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I choose life…
and Knitted Knockers
T
o have been diagnosed
with breast cancer
once was hard enough,
but when it was detected
a second time Emerald’s
Cheryl Webster decided
the only way forward was
to have a mastectomy.
“I said to the oncologist,
‘I choose life. Take it off ’. If
this was the price I had to pay,
so be it.”
Cheryl’s
first
cancer
was found at a random
mammogram her mother had
badgered her into.
“It was a small lump
but it had travelled into my
lymph gland so, as a matter of
course, I had a lumpectomy.
The second cancer was picked
up just as randomly at an
annual mammogram.
“And my husband, who
is a wonderful man, and I
talked it over and decided that
a breast here or there in our
lives wasn’t going to change
things."
One of the problems
Cheryl then faced was
that
silicone
prosthesis’
were expensive and often
caused sweating and other
uncomfortable
symptoms.
Not being one to accept this,
Cheryl began to research and found a
charitable organisation in America called
Knitted Knockers.
Knitted Knockers relied on volunteers
to knit prosthesis from soft cotton and
these in turn were donated to survivors of
breast cancer.
“It was a light-bulb moment. No time
to waste.”
The concept was launched last
September by the Burwood Neighbourhood
House, where Cheryl works, after Julie
Weaver from the Country Women’s
Association (CWA) proposed the idea.
Now president of the Australian arm
of Knitted Knockers, Cheryl says she wears
the prosthesis every day.
“We only give out the softest Bendigo
By Jean Hayne
those in recovery to continue
on their life’s journey more
comfortably.”
Knitted Knockers have
now aligned with the Rotary
project ‘Uplift Fiji’ to send a
shipment of the prosthesis to
the Solomon Islands.
“Breast cancer takes you
on a huge emotional journey,
but my mother gave us seven
children a good saying. It goes,
‘If it’s a brick wall find a way
over it or around it, or if it’s
a bigger problem you’ll have
to work your way through it’.
As a survivor of two bouts of
breast cancer I am thankful to
have been taught to be resilient.
I am also thankful to all of the
wonderful volunteer knitters
who help me and many others
on their ride through life.”
Prothesis knitting kits can
be picked up or brought back
Cheryl Webster
Woollen Mills 8 ply cotton to our knitters
because, although there are other cottons
out there, they are too hard. Crocheted
prosthesis doesn’t work either. I know
because I’ve been a guinea pig wearing
and testing them.”
Women from the Monbulk branch of
the CWA are now knitting the prosthesis
along with many other happy volunteers,
including men.
“It’s become enormous and very
humbling to see so many knitters out there
doing it for charity,” Cheryl said.
“Ï get comments like, ‘I’ve had someone
in the family or a friend with breast cancer
and I’m the lucky one so I’m doing it for
them’.
“Breast cancer is a hideous disease
and I don’t think we will beat it at the
moment, but we can make an effort to help
to CWA meetings held at the Monbulk Hub
in Main Street on the first Monday of the
month starting 10am. A team of ladies will
also be on hand to help fit prosthesis.
For
more
information
please
phone 03 9808 6292 or email
headofficeburwoodn@bigpond.com
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Readers
Contributors:
Carey Williams, Ian Ash, Jackie Pinkster, Jan
Cheshire, Helen Steiner Rice, Hita Mistry, Graeme
Legge, Wayne Collins, David Greenaway, Peter
Crawford, Paul Yandle, Dale Frankland. Phillip
Sheppard, Heather Zubek, Cris Deacon, Norm Smith,
Jayde Pearson, Geoff and Elaine Sands, Simone
Boyd, Ted Horton
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Peter's Pen
O
ur son has just become
engaged. Karen and
I are very proud of Andrew and Jacquie. It is
a new stage in life.
For Andrew and Jacquie it is right for them
to create a new family and, in a sense, leave us
behind. The old saying was “a man will leave his
father and mother and be joined to his wife, and
the two shall become one”. We do not want to
hold onto our son in a way that will prevent him
from making progress. Yet at the same time we
are thrilled to be gaining a daughter (in-law). And
we are looking forward to our relationship with
Andrew and Jacquie developing as a relationship
between equals.
Isn’t it wonderful that each new stage of life
brings changes, and often some heartache, but
there are always reasons to rejoice?
Thoughts from
Thoughts
from the
the Dungeon
Dungeon
with Jean Hayne
UPPER BEACONSFIELD
COMMUNITY CENTRE
Upper Beaconsfield CC is now being managed by
the team from Living & Learning in Pakenham
including CEO, Tammy Lobato, Community
College Manager, Karen Todd and Community
Centre Manager Amy McIntyre-Rogers.
A range of programs and services on
offer in Semester 2 include;
Our Accredited Training Courses are currently available. Courses
include; Aged care, TAE, Children Services, Introductory Computer
classes, iPads, MYOB and Website design.
This Semester we have introduced some new and exciting
Neighbourhood House courses which are still open for enrolments.
These include Yoga, Circuit Training, Strength Training, Mat Pilates,
Ukulele, Reflexology, Photography, Painting, Spanish, Thai Cooking,
Japanese Cooking, Natural Soap Making and Soy Candle Making
and Women’s Wellness Drumming Workshops.
Upper Beaconsfield Community Early Learning
Centre
Our newly named Upper Beaconsfield Community Early learning
Centre provides long day care for children 6 weeks to 6 years. Our
centre is set in a beautiful bushland environment and prides itself on
its most caring and professional educators and interactive activities.
Best of all we have extended our opening hours to 7.30am –
6.30pm.
The ELC currently has availability so please contact the centre for
all enquiries.
Upper Beaconsfield Community Centre
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The Rev. Dr Peter Crawford
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Signpost Community Magazine Inc. - August 2014 Volume 122
W
ith the
onset
of
a
few
beautifully
sunny and longer days, my
thoughts quickly turned to getting
out and about a bit more, taking
in the fresh air and catching up on
some exercise. If this also sounds
like you, the new walking track on
Pepi’s Paddocks in Emerald is a
great starting place for an amble.
Recently developed, the wide,
sealed pathway snakes its way
down towards the creek and up
again. Panoramic views to the bay
harmonise with closer vistas of
green paddocks and are a delight.
Because of the lay of the land,
I think it a little more challenging
to start the walk of the circuit from
the car park off Beaconsfield Road
rather than from the higher ground
behind Emerald Primary School, but
both are delightfully invigorating
and I feel richly blessed to live in
this amazing district and see these
fields starting to be put to good
community use.
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Who’s Who
in 3782
W
By Jean Hayne
hen The Rev. Dr Peter
Crawford took up his first
appointment in charge of a
parish in the Anglican Church he said he
was “very green but full of enthusiasm.
“It was Emerald, 1981, and just trying
to get my head around the geography of
the hills and the dynamics of the four
churches I was responsible for at Menzies
Creek, Macclesfield, Gembrook and
Emerald, was a challenge.
Now, 33 1/3 years or 400 months
later, according to Peter’s research, he is
the longest serving pastor in one parish
in living history in the Anglican Church in
Melbourne. And the results of this have
been amazing.
Over the years and under Peter’s
leadership parish boundaries changed
several times. St. Luke’s at Cockatoo was
built in the aftermath of Ash Wednesday.
St. Mark’s’ buildings underwent many
extensions and the current five (5) weekly
congregations involve in excess of 400
people, quite apart from the work of
various arms of St. Mark’s including Echo
Youth and Family Services, Signpost
Magazine, Australian College of Youth
Training, Emerald Opp Shop, Kids Club
and a variety of after school and in school
programs such as mentoring in Emerald
Secondary College. The list goes on with
every year being significant.
All of this from a conviction that
God had called Peter to this work in the
Dandenong Ranges and a willingness
to use all of his personal resources,
which included a drastic change of
career from law to ministry. Peter had
graduated with degrees in law and
economics and worked for the federal
government in Canberra before his
theology studies.
So where did this massive change
of heart come from?
“It all started at a Billy Graham
crusade in Melbourne in 1969.
“I had a church background but
stopped going when I started university.
Then I was invited to a Billy Graham
crusade and became convinced about
God, so I made a decision to put him
first in my life. It changed my whole
motivation. A career in law was not so
appealing. My prayer was, 'Lord you have
called me to follow you, but to do what?'
The answer came some time later and
was very clear; 'I want you to enter the
ministry.' My initial response was one of
horror. Then He spoke to me again and
I said, 'OK I get the message,' Peter said.
“When we came to Emerald Karen
and I had not long been married. We lived
in a house that was recently, but poorly
built and leaked. A highlight was when
we adopted our son Andrew as a baby in
1987, and now to see him recently engaged
has been fantastic.
“Looking back to when I was first
appointed, Emerald was at the tail end
of being a retirement village. Things have
certainly changed,” Peter said.
Peter and Karen Crawford in the early days
“But one of the things that hasn’t
changed is that St. Mark’s was, and always
has been a key part of the Emerald
community’s wellbeing going back to
services from the 1880s. A lot of that
has been its willingness and ability to
contribute in so many ways."
Peter said he has always tried to
differentiate genuine Christianity, which is
all about relationships, from religion.
"I have never seen myself as religious."
Over time Peter has been approached
to be a Bishop and an Archbishop and was
invited to serve overseas.
“I certainly considered moving because
I wanted always to be open to God. And
I didn’t want my own feelings to cloud
this. But I believed that this is as strategic
a place to invest my life as anywhere else,”
Peter said.
5
Tractors, Racing Bikes and Tourist Coaches
By Carey Williams
He veered right, so I
veered left to avoid him.
Suddenly right in front
of me there was Harry
Hibbert‘s bike stopped
in its tracks, having spun
out.”
Herbie was travelling
at perhaps 230-240kph
and his bike with his
brother Ken in the
sidecar
ploughed
Above: Vickie and Herbie Lamble
Right: Herbie racing at Bathurst 1969
I
n 2013 Herbie Lamble
visited the Isle of Man,
between Great Britain and
Ireland in the Irish Sea, to see
the ‘Isle of Man TT’, an annual
motorbike
championship
regarded by many as the
most prestigious in the world.
It was something Herbie had
always wanted to do, and he was one
of thousands of bike racing fans from
far and wide.
The bikes race on the island’s roads
and Herbie stood outside a hotel watching
the competitors flash past when a man
approached him and said, “Herbie
Lamble? How are you these days? ”
Herbie had no recognition and had to
ask who he was.
“I was Harry Hibbert’s sidecar
passenger that day when we could have
been killed.”
Amazingly, decades after the day they
cheated death, having not seen each other
in the interim, they had met again on the
other side of the world.
Herbie explains, “Harry Hibbert and
I were rivals. On that day I knew I had
Harry’s measure. Graeme Biggs was my
main threat so I sat on his tail on his right
side. I had a little more power and knew I
could out-brake him on a particular corner
and get past. Lap after lap I waited patiently,
not wanting to move too early. There was
a small rise before a sweeping corner.
Graeme could see ahead but I couldn’t.
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straight into it.
“In the instant there was nothing I
could do. I thought that’s it, we’re all dead.
We went over the top of them; I came off
the bike and slid along the bitumen, the
leathers saving me being torn up. I was
dazed and it took me a while to realise my
eyes were open and I was alive. I looked
over to see Ken slowly getting up. I was
relieved to see him alive. As it turned out
we had no broken bones, miraculously, and
Harry and his passenger escaped serious
injury too. The bike was wrecked though.”
Herbie had broken each of his arms
in separate accidents racing in Tasmania
and South Australia previously. He raced
all over Australia at major events and was
regarded as one of the top three sidecar
riders in Australia.
He came second in the Australian
titles and third in the Malaysian Superbike
Round, and second in many other events
in Australia, being dogged by mechanical
bad luck to deprive him of victory a
number of times. He started racing bikes
in 1969 and gave it away in 1974, and took
it up again in 1984 for eight more years.
Herbie was born in 1946 and grew
up in Cloverleigh Avenue, Emerald with
three younger brothers, Robert, John and
Ken. Their father Bert worked locally in
the Forest Commission and their mum
was from the Jones family who were early
settlers in Emerald. Her grandfather owned
Jones’ store around 1900 on the corner of
Monbulk Road where Woolworths is now.
Herbie went to Emerald Primary
School and Ferntree Gully Tech. His
first job was at Hasset’s Machinery in
Ringwood which sent him to David
Brown Tractors for training, giving
him the mechanical background
used through his working life.
After two years he went to work
at Herb Sherriff ’s garage in Emerald
for three years before returning to
Hasset’s.
In 1969 he bought the ELTO
garage, near the Emerald Lake
turn off, where he stayed ‘till 1974,
coinciding with his first bike racing
stint.
In 1974 he went into business
with his friend John Tolley as
mowing contractors ‘Tolley and
Lamble’ on a hand shake agreement
successful for 22 years. They had a contract
with the City of Knox mowing roadsides,
ovals and parks and did extensive work for
the Board of Works through Melbourne’s
eastern suburbs.
In 1992 Herb and wife Vicki bought
an ’87 Custom Coach with the intention
of using it as a mobile home to travel
around Australia, but first took it on a
trip to Birdsville with 17 local blokes who
contributed to the costs. The trip was so
successful it gave rise to a new venture,
‘Lamble Tours’, which this year celebrates
20 years of business.
Herb and Vickie have driven and
escorted coach tours extensively through
Victoria and New South Wales and all
over Australia including south west West
Australia, north to the Kimberleys, Alice
Springs, the Flinders Ranges, Cairns,
Townsville, the Sunshine Coast and the
Gold Coast. They have also conducted
tours to Canada and New Zealand where
they hire coaches, and Vicki has done river
cruises in Europe.
A remarkable road travelled since
Herbie’s days at the single building
Emerald Primary School in the 1950s.
Motorbike riding in the ‘Hills’
E
very spring and summer thousands
of recreational motorbike riders
ride up into the Dandenongs
in groups or on their own, to enjoy a
coffee in one of the many cafes, or
just riding the spectacular roads in the
area. But every year a small number
of motorcyclists come to grief, or worse,
are killed as a result.
I’ve been privileged to lead Hills Riders
motorcycle group, based in Emerald for 13
years. Every year the group rides thousands
of kilometres throughout Victoria and
sometimes interstate, so I thought I’d share
some thoughts on lessons learned after
a lifetime of, racing in my younger years
(badly), riding motorbikes recreationally
and leading rides.
A word for novice
riders, learners or people
returning to riding.
• Join a club or group and
undertake some group rides.
The positive modelling (in a
good group), the fact that a
group will take you places
you’ve never been and the
chance to stretch yourself
will improve your riding
skills markedly.
• Make sure you jump on
the bike at least twice a
month. Riding is a three
dimensional skill like flying
(I did a bit of this in my
younger years) and requires
the brain to be refreshed in
order to stay sharp. I notice
that after I get back from
By Wayne Collins
our six day Labour Day ride each year,
having spent every day in the saddle,
covering hundreds of kilometres each
day, my skill and confidence go up a
notch or two. The worst thing you can
do is buy a bike and ride it two or three
times a year
• Don’t ride with idiots and always ride
within your comfort zone. When you
are with a group that heads out fast and
hard every ride, it takes incredible will
power not to follow, and the odds are
stacked against you.
A word for experienced riders
• If you have novice or returning riders
with you, don’t be a bad role model; it’s
as simple as that!
• Lobby local and state government
members to consider the needs of
motorcyclists; we are a formidable
lobby group with 250,000 licenced
riders in Victoria, and growing.
• Join a group to support it and enjoy the
fun of riding together.
• I ride because it gets the adrenaline going,
it’s incredibly enjoyable and you make
lifelong friends through motorcycling.
I can also encourage young riders to
consider what life should look like, in
a world where young people have no
moral compass and few signposts to
take their life bearings from; that alone
is reason enough..
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Emerald SES Round Up
By Dale Frankland
A
fter a slow start to the year regarding call outs the
wind certainly caught up with Emerald SES in June.
Since 1st January we have had 452 requests for
assistance. From Monday 23rd until Sunday 29th June we received
161 requests for assistance! That’s 36 percent of our requests in
one week!
You can see in the picture just one of those 161 call outs and
get an idea of what we sometimes have to face.
A big thank you goes out to all the Emerald members who
played their part in a massive cleanup and also a huge thanks to
Emerald CFA who helped us clear trees on driveways throughout
our call out area.
Whilst we are thanking people we have the Puffing Billy Way
and Works mob to thank with help removing a tree from the
road following a road rescue on June 30.
Emerald SES train every Monday night and that night took an
interesting turn. There we were refreshing our skills when just down
the end of the street there was a road rescue involving a car and a
fallen tree. So out the door we went and responded in record time.
The Puffing Billy crew were in the area doing some road
works at the level crossing and provided assistance with
their back hoe which was used to push the big tree off the
road to open it up again. Emerald CFA attended and the two
agencies worked well side by side as we have always done.
Every time we have to attend an incident, it’s amazing to see all
agencies together, working quickly and effectively for the best
possible outcome.
Emerald
or P (03) 5968 5221
For information on what you can do to prepare for a storm,
visit the VICSES website at http://www.ses.vic.gov.au/prepare/
stormsafe
It’s not all doom and gloom however, we held an open night
for potential new volunteers earlier in the month with a great
response and hopefully a few new members coming on board
soon.
The Emerald unit is responsible for storm damage response,
search and road rescue along with assisting other emergency
services such as the police with crime scene preservation.
Volunteers are ‘on call’ 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Volunteer Acting Controller Ben Owens of the Emerald Unit
says “we are after dedicated new volunteers who can generously
give their time a couple of hours a week to help their community
in their time of need during an emergency”
So if you live in the areas of Belgrave, Belgrave South,
Upwey, Tecoma, Selby, Emerald, Cockatoo, Gembrook, Upper
Beaconsfield, Sassafras, Olinda, Monbulk and all areas in between
give Emerald SES a call.
For further details please contact Acting Controller Ben
Owen on 0439 809 045 or benmelowen@yahoo.com.au
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Emerald CFA Report
ByPaul Yandle – Captain Emerald Fire Brigade
June.
Training during June:
• Thermal Imaging Camera operation
theory sessions x 2
• Breathing apparatus theory based
refresher.
• Breathing apparatus practical training
exercise involving search and rescue
held at the St. Mark’s Op Shop.
• Breathing apparatus practical training
exercise involving search and rescue and
TIC camera operation.
How do we make volunteer
firefighters?
In decades past any able body person
(usually the men) would end up on the
back of a fire truck when the need arose.
Generally farmers and the like, as they
already had a far idea of what was required
from their life on the land.
Not so in this day and age. Whilst the
core principals of ‘put the wet stuff on the
hot stuff ’ or ‘surround and drown’ remain the
same, we operate in a very modern fire
service with specialised equipment and
modern techniques, tactics and processes.
Our new members need to undertake a
significant amount of training to become,
and remain ‘operational’.
The first level of competency is
‘wildfire firefighter’. This level of training
is incorporated into a recruit’s course on
joining the brigade and will take around
six months of Wednesday night training
sessions and many Sunday mornings to
complete. All recruits need to be assessed
as competent at this minimum skill level
before they can get on the truck to respond
to a call.
This compulsory basic training is to
ensure they have a good understanding
of the equipment we use, basic tactics and
most importantly, how to stay safe in a fire
environment.
A member’s first call out will usually be
a much anticipated and sometimes anxious
moment, - what will it be? Where and
when will it happen? And will I remember
all my training, are common thoughts?
Further training provided to members
is based on the risk hazard and the
particular needs of a brigade’s response
area. For a brigade like Emerald and other
at
COCKATOO
NEIGHBOURHOOD
HOUSE
local brigades, we have a wide variety of
risks in our area from bush and grass fires,
On Friday 15th of August
structure fires, motor vehicle accidents,
We invite people to volunteer
car fires, gas leaks, storm events, hazmat
their time for food preparation or
incidents and many others that require
our members to be highly trained in many
to donate ingredients.
skills.
This FREE Community Dinner
Members will receive further training
is open to everybody in our
accreditations and perform regular
community who likes good food,
skills maintenance sessions in structural
good company and meet new
firefighting, breathing apparatus use,
search and rescue techniques, first aid,
people in a warm and friendly
hazmat incident response and a large range
atmosphere.
of subjects, all requiring a big commitment
For more information please
from the firefighter.
contact
Each member’s training pathway is
Cockatoo Neighbourhood House
managed by the training officer and they
receive a lot of support and mentoring
on 5968 9031 or email cnhouse@
from more experienced members within
iinet.net.au
the brigade. On the job training also plays
a big part, as we never stop learning and
every job is different.
Many members go on to gain specialist
competencies such as crew leader, incident
management, command and control, truck
driver
licensing,
advanced pumping,
c o m mu n i c a t i o n s
and many other
roles.
Members
can
gain a lot out of
CFA involvement in
regards to personal
development and
many of
these
skills also help us
in our work lives as
well. The level of
training received is
really only capped
by the member's
availability
and
Ideal for Red and Green ‘P’ drivers
interests.
The
commitment
is
big, but so too are
the rewards and
We also run learner courses and provide
camaraderie from
driver lessons at competitive rates
being in the CFA.
Keep this in
mind next time you
see us out training
around town or if
METEC Driver Training
you reckon you’re
up for a challenge,
P: 9725 4758
come and have a
www.metec.com.au
go.
DEFENSIVE AND SAFE
DRIVING COURSES
A001571
E
merald CFA responded to six
primary area calls and two
support calls to other brigades in
COMMUNITY DINNER
9
Harmonica Riff Raff
By Philip Sheppard 3mdr
at Chicago’s notorious Cook County jail.
An establishment which, at various times,
housed gangsters, John Derringer and
Alphonse Capone. He was assigned to G
and H blocks whose residents qualified on
the basis of their psychological profile and
how many people they had killed.
It was at the prison that Doc met
ecently Burrinja Café in Upwey
hosted Nick Charles and Doc inmate ‘Little’ Eddie Newell, who worked
Span in concert. They took us in the barber shop. Doc would buy Chile
back in time to an American Honky Tonk Rellenos dinners from a local Mexican
Joint, to listen to the music of folk-blues restaurant in exchange for harmonica
lessons from Eddie. Doc would hone his
duo
craft at rent parties on the south and west
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.
In 2013, Black Market music’s John sides, and at a blues club, Ma Beas at the
Durr suggested to Nick and Doc to corner of Sacramento and Madison.
Most white people wouldn’t have had
collaborate on celebrating the music of
Sonny and Brownie. They both agreed, as an invitation, but Doc had rites of passage
they felt the duo were significant influences as he had provided many of the patrons
with ‘meds’ at the jail. It was at Ma Beas
on their careers.
Nick Charles, a local songwriter that he would be invited up on stage by
and guitar virtuoso, is a performer and Little Eddie, who was out on remand, to
subscriber of Mountain District Radio jam with the band.
Nick and Doc’s album, ‘All About Sonny
97.1. He and his recordings are well
known to listeners. Doc Span, a resident Terry and Brownie McGhee’ included covers,
of Queensland was not. I interviewed but also three original songs in the style
Doc to learn more about his life and times of Sonny and Terry. One original entitled,
‘The Golden Inn’ won the ‘Chain’ award for
in music.
Doc grew up in Hoboken, New Jersey Best New Blues Song in 2013.
The Golden Inn was a blues honky
just across the Hudson River from New
tonk
joint in the Ortiz Mountains between
York. As an eight year old he entertained
Santa
Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Dutch sailors at his grandmother’s saloon
on Hudson Street wharf by playing the This was a town sparse of establishments
and rendered a ghost town after the gold
accordion.
Later, Doc would enlist in the Navy, and had gone. A New York businessman took
on his return was employed as a paramedic purchase of the Inn and refurnished
it into a thriving
music
venue.
He featured well
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McGhee.
Doc had a blues band that would
support the acts. On one night when Sonny
and Brownie featured, the duo would
constantly argue off stage in the green
room, and when on stage, have their own
bottles of whiskey rather than share one.
After playing, ‘Walk On’, a crowd favourite,
Brownie walked off leaving a blind Sonny
alone on stage. When Brownie came back
he quipped that he was ‘just tuning up’.
Their music and chemistry on stage
however, was indisputable. That night,
the duo set off for another gig in Texas,
an interesting trip one would presume.
News would filter through that night
of the Golden Inn’s demise. The Inn
had mysteriously burnt down. Although
suspicious, the police never investigated
and the Inn has never been rebuilt.
So there we were, an appreciative and
supportive audience, on a cold winter’s
evening in the Dandenongs, at a cosy,
intimate café. Could we have been at the
Golden Inn? Nick was finger pickin’ and
Doc was blowin’ to old favourites, ‘Down
by the Riverside’ and ‘You Bring Out The Boogie
in Me’.
Doc would display all his wares with
rhythmic chugging, tongue flutters and
growls on that little toy, bought for less
than ten dollars and kept safe in his jacket
pocket.
The only thing that appeared out of
place was that Nick and Doc looked like
they were enjoying each other’s company.
Just in postscript, Little Eddie Newell
was convicted of murdering a robber at his
barber shop, and would die in a St. Louis
prison in the early eighties. A recording of
his,
‘Little Eddie Teddy Bear’ can be heard on
YouTube.
Nick and Doc’s album can be bought
though Black Market Music.
It’s goodbye from me, God Bless and
Keep on Chooglin’ Old Shep.
Deal only with the present,
Never step into tomorrow,
For God asks us just to trust
Him
And to never borrow sorrow.
For our heart rejoices in Him,
Because we trust in
His holy name.
Psalm 33:21
Today be flexible, adaptable
and receptive. .
In Memory of
Marilyn Hersey
Sands
13.09.1936 to 29.06.2014
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Since then many clients
have shared the peace,
tranquillity and amazing
views that Carolin so loves.
“My hope is that clients will fully enjoy it with me also,”
Carolin said.
What is Naturopathy?
Naturopathy is a form of medicine practiced widely
throughout the world. It is concerned with discovering and
removing the root cause of disease and is relevant to almost
every kind of affliction from the common cold to the more
serious illnesses such as cancer.
The Naturopath is working with:
O
riginally from Mordialloc, Marilyn Sands (nee
Aitken), the only girl in a family with four brothers,
often holidayed in Emerald with the family,
eventually building their home on a few acres off Charman
Avenue in 1950.
At the same time Bill Sands lived with his parents in a cottage
at the lower edge of the Aitken family’s property so soon got to
know Marilyn and they often went with other teenagers on the
Tuesday night US Bus outings to the Cameo Theatre in Belgrave.
Bill and Marilyn married in 1953 when Marilyn was not
quite 17 and Bill had just turned 19 years old. Young by today’s
standards, the couple stuck together ‘for better or for worse, in
sickness and in health’ and were blessed with three children, 13
grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
One of Marilyn’s greatest assets was that she had a fantastic
sense of humour and as Bill said, “A definite gift of the gab.
“She loved people and could relate to any age bringing
support and happiness to many.”
Over the years strong friendships were formed with work
colleagues at Emerald Lake Kiosk, Emerald Country Club, SPC
Jams in Monbulk and finally as a cleaner at William Angliss
Hospital.
In retirement Marilyn loved to go to the Monbulk Aquatic
Centre where she would float around on a noodle and true to
form, be chatting to passing swimmers as she drifted by.
Marilyn was also passionate about the Essendon Football
Club and the Monbulk Football Club where several grandchildren
were involved. She played golf with her friend Shirley Owen and
was a life member of Emerald Evergreens Senior Citizens.
Bill said when Marilyn went into hospital he expected her to
come home, but she didn’t.
“It was a great shock.
“She always looked on the bright side and I will try to do that,
but I really miss her,” Bill said.
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original purpose of Pilates continues
to be the development of core strength.
The different styles all have their merits, but
the beauty of the classical style is that it
is full body work out, toning muscles and
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The studio operates Monday to
Friday 8am - 8pm, Saturday: 8am
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Phone: (03) 5944 3354 or 0418 235 093
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Getting up close and personal
By Heather Zubek
T
he students at Emerald Primary
School are serious about the
future. These Year 4 and 5
students are working hard at helping
our endangered animals and marine
animals.
Jemma, Lillie and Dominic, all Year
5 students, are part of the school’s
Dolphin Research Institute ‘I sea, I care’
Ambassador Program. The goal of this
award-winning program is to convince all
Victorians that our marine treasures are
just too precious to lose. Young students,
chosen as school ambassadors, are taught
skills in peer education, leadership and
public speaking. These ambassadors take
part in marine workshops so they can
return to school and teach their peers
the importance of keeping our marine
environment healthy.
Lillie, 10:
“It’s really important that we save our
marine creatures. As school ambassadors
we get to visit different places for
workshops and look at things we find in
the ocean.
We also go rock pooling.
My favourite part (of the
workshop) was getting to
swim with the dolphins.
I even got to hold onto
a fin when I swam with
them. We saw a mother
and its baby swimming
together. It was so cute!”
Dominic, 10:
“I
enjoyed
swimming with the
dolphins. I found
swimming in the
ocean very different
to swimming in a
Jemma
pool. The water was
different somehow,
the seawater felt
heavier. Our goal
now is to spread the
word about Victoria’s
marine life to other
kids at school. When
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These Year 4 and 5 students
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to help make the world a
better place for our animals
we get back
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wo r k s h o p s,
we have to
write a speech
about
our
experience
and present it
Dominic
at our assembly. We learn so much
about dolphins in these workshops.
Dolphins are a good symbol of a
healthy marine environment.”
Jemma, 10:
“I’ve learned so much about
dolphins doing these workshops
run by the Dolphin Research
Institute. I’ve learned how dolphins
are so important to the marine
environment.
Unfortunately
people pollute the ocean and
rubbish like those plastic things
that hold drink cans together and
Lillie
fishing nets get caught on dolphins.
Some dolphins get their fins caught
in fishing nets and they get
really injured. I enjoy these
Lloyd and Tamsyn
workshops. I might even be
a marine biologist when I
leave school.”
The students in Year 4
have an important project
to complete. They
have to choose an
endangered animal,
research it and then
write about it.
Tamsyn, 10:
Lloyd the Platypus
I chose the
Corroboree Frog
as my endangered
animal. I don’t know why I chose this particular frog but I
just wanted to find out more about it. You don’t find many of
these frogs around here but there are afew in the Healesville
Sanctuary but they mainly live on Mount Kosciuszko. They like
really cold places. One thing I’ve learned that I find amazing
is that they produce a sort of poison in their skin. It’s really
dangerous to other animals.”
Lloyd, 10:
I chose the platypus for my project. It’s not an endangered
species but it is vulnerable. The platypus looks like someone
has just put together pieces of different animals into one
animal. I would definitely like to have a platypus as a pet. We
have a creek at home so he could live there. He would be able
to eat the yabbies too. If I had a platypus I’d call him Platy the
Platypus!”
Cricket in Gembrook
T
By Cris Deacon, President Gembrook CC
he Gembrook Cricket Club is a great and proud club
that has been operating since 1899. From the moment
an individual pulls on a green cap or shirt for the first
time, there is an expectation that they will show great spirit
and an attitude that is necessary to play together as a team
in order to deliver success, no matter the challenges.
The GCC aims to become the ‘Heart of the Community’ by
delivering a club that provides safety, enjoyment and expertise to
its members and families.
We are the hosts for the American Car Show in February, and
co-hosts of the 3MDR Radio Festival in November. The club
also offers other social events throughout the year including our
Thursday night meals.
Through our stable committee and coaching team we have
three goals this season:
• strengthening our financial viability
• to be more prominent in the local community
• to develop our players and coaches from the ground up.
We are busy improving our facilities by replacing our centre
pitch and refurbishing our training nets, whilst buying more
training equipment. To continue our growth and expansion,
junior members are not required to pay fees this season.
The committee has been working hard during the pre-season
to improve our policies and procedures and to put into place our
excellent coaching team. All coaches, from Milo cricket through
Promising Gembrook junior cricketer with Sri Lankan star Kumar Sangakkara
to the senior teams, are CricketVictoria accredited.
This season favourite son, Jeremy Everett, is again the senior
coach, and ex-Queensland seconds player, Michael Cronin, has
come on board as a part time development coach.
This season the club plans on entering three senior teams into
the WGCA competition, as well as U/11, U/13 and U/15 junior
teams, to complement its Milo In2Cricket program.
Pre-season senior training starts Sunday, August 24, junior
training Wednesday, September 17 and Milo Cricket Sunday,
November 16.
All prospective players should direct enquiries to
Club President, Cris Deacon, on 0408 324398.
Soldier Settlement in
Gembrook 1948 to 1965
By Norm Smith
(Pakenham Gazette December 1946)
he persistent efforts of the local repatriation committee and the
Berwick Shire Council to have land made available for soldier
settlement appear to be likely to meet with success. Last week the
committee had the privilege of showing Messrs Simpson and Helserberg
of the Solidier Settlement Committee over the area suggested as
suitable for solidier settlement.
“The committee is very hopeful as a result of the visit.” The initial settler
families who took up land at ‘Harewood Park’ Gembrook in 1948 were (in
alphabetical order) Bradshaw, George, McKay, MacKenzie, Patullo, Shelden
and Worthington.
The Patullo family moved from their block in the early 1950s and was
succeeded by the Severino family in 1953.
All the settler families became active in the Gembrook community
including the school committee, mother’s club, RSL and RSL Auxiliary,
football, cricket, tennis, fire brigade, swimming pool working bees, football
oval etc.
The settler’s children went to Gembrook State School and then on to
Upwey High School, Ferntree Gully Technical School and Monbulk High
School.
It was largely due to the efforts of the settler’s families that the electricity
supply was extended to Gembrook in the early 50s.
Whilst the work was hard all the families enjoyed the welcoming spirit of
the people of Gembrook and contributed to many improvements in business,
sporting and community aspects of the area. The last settler family to leave
was the Severino family in 1965.
T
AN ODE TO THE
POET By Cris Deacon
Did you say Zarathustra
‘I grow weary of the poets?’
Did you say Zarathustra
‘I am weary of the unattainable that is supposed to
be reality?’
Poets express what is joyful and painful,
Poets make the world more beautiful.
Poets give freedom of the tedious and therefore
meaning,
And did not Valery say that poetry was dancing?
Poets create rivers and mountains,
Poets breathe life into the trees for human gains,
Poets turn stones into pearls for your hand to hold,
Poets turn steel into gold.
Poets give colour to what may have forever been
grey,
Poets glorify beauty and give voluptuousness to life,
Poets light a path where no path existed.
The poet questions and then answers!
So Zarathustra I ask of you:
‘What is it that is so unattainable?’
So Zarathustra I ask of you:
‘Are you still weary of the poet?’
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Those Were the Days
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grandmother’s hand inscribed recipe and accounts
book in which she wrote ‘A Cure for Rheumatism’ 100
years ago in 1914 and Mother Seigals Syrup. Would you
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Social gatherings,
outings or celebrations
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elebrations happen all year around so whether it’s an
anniversary, a special party, deb ball, wedding, end
of year formal or day or night out on the town, you
really want to make the most of it.
Professional photos to capture the happy moments are a great
start and often valued as lifelong keepsakes; family history.
Paul Bianco established PB Imaging in 1993 at Kallista and
has since been photographing people, animals and our wonderful
landscape since. His passion to capture and create real images of
life has never diminished.
“Be it a photo shoot of your family and your pets or the design
and production of an eye-catching marketing brochure, ask what
I can do for you,” Paul said.
As an added touch of luxury people are also choosing to be
chauffeur driven to special occasions in the luxury of gleaming
vintage cars.
Sherbrooke Hire Vintage Cars in Emerald have a selection of
1920s convertible sedans and limos to provide that dash of glam
and nostalgia and, as well as making you feel so extra special,
provide the perfect backdrop for those memorable photos.
Four cars have been restored to original new condition and
include a 1925 Hudson limousine and two ivory coloured cars
with fold-down hoods. Have you ever thought of doing a winery
tour in a chauffeur driven vintage car?
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appy faces,
high
spirits,
fun,
food,
games and Bible
stories. St. Mark’s
children’s
school
holiday
program
‘Going Bananas’ ran
for three days with
50 children on each
day. Well done to
Megan and team.
Can you peel
a banana with
your feet?
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Emerald
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Tuesday
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MCO youngsters
STAR !!
By David Greenaway
hildren and young people from the
ion recently strutted their stuff in
nd Youth One Act Play Festival at
rticipants came from Gemco Players
6 to 18 years.
so provided an excellent play in the
n.
lay for the weekend judged by local
cher Tania Ryder-Barnes ‘Cosmic
d nearly 30 young people in a world
ance written by Carmel Pezzimenti,
er youth leaders.
ented all age groups for their standard
excellent ensemble work, whether a
scientist the commitment support
tage shone through.
Activities for all ages! High energy & more laid back/cruisy options available. Come
along, have fun with your mates and make new ones! Snackbar available so bring a
couple of extra $$ in case you get hungry.
Inviting all teenagers to:
Followed by Café
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7.30-8pm $5
Friday Nights - August 1 to September 5
6.00pm to 7.30pm
$5 entry
Years 7 - 12
Presented by ECHO Youth & Family Services, 1-3 Church St Emerald.
Call 5968 4460 for more details. Drug and Alcohol Free Event
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Reading to
connect
T
By Jackie Pinkster
his year’s Children’s Book Week
theme is ‘Connecting to ReadingReading to Connect’. Finding
someone who has read the same
book as you and has shared the same
enjoyment in it is a wonderful moment
of connectedness and this is especially
true when you find someone who has
shared the love of a childhood book.
Around the hills our school principals
shared their favourite books from their
childhood. Let them know if you share a
favourite book with them.
• Kym Peterson
Principal, Gembrook Primary School
One of my favourite books that I
read when I was younger was ‘James and
the Giant Peach’ by Roald Dahl. I loved
the book because Roald’s brilliant writing
helped me to imagine what it might be like
to float amongst the clouds. Even though
I haven’t read the book for many years I
can remember the crazy animal characters
in it. Roald Dahl has proved to be a very
successful writer in the last 20 years. His
books are still popular with the students
today. I am sure many of them enjoy Roald
Dahl’s amazing ability to tell a great story!
• Tanya Cooke
Principal, Menzies Creek Primary
School
My favourite books as a child were the
Famous Five and Secret Seven adventures. I
loved these books because
they were full of adventure
and I loved trying to solve the
mystery.
• Darrelyn Boucher
Principal
Cockatoo
Primary School
I
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LOVED anything written by Enid Blyton
- The Magic Faraway Tree, the Famous Five
series and the Secret Seven series. I have
strong memories of losing myself in
the adventures of whichever book I was
reading whilst curled up on the lounge
room chair on many a wintery day.
• Mark Carver
Principal, Emerald Primary School
I loved the ‘Noddy’ books and the
‘Winnie the Pooh’ series. I liked his attitude to
life. With a full belly (generally of honey)
life was pretty good especially surrounded
by great friends.
• Jason Riding
Principal, Mountain District Christian
School
My favourite picture books were Plop
(The Owl) and Where the Wild Things Are.
And then when I was older I loved The
Hardy Boys, The Secret Seven and The Famous
Five. I loved adventure stories and trying
to solve mysteries. At the moment I’m
reading a book to my son that I read as a
boy called ‘The Genius of Willy Mc Michael,’
but no one would have heard of that one.
• John Chiswell
Principal, Macclesfield Primary School
I liked the Enid Blyton books. They
were always popular and created a series
for readers (Famous 5 and Secret 7 etc).
Rudyard Kipling was another author that
was on our bookshelf. I think this tied
in with my involvement in Scouts so the
‘Jungle Book’ was a significant book for me.
My favourite was the Biggles series. James
Bigglesworth was the character; he was
adventurous and brave. I read them many
times. The books captured the daring and
bravery of the pilots in World War I and
just
for young boys these books were fantastic!
We were young and this character was on
an incredible adventure.
• Nick Karanzoulis
Principal, Beaconsfield Upper Primary
School
Having been born and raised in
Greece, my favourite story was
‘Hercules’ from Greek Mythology. I
loved the adventure and the variety of
the challenges that Hercules had to face.
You never knew where the next of the 12
chapters was going to take you.
• Wayne Burgess
Principal, Emerald Secondary College
I loved adventure stories like ‘The Last
of the Mohicans and ‘Robinson
Crusoe.’ Stories that were set in a
different world, with different experiences
to mine. I liked the fantasy, the escapism
they offered.
Tony Sheumad
Principal, Beaconhills College
I loved reading the ‘Biggles’ series of
books.
I dreamed of being a pilot, flying
high on another
adventure.
How Much Rain Was
There? By Carey Williams
A
topic among my gardening and farming
friends is how much was in the gauge in the
morning after rain, or how much there was
on the weekend, or for the week. The amount varies
from one town to the other, from one side of town to
the other or even sometimes from different sides of
the road. I recall driving home down our street one
afternoon to see it raining heavily on one side yet
dry on the other.
For more years than I can remember, for an accurate
rainfall picture of a month or the progressive total for
the year, I simply had to look in the window of the
Gembrook Post Office and there displayed was a chart
of each month’s rainfall with a year-to-date total and
the comparable figures over a 38 year average.
The last entry was February this year. Out of habit I kept
looking periodically for March, April and May figures although I
knew full well they would not come. The chart was removed in
June.
The person who took the measurement every day at the same
time over nearly four decades was Stan Marriott. After losing his
wife Nell last year, Stan had a stroke this year and went into aged
care and died shortly after.
Stan came to Gembrook in 1947 and grew flowers with his
brothers, and few Gembrook people would not have known Stan
and admired his daffodils and his contribution to the Gembrook
community.
I asked Stan could I interview him for ‘Signpost’ last year. A
humble man, he declined, saying he wasn’t interesting enough, but
he said I should do one on his daughter Fran who was a champion
tennis player in her day. Unfortunately she was battling illness at the
time so it didn’t happen.
Stan was 94 when he passed away. I’ll miss his rainfall figures
and seeing him around town. I met Fran, who lives in Melbourne,
for the first time recently at the Emerald Museum where she came
to donate some books. I’m hoping I can do a Marriott story in the
future.
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August 2014 Volume 122 - Signpost Community Magazine
Inc. PM 19
10/07/14 12:38
PLEASE HELP OUR WILDLIFE
D
By Geoff and Elaine Sands -- Foster Wildlife Carers - Emerald
ear Editor – Registered
Wildlife Carers are very
concerned with the lack of
knowledge by some members of
the community, especially the many
new comers to the outer suburban
districts. The concern is of the
limited information available to the
members of the public on how they
should deal with injured or orphaned
wildlife. This happens all the time
on roads somewhere. You may just
come across the problem and then
you would have to deal with it.
Many joeys are left to die in the
pouch or left near
their dead mum. They
are left by the drivers
who do not stop and
simply just check for
a joey or check if the
mum is injured or can
be supported by a vet. The
support
that can be given to
the wildlife has been added to this
document. Some general hints for the
members of the public to read and
then we would suggest that they place
the document in vehicle glove box. ----PLEASE add these phone
numbers to your phone. HELP
FOR WILDLIFE – 0417 380 687 –
or – WILDLIFE VICTORIA 13 000
94535 Wildlife carers are volunteers and
they all try hard to do the best for the
injured / orphaned wildlife.
This did happen to us so we
have added it as a sample for you to
understand what can happen.
This is a shortened version of the
true story:It happened some time ago to my
wife and myself. - We received a phone
call late one night from a member of
the public who said that she had just
been involved in a ‘wombat incident’
on Paternoster Road, Emerald. It was
on the very steep hill, also with many
bends and double lines.
The lady said she had placed a small
joey wombat - on the top - of the dead
mum (in the middle of the road) and
then she drove home and rang us and
asked us to go around to collect and
save the joey.
We could not
believe she had left a
small joey wombat on
top of the dead mum
- and - in the middle
of the road.
We were at least
15 minutes away and
when we arrived in
the dark we found
a dead and blood splattered little joey
wombat on the double lines in the
middle of the road, just near her dead
mum. The obvious had happened.
The lady simply should have placed
the small joey in a warm ‘jumper’ or
something similar and then drove
home to ring us and arrange to deliver
the joey to us – or - for us to collect the
frightened little joey from her home. That would have been the last and
only contact with the wombat for the
lady but the wildlife carer may have
to deal with the orphaned wildlife for
up to about 18 months or more to
rehabilitate a very tiny joey or any other
injured or orphaned wildlife.
Reminiscing
the Puffing
Billy
By Jayde Amelia Pearson. Student in
Freelance Photography/Photojournalism
via OpenColleges.com
F
or over 100 years Puffing Billy has
been a cherished attraction within the
Dandenongs. I chose to explore this well-loved feature
of our community because I was curious about
how something so old-fashioned and quaint has
remained such an icon within our little towns.
The journey in writing helped me learn not
only about the history of the Puffing Billy
itself, but the events that are both organised
and run through it. . Research began at the Belgrave
Puffing Billy Station where I met station
executive Kine Haugeland and Don
Horsburgh, one of the railway’s most
respected and longest serving volunteers.
According to Don, anyone can be a volunteer
at the station or any other stop along the route,
as long as they are truly dedicated and willing to
learn the various tricks of the trade. These include
understanding why Puffing Billy is so loved.
“Children love steam trains and often drag
their families on board, whereas grandparents
and senior residents will feel the way they felt
when they were younger. The style of that era
and the fact that Puffing Billy functions the way
transportation ran back in the 1800s-1900s, on
steam and coal.” Interestingly, Puffing Billy gains much of its
exposure from tourists, especially those from
Asia and India, as they remain just as fascinated
as we do, taking tales of their adventures back
to their families. Events such as ‘Murder on the
Puffing Billy Express’ are a great drawcard.
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Current director of the event Kieran
Dennis, said it was a parody of the famous
board-game ‘Cluedo’, giving passengers
the chance to participate in a live-action
murder-mystery game in which they dress
in 1920s-1930s attire similar to the 2013
film based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The
Great Gatsby’, share a meal and are obliged
to guess who the culprit is.
Rehearsals for the show often take place
in the Nobellius Packing Shed in Emerald.
Historically, Murder on the Puffing Billy
Express’ began in 2009 when Belgrave
Puffing Billy approached the event’s
sponsor GEMCO (a local theatre group in
Emerald) with the concept. At that time it
was intended as a one-off and the original
script had little participation from the
audience. But due to popular demand, the
production is now a regular feature and the
show is highly interactive. Although the
script has changed in many ways, the show
still remains true to the original concept.
A member of GEMCO named Mark
was inspired to join this event due to
his love of both trains and acting, thus
proving how the era in which it is set can
capture the imagination of both actors
and audience alike.
Boarding Puffing Billy - photo courtesy Jayde Pearson
On a final visit to the classic steam train
as the cast prepared to board and mingle
and interact with passengers at Belgrave,
I felt like I had stepped back in time and
it was a privilege to observe so much local
talent in action.
We are certainly lucky to have owned
such a beautiful piece of history in our
own backyard over the past 100+ years.
In conclusion, I would like to thank
everyone involved in the development of
this article; for permitting me to observe
and discuss their daily activities.
Please be encouraged to visit the
Puffing Billy at your nearest community
station and take part in the various
charitable events. I guarantee it will be a
fantastic experience for the whole family
and one they will not soon forget!
Upcoming Events at Puffing Billy
An intriguing night
of murder, mystery
and suspense
aboard Puffing
Billy’s evening
dining train.
Enjoy your entrée
aboard the train
followed by main and
dessert served at the
Nobelius Packing Shed.
Dinner & Dance Train
Share this unique dining experience with family
and friends onboard Puffing Billy Railway!
Relax in heated, first class dining carriages and savour
your entree before disembarking at the historic
‘Nobelius Packing Shed’ in Emerald.
Enjoy a sumptuous meal of roast meats and desserts at
‘the Shed’ before our musical entertainer invites everyone to
join the dance floor.
A great night out to
celebrate that special
occasion!
Dates:
Dress to the 1920s and
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• OCTOBER 11 & 24
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Fare:
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Train departs from Puffing Billy’s Belgrave Station at 7.30pm on Fridays and 7.00pm Saturdays.
Returns at approx. 11.30pm.
Bookings essential online at
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or by calling 03 9757 0700.
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Hints to help you to support
Injured & Orphaned Wildlife
T
By Geoff and Elaine Sands
ake all safety precautions from causing harm to
yourself from the road traffic or from the injured
wildlife while supporting an injured or orphaned
animal on the roadside.
Your safety is of utmost importance:
Protect yourself from a bite or injury - Many different situations
can and do happen.
Road incidents are the most common. Contact a wildlife carer
organisation for support. Take the orphaned joey to a wildlife
carer or a vet ASAP
HELP FOR WILDLIFE ---- 0417 380 687
WILDLIFE VICTORIA ---- 13 000 94535
1. Cover head / whole body of injured wildlife with a ‘jumper /
blanket’
(Place in container/suitable box – Injured wildlife will suffer
less stress if covered)
2. NO FOOD --- NO WATER --- wait for instructions
3. If the injured wildlife requires medical attention take it ASAP
to a vet who will give it
the necessary treatment and they
will then pass it
onto a registered
wildlife carer for
rehabilitation. Later it
will be released in the
safe and ‘slow release’
program that will
then eventually return
it back into the wild
4. If you are able
to, and if applicable,
carefully remove the
orphan from the
pouch
5. If not confident
leave the removal of
the joey to a wildlife
carer or to the vet
6. You must ‘support’ the whole body if you are removing
the joey
7. Do not remove the joey from the pouch by the legs/arms
8. It may be necessary to carefully ‘cut’ the joey out of the
pouch if the ‘mum’s stiff & cold
9. Keep joey at ‘body warmth’ by wrapping in an item of
warm clothing (not a cold towel)
10. A well wrapped hot water bottle can help, if used with
‘total care’
(The hot water bottle can also be dangerous by ‘burning’
the joey)
11. If possible remove the deceased mum from the road side
to be ‘out of sight’
12. Wildlife carers may ‘spray paint’ a large cross on the dead
wildlife on the roadside
(By doing this it will help stop others from stopping
unnecessarily)
13. Please make inquiries to see how you can become a
volunteer wildlife carer
14. Dial 000 – VIC. POLICE - If it’s obvious the wildlife
has to be euthanised.
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‘Business as Usual’
By Ian Ash, AInstIB, President of the Emerald Business Group
Fairness and
I
Equality for All
have
talked
about
the
importance of corporate culture
in a number of previous ‘Business
As Usual’ articles and I remain
convinced that a good culture is at
the heart of every great business.
It may be tempting to think about culture as simply the quality
of the environment in which staff work, but in practice it is
much more since culture is reflected not only in the behaviour
of staff towards one another, but also in the way staff treat
customers.
However, culture is also a key ingredient of the interview
selection process since it is vitally important that companies
portray an accurate representation of their (expected) work
environment to prospective candidates
and that candidates in turn do
everything they can to determine this.
Why? Because companies typically
‘hire on skills and fire on fit’ which
means that no matter how skilled the
new employee is, if they can’t accept
the values that the company believes in
(such as teamwork, customer service,
respect, innovation, fairness, equality
etc), they will not have a long tenure
with that organisation.
Over the past year or so I have been
working with a Casey Cardinia initiative
called ‘Challenge Family Violence’
which is looking to
prevent
violence
against women and
increase equality in
the workplace. This
needs to begin with
attitudes
towards
hiring staff in which
cultural fit and merit
must be the primary
determinants rather
than
sex,
race,
religion or age.
When
this
view is upheld, the
chances of creating
a balanced, healthy
and diverse culture
increase and typically,
so does business
success.
his recipe takes me back to
my childhood – when we
always had a dessert at
dinner time, sometimes it was just
stewed apples, or canned fruit
with evaporated milk; but in the cold winter months it was
often a delicious, creamy, rice pudding.
My Mum used to bake her rice puds, and she would always stir
in the ‘skin’ that formed during cooking she did this twice, leaving
the third skin on. I think this made it extra creamy.
This recipe is slightly different, you can serve it with any fruit,
but the roasted rhubarb goes especially well. It is a real winter
warmer!
BAKED RICE PUDDING WITH RHUBARB
Ingredients:
• 2 cups (500ml) of full cream milk
• 300ml of thin cream
• 1/2 cup (110g) of medium grain (calrose) rice, rinsed, drained
• 1/2 cup (100g) of caster sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped (or I use the ground vanilla
shaker found in Woolworths)
• Pinch of ground nutmeg, plus extra to sprinkle
• 2 strips lemon rind
• 2 egg yolks.
Method:
• Preheat oven to 160°C.
• Combine milk, cream, rice, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla bean and
seeds, (or give a good twist of the ground vanilla), nutmeg
and lemon rind in a medium saucepan
• Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes
or until it reaches a simmer
• Remove from heat and set aside for 15 minutes to infuse
• Remove the cinnamon stick and vanilla bean
• Add egg yolks and stir to combine
• Pour rice mixture into a 4 cup (1 litre) capacity ovenproof
dish
• Sprinkle with extra nutmeg
• Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes or until rice is tender
and custard is set
• Remove from oven and set aside for 10 minutes before
serving. Serve warm with roasted rhubarb (see below) or any
other cooked fruit.
ROASTED RHUBARB
Ingredients:
• 15grams of stem or crystallised ginger chopped (optional)
• 600grams of rhubarb (about 8 stalks, trimmed and cut into
3cm pieces)
• Finely grated zest and the juice of 1 orange
• 100 grams of caster sugar
• Method:
• Mix rhubarb with the ginger, zest and sugar in a bowl
• Arrange in an even layer in a baking dish, squeeze over the
orange juice and roast for approximately 30 minutes at 200
degrees until sticky and caramelised
If all else fails, just use a ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract
You could try stirring in the first 2 skins; I forgot to do it
when I made this recipe, so not sure how it turns out!!
Happy Cooking!
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By Simone Boyd, Personal Training for
the Soul
S
tress is generally thought of as
‘negative’. However, consider a
person preparing to give a public
lecture – they may experience anxiety,
increased heart beat and breathing,
sweaty palms and rehearse the content
over and over again. This will, more
often than not, lead to the person
excelling whilst on stage. In this case,
the stress response can be said to be
positive.
• Yet, it is important to listen to the
“WE NEED YOU”
Are you retired, looking
for an interest?
messages your mind and body are
sending you. Signs of detrimental stress
include changes to sleeping patterns
and appetite, headaches, muscle tension,
poor concentration and irritability.
The following tips might be useful
in bringing your mind, body and
soul back to equilibrium:
• Reassess the demands you are dealing
with. Decide which are most important,
and which you can actually have an
impact upon
• Ask yourself – this time tomorrow/
next week/next month, will I still be
concerned about it?
• Are there other ways to look at this
situation?
How
would (a person
you
respect/
admire) deal with
this?
• Exercise! Love
the feeling of those
’happy hormones’
(endorphins),
racing through your
body and mind,
refreshing the soul
• Eat nutritious
food
• Maintain your
social connections,
even when you feel
you don’t have the
time or energy
• Engage in one
activity each week
that is purely for
you – a massage,
walk in the park,
dance, going to a
footy match, music
•
Ask yourself
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– am I stressed because I am afraid of
change? Is this a symptom of resistance
to change, and if so, what am I really
afraid of ?
• Get plenty of fresh air and sleep
• Laugh! Laugh until you cry and your
stomach muscles hurt
• Start giving yourself credit for the things
you have achieved, and do well
• Find your own sense of spirituality and
nurture it. Pray, meditate, reflect and be
silent
• Connect with your God each day
• Speak to someone you trust. We may
not want to ‘burden’ others, but if the
tables were turned, would you want your
friend/family member to speak to you
about it?
Healthy habits on the books
M
ore than 110 teachers and
early childhood educators
took part in specialised health
and wellbeing training during May
and June at Cardinia Shire Council.
Sessions provided information on
healthy eating in long day care, road
safety and active travel for children, and
family involvement and communication.
A final session will be held in August
and will focus on active play.
Council’s Health Promotion Officer
Julia Hobbs said educating teachers and
early childhood educators would help
create a healthy environment for the
Shire’s children.
“One in four children in Victoria is
overweight or obese so we need to do
everything we can to encourage healthy
behaviours.
“Creating positive habits early in
children’s lives gives them the best chance
of continuing these habits through to
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Mental
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By Hita Mistry
Clinical & Forensic
Psychologist
Emerald Psychology
Practice
W
A
hen I was asked
t Emerald Integrative Health we have rather than alternative, as we are experienced in
to write an
become a real community hub. People interfacing with orthodox medical practitioners.
article to offer
drop in with all kinds of questions and Where necessary the patient receives a teamsupport to people in the
enquiries and we welcome this. If you want based approach to their health care, ensuring the
community suffering from
to try a different approach with an ongoing most effective outcomes.
bereavement, I wondered
health issue, or just need some support
Some of the problems we treat include
what I could say that might
Emerald Integrative Health is a great starting fertility, pre and post pregnancy, women’s health,
be of any value. Grief
place.
counselling, weight loss, musculoskeletal pain,
and loss is one of the most
Our practitioners are highly skilled and joint pain, nerve pain, headaches, TMJ problems,
difficult experiences to
passionate about your health and wellbeing, pre and post-surgery care, general health and
reconcile and overcome.
continuing to develop their knowledge with wellbeing.
Depending
on
your
research, seminars and courses.
We treat people of all ages and look after
circumstances,
the
We offer a wide range of treatments and many families in the hills.
relationship of your loved
do our best to match people with the right
See the website to find out more about our
one and how much support
practitioner. At EIH we believe in prevention different therapists and what we offer, or give us
you have, your experience of
and patient education.
a call.
grief can vary greatly. It’s a
We embrace the term complementary
sensitive topic and even our
family and friends can be lost
If you have prior mental health wish…” Feelings of guilt or hopelessness
for words. The process of
grieving and mourning follows stages that problems such as depression, grief can and despair accompany a sense of trying
people have to go through – even though complicate these and people may need to imagine life without the significant
treatment to help them manage their person. Eventually, a person would come
it is enormously painful.
thoughts and feelings. It is normal to feel to accept the loss and integrate this in their
shock and numb life story.
This process takes time and people
after losing a
loved one. You may stay longer at certain stages or even
might
keep after they reach acceptance, something
yourself busy or may trigger memories of the loved one
go into denial and you would find yourself feeling
as the reality of angry, flat or teary again. It’s important to
the loss sinks in. remember that these are all normal grief
Other feelings reactions and must be experienced as a
such as low person reconciles the loss.
There are community support groups
mood, flatness
or anger are also available for people experiencing grief.
common
and Check with your local community. You
very
normal. can also access professional help by
People
might getting a referral from your GP to see a
find themselves psychologist.
bargaining,
thinking
“if
only…” or “I
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Burnt orange reflections draw
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Cool dark shadow
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over which the old steam locos ran.
By Ted Horton
At dawn the yellow ochres glow
reflecting in the river flow.
Bank side bush
filters shimmer
shortening shadows in waters glimmer.
Sun shine rises to mid-day heat
mirrored as the waters greet
drifting clouds,
in cobalt sky,
joining with shore, dusty, dry.
Babbling creek, green olive glades
colour the day with umber shades.
Aurelian yellows
kiss ferny fronds,
blue wrens sip from transparent ponds.
Late afternoon, sienna rays
temper the heat of those tedious days.
Crimson horizons
- purple back drop,
rose madder red as sun’s rays stop.
Winter chills, sepia, grey
cold at night, rain by day
- punctuating the river
- colouring emotion
dark and deep as any ocean.
Celebrating 20 Years Of
Travel
L
Vickie and Herbie
amble Tours is celebrating its
20th year in operation. In this time we have toured
around the globe and made some wonderful friends
and memories. So sit back, relax and introduce yourself
to new travel friends as we head off…………
Springtime Holidays:
5 Day Mildura 4 – 8 September 2014
Coach Travel with Vickie & Kim
The Mildura region is renowned for its big skies, rich earth
and welcoming locals. The river is the heart and soul of
Mildura and during our stay we will see it, hear it, learn
about its history and cruise on it.
11 Days Springtime Coast to the Outback
Eyre Peninsula, Port Lincoln & Flinders Ranges
SA
1 – 11 October 2014 Escorted By Vickie
Eyre Peninsula – Port Lincoln – Clare Valley – Coffin Bay
– Elliston – Streaky Bay – Port Augusta – Historic Quorn –
Tour Of Brachina and Bunyeroo Gorges – 4WD Ridgetop
Tour – Arkaroola – Wilpena Pound.
Springtime 4 Days Loddon Valley 7 – 10 October
2014
The Loddon Valley is a unique and wonderful part of
Victoria to visit and explore. This region is mainly unspoilt
and includes many attractions. Covering an area of 6700
sq kms, the region is well known for its natural attractions
including rivers, lakes, State & National Parks and nature
reserves.
From Aboriginal sites to early European
settlements to relics of the gold rush, there is plenty of
history to immerse yourself in.
Wiseman’s Ferry & The Hawkesbury River
26 – 31 October 2014 Escorted by Vickie
Hawkesbury Paddle Wheeler Luncheon Cruise – “In the
Footsteps of The Masters” – Madame Tussauds – Guide
Dog Centre – Three Sisters Lookout – Mt Tomah Botanic
Gardens – Convict Trail St Albans – Darling Harbour –
Includes Flights
Call 5968 3310 for a detailed itinerary or to make
a booking. 0r Email: lambletours@bigpond.com
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