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August 2020 Our Remarkable Wetlands What’s On

As I write this, my umbrella should be drying on the porch, my No What’s On items were submitted raincoat constantly wet and gumboots muddy at the kitchen door. for August 2020 The ground should be sodden, dams full and streams carrying a good flow. True … blue skies and mild weather in July make for ------ideal outside work conditions, but it’s just not right. It doesn’t bode well for anyone or anything that’s relying on good soil- moisture, groundwater and stream flow in spring and summer. Please contact each organiser to

check for current arrangements. The anticipated cold fronts that bring winter rain are down in the Every Third Monday - 7.30pm Southern Ocean and the high-pressure cells that bring stable/ STAG meet at Strathbogie Hall. descending air masses and those gorgeous blue skies, are Helen Peters, Secretary. dominating our weather.

Every Second Tuesday of the month - Strathbogie Memorial Hall It might also mean another season of stress for the plants, Committee meets 6pm in the Hall. animals, stock and humans that rely on local wetlands and Enq Mary Wynne 0419 592 211 groundwater survival. And in drier years, even the wild animals that don’t usually hang out in wetlands (many different types of Every Wednesday - Material Girls - bird species, for example), also come to rely on this ‘core habitat’ usual times 10am - Rec Ground - for survival – water, shelter, food. BYO lunch. Newcomers welcome Ph: Jill Smith 5790 5159. Which brings me to an interesting observation. At the time of European colonisation about 15-20% (about 3000 ha!), of the Every Wednesday - 7.30pm Strathbogie Tableland was covered in wetland vegetation: swamp Strathbogie Singing Group - gum woodland, tea-tree thickets, sedge-dominated swamps, St Andrews Church - Strathbogie extensive sphagnum moss beds etc. These wetlands, acting like (except in School Holidays) sponges, held onto water, slowed its passage through the Ph: Di Mackrell 5790 5241 landscape - storing water and releasing it slowly throughout the Every Second Month - Strathbogie drier months, ensuring that the Seven Creeks at Strathbogie and Landcare first Sunday 9-11am Euroa had a year-round flow. Continues page 3 ….. Contact Sean 0400 019 607 Every Second and Fourth Sunday - Church service at St Andrews Church - Strathbogie 11.00am First Wednesday of the month - 1.30pm Strathbogie Garden Group. Contact Wendy 5790 8523 Every Fourth Saturday of the month - Australian Plants Society Group meeting Pete 0402 882 959 Every Third Sunday of the month This depression was once a wetland full of trees, ferns, sedges - 4pm Strathbogie Community of and dozens of other wetland plant species. Water didn’t flow, it Food Finders at the Recreation seeped slowly along this drainage line. Now, there’s barely even Ground habitat for a few frogs, but some fencing and a bit of planting will soon rehabilitate this site, improving the health of stock and the natural environment.

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Letter to the Editor For information regarding the Adoption of Budget for year ending 30 June 2021 Violet Town Village Voice or to get Check YOUR Local Event In accordance with the requirements an emailed copy each month Doesn’t Clash With of Section 130 of the Local contact Abbey Ferguson at ANOTHER Local Event. Government Act 1989, notice is [email protected] Read it Do you want to get the most hereby given that, at a Special online at www.violettown.org.au people to your planned local Meeting of Strathbogie Shire Council event? Is your local event going held on Tuesday 14 July 2020, to clash with another local event? Council adopted its budget for Support Strathbogie Landcare the Year ending 30 June 2021. agricultural & conservation projects Ask Tableland Talk. Many local Julie Salomon, CEO Membership is $10 per household. events are promoted through our local Newsletter. This gives you access to Landcare Tableland Talk is a magazine, subsidised rabbit & If you want to find out if another community newsletter run by a blackberry control, seedling purchases event is being promoted on a volunteer group. & community projects. Simply deposit date you are planning for, get in touch. This newsletter is entirely made up $10 into the Strathbogie Tableland Landcare account: BSB 803 078 We will tell you if another local of contributions. Contributions to Acc 100081991 with your name as event has already been promoted this newsletter are published as a reference or contact Secretary Sean on the same day /time: forum for public discussion. Mathews for a membership form [email protected] [email protected] m: 0400 019 607 The opinions expressed are the opinions of the contributors and not necessarily the opinions of the Mobile Library TT Team. By publishing Dates for contributions this newsletter does Strathbogie: not give its authority to the truth or validity of the material contained in August 5 & 19 contributions.

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The Deadline for the September edition of Tableland Talk is Friday, August 28 2020. e: [email protected], m: 0400 019 607, or via Strathbogie PO / Store. Preferred formats: Word or Publisher files, font Arial 11, convert pdf to jpeg, images <250k. TT Team. 2 Continued from page 1 ….. Violet Town RSL News Today, perhaps as little as 500 ha of the original 2700 ha of wetland habitat remains. Whilst there We are pleased to report that our recent wood raffle are still some fantastic wetland sites, much of what was won by: remains is fragmented and degraded. The Brell family and The Ross family - congratulations. Early farmers cleared land where they could and, in Many thanks to the ticket sellers and buyers. many instances, were required to clear a certain amount each year in order to maintain their Our condolences to Annette Walton from Violet selection, as well as create arable land for grazing Town and Nurse Wendy for the recent loss of their and crops. Within several decades, the Tableland father. Both men were Veterans and it is due to came to resemble what it is today. With most of the their efforts and their fellow veterans that we enjoy original wetland vegetation cleared, the hydrological our freedom today. system has changed and we are the poorer for it. The days of guaranteed summer flow in the Sevens We are currently updating the RSL Library. We at Strathbogie and Euroa are gone. have duplicates of some books and shortages of The Bogies and Beyond groundwater project will others. For example, we only have two books on give insight into how the Tableland groundwater the Boer War, two on the Korean war and two on system works and will hopefully improve our the Afghanistan war. We are also missing some understanding as we head into an uncertain climatic volumes of the Official History of Australia in the future. In the short-term, we can’t do much about war 1914-18. rainfall, groundwater or weather. But by If anyone has any Service books they would like to encouraging wetland vegetation to grow and flourish swap or donate we would be most grateful. (it’s remarkably resilient), we can slow down the passage of water across the Tableland, increase its If anyone would like to know if they or their families retention, thereby increasing its availability for our are entitled to anything, please contact: wild animals, stock and humans alike. Even the fish the Department of Veterans Affairs on in the streams will thank us for more consistent 1800 555 254 or via email victoria@dva.gov.au summer flows. They are very helpful and treat all callers with respect. Don't be afraid to ask about Health This is a classic example of the difficulty of resource Services, Benefits and Concessions. use and distribution – the ‘tragedy of the commons’ – but it also represents an opportunity for individual, Stay Safe self-interested action that could improve the commons. By improving the wetlands on your land, LEST WE FORGET you can make more water available for your enterprise. I’m tempted to John Ryan use the term ‘drought proofing’, but that might be too big a claim. Yet, without a doubt, the healthier our wetlands (and streams), the more secure will be the Tableland’s water St Attracta’s Violet Town resources. It just makes sense. We should be happy that we are not locked down For more about wetlands visit https:// like Melbourne and Mitchell. So many need our strathbogierangesnatureview.wordpress.com/ prayers.

Bertram Lobert There are Masses on Sunday at 11.00 am in VT at St Attracta's and 9.00am at St Patrick's in Longwood.

A limit of 20 worshippers still applies. There is also Mass Online each Sunday at 10.00am from St Killian's Church in Bendigo. sandhurst.catholic.org.au.

Some may remember the poem Said Hanrahan by John O'Brien. Very relevant in today's world.

God Bless and stay safe & warm.

John Ryan

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SENIORS NEWS It’s great to be back at school and seeing everyone so keen to get back into it! We have had some really good work being produced. In Writing we have published a holiday recount and have begun learning about writing reports! In Maths we have been re-capping on place value and some of us have been reading and writing numbers into the billions. We have all been adding and subtracting 3, and 5 digit numbers using columns. Some of us have even, for the first time, done sums that involve carrying. We also begun this terms Inquiry Unit: Energy. We made some mind maps which help us establish what we already know and what we would like to know about the topic!

JUNIOR NEWS We have been learning about summarising when we read. We read one of our favourites, Enemy Pie by Derek Munson. We worked on drawing and writing about the setting, main characters, the problem and solution in the story. In Maths this week, we continued to investigate faces, edges and corners. We drew what we saw and what we touched. We also found real life examples of these in magazines and around the classroom.

Clara and Zach with their Enemy Pie summary Freyja putting the finishing touches on her drawings graphic organisers. for her Enemy Pie summary.

We congratulate Jenna Barratt and her husband Ben, who welcomed Abigail Rose Harrison to the world on Monday 29th June 2020.

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L & K Kipping trading as The Bookshelf – notes from the Bohomians Bookclub Kerry Salter, the novel’s protagonist, is a Bundjalung woman returning to her hometown to visit her dying grandfather, Pop Owen. But this is no gentle picture of a dutiful granddaughter; Kerry is also running from the law with a backpack full of cash and staring into the reality of her partner doing jail time for the crime. She roars into Durrongo, a fictional small town in northern New South Wales, on a stolen Harley, headlong into a raft of challenges: family dramas, both present and past; confrontation with a local bigwig wanting to build a casino on her family’s Country; and, for good measure, an unexpected romantic development with a local dugai (white man). In spite of her intention to see her Pop and then head on north, she is caught and increasingly drawn back into the network that ultimately reconnects her to her people and her history. In spite of its small-town setting and family-centred plot, Too Much Lip is no lightweight read. It has big shoulders, taking on issues such as dispossession, poverty, intergenerational trauma and the fallout from the stolen generation. However, this heaviness is balanced by the wry humour that is never far from the surface of the drama. In the words of the author, ‘this novel is a kind of foray into the harder edges of Aboriginal life in country NSW, with a hillbilly sensibility. I wanted to write about the grassroots mob who are constantly living on the edge of things…’ While writing, she sensed a mixing of Once Were Warriors and The Beverley Hillbillies. Such is the combination of wacky and unexpected plot turns, the resilience and anger as well as the intermittent despair and fierce loyalty embodied in Kerry’s family, and the richness of the stories alive in the waters and earth of their Country.

Author notes: Melissa Lucashenko is a Goorie author of Bundjalung and European heritage. She has been publishing books with UQP since 1997: her work also includes Steam Killing Darcy (1998) Hard Yards (1999) Too Flash (IAD Press, 2002) Mullumbimby (2013) She has won acclaim for her work in the form of a number of literary awards and shortlistings. In 2013, Melissa won the inaugural long-form Walkley Award for her Griffith REVIEW essay ‘Sinking Below Sight: Down and Out in Brisbane and Logan’. Ruth Fluhr

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White Chocolate Mud Cake Combine the butter, chocolate, sugar and milk in a From Gillian Buckley, (Peranbin Primary “Delish” 2012) medium saucepan. Stir over a low heat until “Our family favourite for special occasions.” melted. Transfer this to a large bowl. Allow to cool

250g butter, chopped for 15 minutes. Stir in the sifted flours, vanilla and 180g white chocolate, roughly chopped beaten egg. Pour into a greased and lined cake tin. 1 1/2 cups castor sugar Bake in the moderately slow oven for about 1 hour 3/4 cup of milk and 40 minutes or until cooked. Turn onto a wire 1 1/2 cups of plain flour rack to cool. Ice with the ganache when cold. 1/2 cup self raising flour 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs lightly beaten

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8 Kath’s beautiful Strathbogie Ranges tree pick for July 2020 This superb ancient narrow-leaved peppermint (Eucalyptus radiata) is one of my favourite trees near our place. It is in the roadside remnant in front of Kallara Conference Centre, on Boundary Hill Road, Boho South. It has a diameter of over 3m and is best viewed by walking into the remnant on the west side of the tree and standing a few metres back from the trunk. It is particularly impressive and beautiful at night if you stand very close to the trunk on the west side and look upwards with a light. If you would like to contribute a photo of your favourite native tree in the Strathbogies, to Tableland Talk, please send the photo and a short paragraph to indicate its locality etc. Each

month we will put in one photo. Please email to: [email protected] before the last Friday of each month. Cheers, Kath Handasyde ______

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10 Isolation antidotes by Donmil

Each day’s deliberations While sequestered in my room: To meet social obligations – Should I Skype or should I Zoom?

THE FIDO FIFTEEN by Jasker What is it about dogs that can lead to them becoming parts of our families in a way that no other animal can? Of course you can say it’s just because they’re social animals, and that’s part of the story – no-one doubts that. But, as a family of dog-lovers, some of whom are also professional biologists, we’ve had many a long and lively discussion of this question. Eventually we set ourselves the challenge of trying to make a list of the top ten factors which we think, in combination, explain the fact that your dog is at your fireside rather than running around the country with fellow pack-members. We failed: we couldn’t get the total below fifteen. Note that though many of these features are crucial to the various roles of working dogs, we’ve had only companion (pet) dogs in mind in compiling the list. So here is The Fido Fifteen. The Editor would be pleased to receive readers’ suggestions for additions, deletions or amendments .  Dogs are highly sociable – they love the company of others (in the wild, other dogs, but people serve just as well)  They are very good at learning and remembering  They are easy to reward and therefore easy to train WANTED!  They show enormous adaptability in coping with a variety of environmental conditions and social roles Your pre-loved treasures  They love body-contact such as being patted or The OneWorld stroked or just being physically in touch shop, at Sheila  They are expert at reading our moods and body- Gallery, 52-54 language, and are therefore able to show empathy Binney St, is a non- with us profit venture  They’re comfortable with a lifestyle that includes supporting refugees considerable inactivity or sleep; they don’t need to and asylum seekers be on the go every minute via the Asylum  Though they have adaptations for nocturnal activity (such as good vision in dim light) they adjust Seekers Resource readily to our preferred pattern (be active by day, Centre in sleep at night) Melbourne (ASRC).  They are not so big that they can’t go everywhere We accept with us, nor so small that they’re in danger of being interesting, quirky, squashed if we accidentally step on them quality goods for  Playing games is just as important to them as to us sale – on 30%  They can walk, run, jump and swim – and if we commission, or as want to do any of those things they’ll happily do your generous them with us donation to support  Unlike cats, they don’t climb very well, so it’s easy to confine them to a chosen area this cause.  Their senses of sight and hearing are not exactly Contact Ruth Fluhr the same as ours, but they are similar enough that on 0427 979 231. we find it easy to communicate with each other  They grow up quickly and live long enough to form enduring bonds with us Quiz Question  And they are easy to feed and care for: what What is the name of the largest suits us, by and large, private house ever built in also suits them Victoria? Answer page 12 (chocolate excepted!).

11 Joke of the Month Bye, Bye Polly, Lines taken from medical notes: 1. The patient has no previous history of suicides. Good bye. 2. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her It is with thanks and husband states she was very hot in bed last night. 3. On the second day the knee was better and on sadness we farewell the third day it disappeared. Polly from the pages of 4. The patient has been depressed since she began Tableland Talk. After seeing me in 1993. availing us of her great skills, deep knowledge, 5. Discharge status:- Alive, but without my useful tips and subtle hints, she feels the time has permission. come to retire to a quieter life. 6. Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year old male, mentally alert, but ….. So, thanks again Polly for your welcome and 7. While in ER, she was examined, x-rated and sent helpful contributions to Tableland Talk and our home. 8. Occasional, constant infrequent headaches. community. 9. Patient was alert and unresponsive. We hope there are more out there like you, willing 10. Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and to take up the quill. accommodation. 11. The lab test indicated abnormal lover function. Sean Mathews, Editor

STRATHBOGIE SHIRE COUNCIL PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NO 1 – USE OF THE COMMON SEAL 2020 Notice is given that, pursuant to section 119 of the Local Government Act 1989 (the 1989 Act), at a meeting held of the Strathbogie Shire Council on 21 July 2020, the Council resolved to give notice of its intention to make a new Local Law No 1 – Use of the Common Seal 2020 (the proposed Local Law). The following information about the draft Local Law is provided in accordance with section 119(2) of the 1989 Act:

Purpose of the draft Local Law: The purpose of the proposed Local Law is to:  provide for continuity in regulation around the use of Council’s Common Seal and to prohibit its unauthorised use; and  repeal the existing Strathbogie Shire Council Meetings Procedures Local Law No 1 of 2014, is are being replaced by Governance Rules required under the Local Government Act 2020 (the 2020 Act).

General purport of the proposed Local Law: The proposed Local Law provides for the administration, storage and use of Council’s Common Seal and repeals an existing local law that is required to be replaced by Governance Rules under the new 2020 Act. The proposed Local Law creates an offence for the misuse of the Common Seal.

How can I get a copy of the proposed Local Law? Copies of the proposed Local Law and an accompanying Community Impact Statement will be available in hard copy from Council’s Customer Service Centres at Euroa (109a Binney Street, Euroa) and Nagambie (293 High Street, Nagambie) during office hours. An electronic copy can be found on Council’s website www.strathbogie.vic.gov.au under the Have Your Say button. Further information on the proposed Local Law can be provided by calling Council on 1800 065 993.

Making a written submission Any person affected by the proposed Local Law is welcome to make a written submission to the Council in accordance with section 223 of the 1989 Act. Written submissions must be received by 5pm on Wednesday 19 August 2020 and addressed to Ms Julie Salomon, Chief Executive Officer, PO Box 177 Euroa Vic 3666 or for Ms Salomon’s attention via email to [email protected].

Anyone who makes a written submission may also request an opportunity to make a verbal presentation, or nominate someone to make the presentation on their behalf, to Council in support of their comments at a Council meeting to be held at 4pm on Friday 21 August 2020 at Council’s ConferenceSquirrelSquirrel gliderglider Centre, Bury Street Euroa (the meeting will not be held if no submissions are received). Adoption of the proposed Local Law will be considered at a Council meeting to be held at 5pm Tuesday 25 August 2020 at the same location.

Any written submissions received are not confidential and may be incorporated into the Agenda for this Council meeting, including the name of the submitter and may be made available on the Shire’s website as part of Council minutes and agendas.

JULIE SALOMON, CEO

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12 STRATHBOGIE SHIRE COUNCIL PROPOSED GOVERNANCE RULES

Notice is given that at a meeting held of the Strathbogie Shire Council on 21 July 2020, the Council resolved to give notice of its intention to make new Governance Rules (the proposed Governance Rules) under section 60 of the Local Government Act 2020 (the Act).

The following information about the draft Governance Rules is provided in accordance with section 60(4) of the Act:

Purpose of the draft Governance Rules: The purpose of the proposed Governance Rules is to:  Outline processes for Councillors, committee members and staff to declare conflicts of interest  Provide for Council’s Election (Caretaker) Period Policy  Identify processes for the election of Mayor and (if required) Deputy Mayor and Chairs of Delegated Committees or Community Asset Committees  Set out procedures for Council meetings, including the Audit and Risk Committee, any Delegated Committees and Community Asset Committees.

General purport of the proposed Governance Rules: Chapter 1 outlines processes to ensure orderly and inclusive Council meetings, which in turn support good governance and sound decision making. Community participation in Council meetings has been broadened to reinforce the importance of community input into our decision-making processes. The same meetings procedures apply to all Delegated Committees, Community Asset Committees and the Audit and Risk Committee unless otherwise resolved by Council.

Procedures for the election of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor are outlined in Chapter 1 and are similar to what is currently in place under Council’s Meetings Procedure Local Law No 1 of 2014. Conflicts of interest must be declared by Councillors, members of Committees and Council Staff (either providing advice to a Council or Committee meeting or making decisions under delegated powers). Chapter 2 sets out the process for transparently declaring these interests in accordance with the Act.

Chapter 3 deals with more informal meetings of Councillors and how records of those in attendance and a summary of the matters discussed at these meetings are to be made available to the public through the Council agenda and minutes. This chapter also deals with the classification of information as confidential by the Chief Executive Officer to ensure there is continuity with the 1989 Act.

The Election (Caretaker) Period Policy is outlined in Chapter 4 and is essentially the same as that adopted by Council in March 2020, with minor amendments to reflect the passing of the 2020 Act.

How can I get a copy of the proposed Governance Rules? Copies of the proposed Governance Rules will be available in hard copy from Council’s Customer Service Centres at Euroa (109a Binney Street, Euroa) and Nagambie (293 High Street, Nagambie) during office hours. An electronic copy can be found on Council’s website www.strathbogie.vic.gov.au under the Have Your Say button. Further information on the proposed Governance Rules can be provided by calling Council on 1800 065 993.

Making a written submission Any person affected by the proposed Governance Rules is welcome to make a written submission to the Council in accordance with section 60(4) of the Act. Written submissions must be received by 5pm on Wednesday 19 August 2020 and addressed to Ms Julie Salomon, Chief Executive Officer, PO Box 177 Euroa Vic 3666 or for Ms Salomon’s attention via email to [email protected].

Anyone who makes a written submission may also request an opportunity to make a verbal presentation, or nominate someone to make the presentation on their behalf, to Council in support of their comments at a Council meeting to be held at 4pm on Friday 21 August 2020 at Council’s Conference Centre, Bury Street Euroa (the meeting will not be held if no submissions are received). Adoption of the proposed Governance Rules will be considered at a Council meeting to be held at 5pm Tuesday 25 August 2020 at the same location.

JULIE SALOMON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

13 Whipping The Cream ‘Round ‘Bogie - Part 4 (continued from previous editions) Tom Laws cream on board, back track out past Broughtons, give Harry a toot, turn right, next stop was Bill Ellis’ place, Barry & Ives father. Just before their place was a bit of an obstacle, the gravel road ceased to exist and was replaced with a large rocky area. I think I travelled every inch of that rock trying to find a less tortuous route across it. I recall one absolutely beautiful summer morning I reached this spot and there was a car parked there with a bloke leaning on it. “Hello” I thought, “he’s hit the rock too fast and broken something”. I naturally pulled up beside him to enquire as to his problems. “no worries” was his reply, “I am just soaking up this beautiful country”. The man introduced himself, an in-law I think, of Alstergrens who had recently purchased Barry Ellis’ sawmill. As there had just been a heavy shower of rain the bush smells were something out of this world, and Gordon was absolutely enchanted; us locals know of these lovely smells, but just imagine how they must be to a city man. Just up ahead to Bill Ellis’, drop off bread, butter, ice and pick up cream, then just a little distance ahead is Marmo Lane. Tony would leave his cream out at the start of this lane. In all of those years I never saw his house. Marmo’s Lane was the boundary between Euroa & Violet Town shires. Dairy supervision existed in Euroa shire but not in Violet Town Shire, which meant that legally one did not need a proper dairy to milk in if you were in Violet Town Shire. One person in this run built a little bark shelter in his paddock over in Violet Town Shire and consequently did not have to abide by the rules. Around the next corner to Les & Rita Green, same procedure, then down to Barry Ellis, pick up cream, drop off groceries etc. Seldom see Barry, he has a sawmill to run, also works a lot with machinery, he is at present converting an ex-army tank into a bush clearing machine. Barry & Jack Smith are also building a potato digger, Barry is a very clever man. Back out onto Boundary Hill Road, next stop Allan Fells farm. Allan and Dot had two very pretty daughters who were rushing to get to school, I could have dropped them at Boho South school but had too many calls before I reached it. Next stop Ralph Steen’s for cream pick up only, Ralph used to leave his cream on a purpose built stand on the corner of Steen & Boundary Roads; Ralph and his family were the most gentle people ever. Boundary Road in this area was corduroyed, even more so than the Kithbrook Road near Clem Hobbs, a lot of ti-tree about in this extremely wet area. I recall once while approaching Ralphs turnoff that something was amiss with one of Castle Creeks white log trucks. It had broken through the corduroy and was stuck in the middle of the road, and the whole of the timber jinker was out of sight, the logs were actually sitting on the road surface. I used to see a lot of echidnas around this area; they are plentiful all through the district but to me seemed more so here. Here I leave Boundary Road and turn left towards Violet Town on the Bonnie Doon Road, first stop around the corner was Lin & Joyce Ellis, small lot of cream here, drop off various goods, next was Don Ellis. Don was a great fisherman and had a large dam on the creek behind his house, it was stocked with many hundreds of sizeable trout. Once after a very wet time the dam wall broke and Dons fish escaped. Next call was Bert Ellis, his cream was always out ready, sitting on a purpose built stand shaded by a large black wattle tree in which perched the most vicious jumping jack ants, they would evidently hear me coming and gather for their attack. Next stop, just beside the school was an Italian named Peggararo, I never knew his name most people just called him Peg. Peg only had a little bit of cream, but must have had a few vines as he was reputed to make a fairly mean brew. Next stop, just a little along was Bill Armstrong, Bill turned out to be a very good friend of mine, he had a fairly large herd of cows, was one of the bigger suppliers, Bill was an ex- RAAF serviceman, his mum and dad lived on the same block and operated the Boho South post office, I always had a cup of tea with Arthur and his wife. Arthur was a WW1 veteran and had some very bad battle scars including a stiff leg but he managed quite well. Max Burnside

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