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H I L L ’ N ’ R I D G E P A G E 1
Email: newsletter@lionsredhill .org.au www.lionsredhill.org.au
Deadline
for Issue 3
June 16th
Community Newsletter
The Red Hill District Lions Club Incorporated do their best to ensure the accuracy of the information provided in this publication, but do not take any responsibility for any claim, demand or other loss however caused by reliance on any information or content found within. Any views or opinions contained on these pages are those of the author(s) and not those of the Publisher.
MARCH
2 Red Hill Market
3 Clean up Australia Day
10 Piers & Pinot
18 Flinders Golf Day
24 Farmers / Vintage Market
30 Red Hill Show
APRIL
6 Red Hill Market
14 Main Creek Landcare AGM
21 Ride for Sight Riders
Morning tea @ RH Reserve.
MAY
2 PST artists @ MP Regional
Gallery
4 Red Hill Market
A C O M M U N I T Y N E W S L E T T E R P U B L I S H E D B Y R E D H I L L D I S T R I C T L I O N S C L U B I N C
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I S S U E 2 5 Hill ’n’ Ridge Community Newsletter
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Issue 26
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JUNE 2013
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U P C O M I N G
E V E N T S
RESIDENTS ANGERED OVER RUBBISH TIP PROPOSAL Residents in Arthurs Seat Road, Red Hill and Boundary Road, Dromana are up in arms over a proposal by Hillview Quarries to establish a rubbish tip for household waste in the Old Pioneer Concrete Quarry site on the edge of the Arthurs Seat State Park near Eatons Cutting. Quarrying ceased at this site in the 1990’s. Adjoining property owners were shocked to learn in recent weeks of the tip proposal being developed by the R. E. Ross Charitable Trust, the owner and operator of Hillview Quarries. It is understood that the proposal will be presented to the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council for planning approval around the end of February, or early March. At the same time it will be submitted to the Environment Protection Authority for Works Approval. Concerned property owners are busy mustering support. Already they have assembled a petition with about 1000 signatures of local residents registering their opposition to the proposal. Although the tip proposal came as a shock to local residents it is now apparent that it has for several years been included in the EPA approved Regional Waste Management Plan as the next Mornington Peninsula landfill, when the current tip in Trueman’s Road, Rye is full and closed in a few years. Nearby property owner, Peter Guy believes this is absolutely the wrong place for a rubbish tip and expressed the essence of his opposition very succinctly: “It is in a Green Wedge zone, in a valley adjoining a State Park and worst of all it is in a high fire risk area,” he said. “It’s an act of desecration to locate it in the middle of Arthurs Seat”. Issues of noise, odour, infestation of vermin, and the influx of heavy waste carrying trucks using the site - with an estimated 70 trucks a day entering from and exiting to Boundary Road - are a major concern to adjoining residents who believe that a 500 metre buffer is totally inadequate. Property owners who rely on bore water, some of them vineyard owners, are worried about groundwater contamination from leaching and seepage at the site. Those residents who remember a fire that started on Ross Trust land about three years ago are also very worried about the increased fire risk associated with the existence of a tip, especially because a fire starting near Eatons Cutting might quickly find its way to the Red Hill Consolidated School putting its 530 children and staff at serious risk. And they are worried too that the putrid smell of decaying rubbish could be a greater and more persistent problem for the school and residents with the wind in the right direction. Vince Latham, a spokesman for the Ross Trust, said Peninsula Waste Management, a new subsidiary company of the Trust, would manage the landfill project. Continued page 3
I N S I D E
Steiner Groups for Red Hill 3
Peninsula Hospice Event 4
Weeds Ain’t Neighborly 8
Red Hill Football Club 9
History Corner 10
Red Hill Show 11
Peninsula Piers & Pinot 12
This newsletter is delivered to all residential mail boxes in Red Hill and Main Ridge with the compliments of
Phillip McNeill-Young from the Red Hill Office of Jacobs & Lowe-Bennetts, Estate Agents.
Saturday 30 March
NEED FOR FEED - BUSHFIRE APPEAL You would all be aware of the devastating bushfires in the Heyfield, Glenmaggie and Licola areas.
With the help of members of the local Lions Clubs, Heyfield, Maffra, and Wellington- Latrobe, we have been able to organize stock and animal feed for the immediate and short term needs of the affected property holders.
What we need now is your support for the longer term provision of a reliable supply of fodder.
Properties in the direct path of the fires have sustained substantial losses of pasture, fences and hay sheds. While many stock have been killed in the fires, or had to be put down afterwards, large numbers remain which need to be cared for until pastures and fences are re-established.
If you can help with fodder for these areas please contact Red Hill District Lions Club by ringing Rob Barfus (5987 2708) or Rob Connor (0418545125) or email
H I L L ’ N ’ R I D G E P A G E 2
Red Hill District Lions Club Inc - Seeking new members to serve our
community
For the past 29 years Red Hill resident, Sue Home has been giving away money on behalf of the well known Hollywood actor, Paul Newman. It all started when Sue handled the public relations for the launch of Paul Newman’s products in Australia in 1983. “One thing led to another and I became the Australian and New Zealand Advisor, first to Paul Newman and, following Paul's death in 2008, to the Board of Newman's Own Foundation in Connecticut,” Sue said. Where does the money come from? To cut a long story short, Paul Newman was known among his friends as a connoisseur of salad dressings. In December 1982 he prepared his first serious batch of salad dressing and bottled enough to distribute around the ne ighbou rhood as homemade Christmas gifts. Not long into the New Year those who had received the gifts were back wanting more. Paul acquiesced. As demand increased it turned into a flourishing business and he decided that all the profits from the venture would go to worthy causes. Today the salad dressings, and other products that have been developed, are best-sellers around the world with 100% of the after-tax profits of Newman’s Own Foundation going to charity. Thousands of charitable and community organisations around the world have benefited. To date Paul Newman and Newman’s Own Foundation have given around $350 million worldwide, with over $18 million going to charities in Australia and New Zealand. Paul Newman’s Own premium products are made in Canada, United States and Australia, still using many of Paul’s
SUE HOME: GIVING AWAY PAUL NEWMAN’S MONEY
personal recipes. So where does Sue Home come in? Put simply she administers the requests for funds and the distribution of funds in Australia. Every year there is a call for Expressions of Interest from charitable organisations and applicants are guided by a set of criteria. When the applications come in Sue evaluates them and then confers with colleagues i n S y d n e y b e f o r e m a k i n g recommendations to the USA on which organisations should receive grants and how much. The recommendations collectively currently add up to more than $1 million per year. When devastating floods struck Victoria and Queensland early in 2011 a special allocation of $250,000 was forthcoming from the Foundation. The seriously f looded and cyclone damaged communities of Tully, Cardwell and the Darling Downs in Queensland were
assisted and the southern Mallee town of Charlton in Victoria, which suffered severe flooding in the township, received grants for their Museum and $25,000 to assist in the restoration of its Rex Theatre. In all this Sue spent much of her time on the telephone talking to various authorities such as the affected local municipalities as she worked through the most effective way to allocate the $250,000. Sometimes she has the reward of
getting a first hand view of the benefits
that flow from the grants.
It was a real thrill to ceremoniously
‘raise’ the curtain at the re-opening of
The Rex in April 2012 and then to tell
‘Macca's’ listeners on the ABC program
‘Australia All Over’ all about the
occasion the following morning."
At the end of 2013, after 30 years of helping Paul Newman and Newman's Own Foundation in their decision-making, Sue will relinquish this role. Her small, dedicated office in her home at Red Hill will be put to other uses. “It has been a very satisfying experience,” she said. "It's easy to give away money, but giving away money wisely requires research, empathy and a certain amount of 'gut' instinct. Newman's Own Foundation likes to support organisations which may not receive a lot of Government support and I'm proud to help identify Australian charities which meet this criteria." RB
Advice on the next funding opportunities will be available from April 1, 2013 on www.paulnewmansown.com.au
Sue Home pictured with celebrity chef Pete Evans at a lunch to celebrate the 'Ten Chef's $1 million' campaign in 2010.
Sue at the 'graduation' of Gary an Autism Assistance dog. Gary is part of Righteous Pups, a Bendigo-based charity which trains and places assistance dogs with autistic children. Newman's Own Foundation funded Gary's, and his sister, Grace's training.
Clean Up Australia Day 2013 Hundreds of volunteers across the Mornington Peninsula will be donning gloves and heading to their local park, beach or reserve to participate in Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday 3rd March. Now in its 23rd year, Clean Up Australia Day continues to be a national community event that encourages people to get together and make a difference by cleaning up their local area. Clean Up Australia Day is supported by the Shire and community members; last year more than 55 clean up sites were registered across the Mornington Peninsula with around 22 cubic metres of waste collected. Mornington Peninsula Shire Mayor Councillor Lynn Bowden encourages the community to help keep the peninsula beautiful by participating in Clean Up Australia at your favourite local park, beach or bushland reserve.
To participate in Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday 3rd March you can register your own site or turn up at a registered site with gloves, a hat, sturdy, shoes, sunglasses and sunscreen and register as a volunteer. For further information about your local Clean Up Australia Day sites or to register your own local site log on to www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au or call 1800 282 329 before 22 February 2013.
Rex Theatre in Charlton
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Wurru-Wurru Inc. is working with the Southern Mornington Peninsula Uniting Church in Red Hill to provide Steiner Early Childhood programs in the church buildings in Mechanics Road, Red Hill. Pre- school roster playgroups for 3½ to 5 year olds are held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. There are vacancies in this program led by qualified kindergarten teacher, Kylie and assistant Sandra. Parent and child playgroups are also being offered. There are vacancies for this playgroup on Monday mornings in Term 2 and a waiting list for Wednesday and Friday. The groups are for children from 18
“Rubbish tips are not a prohibited use in a Green Wedge zone and the tip will be developed according to best practice. We have done the risk analysis and taken expert advice on the technical issues and we are confident that all the issues can be managed. We haven’t put an application in as yet and although we have been speaking to some residents all of the information that is being produced needs to be finalised, it would be good if people would await the final studies,” he said. In relation to the fire risk he said that they were working with the Council’s Fire Prevention Officer and the CFA would vet all their plans. He pointed out that tip sites on the eastern side of metropolitan area are scarce and with the current tip at Rye having only another four to five years to run it was essential to find a new site. This Arthurs Seat site has a capacity of 3,700,000 cubic metres and could meet tipping needs for up to 20 years. Mr Latham said they were keen to consult the community on the project,
months to 3½ years with experienced leaders, Chris and Danielle. “With our new location, and in a beautiful space for our children, we are catering for families from all parts of the Mornington Peninsula,” said Elizabeth Newbirch. Founded in 1998, and incorporated in 2008, Wurru-Wurru has grown from one playgroup of five children to a substantial community of families across the Mornington Peninsula. The name means ‘The Sky’ in the Boonwurrung language, and the Boonwurrung people as the traditional owners of the land are acknowledged. ” We provide a holistic, play-based program for children from birth to school age, with great respect for each stage of a child’s development. Goodness, beauty and truth are core values which are reflected in all that we present to the children and in the physical environment we create for t h e m , ” E l i z a b e t h e x p l a i n e d . ”The philosophy is that young children learn primarily through imitation and physical activity, and their play is their ‘work’. Within a rhythmical framework, free play is respected as one of the most important ways a child explores
and learns about the world. Helping children develop a reverence for nature is an important part of our ethos. Our enriching adult education program with a combination of evening speakers and practical workshops is open to all. We are also supported by Pastor Margaret from the Southern Mornington Peninsula Uniting Church in the area of lactation and early parenting”. “We are working to establish an independent Steiner kindergarten and school on the Peninsula,” she said. For all enrolment inquiries, please contact Tania on 0439 646 655 or email: [email protected].
STEINER GROUPS BEING OFFERED IN RED HILL
and early in February advertised for interested people to serve on a Community Reference Group. The reference group would review detailed information and provide advice on how the project could work better for the community. I t would also recommend community engagement activities. The advertisement calling for members to serve on the reference group also contained a statement that sheds an interesting light on the whole proposal. It said: “The new landfill will serve the Peninsula community, and will be operated in a similar way to Hillview Quarries, in that 100% of all profits will go back into the community via the R. E. Ross Trust’s philanthropic grants programs”. Herein lies a perceived contradiction. Some long-term residents are finding it difficult to reconcile this rubbish tip proposal with the record of substantial support shown by the Ross Trust for conservation projects over the years. The Ross Trust has an admirable
record of philanthropy, supporting local community organisations and funding environmental projects further afield. Grants are made to disadvantaged and vulnerable people, children's early years’ education, and the protection and preservation of flora and fauna. It has donated over $80 million to the community over the last 40 years and has also donated land, which is now part of the Arthurs Seat State Park. The Ross Trust was founded in 1970, following the death of Roy Ross who established Hillview Quarries. One observer summed it up neatly this way. The battle lines are drawn and it could be a long battle. Authorities responsible for finding increasingly scarce landfill sites will be reluctant to pass up a ready-made hole in the ground that has a tipping life of 20 years. But even with technical reports and community consultation they will be hard-pressed convincing concerned residents who firmly believe that the location of this proposed tip simply flies in the face of environmental common sense. - RB.
LOCATION The Old Pioneer Concrete Quarry, the proposed tip site, is about 8.5 hectares in area and is located on the northern flanks of Arthurs Seat. It is about 800 metres east of OT Dam. The nearest residence is approximately 500 metres away. The quarry floor is currently flooded.
INFORMATION Some technical reports on the proposal are already posted on the proponent’s website: www.peninsulawaste.com.au Opponents are also developing a website: SaveArthursSeat.com (under construction)
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RESIDENTS ANGERED OVER RUBBISH TIP PROPOSAL
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As part of a new fundraising initiative, Peninsula Home Hospice (PHH) is looking for individuals and businesses to step up to raise $6000 and cycle 440 km across Cambodia in October/November this year. PHH is a not for profit palliative care organisation that provides support to those within our community who are living at home with a life threatening illness and choosing to receive palliative care.
Working with Raw Travel, PHH has developed the ‘Cambodia Cycle Challenge’. RAW Travel, based in Mt Eliza, is the leading operator in Australia and NZ of charity challenges, trips where people mix adventure travel with philanthropy.
fundraisers participating in ‘Day in the Life’, a day trip to Kompheim Village nearly Siem Reap. Kompheim Village is made up of farmers and itinerant workers with many families struggling to meet daily needs. The Day in the Life program can involve anything from
BIKE RIDE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR PENINSULA HOSPICE
How does it work? Fundraisers contribute $500 of their own money towards the target and host events to raise the balance. Nearly half of what is raised goes directly to support the work done by PHH while the other pays the balance of your trip costs. One thing for sure is it’s not a subsidised holiday. You’ll be training for months prior to get fit, raising thousands of dollars for charity and then undertaking a real physical challenge – all of these elements take time, effort and commitment and you’ll be biking for days on end, with very basic facilities en route, in remote areas with high temperatures (which doesn’t correspond to most people’s definition of a holiday). There will also be a chance to ‘give a little back’ while in Cambodia with
helping thatch roofs, working in the field with the harvest…a typical ‘day’ for these Cambodian and one where you’ll get the chance to lend a helping hand. If you’d like to know more, phone Kim o n 9 7 8 4 3 3 0 3 o r e m a i l [email protected]. If you’d like to register, visit www.rawtravel.com and we’ll forward you everything you
L-R Felicity Jackson, Marion Trevellyan and Jill Florrimell supervise Barrel Girl Judy Kefford drawing the winning tickets.
RED HILL OP SHOP HAD A GOOD MONTH Red Hill Op Shop President, Marion Trevellyan has offered her grateful thanks to the community for their wonderful support of the Op Shop during January. “Donations came in thick and fast, and went out almost as quickly thanks to the shop being open an extra day and the half price sale which lasted the whole month,” she said. Local CFA’s and Peninsula Home Hospice will be the beneficiaries of funds raised from the high turnover of goods. “Thanks go to those who donated items, everyone who bought them and to the wonderful volunteers who gave their time to staff the shop on the extra open day,” Marion said. In addition the Red Hill Op Shop’s Christmas raffle was a great success with 2000 tickets sold. The proceeds went directly to Peninsula Home Hospice. First prize went to Margaret Ross who won a beautiful framed watercolour of Safety Beach, painted from Bald Hill by Michael Leeworthy. Other prizes mainly went to local people.
To add gravitas to the draw, a barrel was donated by the Tatts Group Ltd and long time Op Shop member, Judy Kefford did the honours as Barrel Girl with her usual style of panache.
25 YEARS AS OP SHOP VOLUNTEER At its AGM in November, Peninsula Home Hospice rewarded local Red Hill resident Chris Simpson for 25 years of volunteering at the Op Shop. She was presented with a pen. Chris is also a member of Peninsula Home Hospice and has been a volunteer at the Op Shop since it first opened its doors next door to Blue Moon in 1984. She has lived in Red Hill for 30 years and was
introduced to the Op Shop by Shirley Reynolds. Over the years she has been Treasurer and served on the Committee. Known and appreciated for her enthusiasm and willingness to pitch in she is an asset to the organisation and she still works on the afternoon of the first Friday each month. “I enjoy it,” she said,” I like the people I work with and I like the people who come in to look and buy. Everyone is very friendly and it gives you a nice feeling.”
Chris Simpson - 25 years of volunteering.
H I L L ’ N ’ R I D G E P A G E 5
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Sustainability Tip There are many benefits to be gained by growing at least some of our food at home: √ It keeps us in touch with nature and
the cycle of life. √ The freshly harvested food invariably
tastes better. √ We know what has gone into it. √ We know that it has not travelled
many kilometres (food miles) to reach us.
√ We will save money. √ Much satisfaction and joy in growing
our own food. If you haven’t got suitable space at home for growing much food there are other options locally. You could join or form a community garden, there are currently community gardens in Rosebud, Crib Point and Mornington but as yet we don’t have one in Red Hill – perhaps the proposed community park between the two shopp ing cen t res cou ld a l so incorporate a community garden?! Community gardens have additional benefits in terms of being able to learn from each other, providing community interaction and a venue to swap excess. As I have mentioned swapping excess - there are currently four “Home Harvest Exchange” (food swaps) operating on the Peninsula, at The Briars, Mornington Community Garden, Mt Eliza Secondary College and Rosebud Community Garden. So if you have too many lemons and not enough parsley you know where to go – but again you can see we need one here in Red Hill. Another option is to link up with a neighbour(s) and you could provide some labour in exchange for the use of their land. There is an organisation (Landshare) and associated web site that looks to link up those wanting land to grow food with those having unused land for mutual benefit. There are also many other Farmers Markets, local Farm Gates and food co-ops emerging from which to source locally produced food.
John Eldridge
LOCAL WALKS - The Arthurs Seat Climb
With the threat of the Xmas sloth gathering at my waist line it was time for action. I needed a challenge…something with hills. The most obvious choice was Arthurs Seat. Like on other occasions I had parked near the toilet block near the corner of Purves Road and Arthurs Seat Road. I followed the track through the Australian Native plant section of the Seawinds Park. I naturally took in the magnificent view before heading down the Two Bays Walking Track. There were truly wonderful vistas all the way, complete with a red tanker in the shipping lane. One option when arriving at The Latrobe Street car park is to follow the small track that leads to the cemetery then to the bottom of the Chair Lift. On this occasion I walked the Bunarong Track risking any cars creating dust as the road was quite dry. Fortunately I only encountered one. Once on the Arthurs Seat Road I headed up along the right hand side of the road - an alternative, although not entirely legal, is to walk up directly under the chairlift . As this was early morning I only saw three cars but numerous cyclists, some completing the circuit several times. One cyclist from Melbourne said he did the climb five times last week. The walk takes you past several vantage points for spectacular views- Bowens Point (145 m), Franklin Point (195 m), Murrays Lookout (247m), and Chapmans Point (274 m), the latter being the best vantage point to view the peninsula itself. The Arthurs Seat Climb is becoming quite popular as I encountered several other walkers but numerous cyclists. I would advise anyone doing this walk to proceed with caution, keeping well within the cyclists lane and not to criss- cross the road. This walk is not for dogs or small children. I completed the circuit in 1 Hr and 10 mins. Michael Leeworthy
A BIG 25th ANNUAL GOLF DAY
FOR FLINDERS LIONS The Flinders Lions Club will hold its 25th Annual Charity Golf Day on Monday, March 18 at the Flinders Golf Club. A warm invitation is extended to local golfers to participate in the individual stableford event, which is open to men and women with or without a club handicap. The key is to book early, or at the latest by March 15. The Rye and Dromana Community Bank Branches, Flinders Golf Club and many generous local businesses sponsor the event.
On March 18 players should arrive at 8.00 am for registration prior to a shotgun start at 8.45am. Cost is $60 per player and includes lunch in the p i c t u r e s q u e F l i n d e r s G o l f Clubhouse. Entry forms are available from www.flindersgolfclub.com.au or by phoning Keith Hando 5989 0404 or Laurie Phillips 5989 1056. Golf Day Chairman, Keith Hando said it was most rewarding for the organisers to see how this event had become so popular and successful over the 25 years it has been conducted. “Golfers, the community and the sponsors have combined in a very generous way to achieve this success,” Keith said. The Flinders Lions Club has been supporting the local community for almost 45 years and the golf day is an important fund raising event on its calendar. Last year the Club distributed $26,000 to local schools, charities and community projects.
RIDE FOR SIGHT Red Hill District Lions will host morning tea for the participants in the Ride for Sight at the Red Hill Reserve on Sunday 21 April. The 20th Lions Ride for Sight will be conducted from 17 April to 21 April 2013 “To celebrate this being our 20th Anniversary Ride the committee has planned a route this year that somewhat reflects the first ride which went from Mallacoota to Melbourne over 6 days. This ride will be over 5 days and we are planning a route that begins at Orbost, goes through East and West Gippsland and finishes on the Mornington Peninsula,” said Ride Chairman David Koschade.
H I L L ’ N ’ R I D G E P A G E 6
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RED HILL COMMUNITY ACTION
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SARA WENT TO SCOUT JAMBOREE IN QUEENSLAND
During my summer I went to the Australian Jamboree in Maryborough, Queensland. Three hours it took to get there with an extra 27 hours on the party bus. The ten days there were absolute mayhem. We went to Australia Zoo, explored the city of Maryborough, made pendants and benches, landscaped, spun plates, made balloon animals, walked on stilts, went on a giant water slide, rode go carts, rock climbed, abseiled, went on a flying fox, made milk crate towers, had Nerf gun and laser gun wars, made rafts, ran around in zorb balls, went to the Sunshine Coast's best beaches as well as Hervey Bay, travelled through bush doing various activities, went through a mud course (which resulted in disgusting hair), smashed cars, graffitied and drove remote control cars. And every night, we marched over to the arena to listen to the night’s special and moshed in the crowd of 10,000 scouts to either Reece Mastin, Jessica Mauboy, Batlle of the Bands, Chisel Revive, Acca Dacca or Justice Crew.
Over all, we high-fived way too many people and met some awesome people either local or international. And when it was time to go home, we were so tired and moody that we actually fell asleep in the bus chairs! We were thrilled to see our friends and family waiting anxiously and when we arrived we went of course to the one most important person of all,
our leader Eric who wasn’t able to go. After he was ‘tackled’ by 10 or so kids, we rushed off home with our family ready for a nice relaxing bath and a proper sleep. We were so honored to get an opportunity like this and would gladly do it again any time. Hopefully we will all gather for the World Scout Jamboree in Japan or the Venture in Adelaide. Now we are waiting for our reunion camp in term 2, which will be so much fun because I will be there of course!Sara Bates 1st Red Hill Scout Group
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children and adults in a family
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THURSDAYS RED HILL CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL
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Red Hill District Lions Club Inc
— making a difference
in our community
Red Hill Agricultural and Horti-
cultural Society (Red Hill Show) Dianne Baxter 5989 2357
Mornington Peninsula Alpaca
Breeders Inc. David Daddo 5989 2866
Main Creek Catchment Landcare Adrienne Smith 5989 6078
Red Hill Gardening Society Ann Hull, Secretary [email protected] and www.rhgs.com.au
Red Hill Opportunity Shop Felicity Jackson 5989 2548 Email: [email protected]
Red Hill Football Club 5989 2500 Club Rooms http://www.redhillfc.vcfl.com.au
Red Hill Junior Football Club President Darren Morgan 0425 791 870 www.redhilljfc.net
Red Hill Cricket Club
(03) 5989 2500 Club Room http://redhill.cricketvictoria.com.au
Red Hill Tennis Club Club House 5989 2642 Phil Davies 0416229205
Red Hill Scout Association
Stuart and Wendy Westle 59892302
Red Hill Community Action
Email: [email protected]
Tel. Felicity Jackson 5989 2548
Seawinds Nursery Volunteers Inc.
Meets Mondays 9:00am
Kathy Wyatt 5987 3093 (Mon am)
Red Hill District Lions Club Meets 2nd & 4th Mondays
Lyn Connor 5989 6498
Main Ridge Tennis Club John McEncroe 5989 6472
Night Tennis: Anne Thomas 5989 6128 0408 382 453
Main Ridge Cricket Club Greg Hay 0407 493 337
Main Ridge Bowls Club Club House 5989 6173 Bryan Mathews (Sec) 5989 6530
www.mainridgebowlsclub.com.au
Red Hill Bridge Club David Woolf 5989 6347
Arthurs Seat Probus Club (Mixed) Meets 10am 2nd Friday Main Ridge hall Kerri Flockart 5986 3636
St George's Anglican Church 201 Arthurs Seat Road, Red Hill
Email: [email protected] Services: Sundays @ 9.30am, Wednesdays @ 9am.
Canon Alfred Austin 9785 7798/0427 296 935
Peninsula Music Society David Fickling 9789 8392 www.pmsmusic.asn.au
Sustainability Street – Red Hill John Eldridge 0408 892 839 Virginia Richardson 0413 913 602.
Hill ’n’ Ridge Contact List
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Children’s Mobility Projects
RARE GALLERY OPPORTUNITY FOR
TRAIL ARTISTS Twenty-two artists from the Peninsula Studio Trail (PST) will showcase their work at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery for a month from May 2 to June 2 this year. Michael Leeworthy and Gavin Byrt, two Red Hill artists who are PST members will be part of the exhibition. President of PST, Judy Reekie said this would give artists exposure they are rarely given. “We are delighted and honoured to be given the opportunity to exhibit at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery,” she said. Peninsula Studio Trail, PST, was established in 2009 as an artists’ initiative to provide art lovers the opportunity to enter the private studios of artists who live on the Mornington Peninsula. Twice a year artists open their studios to the public, as well as holding exhibitions at various locations throughout the Peninsula. Artists’ studios come in many forms; from a room in the artist’s house to a separate, purpose built building and much in between. “The studios reflect the personality of the artists who work there - spilled paint, splashes on the walls, clay blobs and the smell of turps. You will see jugs, vases, ornaments, fruit for the still life painter, various styles of easel and tables covered with a variety of painting equipment. The artists of PST have all created their own space,” Judy explained. “The success of our group has been the absolute commitment to art by each of the artists and their generosity in welcoming the art loving public into their studios. Visitors are able to discuss the art, see how it is created, and to hear about what inspires each artist,” she said. The next Open Studio Weekend will be held on May 4 and 5 this year and works by PST artists will also be showcased at the Mornington Library during May. F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n s e e www.peninsulastudiotrail.org or facebook.com/morningtonpeninsulastudiotrail Enquiries: Judy Reekie 0417 553 537
Red Hill Junior Football Club is a friendly, family based Club situated at the picturesque Red Hill Showgrounds. We are now taking registrations for the fast approaching footy season. The first game for 2013 is scheduled for Sunday 14th April. If your son or daughter thinks they might like to give footy a try come along to the best club on the Peninsula! We are always very welcoming and keen to get new players. In 2013 we are fielding Teams in Under 10’s, Under 11’s, Under 12’s, Under 13’s and Under 15’s. The Under 14’s Team is combining with Dromana Football Club for this season. If you have any queries please contact our President, Darren Morgan on 042 579 1870.
GLASS JEWELLERY RANGE
Marion Rosetzky has a new range of glass jewellery at her gallery at 650 Whitehill Road.
“I have always wanted to incorporate my tile designs into jewellery and have at last found a local jewellery m a k e r t o produce it for me. The range h a s b e e n available for about six months now and is proving very popular. That the designs do not lose any detail reproduced at this smaller scale is fantastic,” Marion said. Marion is also pleased that her gallery has been recommended on Trip Advisor.
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Weeds are just a pain! Whether they are taking over the garden and making it look untidy or in the orchard, clambering about where they are not wanted, in our paddocks or in the bushland. They are by definition UNWANTED PLANTS and they are always so vigorous! While other desirable plants may struggle with dry conditions, weeds soldier on.
Weeds can actually appear appealing with their colourful flowers and berries or robust healthy foliage. Some are even tasty, like blackberries! But they cannot be allowed an inch because they will always take a mile.
The fundamental problem with weeds is that they spread and do not recognise boundaries. One property owner may tolerate the blackberries and thistles on his or her property, regarding them as unimportant; but this permits them to flourish and nature will assist their spread to adjoining properties, to bushland and roadsides. Have you looked at your roadside lately? We tend to neglect what is growing there and regard it as "not my responsibility"; but if you don't look after it, who will? None of us wants to pay higher rates to fund roadside weed control programs.
That pretty yellow flower atop the d a r k g r e e n serrated foliage is ragwort. It is perennial, reappearing for year after year, growing from any tiny rootlet left in the ground. A mature plant can
produce 200,000 viable seeds in a
season! Ragwort's wind-born seeds can travel for miles to establish ragwort in new territory where it can contaminate pastures and hay and poison stock. Pasture weeds readily spread in hay or silage, on farm machinery or on the feet and fur of animals. That stately thistle with its ferocious prickles is called "spear thistle" for good reason and its nasty spines can lodge in the flesh, mouths and fleece of unwary animals.
The delicate thistledown parachutes ensure rapid spread and infestation. Have you noticed a paddock where one year there were just one or two and next year there were fifty? And after that it was like a measles epidemic: everyone had them?
That clump of blackberries which produces the luscious fruit every summer and autumn seems under
WEEDS JUST AIN'T "NEIGHBOURLY" control. You are making sure that it doesn't grow bigger and "take over" aren't you? But have you noticed that birds and animals also seem to be enjoying its berries and carrying them off? They will deposit the residual seeds in their faeces ready to start new blackberry plants off in other places on your land and on your neighbours' place or in bushland, where blackberry may grow unnoticed until it scrambles and smothers and spreads everywhere AND propagates even more new blackberry infestations.
Weeds are a collective problem and need to be tackled consistently by all of us. If we each try to address the weeds when they first appear on our land, then we can slow their spread. Waging war on weeds which have become established will take longer, but it is essential that we don't turn a blind eye to a problem which will not go away by itself and thrives on our neglect. If only one person acts the problem plants will spread and keep on returning. If we all act, the weeds will be forced into retreat.
How about it? Let's be good neighbours and work both separately and together to knock out those weeds.
If you would like information about weeds and weed control methods, please contact your local Landcare group. Jacqueline Salter, Landcare Fac i l i ta tor for the Morn ington Peninsula, will assist you to make contact with your local group (Phone: 5 9 5 0 1 2 7 9 o r e m a i l : [email protected].) Or you could contact the Department of Primary Industry's advisory site at http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/agriculture/pests-diseases-and-weeds/weeds.
Bernie Schedvin
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
of Main Creek Catchment
Landcare Group will be held at
10am on Sunday 14th April
in Main Ridge Community Hall,
Main Creek Road, Main Ridge.
This will be followed by an
illustrated talk by Leon Costermans,
noted author, geologist and
botanist, who will explain how the
geology of the Mornington Peninsula
shapes the diverse vegetation
communities to be found here.
Refreshments will be served
Tom Fest at the Show The Red Hill Gardening Society will be on board at the Red Hill Show on Easter Saturday. “We will be in our usual spot outside the vegetable and flower pavilion so come and say g’day, pick our brains, and see what we have on offer for your home gardening,” said Society President, Rosie Kenney. This year they will be showcasing the humble tomato and sharing some of their secret tips and recipes with you. “We hope to dazzle you with our variety of types and tastes, so come earlier and enjoy. Pick up for your free Tomato Fact Sheet,” Rosie said. “We will have a display of Easter baskets for you to silently bid for and a raffle to participate in. The show starts at 10 am so come along and enjoy all the fun the Show has to offer”. Rosie Kenney
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Red Hill Football Netball Club
Season 2013 is nearly upon us and the club has been working hard to take the next step in its recent development both on and off field.
Gary Colling will continue as senior coach, which the club is overjoyed about given Gary’s experience and ability to communicate with our young group. We have been lucky enough to retain the services of Travis Hopgood as assistant senior coach and Michael Ritchie as another assistant. We welcome back to the club Mark Green following his success as senior coach at South Mornington. Mark brings a wealth of experience and will once again be a great addition to the club.
Paul Jones has joined us as the new seconds coach. Paul also brings a wealth of experience having been a successful coach with Rosebud. We welcome Paul to Red Hill and are confident he will develop our seconds side. Andrew Gilmour has agreed to
MYNAH POWER FAILURE On Sunday 3 Feb some Arthurs Seat Road householders heard a loud bang and discovered they had a partial power failure – just weeks after they had lost electricity for 16 hours. Muttering non-Sabbath sentiments, they turned off fridges, freezers, water pumps and so on and rang Jemena. A repair crew arrived in commendable time and, after a short inspection of fuses on poles around Andrews Lane, they found the cause. An Indian Mynah had stumbled and committed a sort of avian suttee across some high-voltage lines - not enough to blow a fuse but enough to make the power flicker. All was well in less than an hour.
ST GEORGE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH RED HILL Welcome to our church on the hill
WE ARE NOW PREPARING FOR THE CHURCH SEASON OF LENT to EASTER
with the following principal services of Holy Communion:
Wednesday 13 Feb @ 9.30am ASH WEDNESDAY
Sunday 17 March @ 9.30 am PALM SUNDAY
Thursday 28th March @ 7.30pm MAUNDY THURSDAY
Friday 29th March @ 9.30am GOOD FRIDAY
Sunday 31st March @ 8am EASTER DAY
Sunday 31st March @ 10am EASTER DAY FAMILY SERVICE with the GREAT
BALLOON LAUNCH.
Please visit our stall at the Red Hill Show Saturday 30th March –Site 74
from left to right Senior Club coach: Gary Colling Under 18 Coach: Andrew Gilmour Reserves Coach: Paul Jones
once again coach the under 18’s following great success in 2012, we are rapt Andrew decided to stay on with the 18’s. On the netball front we have been very active securing the services of two very experienced coaches in Tanya Shannon
(A-Grade) and Courtney Douglas (B-Grade) along with a number of new recruits. We have also appointed Gen Blaze as C-Grade coach. Dearne Guess-Jones will be providing assistance to all coaches when time permits.
Cathy Mold has retired as the coach of RHFNC after two seasons developing the girls and doing a fantastic job. We are confident our new coaching staff will help the girls take the next step in their development, hopefully pushing for finals in all grades.
The club is hosting a pre season launch at the rooms on Friday March 15, David Schwarz being our guest speaker. The day will be a lot of fun with great food and wine. Tickets are available through the club on 0412895901.
Roger and Hannah Stuart-Andrews from Dunns Creek Estate have received a welcome accolade for the way they run ‘Limetree Hideaway’, a B & B in their vineyard at 137 McIllroys Road, Red Hill.
Tourism Victoria pays for ‘Mystery Shoppers’ to go unsolicited to tourist ventures and write a comprehensive report on their experiences. They also grade a venue’s performance in various sections viz. Planning/Booking, Marketing Collateral, Access/Signage, First Impressions, Presentation, Amenities, Accommodation, Food and Beverage, Regional Knowledge and Departure. The shopper arr ives and departs unannounced so there is no possibility of collusion or the operator performing other than at their normal level of service. The rankings are used partly to reward good operators and partly to give a gentle nudge to those slipping behind in service to the public, which plays such an important part in attracting and keeping tourists in our area.
Roger and Hannah are the sole operators of the B&B located deep within a vineyard/orchard. They specialise in relaxation and pampering packages in their contemporary one-couple unit where they appear to have thought of literally everything. Their confidence in the quality of their experience was vindicated when a shopper gave them 100% in every one of the above categories – the only B&B of 60 shopped to be so honoured. Bookings for Limetree can be made via www.dunnscreek.com.au and clicking on the accommodation link or ring Roger or Hannah on 5989 2011 or 0413 020 467 or email [email protected]
RED HILL B&B TICKS ALL THE BOXES
ART AT DROMANA ESTATE IN MARCH
Paintings by Red Hill artist Michael Leeworthy will be exhibited at Dromana Estate during the month of March. The paintings, including watercolors, encapsulate Michael’s love of the Peninsula, expressed in vibrant colours and bold brush strokes. This is an opportunity to view Michael’s works in beautiful surroundings and enjoy a glass of wine, or perhaps lunch. Dromana Estate is open for lunch from Wednesday to Sunday.
trading hours monday 11am till 4pm tuesday 11am till 4pm wed 11am till late thursday 11am till 4pm friday 11am till late saturday 11am till late sunday 11am till 5pm
the pour house monday 3pm till late tuesday (trivia from 6pm) 3pm till late wed closed Thursday (fish & chips from 6pm) 3pm till late friday 3pm till late saturday 1pm till late sunday 1pm till late
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History Corner Slightly warped as though someone has tried to wrench it off, this plaque is still there on the disintegrating lectern. No one remembers Ivan Charles Young now. When the YMCA sold the camp in the 1980s they left his memory behind. The camp was bought as a going concern and, name unchanged, let out to schools groups. The tents had given way to bunkhouses and the kerosene lamps to electric light but other than that not much had changed since the 1940s and the new ownership kept things more or less as they were, although it is unlikely that they had much use for the chapel. The site was sold again in the 1990s and part subdivided for building and part retained as public space. Today the chapel is unvisited except by the occasional walker in what is now known as the Buxton Woodland Reserve. Birds sing loudly, otherwise this strange ruin is immersed in the soft rustle of natural quiet. Except of course in summer, when from the backyards of holiday houses that now cover much of the campsite comes the sound of laughter and of children at play – children the same age, some of them, as those who slept on straw in tents many summers ago and who could hardly have imagined what it was like to have a separate house for holidays. There were few beach houses at Shoreham when Camp Buxton was in its heyday, and those that existed were almost invisible in the scrub, their presence indicated only by a daubed number or name on a gate. When the barbecues light up and the smell of firelighters and burning chops floats across the wire fence and over the chapel you are struck by the surreal juxtaposition of two worlds, the present one of trampolines and four-wheel-drives parked beside the beach houses, the other a darkening glade in which the past lives on in the shape of toppled stones and a metal plaque, and the breeze carries, together with the aroma of grilled meat, a silent echo of long-past renderings of ‘Onward, Christian Soldiers’ sung in what was then remote bush. Otherwise little remains of Camp Buxton apart from a few scattered bunkhouses converted for private use and the shower and lavatory block used for who knows what. The recreation hall has become a substantial house. Only the chapel on the fringes of the site has been left as it was. Perhaps few among the newcomers know what it is, and it is probably too small, too undistinguished, too far decayed to be taken into care as a heritage monument. It will continue to moulder neglected among the trees,
The campers at Camp Buxton slept in tents pitched on wooden platforms. Their beds were palliasses – straw stuffed into hessian bags. The campsite was a mixture of scrub and pasture with grassy areas and timbered glades where the tea-tree grew thick and summer brought the hot scent of the pines and gums that rose high above the tents. The only permanent buildings were a cavernous timber and cement-sheeting recreation and meals hall with kitchen where three times a day plain healthy meals were prepared and hungrily consumed; a corrugated-iron shower block and concrete latrines and a series of timber-and-fibro bunkhouses for the camp’s leaders, themselves usually teenagers or in their early twenties. Though the permanent buildings had electricity the tents were lit by kerosene lamps, collected by the campers each night from a store in the hall and suspended from the main rafter of the tent frame. There is no record of tents catching fire but it must sometimes have been a near thing. Today’s health and safety authorities would scarcely approve.
Near the edge of the camp property was a flagpole in a clearing where each evening the campers gathered to sing ‘taps’, the softly melancholy night song of the US military, before collecting their lamps and making their way to the tents to fall asleep on their palliasses, lulled by the distant swish of surf at Point Leo. In another, wider clearing surrounded by a barrier of bush was the chapel. Here the camp assembled on Sunday mornings for a non-denominational service. Once a week each camping season for forty years the voices of visiting clerics and camp leaders taking the service competed with the jingle of the bellbird and the maniacal laughter of kookaburras as the Bible was read and hymns sung, the latter accompanied by the squawking sounds that issued from a portable harmonium trundled across from the hall. The minister and camp leaders sang enthusiastically; the boys seldom knew the words. Then, while the campers fidgeted on their wooden benches, a muscularly evangelical sermon was preached from the lectern, the front of which bore a metal plaque, close enough for the boys in the first few rows to read:
A rustic open-air chapel on the Mornington Peninsula, built in memory of an RAAF pilot killed in War World II, is now a sad ruin surrounded by holiday houses.
A SACRED SITE BEYOND THE BARBECUES
BY CHRISTOPHER AKEHURST* On 12 June 1942 a young man called Ivan Charles Young was killed while serving with the RAAF. In his memory a small stone chapel was built in the bush at Shoreham, for the use of campers at the YMCA’s Camp Buxton. The camp is long gone, but the chapel is still there, in ruins.
Ruins are fairly unusual in Australia. The type you find in older countries – crumbling castles and forts, abandoned mansions, roofless abbeys – once-solid buildings of stone or brick ruined by war or fire or neglect, don’t much exist here.
The chapel in memory of Ivan Charles Young is a very simple ruin. There is no dilapidated tower or glassless windows. There was never any roof to fall in. This chapel was open to the air, its walls a shin-high rock border in local brown stone within which rows of low benches on concrete supports served as pews. There is no altar, but a raised piece of ground at one end, surrounded by stonework, has a stone lectern on it facing what’s left of the benches. Much of the mortar has broken away from the blocks of stone like old fillings out of a tooth, and the wooden planks of the benches are either missing or splintered and collapsing. A tree grows through what was the platform beside the lectern.
The chapel was – built seems the wrong word – laid out in 1945 for the boys and youths spending their summer weeks at Camp Buxton, a holiday camp established twenty years earlier by the YMCA on a large parcel of land above the cliffs of Shoreham beach on Western Port. Buxton was the name of the farmer who gave the land. Children’s camps were popular in the years between the wars and Camp Buxton was intended for boys from ‘deprived’ families who without it would probably have had no holiday anywhere. The YMCA ran year-round activity centres for such children in M e l b o u r n e ’ s t h e n d i s t i n c t l y unprosperous and unfashionable inner-city suburbs.
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ever more ruinous yet still a sacred space for as long as that discoloured plaque remains on its crumbling pile of stones. The site of Camp Buxton is in Marine
Parade, Shoreham, on the left as you
approach the end of the road. To reach
the chapel enter through the posts
immediately to the right of no. 45, walk
straight ahead past the open land on
your right and veer to the left beyond
the fence of the last private house. You
will see the chapel half-shaded by a
clump of trees.
KLX110 motorbikes over specially designed jump ramps, watch the open judging of the Fruit Cake, Homemade Cheese and much, much more. Everyone’s favourite – the Woodchop will be on again with top line Axemen competing
Tubby the Robot and Baby will be appearing; watch in awe as the Stiltwalker moves amongst the crowd. See and touch the beautiful butterflies in the Butterfly Adventure marquee – with a dozen or so large butterflies chosen to be suitable for close interaction with people. The team from Black Snake Productions will be
The countdown is on to the 85th Red Hill Show! This iconic event will be held at the Red Hill Showgrounds, Arthurs Seat Road on Easter Saturday, March 30 from 8.30am to 5pm Entries have opened for Alpacas, Art, Sheep, Cattle, Cooking, Craft, Flowers, Fruit, Homemade Cheese, Homemade Wine, Photography, Poultry, Rats, Vegetables and Junior Classes. Schedules and Entry forms are available at the Show office, on the website www.redhillshow.org or telephone the office at 5989 2357 and the relevant information will be mailed to you
This year’s Red Hill Show will again be great value for money for the family – once you have your admission ticket (parking is free) there will be many things that are free to see and do – the pavilions will be filled with art, craft, cooking, flowers, fruit and vegetables and the livestock competitions will let you get up close to the animals, check out the biggest pumpkin, have your
face painted, enjoy a pony ride, watch the ladies spin beautiful natural fibres, see the breathtaking Whip Industries team perform highflying tricks on
speaking about the plight of Australia’s disappearing wildlife, whilst at the same time children and adults will have the opportunity to handle, feel and learn more about each creature. Animals on the Move will have their petting farm available and Futura Kelpies will be showing off their skills on the main arena. Slowly meander your way around the Showgrounds and experience the colour and diversity of the stallholders too. And who would want to miss the Grand Parade?
The Red Hill Show is great value for money – Admission: Family ticket (2 adults, 3 children 6-18 years) $50, Adults $15, Children 6 to 18 years $10 (5 years and under free), Students and Pensioners $10
For Show enquiries, telephone 5989 2357, email [email protected], website www.redhillshow.org or follow the Red Hill Show on Facebook and Twitter
*The author, Christopher Akehurst and photographer, Anthony Bailey are part-time residents of Main Ridge.
Looking down the central ‘aisle’ of the chapel to the bush beyond
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANTHONY BAILEY
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The annual Piers & Pinots Yacht Race will also be held on the day. The next Mornington Peninsula Piers & Pinots will be held at Flinders foreshore on Sunday 10 March 2013. Each ticket includes a complimentary Riedel tasting glass, tasting notes and all wine tastings between 12 noon - 3 pm
Sunday 10 March 2013 at Flinders Foreshore from
12 – 3pm Mornington Peninsula is uniquely situated with three breezes delivered via Port Phillip Bay, Westernport and Bass Strait. The effect creates ideal conditions for the region's pinots - wines with outstanding flavors, balanced natural acidity and fine tannins.
Twenty two Mornington Peninsula Pinot producers will be by the sea at our annual Labour Day weekend showcase to taste a range of Pinots along with local fine food and music. A wonderful range of wines will be available to taste - or to buy a glass to enjoy along with a seaside lunch.
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