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Bush no BArriEr to BiG AmBition
James starts his University with big smile
By Elise Snashall-Woodhams
L
ast year in 2015 James
Matheson graduated from
Trafalgar High School
with an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of 96
and big plans.
But he knew he was going to
have to find a financial fix if he
was going to make it down to
Melbourne for the Bachelor of
Law/Commerce double degree
he had been accepted into at
Monash University.
Like many young people
from regional and rural areas,
the barriers to tertiary education were much higher for
James than his city peers.
It wasn’t just the distance,
James’ mum had been having a
run of ill-health and his father’s
dairy farm was struggling with
changing weather patterns and
lack of rain so finances were
tight.
Luckily that is where the
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
Scholarship Program was able
to help out. The scholarship
awards $5000 to academicallygifted country students, aiming
to address the barriers to tertiary education they often face.
James heard about the
scholarship through his school
and was named one of just 15
recipients from more than 660
hopefuls who applied.
“Trying to work out how
I was going to afford to go to
university was really stressful,
so it was great to hear I will be
getting this extra support from
the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
Scholarship.” James said.
James’ high-achieving ATAR
scored him a Vice Chancellor’s
Access Monash Scholarship,
with another $2000 in financial
aid.
James has been able to approach the start of his first
week at university with a smile.
He can’t wait to get stuck into
university life and explore his
passion for justice.
“Being in an environment
which encourages like-minded
individuals to think critically
and solve problems for the
future is something that really
excites me,
It’s in university that I hope
to learn more about myself.
Finding new friends, fostering
new relationships with staff,
and learning more about Melbourne is going to be a blast!
“He said.
proud moment for cricket trafalgar
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By Melanie White
Trafalgar Win 16’s
Flag
T
rafalgar’s depth turned
out to be far too strong for
Latrobe in the Grand Final,
with The Ships claiming victory
by 98 runs.
Latrobe won the toss and
elected to bowl in warm conditions, with the in form Brodie
Burgess and Liam White opening
the batting. Runs flowed freely
early, before White was given out
LBW to a questionable height,
bringing Nicole Faltum to the
crease, fresh off making a half
century in the Semi Final against
Moe.
Unfortunately she was unable
to trouble the scorers, snicking
off to leave Trafalgar at 2/32.
Fourteen year old Blair Clymo
was next in, as he and Burgess
put together a partnership of 29
before having the timber disturbed.
This brought the tall left
handed Brett Cameron to the
middle, who also returned to the
pavilion without getting off the
mark. Next man in Leo Connolly
joined Burgess briefly before the
latter retired with a well constructed half century. Connolly
played straight for the majority
of his innings but was at risk of
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if you have any.
In this month’s paper we
ran an Easter colouring competition for children. We have
received many entries. The
children have done a wonderful job of colouring. This kind
of healthy competition boost
confidence in children and develop drive for performance.
We at Traf News thank all
the children who participated
in the competition and congratulate the winners of this
competition. The winners will
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thank IGA Supermarket for the
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her team for judging.
Resilience and
success
Trafalgar has seen many brilliant youngsters proving their
metal in every filed of life. In
this edition of Traf News we
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have so many commendable
stories of youngsters making
us all proud.
Trafalgar High School graduate of 2015, James Matheson
knew very well if he needs to
pursue his education he would
need to apply for scholarship,
which he did.
He was named one of 15
recipients from more than 660
hopeful applicants. He was
awarded a $5000 and $2000
for financial aid to complete
his education dream of studying Bachelor of Law/Commerce at Monash University.
In one of the other main
story Trafalgar cricket has also
made us all proud; Traf under
14’s had back to back win
against highly competitive Willow Grove team
These achievements prove
that youngsters can do well
both academically as well as in
other extracurricular activities
like sports, If they are focused
and dedicated.
As Rochelle E. Goodrich,
Eena, at The Tempter’s Snare
says “Don’t ever give up. Don’t
ever give in. Don’t ever stop
trying. Don’t ever sell out. And
if you find yourself succumbing to one of the above for a
brief moment, pick yourself
up, brush yourself off, whisper
a prayer, and start where you
left off. But never, ever, ever
give up.”
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Dogs off leash areas trial
B
aw Baw Shire Council is
seeking community feedback regarding its trial of
dogs off leash areas.
Council decided to implement a 12 month trial of dogs off
leash areas in March 2015.
Mayor of Baw Baw Shire
Councillor Joe Gauci said community feedback will assist
Council to determine whether off
leash areas would be introduced
permanently.
“History shows us that dogs
off leash areas is an emotive
topic for our community,” said
the Mayor.
“Now that we are approaching the conclusion of a 12 month
trial of designated off leash areas, Council is keen to hear from
the community about whether
these should be introduced permanently.
“Council has also been collecting feedback throughout the
span of the trial, which will be
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complaints about the minority
who do the wrong thing.
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enjoy themselves.”
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Modus operandi of Men’s Shed
By Rod Fletcher
hat do we do at the
Shed? We will endeavour for the benefit of
people who may be interested in
joining, give an insight into what
happens at the Trafalgar Men’s
Shed.
Our Shed was established in
2007 under the auspices of the
Rotary Club. In 2010, we became
an incorporated association and
occupy the former Girl Guides
Hall in McGregor Park. We are
mostly a woodworking group doing personal projects as well as
community based projects.
Our new Shed which is in getting quotes for construction stage
will give us space for new projects e.g. welding, small engine
building and repair or making
train and aeroplane models and
there are many other hobbies to
consider.
On the first Wednesday of
each month a Shedder Jack prepares lunch for the group and
this is followed by our monthly
meeting. To assist fund raising we hold ‘sausage sizzles’ at
Bunnings Warragul and TM & L
Home Hardware in Moe. These
are an important part of our fund
raising.
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How are we
organised?
As an incorporated organisation, we are administered by a
Management committee of volunteers, including a President,
Secretary and Treasurer. We have
additional volunteers who look
after workplace safety, social activities and project planning.
Men’s Sheds are non-profit
groups, funded by our member’s
annual fees as well as occasional
grants, by selling items which we
make at the shed or by taking on
smaller projects tradies do not
wish to do.
We are a member of the Victorian Men’s Shed Association
(VMSA). This organisation provides a wide range of resources
for members. Further information can be found at: www.
vicmensshed.org and The Australian Men’s Shed Association
(AMSA) www.mensshed.org
What are our goals? We are
proud of our community involvement. We fully support the values
of The Victorian Men’s Shed Association (VMSA). These values
are:
Diversity and
Inclusiveness
We welcome men from all walks
of life and encourage their fullest
participation.
Respect
We respect our members, the
community ownership of Sheds
and our grass roots spirit and
ethos.
Friendship: we enjoy conversations, camaraderie, mutual understanding and trust.
Honesty and Integrity
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New members bring new
skills, new ideas, personalities
and valued opinions. It will be
good to meet new people. We
are open Mondays and Wednesdays 12Noon-4pm.Next to the
swimming pool in McGregor
Park. There are always early
starters from 9.30am so call in
and have a coffee.
The ‘Jack and Jill’ bench seat
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Call for West Gippsland Hospital plan to
be released
I
nvestment
in
West
Gippsland Hospital needs
to be front and centre for
the Andrews Government with
a view to funding the establishment of a new West Gippslandw
Hospital to deal with population growth and increase in
demand, Member for Narracan,
Gary Blackwood has said in
early March.
Mr Blackwood called on
the Minister for Health to re-
lease the details of a plan that
has been developed to explore
the future role of the West
Gippsland Hospital by the Andrews Government stating there
was real concern in the community that the plan would be
used to potentially limit the
services provided in favour of
Latrobe and Casey Hospitals.
Effectively this would force
West Gippsland patients to drive
at least an hour to get medical
treatment. That would be totally
unacceptable.
Speaking in Parliament, Mr
Blackwood said the Baw Baw
Shire was continuing to grow
and the outstanding service
delivery at the West Gippsland
Hospital demonstrated investment in a new hospital would
be funding well spent. The population of the Baw Baw Shire is
around 45,000 and it is predicted to double by 2050.
‘The hospital has a reputation in my electorate and more
broadly of providing high quality health care [and] currently
it is really struggling to cope
with the enormous increase in
demand for its services.
The demand is being fuelled
not just by population growth
but it is a direct result of the
professionalism of the staff and
excellent outcomes that are being achieved because of their
dedication and commitment.
It is a no-brainer that planning must begin to relocate the
hospital from the current site of
27 acres to a greenfield site of
60 acres given the current demand and predicted population
growth of the area.
‘The hospital’s board of
management purchased 60
acres land using the proceeds
of a significant bequest back
in 2006.The land is perfectly
located between Warragul and
Drouin, with good access to the
Princes Freeway and to both
Drouin and Warragul.
‘The combined population
of these two major towns is currently at almost 30,000 and is
predicted to hit 40,000 by 2025
or earlier,’ Mr Blackwood said.
Traf News Easter colouring competition winners!
Richelle owes success to her mother
R
adio announcer Richelle
Hunt attributes her success to being raised by
a strong, passionate and hardworking Gippsland woman.
Speaking at an International
Women’s Day breakfast at the
West Gippsland Arts Centre in
early March, Richelle said the
strength and passion of her
mother had been a guiding influence throughout her life.
About 80 women attended a
breakfast at the West Gippsland
Arts Centre organised by Women in Gippsland.
Richelle spoke of her journey from Trafalgar where she
grew up to Melbourne and her
current position on radio at ABC
774.
She attributed her success by
being brought up by her mother
who she described as a strong,
passionate and hard-working
Gippsland woman.
Richelle said she had been
bullied at school, but later in
life this had made her resilient.
She described her work in
theatre which began at the West
Gippsland Arts Centre and the
confidence it had given her.
“Through theatre I had
found my place and it left me
alive and energised,” she said.
“I met people with whom
I had a connection and we
laughed, loved and supported
each other,” she said.
Richelle said work with
community radio had led her to
774 and defined her career.
She was employed as station
reporter and loved interviewing
people so she could hear their
stories and learn about other
people’s lives.
She said one of the most
challenging times for her was
reporting the stories from people affected by the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009.
“Life can be tough but I have
found you can create your own
opportunities,” she said.
“My plan for the future is not
to second guess myself. I will try
and love myself more after all
perfect is boring,” she said.
Richelle interviewed a panel
of local women, all recipients of
the Baw Baw Shire Australia Day
medallions.
Leanne Anderson said the
Warragul Free Family Fun Day
organised by local churches
was so important for the community because it was connecting with people.
“It is how we connect that is
so important for people, particularly those that don’t feel connected at all,” she said.
Olivia’s Place co-ordinator
Kirsten Finger said she even
though she jumbled her role at
OP with her job as a paramedic
and a mother to three young
children because she loved
what she did, she found energy
from what she loved.
She said she received great
joy from being able to help
families.
“There have been a lot of
tears shed with helping people,”
she said.
She described the joy the organisation received when it was
able to provide goods for families with new born babies.
Growing Together Baw Baw
co-ordinator Donna Hallam
said she had been keen to get
involved with a community garden because she was new to
Warragul.
“I am a passionate gardener
and this was very much something I wanted to get involved
with,” she said.
“It has been a great way for
me to make friends and get involved.
“It is a different generation
know and it can be difficult
for people to say hi and make
friends, but the garden has given some people that outlet.
By Carolyn Turner
Lock the Gate advocate Ursula Alquier said she was proud to
be involved with an organisation
trying to stop unconventional
gas mining in Gippsland.
She said the organisation
attracted people from “the left,
the right and in between.”
“It has been amazing to talk
and encourage people to take
nonviolent community action
even though they understand it
may lead to arrest.
“I have found inner inspiration in trying to make change,”
she said.
Source: Warragul Gazette
$4M State funding boost for the West Gippsland Regional Arts Centre
M
ember for Eastern Victoria, Harriet Shing MP,
announced today that
Baw Baw Shire Council had received State Government funding
through the Rural Development
Victoria’s Regional Infrastructure
Fund.
Ms Shing visited the West
Gippsland Regional Arts Centre
to make the announcement that
the Victorian Government would
contribute $4 million to the West
Gippsland Regional Arts Centre
Upgrade Project.
Under 3 winner - Aleena Khan
Mayor of Baw Baw Shire,
Councillor Joe Gauci was grateful
to the Victorian Government for
its significant contribution to the
project.
“On behalf of Baw Baw Shire
Council, I would like to extend
my sincere appreciation to the
Victorian Government for recognising the value of this project
and providing a funding commitment that will allow us to move
this project onto the next level. By
upgrading this facility, we will be
in a position to provide a space
for the community to learn, enjoy
and participate for generations to
come,” said the Mayor.
The full scope of the upgrade
project is costed at $13.9 million
and will see major improvements
to the community facility, including:
Increasing the seating capacity
from 480 to 750.
Creating a new access foyer to
the south side of the auditorium, along with foyers for the
rear stalls and balcony seating.
Reorienting the centre and
café space so that it takes advantage of the beautiful outlook provided by Civic Park.
Achieving Universal Design
Principles, with accessible
wheelchair spaces, assisted
access aisles and an elevator.
New meeting spaces to allow
for hosting major regional
conferences.
Technical improvements to
accommodate major productions on a larger scale.
In addition, Council is currently finalising an application
for funding under the Federal
Government’s National Stronger
Region’s Fund.
“We hope the Federal Government will match the State Government’s funding commitment and
bring us closer to making the
project a reality,” said the Mayor.
“We are also calling on the
support of our community to raise
a portion of the funding to get this
project across the line. To kickstart the campaign, Council will
be providing the first donation
and is partnering with the Foun-
dation for Rural and Regional Renewal to manage the campaign,
which will allow for all donations
over $2 to be tax deductible.
“All donations made through
the community fundraising program will help us develop a place
where together we can welcome
people from all walks of life;
providing new opportunities to
gather together and strengthening
the social fabric that underpins
a great place to live, work and
play.”
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colouring competition for
children. The age group
was divided into four groups: under4, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12.
Sue Murphy from Baw Baw
Arts Alliance, with her team were
judges of this competition. Barney Denman of IGA, Trafalgar
Supermarket kindly gave four
prizes of $20 gift vouchers.
Sue said she and her team
have “judged children work for
the first time. Children should
be given the opportunity to get
this kind of experience. None
of the child needs to feel bad
if they have not won the prize
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them have gone to the extent of
“putting patterns and splodges.”
The judging was based on colouring skill, originality and selection of colour
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Rural infrastructure in VFF’s sights as
Port Lease deal reached
By Moira Lammings and Ken Peterson
Bunnings
organisational and
instructional meeting
Last year Lions Ken Peterson
and Moira Laming attended a
Bunnings instructional meeting
for selling cupcakes and having
BBQ’s at their Mid Valley store
with a view to running these two
activities to provide financial
support for Trafalgar Lions projects.
This year they attended a similar activity with Sue Pye, president of the Battle of Trafalgar
committee with a view to running
those activities in support of the
Battle of Trafalgar festival taking
place in October.
Battle of Trafalgar
BBQ’s
The Battle of Trafalgar Committee, to date, has conducted
two BBQ’s at the local IGA and
at Bunnings at Mid Valley. Both
were a great success in providing
seeding money for this very popular event. Lions Ken and Moira
provided substantial support for
both of these events both organizationally and as participants.
The support of Trafalgar IGA and
Bunnings is much appreciated.
Visit to Stratford
Lions
Trafalgar Lions Moira Laming
and Ken Peterson attended the
February meeting of the Stratford
Lions Club who are hosting the
Centennial District Convention in
2017, a major undertaking.
The guest speaker for the
night Ron Payne, spoke about the
Lions’s Club Excellence Process,
Membership and Junior Public
Speaking (primary students).
The Club Excellence Process
(CEP) helps clubs become more
effective in service, communication, leadership and membership satisfaction. Essentially,
CEP helps clubs do what they do
better.
Clubs participating in the CEP
are challenged to examine their
community’s needs, analyse their
membership experience, use
resources and develop action
plans. As a member of the District Global Membership Team
Moira took a particular interest
in this aspect of the presentation.
Ron also spoke about the Lions Junior Public Speaking Program (JPS) which gives students
in primary schools the chance
to develop their ability to speak
in public. This helps to develop
their self confidence, ability to
speak to a wider audience, think
more widely on a range of issues and prepare them for future
roles.
Trafalgar Lions Leeanne Anderson, Maureen Davies, Ken
Peterson and Moira Laming attended the semi-finals of the JPS
last year at Tooradin and Trafalgar Lions delegates to the District
Convention at Lakes entrance attended the final.
We were all very impressed at
the high standard achieved. We
are pleased to note that Willow
Grove Lions have successfully
implemented this programme
into their community activities.
Christmas cake
allocation fund
The Christmas cake Allocation
Fund is the Lions body that distributes profits (for medical use)
from the sale of Lions Christmas
Cakes.
This year Lions Marianne Tyler and Ken Peterson, assisted by
Moira Laming have applied for
assistance to install a defibrillator at the local IGA and to provide training to their staff in its
use. With funds provided from
our activities we are confident
that this will go ahead as did
our similar program to install a
similar device at the community
centre last year.
We have the enthusiastic
backing of Barney and the Trafalgar Medical Centre in this endeavor and thank all those who
support us so that we may continue to serve the community.
Youth of the Year zone stepping down from that position
which will be filled by Marianne
finals
The Youth of the Year public
speaking Zone Finals took Place
at the Trafalgar Community Centre on Sunday, 27 March.
The three finalists were Tim
Van Praag from Warragul a student at Charo Christian School
sponsored by Longwarry and
District Lions Club, Sophie Fontaine, St. Paul’s Anglican Grammar, Hearnes Oak, Warragul Lions Club and William Hornstra,
Trafalgar High School, Trafalgar,
Trafalgar Lions Club.
It was agreed that all of the
speakers presented to a very high
standard and presented the three
judges, Andrew Reddick, Libby
Beasley and Graham Goulding a
very difficult task in selecting an
overall winner.
Tim Van Praag was the winner of the public Speaking award
while Sophie Fontaine was the
overall winner.
Thank you to the Lionesses
of Trafalgar for providing the afternoon tea. Also we are pleased
to note the hard work and effort
that Lion Alan Smith has put into
organising our local competition.
Tyler.
Bob has held this position for
many years and in that time has
managed to aid many students
from our area to experience
other countries and cultures.
As well this programme invites
many students from overseas to
experience Australia.
Over the years many local
families have invited students
into their homes and provided
hospitality.
Bob has been tireless in coordinating the exchange programme, providing life enhancing experiences for all those
involved.
We are confident that Maianne will be a worthy successor.
Youth Exchange
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Bob Hoare who has been serving
for many years as the Trafalgar
Lions Youth Exchange Officer is
Lions guest speakers
Trafalgar Lions invite guest
speakers to their meetings to
Margaret Turner
Trafalgar Lions are saddened by
the passing of Margaret Turner,
widow of Lion Russ Turner.
Upon his passing, in conjunction with Trafalgar Lions, she
helped endow the Russ Turner
Award which over many years
has aided apprentices from
the Trafalgar area. She will be
missed.
by Ashley Mackinnon
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Youth of the Year public speaking zone six
share their knowledge and experiences. At our last meeting
William Beckley spoke about his
Lions Exchange to Italy, Belgium
and England.
We noted that his experiences
have helped him develop into a
very confident speaker.
Lioness book sales
The Lioness Book sale was another major success. Many Trafalgar Lions participated in setting up, transport and packing
up. David Lyons with Trafalgar
High School students also provided a great deal of help.
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politics on agreeing to a
deal on the sale of the Port of
Melbourne Lease.
“The deal delivers a clear
commitment to ensuring 10 per
cent of the port proceeds goes
to rural and regional Victoria,
through the establishment of a
Victorian Transport Fund,” Victorian Farmers Federation(VFF)
President Peter Tuohey said.
“The Andrews Government
has already committed $200m
to the Agriculture Infrastructure
and Jobs Fund. So it’s great to see
even more money committed to
rural infrastructure from the Victorian Transport Fund.”
“It’s great to see both the
Government and Coalition agree
with the VFF’s stance that a fair
share of the port revenue goes
into agricultural infrastructure,
given food and fibre exports
Gratitude to locals
By Claire Langford
I
t is with a heavy heart, I say
that my time working as a
GP in Trafalgar is drawing
to a close. My last day will be
the 21April.
I wanted to take a moment
to say the big thank you, not
only to the Trafalgar Medical
Centre, but also to all of you
at the Trafalgar community, for
having me work alongside you
for the past two years. It has
been wonderful experience.
If I had any say in this matter, I would be taking the entire
town and moving you all with
me to Melbourne because it’s
there where I’m finding myself
to be for the next phase of my
life.
I need to start by thanking
Dr James Brown, and Dr Michael Kunze two of the most
incredibly
knowledgeable,
kind, and I have to say humorous mentors I could have ever
asked for.
They have created a clinic
that Trafalgar certainly should
be proud of. Together they
have nurtured so many medical
students, junior doctors, and
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GPs-in-training, all the while
creating a workplace which is
a pleasure to be a part of – cohesive, safe, and fun.
Dr Brown and Dr Kunze
have drawn like-minded GPs
to them, and I thank all of the
other GPs for their teaching,
warmth, and shared wisdom.
Their care of their patients
extends well beyond the consultation. The hours spent typing, writing, thinking, learning,
worrying makes them a seriously world-class bunch.
The doctors are supported
by the brilliant nurses, the
office staff and management
team. I have deeply valued
their friendship, patience, and
guidance. They run a tight
ship, and should be proud of
the well-oiled machine that the
medical centre is.
To all of you, who have sat
in front of me; maybe once, few
times or maybe regularly. What
you have taught me has been
remarkable. You do not know
how much the breadth and
depth of your shared stories
the joys, the worries, the tears,
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Mr Tuohey said the organisation was looking forward to
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to shape the doctor I have become. I am so grateful that you
let me into your lives. I cannot
thank you enough.
I think the most important
lesson I have learned both
from working in the closeknit community of Trafalgar,
and amongst what I very much
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grow our economy by keeping
our farmers and export supply
chains competitive, which is all
the more necessary as we’re seeing a decline in manufacturing.”
“We need investment in road
and rail infrastructure and other
parts of supply chain to ensure
the port can operate efficiently
and at full capacity.”
Mr Tuohey said the VFF would
work to ensure that key priorities for rural communities were
addressed.
“In agriculture we need infrastructure investments in irrigation modernisation, pipelines
to secure water for livestock
producers, freight rail line upgrades, the elimination of mobile
phone black spots and a raft of
other projects,” Mr Tuohey said.
“Our support for the sale has
always depended on the State
Government ensuring theses issue are addressed and the port
AROUND THE
By Dianne Ireland and John Weymouth
W
e are always pleased
to receive photos
which have been
taken around the district, and
in order to properly catalogue
these, we ask that you name
and date them please. If you
know of a structure due for
demolition or renovation,
could you either contact a Society member to photograph
it, or take a photo and pass it
on to us? (Again, named and
dated)This way we will have a
permanent record of buildings
through the years.
Can you help?
Does anyone have a photo
of David Alfred Forsyth, especially an enlistment photo? He
was VX112592
remains competitive.”
The VFF congratulated both
the Government and Opposition for finally agreeing on
amendments that would see the
Delivering Victorian Infrastructure (Port of Melbourne Lease
Transaction) Bill 2015 successfully pass through the Legislative
Council.
Society
Where was the site of the
land owned by William Turner,
an early settler on the Moe
Swamp?
Does anyone have information on Henry Mackie Hall,
who lived in Yarragon prior to
WW1? He died in 1940.
Please contact Jean Huffer
on 56331960 if you can help
with any of these enquiries.
The Pop - up Museum is a
combined project between the
Mobile Library and the Trafalgar & District Historical Society. It is about sharing the stories of historic objects, events,
stories and photographs from
our personal and social histories, as well as our local area.
The public are invited to
bring along their early photos,
unusual tools, memorabilia
etc. to share their story with the
local community. The Historical Society will have displays of
photographs and documents
from their collection as well.
Arrangements will be made to
copy any photographs which
may be of interest to you.
This event will takes place
on 13 May, Friday from 11am
– 5pm in the Trafalgar Community Centre, Princes Highway, Trafalgar. For further
information, please phone the
Library on 0408 595 296 or
Dianne on 0439 655 172
Correction: In the March issue of Around the Society, we stated our new Plan Cabinet was being
used to house our Moe Collection. This should read Map Collection.
TCDA updates
for April
By David Wombat Lyons
West Gippsland Arts
Centre
The Trafalgar Community Development Authority (TCDA) has
supported over many years Baw
Baw Shire efforts to gain grants
for the redevelopment of Arts
Centre community facility. The
plan includes additional seating
capacity, better disability access
and creating a venue that not
only attracts the best of the arts
and cultural events, but will also
support tourism and social connectedness.
We recently have provided
the Baw Baw Shire Council with
a letter of support towards an application for the Nation Stronger
Region Fund; we hope the Shire
is successful with these federal
funds as it has been with state
funds. The TCDA would also like
to host a fundraiser towards a
community contribution. If you
have ideas, contact Wombat on
0409 015 662
for this celebration. More details
will be available on TDCA Facebook group that can be found
at: TCDA-Trafalgar Community
Development Association.
Artist in Residence
Library Working
Group
In 2016 Creative Gippsland are
offering four Artist in Residence
opportunities as part of their annual celebration and the TCDA
with the support of the Baw Baw
Arts Alliance, Baw Baw Poetry
Group and Arts & culture department at Baw Baw Shire Council
have got Trafalgar to be one of
those 4 locations.
It is all about participation,
learning new skills, seeing with
fresh eyes, meeting new people
and sharing visions and skills. We
hope the community will join in
Trafalgar Lioness
Club Book Fair
By Lyn Sephton
New committee for Trafalgar Probus
By John Attwell
P
robus club held its 23rd
annual general meeting
(AGM) and election of the
new committee at the last meeting.
This is an important part of any
club to hold annual elections and
this also becomes vital for bringing in new ideas by new committee
members to refresh the programs
and events for the forthcoming
year and beyond.
This year Probus have 13
members on the committee, seven
office bearers positions were also
filled. So you can see it involves lot
of people to run a successful club.
Our president this year is Tina
Phipps from Willow Grove sup-
On Thursday, 7 April at 12.30pm
at the Trafalgar Anglican Church
meeting room, the Working
group will meet and discuss
2016 plans, Please join us if interested in a community library
hub for Trafalgar.
ported by Ron Bowley from Fumina South as vice president, Elly
Fallon will be the secretary from
Trafalgar and Carol Achterdenbosch, from Yarragon as Treasurer.
Probus members are looking
forward to another great year of
‘Fun, Friendship and Fellowship’
under Tina’s leadership and this
new Committee.
There has been a lot of talk in
this paper about the benefits of being a volunteer and our members
have shown they are prepared to
volunteer to work for the benefit
of more than 100 members of our
Probus Club. Well done Probians!
The next major event coming
Past president Ross Pethybridge handing over the chain of office
to Tina Phipps
A
fter many months of collecting, sorting and pricing donated books, the
members of the Lioness Club
held a very successful book sale
in the Trafalgar Community Centre on Saturday and Sunday, 12
and 13March.
The hall was packed with
tables of books on many subjects, all books were moderately
priced.
When the doors opened at
9.00 a.m. on Saturday, eager
readers were waiting; some had
complete lists of titles of books
they were seeking.
Customers were brisk over
two days.
The children’s section was
very popular with all you can fit
in a bag for $5.00 so selection of
what to buy was very serious.
We appreciate the assistance
from Trafalgar & District Community Bank who sponsored our
Book Fair.
Lioness Club members would
also like to thank everyone who
cleaned out their bookcases and
donated.
We would like to thank members of Trafalgar Lions Club, David Lyons with school students
and 1st Trafalgar Scout Group
members who helped us with the
heavy lifting both setting up and
clearing out of the Community
Centre.
We would not be able to do it
without your assistance.
Profits from the book fair will
be distributed to local charities
later this year.
Transfer Station contract
awarded
S
olo Resource Recovery will
take on the management of
Baw Baw Shire Council’s
four transfer stations from Friday, 1 April.
Council currently operates
transfer stations at Lardner, Trafalgar, Neerim South and Erica.
Following a tender process,
Council accepted Solo’s annual
management fee of $978,916
(excluding GST) for three years,
with the option of a two year
extension followed by a further
twelve months.
Solo holds existing contracts
with Council for kerbside collection and disposal; street litter;
and, illegal dumping collection
services.
Mayor of Baw Baw Shire
Councillor Joe Gauci said the
new arrangement would generate annual savings and provide
Corrigendum
up is our caravan/cabin trip to
Beechworth in April and those that
have been on these trips before are
looking forward to Ross’s damper
cooked on the open fireplace.
a single point of contact for all
waste-related services in the
Shire.
“A Best Value Review of Council’s Transfer Station management was presented to Council
in 2015, which recommended
contracting out this service. As
a result of the review findings,
Council included this in the
Council Plan to be carried out
this year.
“Through the tendering process, Solo Resource Recovery
demonstrated the relevant professional experience in transfer
station management. Solo also
has a customer service team
based in Warragul, along with
the plant and equipment needed
to effectively manage the four
sites,” said the Mayor.
Council is currently working
with Solo to finalise the timelines
for an effective transition of the
management of the four transfer
stations.
For more information about
Council’s transfer stations, including disposal guidelines,
please visit the Council website
www.bawbawshire.vic.gov.au or
call 5624 2411.
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W
ith Easter and school
holidays on the horizon
you may be looking for
something different to do in your
area. Look no further than the two
galleries run by the Baw Baw Arts
Alliance at Trafalgar and Yarragon
Railway Stations.
Both of these galleries offer
more than art for sale by local artists. Gallery has different spaces
where members of the community
can meet regularly to take part in a
range of creative workshops.
The most recent addition to
workshops in visual arts is the regular Saturday mornings ‘felt making’ activities in Art Space 1 at the
Trafalgar Railway Station Gallery.
These take place on the first Saturday of each month from 10am
to 2.30pm.
You need to bring your own
materials and lunch but there is
plenty of guidance from Marlene
Ogden and Barbara Twining, both
experienced creative felters.
Marlene and Barbara have developed a programme of activities
designed for beginners and the
more experienced in the ancient
art of felting. Each month has a
different focus so that participants
can develop a wide range of skills.
In April expect instruction
on creating flowers and a wide
range of embellishments. This also
strengthens connections to the
community because the groups are
designed for people to share their
experience.
For further information contact
Marlene on 5634 2790.
Trafalgar Railway Station is
having a wide range of regular
workshops every day of the week
including painting, mixed media
and drawing, mosaics, fibre art,
sculpture, slab clay work.
A little appreciated art that is
being practiced at the Yarragon
Station Gallery is the ancient art of
Calligraphy. On every Wednesday
evening from 6pm to 8pm and every Thursday, 1pm to 3pm, Anita
Saturday morning felt workshop teachers discussing some of the
felt work being planned for the class from left Marlene Ogden and
Barbar Twining,
In our March edition on page 9 the Trafalgar-Thorpdale RSL
secretary title was given to former RSL Secretary Chris Johnson.
The correct information is Barry Davis is secretary.
REMINDER
Probus Club
Folding Night
George instructs in this art. Anita
is well known for her Calligraphic
works that she has exhibited locally and in Melbourne and provides
careful and considered instruction
at the level of each of her students.
Contact the Station Gallery for
more information; 0490 173 103
The Arts Alliance is not limiting itself this year to using just
local talent but has gone further
afield to locate expert tutors to
conduct master classes for Creative Gippsland in May. Classes
for American jeweler and basket
maker, Mary Hettmansperger, Melbourne felter, Catherine O’Leary
and master ceramicist, Glenn
England, have already been widely
advertised.
The Arts Alliance has only recently obtained the expertise of
water colourist, Malcolm Beattie.
Malcolm’s vibrant, light filled water colours are the inspiration for a
workshop designed to assist artists
in producing clean paintings full
of light, colour and atmosphere.
Malcolm has a commonsense
and logical, but above all an instructive and enjoyable approach
to vibrant watercolour painting.
To book a place in any of these
workshops contact Barb Gogerly
on 0418150411 or go to the Baw
Baw Arts Alliance website on www.
bawbawartsalliance.org.au
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Japanese day at St Joseph
Busy times at scouts
Bianca enjoys the Joey’s sleepover
Launching a raft at Lardner Park
By Jenny Heggart
Sleepover fun
Member of the Japanese Consulate with Xanthe Paul and James Snape dressed in traditional costume
By Lidia Goodwin
t Joseph’s Catholic Primary
School was very pleased to
welcome staff from the
Consulate General of Japan who
came to the school as part of the
Japanese language program.
Topics included Japanese
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food, festivals, traditional clothing and technology. Students
made origami “kabuto” (Samurai helmets) with Toyama-sensei, while the communication
officer D’arcy Butler talked
about Japanese technology and
introduced Harpo, a robotic
harp seal which was developed
in Japan.
Some students were also
given the chance to wear “yukata” - traditional cotton summer
wear. Students really enjoyed
the sessions.
St Joseph’s Primary School is
planning to host more events to
promote language and cultural
study in the future.
Back to school vouchers
Rev Sue Jacka
F
or the past three years the
Trafalgar Anglican Parish
has been successful in obtaining grants to help families
who are struggling financially to
equip their children for school.
Vouchers for $50 for Trafalgar
Men’s and Boys’ Wear or Target
have been distributed to schools
in the local area. We have just
done this quietly without drawing attention to the issue, although of course the local
schools have been involved in
deciding who gets vouchers.
This year, Foundation for
Rural and Regional Renewal
(FRRR), the funding body that
offers these grants has asked us
to advertise the benefits of this
program in our local papers.
Some of their business sponsorship has dropped off and
they were not able to allocate as
many vouchers this year.
Here are some of the feedback comments: ‘I was so
pleased to be able to buy my son
new shoes as he would have had
to wear the old ones which are
too small.’
‘We are so grateful for these
vouchers as it enabled my child
to have another school dressI won’t have to wash it each
night.’
And from a teacher: ‘Several Grade 6 students will now
be able to buy their distinctive Grade 6 jackets. It is really important for their sense of
responsibility and a sign to everyone that they are our senior
students’
Perhaps you know a business
which might like to support this
very worthwhile program. You
could contact Sue Jacka 0409
757 170 or FRRR directly 1800
170 020. Donations are tax deductible and come back to help
people in our community.
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Joey Leader Brett Hicks says
1st Trafalgar Joeys have had an
exciting start to the year with a
successful sleepover at the Scout
hall. The sleepover was a joint
event with the cubs.
It consisted of several games
inside and outside the hall to
burn up excess energy. There
was also a quick lesson in first
aid, in particular what to do with
snake bites. The snakes may have
been rubber but we learnt how to
take care of their bites.
Each joey took turns in making mini pizzas for a delicious
tea. The evening was wound
down by a craft activity of making masks with paper mache and
balloons before retiring for the
night.
The experience was perfect
preparation for Kangaree, which
is a statewide sleepover with
over 700 joeys, for six and seven
year olds at Lardner Park. No
Screens. No couches. Just 24
hours of action; climbing, making, crawling, creating, exploring
and entertaining.
For many Joeys this will be
their first night away from home,
however, they actually cope
amazingly well. This is a mini
life lesson in being independent,
one tiny step in growing up over
the next 15-20 years to be strong
adults. Adults who share and
care for others.
Joeys are also very excited
that three Joeys will be moving
up to cubs this term, moving
along their scouting adventure.
Strong start for cubs
The cubs have started their year
strongly. They have three ‘new
chums’ starting cubs and three
Joey Scouts linking up at the end
of the term.
Cub Leader Michael Kunze
says they have had a hike around
the town and nine cubs achieved
first aid badges. We also went on
a hike to Uralla.
Brooklyn achieves her
award
Brooklyn Matthews has achieved
her Grey Wolf Award, the highest achievement for a Cub Scout.
She has learnt many life skills
and shown dedication in completing her badge work. She was
presented with a special Grey
Wolf badge, a certificate and her
name has been added to 1st Trafalgar’s Grey Wolf Honour Board.
Scouts and venturers
out and about
The scout troop had an exciting
time at the District Raft Race,
held at Lardner Park. For the
second year running a 1st Trafalgar team has won the annual
event.
Brooklyn with her Grey Wolf Award Certificate and Honour Board
Troy with the Scout Medallion Honour Board
Teams first have to construct
their rafts and then race them
on the large dam at the venue.
The winning team included Jack
Pinch, Rueben Joiner and Steven
Summerfield.
The raft race was held on
the same weekend when hundreds of venturers from across
the State were at Lardner Park
A highlight of the ten pin bowling night was the presentation of
the Australian Scout Medallion to
Troy Oates.
This is the highest achievement in the scout section and
involves considerable work and
dedication. He received a special badge and had his name
added to the 1st Trafalgar Scout
for the annual ‘Anything Goes’
camp. Our venturers enjoyed
participating in many activities
on offer.
The scouts and venturers also
enjoyed a joint night out at Warragul 10 pin bowling.
Troy’s scout
medallion
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Play drums, tambourines,
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Friday mornings at 10.30am
Held in Trafalgar Bowls Club, Ashby St.
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Medallion Honour Board. Troy
is now a member of our newly
formed Venturer Unit.
Anyone wanting further information about Scouting in
Trafalgar can contact our Group
Leader, Tiffany Viney, on 0407
051 265.
More information phone Anne
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My Anzac Home
The Song of the Rifle
Come and see my little dug-out—way up on the hill it stands,
Where I can get a lovely view of Anzac’s golden sands;
When “Beachy Bill” is shelling, I can see just where he lands,
From my cosy little dug-out on the hill.
This is the song of the rifle,
The rifle that barks and bites,
The rifle that stings and stutters
Performing its deathly rites.
It isn’t quite as roomy as the mansions of the Tsar;
From sitting-room to bedroom is not so very far,
For the dinning-and the smoking-room you stay just where you are,
In my cosy little dug-out on the hill.
Shiny of barrel and vicious,
And stodgy of stock am I,
Grooved and rifled and brilliant:
Wherever I speak men die.
The fleas they wander nightly, as soon as I’ve undressed,
And after many weary hunts I’ve had to give them best.
As the ants have also found it, there is very little rest
I need a keen eye behind me,
A grip that is firm and strong,
A good strong heart and determined:
And then I can hiss my Song.
I’ve a natty little cupboard, and it looks so very nice,
‘Taws made to keep my bread and jam, my bacon and my rice;
But now it’s nothing other than a home for orphan’d mice,
I live where the strong man’s passion
Is mixed with the lust for bloodWhere the five-point-nine is crooning
Its song with the whizzbang dud.
There is no electric lighting in this blighted land of war,
So I use some fat in syrup tins, and stand it on the floor—
And when it’s working overtime I sweat from every pore,
I am created by mankind
To kill the creatures of God;
I rule the earth in its madness,
I put men under the sod.
Anzac
Anzac
Bridie Balfour and Chelsea O’Brien competing in hurdles
By Lidia Goodwin
A
beautiful, sunny day, an
abundance of parent helpers and supporters, loads
of enthusiastic children, ready to
try and do their best at a top class
sporting complex, this was the
scene for St Joseph’s annual athletics carnival held at the Newborough athletics track recently.
There was a great atmosphere
as students and family members
encouraged and cheered all the
competitors, urging them to do
the best and acknowledging the
real effort that every student put
in to complete the events.
A special cheer went to anyone who completed the 800 metre event.
The athletics track has excellent facilities and this is a great
chance for the children to expe-
Anzac
Anzac
rience what professional athletes
do when competing for championships.
Parents and students especially enjoyed watching the prep
and grade one children running
in the 70 metre race and many
commented on what a great experience it was for the children
and who knows, there could be
a budding Olympian of the future
amongst them.
When the nights are clear and starry—then the scene is beautified
By the silvery gleams and shadows that across the mountain glide;
But if it’s wet and stormy— well, I go to sleep outside
Of my cosy little dug-out on the hill*
When the time comes round for parting from my little eight by four,
And I can get a good night’s rest without a back that’s sore,
Well—perhaps someday I”ll miss you, and will long to live once more
Corpl. George L .Smith,
24th Sanitary Section, R.A.M.C.T.
*The roof of a dug-out, as usually designed, is a device for keeping
the shrapnel out and letting the water in.
Taken from ‘The Anzac Book’, Written and illustrated in Gallipoli by
The men of Anzac.
Cassell and Company,Ltd.1916
Elena Carpinteri participating in junior sports
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Anzac
Silent, we bow our heads, remembering
Those who went forth returning not again.
Many lives that knew no time beyond their spring,
Young eyes long closed, that saw duty plain;
A nation’s splendid youth that gave its best,
Ungrudged, unreachoned, in the faith that we,
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And glazed are the eyes and staring,
Sightless and turned to their God,
Where I have spoken and stutteredFor I am the Chastening Rod.
Anzac
Freed by its labours, would not fail the test
Of perfect comradeship and unity.
“Trafalgar & Yarragon News’, 29 April, 1926
Contributed by Trafalgar & District Historical
Society,
E. A. Tardent, - (First World War soldier)
Source: ‘Aussie’ magazine, 1918
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produced during the Great War, and was an instant
bestseller when first released in 1916. Created by
soldiers under enemy fire and in extreme hardship, the
illustrations, stories, cartoons, and poems were intended
as a Christmas and New Year diversion for soldiers facing
a harsh winter in the trenches on Gallipoli.
The book was sold “For the benefit of Patriotic Funds
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who fought in World
War 1 by re-producing the
front page of their enlistment
papers.
Recorded at the National Archives, the list will be produced over the course of the
remainder of this year and into
next year.
Anyone wishing to get information on their own relatives,
may do so by going to http://
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browse/ and then searching
under ‘Places’. Type in the
town the person was born at or
living in, and then click on the
town when the map appears.
A list of all those recorded for
that town will appear, and the
reader can then select the appropriate name.
138 Cecil Flinders Lucas
4240 Herbert Lynch
177 Joseph Edwin Hillis
Born at Margate in Tasmania, Cecil
nominated his father, Alex Lucas of
Trafalgar as his next of kin when
he enlisted at Broadmeadows on 19
August 1914. Cecil was a 23 year old
Farm Labourer at the time.
On 30 May 1915 while serving with
4 Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli,
Cecil suffered a gunshot wound to
the arm and was evacuated to England.
He did not return to active service
for 2 years and 7 months, when, on
29 December 1917, he joined the Machine Gun Corps.
Cecil was taken on strength at 1
Machine Gun Battalion on 20 April
1918.
He was killed in action on 23 August
1918 when the Australians were engaged in the general advance that led
to the taking of the Hindenburg Line
in September 1918.
At first, Cecil was buried in an isolated grave. Today he rests at the Heath
Cemetery, Harbonnieres.
The son of Edward Lynch of Trafalgar, Herbert was a Railway Employee aged 26 years and 7 months
when he enlisted at Melbourne on
14 July 1915.
He arrived in France on 8 June
1916 and joined 14 Battalion as
part of the 12th Reinforcements for
the unit.
On 10 August 1916, during the Battle of Pozieres, Herbert was admitted to 3 Casualty Clearing Station
suffering multiple wounds and
died there on 17 August.
He is buried at Puchevillers British
Cemetery.
Joseph was a 28 year old Telephone
Mechanic when he enlisted at Sydney on 17 August 1914. He had 5
years military experience, having
served with 10 Light Horse Regiment. He was promoted to Lance
Corporal.
He suffered gunshot wounds to his
chest, shoulder, hip while serving
with 4 Battalion at Gallipoli and
died in Cairo on 19 May 1915.
Joseph is buried in the British Cemetery Cairo.
1218 George Thompson
Kellas
7012 Sydney Charles
Henry
22195 Stanley James
Hillis
Born at Tinamba, George, a 20 year
old farmer, enlisted at Trafalgar on
22 February 1916. He was the son
of Robert Kellas of Trafalgar.
George embarked at Melbourne on
3 June 1916 and after training in
England joined D Company 37 Battalion in France on 22 November
1916.
On 22 November 1917 he suffered
a gunshot wound to his left leg and
did not rejoin his unit until 22 June
that year.
On 12 October 1917. during the
Battle of Passchendale, George was
killed in action. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
When Sydney enlisted in Melbourne
on 19 October 1916, his mother
was living at Trafalgar. He had been
born at Stockinbingal NSW and
was a farmer aged 21 years and 11
months.
Sydney joined the 23 Battalion in
France on 29 August 1917.
During the night of 19/20 May
1918, his unit endured heavy shelling near Ancre. Sydney suffered
multiple shell wounds and died at
61 Casualty Clearing Station on 20
May 1918.
He is buried at Vignacourt British
Cemetery, 8 miles from Amiens.
Stanley enlisted at Trafalgar on
1 February 1916 with his brother
Henry. Stanley was aged 22 years
and 1 month, the son of William
James Hillis of Trafalgar and one
of three brothers to serve in World
War 1.
Stanley embarked at Melbourne on
20 May 1916 and served in France
with various Field Artillery Brigades from January 1917 as a Gunner and driver.
He was with 110 Howitzer Battery,
10FAB on 16 June 1917 when the
Brigade ammunition dump was
blown up by enemy shelling. A fatigue party from 110 Battery was
working on the dump at the time
and lost 18 killed and 8 wounded.
Stanley is buried at Kandahar Farm
Cemetery in Belgium.
Diaries of Charlie Heywood
a hard time, as well as giving
up our Anzac Day. It was pretty
well 6 p.m. before we came off
parade. We heard today that
General Ryrie has been killed
near Kantora in the Canal zone,
the L.H. has been engaged fairly
heavily with the Turks the last day
or two.
28th Frid
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his is the continuation of
Yulungah’s Charlie Heywood as we follow him
during World War I through his
diaries
APRIL 1916
25th April 1916
Anzac Day
25. Tues. Reveille at about 2 am.,
did not get up until about 3 am.
myself as the horses were watered and fed when l arose, l was
on stable picquet but did only the
one shift from 10 pm. to 12 pm.
Today is the first Anniversary
of the great and glorious landing
on the Gallipoli Peninsular, when
poor old Frank received the bullet wound that later on caused
his lamented death, and it would
seem all to no purpose. The day
is being made a memorable one
in the Army – sports etc. being
held wherever possible to commemorate the day that our boys
made a name for Australia.
Our Regt had made arrangements to keep the day – but unluckily for us we had got orders to
proceed at once to Tel-El-Kebir so
instead of having a good day we
had a mighty long and hard one.
As is usual after any unit leaves a
camping ground it leaves it spick
and span.
During the early morning we were all ready, tents and
all equipment was packed and
transported down to the Helmia
Railway Siding where everything
was all bustle getting it all on the
trains that was ready waiting.
The horses do not take long to
truck so by about 8 a.m. we were
all ready and were put aboard
the train, some of the chaps rode
Charlie’s brother Frank, who Charlie remembers in his description
of ANZAC Day
down in the open trucks, but l
came down in a 3rd class carriage
for preference.
The ride down was rather interesting though a little uncomfortable owing to the intense heat
of the day. A little way along,we see
some well fenced in country that l
hear would be the place where a
lot of the native insane are kept.
A bit further on we went by a
big quarry works where there was
some hundreds of natives working they must have been prisoners
as they nearly all had heavy chains
round their waist which hung
down to their ft.I do not know
whether the chains were fastened
to their ft or not, every here and
there, there was an Egyptian soldier on Guard. The prisoners
would not be prisoners of war,
but ordinary civil prisoners who
had transgressed the laws of the
country.
When we got to Zagzig we
stayed there for a little time while
the train took in water. Zagzig is
quite a fair sized place but there is
very few Europeans there.
We had our dinner in the train
l being lucky enough to have
some things that had been sent
over to me from Yarragon.
At some time before noon we
lobbed at Tel-El-Kebir and it was
not many minutes before we had
the horses off and the luggage too.
Reflection
We then mounted them started off
to our camp, which proved to be
about 3 mls away from the R.S. On
our way we watered the horses in
a canal and had great fun in doing
so, the horses wanted to roll and
play in the water.
On arrival at our camping
ground we linked horses and
proceeded to put down lines for
them.
At about dusk we put them
on the lines, very glad l was not
on stables picquet as the horses
would be everywhere.
Reveille 5 a.m. and we have to be
on parade in about 10 minutes
after Reveille goes. Every man is
supposed to have a cup of tea before early morning parade.
Morning parade 8.30 a.m.
which finishes up at about 11.30
when we have to water the horses
which takes a considerable time
as it is a long way down to water,
we had a very solid days drill and
altogether we seem to be getting
the very devil knocked into us,
with the dust etc we are having
hard times.
A few minutes after 8 p.m.
when we had fed some of the
horses .We got word to saddle
up at once, for a few minutes all
was bustle until the lads got away,
about 10 men per Trp going, no
one knew what they were wanted
for at first, but it turned out that
the trouble was that some of the
Infantry lads were playing up and
had burned some of the native
business places down.
They were going to start on the
circus, but when our chaps came
along, they decided to go quietly
thus the disturbance ended. It
seems a great pity that the men
will go doing these things and all
to no purpose, all they do is to
bring discredit on themselves and
our side in general.
This evening we got dished
out to us some gift stuff – such as
fruit, jam, syrup, fish, lollies, soap
etc which was sent over by the Aus
Gift Fund, these things came to us
just at the right time and the boys
had a great blow out and one and
all were loud in their praise for
the kind people who so thoughtfully sent us such suitable articles.
Sat 29th
I had a fairly easy day for here –
l being on ration fatigue, l went
on at 7 a.m. having helped to do
stables and had had my breakfast
before l went.
It is a good two miles
down to the A. S. C. so we go
down in the wagons, we soon got
down there and got our fodder
etc. on, this A. S. C. is a very spacious one and there is immense
stacks of grain, chaff, biscuits and
everything there, we got back to
the Regt here at about 9 am.
After being back in camp a
while orderly Sergt Loomes put 2
or 3 of us on stable fatigue which
did not please us very much, all
the same we did not have a bad
day of it. At about 5 pm., we went
away down the camp and brought
2 meat houses back for the cooks,
which they very much needed to
keep the dirt and dust away from
the meat etc.
I was on Mess orderly for the
day too. The boys had to go on
Musketry parade in the afternoon,
which naturally hurt them as they
should have had their usual half
holiday.
30th Sun
Church parade at about 9 am.,
we paraded up at the 12th L.H.
lines where the 11th and 12th L.H.
also paraded, l do not know the
preachers name, but anyway he
gave us a very good address.
At 4 p.m. we had to go on a
mounted parade for an inspection by Gen Godly, every man in
the Regt had to go out. There
was several Regts there as well as
some hundreds of details. Altogether we appeared to be a fairly
large crowd, the inspection was
soon over.
I was on stable picquet.
* Basil’s
SERIOUSLY
LET’S HAVE A LAUGH
H
ere at Traf News it’s out with the
old, and in with the new. Farewell to our hard working editor
Mick Bourke and a warm welcome to
Arfa Sarfaraz Khan.
We are indeed fortunate to have this
lady with a wonderful background and
interest in community affairs. No secret
either that her journalistic qualifications
and experience is probably more than
we could hope for. We’re tickled pink to
have her on board.
This significant appointment means
that we are able to return Mick to his
loving wife Carol, with regrets that like a
used car, he may not be in the same condition as he was when we first appointed
him as our head honcho.
We have spoken to Carol, to check
how she will handle his rehabilitation
back to normal residential living in Trafalgar. She said she is planning a modest
program to allow him some comfort and
stability in his new/old environment.
She said her planner allows him
some recreational pursuits like cleaning the spouting, weeding the garden,
painting the lounge room and mending
the chook house. And that’s just for the
mornings. In the afternoons he can look
forward to shopping for new furniture,
buying some dresses and accessories
27th Thurs
to update her wardrobe, whilst catching up with people he’s been avoiding
for years.
Evenings will be spent at the theatre,
dining with her best friends, babysitting,
dog sitting and watching a lot less cricket and football. We wish him happiness
and joy in this unfamiliar lifestyle.
Our new editor’s name of Arfa
brought back some fond memories
from many years ago. Back in the 1940’s
and 50’s we enjoyed a fabulous radio
program which ran for just on six years
and 155 episodes. It was called the “McCackies Mansions” and featured just
twelve minutes of riotous comedy from
two characters, Roy Rene and Harry
Griffith. Harry played himself and Rene
took the part of Mo McCackie, who represented the part of a bawdy character,
described as a suburban householder,
whose life was made miserable by relatives, neighbors and friends.
Some enduring Australian slang
and unusual sayings emerged and have
become known as “MO-ISMS”. They
include – “What’s up, Young Harry”?
- “ Strike me Lucky” –“You Beaut” –
“Strewth” – “Fair Suck of the Sav”, and
many more. “(McCackies Mansions”
was revived in the theatre in the 1980’s,
by Garry McDonald, alias Norman Gun-
By Rev Sue Jacka
Leaving behind the bad stuff
ston). Mo’s legacy also lives on through
the annual “Mo Awards” which are held
annually to reward excellence in Australian live performance.
Around Mo’s day another statement
quickly worked its way into our vocabulary and achieved wide household
usage. If you were asked to do something, and you could not respond immediately you would reply, “Half a moment
please!” such a reply quickly became “Arfa a Mo” and your writer can recall
his somewhat conservative parents using this term many times in their chaotic
family home of three boys.
Many friends of our vintage can recall these terms, and have enjoyed the
reminders of such nonsense. It was a
time when we somehow existed with a
mantle model radio or if you were really
lucky and your parents had a quid or
two, you might have been able to play
the old records on the radiogram.
The moral of the story is that this
changing of the Traf News guard has
brought back many happy memories for
a lot of people because our new editor’s
name is Arfa. May she reign for a long
time!
Keep Smiling, Basil
W
e hear a lot
about living in
the moment, of
not letting negative people
or experiences drag us
down. It’s sound advice,
but often difficult to put
into practice. For the
things we know about, we
can use our minds to realign our emotions.
When someone is
harsh in word or action,
reminding ourselves that
we all have bad days helps
get perspective. Repeating
an affirmation such as, ‘I
know that I am a worthwhile person, I celebrate
that I am/ can’ works well
for many.
As well, I find meditating is a helpful practice.
There are times when
it is harder to pin point
the origin of our feelings.
Talking over situations
with a trusted friend or a
counsellor can be invaluable. Someone else often
has different insights into
our situation, or just talking it over can give insight
and help us find the next
step.
With practice, it is
possible to know when a
reaction has moved from
being normal human experience to starting to
become a pit for despair.
The aim is to learn to recognise it and leave behind
the bad stuff before it really gets us down.
This prayer resonated:
Lord, grant me the grace
to have freedom of spirit.
Give me insight into what
needs to be left behind.
Refresh my heart and soul
so that I may live today
joyously in your love.
Below: Extract of Charlie Heywood’s diary entry on Anzac Day 1916
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26th Wed
Reveille 6 am. I was up early and
went on day stable-man. The men
were hard at work again making
the horse lines more permanent
and erecting the tents. It was a
brutal hot day again and it told
pretty heavy on the men, the sun
affected me a good deal.
I had been crook for some
days, but bar the overwork etc
l am feeling alright again. This
seems as tho it will be a rotten
place for horses. The stables are
now being put up for the horses.
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Lots to see and do at Farm World 2016
t’s on again, Farm World
Field Days will be held at
Lardner Park near Warragul
from Thursday, April 7 to Sunday,
April 10 and they will be bigger
and better than ever!
Farm World has grown to be
one of Australia’s largest regional
agricultural events providing a
unique platform for farm machinery manufacturers, suppliers
and distributors to launch new
products and to showcase their
ranges. Exhibitors find it to be
an essential venue to highlight
changes in technology, and to
maintain and establish new contacts.
Farm World 2016 has incorporated a number of new
initiatives and, with over 750
exhibitors, visitors will find a
comprehensive range of products and displays to inspect and
to gather the latest information
to make important buying decisions.
The theme for Farm World
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on the move’, spotlighting the
importance and future of the
industry, with the focus on best
practice, innovation and future
careers. The dairy industry is
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commodity and accounts for
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the resilience and pride of the
Australian dairy industry. Their
stand at Farm World will highlight the various projects being
undertaken including their focus
farms and introducing adapting
technologies to increase farm
productivity.
Dairy farmers’ confidence in
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buoyant and investing for the future will be a priority. Advances
in farm machinery, genetics and
technology continue to play an
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productivity and the newest innovations and improvements
will be on show, such as robotic
milking systems, sexed semen,
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liner flushing system, mastitis detection and pasture improvement
methods.
Young farmers are the
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A stimulating innovation added to
this year’s program is the Young
Farmers Conference which will
run from 9.30am to 12.30pm
on Saturday April 9. The conference’s emphasis will be on
prime areas of interest for young
farmers, particularly in the dairy
sector, such as new technology,
succession planning, alternate
farming business structures and
leadership opportunities in agri-
culture.
The conference will feature a
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by the Commonwealth Bank,
GippsDairy, Dairy Australia’s
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inclusion reflects the size and importance of the horse industry to
both Gippsland and the regions
surrounding Melbourne.
Visitors to the Expo will be
able to inspect a selection of
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or participate in dressage on the
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As usual a wide-ranging demonstration, presentation and activity program is a feature of Farm
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through its paces and a lubricant
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Gooyer and Dairy Australia’s Kelly
Ward, will share their stories and
insights. The function follows the
ongoing success of ‘Ladies Day –
Women in Agriculture’ and, linking in with the Farm World dairy
theme, the Women in Agriculture
luncheon is supported by LEGENDAIRY and Farm World Strategic
Partners; the Commonwealth
Bank, Evans Petroleum BP and
the Baw Baw Shire Council.
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Our site is equipped to process waste and recyclables
from the industrial sector, building & demolition sector,
retail sector, general business sector and the general
community.
Ag, Farm and Industrial clean up work available
We are currently opened Monday to Friday from
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onstrations of a portable sawmill, plasma cutting machines,
as well as the ever-popular Lion
Dairy animal nursery, ‘Animals of
Oz’, AFL football activities, sheep
dog yard trials and the Australian
Travelling Fishing Show.
A highlight each year is the
‘Farm World – Tractor & Machinery Association Machine
of the Year’ awards, which acknowledge significant developments in farm machinery in two
classes – Best Powered Machine
and Best Unpowered Machine.
Animal health is critical for
a productive enterprise and the
Gippsland Veterinary Hospital
will have Dr Stephanie Bullen on
hand on their site available from
10am on Friday to meet and discuss parasite control with farmers. Dr Bullen is at the forefront
of the science in this area and is
passionate about helping farmers to implement better parasite
control on an individual farm basis. Over the past 3 years Stephanie has undertaken research
looking at parasite control and
resistance on dairy farms.
ith an extended long
dry summer, some perennial pastures may
be looking a little worse for
wear. With autumn rains possibly just around the corner,
now is a good time to consider the condition of perennial
pastures. In areas that have
had some summer rain, assessments can be done now as
some green pick on the perennial grass plants should be able
to be seen, indicating they are
still alive.
In areas yet to have rain,
wait until a week after rain to
begin the assessment. So how
do you assess whether a pasture needs to be resown or
whether it has the potential to
thicken up and tiller out when
the break comes? Assessing the
composition of the perennial
pasture for the proportion of
perennial grasses is probably
the best method.
If desirable perennial grass
species are above 70 per cent,
then the pasture is still productive. If the desirable perennial
grass species are below 50 per
cent, then reseeding will increase yields, feed value on
offer to stock and the response
that pasture will have to applications of nitrogen. Choosing
not to reseed, once perennial
grass levels have decreased to
these levels increases the risk
of weed invasion from broadleaf weeds and annual grasses
such as barley grass, silver
grass and winter grass.
All these are lower in feed
value and will result in lower
than expected animal performance. When assessing perennial pastures early in the
season before the break has
arrived, a significant amount
of bare ground may be encoun-
tered.
If this bare ground is 30
per cent, or lower, this will not
impact significantly on pasture
production across the year.
Clover will germinate and
fill some of the bare ground
areas, but weed control may
be needed to control capeweed growth early in the season (generally about six weeks
after the break). There’s a
variety of methods of assessing the composition of a pasture – Prograze stick method,
transect method, motorbike
method, quadrant method and
Blundstone boot method.
They all follow similar principles of observing what is
growing (if anything) at the assessment point.
Details and record sheets
can be found on the More Beef
from Pastures website at http://
mbfp.mla.com.au/Pasture-
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growth/Tool-27-Field-basedpasture-measurements Resowing does not always mean a
total renovation of the pasture.
If there is still a reasonable amount of desirable species present, but it needs to be
thickened up, direct drilling
into the existing pasture is generally the best method.
Just be sure to graze out the
pasture hard first and spray
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kick start to life. Rates of 1020 kg/ha of phosphorus will be
adequate (114 – 227 kg super/
ha).
The phosphorus can either
be drilled in with the seed (best
response) or broadcast at the
time of sowing. Author Contact
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Fights for right to farm
By Ashley Mackinnon
V
ictorian farmers need
certainty over their right
to farm!
That’s the message from the
state’s peak farmer group, as
Victorian Farmers Federation
(VFF) President Peter Tuohey
appeared in late February in
front of the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee to explain the
VFF’s policy on current planning rules.
“Victoria’s planning system
plays a crucial role in protecting the State’s valuable food
and fibre sector,” Mr Tuohey
said.
“It is important that planning encourages growth in agriculture rather than deterring
improved production with unnecessary red tape.”
Under current regulations,
farmers must obtain a permit
if they are engaged in intensive
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Alternatively, you can use the following link and then select your
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Farm World is run in conjunction and supported by strategic partners, the Commonwealth
Bank, Evans Petroleum BP and
the Baw Baw Shire Council.
More information about Farm
World 2016 or to book tickets to
the Farm World Women in Agriculture luncheon or the Young
Farmers conference, please go
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out any broad leaf weeds prior
to drilling, to minimise competition for the new emerging
pasture. And finally, it is a good
idea to apply a small amount of
phosphorus based fertiliser to
ensure the new emerging pasture can readily access phosphorus from the soil.
Phosphorus is important for
healthy, strong root formation
and giving the pasture a good
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animal husbandry, a practice
defined as: “land used to keep
or breed farm animals...by importing most food from outside
the enclosures”.
The vagueness of the definition has led to conflicts. What is
an enclosure? Is it a paddock,
yard or pen? Do the animals
have to be permanently housed
in an enclosure? And what does
“most food” mean? Is it 51 per
cent, 70 per cent, 80 per cent
of feed? And is most measured
by weight, nutritional value or
volume?”
“Farmers are being exposed
to local council interpretations
of whether they run intensive
or extensive farming operations, which is causing conflict
and frustration,” Mr Tuohey
said.
“We’re advocating removing the intensive and extensive
definitions from the planning
scheme and instead clearly
defining what types of farming
should require a permit.”
Permit requirements are
already clearly defined for the
Broiler and Cattle Feedlot sectors, through their relevant industry codes.
The VFF wrote in its submission to the Committee that permit requirements should also
be applied or extended to new
pig and egg farms.
“Increasingly we were finding the demands for a permit
have more to do with urban encroachment or developments
that are not linked to agriculture in the farming zone, which
council approved in the first
place,” Mr Tuohey said.
Other disputes relate to
neighbours failing to understand that they’ve moved into a
farming zone, which is a production zone, subject to odour,
noise, night-time harvesting
and other activities.
“Everyone has to realise
farmers are there to produce
food and fibre, not provide new
neighbours with a rural view.”
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63 Princes Highway, Yarragon
63 Princes Highway,
GVC’s 100th Anniversary Rally –
Sale to Yarram Motor Service
Platypus: World’s
Strangest Animal
Remember When
The ‘Trafalgar & Yarragon News’, April 1926
26 April – Public Notice
22 April – New Church
It is hoped that the renewed interest shown would be sustained.
2 April – Fun and Fitness at School
Head of a platypus by Elizabeth Parer-Cook
An early start is to be made with the erection of a new brick church
at Trafalgar, the Anglicans having accepted the tender of Mr Ball, of
Kyabram, for the work. The new structure will be an acquisition to the
architectural beauty of the town.
By Alix Williams
29 April – Can You Spare Some Jam
By Kellie Willis
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Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Russia and Finland.
Thanks to the many challenges
and different cultures along the
way, his presentation includes
many great travel stories as well
as vehicle stories, so has a broad
appeal.
There is a $15 nomination fee
per car for the rally and the dinner will cost $28 per head. Lunch
and breakfast are also $10 per
head and a rally memorial badge
is available for $10.
If you are interested in joining
this rally, please contact Ian Kennedy as soon as possible on 03
5147 2118 or on iankennedy.7@
bigpond.com. Or, you can download an application form at www.
gippslandvehiclecollection.org.au
D
avid Parer and Elizabeth
Parer-Cook are Emmy
award-winning natural
history filmmakers producing
television programs for the ABC.
Their 2003 documentary Platypus: World’s Strangest Animal
was the first in-depth film about
the fascinating lives of these egglaying mammals.
In 2015, they published a
book by the same name. David
Parer and Elizabeth Parer-Cook
will give a presentation about
their book ‘Platypus: World’s
Strangest Animal’ at the Latrobe
Valley Field Naturalists’ club
meeting on 22 April, Friday.
They will speak about their
experience capturing the animals’ behaviour, and techniques
and equipment used. Their DVD,
book and prints will be available
at reduced prices.
The meeting will start form
7.30pm at the Uniting Church
Hall on the corner of Old Sale
Road and Chamberlain Road,
Newborough.
The following day’s excursion
is to the Yanakie Isthmus. Visitors are most welcome to both
activities; there is no charge.
If you would like to interview the speaker or want more
information please contact the
LVFNC Secretary, Mrs. Wendy
Savage [email protected] or
telephone 0428 422 461 (new
number) or 5169 1668
Contact Warragul Skin
Cancer Clinic on 5622 3377
for more information or to
book an appointment
Are you a high risk person?
If you answer
“yes” to any
of these
questions,
please
contact us.
Are you a light skin type that reacts sensitively to
sunlight?
Do you have a particularly large number of moles?
Is there a history of skin cancer in your family?
Have you already had skin cancer?
Did you get sunburnt as a child or adolescent?
Are you exposed to strong sunlight at regular
intervals?
Do you have atypical moles or moles that have
recently changed?
Do you have large moles that you were born
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Australia has one of the highest incidences of skin
cancer in the world, at nearly four times the rates in
Canada, the US and the UK.
The best way to improve the outcome for melanoma
and other serious skin cancers is early detection.
Our skin cancer doctors at Warragul Skin Cancer
One pot of jam! Not much, but when multiplied several hundred
times, soon mounts up.
Do you know that the district hospital at Warragul cannot afford to
purchase jam? Consequently it is a luxury for patients and staff. Now if
50 per cent of the pupils at the schools in this area gave one pot, what
a boon to the hospital.
Donations of jam would gain the thanks of sick folk and those who
tend them.
The ‘Gippsland News’, April 1956
5 April – Lucky Escape
death on Sunday of last week when he was run over by his tractor and
dragged 100 feet (30.5 metres) under the harrows.
It appears he was harrowing a paddock and got off the tractor to pile
some roots in a heap. The tractor started to roll and he ran after it and
tried to get back in the seat, but slipped and fell under the back wheels
which passed over his hips.
Lee was taken to the Yallourn hospital with internal injuries, cuts,
bruises and shock.
Reports say that potato growers from the Thorpdale district last week
gained high returns for their labour, when seven semi-trailers from
Melbourne and Sydney visited the district and loaded up with over
10,000 pounds ($304,160 today) worth of “murphies” - 68 pounds
($2070) a ton was secured by most growers.
1956 Trafalgar Football Coach
Clinic have extensive experience and are
highly trained in the recognition, monitoring and
treatment of skin cancer.
Our doctors will provide evidence based skin care
advice and guide you through all the treatment
options available.
Keith Browning: Age 23, height 5 ft. 9 (1.75metres), weight 12 stone
(76.2kg). Playing position half- back, or somewhere on the back line.
Keith is in his second year as coach coming from South Melbourne.
It would cause no great surprise if Keith gives the club outstanding
service this season. His marking and kicking is now of the calibre
needed to play league football.
Trafalgar I.O.R. Social
The first Anniversary Social of the re-opened Trafalgar Independent
Order of Rechabites Tent was held in the Trafalgar public hall on Tuesday, March 27.
About 160 members were present, some coming from Tents as far
away as Yarram. Music for the evening was supplied by Mrs Rogers at
the piano and Mr G. Wilson on the drums.
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19 April – Trafalgar Golf
The golf season will officially open on Sunday, April 29, when an open
mixed foursome event will be held.
There will be a lot of visitors from all surrounding clubs and given fine
weather a good day is assured. The committee is calling for a special
effort on the following Sunday to clear the firewood from the strips on
the new holes, so that they can be brought into play.
Members and friends are invited to come along and help themselves
to the tons and tons of good dry wood available – otherwise it will
have to be burnt.
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Would the public of Trafalgar please note – any statements issued
against me by people are false and untrue, completely without foundation, and anyone found repeating the said stories shall be held liable.
(Signed) Elizabeth Mary Cooney, Narracan.
That’s a Bit Better
Last Friday night’s attendance at the Trafalgar R.S.L. meeting was a vast
improvement to that of recent months.
Perhaps the most pleasing feature was the “return” of several older
diggers and others who had not taken a great deal of interest in the
affairs of the sub-branch for some considerable time.
The ‘Trafalgar News’, April 1986
Trafalgar High School students have had a busy couple of weeks
recently taking part in obstacle courses as well as the annual West
Gippsland swimming sports.
In the obstacle course they ran through tyres, along board-walks and
crawled under obstacles to complete as many laps in the fastest time.
More than 120 students took part in the harrowing course which saw
them complete 1300 laps of the school oval.
16 April – Juliana Graduates
Well known local pianist, Juliana Parise, graduated with a Diploma of
Education from Melbourne University last week.
Juliana, 25, was born and educated in Trafalgar and studied piano
at the Melbourne Conservatorium before completing a Bachelor of
Music. She deferred university for a year to further her studies in Italy.
George Edward Lee, a Hill End farmer, had a narrow escape from Trade War at Willow Grove
12 April – “Spud” Growers in the “Dough”
Ex-Residents Re-Union
On Sunday last the Trafalgar Ex-Residents’ Association held a re-union
at the Kiosk in the Fitzroy Gardens.
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There was quite a large gathering in spite of the inclement weather,
and it was decided to hold the next re-union during the Melbourne
Show week.
The people of Trafalgar have waited long and patiently for a water
scheme, and it would appear that the recent dry spell was an opportune time for its fulfilment and the turning on of an abundant supply
when everything was parched and thirsty.
Looking at the question it cannot be said that the scheme is as efficient
as it should be – its practical utility being simply for flushing and
gardening purposes.
It is not fit for washing purposes; it certainly is not drinkable, although
the school children have had to drink it. The public have a right to
know why clean water is not delivered.
The present scheme is costly, impure, and practically useless for domestic purposes.
An Overland vehicle, thought to be the same as the one used by the service. The model was a 1916
Overland Model 75
always great fun.
Participants are to assemble
at the Gippsland Vehicle Collection (1A Sale Rd, Maffra) at 9am,
Saturday 7 May, and arrive in Yarram for lunch at about 12pm, before returning to Maffra for a rally
dinner. There will also be a rally
breakfast on Sunday morning.
Guest speaker at the 100th Anniversary Rally dinner will be John
McCombe, who will be talking
about his adventures as part of the
Bondi to the Baltic trip, and which
featured a 1920 Dodge and a 1927
Whippet. The journey included a
test run from Sydney to Perth via
Birdsville, Alice Springs and the
Western Australian Desert, before
the journey proper departed from
Bangkok and went through Laos,
China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan,
CAThOLIC PARISh
Father Bernie Krotwaar, Phone 5633 1166
8 April – Dirty Water
he only transport service
that existed 100years ago
between Sale and Yarram
was a horse-drawn carriage and
the journey took 9.5 hours.
But in May 1916, a motor service commenced between the two
towns, running bi-weekly.
The Gippsland Vehicle Collection (GVC) is holding a rally on
Saturday, 7 May to commemorate
the 100th anniversary of this service, and it is an event you won’t
want to miss.
Travelling a distance of 90 kilometres via Sale, Longford, Stradbroke, Giffard West, Darriman and
Woodside, the rally will take in
some great rural and coastal vistas
along the way. It is being organised
by Ian Kennedy, who is known for
running well-oiled events that are
CHURCH SERVICES
Compiled by Jack McDonald from newspapers held in the
Trafalgar and District Historical Society Archives
The proprietors of the Willow Grove General Store, Harry and Merle
Robins have refused to pay their rates because of a council decision
to grant a hawkers permit to a mobile food van at Blue Rock Dam.
They say council should not have gone against the advice of its officers
and granted the permit to people who pay no rates, make no contribution to the community and carry none of the overhead expenses which
are a necessary part of their business.
After Mrs Robins left the council meeting Cr. Sheila Ferguson said
council should note Mrs Robins’ objections but move on to other
business.
23 April – ‘Fergie’ is New ‘Mayor’
The combined Service Clubs of Trafalgar held a successful ‘Mayoral’
Dinner in the Trafalgar Public Hall on Saturday night.
Members of the three service clubs joined to make the evening a fund
raising dinner for the hall.
On the arrival of the official party, led by Rotary president Malcolm
Boyles and his wife Elaine, thunderous applause greeted Trafalgar’s
inaugural ‘Mayor’, none other than Dr. W. Ferguson, Trafalgar’s long
serving medical practitioner.
$1500 ($3720 today) was presented to a member of the hall committee, John Durkin.
30 April – Big Crowd for Anzac Day
St John’s Trafalgar, 54 Waterloo Road
Vigil Mass:
First Saturday Devotions:
Exposition and Reconciliation
Saturday Night Mass
Sunday Mass: (from 1 April)
Weekday Masses:
Each Wednesday after Mass:
Second Wednesday Devotions:
6pm (Saturday)
Mass at 9.30am.
10am-11am
6.00pm (from 1 April)
10.00am (2nd/4th Sunday)
9.30am (Tuesday to Friday)
Exposition
Exposition, reconciliation
and annointing of the sick,
after mass.
St Jarlath’s Yarragon, Rollo Street
Sunday Mass:
9am
Beginning 1 April:
10.00am (1st/3rd/5th Sunday)
Transport availability, Neighbourhood Outreach,
Home visiting
Please phone Julianne now at the parish office on 5633 1166
UnITInG ChURCh
Rev Chris Duxbury, Phone 5633 1047
St Andrew’s Uniting Church,Trafalgar
Service times
Alternative Worship
Chin-Wags
Sunday school
Kids Club (Term 2)
9.15am Sunday
2nd Thursday of every month, 7.30pm
1-3pm every 1st & 3rd Wednesday
9.15am 3rd Sunday of the month
3.30-5.30pm Tuesdays
Thorpdale Uniting Church
Service times
Bible study
11am Sunday
7.30pm each Thursday
St David’s Uniting Church, Yarragon
Service times
9.15am 1st, 2nd and 4th Sundays
Contempory Youth Service 5pm 3rd Sunday. Shared tea
to follow
AnGLICAn ChURCh
Rev Sue Jacka, Phone 5633 1021
0409 757 170 or [email protected]
St Mary’s Church, Trafalgar
Sundays:
Holy Communion and Sunday School
9.30am
Wednesdays: Holy Communion, a quiet service 10am
Cuppa and conversation
10.45am
JAFFAS after school program
3.30 - 5.30pm
Friday’s Anzac Day march and service was the biggest in more than 12
years according to R.S.L. secretary, Bill Freeman.
Mr Freeman said more than 40 ex-servicemen took part in the march
as well as 45 naval cadets from the training ship Latrobe at Newborough and 33 members of the Trafalgar High School band. Two of the
marchers had served in World War One.
St Mark’s Church, Thorpdale
Golf Memorial Trophy
First Sunday of the month:
Alan Hauxwell won the Cliff Matthews memorial trophy in a golf field
of 69 at Trafalgar last Saturday. His score of 80-16 nett 64 won the
trophy presented by Mr Graeme Matthews on behalf of the family.
B grade winner was Gary Bennett with a nett 66.
Trafalgar Men and Boys Wear vouchers went to Max Roberts 65 followed by Nick Spackman 66, Gary Franke 66, Jeff Matthews 66, Russell Balfour 67, Peter Rosenboom 67, Jim Allen 68, Barry Cunningham 69, Ray Davey 69 and Jim Varty 69.
Second, third, fourth Sundays of the month: 8.30am
A Bottle Raft
Trafalgar Girl Guides took part in the district water activities recently
building a raft from plastic bottles lashed to tea-tree branches.
Although it did not win a raft race, it floated well and won the prize
for most durable vessel. The Guides have also been busy lately with
two new members and four current members completing eight point
cards for badges.
There have also been three new members added to the Brownies
Pack.
First Sunday of the month:
Breakfast after service.
8am
St Mark’s Church, Yarragon
Tuesdays:
JAFFAS after school program
_
3.30 - 5.30pm
ThORPDALe WeSLeyAn
MeThODIST ChURCh
Rev Frank Lees,
Phone 5634 6413 or 5633 2758
Every Sunday:
Sunday School:
Bible studies:
10am
(During service)
Thursday evenings
Trafalgar Veterinary
Whimsical wonder in Newborough
Tanjil valley garden group visit to Newborough
Clinic News
By Dr. Rebecca Champion BVSc BSc
F
Monitoring cholesterol
or decades now, having
your cholesterol checked
has been a routine part of
a routine health screen. This is
because cholesterol levels are
one of the most important modifiable risk factors for heart disease and other diseases of the
blood vessels.
I often have people ask me if
their cholesterol level is ‘good’,
what they should do about their
cholesterol levels, and how often they should get it checked.
There is no single ‘good’
cholesterol level. Cholesterol
is an important building-block
of our bodies, being a fatty substance that is used particularly
for making cell walls and also
for sending chemically-mediated messages from one part of
our body to another. For most
children and young adults,
there is no need to measure or
reduce cholesterol.
A person’s cholesterol levels should be assessed against
their other risk factors for
heart disease. Other modifiable
risk factors include high blood
pressure, smoking status, obesity, alcohol use, exercise habits and fitness, the presence of
diabetes, and stress levels. Nonmodifiable risk factors include
age, gender, family history,
genetic disorders, racial background, and previous heart
disease.
A total cholesterol level of
6.5 might be quite appropri-
ate in a young woman with no
other risk factors, while an
older man with heart disease is
likely to have a recommended
level below 4.0. The balance
between the sub-types of cholesterol is also important. HDLcholesterol is understood to be
protective for heart disease,
while LDL-cholesterol increases your risk.
One way of determining
whether a cholesterol level requires specific intervention is
to use the Australian Absolute
Cardiovascular Risk Calculator.
This provides a quick risk assessment of your risk of heart
disease over the next 5 years,
although it does not specifically account for family history
or past medical history. It is
available online at http://www.
cvdcheck.org.au/
Regardless of your cholesterol levels, there are some
things which I recommend
we all do. Limit your intake of
sugars and animal fats. Exercise for half an hour at least
five times a week. Maintain a
healthy weight. Don’t smoke.
Manage your stress. Don’t drink
more than two standard drinks
a day. These are all evidencebased steps to living longer and
healthier.
Specific dietary adjustment
has been shown to produce
moderate reductions in cholesterol. Suitable changes include
eating plenty of fruit and veg-
etables, choosing whole-grain
foods and vegetable fats over
the alternatives, and drinking
water for preference. Some
margarines can lower cholesterol levels, although their effect is often mild. More information on diet can be found
at http://heartfoundation.org.
au/healthy-eating/food-andnutrition
And there are medications
for cholesterol, for those people who are at high risk. The
statins are our most commonly
used medication in this regard,
as they are effective and generally low in side effects. Over 2.5
million Australians regularly
use a statin, so it remains important that we use them wisely.
Further information about
statins is available at http://nps.
org.au/statins-faq
How often you should have
your cholesterol checked depends on your cardiovascular
risk. For most people there is
little benefit in measuring cholesterol before the age of 45.
After this age, people with a low
risk could have their cholesterol checked every five years.
People with higher risk could
benefit from cholesterol assessment every year or two. Keeping
an eye on those other risk factors is also important.
A
Strangles in horses
ttention all horse owners, there have been
several confirmed cases
of strangles in Gippsland this
year, and as we head into the
cooler months, we may be seeing more.
Strangles is a highly contagious, serious disease of
horses, ponies and donkeys.
When infected, animals become
depressed, develop a high fever, runny nose and sometimes
a cough. Abscesses form in the
lymph nodes of the head and
neck, making it hard to eat,
drink and even breathe. These
abscesses often burst, leaking
pus and infective material.
In rare cases, strangles can
spread from the lymph nodes
to other parts of the body, causing “Purpura Haemorrhagica”
or “Bastard strangles”. These
diseases are even more serious,
and can be fatal.
Strangles is caused by a bacterium (called Streptococcus
equi equi). This bacterium can
be spread directly from horse
to horse, but also on equipment, people, vehicles, buildings and in bedding.
Horses who have recovered
from strangles can continue to
spread the bacteria for months
afterwards- sometimes they remain infective for more than a
year.
The good news is that there
are things you can do to help
protect your horse against
strangles.
Always be vigilant when
introducing any new animals
onto your property. Be sure to
find out the medical and vaccination history of new horses
(or donkeys or ponies) before
accepting them. It’s also really
important to find out the health
of other horses on the property
they came from.
Consider having a prepurchase examination by a vet
beforehand, and when you do
have new animals they should
be isolated from the rest of the
herd and monitored closely for
any signs of disease for at least
two weeks.
When attending events try
wherever possible to take your
own tack, grooming gear, feed
bins and water buckets. Thoroughly disinfect all clothing,
boots and equipment after use
and make sure the cleaning
products you use kill bacteria
and are being diluted appropriately. Some need to be left on
for 5 to 10 minutes before being
washed off.
There’s a vaccine available
to help prevent strangles. Any
animals mixing with others at
studs, shows, camps, agistment
properties, or even along fence
lines should be vaccinated.
Previously unvaccinated animals need 3 injections and then
boosters every 6 to 12 months.
Unfortunately, once an animal
is infected, it’s too late to vaccinate. In fact horses that have
contracted strangles shouldn’t
be vaccinated for at least 12
months afterwards.
Remember, strangles is a
serious illness, and any affected
horses need medical attention.
If you have any questions, or
think one of your animals may
have strangles, contact your local vet. The Victorian Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (DPIPWE)
also has great information about
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By Diane Wilkie and Peter Farrel
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with many whimsical touches
and so many different things to
look at both in the garden and in
Mandi’s studio.
Mosaic features in panels on
the walls and some pots, ceramic
statues are placed on the lawn
and in the garden with lambs
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on the roof of the shed keeping
watch over the garden.
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and sage, tomatoes and other
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The brightly coloured veranda has a deck with scalloped
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By Rodney Boon
W
ith summer holding on,
the soil is still warm,
so there is still a whole
heap of things you can pop in the
garden at this time of year.
Tasty herbs that are ready to
roll include our old favourite,
coriander. You could give mint
and lemon balm a go as well, but
be careful to contain it, otherwise it can take over.
Try these tasty wonders in
your garden this month: Chinese
cabbage, most Asian greens,
spinach, rocket, spring onions,
celery, endive, squash, onions,
silver beet, leeks and lettuce.
Don’t be a bunny remember to
plant some carrots during April.
Broccoli is quick and easy to
grow. Growing it at home might
be just the thing you need to get
kids to eat it.
It is now becoming too late to
grow most brassicas from seed.
Any winter brassica veggies that
you wish to grow, are best planted as seedlings.
Brussels sprouts take a long
time to grow, so long in fact,
that commercial growers usually
start sowing them in November.
For suburban gardeners, the rewards are not always worth the
effort you put into growing brussels sprouts. If you’re new to
gardening, this autumn, I would
recommend that you focus on
planting broccoli, kale and
maybe some mini-cauliflowers
these are far easier to grow successfully.
Green or purple sprouting varieties of broccoli are great, because they can produce a crop of
side shoots after the main head
has been harvested. This extends
your harvesting season.
When buying your seedlings,
choose small, young plants.
Avoid plants with tough looking stems that have been sitting
around unsold for some time.
These old seedlings tend to
struggle to grow and then bolt
(set seed) around July. Planting
them is a waste of time.
Brassica crops will tolerate
partially shady conditions, but
will grow more strongly and
quickly if planted in full sun.
All brassicas need soil enriched with organic matter and
decomposed, animal manure.
They need lots of nitrogen, so
if you are able to source some
chook manure, add it (or poultry manure pellets) to your brassicas. Every 10-14 days during
growth, apply a diluted liquid
fertiliser.
Brassica seedlings are prone
to snail and slug attacks. Cabbage moth caterpillars can also
wreak the seedlings.
Add some colour and movement to the garden, and pop in
some of these little pretties- dianthus, cornflower, pansy, viola,
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Barry Lane Memorial Charity Bowls day
Junior tennis season ends
By Ian Miles
T
he Barry Lane Memorial
Bowls event recently held
its annual Barry lane Memorial Charity day event. It was a
great success with bowlers from
far and wide attended the Trafalgar Bowls Greens.
Barry Lane worked tirelessly
to make the event successful.
Trafalgar Bowls Club and his
memorial bowls day raises funds
for the Trafalgar Charity Fund
which he founded many years
ago. Barry’s wife Margaret presented the winning prizes.
Runners up were the Trafalgar team of Ian Riley, Tim Fraser, Martin Fraser and Terry Comber pictured with Margaret Lane
Margaret Lane with the winning team from Berwick from left Frank Di Stella, Jeff Janetzki, Doug
Harlow and Nick Di Stella
Golf season open for 2016
Traf’s Pennant players from left Adam Marx, Jacob Vitale, Michael Klemke, Steven Thomas , Stephen Darvill, Nick Duck
By Margaret Darvill
T
From left Karen Macgregor and Kerry Ludlow winners of opening day ladies with sponsors Maria and
Graham Davey
he 2015-2016 tennis season has come to an end,
but unfortunately, this
year, Trafalgar Tennis Club’s
junior team were unable to replicate the successes of previous
years.
Trafalgar’s Section 1 team,
- Dean Young, Amy Chaplain,
Maggy Stoker and Ella Hoyune
came agonisingly close to playing grand finals, but lost their
way a little in the last two sets.
Although the sets were shared
at 4 all, Drouin Maroon went
through because of their 36
games to 30 advantages.
Trafalgar Tennis thanks exchange student Maggy, and her
host families, for making it possible for her to contribute for
the whole season.
Pennant Team, Trafalgar
White Stephen Darvill, Nick
Duck and Steven Thomas made
it through to the preliminary
finals round. However, on the
day, they were not able to play
as well as they had earlier in
the season, and didn’t progress
further.
The three are still playing together in Trafalgar’s Wednesday
night competition running their
seniors all around the courts
according to witnesses.
The 2015-2016 season was
the last season of junior tennis
for most of the pennant players.
Age and tertiary education plans
will see them, hopefully, playing
their tennis further afield next
season.
Those who remain in Trafalgar will be appreciative of their
By Ian Miles
he Trafalgar Golf Club
2016 season has been
officially opened by Mr
Stephen Pitt, chief executive officer (CEO) of Golf Australia.
Mr Pitt told Trafalgar members
that although he had travelled
extensively throughout Australia
and overseas in his role as CEO,
this was his first trip to Gippsland
and he was impressed with what
he saw.
He stated that he enjoyed his
‘very relaxing’ round of golf with
club captain Peter Heathcote and
life member Ken Rogers and enjoyed meeting many of the Trafal-
T
gar members.
He was extremely impressed
with the condition of the golf
course and paid tribute to the
Trafalgar green staff and the
many volunteers who put their
time into the club, both on and
off the course.
He also acknowledged the
day’s sponsors Graham and Maria Davey of Trafalgar Men and
Boys Wear, presented the trophies to the winners.
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Saturday morning sleep ins and
we hope they will choose to
play for Trafalgar in the seniors
competition next year.
The Molly Ryan encouragement trophy was awarded to
Section 9 player, Noah S, this
season. Noah was proactive in
building a team at the beginning
of the season, and his enthusiasm and support for his fellow
members was infectious.
At the end of the season,
Trafalgar Tennis would like to
say thank you to all the parents
who drove their children from
Trafalgar to Drouin and places
in between every Saturday, who
made sure their children were
able to train and who volunteered as team managers, as
duty parents, and as umpires
when necessary.
The club would also like to
thank Sue Klemke who, once
again, combined management
of the Trafalgar Red Pennant
team with the junior co-ordinator role for the club and Secretary of the Baw Baw Tennis As-
sociation.
After seven years into the
role, with her sons now too old
for junior tennis, Sue is stepping down. She is looking forward to handing over the reins
and having her Saturday mornings back.
Trafalgar Tennis and the
BBTA will miss Sue’s enthusiasm, expertise, and knowledge
of the bylaws that govern junior
play.
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rafalgar night season was
well received. Congratulations goes to the season
winners ‘Slicers’ who defeated
the ‘Volleys’ in a close grand final that went to the final 5th set
to decide the winner. The final
score was 3 sets to 2, 26 games
to 16.
The season was wrapped up
with a sunny evening with pizzas
from the pub, which was well
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Brave Ships Stumble at Semi’s
Trafalgar primary school successful
swimming season
By Liam Durkin
S
enior cricket at Trafalgar
has come to an anticlimactic end, as both the
Firsts and Seconds bowed out
of the finals action in their respective semi-finals.
The Ships may have fallen
short but can extract pride
from the fact that of the 23
players who represented the
club in senior finals, 21 either
live or grew up in the Trafalgar
Township.
In the penultimate round
before the finals, The Ships
completed a resounding victory against neighbouring club
Moe at Racecourse Turf. The
home side sent Trafalgar in and
would have been licking their
lips when the Ships were 5/78.
Todd Mann and Jackson Noonan came to the rescue, putting
on an innings saving partnership of 78 for the sixth wicket.
Todd Mann went on to score
his second A Grade century for
the club, eventually dismissed
for a magnificent 110 whilst
Jackson Noonan played a mature hand in scoring his 36.
The lower order helped the
side get close to the 300 mark;
thanks mainly to Brendan Dawson who added over 50 with
Todd Mann and debutant Leo
Connolly who strolled out to
score 43 not out. The innings
certainly changed momentum
as in the two sessions after tea
the Ships scored 200 runs.
Moe then negotiated three
overs before stumps without
losing a wicket. When players
By Margaret Darvill
S
ummer and Term 1 means
swimming is the first
sport on the calendar for
students at Trafalgar Primary
School (TPS).
The start of the year is a good
time for class bonding exercises,
and none more so for those students in their last year of primary
school. Years 5 and 6 form composite classes this year at TPS,
so all students trooped down to
the Trafalgar Memorial Pool for
team building exercises such as
an ‘op shop relay’ ( changing
clothes before changing over) ,
paddle board relay, and a ping
pong ball challenge.
Points were awarded for participation and persisting, supporting your team, (the louder
the better) and, of course, for
winning. Congratulations to McGregor who were definitely the
loudest.
Students from year 4 and 6
were also able to self-nominate
for the school’s swimming tri-
Year 6 students make a splash at Trafalgar Memorial Pool
in their chosen sport.
Success in the boys 4 x 50m
12and 13 year old freestyle and
medley relays saw a record number of pupils go on to compete
at the next level, Divisional. Congratulations to Josh D Campbell,
Josh and Joel (freestyle) and
Joel, Josh, Harry and Riley (medley). Individual swimmers making it through to the next round
were Molly (backstroke), Josh D
(freestyle and backstroke), Alex
(breaststroke), Josh VB (back-
stroke) and Joel (butterfly.)
Sadly, Campbell broke his
collar bone the day before Divisionals and was unable to compete. Our commiserations go
to Campbell and our thanks to
Harry for ‘diving in’ in his place.
As TPS’s youngest swimmer,
Molly, and four boys, Josh D,
Josh VB, Joel and Harry placed
in the top two for their events.
Regionals await.
isations, she said.
“At this stage we don’t have
any kind of a pricing policy for
setting fees and charges which
has led to an inconsistent and
unclear range of fees.
“This policy seeks to establish a guide for setting fees and
charges to create a fair, equitable
and efficient framework for all
users of council facilities,” she
said.
Cr Brown said in the past
there had been little cost recovery, which had led to little scope
to upgrade facilities, poor re-
Josh D in action
Clubs to pay to use sports grounds
porting clubs will be
charged annual fees under
a proposed pricing policy
that Baw Baw Shire says will provide a more equitable system to
meet maintenance costs.
While council maintains
sporting reserves, facilities and
buildings, a key aim of the proposed policy is cost recovery.
A significant part of the proposed policy focusses on fees
charged to sporting clubs for
the use of recreation reserves
throughout the municipality.
Under the proposed structure, all clubs will be required to
pay annual fees either to council
or a committee of management
for maintenance of grass fields.
Where there are multiple users of a facility, the fees will be
shared between the clubs.
The draft policy was endorsed by Baw Baw Shire last
week ahead of a community consultation process where councillors and officers will engage with
clubs, organisations and community members.
It is suggested that sporting
clubs using grass playing fields
pay fees based on 20 per cent
cost recovery.
The fees charged to clubs
will vary between senior and junior football, cricket and soccer
clubs. Each recreation reserve
will be graded between a category one to four and fees will
be charged according to level of
usage.
A senior football club using a
category one recreation reserve
may pay $5333 while it is proposed cricket would pay $2667
and junior football and soccer
pay $2666 each.
The costs reduce depending
on the category, with a grade
four recreation reserve being regarded a low usage ground.
The policy states the fees will
be based on a proportion of cost
recovery in line with the category
it has been graded.
If a club only uses a ground
for training or games, a 50 per
cent reduction in the fee will apply.
Officers said they expected
the policy will be an “emotive
topic.”
“It is noted there are some
community members with a
belief that council should be
providing facilities and services
from within its budget without
additional cost to ratepayers,
whilst others may hold a view
that it is appropriate for sporting
ground users to contribute to the
ground’s upkeep,” officers said.
The pricing policy will apply to recreation reserves, halls,
outdoor courts and synthetic
sporting fields.All fees will be
published as part of council’s
annual budget.
It is proposed any introduction of fees will be phased in
over three years to assist clubs
and organisations.
Cr Debbie Brown said this
policy had been a long time
coming and was finally ready for
community consultation.
She said council had land
and buildings occupied by a diverse range of organisations.
The majority are community
organisations and sporting clubs
while the remainder are commercial and not-for-profit organ-
porting and was a contributing
factor in the asset renewal gap of
council’s infrastructure.
She said the policy would “aid
in providing much needed funds
for the upkeep and improvement
of council facilities.”
Community consultation was
undertaken throughout March,
including information being sent
to clubs and committees of management and public presentations at Trafalgar, Warragul and
Drouin.
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returned the following week
Trafalgar eventually got first innings points before Moe shut
up shop in their second dig
to deny The Ships an outright.
Daniel Heathcote took advantage of the fragile middle order
and was the best performed
bowler with 6/17.
Magnificent conditions then
greeted the Ships up at Mirboo
North for the final match of the
home and away season. Trafalgar won the toss and elected to
bowl with Mirboo North eventually compiling 8/245. All in
all it was a good standard of
cricket played in fair spirits.
Mirboo North went along at
a slow pace until tea and were
1/80 going into the main break.
After the intermission momentum swung back the Ships way
with back to back wickets to
Todd Mann who finished with
3/77 alongside new ball partner Jackson Noonan who stood
up and claimed 3/58. A disappointing batting effort followed
the next week, with The Ships
dismissed for just 114.
Despite the result of the
match not affecting the makeup
of the top four, Trafalgar would
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The result of the previous
year’s grand final was reversed
in the semi-final. Trafalgar
travelled to Peter Siddle Oval
to take on Latrobe, in a match
that The Ships fought out to the
bitter end. Trafalgar batted first
and ended up compiling 140
runs from 70 overs. Jackson
Noonan (33), Aiden George
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all got starts at the top of the
order but struggled to convert
as the lower order were blasted
out cheaply. With not a whole
lot of runs to play with, Trafalgar went on the attack and took
three wickets before stumps on
the first day to leave Latrobe at
3/50.
The first two wickets were
taken before Latrobe had
scored, and when they were
3/11 The Ships had all the momentum. The game was up for
grabs the following day with the
equation simple: Latrobe needed 100 runs whilst Traf needed
seven wickets.
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could not find any luck in
their pursuit of the remaining
wickets, as Latrobe chased the
target down for the loss of five
wickets. All bowlers bent their
backs with Todd Mann the
spearhead, sending down 29
overs for a return of 2/53. In
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taken by Christian Burgess in
his comeback game.
The seconds completed a remarkable turnaround to make
the finals. Before Christmas
the side had won three games
and after 15 rounds had a 4-9
record. They were required to
win four out of their last five
games to be given any chance
of featuring in the finals action,
which they ultimately achieved.
The Ships met Latrobe Colts
in a virtual elimination final
at Maryvale in round 18. The
game ended up being a great
win with eleven contributors.
Traf elected to bat first on a
postage stamp. Scott Moorhouse elevated himself to
first drop and scored 35 in a
good partnership with Rhain
Ross who was looking good
in his 38. A middle order collapse threatened to derail the
Ships hopes and at 6/104 signs
weren’t looking prosperous.
The experienced duo of
Craig Nielsen and Christian
Burgess then responded with a
77 run partnership for the 7th
wicket, with Burgess scoring
a second consecutive 40 and
Nielsen a crucial 37. Traf finished at 9/202 which proved to
be enough as the bowlers got
the job done. Michael Parker
came on after drinks and
struck thrice in two overs to
decimate Latrobe from 4/100
to 7/109. The pace trio of David Bremner, Olly Nielsen and
Liam Durkin all finished with a
pair of wickets each throughout the day to finish the job.
The following game saw the
Ships put up a spirited fight
against top of the table Mirboo
North. Trafalgar did reasonably well considering they were
without three frontline bowlers
and had to change the batting
order to allow adults to stand
at central umpire.
The Ships batted first with
Brodie Burgess making his
highest senior score, smacking a magnificent 76. Trafalgar
compiled 134 from their allotted overs which proved to be
short in the end, with Mirboo
North passing the required
total in the 40th over. Brodie
Burgess took two wickets for
good measure to wrap up a
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The showdown between Trafalgar and Rawson at Yallourn
North Turf concluded with a
mighty come from behind victory to The Ships. Trafalgar
batted first and scored 161
from 47 overs. Scott Moorhouse played a captains knock
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Semi final
Following their dramatic win,
The Ships had to back up their
effort the following day against
Mirboo North. Trafalgar batted
first and despite a few players
getting starts, key bats were dismissed at non ideal times.
Jasin Hopkins tried to rescue the innings with his 39
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of partners. Trafalgar were not
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a patient 28. In response Rawson took on the new ball in an
attempt to throw Trafalgar off
their game. Despite getting a
wicket in the first over, Rawson
were cruising along and after
25 overs were three down for
110.
After the intermission Liam
White and David Bremner
came to life, taking the final
seven wickets between them
as Rawson collapsed to 131
all out. Unbelievably the final
seven wickets were taken for
just twelve runs. A proud team
effort by the Ships, which was
made even sweeter when players discovered Rawson had organised a victory barbeque for
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The final match of the season then became an absolute
do or die clash against Thorpdale, with the winner progressing to the finals. Although the
scoreboard only showed a 27
run victory it was a game that
Trafalgar were always in control of.
The Ships batted first and
scored 191. The total was always going to be a tough ask
and thanks to Craig Nielsen
and Jasin Hopkins who took six
wickets between them, Trafalgar was never really troubled.
From the outset Brodie Burgess fell for the devils number
in an excellent innings, bettering his previous week’s score,
along with Mark Wynne who
took a liking to anything that
was bowled in the first half of
the pitch, dispatching two sixes
in his knock of 39.
The win put Trafalgar a
game and a half clear in the
finals and an elimination final
with Rawson was to greet them
next.
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Proud moment for cricket Trafalgar
running out of partners, as he
looked on from the non strikers
end as Jack Hurst, Justin Morrow
and Cougar Millsom all departed
as part of a hattrick.
With the score 7/70 Trafalgar
were in dire straits. Luke Cameron strolled to the crease as the
number ten and successfully negotiated his first mission: surviving the double hat trick ball.
As Grand Finals often do, an
unlikely hero was found for The
Ships as Luke combined with
Connolly to put on a partnership
of 64 for the tenth wicket, taking
them from 7/70 to 8/134.
When Cameron departed to a
standing ovation he had faced 50
balls and scored 15 of the most
vital runs of his career. Importantly, Leo Connolly was still in
as he finished with a magnificent
innings of 60.
Brodie Burgess was able
to come back as he and Zack
Brown smacked a few late runs
to see Traf post 164 from 38
overs.
The Ships would need a
mighty bowling effort as a score
of 180 was probably par on the
quick Burrage outfield. Jack
Hurst and Zack Brown took the
new ball and managed to keep
things tidy for strike bowler
Leo Connolly to come on and
cause some mayhem. The bowling change to bring Connolly on
worked immediately, as he tore
through the top order and finished with 4/16. Brodie Burgess
also took some poles from the
other end, running through the
middle order in his spell of 3/22.
With Latrobe losing wickets
regularly and the game all but
over at 8/57 it was left to Zack
Brown to finish the job. The
opening bowler came back on
and disturbed the timber on
two occasions, taking the wining
wicket, sealing the flag for Traf as
Latrobe was skittled for 66.
Leo Connolly was awarded
the Mark Patterson memorial
trophy and the Alex Jones medal
for player of the final.
Back to Back wins for
Trafalgar 14’s
Pressure was on for Coaches
Paul Connolly and Craig White
to steer the Under 14’s team to
another Grand Final victory.
Coming up against an in form
and highly competitive Willow
Grove team, the young ships had
to make sure they were playing
at their best. Willow Grove won
the toss and elected to bat first
on the night one.
At the conclusion of Trafalgar’s 40 batting overs, they made
8/181. Blair Clymo was the
standout batsman with making
44 not out. After the compulsory retirement of 30 runs on
day one’s innings, Blair was able
to come in on the very last over
and smash an impressive and
entertaining 13 runs off the last
3 balls. Connor Dastey also had
to retire after making his 30 runs
as well.
Aydan Connolly was heading towards the magical retirement figure but unfortunately,
was bowled for 24 runs. Dylan
Gauci made 17 runs before being bowled by the opposition’s
fastest bowler. Austin Williamson
came out with real intent and
looked to trouble the bowlers
with his fast pace run scoring
however, was caught out.
The Ships fielding had improved on the second day’s play
with four catches being dropped
in the first innings which lead the
way for Willow Grove to really
put the pressure on.
After the first day, Willow
Grove had lost only two wickets.
However, in the 37th over, Aydan
snared the last wicket and Trafal-
gar had them all out for 127 winning by 54 runs. Connor was the
multiple wicket taker with 2/4 off
3 overs. The other wicket takers
were Riley White 1/6 (3 overs),
Denis Dyke 1/14 (4overs), Aydan
1/11 (2.2 overs) and Blair 1/16
(4 overs). Oscar Robinson, our
youngest player in the team,
bowled a really tight over in the
second day only going for 1 run.
Catches win matches and
these youngsters showed how
safe their hands were. Renee
Faltum took a sky high ball catch
and never looked like it was going anywhere else but in her
hands.
Blake Edwards took two impressive catches. There were
four run outs for the matches
with Riley getting two and one
each to Aydan and Dylan. Billy
Claridge sub-fielded for an injured Denis Dyke who was carrying a hamstring injury and never
let a ball pass him.
He will be a valuable contribution to the Under 14’s team
next season. Cooper kept for 30
overs only letting 1 bye get past
him for the match.
Blair Clymo was awarded the
John White medal for the player
of the final.
» Contined from page 1
Under 14 players with their winning trophy
Season wrap up for
juniors
The two Trafalgar under 12’s
teams both finished the season
with 5 wins and 3 losses. Trafalgar Red finished fourth and Trafalgar White finished seventh out
of fourteen teams.
Along with the two Grand final
wins and the successful Milo-in 2
cricket program, junior cricket
in the Trafalgar district is going
from strength to strength.
The season ended with the
junior presentation and BBQ
held after the Under 16’s Grand
final where all players received a
Award winners from junior presentation evening. Back row Zack Brown, Leo Connolly, Brodie Burgess, Blair Clymo Front row Connor Dastey, Aydan Connlly Dylan Gauci
medallion. Award winners were:-
Under 14’s
Blair Clymo - Batting Average
Aydan Connolly - Batting and
Bowling Average
Dylan Gauci - Bowling Aggregate
Connor Dastey - Coach’s Award
Brodie Burgess - Batting Aggregate and Average
Leo Connolly - Bowling Award
Zack Brown - Coach’s Award
Under 16’s
Brodie Burgess – Ben Rowney
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