AUGUST 2013 Volume 16 Edition 7 I’m Free and The Edition proudly produced by the Bass Valley Community Bass Centre Valley News

Download the Bass Valley News online bvcg.org.au/bass-valley-news Salt of the Earth By Gill Heal For almost a century, Harry Cleeland and Cape Woolamai were inseparable. GILL HEAL recalls a gentle, graceful man much of whose life was governed by the sea but who admitted he preferred to stick to shore.

HARRY Cleeland died in July 2012. He was 96. His family will mourn his loss privately and properly for years to come, as they must, as is good. But for us who hardly knew him, or didn’t know him at all, there is also a loss. Harry Cleeland was a conduit to a deeper connection. He belonged, through dint of inheritance, of dreaming, of working, to Cape Woolamai and Phillip Island.

He inherited a farm that at its peak was 3000 acres (1200 hectares), stretching from Newhaven to Smiths Beach. He always wanted to work the farm, even as a boy. Harry & Sally at his Cape Woolamai House

“I’d look out the window of the school and wish I was home riding a horse.”

His grandfather arrived in Melbourne as a 14-year-old in 1840 after a four-month voyage with his family. Later he traded across the Pacific. According to Harry, Captain Cleeland sailed his ship into Western Port to shelter from a storm one day and said, “When I retire, this is where I’ll live”. And he did. He came back and built the beautiful Woolamai house overlooking the Eastern Passage.

Harry’s dad, in turn, spent a lot of time squinting through his telescope at boats out at sea. He knew the beautiful sailing ship Alma Doepel well. “He could put that telescope on a ship when it was only a speck out to sea and tell you what ship it was.” But Harry’s gaze turned naturally inland. “I wasn’t pleased with the way my father was running the farm. It was mostly covered in ti tree. I wanted to get busy with a tractor, clear it up and sow some grasses.”

None of the Cleeland family were good swimmers, according to Harry. “I think it was because it was always mud flats and potholes and shallow water, even when the tide was in.”

Nevertheless there were rewards to be had for living so close to the sea. Walking home from school one day, the Cleeland kids found the beach covered with nautilus shells. “Big ones, some of them six or eight inches (15-20 centimeters) high. Some of them still had fish in them”.

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Pictured left: Harry with his sister Pat, their cousin Lorna and Lorna’s daughter Pam

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KILCUNDA BASS CRICKET CLUB Although winter is damp and grey the work behind the scenes at the Kilcunda Bass Cricket Club is looking bright and positive heading towards the upcoming season. The Club welcomes Andrew Donahue and his family to the club this year. Andrew has been appointed Senior coach and after just missing out on the finals last year the “Boys” will be keen to turn that around under his leadership. Pre-season training dates will be announced shortly and members are looking forward to watching some good cricket at home this year with both grounds available. Follow the Club on their Facebook page… Kilcunda Bass Cricket Club.

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PAGE 2 AUGUST Bass Valley Community Centre Bass School Road Bass Vic 3991 Ph: 5678 2277 Fax: 5678 2242 Visit our Website: bvcg.org.au [email protected] (General Enquiries) Weekly Activities - The Bass Valley Community Centre [email protected] (Bass Valley News Enquiries & Advertising)

- MONDAY - ~ OFFICE HOURS ~ BASS VALLEY FRIENDSHIP GROUP (Home and Community Care) Monday to Thursday: 9:00am - 3:30pm 10am - 2pm. We welcome all members of the community. Lunch is Fridays: 9am - 3pm provided and transport in our Community Bus to and from the centre can be arranged. Wheelchair access is available. Cost $12. ~ OP SHOP HOURS ~ LEAD LIGHTING 7pm - 9pm. Cost $5. Monday to Saturday 9am - 2pm - TUESDAY - BASS VALLEY CHILD CARE (Occasional Care) 9:30am - 2:30pm. Active Early Childhood Development Program. BASS VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE NOTICE BOARD Qualified staff. $30 pre-paid flat daily rate. Bookings essential. Become a Member of the Bass Valley Bass Valley Community Centre’s COMMUNITY BUS to WONTHAGGI Community Centre… ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Pick up from 8:45am. Bookings essential. Cost: $12 return. Memberships for 2013/2014 are Tuesday, 17 September available now. Collect yours from at 7pm at Bass Valley Community Group DROP IN DAY the Bass Valley Community Inc. Bass School Rd. Bass. Members of 10am - 2:30pm. Pool, cards, darts, scrabble or just a friendly chat. Centre, Bass School Rd. Bass. the COM and General Public are cordially invited to the Annual General Meeting. --- WEDNESDAY - Enquiries call: 5678 2277 Enquiries call: 5678 2277 BASS VALLEY FRIENDSHIP GROUP (Home and Community Care) 10am - 2pm. We welcome all members of the community. Lunch is Come along and join in, it’s lots of fun. Enjoy The provided and transport in our Community Bus to and from the centre being active outside your home. A low cost local Friendship can be arranged. Wheelchair access is available. Cost $12. group who meet and do fun activities together. Group meet Transport is provided for Bass, Corinella, Tenby Mondays & Point, Coronet Bay, Grantville, Pioneer Bay & Wednesdays --- THURSDAY --- The Gurdies (plus other nearby towns). Call 5678 2277 BASS VALLEY CHILD CARE (Occasional Care) 9:30am - 2:30pm. Active Early Childhood Development Program. Qualified staff. $30 pre-paid flat daily rate. Bookings essential.

DROP IN DAY 10am - 2:30pm. Pool, cards, darts, scrabble or just a friendly chat. . --- FRIDAY --- BASS VALLEY CHILD CARE (Occasional Care) 9:30am - 2:30pm. Active Early Childhood Development Program. Qualified staff. $30 pre-paid flat daily rate. Bookings essential. The Bass Valley News team welcomes Editor - Roger Clark REIKI 10am. Reiki natural healing method. Visitors welcome anytime. For 40 years Roger has been an independent journalist in the specialised field of greyhound COMMUNITY BUS to WONTHAGGI racing and breeding. BVCG Inc. welcome Roger to Pick up from 8:45am. Bookings essential. Cost: $12 return. the position of newly appointed (& now official) role of Editor. Congratulations Roger. In this edition Advertising - Bass Valley News Page 3 News at Bass. The Bass Valley News is a free community newsletter. 1750 copies are distributed monthly across the Bass Coast Shire, including Phillip Island and parts of South 4 & 5 Community Notice Board includes Gippsland. The deadline for inclusions is the 20th of the month. upcoming community events and ~ ALL ENQUIRIES ~ general information. Email: [email protected] or Call: 5678 2277 6 Bass Coast Shire News. ~ Advertising Costs in B&W - GST inclusive ~ 7 Maru Koala & Animal Park. Small (typical) = $ 17.50 Double small = $ 35.00

8 News at Corinella. Quarter page = $ 60.00 Half page = $100.00 Full page = $180.00 Double page = $320.00 10 More Community News. (Colour is an additional 100% on top of the b&w adverts)

11 Personality of the Month. Other ads are negotiable. Long term ads are welcome. Community and non-profit ads are free of charge. The Bass Valley News Editions are available online at 12 & 13 Entertainment, Trivia and Poet’s Corner. www.bvcg.org.au/bass-valley-news 14 Volunteers in our Community. BVCG’s Committee of Management thank all our advertisers for their continued support.

AUGUST 2013 PAGE 3 The Bass Valley News COMMUNITY

LANG LANG COMMUNITY Social Bowls Every Wednesday 10am FAMILY MEDICINE CORINELLA BOWLING CLUB A short coaching session is followed by 2 games of bowls. Bulk Billing for all Medicare Card holders Bring your flat soled shoes, lunch and a friend. Corinella is Same day appointments a friendly and welcoming club and invites new bowlers of

Male & Female Doctors Available any age to experience the fun and fitness of bowls. For all enquiries call Enid 5678 0118 or Cliff 5678 0191. ~ Range of Services ~ 22 Balcombe Street. Corinella General medical care, minor surgical procedures, removal of skin cancers/lesions, immunisation, travel health, women’s, men’s and family health. Coronet Bay Playgroup Every Monday 10am -12pm. From birth to school age, $2 per family, On-site Pathology - Ultrasound Scans bring a piece of fruit for your child. At the Coronet Visiting physiotherapist and psychologist. Bay Hall. Grandparents welcome. Tea & coffee provided. Hours: Monday to Friday - 8:30am to 5pm 5 Whitstable Street, Lang Lang BINGO THURSDAYS 7:30PM KILCUNDA BASS FOOTBALL CLUB 5997 5799

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PAGE 4 AUGUST The Bass Valley NOTICE BOARD News

Happy 21st Birthday Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor/Team, I am emailing you to say Corinella Op Shop “Congratulations” on the July edition of the Bass

The Corinella Op Shop started on 6 August 1992 by Valley News. I think it is the best one! I really enjoyed the local history re Kilcunda, the Why I displaying clothes etc. over pews in St. George’s Live Where I Live and the Personality of the Church, Corinella. They opened one day a week, Month. It is also great that volunteers in the Community are and it was hard work, unpacking, packing up and acknowledged as well. We are lucky to have so many wonderful and then storing items in a garage down the road. After a talented people living among us. Sandra Thorley, San Remo. year they moved into a vacant shop in Corinella (with possums, birds and other wildlife) and stayed there until Dear Editor, Best wishes to you in your new role as Editor of “Bass moving into the present premises at the side of St. George’s Valley News”. Congratulations on the issues to date. A belated Church, Corinella. The community have supported the Op Shop thank you to Ian Cole, the prior editor for eleven and a half years. Under his care, the community newspaper grew from a small black with donations and by dropping in for a chat. The Corinella Op and white photocopied publication to a high quality, printed Shop support the local Bass Valley Primary School and other production with coloured covers and sometimes inner coloured organisations as well. Once a month the Op Shop have a free pages. Ian was always keen to feature news from community community lunch at the Community Centre in Corinella and a 3 groups and individuals and as someone who benefitted from course meal and lots of chat is enjoyed, all are welcome. This free publicity for groups I belonged to, and from support to me as an lunch is one of the ways the Corinella Op Shop says thanks back to individual, I am grateful to Ian. He was also prepared to tutor me in some computer skills I lacked. So through your pages I would like to the community. Pat Chapman thank Ian for his longtime voluntary contribution to the community and to individual community members. It was greatly appreciated, and we wish him all the best for whatever he does next. Community Submissions Welcome Meryl Tobin-Brown, The Gurdies.

We are looking for your contributions Letters can be sent to: [email protected] to the Bass Valley News... BECOME A MENTOR DRIVER WITH BASS COAST L2P LEARNER DRIVER *Why I Live Where I Live *Poet’s Corner MENTOR PROGRAM Help young people 16 – 21 years obtain their 120 hours *Self Sufficiency *Recipes driving experience. The L2P learner driver mentor program is an innovative communi- ty based initiative developed to assist young learner drivers who do not have access *Short Stories *Volunteer Profiles to a supervising driver or a vehicle due to financial or family circumstances. Mentor training is scheduled for Saturday, 8 and Sunday, 9 September at Mitchell House Wonthaggi. Call Coordinator, Veronica Dowman, office hours: Tue 10:00am – 6:00pm Entries can be sent to: [email protected] or Wed 9:00am – 5:00pm on 0467 590 679 or email: [email protected]

At AusGems we offer a professional gem The Probus Club of San Remo meets at 10am cutting service with over 2000 designs. We sell on the second Monday of each month (except the best quality gems, ‘rough’ and ‘synthetic January) at the Newhaven Public Hall. Men rough’. We also sell Australian Sapphires, and women members meet for fellowship, to Opals, Zircons, Garnet, Topaz and Jewellery. hear interesting speakers, enjoy outings to By appointment only - please note we are not jewellers. varied destinations and to share meals or other www.ausgems.com activities. Visitors are always welcome with

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BASS COAST SHIRE NEWS www.basscoast.vic.gov.au

Temporary relocation of Customer Services in Wonthaggi: Entry to the Civic Centre Wonthaggi offices is still through our Baillieu Street foyer. The change to the entry is necessary due to renovations currently underway in our Wonthaggi offices. There will be no disruption to the delivery of Council services.

Footpath Trading Permit: Permit renewals for 2013-2014 are now due. Businesses with permits in the last financial year should have received their renewals by now. All traders who wish to trade from 1 August 2013 need to have returned the appropriate documents and relevant fees to Council by 31 July 2013 to ensure continuity of their permit. If you have not received your renewal documents or are making an application for the first time, please call our Community Safety Team on 1300 BCOAST (226 278) to arrange for the appropriate forms to be sent to you.

Healthy Harvest Fruit and Veggie Boxes: Healthy Harvest Fruit and Vegetable program is coming to you this August. For a limited time only, you can purchase a $15 fruit and veggie box for ONLY $10! This offer is valid at participating locations from 1 August to 30 November. Plus, each $10 box will contain lots of freebies and recipes on how to prepare your veggies. You can order your box from Corinella and District Community Centre (5678 0777), Bass Valley Community Centre (5678 2277) and Grantville French View Caravan Park (5678 8232). For more information, call the Living Healthy Team on 1300 BCOAST (226 278).

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Bass Coast Community Health (BCCH) is hoping to support the formation of a series of If you become ill and cannot talk to your doctor about your treatment….who will cancer support groups within the Bass Coast Shire that meet regularly to bring people make medical decisions for you and how will they know what you want? Advance facing similar issues together, to share their valuable experiences and advice. Initially, Care Planning (ACP) is the process of thinking, talking about and wring down your we will be hosting 3 community sessions to hear your views on what you feel is needed future health care decisions in advance. The plan only comes into effect if and in your local community. We welcome anyone with cancer and/or their family and friends when people are unable to make decisions for themselves. Book an appointment to attend. today with Nurse Praconer Jo KellyJo Kelly to find out more about the ACP in 3ACP 3-3---stepsstepsstepssteps approach to Advance Care Planning. The sessions will: · Offer the chance for you to meet others in a similar situation and share your story. The Nurse Praconers also prescribe medicaons, perform blood tests (including · Hear from local service providers about local support. INR tests), write referrals, issue medical cerficates, administer flu, pneumonia & · Hear from Cancer Council Vic. on services that can assist people experiencing cancer. travel vaccinaons, aend to wound management and dressings, deliver · Give you the opportunity to shape what type of support is needed in your community. consultaons regarding women’s and men’s health and much more.

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PAGE 6 AUGUST The Bass Valley MARU KOALA & ANIMAL PARK News

Wombats - the Common and the not so common The Common or Bare-nosed wombat is a well known animal of the Australian bush. There are however some members in the wombat family who are not so common and on the edge of extinction.

The Common wombat is found throughout the bush of the south-eastern coast of Australia, Tasmania and some islands in Bass Strait. Wombats are powerful diggers and can excavate 30m long tunnels underground where they will sleep by day and wait until night to search for food which is mostly grasses and roots. Weighing between 20-40 kg, wombats are extremely stocky and powerful animals who have a bad reputation with farmers regarding their fence lines and the wombat’s burrowing habits. Famous to some and infamous to others, generally not many are aware of the other wombats who call Australia home.

There are also two species of Hairy-nosed wombats. The Southern Hairy-nosed wombat is found along the coast of South Australia and into Western Australia in arid to semi-arid regions including coastal sands, grassy plains and open woodlands. Rather than the coarse fur of the Common Roxy our 5 y/o female wombat and it’s leathery nose, the Southern Hairy-nose has soft or Common wombat silky fur and as its name suggests, a hairy nose.

The Northern Hairy-nosed wombat is clinging to survival with only a single population remaining in the wild. Similar in appearance to the Southern Hairy-nose, the Northern Hairy-nosed wombat has been isolated in an area of natural habitat of only 300ha (750 acres) in central Queensland. Listed as critically endangered, scientists estimate that there are approximately 100 - 150 individuals remaining, making them Australia’s rarest marsupial. While visiting our wombats here at Maru, take a moment to think about the tragedy it would be to lose any of these fantastic and unique animals.

A Southern Hairy-nosed wombat By Ben Kearton, Animal Keeper Distribution of Common & Hairy-nosed wombats

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Corinella & District Community Centre Phone: 5678 0777 Fax: 5678 0912 Email: [email protected] Check us out on Facebook or visit www.cdcc.asn.au (Ask to be added to our regular email list for more up to date information)

Courses and Workshops - To enrol now, Call 5678 0777 Event Management - Tutor Wanted (*Do you know someone?) Art Programs Creative Writing Courses Microsoft Office Power Point 2007 Ipad Classes Regular Groups (Newcomers Welcome) Seniors Strength Training, Crafties Group, Patchwork, Craft, Knitting, Spinning, Youth Drop In Centre CDCC FUNdraising Events - Fashion Swap Meet in October *Stalls Welcome (Call 5678 0777)

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WHY I LIVE WHERE I LIVE WHY I LIVE WHERE I LIVE by Catherine Watson - Wonthaggi

The first time I saw Wonthaggi, it was on what I have since learnt was a typical Wonthaggi winter’s day; drizzly, dismal, depressing. Most of the shops were empty and half the houses were for sale. I can’t remember whether the wind was a northerly, off the Alps, or a south-westerly, off Antarctica, but it went straight through me. “A lazy wind”, as old-timers call it. Or “good air”, as I’ve since learned to think of it.

But back then I thought it was one of the most god-forsaken places I’d seen: a former mining town fallen on hard times.

“I could live here,” my partner, Gab, said unexpectedly. “There’s something about the place.” My jaw dropped. “Well, you’ll have to do it on your own,” I said. Fast-forward a few years and I rented a holiday house at Cape Paterson while I worked on a book. Again it was the middle of winter, which meant I got a lot of writing done. But between the rain squalls I put on coat, hat, gloves, boots and ventured down to the beach where I first felt the exhilaration of the Bass coast in a big sea whipped up by that wind.

Fast-forward a few more years and I came to Anderson to interview someone who never turned up. I bought lunch in Wonthaggi and idly looked in a real estate agent’s window. I wasn’t looking for a house, just filling in time before my next interview. As always in Wonthaggi, there were lots of houses for sale, most of them little miners’ cottages. One of them stood out. I can still remember the ad: “YOUR OWN MARKET GARDEN. Never buy vegetables again.”

I still don’t know why but I came and looked at the cottage in Reed Crescent. Behind it was a paddock with two horses, beside it was bush (Tank Hill Reserve). It was late autumn. The apple and peach trees were loaded with ripe fruit. There was a glasshouse filled with grapes. The magpies were warbling. The sea was just over the horizon. I could almost hear the waves breaking. This time Wonthaggi was ready and so was I.

I haven’t mentioned the people. That discovery came later. I have since met many people who arrived here as haphazardly as we did. And I still wonder what it was that Gab saw in Wonthaggi, long before I saw it.

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2013 PAGE 9 The Bass Valley News MORE COMMUNITY NEWS

COUNTRY WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION COUNTRY WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION

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Christmas in July at the Corinella Bowling Club The Corinella Bowling Club held their annual ‘Christmas In July Mixed Fours’ event on Sunday, 21 July and the organisers were relieved to awake on the morning to clear blue skies after a miserable cold, wintery Saturday the day before. Fourteen teams from surrounding clubs as well as local teams rolled up early in colourful Christmas dress to commence play at 10am. The Corinella cooks served a traditional Christmas roast dinner and decadent dessert during the lunch break and Cliff Scammell and Brian Edwards entertained the gathering with community Christmas songs. At the conclusion of play, uninterrupted by rain or hail, the various winners were announced. The Grantville Bendigo Bank sponsored the event and representative Sharon Sly presented the prizes, pictured right with the winners, the Lang Lang team of Ian Painter, Judy Prowd, Shane Holmes (skip) and Sandy Holmes. Lang Lang won with a score of 43 points. The runners up were Rob Hill’s Corinella team with 49 points and the best last game was won by Brian Edwards’ Corinella team with 18 points.

Serenade at Sunset back home in 2014 The recently elected Bass Music Festival Committee, responsible for putting on the next ‘Serenade at Sunset’ event in 2014 are as follows, Kirk Skinner - President, Jean Coffey - Vice President, Veronica Dowman - Secretary, Barry Hutton - Treasurer. The two ordinary committee members are Christine Hutton and Helen Zervopoulos. The new committee unanimously agreed to bring the ‘Serenade at Sunset’ event back to the waterline area after it was held at beautiful Churchill Island last year. Pinehaven Manor in Tenby Point, where ‘Serenade at Sunset’ was held for two consecutive years, was recently sold so a new venue in the Waterline area had to be found. After careful consideration of a number of venues, the committee unanimously agreed that the event should be held at the lofty ‘Gurdies Winery’ in St Heliers Road, The Gurdies. The winery is owned by Dick Wettenhall who is delighted that his venue has been chosen to host the event. Secretary and prior Bass Coast Mayor and Councilor, Veronica Dowman who originally proposed the idea of such an event to be held in the Shire, is pleased that the concert will be held where it was first showcased. The new Bass Valley Music Festival Committee ‘We have learned so much from running the three previous events that we intend to apply this knowledge to make the 2014 event bigger, more streamlined, more professional and even more entertaining’, she said. Committee members are grateful to have the professional, musical expertise of Woolamai resident, Kirk Skinner. Kirk has worked as a musical director both nationally and internationally and has many contacts within the music industry. Negotiations are currently under way to contract some big names in the music industry and if they are secured, they will be a great draw card. ‘If we manage to secure performers who are known nationally, we will attract people well outside of the area.’ Kirk said. The much loved ‘Rising Stars,’ category which showcases local young talent, will continue to be an integral part of the annual event. Once the headline act has been signed up, the format and programme finalised and the sponsors secured, publicity and promotion will begin in earnest. If you wish to be a sponsor of the event or have any other enquires, contact Veronica Dowman 0402 168 161.

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Salt of the Earth By GILL HEAL (continued from Page 1) ”They came back with baskets and finished up with 400 beautiful shells. Later they sold most of them for £4 each. “It was the southerlies, I believe. They breed in the islands of Fiji; you’ve got to have a lot of southerly winds to bring them to the Victorian coast.”

Another time, when they were older, Harry and his brother Jack found a huge supply of timber on the Cape Woolamai beach, washed off the deck of a ship. “Beautiful timber; 12 foot [four metres] long, some of it.” They hitched up their draught horses and dragged it home on a sled. “Used it on the farm for years.” Incidents like this would have reinforced his respect for the sea, says Harry’s daughter, Gaye. “Shipwrecks were common enough in his youth, especially around the island, sometimes with fatalities.” Once he and Jack found a body washed up.

Maintaining the light on Cape Woolamai – the only light between Port Phillip Bay and Wilson’s Promontory – came with the Cleeland territory. “It entailed going up there with three draught horses and a sled, pulling two full gas cylinders: huge iron cylinders, about six feet high, two Cape Woolamai Lighthouse hundredweight [100 kilograms] each. It was a full day’s job!” Harry used to go with his father but when his father became too old, he delegated the task solely to Harry. One night during World War 2, Harry’s father woke him. “Wake up, Son; you’ve got to go to Cape Woolamai and put the light out!” Apparently Japanese submarines had been spotted near Wilson’s Prom.

“I’m not going tonight,” said Harry. “It’s pouring rain and there’s a howling south-west gale.”

“Well,” said his dad, “I’m afraid you’ve got to, Son. There’s a war on!”

“So I got on my horse and rode” said Harry. “It was all right along the sandy beach – you could see where you’re going – but once you got up on top amongst the bracken and tussocks of Cape Woolamai you couldn’t see anything. I just headed for the flashing light. “I got there – the cliff edge is just there and the wind is howling – and there were double doors that held these two cylinders and when I opened them one door went this way and the other went that way. The horse reared back and pulled the reins out of my hands and disappeared” “I eventually caught him and put the light out and rode back along the beach expecting to run into a mob of Japanese any minute. I was 26. I shouldn’t have been scared but I was”.

In those early years, the islanders paid a price for their isolation. “The biggest disaster was Les McFee. The weather was stormy and the ferryman wouldn’t take him across until the next day and he died of peritonitis.” So the first bridge between Newhaven and San Remo (a suspension bridge built in 1940) was cause for celebration. “It was designed to move,” says Harry, “but when you’ve got 40-50 cattle on it would move in all directions and if it was blowing a gale it swayed as well and sometimes you’d wonder if you were ever going to get to San Remo.”

But Harry’s formative years were the days before the bridge existed, when men were men and boys presumed.

“There were five of us young boys who’d gone to school together and we decided we’d take a rowboat to San Remo where we knew some girls. It was a lovely glassy, calm night. We got to the hotel and had a few beers, and then some of us went to a dance. At 3 or 4 in the morning we get down to San Remo jetty and a south-west gale has sprung up and there’s an ebb tide. Now if you’ve ever looked underneath the jetty when there’s a gale on and an ebb tide you’ll know there’s a huge rip there.

“We let go of San Remo jetty in the dark, two blokes sitting side by side rowing and there’s one bloke up the front, dead drunk. We put him there because he’s the only one who should have known what to do. Water’s pouring in the boat from all directions. I took my shoes off and tried my best to bail out the water, but this bloke up the front, by the time the water had splashed over him, you never saw a man come sober so quickly. He knew what to do! He said: “Row you buggers, row!” He got to the back of the boat with a spare oar and kept us head on into the gale and eventually we pulled the boat up to the beach. I hung my suit out next day on the line. It dried out almost white, it had that much salt water in it!”

Harry Cleeland saw the Alma Doepel. He told wonderful stories with humour and grace about a lifetime of living by the sea. But he would have been the first to acknowledge that he liked to keep his feet dry.

“When he was walking Banjo, his dog, he would keep his shoes and socks on, even on the hottest days,” Gaye says. “Although I remember that when we were kids he paddled in the shallows in summer, keeping watch.”

Vale Henry Kitchener Cleeland.

A special Thank You to Gill Heal, and to the Bass Valley Post for allowing us to publish this special tribute to Harry Cleeland.

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PHILLIP ISLAND JAZZ CLUB: Jazz at Phillip Island returns after a two month winter “Nothing in the world can take the break at 2pm, Sunday, 18 August at the Ramada Resort, place of persistence. Talent will not; Cowes featuring “The Steve Forster Trio”. The Steve Forster Trio is a jazz based group playing mostly nothing is more common than standards, both vocal and instrumental. The trio’s unsuccessful men with talent. repertoire incorporates everything from old favourites like Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday to the latin of Antonio Genius will not; unrewarded genius Carlos Jobim and the newer sounds of Madelaine is almost a proverb. Education will Peyroux and Diana Krall. They also like to “jazz“ up more not; the world is full of educated contemporary pieces (Sam Sparro’s “Black & Gold” being one example). The Steve Forster Trio has played derelicts. Persistence and numerous functions as far afield as Melbourne and determination alone are Bendigo and also local events such as “Celebration of the Roses Festival“ in Morwell, the launch of Dalkeith Heights in Traralgon, and the omnipotent. The slogan Press On! Inverloch Jazz Festival as well as regular gigs at local cafes and wine bars. The Steve has solved and always will solve Forster Trio comprises Steve Forster (Guitar) Andrea Francis (Vocals) and Colin Maney (Piano & Melodian). Enquiries regarding the Phillip Island Jazz Club to Jill Boyce 0417 the problems of the human race.” 416 300 or Robin Blackman 0432 814 407. ― Calvin Coolidge (1872—1933).

OTHER VENUES: 30th President of the United States The South Gippsland Jazz Society at Inverloch Sunday, 11 August features Annie Smith and her quintet with Neil Taylor on piano, David Tayloe on bass, Trevor Firth on of America (1923—1929). sax/flute and David May on drums, mostly mainstream with a bit of trad thrown in. Enquiries regarding Jazz at Inverloch to Neville Drummond on 5674 2166.

The Moe-Latrobe Jazz Club Sunday, 25 August at the Moe RSL will feature the very popular Melbourne trad Jazz Band, The Moonee Valley Jazz Band. All enquiries regarding Jazz at Moe to Bruce Lawn 5174 3516. WIN A CD COMPETITION Congratulations to our first ‘Win A CD Competition’ Winner: Mrs J Stubbs from Cowes, who correctly identified “Satchmo” as Louis Armstrong’s nickname, Your CD prize is in the mail!

This month we have a CD of the outstanding Andrew Nolte Orchestra, courtesy of Andrew and the Phillip Island Jazz Club for the first person who knows the nickname of Australian Jazz legend Graham Fitzgibbon (12/2/30 – 15/12/79)?

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BLONDE PAINTS A PORCH 1. What’s missing from the Venus de Milo ? A blonde canvassed a wealthy neighborhood looking for odd jobs. She went to 2. What Australian city has a harbour on Sullivan’s Cove ? the front door of the first house and asked the owner if he had any odd jobs for 3. Who officially opened the Sydney Opera House ? her to do. “Well you can paint my porch. How much will you charge?” “How 4. What’s the biggest city in Africa ? about $50?” The man agreed and told her the paint was in the garage. A short time later, the blonde came to the door to collect the money. “You’re finished 5. What’s the standard of strength of distilled alcohol in liquors called ? already he asked?”. “Yes” the blonde answered, “and I had paint left over so I 6. Who is known as the father of Geometry ? gave it two coats”. Impressed, the man reached in his pocket for the $50. “And 7. What does a Nataphile collect ? by the way” the blonde added, “That’s not a Porsche...it’s a Ferrari”. 8. What TV comedy series brought together Ross Higgins and Judy Farr in the starring roles ? 9. What circus owner is credited with saying “There’s a sucker born every minute ? PLEASURE (By Jackie Hookem, Pioneer Bay) 10. Who was the first non-human to win an Oscar ? An afternoon of pleasure with tubes of paint and brushes, 11. Who was the first man to orbit the earth ? Of David’s hourly tea breaks, and all the girl’s hot flushes. Discussions about politic, religion and our schooling. 12. How many colors are there in a rainbow ? Then Heather shouting “back to work, so we’ll have no more fooling”. 13. What mythical figure carries an hourglass and a scythe ?

The selection of our subjects for the afternoon! 14. How many sheets of paper are there in a ream ? Phyliss loves her flowers when they are in full bloom. 15. Where were 180 people rescued on Black Sunday, February 6 1938 ? She’ll have a go at sunflowers with sunny nodding heads, 16. What did Edward Hargreaves discover near Bathurst in 1857 ? Or gently swaying flowers in English garden beds. And Peg! What’s she selected , a pair of pregnant ewes. 17. What is the largest lake in the world ? Or a priest or Bishop hanging out his blouse (frock). 18. Who composed Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star at the age of five ? Nola spent a lot of time doing her dancing lady, Then came her wattle and her cottage old and shady. 19. What are caught in if a haboob blows up ? Joan and Pat like coming but they have had to miss a lot, 20. Which was the first country to use postage stamps ? Their hubbies have been ill so it put them on the spot, Then there’s Anne and I, we’ll try most anything. (Answers on Page 4) And if you stand quite close to Anne you’ll often hear her sing.

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2013 PAGE 13 The Bass Valley News VOLUNTEERS IN OUR COMMUNITY

JANET SLAMA. Born in Wodonga Janet has been living in Grantville for three years after having moved there from Hastings where she had spent the previous 21 years. Janet has four children and three grandchildren who she often babysits and her main hobbies are craft work and painting so perhaps one day we will see one of her paintings in one of our local art shows. Janet is one of two new volunteers at the Bass Op Shop and was in her third week on the job when I caught up with her.

MIA WOOLEY. Another new recent recruit to the Bass Op Shop is the effervescent Mia, who has been living in Corinella for just over 12 months, after having moved from Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. Mia is not new to volunteering, she worked in the Animal Aid Op Shop in Ringwood for quite a number of years. Mia is a Personal Carer too and in between her work and volunteering she finds time to pursue her hobbies which are fishing in Corinella and right around Western Port and snow skiing, when she gets the chance during the winter months. Mia has one daughter, Michelle who was having her 35th birthday the day I caught up with her at the Op Shop (a belated Happy Birthday Michelle). Mia loves spending time with her three grandchildren Jemma 15, Moana 4 and Mark 3.

HELENE HAYES. Local Woodleigh Vale Red Cross volunteer, Helene was one of one hundred and seven Red Cross Emergency Services Volunteers who were recently presented with the National Emergency Medal at Government House in recognition of their service to the Community over the Black Saturday bushfires. These volunteers contributed significantly to the overall Red Cross effort across the state to support the affected members of those communities severely affected by the Black Saturday fires. Helene was at the Relief Centre in Traralgon for a week helping to Register and support over 3000 people who left their homes in the Gippsland Fires.

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CHRISTMAS IN JULY AT GLEN FORBES More than 100 people gathered in the old Glen Forbes Timber Mill at Roger Bailey’s property on a cold July 20th winter night to celebrate Christmas in July and the night could only be described as a roaring success. Master of Ceremonies David Blum shared with the guests present that this was probably the largest gathering of people at any one time in Glen Forbes since gold was discovered in the Bass river in 1882. Christmas in July at Glen Forbes started in 2011 in an effort to foster community spirit and David Blum and his hard working team are to be congratulated on their efforts. Guests were treated to a sumptuous three course meal starting with a nourishing hot soup, followed by a choice of three roast meats, vegetables and gravy, finished off with a variety of sweets and tea and coffee. Glen Forbes Recreation Reserve Chairman/Secretary/Treasurer David Blum thanked host Roger Bailey for the use of the venue, the Bass Valley Community Centre for the loan of tables and cutlery, Graeme Keast for doing all the prep work at the site and for organising the car parking. He also thanked Bronwin and Michael Jourdian, Terry and Jill Watson, Tony and Liz Hughes, Debra Hill, Dorene Blum and Cathy Moises for their wonderful work in preparing, cooking and serving the food to the 110 guests. The ladies spent a lot of time at home during the week preparing the meal and making sure everything was right on the night. The night was a great success and is now firmly entrenched on the Glen Forbes and surrounding areas annual social calendar. Well done David and to all those who worked tirelessly on the night.

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