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National Volunteers Week celebrates the vital contribution of volunteers in our community. In a special feature this week (turn to page 14), we shine the spotlight on some of the people who make such a positive different to us all through their dedication to the community. Churchill Island guide and former president of Friends of Churchill Island David Maunders was awarded for 15 years’ service. David attended a special volunteers bbq on Churchill Island, and caught up with past president and founding members Terry and Robyn Holman who have both volunteered at the farm for 43 years. Robyn is now involved with wool spinning in the Wool Shed.

Bass Coast Shire Council has thrown its support behind the Viet-nam Veterans, approving a proposal to build a new museum in Newhav-en, at the May council meeting.

The proposal includes a 4206 square metre building containing exhibition areas, visitor spaces in-cluding a café, and support areas, such as offi ces, archives and storage.

The plans also include extensive landscaping and a wetlands, as well as publicly accessible outdoor areas.

The museum access would be from a newly created fourth exit from the current roundabout at the intersec-tion of Phillip Island and Woolamai Beach roads.

The permit was granted, subject to 59 conditions, which include submit-ting amended plans for the building,

a landscape masterplan, a survey of all existing vegetation, vegetation offsets, a construction management plan, waste management plan and a cultural heritage plan.

Offi cers said although there were 10 objections to the proposal, they recommended approval.

Councillors voted unanimously to support it.

Cr Rochelle Halstead said it was an exciting time for Bass Coast and the Vietnam Veterans Museum.

“What they are proposing is a state-of-the-art building and a na-tional building for Vietnam veterans.

“It’s an honour to have them here,” she said.

Cr Halstead said concerns raised by neighbouring properties were ad-dressed through the conditions on

the permit.Cr Brett Tessari described himself

as a “massive supporter”.“I think the building will be amaz-

ing. The pride they’ve put into get-ting this building right – I look for-ward to seeing it built,” he said.

Cr Ronnie Bauer said it was an internationally signifi cant building and “a wonderful project”.

“This is the only Vietnam Veterans Museum in the world. The Ameri-cans don’t have anything like this,” he stated.

Cr David Rooks commended the environmental credentials of the building.

“It is away from the road with a vegetation roof and quite an envi-ronmentally sustainable design,” he said.

He raised a concern about the amount of earth moving from reveg-etating areas, but noted it was “out-side of the control of Council when they do their works”.

“I hope they do the right thing,” he said.

Cr Bruce Kent said he had met a Vietnam veteran on a recent holiday, who said they had not been treated properly during and after the war.

“With pride I told him what we are doing here on Phillip Island and it brought a smile to his face.

“I’m supporting it for him.”In closing Cr Halstead congratu-

lated the board of the Vietnam Vet-erans Museum.

“It’s run by volunteers and this has been a long process.

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It’s been a tough year for the San Remo Hotel, but there were smiles all round when the hotel took home the gold – twice – at the recent AHA awards.

The hotel was named the Best Casual Dining and Best Pub Bar in regional Victoria, a well-deserved accolade for manager Daniel Mock and his team, who have had more than their share of hardship in the past year.

After battling through Covid re-strictions in 2021, the hotel was looking forward to a busy summer when disaster struck.

A fire at the pub on January 4 saw them shut down at the busiest time of the year.

The entire hotel was shut for three or four days, then reopening the bar in a limited capacity (without light-ing), before finally getting back to normal service.

The popular bistro remained closed for 13 weeks, only reopening at the start of the recent school holidays.

Thanks to his dedicated and loyal staff, Daniel said the pub kept op-erating, even running a barbeque some days to feed customers.

He said the two awards were a great reward for the staff.

“To get those awards after all their hard work, through Covid and the fire, it was great.

“It was also good recognition for

our kitchen staff.”The awards are decided by a

“mystery shopper” approach, when judges from the AHA visit venues unannounced, and assess how well they operate.

“The AHA assessors give you a rating on different areas in each category,” Daniel explained.

“We got feedback last year on what we could improve on, so we made some changes.”

Clearly those changes worked!To win the Best Casual Dining

award, the hotel was judged on the dining experience, presentation, the feel of the venue and the quality of the meal.

For the Best Pub Bar, having a good presentation and drink ser-vice – including how the drinks are poured, and the temperature of the beer – are considered.

Daniel said the attitude of the staff was a “massive part” of the win.

“The assessors are looking for friendly service and also product knowledge, and obviously our staff

did very, very well.”Daniel said he was grateful for

the dedication of his staff, at a time when many hospitality venues were struggling to find workers.

“We’ve always been lucky with staff, it’s a pretty loyal crew.”

He said the hotel is now “doing as good as ever”, with the bistro back up and running, however there are still major renovations to be done to repair the fire damage.

“There will be some disruptions when we have to rebuild, but the silver lining is we can make some upgrades as well. There’s an oppor-tunity while we are doing the work to do some upgrades we’ve been dreaming of.”

In the meantime, the bar is open and the bistro is back to serving up fantastic pub fare.

“We’ve got a full bistro and menu, and the function room is operating,” Daniel said.

So if you’re looking for a night out, why not come on and enjoy regional Victoria’s best bar and bistro!

Residents have again raised concerns about the state of Phillip Island Road, saying the amount of roadside rubbish was increasing.

Litter included plastic, papers, broken glass and bits of furniture.

Last week, several chairs were dumped on the nature strip in Newhaven, causing one local resi-dent to query who was responsi-ble for maintaining the roadsides.

“Presumably the council has the responsibility to remove rubbish on the island however the road-sides are not being addressed,” they said.

“More to the point, the influx of people who are littering the island is having a detrimental effect.”

Beth Liley, Regional Roads Di-rector (Gippsland) Department of Transport urged everyone to dis-pose of rubbish thoughtfully and responsibly.

“Illegal dumping remains an ongoing challenge for the Depart-ment of Transport and local coun-cils,” Ms Liley said.

“Our crews carry out regular

maintenance inspections of the arterial road network, includ-ing weekly inspections of Phillip Island Road to ensure it remains safe and clear of any hazards.”

Regional Roads Victoria said strict inspection standards under its management plan means ev-ery arterial road is inspected at least once every four weeks, with weekly inspections in key areas.

Following inspections, crews will prioritise maintenance activi-ties, including litter collection.

In April, residents complained after contractors hired by RRV to slash the roadsides on Phillip Island Road failed to remove rub-bish before slashing, leaving a trail of destruction.

Anyone caught throwing litter from a vehicle can face a fine of between $330 and $600.

Illegal rubbish dumping can be reported to EPA Victoria on 1300 372 842 (1300 EPA VIC).

To report an issue or hazard on the road network, call RRV’s dedi-cated hotline 133 RRV.

Donations have flooded in to a GoFundMe page set up to support Samantha Fraser’s three children.

Since the page was launched, less than a fortnight ago, over $17,000 has been raised, with one generous anonymous community member donating $3000.

The children live with Saman-tha’s parents on Phillip Island and the cost of caring for and educat-ing a second family is consider-able and can be beyond retired grandparents.

Trevor Fraser said while the guilty verdict in the recent trial was an enormous relief for the family and Sam’s friends, there was still a mountain of challenges for the family, especially Sam’s young children.

The children are battling a num-ber of health conditions, which is adding to the stress.

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Three local arts organisations have been given a new home in Blue Gum Reserve.

At the May council meeting, coun-cillors voted to transform the exist-ing CFA building into a community hub when the CFA vacates in Au-gust.

Alongside Boomerang Bags, the Artist Society of Phillip Island (ASPI), the Phillip Island Art and Craft Gallery and the Phillip Island Contemporary Exhibition Space (PICES) will be housed in the refur-bished building.

Boomerang Bags will move from the current PICAL site, one of the many PICAL services that will be relocated to make way for the new Community Hospital.

PICAL’s community garden will also be relocated to the Blue Gum Reserve (see separate story).

The Council said co-locating the groups with the two PICAL services would create a community hub for Cowes.

Sandra Peeters from PICES said it was great news.

“PICES is particularly pleased to have been allocated a dedicated of-fice and storage space in the build-ing from which to plan and develop future events and exhibitions for the promotion of contemporary art on the Island, including in the new Cowes Cultural and Community Centre Gallery.

“It is also heart-warming to know that at last the Artists’ Society of Phillip Island (ASPI), the Art and Craft Gallery and Boomerang Bags will each have a secure base for their future activities.

“We look forward to working to-gether with the above groups to de-velop the Centre into a unique and welcoming arts hub.”

President of ASPI, Miranda Sage was equally excited noting this was the first time in the group’s 27-year history that it will have a permanent home.

“It will be a lovely, vibrant com-munity space,” she said.

“Past members have worked hard to try and secure a place we can call home. It means we will be able to be more inclusive and bring in other members of the community.”

Having the new space will allow the group to extend its activities, which include portraits and life drawings, creative get togethers and opportunities for people to work with textiles.

With about 160 members from Phillip Island and beyond, Miranda said membership included writers as well as artists. A name change is in the works to reflect that, with the group currently changing its incor-porated name to Arts Society Phillip Island Region – or ASPIR.

She said members were grateful for the support from Councillors and staff, who had helped put the new community hub together.

“What we are excited about is be-ing part of a community centre.

“It will be a place where people can come and participate in a safe and welcoming environment,” Mi-randa said.

“Being adjacent to the community garden will be fantastic. There will be all sorts of opportunities for peo-ple to participate.

For Aleta Grove from the Phillip Island Art and Craft Gallery, the decision ends two years of uncer-tainty.

“It’s a relief,” she said.“We’ve been pushed around since

the Cultural Centre, and it’s nice to have a forever home.”

The gallery was located in the old Cultural Centre for 25 years, and Aleta was outspoken in her criti-cism of the plans for the new centre not providing a designated space for the group.

“We’ve had this cloud hanging over us now for two years and that’s been pretty rough. It’s nice to come to a positive conclusion.

“I was concerned that with no-where to go, that would be the end of us. I didn’t want that to be my legacy.”

The gallery is currently operating from the PICAL site and Aleta said if it can’t move directly from PICAL to the CFA building, the gallery would have to close for a few months.

However, she is excited about the

opportunities the new building rep-resents.

“It will be up to us to make each of the spaces work.

“I think we will be able to make this something special and turn it into a destination,” she said, adding the three arts groups would work together.

“It’s exciting to think we have this new arts space.”

Council supportAt the May meeting, Cr David

Rooks said it was a “fantastic out-come” as the groups had been dis-placed when the Cultural Centre was demolished.

Coming from a sporting back-ground, he said he had only recently

become aware of the importance of arts in the community, and was very happy to support the project.

Cr Rochelle Halstead said she was pleased a new home had been found for the arts groups.

“I remember when I was first elected, Cr Rooks and I met with these groups and they were quite distressed about not having a home.

“I couldn’t be more excited for these groups. They have a new space to focus on being creative,” she said.

“There are talented artists who deserve our support and encourage-ment to continue their work in Bass Coast.”

Cr Ronnie Bauer said it was a “re-ally good outcome”.

“It manages to resolve the issues with groups being left out because of the Cultural Centre redevelop-ment and the new PICAL site at Warley Avenue.

“The officers did a good job nego-tiating a minefield.”

Council CEO Ali Wastie said funding for the refurbishment of the CFA building would be determined when the final budget is adopted at the June council meeting.

“A concept design has been devel-oped to update the existing building and ensure it is accessible with ap-propriate toilet amenities.

“Once the budget is adopted, the concept will proceed to detailed design and a tender process for the works will be undertaken with the aim of having the user groups in the building later this year.”

Ms Wastie said she expected the Blue Gum Reserve Masterplan to be amended in the coming weeks and work on construction the commu-nity garden would start as soon as possible.

The CFA building on Settlement Road will become a new community arts hub later this year, housing Boomerang Bags, the Artist Society of Phillip Island (ASPI), the Phillip Island Art and Craft Gallery and the Phillip Is-land Contemporary Exhibition Space (PICES) in the refurbished building.

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The planning permit approved by Council for the new National Vietnam Veterans Museum has 59 conditions attached.

The report presented at the May council meet-ing said the proposal would provide an econom-ic boost during construction and employment opportunities once it opened – and both were extremely beneficial to the region, without any “undue impacts” on the local community.

It also represented the potential to grow the tourism and visitor economy.

The new building would replace the existing museum and permanently display and store a collection of over 40,000 items and artefacts.

According to officers, the proposal “includes significant landscape and environmental out-comes that will benefit the community more generally”.

The development, which is on a 40-ha site, includes 60 car parking spaces, an overflow parking area for 30 spaces, bus parking, a com-memorative garden and event spaces.

Outdoor areas would be open to the public, without needing to buy a museum entry ticket, with a picnic and lawn area, boardwalk circuit, and wetlands.

Approximately 0.207 ha of native vegetation would be removed for the development, requir-ing vegetation offsets.

Although the land is currently zoned farm-ing, and the development would reduce the area of land available for agriculture by 17 hectares, the report said the “land class that is lost is largely the saline areas which have low rural productivity”.

“The value is low in consideration of the val-ues that the development will bring to the re-gion with the establishment of a national mu-seum,” the report stated.

It also stated the build was “respectful of val-ued landscape characteristics” and the propos-al “demonstrated a net environmental gain and proposed a contemporary approach to sustain-able design”.

ObjectionsThere were 11 objections received to the pro-

posal. Key concerns were the impacts on neigh-bouring properties if there was not adequate stormwater management and affects of inun-dation and flooding.

The report noted these could be adequately managed with further modelling and detailed design work.

“Council is satisfied that suitable drainage solutions are available and will not result in environmental degradation,” the report noted.

Some objections related to “inappropriate use and development” of land in a farming zone, however the report stated “tourism uses and development are considered to satisfy planning policy on appropriate sites in rural zones”.

The land is included in the Distinctive Area and Landscape Strategy (DAL), so Council of-ficers met with Department of Environment Land Water and Planning to discuss the impact of the draft Statement of Planning Policy (SPP). Officers concluded “the proposal can achieve the objectives and strategies” of the Significant Landscape Overlay for the area (SLO3) pro-posed as part of the SPP.

The report also stated that no environmen-tal overlays applied to the land. The proposal

included a native vegetation assessment and conditions of the permit would address lighting issues, which would address concerns around environmental impacts and native vegetation.

Some objections raised the visual impact of the proposal, however the report noted there were no landscape overlays on the site.

While it acknowledged there would be im-pacts, including landscape changes, the “design of the building and associated areas presents a sympathetic approach to blending with the landscape”, the report stated.

The Department of Transport provided condi-tional consent to changes to the roundabout on Phillip Island Road to provide access to the site.

The cost of adding a fourth leg to the round-about must be covered by the development.

However council officers agreed with con-cerns about the proposal for a staged develop-ment of the site, saying no details had been pro-vided on how this could be achieved.

“This is not considered satisfactory. The ap-plication is to be amended to remove ‘staged’ from the preamble,” the report stated.

The permit conditions include work begin-ning within four years of approval, with eight years to complete the works.

Despite objections about the lack of commu-nity input into the proposal, the report stated the applicant had fulfilled the requirements for adequate community consultation.

Key conditionsThe key conditions for the permit relate to:• Amended plans, including details of pro-

posed signage, and plans for lighting, bicycle signage and landscaping

• Not altering the layout, size, design and lo-cation of the building

• Landscaping master plan to include a sur-vey of existing vegetation, details of surface fin-ishes, planting schedule, locations of pathways, water features, outdoor furniture and shelters

• Native vegetation removal and offsets• Hours of operation (only between 10am –

11pm), cap on patron numbers (230 patrons plus staff) and restricted delivery times (7am – 6pm)

• Area amenity, including waste manage-ment, drainage and stormwater systems

• Civil construction plan, flood modelling and Cultural Heritage Management

• Vehicle access and car parking, as well as access to Phillip Island Road

• Construction management, including OH&S, route for construction vehicles, reduc-ing impact of noise, dust and emissions during construction, weed prevention.

New museum plans approved

A simmering battle between Bass Coast Shire Council and the Bass Coast Ratepayers and Residents Association went up another notch at the May Council meeting.

This week, BCRRA accused the staff of cen-soring correspondence and diverting emails from councillors, part of an ongoing series of complaints against Council, including claims of a lack of transparency, “overseeing the de-struction of good governance” and weakening democracy,

However Council’s CEO Ms Wastie returned fire with descriptions of unacceptable be-haviour that included bombarding staff with hundreds of emails, or sending threatening or highly offensive correspondence.

At Community Question time, Graham Jol-ly stated “anonymous members of the CEO administration have and are now targeting BCRRA and selected community members and are continually intercepting, censoring and preventing email communications from being delivered to its intended delivery address, the councillors. Does the CEO approve and con-done this unacceptable practice?”

Ms Wastie replied that in accordance with the council’s Unreasonable Conduct by Customers Policy, “a very small number” of customers had correspondence directed to a generic email ad-dress, which is “checked regularly and actioned where required”.

Ms Wastie said the practice allowed staff to “triage” emails and provide timely and appro-priate responses.

She also said the majority of Victorian coun-cils had similar policies in place, “designed to protect staff and councillors and efficiently manage services while upholding the rights of the community to communicate with council”.

Ms Wastie gave examples of behaviour that could see a customer being dealt with under the Unreasonable Conduct policy, such as one individual who sent more than 400 emails in a year, court orders that prohibit all form of con-tact, making threats against family members of staff or councillors, or sending communication that is “highly offensive and derogatory, or de-signed to cause psychological harm”.

Ms Wastie said there was a long-standing in-vitation for the President of the BCRRA to meet with council, but it had yet to be taken up.

BCRRA treasurer Graham Jolly accused coun-cil staff of censoring correspondence, in a ques-tion posed at this month’s council meeting.

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Veterans delightedVietnam Veterans Museum board member,

Phil Dressing said he was delighted with the result.

“We have spent considerable time and money to get to this point.

“There is still a way to go, but this is a real, big step in the right direction. We’re thrilled to the back teeth.”

He said the board was happy with the condi-tions of the permit.

“There was nothing we thought was onerous.”

He said the support voiced by the councillors was particularly pleasing.

The next step will be securing finance for construction of the $50 million project.

The board adopted a formal fundraising strategy earlier in the year and Phil said that would now be put into action, as the project needed a “big money kick-off”.

“We’re looking for $15 million from the state government and an additional $10 million from the Federal government, which has already committed $5 million to the project.”

Phil said there was approximately $1.5 mil-lion remaining from the initial Federal govern-ment grant, which would be used to develop additional plans to keep the project moving forward.

With a state election in November, he said the board would be working very hard to secure funding, after a pitch for funding in the May budget was unsuccessful.

“Hopefully if we lobby hard enough and well enough, we can obtain an electoral pledge of $15 million.”

With a double anniversary coming up in Au-gust this year – 60 years since the arrival of Australian troops into the Vietnam War and 50 years since their withdrawal, Phil is hoping both levels of government will mark the occa-sion with financial support for the project.

The fundraising strategy also involves ap-proaching governments in countries that were allies during the war.

“The US doesn’t have a museum of this na-ture. There’s nothing in Korea, nothing in Thai-land. These were our allies.

“We’re approaching those governments and we’re optimistic they’ll consider lesser sums, to represent their interests as well.”

Individuals and corporations will also be ap-proached to support the project.

Phil said the board would “sit tight” for an-other month, as objectors to the project still have 28 days to take the matter to VCAT, before actioning its plans.

Outdoor areas at the new museum would be open to the public, without needing to buy a museum entry ticket, with a picnic and lawn area and boardwalk circuit, as well as wetlands.

The Council approved a permit for a new $50 million Vietnam Veterans Museum at Newhaven, which includes exhibition spaces, visitor spaces and areas for offices, archives and storage.

Green light for new Vietnam Veterans Museum


The Liberal MP Russell Broad-bent has retained the seat of Monash.

Mr Broadbent held off Labor candidate Jessica O’Donnell, but suffered a 8.45 per cent swing against him in the primary vote.

He holds the seat with a mar-gin of less than three per cent and Monash is now officially classified as marginal.

Like many seats across the country, support for the two ma-jor parties dropped. Monash saw Independent Deb Leonard pick-ing up 10.98 per cent of the vote with the Greens’ Mat Morgan close behind on 9.49 per cent.

Mr Broadbent said it was “an honour to be re-elected”.

“Thank you to everyone who has continued to support me over the years and has put their trust in me to be their voice in Canberra once again.”

Jessica O’Donnell posted a huge thank you to her support-ers on Facebook, noting that “while we didn’t get across the line here this time, Monash is now marginal!”.

She thanked all the volunteers who came out to help her and the community who supported her.

Ms Leonard said she was over-whelmed by the level of support she received in her first tilt at public office.

“With the help of a couple of hundred volunteers including many family and friends, and some awesome fundraising at the local level, together we have achieved an incredible result in such a short space of time.

“The major parties will no lon-ger be able to take the Monash electorate for granted, as there is now a significant body of people

who have the power to hold them to account.”

She called on the incoming Labor government to make sure the Monash electorate gets its fair share of funding for roads, health services and schools.

“Over 8500 people across the electorate voted differently this election – they voted for some-one with no party, no political brand, just a willingness to lis-ten and represent our commu-nity values.

“I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to each and every voter for standing up to the big parties to demand better.”

Ms Leonard says this is un-likely to be the end of her time in politics.

“If our community can achieve this much in less than four months, imagine what we can achieve in another three years!

Pre-poll and absentee votes for the seat have yet to be counted.

Phillip Island Nature Parks has taken swift action in response to evidence of a fox on the island for the first time in seven years – and is asking for the community’s help by reporting any sightings.

The Nature Parks is responding to a report of a fox on Phillip Island af-ter a number of chickens were killed on Bimbadeen egg farm at Ventnor earlier this month.

Prints and a scat were found ini-tially, and infrared surveillance cameras set up that night captured the fox near the property.

PINP confirmed that the cameras had subsequently recorded the fox a second time in the same vicinity.

Stuart Murphy, Vertebrate Pest Program Manager at the Nature Parks, said traps have been de-ployed, and night-time surveys and detection dog surveys are being undertaken at the site and in sur-rounding areas to locate and re-move the fox.

The scat and other samples will be undergoing genotyping to determine the sex and obtain a DNA profile of the fox for future reference, he said.

“Foxes are the greatest land-based threat to little penguins on Phillip Island, so we’ve been moni-toring the Summerland Peninsula regularly to ensure the safety of the colony and thankfully there has been no evidence of fox presence in the area to date,” he said.

Foxes are one of the primary causes of extinction for many of our native species, and they also pose a threat to livestock and domestic pets.

“We’re asking for the communi-ty’s help by reporting any fox sight-ings on Phillip Island to 0419 369 365,” Mr Murphy said.

“A combined effort between the Nature Parks and the community will help us to capture this fox – and remove the threat it poses to our little penguins, local wildlife and livestock – as quickly as possible.”

Phillip Island was declared fox-free in 2017, after around 25 years of dedicated effort.

Removing the threat of foxes has always been a priority of the Nature Parks.

Ongoing measures undertaken since 2017 include establishment of a fox control buffer zone on the mainland to reduce the threat of re-invasion, the use of detection dogs, night vision equipment, and ensur-ing the Foxcam on the Phillip Island bridge remains operational.

“While we don’t know how the fox arrived on Phillip Island, we do know the Foxcam is operating well and would have detected a fox crossing the bridge from the main-land,” Mr Murphy said.

“Foxes have been known to swim significant distances in search of new territory and food, and it wouldn’t have been impossible for a fox to swim between San Remo and Phillip Island.”

Russell Broadbent was re-elect-ed as the member for Monash, but retains the seat with a mar-gin of less than three per cent.

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Council Update

Bass Coast Shire Council, 76 McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi | PO Box 118, Wonthaggi VIC 3995 | 1300 BCOAST (226 278) or (03) 5671 2211 or via the National Relay Service (for people with speech or hearing difficulties) on 13 36 77 | [email protected] | www.basscoast.vic.gov.au

Changed Traffic Conditions Phillip Island Bridge: Tuesday, 31 MayChanged traffic conditions will be in place on the Phillip Island Bridge on Tuesday, 31 May for the Bridge Walk for Reconciliation:

• One way traffic will be in place between 11.30am and 12.15pm.

For any enquires please contact Council’s Visitor Economy and Events Officer, Jenni McMillan on the numbers below.

Local Law ReviewFeedback is invited on the Draft Local Law No. 1 Neighbourhood Amenity 2022, which can be provided at www.engage.basscoast.vic.gov.au/llreview-2022.

The community can also provide their feedback at a drop-in session, which will be held at:

• Inverloch Community Hub: Friday, 27 May - 10.30am to 12.30pm

• Old Post Office – Watt Street, Wonthaggi: Tuesday, 31 May - 2.00pm to 4.00pm

• Newhaven Visitors Centre - Meeting Room: Thursday, 2 June - 5.00pm to 7.00pm

The review of the current Local Law identified opportunities to simplify, strengthen and expand the new Local Law, so that it continues to meet the needs of the Bass Coast community.

The Local Law covers a range of clauses - from unsightly land, roadside and footpath trading and planting on nature strips, to building sites, animal management and protection of public assets.

The feedback period closes at 5.00pm on Thursday, 16 June.

Bass Coast Shire Council has resolved to amend the Blue Gum Reserve Master Plan, to incorporate a new community garden.

The community garden is currently located in the grounds of Phillip Island Com-munity and Learning Centre (PICAL) on Church Street.

The state government’s de-velopment of the Cowes Com-munity Hospital on Church Street requires PICAL move and Council purchased a site on Warley Avenue for the re-location of PICAL.

The new building is cur-rently under construction (off-site, as it is a modular form of construction) and is expected to be in place before the end of the year.

However the Warley Avenue site does not have room to ac-commodate the community garden.

Bass Coast Shire Mayor Cr Michael Whelan said that it was important to fi nd a new home for the garden, as it is a valued community asset.

“Relocating the community garden to Blue Gum Reserve will provide a wonderful op-portunity for the local com-munity to be involved in its establishment. Once it is up and running, it will also sup-ply produce for PICAL’s food pantry,” Cr Whelan said.

“The garden will be fully ac-cessible and include a space to hold workshops and training sessions.”

Council is also looking to develop a community hub for Cowes within Blue Gum Re-serve, with a range of groups being co-located within the former CFA site.

“The refurbishment of the former CFA building to ac-commodate community groups will be considered as part of the Draft 2022/23 Bud-get,” Cr Whelan said.

“The social benefi ts from both the community garden

and the refurbishment of the CFA building are pivotal in the re-establishment of com-munity groups after the Covid pandemic.”

The total cost for the con-struction of the Community Garden is estimated to be around $278,000. PICAL will contribute $38,764 towards the project. The remainder of the funding will be allocated from Council’s Recreation and Resorts Fund.

The cost for the refurbish-ment of the Council owned CFA building is estimated to be $185,582 plus GST, bring-ing the total council contribu-tion to $424,818 (+ gst).

Not particularly happyPICAL General Manager

Greg Thompson has however challenged the council’s state-ment that the garden “will include a space to hold work-shops and training sessions” and believes PICAL’s overall needs are not being adequate-ly met.

“The Council did not pro-vide PICAL with any fi t-for-purpose training space at Blue Gum Reserve, despite making an earlier promise to PICAL in August 2021, that we could utilise most of the CFA Sta-tion.

“As we now know, the CFA Station has now been entirely allocated to other community groups.”

He said he understood Coun-cil’s argument is the relocated Coel’s Shed and the large new workshop shed, which PICAL itself has secured from grants, will be located within the new garden, and council believes PICAL can hold future training sessions there.

But he said this is not the case.

“Both of these sheds will hold machinery, stored equip-ment and other ‘sharps’, with very little vacant fl oorspace,” he commented.

“The new facilities at War-ley Avenue, when completed, will only provide half the fl oorspace which we currently utilise at our present Church Street site, which is why we so eagerly sought a second site and more training facilities at Blue Gum Reserve.

“Despite making a public statement when our current site at Church Street was originally sold to the Depart-ment of Health in June 2019, that “PICAL would be looked after”, it now appears the Council believes that the new and much smaller building at Warley Avenue and the re-es-tablished garden at Blue Gum

Reserve, satisfi es this original commitment.

“Our great concern is that so many small groups which operate out of PICAL will now have nowhere to go.”

Mr Thompson said the ser-vices of these groups are well known and appreciated in the community, and PICAL has been overwhelmed by the amount of community sup-port being offered, with some of the local churches offering space, after hearing of the di-lemma PICAL now faces.

He said PICAL is looking ur-gently to other future sources of assistance and facilities, both from the state govern-ment and within our own lo-cal community, “to continue delivering those services that

we will not be able to accom-modate at either of our two new sites.”

Smiles all round from councillors

However it was smiles all round for councillors at last week’s council meeting, when the Blue Gum Garden Reserve was unanimously given the go ahead.

Cr David Rooks described the result as a fantastic out-come.

“Moving the community garden to Blue Gum Reserve is a very popular decision. After consultation, 37 people came back and supported the move. I look forward to going and visiting it.”

Cr Ron Bauer agreed. “This is a really good outcome.”

Cr Rochelle Halstead said she knew there were concerns about the moving date for PICAL.

“I hope PICAL doesn’t lose sight of the fact they are a Community House and should be funded by the Victorian government.

“Ratepayers through Coun-cil have supported their ef-forts and Council stepped up when the state government went missing.

“The state has contributed $100,000.

“I think Council has well and truly supported the group and we are happy to do so. But it should be funded by the state government.”

The CEO of PICAL Greg Thompson has spoken of his concerns about the upcoming move to a new premises, and the potential impact on vital services.

His concerns were shared at a morning tea last week to celebrate the vital contri-bution of volunteers (see separate story).

PICAL is being relocated to Warley Avenue to make way for a new commu-nity hospital and must be off its current site and into new premises by Novem-ber if its current level of service is to continue unimpeded.

But given that the proposed new PICAL building in Warley Avenue will have only 440 square metres of floor-space, compared to the 800 square me-tres it currently occupies, Mr Thomp-son fears many small groups which currently operate out of PICAL will have nowhere to go.

The Council also did not provide PICAL with any fit-for-purpose train-ing space at the Blue Gum Reserve.

“As we now know, the CFA Station has been entirely allocated to other commu-nity groups,” Mr Thompson said.

He said PICAL had been short changed, as the details of its relocation are beginning to emerge.

“We know we are going to have a pur-pose-built facility in Warley Avenue, which will accommodate some of our services.

“But it will not accommodate all of them,” he said.

“We have been short-changed. We have lost out on some of our adult learn-ing services.”

On a brighter note, he said strong community support was being offered to PICAL by other organisations and individuals aware of the grim situation, including offers of church halls.

“We are not going to disappear,” he assured those present at the volunteers’ morning tea.

“But there will be angst.”

No space for vital community work

The total cost for the construction of the Community Garden is estimated to be around $278,000. PICAL will contribute $38,764 towards the project. The remainder of the funding will be allocated from Council’s Recreation and Resorts Fund.

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By osteopath Maddy Thorpe, Balance Health

Pain is complicated.3.4 million Australians

are living with chronic pain. Lower back pain is the leading cause of disability in Austra-lia. (1)

Understanding your persis-tent pain is important.

In previous years, pain man-agement focused on looking for the causes and responding with treatments. This could mean months, years or even decades of tests and having one’s hopes repeatedly dashed.

Today, we have a better un-derstanding of pain mecha-nisms and treatment. We know that understanding your pain is essential to changing your pain experience. (2)

Is your body overprotecting?The relationship between

pain and tissue damage can be very surprising. This is be-cause pain isn’t there to give you a running commentary on the state of your body tissues. It’s there to protect them from anything dangerous. Pain gets your attention and urges you to act to avoid that danger. (3)

The purpose of pain is pro-tection. However, sometimes it becomes over-zealous. When you’ve lived with pain for a long time, your system will have become more effective and more protective of that body area. This means pain gets triggered way before your body is in danger. (3)

Myths and nocebo’sHave you ever heard of pla-

cebo effect? The placebo effect is when a person’s physical or mental health appears to im-prove after taking a placebo or ‘dummy’ treatment. The nocebo effect is the opposite. It occurs when negative expec-tations regarding a treatment, cause the treatment to have a more negative effect than it otherwise would have. Bust-ing a few myths can help you identify noceboes and steer clear of them.

• Myth 1: Lower back pain (LBP) is usually a serious med-ical condition.

• Myth 2: LBP will become persistent and deteriorate in later life.

• Myth 3: Persistent LBP is always related to tissue dam-age.

• Myth 4: Scans are always needed to detect the cause of LBP.

• Myth 5: Pain related to ex-ercise and movement is always a warning that harm is being done to the spine and a signal

to stop or modify activity.• Myth 6: LBP is caused by

poor posture when sitting, standing and lifting.

• Myth 7: LBP is caused by weak ‘core’ muscles and hav-ing a strong core protects against future LBP.

• Myth 8: Repeated spinal loading results in ‘wear and tear’ and tissue damage.

• Myth 9: Pain flare-ups are a sign of tissue damage and re-quire rest.

• Myth 10: Treatments such as strong medications, injec-tions and surgery are effective, and necessary, to treat LBP. (4)

Facts and recoveryResearchers at Curtin Uni-

versity have also come up with ten helpful facts about lower back pain. The reason they did this is because a positive mind-set regarding lower back pain is associated with lower levels of pain, disability and health-care seeking. Once red flags and serious pathology are ex-cluded, evidence supports that:

• Fact 1: LBP is not a serious life-threatening medical con-dition.

• Fact 2: Most episodes of LBP improve and LBP does not get worse as we age.

• Fact 3: A negative mind-set, fear-avoidance behaviour, negative recovery expecta-tions, and poor pain coping behaviours are more strongly associated with persistent pain than is tissue damage.

• Fact 4: Scans do not deter-mine prognosis of the current episode of LBP, the likelihood of future LBP disability, and do not improve LBP clinical outcomes.

• Fact 5: Graduated exercise and movement in all direc-tions is safe and healthy for the spine.

• Fact 6: Spine posture dur-ing sitting, standing and lift-ing does not predict LBP or its persistence.

• Fact 7: A weak core does not cause LBP, and some peo-

ple with LBP tend to over tense their ‘core’ muscles. While it is good to keep the trunk mus-cles strong, it is also helpful to relax them when they aren’t needed.

• Fact 8: Spine movement and loading is safe and builds structural resilience when it is graded.

• Fact 9: Pain flare-ups are more related to changes in ac-tivity, stress and mood rather than structural damage.

• Fact 10: Effective care for LBP is relatively cheap and safe. This includes: education that is patient-centred and fosters a positive mindset, and coaching people to opti-mise their physical and mental health (such as engaging in physical activity and exercise, social activities, healthy sleep habits and body weight, and remaining in employment). (4)

RecoveryJust as the pain system

learned to be overprotective, it can be retrained to work normally thanks to the adapt-ability of our body (bioplastic-ity). It is useful to look at this from every angle and come up with a unique solution tailored to everyone. In a recent article Painaustralia Board Director Dr Chris Hayes shared five key steps to managing pain including:

• Working to reduce pain medication

• Expressing how you feel and learn about pain

• An anti-inflammatory diet• Increasing physical exer-

cise• Improving social connec-

tion (5)Often it is helpful to have

someone guide you through these changes. And is why seeing an allied health profes-sional who has a special inter-est in persistent pain is a great first step.

References1. Painaustralia. The cost of pain in

Australia [Internet]. Deloitte Access Economics; 2019. Available from: https://www.painaustralia.org.au/static/up-loads/files/ the-cost-of-pain-in-australia-final-report-12marwfxbrfyboams.pdf

2. Painrevolution.org. 2022. Learn more about your pain. [online] Available at: <https://www.painrevolution.org/fact-sheets/learn-more-about-your-pain> [Ac-cessed 10 May 2022].

3. Painrevolution.org. 2022. Pain equals protection. [online] Available at: <https://www.painrevolution.org/factsheets/pain-equals-protection> [Accessed 10 May 2022].4.. Back to basics: 10 facts every per-son should know about back pain

4. O’Sullivan, P., Caneiro, J., O’Sullivan, K., Lin, I., Bunzli, S., Wernli, K. and O’Keeffe, M., 2022. Back to basics: 10 facts every person should know about back pain.

5. Herald Sun, 2022. New ways to man-age chronic pain. [online] Available at: <https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/new-ways-to-manage-chronic-pain/news-story/ [Accessed 10 May 2022]

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At the May council meeting, councillors voted to send a draft of a new Short Stay Rental Accommodation Local Law out to the community for feedback.

A community drop-in session will be held at the Newhaven Visitors Centre on Thursday, June 2 from 5pm to 7pm, with sessions also scheduled in Inverloch and Wonthaggi.

The Local Law covers a range of issues, including animal management, domestic waste, use of council land and short stay ac-commodation.

A summary of the key changes proposed were released to the community in January this year and used to compile the draft.

The key changes included introducing a law to help regulate the use of short stay accom-modation and rules around unsightly land, domestic waste, burning off, camping, vege-tation on nature strips or footpaths, animals, motorbikes/motorised vehicles, street par-ties, outdoor trading, alcohol and smoke free zones, shopping trolleys, bees and controls around drones and model aeroplanes.

The community now has a month to provide feedback (until June 16), as the law must be adopted no later than July.

Cr Bruce Kent urged the community to have their say.

“This is your opportunity to tell council what you want, what you think is fair, what you think is unfair,” he said.

On the issue of short-term accommodation, he said it was a chance for residents to say what they thought was fair, but also for “good landlords to speak up for themselves”.

“This is going to be with us for a long time, so get in there and make a comment.”

Cr David Rooks said issues of noise and rubbish at short term accommodation came up a lot and he was keen to see additional re-quirements around waste management.

“I think something will need to be added in, to get kitchen bins to align to the external bins,” he said.

“It’s important that short term stays have three bins inside, so they sort their waste straight away.”

Cr Ronnie Bauer, who has long campaigned for additional bin collections over summer to address the waste issue, echoed Cr Rooks’ statement.

Last year, alongside Cr Leticia Laing, Cr Bauer drafted a short stay accommodation bylaw, based on a bylaw on the Mornington Peninsula.

“I’m glad what we worked on for short term accommodation has been incorporated,” he said, adding he hoped the issues could start to be resolved.

Cr Rochelle Halstead highlighted a new section relating to beehives in gardens.

“It has been an issue raised with me pre-viously and council has not been able to ad-dress it.”

Cr Kent said he kept hives himself and urged other beehive owners to look after

them properly.In a statement released after the meeting,

Council said there had been extensive con-sultation which had identified opportunities to simplify, strengthen and expand the new Local Law so that it met the needs of the com-munity.

It said a section relating to short stay ac-commodation was a significant proposed change to the new Local Law.

Previously, Council registered holiday homes under The Public Health and Wellbe-ing Act (2008).

Short stayCouncil said the purpose of the proposed

new Short Stay Rental Accommodation Lo-cal Law provision is to:

• Regulate the control and use of short stay rental accommodation

• Ensure an appropriate standard of man-agement of such accommodation

• Minimise the risk of such accommodation affecting the peace of neighbours

• Implement a registration and renewal re-quirement of such accommodation

• Set a ‘maximum stay’ duration for cus-tomers

• Ensure that waste is managed to protect the environment that visitors come to enjoy

The behaviour of residents in short stay hol-iday homes and Airbnb properties has been an ongoing concern for residents.

In January, the Advertiser wrote about one group of short-term holiday renters in Cowes causing $30,000 damage at their rental.

Real estate agents, too, have reported a rise in the number of problematic permanent com-mercial holiday leases – properties with no lo-cal manager – with one agent calling on the council to convene a round table to “thrash out” solutions.

Island Voice also contacted council to raise its concerns.

“As the island’s key community group, we have been approached by a number of resi-dents who have horrendous stories, such as intimidating verbal abuse, rubbish scattered everywhere, property destroyed,” Secretary Linda Marston told the Advertiser earlier this year.

“Some residents have a constant neigh-bouring rotation at least every weekend, if not more often, and don’t know what they’re going to get from one day to the next. It’s an issue that comes up time and time again.”

For more information on the Local Law Review and to provide feedback, visit www.engage.basscoast.vic.gov.au/llreview-2022.

Council is holding drop-in sessions for in-person feedback at:

• Inverloch Community Hub, Friday, May 27 from 10.30am to12.30pm

• Old Post Office, Watt Street Wonthaggi on Tuesday, May 31 from 2pm to 4pm

• Newhaven Visitors Centre Meeting Room on Thursday, June 2, 5pm to 7pm

Facts about your back!

Osteopath Maddy Thorpe from Balance Health shares some back facts to help manage back pain.

Council said the purpose of the proposed new Short Stay Rental Accommodation Local Law was to regulate the control and use of short stay accommodation, including manag-ing waste.

Short Stay Rental Accommodation Local Law under review

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In classrooms teachers deliver classes that stimulate all students and have them excited about learning. We have a strong phonics-based curriculum that immerses students in letters, sounds, blends and words.; which establishes a strong begin-ning for their reading, writing and lan-guage journey.

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San Remo Primary offers the specialist subjects of Japanese, Art, Music and Phys-ical Education to all students.

There are also many extra curricular ac-tivities that students are involved in.

Next week the whole school will be doing a cross country run around the streets of the town with parent helpers also involved.

It will be a great school community event.

P/1/2 will extend consolidate their learn-ing about farms unit, by visiting Chester-fi eld Farm. The Life Education Van visit included sessions where ‘Harold’ and his helper addressed students on health, being cyber safe, and the importance of being supportive of each other.

Grade 3 to 6 students are involved in vir-tual dance classes at the moment, and hav-ing a ball expressing themselves through dance. This unit will culminate with a dance company visit to the school.

The San Remo Primary school commu-nity looks after all students.

We encourage and teach them to be the best that they can be and celebrate who they are.

After Covid lockdowns and home-schooling, par-ents across the state have a new level of respect for teachers and their dedication.

This year also marks 150 years of Public Educa-tion in Victoria.

Victoria was the fi rst state in Australia – and one of the fi rst in the world – to make education free, secu-lar and compulsory to all children aged 6-15. Around 600 schools opened across the state in the fi ve years following the passing of the Education Act in 1872.

The milestone is being marked with a range of activities across the year designed to commemorate the past, celebrate the present and imagine the fu-ture of education.

A dedicated Victorian Government website will feature the 483 original government schools from 1872 alongside every other government school es-tablished since, displaying a selection of digitally preserved historical records from the past 150 years including school history summaries, enrolment reg-isters and photos.

There are undoubtedly thousands more historical gems yet to be uncovered to tell Victoria’s long and proud education history – and anyone with photos, documents or other vintage school treasures is en-couraged to email them to [email protected] to help build this digital time capsule.

More than 6,500 archive boxes have already been collected and digitised from schools around Victo-ria.

For more information on the 150 Years of Public Education milestone, visit www.vic.gov.au/150years.

Celebrating our schoolsNow in its 78th year, Education Week is a chance to celebrate the achieve-ments of our schools.

Best experience at San Remo PrimaryGrade3-4 students (from left) Tom, Lu-cille, Harvey and Caden working together on their problem-solving skills.

San Remo Primary is a school community that looks after all of our students, regardless of their age, ability and learning. Grade 6 student Maya (centre), with her prep buddies Amelia and Nate.


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Education Week celebrates the strengths and achievements of Vic-toria’s government education sector, and this year’s theme is ‘150 Years of Public Education’.

Cowes Primary School has been the heartbeat of education on Phillip Island for 147 years which is amazing given some schools have opened their doors for the fi rst time this year.

On Monday, students enjoyed a spe-cial assembly that explored the rich history of Cowes Primary School. The assembly included a Q&A panel with host by teacher Clint Wilson where past students Laurie Dixon (Ventnor), Margaret Spottiswood,

Tori Cleeland, and longest serving staff member Chris Wickes shared insights from past years.

Cowes State School (1282) opened on February 10, 1874.

There were 49 students in the school’s fi rst year and it had declined to 39 by 1875 and then 18 by 1890.

There were also schools in Rhyll (closed 1952) and Ventnor (unstaffed 1964).

In 1952, a new site, the school’s cur-rent location, was purchased with the plan of consolidating schools on Phillip Island into one, but this was against the wishes of many in the community. Only two rooms and an

offi ce were initially built at the Settle-ment Road site. Students were split across four rooms, two at Thompson Avenue and two at Settlement Road.

In 1971, there were 150 students.In 2017, enrolment peaked at 581.Many students have attended Cow-

es Primary School since it began, and many families have a long-standing association with the school.

Current families who have a long as-sociation with Cowes Primary School include the Neely, Jeffery, Rocotas, Spottiswood and McFee families.

Emily McFee (Grade 2), her father David McFee and grandfather Ian McFee all attended Cowes Primary

School. Ian commenced halfway through prep, around 1953, at the old Shire offi ces and later moved over to the Settlement Road site where he continued to Year 6. Ian remembers planting some of the gumtrees at the front of the school along Settlement Road.

Andy McFee (David’s brother) also attended Cowes Primary School as did his wife Skye McFee. Their daughter Matilda McFee is currently in prep at Cowes Primary School.

Many families have enjoyed a long association with the school and so has one longstanding staff member. Ms Chris Wickes, the school’s longest

serving staff member, commenced in 1978 making this her 45th year at CPS!

The school currently employs nine former students who are all commit-ted to developing future generations of Cowes Primary School students.

Cowes Primary School has a long and proud history of providing qual-ity education for children on Phillip Island for 147 years.

On June 9, the school is holding an open morning information session at 9.30am and invites all present, prospective, and interested families who have a child starting in prep to come along and learn more about the school.

Generations of education at Cowes Primary

Some of the staff of Cowes Primary, who also attended as students (from left to right): Back - Cath Huther, Todd Cleeland, Tori Cleeland and Casey Cleeland (currently serving on School Council). Front – Tessa Johnston, Emma Godena, Chloe Moxey and Alex Duyker. Absent: Pam Gains and Andrew Burgan.

Three generations of the Spottiswood family have attended Cowes Primary School. Margaret Spottiswood (Nee McKenzie) (second left) with her children James Spottiswood (back left) and Lucy Kennedy (back right) and their children Olly and Eli Spottiswood, and Angus, Henry and Sam Kennedy.

Ms Chris Wickes, the school’s longest serv-ing staff member, commenced in 1978 mak-ing this her 45th year at CPS!


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Country University Centre (CUC) Bass Coast is a dedicated local study and learning space for high-er education students in the Bass Coast region.

The Centre is located at 21-23 Baillieu Street East, Wonthaggi. CUC Bass Coast is part of the Coun-try Universities Centre affi liate net-work, including 13 Centres in 15 locations across Australia. The Australian Government supports the Centre under the Regional Uni-versity Centres Program alongside critical local support.

It used to be the case that if you lived in a rural area, going to uni-versity meant going away to univer-sity. Thankfully that’s no longer the case. With so many online courses, studying a university degree with-out leaving home is easier than ever.

“The most signifi cant benefi t of distance education for regional students is the range of course op-tions available at their doorstep,” said Andrea Evans-McCall, Centre Manager at CUC Bass Coast.

“Undertaking distance educa-tion means students can maintain involvement in their local commu-nities, part-time employment, and stay connected to their support net-works.”

CUC Bass Coast, provides the in-frastructure to enable students to succeed while learning remotely, including high-speed internet, quiet study spaces, and local face-to-face academic support, via the Learning Skills Advisors (LSA) program.

The LSA program is designed to build confi dence and academic

skills for regional students study-ing via distance. Getting settled into study and learning the necessary skills to succeed at university, such as navigating online portals, creat-ing study plans, and understanding new university terminology, can be diffi cult. The LSA program is a free service designed to support stu-dents through their studies. What-ever the stumbling block, CUC Bass Coast is there to help all registered students, from those new to study to more experienced students.

“The academic community CUC Bass Coast provides meant more to me than the fantastic physical space,” said alumnus Matt, who re-cently graduated with a Master of

Professional Psychology from Dea-kin University.

“The support the Centre staff pro-vided was invaluable, the Learning Skills Advisor accountability buddy program was great, and just know-ing that someone was on this jour-ney with me kept me motivated.”

If you are a university student, registration to CUC Bass Coast is free. Here are ten reasons why you should register.1. Less distraction, be more produc-tive in the quiet study spaces.2. Break-out rooms for online tutori-als, exams, and group work.3. Free printing.4. Warmth, save on your power bill.5. Improve your general academic skills via one-on-one tutoring from our dedicated Learning Skills Advi-sor.6. Dual computer screens.7. CUC Bass Coast Centre Manager can support you with university ad-ministrative tasks.8. Accessible hours, 5am to mid-night seven days a week.9. Connect with like-minded people and experience a campus-like envi-ronment.10. AND for that one time when you really need the support!

Book a private tour. You will get the opportunity to see fantastic fa-cilities; career activity packs will be provided for children.

Tours will run during the school holidays from June 27 to July 8. Please get in touch with Andrea, Centre Manager on 0418 515 328 or [email protected] to book your time.

The community of Mary MacK-illop Catholic Regional College has a strong focus on student wellbeing. It is supported by a shared vision and programs in order for everyone to feel safe and well cared for through-out their educational journey.

The college acknowledges that feel-ing comfortable at school and being happy and healthy has a direct im-pact on each student’s capacity for optimal learning – and for them to fl ourish in their chosen fi eld.

Equally, enjoying school and be-ing engaged in learning infl uences a student’s wellbeing in particular their confi dence and resilience.

The relationship between wellbeing and learning is critical to the develop-ment of the whole person and why the college chooses to focus on the holis-

tic development of our students.Students are supported and mo-

tivated to develop their strengths, grow and learn from challenges and complexities and develop positive re-lationships as the foundation for their learning.

A commitment to fostering positive behaviour with the college underpins wellbeing at the college.

Our new Senior School building is an innovative learning precinct where year 11 and 12 students and staff can work together to create posi-tive learning experiences.

The building is surrounded by out-door landscaping that provides stu-dents and staff with a contemporary space.

Take ownership, think deeply, make connections, be courageous.

Country University Centre Man-ager Andrea Evans-McCall with registered student Alex Charlton, who is studying a Bachelor of Biomedical Science at Australian Catholic University via distance education.

Higher education dreams right here

Students come fi rstThe new Senior School building is an innovative learning precinct where year 11 and 12 students and staff can work together to create positive learning experiences.

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Newhaven Primary School Your local neighbourhood School

At Newhaven Primary School the following programs and facilities are offered:

• Modern well maintained classrooms with the latest technology• Strong Focus on Literacy, Numeracy and Science• A mini hall and a gymnasium• Open space playground for all students to play and smile • Buddy program • Vegetable garden • Art • Beautiful library• P-6 Music Program • Science • Physical Education • Excursions and Camps • Bike Education • Swimming Program• Breakfast Club every morning • Prep Transition Program• Individual iPads in grades 3–6

TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR OF OUR SCHOOL: www.facebook.com/newhavenprimaryschool/videos/30748345702951212-22 School Avenue, Newhaven | Ph: 5956 7326 | [email protected]

PLAYGROUP ONSITE EVERY MONDAY 9–11AM – ALL WELCOME.

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE AVAILABLE.

THREE YEAR AND FOUR YEAR OLD KINDER PROGRAM COMMENCING 2023.

You’re invited to come on in and discover all the great things happen-ing at Newhaven Primary School.

Newhaven Primary is an inclusive, safe, supportive school said Princi-pal Sharyne Munday.

“We have a dynamic school com-munity that works together to pro-vide a quality education and envi-ronment for students to learn and thrive in.

“We are developing a child centred approach from 0-12.”

Ms Munday said families wishing to join “our school family” can ac-cess a range of services.

“On Mondays we have the Ne-

whaven Playgroup (0-5 years old) onsite where everyone is welcome.

“We have an OSHC program (be-fore and after school care) operating with TheirCare in our newly aircon-ditioned and heated small hall fi ve days per week.

“In 2023 we will have a kinder-garten for three- and four-year-olds with 33 places for each age group.”

Families will be able drop their children off in the one location.

“Our year and fi ve six students are part of the Kids Thrive program that works with community groups to bring about a positive change in our community.

“Students worked with the lo-cal bowls club, Maru Nature Park, PICAL, Bass Coast Boxing and Mat Bowtell from 3D Hands, just to name a few to be catalysts for change.”

Newhaven Primary has a strong focus on literacy and numeracy and runs specialist classes in the follow-ing areas: Science, Music, PE, and Japanese.

“Please check out our website or call at the offi ce for a tour,” Ms Mun-day said.

“We would love to show off our beautiful school to prospective fami-lies by offering individual tours at a time that is convenient to you.”

Discover Newhaven Primary

Hamish, Harvey, Kaleb and Austin worked with Mat Bowtell from Free 3D Hands for the Kids at Catalyst pilot program. Students from Newhaven Primary worked alongside PICAL for their project.

Emma was one of a team of students which became animal lifesavers working with Maru Koala and Animal Park.


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Phillip Island was opened up for settlement in 1868, and the Education Act was passed in 1872, the same year that the Cowes State School was offi -cially opened.

In the four years that elapsed between settlement on Phillip Island and an offi cial govern-ment school being established in Cowes, private schools were established, mainly small and private affairs, in homes across the island.

This period was a time when almost anyone could start a school and charge parents to teach their children, and these schools were established at the instigation of parents anxious for their children to receive an education.

The fi rst of these was opened by a Mr J Cheyne, who estab-lished a small school in his hut on the beach at Rhyll prior lat-er moving into a house in the Back Beach area.

A Miss Welch ran a private school near the corner of Set-tlement Road and Thompson Avenue on block number 8.

A Mrs Winnings had a school with some 30 pupils, near the Fiveways cross roads, set back from Coghlan Road, on block number 107. This was known as “Gillian’s School.”

Mr John Houston, a for-mer successful businessman who had fallen on hard times, opened a school in the Church of England building in Cowes.

JW Gliddon, in his book “Phillip Island in Picture and Story” quoted RA McIlwraith, a son of early settlers the Mc-Ilwraiths of Heath Hill, who attended these schools for a while, as stating in 1943: “I at-tended for a time. Mr Houston, like Mr Cheyne, had not been trained as a teacher, and had comparatively little success in imparting knowledge.”

A school house was built at Newhaven during the 1880s.

It was run by a Mr Thomp-son and his wife who were highly educated people from England.

They had three daughters and a son.

The front partition was re-

moved from the front room to accommodate 20 students.

The house was so small that the daughters had the daily task of converting their bed-room into a school room each morning, and rearranging it back into a bedroom each eve-ning.

The son slept in the kitchen and the parents in the pantry. The school could not afford a clock, so a sun dial was made and the students taught to read it. On dull days, they had no idea of the time.

The school then moved to a house known as Fowlers op-posite the Bight of that name. And later a cottage post offi ce across the road from the origi-nal school house.

The present state school building was opened by Mr Frank Tate in 1920.

State government schoolsOffi cial state government

schools began to be estab-lished on the island from 1872, when the Cowes school opened, due to the large num-ber of children in the area … many of whom rode or walked up to seven miles to attend.

The opening of school so soon after settlement was nec-essary, as just seven families could count nearly 70 children. These included the offspring of S West (8), J West (8) Burtons (8) Gall (*) Morrison (10) Rich-ardson (11) and Smith (13).

Island educationThe Cowes government state

school number 1282, started in 1872, four years after settle-ment. It was located on the site of the current Cowes Cultural Centre, opposite the St Philips Church.

A gum tree was planted in the school yard to mark the occasion. It was grown from a seed of the famous Hovell tree

near the Murray River, that was marked by the famous explorers Hume and Hovell while on their journey of dis-covery in the year 1824.

The San Remo Primary School followed, opening on March 26th, 1874.

It was moved to its existing site in 1948.

The State School at Rhyll was opened in July 1891, with an enrolment of about 35 stu-dents. It was established in the Mechanics Hall, which was leased to the Education De-partment for use as a school.

Stan McFee senior, recalled how, when he started school there in 1894, “we had half time school at Rhyll and San Remo”.

Pupils attended at Rhyll un-til lunchtime on Wednesdays, and the remainder of the week at San Remo.

He went to San Remo with the teacher, on the ferry the Genesta, which ran across the bay from San Remo to Stony Point. Charles Grayden senior would row them back across the eastern passage, and his older brothers would pick him up at the Newhaven pier and take him home after school in a horse and jinker.

H E (Bert) Grayden also went to a half time school at Ne-whaven until third grade and remembered that the teachers would “whip the hide off you” for any mischief.

The government state school at Newhaven opened in 1892.

At Ventnor, prior to the gov-ernment state school opening in 1923, school was held in the Ventnor hall from 1914 till 1923.

Before the hall was built, Ventnor children who were able to attend school, walked, or were driven to Cowes, in a dray, by a jolly singing Ger-man man.

We aim to provide educational experiences that contribute to and enhance the self-aware-ness of each student.

Now in its seventh year, Phillip Island Village School (PIVS), proudly provides an alternative approach to primary education, with an inten-tionally small, family-like atmosphere.

The school has a focus on fostering the de-velopment of sparky, engaged students, tun-ing into student passions and recognising the uniqueness and contributions of each individu-al. The staff are responsive to the feelings and needs of their students and prepare programs and experiences that refl ect their interests.

We have a long-term vision; recognising the journey of developing self-awareness and what we can each contribute to the world takes time, and is likely to continue throughout our whole lives.

Our academic program is based on the Victo-rian Curriculum, but is integrated with the ‘Vil-lage Schools Curriculum’, with key focuses in-cluding Social and Emotional learning, Camps and Out ‘n’ Abouts, and student Parliament. These programs are central to the way that life at school operates, and students quickly learn that at PIVS their ideas and opinions are val-ued, and that the social and emotional wellbe-ing of everyone in the school is considered to be

of high importance.For this reason, the Social and Emotional

(S&E) program at the school not only com-prises direct teaching sessions, involving dis-cussion, roleplay and storytelling; but Mentors (teachers) are trained in restorative practices, to help students learn to unpack diffi cult mo-ments at school; and respect, consideration and kindness are modelled by adults and children in all school contexts. Students also have many opportunities in their week for cross-age inter-action, mentoring and learning.

Principal Jo Huckett explains.“We’ve had great feedback from families and

the wider community about the ability of our students to communicate, self-regulate, prob-lem solve and resolve confl icts. These strong skills in social and emotional interactions are actively nurtured at PIVS.

“We also fi nd that these qualities serve our students well when they progress to Village High School; they are ready to share ideas with peers and mentors and partner with adults in developing their learning programs.”

Phillip Island Village School has limited va-cancies in Levels 1 to 6. To enquire, please con-tact: Lien Sim, Community Leader by email [email protected] or phone 0401 728 736. www.pivillageschool.org.au

Education on Phillip IslandStudents and teachers at Cowes state school, early 1900s.

Rhyll Primary School students and teacher in 1940.

A focus on social and emotional learning

Noah and Thomas chatting over lunch.

Isla and Cleo teaching science to the Shooting Stars (Foundation and level 1) students. Left to right: Isla, Cleo, Olive, Savannah, Luna, Belle, Otto, Cedric, Jack, Eva, Kayta and Charlie.


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Quality education from Prep to Year 12A small school with a big heart, at Newhaven

College we create an intimate environment where every student is known, seen and heard so that a strong sense of belonging and care is a feature of their time with us.

Junior SchoolOur Junior School takes pride in nurturing

Prep to Year 4 children in their early years of learning, with the aim of producing happy, con-siderate, empathetic and well-rounded young people.

Small class sizes and a strong academic focus in a caring and values-based environment al-low young learners to develop confi dence, re-silience and a ‘have a go’ attitude.

Middle SchoolNewhaven College offers Year 5-6 students

a range of both academic and practical experi-ence to ensure full engagement with their learn-ing, while the Years 7 and 8 curriculum is de-signed to challenge and engage students while building a strong foundation for further study.

Year 9 Learning CentreThe Year 9 Environmental Centre program is

exciting, challenging and stimulating. Students step outside the classroom to connect with the world around them, providing relevance and value to their learning, which enhances aca-demic development and personal growth.

Senior SchoolYears 10 to 12 at Newhaven College are the

crucial years where previous learning, increas-ing confi dence and a greater sense of their place in the global community culminate to shape young people’s future directions. Our ethos is based upon mutual respect between teacher and students, in which high standards of social and academic expectations are actively encouraged.

We cater for individual differences among students and place great importance on strengthening each student’s self-esteem and sense of community. Our aim is to equip each individual with the qualities required for good citizenship and the confi dence to contribute.

Co-curricular OpportunitiesNewhaven College students build self-con-

fi dence and team spirit through an extensive range of co-curricular opportunities. Every student is encouraged to embrace new experi-ences and immerse themselves in College life by participating in co-curricular activities that complement the academic program.

This includes music, dance, drama, the Surf-ing Academy, equestrian team, House competi-tions, interschool sport, cultural events, Duke of Edinburgh and Compass Awards, public speaking and debating, language studies and international tours.

For enrolment enquiries or to book in for the next Newhaven College tour on Thursday July 21, please contact Belinda Manning on 5956 7505 or discover more at www.newhavencol.vic.edu.au.

Discover Newhaven College

The Newhaven College Surfi ng Academy offers structured, sequential competency-based program for all surfi ng levels from fi rst time beginners to elite competitors.

Kavish Sharma in the Year 1 classroom. Our Junior School program is designed to lay the foundations for future learning.

Newhaven College has a proud musical tradition and offers comprehensive music education from Prep to Year 12. Jett Fawaz participates in the Year 3 music program.

In science there is an emphasis on learning through practical experiments. Our Year 7 sci-ence and Year 11 biology teacher Brett Torstonson pictured working with students.


National Volunteer Week Better together

Last week was National Volunteer Week, when the contribution made by community Last week was National Volunteer Week, when the contribution made by community members to enhance so many aspects of community life is recognised.members to enhance so many aspects of community life is recognised.

The spirit of volunteerism is certainly alive and well on Phillip Island and at San Remo, The spirit of volunteerism is certainly alive and well on Phillip Island and at San Remo, with many a vital service locally delivered entirely by these selfless people.with many a vital service locally delivered entirely by these selfless people.

Without a doubt, it’s volunteers who make our communities tick. Think CFA and SES Without a doubt, it’s volunteers who make our communities tick. Think CFA and SES when disaster strikes; the men and women who run our many sporting clubs; the when disaster strikes; the men and women who run our many sporting clubs; the

welfare services delivered by PICAL volunteers; and the myriad of volunteers supporting welfare services delivered by PICAL volunteers; and the myriad of volunteers supporting conservation and environmental organisations locally, are just a few examples.conservation and environmental organisations locally, are just a few examples.

In fact, many of the local services we happily take for granted, exist only through the In fact, many of the local services we happily take for granted, exist only through the efforts of volunteers. This week we feature some of the people who make such a positive efforts of volunteers. This week we feature some of the people who make such a positive

difference for us all, through their work in the community.difference for us all, through their work in the community.

Three cheers for our volunteers!

The co-ordinator of the St John’s Uniting Church Mon-day night community meal has expressed a huge thank you to the volunteers who make this possible.

Speaking during National Volunteer Week, Glen David-son said he is always amazed at the enthusiasm, energy and commitment toward providing the best communi-ty meal experience possible.

Each week starts off with food being picked up from Coles, Aldi and Bakers De-light by the volunteer team.

On Monday morning the cooking supervisor then looks through the food avail-able and finalises that night’s menu, and then purchases any missing ingredients.

At about 1pm the hall set up team come in and set up the tables and chairs in read-iness for that night’s meal.

Meanwhile the commercial kitchen at the St Philips An-glican hall is bursting into life with the cooking team starting the meal prepara-tion.

Back at St John’s, a team sorts through the donated food. Excess food is put out on tables for distribution to people who will attend the meal.

By 5pm the cooking team has finished and a team comes in to transport the hotbox from the Anglican kitchen to St John’s.

Around 5.15pm the serv-ing team arrives and works

out how best to plate up the food and then proceeds to serve the meal to diners from 5.30pm.

During the meal, people are welcomed, plates of food are served and cleaned up, dishes are washed and packed away, and finally the tables and chairs are stacked away and the hall completely cleaned.

“I believe the commu-nity spirit developed over a shared meal changes both our lives and the lives of the people who come to the meal – and for that – we say a huge thank you for everything you do!” said Glen to the 50 volunteers who help out.

“I hope you enjoy National Volunteer week.”

Some of the selfless volunteers who make up the San Remo SES Unit, available to help out the community 24/7 when emergencies arise.Back (from left): Mans Chancellor, Charlotte Jones, Francesco Esposito, Joe Esposito, Flynn Swanwick, Ron Chambers, Harley Kent, and Corbin Dagg. Front (from left): Rod Legg, Helen Black, Karin Rodgers, Lena Esposito and Blair Kelly.

SES volunteers at San Remo

Community meal praised

The San Remo SES is made up of men and women who volunteer their time to provide valuable community assistance during and after major incidents and emergencies.

This could involve anything from dealing with the aftermath of floods and storms, to turning out for road trauma, cliff rescues, search and rescue, and assisting with po-lice, fire and ambulance operations.

The San Remo SES Unit is housed in a modern building, and is very well equipped with specially fitted vehicles and special-ised rescue and search equipment. Members are regularly called upon by the community for assistance when emergencies arise, and give tirelessly of their time in response to incidents 24/7 as they arise.

Currently the unit has 25 volunteers. New members are always welcome, and a friend-ly welcome is assured.

Weekly training is provided every Thurs-

day night.No particular skills are needed, although

the ability to work in a team environment is important.

Marie Webb is a member of the volunteer cooking team for the St John’s Uniting Church Monday night community meal.

If you would like to volunteer to join the SES at San Remo, call Mans Chancellor on 0418 882 130.

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The dedication of hundreds of Na-ture Parks’ volunteers was celebrat-ed this week, with a barbecue held in their honour to mark National Volunteers Week.

Nature Parks’ Visitor Experience Manager Kate Adams said the bar-beque on Churchill Island was a great success.

“It was a fantastic day that started off covered in mist – you couldn’t see the water of Westernport Bay.

“By 1pm the mist lifted, and the sunshine was beautiful. Delaware provided a lovely BBQ lunch and everyone really enjoyed coming to-gether to celebrate Volunteers and all that they do.”

More than 200 people volunteer every day at Nature Parks, making an invaluable contribution matched

with hard work, commitment and a passion for conservation.

The Phillip Island Nature Parks volunteer team was formalised five years ago, but volunteering efforts date back decades, with volunteers assisting with the Island’s first Pen-guin Study Group and at Churchill Island.

Nature Parks CEO Catherine Basterfield said volunteers played a vital role in conservation, visitor experience and research.

“From threatened species moni-toring and re-vegetation, to creat-ing a memorable experience for our visitors, we are so grateful for the vital contribution the volunteer team makes,” Ms Basterfield said.

“This collective effort helps us to achieve our purpose – to protect nature

for wildlife and inspire others to act.”Volunteers play an essential role

in programs such as the protection and care of threatened species like the Bush Stone-Curlew, rescuing migratory Shearwater birds, clean-ing beaches for Turn the Tide, na-tive plant propagation at the Barb Martin Bushbank Nursery, and counting koalas.

Earlier this year the Nature Parks’ volunteer team was nominated for a ‘Covid resilience’ award at the 2021 Volunteering Awards.

Karen Duffy, a Bush Stone-Curlew and Koala volunteer and Stephen Martin, a Bushbank and Water Watch volunteer were at Government House to accept the nomination.

“The last two years have been a very trying and interesting time for

us all. During the lockdowns last year, the support from the Nature Parks was nothing short of wonder-ful,” said Ms Duffy.

“We had support and informa-tion at every stage, even when we were unable to visit the sites where we volunteer. This year, we are so happy to be back on site, doing what we love.”

As part of the National Volunteer Week celebrations at Churchill Is-land, awards were presented to vol-unteers who went above and beyond in their role and to those who have reached service milestones of up to 25 years.

Awards were presented to:• Bet Francis, Bushbank – 25 years• Bob Liebnitz, Churchill Island – 15

years

• David Maunders, Churchill Island – 15 years

• Marianne Watson, Bushbank – 15 years

• Ann-Marie Dickinson, Bushbank – 10 years

• Bev Melven, Bushbank – 10 years• Annette Robson, Bushbank – 10

years• Danny Caswell, Bushbank – 5 years

“This year’s theme of ‘Better To-gether’ perfectly embodies the vol-unteers at Nature Parks. I am contin-ually impressed by the support and camaraderie of the volunteer team, along with making a significant con-tribution towards the Nature Parks’ purpose,” said Nature Parks Volun-teer Coordinator, Helen Masters.

“We really could not do it without them.”

Volunteers recognised for vital contribution to Nature Parks

Resident Churchill Island Blacksmith Bob Liebnitz received an award for more than 15 years’ service, with Les McFee who has worked in mainte-nance for 13 years.

Bushbank and Phillip Island Nature Park volunteers who, between them, have put in more than 136 years of service include: Front: Olga, Bet and Kaye. Back: Penny, Bev, Cheryl, Ineke and Roz who has worked with Hooded Plovers for more than four decades.

Bushbank volunteer Yogita Thompson with fellow volunteer Danny Caswell, who received an award for working with the program for five years.

Bushbank volunteer Bet Francis (centre) received an award for her 25 years of service, with Lyn McRae and Helen Black who has been involved in numerous Phillip Island Nature Park initiatives including the Eastern Barred Bandicoot Monitoring Program, Coastcare and Turn The Tide.

Pam Maag has volunteered in numerous ways at Churchill Island including Visitor Experience, Farm Assistant and Wildlife Rescue for more than three years, with her husband Warren.

Bushbank helper Annette Robson, who received an award for volunteering her time for more than 10 years, enjoys the Volunteers bbq with Laurie Bale and volunteer for more than 12 years, Bev Watson.

A volunteer for more than 12 years, Charles Watson (left) with Bushbank Nursery Coordi-nator James Anderson and fellow volunteers Rob Humphrys and Steve Martin.



The Phillip Island and Community Learning Centre (PICAL) celebrated and thanked the volunteers that en-able the delivery of vital services into our community, at a special morning tea to mark National Volunteer Week.

Volunteers from the 21 different services offered by PICAL, were at last week’s thank you morning tea.

CEO Greg Thompson was delighted to welcome all present, after what he described as two very difficult years affected by Covid lockdowns, when it had been hard to get the 150 volun-teers involved at PICAL together.

He said of the 60 or so different services that are run out of PICAL, a large number of these rely entirely on volunteers for delivery.

And it would be impossible to oper-ate without them.

But he also warned that PICAL was facing an uncertain future, due to its upcoming relocation (see separate story) and funding issues, and that he is unsure of what lies ahead

Mr Thompson said Phillip Island was competing for grants against the whole of Gippsland to help fund its services, and it was difficult.

He said PICAL housed one of 21 Neighbourhood Houses in Gippsland, and the entire sector had experienced “trouble getting these grants”.

“Our need is great, but the needs of many required to be met,” he said.

A new Network Manager, Toni Hal-loran-Lavelle, has been appointed to represent the sector, and the priority for her position will be to apply for

grant funding.Ms Halloran-Lavell addressed

those present at the morning tea.She congratulated the volunteers at

PICAL for the “enormous” amount of work they carry out; and commented on the fact that Phillip Island has the highest number of volunteers of all 21 Neighbourhood Houses in Gippsland, and that it was achieving great things.

She agreed lack of grant funding was an enormous problem that must be addressed when it comes to the de-livery of vital services.

“Neighbourhood Houses are fund-ed for one manager, and then funded according to the services provided.

“They can only open their doors, thanks to the efforts of you volun-teers,” she said.

“You are a powerful force.”She commended PICAL and its vol-

unteers for carrying on throughout the Covid period, and in particular for the welfare services provided.

“You did not close your doors as so many did. You made sure your com-munity was okay.

“Neighbourhood Houses saved lives over the pandemic. They deliv-ered food to people who had none, and picked up prescriptions when needed, among other things.

“We need to focus and shout loud and proud about what we are achiev-ing, and what more we can achieve with funding.”

Ms Halloran-Lavelle said that a strong voice must be created to show-case the work of all 21 Neighbour-

hood Houses in Gippsland and to this end, a website was launched at the morning tea.

Volunteer rolesLocal people volunteer their ser-

vices in an astonishing array of roles and their efforts were celebrated at the volunteers morning tea.

Peter Paul and Ron Hateley are JPs who weekly make themselves avail-able to sign documents that need to be witnessed by a Justice of the Peace. Both men voluntarily provide the service free of charge.

Glenn Farrugia volunteers as a tu-tor for the PICAL construction course and is also constructing a communi-ty food caravan.

The old caravan was donated to PICAL by a local church and is cur-rently being restored and painted by

Glenn and other volunteers. When finished it will be made available for not-for-profit groups such as schools, sporting clubs and similar organisa-tions, to use for fundraising at local events and markets.

Members of the Boomerang Bags group produce attractive reusable bags distributed to local businesses; and recyclable bags used by PICAL’s emergency food relief department. An estimated 21,500 bags have been produced by the volunteers in the past five years. The volunteers have diver-sified slightly in recent weeks and are making toy whales for the upcoming Phillip Island Whale festival.

Close to 6000 healthy meals have been cooked and distributed to com-munity members in need over the past year, by volunteers involved with PICAL’s food relief effort and casse-

role bank program.It is open daily for community

members who need food assistance, and staffed by volunteers rostered weekly to run the service.

While some volunteers cook, oth-ers collect food donations early each morning from local supermarkets and businesses, such as bread, meat, vege-tables, dairy products and other goods, and the pantry volunteers sort and dis-tribute these on an as need basis.

The food can be collected by those in need between 10am and 2pm. Some of the food goes to the cas-serole bank team to be cooked into nutritious meals, to be included in the relief hampers.

Nicky Kelly is a volunteer in the PICAL reception office. Her role is an important one, “joining the dots” as she puts it. Those who arrive need-ing help of some sort are directed by Nikki to the service that best suits the need expressed. She is able to direct them to the organisation at PICAL or elsewhere in the community that can provide the assistance required.

“People often don’t know what is available in the circumstance they find themselves in, and are pleas-antly surprised at the assistance we can give; from explaining the social services that are available and where, through to connecting them with lo-cal groups both within and outside the centre,” she said.

Congratulations and thank you to all the PICAL volunteers for the amaz-ing work they do for our community.

Volunteers thanked, but uncertain times ahead

The Phillip Island RSL Breakfast program, held before school starts on Wednesday mornings, is back in full swing at Cowes Primary School this term, after being interrupted for the past two years by the pandemic lockdowns.

RSL volunteers were back in place

early on Wednesday morning, serving steaming platters of yummy toast and spreads, as well as fruit, to the hordes of children who flocked to them.

It’s hard to know who enjoys the program more.

“We love coming and we appreciate the support of the school,” said RSL

Board member Peter Paul.And the kids vote with their feet,

lining up to enjoy toasty treats on cold wintry mornings.

The program is open for all kids to enjoy, and many a busy mum has dropped by for a bite after delivering their child to the classroom.

Bev Baulderstone is a volunteer driver for the Phillip Island RSL, driv-ing veterans and RSL members to medical and dental appointments that they otherwise may not be able to get to.

Bev takes her passengers every-where they need to go, from local appointments to Wonthaggi, to Mel-bourne for The Alfred, Epworth, Peter Mac, St Vincent’s and even Berwick!

“I take them anywhere they need to go,” says Bev.

She loves volunteering her time be-hind the wheel, and on longer jour-neys, her passengers enjoy the day with her too.

The RSL has two vehicles dedicated to delivering this important service … and Bev is one of a number of drivers who volunteer their time for it.

Andrew Tolley is the RSL Veteran and Community Service co-ordinator who helps organise the service.

He can be contacted at the RSL on 5952 1004 if required.

Breakfast is back!RSL breakfast club volunteers from left Judy Christie, Bill Overton, Peter Paul, Cheryl Overton and Glenyce Paul at the canteen window preparing for the hungry hordes.

Ava and Ryder being served by RSL volunteer Bill Overton , were first in line to the breakfast window at Cowes Primary, last Wednesday morning.

Bev Baulderstone is a volunteer driver for the Phillip Island RSL driving veterans and RSL members to medical and dental appointments.

Volunteers behind the wheel

Marita Kraft (left) and Vi Pittorini from the Boomerang Bags group. An estimated 21,500 bags have been produced by the volunteers in the past five years.

Annette Mackenzie (back right) co-ordinates the cook ups for PICAL’s food relief effort which runs out of the St Philips Hall kitchen, assisted by rostered volunteers including Mel Marks (back left) and Heather Gregory and Liz Bowyer (front).

Phillip Island Contemporary Exhibition Space (PICES) members Barb Owen (left) and Marilyn Shaw enjoying the morning tea.

Peter Paul (right) and Ron Hateley (centre) are JPs who volunteer their ser-vices each week at PICAL. Glenn Farrugia (left) volunteers as a tutor for the construction course and is also constructing a community food caravan.


Three months ago, Tatiana and Sergei Kladko were living happy and peaceful lives in Kharkiv, in Ukraine.

They had resettled there eight years previously, having been displaced from the city of Donbas, following the 2014 war which saw the area tak-en over by Russian separatists.

In Donbas, Tatiana had worked as an accountant and Sergei had owned and run his own bus company.

But the couple were forced to walk away when the Russian separatists took control.

“The Russians closed businesses and factories and made life impossi-ble for people like us to remain. There was no future for us there anymore,” said Sergei.

“We left with nothing; to start all over again.”

And so the couple moved to Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, 40 kilometres from the Russian border, for a new beginning.

They found new jobs, a new apart-ment, and were finally enjoying fam-ily life again, with their son, daugh-ter-in-law and granddaughter not far away.

Now, to their horror, they find themselves in the same terrible situ-ation again.

The drums of warWhen the drums of war started

beating early in 2022, Tatiana and Sergei say they were not overly con-cerned.

There was tension, but they did not

for a minute think it would result in all-out war.

Nor could they have dreamed in the new year that in a few short months, their happy life would be shattered, and they would find themselves liv-ing as refugees in a country on the other side of the world.

“We did not expect the threats and posturing we were hearing to become the reality,” the couple said.

But in the blink of an eye, every-thing changed. Their happy and peaceful world was turned upside down, yet again.

Their nightmare started at 5am on February 24, when the bombing of Kharkiv by the Russian army com-menced.

And it continued day and night.After being woken by the bombs,

they fled to an underground shelter, where they remained for ten days.

There was little food and water, and no bedding.

“We could not sleep anyway be-cause the bombing overhead contin-ued night and day,” said Tatiana.

“It was truly frightening. The chil-dren were especially terrified.”

Any minute a direct hit could have killed them.

Parents were writing the names of young children on their backs, with contact details of family members who would be able to take them in, in the event of they were killed.

Going outside to seek food posed an extreme risk, as the bombs rained down without respite. Some ran the

gauntlet but not all survived.Cars were blown up with their oc-

cupants in them. Bodies lay outside on the ground.

“People left the shelter to find food because they had to. Some died. You never knew who would make it back,” said Sergei.

From their underground shelter, Tatiana was able to contact her sister who lived in Australia.

She urged them to come to Austra-lia and started making arrangements to get them here.

The couple’s 30-year-old son was unable to leave, but his wife and child could go.

They knew they would be running the gauntlet of the endless bombing by the Russians as they drove away from Kharkiv towards the Polish border. The ground was exploding in places around them.

But there was little other choice.They knew Tatiana’s sister had

been able to arrange visas for the family. They just did not know if they would make it to the border to claim them.

It took three frightening days crawling along roads jammed with traffic, to get there.

They abandoned their car at the border, and with virtually nothing, and officially now refugees, were able to board a bus provided by the Turkish government which was headed for Istanbul.

Their daughter-in-law and grand-daughter Elisa found themselves on another bus to Germany.

“Thank god they got there safely, and a lovely family have taken them in,” said Tatiana.

Tatiana’s sister had organised flights for them, and from Istanbul they flew to Australia.

Their overwhelming feeling when boarding the plane was one of heart-break … at leaving family and friends behind in a war zone, and leaving their country of birth.

But there was joy as well, at being safely reunited with Tatiana’s sister and family, when they landed in Mel-bourne.

The mixed feelings have continued, with thoughts every day of friends back home; and they miss six-year-old Elisa terribly.

The couple had looked after her daily back in Kharkiv; but take great comfort knowing that she and her

mother are safe and being well cared for in Germany.

And they are overwhelmed with the welcome they have been shown, and the support and friendship that Australia and Australians have given to them and for Ukraine.

That support, and support from across the world, means everything to them.

“One hundred and ninety-four countries are supporting Ukraine. That support makes us feel strong. We believe the war will be won and peace will return because of it,” said Sergei.

“We greatly appreciate what Aus-tralia has done for us.

“Tatiana’s sister had visas issued for us in just two hours by the Austra-lian government. We cannot thank them enough.”

The futureTatiana and Sergei are now living

with her sister in Cranbourne, and contemplating their future as the war rages on.

They have no idea if they still have a home. Most of their once beautiful city is now in ruins.

But home in Ukraine is where they want to be when this war is over.

Everyone who could, has fled Kharkiv, they say.

The bombing continues. Those still there are living underground.

They come out when they believe it is safe to do so and clean up their sur-rounds, said Sergei.

“They especially replant the flow-ers and gardens that have been blown out of the ground.”

Destruction is everywhere. At least

30 apartment buildings each hous-ing 5000 people have been destroyed. They estimate the death toll in their city is probably in the thousands.

“But no-one really knows. Many have died underground.”

In Mariupol, people they have been in contact with tell them that water from the heating pipes underground is saved and rats and mice caught and used to make stew for the children.

“It is truly horrible what is happen-ing there,” says Tatiana.

Accounts of the atrocities they hear about everyday weigh heavily, and the tears often flow.

But the couple say their spirit is strong, and they will get through this.

Both hope they can find employ-ment in Australia and are currently seeking work.

As the owner of a bus company, Sergei has experience as a driver and Tatiana is an accountant.

In the meantime, they are being cared for by their Cranbourne family, and their compatriot Yelena Barnard, while here on Phillip Island.

They are optimistic and resilient and have hope for a future back in Ukraine.

“President Zelensky is the right person to lead us. We are sad but our spirit is strong.

“We will get home one day.”In some good news for Tatiana and

Sergei, the battle for Kharkiv appears to have been won by Ukraine.

In reports over the weekend, Ukraine says its forces have recap-tured villages from Russian troops north and north-east of Kharkiv, and the invaders are being pushed back towards the border.

From the Ukrainian battlefront to Phillip IslandCowes hairdresser Yelena Barnard, of Spice Hair Salon, spent time last week hosting two of the estimated 3000 Ukrainian citizens who have arrived in Australia as refugees. Tatiana and Sergei Kladko arrived in Melbourne in April, after fleeing their home in Kharkiv, which was bombarded by the Russian Army when it invaded Ukraine in February. They spent much of last week on Phillip Island, as guests of Yelena.

Yelena, born in Russia to Ukrainian parents, is married to Phillip Islander Rob Barnard, and has lived here for the last 13 years. Heartbroken by what has happened in her homeland, Yelena last week appealed for donations to assist Ukrainian refugees arriving in Australia … many with nothing to their name.

She was inundated with goods from generous local residents, especially clothing, and these have been forwarded on to the Ukrainian Refugee Centre in Melbourne.

Yelena greatly appreciates the support, and thanks everyone for their generosity. Her appeal continues this week. If anyone would like to assist, it has been suggested that gift cards from large stores are an excellent way to help displaced persons, as they are able to select items themselves they know they are in need of. If you would like to support this appeal, donations can be dropped into the Spice Hair Salon in Chapel Street (opposite Aldi) or the Phillip Island Advertiser office (60 Chapel St Cowes).

Bass Coast Health is reintroduc-ing rehabilitation groups for patients with cardio and respiratory condi-tions. Phillip Islanders can access the groups at the Health Hub in Cowes.

The cardio group assists people with a whole range of conditions through a tailored program of cardio and weight exercises at Wonthaggi Hospital.

The cardio groups are held at Wonthaggi on Tuesdays from 1pm to 3.30pm, and at the Phillip Island Health Hub on Wednesdays from 1pm to 3.30pm.

Patient Deb Watson recently com-pleted the eight-week cardio course and says the program assisted her recovery.

“The exercises are all dependent on where you are at in your recovery and may include the walker, exercise bike, stepper, weights and resistance band,” she said.

Deb, who is also President of the Bass Coast Health Inverloch Art Show Auxiliary, took part in the group after a triple bypass.

“The depression that is associated with heart surgery is very common and to have a social element to the group is very encouraging, as pa-tients get to interact with each other and staff too,” she said.

“That’s really important for your recovery. I feel way, way better.”

Another participant, Barry Cocks, suffered a major heart attack in Jan-uary and subsequently had a pace-maker installed.

“It will take 12-18 months to get back to a standard where I can do things again but in the meantime I’m finding this group great,” he said.

“It’s informative and the physio-therapists and nurses are fantastic. Mentally, this group helps because I have a support system around me.”

Pulmonary Rehabilitation clin-ics are also available to people with chronic lung conditions, such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis.

With education and exercise com-ponents, Pulmonary Rehabilitation aims to help clients improve their breathing and overall wellbeing, re-duce flare ups and keep people out of hospital.

Clinics in the eight-week program are held at Phillip Island Health Hub at Cowes on Wednesday mornings and at Wonthaggi Hospital on Thurs-day mornings.

To access the cardio and respira-tory groups, patients are required to submit a referral from their special-ist or GP to our referral coordination team, Access, via [email protected].

Patients can also self-refer.

Patient Barry Cocks, with Physio-therapist Rachel Lynn, is improv-ing his health by exercising during cardiac rehabilitation sessions at Wonthaggi Hospital.

Rehabilitation groups return

Patient Deb Watson takes part in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Group with Allied Health Assistant Abby Hoogkamer.

Yelena Barnard (centre), proprietor of Spice Hair Salon in Cowes, last week hosted Ukrainian refugees Tatiana and Sergei Kladko over a four-day visit to Cowes. The couple fled from the besieged city of Kharkiv, which has been under bombardment day and night, since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The battle for Kharkiv began on the day the war started, its citizens enduring heavy bombardment from the Russian artillery ever since.


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Phillip Islander Sophie Bowen’s creation Fan-cy Fox is taking to the stage.

A student at Marrina Mouses Theatre House, Sophie created the character and worked with teacher Belinda Phillips to bring the character to life.

The fabulous fox published its first book in 2021 “Fancy Fox’s City Escapades”, the first in a series following its adventures.

Fancy Fox has now also been adapted into a musical, under Belinda’s direction.

“I am proud to announce tickets are now on sale for Marrina Mouses Theatre House Pro-duction of Fancy Fox’s Escapades,” said Belin-da on Marrina Mouses Facebook page.

“We are honoured to make our Theatre debut at Wonthaggi Arts Centre this July.”

Fancy Fox takes to the stage at 6pm on Sat-urday, July 16.

Tickets are now available at trybooking.com.

If you’re looking for A Place to Fall Apart, then the Westernport Hotel on Friday June 3 is where you need to be.

Australian singer songwriter Lisa Mitchell is bringing her five-piece band to San Remo, to celebrate the launch of her new album “A Place to Fall Apart”.

The show is part of a two-month long tour, taking in Victoria, New South Wales and ACT, Queensland and South Australia.

Lisa’s fourth studio album is a glorious and heartrending tribute to what it means to be alive and learning in the world.

Written in the thick of the first year of a global pandemic, she’s described it as a “patchwork blanket of melancholic love stories between the human and beyond-human”.

On A Place to Fall Apart, you follow the in-trepid journey of Lisa’s own unravelling. Dis-mantling oneself in order to grow and do better in the world is a resounding theme of the record.

“I recommend supporting your own unravel-ling,” she said.

After time spent living in London, her return to Melbourne has seen the songwriter explor-ing her place in the world, enrolling in Indige-nous Studies and examining her Celtic origins.

There is a languidness to the new album that feels dreamlike, provoking long buried memories that may be real or may just feel real enough.

Lisa is excited to present the new songs to a live audience.

The performance will feature a full live band and includes Lisa on guitar and piano as well as singing.

This is your first chance to hear her new ma-terial performed live, as well as enjoying early hits like “Neopolitan Dreams” and “Coin Laun-dry” through to “Bless This Mess”.

Lisa has always put her emotional vulner-ability front and centre, while drawing on the inspiration of the unique natural environment of Australia. After six years between albums,

the shift from ingenue to powerful truth teller and weaver of magic is complete.

With a powerful band at the top of their game, and a lifetime of experience under her belt, this is sure to be an incredible show.

Don’t miss Lisa Mitchell at the Westernport Hotel in San Remo on Friday, June 3.

Tickets on sale from www.lisamitchell.com.au

A Place to Fall Apart is available across all streaming platforms now.

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Fancy Fox takes to the stage

Phillip Islander Sophie Bowen’s creation Fancy Fox is taking to the stage in Marrina Mouse’s Theatre House Production of Fancy Fox’s Escapades, on July 16, at the Wont-haggi Arts Centre.

Appeal for sponsors for this great nightPhillip Island’s Christmas Community fam-

ily night will finally be back in December, af-ter a two-year absence because of the Covid pandemic.

The hugely popular family event attracts thousands annually, to enjoy fun activities and carols on the Cowes beach front, before an explosion of fireworks as the grand finale, which concludes what is always a wonderful community Christmas get together.

Island Voice has taken over organisation this year, after the event’s two-year absence.

Island Voice Chairman Peter Paul said the Bendigo Bank, Phillip Island RSL and Bass Coast Shire Council are on board again to help stage the night, but that further financial support is needed, and he is appealing to local businesses and individuals who may be inter-ested in also becoming a sponsor for this com-munity night.

“Island Voice has commenced planning for the return, bigger and better, of Carols by the Bay in December, at the amphitheatre in Cowes.

“The Phillip Island RSL and the Cowes Ben-digo Community Bank, have also welcomed the return of the carols, and both have become major sponsors once again,” he said.

Peter said that the council is working very closely with Island Voice to ensure a memo-rable carols evening.

“Bass Coast Shire Council is again organ-ising the fireworks, which will be a treat for everyone. And Santa has booked in a 6pm ar-rival, courtesy of the Cowes CFA fire truck.”

Peter said the night is a unique inter-gener-ational event, with all age groups coming to-gether in the lead up to Christmas.

The format will be the same as always.Free children’s activities and rides for the

kids on the Esplanade between 5.20pm and 7.20pm; Carols by Candlelight starting at 7.30pm on the adjacent foreshore amphithe-atre; and a fabulous fireworks display to end the evening overhead at the pier.

“The night has always been and will con-tinue to be free to ensure everyone in our com-munity is able to come,” said Peter.

“Island Voice is seeking more sponsors for the evening, and in particular, for the pre-entertainment, commencing 5.30pm, for the children.

“Any level of support from local businesses, and individuals, would be most welcome.”

The Carols evening is an outstanding free

community event for our local community and has been sorely missed since pre-Covid.

There is much to do, and time to do it.“If anyone would like to sponsor a face paint-

er, or one of the rides we would like to book, it would be greatly appreciated,” Peter said.

If you would like to assist in any way, please contact Secretary Linda Marston, on [email protected].

Sponsors will be acknowledged on pro-grams and promotional material billing the event, and also verbally from the stage during the night.

Community carols return this year

Island Voice has taken over organisation this year, with Bendigo Bank, Phillip Island RSL and Bass Coast Shire Council on board again to help stage the night, but other sponsors are needed.

Phillip Island’s Christmas Community family night will finally be back in December and organis-ers, Island Voice, are appealing for sponsors to help make the night bigger and better than ever.

Lisa Mitchell at the Westernport

Lisa Mitchell’s fourth studio album is a glorious and heartrending tribute to what it means to be alive and learning in the world, as she’s performing at the Westernport Hotel on June 3

The Community Reconciliation Walk on the San Remo Meditation Labyrinth

scheduled for May 29 has been postponed due to Covid issues.

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THE PULSEEvents, entertainment and community news

The last of Phillip Island’s short-tailed shearwater chicks have tak-en off on their extraordinary fi rst fl ight to Alaska.

Phillip Island Nature Parks said a community effort ensured the fl edgling seabirds had the best chance for a safe departure ahead of their 16,000km migration to the Northern Hemisphere.

Nature Parks Deputy Research Manager, Duncan Sutherland, said the busiest departure period for the birds was between 29 April and 7 May.

“As they learn to fl y, the shear-water fl edglings can be attracted to lights at night and land on roads causing a hazard for both the birds and motorists,” Dr Sutherland said.

“We saw a great response from local businesses and residents who turned off their lights and helped reduce light pollution that can place the birds in danger.”

Nature Parks rangers collected a total of 594 birds off the roads of which 408 were rescued and re-turned to the colony, giving them a second chance at fl edging.

“Thousands of birds have been

rescued since the beginning of the Shearwater Rescue Program in 1999.

“With the help of a grant from wildlife advocacy group, WIRES, we have been able to increase our efforts to protect the threatened migratory seabirds through habi-tat restoration, a strengthened res-cue capability, enhanced data col-lection and community education

for the shearwaters.”As part of this year’s ‘Dark Sky

So Shearwaters Fly’ campaign, Phillip Island Nature Parks part-nered with Bass Coast Shire Council, Regional Roads Victoria, AusNet Services, Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation, the Victorian Ornithological Re-search Group, the local commu-nity and businesses.

“We thank everyone who helped to reduce light pollution, took extra care on the roads, rescued birds or helped raise awareness of the dan-gers for fl edglings. We wish the fl edglings a safe journey and look forward to welcoming the breed-ing adults back to the island in Sep-tember,” Dr Sutherland said.

Short-tailed shearwaters migrate to Phillip Island to raise their chicks each year. In early April, the adult seabirds fl y south to feed in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica, then begin the journey back to the Northern Hemisphere, leaving be-hind their chicks to grow ‘adult’ feathers and begin their own migra-tion as the adults pass by Australia at the end of April and start of May.

Dr Sutherland said it had been a successful breeding season for this important marine species.

“Not all breeding seasons are successful, but this year the fl edg-lings were in very good condition with nice weight, adult plumage and wing development. It’s an en-couraging sign that the species will be here for seasons to come,” he said.

Safe departure for Shearwater chicks

Phillip Island Nature Parks said a community effort ensured the fl edgling seabirds had the best chance for a safe departure ahead of their 16,000km migration to the Northern Hemisphere.

Every day, education support staff work to keep our schools run-ning, support our students to learn and our teachers to teach.

On May 16 each year Cowes Primary joins schools across the world to celebrate hardworking Education Support Personnel (ESP).

“The focus of the international ESP Day is to let ES know how much they are appreciated, high-

light the value of their work and thank them for their invaluable contributions,” said Principal Rod McKenzie.

“We are very lucky at Cowes Pri-mary wSchool to have an amazing team of education support staff.

“Thank you to Shellie, Kerry, Kristy, Emma, Kaz, Jackie, Lucy, Lana, Adrienne, Naz, Mel, Carly, Chloe and Alex, Annie, Pam, Heidi and Peta.”

Celebrating the supporters!

Students give a high-fi ve to the amazing team of education support staff, as Cowes Primary celebrates International ESP Day.

“We are very lucky at Cowes Primary School to have an amazing team of education support staff,” said Principal Rod McKenzie. “Thank you to Shellie, Kerry, Kristy, Emma, Kaz, Jackie, Lucy, Lana, Adrienne, Naz, Mel, Carly, Chloe and Alex, Annie, Pam, Heidi and Peta.”

The Phillip Island Movie Club (PIMC) celebrated an incredible one off, world premiere perfor-mance of a screen reading of a script for a future fi lm, “Balwyn Calling” earlier this month.

Everyone who attended was en-thralled by the experience of being part of a fi lm by participating in the working of the script. The fi lm Bal-wyn Calling is a picture of a family in a time of innocence 1985-1986, pre-mobiles, computers (in the gen-eral public) and a politicalness was not yet on the radar. A time when kids got up to mischief and parents didn’t helicopter their children.

The cast were Andrew, Bernard, Stephen, Freddy and Fox Curry, Margaret Powning, Ingrid Forelli, Nick Farnell and Jane Hall. The script is funny, sad and insightful and fi lls a void after Covid in look-ing back nostalgically at a time past. It fi nished with a Q&A where the audience could ask questions or comment on different aspects of the fi lm.

Coming upThe PIMC’s next screening is

“The Farewell” on May 29 at the Penguin Parade. Doors open at 1.30pm and the fi lm starts at 2pm.

“The Farewell”, is an American Drama/Comedy rated PG that runs for 95 minutes and is an interesting fi lm on a number of levels

It announces at the beginning that it’s “based on an actual lie,” but the meaningful truths it re-veals couldn’t be more poignant or powerful. And while writer/direc-tor Lulu Wang’s fi lm is obviously

personal and culturally specifi c, it achieves a universality and a reso-nance through its vivid depiction of a family in the midst of crisis.

That crisis was actually Wang’s crisis. Her beloved grandmother was dying in China, and the family decided not to tell their matriarch, wanting to protect her and prevent her from living in fear throughout her remaining days. Instead, they planned a lavish wedding as an excuse to bring everyone together one last time. Apparently this is not an uncommon practice and it showcases the difference between East and West.

Looking ahead, please keep Sun-day June 19 free, as the Movie Club is screening “A Promising Young Woman” at the Penguin Parade at 2pm.

At both screenings, drinks will be available at bar prices and we would love people to stay and mix after the fi lm. Entrance is by mem-bership only.

A world premier for Movie Club

Actor Stephen Curry at the screen reading presented by Phillip Island Movie Club.

Phillip Island Movie Club’s Margaret Byrne and Elizabeth Mulhern, with Freddie Curry, Stephen Curry, Bernard Curry, Fox Curry, Mar-garet Powning and Andrew Curry at the screen reading for a future fi lm “Balwyn Calling”.


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Cases of flu appear to be raging across the island and with this winter tipped to be a high-risk season, people are being urged to be vac-cinated for influenza as soon as possible.

Bass Coast Health CEO Jan Child said influ-enza was a highly contagious viral infection that usually spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes, and people may spread the virus before they know they are infected.

“Influenza infection is more serious in preg-nant women, babies, older people, and people with chronic health conditions such as heart, lung or kidney diseases, or weakened immune systems,” Ms Child said.

“However, even fit and healthy people, espe-cially children, can get very sick from influen-za. Influenza can cause a serious infection in the lungs and can make chronic health condi-tions worse.

“Some people can even die from influenza and its complications, so that’s why it’s impor-tant that people get their flu vaccination as soon as possible to give themselves the best protec-tion this flu season.”

According to the Federal Department of Health, this year we are all more vulnerable to influenza due to lower recent exposure to the virus and lower uptake of influenza vaccines. With international borders reopening, it’s like-ly Australia will experience a high rate of in-fluenza in 2022 and the risk of serious illness is compounded by the prevalence of Covid-19 in the community.

Symptoms of influenza infection usually come on suddenly and may include: fever (high temperature), cough, muscle or body aches, fatigue, headaches, sore throat and a runny or stuffy nose.

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Housing affordability is the hot button issue of our times.

More so on Phillip Island, given the spread of Airbnb short term holiday rentals.

Philip Batty, who grew up on the island, has the perfect solution to the housing shortage.

In December last year Philip started his tiny home business, working from a shed in the Cowes industrial area.

His first “cottage cosy” home is on the mar-ket this month, measuring just 6.5m long, 2.4m wide and 4.15m high.

“Every decision you make with a tiny home has a massive impact so I have stewed over ev-ery decision,” says Philip, who made the home solo.

On the market for $68,000, it features two loft bedrooms, with two sets of storage stairs, kitchen, bathroom and lounge, with gas hot wa-ter and a solar panel to power the 12-volt lights, fully insulated with strong, light-weight cool room panels.

Having completed his first tiny home, Philip says his focus now will be to create one-bed-room tiny homes in the affordable $44,000 range.

“I want to make affordable living for people who have not a lot, maybe a spot in a caravan park or a friend with land.

“The fastest growing homeless demographic are women aged over 55. But there are also families and many other people facing simi-lar situations, living in cars, caravans or even tents.”

Tough timesThe 46-year-old father-of-two knows first-

hand the challenges of homelessness.He moved back to the island last year and has

since been staying at friends, and living in a caravan at his family’s property.

“After a year of homelessness and couch-surf-ing it made me realise the need for a different type of living,” says Philip, who went to Cowes primary and Newhaven College, and whose fa-ther John and sister Jo still live on the island.

“I have lived through it and it’s really, really hard.

“If I had this tiny home at the time, I would have lived in it.”

He says for five years he was running a B&B in the Dandenongs but when Covid hit, “it was like turning off a tap”.

“We hung on for six months but had no in-come and so were forced to close in late 2020.”

For a year Philip returned to his old career, operating massive quarry machinery around Victoria.

But being a dirty, dusty, loud job last year he decided to throw caution to the wind and follow a five-year dream to start a tiny home construc-tion business.

“I have wanted to do it for a long time, because it’s a sustainable, economically viable way to live. I’ve followed it closely for a long time and admire the philosophy.”

Philip has not trained as a builder but has built two of his homes: the first was a weather-board trucked to a bush block where he brought it back to new; the second was a two-storey, four-bedroom straw bale home.

“I did everything but the plumbing and elec-trics. I did a straw bale building course but oth-erwise I’m self-taught through necessity.

“I pick up things easily. I’m lucky I just have that kind of brain.”

PlanningThe buyer of Philip’s first tiny home will need

to add in a toilet, either composting or flush, as well as an oven.

Weighing 2.5 tonnes, it can be towed with an average four-wheel drive or ute.

Philip says Bass Coast Shire needed to update its planning rules to better reflect the need for people to live in affordable tiny homes.

He adds that living in a tiny home requires a different mindset to living in bricks and mortar.

“It’s not for everyone but it’s definitely a great solution for many people.

“It’s not a caravan, but a small house on wheels, so not built for constant travel.

“But it’s so much nicer than living in a cara-van. Much more cosy, comfortable and secure.”

Council responseBass Coast Shire Council’s CEO Ali Wastie

said the term “Tiny Home” is not mentioned in the current planning scheme.

“The scheme refers to a “dependent person’s unit (DPU)”, which people tend to call a gran-ny flat,” Ms Wastie said.

“It is defined as “a movable building on the same lot as an existing dwelling and used to provide accommodation for a person depen-dent on a resident of the existing dwelling”.

“To meet this definition, the building must be moveable, meaning it is designed to be moved from place to place on more than one occasion.

“The building may be moveable from a modular design or small size which fits on the back of a truck. The building must also be able to provide accommodation only for someone dependent on you. This may be your elderly parents or a vulnerable person.”

If a building meets the definition of a Depen-dent Persons Unit, Ms Wastie said a planning permit is not required unless the property is within an area that has a Bushfire Manage-ment Overlay.

In that instance, “a private building survey-or is responsible for issuing a building permit once they can satisfy themselves that it is not a second dwelling”.

Based on the current scheme, Ms Wastie said at the moment, without a permit, a tiny home can only be used for someone who is depen-dent on the person living in the main dwelling.

“A camping permit can be granted on a tem-porary basis and to apply for one, informa-tion is available on our website,” she said.

Tiny solution to a big problem

Bass Coast Health Nurse Immuniser Cindy Munro (right) receives a flu vaccination from Nurse Immuniser Moira Jeavons.

Get your flu vaccination now

Philip Batty, who grew up on the island, has started a tiny home business, creating $44,000 homes to tackle the housing affordability and environmental crisis.


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ANDERSON,Ken:

With great sadness we note the passing

of former VICSES member and former VICSES Phillip Island Unit Controller Ken

Anderson.

We extend our condolences to Ken’s

family and friends.

VICSES Phillip Island Unit.

MAIDEN, Eileen:

A long time member and past President of Phillip

Island & San Remo Legacy Club.

She was loved by everyone and will be

missed by Legatees and members a like.

Rest In Peace.

MAIDEN, Eileen:

Loved sister and sister-in-law of Nance and Jim Mackenzie (both dec.).

Much loved Aunty Eil of Marg and Rod; Don and Annie; Ann and Pete and

their families.

Treasured memories of a life well lived.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY-MOUS: Weekly meetings Bass Coast Shire, Wont-haggi - Tuesday 8pm; AA Cowes Big Book meeting at St Philip’s Church (opp. Coles) - Tuesday 7pm, 0417 317 470; Salvation Army building, McKenzie St., Wonthaggi, Saturday 11am, 5672 3627. Phone head office 9429 1833.

Phillip Island RSL Community

Men’s ShedREPAIRS AND

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Reasonable pricesOpen Tuesday,

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Contact Tony Ashton, 0499 996 237

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Mr. Kenneth Anderson

Service Details: 337727

Australian Army

The President, Committee, Members,

Management and Staff of the Phillip Island RSL Sub-

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Anderson, a respected Service

Member of our Sub-Branch. Our

sincere condolences are extended to the Anderson family.

LEST WE FORGET.

Mrs Eileen Maiden

Service Details: 174839

Royal Australian Air Force

The President, Committee, Members,

Management and Staff of the Phillip Island RSL Sub-

Branch regret the passing of Eileen

Maiden, a respected Service Member of

our Sub-Branch. Our sincere condolences are extended to The

Maiden & McFee families.

LEST WE FORGET.

Memorial Service and Wake for,

COL, Ken. Anderson,

to be held at the Phillip Island RSL

at. 11-00 am Thursday 2nd. June.

Medals to be Worn.

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Council said its submission to the draft Statement of Planning Policy identified op-portunities to:

• Further achieve greenhouse gas reduction and strive for zero net emissions by introduc-ing new binding objectives and strategies to the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption policy domain

• Protect regionally significant landscapes alongside state significance landscapes in the Bass Coast Planning Scheme

• Elevate the protection of native vegetation cover and the natural environment, particu-larly where an area has been identified as an area of interest for extractive resources (eg sand mining)

• Fully understand the land use require-ments for employment and residential land use across the Shire before implementing protected settlement boundaries

Bass Coast Mayor, Cr Michael Whelan said there were several areas where the policy can be strengthened to ensure its effective imple-mentation.

“We acknowledge that the preparation of the SPP is an important step in further pro-tecting the valued attributes of Bass Coast. It is crucial this policy safeguards our beautiful environment, which is the cornerstone of our regional economy.”

Town boundariesThe submission noted particular concerns

on the proposed settlement boundaries for Cowes and Silverleaves, San Remo, Grant-ville, Inverloch, Cape Paterson and Newhav-en, saying while protected settlement bound-aries were supported for these areas, further strategic work was needed before council could support the document.

“Despite the power of work that has been done by the DELWP, Council has had a lim-ited time to respond and would like to get fur-ther work done before locking in town bound-aries,” Cr Whelan said.

“It is important to get this right and ensure we understand the full implications of the rec-ommendations to be put before the Minister.

“We would also welcome the opportunity meet with the Minister for Planning to dis-cuss and resolve our concerns surrounding the draft SPP, prior to its finalisation and en-dorsement.”

Cowes and SilverleavesWhile council supported the boundary

proposed for Cowes and Silverleaves, it said further strategic work was needed, as con-solidation of development within the existing boundary had to be “well considered”.

Not doing so “could have serious implica-tions for both the physical and social struc-ture of Cowes,” the submission said.

It said a Cowes Structure Plan is needed, to ensure the community fully understood the consequences of any proposed settlement boundary.

Council also said the inclusion of a proposed masterplan for the “tourism precinct located south of the existing settle boundary” was “poorly contemplated”, and a strategic proj-ect rather than a master plan was required. It also wants the Bass Coast Unlocking Rural Land Use strategy finalised and implemented into the planning scheme.

San RemoIn San Remo, the protected settlement

boundary was supported, but only if further strategic work was undertaken, to consider

a range of factors, including housing needs, open space and the community vision for long term growth in the area.

GrantvilleThe submission noted Council had serious

concerns about the retraction of the Grant-ville boundary, which would see approxi-mately 57 hectacres of future industrial land removed.

It also claimed there were anomalies within the proposed boundary with five properties that needed to be resolved. A number of other anomalies were raised, including that the proposed boundary is not consistent with the strategic framework plan.

InverlochIn Inverloch, council said further study was

needed to understand housing demands and residential zoned land and rural living zoned land east of Screw Creek must be within the settlement boundary.

Cape PatersonIn Cape Paterson, the proposal to expand

the settlement north of Seaward Drive was not supported, with council describing it as “not appropriate”, stating it “wanted the ex-isting boundary to be contracted to exclude Cape Paterson north of Seaward Drive”.

NewhavenIn Newhaven, council called for further in-

vestigation into opportunities to develop Ne-whaven West “in a manner that can protect its environmental values”.

It also raised concerns about two proper-ties that would be bisected by the proposed boundary, with the report noting this was “not considered appropriate or an orderly planning outcome”.

Council also called on land included in the residential zone at Rennison Road to be con-sidered for a protected boundary.

There was an interesting dilemma at the May council meeting when councillors con-sidered Round 1 of the 2022 community grants program.

Four councillors – Whelan, Bauer, Kent and Tessari declared a Conflict of Inter-est, due to their involvement in community groups which had applied for grants.

With two councillors absent (Crs Clare Le Serve and Les Larke), that left the meeting without a quorum – with just three council-lors eligible to vote.

Instead of delaying the vote to the next

meeting, the item was withdrawn, and it was ruled the grants would be awarded by CEO Ali Wastie, with the Mayor, Cr Whelan not-ing the amount was well within the CEO’s financial delegation limit.

The 41 grant applications received this round were assessed by council officers who then put recommendations to the councillors to accept.

“All Councillors have seen the list of grants and the officers’ recommendations,” Ms Wastie said.

“This is normal practice and it also allows them to consider whether they have a con-flict or not.”

Ms Wastie said as four councillors had identified a conflict it was more expedient for the CEO to approve under her delegation rather than defer the decision to the June meeting.

“We want the community groups to receive their funding as soon as possible so they can commence their projects,” Ms Wastie said.

Bass Coast Shire Council has questioned six settle-ment boundaries proposed by the state government as part of its Distinctive Areas and Landscapes (DAL) Pro-gram for Bass Coast.

The council unveiled its response to the final stage of public consultation for the DAL at the May council meeting.

The submission on the draft Statement of Plan-ning Policy will be lodged with Department of Envi-ronment, Land Water and Planning (DELWP), and it outlines Council’s concerns with the draft policy.

Introducing the report, general manager James Stirton said while the coun-cil applauded the intention of the draft SPP, it needed further work and clarifica-tion on a range of areas, including climate change, landscape clauses, environ-mental diversity, sustain-able economic development and settlement boundaries.

The issue of the proposed town boundaries under the SPP, particularly in Ne-whaven and Cape Paterson were of concern to council-lors, who voted unanimous-ly to adopt the submission and request a meeting with the Planning Minister.

Representatives from the Save Cape Paterson from Overdevelopment group were at the meeting, to pro-test the SPP’s proposal to extend the town boundaries.

Cr Leticia Laing said one of her election issues was to preserve the village nature of Cape Paterson and coun-cil was hearing the commu-nity “loud and clear”.

“The DAL doesn’t go far enough to protect this and council is pushing for fur-ther work to see the reduc-tion of the boundary.

“We need a better picture of how housing supply and neighbourhood character is going to work across the shire.”

Cr Laing said the DAL

was an opportunity to per-manently stop land being developed north of Seaward Drive in Cape Paterson.

She said the community had strongly advocated for a reduction of the town boundaries.

“We will continue to work alongside the community to find a resolution to its con-cerns.”

Cr Rochelle Halstead was concerned how setting town boundaries would impact on future housing supply, particularly on affordable housing.

“There are a lot of unan-swered questions,” she said.

Cr Ronnie Bauer agreed, saying locking in town boundaries would create a “Monaco Principle”, where the only way is up.

“If growth continues, we will have to chop up blocks … and lose the whole feel of the area. Before we know it, we will look like the Morn-ington Peninsula.”

After the meeting, Mayor Cr Michael Whelan said Council would like to see the township boundaries at Cape Paterson and Newhav-en referred to a Planning Panel.

“This will allow DELWP to further explore the issues involved and the best way to protect the environment as well as understand the economic and social impli-cations of protecting these boundaries.”

Sand miningCr Halstead raised the

issue of extractive indus-tries, saying there’d been an expectation that the DAL would provide protection for the local environment, but the SPP was “completely contradictory” in its intent.

“If sand mining isn’t a sig-nificant threat, I don’t know what is.

“It seems the Westernport Woodlands have been com-pletely ignored by DELWP.

“This is an opportunity for the Victorian government

to put its money where its mouth is.”

She said the council sub-mission also highlighted how minor agricultural activities, such as fencing and building siting requir-ing permits under the SPP, as well as requiring bush-fire assessments for unin-habited buildings, placed an unacceptable impost on farmers.

“It’s concerning that farm-ers are being loaded up with red tape.”

Cr Brett Tessari said at the start of the DAL process, he had high hopes the commu-nity would be listened to.

“I became aware as the process went along it wasn’t going to happen.

“I am disappointed with the draft SPP,” he said, not-ing the council submission included the feedback coun-cil was hearing from the community.

“This is our best chance to stay in the game and contin-ue to have discussions with the minister and the depart-ment.

“Clearly we haven’t been heard yet.”

Cr David Rooks agreed saying the community con-sultation from DELWP had been lacking.

“It’s important we hear from the community in something as important as this.”

He said the council sub-mission aligned with a set of recommendations that came from a workshop held by a range of community groups.

“I am confident we have the right submission.”

Cr Bruce Kent agreed with all the points raised by his fellow councillors but added a note of caution.

“We have to have a 50-year vision, but we’d be foolish to think visions don’t change.

“We have to consider our coastline, the population, a shortage of housing. Right now, we’ve put this forward and I agree with it, but in fu-ture, it may change.”

Jennifer Boer from Cape Paterson came to the meeting, calling on Council to reject the SPP proposal to extend the town boundaries. Council’s submission has called for the proposed boundaries for Newhaven and Cape Paterson to be referred to a Planning Panel.

DAL settlement boundaries under fire

Council’s submission to the DAL draft Statement of Planning Policy raises con-cerns about the proposed settlement bound-aries in six areas, including Newhaven, and called for further investigation into how to develop Newhaven West.

Key points in Council DAL submission

Conflict hiccup in community grants


The newly endorsed Liberal Party candidate for the state seat of Bass, Aaron Brown, has called on the state government to include Phillip Island and Wonthaggi as hosts of the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Mr Brown said he was surprised that Bass Coast was excluded when the state government announced the locations in regional Victoria which would be hosting the Games.

“Hopefully it was an oversight and not a deliberate exclusion. Bass Coast should definitely be includ-ed in hosting the Commonwealth Games,” Mr Brown said.

“The world-renowned Phillip Is-land Grand Prix Motor Racing Cir-cuit could host many sports played by Commonwealth Games competi-tors, with minimal financial out-lay. It is one of the largest and best sporting venues in Australia.

“Not only does it have several kilometres of the finest grade road surface, it also has the required in-frastructure to host one hundred thousand spectators.

“There are very few places in re-

gional Victoria which have a facili-ty to host dinners and functions for one thousand people but this motor circuit does, so major events and functions can readily be held there.

“Phillip Island also has the asso-ciated infrastructure, including car parking, already in place.”

Mr Brown said the government plans to build athletes villages at various regional locations to house athletes, and if built on Phillip Is-land could provide a huge benefit for tourism after the games.

“Post the Commonwealth Games, such a facility on Phillip Island would need staff 24 hours every day of the year, and many of these would be young people.

“We need quality employment op-portunities in Bass Coast and such a facility would provide just that.”

Mr Brown said Wonthaggi should also host some of the Games’ events.

He said many of its recreational facilities are in need of upgrading and this is a once in a generation opportunity to do this.

“The government should seize the opportunity to invest in this fast growing community, delivering fa-cilities that will be put to good use post the Commonwealth Games,” Mr Brown said.

Presently, most of the Common-wealth Games events are scheduled to be held to the west and north of Melbourne.

“Why should residents in Bass Coast and this side of Melbourne have to travel long distances, when some of the events could be held lo-cally,” Mr Brown said.

“My proposal would give the en-tire South Gippsland, Bass Coast re-gion and Phillip Island an enormous economic boost, not only pre and during the Commonwealth Games, but on-going, post the games.

“I call on the government to sup-port this vibrant and deserving part of regional Victoria by having our communities share in the hosting of the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

“Hopefully our exclusion will be reviewed and overturned,” Mr Brown concluded.

Veteran field umpire and South Gippsland Umpires Association (SGUA) life member Vin Hally re-cently umpired his 600th game at Cowes Recreation Reserve.

Vin who is a senior grand final and inter-league umpire has had a battle to get to this milestone with major setbacks in the last eight years.

In June 2014 he suffered a trau-matic quadriceps rupture during a senior Alberton FL game, and re-quired immediate surgery, however, after further complications needed several months of further physio treatment before he could walk properly again.

“It was a terrible time but am thankful I got through it all with the help and support of family, friends and allied health and medical pro-fessionals” he said.

Unfortunately, 18 months later he discovered through an errand hearing test and a subsequent MRI brain scan follow up he had a brain tumour that needed immediate re-moval and major surgery.

The 64-year-old said, “he is most grateful, and thanks his lucky stars that he got through it all relatively unscathed”.

Vin started his umpiring career in 1984 in the Bass Valley and Wont-haggi District FL, after playing and coaching schoolboy teams for many years. He was “coerced and even maybe conned” into umpiring by

his Newhaven College teacher, mate and fellow BVWDUA umpire coach Greg Cudmore.

Vin who finds umpiring very en-joyable, and at times challenging, has never looked back and of course the rest is history.

“Umpiring football, whether on

the field, on the boundary or be-hind the goals has its moments but can be very rewarding. It also has its benefits health wise, is very so-cial and you can earn extra money along the way,” he stated.

The SGUA is always on the look-out for potential umpires, and they encourage others to give it a shot.

“You don’t need to have played football, as the SGUA takes in any-one from novices to pros to umpire Australian Rules,” he said.

“The SGUA is an inclusive organ-isation that doesn’t discriminate, and everyone is welcome to come give it a go.”

He said that a number of families have umpiring in their veins with kids following their parents into the role being a great family environ-ment.

“It is not unusual to see 50-60 um-pires running around at training!” Vin said.

He would love to see new people come along to training at 6pm on Wednesday nights at the Leongatha Velodrome Ground, with a meal and chat afterwards.

Anyone keen and interested to take up the art of umpiring is en-couraged to contact the SGUA Di-rector of Umpiring, Gary Scholz on 0413 235 763.

For further information email [email protected] or via its Facebook page.

Social bowlsIt was a very cool, overcast day

here on the island for social bowls this week but the rain stayed away and so did the wind … especially since it’s been blowing a gale here the last few day. Bbut 16 enthusiastic bowlers took to the green for a game or two.

Winners: with a 2-game win + 34 went to Terry Dawes, Serge Castel, Bill Hathway, and the effervescent Bev Emmett.

Runners Up: Clive Smith, Michael Haack, Errol Bradford, and Marga-ret Rogers.Upcoming event

Tuesday, June 7 (played every Tuesday during Winter), 9.30am for a 10.00am start, three games of 12 ends, no dead ends, respot the Jack.

$10 per player, includes a raffle ticket. Dress code – mufti/neat attire.

B.Y.O lunch, or soup/pie/pasties available at $5 each, dim sims $1 each.

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2s Company1st on 23pts - Him&Her, 2nd on

21pts Ally Cats and 3rd on 18pts Pin-heads.

ABL: (Almost Bowling Legends)1st on 148.5pts Pin Pals, 2nd on

140.5pts Island Sector, 3rd on 139pts Storm.Business Early

1st on 10pts Ballz Deep, 2nd on 8pts CTD Carpentry, 3rd on 7pts Old Timers.Business Late

1st on 8pts Holy Splits, 2nd on 7pts S&R Clarke Auto, 3rd on 7pts 3 Stooges.

Phantom1st on 18.5pts Blondie, 2nd on 17pts

Falcor, 3rd on 17pts Strike It Lucky.Top scorers this week

Woman - Lisa Walker 175, Barbara Burns 159, Falcor 152.

Men - Justin Porthouse 266, Mat-thew Clarke 236, Rob Wilkonson 199.

Congratulations to Justin Port-house the highest score on record here at Phillip Island Ten Pin, bowl-ing a whopping 266! What do you reckon, have you got what it takes to beat our champion?

Let’s see what you’ve got!

Monday, May 16 was the first week of the club pairs competition.

Winners on the day were Greg Nicholson and Deb Anglim on 70.37 per cent. Second place dropped down to 56.02 per cent and went to Lois Dywer and Anne Gibson. Jill short and Marion Wellwood fin-ished third on 52.78 per cent.

Wednesday, May 18 was a quiet day for Nationwide with several members away holidaying.

The required minimum of three tables was achieved after a few phone calls. Thanks to Robert Ma-

clellan and Tony James for making up the numbers.

Miranda Sage and Molly Down-ing defended well and came first on 59.17 per cent.

Wendy and Graham Mckergow were next in line on 56.67 per cnt, and Leng Haggith and Hikaru Dunn were third on 54.17 per cent, a good effort as Hikaru is a new player and had not played with Leng before.

It was Wendy’s birthday and mem-bers sang a rousing happy birthday, which was much appreciated.

There was championship action at the Phillip Island GP track mid-May, when PIARC presented Round 3 of the Victorian State Circuit Racing Championship.

There were 229 cars entered in the competition and local photographer Alia Schonberg was trackside to capture all the speed and excitement.

The event was part of PIARC’s 70th anniversary cel-ebrations.

For more news go to www.piarc.com.au.

Ladies winner: Faye Fletcher 7 wins.

Men’s winner: Tony Fallon 7 wins.

Encouragement award: Mary-Ann Ueckerman.

Please contact Bob Hee for any further Information: 0418 173 388.

Looking for more people to join our group.

Euchre results

Phillip Island bridge results

Tenpin ladder and results

Phillip Island bowls resultsWinners (from L-R): Terry Dawes, Bill Hathway, Bev Emmett and Serge Castel.

Call for Commonwealth Games events in Bass Coast

Winners – 36 points: Steve Edge, Peter McWilliams, Terry Floyd and Jenny Smith.

Runners up – 34 points: John Nich-olson, David Talbot and Bob Arnold.

One Game winners – 24 points: Mi-chael Dady, Phil Wright, Robyn Dall and Cheryl Floyd.

Thursday midweek bowls was played at Lang Lang on a cold and windy day, nevertheless 30 brave souls turned out to have a great day of bowling and good company.

Although the green was slow even-tually, we mastered it and had a great day with plenty of laughter.

The green was in excellent condi-tion and Lang Lang made us feel very welcome.

Coats and hats were the order of the day, and we were very happy to have a hot cuppa at lunch time or even a cold one for some.

The RCH did very well with wrong bias donations.

We welcomed back some of our members we had not seen for a long

time, also some new members joined us, and they enjoyed themselves and promised to come back and join our group.

Thank you to members who brought items for the free raffle table, please donate if you can.

I would like to take this opportu-nity to the thank Alan Thomas for the many years he has looked after midweek bowls group with always a smile on his face and wish him good luck on his next adventure in his life.

We welcome Marianne as the new bar manager and hope she enjoys looking after us as Alan did.

He will be sadly missed.Next week we will play at Corinella

10.30am at the club for an 11am start.BYO lunch, two games of twelve

ends.For more information, please con-

tact Peter McWilliams on 5678 5974, he will help you with any enquires you may have.

Everyone welcome, see you on the green.

South West Gippsland midweek bowls group

Vin Hally hits 600 games

Vin Hally takes a minute to reflect upon his 600th game with new SGUA Umpire Darren Winning in the recent West Gippsland F&NL 4th game Phillip Island vs. Inver-loch Kongwak at Cowes. Darren started his umpiring career run-ning the boundary as a teenager in the Mornington Peninsula FL many years ago.

Championship racing

Drivers from the Porsche 944 race (left to right): Richard Howe – 3rd, Lyndon Watson – 2nd and Adam Brewer – 1st.

Historical touring cars: Darren Collins - Chevro-let Camaro.

Craig Piergrosse in his Ford Falcon in the Sports Sedans category.


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Round 2 of the Victorian Long-board Titles was completed over the weekend at Thirteenth Beach, with highly contestable waves on offer for both days of competition.

The event also decided the state champions, with Phillip Island surfers doing brilliantly coming out on top in three separate cat-egories.

Tate Russell and Niamh Moore were named U18 Boy and Girl State champions, while Jacquie Cham-bers and Natalie Van Der Heyden took out first and second spot in the Over 40 Women’s championship.

During the competition, waves were in the two – three-foot range for the entirety of the competition, with offshore winds becoming cross-shore on Sunday for finals day. A left and right peak was on offer for the finals, which saw ev-eryone rip in and post excellent scores.

Bea Conroy won the Open Wom-en Longboards, while Will Cousins took out the Open Mens.

Jacquie Chambers and Natalie Van Der Heyden came first and second respectively in the Over 40 Women Longboards event (sealing

them the same spots in the cham-pionships), while Phillip Island’s Andrew Lidsey came second in the Over 60 Men Longboards.

Jacquie also came second in the Over 50 Women Logger category.

Tate Russell and Niamh Moore won the Under 18 Boys and Girls Longboard events, while Tate came second in the Junior Logger event.

Further results can be found at www.liveheats.com/surfingvictoria

Phillip Island will host the Aus-tralian SUP Titles in October.

The Australian SUP Titles will run from October 4, with five days of surf and race action.

Both bay and beachside of the island will be used over the event.

The date was announced along with a full calendar of events, in-cluding Indigenous, shortboard, longboard and SUP titles.

Surfing Australia CEO Chris Mater said: “After two consecu-tive interrupted years of National Titles, Surfing Australia is excited

to get back to crowning national champions in 2022. The locations don’t come better than Port Mac-quaire, Bells Beach, North Strad-broke and Phillip Islands. Good luck to all competitors!”

All events and event dates on the calendar are subject to change.

“Surfing Australia strictly ad-heres to any Federal Government directive regarding the current COVID-19 pandemic.”

Full event details at australian-suptitles.com/

Phillip Island Breakers Soccer club had another day out with wins to all age groups!

The Under 12s A team defeated Wonthaggi 5 goals to 2.

Under 14’s played a strong defence game against Wonthaggi United at Wonthaggi Recreation Reserve.

Coach Frank Licciardi was as proud as punch with a winning score of 7 - 4.

Jad Ellaz scored five goals, Kade Ellaz scored one goal, and Josh Poll scored one goal.

Harvey Jacobs, Josh Poll and Dylan Gregory were awarded for their amazing determination in de-fence, and commendable teamwork.

Overall, the whole team communi-cated and played super well together.

With byes to Under 12 B, Under 17s and Reserves, the Senior Women took to the pitch.

Senior WomenBefore the game, the Island in-

formed Wonthaggi that they only had seven players due to being by hit by Covid.

Nonetheless, Wonthaggi opted to play all eleven players, so a seven ver-

sus eleven match it would be.The Island ladies, in the most de-

termined of team efforts, managed to come away with a 2-1 win.

A fantastic team effort.

Senior MenHoping to keep their winning start

to the season and with no Reserves game being played, Coach Daren Dempsey was able to rest up five of his starting eleven players for the top of the ladder game against Trafalgar next week.

This gave five reserves players their chance to play in the top grade.

On another small pitch the Break-ers went five in the midfield. Callum Chisolm and Josh Peters were getting plenty of the ball early on.

After a nice through ball, Ryley Foenander put the first score on the team sheet drilling the ball into the bottom corner.

Wonthaggi set up what seemed to be an eight-player backline trying to hold out every attack from the Island.

Ryley took a chance with a long shot, and the ball sailed over the Keeper putting the Breakers up 2 – 0.

Angus Reid and Brad Newton were

working hard up front, but it was young Matt Thornborrow playing in the midfield that slotted another past the keeper and putting the Island up 3 – 0 at the half time break.

Coach Daren Dempsey made some changes for the start of the second half, it wasn’t long, and Matt Thorn-borrow slotted his second for the day.

Frank Licciardi gave the keeper no chance when he struck the ball hard and put the breakers fifth goal on the sheet.

The Breakers kept pressing for-ward and after a perfect corner ball from Gareth Ellison the ball fell on top of Jack Allen’s head and went into the back of the net for the Island’s sixth unanswered goal.

The Breakers had time for one more goal with Jake Munday getting on the team sheet with his first goal for the day, with the score 7 – 0 as the ref blew the final whistle.

It will be a different game next week as the Island travel to Trafalgar, and play on their full-size pitch, hope-fully with a few rested players and a full list to pick from the Breakers will be up for the challenge and put in an-other great performance.

Breakers victorious in battle with UnitedWesternport Field and Game

held their monthly shoot on May 15, with 110 shooters attending.

Two events were held on the same day.

The Keith Tooley Memorial Side x Side with 48 competitors and the Mark Brenton Memo-rial Under/Over Handicap with 62 shooters. Thank you to our sponsor Trodan Industries.

Overall scores Keith Tooley Memorial Side X Side Classic

High Gun, Robert Passarin with a score of 66.

Grade winners:AA Grade: 1st John Passarin

(60), 2nd Wade McGirr (59) and 3rd Rhys Martin (43).

A Grade: 1st Matt Harris-Spencer (63), 2nd Anthony Ball (56) and 3rd Peter Onley (55).

B Grade: 1st Peter Lemmon (53), 2nd Darren Weatherall (52) and 3rd John Rooke (50).

C Grade:1st Colin Nunn (36), 2nd Barry Hubbard (31) and3rd

Manfred Striffhof (29).Juniors: 1st Joel Passarin (52).Ladies: 1st Danielle Pace (47)

and 2nd Sarah Fritsch (45).Veterans: 1st Brent Wilkerson

(50), 2nd Gordon Hart (46) and 3rd Herman Pipito (43).

Mark Brenton Memorial Under Over Handicap

1st: Ron Hibbert 73.2nd: Will Witkowski 73.3rd: Johnathan Whyte 71.4th: Ben Studham 69.5th: Brendan Goodman 69.6th: Brenton Irons 68.7th: Joseph Passarin 67.

Our next shoot will be held on Sunday, May 29, which is the Steve Bettoni Memorial con-sisting of 100 targets 2-person team novelty event with nomi-nations commencing at 9.30am.

Clay target shooting is suit-able for all genders, ages and fitness levels with juniors shooting for free.

Clay Target shoot results

The Australian SUP Titles return to Phillip Island from October 4, with five days of surf and race action. Photo: Surfing Australia.

SUP titles return to the island

Island longboard champs bring it home!

Tate Russell (left) won the U18 Boys Longboard event and secured the U18 state champion title, with Ted Conroy the runner up. All photos courtesy of Surfing Victoria.

Phillip Island’s Jacquie Chambers and Natalie Van Der Heyden (at right) came first and second in the Over 40 Women’s Longboard event, and came first and second in the Over 40 Women’s Champions. Seen here with fellow competitors Carolyn Lalor and Penelope Andrews.

Niamh Moore (left) was named U18 Girl champion at the Victoria Long-board titles on the weekend, after winning against Cookie Robinson and Charlotte Kerrison.


SPORT

U11sThe Phillip Island under 11s played a

hard game against Dalyston and by 1 goal. Phillip Island 13 and Dalyston 12.

All the girls did such a great job out on the court.

The award winners this week are Stellah Tilley and Georgie Callis.

Amazing job again girls.

U13sPI 50 – Dalyston 3Our girls are sitting top of the lad-

der after another dominating match.Despite the scores our mid court

effort to drive the ball into the goals stood out this week.

Mia Hughes barely missed a goal in the first half, finishing the mid court strength with class.

The girls will be tested this week against Nar Nar Goon who have also started the season strong.

U15sThe island girls defeating Daylston

49-22 was a sweet victory, if you watched the first five minutes of the game the bets were on the opposition.

Daylston came out blaring strength and skill and it was at that stage the girls knew what they had to do.

Every pass was met with serious-ness and determination not to let this game slip out of their hands.

Shooters for the full game Meika and Isabella took hold, not missing a shot and with confidence on their mid court players passed out regularly to get in position to ensure so.

Maya in centre was lethal not let-ting an opposition pass get through.

Abby and hazel in wings with smart passes knowing the ability of each individual team member, and what a team they have become.

A full game in GD Sophia gave it her all with technical precision, never giving them an opportunity to have a clear run to their goals.

Olivia again coming up from 13s to meet the strength of the defence and Matilda sharing the position through her time on court; rebounds were flawless.

By half time 24-10 gave them the confidence to know what they were doing was working and they didn’t fail to keep the energy at peak, it was a beautiful game to watch.

U17sUnder 17s girls played Daylston at

home this week. What a match it was between the two top teams on the ladder. It was such an even game and both teams gave it their all.

Dalyston got ahead in the third quarter; however, our Island girls never gave up and managed to out-score Dalyston in the final quarter, unfortunately that wasn’t enough in the end.

Such a great game and the girls will gain experience from this loss.

Final Score 50 to 46

C GradeSaturday morning turned it on.The sun was out, it was mild, we

were all ready to go. Coming into the game, we knew that it was going to be tough; Dalyston have been a domi-nant side in all grades for the last few years, with a large amount of experi-ence and knowledge, as well as being a physical and fit team.

As a team, we were nervous but also excited for a competitive game on a cracker of a day.

At the first centre pass, the game began with high intensity, starting as a goal for goal game for the first half.

Our defenders Abbey and Chloe were tested with experienced goalers in the ring, however they showed per-severance and determination, win-ning the ball with flying intercepts and body-on-body defence.

Pressure was high from both teams all the way up the court, making it

necessary for patience when bring-ing it up the court into attack.

In the goals we had Isabella for her first game in, where she proved to be a handy addition for the team.

Working well in GA around the ring made it easy for feeders Steph in C and Rose in WA and was able to shoot with amazing accuracy.

In the third quarter, Dalyston’s dominance crept in. While we con-tinued to fight and play the ball smart and patient, Dalyston’s accuracy in the ring and precision down the court was hard to beat. The game contin-ued to be competitive and physical, with Tori in WD and Steph fighting hard for loose balls and putting pres-sure in the mid court to allow Chloe and Abbey in defence to anticipate and win the ball back.

Despite this, a few missed opportu-nities saw Dalyston taking the lead into the fourth. The final quarter was energetic, loud and lifted on our be-half, however Dalyston’s consistency created difficulties in closing the gap in the lead.

The final score blew out to a 16-goal loss, with Phillip Island scoring 29 to Dalyston’s 45. Overall, it was a proud performance for us.

Goals were much more consis-tent; the defensive pressure was un-matched, and the attacking end was becoming more composed.

A star effort from all the girls that took the court. What a day.

Best: Isabella Santorini, Chloe Moxey and Abbey McCaughan.

B GradeThe sun was shining, the atmo-

sphere was building, and the young girls were in charge of the pre-game pump up music.

To the delight of their more senior peers, they did not disappoint with the pump-up playlist, getting the girls into the mood for what was go-ing to be a challenging game against a tough Dalyston line-up.

The first quarter saw it tit for tat with each team converting at each centre pass. It was a well-balanced battle throughout the quarter with

the Island girls scraping a one goal lead at the quarter break.

The second quarter saw some changes for the Island and a steady lead of six going into the half time break.

The girls knew it was going to be a battle in the second half and needed to play their game in order to defeat a strong opponent. The Daly girls were fierce in the third quarter clawing back to be only one goal down at the three-quarter break.

The Island girls regrouped, focused, maintained their positivity and belief in one another and with booming voices of encouragement both on and off the court, managed to steady the ship and play their game, coming away with a fantastic six goal win.

What a game ladies! A true team ef-fort, well done!

Final scores: PI 61 def Dalyston 55.Best on awards: Tessa Johnston,

Lily Huther and Jarah White.

A GradeA physical battle to the wire that

saw our A grade come away with just their second loss for the season.

The scores were held tight with just two goals in it at half time, but Da-lyston pulled away in the second half.

Ella Duggan was back on the court this week, but you may have looked twice if you stopped to watch the match. She was causing havoc at the other end of the court putting in a strong defensive performance with Anthea Bennett for the first half of the game.

Charli Ross, Amelie Wragg, Lexi Walton and Jess Gysberts worked hard and had their work cut out in the mid court with the fast pace of the game and the ball turning over from end to end at pace.

This team are finding their rhythm and it will be a game to watch against Nar Nar Goon next week.

PI 52 - Dalyston 58.

Morning player of the round Under 11 Georgie Callis.

Island netballers finding their rhythm

The sun came out for the Breakers first home match against the top of the ladder Coburg Lions.

It was a tight fought contest right from the first bounce with both teams only managing one goal each for the quarter.

The Breakers goal coming via a bit of magic from Ella Cargill from the pocket.

Sunday Brisbane was rewarded for her work rate and hard running with a goal in the second to give the Breakers the lead going into half time.

Half time: Breakers 2.3-15 – Co-burg 1.3-9

The Breakers continued their great pressure in the third quarter with Tayla Tatterson, Aimee Beck and Rachel Cameron leading the way but couldn’t find an avenue to goal.

A 25m penalty with seconds to go in the quarter gifted the opposition a goal, the lead and momentum go-ing into the last quarter.

The Breakers had most of the play in the last quarter with a Jenna Rus-so putting her team back in front with a nice snap.

However, Coburg found another gear in the last ten minutes and scored a couple of quick goals to put

the game away.Chelsea Connell in her 50th game

played as we have come to expect – getting herself in the right position time after time to cut-off the opposi-tion attack.

Stacey Poke was another key con-tributor in the backline and worked tirelessly all game.

Goals: E Cargill, S Brisbane, J Russo.

Best: C Connell, S Brisbane, T Tatterson, S Poke, K O’Neill, K Caughey.

Next week the Breakers host Edithvale-Aspendale on Sunday at 11am at Dalyston.

Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea, in support of the Cancer Council was held at the Phillip Island Tennis Club on Thursday, May 19.

The Thursday morning ladies have been holding this annual event for over twenty years.

After an enjoyable morning’s ten-nis, with enough players to fill the four courts, the ladies sat down to a delicious meal which they provided.

They were joined by several former players and friends who also contrib-uted to the meal and funds raised.

A club spokesperson said they were most grateful to all those who attend-ed, as well as Terry White Chemmart who provided the first prize for the raffle as well as some other prizes for different activities.

Thanks to everyone’s contribution $417 was raised.

The raffle first prize was won by Helen McCormick, Maree Malloy

won the original mug and coaster donated by Jill Fitzgerald (ovathehill-byjill.com.au) and Ann Goldsworthy won the canister of T2 Fruitalicious tea donated by Cyndy McMullen.

Chris Daly won the jar of Smart-ies with the guess of 625, only three off the correct number and Mandy Walker correctly chose which cup the teabag was in.

This year’s Display of Teapots proved most interesting.

Attendees were able to vote on their choice in various categories.

Ann’s Japanese engraved teapot and cup were voted the most popular and most unusual.

When the cup was held up to the light, a picture of a Japanese warrior could be seen.

A big thank you to all those who contributed, helping to raise such a great amount.Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Phillip Island Tennis Club hosted Biggest Morning Tea to raise money for the Cancer Council. Back: Jenny D., Carol, Sheryl, Ann, Mandy, Helen, Eve, Kate, Chris and Meg. Front: Life members Jayne Mitchell, Betty, Cyndy, Tash and Jenny P.

Biggest morning tea at Phillip Island tennis club

Breakers first home matchChelsea Connell is chaired off in her 50th game by Jenna Russo and Georgia Sharp.


There could be quite a few new members of the Phillip Island Football Netball Club short-ly, if the success of last Saturday’s highly an-ticipated All Abilities Day is anything to go by.

The day, sponsored by Interactive Austra-lia, was all about belonging and feeling in-cluded and involved, and the club’s players and members delivered that in spades.

Warmly welcoming the young visitors, and organiser of the day, was Beau Vernon, PIF-NC’s senior football coach and an Interactive Australia Director.

He described the aim of the organisation, which champions the causes of people living with disabilities, as the creation of more in-clusive and supportive communities.

As a quadriplegic himself, Beau said he knows only too well how hard it can be to join in, after an accident on the football field left him paralysed in 2010.

“I remember how difficult it was to find the courage to get up and join in,” he said.

But he said that he had been lucky that a few mates had helped him in those early days, had taken him out, and he had a community that welcomed him in. They saw his abilities, rather than his disability.

“And that is the focus of today,” he said.“We want our club to look at people’s

strengths and abilities.“I want you to know that you are very wel-

come in our Club,” Beau told the visitors.“We want you to come down here whenever

you like and feel part of what we do.

“That is the invitation PIFNC is extending to everyone here today.

“We want everyone to feel included and that they belong.

“It is important that everyone here today feels welcome and included.”

There was much excitement when free PIFNC Hoodies were presented to the day’s participants, who wore them proudly; and a yummy morning tea was served.

Beau urged the families present to come down to the club whenever they liked, with PIFNC offering free entry to them for all home games.

“Just let them know at the gate,” he said.“We will record your names there.”He also invited anyone who would like to get

involved in the club’s activities to let him know.“There are lots of jobs here and it’s fun to help

out.”It was then out on to the football oval and net-

ball courts, for the real thing.Players of all abilities mingled and enjoyed

ball games together before the matches against Dalyston.

There was lots of cheering from the sidelines as the game got underway, from the island’s enthusiastic newest supporters, who looked magnificent in their bright red, white and blue jumpers.

The cheering must have worked, as the island had a resounding win against Dalyston in the seniors match.

Inclusion the aimSpeaking earlier in the day, Beau said he was

hopeful that many of the families who came along would become part of the Club.

“One in five people have a disability.“It is important to look at the ability and

strengths of everyone in our community and see how they can participate.”

He emphasised that PIFNC is committed to promoting inclusion, and that it was aligned

with Interactive Australia’s aims. From a Club perspective, he said the All

Abilities Day also presented a great opportu-nity to teach PIFNC players to look at people’s strengths, and not their disability.

This was already happening, he said, with a number of club members and players having a disability of some sort.

The day was judged a huge success, with lots of fun and a good time had by all.

LADDERS

D- GRADE PTS GAInver-Kongwak 24 269.23%Dalyston 20 216.36%Bunyip 16 235.96%Nar Nar Goon 16 149.21%Kilcunda Bass 12 93.75%Tooradin-Dalmore 8 72.57%Phillip Island 8 61.90%Garfi eld 4 82.69%Cora Lynn 4 61.31%Koo Wee Rup 4 36.34%Korumburra Bena 0 0.00%Warragul Indust 0 0.00%

THIS WEEKEND DRAWS

WEST GIPPSLAND COMPETITION

Phillip Island Red v Korumburra-BenaSunday May 29

SOUTHERN GIPPSLAND JUNIOR FOOTBALL COMPETITION

Nar Nar Goon v Phillip IslandSaturday, 28 May

Korumburra-Bena - Phillip Island Sunday May 29

SENIOR FOOTBALL RESERVES FOOTBALL THIRDS FOOTBALL FOURTHS FOOTBALL

NETBALL

TEAM PTS % W LInverloch-Kongwak 24 576.34 6 0Warragul Industrials 24 348.45 6 1Phillip Island 20 303.97 5 1Garfi eld 20 138.36 5 2Koo Wee Rup 16 91.82 4 3Korumburra-Bena 12 170.06 3 3Kilcunda Bass 8 34.89 2 4Dalyston 8 66.28 2 4Bunyip 4 70.21 1 5Nar Nar Goon 4 39.64 1 5Tooradin-Dalmore 0 6.00 0 6Cora Lynn 0 0 0 0

TEAM PTS % W LTooradin-Dalmore 28 301.05 7 0Phillip Island 28 244.35 7 0Nar Nar Goon 28 206.49 7 0Inverloch-Kongwak 20 184.18 5 2Bunyip 16 141.91 4 3Warragul Industrials 16 139.95 4 3Koo Wee Rup 12 76.42 3 4Cora Lynn 8 89.62 2 5Kilcunda Bass 4 42.71 1 6Dalyston 4 39.13 1 6Korumburra-Bena 4 37.37 1 6Garfi eld 0 31.43 0 7

17 & Under PTS GADalyston 28 199.37%Phillip Island 24 215.95%Korumburra Bena 24 186.49%Bunyip 20 145.18%Inverloch-Kongwak 16 131.94%Tooradin-Dalmore 12 113.71%Cora Lynn 12 103.79%Koo Wee Rup 12 83.17%Nar Nar Goon 8 90.64%Kilcunda Bass 8 65.13%Warragul Industrials 4 37.27%Garfi eld 0 15.17%

C- GRADE PTS GABunyip 28 418.67%Dalyston 24 161.64%Garfi eld 24 157.14%Nar Nar Goon 20 167.94%Inverloch-Kongwak 20 163.24%Tooradin-Dalmore 14 115.60%Cora Lynn 14 96.88%Phillip Island 12 98.40%Korumburra Bena 4 60.50%Kilcunda Bass 4 46.64%Koo Wee Rup 4 41.48%Warragul Industrials 0 29.97%

B- GRADE PTS GABunyip 28 237.74%Tooradin-Dalmore 28 207.59%Phillip Island 28 158.20%Nar Nar Goon 24 182.98%Inverloch-Kongwak 16 102.28%Dalyston 12 94.06%Korumburra Bena 10 87.37%Kilcunda Bass 8 94.81%Cora Lynn 6 62.57%Garfi eld 6 55.42%Koo Wee Rup 2 51.71%Warragul Industrials 0 42.73%

A- GRADE PTS GATooradin-Dalmore 28 164.10%Inverloch-Kongwak 24 154.79%Nar Nar Goon 24 141.92%Bunyip 20 183.55%Phillip Island 20 141.63%Dalyston 20 131.86%Cora Lynn 8 87.95%Korumburra Bena 8 75.92%Garfi eld 4 74.50%Warragul Industrials 4 59.40%Koo Wee Rup 4 37.73%Kilcunda Bass 0 0.00%

YOUTH GIRLS FOOTBALL COMPETITION

PLAYER OF THE ROUNDUnder 11 Georgie Callis.

TEAM PTS % W LTooradin-Dalmore 28 1823.21 7 0Phillip Island 28 376.05 7 0Bunyip 24 300.00 6 1Nar Nar Goon 24 202.23 6 1Koo Wee Rup 16 126.44 4 3Cora Lynn 12 137.93 3 4Warragul Industrials 12 91.02 3 4Inverloch-Kongwak 12 88.14 3 4Dalyston 4 46.17 1 6Garfi eld 4 34.52 1 6Korumburra-Bena 4 18.45 1 5Kilcunda Bass 0 10.19 0 7

TEAM PTS % W LInverloch-Kongwak 28 965.43 7 0Garfi eld 20 292.31 5 1Cora Lynn 16 100.99 4 2Tooradin-Dalmore 12 277.01 3 2Nar Nar Goon 12 111.97 3 2Phillip Island 12 100.00 3 2Koo Wee Rup 8 81.47 2 4Bunyip 4 43.63 1 5Korumburra-Bena 4 38.85 1 5Dalyston 0 7.52 0 5Kilcunda Bass 0 0 0 0Warragul Industrials 0 0 0 0

SPORT

Inclusion the aim of the gamePhillip Island Seniors coach Beau Vernon was out recruiting at Saturday’s All Abilities Day, and young visitors to the Club, Nick and Jason Ramage were in his sights. The boys were presented with PIFNC hoodies to wear, and tried their hand at footy. And if that was not your go, there were lots of volunteer jobs around the Club for anyone who would like to join in, said Beau. The All Abilities Day was about inclusivity and belonging.

Eight-year-old Charlotte Phillips from Dalyston, was delighted with her new PIFNC jumper on Saturday, and tried out footy and netball at the PINC All Abilities Day. She is pictured with her mum and dad Clare and Luke.

Physios from Wonthaggi Allied Health Nick Leitch and Marlee Taing help Glen Van Dorg find the right size PIFNC hoodie to wear on the ground at Saturday’s PIFNC All Abilities Day.

Island footballers Ben Taylor (right) and Kai McKenzie (left) were on hand encouraging visitor Dean Kimmer to have a go at the Club’s All Abilities Day on Saturday.

Phillip Island seniors player Jordy Patullo welcomes Raymond Bergin to the Club’s All Abilities day on Saturday.


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U14s BlueThe Phillip Island Bulldogs U14 Blues

hosted Korumburra-Bena Grey at home on Sunday.

Coming off a bye, the boys were hyped and ready to play on this sunny Sunday. Once again, the teamwork was on show and it was wonderful to see our top age boys lower their eyes and get the ball to our younger players, allowing them to carve it up.

The Bulldogs took home a comfortable win – 89 to 12.

Goals to Duke Lawrence (2), Harrison Carlon (2), Heath Bowen (2), Levi Ad-dison, Jeremy Kelly, Xavier Williams, Ayden Fawaz, Darcy Opitz and Austin Finlayson.

Best to Levi Addison, Zack Hughes, Alex Szymanski and Tommy Newman.

U14s RedThe Bulldog boys travelled to Inver-

loch in what was anticipated to be a great match and that it was. The Island came out strong and kicked the first two goals.

Inverloch’s big boys then decided to pick up their pace and managed to even the scores.

The ball went back and forth all match with great tackling and marking from both sides. The score was even at three quarter time and anyone’s game.

In the final quarter the island managed to kick a goal securing them match in the last minutes. A great match and well done to the entire team.

PI 4.9.33 def Inverloch-Kongwak 3.6.24.Goals: 2 Connor Macmillan, 1 Toby Da-

vies, Sam Schuller.Best: Connor Macmillan, Blake Mur-

phy, Jacob Solohub, Thomas, Max Nicka, Archer Cameron.

U12s RedIt was a foggy and cold Sunday morning

as the island parents drove over the bridge and headed toward Inverloch to take the Invy kids on at their home ground.

The sun shone brightly in Inverloch, and it didn’t stop there with the weather. The boys and girls of the island fought hard to obtain a point in the first quarter with

powerhouse Tierlin back from a finger in-jury at her best and rarin’ to go.

Bailey Taylor was unselfish and al-though marking in front of goal, passed it onto Tierlin for a “what looked like goal” but sadly missed by a needle width.

The doggies fought hard but sadly, In-verloch were too strong and produced a 54-point defeat. We will get you next time Gadget, next time.

Final scores were Phillip Island 0. 2. 2 lost to Inverloch 9. 8. 59

U12s BlueThe U12s PI Blues played a brilliant

game, clearly dominating the Corner In-let team in a home game at the kennel in round six.

Conditions were very cold, but the driz-zle held off for the game.

Goal kickers were Bryce Lawrence, Billy Brydon, Jackson Allan, and Archie Williams kicked two goals narrowly missing a third from a difficult angle.

Other outstanding performances to note were Dustin Naismith and Kane Patton who worked hard on the back line, stop-ping many attempts at goal by their op-ponents.

Lukah Fawaz, who didn’t stop the whole match and displayed wide range of skills from tackles, to smothers to passes, as well as Harvey Paterson, Kyra Carton, and Kai Opitz who all really gave it their all.

Awards aside, the whole team really took the intensity up a level with the Cor-

ner Inlet kids finding it hard to hold pos-session without being taken down by the doggie’s killer tackles.

Lead by captains Archie Williams and Jackson Allen, the hard work really showed in the results with the Bulldogs taking a convincing win 5-4-34 to 1-0-6.

The team were disappointed to have a bye next week but will surely be pumped for their next game.

U10s BlueThe U10s PI Blues performed spectacu-

larly, shining bright on a cold cloudy day vs the Corner Inlet team in a home game at the kennel in round six.

Conditions were very cold, but the driz-zle held off for the duration of the game. The doggies played intensely the whole match with amazing tackles and moved the ball well down the middle.

Goal kickers were Brock Larson, Flynn Riley, Cody Naismith and Nick Ramage.

Captain Sonny Williams took home the subway award for leading by example with a fantastic effort.

Ari took home the tenpin bowling award for his consistent effort week after week, Oscar James was awarded for get-ting in and out with clean skills. Reece King was awarded for the outstanding way he attacked the footy in the rough conditions.

Nick Ramage was awarded for his first goal, Brock Larson was awarded for his big kicks and working hard for the ball.

Footy juniors take weekend victoriesIn picture perfect condi-

tions the girls welcomed top of the table team Tr-aralgon to the kennel for the first time.

The girls knew going into the game it was go-ing to be a tough assign-ment, with many of the Tr-aralgon team members of Gippsland Power.

However, the girls were buoyed by the return of Ahlee and Lexi, Brinn for her first game of the season, Lily (Elbow) Bow for her first game with the Island and the return of Cara (Sweaty) Moschetti to the fold.

Traralgon got off to a blistering start and had the girls hesitating early, but it didn’t take long for Maken-zie (Macca) Wain to get to work.

Macca was everywhere, attacking the ball and tak-ing on opponents.

Her drive from the back-line was inspiring and the team soon lifted to join her.

Ahlee Penry worked tire-lessly in the ruck throughout the game and was ably sup-ported by Lexi Walton and Jade Ricardo rotating from half back and on the ball.

Brinn Hamley was in su-perb form for her first game of the year, attacking the ball at every opportunity, even taking on the opposi-tion with a blind turn out of the pack.

Unfortunately for Brinn her game ended early with a knock to the knee.

The second quarter saw the Island girls match it

with the Traralgon girls, Lexi Walton, Alaska Dixon, Kayla Carpi, Sarah Eldridge and Jorja (Jorga) Newman repelled numerous attacks.

While Qiarshi (Q) Adams continues to impress on the wing, driving the ball in to our forward line on a num-ber of occasions.

Zoe Carr, Mia (Boosty) Boost and Maya Huther were once again working up and down the ground mak-ing strong contributions throughout the game.

Cara Moschetti showed some great glimpses of what she will bring to the team, while new players Summer Crosier and Macey Stubbs are just growing in confi-dence each week, getting in and using their body well to get the ball.

Millie Marshall snapped a great goal in the second quarter, while first gamer Lily (Elbow) Bow took a strong mark in the forward fifty in the final quarter and then kicked a great pass into Poppy Marshall who went back and kicked truly.

A really strong demon-stration today of the girl’s football by both teams. Spe-cials thanks to Cam Peder-son for umpiring today.

Final Score: Traralgon 17.19.121 def Phillip Island 3.0.18.

Best: MacKenzie Wain, Lexi Walton, Qiarshi Ad-ams, Ahlee Penry, Jade Ricardo, Jorja (Jorga) New-man, Brinn Hamley.

Goals: Ahlee Penry, Millie Marshall, Poppy Marshall.

Phillip Island girls find Traralgon tough

From page 32Dominating all over the ground,

particularly in the second half, the Bulldogs were in magnificent form.

Cam Brown playing his best game by far for the seniors booted five goals in a frenetic first, Cam Peder-son dominating all day with more than 30 individual possessions and countless demonstrations of rucking precision led the charge.

Brendan Kimber returned to mid field for a 30 plus possession game much to the pleasure of the coaching panel.

The Bulldogs defence functioned superbly – particularly after half time, after some detailed main break analysis.

Forward turned key defender Max Blake led the defensive charge, more than capably filling the hole left by the injured Jason Tomada.

Mid-field players including Kai MacKenzie and Zac Vernon took control after half time and were ir-repressible.

But with all of that, it was probably the Taylor-3 running riot in the for-ward line that was most impressive.

Jack Taylor returned to his mag-nificent best, clunking more than 15 marks for the game and kicking beautifully for seven goals.

Billy Taylor fed the ball constantly into the forward line, and Ben Taylor wasn’t far behind teaming up with his brothers like they used to in their own back yard!

With the Patullo-2 supporting, and cameos from Harry O’Brien, Jack Pa-pas and returning Levi Robinson, the forwards totally overwhelmed the opposition.

With an exciting and challeng-ing block of away games coming up against fellow undefeated teams Nar Nar Goon and Tooradin, the second half effort was an impressive tune-up at just the right time.

Scores:Phillip Island, 11.1.67, 14.3.87,

23.9.147, 32.15.207.Dalyston, 1.4.10, 5.5.35, 5.8.38,

6.8.44.Goals:Phillip Island: Jack Taylor 7, Cam-

eron Brown 5, Levi Robinson 3, Cam-eron Pedersen, Jesse Patullo, Jordy Patullo, Ben Taylor, Jack Papas, Billy Taylor, Zak Vernon 2, Brendan Kim-ber, Matt Jones, Harry O’Brien.

Dalyston: Michael Marotta, Mi-chael Harris, Jack Murray 2.

Best Players:Phillip Island: Brendan Kimber,

Cameron Pedersen, Jack Taylor, Cameron Brown, Billy Taylor, Max Blake.

Dalyston: Curtis Murfett, Jack Mur-ray, Michael Harris, Hayden Wallis, Brendan Walsh, Michael Marotta.

ReservesIt was sure a relief to see the games

begin at midday, with reserves earn-ing the ‘right’ to kick the dew off the beautifully prepared kennel.

Not something the boys were used to.

With six Under 18s and three club first gamers playing, a highlight was the reserves debut of coach James Stirton wearing the prized number 1!

Another highlight was club talis-man Jess (Giz) Gislingham playing his first reserves game in the prized number 31.

The event was made more special with his mate Tylah Maloney kitting up for the Magpies.

Nine new players in presented a challenge for the Bulldogs, and in the first the game was very tight.

The Bulldogs were struggling with

cohesion and ball movement, and the Magpies showed they sure had come to play.

Luke Glossop rose to the challenge presented and led from the front.

It took until the second for the lo-cals to assume control.

New cult figure Harry Anderson dominated the forward line, Lucas Chihotski up from the thirds be-ing prolific with ball and voice, and back-man turned forward Arie Cook causing problems for the Magpies de-fence.

Blake Christopher took over his position, and the dogs moved out to a five-goal half time margin.

The third saw returning Alex Duyker take control at both ends of the ground, first in defence and then moving forward.

Tom Officer playing his first game was outstanding in the ruck, and Will Taylor-Eagles was lively around the goals despite just recovering from illness.

The final quarter was the Jess Gis-lingham show.

Moved into the forward line for the last quarter, it was a romp for the Giz who dominated the goal square, snagging two goals for the team.

Jett McMillan chipped in to assist, and the Bulldogs romped away with a 60-point margin in the end.

Scores:Phillip Island: 1.4.10, 6.7.43, 9.6.60,

13.9.87.Dalyston: 1.0.6, 1.1.7, 2.2.14, 4.3.27.Goals:Phillip Island: Alex Dyker 3, Jess

Gislingham 2, Will Taylor-Eagles 2, Harry Anderson 2, Lucas Chihots-ki, Arie Cook, Jett McMillan, Tyce Kleverkamp.

Dalyston: Dean Wylie, Tylah Ma-loney, Jesse Orchard-Moore, Jack Sherrin.

Best Players:Phillip Island: Luke Glossop, Blake

Christopher, Harry Anderson, Alex Duyker, Finlay Cousins, Jess Gisling-ham.

Dalyston: Dean Wylie, Jesse Or-chard-Moore, Jack Sheerin, Ryan Birkett, Robert Davey, Tylah Maloney.

Bulldogs inspired to complete performance

U10s blue: Spirits are high. Magnus Bathgate, Nicholas Ramage, Ben Stephens, Flynn Riley, Jaxon Marshall, Archer Paxton, Brock Larson and Ruby Parsons.

For more photos, visit pisra.com.au/sport

Tyson Kleverkamp played a great game in the Reserves.


SPORT

Last week didn’t start all that fresh, there was some easterlies, it rained on and off and there was not a big window of fishing … not to mention the piercing cold.

But from Thursday the weather turned right up to perfect.

Although the new shop doesn’t have the view of the water anymore and we can’t see up the bay, the trees opposite the new shop only moved when a bird landed on the branches.

The sky was clear all weekend, there was barely a ripple on the water and our customers flocked to their fishing gear too, in hopes of finding a fish, and most did!

There was a good number of whit-ing throughout the week, a lot from the deeper waters at the top of the bay.

Traditionally, the winter whiting we see this time of year are nice, fat and generally a bit bigger in size.

The majority of those who went out fishing did bag out and within a smaller amount of time with little moving around and bait swaps. The average whiting size for the week was around 45cm with some bigger 50cm ones from Silverleaves.

The reports for the tuna have still been coming in the last couple of weeks with two, one just under and the other just over the 100kg mark towards the windmills.

There has been a decent hand full of reports of smaller tuna (under 20kg) more towards Cape Schanck.

The sighting has been in good numbers and there have also been some nice images coming through from people’s sounders.

But they’re on the bottom and those who have tried later in the week have not had huge amounts of success drawing them up.

Salmon remain the main species alongside the whiting for catches of the month.

The good number and the decent sizes continue to be caught daily from both land and in the boats.

Those big 4-5kg Aussie salmon have returned in more consistent numbers in the boat this week, off Newhaven jetty, now moving down the coast to the inlet at Inverloch.

Currently, there is no favourable lure/rig, magic bait or size. The salmon are hungry, and they will just about take whatever you throw in front of them.

I don’t like to complain, but this

has happened way too many times this week to not make mention of it.

When you go to the mechanic you drop your car off tell them about that noise it makes and then leave, or you go to the hairdresser and ask for a wash and a cut, pay and leave.

What you don’t do is ask the me-chanic what grease they use, or what brand socket they use, you don’t ask the hairdresser why they use the certain shampoo or question why they cut with their right instead of their left.

These people are professionals in their fields.

We own a tackle shop. No we didn’t have to study to work here but we have had the shop for almost two decades now. Why do people think we are any less qualified to offer them advice than a mechanic about a car?

Sadly, multiple times this week I have had customers come in, ignore my offer of assistance, and then go and ask my customers for help.

This not only makes me look in-competent to other customers but makes you feel like just another salesperson. I even had one cus-tomer come in, ask me if “the man” was working and then leave when I said no.

And for my customers that say “ask them mate, they work here” I appreciate it!

In case you haven’t been on our Facebook page lately, we have re-sumed our off-season auctions.

Traditionally, every Monday and Tuesday we offer some products on our social media that people bid on, majority of the time scoring a great bargain.

The auctions are generally fo-cussed on current species and trends, they start at 6.30pm and go through to 9pm.

Drop in next Monday and check it out (Facebook only).

Just a reminder to everyone, whale season has officially start-ed now, they are here. If driving around near the entrance, or out the front in the boat, knock back a few knots and slow down.

There is going to be a lot of people, and the wildlife boats on the water looking for them.

They do have a habit of just pop-ping up at random times, and that’s not something you want hit going fast.

The Rhyll-Phillip Island Angling Club (RPIAC) closed-out their 2021/2022 Angling competition with the Annual Seniors Presenta-tion Night held at the Phillip Island Golf club on May 14.

Anglers and supporters were relieved that they finally had an opportunity to celebrate the re-sumption of the social event, the achievements of anglers, and the dedicated support of members.

Guests were entranced by the musical talents of local artists, Tra-vis Thompson and Steve Gijsbers, singing along to classic tunes and dancing to the energy of guitar and drums.

Their energy was sustained thanks to the delicious feast pre-pared by Frank Velardi, Andrew Ingliss and team, as well as the re-freshing beverages served by the welcoming bar staff at the golf club.

Considering the challenges asso-ciated with the pandemic and the ability of hospitality venues to open their doors, the Angling Club is ex-periencing a resurgence of interest from anglers and Phillip Island lo-cals.

RPIAC is open to members and visitors on Friday evening from 5pm and hosts scheduled angling com-petition weekends through spring, summer, and autumn each year.

The club promotes responsible and sustainable fishing practices and supports and assists in develop-ing an interest in fishing for young-sters, families and locals.

Thankfully, the efforts of angling club members and visitors have spread word about the club and the Rhyll Boat Ramp Upgrade will also create more interest in the club and local area.

RPIAC president, Albert Abram, spoke of the commitment, pres-ence, and willingness of members to volunteer, which has welcomed newcomers and revived the club’s atmosphere.

He announced Daisy Weir as the recipient of this year’s “President’s Award” and the crowd’s applause affirmed the recognition of her ser-vice to the club.

Every year, RPIAC entices mem-bers to engage in the season’s an-gling competitions, offering week-end and annual and prizes.

Throughout the season, partici-pants are entered into the 365-Com-petition, Reverse Draw, and Club Championship.

The 365-competition, acknowl-edged the best fish of each species caught throughout the previous 365 days.

Pat Gleeson had a very impres-sive tally of five biggest-fish species, with his commemorative plaque citing couta (1370 grams), flat-head (2795 grams), kingfish (3605 grams), leatherjacket (982 grams) and salmon (1822 grams).

James Nicolaci caught the biggest snapper (8085 grams), Wayne Iz-zard coaxed the best King George whiting (740 grams), and Peter Cu-beta wrestled with the best school/

gummy shark (9500 grams).Helen Ismail impressed as a

newcomer to the competition and trumped with the best trevally (1030 grams), whilst Matthew Ellenford received his first plaque for a pike (1150 grams).

The remaining plaques were awarded to Steve Bland, in stitches for his tailor (305 grams), Albert Abram for the biggest mackerel (350 grams), and Brendan Garlepp for his grass/stranger whiting (245 grams).

Club secretary and weigh-in mas-ter, Russell Gallagher, concluded the Reverse Draw, picking the last entry from the bucket and an-nounced Albert Abram as the prize winner.

Amusingly, Albert was also the recipient of the award that nobody wants, the RPIAC Merle award, which recognises angler-related incidents including mishaps and errors of judgement in the previous year.

Attendees were all hopeful for the Haymes Paint Shop Bluetooth Speaker door prize and Isabella Bland had the winning ticket, stak-ing a claim for more music.

The evenings presentations con-cluded with the announcement of the top-three female and male club champions.

The 2022 female club champions were: Tenille Preddice, in third place with a total of 8601 units, Kate Jinnette, in second place with a to-tal of 15732 units, and, by less than a fish, Carrieanne Peatey finished the season in first place with 16007 units.

The 2022 male club champions were: Steve Bland, in third place with a total of 20758 units, Pat Glee-son, in second place with a total of 22732 units, and Chris Leonardos finished in first place with a total of 26325 units.

Chris has now broken his own club record with eight club champion ti-tles, winning his first title in 1998.

The next angling competition season is scheduled to commence in Spring 2022 and the RPIAC’s club-room is located adjacent to the Rhyll boat ramp.

Members and visitors are wel-come on Fridays (from 5pm) and competition weekends coinciding with weigh in.

For further information about the club, events, competitions, and rules, please visit www.rpiac.com.

Tuesday May 17, Mens Stableford

18 Hole Stableford winner was Ian Brown (32) on 39 points to Mike Fitzmaurice (18) 38 points.

9 Hole Stableford winner was Steve Rieger (25) on 26 points to John Rodakis (36) on 21 points.

Wednesday May 18, Ladies 18 Hole Stroke Monthly Medal

18 Hole winner was Kaye Bea-ton (24) 72 and runner was Jen Bilson (25) 74.

Women’s 9 Hole Stableford winner was Lyn Mc Cole (45) 17 points and runner up was Pau-line Scoble (45) 15 points.

Thursday May 19, Open18 Hole Par winner was Max

Bentley (11) 2, runner up Ross Payne (18) with 1.

9 Hole Par winner was Bob Pas-coe (12) 3, runner up was Steve Rieger (25) 1.

Saturday May 21 StablefordA grade men’s winner was Paul

Cashman (12) with 38 points and runner up was Ken Sellers (12)

with 36 points.B grade men’s winner was

Leigh Hayhurst (14) with 36 points and runner up was Wayne Morris (14) with 35 points c/b.

C grade men’s winner was Phil Foster (22) with 43 points and runner up was Rob Purcell (22) with 38 points.

NTP: 5th, Mark Jamieson 7th, Mike Fitzmaurice 10th, Harry Sterling 17th, Gino Manfredi.

Ladies’ winner was Meg Rus-sell-Stevenson (33) with 41 points and runner up was Maria Kirwan (39) with 32 points.

Ladies NTP: 5th, Ada Anglin 7th, Lesley Meadowcroft 10th, Rhonda Boyd.

9-Hole competition winner was John Hendrie.

Sunday May 22, Open Stableford

18 Hole winner was Jack Ross (13) on 37 points, runner up was Reece Jamieson (10) with 34 points

9 Hole winner was Paul Beck-ham (32) with 15 points, runner up was Belinda Beckham (45) with 9 points.

Rhyll-Phillip Island Angling Club

AROUND THE BAYWITH JIM’S BAIT AND TACKLE

Phillip Island golf results

Kate Jinnette (left) finished second in the RPIAC club championship with 15732 units, whilst Chris Leonardos (right) became an eight-time club champion, winning the title with 26325 units.

Helen Ismail earned her 365-com-petition plaque for the biggest trevally (1030 grams) caught in the season.

Steve Bland finished third in the club championship and was in stitches with his tailor (305 grams) after receiving his 365 award.



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Young Jess Gislingham proudly led the Island Bulldogs Reserves side out on to the fi eld on Saturday, in celebration of PIFNC’s special “All Abilities Day.” For the full story and photos of this very special event, turn to page 29.

A beautiful, crisp, clear morn-ing was welcome on Saturday morning, particularly after fran-tic efforts to establish teams for the matches against neighbours from Dalyston.

With injuries, fl u and Covid running riot through its teams, Dalyston had been forced to for-feit U16s on Thursday, and then late Friday, Under 18s.

A fl urry of activity from the Bulldogs – with upwards of 15 injuries followed by some new Covid outbreaks late Friday, saw the Bulldogs calling on several Under 18s to fi ll the gaps in the reserves.

Then some more Covid posi-tives on Saturday morning in the seniors brought about some more juggling!

The volunteer team was also heavily impacted, with volunteer numbers down by over 50 per cent across all areas, the most no-table absence being PIFNC Chief Chris Ross, with a bad case of the man-fl u!

All Abilities Football Netball Day

A welcome addition to the morning was the gradual arrival of an amazing array of very spe-cial people as part of the inaugu-

ral All-Abilities football and net-ball day (see separate story).

Sponsored by PIFNC in con-junction with senior coach Beau Vernon, GippSport and Interact Australia 30 plus people partici-pated in a wonderful morning tea

followed by meetings with PIFNC senior footballers and netballers.

Then there was an opportunity to participate with some ‘Come-and-Try’ Netball and Football sessions.

A very successful way to have people with disabilities experi-ence all that the club can offer, breaking down barriers and en-couraging all to be part of the Bulldogs community.

SeniorsThe Bulldogs were clearly in-

spired by the presence of the All Abilities day participants, be-cause they were to turn on one of their most complete performanc-es from the year.

A blistering start in the fi rst of 11 goals to 1 – after the Magpies were very competitive early – continued throughout the day.

The Bulldogs were to run out winners by 160 plus points in a complete and dominant perfor-mance.

Continued page 30

Bulldogs inspired to complete performance

Zach Wagner on the run from the Magpies.

Inclusion the name of the game

ree cheers for our volunteers - AWS

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