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An Inverleigh Progress Association Publication SEPTEMBER 2018Leigh News

Volume 44 Number 8

Boys and Girls of Primary School Age are invited to enter a writing competition called “WHY I LOVE LIVING WHERE I LIVE”. Turn to Page 27 for details of Prize Money and where to enter.

Please Romaine Calm! This is a Big Dill…

WE’RE BACK FOR SEASON 2!

September Market, Sunday the 16th 9am to 1pm @

Lawsons Park Inverleigh

For all stallholder or general enquiries please contact us by either: Website - www.inverleighmarket.com

Email - [email protected]

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Hello again everyone. Only 116 days till Christmas!

Lots of interesting items in the News this month again. Boys and Girls need to check out page 27 where there is a competition to write about “Why I love living where I live”. And there are prizes!

Seniors and others without internet access can read about accessing a new Victorian Government website showing ALL electrical suppliers, so we can all be buying our power at the best rates available. Check out Andrea’s article on page 7 to help us all understand it all and take advantage of the best prices, and get $50 in our pocket to just check it out.

The RSL are having a Dinner Dance to commemorate 100 years since the signing of the Armistice. If you are able to assist my making knitted or crocheted poppies, turn to page 7 for a pattern or just for inspiration. The more poppies made the better. And don’t forget to book for the dinner dance.

And lastly, turn to page 10 to see the latest Media Release on the proposed Wind Farm near Winchelsea. There is a lot of discussion about this and I’ll continue to include all items from councils and the public to keep you all informed.

Have a another great month..........

WHAT’s ON in AUGUST3rd Sept Victoria Park Inverleigh AGM3rd Sept Bannockburn Probus Meeting P185th Sept Blumes Fashion Show P913th Sept Inverleigh seniors Meeting P1516th Sept Inverleigh Produce & Lifestyle Market P5 27th Sept Inverleigh Seniors Lunch P15

11th October Bowling with Babies P3710th November RSL Dinner Dance P

INVERLEIGH PROGRESS ASSOCIATION meet in the

Inverleigh Public Hall on the 4th Tuesday of each month @7 :30pm

(Except January)INVERLEIGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY

meet in the Inverleigh Public Hall

0n the 4th Monday of each Month@8pm(Except December & January)

VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME

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leigh news 3FRUIT GROWING IN THE INVERLEIGH AREA

I recently had the opportunity to spend some quality time with Stuart Peel in his Inverleigh home, talking about the history and demise of the Apricot Industry here in Inverleigh. Stuart’s memory goes back to the early 1940’s up un-til about 1950 when apricots were grown extensively around the township. He was in primary school at the time (in the early 1940’s) and can recall picking apricots on their family property. Here is some of his recollections:

The Apricots were picked, just as they were turning pink, using 4 gallon kerosene tins as buckets. These were then carried, two buckets at a time, to the central collec-tion point in the orchard and transferred into wooden fruit boxes, 2 kero tins to a box. On the orchard the boxes had a wooden lid nailed on top before being carried by truck to the Inverleigh Railway Station and transferred into Railway Wagons and cover with a tarp. The tarps were of pretty good

quality and therefore very heavy to handle and get into place on the wagon. It was the Farmers responsibility to not only pick and pack the fruit, but to label the boxes, as well as de-liver them and hand pack them into the wagons from where they were send off to the factory? or who knows where for processing, probably into Jam and the like. The following day or so, the boxes were return to Inverleigh to be reused as more fruit was picked and packed.

Each fruit box was about 6 inches wide by about 3 to 4 feet long and 2 foot high (pretty good recollec-tion by a primary school kid) and each had to brand-ed on the end with the name of the farmer etc (eg “Q” for McQueen, one of many local farmers). The picking season ran for about 2 or 3 weeks during December and Janu-ary and besides Apricots, Apples, Pears and Plums were also grown in the area and their harvest times may have varied.

The demise of the Apricot fruit in Inverleigh was due to a brown rot in the late 1940’s, perhaps into the very early 1950’s and a low prices. There are some trees still existing on the river flat behind the general store, but Stuart recalls many 5 and 10 acre orchards on the south side of Common Road, including McQueens, Les Savage and also behind Max Peel’s home towards the river. Other orchards were on the corner of Common Rd and the highway, as well as the other side of the village behind Sandy McCallum’s family home and also on the North side of the Highway, west from the Police Station. There were also orchards on the east side of Inverleigh where the Sand Pits now are. Thanks to Eric “Stuart” Peel for sharing this with me to pass on to you all, to his father Eric Thomas Peel, who passed on life skills and knowledge to his sons and Stuart’s Grandfather “Smyth”, among the first to pick fruit in this area. If you have more information about fruit indus-try in Inverleigh, or a similar article you would like to share with the local community, get in touch with me and/or forward information to: [email protected].

Peter Trevaskis (Editor-Leigh News)

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Golden Plains Little Athletics ClubCome and try

Friday September 28th (public holiday)Corio Little Athletics centre, Goldsworthy reserve, Corio

10am until 12 noonCatering for children aged between 5 and 15 years, GPLAC focuses on kids enjoying themselves whilst learning new skills, being active and trying their best. A variety of track and field events are offered each week and members get a chance to have a go at each of them many times throughout the season. For children who choose to, there are opportunities to compete in a wide range of extra competitions. For those who just want to attend once a week and have fun being active, that’s great too!

If you have any questions or would like any fur-ther information please contact Heather Parkinson (President - GPLAC) on 0403 195 283.

Our club motto is: ‘Do Your Best - Be Your Best’ and we

encourage all our members to do just that!

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Please Romaine Calm! This is a Big Dill…

WE’RE BACK FOR SEASON 2!

September Market, Sunday the 16th 9am to 1pm @

Lawsons Park Inverleigh

For all stallholder or general enquiries please contact us by either: Website - www.inverleighmarket.com

Email - [email protected]

The Inverleigh Pro-duce & Lifestyle Market is back for another season! Kicking off on Sunday Sep-tember the 16th at Lawsons Park from 9am to 1pm. The park has proved to be the ideal location for the Mar-ket providing ample space for growth and also a great atmosphere for stallholders and customers alike, being pet friendly and spacious in gorgeous natural surround-ings. We would like to remind the community that free stall sites will continue to be offered to any not-for-profit or community-based organizations and that free busking will also be offered again to any up and coming talent amongst local and re-gional youth. Last year through the markets community gifting initiative we managed to donate over $4000 back into the local and wider commu-nities, including donations of either cash or produce to The Outpost Homeless Shelter, Inverleigh Primary School, Inverleigh Football and Net-ball Club and the Inverleigh Social Club. Our stallholder line-up is already looking abun-

dant for the first market, with once again lots of amazing local growers, producers, creators, craftsman and artisans from the produce, food and lifestyle categories. The mar-ket is also now accepting all new Stallholder applications, which can be submitted through our newly created website. The market committee members will continue to run the Fruit and Vegetable stall them-selves in an attempt to source more local produce, and to ensure its freshness, with a view to having an end result of providing only local organic, chemical free and bio-dy-

namic goods. Our first market for the 2018/2019 season will be on Sun-day the 16th of September from 9am to 1pm. The market will con-tinue to run on the third Sunday of the month from September to March (excluding January) for the 2018/2019 season, from 9am to 1pm. Anyone interested in be-coming a stallholder or looking for further information regarding this Market can send us email at [email protected] or check out our website @ www.inverleighmarket.com

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Inverleigh is a 100% volunteer brigade, drawn from the community for the community.

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INVERLEIGH CHRISTMAS CAROLS 2018

A meeting will be held at the Inver-leigh Hall on Wednesday 19th September 2018 at 7:30pm to consider the Christmas Carols for Inverleigh in December 2018.

Interested persons are invited to attend.

Any queries please contact: Des Guinane (Convenor) 0409 224 811.

DRIVERS ROSTERIf you cannot make roster, please notify the Officer-in-Carge or ring the Station 5265 1597.

Date Officer in Charge Tanker 1 Driver Tanker 1 Passenger Tanker 2 Driver3/9/18 D. Fenwick D. Muir A. Shelley E. Peel10/9/18 R. MacDonald S. Cook A. Everett R. Wilson17/9/18 A. Collins J. Alexander P. Jacobson G. Harvey24/9/18 N. Wilson M. Hicks D. Neville J. Hamilton1/10/18 C. Holman G. Morgan G. Wishart D. Muir8/10/18 D. Fenwick A. Shelley E. Peel S. Cook

Community members: When you are going to burn please log your burn by ringing Burn Notification on 1800 668 511

BACK TO MAUDEWe are going to gather again to reminisce and catch up with our old pals from days gone by.

All welcome to join us at the Maude Ten-nis Pavilion on Sunday October 28th from

12.00pm onwards. BYO food and any old

photos you would like to share.Tea & Coffee will be available.

We are looking forward to seeing you there.Please pass on or mention to all. The more the

merrier!!!If you need any more information please feel

free to contact me.Gail Spiller 0437194131

Local Maths Tutoring

Grade 5 –

Year 10

Deakin University Stu-dent – Engineering

Phone Nathan – 0435 219 575


On the 1st of July this year, our Premier, Daniel Andrews, created Victorian Energy Compare. This site was set up offering all Victorians that receive an electricity and/or gas account two separate offersOFFER NO. 1 - For the first time the Victorian Govern-ment is offering a website where you can compare your electricity bill to all available providers (https://compare.energy.vic.gov.au/). Up until this point, we have only had comparison companies like “iSelect” where you could compare providers but only with those providers who offered a commission to iSelect for this service. This cut out many of the smaller retailers, even though they could offer much cheaper prices than any iSelect were offering. We have all been lured in by the mass marketing of large discounts offered on power (some as high as 38%) and large discounts for pay on time. These have lulled us all into a false sense of security that we are getting the best price possible when we haven’t been, because we haven’t ever been told where these discounts originate from.OFFER NO. 2 - A $50.00 cheque will be posted to you whether you compare and change providers or not. This offer is available to all account holders irrespective of whether you receive any pension or concession discounts on your bills, just for visiting the website. If you have an electricity and/or gas bill, you are eligible to take up this offer. However, this offer ends in a bit over 3 months time. There is only one small problem with this process. You have to have access to a computer, the internet and have an email address. I realised early on that this process prevents many retired people and pensioners from gaining access to find-

ing and switching to a much cheaper provider, or from access-ing the free $50.00 cheque on offer, when these are the people, who, at the least, could most benefit from receiving a $50.00 cheque with no strings attached. I have spoken with Victorian Energy Compare explain-ing that I live in an area where many people don’t have access to the internet. I have gained permission to use my email address to help anyone wishing to access this offer that do not have internet access. I am now volunteering my services to anyone that would like to activate these offers. If you give me a ring and organise a time to come and see me with your latest electricity and/or gas accounts I can activate this process for you via my email account. Please note: Your $50.00 rebate will not be sent to me. It will be posted to you, personally, at the address where you receive your electricity/gas accounts. I have already helped two people in Inverleigh who do not have the internet, to claim their $50 rebate. They are extremely grateful to have had access to this offer. Personally, I thought I had access to the cheapest electricity on offer. That was until this site was set up. Since then, I have cut a further $360.00 off my yearly power bills with a company that offered no discount from my bill and no pay on time discount, only very real savings. (I cannot com-pare gas as I have bottled gas.) Feel free to contact me if you don’t have any family members or friends who can help you. I will keep confidences and only want to assist those who have no way of accessing this rebate or comparing available rates.

Andrea Bolton (0438 651041)

$50.00 AVAILABLE FREE TO ALL VICTORIAN HOUSEHOLDS

“ Save this Date “ for the

RSL Commemoration Supper Dance

10th November 2018100 years since the signing of the Armistice.

The organising committee of the Inverleigh RSL

Sub-Branch are looking for “poppy makers” knit, crochet, felt or paper poppies to use at

our “Commemorative Supper Dance”.

There are many poppy patterns available on the internet. If you cant access the cyber world,

below is a simple knitting pattern.

POPPY PATTERN Easy garter/knit stitch pattern for beginners Colour A Red (one ball will make a lot of poppies!) Colour B Scrap of Black or a black buttonBody of PoppyUsing Col A cast on 120 stitches.Rows 1-4 KnitRow 5 Knit 3 stitches together across the row (40 stiches)Rows 6-9 KnitRow 10 Knit 2 stitches together across the row (20 stitches)Rows 11-14 KnitRow 15 Knit 2 stitches together across the row (10 stitches)Cut yarn leaving a tail of about 20cmThread tail through yarn needle and slip all the remaining live stitches onto the yarn tail and pull tight. Pull around into a circle and then mattress stitch (or use whatever stitching you normally use)to seam for an invisible seam. Sew in ends.Centre of PoppyUsing Colour B, cast on 16 sts. Cast off. Coil into a tight spiral and sew base to the centre. Or use a black or green button with 4 holes and sew to centre of poppy.

printed on carbon neutral paper Rainfall for Inverleigh 2017 2018 mm mmJan 36 Jan 45.0Feb 33.5 Feb 7.0Mar 42 Mar 19.5Apr 149.5 Apr 19.0May 27 May 73.0Jun 13 Jun 41.5Jul 31.5 Jul Aug 44.5 Aug Sep 56.5 Sep Oct 44 Oct Nov 38 Nov Dec 25.5 Dec YTD 541.0 YTD 205.0Rainfall for Shelford 2017 2018 mm mmJan 37.6 Jan 47.2Feb 34.0 Feb 9.2Mar 37.8 Mar 20.0Apr 141.8 Apr 12.2May 27.4 May 57.0Jun 10.6 Jun 24.8Jul 31.2 Jul 38.2Aug 54.2 Aug Sep 51.8 Sep Oct 33.5 Oct Nov 46.2 Nov Dec 23.8 Dec YTD 529.9 YTD 208.6Thanks to Ross Wilson of Shelford and also to Mora Leach of Inverleigh for supplying the rainfall figures each month.

KNIT, KNATTER AND THAT GROUP-TEESDALEBring a craft, learn a new craft or come for a walk, chat and cuppa.

Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday’s , 9.30am - 1.30pmAt Teesdale Community Hall

*BYO craft and lunch *Tea & Coffee provided.Cost $5 Joining fee. $3 per session

Contact Lesley 0400 547 715 or Pat 0417 339 161

POLICE REPORT FOR AUGUST 2018Hello all, I had an incident reported to me on the 31/7/2018 involving a secondary school student riding her bicycle along Gregory Drive Inverleigh around 8 am heading towards Common Road. It has been reported that a white coloured utility drove extremely close to the rider causing her to fall from the bicycle. No registration has been obtained and we are seeking anybody who may have seen the incident or knows the vehicle involved. I would hope that drivers would give cyclists a wide berth when passing as cyclists are very vulnerable especially when involved in a collision with a vehicle. There was another similar incident in a neighbouring area where the rider was injured and the driver was actually jailed. There have been some ongoing incidents involving offenders in the grounds of the Teesdale Primary school on weekends often on a Friday evening. Incidents have included the sports shed door being forced open, graffiti on walls, attempts made to kick in toilet doors and the most recent activity involved offenders throwing rocks through the rear glass door and a portable window. As this has happened over several weekends it is obviously some youths from the local area. Could residents keep an eye on the school and report suspicious behaviour to Police and the school. Parents in the area please know where your children

actually are on Friday and Saturday nights. If children say they are going to a friend’s house check with that house to see that they are actually there. Cameras are being installed and when caught the offenders will have a court appearance, make sure it is not your children doing this. Some people are contacting me in relation to dumped rubbish including building materials. Council should be notified for the investigation and clean up of the area. I am still getting some people excessively speeding in the area including a motorist doing 120 km/h in the 60 km/h zone travelling East over the Leigh River bridge on the Hamilton Highway. I also caught a P Plater doing 138 in the 100 zone of the Rokewood-Shelford Road Shelford. Recently I attended a collision on the Hamilton Highway at Burnside road Murgheboluc where a P plater ran into the rear of a turning car in the 80 km/h zone. Whilst at the scene I found numerous cars speeding there even though I had my Blue lights on. As a result of this and other incidents at the location I am doing more patrols of this area. Please make sure you do not exceed 80 km/h around this hill.

Keep safe Chris

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The Combined Probus Club of Bannockburn

INVITATION BLUMES FASHION

SHOW featuring

Spring and Summer fashions

On Wednesday 5th September starting at 1.30pm in the Bannockburn

Community Church, Moore Street, Bannockburn

Entry $5, afternoon tea provided

ALL WELCOME

5281 1168 or 5281 5647

INVERLEIGH CEMETERY OLD TREE REMOVALS

The Trustees of the Inverleigh Cemetery Trust have decided to have removed a number of dead or dying Pine Trees along the western and eastern boundaries of the Cemetery, with some branch removals on the northern boundary. The trees to be removed are all old, either dead or on the way out, have developed the charac-teristic lean of very old and dying Pine Trees, and are considered to be a public risk, both to Cemetery visitors who may be walking in their vicinity or to grave sites / monuments that are within the area where they could fall. If anyone has any queries they can ring either:

Sandy McCallum (President of the Cemetery Trust) on 0408 378 752 or

Des Guinane (Secretary of the Cemetery Trust) on 0409 224 811.

INVERLEIGH TOWN ENTRANCE UPDATE At last, progress is being made for the long awaited Inverleigh Town Entrance project! You will notice some large stones at the east and west ends of town. These 2-3 tonne stones

will become the 2 metre high ends of the sign; with local paddock stone be-ing used in a traditional drystone style; filling in the middle. After a lengthy planning and commu-nity consultation phase, our chosen stonemason, David Long will begin building the gently curved traditional drystone-wall; after concrete footings are established hopefully by mid September.

Eliza Peel 0438 351 483 [email protected]

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Media Release15 August 2018Surf Coast Shire Council submission on Inverleigh Wind Farm proposal At a special meeting on 14 August Surf Coast Shire Council confirmed the details of its submission to the Minister for Planning on an application to build a wind farm at a site fronting Peels and Gnarwarre Roads.

The proposal known as the Inverleigh Wind Farm seeks to establish 16 wind turbines at the site.

In Victoria the Minister for Planning is the respon-sible authority for assessing wind farm applications not local Councils.

Surf Coast Shire Council’s submission notes that wind farms are an important element in Victoria achieving a target of 25% of energy being generated by renewable sources by 2020.

The submission reiterates Council’s support of this goal and the fact that it has convened the Renew-able Energy Taskforce to help guide local activities to achieve this target.

The submission notes that the topography and weather in the general area appear conducive to a wind farm operation but that a range of social, environmental and economic factors need to be considered before suitability of the site can be deter-mined.

Council’s submission also requests the Minister for Planning consider the adequacy of the engagement with the community.

“Victoria needs wind farms if we are to achieve the state government target of 25% renewable energy by 2020,” said Surf Coast Shire Mayor Cr David Bell.

“Council recognises this fact and supports the devel-opment of wind farms in the shire. This is confirmed through the work we are undertaking with the Renewable Energy Taskforce, where we are looking to deliver local actions that will help achieve the renewable energy targets,” said Cr Bell.

“However, Council does not have the ex-pertise to assess the Inverleigh Wind Farm proposal at a technical level and we are aware of local community concerns that we ask the minis-ter to consider.

“Whilst Council did not run its own community consultation process to inform its submission a number of community members have come for-ward with a range of views including concerns about local impacts.”

Council’s submission highlights a range of these concerns and asks that representatives of the minister take the time to understand these is-sues, said the Mayor.

“We request those assessing this application to visit the proposed site and meet with neighbour-ing property owners to get a fuller sense of the implications of the application,” said Cr Bell.

“It’s apparent to Council, through conversations with community members, and our own obser-vations, that the community engagement on the Inverleigh Wind Farm has not met community expectation nor has it followed DELWP’s guide-lines for engagement.

“Council’s submission therefore notes that an alternative community engagement model that provided early, ongoing and meaningful en-gagement would improve the likelihood of an outcome that meets community expectation and supports state objectives for acceptance of renewable energy,” said Cr Bell.

“Council encourages all interested people to make their own submission to the Minister for Planning,” Cr Bell added.

Information about the Inverleigh Wind Farm is available at www.inverleighwindfarm.net

Submissions are due by 20 August 2018 and must quote application number PA1800340. They can be sent to:POST: Minister for Planning PO Box 500, East Melbourne VIC 8002EMAIL: [email protected]


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Football season was over, which meant only a couple of weeks until the summer tennis season began. We couldn’t wait! Sadly though, the first week of the season in October was a wash out due to those spring rains… how deflated we all felt! Although the farming community didn’t share the same disappointment. There were many junior teams at Inverleigh Tennis Club in our “younger” days, lots of kids wanting to play a match of tennis from many of the country clubs competing in the Bannockburn Tennis Association. So grateful for those busy parents carting us carloads of kids across the country-side, as we can remember playing at some isolated tennis courts, such as at Maude, Sutherlands Creek and Gher-inghap. These same parents would also take up umpire duties and give encouragement to both teams compet-ing. Morning tea was a highlight and was always supplied by the home team, some were quite a spread, typical of country club hosts. Seeing “wrigglers” in the made-up cordial guaranteed a few squeals, but was part of country life with water tanks. There was many a club rivalry born which carried through to seniors also. The teams usually consisted of three (3) boys and three (3) girls with each player participating in two dou-bles matches and a mixed set. It could be a long morning depending on the

score and could make the parents pushed for time to get to their afternoon tennis matches. Tennis training was always fun, although not when someone hit the ball over the fence into the thorny boxthorn bushes on Mrs Burke’s property. There also used to be a concrete wall you could hit against which backed onto those thorny boxthorn bushes …. certainly an incentive for accuracy in your strokes!

This is no longer an issue as Mrs Burke’s property no longer exists as it is now all part of the Primary School grounds. For the junior competition, age groups consisted of U/13, U/15 and U/17. We were rewarded occasionally and enjoyed success by winning a Pre-miership. The photo seen here is from season 1976/77 Under 15 C Grade team. We had an overabundance of team members in that age group that season. Each week we took turns to stand out and cheer on our team. Tennis season was so popular that it also comprised other compe-titions, one being the popular tennis tournament which was held at the Inverleigh Tennis Club over the Christ-mas break for many years. Boxing Day was Doubles day and the following Saturday would be the Mixed Doubles competition day. This was always a very well supported tournament, so much so, that whole sections would have to go to neighbouring club’s tennis courts: Teesdale, Shelford, Murgheboluc and Bannockburn. Inverleigh had seven (7) courts available to them, comprising 4 x club courts, 1 x school court, 2 x St Paul’s Church courts. The tournament organisers had quite the task arranging the draw and to make the call to play what sections elsewhere. It was such a great social time for the community, even with it being held at a busy time for farmers during harvesting,

they still came to play. You would have lined up your doubles and/or mixed partner at the start of the season for the tournament, and the memory of waiting to hear your names called out over the PA system along with which court to play on, brings back great memories. Of course, to play on Court 1 at the clu-brooms in front of all those people was the ultimate. Most of our families were involved with the Club playing tennis and helped in the organisation of the tournament at some time over the years, so there are many memories of happy times spent at the Inverleigh Tennis Club. After growing too old for junior competition, we moved onto playing tennis in the senior afternoon compe-tition. This is where we experienced a different degree of competitiveness, as we were playing against adults of vary-ing ages. As for members of the winning team pictured, some are still known to pick up the racquet on either a social or competitive nature. Anne-Maree is currently a member of the Bannockburn Tennis Club’s midweek ladies competi-tion within the Geelong Tennis Associ-ation and recently competed in winning back to back grand finals. Helen rup-tured her Achilles during a rally whilst playing years ago and decided tennis wasn’t good for her health anymore. Currently the Inverleigh Tennis Club consists of two junior teams play-ing in the 2017/18 summer tennis sea-son. No longer are there any Saturday mixed senior or midweek ladies teams, although it is hoped these will return in the future. We hope you have enjoyed reading about some of our memories of playing tennis at the Inverleigh Tennis Club, as we had many happy times there. If you are interested in joining the Inverleigh Tennis Club, please con-tact:

Jo Mullen on 0414 957 432.Anne-Maree Tarbett (nee Donaldson)

and Helen Collins (nee Bath)

Back row L-R.: Julie Thomas, Helen Bath, Yvonne Pedri, Penny Lubcke, Anne-Maree Donaldson, Phillip Morgan.Front L-R: Ken Pearce, Noel McConachy, Michael Pedri, Noel Lubcke, Brett Smyth.


SHELFORD PRIMARY SCHOOL The term has been a busy but exciting one. We are already seeing great results from the professional development that Miss Deppeler, Mrs Miller and I have undertaken. The students have really enjoyed using their “sizzling starts” as part of the 7 Steps to Writing Success program and their creative writing has really flourished. It is great to see the results of the implementa-tion of our new and exciting programs that will further support the educational needs of all our students. Grade Three Camp Our students really enjoyed participating in the camp with other schools from the Moorabool Valley Association (MVA). This is a great opportunity for the kids to try new things and push themselves out of their comfort zones. There were many highlights for the kids. One of which was the enormous swing that they all got the opportunity to have a turn on. Another highlight was the night time nature walk, and the kids were pretty happy with the food too! Professional Development This year the staff and I have attended numerous professional development events. We continue to focus on differentiation and point of need teaching as well as incorporating the new skills we have learnt. Targeting spelling, developing a Growth and a Mathematical Mindset and the 7 Steps to Writing Success program are all professional development programs we have participated in this year to increase the literacy and

numeracy of the students. We will continue to use this knowledge to enhance our teaching and learning opportuni-ties for our students. School Website If you haven’t already, please take a look at our new website. It will continue to develop with more content being added as the year progresses. I will upload our school news-letters and upcoming dates on the calendar to ensure that everyone is aware of what is happening in terms of excur-sions and swimming programs etc. Shopping Tour On Saturday 13th October we are running a shop-ping tour to Melbourne – why not join us and get organised for Christmas! The bus departs at 6.45am from Shelford Primary. The cost is $40.00 and includes morning and after-noon tea. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP by 21st September to Beck Jenkinson 0417 519 116.Important DatesSeptember11th – School Photos14th – Earth Ed Excursion October 13th – Shopping Tour to MelbourneNovember4-9th – Swimming December8th - School Bake Sale at Safeway Bannockburn

Shelford Primary is a small school located five min-utes out of Teesdale. Our school community allows for indi-vidualised learning with a strong emphasis on excellence in Literacy and Numeracy. To find out more about our school please contact our Principal Travis Faulkhead on 03 5281 3291 for more information or to arrange a tour. All year level enrolments are welcome.

Mr Travis FaulkheadPrincipalPh: 03 5281 3291Email: [email protected]

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Amendment C74 to the Golden Plains Planning Scheme Council has prepared Amendment C74 to the Golden Plains Planning Scheme. This amendment was formally exhibited in March 2017 and is being exhibited again in August 2018. The land affected by the Amendment is Lot 1 TP372637J and Lot 1 TP397040G, 230 Hopes Plains Road, Inverleigh. The Amendment rezones the subject site from Farming Zone (FZ) to Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ) to facilitate residential development. The Amendment also applies a Design and Develop-ment Overlay Schedule 5 (DDO5) and will now also apply the Development Plan Overlay Schedule 16 (DPO16). If you are interested please look out for the formal notice of the amendment in the Geelong Ad-vertiser on Saturday August 18th. If you have any questions about this amendment please contact the Strategic Planning Department at Golden Plains Shire on 5220 7111.


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Committee Meetings:5th September

3rd October7th November5th December

Venue-Inverleigh Hotel @7:30pm

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as this is when the damage is occurring. If you notice anything suspicious, please notify the Inverleigh Police. We hope that together we can help stop this unwanted vandalism and dam-age from occurring any more. Year 1/2 Swimming ProgramOur 1/2 classes have now completed their 10 day swimming program at Leisure Link. The program was a huge success, with almost all students being able to attend. The feedback from staff and from the swimming instructors has been very positive, with students showing great respect and representing our school well over the 10 days. Students were well and truly tired by the end of the program, and have settled back into regular classroom instruction this week. Thank you to Meg Andrews for her organisation of the program and to Tamara McGuire and Laura Child for ensuring students were respectful and responsible and organised for the two weeks.Mudbrick Café Dates for 2018 – Open Wednesdays (once a term) 11.30-12.15pm The last Café date for 2018 is Wednesday 7th Novem-ber. The Mudbrick Café provides a wonderful opportunity for students to engage in real life learning experiences. The Café opportunities include performances, serving, preparing food and greeting visitors. We welcome all visitors to partake of our beautifully presented food and general congenial atmo-sphere. 2019 Enrolment Information We are now taking enrolments for next year. For more information or to book an appointment, contact the office during school hours on 5281 5218.Parents’ Club Please take the time to join our Teesdale Primary School Parents’ Club Facebook page to be kept up to date with events. https://www.facebook.com/groups/355011767931490/ •Good luck toall our competitors! •Don’t forget to come to the next The Mudbrick Cafe! •Don’t forget to spoil dad this Father’s Day!

Indonesian Music Incursion Students in Year 3-6 participated in an-other Indonesian Culture incursion. They joined in activities to learn about Indonesian music, dance and instruments. They had the chance to learn a tradi-tional Javanese dance and also play a bamboo instrument called the “angklung”. It was great to see all the students having a go and enjoying this different experience.School Concert The preparation and rehearsals for this year’s school concert are in full swing. Earl Leonard has worked hard with our students to develop songs and a script based on the 5 school values at Teesdale. The concert will be held at the Geelong West Town Hall on Thursday September 20. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Attendance The school’s attendance policy was updated through School Council last term. It can be found on the school’s website. One change of legislation to note for all families is around the communication of absences. If your child is absent and you have not made contact with the school to inform us of a reason – by message on Sentral to class teachers, absence notice from the office or phone call – you will now receive a message asking you to let the school know the reason for the absence. This is a change in state-wide legislation for all schools and families, to know that all students are safe and where they should be. Thank you for supporting staff with this process. Athletics Congratulations to the following students who are moving on to the next round of athletics on 11th September. We wish you all the best of luck and know you will all do your best on the day. Baxter - 9/10 Boys – 100m Sprint and 80m Hurdles Emma - 9/10 Girls – 100m Sprint Hannah– 11 Girls - 200m Sprint and Long Jump James– 12/13 Boys – 80m Hurdles and 200m Sprint Pippa– 12/13 Girls – 200m Sprint Lorne - 11 Boys – 80m Hurdles Mitchell– 9/10 Boys - Discus (500g) Zoe– 11 Girls - Discus (750g) and Triple Jump Georgia– 9/10 Girls - Shot Put (2kg) Brad– 11 Boys - Triple JumpNeighbourhood Watch As many of you are aware, Teesdale Primary have been the target of wilful damage and vandalism over the past month. There have been a number of incidents with facilities being damaged and vandalised. The police have been noti-fied and are working with us to monitor the buildings and grounds. We would like to ask you all to keep an eye on the school when you are nearby, particularly over the weekends,

TEESDALEPRIMARYSCHOOL


MUSHROOM COMPOSTis now available

Contact Peter or Dianne5265 1757 or 0418 514 926to arrange for pick up from

Inverleigh Shelford RoadINVERLEIGH

$3 per Bag or $40 per M3

Inverleigh Seniors is a group of who meet

together twice a Month for friendship, support, activities and outings

September13th -Meeting @ The Inverleigh Hall @ 1:30.

27th-Luncheon and Fellowship @ the Hall

October11th-Meeting @ The Inverleigh Hall @ 1:30.

25th-Blumes Fashion Show @ Hall 10am.

November8th-Tour of Berry Organics, 81 Savage Drive

Meet at the venue @ 1 pm.22nd-Wendouree Lake Paddleship & Lunch

at adjacent Hotel (Visitors Welcome)

For Bookings contact President or SecretaryWe offer a sincere invitation to members of our com-

munity to join the Inverleigh Seniors.

A warm welcome will await you.

For information please contact: President: Peter Trevaskis 0407 100 791

Secretary: Joy Gray 5265 1566

Tai Chi @ Teesdale Community Hall

Thursday’s 9.30am

Inverleigh Seniors News At the recent Annual General Meeting for the Inverleigh Seniors new office bearers were elected for the new year. After about 10 years as President, Una Miller decided it was time for a well earned break and so we wish her well as she stands aside from this roll. The new office bearers are: Peter Trevaskis-President Joy Gray-Secrtetary Val Robertson-Treasurer


Stockdale & Leggo Bannockburn4 High Street, Bannockburn, VIC, 3331

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Summer Sensations Cafe& Windmill Golf

1440 Shelford Road Teesdale Ph. 5281 5449New Web site: www.summer-sensations.com.au

FATHERS DAY SPECIAL Sunday September 2nd Roast Pork and Vegies, Berry Pie or Cheese Cake Tea or Coffee $29 per head. BOOKING ESSENTIAL!

Childrens mini golf birthday parties catered for:Organise your next get-together with family & friendsin our Cafe & Mini Golf Ring Diane on 5281 5449

Trading Hours for Spring & Summer - From Friday 21st September

Cafe and Mini Golf Open Mon, Wed, Thur, Fri, 9:30 - 4:30 Sat and Sun 9 am - 4:30 pm Closed Country Breakfast Sat & Sun 9 am - 11:30 am Tuesday.

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Services Available

Acute Hospital

Urgent Care Residential Aged Care

Dementia Specific Care

Home Care Packages

Physiotherapy

Dietician

District Nursing

Diabetes Education

Occupational Therapy

Planned Activity Groups

Community Health Groups

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Probus is an association of active senior members of the community and for those no longer working full time, to join together in a club, to gain a new lease of life. It’s basic purpose is to relieve isolation and loneliness associated with ageing, to advance intellectual and cultural interest amongst adult persons and to provide regular opportunities to progress healthy minds and active bodies through social interaction and activities, to expand interests and to enjoy the fellowship of new friends.

FUTURE MEETINGS & GUEST SPEAKERSeptember 3rd: Ron Medson October 1st: Bill Kerr from Cottage by the Sea

November 5th: RACV re Healthy AgeingTOURS and OUTINGS Wed 5th September: Blumes Fashions Spring/Summer show at 1.30pm in Community Church, Moore St. Bannockburn. Afternoon tea provided - $5 entry – ALL WELCOME September 20th Organised tour to Tulip Festival Coffee/Lunch at Summer Sensations – date tba October 17th Fiona’s Donkey farm For more info please contact: President Elaine Curtis 5281 1168 or Secretary Sandra Bance 5281 5647

BANNOCKBURN & DISTRICT COMBINED PROBUS CLUB


PERSONALISED SERVICE 24 HOURS

Phone 13 19 24

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wheelchair access

Meredith and District Motorcycle Club

Looking for a safe and fun place to ride your dirt bike or somewhere to take the kids to ride? Look no further than

Meredith and District Motorcycle Club (or MADMCC for short).

We meet the 3rd Sunday of every month for our ride day

(NO RACING AND NO QUADS / 4 WHEELERS)

We have 2 tracks: 1 that is set up as a motocross track that is marshalled and we also have a smaller flat track for kids/beginners to learn to ride. St Johns is in attendance as well as a canteen. For more information please head over to our Facebook page MADMCC or call 0415 503 869.


With over 18 years in real estate, Seka Powell’s experience, energy, and ethics are vital ingredients in a winning recipe that consistently achieves the best possible results for her clients.

Seka is passionate about looking after people and as such she has built a solid and loyal community of vendors and purchasers who seek her out whenever they need to buy or sell property, or indeed if they just need some genuine and friendly expert advice. Through her work and attitude, Seka has made many friends from all walks of life. Her clients consistently testify to the quality of Seka’s knowledge and her dedication to open, regular communication, both of which help her clients make informed decisions about what are often the largest investments they will ever make.

Her integrity and comprehensive service is a point of difference in the field and her ability to listen, understand and problem solve ultimately delivers outstanding results based on her clients’ wants and needs.

Seka over the years has been involved in many charity events, including raising tens of thousands of dollars for adolescent mental health.

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Creativity comes to Inverleigh Public Hall on Saturday 27th October. We invite you to participate in creating small art pieces in a variety of mediums. Albert Einstein said, “Creativity was intel-ligence having fun,” - turn your creative ideas into reality. With Christmas approaching, why not get crafty and create a present for family friends, loved ones? Be creative, productive and relax. We have 5 tutors from the Golden Plains Arts Inc. that you can have fun with and learn from, sharing their skills and mediums of interest. Lyn Dickson will be using assorted papers and collected recycled materials to collage an artwork for our mini canvases. Marion Parker has chosen to work with 3D paper construction, using paper in creative ways, helping you produce images of visual interest. Rosslyn Bosnar has exciting new ways to create with ‘acrylic pour-ing’ on small articles. Marita Reynolds is working with Inktense pencils to create brightly coloured imagery using pencil that when mixed with water takes on an intense colour and Peter Reynolds will be sharing his Zentangle skills, using pattern either in black or colour, to produce interesting designs. All materials are supplied, no previous experience required. Get the creative juices flowing! You can create 1 to 5 images of your choice using and learn-ing a medium of interest. When the day is completed we ask that you leave one piece of work for an exhibition that will be held at the Bannockburn Cultural Centre in November. Bookings are essential. Call Marita on 0425 735 581.

Art in A Box

Kid’s Drawing and Coloured Pencil Art Classes with Marita

Bannockburn Cultural Centre

Wednesday afternoon from 3.45pm to 4.45pm

8 week term From 10th October to the 28th November. Places limited. All materials supplied

Cost $80.00 per child.

For Children from the ages of 8 to 14 years old. Kid’s art classes is a follow on from the ‘Nature In Art ‘ classes that were held at the Bannockburn library in term 2.The Children work with pencil to learn and

explore different techniques to create images of their choice.

To book call Marita on 0425 735 581


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2 Pope Street, Bannockburn, Victoria 3331

5220 7111 [email protected]

GOLDENplainsSHIREcouncil News mayor’s message

DRAFT INVEREIGH STRUCTURE PLAN UPDATE

VEGGIE-LICIOUS WEEK

Over the last week of July, children across our Shire participated in an innovative food education initiative known as Veggie-licious Week.

Over 170 children from our child care rooms, kindergartens and Family Day Care services took part in various fun activities designed to create exposure to different vegetables and provide hands-on opportunities to increase confidence and knowledge around vegetables.

Activities during the week included cooking sessions, (making vegetable soup, slices, and mini pizzas), garden planting activities, with seedling pot plants to take home; vegetable story time, education and exposure sessions; dress-up days and vegetable themed arts and craft activities.

GRANTS SUCCESSES

Golden Plains Shire Council has secured two key grants of $100,000 and $10,000 to support our community’s health and wellbeing efforts.

Council has secured $100,000 from the Victorian Government’s Country Football and Netball Program 2018-19 for the redevelopment of the Bannockburn Victoria Park netball courts, and a $10,000 VicHealth Exploration grant from the Innovation Challenge grant program. Council would like to acknowledge the State Government and VicHealth for their support with these important initiatives.

IMPORTANT NOTICES VETERANS GRANTS

The Victorian Government has opened the Veterans Capital Works Grant Program, designed to help fund capital works for facilities that support veterans, their families and the broader community.

Major Grants of up to $200,000 and Minor Grants of up to $50,000 are available. Eligible projects include renovations to ex-service organisation buildings and facilities that will help improve access and usability of the facility for veterans and the broader community and ensure the on-going viability of facilities either through increased usage or operating efficiencies. Applications close on Monday 27 August. Details can be found at www.dpc.vic.gov.au/veterans/veterans-grants

JOBS: • Finance Manager (applications close 20 August 2018)• Strategic Planner (applications close 20 August 2018)• Team Leader People and Safety (applications close 13 August 2018)

Information regarding all vacancies, including position descriptions, can be found at goldenplains.applynow.net.au

There are some great initiatives happening in our Shire at the moment to support local parents and children.

Below you can learn about ‘Veggie-licious week’ activities – over 170 children around the Shire were involved and I hope we now have lots of new veggie fans around the Shire. We are also inviting families to celebrate National Science Week with their children by attending Science Sensations with Professor Brains at the Bannockburn Library on Tuesday 14 August from 10am. Families can enjoy super science with elements of surprise experiments to enthuse and amaze all. Additionally our Healthy Families Program, in conjunction with Drummond Street Services, are facilitating a ‘Parenting Children Who Worry Too Much’ seminar for parents of children aged between two and 10 years of age. Check out our our online events calendar at goldenplains.vic.gov.au/events for more information.

We have also had some recent success with obtaining funding to support health and wellbeing in our Shire. It is so important to Council to support physical activity, increase participation rates and improve facilities for our residents. The Bannockburn netball court surfaces are not up to scratch and the community expressed concerns about the safety of the facility as well – community safety is paramount to Council. Looking at how we can help our adult residents ‘Step over the Sidelines’ is a great initiative – we know that inactivity is a big problem and we know being active has huge benefits to the participant, beyond just the physical.

Cr Helena Kirby – Mayor

Council would like to thank the 70 people who came to see the draft Structure Plan proposed for Inverleigh at the conversation posts in June.

We received detailed and valuable feedback, including seven written submissions. We have heard some very clear messages about Inverleigh, including that the country town/village character is cherished by the community, some conflicting views about lot sizes and proposals for rural and service industry, commercial, recreation and horse riding/bridle paths. Find out more, including the next steps, by searching for ‘Draft Inverleigh Structure Plan update’ on our website.

UPCOMING EVENTS: 11 August: Inverleigh Food Swap 11 & 18 August: Bannockburn Bush parkrun 11-18 August: Science Week celebrations 14 August: Tuesday Pram Walk – Bannockburn

Visit our Events calendar at goldenplains.vic.gov.au/events for more information. PLANNING APPLICATIONS: There are 16 planning permits currently being advertised in Golden Plains Shire; visit goldenplains.vic.gov.au and search for ‘planning permits currently advertised’.

PUBLIC NOTICE ADS: To see current Public Notices visit goldenplains.vic.gov.au/news/public-notices.

14 & 21 August: Parenting Children Who Worry Too Much 18 August: Smythesdale Country Market 18 August: Centenary rededication of Ross Creek Avenue of Honour

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MAYOR MESSAGE – SEPTEMBER 2018

More than 70 business leaders and young entrepreneurs enjoyed lunch and networking at Clyde Park Vineyard & Bistro at our August Business Networking event.

Guests heard from Peter Dostis and Linda Wong from Runway on their journey to help start-ups and entrepreneurs in both Geelong and Ballarat. We also heard from local success story Josh Walker from World Class Vintage, who continues to go from strength to strength in his online business. These events are a great opportunity to connect with other local businesses and I encourage you to sign up to receive economic development updates to your email by visiting goldenplains.vic.gov.au/newsletter/signup.

Local residents, community groups and organisations have put forward 13 community projects as part of the State Government's ‘Pick My Project’ initiative. It’s time for the community, including local businesses, to get behind their favourite projects and vote. Without the votes, projects from Golden Plains Shire might not be funded – see the story below for more information.


STOP KITTY LITTERING PICK YOUR PROJECT: VOTE TODAY

Council will be offering residents, with support of local vets, a 50% discount on desexing with each new cat registration from Monday 1 September 2018 for a limited time. This initiative aims to address increased numbers of cats being impounded and euthanised in Golden Plains Shire.

To be eligible for the offer, the cat must be currently unregistered and the vet practices will need to process registration applications on site at their facilities.

Contact one of two Vet clinics to organise an appointment (and mention this offer). Residents in the south of the Shire should contact the Golden Plains Veterinary Practice on 5281 2226, and residents in the north of the Shire should contact the Smythesdale Veterinary Practice on 5318 5750.

‘Pick my Project’ voting is now live, which means Victorians can vote on their favourite projects, with 13 fantastic Golden Plains Shire projects put forward by residents, community groups and organisations.

Pick My Project is a State Government community grants initiative, with $30 million available to fund local projects. Victorians were asked to come up with project ideas earlier this year and make a submission.

Members of the Golden Plains community are encouraged to view the list of local projects and help make their favourite project ideas a reality by voting for the top three eligible projects in their community by 17 September.

To vote for a local project, visit pickmyproject.vic.gov.au














FIND US EVERYWHERE!

@GPSCouncilNews GoldenPlainsShiregoldenplains.vic.gov.au

2 Pope Street, Bannockburn, Victoria 3331

5220 7111 [email protected]

GOLDENplainsSHIREcouncil News mayor’s message

DRAFT INVEREIGH STRUCTURE PLAN UPDATE

VEGGIE-LICIOUS WEEK

Over the last week of July, children across our Shire participated in an innovative food education initiative known as Veggie-licious Week.

Over 170 children from our child care rooms, kindergartens and Family Day Care services took part in various fun activities designed to create exposure to different vegetables and provide hands-on opportunities to increase confidence and knowledge around vegetables.

Activities during the week included cooking sessions, (making vegetable soup, slices, and mini pizzas), garden planting activities, with seedling pot plants to take home; vegetable story time, education and exposure sessions; dress-up days and vegetable themed arts and craft activities.

GRANTS SUCCESSES

Golden Plains Shire Council has secured two key grants of $100,000 and $10,000 to support our community’s health and wellbeing efforts.

Council has secured $100,000 from the Victorian Government’s Country Football and Netball Program 2018-19 for the redevelopment of the Bannockburn Victoria Park netball courts, and a $10,000 VicHealth Exploration grant from the Innovation Challenge grant program. Council would like to acknowledge the State Government and VicHealth for their support with these important initiatives.

IMPORTANT NOTICES VETERANS GRANTS

The Victorian Government has opened the Veterans Capital Works Grant Program, designed to help fund capital works for facilities that support veterans, their families and the broader community.

Major Grants of up to $200,000 and Minor Grants of up to $50,000 are available. Eligible projects include renovations to ex-service organisation buildings and facilities that will help improve access and usability of the facility for veterans and the broader community and ensure the on-going viability of facilities either through increased usage or operating efficiencies. Applications close on Monday 27 August. Details can be found at www.dpc.vic.gov.au/veterans/veterans-grants

JOBS: • Finance Manager (applications close 20 August 2018)• Strategic Planner (applications close 20 August 2018)• Team Leader People and Safety (applications close 13 August 2018)

Information regarding all vacancies, including position descriptions, can be found at goldenplains.applynow.net.au

There are some great initiatives happening in our Shire at the moment to support local parents and children.

Below you can learn about ‘Veggie-licious week’ activities – over 170 children around the Shire were involved and I hope we now have lots of new veggie fans around the Shire. We are also inviting families to celebrate National Science Week with their children by attending Science Sensations with Professor Brains at the Bannockburn Library on Tuesday 14 August from 10am. Families can enjoy super science with elements of surprise experiments to enthuse and amaze all. Additionally our Healthy Families Program, in conjunction with Drummond Street Services, are facilitating a ‘Parenting Children Who Worry Too Much’ seminar for parents of children aged between two and 10 years of age. Check out our our online events calendar at goldenplains.vic.gov.au/events for more information.

We have also had some recent success with obtaining funding to support health and wellbeing in our Shire. It is so important to Council to support physical activity, increase participation rates and improve facilities for our residents. The Bannockburn netball court surfaces are not up to scratch and the community expressed concerns about the safety of the facility as well – community safety is paramount to Council. Looking at how we can help our adult residents ‘Step over the Sidelines’ is a great initiative – we know that inactivity is a big problem and we know being active has huge benefits to the participant, beyond just the physical.


Council would like to thank the 70 people who came to see the draft Structure Plan proposed for Inverleigh at the conversation posts in June.

We received detailed and valuable feedback, including seven written submissions. We have heard some very clear messages about Inverleigh, including that the country town/village character is cherished by the community, some conflicting views about lot sizes and proposals for rural and service industry, commercial, recreation and horse riding/bridle paths. Find out more, including the next steps, by searching for ‘Draft Inverleigh Structure Plan update’ on our website.

UPCOMING EVENTS: 11 August: Inverleigh Food Swap 11 & 18 August: Bannockburn Bush parkrun 11-18 August: Science Week celebrations 14 August: Tuesday Pram Walk – Bannockburn

Visit our Events calendar at goldenplains.vic.gov.au/events for more information. PLANNING APPLICATIONS: There are 16 planning permits currently being advertised in Golden Plains Shire; visit goldenplains.vic.gov.au and search for ‘planning permits currently advertised’.

PUBLIC NOTICE ADS: To see current Public Notices visit goldenplains.vic.gov.au/news/public-notices.

14 & 21 August: Parenting Children Who Worry Too Much 18 August: Smythesdale Country Market 18 August: Centenary rededication of Ross Creek Avenue of Honour














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TEESDALEMECHANICSINSTITUTE

(Formerly Community Hall)

Behind the CFA BuildingMain Road, Teesdale

FOR ALL YOUR HIRING NEEDS

Hall, Meeting Room, Kitchen, Tables, Chairs & Crockery.

For bookings, phone Dale on 5281 5486 or 0428 386 724

Justices of the Peace

Mr A. F. Helyar10 Knowles Crt,Bannockburn Ph: 5281 1798

Mrs E. McDonald47 High StreetINVERLEIGH Ph: 5265 1270

Mr Keith Windle77 Dundas StreetINVERLEIGH Ph: 0429 651 298

Mr Peter Bufton110 Savage DriveINVERLEIGH Ph: 0448 694 204

LEIGH DISTRICT RIDING CLUB INC

A00041565N meets for rally

every 2nd Sunday @10.00am

Victoria Park, Park Street,

Inverleigh Vic 3321New Members always welcome

for enquiries please contact

President: Nicole Rogers Mob: 0419 549 799

Secretary: Leanne Broad Mob: 0433 403 065

P O BOX 87 INVERLEIGH VIC 3321

WHO CAN I TALK TO?

24 Hour telephone counselling

ANONYMOUS CONFIDENTIAL

IMMEDIATE

Phone 13 11 14LIFELINE

BEFORE SCHOOL CARE7:30 AM – 8:45 AM

Healthy Food plus a Fun Program!

*Cooking Club *Art & Craft *Outdoor Activities *Computer

Club

AFTER SCHOOL CARE3:15 PM - 6:00 PM

TEESDALE PS O.S.H.C.

Phone: 5281 5218

ST PAULS SURPRISE SHOPINVERLEIGH

During SEPTEMBER Green & Pink Tickets will be ½ price,all cushions at $1,

so come on in and grab some awesome bargains.

Closed School Holidays

All donations can be left at the front door.

OPENING HOURS: Wednesday, Thursday, FRIDAY

and Saturday 9am – 1pm

Come follow us on facebook- https://www.facebook.com/St.PaulsSurpriseShop

CWA NATIVE HUT NIGHT

BRANCHEst. 14th July 2014

This branch meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month

at 7.30pm at Teesdale Primary School,

Mudbrick Building, cnr Main Road and Sutherland Street.

All ages welcome.It is not an “oldies” group.

If you are interested in attending please contact:

Shirley 5281 5354

We are now collecting newspapers for recycling. Papers can be left at the Town

Hall on Mondays or pick up can be arranged by calling

David on 0429 958 769 during business hours

or 5265 1102 after hours.All proceeds from the paper collection

go to local projects. As this is a new initiative for our club,

community help would be greatly appreciated.

Lions Club of Inverleigh Leigh Valley

Any further questions can be directed to David on 0429 958 769 or dave@

grantsautodismantlers.com.au

MONTHLY FOOD SWAPS

are heldin INVERLEIGH on the

2nd Saturday of the month9:30 to 10:00 @Sonny Cafe

andin BANNOCKBURN on the

4th Saturday of the month9:30 to 10:00 at

Bannockburn Station Cafe


LEIGH PRESBYTERIAN PARISH

Inverleigh Shelford Teesdale“For we do not preach ourselves,

but Christ Jesus the Lord...” (2 Corinthians 4.5)

SUNDAY SERVICEInverleigh 10.00 AM

Permanent Supply Minister: Rev. Rob Duncanson

VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOMEFor further information:Neil Mansfield 0405 064 976

Inverleigh Hall Hall Hire Contact

The Inverleigh Hall Committee promotes the use of the hall

and develops and maintains our fabulous community asset.

If you would like to become involved by serving on the committee or by initiating

activities at the hall, please contact

Anne-Maree Tarbett

0417 512 240

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ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC PARISH

ST. JOSEPHS PARISH MEREDITHPARISH PRIEST :

Fr. Charles Balnaves 5286 1230 mobile : 0417 319 556

28 Lawler Street Meredith 3333

Available for Pastoral Care, Baptisms,

Marriages, Funerals.St. Joseph’s Parish Meredith

Mass Times for September/OctoberWinchelsea every Saturday at 6pm except Saturday September 1st which will be at 5pm.Bannockburn every Sunday at 9 a.m. also from October every first Sunday of the month an additional Mass at 4 p.m. which will be a Family Mass followed by pizzas.Anakie at 11a.m Sunday September 9th/ 23rd October 7th/21stMeredith at 11 a.m. Sunday September 2nd/ 16th/30th October 14th/28th

Inverleigh Mass at 4 p.m. every last Sunday of the month Sunday September 30th and

Sunday October 28th Followed by afternoon tea or a bbq .

Everyone welcome.. ...especially young families.

Come along and join your community in the lovely little country Church of the

Sacred Heart, Inverleigh.

Anglican ChurchInverleigh

38 High Street, InverleighSunday Services 9.00 AM

Rev’d Phil Jacobson

0419 322 385John Thornton 5265 1256

Bruce McDonald 5265 1270

Weekly Bus Service provided for residents without

transport to shop inGeelong!

The Bus leaves the Inverleigh Hall Every FRIDAY

at 9:30 amand leaves

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Monthly Meetings:7.30pm The last Wednesday of every month.

Inverleigh Presbyterian Hall (next to the School).

[email protected] or Una Miller 5265 1001


Mother Nature really turned on some beautiful weather to showcase our golf course and also our local Community for the recent Inverleigh Disc Golf Open. Inverleigh Golf Club along with the Geelong Disc Golf Club combined to host this event, which was held over 2 days on the 24th & 25th August. Glorious sunshine shone on the specially designed course, and after a foggy start to the 1st day, the 60 players who descended on Inverleigh, were treated to perfect conditions for Disc Golf. Inverleigh is a full champi-onship elite level course on the sports A-tier Australian tour. It is a very challenging course that throws up many obstacles, including many trees and acacia bushes. Plans are in place to make the disc golf course permanent, which can only further benefit Inverleigh. Players travelled from interstate and locally to compete at Inverleigh, including the current Male & Fe-male Champions – Patrick Robinson & Cassie Sweetten.

And it wasn’t only the Golf Club that benefited over the weekend, the Inverleigh Community in general was buzzing and local businesses also reaped the benefits. Accom-modation at the 2 local B & B’s – R & R, and Artworks were fully booked, as well as local eateries. It is estimated that this event injected

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up to $8000 into the local community, with this event set to grow in size in the coming years. Disc golf is rapidly growing in popularity as a sport that appeals to families, as it is a sport that the whole family can play together. Congratulations to the 2018 Inverleigh Disc Golf Champion – Jarreth Sweetten, and also to his wife Cassie Sweetten who completed the double to take out the Female Open Champion.

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WHY I LOVE LIVING WHERE I LIVE! All Boys and Girls of Primary School age are invited to share with the local community “Why they love to live where they live”. A similar competion was held a few years ago, inviting children from Inverleigh Primary School to write about “What Inverleigh means to me”. This time it is open to all children who re-ceive a copy of the Leigh News in their home, to write about where they live and why they enjoy it so much.

Entries can be written, drawn, photographed etc. and are divided into the following groups: Prep and Year 1, Years 2, 3 & 4, and Years 5 & 6.

Prize money has been donated with $25 for best in each group and $10 for second.

To enter, please email your typed entry, scan and email your written entry or post your entry to “[email protected]” or P.O. Box 247, Inverleigh, Vic, 3321.

Entries close on 30th September 2018 and winner will be published in the “November issue” of the Leigh News.

Copies of winning entries will also be included in the Leigh News for all to enjoy.


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•Anxiety and Phobias in Pets

IN OTHER NEWS Spring Babies

Flight training begins in spring, which is when we start getting young birds on the ground who are unable to fly. If you see a baby bird on the ground, it’s most likely its parents are nearby.

We’ve all heard about how birds will reject their off-spring if humans touch them. This is not true!

If you are able to reach the nest, the best thing you can do is to gently pick up the nestling and put it back in the nest.

Nestlings are fuzzy or have naked skin. They are too young to survive long periods out of the nest.

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Anxiety and Phobias in Pets

Just like people pets can suffer anxiety.The fear response is natural and beneficial, when there is a reason to be afraid. However, when this re-sponse occurs when there is no threat or danger, this is called anxiety.

An anxious or fearful dog is more likely to bite. We often hear people say, “He didn’t give a warning before he bit me”.

Signs your dog might be feeling anxious include:

*Looking away or down *Ears to the side *Licking lips *Panting *Aggression or biting *Destroying furniture *Barking continuously *Moving slowly away from you *Urinating in the wrong place

Many dogs find it difficult to be left alone for long periods. They are used to our company and struggle to cope when we leave for work, school or shopping. Dogs often turn to vocalisation and destructive behaviour to relieve the stress of being alone.

Teaching your dog to spend time on its own will greatly reduce the chances of destructive behaviour.

Tips to help with separation anxiety:

*Take your dog for a walk in the morning *Set up a treasure hunt in the back yard with treats, and bones. *Rotate toys in the yard, rather than having the same toys every day *Don’t make a big deal when you leave for the day or when you return. *Reward calm behaviour


Fledglings have most of their feathers and it’s quite com-mon for them to fall out of their nest and spend several days hoping around on the ground while learning to fly.

Their parents will continue to feed and protect them.

In either situation, if you think the baby bird is injured. Contact the clinic or bring it into the clinic. Our Veterinarians will always treat native wildlife at no charge.

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We recognise animals large and small are part of your family and our team is committed to providing the best health care available every hour of everyday

Signs of stress or anxiety in cats - symptoms are often subtle and non specific and include:

*Spraying *Excessive grooming *Hiding away for extended periods *Excessive meowing *Reduced appetite

Cats are very sensitive to the environment around them and many things can cause anxiety:

*Moving house *New family members human or animal *Change in daily routine *Loud parties and noises

Some of the behavioural problems triggered by separation anxi-ety in cats are the same as those seen in dogs. Vocalizing after the owner leaves, inappropriate urination, and less often destructiveness.

Tips to help with separation anxiety:

*Leave a distracting toy *A comfortable perch that allows a view from a window *Carpeted towers or scratch poles *Leaving a radio on

What to do if you suspect your pet suffers from anxiety.

The first step is to discuss the situation with our Veterinari-ans. It is important to make sure your pets behaviour is not due to an underlying medical problem.

For example inappropriate urination may mean your pet has a urinary tract infection. A cat that is overgrooming may have a food allergy.

In some cases, our Vets may precribe anti-anxiety medications


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Bannockburn Surgery provides comprehensive GP services, has been practicing in the community for more than 30 years, is the largest practice in the shire, with 6 full time equivalent Doctors and has an excellent reputation.

Monday,Tuesday & Wednesday: 8.30 am – 7.30 pm Thursday & Friday: 8.30 am – 5.30 pm Saturday: Emergency Session from 10.00 am (no appt required) Round the clock care is offered to our regular patients, call the Surgery afterhours for further information.

We are an accredited teaching practice, training GP’s of the future, our current Doctors are Dr Carolyn Grigg, Dr David Russell and Dr Daniel McCubbery.

We also offer the following services: Jessica O’Shannassy- Diabetes education; Peter Angelucci & Stephanie Bennetts- Podiatry; Vernon Kaurah- Mental Health Nurse; Q-Fever testing and vaccinations and Yellow Fever vaccinations;

Mr Chatar Goyal- Orthopaedic Surgeon and Dr Saj Rathnyake- Gynaecologist will both be practicing at Bannockburn Surgery as visiting specialists. Please talk to you Doctor about a referral if you require either of these services.

Fees are payable at the time of consultation by cash or eftpos. Bookings are available online (visit our website) or by phone and we are accepting new patients living in the Golden Plains Shire. Every effort will be made to accommodate your preferred time and preferred doctor.

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15th Aug. Ladies-Greta Volum Singles & 9 Hole Ambrose.S. Bruenjes def L. Richardson on 18th to win Greta Volum SinglesR. Fatone, S. Hoffmaier, G. Stevens & D. Morgan 32 won Ambrose Comp.N.T.P. 8th G. Stevens.18th Aug. Men, StrokeI.Page 74nett, D. Brown 78nett, R. Keane 79nett.Longest Drive O/65yrs D. Brown.22nd Aug. Ladies-1st Rd. championship & final Rd Silver Spoon.StrokeS. Bruenjes 89-16-73, R. Erwin 105-30-75, G. Stevens 109-32-77. I. Oliver 98-15-83.N.T.P. 8th D. Nicholls, Putting L. Richardson 25 putts.Winner of the Silver Spoon. I. Oliver.

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The bowls season is just around the corner starting in October. After a successful season in 2017/18, having our midweek team make the finals and our Saturday team winning the Grand Final in Division 5, the members are looking forward to another great year.

We have some new initiatives kicking off this year which we hope will offer the community the opportunity to enjoy lawn bowls and the great club facilities.

The first is “BOWLING WITH BABIES”. If you have a baby, please come along. Such a great opportu-nity to meet new parents and babies in the local area, give lawn bowls a try and get outdoors for some fresh country air. The first catch up will be on Thursday 11 October 2018 at the Inverleigh Bowls Club from 10am-12pm. Please don’t worry if you

can’t make it on time or if you need to leave early, we would love to welcome you to the club regardless and understand that life isn’t always predictable and planned when there are little people involved. We are planning to meet for a catch up and bowl every Thursday for 4 weeks with the possibility to continue if everyone enjoys it. We have family friendly facilities available including a change table and spaces on the green for your babies to play while you have a bowl and chat in a relaxed atmosphere. Cost is $2 and we can also arrange for a coffee/ tea/ hot chocolate from Sonny Café (at your own cost) if you would like one. All we ask is that you wear flat soled shoes (runners etc.) Bowls are provided as well as some friendly people to help you to learn to play! We know that there are lots of babies in the Inverleigh and surround-ing areas with our local community growing all the time. Please consider coming down to the club to give this a try, who knows, you may even discover a new talent and a new friend! Lawn bowls is a sport suitable for all ages and abilities. Please get in touch with Suzy Coleman for more info on 0431 080 977 or like our Facebook page, Inverleigh Bowls Club where further information will be available soon. We look forward to seeing you there.

“JACK ATTACK” The other initiative is for our local school children. We would like to offer a 2 day (2hrs per day) coaching / training clinic in lawn bowls for 8 to 13 year olds. We want to run this for 2 consecutive days in the first week of the September school holidays. Our members, running this, have working with children certificates. There will be no cost involved, we just ask

that flat soled shoes be worn (runners) and the club will provide bowls and coaching. Please keep an eye out in the school newsletter for more details on this or contact Marj Peel to register your interest. [email protected] We will continue to run our “BAREFOOT BOWLS” on the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month, keep an eye out for the signs around town, everyone is welcome to drop in. Our members will be at the club each Friday night (5.30pm onwards) from mid-September for practice, so please feel free to drop in and have a try of lawn bowls, we are always looking for new players. The bar will be open on these nights as well. I look forward to keeping you all up to date with what is happening around the club during the season.

Adrian HurringPresident

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Directory of Clubs, Services and OrganisationsBelow is a directory for clubs, organisations and services operating in Inverleigh, Teedale,Shelford and surrounding areas. If you are interested in obtaining further information about an organisation, please feel free to ring and have a chat with them. Any club or organisation who wishes to be listed, please forward details to us and we will include your listing. We would also appreciate being kept up to date with contact details

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INVERLEIGH AREA

Bellarine Harness for Pleasure ClubPat, Phone 5264 5235

Inverleigh Bowls ClubPres. Adrian Hurring0418 593 849Sec. June Belleville0418 324 448

Inverleigh Cemetery TrustDes Guinane. 0409 224 811

Inverleigh Cricket ClubPres:Marcus Warton ph. 0400 199 309

Inverleigh CWAUna Miller 5265 [email protected]

Inverleigh-Leigh Valley Lions ClubBill Hughes 5281 [email protected]

Inverleigh Golf ClubPresident: David BrownSecretary: Dianne MorganPhone: 5265 1575

Inverleigh PlaygroupFiona - 0410 555 140Mel – 0418 651 306

Inverleigh Progress Assoc.President:Hilary Hamilton5265 1384Secretary: Luanne Thornton5265 1256

Inverleigh Riding ClubLeighdale Equestrian CentreMelinda Spiller 0413 648 012

Inverleigh RSL Sub-BranchPres. Malcom Johns. 5281 5253

Leigh District Landcare GroupSec: Maxine Campbell 5265 1210

Leigh District Riding ClubLeesa Phone 5265 1024

Victoria Park Reserve Bookings, Narelle Bogle Ph: 0438 034 313

MURGHEBOLUC AREA.Murgheboluc Recreation Reserve.Fiona Inglis. 0421 679 770

SHELFORD AREAShelford Cricket ClubAndrew Clarke 0439634891Mark Hampshire 0409428931

Shelford Progress AssociationPres: Heather Stone 5281 3241Sec: Glenn Jeffery 0413 317 779TEESDALE AREA

Before and After School Care from 7.30am to 8.45am. - 3.15pm to 6pmTeesdale Primary. 5281 5218

CWA Native Hut BranchShirley Wild Ph: 5281 5354

Leighdale Equestrian CentreRobyn Grixti Ph 5281 5290 or Melinda Spiller 0413 648 012

Leighdale Pony Club Inc.Pres: Tom McCann 5265 1169Sec: Sue Moran 0437 914 454

Teesdale Branch Liberal PartyCharlie Hartup 5281 5222

Teesdale Cricket ClubAlister Woods. 0439 395 456

Teesdale Pre SchoolMandy Bartlett. 5281 5488

Teesdale Sporting ComplexMrs Kay Hower. 5281 5389

Teesdale Tennis ClubMrs Judy Evans. 5281 5328 Teesdale Community HallDale Smithyman 5281 5486

Teesdale TOWN Club(Take off Weight Naturally)Jan Pope Ph: 5281 5138

Working Sheepdog ClubGlenn Agnew 0427 325 905

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Ring 000LifeLine 5222 2233 or 13 11 14

B’burn Surgery 5281 1481

B’burn Vet 5281 1221

B’burn Taxi 5281 1777

Barwon Water 1300 656 007

Power Failure 13 24 12

Geelong Hospital Accident & Emergency 5226 7564

Golden Plains Equine Vets 0437 467 097

Golden Plains Medical Centre 5281 2320

Wildlife Rescue 0500 540 000

Women’s Domestic Violence Crisis Service 1800 015 188

Shire Ranger 5220 7111

If you would like your Club or Service included in this directory, or if you need to update any details above, please contact the Editor.

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