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Kiss better
By Kate Taylor
A fresh drink of water, and a comforting kiss better was welcome after the koala was found on Geoff Taylors property, stuck in
mud trying to get a drink from a dam. Photo Brian Brook
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claws, and its a brave man who kisses a koala.
But thats exactly what local Ballan real estate
(John Kontek) guru Geoff Taylor did last week
when helping a little native in need.
Friday night, following a blast of hot weather,
Geoff was on his Gordon property with daughter
Kelly and her son when the distressed koala was
first spotted.
The kids went down to the bottom paddock to
check on the horses for the night, and the poor
little thing was near the damn just sitting there,
Kelly explained.
Geoff has a wildlife carer license - and so the
kids came running for their Pa.
She was really dehydrated so he picked her up
and theres a paddock behind the house thats
full of gum trees and they got her up there and
she had some gum leaves.
She had all really muddy paws, so we assumed
she tried to get into the dam to have a drink and
got stuck in the mud and thought oh, bugger
that then tried to move on and it was all too
much.
Kelly explained how the adorable photo came
about.
We were offering her water - dad loves
animals... they have kangaroos and magpies
and all sorts of animals that have been wounded
- and he kind of just lent forward talking to the
koala, and the koala leaned over and got a kiss
on the nose and my partner was lucky enough to
get a shot at the right time.
Kelly said that its sad that animals are putting
themselves in such a position to get water but
this story is presumed to have a happy ending.
He let her go in the top paddock, and she was
gone the next morning, so we think shes moved
on.
Or perhaps she is just a koala who doesnt kiss
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When devastating fires
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Lornes FoodWorks and
also the Bacchus Marsh
FoodWorks - Alex Ng gave
the keys to his shop to the
local CFA and told them to
take whatever they needed.
It was Christmas Day, and
residents of towns along the
Great Ocean Road had been
given the order to evacuate
while CFA firefighters took
on a ferocious blaze one
that would eventually take

well over 100 homes.
It was, of course, hot and
hard work done in extreme
conditions and at a time
when the firefighters should
have been sitting down to
their own Christmas lunches, it was water and bananas
on the menu.
Alex Ng and his business partner Susan Lau are
known in Bacchus Marsh
and the Moorabool district
for the many, many thousands of dollars they have
donated to the community
over recent years and when

fire threatened the people in
the Lorne sister stores community, they were there to
help.
We handed over the keys
for them to come in and
get supplies in their efforts to fight the fire, Alex
explained.
They needed all the general things for the volunteers
- water, bananas we told
them to take whatever they
needed.
Alex and Susan are both
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keys they dont have time
to think of anything, theyre
busy fighting the fires.
We are in a small community, and the community
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By Kate Taylor
Damien Johnson could feel
in his bones that it was going
to be a bad day.
But he didnt know that this
particular day, albeit bad,
and being just before Christmas, would end with his
house directly in the path of
a bushfire and burned to the
ground.
Damien had been sitting at
the Buninyong Fire Station
for eight hours, waiting for
them to give him a lift back
into the fire zone the blaze
was not yet classed as under
control and when he arrived back at his Clarendon
property at one oclock in the
morning, he already knew
what he would find there.
Everything was gone.
Known by his kids as the
pony poo farm as the Johnsons sold it, along with fire
wood, from their property,
all 70 acres including the
house were destroyed in the
blaze.
All that remained was one
shed with Damiens tools
in it.
With my tools I can rebuild, but without them I
cant.
Everything else was lost on
that one hot, smokey, flam-
ing night from the vital paperwork accumulated over a

lifetime, to the kids musical
instruments, all went in the
fire.
A neighbour, Murray Arnel,
had notified the Johnsons of
the fires approach.
Damien knew that if his wife
and kids hadnt left when
they did, they wouldnt get
out; so there was no time to
grab anything.
With his wife and four kids,
aged between 10 and 16,
safely out of the way, Damien had stayed behind to
man the impressive network
of pumps, hoses, sprinklers
and tanks that was defending his house from spot fires
and ember attack.
And with ten years in the
CFA under his belt, Damien
knew what he was doing
and he believes his plan
would have worked, if not
for one incident involving a
phone.
I needed my mobile to
have contact with the outside world and find out what
was happening I went to
grab it from my wife, and
when I was driving back
the police stopped me from
coming back.
At that point, it was sort
of inevitable what would
happen - if youre not there

to put out spot fires, to man
your equipment, you know
that youre going to lose your
property.
I knew it was inevitable
that we would have a fire
one day, so thats why I had
everything set up with the
pumps and the hoses and
the tanks of water. I had a
new 1000 litre tank, being
fed from an underground
tank as well I had set it
up that morning because I
could feel in my bones that
the day was going to be a
bad day.
But the bad day could have
been a lot worse.
At least all my neighbours
surrounding me were okay
and nobody was hurt, nobody was killed. I dont
know how but thats the
case.
I think someone must have
been watching over us that
day.
And ever since, its the
community that has been
watching over the Johnsons,
donating money, clothes and
food and even a caravan.
Strangers, people that we
dont even know are coming
in and offering a hand and
the only way I can describe
it is awesome.
Blaze Aid has been in doing

the fencing, and the Central
Highlands Football League
has donated money along
with the kids schools, while
Kevin and Shirley Ryan also
donated household items.
Its always a bit funny
when youre someone whos
not used to taking charity. While I was unloading
a truck one day someone
stopped and said can I help
you unload this truck? They
helped me with the posts
and fencing gear.
And Rowdy (legendary
Elaine local) donated all his
time, his efforts - he didnt
have to and he has. Theyre
the ones who, when life
sits you on your backside,
theyre the ones who turn
around and pick you up.
The helping hands didnt
stop there; the fellow who
donated the caravan keeps
popping in to help, and the
kids, all musical, are attending a music summer school
with instruments that have
been donated or lent to them.
Meanwhile, keeping in
mind that Christmas was
approaching, people bought
gifts not only for the kids
but for Damien and his wife
also.
As Damien puts it, its the
little things that make you

push forward.
A lady bought a date loaf
straight out of her oven, and
she came from Rokewood
- we didnt know her, she
didnt know us, and it was
just overwhelming, and as
we sat there my wifes eyes
filled with tears as she ate
the cake - not because it was
bad, but because of the love
and generosity thats been
shown toward us from the
whole community. Its just
amazing.
Damiens work, KTP Transport Logistics, also chipped
in.
They brought out a container and put it down and
said there you go, early
Christmas present so I could
lock up all my valuables.
But one of the most touching random acts of kindness
came at a service station.
A little kid recognised my
son, and bought him a can of
Coke.
And now comes the time to
rebuild.
Moorabool Shire Council
has issued the permit required to clear the land, and
the Johnsons are determined
to rise from their ashes.
Damien doesnt blame the
police for stopping him getting back to his home that

night he says the blame
should be put squarely on
the person who it is believed
started the fire by using a
slasher on a hot, dry, windy
total fire ban day.
But still, there is no anger; Damien is a man of
kindness.
I think youve got to make
way for peoples stupidity
its just how it is, people do
dumb things and sometimes
that affects other people.
He wouldnt mind a little bit
of natural justice though.
I did think maybe I can go
and live in his house, which
wasnt burned down, and
maybe he could come and
live in mine until we rebuild
one.
Editors Note: Kate Taylor would like to add that
when she asked Mr Johnson
if he wanted the Moorabool
News to put out requests
for any donations, or if the
Moorabool News could assist in any way, Mr Johnson
said no he just wanted to
put out a big thank you
to the community for all
their help. On your behalf,
Mr Johnson, the Moorabool
News puts out the biggest
thank you of all.
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THE MEETINGS
Myrniong Fire Brigade fill their tanker at a dam as part of the

major effort to contain the Scotsburn/Clarendon fires.
Four community meetings held on the Saturday and

Sunday of the Scotsburn fires were well attended
seemingly by politicians as much as locals.
A meeting held at Buninyong at 10pm on Saturday 19
December saw 150 attend, with meetings also held the
following day in Buninyong (250 attending), Elaine and
Meredith.
Local police attended the meetings as well as Moorabool
Shire Council CEO Rob Croxford along with emergency
representatives and councillors Tom Sullivan and Paul
Tatchell, with a Department of Water, Environment and
land representative and Bill Mundy Telstra also attending.
Member for Buninyong Geoff Howard attended the
Sunday meeting in Buninyong, Member for Ballarat
Catherine King also attended the meeting as did Member
for Western Region Joshua Morris.
A community recovery event organised by the Department
of Health and Human Services, and supported by
Moorabool Shire Council and the City of Ballarat, was
then held on Wednesday 6 January, with 84 community
members present and more than 20 representatives of
Councils, Agencies and support services.
A presentation made by psychologist Dr Rob Gordon
at the event will be made available via the DHHS and
Council website in coming days for residents who werent
able to attend the session.
WHAT THE MAYOR SAYS
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Moorabool Shire Council has taken the lead role in coordinating recovery efforts following the Scotsburn Fire
and is working closely with the neighbouring Shires of
Ballarat and Golden Plains and the State Government,
according to Mayor Allan Comrie.
The recovery process will take some time and Council
will be working with the community for as long as is
required, Mayor Comrie said.
Moorabool Shire Council is the central point of contact
for Moorabool residents requiring assistance or wanting
to assist with the clean-up and recovery.
We have established a Recovery Centre at Buninyong
House, 407 Warrenheip Street Buninyong where residents
can access services, support and free computer access.
We have also arranged with Central Highlands Water for
drinking water to be made available in the fire area, we
have delivered 21 skips bins to assist with clean up and
we have had Officers in the area assessing homes and
shedding.
Financial assistance for eligible Scotsburn bushfire

victims is being provided under the jointly funded
Commonwealth-State Natural Disaster Relief and
Recovery Arrangements.
Those affected can apply for the following emergency
grants to relieve personal hardship and distress:
Emergency Relief Assistance, which provides
payments of up to $520 per adult and $260 per child
(up to a maximum of $1,300 per household) available to
help meet immediate needs, including emergency food,
shelter, clothing, and personal items.
Emergency Re-establishment Payments, which
provide up to $32,500 per eligible household for cleanup, emergency accommodation, repairs, rebuilding
(a principal place of residence), and replacing some
damaged contents.
The Department of Health and Human Services has
also provided financial support to those affected by the
Scotsburn fires with 49 relief payments to the sum of
$53,080, and 10 re-establishment applications are being
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THE LAST FIRE
The last time a major bushfire ravaged Elaine and

surrounds, not counting the Morrisons (Dolly Creek) fire a
few years back, was in 1967.
Having started at the back of the Lal Lal Hotel in late
February of that year, the fire nearly claimed the Wells
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came even closer.
The 1967 fire started at Lal Lal and burned all the way to
Shelford, claiming homes at Bamganie in its wake.
We finished building the house in January, in 1967, and
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on the Sunday, and the fire came up from Lal Lal and the
house was surrounded with fire before we lived in it, Tim
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wide, at one stage it jumped about two or three miles,
there were some homes lost at Bamganie.
Having been in the CFA since the age of 16, and now at
the age of not-quite-74, Mr Wells recalled his first ever
fire.
I was at the state school at Elaine, and I was 12, it was a
fire coming from Mt Doran down onto us.
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Hall makeover
By Jessica Howard
The iconic Bacchus Marsh
Public Hall has received a
new lease on life.
received $250,000 worth of
funding to help refurbish
the 120-year-old building
located on Main Street.
The works included an
upgrade to the kitchen and
storage facilities, installation
of a new kitchenette and a
much-needed paint job.
Member for Melton, Don
Nardella officially welcomed
the buildings new and improved look on Tuesday, December 15.
The improvements may
just be a toilet upgrade or a
new kitchen, but it serves the
community in an absolute
real sense, he said.
This building represents
us, so when hiring it out we
want it to have the best possible facilities. This has been
completed by partnerships
within the community that
have worked really well together in order to get things
done.
The total amount donated to
the refurbishment was a mix
of funding received by the
State Government ($180,000),
the Moorabool Shire Council
Turbines to tower
into flight path
By Kate Taylor
Bob Prewett (front) with (L-R) John Ginnane, Eric Daws,

Allan Comrie, Don Nardella and John Spain. (Absent Carol Young) Photo Helen Tatchell
($55,000) and the Bacchus
Marsh Public Hall Committee of Management ($15,000).
Committee of Management
chairman, Bob Prewett said
he appreciated the ongoing
liaison and efforts of the
Council and State Government, which allowed for the
project to be completed.
Things like this dont just

happen over night. This
building is now lighter and
brighter than ever. The new
kitchenette facility is great
as it allows those who only
hire the hall to still be able to
have tea or coffee, he said.

We will now look to improve the sound system
and acoustics, and most
importantly the wheelchair
access.
Moorabool Mayor Allan
Comrie praised the work of
the committee but also acknowledged the hard work
by Cr. John Spain.
The Bacchus Marsh Public
Hall was built in 1883 and
can seat up to 450 people.
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Woodlands Ward Councillor Pat Toohey has called

on the Planning Minister to
reconsider a permit for wind
turbines to be built at Lal
Lal.
The existing planning permit allows for 130 metre
high towers to be built but
an amendment being sought
by proponent WestWind
Energy seeks to increase
the height by 31 metres,
meaning they will stand 161
metres.
The light towers at the
MCG are 75 metres tall; the
amendment would mean the
turbines stand more than
twice as tall as the MCG
light towers.
Cr Toohey says the permit
should not be amended but
that a new permit should be
sought.
It puts them up into the
flight path so they will then
in turn need lights on them,
and theyre also requesting
an increase in the blade size which should be enough for
the Minister to ask questions
around the data, and all the
infrasound, and previous
studies that were done, Cr
Toohey said.
I call on Minister Wynne,
the Minister for Planning, to
extend the consultation and
consider that this amendment should turn into a new
permit application on the
basis that its very significant, in a highly populated
and historic area with indigenous landmarks such
as Lal Lal Falls, which will
be significantly impacted
on by the request of this
amendment.
Cr Toohey said the original
data that looked at the flight
paths of owls and eagles was
based on the 30 metres lower
height, and that the new
height may put the blades
in different wind channels
which could carry noise
further.
Its quite a big change, its
like somebody saying I was
going to build a single storey house and now I want
to build a double storey
house but just make it an
amendment.
Given were talking about
50 of these in a big patch
together its a very significant potential impact on our
bird life.
Cr Toohey also criticised
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the short notice that people

had to be involved in community consultation over
the amendment, with just
three weeks given.
Given that its very close
to Christmas the process of
consultation and community input has been greatly
diminished.
I think the community,
particularly the couple of
thousand people that live
in close proximity to this
proposed wind farm, seriously need an opportunity
to be part of any process that
makes such a substantial
change.
Cr Toohey called on local
members to ensure a proper
process.
You would think that our
local members Geoff Howard and Jaala Pulford would
make sure our community
is not affected by a rushed
process with a significant
impact.
They should lobby Minister Wynne on behalf of the
community.
We hope the government
doesnt make any rushed decisions over the Christmas/
New Year break while people are on holidays.
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The
word is;
read
By Jessica Howard
Moorabool Libraries have been a popular destination for
children this summer, as avid readers took part in a nationwide reading challenge.
The 2015/16 Summer Reading Club ran for 45-days over
December and January and encouraged preschool, primary
and secondary aged children to continue to read throughout
the summer holidays.
The program is divided into three levels with age appropriate

activities for each level, and an interactive website that
provides fun and engaging online activities.
In its fifth year as a national program, the 2015/16 theme
was Lost Worlds.
Moorabool Shire Mayor Allan Comrie said it was a fantastic
way to keep children reading during the holidays.
This is a fantastic competition that has been successful in

the past and I encourage Moorabool school and pre-school
kids to get involved, he said.
Each child who reads ten books, or reads for ten hours
will go into the draw to win a number of prizes including a
V-Tech digital camera, V-Tech smart watch or a $150 Collins
Booksellers Gift Card.
The Summer Reading Club Challenge will officially end on

Friday January 15, with an end of program party to be held at
Lerderderg Library to celebrate the childrens achievements.
Moorabool Shire Libraries provide a number of entertaining
activities for all ages, including a youth space, home library
services, sports equipment and gallery space.
For more information, visit http://www.moorabool.vic.gov.
au.
Local Ballan transport operator Bruce Snaith checks the load of hay bound for stock,victims of the Scotsburn, Elaine and
Clarendon fires. Photo Michelle Connor
Fodder for four

legged victims
By Kate Taylor
Helping out those affected by the
Scotsburn fire is as easy as dropping off
good quality stock feed and fodder to a
newly established depot.
Moorabool Shire Council will operate

the depot, from which bushfire victims
can pick up feed and fodder for
their stock that has been donated by
generous locals.
More donations of feed such as hay are
desperately needed, and the address of
the depot is available upon request to
ensure that the stocks are safeguarded

for the people that need it the most.
A local landowner donated the land
on which the depot is being operated,
and the Victorian Farmers Federation
is assisting the project.
Councils Community Safety Officer
Shannon Walsh can be contacted on
53667100 to arrange to either make a
donation of feed, or to collect feed for
animals.
Some people also raised money via a
Go Fund Me page and purchased 21
round bales that saw a local transport
operator jump in to help with the

cartage.
Michelle Connor and Anne Turner

raised enough money to purchase the
bales and Ballans Bruce Snaith from
Snaith Transport carted the round
bales to the Elaine area.
Allison Pengelly and her husband
from Elaine Farm Supplies helped also
with the dispatch of the bales and I must
say how proud I am to see communities
working together and helping out, Ms
Connor said.
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Mulah Yusuf Whyte arrived

at 9.15 am on News Years
Eve, Thurs 31 December.
Born to Sunbury parents
Nazau Yusuf and John
Whyte, Mulah is a new
sister for older brother Kiah
and weighed 6lb 7.5oz
(2930 grams).
Harleen has a new little

sister. The yet to be named
little girl arrived on New
Years Eve, Thursday 31
December at 7.33pm to
Brookfield parents Kuldeep
Kaur and Santokh Singh
Grewal, weighing 3390
grams.
Happy New Year! It was a

boy for Sunbury couple
Tegan Abercrombie and
Nic Dwyer. Little Tyler
Micheal DWYER arrived on
the first day of 2016, Friday
1 January weighing 8lb
(3630 grams).
It is a boy for first time

Melton West parents Sarah
Leheny and Brett Prentice.
Born on Tuesday 5 January
at 2.47am, Cormac Charles
PRENTICE weighed 6.195
pounds (2810 grams).
It is a girl for first time

Bacchus Marsh parents
Tayler Gunther and Shanon
Rustin. Little Savannah
Rose RUSTIN arrived on
Saturday 2 January at
5.58pm, weighing 6lb 8oz
(2960 grams).
A little boy is the first baby

for Hopetoun Park couple
Brook Hosking and Robert
McMaster. Silas Kevin
McMASTER arrived on
Saturday 2 January at
12.08pm and weighed 6lb
3oz (2800 grams).
Parker and Edie have a

new little sister. Kiana Jean
was born to Brookfield
parents Emma Sexton and
Matthew Robertson on
Wednesday 6 January at
15.59pm. Kiana weighed
7lb 15oz (3610 grams).
Leanne and Josh from

Melton have welcomed
their third child, a little boy.
Noah arrived on Tuesday
22 December at 2.44am.
He weighed 7lb 1oz (3220
grams) and is a new
brother for Jacob and
Tenee.
Brookfield couple Jessica

Mitchell and Trevor Weise
have welcomed their first
child, a little boy. Oliver
Thomas WEISE was born
on Sunday 20 December at
4.32am and weighed 8lb
(3630 grams).
Little Ava Emma is the first

born child to Melton West
parents Lauren and
Andrew. Weighing 7lb 7.5oz
(3440 grams) Ava arrived
on Monday 28 December at
10.55am.
It was a Boxing Day baby

for Melton couple Melloney
and Matthew Henderson.
Arriving on Saturday 26
December at 4.46 pm, Drae
HENDERSON weighed 8lb
8oz (3840 grams).
Bacchus Marsh couple

Carrie and Bernard Clancy
welcomed their first child
on Monday 28 December.
Tucker Maurice CLANCY
arrived at 9.18am weighing
7lb 5oz (3.3kg).
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Sunday 20 December at 8.05pm, Leigh
weighed 3340 grams.
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weighed 7lb 4oz (3380 grams) and is a new
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Plan is structured
permits, read a report pre- Fidler advocating strongly

for the plan to show land
pared by council officers.
After many delays, Ballan
Implementation of the Bal- that council should put aside
has a new structure plan.
lan Structure Plan will pro- now for a secondary school
Originally developed two vide certainty for residents, to be built on in the future.
However, Central Ward
years ago, the document landowners and developcame before the December ers regarding the future Councillor Paul Tatchell
council meeting and was re- planning direction for the said that councils do not
build schools, it is a responferred to a special meeting of township.
council held in Ballan on 17
Key issues raised by resi- sibility of the Department of
December last year, where it dents during the consulta- Education.
was adopted.
Its not that we decided not
tion process included a lack
The plan outlines a num- of support for higher density to build a high school lober of rezonings within the housing, protection of the cal government does not set
township, including new Werribee River corridor, the out land for buildings that
residential zones, which will need for more trees, drain- are not their responsibility,
be sought under a planning age, the heritage overlay, that are the responsibility of
scheme amendment to be grassfire risk, signage, the another agency, Cr Tatchell
exhibited in the future, if the need for a town square and said.
Well help advocate, thats
Planning Minister grants the need for a secondary
school.
all we can do - and were alpermission.
There was both support ready doing it.
The Structure Plan is to
Speaking after the meeting,
help guide local planning and objection to the southpolicies and update plan- ern growth corridor and the Ms Fidler said its disapning zones. The Structure western growth corridor, as pointing the Ballan StrucPlan will also provide more well as concerns over the ture Plan went through as
detailed policy direction and identification of an infill site is, but it is some relief that
Council is coming around
urban design requirements to the east.
A number of residents and sees education as a high
for residential, commercial
and industrial development spoke at the meeting, outlin- priority for advocacy.
including addressing im- ing their concerns.
Weve turned a corner
age, character and design
A main point of contention but theres still a long way
responses. It will help guide brought up at the meeting to go. Locals should keep
Councils consideration of was about the need for a an eagle-eye on the Council
proposed rezonings and secondary school in Bal- Plan and make sure eduremains the2016
urgent
lan,will
with
Gabrielle cation
applications
for planning
Ordinary
Meeting
of Council
beresident
held Wednesday
3 February,
in
By Kate Taylor
priority that it is, Ms Fidler

said.
Remember, kids cant vote.
Elections are in October
and we need to keep reminding any new councillors of
just how difficult it has been
for our young families for so
long.
A point concerning the
advocacy was added to the
motion to pass the structure
plan, reading:
The provision of a Secondary School to be considered
as a high advocacy priority
for Ballan in drafting of the
2016/17 Council Plan.
That point also formed
part of an alternate motion
put forward on the night by
Woodlands Ward Councillor
Pat Toohey and seconded by
East Ward Councillor Dave
Edwards; but which lost.
The alternate motion included the addition of Bacchus Marsh and the rest of
the shire in terms of advocating for a new secondary
school.
Cr Tatchells motion to
adopt the structure plan
was seconded by East Ward
Councillor Tonia Dudzik,
the
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who outlined the reasons for

her support.
I respect the Ballan ward
Councillors view on where
it is appropriate for Ballan
development to occur, Cr
Dudzik said.
Ballan is a beautiful place
to live. For families in Ballan
and the greater Ballan area
it improves liveability to
have a high school in Ballan.
Not having a high school
adds two hours of travel to
a young persons day for six
years. It is not an unreasonable aspiration for people to
want a high school in Ballan.
It could be state, private or
catholic but the main thing
is that in the future a high
school is created in Ballan.
One resident spoke at the
meeting of his concerns that
the plan focuses on development to the west of the town
and not to the south.
But Cr Tatchell explained
that council is not against
developing the south, its just
that developers have already
done the expensive groundwork required to investigate
development in the west and
thats why it is outlined in
the structure plan.
The ratepayers shouldnt

have to pay for due diligence
and development work in
another area.
If a proponent comes up
with a plan for the southern
end, as they have for the
western end, it clearly says in
the structure plan that it will
be considered like any other
development, theres no
preference for either - its just
that the work has already
been done on the western
end by the proponent.
A concession to the concerns was made in the motion to adopt the plan, which
reads:
Seeks assistance from Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport
and Resources (DEDJTR) to
identify the future extent of
the Southern Growth Corridor and the extent/indicative costings of infrastructure upgrades to support
the application of the Urban
Growth Zone to the Southern Growth Corridor.
A High School for Ballan?
Why or why not next
edition (19 January)
NEW SPEED LIMITS

gaining VicRoads approval, Council will change the speed limits of two roads in
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Lane
and Old Cartons Road MOORABOOL WIND ENERGY FACILITY (MOORABOOL WINDFARM)
The next Ordinary Meeting of Council will be held Wednesday 3 February, 2016 in the
Moorabool Shire Council has received notication from the Hon. Richard Wynne, Minister for
hange from
80kph to 60kph.
Council Chambers, 15 Stead St, Ballan, commencing at 5pm. There is no Ordinary Meeting of
Planning to amend Planning Permit 2009 012877; Moorabool Wind Energy Facility.
cchus Marsh
Council-inYoung
January. Street, between Bennett Street and Lerderderg Street,
The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) will not publically
advertise the amended application as it has been determined that the proposed amendment has
hange from 50kph toMembers
40kph.of the public are most welcome to attend.
no material detriment the adjoining land. However, under section 52(1)(b) of the Planning and
sections of roads will have New Limit signs installed for six months.
NEW SPEED LIMITS
After gaining VicRoads approval, Council will change the speed limits of two roads in the Shire:
In Gordon - Cartons Road, between Foxes Lane and Old Cartons Road will change from 80kph
to 60kph.
In Bacchus Marsh - Young Street, between Bennett Street
and Lerderderg Street, will change from 50kph to 40kph.
Both sections of roads will have New Limit signs installed
for six months.
Environment Act 1987 Council was notied of the amended application.

The application proposes to amend conditions 2, 35, 36, 37 and 38 as follows:
Allow for the transformers associated with wind turbines to be located on the ground, beside
each wind turbine;
Enable the Minister for Planning to consider and approve minor changes to the project
specications without the need for future permit amendments, if such matters are to the
Ministers satisfaction;
Enable agreements other than Section 173 Agreements to be entered into with any landowners
regarding shadow icker and noise requirements;
Correct the title description for the address of the land in the preamble to the permit; and
Use the 2010 noise standard (NZS:6808:2010) in lieu of the 1998 standard.
However, any person who may consider that they are affected by the proposed amendment
to the permit may object or make other submissions to the responsible authority (DELWP).
An objection must be made to the responsible authority in writing, include the reasons for the
objection and state how the objector would be affected, and sent to:
The Minister for Planning, Attention: Michael Juttner, 1 Spring Street, Melbourne VIC 3000; or via
email development.approvals@delwp.vic.gov.au.
The Responsible Authority in this case the Minister, will not decide on the application before
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Tender Number
Tender Description
Regulations.
Young Citizen of the Year Award Presentation
Fit correct safety measures to gates, doors and windows.
C16-2015/2016
Clarendon-Blue Bridge Road, Clarendon Construction and Sealing
Make sure no tree branches, pool pumps or pot plants etc are near the safety
Community Event of the Year Award Presentation
fence and be sure that anything able to be climbed is not placed in a position
of Shoulders
where children could climb to gain access to the pool or spa.
Mayors Award Presentations
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Australian Citizenship Ceremony
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Come and Join in the Fun!
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Ballan
District
Health
and Care is lobbying for a
$16 million expansion of
services.
The project would involve
three stages beginning
with constructing two dayprocedure units for sameday minor exploratory and
elective surgery procedures,
at a total cost of $2.1 million.
Adding an additional 50
places in an expansion to
double capacity within the
existing Aged Care facility is
proposed to cost $11 million.
The third stage would involve doubling the places
available at the onsite Child
Care centre from 50 to 100
places at a total cost of $2.7
million.
BDHC has enlisted the help
of Member for Ballarat, and
Shadow Health Minister,
Catherine King, who visited
the site to be told about the
proposal.
The $16 million project
would double capacity in

some existing services and
ensure the financial sustainability of the hospital, Ms
King said.
I have always been a strong
supporter
of
improved
health services in Ballan,
and Labor has previously
funded a $1 million expansion of General Practice facilities at BDHC, along with
a further $3 million Health
and Hospitals investment.
I am very happy to lobby
the Turnbull Government on
the behalf of Ballan residents
and Ballan District Health
for this project.
The proposal is also
aimed at ensuring the hospitals ongoing financial
sustainability.
BDHC CEO Wayne Weaire
said it was a great pleasure to reveal the expansion
plans to Ms King.
On completion, the expanded hospital and services will accommodate an
additional 92 employees and
provide an economic boom

to the Ballan economy in the
order of $15.39 million in the
first year of operation, Mr
Weaire said.
We see this expansion as a
future proofing exercise that
will ensure the hospital has
sufficient capacity to provide
high quality health care and
other services and is financially sustainable into the
future.
Mr Weaire said the demands on local health services will continue to grow
strongly.
This expansion proposal
would ensure we have the
best health services for our
current residents and we are
ready for the next wave of
new residents.
Ballan District Hospital is
talking to the Federal Government and Federal Opposition about the $16 million
project.
Talks will begin shortly
with the State Government.
Some trains have altered

departure and arrival times
to better reflect the trip
durations and altered stopping patterns, explained V/
Line Chief Executive Theo
Taifalos.
The latest figures show patronage on the Ballarat corridor in the first quarter of
the financial year was up 16
per cent on the same period
last year.
There is increasing demand for services on the
Ballarat line and this is why
weve added eight new car-
riages to the busiest trains

every day, said Mr Taifalos.
Were also seeing a gradual
improvement in on-time
performance.
Punctuality in November
was 89.1 per cent, which
is the highest result since
May and these adjustments
will look to further build on
that.
Construction has started on
the Rowsley Crossing Loop
near Bacchus Marsh, with
the project scheduled to be
completed by mid-2016.
Dont miss your train
By Kate Taylor
Train travellers will have a

new timetable at the end of
this month.
V/Line has adjusted the
timetable to combat commuter anger over late and
heavily overcrowded services which began with the
introduction of the new Regional Rail Link timetable in
June last year.
The new timetable applies
to the Ballarat, Bendigo and
Geelong lines from 31 January 2016.
The timetable changes include:

The 5:14am service from Melbourne to Wendouree will leave Southern
Cross at the earlier time of 5:10am and the 5:13am train from Wendouree to
Melbourne will leave one minute earlier. These changes are aimed at helping
to reduce congestion at Bacchus Marsh.
The 7:04am and 7:40am Bacchus Marsh services will not stop at Ardeer.
Most services will depart earlier from Deer Park and Ardeer.
All outbound Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong line services will be scheduled
to depart Footscray one minute earlier.
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reviewed by a maintenance
crew.
What was the outcome of
the review?
What we have now is nothing short of a TOTAL DISGRACE and DISREGARD
for the appearance and
health of the river at the
most picturesque site in Bacchus Marsh.
Hundreds of visitors go
past and also stop at the
Rupert Vance Moon Reserve
each day during summer. So
much so that a toilet block is
being constructed alongside
the riverbank.
If Melbourne Water and our
Council think that this situa-
Dear Editor,
Congratulations to the civic
minded soul who made Ballan brighter for the Christmas season with the sparkly
decoration proudly standing
on the crossing in the centre
of Inglis St. The council obviously forgot we were here,
but us locals really gave a
cheer each time we passed
it by. May we all have a very

Happy New Year.
Bette Martyn
Ballan.
Dear Editor,
Just wanted to thank the
management of The Village
shopping centre. Without
them you wouldnt have
known it was Christmas
in the Marsh. The pathetic
garland the Council brings
out every year and the dull
balls in a few trees - really.
How about some glitter?
Solar lights on the trees in
the Avenue could be a start
and give us something to
smile about as we celebrate.
I am sure residents would
contribute as they could stay
there all year having been
put up when the trees are
bare. All those who fought
to keep The Avenue could
adopt a tree and pay for a set
of lights. Come on council put the brightness back into
Christmas in the Marsh.
Muriel Buxton
Bacchus Marsh
I am a local to the Mt Wallace district and I have driven down Twin Lakes Road
on many occasions. I ask the
Fire Management Inspector
has he?
To my horror I saw many car

wrecks, truck wrecks, trailers etc and long dry grass, as
high as the car roofs.
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I really pity thefamilies that

live nearby with this fireball
waiting to happen.
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Mt Wallace
The Moorabool Shire was hit with wild fire over the
weekend that blazed through more than 4600 hectares of
land, destroying 12 homes and 30 sheds.
Residents from Scotsburn, Elaine, Mount Doran, Clarendon,
and Durham Lead were forced to flee their homes as Victorian
firefighters battled the blaze in extreme weather conditions.
The CFA have confirmed 12 houses in total were destroyed;
Scotsburn (six), Clarendon (three), Durham Lead (two) and
Elaine (one), with another four damaged to the point of being
uninhabitable.
A total of 1030 sheep and five horses died at Narmbool
the 2000-hectare property located at Elaine and owned and
operated by Sovereign Hill.
A CFA spokesperson said they were unable to confirm what
ignited the fire, however it was believed to have started on
private land.
The fast-moving blaze began on Finns Road in Scotsburn on
Saturday afternoon.
At 10pm that evening, more than 150 fearful residents
gathered in the Buninyong Town Hall for a community
meeting.
Buninyong police officer, Peter Anderson said a good
turnout showed how strong the community was.
We are going to need that strength over the next couple of
days, he said.
A Relief Centre in Ballan was established by the Moorabool
Shire Council on Saturday evening, before a second Relief
Centre was opened at Buninyong the following morning.
Moorabool Shire Council CEO Rob Croxford said the
decision to set up the relief centres came at the request of the
Incident Control Centre.
In hindsight it may have been prudent to have Buninyong
up earlier, but to resource two centres late Saturday night
would have been impossible. Ballan was out of harms way,
he said.
The City of Ballarat offered assistance and have been a
significant contributor from Sunday on. We will put out
requests to other neighbouring shires and to the State
Government for support in coming days.
With 523 firefighters, 69 tankers and three bulldozers
deployed over two days, the blaze was brought under control
by 8pm on Sunday after a welcome cool change arrived, with
crews continuing to patrol the area through the evening.
Golden Plains Shire Council failed to respond to questions
regarding their involvement and assistance with the fires,
emergency service crews and the efforts to engage with the
Moorabool Shire council.
Fire crews on the scene at Scotsburn (Main photo) and the huge plume of smoke from the bushfire towers over an aircraft water bomber. Photos Keith Pakenham - CFA
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Vol 9 No 50
By Jessica Howard
To make matters worse, I

witnessed someone riding a
motorbike around amongst
the dry grass.
I was horrified to see this
recently, on a hot day. With
the bushfires occurring recently in the district, its only
one spark and this small
community of Mt. Wallace
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Dear Editor,
On August 11, 2015 a report in the Moorabool News
highlighted the concern of a
large fallen tree in the Werribee River at the Rupert
Vance Moon Reserve, being
the east entrance to our famous Avenue of Honour .
Mr Cameron Howie, Melbourne Water Manager
(Western Region) was reported as saying that the
waterway received regular
maintenance and that fallen
trees and branches improved
the habitat for fish as well as
creating spawning sites.
He also stated that the fallen tree in question would be
tion is still OK then it is time

to THINK AGAIN and act.
REMOVE THE TREE.
CLEAN UP THE RIVER at
the site.
Give our town it`s pride
back.
Also, the rubbish now accumulated on both sides of the
fallen tree simulates quick
sand.
Clean up the mess now and
stop the nonsense of improving the habitat for the
fish (What fish?)
If the attached photos do
not scare the living hell out
of our Community Leaders NOTHING WILL.
Rick Dickson
Maddingley
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By Kate Taylor
Moorabools Access and Inclusion Advisory
Committee has officially been established.
Councillors voted on the move at the December
council meeting, with East Ward Councillors
Tonia Dudzik and John Spain serving as Chair
and Deputy Chair respectively.
The committee is designed to assist the
Council to better understand the needs of
people with a disability; the obstacles that
prevent people from being a full and inclusive
member of the community and what needs to
be developed and implemented that focuses
on reducing barriers to access and inclusion.
Terms of reference were also adopted,
following a request made at the June council
meeting for the need for an advisory
committee to be formed.
People with a disability want to be able to
live, work and socialise in the same way as
everyone else. This means for example, the
same opportunities to use services such as
safe and reliable transport, easily accessible
buildings and public spaces, and support from
families, friends and communities to fulfil
their aspirations, the report read.
It is estimated that almost one in five people
in Australia have some form of disability,
with just over one in ten people having carer
responsibilities.
In Moorabool, 5.6 per cent of the Shire
population in 2011 or 1,309 people reported
needing help in their daily lives due to
disability.
A process for nominations for membership of
the committee will now be undertaken.
By Jessica Howard
Close to 100 households have experienced the joy of
Christmas, thanks to two local organisations.
Bacchus Marsh Life Church and Darley IGA donated
close to $5,000 worth of food hampers to 96 homes
throughout Bacchus Marsh and Darley.
Project Coordinator and Bacchus Marsh Life Church
member, Daniel Patton said the appeal was originally
flagged as a small project, however the idea grew to
such an extent that a partnership was formed.
He said the support of the local supermarket was
paramount to the success of the project.
The idea was to give people a party in a hamper,
filled with all kinds of treats and goodies to make for
a celebration, and not so much about supplying food
or household essentials, he said.
To me, Christmas is about having fun and enjoying
the company of family and friends over some nibbles,
and this hamper will hopefully put a smile on peoples
faces.
Mr Patton said he hoped the appeal would be the
first of many community-building projects within the
area.
Generosity: L-R Senior Pastor Merv Patton (BMLC),
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ADULT EDUCATION
Ballan and District Community House

2016 Term 1 program being distributed now.
Book early for - Backgammon, 7/2; Astronomy, 17/2; Storm
at Sea Quilt, 22/2; Introduction to Copyright, 24/2. For
enrolment information and costs please call 5368 1934 or
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Darley Neighbourhood House & Learning Centre
33-35 Jonathan Drive Darley. Short courses, recreation
classes, community groups, occasional child care, venue hire.
Enquiries welcome. Phone 5367 4390, www.darleylearning.
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MEETINGS
Ballan Anglers Inc

Meeting second Wednesday every month. Hudsons Hotel,
7.30pm. More anglers and families needed and welcome
0400 003 936.
Rose-Carers of Maddingley Park
Working Bees every 3rd Wednesday & Sunday of each
month. All welcome. Enquiries - 0418 171 119.
Bacchus Marsh Family Drug Support Group
For Family Members who have a loved one affected by drugs.
Enquiries - 1300 660 068.
Lal Lal Moorabool Photographic Group Inc
Meeting 3rd Wednesday each month, 7pm. Soldiers
Memorial Hall, Lal Lal. Enquiries 5341 7535 or secretary@
lallalmooraboolphotographicgroup.org
Footscray Poultry Club (at Bacchus Marsh)
Meetings held 2nd Sunday of month, 2pm. Poultry Pavilion.
Racecourse Rec. Reserve, Balliang-Bacchus Marsh Rd,
Bacchus Marsh. All welcome Jack 9741 9705
MARKETS
Ballan Lions Club Market
Saturday 6 February, 8am-1pm.
1st Saturday each Month. Inglis St, Ballan. Enquiries - 0432
961 975 (Paul).
Darley Market
Saturday 16 January, 8am 1pm. Stalls offer bric-a-brac,
fruit/veg, clothing, plants and more. 1st & 3rd Saturday each
month at Darley Park Football Reserve. Enquiries 0488 345
145 (Alan).
Ballan Farmers Market
Next Market Saturday 13 February, 9am-1pm.
2nd Saturday each month, Mill Cottage car park. Enq 0498
361 291 or 0490 114 130.
CHURCH
B3 Community Focused, family friendly church with

a difference. Services every 2nd & 4th Sundays at Avenue
Bowling Club, Main St, Bacchus Marsh.
Bacchus Marsh Christian Church
Sunday Services 10am with kids program. Fusion Youth 7pm
every Friday night. 222 Main St, Bacchus Marsh. Enquiries
9028 2622.
Bacchus Marsh Uniting Church Parish
Services - St Andrews 9.30am every Sunday (3rd Sunday of
month Family Service). Pentland Hills 2pm 1st Sunday of
month. Enq 5367 2543 (office) or www.themarshuca.org.au
Holy Trinity Anglican Church - Bacchus Marsh
Service Times - Sundays 8.30am & 10am; Wednesdays 10am;
Balliang - 2nd & 4th Sundays 9am; Myrniong - 1st & 3rd
Sunday 11am; Messy Church - 3rd Sunday 5pm. Enquiries
5367 5362 (office).
Church of the Living God
Christian youth ministry and bible teaching. 2nd Sunday
of every month, 5pm. Open to all ages. At 14 Darcy St
Maddingley. Enq 0408 260 727.
Bacchus Marsh Baptist Church - Sundays, 10:30am
Worship Service and Childrens Program. Phone 5367 6550
for more details.

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Sunday Mass 11.30am (2nd & 4th Sunday of Month).
Ballan Uniting Church
Services 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11.15am. 4th Sunday 9.30am
Reflective Worship.
Golden Harvest Christian Fellowship
Non denominational - Prayer every Sunday 10am, Mens
KYB Monday evenings 6pm. Ladies KYB Wednesday 1pm.
Further details 0429 681 566.
Bacchus Marsh Life Church
Meeting 10am every Sunday at the BM College Drama Room,
in Grant Street. Enquiries Pastor Merv - 0412 290 036.
Mental Health and Alcohol & Drug Treatment Services

Call our FREE Intake and Referral Service
1300 022 760 (Mon-Fri
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Perspective
with Paul Tatchell
Saving people from themselves

The festive season is sadly
becoming synonymous with
alcohol fuelled violence;
emergency rooms across
the country are filled with
the realities of a good time
gone bad, and sadly for some
families Christmas and New
Year will always be remembered as a time of senseless
loss.
There is no doubt drinking
has always been considered
an Australian trade mark,
having a beer is part of
our iconic culture; lets face
it a cold beer on a hot day is
a tempting proposition for
even the most committed of
us teetotallers.
Most people dont consider
alcohol to be a drug. Make
no mistake, any substance
that affects the normal
thought process of logical
human behaviour is a drug;
whether it is good, bad or
indifferent, its a drug.
Whilst the Government will
pose the argument that it is
a controlled legal substance,
and pocket over $7 billion
per year through excise
and GST revenue, the fact

is taxing and regulating a
substance only controls the
source, not the end user.
The flipside of the $7 billion
in revenue is the $14 billion it
costs this country in the misuse of alcohol, not to mention the un-costed damage
that affects a high proportion of Australian families
on a daily basis.
In consideration that these
figures date back to 2010, and
are often over-shadowed by
the term drug abuse, it is
reasonable to suggest that
the growing epidemic of alcohol fuelled violence will
become a force to be reckoned with into the future.
You cant tax a country into
sobriety, nor can you practically prohibit its use; all of
these tools have been tried
and failed over centuries.
We all know what happened during prohibition in
America; it not only failed to
achieve anything in terms
of sobering up a Nation, it
seeded the birth of organised
crime, and made legends out

of career criminals, not to
mention putting the anti
into anti-social behaviour.
Here in Australia during
the First World War, government introduced 6 oclock
closing in pubs to try and get
working men to cut back on
their drinking and get home
to their families.
The 6 oclock swill, as it
was to become, was lobbied
by the Womans Christian
Temperance Union and was
introduced in 1916 as a movement towards prohibition.
Hotels catered for a short
heavy drinking period after
work before the early evening closing by extending
their bars and tiling walls
for easy cleaning. The phenomenon changed how Australian pubs operated as bars
turned into troughs, hence
the word swill.
The law was intended to reduce drunken mayhem and
alcohol consumption but it
encouraged them because
of the short time men had
to consume alcohol between

knock off time and 6 pm.
Men often drove home from
the pub extremely drunk.
Car crashes and assaults by
men upon their wives and
children were at their highest between 6.30 and 8.00
pm.
Early public house closing
times had only limited success; they did not have a significant effect on reducing
alcohol consumption and
probably contributed to the
growth of sly-grog venues
and the illicit alcohol trade.
In many cases, patrons
would buy alcohol at bottle
shops to consume at home
after the six oclock swill.
Common sense prevailed
in Victoria in 1966 when the
licensing law was abolished,
having achieved nothing.
Whilst I only remember
the 6 oclock swill from my
childhood, I grew up in hotels and well remember selling grog out the back door of
my Fathers pub on a Sunday
before Sunday trading was
introduced for what was
called the bona fide traveller, where locals would

simply enter their names in a
book as a traveller and drink
in the lounge bar.
Over the years liquor licensing laws have continued to
evolve, and today you can
buy alcohol 7 days a week
at any hour of the day. The
fact is restricting the source
does nothing to solve the
problem, as alcohol abuse is
a people problem; restricting
supply times only puts it in
someone elses fridge!
Having ran a couple of
pubs I can tell you that most
of the problems that occur
in pubs are from people
being removed from other
pubs and being refused service; once they are on the
premises they become your
problem whether you have
served them or not.
Whilst its mandatory that
people who serve alcohol
complete a responsible serving of alcohol course, whats
missing is the responsible
drinking of alcohol component; the fact is some people
TOM
Environmental Opinion
just shouldnt drink.

Unfortunately, alcoholism
and an alcohol fuelled tragedy dont necessarily go hand
in hand; you dont have to
be an alcoholic to have an
alcohol related incident that
will change yours or a loved
ones life forever.
One punch laws can deal
with the aftermath, but if a
person is intoxicated to levels where reason and logic
are lost, the problem still remains; that single moment in
time destroys more than one
life, and is sobering to say
the least.
Whilst most young people
are exposed to alcohol before
the legal age, you have to ask
if they are educated in the
risks and dangers that are
associated to the numbing of
the senses.
Alcoholism is a disease, not
an excuse; protecting people
from alcohol abuse takes
commitment and courage;
saving people from themselves, well thats another
thing!
with Tom Kingston
Divestment campaign catching on
I would like to begin the

New Year with some good
news. No need to worry
though, this adjustment to
my normal practice will
not continue for long. Then
again, our esteemed leaders
might surprise me and vote
in favour of the planet and
not against it, especially in
light of the recent fires and
floods?
As of September of last
year, US movie star Leonardo DiCaprio and over 2000
individuals and 400 institutions committed to divesting
their money from fossil fuel
companies. Altogether, they
represent US$2.6tn investment funds. A new analysis
indicates that the value of
funds committed to selling
off their investments in coal,
oil and gas companies has
increased 50-fold, while the
number of institutions committed to divestment rose
from 181 in September 2014

to 436 today.
The institutions that have
said enough is enough for
coal include local government, health and education
bodies representing 646
million individuals around
the world. Major pension
funds and insurance companies have joined the universities and churches that
have founded the divestment movement. Among
the largest divesters are the
worlds biggest sovereign
fund held by Norway and
two of the worlds biggest
pension funds in California.
Pension funds and private
companies now represent
95% of the assets committed to divestment; but university commitments have
also tripled in the past year,
including notably the universities of California, Oxford, and Syracuse. And, as
I write this, the University

of Tasmania is entering into
discussions about how it
should divest.
The Guardian newspaper, whose parent group
has committed to divest its
800m fund, launched a
campaign in March of last
year calling on the worlds
biggest medical charities,
the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation and the Wellcome Trust to divest from
fossil fuels. The Wellcome
Trust has lost an estimated
175m on its fossil fuel investments in the past year
by failing to divest.
The divestment campaign
is now in 43 countries and
backed by UNs climate
chief Christiana Figueres
who called for a shift of investment from fossil fuels to
meet the $1 tn a year needed
for investment into clean
technologies.
Scientists
agree that most existing fossil reserves have to be left in

the ground if global warming is to be kept below the
internationally-agreed limit
of 2 C or the more promising
1.5 degree C as discussed at
the recent Paris UN meeting.
Also in 2015, renewable energy represented ~58.5% of
net additions to global power capacity, with significant
growth in all regions. By
years end, renewables comprised an estimated 27.7%
of worlds power generating
capacity, enough to supply
an estimated 22.8% of global electricity. At the same
time, the costs of extracting oil rises while costs of
renewables continue to fall,
the economic balance shifting in favour of renewables.
The IEA report says, cost
reductions are the norm for
more efficient equipment
and appliance as well as
for wind power and solar

PV, where technology gains
are proceeding apace and
there are plentiful suitable
sites for their deployment.
The report goes on to note
that fossil fuel consumption
continues to benefit from
large subsidies, estimated at
around $490 billion in 2014,
compared to subsidies to aid
the deployment of renewable energy technologies
in the power sector, which
amounted to $112 billion.
Renewables will be the

worlds largest source of
electricity by 2030 regardless
of whether we succeed in
stopping run-away climate
change, says the report. It
predicts renewables-based
power generation reaching
50% in the EU by 2040, ~30 %
in China and Japan, and >25
% in the US and India.
And the final piece of good

news for this opening piece
for 2015; the South Australian Government has adopted
a target of zero net emissions
by 2050, as recommended in
a report by the Low Carbon
Economy Expert Panel. As
SA Premier Jay Weatherill
said the states new stance
will give it a competitive advantage with Australian and
international investors. A
long-term transition plan for
a cleaner energy sector with
strong market signals will
attract major private sector
investment to the state. Its
certainly achievable, and the
South Australian example to
date shows that much higher
levels of renewable energy
are possible throughout
the rest of the country, a
spokesman for the Premier
said.
What is your opinion?
Adding a splash of water

Enzo Raimondo
CEO, REIV
A swimming pool is definitely an attraction for buyers looking for a home offering great indoor and outdoor
living, especially over the
summer selling season.
Many experts agree that
a pool can increase your
homes value, but it is difficult to quantify exactly how
much. This really depends
on where you are living,
but for the right property
and location a pool can be a
wonderful addition as well
as provide monetary advantages at sale time.
There are other important
aspects you need to consider
such as a pool design that
suits your backyard and
doesnt overwhelm your
garden. A pool should complement a property, rather
than take attention away
from it. They are considered
statement pieces and should
add aesthetic value.
Many pools are now almost an extension of the

house, making them visible from dining areas and
other rooms within the
home. Available in a range of
shapes and sizes to suit most
backyards, pools are now an
option even in areas where
blocks are decreasing in size.
In fact, pools can be built
on rooftops particularly
in apartment towers - or in
the basements of homes or
apartments.
For those considering installing a pool, its important
to be aware of all the relevant
standards and regulations
that apply to installation.
This is vital, especially in
the area of safety, as owners
need to ensure pool fences
are of the highest quality.
Before embarking on any
backyard
improvement
projects or pool installation,
owners should bear in mind
the danger of over-capitalising their home. This is where

advice from your real estate
agent on comparable local
homes can assist those
with and without a pool.
If you are selling your home,
a neglected pool can be an
eyesore, so ensure your pool
is vacuumed, the water crystal clean and clear of leaves

and other debris. Clean the
edging tiles and store away
pool materials including
the cleaning equipment and
covers. Outdoor furniture
should be displayed to present an attractive and inviting entertaining area.
When looking to buy a

home with a pool, its also
important to ensure the
pool meets planning and
safety regulations. The agent
will be able to provide you
with the Section 32 which
will contain all the relevant
details.
Home &
land from
$262K*
at Stonehill
* Now with extra

community
Just beyond the urban sprawl youll find an address that shares the ambience, social life, facilities and
sporting clubs of established Bacchus Marsh. Stonehill also has lush parks, bike trails and a golf course
next door. And getting there is easy by fast-flowing freeway or train.
To get more out of the place you live, contact Stonehill today.
Call 13 13 63 or visit stonehillcommunity.com.au
Sales & Information Centre, 12 Cassinia Boulevard, Maddingley at Bacchus Marsh. Open Sat Wed, 12pm 5pm
*Subject to contract and availability. Final details are set out in contract documentation. Price for house and land, based on 3 bedroom Hamilton Property Group home on Lot 1019 in Stonehill and excludes government charges, finance
costs. All information correct at 18/12/15 and subject to change without notice. 15_7564 12/15
arbee real estate

OPEN FOR INSPECTION
OPEN FOR INSPECTION
Sat 16th January 10.30-11.00am
A SLICE OF NATIVE PARADISE
ASKING $995,000
Bacchus Marsh 58 Possumtail Run
Nestled among natural bushland in absolute seclusion yet only 10 minutes from
Bacchus Marsh Township. Wake up to kangaroos, rosellas, lorikeets right outside
your window. This 4-5 bedroom, 3 bathroom residence with multiple living areas,
lends itself to many possibilities. Ideally suited to a personal residence, B&B, shortterm holiday rental accommodation, tness/health retreat or more. (subject to council
approval). Set among 15 acres of bushland. 12 x 6 metre garage with double
carport and 2 additional undercover car spots.
PID: 824665
OPEN FOR INSPECTION
PID: 839927
OPEN FOR INSPECTION
ASKING $495,000
OPEN FOR INSPECTION
Fabulous 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home on a 1 acre block positioned to capture north

and east panoramic views. Master bedroom has a WIR, ens with double vanity, double
shower & separate WC. Remaining 3 bedrooms have BIRs. Formal lounge/theatre
room, kitchen, meals & family room. Under roof alfresco area complete with gas BBQ.
Ducted heating & cooling and slow combustion wood heater. Double garage under
roof and 9m x 7m colorbond shed with raised rollerdoor, concrete oor and
power for additional storage if required.
PID: 823865
Daryl Gould
0409 233 157
This comfortable, well-built residence will appeal to those who appreciate

character, views and a great location. It has 3 generous sized bedrooms, 2
bathrooms, a galley style kitchen with substantial cupboard space and a spacious
lounge and dining room. Looking out to a huge backyard and with the Golf Course
at the rear it feels like you are living on acres in the heart of town.
PID: 832551
QUALITY EXECUTIVE HOME
Bob Gunnell
0417 566 951
140 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh
Ph 5367 2333
ASKING $840,000
12 ACRES, WATER FRONTAGE!
Exford 55 Weir Road
Approximately 12 acre property with frontage to Melton Reservoir and

magnicent views along the waterway. Featuring a spacious well established
5 bedroom, 2 bathroom home with 2 living areas, wood heater in the lounge &
an a/c in the kitchen/meals family room. Externally you have numerous sheds
& aviaries, 3 dams, pumping rights from the reservoir, several paddocks & a
full length veranda. In a secluded area but only a short drive to Melton
or Bacchus Marsh & within easy commute to Melbourne.
PID: 831923
GREAT STARTER OR INVESTMENT
ASKING $325,000
Bacchus Marsh 62 Halletts Way
This 3 bedroom home has a huge backyard with enough room for a game of footy
or cricket. The property features a spacious kitchen with ample cupboard space, gas
stove and electric oven. Three bedrooms, all with built-in-robes, separate bathroom,
gas heating and central ducted cooling. The windows include awnings to help keep
the heat out in summer. Outside includes a water tank, outdoor entertaining area,
carport which opens up into the huge backyard with a garden shed on a
900m block.
PID: 831405
OPEN FOR INSPECTION
This 4 bedrooms plus study home will suit the buyer looking for a spacious family
home on a large block. 3 good sized living areas, formal dining, quality kitchen
with stone benchtops, dishwasher, 900mm gas cooktop. The home is tted with
ducted heating & cooling for year round comfort & externally you have a triple
garage, a huge 14m x 4.5m alfresco area & a very spacious backyard for the
kids to enjoy.
PID: 836401
Peter Leonard
0429 671 990
With loads of potential & plenty of room to refurbish or develop. Located on a large
corner block within walking distance to schools, child care, sporting facilities and
shops. The unique oorplan offers 5 bedrooms, 3 with BIRs, the master with an ens
& WIR. There is an abundance of living space with kitchen, dining, lounge, study.
Outside there is a substantial 12m x 8m shed/workshop. On a huge 1550m block with
front and side access, ideal for future development (STCA).
PID: 803191
Sat 16th January 2.30-3.00pm
ASKING $499,000
Bacchus Marsh 21 Silverdale Drive
OPEN FOR INSPECTION
This well built, 4 year old home with a well-designed oorplan. Generous master
bedroom, with walk-in his & her robes, well-appointed ens. 3 further bedrooms
with BIRs are complimented by a second living area. A large open plan kitchen/
meals/living area overlook the hills & beyond. Entertainer kitchen with Caesar stone
benchtops, S/S appliances, quality xtures & WIP. Alfresco deck, under-house
storage, landscaped gardens, double garage, ducted heating, ducted evap
cooling & ducted refrigerated a/c.
PID: 818788
FANTASTIC FAMILY HOME
ASKING $479,000
Bacchus Marsh 14 Kyle Way
OPEN FOR INSPECTION
ASKING $380,000
Bacchus Marsh 47 Robertsons Rd
ASKING $435,000
ASKING $549,000
OPEN FOR INSPECTION
Bacchus Marsh 3 Egan Court
Bacchus Marsh 55 Grey Street
Manning Estate on 5500m2 block, panoramic views to Lerderderg State Park.

Approx. 65 squares living is effectively 2 homes in one. Upper level with entry
foyer, entertainers kitchen with meals/family area, wood heater, ofce, living
room, balcony, 5 bedrooms, 3 with ens, + an additional bathroom, laundry
& powder room and upstairs kids retreat. Lower level has theatre room & a
fully self-contained home with a kitchen, bedroom, bathroom & a large
lounge, offers the potential for use as a B&B.
PID: 828743
This lovely home has instant appeal for the big family. On a 890m block this house
features 4 bed plus study, formal lounge, rumpus & family room. 3 living areas, huge
master bedroom with full ensuite & fantastic kitchen with an island bench & S/S
appliances. In total 30sqs of living are yours to enjoy including a big double garage
& externally landscaped gardens & ponds, plus a breglass in ground pool for the
kids to enjoy.
PID: 798965
QUALITY ENTERTAINER
Bacchus Marsh 16 Banadell Ave
OPEN FOR INSPECTION
Bacchus Marsh 10 Tate Street
MASSIVE POTENTIAL!
POSITION,
CHARACTER & GOLF
ASKING $499,000
Rare opportunity to buy a home on a substantial 792 square metre block right in
the heart of the Avenue of Honour. With 2 bedrooms, 2 living areas, 2 toilets, one
bathroom and substantial backyard, the possibilities are endless. Overlooking
the market gardens and walking distance to the Main Street shops this is a rare
opportunity indeed. At the rear of the large block you will nd shedding and a
carport area that could be further improved upon STCA.
FANTASTIC FAMILY LIVING
EXECUTIVE HOME PANORAMIC VIEWS ASKING $925,000
ALWAYS SORT BUT SELDOM FOUND

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OPEN FOR INSPECTION
Sat 16th January 11.30am-12pm
Bacchus Marsh 297 Main Street
OPEN FOR INSPECTION
Steve Creese
0475 888 101
TOWNHOUSE WITH VIEWS
ASKING $349,000
Bacchus Marsh 1/21 Fredrick Street
Low maintenance family living with balcony across the front providing panoramic
views. Ground oor consists of the lounge, meals/family area and beautiful
kitchen with gas cooktop and dishwasher, the laundry and a powder room. On the
upper level you have 3 bedrooms, master with WIR and ensuite, family bathroom.
Ducted heating and cooling throughout. Outdoor entertaining area with roll down
blinds, room for the kids to play. Double garage with remote roller.
PID: 841039
Ian McDonald
5367 2333
real people
working in
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LEN SMITH
www.lensmith.com.au
REAL ESTATE
Budget Pleaser - INSPECT SATURDAY
DARLEY 17 Davies Street
This is your opportunity to secure this well located home, either

move straight in or to purchase as an investment. Comprising
of 3 bedroom all with built-in-robes, large lounge with slow
combustion wood heater, air conditioning, adjoining dining
room, kitchen/meals area, net and tidy gardens, single carport.
Within a seemingly quiet neighbourhood this home is within
easy access to shopping, schools, bus transport and freeway.
Location,
Location,
Land
You&Will
Versatility
Love It!- INSPECT SATURDAY
Inspect: Sat 10.30-11.00am

Price: $265,000
Len Smith: 0418 343 754
Web Id: -
Location,
Blue chip
You
location
Will Love
- INSPECT
It!
SATURDAY
BACCHUS MARSH 51-61 Main Street
Inspect: 12.30 - 1.00pm

Price: $699,000
Len Smith: 0418 343 754
Web Id: -
Town Central! - INSPECT SATURDAY
Forming an integral part of Bacchus Marshs rich heritage Banool

circa 1929 is a superb example of the architectural elegance of this era. Inspect: 1.30 - 2.00pm
Magnificently advantaged by a coveted North-East aspect displaying
glorious views overlooking the Bacchus Marsh Township, all within
walking distance to local amenities. Set on a significant allotment of
8890sqm or 2 acres plus, represents an exceptional opportunity for Price: $1,350,000
Len Smith: 0418 343 754
potential subdivisional development S.T.C.A.
Web Id: -
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BACCHUS MARSH 20 Young Street
You could not find a better location to Bacchus Marsh Village

Shopping Centre and local Primary Schools. This solid brick home Inspect: Sat 11.30am - 12pm
is worthy of a renovation or development from here, (S.T.C.A). 3
bedrooms, lounge, dining, kitchen/meals. Set on a large block
Price: $369,000
the possibilities are endless, call today!
Len Smith: 0418 343 754
Web Id: -
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Location, You Will Love It!
DARLEY 15 Wellington Street
1042 sqm block located in a quiet leafy court. Potential of subdividing

or dual occupancy (STCA). Three well proportioned bedrooms,
lounge, separate dining/meals area, well appointed timber kitchen &
dishwasher, very neat & clean bathroom, polished timber floors, and
gas central heating. Enormous fully fenced yard. Rear pergola area, 4
car brick garage/workshop. One of Darleys well established locations,
minutes from Schools, Shopping Centre, Lerderderg River and easy
Freeway Access.
Inspect: By appointment
Price: $318,000
Len Smith: 0418 343 754
Web Id: -
BACCHUS MARSH 56 Masons Lane
A chance to renovate or redevelopment. In the same family ownership

for over 65 years this cement sheet clad home sits on a huge 1163
sqm allotment with general residential zoning. 3 bedrooms, study,
living room, kitchen/meals area and bathroom. Separate large
character styled one bedroom bungalow with living/kitchen area.
You have the chance to build your dream home here or use for unit
development S.T.C.A. It is all here for you! Ideally located to popular
Primary Schools, Village Shopping Center and Masons Lane Reserve.
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BACCHUS MARSH 4 Dugdale Street
Lorraine Circa 1914 is steeped in history. Architect designed and

standing for over 100 years. Impressive large block of 1325 sqm.
Spacious interior comprises of 4 bedrooms, master with ens & WIRs,
grand hallway entry with coved 3.6 metre ornate ceilings, formal
lounge, separate dining room, spacious family room adjoining to
timber kitchen and meals area. Prized location is only moments away
to Main Street Shopping, Bacchus Marsh Primary, Cafes/Restaurants,
and Railway Station offering easy access to Melbourne and or Ballarat.
Price: $319,000
Len Smith: 0418 343 754
Web Id: -
Hows this for Location!
4638 sqm Land
GREENDALE 105 Shuter Avenue
BACCHUS MARSH 10 Hamilton Court
General residential zone in central Bacchus Marsh Location.
Price: $550,000
Len Smith: 0418 343 754
Web Id: -
166 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh
Presenting an unsurpassed opportunity to acquire a significant

parcel of land of approximately 6 acres in this premier Greendale
location. Un paralleled North facing aspect with excellent green
pastures, 2 paddocks, winter creek at rear of property, gently
sloping land, 5m x 4m lock up shed, water tank & trough. Excellent
choice for home site, 4kms Melb/Ballarat freeway, handy to
Greendale hotel/General store & School bus at the corner.
Phone: 5367 8128
Price: $350,000
Len Smith: 0418 343 754
Web Id: -
Mobile: 0418 343 754
CANCERJune 22-July 22
This week may find you unexpectedly reunited with a
friend from long ago, or feeling the urge to write or email
a far away acquaintance. Your partner is eager to share
his / her successes with you.
Stars & Puzzles

LEOJuly 23-August 22
When you are excited about a project, you give your all
to it. This week finds you dedicated to such a new activity
- however, dont neglect your health in the process.
VIRGOAugust 23-September 22
QUICK PUZZLE
A career opportunity may be put on hold owing to family

obligations. A modest windfall could come your way after
the weekend.Best friends now are the down-to-earth,
unpretentious kind.
LIBRASeptember 23-October 22
Your family could appear a little possessive and social
plans may be rearranged at the last minute. The accent is
on the setting forth of long term goals.
ARIESMarch 21-April 20
Consider all implications before involving yourself in

complicated family situations. Romance is on the upswing
and your partner is ready, willing and able to show lots
more attention.
TAURUSApril 21-May 22
Travel is spotlighted through a week that also accents

education, financial expansion and some romantic
misunderstandings. In family dealings, the key is to mix
humour with compassion.
GEMINIMay 23-June 21
ACROSS
1. Be frightened
(4,3,4,2)
8. Got up (5)
9. Particular (7)
10. Conflict (6)
11. Aircraft (6)
12. Climb (5)
14. Utter (5)
18. History (6)
20. Rough (6)
23. Twist (7)
24. Minimum (5)
25. Rodent (6,7)
NO. 8938
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Torment (6)
Peak (5)
Melodious (7)
Direction (4)
Perfect (5)
Decrease (7)
Trifling (6)
Hide (7)
Gangster (7)
Insect (6)
Improved (6)
Limber (5)
Criticise (5)
Network (4)
CRYPTIC PUZZLE
ACROSS
1. Blows in anger? (6,7). 8. The note is returned, too (5).

9. In Germany you have the same trouble in being an
alien (7). 10. Saw we were competitive about (6). 11.The
way to get into test-playing again (6). 12. It shows youre
wrong to thwart (5). 14. Become less of a lure, you say
(5). 18. Speak of the total due to be distributed (6). 20.
Their having moved an hour before to here (6). 23. Came
back with the material and made it up (7). 24. In general, admit (5). 25. A man of fewer words would, obviously (8,2,3).
DOWN
1. Again purpose to get rid of (6). 2. The girl said he will
fulfil your every wish (5). 3. Songs not identified by
names? (7). 4. Chuck has to join the ship (4). 5. Denoted it was destined for (5). 6. Its high time, before
nightfall, to take a break (7). 7. Foot the bill the year
after, by agreement (6). 13. The Please turn right on
top just makes things worse (7). 15. She set the bird
free, you understand (7). 16. Its about time Nora straightened out mother (6). 17. Just plain contrary! (6). 19. Make
a hole in the material (5). 21. Is told a ladys outside (5).
22. Outdoes when it comes to poetry (4).
CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS
Across - 1, Raging tempest. 8, Minim (rev.). 9, Si-amese. 10, Vie-we-d. 11, St-re-et. 12, Cross. 14, Abate (a
bait). 18, All-ude. 20, H-ither. 23, Rep-lied. 24, Grant.
25, Need-less to say.
Down - 1, Re-move. 2, Genie (Jeannie). 3, Numbers. 4,
To-SS. 5, Meant. 6, Eve-rest. 7, Treat-y. 13, R-elapse.
15, Brid-get . 16, Ma-t-ron. 17, Pretty. 19, Drill. 21, He-ars. 22, Odes (anag.).
SOLUTIONS - CROSSWORD NO. 8937
QUICK SOLUTIONS
Across - 1, Distress. 6, Rude. 8, Mine. 9, Emphasis.
10, Stalk. 11, Rattle. 13, Barsac. 15, Stride. 17, Strict.
19, Squat. 22, Frighten. 23, Even. 24, Exit. 25, Cogitate.
Down - 2, Idiot. 3, Trellis. 4, Ever. 5, Suppress. 6, Roast.
7, Drilled. 12, Ecstatic. 14, Anthrax. 16, Request. 18,
Ingot. 20, Alert. 21, Snug.
QUICK SOLUTIONS
Across - 1, Have the wind up. 8, Risen. 9, Special. 10,
Strife. 11, Glider. 12, Scale. 14, Sheer. 18, Annals. 20,
Coarse. 23, Wreathe. 24, Least. 25, Golden hamster.
Down - 1, Harass. 2, Visor. 3, Tuneful. 4, East. 5, Ideal.
6, Dwindle. 7, Paltry. 13, Conceal. 15, Hoodlum. 16, Earwig. 17, Better. 19, Lithe. 21, Roast. 22, Mesh.
CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS
Across - 1, As-sorted. 6, DIC-E. 8, Ti-Ed. 9, Pat-tern-s.
10, H-E-ard. 11, Catnap. 13, Caddie. 15, El-ain-e. 17,
Spoons. 19, R-AB-id. 22, For sham-e. 23, H-E-ad. 24,
Well. 25, Ste-AD-I-ed.
Down - 2, Sh-in-e. 3, Ordered. 4, Type. 5, Detached. 6,
Dwelt. 7, C-ont-ain. 12, Persians (anag.). 14, Ap-prove.
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moves if you are to achieve goals on schedule. Intimate
social gatherings prove livelier than large scale events.
CANCERJune 22-July 22
This week may find you unexpectedly reunited with a
friend from long ago, or feeling the urge to write or email
a far away acquaintance. Your partner is eager to share
his / her successes with you.
SCORPIOOctober 23-November 21
Although its a quiet week, it is an important period,

offering opportunities to expand your social circle and
advance professionally. The key is to spot opportunities
as they appear.
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Play up creativity in various areas of your life. Your role

now is a supportive one. Take added financial precautions
on the weekend. The spotlight this week, is on education
CAPRICORNDecember 23-January 20
A new money making opportunity may come into view.

You may decide to take in a part time assignment.
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AQUARIUSJanuary 21-February 19
Mingling with some new friends makes for an

intellectually oriented week. Financial decisions should
not be delayed. An older relative could influence your
thinking about romance.
LEOJuly 23-August 22
PISCESFebruary 20-March 20
Up in the air plans settle to earth by the end of the week.
Education is accented as you and/or a family member
embarks on a long term academic adventure.
VIRGOAugust 23-September 22
BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK

Your are meticulous, conservative, loyal and thrifty. Self
education is highlighted through the next twelve months.
Soon you will be facing a series of personal challenges
and this will put you in a prestigious leadership position.
When you are excited about a project, you give your all
to it. This week finds you dedicated to such a new activity
- however, dont neglect your health in the process.
A career opportunity may be put on hold owing to family
obligations. A modest windfall could come your way after
the weekend.Best friends now are the down-to-earth,
unpretentious kind.
LIBRASeptember 23-October 22
Your family could appear a little possessive and social
plans may be rearranged at the last minute. The accent is
on the setting forth of long term goals.
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Although its a quiet week, it is an important period,

offering opportunities to expand your social circle and
advance professionally. The key is to spot opportunities
as they appear.
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Play up creativity in various areas of your life. Your role

now is a supportive one. Take added financial precautions
on the weekend. The spotlight this week, is on education
CAPRICORNDecember 23-January 20
A new money making opportunity may come into view.

You may decide to take in a part time assignment.
Creative activities, however, emphasize fun over profit.
AQUARIUSJanuary 21-February 19
Mingling with some new friends makes for an

intellectually oriented week. Financial decisions should
not be delayed. An older relative could influence your
thinking about romance.
PISCESFebruary 20-March 20
Up in the air plans settle to earth by the end of the week.
Education is accented as you and/or a family member
embarks on a long term academic adventure.
BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK
Your are meticulous, conservative, loyal and thrifty. Self
education is highlighted through the next twelve months.
Soon you will be facing a series of personal challenges
and this will put you in a prestigious leadership position.
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$339,000
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19 Atkinson Street
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96 Cowans Drive
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with combustion wood heating, reverse cycle split
system and ducted. The master bedroom offers
a parents retreat, walk through robe and ensuite
which requires finishing. The family bathroom
has bath, shower and vanity with separate toilet.
The kitchen offers free standing gas/electric stove,
dishwasher and granite bench tops. Outside offers
garden and chook sheds and an American style
barn of approx. 9x9m with hot and cold water
connected, wood heater and power with cement
floor. The home features large return verandahs
and cathedral ceilings with under house storage
and 2 x 20,000 litre water tanks.
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BALLAN
$329,000
$299,000
21 Walsh Street
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a dishwasher with tiled floor coverings. The
family bathroom provides a shower over the
bath, with a vanity and toilet also. Step outside
onto a large rear deck which overlooks the
big backyard with a SLUG plus a free standing
2 car garage and carport, a garden shed and
lets not forget the vegie patch.
108 Edols Street

GOOD SIZE BLOCK IN THE
HEART OF TOWN
2 bedroom timber home set on approximately
1/4 acre (1000m2). Situated in the heart
of town opposite the Ballan Recreation
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and railway station. The home offers 2 large
bedrooms 1 with BIR, 1 with walk in robe,
open plan kitchen, dining and lounge with gas
heating. The home features new carpet, wide
full return verandas, a free standing double
lock up garage with cement floor and wood
heater.
GORDON
GORDON
$355,000
$175,000
Clohesy Lane
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A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH

3 Bedroom weatherboard farm house set
on 7 acres of lush pasture. If youre looking
to roll your up sleeves and create a warm
family home on enough land to keep the kids
happy then this is one not to be missed! The
home is in poor condition and needs a total
renovation. The property offers, machinery
shedding, SLUG, cattle yards and a loading
ramp. Town water connected and a water
tank for the gardens.
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Sport
Ballan Bowling Club
Local champ suffers

district defeat
By Scot Nicholson
By Scot Nicholson
Division 3 v Creswick
In a testing matchup with a
visiting Creswick side, Ballan fought gallantly to claim
a five-shot triumph.
A storming Creswick outfit was held back from attempting a late comeback
by Neville Smith, who was
successful in controlling the
final phase of the game in a
slim three-shot losing effort.
A vital member of Smiths
team, Adam Farrugia said
that having faith in each
others abilities was the key
to gaining an advantage on
the green.
Its great to know you
can turn to the next person
in your team and know

they can get the job done.
Farrugia
said,
Yabby
(Smith) to his credit played
some great shots when we
needed them and that solidified our status as overall winners on the day.
This was Ballans first victory
since 5 December 2015 and
there was a feeling of dj
vu as Brad Coffey, for the

second time this season, was
the only winning rink with
an astounding 20-shot win.
Chris Love and Dave Myers
were the other rinks in the
contest to suffer defeat, losing by nine and three-shots
respectively.
Ballan will look to claim
fourth place as they faceoff
against Beaufort Golf on

Saturday.
Division 9 v City Oval
Ballan was given a walkover
victory from City Oval to
maintain their position as
the number one ranked side
in Division Nine.
In Round 12 Ballan will play
host to Beaufort Golf in a top
of the table encounter.
Brad Coffey endured a

tough matchup as he competed in the Ballarat District
Bowls Division Mens Singles Champion of Champions at Webbcona on Sunday
28 December.
After receiving a first round
bye and a second round
walkover victory, Coffey
progressed into a quarterfinal showdown with Ballarat
Bowling Club Champion
David Eastman, who proved
to be too strong, winning
26-14.
A high standard of bowls
was on display as both players scored early and often,
before Eastman gained the
advantage and ran out a 12
shot winner.
Coffey said that it was an
honour to represent Ballan Bowling Club at district
level.
Ive competed in quite a
few Champion of Champion

tournaments now for Ballan and its always a proud
feeling to be playing on this
stage, Coffey said.
You can take positives
away from these things
though because youre playing against the best 24 guys
in the BDBD and that makes
you a better bowler.
He plans on amending this
defeat by steering the Division Three Weekend Pennant side into back-to-back
finals appearances.
There arent many games
to play after the New Year
and everyone at the club is
keen to have a stellar finals
campaign.
Donna Robinson has the
next opportunity to represent Ballan as she competes
in the BDBD Womens Singles Champion of Champions on 15 January at Sebastopol Bowling Club.
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Results - Week ending Saturday 9 January

Wednesday Stableford
Winner- Bob Arklay 40 points,
R/up Ken Muhlhan 37 points.
NTPs - 12th Bob Hughes, 15th Con Britt.
Magpie 14th: Bob Arklay.
Saturday- Stableford - 1st Round House Teams.

A Grade - winnerBob Arklay (9) 38 points,
R/up Ken Muhlhan (14) 36 points.
B Grade - winner on the day on c/b Peter Di Fiore (14) 41
points, R/up Chris Tudor (14) 39 points.
C Grade - winnerBrain Clifford(24) 41 points,
R/up John Ryan (31) 38 points.
NTPs - 2nd Chris Tudor, 12thIan Bragge,
16thFrank Raffaele.
Magpies - 14th Bob Arklay, 18th Don Wickson.
Results - Week ending Saturday 2 January
Winner Victor Buttigieg 44 points, R/up on c/b Ian Bragge.
Magpie - 14th Victor Buttigieg
NTPs - 12th Peter Di Fiore, 15th Shaun ODea.
Saturday- Stroke - Monthly Medal
A Grade - Winner Rod Caithness 69-11-58
on c/b from Anthony Moore 66-8-58.
B Grade -Winner Shaunh ODea 67-16-51,
Athol Love76-17-59on c/b from Michael Di Fiore.
C Grade - Winner John Muhlhan 81-30-51,
R/up Alan Sanders 79-20-59 on c/b from David Blythe.
NTPs - 2nd Bob Hughes, 12thBob Arklay,
15th Michael Newman.
Magpies - 14thTrevor Sparks, 18th Anthony Moore.
Results - Week ending Saturday 26 December
WinnerKen Muhlhan 41 points, R/u John Muhlhan
on c/b from Victor Buttigieg and Chris Tudor 40 points.
NTPs - 12thand 15th Shaun ODea.
Magpie - 14th Barry Sims.
Saturday- Stableford
A Grade -winnerFrank Raffaele (11) 39 points,
R/up Bob Arklay (10) 38 points.
B Grade - winner Victor Buttigieg (23) 40 points,
R/up Shaun ODea (16) 38 points.
NTPs - 12thRod Caithness, 15thPeter Di Fiore.
Magpies - 14th Bob Arklay, 18th Anthony Moore.
Myrniong District
Rainfall Report
December 2015 rainfall
Total for the year 2015
26.3 millimetres
512.5 millimetres
December 2014 rainfall

97.2 millimetres
Total at same time last year 594.0 millimetres
Pykes Creek Reservoir
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Western Water Report Reservoir levels

Pykes Creek Reservoir at 31 Dec 2015 43.6%
Water level this time last year
83.0%
By LEN BAKER
Week Ending - Saturday 27
December, 2015
Bacchus Marsh trainer
Denis Grieve combined
with youthful Zac Phillips
to land the Claiming Pace
over 2150 metres at Lords
Raceway Bendigo on Monday December 21 with nine
year old Ultimate Falcon/
Delenquint Account gelding
Accountability.
Glen Park duo Sebastian
Steenhuis and son Zac have
a marvellous record with
other stables cast offs and
at Warragul on Wednesday,
4-Y-0 Ponder/Letitia gelding Aitutaki first up for the
camp, led throughout with
stand-in reinsman Brian
Gath in the sulky to land the
Pace for C1 class over 1790
metres.
Maree and John Caldow
were also winners at Warragul, with Art Major/Lady
Harfield filly Art Mistress
leading throughout in the
3-Y-0 Pace over 1790 metres,
scoring by 6.8 metres in advance of Samantha Sparkle
and Fairest Fella in 1-58.3.
At Ballarat on Boxing night,
Brad Barnes (Parwan) scored
with in-form 5-Y-0 Eilean
Donon/Dodo Rocket mare
Veruckte Phoenic in the
Trotters Mobile for T1 & T2
class over 2200 metres.
Week Ending Sunday 3
January, 2016
Toolern Vales John Justice had an armchair drive
aboard 5-Y-0 Always A Virgin/Seductive three year old
gelding Hoo Nien ito land
the Pace for C2 & C3 class
over 1790 metres at Ararat
on Monday December 28.
John Justice was again a
winner at Mildura on Tuesday, with consistent Four
Starzzz Shark/Satimer Sunset 4-Y-0 gelding Captain
Snoozzze taking the Pace for
C1 class over 1790 metres.
Melton trainers snared

three winners at the Geelong
fixture held at Tabcorp Park
on Wednesday.
Lance Justice was victorious with Kiwi bred Rosehill
Rose Hill in the 3-Y-0 Pace
over 1720 metres.
Another Kiwi bred Courageous Cruz led throughout
from the pole for Andy and
Kate Gath in the 3-Y-0 Pace
over 1720 metres to score
from Aguante, which trailed,
and Mastersign in 1-57.
Dianne Giless smart 5-Y0 gelding Bad Boy Brad
chalked up victory number
five when successful in the
Pace for R2 & R4 class over
2240 metres with Greg Sugars in the sulky.
Daylesford duo Bob and
Anne-Maree Conroy were
also winners at Tabcorp
Park, with 6-Y-0 Bacardi
Lindy/Direct Salute gelding Lochaber in the Trotters
Mobile for TR1 & TR2 class
over 1720 metres, leading all
of the way from gate five to
easily account for Alabamas
Invasion and Hakuna Sunset in 2-02.2.
Bob was also a winner at
the Terang meeting held at
Melton on Thursday, when
in-form Bacardi Lindy/Lucy
Lastic 5-Y-0 mare Girls Go
First ran home strongly to
land the Trotters Handicap
for T1 or better class over
2240 metres from Miss Noelle and Peters Passion in
2-02.8.
At Bendigo on Wednesday,
John Justices recent Kiwi
import Hickstead was ultra
impressive in winning the
2nd Heat of the VHRSC Provincial Cup for C1 class over
2150 metres.
Meltons Beau Tindale enjoyed a day of days on
Thursday, winning three
races two at the St Arnaud
meeting at Charlton during
the afternoon prior to adding another to the tally at
the Terang fixture held at
Tabcorp Park in the evening.
Fire Up Franco (Zac Phillips) and ex-Queenslander
The Falcon Legend (Michael
Bellman) were victorious at
Charlton, while Lanista (Jason Lee) scored at Melton.
Andy and Kate Gath snared
the bookends at Melton with
Novena Rose taking the
3-Y-0 Pace over 1720 metres
and Battle Born 3-Y-0 Pace
over 2240 metres, while Paul
Grechs
Sundon/Queens
Rhapsody 4-Y-0 gelding
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Mister Oz led throughout to

land the Trotters Mobile for
C0 class over 1720 metres.
There were celebrations galore at Geelong on Saturday
January 2 after unfashionably bred it Is I/Glenlyon
Glad gelding It Is Billy scored
in the $30,575 (Group 3) Geelong Pacing Cup for M0 or
better class over 2570 metres
gelding for Daylesford husband and wife Mick Barby
and Anne-Maree Conroy
and a plethora of owners
who make up the Glenlyon
Syndicate.
It Is Billy using the sprint
lane, prevailed by 1.5 metres
from Hectorjayjay, with Im
Corzin Terror a head away
third after leading up the
three wide train in the last
lap. The mile rate 1-56.6 (half
56.8 quarter 27.7).
Week Ending Sunday 10
January 2016
Novena Miss, a daughter of
American Ideal and Glenburn Rose made it two wins
in succession when victorious in the Pace over 2150 metres at Bendigo on Wednesday January 6.
Trained by Andy Gath and
driven by wife Kate, Novena Rose a winner at Tabcorp Park Melton on New
Years Eve, led on the final
bend and raced clear in the
straight to impressively account for Albietta with Artikulate Miss using the sprint
lane for third. The mile rate
1-59.9.
Daylesford duo Mick Barby
and Anne-Maree Conroy are
in form at the moment and
8-Y-0 Flight N Irish/Carly
Navigator gelding Seven
Ounce snared the Pace for
C1 class over 1650 metres at
Bendigo.
Andy Gaths four year old
Art Major/Asabella gelding Sir Major Stride had an
easy victory in the Pace for
C0 class over 1690 metres at
Shepparton on Thursday.
With Kate in the sulky, Sir
Major Stride led throughout
winning by 7.8 metres in
advance of Riverina visitor Tontina and Art Keeper
(one/two). The mile rate
1-56.6.
Five year old Artsplace/
Starry Rainbow gelding
Arts Stride brought up a
stable double when leading
throughout in the Pace for
C3 & C4 class over 1690 metres in 1-55.5, defeating East
Emperor and Ramblenen
Roller.
Seven year old Royal Mattjesty/Jeans Gift gelding
Jeans Mattjesty bred by the
Dellaca family, notched
up his 12th victory when a
tough victor of the Claiming Pace over 2150 metres at
Shepparton.
Trained at Hopetoun Park
by Ross Sugars, Jeans Mattjesty defied all challengers to
register a 2.8 metre margin
in 1-58.3 over Demolition
Dave with Jakarra Magic
third.
Local area winners over the
weekend (W/e 10 Jan) were:
Three Ways (Andy & Kate
Gath) the 3-Y-0 Cup and Habibti (Adam Kelly & Gavin
Lang) the Trotters Mobile
TM1 to TM3 at Tabcorp Park
Melton on Saturday, while
Zuko Dream (Anthony Spiteri), Battle Born (Andy &
Kate Gath), Hellfire Angel
(Bill Burns) and Wow Shes
Smooth (Lance Justice) all
greeted the judge at Ballarat
on Friday.
Meetings for the week:
Wednesday Boort @ Charlton/Kilmore, Thursday
Mildura, Friday Ouyen @
Melton, Saturday Shepparton (Cup), Sunday Hamilton (Cup), Monday Bendigo, Tuesday Warragul.
Horses to follow: Red Hot
Tooth, Wheres Bub, Lace
And Diamonds, Hellovaway,
Gallery Girl, Col Du Galibier, Defence Power.
Saturday 9 January, Tabcorp Park Melton Race 8 Winner:

Three Ways (8). Trainer: Andy Gath. Driver: Kate Gath.
Photo: Stuart McCormick.
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Results - Round 11
Premier Division v Queenscliffe

G Butcher, M Smith, P Thistlethwaite, A Thistlethwaite 19-29
I King, P Wilkinson, T Bowtell, P Glass 13-27
J Sullivan, B Townsend, L Burke, G White 21-23
G Coughlan, P McSherry, G Day, F Pomeroy 18-27
Division 2 v Clunes
S Cumming, V Bourke, K Gilmore, S Wilson 31-20
B Gould, R Delaney, J Boratto, O Boratto 21-19
B Kamp, C Hawken, G Kay, W Hawken 30-17
G Tudball, W Stirling, P OFarrell, G Stirling 21-17
Division 5 v BMS
De Hardiment, P Burke, J Wilson, Di Hardiment 25-20
A Hawken, P Blythe, R Whitefield, L Robinson 23-26
S Butterworth, B Robinson, B Giles, D Lemin 25-32
A Ciancio, C Carlton, F Seymour, J Auty 20-34
Ballan 1st XI
Ballan 2/120 v Golden Point
10/166
Batting - D Gardiner 60, M
Nolan 38 no, L Snaith 4 no
Bowling - B Masters 131-4/40, C Dunne 14-3-3/49,
B Loughnane 7.4-0-2/30, N
Heafield 6-4-1/9.
Ballan won the toss and
bowled first getting quick
wickets with Golden Point
being 4/17 early due to great

bowling by Cameron Dunne,
Brendan Masters and Noel
Heafield. All bowlers continued their efforts during
the day to have Golden Point
all out for 166 in 50 overs.
Ballan had to bat 27 overs
for the day and lost an early
wicket that brought David
Gardiner to the crease. He
made a quick 60 runs, finishing up on one leg due to injury. Lachie Snaith provided
support for the batsmen at
the other end being not out
4 and Mick Nolan not out 38.
Ballan continue batting next
week looking to get a good
score.
Division 7 v Smeaton
K Graham, V Layton, G Hockly, W Van Looy 25-18
K Tully, C Oppermann, M Thistlethwaite, M Oppermann 26-27
D Murfin, M Hughes, B Bullen, P Kay 19-25
R Diacono, D Lyons, D McKendrick, R Millington 21-29
Midweek Report
Midweek results will resume in the 19 January edition of
The Moorabool News, after the competition commenced on
Monday 11 January.
Brendan Masters 4/40 off 13 overs.
Bacchus Marsh Little Athletics
Centre competition recommences this Saturday 8.30am at

Masons Lane Reserve, Bacchus Marsh with Program 1 being
conducted.
The second half of the season will be extremely busy for the
Centre. The State Multi Event Championships will be held
in the last week of January in Bendigo. While the Regional
Track & Field Championships will be held on February 20 &
21 at Geelong. Registrations for Under 9-15 athletes are now
open and entries must be submitted by January 18 www.
bacchusmarshlittleathletics.org.au for further information.
The Centre Championships will be held on March 12 and
athletes will be receiving entry details in the coming weeks.
The track and field season will officially conclude with the
State Championships being held on March 19 & 20 at Casey
Fields.
Noel Heafield taking a catch off Ben Loughnanes bowling.

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Tuesday 12 January, 2016

Your Local News

Serving Ballan and district since 1872

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Theyre cute and cuddly but they also have

For all your Domestic Shedding,

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Fresh Salmon Portions

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local or holidaying; pop in and say hello to

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The Moorabool News 12 January, 2016 Page 3

Lorne vs Eagles football and

Direct Farmers Market

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This Weeks Specials

13 Lorne vs South Colac football

Please forward the dates of your Lorne

that would eventually take

over recent years and when

ity within the community.

The Strawberry Forest

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Not a bright spark

A man was lucky to escape serious injury when a firework

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Fire robs families

ing night from the vital paperwork accumulated over a

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Blaze Aid has been in doing

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police for stopping him getting back to his home that

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Myrniong Fire Brigade fill their tanker at a dam as part of the

Four community meetings held on the Saturday and

WHAT THE MAYOR SAYS

Financial assistance for eligible Scotsburn bushfire

Photo Keith Pakenham (CFA)

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