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Tracks out the back of YackGET ON YOUR BIKE: The Yack Tracks Mountain bike trails will open Saturday October 7 after almost a decade in the making. Picture: JOHN HARDWICK

By Annie BrownIf you want something,

simply go make it. That is how Yack

Tracks mountain bike trails began.

October 7 is the official opening of the Yack Tracks trails in the Stanley Forest around Yackandandah.

The tracks came about when a group of keen mountain bikers called the YOBBOS (Yackandandah Old Blokes Biking on

Sundays) decided to formalise the illegal tracks they had cut while riding in the forest ten years ago.

James Lacey from Yack Tracks said the group knew what they were doing was legal so they approached the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planing (DELWP) to turn it into a legal track for public use.

“We started just cutting a few little links

that were useful for us and after a while there was a fair bit of track out there,” he said.

“Because it was illegal to do that, mountain bikes can only ride on roads or mountain bike tracks and there were no tracks in the forrest.

“So we decided the best thing to do was to come clean and say well how about we do this properly and we got good help from DELWP.”

The first step of

formalising the tracks with help from DELWP was to start an official group called Yack Tracks Inc in 2014.

Since then, the group have worked along with Indigo Shire Council and Tourism North East to develop the trails.

Mr Lacey admitted the township got the track for a bargain.

“The key thing about this project from an economical development perspective is really the

costs,” Mr Lacey said.“The Shire via the The

Chamber of Commerce stumped up $10,000 to fund the project.

“The replacement value of this project is about $400 - 600,000.”

“So if they did a masterplan and got consultants in and built it, you would be looking at easy $500,000.

“So for $10,000 with community engagement we’ve built a community facility that will draw

people to the town.”The clearing of the

52kms of tracks was done by thousands of hours of voluntary work from members of Yack Tracks.

“Once we got the approval to link it all together and make a proper track, we had people working on it intermittently whenever they could or wanted to during the week,” Mr Lacey said. Continued on P4.

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YACKITY YAKYackity Yak is a free bi-monthly publication aimed at providing news, entertainment and information to the people of Yackandandah.Yackity Yak is published by YCDCo (Yackity Yak) Pty Ltd. and 1,500 copies of Yackity Yak are printed with each release with a minimum of 900 copies distributed free of charge to homes in the Yackandandah and surrounding area via Australia Post.

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A Ramble with the Editor

Are you a member of a group looking for a place to hold your meetings?

Wellsford House is available for community groups looking for a

meeting place.

For more information, phone Lynda on 0427 852 846.

Send your letters to the editor to [email protected], or mail them to

Annie Brown, Yackity Yak, C/- Yackandandah Post Office, High Street, Yackandandah, VIC,

3749

Hi all, I am delighted to put

out our first edition of Yackity Yak after Lauren Salathiel handed over the reigns last edition.

Lauren was the editor for 12 months and has left big shoes to fill.

Bron Nolan and I would like to thank Lauren for all her help and support in helping us get this first edition up and running.

As Lauren mentioned last edtition Yackity Yack will now be split between two people. Bron Nolan will take care of all

things advertising and administration and I will look after editorial.

Bron and I look forward to working with members of the community and encourage people and businesses to stay in touch with story ideas and advertisement.

This edition I am really excited with all the good things happening around town. The new Mountain Bike tracks are an exciting new edition

to the town and result for thousands of volunteer hours clearning the tracks in the bush.

James Lacey has said the track is not only for mountain bikes but also great for walkers and if you’re really keen, trail running. With the weather warming up, it’s a lovely afternoon spent out in the bush.

There is also plenty of out door activities for all the family going to Yack in October/November.

ABC Backroads is coming Back to Yack and bringing a street party.

Indigo has Talent will see depths of this talented town down at the Sports Park in Ocotber.

And Arts Yackandandah will hold its Fresh and Unframed Exhibition.

I look forward to hearing from everyone and thank everyone who contributed to the edition. Bring on the spring weather!

Best,Annie

Our first spring edition

Got a story for Yakity Yack?Please send your story ideas/articles or flyers for upcoming evetns to [email protected]

400 games on the field Beechworth Hockey

Club has a long running tradition of celebrating the number of matches of its

members. There have been some pretty

impressive members, racking up hundreds of games, but it was the women’s veteran goalie who proved the Queen of the hockey club.

Yackandandah’s Shirley Pilkington celebrated her 400th game this year.

A remarkable effort considering the club has only been around for 17 years and a full season is anywhere between 19 and 22 games including finals.

Shirley played her 400th game to her surprise after returning from a trip to China in August.

The team celebrated with a half time champagne and a guard on honor with their hockey sticks. Read Beechworth Hockey Club season recap on P22.Picture: Annie Brown


The great billy cart race ramps up for another year

The ABC is back in Yack

By Bron NolanThis November,

prepare for thrills - prepare for The Great Yackandandah Billy Cart Race.

That’s right folks its back again; bigger, better, faster, stronger....and that’s just the competitors in the pre-school race. Watch those four-year-olds fly down the hill closely followed by a flailing parent determined to catch up to the speedster ahead of them and not trip and scar their offspring for life.

Railway Avenue comes to life as our intrepid racers clock up to 62kms per hour (yes folks that’s Luke’s official police radar speed) and fortunately the offender was let off with only a warning for breaking the speed limit.

We have all sorts and

shapes of billycarts, from the custom built Melbourne job to the shed built wheelbarrow racer, which incidentally took out the slowest cart. Can team Wheelbarrow do it again or are they are aiming at a total rebuilt?

Can team “Beat the Stamps” come through and actually beat the Stamps this year? Will team Nolan write off another cart a week before the big race? Will the Men’s Shed change to purple Lycra this year? Don’t understand these mysterious questions? Well come to the 2016 Great Yackandandah Billy Cart race on Sunday 6th November and the answers to ALL these questions plus many more will be revealed.

Lastly, please remember to order your straw (our

safety barriers) from the school, for pickup after the race direct from the hill, only $6 bale and all profits go directly to the school (We have 500 bales to shift so come on Yackandandah get mulching and start ordering that straw).

See you for a great day of entertainment - keep an eye on the Yackandandah Community Facebook page for more details. We hope to see many racers there - old, new, young and old.

In the words of the great Mario Andretti, “If everything seems under control, you›re not going fast enough.”

Will our racers live up to this quote, come along on the 6th November 2016 and find out.

See you there!

COMING DOWN THE HILL: The Great Yackandandah Billy Cart Race will return to Railway Avenue on Sunday November 6.

Coming back: ABC’s Backroads presenter, Heather Ewart with Yackandandah musician Pete Denahy in Series one of Backroads.

Picture: ABC

The ABC couldn’t keep themselves away. On Friday, November 25, the ABC will return to Yackandandah to launch series two of Backroads. The popular TV series featured the town in series one.Series one aired on ABC TV in November 2015. The community street party will celebrate the launch a new series of the show and an online digital platform. A live nation-wide radio broadcast will take place down the street featuring high profile ABC presenters and guests including Insiders host, Barrie Cassidy.The family event will include food and entertainment with High Street closed off from traffic. The street party with start at 3pm and will go until midnight. For more information contact ABC Goulburn Murray: [email protected] or phone (02) 6049 2011.


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continued from page 1: “DELWP have put

the work into the trail head and given us all the physical sign posts,” Mr Lacey said.

“They have made a little picnic area and parking spot at the trail head at the start of the beginner’s loop.”

Yack Tracks consisted of four different looped tracks ranging from beginner to intermediate.

The trail heads starts out of town on Bells Flat rd past the reservoir.

“Our tracks are about

pedalling,” Mr Lacey said.

“These tracks are really suitable for people who don’t want to break their bones, it’s more about fitness than some of the tracks up in the mountains.”

“The green beginner’s loop is great for families or walkers, it’s only 3kms at the start of the trail head and should only take around 20 minutes or so.”

“Our favourite loop is probably “Diggers”, which is 18kms and has a really nice decent.

“That one takes between an hour and a half to two hours to do.”

“We’ve got these long segments of unbroken track so people can spend a bit more time just enjoying the ride without having to be thinking about where they have to go.”

Coloured maps of the network are available from the Yackandandah information centre and various businesses around the town.

There is also a phone app to guide people

around. The app costs $4 and works as a three dimensional version of the map that navigates using GPS.

The group ask that horses and motor bikes use alternative routes.

“We are very excited to launch the tracks on October 7,” Mr Lacey said.

“There’s always been people doing a bit of riding here and there but never any formalised infrastructure.”

Find Yack Cycling group on Facebook.

ABOVE: Yack Tracks trail map, available at the Yack Informaton Centre and businesses around


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community group that wants to provide regular updates as to its activities, or know of someone who has done something great, Yack wants to hear from you!

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Key election datesAugust 26: Enrollment to vote closed

October 21: Postal voting closes 6pmOctober 22: Election day, attendance voting

Further information is available on the VEC

Don’t forget to have your say and vote in the Indigo Shire council elections

Support our local wildlife warriors - make a donation to Kangaloola Wildlife Shelter, and help local

volunteers care for injured native wildlife.

Visit http://www.kangaloolawild-lifeshelter.org.au/donations-page to make your donation today.

RIGHT: List of the 19 candidates running for council. Photo: Yackandandah Community

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Mayor of Indgio Shire, James Trenery is running for Mayor again this election.

The Indigo Shire Council elections are only weeks away.

All residents who are enrolled to vote from Friday August 26 will be sent a a ballot pack in the mail between October 4 - 6.

When you receive your ballot pack you should complete and return before 6pm on Friday, October 21 when voting close.

Alternatively, votes can be delivered to the election office at 107 Ford Street, Beechworth which is open 9am to 5pm week days excluding public holidays.

All council election information can be found at www.vec.vic.gov.au. For other election enquiries contact 1300 585 983.

Remember voting is compulsory and enrolled residents who do not vote may be fined.

There are currently seven vacancies for the Indigo Shire Council with 19 nominations.

For more details on the full list of nominees go to www.vec.vic.gov.au/IndigoElection/Candidates.

Indigo Shire council nominees: Larry Goldsworthy, Tenniell Evans, Barb Murdoch, Herb Ellerbock, Bernard Gaffney, James Trenery, Emmerick Teissl, Karen Elizabeth Keegan, Sophie Price, Roberta Horne, Michelle Critchley, Elaine Downs, Craig Cross, Diane Shepheard, Robert Allsop, Jenny O’Connor, Harry Thomas, Neil Collins, Jill Jarvis-Wills.

By James TreneryHi everyone, I will be

running to be re-elected in the upcoming council elections. Firstly, I would like to thank all of you for your support over the last four years.

I have been lucky to represent Yackandandah on local council as well as the wider shire.

Local government should be about local issues. From day one I fought to maintain the presence of our shire staff and office in Yackandandah. There has been a lot of high level issues on council that I have fought for, like reducing our debt and moving towards a surplus, reducing costs and maintaining our current services.

It has always been important to me to focus on

real local issues like getting an increase in our hard waste service from one weekend to now having two weekends, when some of council wanted to remove it all together out of the smaller towns.

Securing permeant funding for the Folk Festival in the budget for the first time in its history.

Council purchasing extra land around the sports park for future expansion of the facilities.

The community wanted another meeting place in Yack so I helped acquire Wellsford house on behalf of the community groups.

These local successes have happened by working together with the community. There is much more we have moved forward on

or got funding for but the most substantial project that has been identified by the Yackandandah community is the Rail trail from Beechworth to Yackandandah, this will have a dramatic effect on the economy of the town and will be a great leg up for our small business in town.

This project has moved from being off the radar to the number one priority, of the major rail trails in indigo shire, this will help keep yack sustainable financially and will maintain our village feel.

I hope to continue to support our local volunteers, as I did with the SES funding that was reinstated in our current budget after a close vote.

Small business and our volunteers have been the two

major pillars in the indigo shire, without them our footy clubs, cricket clubs etc, don’t function.

We need to continue to support them so our kids have a positive outlet in our towns.

Local Government, especially small shires will come under increasing pressure with rate capping. It is essential that with decreased revenue we get the basics right, roads, rates, rubbish and recreational facilities.

With so many running at this election it we be hard to be re-elected out of one of the small towns but I hope to continue to represent Yackandandah and our shire and to be at the table to continue represent local people and the local issues.

Mayor running for re-election


Yack Lions Club

Local lawyers Helen McGowan and Matt Grogan are here for you.

Please contact us to have a chat about any issues that have a legal component.

We are available Tuesday and Thursday afternoons (1pm to 5pm)

and at other times by appointment.

‘With you in change’

“Ardsville”, 32 High Street, Yackandandah, VIC 3749

Phone: 02 6027 0553Email: [email protected] and

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By Jenny AnthonyYackandandah

Lions Club have been busy during the winter months with our monthly Community Market, which is held on the third Sunday of each month in Wellsford St.

All funds raised go back into the community and support to Lions projects, for example bush fire assistance and sight first.

Our current project

is The Change One Life Program, a disability awareness and educational program aimed at school age children.

It is based on Lincoln’s life changing experiences in becoming and living as a paraplegic.

To ensure the success of the Change One Life Program, Lincoln needs to purchase 10 basketball wheelchairs to use in the program.

Lincoln will be appreciative of any support received towards achieving this goal.

Yackandandah Lions Club would like to sponsor a Leo’s club

and we are looking for interested young men and women between the ages of 12 and 30. Participation in Leo activities and projects helps young people prepare for the future by developing leadership, organisational and social skills.

Members experience increased self -esteem and personal growth as they meet challenges and accept responsibility.

By volunteering their time and talents for the benefit of others.

Leos learn firsthand the value and rewards of service.

Leo club involvement

can start young men and women on a lifetime of helping others, whilst also having fun along the way.

If you would like to join us at Yack Lions please either call us on 0418 122 921, email [email protected] or call in and say hi at the market.

We meet twice a month, Business meeting 2nd Wednesday and Dinner meeting, 4th Wed of each month.

If you are a community group and need a place to meet, please contact us to discuss the use of Wellsford House

DATES TO REMEMBER18 Sep 2016 - Lions Community Market, Wellsford St, Yackandandah - 9am to 1pm (Change One Life raffle draw)

16 Oct 2016 - Lions Community Market, Wellsford St, Yackandandah - 9am to 1pm

31 Oct 2016 - Melbourne Cup Calcutta, Star Hotel, Yackandandah.

Tickets on sale at the Market or see one of our friendly Lions

member to purchase a ticket, $2 each to be in draw.

4 Dec 2016 (to be confirmed) - Community Christmas Party - Sports Park from 6pm, this year we are asking people to bring along a non perishable items or gift to donate to a hamper which will be donated on behalf of the Yackan-dandah Community to a Charity for distribution to those in need of support.

18 Dec 2016 - Lions Sunday Community Market, Wellsford St, Yackandandah - 9am to 1pm. Gold coin donation

Lions club look for young Leos to join the Yackandandah pride

Change One Life raffle winner takes home ride on mower

Change One Life Project raised more than $21,000 from the ride on lawn mower raffle.

Change One Life project is run by Lincoln Budge who is

fundraising to buy 10 basketball wheelchairs to help Lincoln

inspire people to “get up and just do it.”

Change one Life raffle results:1st prize: Brett Hamilton

2nd d prize: Nicole Rowan3rd prize: Lachlan Nelder4th: prize: Carmel Scholz

5th prize: John Glen6th: Inara Fox

Lincoln delivers Brett Hamilton his 1st prize mower winnings.

Picture: Change One Life Project Facebook Page


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Become a member of the Yackandandah Chamber of

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LET”S WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE YACK THRIVE

Contact Megan Vincent on 0417 599 118 or at [email protected]

for all the member benefit details.

A hard day’s YackaThe Yackandandah

Primary School community is thrilled to announce the third running of the WAW Credit Union Hard Yacka on Sunday October 9. This is a fund raising event for the school that aims also to be a family friendly community event that promotes active living. This year sees some significant changes for the event with the start/finish being located out of town and the ride and run courses both making use of the Yack Tracks mountain bike trails.

Competitors are invited to participate in one of two disciplines – A 3 hour Mountain Bike event (of as many laps of an eight kilometer

circuit as you like), or a Cross Country Run of either 5, 10, or 20km. The Hard Yacka - LittleTacker 2.5 km run or 5 km ride are free events on offer for all primary school aged children.

Regardless of which course you choose to tackle, you can be assured of an event that will challenge your endurance and test your resolve yet take you though some of the spectacular scenery for which the Yackandandah area is renowned. Both run and ride circuits make use of centuries old water races constructed during Yackandandah’s mining boom. As is traditional with Hard Yacka courses, both

runners and riders will need at least a moderate level of fitness to compete comfortably. The ride circuit comprises of a long fire road climb followed by a fast single track descent so riders should be confident in descending steep sections of single track.

All money raised during the event will directly benefit the students and community of Yackandandah Primary School.

This year’s event is on Sunday October 9 and is based at the intersection of Willow Tree Road and Number 1 Link Road, check the website www.hardyacka.com.au for the precise location or follow the signs out

of the town centre on the day. Our event also coincides with the official opening of the Yack Tracks mountain bike trail network so we are hoping for a significant number of out of town riders to join us this year.

There are no road closures for this event so we ask that drivers be especially vigilant for participants on the day.

We are still filling volunteer roles for the weekend so if you would like to be part of supporting this event please contact the school on 6027 1431.

Further information can be found at http://www.hardyacka.com.au/

Phil Edwardes on behalf of the Hard Yacka committee.

Community Op Shop volunteers rip into rags

The community op shop has started ripping rags as a new initiative and supplying/ selling them to the local mechanic.

We have a day for volunteers to help rip rags on the first Tuesday of the month, which is open to anyone, who would like to drop in with some scissors and have a cuppa while they snip and rip away.

RIP IT UP: The volunteers at the Yackandandah Community Op Shop have been having a ripper time making rags for local mechanics.


Yack PS

By Michael EdwardsStudents at

Yackandandah Primary School have had a busy Term Three.

Year 5/6 students managed to get in three great days of skiing over the term. There were two days of downhill skiing and one days cross country skiing. Conditions were terrific and students, staff and several parent volunteers came back tired but happy after each day.

The school Tee Ball team once again excelled.

They were runners up at the State Finals in Melbourne after progressing through earlier, regional knockout rounds.

We are very proud of our student competitors not only for their amazing sporting achievements, but also for the positive, friendly and responsible way that they conducted themselves.

Well done, team and thanks to the families who helped make it happen with transport.

The Yackandandah

Primary School Junior and Senior choirs each won their sections at the Albury/Wodonga Eisteddfod.

The choirs practice weekly with our wonderful music teacher Jenny Cope-Williams. The children clearly love being a part of the choir and love singing together. Congratulations to all involved!

Alongside the extra-curricular activities that our students have been taking part in has been the day to day business of learning.

Our younger classes have been learning about our history. Visits to the local museum have been a great experience and we would like to thank the volunteers at the museum for helping bring local history alive for our students.

In addition to our Mathematics, English, Science and other classes, our senior classes have been working hard at computer coding and many of the students have very quickly shown a talent for programming.

Also on the agenda for senior students has been unicycling. The persistence shown by the students in mastering the unicycle has been very pleasing to see. Well done, kids.

By now most kindergarten aged children have completed enrolment forms for their school in 2017.

If you have a child starting school next year and you have not yet filled out an enrolment form, please drop into Yackandandah Primary School and

speak to Sandra in the office or Michael (Principal).

We can give you a form, tell you about transition days and give you a personal tour of the school.

Our phone number is (02) 60271431.

We would love to show you around!

If you are intending to enrol your child at Yackandandah Primary School in 2017 please call into the school office to collect an enrolment form.

Or visit our website at www.yackaps.vic.edu.au

SNOW BUNNIES: Students enjoying their time at the snow this term.


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Yack Theatre

By Brendan HoganSet aside the dates

of November 3, 4 and 5 for a unique local production set to bring Yackandandah’s history to life. Performed in the grounds of Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Yackandandah and produced by Yackandandah Theatre Company, the production will transform the way we pay respect and honour those who have come before us.

‘From Here to There’ will commemorate the lives and experiences of six people who are either buried at our local cemetery or have a strong connection with it. Ranging in period from the 1860s goldfields through to WW1 and beyond, six monologues will shed light on these ordinary individuals with extraordinary tales

This is a local production, making use of the many talented writers, performers and musicians within our community. Based on research provided by Yackandandah Historical Society, the monologues have been written by local writers Beverley Lello, Kate Rotherham, Lisa Mason, Pete Denahy (who has also written original music for the performance) and Brendan Hogan, who is also director and producer. “This is going to be a unique

experience,” says Brendan. “It will be a combination of music, singing and performance, all combining to create a dignified, respectful and ultimately life-affirming commemoration.”

Brendan says that one of the biggest challenges has been choosing which stories to focus on. “We started with an extensive list of people, based largely on the information already compiled by the Yackandandah Museum for their cemetery walks.

From there, we short listed and completed more research until we came up with six people who all have very different stories to tell. In all, the monologues represent three men and three women, with themes touching on motherhood, philosophy, war, birth, mortality, racism, marriage and the afterlife.”

Brendan also says that one of the more unique features of the performance will be the atmosphere. “The performances will take place at night time, just after dusk, in the grounds of the church. We are hoping to try a few different things with lighting and projection to create an intimate and ultimately respectful mood.”

The performances will be held at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church

on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings on November 3, 4 and 5. A matinee will also be on Saturday afternoon. Yackandandah Museum will also be hosting a special edition of their cemetery walks on the Sunday afternoon, based on the lives of the monologue subjects. Each performance will have limited tickets, so make sure you get in early. Tickets can be purchased online for $20 at arts.yackandandah.com

From the Yackandandah Young Players comes their third original production, ‘The Caged Canary’.

On the back of their earlier sell-out shows with ‘Scaredy-Cat’ and ‘How To Beat A Bully’, we can expect more laugh-out-loud comedy.

Set in the world’s worst orphanage, a bunch of misfits hatch a daring plan to escape and finally taste freedom. Think ‘The Great Escape’ but for children (and more fart jokes than Steve McQueen could ride a motorbike over).

At only $10 a ticket, you can’t go past this for an enjoyable night out for young and old. Suitable for children aged 9 and above.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.arts.yackandandah.com

Unique production tells the town’s history


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Indigo FM

By Scott LandellsThe 2016 Radiothon is nearly upon

us. During the month of October Indigo FM invites all members to renew as well as seek new memberships from the community.

Our 2016 Radiothon is sponsored by Beechworth Music Festival, who are making available double passes at each of our four radio sites as well as one overall grand prize Super Supporters pack including T-shirts, caps, stubby holders, passes, food/drink voucher and signed vinyl.

Yackandandah will be celebrating the Radiothon on the weekend of 15/16 October.

We will have the Beechworth Music Festival Boom Box (outside van) on-site in Yackandandah pumping out the good vibes.

Actual 2016 on-air and off-air activities are still being decided. We expect there will be promotions in the form of continuous live radio shows as well as a Lions Club market presence. Indigo FM will have brand spanking new T-shirt designs for sale too.

There will be two designs - a white T-Shirt with a groovy dog image and our logo on a black-tee.

Radiothon details can be found here https://www.facebook.com/indigofmradiothon2016/. Additionally, information will be posted to our website http://indigofmradio.com/.

There are lots of good reasons to join up and become a Member of Indigo FM. Rates were confirmed at our recent 2016 AGM and in most categories remain the same as they have been for the previous 12 months - that is:

$12 Student/Concession/Pensioner$24 Individual$36 Couple

$48 Community Group/EventOur Business rate has increased

to $120 per annum - this includes an announcement (no production cost) to be played at one Indigo FM site.

You can change your announcement seasonally at no charge.

Additional charges apply if you wish your announcement to be played at two or more sites.

You might like to join Indigo FM in order to have a regular radio show for personal enjoyment either music themed or some other theme.

In the past (and currently) we have had shows themed around book readings, food/wine and technology as well as every music style you can think of.

Or you might like to present a show on behalf of a community group.

Come and talk to us during the Radiothon weekend of 15/16 October or make contact any time via our Facebook page - indigofmradio or email us - [email protected]

Our AGM was held on Thursday 15 September and members elected a new Committeeto run Indigo FM.

Those serving in 2016-17 will be:

President - Scott Landells Vice-President - Lex Fletcher Secretary - Greg Clydesdale Treasurer - vacantJoanne Le Mura Alison Williams Greig Withersone ordinary member - vacant

If you are a member and interested in coming on board or know someone who may be interested, please get in contact with us.


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Breaking records in the USA

By Kim KrebsI’m currently in

the USA, land speed racing, and I thought that the Yack folk might like to know a few results. My race partner Greg Watters from Wungnuh and I arrived in the States on 20 August, where we joined our USA partner Jim Higgins.

We spent four days in the workshop prepping the three race bikes (all Suzuki - Hyabusa, 750 and 600).

Our first speed trial was the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials on the famous Salt Flats of Utah.

We had a great meeting, finishing with four USA national records and the fastest sit-on bike of the meet.

I ran the 750 to qualify for a record at 220mph.

On my return run (a record is set by a two way average), the bike dropped a piston, so it was parked for the rest of the meeting. Meanwhile, Greg rode the Hyabusa, setting a 243mph record.

I then rode the Hyabusa and rode 244 and 238mph runs for an average 241mph record.

Meanwhile Jim was trying to get the 600 to run (this is its

maiden speed trial), and handed the bike over to Greg, so that he too could ride the Hyabusa.

He set a 219mph record. He did this with no aerodynamic body work (it’s called “running naked”). Meanwhile Greg eventually got a 180mph record on the 600cc. Greg’s 246mph run was also the fastest speed set for a sit-on motorcycle for the meeting.

My 244mph also makes me the world’s fastest woman on a motorcycle on the salt flats, where there’s no traction (UK’s Becci Ellis has run 264mph

on bitumen, where there’s loads of grip).

Our next stop was to the Front Range International Airport, near Denver Colorado,. This speed trial is just one mile long (as opposed to the 7 mile long salt flat track).

We use the entire length of an international runway to see how fast we can go, and how quickly we can stop. Again, Greg topped the event with a top speed of the meet - 238mph on the Hyabusa.

I rode the 600, and only managed 178mph. Jim then had the good fortune to

run with a favourable 15mph tailwind, and got a brilliant 196mph. Then we blew a piston on the 600, so it got parked.

Jim went to run the Hyabusa, and at the 1/2mile mark, was doing 164mph and on track to be around 220mph at the mile, except ... it went bang.

The motor threw a rod and annihilated the engine. As an aside, when you take off on a jet, you’re only doing 175mph when you leave the ground. You’re about 4,000 feet in the air before you’re doing 250mph.

At the time of submitting this land

speed racing update, we’ve just spent three days rebuilding all three bikes, and we’re about to hit the road for Bonneville again, for our last speed trial in the USA for 2017. Our goal for this event is for both Jim and I to run over 250mph (Greg has already done that, witha speed of 257mph in 2012). Should we do that, then I will be the first woman to do so in the world. It’s in our reach.We are returning to Australia on 20 September.

As always, thanks to all the support from my home town, Yackandandah.

A NEED FOR SPEED: Jim Higgins waiting his turn to catapult himself down the runway at 196mph on a turbo charged 600cc bike, faster than a turbo jet. Jim joins Yackandandah’s Kim Krebs and race partner Greg Watters on their trip around the USA. Picture: KIM KREBS


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Sports park seeks talentsBy Tanya House

The Yackandandah Sports Park stands as a wonderful example to the community spirit that makes Yackandandah so unique and such a wonderful place to live.

Because of the generosity of so many members of our community we have access to a fantastic sporting facility right in the centre of town.

It is thanks to people like Steven McIntosh who agreed to sell the land to the Indigo Shire Council back in 1990 to establish the Yackandandah Sports Park.

Then Nelson McIntosh, a councillor for Indigo Shire at the time had a vision of a sports park stadium.

When he came across the building in Orange and Nelson McIntosh purchased it with the idea of relocated it to the Sports Park site.

But before he could bring the building across the Yackandandah Creek, Nelson McIntosh had to build a bridge on Wellsford Street.

Finally, in 1992, the steel frame of the building was erected and handed over to the council to complete.

It took a further eighteen years for the Indigo Shire Council to finally secured funding from the Federal Government’s Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program in 2009 to complete the Sports Park building as we know it today.

And, it is with grateful thanks to Nelson McIntosh the facility was named The Nelson McIntosh Pavilion which was officially opened on 25 August 2010.

As a community we are fortunate to now have a stadium space that has capacity for indoor sports including basketball, netball, badminton, modified soccer and hockey. The extended hall area includes various spaces to cater for different activities for community use as well as sporting groups and on the first floor the function room was refurbished with a licenced bar, commercial kitchen, carpet, disabled access lift and toilet making it an ideal venue to hire at a very

reasonable price of $200.Currently we have,

tennis, cricket, Scouts, horse riding, soccer, hockey, badminton, table tennis, karate and Fitness4Fun using the facility.

In the future, we hope to grow the Sports Park by building full size and permanent soccer and hockey pitches.

We also have aspirations to move to solar power energy as technology and funding become available.

The stadium also has a stage designed by Indi Architects which faces the oval for open-air mega events with the capacity for thousands.

The stage can be used indoors or as an outdoor stage which the Sports Park’s Day

of entertainment will utilise for their ‘Indigo Has Talent’ community event.

To promote the Sports Park, the Committee of Management decided to have an open day where people can come along and see what the Sports Park has to offer. We decided to put on an event we have called ‘Indigo Has Talent’.

It is not a competition but rather an opportunity for Indigo Shire residents to showcase their talents and entertain the families and friends of our community.

The event is a family fun day of entertainment where everyone from the seniors right down to the little people will be entertained and have an opportunity to see what

the facility has to offer.So, you are all invited

to the ‘Indigo Has Talent’ event which will be held on Saturday 29 October and will start at 4pm to 7pm. All the user groups will be there to give out information on how to join the sporting groups, when they play, their costs and contact details.

Bring along your chair, and a few gold coins for the games, raffles, food and drinks and enjoy the performances.

There will also be a seniors’ high tea and free traditional party games for the little people.

If anyone would like to showcase their talent, give Tanya House a call, contact details are on the flier below.


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Local author launches first collection of short stories

By Beverley Lello

I recently launched my first collection of short stories, Tailwind.

The launch took place at the Write Around the Murray (WAM) Festival in Albury on September 9.

I was lucky enough to have Anson Cameron, columnist for The Age, novelist and short story writer, launch my collection. I’ve been writing short stories seriously since I retired from teaching in 2007 and

have won many awards as well as having a number of the stories published in journals, magazines and anthologies.

It’s been quite a journey to get the eighteen stories under one cover and now launched for a wider audience.

My writing career began seriously after I retired from secondary English teaching, but I had been writing scripts for the Yackandandah Theatre Company for some years.

The title story of the collection, Tailwind, had its moment on the stage in Yackandandah as a monologue, which I performed in 2014.

The inspiration for the story came from meeting a feisty seventy-year-old woman cycling alone from Townsville to Broome.

When Anson spoke at my launch, he said one of the aspects to admire about the stories was the authenticity of the characters.

Annie, the cyclist, was certainly authentic and I think I did justice to her spirit of perseverance and resilience.

If you would like to purchase a copy, visit my website www.beverleylello.com, email me at [email protected], or buy a copy from the Yackandandah Newsagency.

Price: $15 or $20 including postage.

Author Beverley Lello


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Forum for a tough conversation about an issue that relates to all

Community Centre

Aussie baby boomers are growing old, and in the next 25 years the number of us who die each year will double.

People want to die comfortably at home, supported by family, friends and effective services.

But dying in Australia is more institutionalised than in the rest of the world. People are twice as likely to die at home in New Zealand, the United States, Ireland and France.

Community and medical attitudes plus a lack of funding for formal community care means that about half of Australians will die in hospital, and about a third in residential care.

Often death is impersonal, lingering and lonely.

As a community, we struggle to talk about death. We prefer euphemisms such as “passed on” and “resting in peace” to direct speech.

Public discussion of death may even be more masked than it was for earlier generations.

A good death gives people dignity, choice and support to address their needs - physical, personal, social and spiritual.

There is no doubt that as a nation, we need more public discussion about health care as death approaches, and what we personally want for the end of our life.

The concept of a good death has been superseded by the concept of a managed death, one that requires professional support and knowledge and takes place in a hospital, or more rarely a hospice, resulting in modern death becoming ”cellular, private, curtained and obscured”.

Dying has changed dramatically over the past century in Australia. In 1900, 25 per cent of the population died before the age of five, largely of infectious disease with less than five per cent dying after the age of 85. By 2011, this pattern was reversed.

Less than one per cent died before the age of five and nearly 40 per cent died after the age of 85, largely of chronic diseases. Those who die of cancer generally experience a period of relatively high function following their diagnosis, followed by a short sharp decline and then death.

Others lose functions more slowly, with intermittent periods of serious illness before death. Those who are frail or have dementia are more likely to have a long period of relatively poor quality of life before death.

People want to die with dignity. A good death allows people to determine who is present, to have time to say goodbye, to control the timing of death, and not to have continued medical interventions when quality of life is low and there is little or no hope of improvement.

Public debate tends to avoid discussions of the limits of health care and how we can better manage the end of life.

As a result, we are ill-informed and overly

optimistic about the effectiveness of health care.

The Italian writer, Umberto Eco, said it was “necessary to meditate early, and often, on the art of dying to succeed later in doing it properly just once.”

The Yackandandah Community Centre continues its series of Public Forums with a discussion on “Dying With Dignity” and a conversation with Dr. Rodney Syme on Thursday, 6th October, 2016 at 7pm at the Yackandandah Public Hall.

Dr. Syme will be known to many with his forthright views on this subject and his work with Dying With Dignity Victoria. He appeared on ABC’s Australian Story in March of this year and featured on Q&A with Andrew Denton in November 2015.

We are delighted to have Dr Syme in North East Victoria, and would welcome anyone who is interested in the subject to attend the forum on October 6, and join the discussion.

Dr Rodney Syme will speak at the “Dying with Dignity” forum on October 6.


Yackandandah Garden Club

Yackandandah Garden Club presents our once a year event:

Three Open Gardens on Sunday 2 Oct 2016

Gardens open at 10am and close at 4pm

Maps will be available at the Yackandandah Visitor Information Centre on the day.

Entry to the gardens is $5 per garden, children free, please pay at each garden.

At 323 Racecourse Road, you can purchase tea or coffee with a slice, listen to the New Reedy Creek Jazz Band and purchase plants to put in your garden

Garden 1 – 4 Church

Street YackandandahThe garden at 4

Church Street is more than one hundred years old. It is approximately two acres in size and contains many of the original trees; the garden was formally set out with ordered brick paving, box hedging, and areas of spacious lawn. The original owners, Susan and William Ramsay, probably did not anticipate the size that trees, such as the Bunya Bunya Pine would reach, and that they would change the ordered nature of the garden as they grew.

In recent years much clearing and tidying has occurred and is still ongoing. An

attempt is being made to introduce some small areas of annual and perennial colour and formalized garden beds. The garden still has the atmosphere of a small park and each season brings its own joy.

Garden 2 – 323 Racecourse Road Yackandandah

The Crooks garden is a diverse mix of mature trees, perennials and roses. Dave’s original sculptures complement the plantings. You must come and see the latest sculpture at the entrance to the property. It looks as though it dropped down from a Star Wars

movie. At this garden morning and afternoon tea will be available and entertainment provided by the New Reedy Creek Jazz Band. The Crooks have owned this garden for a very long time; it is loved and nurtured by Dave and Rose.

Garden 3 – Corner of Racecourse Road and Osbornes Flat Rd Osbornes Flat

‘Wildings’ is a diverse mix of species, located near the junction of Kinchington and Yackandandah creeks There is an abundance of water because of the recent rains.

This garden is

sheltered by the huge trees which complement the home. Plants that thrive with little maintenance, are frost tolerant, heat resistant and have a sweet scent are repeated plantings in our garden.

In this wild place we have attempted to provide some semblance of order by creating garden borders of river stone, never far below the surface when digging, as well as agapanthus and box hedges.

But ultimately, wildness has prevailed.

Make it a day out with the family

These generous gardeners have put in

many hours to create their gardens and then share them with us; we thank them for opening them up to the public. We invite the local folk of Yackandandah and surrounds to support the Garden Club and visit these beautiful and diverse gardens. Perhaps you will be inspired to open your garden one day.

Feel free to ask questions and compliment the owners on their beautiful gardens.

Hope to see you all and that the weather is kind to us.

Three of the best gardens in town open for viewing


Stay tuned for more Arts Yackandandah events, including flickside screenings, in the new year. For further information as it becomes available, visit www.arts.yackandandah.com, and don’t forget to “like” the Facebook page - www.face-book.com/artsyackandandah. flickside screens at the Yvalackandandah Courthouse.

If you wish you can bring your favourite folding chair and/or cushion/beanbag. New members can join on the night, or join online at arts.yackandandah.com $20 single/$30 family.

Program of upcoming events

Thursday October 23 - November 1

Fresh and Unframed Yackandandah Courthouse

Cut me out and put me on your fridge!

Stallholder applications now open for the

Saturday, October 8,

7.15pmFlickside feature - The Dressmaker (M)

Yackandandah Courthouse

Saturday, December 3,

7.15pm

Flickside feature - It’s a Wonderful Life

Yackandandah Courthouse

Yackandandah

Folk Festival

Design the 2017 Folk Festival t-shirt competition

How’s your T-Shirt design coming along? Less than a month to go until entries are due (October 3). Competition is open to residents of: 3749 Yackandandah, Bruarong; 3691 Osbornes Flat, Alans Flat, Staghorn Flat; 3688 Indigo Valley; 3747 Wooragee. Please visit the Folk Festival website for more info and to download the entry form. Hard copies also available from the Yack Library.Pictured: 2016 T-Shirt design by Alison Moncrief

2017 marks the the 20th anniversary of the Folk Festival. The festival dates are March 24-26 2017. Applications for performers are still open but will close by the end of September. Applicants are asked to submitt a CD with examples of their work.

To contact the Folk Festival committee for more information about the festival, performing, volunteering or the t-shirt competition, please head to the website, www.yackfolkfest.com or head to the Facebook page.


By John McIntyre

Spring has at last arrived, with the road-sides a-blaze and colourful with the brilliance of many Wattle varieties.

From a higher perspective, the Canola paddocks are setting the landscape below alight with their matching yellow hues.

The soaking rains of the winter just gone, and the warmth of the coming weeks, will promote the growth of grass to a very high level, thus setting the scene of fire risk for the coming Summer. Without adequate care and preparation, the bright yellow of

Canola could turn into the fiery red of wild-fires racing over the landscape.

Now is a good time to initiate your planning for the coming Summer, and start doing the work.

Guttering needs cleaning of accumulated leaves and burnable debris; check drive-ways for low and encroaching branches; prune or remove over-grown shrubbery close to the house, and test pumping equipment for efficiency while water is not in short supply.

Coming events:In past Summers,

many residents have queried the best actions to take on bad fire-risk days, and especially if there is a fire in the neighbourhood, as we experienced last December.

To answer many of these queries, a Bush-fire Planning Workshop will be held in the Yackandandah public hall on Wednesday October 12th from 7 pm to 9 pm.

This evening will be presented by Fire Ready Victoria personnel and local brigade members.

Your attendance at this information session will be appreciated.

With the explosion of new homes in our township, many of the new residents may not be familiar with country life and how to prepare for and deal with associated dangers such as wild-fire.

Yackandandah and district fall into the highest risk category of the Victorian Fire Risk Register.

As many of the

new residents may not be aware of this fact, Indigo Shire, in conjunction with the brigade captain, will be holding ‘A Conversation with the Captain, for New Residents’ on Wednesday November 9th from 7 pm to 9 pm in the public hall.

If you are new to Yack and wish to increase your knowledge about the dangers of wild-fire, then this evening is for you. All family members will be welcome.

More than 250 CFA fire brigades will open their doors to the community over the next few months to show Victoria how they protect lives and property all year round.

Brigades will make it a day to remember

for families, with entertainment for children, fire training demonstrations and sharing valuable fire safety information.

CFA Chief Officer Steve Warrington is encouraging everyone to attend their local open day to recognise the great work of CFA’s 60,000 members in protecting lives and property in Victoria.

The Open Day at the Yackandandah Fire Station will be on November 20, 9:30am to 12:00 midday.

Please come along and meet your local volunteers, ask about preparing your properties and homes for the fire season, find out what you have to do to become a CFA volunteer, get a CFA show-bag

for the children, look at our displays, trucks and gear, and have a go at using a fire hose - suitable for small and big children alike!

So, with three fire-safety events arranged for you by the CFA in the near future, all residents should be well informed for the fire season ahead.

Remember to always ring Vicfire as below before lighting a match to burn rubbish.

Keep these numbers on hand, and discuss fire safety with everyone in your household.

Phone numbers to contact VicFire:

Start your summer planing for fire season this spring

Yack Fire Brigade


for the children, look at our displays, trucks and gear, and have a go at using a fire hose - suitable for small and big children alike!

So, with three fire-safety events arranged for you by the CFA in the near future, all residents should be well informed for the fire season ahead.

Remember to always ring Vicfire as below before lighting a match to burn rubbish.

Keep these numbers on hand, and discuss fire safety with everyone in your household.

Phone numbers to contact VicFire:

MUSEUM REOPENED

The Museum was closed for a week in late August while we had our floors sanded and oiled. We are now back open and have some lovely looking floorboards – really brightens the place up!

We also packed up our WW1 exhibition – Yackandandah Remembers, and installed a new display.

Read on to find out more about that.

A Nineteenth Century Village: Yackandandah – Volume 9

Volume 9 of Colin Barnard’s “A Nineteenth Century Village: Yackandandah” is available now at the Museum. For those who purchase Volume 9, there is a list of errata from all previous volumes of Colin’s encyclopaedic

history of Yackandandah available at the Museum. Alternatively you can ask at the Library.

An electronic index of all available volumes is also available for searching at the Yackandandah library.

Please note – reprints of Volumes 1, 2, 3A and 3B are now available at the Museum.

MURDER, MYSTERY & MISHAP

For those who haven’t not been to the Museum in a while, now is the time, we have a new exhibition up and running! We have revisited the Murder, Mystery and Mishap display we did back in 2014 – with the focus turning to the lives (but mainly deaths…) of a six individuals from Yackandandah’s past.

There’s the murder at Rowdy Flat, the poisoning

at the Star Hotel, the woman down the well on Windham Street and three tragic deaths from the same family at Junction Creek.

Murder, Mystery and Mishap will run until March 2017.

MUSEUM FACEBOOK PAGE

The Yackandandah Museum is on Facebook – sharing photos and stories from Yackandandah’s history with the wider community.

We’ve posted content recently that has got a lot of attention, so well worth looking back at some of our older posts.

If you haven’t already, why not jump onto Facebook and ‘like’ our page, share our page and posts with your friends and help get the word out about Yackandandah’s interesting past.

Just search for ‘Yackandandah Museum’ and you’ll find us!

Yackandandah—the Picture Town

“Most towns claim some jewel of pre-eminence in their toad-like surroundings; it remains for Yackandandah to sit like Cinderella unhonoured and unsung; and yet it is surely the most beautiful town in the State, if not the Commonwealth. There are larger towns, some perhaps strikingly picturesque at a superficial glance, but there are none which will bear the closer scrutiny of our town and come out on top in every feature of attraction”

Yackandandah Times—Thursday 24th April 1913

Murder, mystery and mishap at the museum

Hi I’m Kel Schultz. Some of you may have seen my

weekly bird pictures on various local Yackandandah Facebook pages.

I could hardly call myself a twitcher because I don’t think that I seen any rare birds yet. All of my photos are of birds that may be commonly seen around Yackandandah.

However, many of us never stop to smell the roses and, in this case, view the wonderful array of bird life that we have.

I find bird photography a bit like fishing. You have to be patient and simply wait for them to come to you.

Hopefully, those of you who have seen my photographs enjoy them and consider picking up your camera and giving it a go.

The most effective way to attract our native birds to you home and property is to encourage the growth of flowering native plants. Don’t forget to provide water in a birdbath or two. Once the birds start appearing, others will come.

I think that they recognise a safe haven, especially when the cat is kept inside. If you don’t have an ideal setting at home to attract birds, you can always wander around the back of the Allan’s Flat waterhole where there is a large variety of bird life or any open paddock along a bush line of native vegetation.

Yack Creek at the sports park is ideal. Happy snapping!!

Bird spotting withKelvin

Top left: Yellow Tufted Honeyeater.

Top right: Kelvin Schultz.

Bottom: Blue Wren

Pictures by Kevlin Schultz.

Yack Museum


Osbornes Flat Hall

Not wanting people traipsing around your property but keen to clear some stuff from your house?

Then why not and book a site at the Hall for the Town Garage Sale, Saturday 15th October:

If you are ready to have a clean out at home and make some easy cash, simply fill the trailer and come on up to the hall!

We have received several site bookings already but have plenty of room for more.

Call Lisa to book a site, free of charge to members of the Osbornes Flat community.

Pilates at the Hall: Don’t put it off any longer - get otur and get fit for Summer!

Grab a friend and join the group on Monday and Thursday evenings, at 7 pm. The cost is $15 per class (casual) or just $100 for 10 sessions.

Come and try this highly beneficial form of exercise.

Call Janene on 0423 289 215 with any enquiry.

Hire Me – a Local Venue with a Difference!

We offer a fully functional kitchen, heating and cooling and a large area outside that works well set

up for weddings and bigger gatherings. Your family and friends will be pleasantly surprised with our lovely rustic country setting.

With a reasonable daily hire charge of $150, the hall is a great size (can seat up to 80 comfortably), is close to town and is a popular venue for parties, family events, weddings etc.

We also have a small meeting room available to community groups at a nominal charge.

For all enquiries please contact either

Lisa on 0439 855 297 or Andrea on (02) 6027 1991.

Yack Old Time Dance Group

By Stan SutherlandThe Yackandandah

Old Time Dance Group has been extremely fortunate to have, over the last 16 years or so, the services of Max and Margaret Gray, as the groups dancing teachers.

Max and Margaret celebrated their 57th

wedding anniversary on the 1st of August and this event was subsequently followed by a wonderful evening in the Yackandandah Public Hall in the presence of their family and friends doing what they like doing best, dancing of course.

A lovely wedding anniversary cake was presented for them to cut and the family together with the dance group.

Friends wished them well for their future together in appropriate speeches.

Plenty going on out at Osbornes

Flat Hall this Spring

Old time dancing teachers Max and Margaret

Gray celebrate 75 years of

marriage


Looking for somewhere to take your visitors?Your first port of call should be

Yackandandah’s Visitor Information Centre, in the historic Post Office, High Street.

Tennis clubhouse gets a facelift

Keep these numbers on hand, and discuss fire safety with everyone in your household

To report a fire - 000Burn-off notification - 1800 668 511

Bushfire info line -1800 240 667CFA website -www.cfa.vic.gov.au

By Amanda Walker

Clubhouse Pavilion interior renovation works

The Yackandandah Tennis Club has been awarded $2,000 in the Indigo Shire Council – 2016/17 Community Grants for clubhouse pavilion interior renovation works. You’ll be seeing some big changes over the next few weeks, including internal rendering, painting and a new kitchen.

2016/17 Kiewa

& Talgarno District Tennis Association

Calling all junior and senior players for the 2016/17 Kiewa & Talgarno District

Tennis Association - Saturday Competition. Section 1 & 2 (seniors) play Saturday afternoon and Section 3 & 4 (juniors) play Saturday morning. We are in particular need of female players.

For further information and/or to register your interest, please contact Ian Greenwood on 0408 841 038 or email [email protected].

Fence Court

Signage 2016/17Local businesses:

Yackandandah Tennis Club is calling for tennis court fence sponsor signage from 01/11/2016 to 31/10/2017. Sponsorship signage is

$110 p.a.Provide your

own 900W x 800H sign with your logo, branding and contact details (~$60) and it will be displayed prominently on the tennis court fencing.

New sponsors and previous sponsors, please contact Duane Washington on 0418 578 860 or email [email protected] to secure your position.

2016 AGMNotice of

Yackandandah Tennis Club - 2016 AGM on Monday 10th October @ 7pm @ The Star Hotel, Yackandandah. All welcome. For more information please contac Amanda Walker: 0418 170 835

All the latest news from the Yackandandah Tennis Club. Picutre: AMANDA WALKER

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WANTED TO BUYCoins, large lots or small. Cash paid. Phone Ray on 03 5721 7341 or 0401 177 370.

Collector seeks HMV and Edison machines or parts there of, particularly wooden horns. Phone Chris on 0407 271 760.

FOR SALETwo identical wooden caskets (no metal components), standard size, made in Yackandandah to rigid legal requirements. Needs only sealing/staining or decorating. Will deliver free within 80km radius of Yackandandah. $775 for the pair.Contact Peter Ross 0427 540117 ([email protected]) or Susie Ross 0403 037602

FOR LOANOutdoor chairs: Osborne’s Flat Community Hall has donated about 70 stackable plastic outdoor chairs for use by the community for free. They will be stored at Yack Station and are available to whoever needs them. Phone 6027 0954 BH to book them.

FOR LEASEOffice spaces and artist studios/workshops at Yack Station, Turntable Lane. Stage two can be designed to your brief. Phone 6027 0954

FOR SALEPowered Esky [cooler or warmer]240 Volt or 12 Volt D.C.$40 - Phone Richard(02)6027 1723

FOR SALEPortable Generator850 Watts240 Volt A.C. and 14 Volt D.C.$60 - Phone Richard(02)6027 1723

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Yack FCFC Yackandandah 20

16 Soccer ReportWhat a great year

FC Yack has had. With over 60 registered players ranging in age from 5 to 12 turning up week after week rain hail or more rain, we have really built a solid club. Our kids began the year by being kitted out with FC Yackandandah Shorts and socks (to match last year’s club polo shirts) so they now definitely look the part every time they take to the pitch.

From the start of the season to the end we have had our dedicated players improve their soccer skills to now be able to play competitively with other Alpine Clubs.

We have had some great opportunities come our way with Melbourne City inviting our club to a skills clinic and then taking the kids to see an A League match.

We have had Murray United recognise that the FC Yackandandah Club is one that will support specialised school holiday coaching to further develop our players and have been fortunate enough for Murray United to hold these clinics in Yackandandah in consecutive school holidays.

We have even two of our own former FC Yackandandah players now representing Murray United! (Go

Gabe! Go Josh!)Our teams have

played Gala Matches around the area including days out at Benalla, Mt Beauty, Albury and Myrtleford and in all instances have played extremely well.

For those that wish to compete weekly FC Yack is now part of the weekly Wodonga Miniroos competition fielding teams in both the Under 7’s and Under 9’s.

Overall it has been a great season.

The kids have

improved immensely from the beginning of the season to the end but most importantly they have had a great time playing soccer. A big shout out to all our volunteers – without you it just wouldn’t happen so THANK YOU!

We will be back again for the 2017 season so if you would like any more information regarding FC Yackandandah Soccer please send a message via our Facebook Page.

Beechworth Hockey Club

Beechworth and District Hockey Club2016 Season review

2016 was a very successful season for the club with having teams in the finals and teams finishing the season middle of the ladders.

At the beginning of we year we had a very successful Hook into Hockey program we had over 50 participants.

They went on to be our Under 9s for the year which we produced three teams into the competition.

Under the coach Ian McVea, our Under 9s had a great season, all enjoying their introduction to hockey.

The Under 12 Girls managed to get to the preliminary final, this was a top effort from the girls considering a lot of them were new comers to hockey. Coach Steve Voogt and assistant coach Tim Jarratt did a great job with the girls throughout the season.

With an abundance of Under 12 Boys coach David Box managed the team very well as most games there was 5 on the bench. For most of the boys this was their first year in the Under 12’s competition as most of them moved up from Under 9’s or hadn’t played hockey before.

The boys did very well to finish middle of the ladder at the end of the season.

After not having Under 14 Girls for 2 seasons we managed to have just enough girls to enter a team. The girls struggled most of the season to field a whole team relying on some Under 12 girls to help out, it wasn’t until towards the end that the girls had a full team. Coach Lesley Britten and assistant coach Cassie Argus had a great season with the girls.

As with the Under 14 Girls, we did not have Under 14 Boys for two seasons. This year we managed to enter a team. Coach Mark Entwistle did a

fantastic job with the boys to get them to the preliminary final considering most of the season they struggled to have a full team.

At the beginning of the season we did not think we would be able to enter a 16 Girl’s team as we did not have the numbers but the association changed the age limit to allow the clubs to have age permit girls.

We had two girls who had played with the club in the past Georgia and Eloise McCormick put their hands up to coach the girls.

They had a great season with the girls with the team finishing middle on the ladder.

Our Div 3 Women had a very strong season under Coach Tony White and captian Maggie Kaye-Simmonds.

The team did exceptionally well to get to the grand final, finishing runners up.

The girls kept the dominant Corowa-United to a very close 1 - 0 at half time. Unfortunately United came out hard in the second half and took

home the win 8 - 0.The Div 3 Men had

an outstanding year finishing the season off on top of the ladder.

Coach Sam Forster brought the team from bottom of the ladder into the grand final and they also finished runner up.

Our Div 2 Women started the season off slow but towards the end of the season the women finished just outside the top four.

Coach Tony White was very pleased with the women’s performance throughout the year.

Out Veteran womens team also had another great year with plenty of participation and fun on the field.

Veteran goalie Shirley Pilkington played her 400th game this year.

An incredible acheivement for Shirley and for the Beechworth Hockey Club.

The Beechworth Hockey club thanks all its members and supporters for another great season.

See you next year! See Shirley’s 400th game on P2.

Yack FC


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Yack Football & Netball Club

By Carmel KellyAs the club winds up

for the 2016 year there have been some significant achievements for some of our players and teams.Our U14 & U17 football teams both made it to the Grand Final on Saturday 11th September. You may have seen quite a bit of the blue & white decorations in shops during the week before.The Under 14’s team, lead by coach Jason McPherson, succeeded in bringing home the first ever flag for the club in this grade after being undefeated all season. This was a truly magnificent effort by our young, up and coming, future footballers.

The Under 17’s team, lead by coach Ross Hillary, succeeded in bringing home back-to-back flags with a resounding 61 point win over Tallangatta. Again, these are the future footballers of Yackandandah and they did themselves, and the club, proud.

Our U13 & C Grade netball teams made it to the finals but were both unable to take it all the way to the grand final. However it was a great effort to represent the club at finals level and we congratulate the girls on a great year.

We also had players achieve awards at the League Presentation Night. Bailey Glass (U17) and Ethan Patrala (U14) were leading goal kickers in their respective grades and Justin Maybury (Reserves Coach) managed a B&F Runner up from only 10 games. A superb effort from these guys.

At our senior presentation night we awarded a life membership to Jenny Rowland. Jenny is a daughter of John & Frances Boehm and has been involved with the club since 1989. Whilst she didn’t play a large number of games her contributions to the club off the field have been extremely huge and of a great variety – coach, umpire, team manager, mentor, president, 1st aid, canteen worker, bar attendant, baby sitter - just to name a few. After receiving two club person of the year awards we now congratulate Jenny on her life membership and look forward to her happy smiling face for many years to come.

During 2016 the Club has continued working on a master plan to develop our netball courts, the ground, player, umpire, spectator facilities and clubrooms at Butson Park. We’re very grateful to Kevin Poyner and Indi Architects for great help with this. We’ve got a lot of ideas about how we can

make our facilities a more valuable resource for our community. For example, a dedicated committee room could be used by any group wanting to hold a meeting, or looking for a base if they don’t already have a home.

Butson Park is a bit of a well-kept secret … walk down there, have a look around, think about some way we could help you, and let us know! [email protected]

The club will hold it’s AGM at the football clubrooms on Monday 14th November at 7.30pm. Everyone is invited to attend as it’s a great opportunity to hear how the club operates.

If you feel you have something to

bring to the committee this is your chance to

step forward and we look forward to seeing as many as possible, including new faces.

We will again be holding our annual “Twist Creek Cup” on Tuesday 1st November at the clubrooms. This is a BYO picnic/hamper only, with drinks available from the bar. If you’re not working on this 1st Tuesday in November and want a great day out for the whole family come and join in the fun. The day starts around 11am with the races screening all day including, of course, the Melbourne Cup. We hope to see you there!

The club is also proud to be supporting the

Community Christmas Lunch by offering the

facilities free of charge to this worthy cause. Remember the facilities are available to hire for functions – just contact the secretary, [email protected] for details.

Winners: The Yackandandah Under 17s won back-to-back flags with a 61 point win over Tallangatta.


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YFUEL EMPLOYEE PROFILEBy Annie Brown

YFuel’s Aaron House is not shy when it comes to customer service and says helping out people figure out what they need is one of the best parts of the job.

Currently completing his Year 12 HSC studies at Trintiy Anglican Colleege in Thurgoona, Aaron is a young man with a plan to get out there and travel after school.

Aaron plans to enroll in the Australian Navy in January and train as a CIS officier.

“I want to be a

communications officer,” he said.

“I don’t want a uni degree that I’m not sure about and this is a great way to travel.”

Aaron is no stranger to travelling and adventure.

The 17-year-old moved with his family from South Coast of the UK to Australia in 2008.

He said he loves Australia and has no plans to return to the UK.

“I love it out here, just the way of life and how everything operates here.

“England is a very old country and Australia is very new and

has an exciting future,” he said.Aaron started working at

YFuel nearly two years ago as a casual drive through attendant.

He works two shifts a week after school for some extra money.

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Summer Daylight Savings

Summer Daylight saving trading hours at YFuel to change as well with the start of Daylight savings on the 2nd

of October, Mon-Friday 7am to 7pm Sat 8am- 5pm Sun 8.30am-5pm .

Plenty of rain around the town recently with areas cross the North East of state experiencing minor to

moderate flooding warnings. Yackandandah fortuantely did not

flood but experienced a great deal of spring rain. Recorded up to September

26, we have experienced more than 275mm of rain since the last issue of

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