Head! Over 6 km there and back.
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The Waterline News May 2018 Page 21 Community Spirit Community Spirit alive and well We have been advised by the Genetics He runs two sessions..., one for children.... Kat Cox doctor that Quinn must have a specific very therapeutic for all ages. Even though $3000 gene test as soon as possible. We are Quinn with her Autism can struggle with petitioning Monash for funding as this is a noise she doesn't have an issue here. Music good research project for them and we hope is such a wonderful outlet. When she needs a to succeed. break she simply walks off to the playground. It is such an inclusive With all of this going on and the severe sleep atmosphere and a great release of emotion. deprivation one would think we would be very depressed but we are not. Why? We Later in the day he holds the adult session.... live in Grantville. Judith Holman Crook, a and there is nothing more therapeutic than local resident took it upon herself to set up a being able to let loose after a stressful week! trust account for Quinn to make sure she was ok. This gesture was so incredibly moving I really appreciate how much this program is Last month we were booked into Monash and we cannot believe how lucky we are helping Quinn and even Chris with their Genetics in Berwick as they asked me if they everyday. emotions. I believe it is a great outlet for me could research my family. I willingly agreed, too. I am appealing to the community to not thinking at all that there could or would please bring your children along.... come and be any repercussions. Unfortunately, I was join us so we can keep it alive even through in for another big wake up call. the cold months as it warms the soul. I am The genetics doctor advised me that Quinn not sure what I would do without it. and Chris are the only two people they are aware of in Australia missing chromosome 6q22.1. Suffice to say, I live with two very special people. However, we were told of risks to heart and kidneys, that Quinn most definitely had a particular overgrowth syndrome and we had to go to Monash Children's hospital straight away for further Now there is Chris Petrie. another local testing. It was here that we discovered resident who is selflessly dedicating his time Quinn's kidneys are oversized and we are to improve the lives of others with his waiting for more tests to be collated at this Upbeat Drumming program at Coronet Bay stage. foreshore every fortnight.
The Waterline News May 2018 Page 22 Philosophy, Trivia & Quiz,
“Every man must have a philosophy of life, for everyone must have a standard by which to measure his conduct. And philosophy is nothing but a standard by 1. What is the name of the German “He shook his head pityingly. “This, more which to measure.” airline? than anything else, is what I have never B.R. Ambedkar 2. In which European city can you find understood about your people. You can roll Writings And Speeches: A Ready the home of Anne Frank? dice, and understand that the whole game Reference Manual 3. How many stars has the American may hinge on one turn of a die. You deal out flag got? cards, and say that all a man's fortune for the “There are times when wisdom cannot be 4. How long is the Great Wall of China? night may turn upon one hand. But a man's found in the chambers of parliament or the 5. Who invented Ferrari? whole life, you sniff at, and say, what, this halls of academia but at the unpretentious 6. According to the Bible, who was the naught of a human, this fisherman, this setting of the kitchen table.” first murderer? carpenter, this thief, this cook, why, what can E.A. Bucchianeri 7. In what year did princess Diana, they do in the great wide world? And so you Princess of Wales, die? putter and sputter your lives away, like “perception shapes priorities, priorities 8. Which famous British murderer of candles burning in a draft.” shape people” women of the 19th century was never “Not all men are destined for greatness,” I Ben Thompson arrested? reminded him. 9. On which mountain did Jesus take his “Are you sure, Fitz? Are you sure? What last supper? good is a life lived as if it made no difference 10. What is the largest number of five at all to the great life of the world? A sadder digits? thing I cannot imagine. Why should not a 11. What is the most fractured human mother say to herself, if I raise this child bone? aright, if I love and care for her, she shall live 12. What is the most famous university of a life that brings joy to those about her, and Paris? thus I have changed the world? Why should 13. Which animal is on the golden not the farmer that plants a seed say to his Flemish flag? neighbor, this seed I plant today will feed 14. What is the name of the Indian holy someone, and that is how I change the world river? today?” 15. Which South American country is “This is philosophy, Fool. I have never had named after Venice? time to study such things.” 16. How many stars feature on the flag of “No, Fitz, this is life. And no one has time New Zealand? not to think of such things. Each creature in 17. What colour to do you get when you the world should consider this thing, every mix red and white? moment of the heart's beating. Otherwise, 18. What is both a French wine region what is the point of arising each day?” and a luxury American automobile? Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin
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The Waterline News May 2018 Page 23 The Bass Coast Post in Print this sector in the intervening decade. Homelessness Australia has reported that the nation is losing the war against what Mr Rudd referred to as a "national obscenity". Increased funding for crisis accommodation, affordable and social housing needs to become an imperative for cars. We also talked about the food bank at state and federal treasurers. It’s hard to see Under the Southern Cross merit in investment in tourist car ferries Geoff Ellis the Neighbourhood House and other agencies of support. when people are trying to survive in nearby foreshore reserves. The Miners Rest Motel Bert didn’t attend our meeting. Although in Wonthaggi, the only crisis she lived by herself she was certainly not accommodation in Bass Coast and South alone in her circumstances. There are now Gippsland, is slated for redevelopment – more renters than ever and the over 55 age into a petrol station. group is the fastest growing sector of the market. In Victoria more than a third of The evening after those kind and sombre people now live in rented accommodation. words were said in memory of Bert, a flare That figure is rising. The cost of rental shot from the end of the Corinella Pier, property is outstripping increases in wages lighting up Western Port. A community art and payments. project, The Edge of Us, bought the Waterline communities together under the That Census also noted a continuing fall in Southern Cross. The candles that flicker in the proportion of Australian households in memory of Bert also bring us together. social housing. From 7 per cent in 1991 the Rest in peace. proportion has dropped to 4.2 per cent. That marks the lowest proportion of households The International Organisation for in social housing in the past 35 years. Homelessness defines four categories of homelessness. There are currently over 40,000 people on Rooflessness - without a shelter of any the waiting list for public housing in kind, sleeping rough. Victoria. That doesn’t include everyone in Houselessness - with a place to sleep A LATE afternoon temperature drop the market struggling to find the rent as temporarily. presaged sunset as trickles of people power prices rise and paid hours are Living in insecure housing - threatened meandered toward the Harold Hughes reduced. It doesn’t include all of the with severe exclusion due to insecure Reserve. On the edge of darkness the increasing number of adults who have to tenancies. Corinella community gathered around the live with their parents to keep a roof over Living in inadequate housing - in unfit rotunda to share the hurt that comes from all their heads. Over a million households housing or in extreme overcrowding. the loss of a loved one. In memory of Bert, are now paying housing costs that exceed dozens of people lit candles as the voice of the affordability benchmark of 30 per cent Comments: a lone singer carried our thoughts toward of household income. Many of these A beautifully written article Geoff and the Southern Cross. people won't apply for public housing as Bert's death has highlighted housing the waiting list deters them. concerns for people living in our area. Overwhelmed by circumstance, Bert had The service that night was very moving and been rendered homeless a few weeks Like Bert, those 105,237 people with highlighted homelessness and a lack of earlier. She had places to go but she didn't nowhere to go tonight all had homes once. resources in Bass Coast. I do hope that know how to get there or how to ask the some good comes out of this. people offering a helping hand along the Jan Berriman, chief of the YMCA, recently Joy Button way. She went for a long walk that ended stated that last year her organisation could amidst the trees she loved so much. only accept one sixth of the women in need Thank you Geoff Ellis for taking the time to of accommodation who requested help put into words what a lot of local people are Across Australia more than 105,237 from her organisation. Ms Berriman cited feeling about the loss of Roberta. Even people were homeless that night. We know marriage breakdown, lower paying jobs, though we had not met, it feels so wrong the number because they were counted on caring duties and a lack of superannuation for a member of our small community to Census night 18 months ago. The Bureau of as some of the reasons that women pass away alone following a string of dire Statistics doesn’t give any of those 105,237 suddenly find themselves in the rental circumstances. I hope checks will be put in homeless people a face. Bert does. market, the social sector and at the mercy place to mitigate this happening again. of Centrelink. I would love to see Council approve a place Late last year, when the local branch of the of remembrance in the way of a seat or Australian Unemployed Workers met in At some stage we all need to accept, or plaque in Roberta's memory also. Corinella, the topic was robo-debt, offer, a helping hand. There has only been a Lizzy Leahy Centrelink compliance and life on the edge minimal increase in resources since then of the abyss. We looked at numbers like the prime minister Kevin Rudd briefly focused aforementioned. Another number government’s attention on homelessness. getting larger is women over 50 sleeping in There has been little capital investment in The Waterline News May 2018 www.basscoastpost.com Page 24 Greg Hunt MP
Federal It is built for not just the present, but future Graeme Cock, Peter Paul, John Matthews Member for needs of Phillip Island residents and and Linda Marston have lobbied all sides of Flinders visitors. It is a facility the whole Phillip politics for funding of the Hub. Island community can be proud of. Minister for I congratulate them and the whole Phillip Health. Services such as cardiology, urology, Island Medical and Health Action Group Minister for oncology, haematology and ophthalmology team for the leading role they played in Sport. have already been secured for the Hub, with ensuring this state-of-the-art building came plenty of room for more services to follow. to fruition. The completion of any major project is I will continue to work with Bass Coast cause for celebration. Recently, I was able Health, Bass Coast Shire and the Victorian There are more exciting projects that will be to join with the local Waterline community Government to secure expanded services for completed in the months ahead and I look to celebrate when I visited Cowes on Phillip the Hub and across Phillip Island as a forward to sharing these great stories with Island to officially open the Phillip Island whole. you.You are also more than welcome to Health Hub. contact my office directly at 03 5979 3188 This has been a true partnership from all and by email at [email protected] levels of Government and most importantly at any time to discuss your issues. with the community. Greg Hunt At a federal level, we were able to commit Greg Hunt’s office details are: $2.5 million for the construction of the Hub, 4/184 Salmon Street (PO Box 274) as well as assisting in securing $2.2 million Hastings 3915 from the Victorian Government, $1.1 Email: [email protected] million from the community led Warley Tel: (03) 5979 3188 Trust and the gifting of the land from Bass Website: www.greghunt.com.au Coast Council. The opening of this fantastic facility is the culmination of years of dedication and hard However, special praise must be made to work by the community, the Phillip Island the community itself. Following the closure Medical and Health Action Group, the of Warley Hospital in early 2008 – the Warley Trust and Bass Coast Health. community, led by Jock McKechnie,
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The Waterline News May 2018 Page 25 History
Libby’s Corner the territory, the nature and prices of livestock, and a host of other instructive With Libby Skidmore, Historian. data of interest and guidance to possible Bass Valley Historical Society new settlers. Bass Valley Historical Society There is a wealth of new material available for treatment and the more judiciously it is handled the better the ultimate result will Libby Skidmore be. Besides the primary industries, special [email protected] consideration is to be devoted as it should be to the Morwell power scheme which ______promises to be one of the most stupendous enterprises of its kind in the world. Cranbourne Shire Historical Society Found this strange piece in the Morwell It is destined to play a very important part Contact - Polly Freeman - (03) 5998 3643 paper of 1922 in the life and expansion not only of [email protected] It is such a change from the way our Gippsland, but also of the metropolitan newspapers print news these days area and of other still more distant parts of ______I wonder did they read it carefully and the state. Like the stately timber, the discuss it with their neighbours over the graceful ferns and the placid waters of the The Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp Historical back fence expansive lakes, it stirs the imagination, Society. Its such a change from the celebrity but in a much more vigorous and Heather Arnold 0407 521 637 news and fake news we get now compelling fashion, for but bespeaks the [email protected] enormous hidden wealth of brown coal, ______Gippsland and the immeasurable latent forces at the When the Creator moulded the great disposal of the state for the multiplication Lang Lang & District Historical Society continent of Australia, he bestowed his of industries. Secretary Peter Hayden 5997 5114 bounty in generous measure on the south From the Morwell Advertiser January [email protected] eastern portion; now geographically 20th 1922 ______designated Victoria, and rich and beautiful were the gifts lavishly distributed over the How our reporting has changed! The Phillip Island & District Historical Society Territory which has come to be known as pride in the areas assets is obvious and Contact 5956 8501, Gippsland. charming to read. Maybe we need to [email protected] Nowhere else in the Commonwealth is rethink our attitudes ______there more charming scenery than in this Libby Skidmore spacious district, and nowhere else is there greater natural wealth. In the fullest truth, not only does it appeal overwhelming to the aesthetic mind, but it also astonishes and captivates the utilitarian, with its unlimited possibilities for primary and Railway Station Museum secondary production. Victorians have Murray Street, Wonthaggi always been proud of Gippsland and never Phone: were they more appreciative than they are Irene 03 5672 1830 today. The local residents however are still [email protected] more enthusiastic in their admiration and
they are now engaged in a very laudable Secretary: Opening hours: and practical scheme to extend the Tues & Thurs 10am-3pm knowledge of the area, and attract to it the Saturday 10am-2pm widespread attention which they quite
properly, feel it is entitled to. The society meets at 7.30pm on the 3rd They realize that they are, in a very deep Thursday of the month at the museum. and patriotic sense the custodians of a ______grand inheritance, which it is their duty to make known to others, so that they may come and share the joy and honour of utilizing it to the best advantage. The cinematographer of the Immigration Bureau has been busy securing typical scenes and other films and these will be supplemented with appropriate literature setting forth the enormous potentialities of the country, the immense scope afforded for the practice of dairying, potato culture, and various other forms of production, and clearly indicating the character and varieties of the land in the different parts of
The Waterline News May 2018 Page 26 Grantville History
Brazier’s Mill was closed on 13 November By the late 1890s there was not enough 1880 and later purchased by W.J. Craig in timber left in the Bass Hills to make the 1882, who also bought farming land in this mills profitable. area. The mills closed and the workers left. All the tramways were constructed solely Grantville’s heyday was over. out of wood; very easily obtained and cheap. www.grantvillehistory.com.au In 1898 a disastrous fire severely damaged From Jan Walker the tramways and a lot of work was required at times to protect them. The Grantville Timber Industry Alexander Stewart was a very good businessman and had one of the biggest The Bass Valley U3A’s Local History mills. Group meets monthly in Grantville. He also owned a schooner which carried the timber to Melbourne and returned with There are vacancies in the group, which goods for the district. By these means he requires U3A Membership ($30 p.a), which was able to keep going. also allows you access to all U3A groups, He was one of the first to start and the last vacancies permitting. (See page 7). to close down. The selector’s ability to clear the land of The group has launched the website: trees did not come into the saw miller’s www.grantvillehistory.com.au calculations, for in the space of a few years and is about to launch a free subscription the selectors denuded the hills of timber e-newsletter, which will be available for Kim Walker 1984 and open pasture took their place. download from the website, or emailed One of the sights that impressed the early The blackwood timber was put into making direct to you each month. settlers, who opened up the area around beer barrels and railway carriages. There Grantville, was the magnificent forest of was even a reserve area of land preserved We have been promising you a story on great trees that covered the hills east of the for the growth of the blackwood trees. Grantville identity Cyril Dolphin Bass River. Tramways at this time, in the late 1800’s (8.12.1916 - 8.9.2001) for a couple of The trees were up to two hundred and fifty cost one hundred pounds per mile to buy months now. feet high and the blue gum, messmate and and the shipping costs were six shillings We have located two of his surviving blackwood timber were all excellent and eight pence per ton. relatives and are just waiting on a photo to qualities for building purposes. After the clearing of trees around go with the story, mostly written by Cyril, These facts were to influence the men who Grantville, it is now chiefly a grazing area. on his thoughts on the area, which should came to inspect the trees, two brothers, J. The Great Southern Railway made the be ready for next month and the launch of and M. Quiggan, Lewis A. Stewart and transportation easier and cheaper. the new History Group newsletter. Brazier all came to establish sawmills. The Great Forest, in the Strzelecki Hills, There were two known sawmills in with its far richer soil, induced a number of We also have some other great stories Grantville before 1874, although many of farmers to move away. coming up, which will also be added to the the old records were lost and memories Today there are treed areas around the website. have proved not so reliable in many farms and even the dotted blackwood is If you have something to share with us, instances. still to be seen. please let us know. The first problem incurred was transporting ______the timber from the forests which was earlier done with bullock teams. Later a system of tramways was built and used The Timber Cutters both to bring timber to the mills and also From the Grantville Memorial Park shift the sawn products to the sea History Walk Branch tramways were added to the new For about 20 years, timber was the king in areas of timber and went as far as ten miles Grantville. away from Grantville. Mills were established in the hills, owners Brazier’s sawmill was established on a ran tram lines to the coast and cut logs were crown allotment which fronted onto the transported to Melbourne. tramway, near the tramway crossing over Two sawmills were established in the Bass River. This site is close to the Grantville in 1874. present bridge over the Bass River at It has been said that the tallest trees were Almurta and the tramway from this mill ran clean sticks 250 feet high. through the paddock of my present home. The cut timber has to be brought to the The total output of sawn timber from these coast and a system of tramways were built mills in the Grantville area in 1876 was through the stands of timber to the jetties. given as 90,000 super feet per week. Brazier’s Tramway came to Grantville, Ninety men were employed who lived in Stewarts Tramway came to Queensferry Grantville or at the Mills. and the third went through Woodleigh to Five thousand pounds had been spent on Bass Landing. the tramway and the jetty, both built In 1876 nine thousand super feet of timber privately. per week was milled in the Grantville mills.
The Waterline News May 2018 Page 27 History A Short History of causes, and a whip for development. premises three doors down Commercial SOUTH GIPPSLAND With the development of the coal mines at Street, Korumburra, from Radovick’s NEWSPAPERS, 1875-2000 Korumburra and consequent rapid Hotel. A weekly newspaper. In October, David Tattersall population growth, the area was a hive of 1892, when the Coal Creek Proprietary activity between 1890 and 1920. During Company railed its first load of coal to many of these years the area supported four Melbourne, the Southern Mail had a or five separate independent weekly or bi- record print run of 1350 copies. Randolph weekly newspapers, including: Bedford, eventually to become a Member of Parliament in Queensland, worked as THE GREATSOUTHERN ADVOCATE editor of the Southern Mail for some years. (1889-1959): First owned and published by E. B. L. & A. THE KORUMBURRA TIMES & E. Dungey on allotment 26 at Bena on VICTORIAN COALFIELDS GAZETTE September 13, 1889. In 1891, E. B. L. (July 1892 to 1973): Dungey purchased A. E. Dungey’s interest, The first editor was G. W. Mitchell, who and in June of that year the name of the came originally to Korumburra as manager newspaper became “The Advocate” and the of the National Bank. In 1893 he sold the business moved to Loch. newspaper to E. H. C. Oliphant, who stayed In December, 1891, The Advocate was until 1896, and was later to become a purchased by Mr John Gannon, who moved journalist and author of international it back to Bena, where he also commenced renown. Oliphant was followed by G. publication of the “Korumburra Morrison, who had worked for Mitchell. Independent” the following year. In April, Mr G. H. Whittaker was proprietor at the 1896, Mr Gannon moved both newspapers time of his death (the result of a fatal to his home in Bridge Road, Korumburra. vehicle accident) in March, 1909. In 1927 The Advocate merged with the A later owner was Mr Wilson (in the late “Loch, Poowong, and Bass Valley 1920s-early 1930s), followed by Mr Pat This history of the Korumburra and South Express”. Diviney, who later took Reg Maskell into Gippsland newspapers entailed On the death of John Gannon, the the partnership. considerable research, and in this I was newspaper was run by his daughter, In approximately 1950, Brian Blake greatly aided by local historians, and Frances, and her husband Arthur Juratowich purchased Pat Diviney’s interest, and Blake present and former owners of newspapers in (the editor of the paper). When John’s and Maskell were the owners in 1973 when the area, to whom I am most grateful. widow, Bridget, died in 1935, Arthur and the “Korumburra Times” merged with the It may be that there are still names missing Frances purchased the newspaper, and in “Wonthaggi Sentinel” to become the from the roll call of former owners and later years their eldest son, Frank, took “South Gippsland Sentinel-Times”. editors, and if this is so, it is due to over. insufficient research on my part, or Frank Juratowich finally closed the THE SOUTH GIPPSLAND SENTINEL- insufficient knowledge on the part of business down due to ill-health in 1959. He TIMES (1973 to the present): those who contributed. I would be most worked for a time after that as a journalist Established when the Korumburra Times grateful if anyone reading this booklet and for Frank Gannon at “The Great Southern and the Wonthaggi Sentinel merged. having factual information relevant to the Star” in Leongatha before his retirement Published at Korumburra with branch subject, could contact me so that I may and death in the late 1960s. offices at Leongatha and Wonthaggi for the include it in future editions. collection of news, advertising and David Tattersall THE LOCH, POOWONG & BASS commercial printing. Printer, Coal Creek Heritage Village, VALLEYEXPRESS (? - 1927): 1980-2006. This newspaper was absorbed by John THE KORUMBURRAINDEPENDENT Gannon into the “Great Southern (July 7, 1892 to 1911): As an area was settled by the pioneers, the Advocate” in 1927. A weekly, published by John Gannon and newspapers were quick to follow. They No further details known about it. incorporated into “The Advocate” (also were a vital public service in the early years owned by him), in 1912. of settlement. In the absence of radio, THE SOUTHERN MAIL(May 20, 1890 television or the telephone, they provided a to July 31, 1909): Continued Page 29 means of communication, a platform for First published by E. H. C. Brown at Freemasons Victoria BASS VALLEY (Wonthaggi & Phillip Island) COMMUNITY GROUP Good men, supporting each other, COMPUTER CLUB
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The Waterline News May 2018 Page 28 History A Short History of Taberner’s famous Whalebone Hotel. This was further SOUTH GIPPSLAND Ignatius sold the Express to his brothers developed by the Levy NEWSPAPERS, 1875-2000 Thomas and Vincent in 1925. brothers (USA) in 1893. David Tattersall Thomas was the editor and Vincent the The weekly Sydney Mail production manager. This partnership used woodcuts for THE GREATSOUTHERN STAR (1890 dissolved in 1928, when Vincent married illustrations from 1871 to to the present): and moved to Stawell. 1888, in which year it published its first “The Great Southern Star” was first Thomas and his wife Vera ran the paper photographs. published on August 13, 1890, by W. E. until Thomas’ death, when his son Thomas The Sydney Morning Herald published its McPherson & Company in Bair Street near took over the paper from his mother and first photographs in 1908. Although used McCartins Hotel. In October, 1890, it was ran it until 1967, when he sold it to the by the larger daily newspapers, the Fox purchased by William Wilson Young, who “Wonthaggi Sentinel”, owned by Warwick Talbot and Levy processes were transported his equipment from Mirboo by McCrimmond and Foon. expensive, and it was not until the bullock team to Leongatha, the 20-mile invention of the Scan-A-Graver in 1947 journey taking three days. THE WONTHAGGI SENTINEL(? - (a machine that scanned the photograph The Star was purchased from Young by 1973): and simultaneously cut the image into Rossiter Bros. of Yarram, on May 12, First owned by Mr McCrimmond. At a plastic with half-tone dots), that the smaller 1906, and managed by H. J. (Happy Jack) later date McCrimmond’s son, Warwick, newspapers were able to produce Rossiter. took over the newspaper, and then Mr photographs effectively and cheaply. A fire in March, 1909, destroyed the Foon, who had been a printing employee of Illustrations in country newspapers prior to premises in McCartin Street (the business the firm, was taken in as a partner. This this consisted almost exclusively of having been moved from Bair Street some was a weekly newspaper in 1927, with illustrations in advertisements. These were time in the past 20 years), after which offices in McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi. printed from blocks produced in the city at Rossiter re-built in brick. In 1967 the Sentinel purchased the the cost of the advertiser (usually a national Rossiter ran the newspaper until April 1, opposition newspaper, the “Powlett or international company), and forwarded 1946, when he leased it to an employee, H. Express”, and then in 1973 merged with to the various newspapers for inclusion in B. Stone (father of Allan Stone, the noted the “Korumburra Times” to become the that company’s advertisement. These were Australian tennis player). Stone later “South Gippsland Sentinel-Times”. known as stereos, and the process of purchased the Leongatha Echo in 1951, making them was stereotyping. and then purchased the Star from Rossiter PHILLIP ISLAND AND in 1954. He amalgamated the two GRANTVILLE: A Short History of newspapers under the name “Great On Phillip Island, there was a newspaper in LETTERPRESS Southern Star”, and sold this to F. V., the 1970s owned and operated by Ernie PRINTING TO 1950 and E. A. & F. V. Gannon in January, 1958. May, which is believed to have closed SOUTH GIPPSLAND The Gannons who purchased the paper down when he retired. NEWSPAPERS, 1875-2000 were, respectively, the widow of Vincent It is not known how long this newspaper By Gannon (who had owned the Powlett had existed. It is believed that there were DAVID TATTERSALL Express in partnership with his brother several newspapers at various times in the © David Tattersall 2011 Thomas), Vincent’s daughter-in-law, early 1900s, at Grantville and on Phillip Elizabeth, and his son, Francis. Island, but as yet, no further information is This is just a brief extract from David’s After the death of Mrs Gannon Snr. in known about them. comprehensive publication. 1970, and Frank’s wife Elizabeth in 1972, There are no printed copies left but if you Frank sold the newspaper to his sister and REPRODUCTION OF are interested contact him and you may be brother-in-law, Dorothy and William Giles ILLUSTRATIONS able to get a pdf copy. in 1978, and purchased the Colac The greatest problem facing printers in the [email protected] newspaper. early years of letterpress printing, was the At that time, the Giles family owned the difficulty in reproducing illustrations. “Yarram Standard” which, together with Prior to the mid 1800s, pictures, maps, etc., We will have more coverage of the the Great Southern Star, is still owned by had to be carved into wood or etched or Grantville and Phillip Island Newspapers the Giles family. engraved into metal in order to produce a in coming editions. relief image which could be printed and, THE POWLETT EXPRESS & of course, had to be produced in a mirror If you have a contribution to make to VICTORIAN STATE COALFIELDS image of the final desired result. this section of The Waterline News, we ADVERTISER (? - 1967): This was a costly and slow process and as a would be extremely happy to hear from It is believed this newspaper may have result, illustrations were seldom used in you. been started by Crange & Company. It is newspapers. known that in 1911 the manager and editor W. H. Fox Talbot in England and Louis We are especially looking for old Maps, was George Guy Nevill, who had come to Daguerre in France independently came Photos and copies of local newspapers. Wonthaggi from Rutherglen during 1911. upon the basic principles of photography Crange & Company sold the newspaper in in the 1830s (Daguerre further developing If you have anything to contribute please mid November, 1912, and it is thought that initial discoveries made by Joseph Niepce email - [email protected] the new owner was Ignatius Gannon, eldest in France in the late 1820s), but it was not son of John Gannon (who had purchased until 1852 that Fox Talbot perfected a the “Great Southern Advocate” in process for producing an etched plate This History segment is supported by the Korumburra), and who moved the business which reproduced half-tones suitable for to McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi, opposite letterpress printing.
The Waterline News May 2018 Page 29 Art, Books & POET’S CORNER CALL OF THE SEA I did feel like a Submissions always welcome new woman. Email: The sea, the sea, the restless sea, No more [email protected] It calls to me so endlessly. shapeless shifts Like hungry lapping waves, for me. THE WINTER SEASON That embrace the sandy shore. The tailored fitted clothes suited my The curtain of autumn Peaceful and calm, as if asleep, new image as a Lifts colourfully up, Engulfed in mystic thoughts too deep. well-dressed Revealing performers and actors My spirits soar with awe and wonder, woman of As roaring waves crash like thunder. decision and will And other such factors. While a glittering gauze power. of slanting rain Luminous and blue sapphires on fire, I passed a cake shop. The window was full drapes a curtain of murk Gazing at translucent waves, I never tire, of fattening rubbish; vanilla creams, fruit over the choreographer’s work. Jewels crowned with foam crested spray, buns, coffee scrolls and éclairs. My only The orchestra tunes Sun caressed sparkle like diamonds. reaction was amused tolerance. I paused to and the music swells, examine the display. High pitched concertinas Ever moving, grasping, always receding, The plate of chocolate éclairs was right at of hysteria screaming. Never to attain for what you are reaching! the front of the window. They were The ballet builds apace O restless sea your fate is sealed ever more, enormous! The chocolate icing had a rich an intricate dance Your journey must end at the shore. gleam, as though it was so fresh it hadn’t of advances and retreats, had time to set properly. And entrechats and leaps I gaze beyond the edge of time, I swallowed as though the dry biscuits I had Pirouetting bodies And hear mysterious seductive rhyme, for lunch were still stuck in my throat. Inside and high kicking legs. Rising to a crescendo as crashing waves me a pain started, as though the cottage Sinews straining, arms flung tall roar, cheese and olives I had eaten with them still towards the illusive spinning ball. “Home, home, come home to me.” gave me indigestion. Victory floating in the balance I stepped back to get the reassuring hobnailed toes tilt and point Nalini de Sielvie reflection of my trim figure. By some Towards the stage goals ______accident of light, the plate of chocolate Of white painted poles. éclairs sprang into prominence, nakedly At last the finale is reached EXPLORERS exposed on the front shelf and leering at me. And in grease painted mud Shutting my eyes, I willed thoughts of crisp And lit by media evidence, Everyone searches the horizon from a lettuce, and freshly cut tomato into my mind. Is the troupe’s last appearance. separate path, The insidious memory of vanilla flavoured And that cyclops eyed monster, glimpses the hills through frames of bending cream, mixed with rich dark chocolate that audience of critics and fans, trees, invaded my taste buds. Shows clamorous appreciation beyond slenderness of aerials, geometry of I opened my eyes to admire my reflection, Of their players’ hard won accreditation. rooftops, but the entire window seemed dominated by across emptiness of paddocks. There is the the plate of chocolate éclairs. ©Margaret Pearce line Every detail etched itself into my mind. The Email: [email protected] edging mysterious lands of hope and way the piped dark chocolate rippled so ______promise. thickly across the top. The vanilla cream had been squashed in one corner and had oozed Here, explorers begin the daily challenge, out. A few fresh crumbs of the sponge finger HAIKU facing jungles, deserts, finding stony had fallen to the side of the plate. The ground. dusting of icing sugar on the base of the Everyone meets for a moment on the way, éclairs made me breathe hard. to wonder at the sight of so many lives. A moan was wrenched from me. A passer- Then all continue towards new discoveries. by paused. My respectable appearance must have reassured her for she walked on. The magic line of the horizon waits, I was hardly aware of the door banging reveals rising and setting, centre of light. behind me as I entered the shop. My voice seemed to come from a long way Marguerite Varday off, forced out from the depths of my ______deprivation and lust. “One dozen chocolate éclairs please and I’ll A MATTER OF WILL POWER have some of those cream buns with the Short Story by Margaret Pearce raspberry jam.” against pink and blue All decisions in life were only a matter of speckled sky The indicator swung around the dial and being in control, and of course of will the day dawns at The Gurdies then steadied. I was down another three power. kilos. © Margaret Pearce “No cakes, takeaways or sweets,” my doctor Email: [email protected] © Meryl Brown Tobin said. “Just a matter of will power and you’ll feel a new woman.”
The Waterline News May 2018 Page 30 Writing LOVE LYRIC Luminous Galleries (For my companion) Night galleries a huge success Jeannie Haughton The Luminous galleries Launch was something to remember, and the first month of arts installations in the new night galleries has been extraordinarily popular.
The feminine bevvy of beauties that guarded the shores of Coronet Bay were a direct contrast to the stoic and very Corinella - Photo by Anna Carson masculine link-chain windmill created by Ian Smith in Pioneer Bay. Grantville and mysterious light bugs appearing in tree Corinella installations were eye catching, tops, it was a wonderful night. contemporary works by Jordan Crugnale and Bass Valley Primary school students, There are so many people to thank, but and Rina Ori’s family. none more so than the artists who slaved away for hours and hours to create their Corinella’s artwork finished its days as the amazing installations simply for others to backdrop for a wedding. The Grantville enjoy. Many had never created artwork night gallery tucked in its rather before. uncomplimentary space, did not spoil the superlative geometric and atmospheric “Almost every time I went to the beach work on display. It certainly surprised and there were people walking around our rewarded those who took time to seek it ladies,” laughed Joann Gan, the leader of out. the mannequin makers at Coronet Bay.
In the meantime the second month of “They were talking and artworks are close to installation so be reading our poems and My loving strength is for a round red rose, sure to check them out on or after May many came to look refreshing as the morning air, 5th. many times. That is why in fulsome foliage she is lushly clothed, we made them- for nor thorns nor prickles doth my sweet rose The community spirit that underpinned others to enjoy.” bear. the launch was overwhelming. From the Princess 8.1 ( clothing illuminated barge and paddle boarders at made entirely of plastic her joyous aspect draws gay butterflies, sea, to artworks and singing and her pollen tempts the hungry bee to sup, bags) her gentle fragrance courts the sun to bow and bless with warmth bird, butterfly, bee and flower. may I companion three, gentle rose, with my stringent garlic nature strong? planting myself close by your feet I’ll toil to halt all insects who would do you harm. oh rose, fade not twixt golden day and sombre night! let not our union suffer time’s authority, nor let age succumb to time’s cruel bite, and sated flesh weaken love’s intensity.
Rebecca Maxwell From “with other senses” 2015
The Waterline News May 2018 Page 31 Book Reviews immediate situation to cause the least issues By sharing her experiences she shows Epilepsy Up Close and Personal for both myself and those around me. others the way forward.
Once writer Nenia Tavrou had a secret. Nenia soon learns to sit down quickly, A humorous look at living with Epilepsy, a preferably on a toilet in case she loses 132 page A5 paperback with glossy pages In her fifth book A humorous look at control of her bladder, which can happen. has a striking purple cover and is living with Epilepsy, she shares it in Such embarrassing moments she calls uh-oh beautifully presented. Small Clip Art considerable detail. moments. With experience she has cut them illustrations characterize her pages and to a minimum, but, when she has them, she break up the text. As the book is so dismisses them with her ready sense of informative and written in such an easy to humour and wit. read style, it is a must-read for those diagnosed with epilepsy, especially those One of her worst experiences was having newly diagnosed, their families, friends, her ultra-long hair shaved off before she professionals and the general public. had part of a brain operation to hopefully Providing not only very useful information stop her seizures occurring when she was not readily available anywhere else, but fifteen . Subsequently she loathed wearing a providing tips, giving hope and a sense of scarf to cover her head. When she stopped security to those affected by epilepsy, it has wearing it she was surprised when a woman the potential to do a lot of good. came up to her and said, ‘I love the artistic design on your head! Where’d you have it Any readers wanting an informative and done? My daughter’s been looking to have entertaining read should think about reading hers done too’’. it. They are likely to find they will not want Nenia is a storyteller with many stories to to put it down until they have finished. tell, not all directly connected with her How many people do you know who have epilepsy. One concerned a strange man in a A humorous look at living with Epilepsy is travelled widely, worked in eleven kilt who stalked her for weeks. available from Nenia Tavrou: countries as a volunteer and worked as a [email protected] Projects Manager for a big corporation and Often Nenia was touched by the kindness of shared intimate personal embarrassments passers by who stopped to see she was all Meryl Brown Tobin and who is a warm, humorous and right after they had either watched her have empathetic individual? Then meet Nenia a convulsion or come across her afterwards. Tavrou through her latest book in which she One old lady returned money she had does all these things and talks about living a dropped and told her where to find one of full life and more––despite the challenges her shoes that she hadn’t even realized she of living with epilepsy. had lost.
From her opening sentence you jump right Having epilepsy did not stop her meeting in with her: I was diagnosed with epilepsy the love of her life and marrying him nor when I was three. becoming a foster mother. Nor did it stop her studying and working for her church as Then she proceeds to share the warning or a volunteer overseas in Africa, India, China aura, as she calls it, some sufferers get prior and Cambodia. to losing consciousness. For me, my aura consists of sound being A remarkable story about an ordinary yet magnified 1000 fold so that it is quite extra-ordinary woman with a great capacity painful … [and] I also have a huge knot for love and life. A humorous look at living Nenia Tavrou: form in my stomach. with Epilepsy shows Nenia turning an At such times I’m trying to assess my embarrassment into something to laugh about.
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The Waterline News May 2018 Page 32 Environment Letter to the Editor. While its primary purpose is to “provide an Grantville Foreshore Committee independent and objective description of DELWP still Missing in Action! mangroves and how they influence their environment”, the paper also presents a In the absence of any move by the review of Grantville’s recent history Department of Environment, Land, Water regarding its seawalls and other erosion and Planning (DELWP) to hold further mitigation measures (3.1.1 Grantville), and community discussions or workshop looks at “what form of shoreline protection sessions about Grantville’s erosion problem is most appropriate, particularly in terms of or to release their Coastal Protection Plan social, economic and environmental for Grantville, September 2017 Draft, perspectives” (6. Shoreline Protection Cost George has come across a document that Benefit). may help fill the void: a discussion paper by The Committee continues to do what it can Chris Harty Planning and Environmental The author’s intention was to promote to preserve and protect the foreshore reserve Management, commissioned by the community discussion and to help DELWP north of Grantville as far as Pioneer Bay. Department of Sustainability and deal with the complex nature of managing The main items to note so far this year: Environment - now DELWP. foreshore erosion, but it seems nothing is Contractors have sprayed the weeds, mainly going to trigger any ‘erosion response’ from blackberry The document titled Mangroves in Western DELWP and if the community wants to The public access step to the beach at Port Discussion Paper, February 2011, progress the issue, perhaps the time has Stewart St has been redesigned to make it presents “background information on come for the newly formed Grantville more user friendly mangroves in Western Port and in the Business and Community Association to The next meeting is set for the 14 June at 6 Grantville/Lang Lang region based on a take up the cause. pm at the transaction centre when we hope review of scientific literature and identifies to welcome Mr Rodney Croft, the new issues relating to mangroves including their Just ask George DELWP program manager responsible for role in shoreline protection.” this area. All welcome. Eric Hornsby Send your letters to: [email protected] Chair 0417 222087
The Waterline News May 2018 Page 33 Western Port Ward Update Western Port Ward Update The $99 million draft Budget proposes a Council will be using a licenced contractor Crs Geoff Ellis, Clare Le Serve and $21.2 million Capital Works Program, to undertake the trapping for one week in Bruce Kent including projects such as: the Kilcunda area between the Bourne Supporting the Wonthaggi Shared Creek Trestle Bridge and Lower Powlett Rd MAY 2018 Highball facility. starting the first week of May. Council will Ongoing development of skate parks be following the Prevention of Cruelty to across the municipality. Animals Regulations 2008. Traps will be Acquisition of land for future checked early morning on a daily basis for community needs in Cowes. the entire duration of the program. The risk Construction of the Pioneer Bay to people, domestic dogs and native animals roads and drainage upgrade scheme. of being caught in a trap is managed by the Design of Olive Justice Park, Cowes small size of the soft jaw trap, the $25,000 positioning of the traps in remote bushland Works and signage for the Corinella sites away from the beach and defined Boat Ramp car park, $45,000 access tracks, and dog regulations for the Kilcunda foreshore to keep dogs on a lead Refurbishment of the netball courts at all times. BASS VALLEY CHILDREN’S at Cowes, Bass and Dalyston, For more information please contact CENTRE $920,000 Council on 1300 BCOAST (226 278) or Extension of Surf Parade shared path (03) 5671 2211. to Goroke St, Inverloch,
Replacement of the pavilion at Coming Meetings Dalyston Recreation Reserve, Community Connection Session $1,100,000 13 June 2018 3.00pm Council Chamber, Rehabilitation of Loch-Wonthaggi Bass Coast Civic Centre, Wonthaggi Road, Krowera, $300,000 Renewal of Bourne Creek Ordinary Council Meeting (Kilcunda) Trestle Bridge, $400,000 20 June 2018 5.00pm Council Chamber, Our agricultural community continues to be Many years ago a tenacious community Bass Coast Civic Centre, Wonthaggi supported with a rating differential of 80 recognised a serious gap in local services. per cent, as well as the opportunity to apply They engaged with Local Government for the Rural Land Management Program which sat at the table to facilitate the worth $604,555. process, proudly support and financially resource each step along the way. The draft Budget can be viewed at Community, individuals, local service www.basscoast.vic.gov.au/budget or at groups, local organisations, businesses, Council’s Customer Service Centres in JLM kinder, Bendigo Bank donated time, Wonthaggi, Cowes, Inverloch and money, energy, support and worked Grantville. together for the common goal.
The Bass Valley Children’s Centre held its HOODED PLOVERS - KILCUNDA official Opening on Monday, 23 April, with Sadly, every nesting attempt at Kilcunda many guests attending the special event, foreshore was preyed upon by foxes during opened by the Member for Eastern Victoria, this year’s breeding season. Council is Harriet Shing and hosted by Bass Coast coordinating an integrated fox control Shire Council. program with Parks Victoria and Phillip The Centre has been operating for just over Island Nature Parks, which will run from two months and provides a range of early May 1 to May 8. It will involve Soft Jaw learning programs, such as four-year-old Leg hold Trapping. Parks Victoria will also kindergarten and long day care. be running fox control activities along the Visiting services such as Maternal Child George Bass Coastal Walk and in Health and parenting programs, will also Wonthaggi Heathlands. work out of the centre to provide families By reducing fox numbers in the vicinity of with a range of support. This update is based on the personal Hooded Plover nests, the risk to these views and opinions of Councillors, vulnerable beach nesting birds will be BUDGET: Clare Le Serve, Bruce Kent and lowered. Fox control also has benefits for The second item on the April Ordinary Geoff Ellis and may not be indicative other native animals in the area and the Council Meeting agenda facilitated public of BCSC policy. nearby farmland. All formal access tracks consultation about the draft 2018-19 draft will have signs to notify people of the budget. program, informing them to keep their dogs
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