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87-year old Dave thanks John Baldacchino (driver Tatchell’s Transport) and (middle) Rob Hodge (Hodge Livestock Transport) for the hay he received to feed his stock. Photo FLUFF TONKIN

By Helen Tatchell
‘Thanks mate’
It started out as a truck convoy of hay from Ballan to
bushfire ravaged towns in East Gippsland; it ended
with raw emotion, grief and despair.
Local businesses and farmers did not hesitate to
contribute much needed fodder for victims of the recent
bushfires, that have razed the landscape and pastures
in Bruthen, Buchan and Orbost.
This was the second hay run. The first was a week prior
from Dunnstown, organised in 48-hours by Karl and
Laiken Britt, and involved 26-trucks and approximately
$90,000 of fodder, all donated from locals in the area.
Mr Britt, a former dairy farmer and now beef farmer,
told Sky News he cannot take the credit.
“A mate was burnt out in Buchan and all of a sudden
it just grew.”
The 1042-kilometre round trip saw trucks and cars
make the journey to Omeo and Bairnsdale, packed
with hay for stock, toothbrushes and water for the
community.
Mrs Britt said on a Facebook post everything was
donated by “our generous farmers and locals around
the Dunnstown and Ballarat region.
“We cannot name every sponsor, donation, truck
driver or helper individually because we wouldn’t
know where to start.... but more importantly, because
some businesses don’t wish to be named,” she said.
“All the special people, you know who you are, thank
you.”
However, this was only the beginning of the
community spirit.
“It’s looking like we are doing another hay run in
March,” Mr Britt said.
Then it was Ballan’s turn with Colin Binks putting a
call out for interested truck businesses, drivers and
fodder, to make the trek on Sunday 12 January.
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Award dedicated to all volunteers
By Kate Taylor
For his contribution to arts and culture in
Bacchus Marsh, resident John Spain will be
awarded Citizen of the Year at Moorabool
Shire Council’s 2020 Australia Day ceremony.
Mr Spain was named as an award recipient
alongside Young Citizen of the Year Jacinta
Guirguis and Mayor’s Award recipient David
Lambrick, with the Bacchus Marsh Flower
and Garden Show picking up the award for
Community Event of the Year.
Mr Spain has lived in Bacchus Marsh for the
past 40 years with wife Marianne, raising their
now grown-up children.
He is perhaps best known as being an East
Ward Councillor and a founding member
of the Bacchus Marsh Arts Council, which
he helped establish back in 2014 as a peak
body for varied disciplines including visual
arts, musicians and writers. With the group,
he helped establish a strategic plan that
eventuated in a gallery space at the local
shopping centre over the past four years.
Sadly, the gallery had to leave the space at the
end of last year, John says that the arts council
is now searching for a permanent home for it.
“They’ve been really successful over the past
six months, so there’s a bit of a pent-up need
for a gallery,” Mr Spain said.
“The artists do their art, and then you have
people like me who don’t know which end
of the paint brush to use, and we do the
administration work - we’re out the back
doing the books and things like that.”
Former Moorabool councillor John Spain is the Australia Day Citizen of the Year for John had served on school councils before
2020. Photo – HELEN TATCHELL and then had become a member of an advisory
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Moorabool Highway Patrol officers have detected a P-plate driver travelling along the
Western Freeway at 56km/h over the speed limit.
Members detected a Kia Cerato sedan allegedly travelling at 166km/h in a 110km/h zone
about 2.35pm on Tuesday 14 January.
The car was intercepted on the Western Freeway at Bacchus Marsh and the driver said their
reason for speeding “was getting home”.
The 19-year-old Melton South driver was on his P1 (red) probationary licence.
His vehicle was impounded for one month and he is expected to be charged with speed
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committee for Moorabool Shire Council,
Tracks and Trails, before being elected as
a councillor and serving as an East Ward
Councillor from 2012-2016.
Throughout his time in Bacchus Marsh,
John has been a strong advocate for public
buildings, both in their use by the community
and retaining their heritage.
He also served on the U3A committee, where
he did a science course, as well as being a
member of his local Men’s Shed and the
Bacchus Marsh and District Historical Society.
Still, John was surprised to receive the call
from the Mayor, David Edwards telling him
that he had won the award – and he wanted
everyone that he has worked with over the
years to also be recognised as part of a team
effort.
“I’ve lived a fortunate life, not poor and not
rich but with lots of opportunities to learn and
to work with other people,” Mr Spain said.
“The bit that I’m a little bit embarrassed
about, and I’m sure that a lot of recipients
of awards like this feel the same, is that I
think ‘do I really deserve this?’ I mean, I
worked alongside dozens of volunteers, I’d
say probably hundreds of people over the
last 40 years, and really, we all muddle along
together. We need to be gracious about these
things, and I just want to recognise all of the
other people as well – I’ll be dedicating this
award to all of the volunteers,” he said.
Mr Spain, accompanied by his wife Marianne,
will officially be presented with his award at
council’s Australia Day ceremony on Sunday
26 January, at the Mechanics’ institute in
Ballan.
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Little sympathy
for man who
“couldn’t care less”
By Caitlin Bewley
(3rd Yr Swinburne Uni)

Eleven pages of criminal history for a Melton man was read

by Magistrate Noreen Toohey in the Bacchus Marsh court on
Friday 10 January.
Ms Toohey warned the accused, 25-year old Luke Johnstone
NEW HOME NEEDED – B-Mac members (L-R) Bev Baker, Ri Van Veen, Alison Durham and John Spain are hopeful of a he was “a whisker from an immediate term of imprisonment.”
new gallery space in Bacchus Marsh. Photo – HELEN TATCHELL
The court heard Johnstone was travelling along the Calder

Looking for a 2020 vision

After nearly four years and 35 exhibitions later, the B-Mac
visual arts gallery in Bacchus Marsh is seeking new premises.
The Bacchus Marsh Art’s Council (B-Mac) Gallery’s 2019
Christmas Show was the last exhibition in a continuing
programme that started back in 2016. Since its inception,
the Gallery has been operating out of Shop 48 at the Village
Shopping Centre, under a “peppercorn” rent arrangement.
Former Moorabool councillor, founding member and
current Secretary of B-Mac John Spain, said that arrangement
has now ended.
“The success of the Village in attracting new retailers means
that vacant premises are no longer available; the Gallery has
to move on in order to continue its exhibition programme for
2020,” he said.
“We are so grateful to the Village management for their
generosity to the local visual arts scene over several years. We
are happy that the Village continues to thrive as a shopping
centre and important community meeting place.
“We now have the challenge of finding new premises and,
hopefully, a similarly generous usage arrangement,” Mr
Spain said.
The Gallery has always been a community gallery, staffed by
unpaid volunteers and exhibiting artists and the committee,
Mr Spain said wants that model to continue so the spectrum
of creative workers, from casual hobbyists through to
professional artists will have an affordable space to exhibit
and sell their work.
“Exhibition fees and the Gallery commission rates are kept
very low so as to cover premises outgoings and insurance but
not much else.
“We just cannot afford commercial rents if we are to keep
the community gallery model,” Mr Spain said.
“We are now in a similar position to where we were four
years ago; seeking a gallery space and figuring out ways to
present visual art to our local and district communities. We
are determined to succeed so watch this space.”
The Gallery is a major project of the Bacchus Marsh Arts
Council and has succeeded with the enduring support of
local sponsors including the generous provision of vacant
shop space by the Village Shopping Centre.
Can you help? Property owners or managers wanting to
support the arts in Bacchus Marsh and surrounds can contact
John Spain on 0468 453 340 or by email at secretary@bmaci.
org.au to discuss prospective arrangements.
Freeway in January last year when police intercepted him
and conducted relevant licence checks.
Prosecutor Sergeant Michael Patterson told the court police
discovered Johnstone, who was a probationary licence
holder, had been disqualified from driving back in 2018 for a
period of three months.
Magistrate Toohey described the case as “puzzling”, asking
the accused’s lawyer “why doesn’t he [Johnstone] go to prison
today?”
“This is a man who couldn’t care less,” Magistrate Toohey
continued.
“He drives whilst disqualified, drives whilst under the
influence of drugs, and he’s only 25.”
Johnstone’s lawyer told the court of his client’s significant
lifestyle changes, saying there has been “no reoffending since
January last year.”
“I’ve got very little sympathy,” Magistrate Toohey rebutted.
“Everyone in this court drives on the road and expects to
feel safe, but with your client on the road, I don’t think they
are,” Magistrate Toohey continued.
Johnstone was ordered to undergo an assessment for
a community corrections order, and was later put on a
15-month order with judicial monitoring.
“If you breach [the order], you will end up in prison,”
Magistrate Toohey warned Johnstone at the end of his
hearing.

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Jail, if behaviour continues

By Caitlin Bewley
(3rd Yr Swinburne Uni)
A man who exposed his private parts in the
main street of Bacchus Marsh reappeared in
court prior to Christmas.
Luke Doyle attended the Bacchus Marsh
court on Friday 13 December before
Magistrate Gregory Robinson after he was
bailed for deferral on November 1 last year.
Magistrate Robinson warned Doyle “if you
behave like that in the street again, you will
go to jail”, he said. Doyle was placed on a
12-month good behaviour bond.
Doyle’s lawyer told the court he was on a
waitlist for rehabilitation and was sent to
undergo 21 days in a Melbourne clinic from
December 27.
Magistrate Robinson ordered him to
undergo the course of the treatment with
the Melbourne clinic and provide evidence
of completion to the court.
The court heard that on May 23, 2019 at
2:20pm Luke Doyle was observed by several
witnesses with his penis exposed out the
front of a Main street shopping centre.
At his first appearance in court the
prosecutor said Doyle appeared “drunk”
and “was unable to stand”.
Magistrate Robinson told Doyle on
November 1, “I can’t have you being like that
in public.”

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‘Thanks mate’
They left at dawn in a convoy of seven- the limited loss of human life as a result Photos – FLUFF TONKIN & SOPHIE BRADSHAW
(continued from page 1)

trucks and trailers, loaded with 297
donated round and square hay bales,
an amount that is estimated to only last
farmers four to six weeks, and bore an ap-
proximate value of $40,000.
To make the wheels turn, fuel is required.
A Drysdale independent fuel business,
who services many locals in Moorabool,
did not hesitate when asked to fill the
tanks.
David Mortimer (Mortimer Petroleum)
said Mr Binks couldn’t get the words out
to ask for a donation.
“Colin said he was doing a hay run and I
just said, ‘yeah I will donate the fuel’.
“The big fella got quite emotional when I
said that,” he said.
Mr Mortimer donated around $5500
worth of diesel for the trucks to make the
journey.
“I have donated fuel for years. You got to
do what you can.
“Farmers help you back. I have never
met a farmer who hasn’t helped.
“It’s not the end of the world is it?” he
said.
Fluff Tonkin travelled with her partner
Rob Hodge (Hodge Livestock Transport)
and said the people and communities are
extremely grateful but carry their own
grief.
“As we departed it was all quite jovial…..
until we entered the recently opened
(within 8-hrs) Buchan-Bairnsdale road.
of such a ferocious fire,” Ms Tonkin said.
“Those who received the donated hay
where typical old school, hardworking,
country characters. Still making a joke
and asking if we were okay after our big
day when they were the ones with no
homes to return to.
“We must not forget,” she said.
A house is a home; however, for eight out
of nine residents at Bete Bolong North,
the bushfire robbed them of their castles.
“They burned to the ground and there
were three brothers with individual
houses there; one of those brothers had
the only house standing, untouched.
“He is grief stricken that his house is the
only one still standing when everyone
else around him lost theirs,” Ms Tonkin
said.
“You just cannot believe the extent of the
damage until you see it with your own
eyes and feel the ‘nothingness’ that has
been left in the wake of such an event.”
Ms Tonkin said the mood on the return
journey was sombre yet an accomplished
feeling. THANK YOU
“It seemed every time our conversation
digressed to a negative, public acknowl-
edgement would happen. A flash of the
lights and thumbs up in the windscreens,
toots with waves out windows, and the
final gesture…..food gifted to us by the
Pakenham Hotel as a thank you for what The Ballan to Buchan hay runners would like to take this opportunity to thank
we had done….. as our trucks sat parked David Mortimer for very generously donating all the diesel for the seven trucks

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literally as we observed the landscape.
We were swept away with sadness due to
the devastation and utter amazement at
outside their window,” she said. to make the 900km round trip.
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Contributing to the need

By Helen Tatchell
“Staggered by the community
response”, is how a business owner
described donations for bushfire
victims and animals in East
Gippsland.
Asha Shanahan, proprietor with
her husband Bernie, of Crossroads
Trading in Ballan, said she felt very
proud to be a part of such a wonderful
community when her business was
used as a drop off point.
“Bernie and I thought we could
help, as at that stage no one else from
town was doing anything and I just
put the word out and it grew from
there,” she said.
“We are community minded people
and thought we had enough room
and staff to help with the donations
at our premises.”
Ms Shanahan said she is proud of
what her community has done.
“We didn’t expect to receive so
much, we are astonished at the
generosity.”
The 15-pallets of sheep, cattle and
horse feed, along with mineral blocks
and necessities for community
members, were trucked off on
Monday 15 January to Gippsland
Horse & Stocksafe Bush Fire
Assistance at Fulham (near Sale), for
distribution.
“Not only did the good people of
the community donate products, but
also gave monetary donations which
we turned into stock feed products,”
Ms Shanahan said.
“There are many people who
made this happen alongside the
community donations. With FTW
Group Transport & Crane Hire
donating their truck and a driver.”
Ms Shanahan said it was important
to get nutrition to the stock.
“Horse feed, hay and especially
mineral blocks are important to get
to the equine population down there.
They currently cannot graze or get
the nutrients out of the ground, so
the mineral blocks are a substitute
for that,” she said.
Racing.com financially supported
the efforts through Crossroads
Trading after being made aware by
Ballan resident Adam Crettenden.
Adam is a horse racing broadcaster
and author.
“We thank everyone who
contributed, and our district MORE HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK – The Crossroads team helped coordinate and load donated goods
should be proud of what they have for the East Gippsland bushfire victims and livestock (L-R) Reece (back), Asha, Chloe, Ned, Anna, Sharon
achieved,” Ms Shanahan said. and Tony (truck driver). Photo – HELEN TATCHELL

Nation heats up Victoria

FAST FACTS

The Bureau of Meteorology has released its
2019 Annual Climate Statement, showing
2019 was both the warmest and driest year
on record for Australia.
The Annual Climate Statement is
the Bureau’s official summary of the
previous year and includes information
on temperature, rainfall and significant
weather.
Australia’s average mean temperature in
2019 was 1.52 °C above average, making
it the warmest on record since consistent
national temperature records began in 1910
and surpassing the previous record in 2013
of 1.33 °C above average.
Meanwhile the national average rainfall
total in 2019 was 277 mm, the lowest since
consistent national records began in 1900.
The previous record low was 314 mm set
during the Federation drought in 1902.
The recorded rainfall in 2019 for the
Myrniong (Moorabool) region was a total of
647.30mm, compared to 606.80mm in 2018.
Bureau of Meteorology head of climate
monitoring Dr Karl Braganza said the record
warm and dry year was one of the key
factors influencing recent and current fire
conditions in large parts of the country.
“2019 was consistently warm, but it was
book-ended by periods of extreme heat,” Dr
Braganza said.
“January last year was the warmest month
Australia has ever recorded, while just a
few weeks ago in December, we saw the
Australia-wide record hottest daily average
maximum temperature broken multiple
days in a row.
“At the same time, rainfall deficiencies
across large parts of eastern Australia
have continued to increase, unfortunately
exacerbating both drought conditions and
the current bushfires.”
Dr Braganza said there were multiple factors
influencing Australia’s weather patterns in
2019.
“Most of this year, Australia’s climate has
been dominated by a very strong positive
Indian Ocean Dipole, which acted to both
warm and dry Australia’s landscape,
particularly from around the middle of the
year.
“We also saw the influence of a rare Sudden
Stratospheric Warming event high above the
south pole, which acted to push our weather
systems northward and compound the
warmer and drier than average conditions
- Victoria’s fifth-warmest year on record overall, with the State’s mean temperature
1.05°C above average
- Victoria’s tenth-driest year on record, with rainfall below average for most of the
State, and very much below average in the north and over Gippsland.
- Melbourne’s mean temperature above average.
- One of the driest years on record for central Melbourne.
- Pykes Creek Reservoir (Myrniong) water level was at 91% at the end of 2019,
compared to 74% in 2018.
over southern Queensland and New South of WA and SA. However, temperatures are
Wales during spring, amplifying the fire likely to remain warmer than average over
weather. the rest of summer.
“The other key factor at play is that “Unfortunately the outlook is not indicating
Australia’s climate has warmed by more a widespread return to wetter than average
than a degree since 1910, which means very conditions over drought and fire affected
warm years like 2019 are now more likely to parts of eastern Australia. But with the likely
occur, while the trend in recent decades has return of the monsoon by mid-January for
been for drier winter and spring seasons in northern Australia, it’s raises the chances
the south.” that we could see some periods of higher
In recent weeks, some of the key drivers rainfall move south in the coming months,”
of the recent warm and dry patterns over Dr Braganza said.
Australia have eased. As a result, rainfall for “It’s important the community remains
the coming months is expected to be average vigilant to the risk of more heat and fire days
to below average in the east, while wetter this summer, particularly given how dry the
than average conditions are possible much country has been over the past 12 months.”

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By Meg Kennedy
Recyclables from Moorabool will no longer
be sent to landfill, following a new contract
between Moorabool Shire Council and
recycling company Cleanaway.
From Monday 16 December, recyclable
materials will be sorted at the former SKM
site – now Cleanaway – in Laverton.
Moorabool Shire has been sending
recyclables to landfill since August last year,
and was sent scouring for alternative options
after SKM went into receivership in July.
“We are extremely pleased to have signed
contracts with Cleanaway, a leader in
resource recovery, who have taken over
SKM’s facilities and our recyclables will
once again be going to the Laverton plant,”
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Mr Jeffrey said although “gate fees are
higher under the new agreement, this will
not result in any additional costs for residents
in the current year.”
“Contamination rates form part of the fee
structure so we encourage everyone to place
the permitted content in the recycle bin to
keep fees as low as possible,” he said.
“We need the community’s help to ensure
recycling remains viable and to keep
contamination levels as low as possible.
Residents can do this by ensuring the correct
materials go into their recycling bin.”
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the woods
By Meg Kennedy
A new state government grant to end the
logging of native trees sounds like welcome
news, but a local environmental group is
calling for urgent action to protect fauna in
the Wombat State Forest.
The Nature for Life Rally saw
40-environment groups, including local
group Wombat Forestcare, congregate on the
steps of Parliament House on Thursday, 28
November.
The $120 million Native Forest Transition
Package aims to protect old growth forest
native trees from logging, but a map on the
Forest and Reserves website shows areas
of the Wombat Forest will still be available
for logging up to 2030, with ‘Immediate
Protection Areas’ currently in the east of
Victoria.
Wombat Forestcare convenor Gayle Obsorne
said although the transition package “is a
welcome breakthrough…there is still no
decision on protecting forests in the central
west of Victoria.”
“While there are immediate protected areas
for greater gliders and a new Great Glider
Action Statement, the significant population
of greater gliders in the Wombat Forest has
so far been ignored,” she said.
Habitat loss through clearing and bushfires
are a threat to the survival of great gliders.
The state government will deliver its
response to the VEAC Central West
Investigation next year, in which a proposed
‘Wombat-Lerderderg National Park’ could
become a reality, if the proposal is moved
forward.
A national park status would see a ban on
timber harvesting and domestic firewood
collection in the forest, with the latter over a
ten-year phase-out period.
Ms Obsorne said the group will “absolutely”
continue advocating for a national park
status until a final decision is made.
“Wombat Forestcare and other environment
groups have been working for decades to get
better protection for these unique forests
under the National Parks Act,” she said.
“Central West Forests [including Wombat
Forest] are home to 380 threatened species
such as the greater glider and the powerful
owl, the headwaters, significant rivers
and support a wide range of recreational
activities.”
“But without protection they would
remain open to logging, mining and other
destructive uses. Creating new parks in
the Wombat is great opportunity for the
Andrews Government to protect nature for
future generations.”
In response to whether areas in western
Victoria could become protected areas, a
DELWP spokesperson told the Moorabool
News “the Greater Glider Action Statement
sets out protections for this species in the
west of the state.”
“This includes a requirement to modify
timber harvesting if five or more gliders are
found within a certain spatial area,” said the
spokesperson.
For more information on Wombat Forestcare,
visit www.wombatforestcare.org.au.
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Smoking cannabis
started “as a hobby”
By Caitlin Bewley
(3rd Yr Swinburne Uni)

A policeman with a good sense of smell and a keen eye, put

On the trail of history

Photo – supplied
By Meg Kennedy
A young Bacchus Marsh resident who
recently completed the Kokoda trek
– for the second time – wants more
people to know its important role in
Australia’s history.
Brandan Foley completed his second
Kokoda trek in Papua New Guinea
between Sunday, 3 November and
Monday, 11 November, after first
completing it in June 2018.
“The reason I went back is because I
wanted to expand my knowledge about
the history of Kokoda, I had so many
questions after I came home from my
first trip,” said Mr Foley.
The 18-year-old started his original trip
having “no idea what Kokoda was, and
no idea how important that campaign
was for Australia as a country,” but
after his most recent return he has
become passionate about spreading
Kokoda’s history.
Part of the Pacific War during World
War II, the Kokoda campaign was a
crucial part of stopping the Japanese
advance to Australia.
In July 1942, Australians fought a series
of battles over four months in the hot,
sweltering, rugged tropical landscapes
of Papua New Guinea, to stop Japanese
forces reaching Port Moresby.
The campaign is regarded as the most
important to Australia in World War II,
with 625 Australians killed and more
than 1000 injured.
“I’ve grown my knowledge
enormously, and can’t understand why
we don’t learn about Kokoda,” said Mr
Foley.
“The stories I’ve listened to about
what our soldiers endured over there
and how they managed to overcome
massive odds is just amazing,” he said.
“Honestly, it’s like listening to
fairy-tales.”
For why Kokoda is so important to
him, it was Bacchus Marsh’s link Mr
Foley was most impacted by.
“The town I’ve lived in for nearly
15-years has connections to Kokoda;
militias and battalions were trained
in Bacchus Marsh, but there’s nothing
around town about that,” he said.
“Bacchus Marsh has so much history
but there is nothing to show for it and
it’s sad. Imagine if Ballarat just decided
to forget about all their history, like the
Eureka Stockade and the Gold Rush?”
“It honestly frustrates me that Kokoda
isn’t well-known in our country like
Gallipoli. In my opinion, it’s the most
significant war Australian has been in.”
a 64-year old man before the local Magistrate on Friday 10
January.
Cultivation and possession of cannabis saw Michael
Rainczuk from Merrimu appear before Magistrate Noreen
Toohey, after police spotted suspicious lighting under a
bedroom door.
Prosecutor Sergeant Michael Patterson, told the court
Moorabool CIU attended Rainczuk’s home on November 18
last year, in relation to a stolen bobcat.
The accused “consented to police looking through the
property”, with police finding the bobcat behind Rainczuk’s
house.
Upon providing a statement to police, the officers on duty
noticed a shut bedroom door with a light coming from under
said door, the prosecution also told the court “there was also
a smell of cannabis.”
Police uncovered five cannabis plants in the room growing
in hydroponic tubs.
Rainczuk was arrested to the Bacchus Marsh police station
and cooperated throughout the interview process, saying it
“started as a hobby to smoke cannabis”.
“The was no commercial gain,” the accused’s lawyer said.
“He uses [cannabis] to deal with [physical] ailments.”
Magistrate Toohey placed Rainczuk on a two-year adjourned
undertaking.

Moorabool Shire Council

COUNCIL MEETING EMPLOYMENT
The next Ordinary Meeting of Council will be held on Wednesday 5 February Council invites applications for the following vacancies:
2020, at 6.00pm, in the Council Chambers, 15 Stead St, Ballan. Planning & Building Administration Officer – Full-time Permanent Position
Members of the public are welcome to attend. Social Worker – Part-time Fixed Term 2-year Position
Applications close on Friday 31 January 2020.
CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA DAY 2020 Coordinator Financial Services – Full-time Permanent Position.
WITH MOORABOOL SHIRE COUNCIL Applications close on Friday 7 February 2020.
Council will present the 2020 Australia Day Award Recipients at the Australia Day All details at: www.moorabool.vic.gov.au
Ceremony being held in Ballan on 26 January.The recipients in the main categories are:
• Community Event of the Year – Bacchus Marsh Flower & Garden Show NOTICE OF AN APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMIT
• Young Citizen of the Year – Jacinta Guirguis The land affected by the application is located at:
• Citizen of the Year – John Spain Address of Land: 71 Riverview Land Title Particulars: Lot 92 on PS
• Mayoral Award – David Lambrick Drive, Hopetoun Park VIC 3340 542006P
Council invites you to join in the Shire’s official Australia Day Celebrations commencing Description Details: Variation of Restrictive Covenant AG151636J item (k) to
at 8.00am at the Mechanics Institute, Ballan. Council is proud to have the assistance of construct an outbuilding 30m long x 15m wide x 5m high to the eaves.
local service clubs who will cook the Community BBQ Breakfast. The applicant for the permit is: The application reference number:
In addition to the Award presentations, festivities will include: N Manioudakis PA2019275
• Community BBQ Breakfast You may look at the application and any documents that support the application at the
• Musical Entertainment office of the Responsible Authority: Moorabool Shire Council, 15 Stead Street,
• Town Crier Ballan. 182 Halletts Way, Darley. https://greenlight.e-vis.com.au/moorabool.
• Australia Day Ambassador Simone Carson AM This can be done during office hours and is free of charge. Any person who may be
• Flag Raising Ceremony affected by the granting of the permit may object or make other submissions to the
• Australian Citizenship Ceremony Responsible Authority. An objection must be sent to the Responsible Authority in
Come and Join in the Fun! writing, include the reasons for the objection and state how the objector would be
affected. Please be aware that copies of objections/submissions received may be made
available to any person for the purpose of consideration as part of the planning process.
The Responsible Authority will not decide on the application before 11 February 2020. If
you object, the Responsible Authority will inform you of its decision.

Moorabool Shire Council: PO Box 18, Ballan VIC 3342 Telephone: 03 5366 7100 Facsimile: 03 5368 1757 CEO: Derek Madden
Email: info@moorabool.vic.gov.au Web: www.moorabool.vic.gov.au Facebook: Moorabool Shire Council Twitter: @mooraboolshire
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Lights …
camera …
ACTION
By Meg Kennedy

Pykes Creek Reservoir in Myrniong transformed to ‘Cochituate

Photos: Meg Kennedy Lake’ in Massachusetts, USA last week for a feature film shoot.
The reservoir was closed to the public on Friday, 17 January
for the filming of ‘Road to Boston’, an Australian-South Korean
co-production starring K-pop star Im Si-Wan as Suh Yun-bok,
the first Korean to win a major international sports competition
– the Boston Marathon – since the end of World War II in 1945.
The scene at Pykes Creek saw crowds in 1940s dress congratulate
runners at the finish line.
Shooting also took place in Lydiard Street, Ballarat and Ballarat
Airport the same week as part of the three-week shoot.
Although Victoria was blanketed in smoke haze last week, film
crew on-site said it hadn’t caused many interruptions as the
haze doesn’t usually appear on camera.
The film is set to be released later this year
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Emailan athletic time.
- news@themooraboolnews.com.au
CANCER—June 22-July 22
This is a favourable week for buying, selling and
investing. Tensions in a relationship ease, with the

Stars & Puzzles

prospect of a contract signing by Thursday. The job
situation improves.
LEO—July 23-August 22
News is buzzing all about you, but don’t take it too
seriously. The light touch is stressed all week despite new
hastles at work. An older relative supports your ideas.
VIRGO—August 23-September 22

QUICK PUZZLE Your ego receives a boost by Friday, thanks to gestures

★★★★★★★★ ✯✯✯✯✯✯
by friends and superiors. Inspiration strikes at the oddest
moments, so keep pad and pencil at hand wherever you
may be.
LIBRA—September 23-October 22
★★★★★★★★ If planning to relocate, you could run into a temporary
snag. Use the week to chase up debts. A domestic
stalemate ends by the weekend.

SCORPIO—October 23-November 21
ARIES—March 21-April 20
This week finds you sharing the limelight with a surprise
You have more fun being a spectator than a participant personality. Be prepared to update some of your favourite
in your week’s varied activities. You could be working ideas. Resist do-it-yourself projects, especially
overtime to solve a family problem, but it pays off by mechanical ones on the weekend.
Friday.
SAGITTARIUS—November 22-December 22
TAURUS—April 21-May 22
A companion surprises you with his/hers wide range of
A money making opportunity could open up this week talents while you benefit from narrowing your range of
and travel is mixed with romance. Prepare for many types interests. Loyalties are proven and you can sleep a little
of delays on the weekend and watch out for rivals at the easier now.
workplace after the weekend.
CAPRICORN—December 23-January 20
GEMINI—May 23-June 21 A conservative approach is favoured in relationships and
Spend more time listening to and encouraging children. at the workplace. A neighbourhood project is more
There is a financial theme to the week, so it could be a exciting than you might think. A conflict with a relative
great time to launch a business venture. Make the ends by the weekend.
weekend an athletic time. AQUARIUS—January 21-February 19
NO. 9134 CANCER—June 22-July 22 You can count on loved ones to be supportive, though in
This is a favourable week for buying, selling and a quiet way. A home improvement project could grind to
ACROSS DOWN investing. Tensions in a relationship ease, with the a halt on the weekend. It may appear that work efforts
1. Garment (4) 1. Fanatical (5) prospect of a contract signing by Thursday. The job may not be appreciated but don’t jump to conclusions.
7. Puzzle (9) 2. Pretend (5) situation improves.
8. Colour (4) 3. Wine (6) PISCES—February 20-March 20
9. Shape (4) 4. Refuge (6) LEO—July 23-August 22 Communications improve and while you and a loved one
10. Ceremony (4) 5. Exchange (4) may not see eye to eye, you do understand and respect
11. Adroit (4) 6. Early (9) News is buzzing all about you, but don’t take it too the other viewpoint. Avoid informal transactions and be
14. Absorb (10) 12. Laid-back (4-5) seriously. The light touch is stressed all week despite new alert to investments involving land.
16. Methodical (10) 13. Diplomacy (4) hastles at work. An older relative supports your ideas.
19. Retain (4) 15. Fortune (4) BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK
22. Animal (4) 17. Bottle (6) VIRGO—August 23-September 22 You have a great capacity for love - of all humanity, yet
24. Depressed (4) 18. Instructed (6) Your ego receives a boost by Friday, thanks to gestures sometimes you worry too much about your personal
25. Landing (4) 20. Banish (5) by friends and superiors. Inspiration strikes at the oddest security. The creative approach can be the profitable one
26. Attack (9) 21. Danger (5) moments, so keep pad and pencil at hand wherever you especially in your career. A long range goal comes into
27. Enthusiasm (4) 23. Chat (4) may be. view.

CRYPTIC PUZZLE LIBRA—September 23-October 22

ACROSS If planning to relocate, you could run into a temporary
snag. Use the week to chase up debts. A domestic

SUDOKU
1. Chop, for the horses (4). 7, What the nudist says he
has when asked if he’s busy? (7,2). 8. She’s called back stalemate ends by the weekend.
in the middle (4). 9. Shoot back if the soldier follows (4).
10. Loaf one might buy at the delicatessen (4). 11. Mum! SCORPIO—October 23-November 21
A silver bird! (4). 14. Frivolous notes! (5,5). 16. How the This week finds you sharing the limelight with a surprise
ghost train pulled in? (4,2,4). 19. Nimble and small, are
nosy (4). 22. Be in a hurry to destroy the letter? (4). 24.
NUMBER GAME
personality. Be prepared to update some of your favourite
ideas. Resist do-it-yourself projects, especially
Try to set off on time (4). 25. She’s the house painter mechanical ones on the weekend.
(4). 26. Gravely mistaken (4,5). 27. Intend to be near ANSWER BELOW
(4). SAGITTARIUS—November 22-December 22
DOWN
1. Tips that are no good (5). 2. She was, from malice, A companion surprises you with his/hers wide range of
tortured and beheaded (5). 3. The animal will pop back talents while you benefit from narrowing your range of
inside, expectant (6). 4. That, again, is covered by “in- interests. Loyalties are proven and you can sleep a little
timidation” (6). 5. Go to pieces in the game (4). 6. In a easier now.
rent squabble, going along with the house holder (9). CAPRICORN—December 23-January 20
12. Do they give one a nutty view of life? (5,4). 13. Happy
to have left the gadabout (4). 15. Purposes to which A conservative approach is favoured in relationships and
drophead vehicles are put? (4). 17. Mother is a charac- at the workplace. A neighbourhood project is more
ter! (6). 18. Anne’s mad on one - absolutely mad (6). 20. exciting than you might think. A conflict with a relative
Likely as before to hold on (5). 21. Long tale about the ends by the weekend.
East (5). 23. Was carried in the way spoken of (4).
AQUARIUS—January 21-February 19
on-e. 21, Y-E-arn. 23, Rode (road). You can count on loved ones to be supportive, though in
a quiet way. A home improvement project could grind to
SOLUTIONS - CROSSWORD NO. 9133
15, (b )Uses. 17, (mother)Nature. 18, I-nsane. 20, Pr-
at. 5, Snap. 6, Co-ntainer. 12, Hazel eyes. 13, G-L-ad. a halt on the weekend. It may appear that work efforts
may not be appreciated but don’t jump to conclusions.
QUICK SOLUTIONS
Down - 1, Heels. 2, Celia (anag.). 3, Ho-pin-g. 4, Th-re-
Across - 7, Impersonator. 8, Button. 9, Victor. 10, Ad-
27, Mean. PISCES—February 20-March 20
Communications improve and while you and a loved one
19, S-pry. 22, Tear. 24, T-est. 25, Co-RA. 26, Dead wrong.
hered. 12, Tipsy. 15, Frock. 16, Lengthy. 18, Scotch. 20,
may not see eye to eye, you do understand and respect
10, Pate. 11, Sh-ag. 14, Light music. 16, Dead on time.
Lagoon. 22, Single-handed.
Down - 1, Smoulder. 2, Beat. 3, Asunder. 4, Knave. 5,
Across - 1, Hack. 7, Nothing on. 8, Ella (rev.). 9, Fi-RE.
CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS the other viewpoint. Avoid informal transactions and be
Stocking. 6, Trio. 11, Exciting. 13, Schooner. 14, Healthy. alert to investments involving land.
17, Chill. 19, Cash. 21, Gone.
Magnum. 18, Taught. 20, Exile. 21, Peril. 23, Talk.
6, Premature. 12, Easy-going. 13, Tact. 15, Luck. 17, BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK
CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS
Down - 1, Rabid. 2, Bluff. 3, Graves. 4, Asylum. 5, Swap. You have a great capacity for love - of all humanity, yet
Across - 7, Holiday haunt. 8, P-eanut. 9, Drive-N. 10,
22, Goat. 24, Glum. 25, Pier. 26, Onslaught. 27, Zeal. sometimes you worry too much about your personal
St-a-ring. 12, Filmy. 15, Brake (break). 16, Opening. 18,
Pomp. 11, Deft. 14, Assimilate. 16, Systematic. 19, Keep. security. The creative approach can be the profitable one
Edis-on (rev.). 20, (fa)R-Eve-Al. 22, Call of the sea.
Across - 1, Robe. 7, Crossword. 8, Blue. 9, Oval. 10, especially in your career. A long range goal comes into
Down - 1, Fo-rest-er. 2, M-I-en. 3, Ca-rto-ns. 4, Shade.
QUICK SOLUTIONS view.
5, Audition. 6, (la)St-ye(ar). 11, Rakishly. 13, Man-eater.
14, Spirits. 17, Snoo-p. 19, Duck. 21, Vi-Ed.
SOLUTIONS - CROSSWORD NO. 9134
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Check your stock water troughs Check your stock water troughs

The current seasonal conditions remain

standard for blue-green algae to thrive in
farm water supplies.
Victoria’s Acting Chief Veterinary Officer,
Dr Cameron Bell, said livestock owners need
to remain alert – blue-green algae poisoning
can result in poisoning of livestock,
including pets.
“As there is no specific treatment for blue-
green algae poisoning, producers should
check farm water supplies daily for blooms,
as this remains the most effective way of
preventing stock deaths.
once the primary water supply is affected,”
The current
“Blue-green algal blooms typically appear seasonal conditions remain standard for blue-green algae to thrive in
said Dr Bell.
farm
as surface scum that looks like a suspension water supplies. The accident scene when a street-sweeper truck rolled and crashed after a tyre blowout.
“We recommend laboratory testingDrofCameron
the
of green paint or curdled green milk,Victoria’s
often Acting Chief Veterinary Officer, Bell, said livestock owners

Rollover delays
water supply
need to remain alert –for the presence
blue-green algaeof blue-green
poisoning can result in poisoning of
with an earthy smell. However, the colour
may range from pale green to dark brown,”livestock,algae,
includingand pets.
a post-mortem examination of
Dr Bell said. “As theredead
is noorspecific
sick animals by a veterinarian.”
treatment for blue-green algae poisoning, producers should
Deaths can occur when stock drink toxinscheck farm water supplies dailymay
Blue-green algae toxins remain on
for blooms, asdrythis remains the most effective way of

train commuters
produced by the blue-green algae, preventing
often pasture for
stock deaths.a long time following irrigation,
when it is concentrated on the down-wind oftenalgal
“Blue-green untilblooms
there istypically
a rain event appear or as
further
surface scum that looks like a
side of a water supply and has formed a suspensionirrigation
of greenwith uncontaminated
paint or curdled water.
green milk, often with an earthy smell.
dense, surface scum. However,Contaminated
the colour may water
range should
from palenot be usedto dark brown,” Dr Bell said.
green
Animals that have consumed blue-green Deaths canto irrigate
occur whenvegetables
stockand drink fruit or come
toxins producedin by the blue-green algae, often
By Helen Tatchell A V/Line spokesperson told the Moorabool
algal toxin may appear ill very rapidly, contact with plants being grown for food,
when it is concentrated on the down-wind side of a water supply and has formed a News they technicians assessed the damage
develop a staggery gait, collapse, begin dense, particularly
to surface scum.fruit and vegetables that are A blown tyre caused a truck to lose control to the level crossing and worked with police
hours mostly
convulse and die – typically within 24 Animals that have eaten raw such
consumed as apples,algal
blue-green grapes,
toxin may
and appear
roll at illa very
trainrapidly,
intersection in wet on site to help manage the incident.
– depending on the toxicity of the bloom and tomatoes,
develop a staggerystrawberries,
gait, collapse, cabbages
begin and other and die – typically within 24
to convulse conditions last week.
salad greens. “Safety was our number one priority and
the concentration of the toxin. hours – depending on the toxicity of the bloom and the concentration of the toxin.
A Victoria Police spokesperson told the we thank passengers for the patience and
Those that do not die immediately Those It do
often that is also recommended
not die immediatelytooften keep suffer
stock severe
off liver damage. This may lead to
pasture that has been irrigated with blue- Moorabool News a street-sweeper vehicle understanding while we worked as quickly
the
suffer severe liver damage. This may lead to development of jaundice (‘the yellows’) or photosensitisation over the next few
was travelling in a southerly direction on and safely as possible to minimise the
days. green algae contaminated water for at least
the development of jaundice (‘the yellows’)
seven daysthatafterrecover
irrigation. the Geelong-Ballan Rd, Ballan on Friday 10 disruption.”
or photosensitisation over the next fewDr days.
Bell said those from these ailments often suffer from chronic ill-thrift.
January There were disruptions to services on the
Dr Bell said those that recover from Ifthese Dr Bellbloom
a suspicious said dogs are also prone
is noticed, stockto poisoning
should be removed as quickly as possible,
and
ailments often suffer from chronic ill-thrift. a as
safe they tend
alternative to swim
water in farm
supply water supplies
provided. “As he approached the railway crossing a Ballarat line that afternoon.
and should
“Where possible
If a suspicious bloom is noticed, stock should be kept away
producers should from suspectan
identify water front water
alternative tyre has blownprior
supply, out causing
to theirhim to lose “The train line was initially suspended
be removed as quickly as possible, andprimary sources.of livestock drinking water being affected
a safe source control.
by a bloom. There may not between Bacchus Marsh and Ballarat
alternative water supply provided. be time toFurther
identifyinformation
an alternative on water sourcealgal
blue-green once the “The truckwater
primary supply iswith the north- but with police on site, closed the road,
has collided
said Dr Bell.in your irrigation water source bound boom gate and traffic signals permitting trains to travel through the area
affected,”contamination
“Where possible producers should identify
“We
an alternative water supply, prior to their or
recommendlivestock water supply
laboratory testing is available on the
of the water smashing
supply both from of
for the presence ground. The truck at a reduced speed.”
theblue-
primary source of livestock drinking green Agriculture
water algae, Victoria website
and a post-mortem of deadhas
atagriculture.
examination thenanimals
or sick rolled by overa causing extensive Victoria Police reported no injuries and the
being affected by a bloom. There may not be vic.gov.au/agriculture/farm-management/ damage and was required to be towed from matter is being investigated by Moorabool
veterinarian.”
time to identify an alternative water source blue-green-algae-issues. the scene.” CIU.

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Ballan Bowling Club President David O’Hanlon shades Ms
Settle as she prepares to roll a bowl. Photo – Helen Tatchell
Shady deal to
protect members
By Helen Tatchell
A permanent shade structure will help
to protect lawn bowlers from the sun’s
harmful UV rays.
The $50,000 funding boost for the
Ballan Bowling Club will allow their
members to be sheltered from the harsh
rays of the summer sun during the
season and will allow protected seating
on the whole north side of their green.
The funding was part of the State
governments Community Shade
Grants Program and also included
the Elaine Cricket Club who will be
receiving a $2,320 for portable shading.
Member for Buninyong Michaela
Settle joined club President David
O’Hanlon on the green to announce
the successful application and, took
the opportunity to have a practice bowl
whilst there.
“It’s great that the Ballan Bowling Club
members are going to be getting some
UV protection and extra shade while
playing,” she said.
“The club has been running some
fantastic events encouraging people to
give bowling a try and these extra shade
facilities are bound to make the club
even more inviting to the community.”
Meanwhile, down the Pentlands
at Darley, Member for Melton Steve
McGhie was also announcing a
successful application by Darley
Cricket Club.
“A $5097 grant will see a portable
shade structure purchased,” he said.
All three clubs shared in almost a
$1 million pool of the fourth-round
program.
Mr McGhie said the grants are available
for community groups to construct new
shade structures, purchase portable
shade, plant natural shade, repair an
existing shade, purchase sun protective
items or any combination of the five.
“These grants mean that locals can
still enjoy great parks, sports fields and
playgrounds while staying SunSmart.
“Skin cancer is one of the most
prevalent forms of cancer in Australia.
That’s why this program is so important
to the community,” he said.
In 2017, 270 Victorians died from
melanoma and almost 3,000 people
were diagnosed with invasive
melanomas – making it the fourth most
common cancer across the state. The
five-year survival rate for Victorians
diagnosed with invasive melanoma
was at 90 per cent in 2013-16.

WHAT’S ON
The What’s On section is for non-profit community organisations. All free events submitted will be considered for FREE publication at the
Editors discretion. Advertising of AGMs in this section will only appear if a paid public notice also appears in the classifieds section, as per
the constitution of Business & Consumer Affairs for incorporated groups.

Ballan & District CWA

ADULT EDUCATION
Ballan & District Community House
For class enrolment information, venue hire and costs; please
call 5368 1934 or email info@bchvic.org.au
Darley Neighbourhood House & Learning Centre
Short courses and classes. 33-35 Jonathan Drive, Darley. BM &
District Photography Club - Meetings 2nd & 4th Wednesday
of month, 7.30pm. Enquiries welcome. Phone 5367 4390.
The Laurels – Bacchus Marsh Community College
Courses and classes. 229 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh.
Enquiries & enrolments - 5367 1061.
U3A Bacchus Marsh
Active seniors social learning, for daily activities contact
5367 5341 or visit our website - www.u3abacchus.org.au
MEETINGS
BacchChat @ Lerderderg Library
1st Saturday of the Month, 10am-12 noon. Various topics of
interest presented. Enquiries – 5366 7100 or www.moorabool.
vic.gov.au/libraries
Branch meetings – 2nd Thursday each month. RSL Hall,
Inglis St, Ballan, 7.30pm. All welcome - enquiries to 0407 992
767 or email ballandistrictcwa@gmail.com
Ballan District Vintage Machinery & Vehicle Club
Meetings - second Monday each month, 8pm. Tom Mullane
Pavilion, Ballan Racecourse Reserve. Enquiries – Brian 5368
2255 or Ray 5368 1177.
Darley Park Native Gardens
Working Bee, 1st Tuesday of the month at 9am. Contact Andy
5367 2616 or Wendy 5367 4170.
Bacchus Marsh Playgroup
(Behind St Andrew’s Church) Cnr Gisborne Rd & Lerderderg
Street, Bacchus Marsh. Monday-Friday 9am, 11am, 1pm &
3pm. Enquiries – 5367 2543.
The Pottery Group
Tuesday and Saturday 1pm-3pm, at the Public Park Hall
(next to Tennis Courts), Stanley St, Gordon. All welcome.
Enquiries to Maureen 0447173031.
Moorabool Mission Recovery Group
Struggling with addiction; Pain from the past; family member
out of control? Meeting weekly - Wednesday, 12.30pm – Jean
Oomes Room, Lerderderg Library, Bacchus Marsh. Enq-
Pastor Merv Patton – 0412 290 036.
Bacchus Marsh & District Garden Club
Meeting 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7.30pm at The Laurels,
229 Main St, Bacchus Marsh. Guest Speakers. Supper after
each meeting. All Welcome. Enquiries - Wendy 5367 4170.
CWA - The Marshians Night Branch Bacchus Marsh
Meet 3rd Monday evey month at the Hub, Wittick Street,
Darley at 7.00pm. Enquiries - Gay Hooper 0413 350 012.
Rose-Carers of Maddingley Park
Working bees every 3rd Sunday of each month. All welcome.
Enquiries - 0400 052 857.
Lal Lal Moorabool Photographic Group Inc
Meeting 3rd Wednesday each month, 7pm. Soldiers Memorial
Hall, Lal Lal. Enquiries 5341 7535.
Ballan Playgroup: Every Tuesday of school Term. St John’s
Anglican Church Hall  - 9:30-11:30am. Enquiries - 0409 681
138 Anna or 0421 905 558 Tamsin.
Ballan Anglers Inc
Meeting second Wednesday every month. Senior Citizens
Room, Steiglitz Street, Ballan, 7.30pm. More anglers and
families needed and welcome – 0408 026 062.
Bacchus Marsh CWA Day Branch
Meets 2nd Thursday of each month at 11am at the Darley
Hub, Wittick Street, Darley. Enquiries: 5367 4690.
Alanon Support Group - for families of alcoholics
Meets at 10.30am on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month
at the Uniting Church Hall, Gisborne Road, Bacchus Marsh.
Enq - 0421 222 717.
Footscray Poultry Club (at Bacchus Marsh)
Meetings held 2nd Sunday of month, 2pm. Poultry Pavilion.
Racecourse Rec. Reserve, Balliang-Bacchus Marsh Rd,
Bacchus Marsh. All welcome – Kerry 9741 9705.
MARKETS
Ballan Lions Club Market
Next market – Saturday 1st February 2019.
First Saturday each month - Inglis St, Ballan – 9am-1pm.
Enquiries – Kristie 0406 426 460.
Darley Market
Saturday 1st February, 8am - 1pm. 1st & 3rd Saturday each
month at Darley Park Football Reserve. Enquiries – 0488 345
145 (Alan).
CHURCH
Bacchus Marsh Christian Church
Sunday Services 10am with kids program. 222 Main St,
Bacchus Marsh. Enquiries 9028 2622.
St John’s Anglican Church Ballan
58 Simpson St, Ballan - Service - 10:30 every Sunday. Enq -
Rev’d Glen Wesley - 5368 2730.
Our Lady Help of Christians Korobeit
Mass every Saturday 6.30pm.
Ballan Uniting Church
(St Paul’s) - Services 11.15am every Sunday.
Bacchus Marsh Baptist Church
Sundays, 10:30am, Worship Service and Children’s Program.
Phone 5367 6550 for more details.
B3 Community
Family friendly, informal church with a difference. Every
2nd & 4th Sunday 4.30pm at The Pavilion Room, Darley Civic
Centre, 182 Halletts Way, Darley.
St Malachy’s Catholic Church Blackwood
Service every Sunday at 4pm.
Holy Trinity Anglican Church - Bacchus Marsh
Service Times - Bacchus Marsh - Every Sunday 9am and
1st, 3rd & 4th Sunday 10.30am, Saturday 5pm, Balliang -
2nd Sunday 11am, 4th Sunday 9am, Myrniong - 1st and 3rd
Sunday 11am. Enquiries 5367 5362
Church of the Living God
Christian youth ministry and bible teaching. 2nd Sunday
of every month, 5pm. Open to all ages. At 14 Darcy St,
Maddingley. Enq – 0408 260 727.
Golden Harvest Christian Fellowship
Non-denominational - Prayer every Sunday 10am, Men’s
KYB Monday evenings 6pm (0429 681 566.) Ladies KYB
Wednesday 1pm (5367 6834).
Bacchus Marsh Life Church
Meeting 10am every Sunday at the Bacchus Marsh RSL, 203
Main Street. Enquiries Pastor Merv - 0412 290 036.
St Bernard’s Bacchus Marsh Catholic Church
Mass Times – Saturday- 5pm; Sunday – 8.30am & 10am.
Bacchus Marsh Uniting Church Parish
Services - St Andrew’s 9.30am every Sunday. Pentland Hills
2pm 1st Sunday of month. Enquiries - 5367 2543 (office).
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The Best Address In Town Exciting
time
for first
home
buyers
72 Lerderderg Street, Bacchus Marsh
Price: $570,000
An exceptional opportunity presents itself for you
to secure your future in the most sought after street
in town. This beautifully renovated home boasts 3
bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large kitchen , lounge &
laundry. Other features include polished hardwood GIL KING
floors, high ceilings, ducted heating, split system CEO, REIV
cooling, plantation shutters and a large secure back With the new year under-
way, many excited first home
yard sitting on a 786m² parcel of prime real estate,
buyers are anxiously under-
just metres from St Bernards Church, Bacchus Marsh taking what is required to
purchase their slice of real
Primary School, Kindergarten and Main Street
estate.
shopping centre. The Federal Government’s
newly re-tweaked First
Home Loan Deposit Scheme
kicked off in January and
has already flooded with ap-
plications for the first run of
loans.
The First Home Loan De-
posit Scheme helps first-
home buyer’s on lower in-
comes to enter the property
market requiring a deposit
of just 5 per cent, helping
them avoid the need to pay
for mortgage insurance.
In Melbourne and Geelong,
a five per cent deposit will
mean that a potential home-
owner would only need to
save $30,000 to purchase a
property worth $600,000.
While across regional Victo-
www.arbeerealestate.com.au ria, the scheme is capped to
properties worth $375,000.
140 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh 5367 2333 This First Home Loan De-
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to the already successful
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making it even easier to pur-
chase a house.
This generous incentive
helps new buyers get into
the market at a faster pace,
which has been widely wel-
comed across the Victorian
real estate sector.
Only a few weeks into the
new year and thousands of
potential home buyers have
already made applications,
with the 3000 spots that
were available in January
being rapidly filled.
The Federal Government
has reported that the median
income for single buyers that
have applied for the scheme
is just $68,900.
Anything that makes the
property-owning dream
more achievable is a worthy
program.
It’s an exciting time for those
who have been successful
and are starting their search
to find the right property.
Regional Victoria remains
a great place to invest in
with many growing towns
and regions to choose from.
Young buyers can get larger
more finished properties
that provide a great lifestyle
at more affordable prices.
10,000 more places in the
scheme will be available
from February.
As always, if a buyer or a
seller is looking for objective
information on the market
or an agency– they should
visit reiv.com.au.
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Arbee Real Estate

FOR SALE 72 Lerderderg Street, Bacchus Marsh FOR SALE 24 Main Street, Myrniong
3 2 1 3 1 3

The Best Address In Town Hamlet Living

An exceptional opportunity presents itself for you to secure your Tidy weatherboard home on a large block in the Main Street of
future in the most sought after street in town. This beautifully Myrniong. 3 bedrooms, lounge, kitchen/meals, bathroom, sunroom
renovated home boasts 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large kitchen , and laundry. Extend or renovate to suit your family requirements.
lounge & laundry. Polished hardwood floors, high ceilings, ducted Large block has a 3 car garage, and sundry shedding and
heating, split system cooling, plantation shutters and a large secure improvements. Walking distance to Myrniong Primary School and the
back yard sitting on 786m². ‘The Plough’ restaurant. Short drive into Bacchus Marsh or Ballan.
INSPECT By appointment INSPECT By appointment
FOR SALE $570,000 FOR SALE $395,000-$420,000

NEW LISTING CONTACT

WEB
Peter Leonard 0429 671 990
arbeerealestate.com.au NEW LISTING CONTACT
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arbeerealestate.com.au

FOR SALE 9 Mitchell Court, Darley FOR SALE 65 Burbidge Drive, Bacchus Marsh
3 2 2 4 2 2

Excellent Family Home Calling All Investors

Beautifully presented 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom family home is ideal for Featuring 4 large bedrooms, master with plenty of built in storage and
the downsizer, first home buyer or investor. Formal lounge at the front an ensuite, open plan living, double garage with internal access, ducted
& the bright open plan kitchen with gas cooktop, wall oven & integrated gas heating and evaporative cooling. With a long lease until August
dishwasher adjoins the meals & family room. Master bedroom has WIR 2021 and currently renting at $340.00 per week with an increase
& Ensuite, & remaining bedrooms all have BIRs. Ducted heating is scheduled for August 2020.
installed & there is wall a/c in the lounge room.
INSPECT By appointment INSPECT By appointment
FOR SALE $460,000-$480,000 FOR SALE $429,000
CONTACT Daryl Gould 0409 233 157 CONTACT Kelvin Gaffiero 0410 998 736
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FOR SALE 60 Griffith Street, Maddingley FOR SALE 84 Sundew Avenue, Long Forest
4 3 8 5 3 4

One Of A Kind A Great Lifestyle Awaits

Walking distance to train station, Maddingley Park and Secondary 2.6 acres with beautiful gardens, natural bush land & Public
schools this immaculate family residence ticks all the boxes. 4 bedrooms Conservation zone to the rear. 5 generous bedrooms, master with
(master with ENS & WIR) 3 bathrooms. Open plan living/dining. Walk ensuite with spa & extensive walk in robe, the remaining 4 bedrooms
through study. Chefs kitchen with butler’s pantry. Studio/5th bedroom with BIRs. There are 6 living areas as part of the main residence. The
complete with bathroom. Huge undercover outdoor entertainment area. spacious kitchen overlooks the rear garden & pool area & features
2 substantial sheds that can accommodate 8 vehicles. Miele electric hotplates with charcoal grill & granite bench tops.
INSPECT By appointment INSPECT By appointment
FOR SALE $750,000 - $780,000 FOR SALE $1,125,000-$1,215,000
CONTACT Peter 0429 671 990 Daryl 0409 233 157 CONTACT Steve 0475 888 101 Kelvin 0410 998 736
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FOR SALE 1726 Glenmore Road, Rowsley FOR SALE 13 Cromarty Circuit, Darley
2 1 3 4 3 2

Fantastic Hobby Farm/Rural Getaway! New Home To Fit The Extended Family
In the Rowsley Valley is this very comfortable home of 2 bedrooms plus Brand new quality built home with the large family in mind. Open
rumpus, lounge with wood heater and split system A/C, and country plan living area, a 2nd sitting area, main bedroom with a his and hers
style kitchen. Large rumpus room could be used for 3rd bedroom and/ WIR, modern kitchen with stainless appliances, 900mm stove/oven &
or sitting room. There is a decked pergola on the rear and one side of caesarstone benchtops. The back part of the house is a self contained
house and landscaped gardens surround the home. Externally we have residence with a second open plan living area, a full established 2nd
garage and machinery shed, hay shed, BBQ area, vegie garden. kitchen, its own laundry & the 4th bedroom with an ensuite.
INSPECT By appointment INSPECT By appointment
FOR SALE $749,000 FOR SALE $630,000-$660,000
CONTACT Daryl Gould 0409 233 157 CONTACT Kelvin 0410 998 736 Steve 0475 888 101
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FOR SALE 112 Underbank Blvd, Bacchus Marsh FOR SALE 11 Moorabool Drive, Ballan
3 1 2 4 2 3

Affordable Home On Large Block Modern Home For The Growing Family
Situated on a large 735m2 block with beautiful views this 3 bedroom Single storey spacious family home is situated on a large 788m2 parcel
affordable home offering a great opportunity for first home buyers or of land in the quiet town of Ballan. With everything you need close by
investors to add to their portfolio. Featuring a modest floor plan, with with schools, walking tracks, shopping centre, local hospital and train
gas heating, ducted evaporative cooling, a freshened-up kitchen that station. Stunning modern kitchen, gas ducted heating, feature gas log
is equipped with a 600mm stove/oven and dishwasher and double fire, ducted evaporative cooling, double garage with internal access and
carport with plenty of room on the side for the caravan and large shed. a 6 x 3.5m shed with power, alfresco area, landscaped gardens.
INSPECT By appointment INSPECT By appointment
FOR SALE $420,000-$450,000 FOR SALE $570,000 - $590,000
CONTACT Kelvin 0410 998 736 Steve 0475 888 101 CONTACT Kelvin Gaffiero 0410 998 736
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Steve Creese Daryl Gould Peter Leonard Kelvin Gaffiero Rikki Millington
0475 888 101 0409 233 157 0429 671 990 0410 998 736 Sales Support

www.arbeerealestate.com.au
140 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh 5367 2333
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Your Questions Answered

Every week we will bring to you the answers to the most commonly asked real estate questions
& local market information. If you have a specific question or information that you would like
included please feel free to email questions@arbeerealestate.com.au

ATTENTION CURRENT & FUTURE LANDLORDS

The Victorian Parliament has passed the Residential
Tenancies Amendment Bill 2018, which includes more than
130 reforms designed to increase protection for renters,
whilst ensuring those who provide rental housing can still
effectively manage their properties.

To help manage this change we are inviting ALL current &

future Residential Landlords to attend a FREE information
session on what the changes will mean for you.

The main speaker for the night will be Hayley Mitchell from
Mitchell PT. Hayley is a highly recognised & respected,
industry trainer that has been working in the Property
Management industry for over 20 years.

DATE: January 30, 2020

TIME: 6:00pm – 7:30pm

VENUE: Bacchus Marsh Public Hall

Please RSVP to: questions@arbeerealestate.com.au

For all your Real Estate needs,

Contact Arbee Real Estate 5367 2333
Arbee Real Estate or sales@arbeerealestate.com.au
140 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh I 5367 2333 I sales@arbeerealestate.com.au
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Lions survive late scare Avenue Bowling Club

Darley Cricket Club
By Todd Whelan
Darley remains 12-points clear on top of the BCA table
following a nail-biting three run victory over North Ballarat
at the weekend. Unfortunately, the thrilling conclusion
will be remembered more for its controversy than any ‘one’
match-winning performance with bat or ball. Lions coach
Brian Wheelahan was left scathing in the aftermath as a
15-run penalty for a slow over rate, near ended his club’s
unbeaten run. North Ballarat looked in real trouble at 9/186,
still 19 runs shy of the Lions target who were bowled out for
205 inside their 50 overs. The moment to follow was rare,
bordering on unprecedented as the sanction imposed at
the end of the 47th over took North’s score from vulnerable
(9/186), to box seat and game favorites (9/201), needing only
five runs to win. The alteration was not missed by the Lions
captain (Bradley Barnes) and coach sparking an outcry of
disbelief and frustration with officials.
“In my 30 years involved with cricket, I’ve never seen or
been a part of anything like it,” Wheelahan said.
“To alter the scores while the game was in progress, without
an ‘official’ final warning of sorts, almost decided the result.
“In the end, we’re just happy we got away with the win.
“Even a couple of opposition players thought the decision
was strange.”
Despite the dramatic sideshow that unfolded, there was a
serious game of cricket had for the most part. Lions opener
Hayden Jamieson (70) top scored and played his role to a tee
in partnership with the flamboyant Danza Hyatt who was
dismissed for 56 with the score on 83. In form number three
Harry Killoran (26) put on 56 for the second wicket with
Jamieson before he was bowled after looking set for another
big score. With the exception of Bradley Barnes near run-a-
ball 24 the rest of the batting unit offered little resistance. In
fact, outside of the four batsmen to reach double figures there
wasn’t a Lions player who faced more than six balls or spent
more than eight minutes at the crease. The Lions fell away
losing 8/54 including 5/9 at the back and were bowled out
with 16 balls still remaining in the innings.
“We lost our way a bit,” Wheelahan said.
“I thought we left 20-30 runs out there to be honest on a
perfect wicket.
“Our ability to sum up the situation of the game was
disappointing at the back end of the innings.
“It was ‘game-on’ at the break.”
Results - Monday R12
Premier Division
Wickramasinghe (10 ov, 2/29) were the pick of the bowlers Avenue 0 lost Central Wendouree 156
with the key dismissals of North’s top order batsmen just as Division 1
they looked to threaten. Avenue 0 lost Central Wendouree 16
But it was Lions youngster Mitch Ward (3.3 ov 1/14) who
Results - Saturday R13
inadvertently became the match winner with his line and
length left-armers. Ward was set to bowl his fourth over Division 1
and the Lions 48th of the innings with the score weighed in Avenue 3 lost City Oval 15
favour of the competition leaders at 9/186. The unforeseen 15 Division 3
run ‘slow over rate’ penalty was imposed leaving the 19-year Avenue 4 lost Bungaree 14
old bowling to keep his Lions unbeaten record in tact, with Division 4 
the home side needing just five runs to win. Avenue 0 lost B.M.S.  18
“Mitch conceded a single off his first ball of the over, before
clean bowling North’s number 11 batsman with his second,”
Wheelahan said. Ballan Golf Club
“It was not only a great result for the club but also a huge Results - Week ending Saturday 18 January
confidence boost for Mitch who has recently worked his way
back into the side. Wednesday – Stableford
(Men’s & Ladies)
“He will remember that moment for some time to come,”
Winner - Barry Sims (12) 42 points.
The Lions return to Darley Park this Saturday for the first time
R/up - Steve Chesters (20) 38 points.
in 2020 for a 50 over fixture against Napoleons-Sebastopol.
Magpie - 14th Barry Sims.
“There’s still plenty of improvement to come with this group
NTPs - 12th Bob Arklay, 15th Les Martin. 
in all areas,” Wheelahan said.
“We had our moments with the bat and didn’t have our best Saturday - Stableford
day in the field (dropped four catches). (1st Round House Teams)
“But what is exciting for the group, is we have great depth - A Grade
and Saturday’s result was a prime example of that.” Winner - Peter Di Fiore (8) 41 points.
Round 12 action begins this Saturday from 12-noon. R/up - Don Wickson (11) 38 points.
BACCHUS MARSH
BCA First Grade - (Round 11) B Grade
North Ballarat v Darley. Darley 205 all out, Overs 47.2. H. Winner on the day Ray Cousins (16) 44 points.
Jamieson, D. Hyatt 56, H. Killoran 28, B. Barnes 24. North R/up - Hugh Miller (18) 40 points.
Ballarat 202 all out, Overs 47.3. M. Ekanayake 3/51, H. C Grade
Jamieson 2/28, H. Wickramasinghe 2/29. Darley won by 3
Winner - Sam Sims (22) 41 points
runs. Darley now 1st (P11 W9 D2 L0). on c/b from Rob Brown (20).
BCA Second Grade - (Round 11) NTPs - 12th Chris Tudor, 15th Denis Conroy.
Darley v Coronet City. Darley 7/209, Overs 45. M. Ingvorsen Magpies - 14th & 18th Michael Di Fiore.
44, J. Spence 38. Coronet City 99 all out, Overs 33.5. J.
Balls (6), Cut-off 39 points
Martindale 4 wickets, Da Locke 4 wickets. Darley won by 110
Ray Cousins, Peter Di Fiore, Sam Sims, Rob Brown,
runs. Darley now 1st (P11 W8 D1 L2).
Hugh Miller, Andrew Carton.
BCA Third Grade - (Round 11)
Ballarat-Redan v Darley. Ballarat-Redan 6/147, Overs 40. Dr
Locke 3/16, C. Salisbury 3/23. Darley 5/153, Overs 29.1. Dr
Locke 39, C. McDonald 36no, R. Densley 29. Darley won by 5
BACCHUS MARSH
wickets. Darley now 4th (P10 W6 D1 B1 L3).
BCA Fourth Grade - (Round 9)
Darley v Newlyn. Darley 121 all out, Overs 34. G. Powell 39, NEW DOCTORS EXTENDED HOURS

The Lions responded immediately with the ball as
Madushanka Ekanayake and Ben Longhurst took the
opening two wickets to have the home side on the back
foot at 2/31. While North Ballarat needed just four runs
per over for the duration, untimely wickets would unravel
their plight through the middle, falling from 2/83 to 8/149 .
The spinners Hayden Jamieson (7 ov, 2/28) and Hispathata
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McIntyre team bank points Ballan Cricket Club

Bacchus Marsh Cricket club
By Bruce Thomas
On a magnificent day for cricket, the Bulls’
McIntyre side faced off against St Anthonys at
Melton. Captain, James Lidgett, won the toss
and had no hesitation sending St Anthonys
in for a hit. The decision seemed like a wise
one when Bacchus Marsh had St Anthonys
3/15 early in the innings. Wickets continued
to fall with regularity and St Anthonys were
eventually bowled out for 101 off 37.3 overs.
Ian Spiteri and Tom Wardell were the best of
the bowlers with 4/20 and 3/20 respectively.
Alex Porter and Kasun Suriaratchie opened
Lyle and Kapil Dua then got the score to a
respectable and winning level with 53 runs
each and Chris Dugdale-Porter finished the
job with a breezy 26. Bacchus Marsh 5/177
off 32 overs.
In Division 2, the Bulls travelled to
Blackwood to play on what is arguably
one of the most picturesque ovals in the
competition. Blackwood put Bacchus Marsh
in for a hit with Scott Whiteway and Matt
LaFranchi opening. Josh Lloyd batted very
well for his 64 but it was Scott Whiteway who
was the hero of the innings. Scott carried
his bat through the 35 over innings and was
Ballan 1st X1
Ballan 3/166 def Buninyong 10/164
Batting - L Snaith 80, J McGregor 26, J Landt
21, M Snaith 21 no, B Loughnane 3 no.
Bowling - D Gardiner 9-1-3/32, B Loughnane
8-0-2/45, S Dehnert 5-0-1/15, Snaith 7-1/30, M
Snaith 9-1-1/19
Ballan lost the toss and bowled first, once
again Ballan’s bowlers bowled an excellent
line and length, led by David Gardiner
taking 3 wickets. Ballan’s batsmen got off
to an excellent start with the bat putting on
a 106-run opening partnership to form the
foundation of Ballan’s innings, Lachie Snaith
was the stand-out batsmen making a solid 80
runs.
Ballan 2nd X1
Ballan 5/335 def Ballarat-Redan 8/237
Batting - R Lindsey 151, C Stirling 70, R
Taylor 33, J McEgan 24, D Leach 8 no M
Golding 1 no.
Bowling - R Taylor 8-0-2/29, M Clark 3-0-
2/15, D Leach 4-0-1/15, J McEgan 4-0-1/31
Ballan lost the toss and were sent into bat,
all batsmen put in an excellent performance
led by Rob Lindsey making 151 and was
well supported by Chris Stirling. All Ballan’s
bowlers bowled well to keep Ballarat Redan
to 237, the bowlers were well supported by
some excellent fielding with 2 run outs. This
is their first win for the season.

Fourbigmen and a lady

for the Bulls with Porter falling cheaply for 7.
This brought club veteran, Scott Wakefield,
to the crease. Wakefield and Suriaratchie
put the points in the bank taking the score to
1/123 off 29 overs before the captain declared,
obviously eager to use the remaining time
for his bowlers to try and get some wickets
before stumps. The plan half worked, and
the day ended with the home team 1/34
off 10 overs. With the weather seemingly
unsettled at this time of year, it was very
handy for the Bulls number 1 team to have
a first innings win on Day 1. The team will
be looking for maximum points next week.
Johnstone Shield had their second home
game in a row and Maddingley Park looked
in absolutely superb condition for the game
against Sunbury United. United won the
toss and decided to bat on a perfect day for
cricket. The day started off well with Brenton
Payne snaring the first wicket before there
was a run on the board. At 3/95, United
seemed to have the upper hand in a balanced
game but Bacchus Marsh fought back well to
roll United for 177 at stumps on Day 1. Brad
Croxford was the pick of the bowlers with
4/20 off 13 overs. Brenton Payne bowled
exceptionally well, particularly in his second
spell where the United batsmen had trouble
scoring off his tight bowling. Payne finished
with 3/32 off 17 overs.
In Division 1, captain Rohan Lyle, won the
toss and sent East Sunbury in at Masons
Lane number 1 oval. The day also started
off well for the Bulls with the first wicket
falling before a score was on the board. A
good partnership was then put on before
Spence Jenks broke through bringing the
score to 2/70. East Sunbury finished at 7/171
off their allotted 40 overs. Wickets were
shared amongst the Bulls’ bowlers. Skipper
delicately poised on 98 with the last ball of
the innings to be bowled. His nervous team
mates need not have worried as he calmly
whacked the last ball for four bringing up
his unbeaten hundred amidst the cheers of
his team. Bacchus Marsh 3/243 off 35 overs.
In what skipper, Ben Velden, described as a
“ripping game”, the excitement and tension
built as the Blackwood batsmen matched
the Bulls’ effort getting to within striking
distance as the last over loomed. Blackwood
needed 7 off the last over. Under 17 bowler,
Jacob Hayes, had the daunting task of
bowling the over. The equation ended up
that Blackwood needed 3 off the last ball
to win and 2 to tie. It wasn’t to be as the
batsman could only manage a single and the
Bulls scraped in by one run with Blackwood
being 5/242 at stumps.
Division 3 didn’t get the chocolates, falling
to Rupertswood at Masons Lane 2. Bacchus
Marsh 9/106 off their 35 overs. Angus Jones
(25) and the returning to form Craig Mitchell
(24 not out) the only batsmen to get into the
twenties. Rupertswood easily passed the
target in 24 overs with the wickets being
shared amongst the Bulls’ bowlers.
In Club Grade South, Bacchus Marsh (1)
managed to eke out 126 with the explosive
John Mowlam easily being the pick of the
bats with 77. In reply, opposition Sunbury
passed the Bulls in 19.4 overs with no real
performances with the ball to mention.
Bacchus Marsh (2) could only make 82
in their Club Grade South game against
Rupertswood. Armi Wakefield made 21
opening the batting and showing that he will
be a force to be reckoned with in the future.
Rupertswood passed the target 8 wickets
down with wickets again being shared.
By Tim O’Connor
Emma Stewart looks to have a stranglehold
on the final of the Mercury80 after scoring a
third win in the four-heat series at Tabcorp
Park Melton.
And the Cardigan-based trainer also
appears well placed to secure the lucrative
bonus for connections of Fourbigmen, which
set a new benchmark time of 82.1 seconds on
Friday night.
The fastest winner in the series snares an
extra $20,000, half of which is collected by
owners and the other half split by the trainer
and driver.
Chris Alford drove the first heat winner
Liftntorque on New Year’s Eve and was at
the controls on Friday night as Fourbigmen
darted through along the sprint lane to land
a convincing five metre victory.
“He had a nice run in there behind the
leader and the pace was on sort of all the way.
He felt really good and once the run came, he
just powered through then,” Alford said.
The champion reinsman said he wasn’t
bothered if he drove Liftntorque or
Fourbigmen in the final.
“They’re both nice horses… whichever one
they put me on I’ll be happy with,” Alford
said.
Michael Stanley’s Soho Nolita came home
strongly to pip leader Major Exclusive for
second, therefore booking a place in the
$50,000 final next Saturday night.
The qualifiers for the feature from the first
three heats include: Liftntorque (Emma
Stewart), Van Mara (Andy Gath), Always
Fast (Emma Stewart), Gilty Hanover (Kari
Males), Off The Radar (Richie Caruana) and
Fourbigmen trained by Emma Stewart.
Photo: Stuart McCormick
Call Me Hector (Matthew Cooper).
While his father Ted missed out on reaching
the Mercury80 final with Major Exclusive,
young trainer Blake Caruana scored his
second career win as a trainer when Better
Exclusive produced a long-odds victory in
the Allied Express Pace Final (2240m, NR
56-66).
Caruana was ill and unable to make the
track on Friday night, but would have been
smiling as the horse dug deep to hold off
runner-up Dan Fernando by a head on the
line.
“Blake would have been jumping up and
down in the bed, that’s for sure,” young
driver Connor Ronan said.
“It was a big step up in class tonight. Three
starts ago he won the equivalent to a C1 and
then to win a race like this, where there is
some very nice horses in it, it’s a credit to the
team and the horse.”
Stewart took the night’s training honours
with two winners after Berisari scored in
the Garrards Pace (2240m, NR 80-105), while
Alford was the top driver after landing a
treble on the program.

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Car / Boat /
Float / Tractor 2009 KIA GRAND CARNIVAL

Motorcycle / 1999 ISUZU TROOPER TOYOTA COROLLA One owner, white,

4WD, V6 Petrol, Five speed
Caravan for
Manual, Free Wheeling
Hubs, Clean vehicle. Many
extras. Suit Project or Parts.
3 months $50 Vin.JACUBS25GV7101653.
$895. Phone: 5348 6600
POWER WHEELCHAIR
Heartway P3DXC with
Captains seat. Barely used,
good condition, top speed
8kmph, range up to 30kms.
$800 ONO Ph 9747 6420
2006 VOLKSWAGON CADDY
1.9 Litre Turbo Diesel,
Auto, 183,000 kms,
6 months Rego & RWC
Reg. YAC677, $7,000 ono
Phone: 040 253 1469
Levin 2004 hatch auto.
Mechanically VGC,
minor dents.
Odometer - 265,000 kms,
12 months. reg. (TDC 072)
$3,900 ono – 0408 508 654
great condition,
well serviced,
200K+ mostly country kms,
Reg (XDG365), RWC,
$6,900. BacchusMarsh,
Phone 0418 597 226

JAYCO EXPANDA OUTBACK
2014 pop top, dual wheels,
A/C, heating, fridge/freezer,
solar panels, 100 amp battery,
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Car / Boat /
WINDSOR WINDCHEATER
2002 Pop Top, 10 months reg,
2004 MERCEDES BENZ C200 Float / Tractor
Motorcycle /
Station wagon, immaculate
new tyres, new water tank, gas/
MOWER - KUBOTA ZD331 condition, complete service
elec fridge, 2 single beds, couch, RIDE ON MOWER
Caravan for
Zero turn mower with roll history, 370,000kms, scarlet

SOLD SOLD SOLD

inverter, micro, gas/electric
cooktop, storage, no bunks,
Rego W10086 July 2019.
$40,000 neg. Ph 0448 340 165
double wardrobe. Priced to sell
microwave, roller sunshade,
bottle gas, many cupboards,
$10,600. Ph 0417 505 732.
bar. Excellent condition and
has only done 121-hours.
One owner. $13,000
Phone 0417 502 103
Craftsman LTS 1500 17.5hp colour, new tyres, beige
42 inch cut, 6 speed leather interior, Reg till Oct
$850 neg
Ph.0403 300037
(XHF262), RWC, $6,500 ONO
Ph 0409 534 572
3 months $50
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KLUGER 2WD GX
DRIVEAWAY FROM

$ 41,990
[D2]

HILUX 4X4 SR5

KLUGER 2WD GX (DOUBLE-CAB PICK-UP)

53,990 FREE
DRIVEAWAY FROM DRIVEAWAY FROM

$ 41,990 $
[D2] [A]
AUTO UPGRADE
VALUED AT $2,000[A]

KLUGER 2WD GX
AT MELTON TOY
HILUX 4X4 SR5
(DOUBLE-CAB PICK-UP)
DRIVEAWAY FROM DRIVEAWAY FROM
FREE
$ 41,990 $ 53,990
[D2] [A]
AUTO UPGRADE
VALUED AT $2,000[A]

AT MELTON TOYOTA

AT MELTON TOYOTA

YARIS ASCENT AUTO COROLLA HATCH RANGE

DRIVEAWAY FROM

$ 17,490
[D] PRADO GXL AUTO
DRIVEAWAY FROM
4.9% COMPARISON
RATE [F1]

YARIS ASCENT AUTO

65,990
Max finance term of 48 months.

$
[D] Offer Extended

DRIVEAWAY FROM

17,490 $ PRADO GXL AUTO

[D]

HURRY STOCK IS LIMIT

Melton Toyota
DRIVEAWAY FROM

$65,990
4.9% ED
143-147 High Street,
Melton
T: 03 8746 0300
LMCT 1976 YARIS ASCENT AUTO COROLLA HATCH RANGE
meltontoyota.com.auDRIVEAWAY FROM COMPARISON
$ 17,490 PRADO GXL AUTO RATE[F1]
[D]

DRIVEAWAY FROM

65,990
Max finance term of 48 months.

$
[D] Offer Extended

Melton Toyota
[D2]Recommended driveaway price (RDP) shown is applicable for Private customers, Bronze, and Silver Fleet customers, and primary producers, only at participating dealers. Offer available on new January 2019 to November 2019 built models purchased between
01/12/2019 and 31/01/2020 unless extended. RDP includes 12 months registration, 12 months compulsory third party insurance (CTP), a maximum dealer delivery charge, stamp duty and metallic/premium paint. Toyota reserves the right to amend the offer and terms at
any stage. [A]Recommended driveaway price (RDP) shown is applicable to Private customers, Bronze, and Silver Fleet customers, and primary producers, only at participating dealers. Offer available on new May 2019 to December 2019 built models purchased between
143-147
Melton ToyotaHigh Street,
01/12/2019 and 31/01/2020 unless extended. RDP includes free automatic transmission, 12 months registration, 12 months compulsory third party insurance (CTP), a maximum dealer delivery charge and stamp duty. Metallic/Premium paint at extra cost. Toyota reserves
the right to amend the offer and terms at any stage. [D]Recommended driveaway price (RDP) shown is applicable for Private customers, Bronze, and Silver Fleet customers, and primary producers, only at participating dealers. Offer available on new January 2019

Melton
to December 2019 built
143-147 models
High purchased
Street , between 01/12/2019 and 31/01/2020 unless extended. RDP includes 12 months registration, 12 months compulsory third party insurance (CTP), a maximum dealer delivery charge and stamp duty. Metallic/Premium paint at
additional cost. Toyota reserves the right to amend the offer and terms at any stage. [F1]4.9% comparison rate available to approved applicants of Toyota Finance to finance all new & demo Corolla Hatch models (build dates from May 2018 – December 2019). Finance
Melton
T: 03 8746 0300
offer available for Private, Bronze & Silver Fleet customers only. Offer ends 29/02/2020. Maximum finance term of 48 months applies. Terms, conditions, fees and charges apply. Toyota Finance reserves the right to change, extend or withdraw an offer at any time. Ask your
Dealer forT: 03 information.
more 8746 0300 Comparison rate is based on a 5 year secured consumer fixed rate loan of $30,000. WARNING: This comparison rate is true only for the examples given and may not include all fees and charges. Different terms, fees or other loan amounts
might result in a different comparison rate. Toyota Finance, a division of Toyota Finance Australia Limited ABN 48 002 435 181, AFSL and Australian Credit Licence 392536.
LMCT 1976
LMCT 1976
meltontoyota.com.au
meltontoyota.com.au T2019-013547

[D2]Recommended driveaway price (RDP) shown is applicable for Private customers, Bronze, and Silver Fleet customers, and primary producers, only at participating dealers. Offer available on new January 2019 to November 2019 built models purchased between
01/12/2019 and 31/01/2020 unless extended. RDP includes 12 months registration, 12 months compulsory third party insurance (CTP), a maximum dealer delivery charge, stamp duty and metallic/premium paint. Toyota reserves the right to amend the offer and terms at
any stage. [A]Recommended driveaway price (RDP) shown is applicable to Private customers, Bronze, and Silver Fleet customers, and primary producers, only at participating dealers. Offer available on new May 2019 to December 2019 built models purchased between
01/12/2019 and 31/01/2020 unless extended. RDP includes free automatic transmission, 12 months registration, 12 months compulsory third party insurance (CTP), a maximum dealer delivery charge and stamp duty. Metallic/Premium paint at extra cost. Toyota reserves
the right to amend the offer and terms at any stage. [D]Recommended driveaway price (RDP) shown is applicable for Private customers, Bronze, and Silver Fleet customers, and primary producers, only at participating dealers. Offer available on new January 2019
to December 2019 built models purchased between 01/12/2019 and 31/01/2020 unless extended. RDP includes 12 months registration, 12 months compulsory third party insurance (CTP), a maximum dealer delivery charge and stamp duty. Metallic/Premium paint at
D2]Recommended driveaway price (RDP) shown is applicable for Private customers, Bronze, and Silver Fleet customers, and primary producers, only at partici
additional cost. Toyota reserves the right to amend the offer and terms at any stage. [F1]4.9% comparison rate available to approved applicants of Toyota Finance to finance all new & demo Corolla Hatch models (build dates from May 2018 – December 2019). Finance
offer available for Private, Bronze & Silver Fleet customers only. Offer ends 29/02/2020. Maximum finance term of 48 months applies. Terms, conditions, fees and charges apply. Toyota Finance reserves the right to change, extend or withdraw an offer at any time. Ask your
1/12/2019 and 31/01/2020 unless extended. RDP includes 12 months registration, 12 months compulsory third party insurance (CTP), a maximum dealer delivery
Dealer for more information. Comparison rate is based on a 5 year secured consumer fixed rate loan of $30,000. WARNING: This comparison rate is true only for the examples given and may not include all fees and charges. Different terms, fees or other loan amounts
might result in a different comparison rate. Toyota Finance, a division of Toyota Finance Australia Limited ABN 48 002 435 181, AFSL and Australian Credit Licence 392536.
ny stage. [A]Recommended driveaway price (RDP) shown is applicable to Private customers, Bronze, and Silver Fleet customers, and primary producers, only at p
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