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Apollo
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Edition
5-30 7/2/08 -
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 Music
Festival Community
News Landcare
Health
Letters |
Apollo
Bay Home | Great
Ocean Road Home |
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Stock the Primary School Art Room!
School is back for the year and the primary art
room needs a top up. If you have any odds, ends
or scraps lying around at home that you think might
be useful in the art room, it almost certainly will
be...and we would love to have it.
First up this term we are desperate for empty plastic
bottles with fluted bottoms (like most soft drinks).
However, down the track we'll also be needing...
Magazines
Buttons/beads, Silver pie dishes, CDs, Material
String/wire
Broken or unwanted patterned crockery or glass
Ribbon/wool/string, Bottle tops, Old stockings
Coloured plastic bags
Scraps of unusual paper or wrapping paper
Cardboard tubes (not toilet paper rolls please)
That's just to get you started! Please either bring
it into
school or leave a message at the office and I can
come and collect it ph 5237 6483.
Nicola Philp
Old Tiles Needed
The Grade 5 students at Apollo Bay P-12 College
will be building mosaic seats with Brad West. We
need any old tiles or ceramic materials that you
can spare. We will organise pick up if you cannot
get them up to the school. Thanks Liz Hanger
APOLLO BAY FIRE BRIGADE
Callouts for December 2007 and January 2008
26/12/07 1507hrs Road rescue GOR Marengo
29/12/07 0022hrs Protected premises alarm
Marengo
1/1/08 0620hrs Protected premises alarm
McLachlan St Apollo Bay
1/1/08 0653hrs Protected premises alarm
McLachlan St Apollo Bay
1/1/08 1252hrs Rescue domestic
Old Coach Rd Skenes Creek
1/1/08 1329hrs Rescue domestic
McLachlan St Apollo Bay
1/1/08 1958hrs False alarm, good intent
Barham River Rd Apollo Bay
9/1/08 2021 hrs False alarm, good intent
GOR Apollo Bay
11/1/08 2104hrs Rescue & assist ambulance
GOR Skenes Creek
25/1/08 1046hrs Motor vehicle roll-over
Skenes Ck Rd, Skenes Creek
Bob Mason Secretary
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BAY KENNETT RIVER PUBLIC RESERVES COMMITTEE
OF MANAGEMENT
PO Box 146, Apollo Bay
phone 0419 301 311 fax (03) 5237 6751
email gmcpike@vicnet.net.au
POSITIONS VACANT
Apollo Bay Recreation Reserve Caretaker
The committee is looking for a live-in caretaker
to work a 35-38 hour week. Work includes
weekends and public holidays and after hours
3 days per week Accommodation provided at
a reduced rate. An ability to deal with
the public is essential. Work load could
be shared by a couple. Secretary
A position exists for a secretary at the
recreation reserve. This will initially
be a .8 position, with the potential for
full time, i.e. 6 hours per day Monday to
Friday. Experience with QuickBooks and RMS
booking systems preferred. For a preliminary
interview for either position please contact:
General Manager Gary McPike 0419 301 311
Road Closures Apollo Bay
Bike Race - Great Ocean Sports Festival
Date: Saturday 9 February 2008
Event 1
Time: 7:00am - 1:00pm
Roads closed: The street block including
Pascoe
Montrose, Moore & McLachlan Streets
Event 2
Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Roads closed:
. Collingwood St (Great Ocean Road) between
Noel St & Nelson St
. Nelson St between Collingwood St &
Pascoe St
. McLaren Parade
Contact: John Hunt 03 52371030
www.gosportsfestival.com.au
Detours are in place
Darren Minns
Great Ocean Sports Festival
Mobile: 0419 306 044
darren@southernhorizon.com.au www.qosportsfestival.com.au
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apollobay.com
would like to acknowledge
with thanks the content supplied by
the APOLLO BAY NEWS SHEET.
If you would like to have an article
or advertisement printed in the
Apollo Bay News Sheet please email
it to ApolloNS@bigpond.net.au
by
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Southern Otway Landcare
Network 'Landtalk' |
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EOIs for
Soil Plant & Animal Health Project
in 2OO8
SOLN is looking for expressions of
interest to partake m workshops and
trials on soil, plant and animal health.
We will be applying for a National
Landcare Program grant at the end
of February and, if successful, the
project will begin from July 2008.
The focus of the project will be on
improving plant and an:mal health
through alternative grazing practises
and reducing inputs into pastures
while maximising returns.
2007 Waterwatch Results Run
Down
On Sat 15th Mar at 3pm all will be
revealed! Diedre Murphy, who manages
the waterwatch program across the
Corangamite CMA. will present and
interpret results collated by our
local water quality testers during
2007. When: Sat 15th Mar 08, 3pm -
3.45pm
Where: Apollo Bay Youth Club, Moore
St
In preparation: could all Waterwatch
testers please ensure all 2007 results
have been handed into the SOLN office
or they i will not be included in
the 2007 Waterwatch Run Down.
SOLN'S Annual General Meeting
&
Join us for a wrap-up on 2007 projects
and achievements at SOLN's 2008 AGM.
The meeting will begin with the Waterwfatch
Run Down above and will finish with
a BBQ tea. When: Sat 15th Mar 08,
3pm onwards Where: Apollo Bay Youth
Club, Moore St. Bring: Drinks, SOLN
will provide all BBQ food.
Sourcing Seed on Private Land
As previously mentioned in "Landtalk"
it is a bumper year for seed. If you
have a block in the Southern Otways
with remnant vegetation and would
be open to seed collectors collecting
on your property we would love to
hear from you. Our collectors will
only use recognised methods that maintain
the genetic integrity of your site
and you may find out a lot about your
local bush as well We are also particularly
keen to hear from anyone that may
need to remove Eucalypts.
Wanted Panaionic NVG$500 Camera
Our digital video camera took a dive
and we desperately need to find a
replacement to lease, lend or buy.
In the short term we. just need to
be able to view footage already recorded
in order to fulfil some reporting
requirements. Our original camera
was a Panasonic NVGS500 and took mini
digital video cassette. If you have
this model or a camera compatible
with the mini tapes we would be happy
to come to a mutually beneficial arrangement.
Reminder to all 2007 Project!
Could all landholders who completed
a re-vegetation project last year
please return all plant trays to the
SOLN office as we need to give them
back to the nurseries to grow this
year's seedlings.
Anna O'Brien, Greg John, Kristen Lees,
Dianne Inglis
(PH) 5237 6904 69-71 Nelson St. Apollo
Bay. Office hours 9am-lpm daily
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APOLLO BAY LIBRARY
AND FACILITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
COMMUNITY FORUMS
Community Forums
Two community forums in relation the Apollo
Bay
Library and Facility Development Project
are being
provided so that people can learn more about
the
project and provide input into the process.
Those
interested in the project are welcome to
attend.
The details of these forums are as follows:
Date: Wednesday 13th February
Time: 7.30pm to 9.00pm
Venue: Apollo Bay Senior
Citizens
Date: Thursday 14th February
Time: 11.00am to 12.30am
Venue: Apollo Bay Senior
Citizens Centre
Resident survey A survey about the Apollo
Bay Library and Facility Development Project
will be sent to every household
in Apollo Bay. This survey will be sent
through the
mail in the near future. Individual meetings
with community groups Andrew Crowley from
Capacity Consulting will be
available to meet with community groups
who have
an interest in the project. Written submissions
Community members and groups also have the
opportunity to make written submissions.
Colin Hayman General Manager Corporate &
Community Services Colac Otway Shire PO
Box 283, Colac 3250
Further details please contact
Andrew Crowley
Capacity Consulting
0430 486349
andrew@capacityconsulting.com.au
APOLLO BAY P-12 COLLEGE
Congratulations to the class of 2007, all
of whom successfully completed their VCE.
95% of the students who applied for further
education courses were successfully placed.
Over 50% of the students are undertaking
undergraduate studies at University. The
College community wishes these students
a greater success in their future studies.
The class of 2008 spent the first two days
of the year on a study camp at Bimbi Park
I would like to thank Frank and Katrina
Fotinas for their hospitality over the two
days. The staff and the students enjoyed
their fantastic facilities and peaceful
environment.
On the 29th February the students who travelled
to India and Maldives late last year will
present a slide show of their fantastic
journey, Stay tuned for further information
regarding this event.
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Public Place Recycling
for Apollo Bay and Colac -
16 new rubbish and recycling paired
stations installed in Apollo Bay and 9 new
stations in Colac.
Colac Otway Shire and Apollo Bay Kennett River
Public Reserves Committee of Management have
received Sustainability Victoria funding for
Public Place Recycling (PPR). According to
Sustainability Victoria's Community Attitudes
Survey, over 90 per cent of Victorians support
the extension of public place recycling into
our parks, shopping centres and tourist sites.
The funding is for recycling bins in the CBD
areas of Apollo Bay and Colac and along the
coast and coastal hamlets. There are 16 new
rubbish and recycling paired stations in Apollo
Bay and 9 new stations in Colac.
Darren Williams, Colac Otway Shire's Waste
Management Officer and Project Manager for
the program said that "Colac Otway Shire
residents have shown that they are good recyclers.
With the inclusion of plastic recycling codes
4-7 in the domestic kerbside recycling collection
system, there has been an increase in recycling
volumes of 14.58% since July 2006. The PPR
initiative encourages the general public and
tourists to continue their good domestic recycling
practices by providing opportunities to recycle
in public places. "We estimate that 50%
of material previously collected in street
bins is recyclable; providing public recycling
bins enables this material to be recovered,
saving precious resources from being lost
into landfills. We also hope that the new
bin stations will assist in reducing the amount
of litter dropped in the CBD areas. The placement
of bins in Colac covers high litter areas
which are predominately close to fast food
chains, tourism stops and takeaway stores,
where a large percentage of rubbish is recyclable."
Gary McPike, General Manager, Apollo Bay Kennett
River Public Reserves Committee of Management
said that "we are doing so well with
our domestic recycling, the next big leap
is to make it work in the public domain. Our
project is in conjunction with Colac Otway
Shire who have installed new surrounds to
public place litter bins on the retail precinct
side of the Great Ocean Road in Apollo Bay.
"Our committee has installed the same
bin surrounds, with appropriate signage, on
the foreshore opposite the retail precinct
to provide consistent public place litter
bin infrastructure which allows for separation
of recyclable containers and general litter.
We attract more than 250,000 visitors a year
and the vast majority of waste along the foreshore
is from takeaway food outlets.
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main objective is to create a recyclable waste
stream of primarily beverage containers where
it does not presently occur; drink containers
are easily recycled and make up a huge proportion
of litter in the public domain. Similar to
Shire expectations, we aim for 50% of the
waste stream to be diverted from landfill.
"To support our initiatives, the committee
will make it
a condition of use of the foreshore by major
events
that they are Waste Wise, which can be achieved
with
assistance from Barwon Regional Waste
Management Group."
The installation of the Public Place Recycling
infrastructure has been supported by a widespread
public education campaign promoting the new
bins
and encouraging the community to recycle their
waste.
For further information, please contact:
Darren Williams phone 5232 9556 email
darren.williams@colacotway.vic.gov.au
Gary McPike phone 0419 301 311 email
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EVENTS CALENDAR
Thursday 7th February Road Safety for Seniors
Contact: Otway Health
Monday 11th February Bus Trip to National
Gallery of Victoria Contact: Otway Health
Wednesday 13th February Oki Do Yoga Contact:
Otway Health
Wednesday 13th February Meditation Contact:
Otway Health
Friday 15th February Dog Obedience -, Contact:
Otway Health
Monday 25th February Bush walking group Contact:
Otway Health
Friday 29th February Trivia Night St Aidan's,
Apollo Bay
Sunday 23rd March Masonic Lodge Trash &Treasure
10 am
25th -27 April Apollo Bay Music Festival Here!
There! - all Apollo Bay
26 July Masonic Lodge Blues & Jazz Dance
ABP12C Parents & Friends Group
Monday evening 18th February the ABP-12 College
Parents & Friends Group will be having
their first
meeting for the year... 7pm start, location
school staff room
Look forward to seeing you at the meeting,
this
meeting is important as we need to elect new
members to the committee
An evening to get ideas up & running for
the year ahead
"Be part of your children's school "
OTWAY FORUM
Notice of Meeting Sunday Feb. 10,2008
3.00pm at Youth Club Hall, Moore Street
See also www.forum.apollobay.org.au |
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APOLLO
BAY COMMUNITY NEWS |
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APOLLO
BAY
CHURCH
SERVICES |
St.
Aidans Anglican
9.00am
Rev Tim Cohen
5237 6615
Also
at 5pm 1st & 3rd sundays
Uniting Church
9.30am
Rev
Kevin Cranwell 5232 1360
Sunday School every 2nd & 4th Sundays
Star of the Sea Catholic
10.30am
Fr Gerry Prunty
5237 6782
Apollo Bay Assembly
of God
6.00pm
Ps Peter Smith
5237
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DAWN HIRT
Passed away February 1st 2008 at Anglesea
Nursing
Home. Loving sister of Dorothy and sister-in-law
of the late
Bill Biddle. Loving Aunty of Dianne, Jeanette
and
Peter and their families Rest in Peace Dawn
DON DICKSON 1934-2005
Darling the years are passing,
but the pain in my heart and the loneliness
is just as painful. I love and miss you
more than words can say. You are always
on my mind and thoughts sweetheart. Your
loving wife Jen.
A special message to the Ladies
of Apollo Bay
The R.S.L. Auxiliary will be holding a Fashion
Parade on Tuesday 12 February,
commencing at 10am of 2008 Autumn / Winter
clothing available
from a new group CLICHE.
Plenty of specials and clothing vouchers
to be drawn. Devonshire Tea will be served
and
everyone is welcome to the R.S.L. Club Rooms,
Gallipoli Parade. Cost: $5
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BAY UNITING CHURCH HALL BOOKINGS
Organisations wishing to book for 2008 are
asked to
contact: P Dickason on 5237 6743 to confirm
booking and commencement date.
Apollo Bay Informal Fishing Group
next meeting will be held on Thursday the
7th of February, 2008 at 10.30 am at the
Apollo Bay Shire conference room, Nelson
Street, Apollo Bay. All welcome.
Andrew ORCHARD.
APOLLO BAY AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP
"If you have been affected by the drinking
of someone close - Al-anon offers hope".
Please note that the Monday night Al-anon
Group will no longer be holding meetings.
However, for information, help or to find
out about meetings in other locations: phone
: 52290047 (Geelong) or (03)96423330 (Melbourne)
or email alanonvsa@netspace.net.au Thankyou
to the newssheet for publishing our community
notices!
52377195 (jane Steiner By The Sea Playgroup
Babies - 5 year olds New term starts soon!!
To register your interest in attending,
Dlease call Jane Buckinaham 5237 195
Baywatchers will resume on Wednesday Feb.
6 at 12pm. Usual place. Rita Livesey (leader.
A BIG Thankyou
To: Maybelle, Lorraine, Betty and Clarice
for all
your help on Saturday 2nd February
Rita
The Apollo Bay Newsheet thanks Rita for
her kind donatior
TUESDAY ART CLASSES
Contact Carole, 5237 6678. More information:
King Parrot Gallery, Tuxion Road, Apollo
Bay 4 weeks
Commences 12th February, finishes 4th March
Beginners welcome |
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OTWAY
HEALTH NEWS |
How's Your Balance?
Did you know that falls are one of the most common
forms of injury in older Australians? If you have
problems with your balance or are you concerned
about having a fall the NoFalls program could be
just the thing for you. This 12 week program of
simple exercises is fun, easy and suitable for all
fitness levels. To express your interest in taking
part please contact Customer Service. Where: Senior
Citizens Centre Whelan Street
When: Thursdays, commencing 6 March 2008 10.30am
Cost: $3 per class
Meditation
Come along and discover techniques such as music
and movement that will relax the mind and body.
Guided by an experienced tutor, restore your natural
overall balance. Where: Marrar Woorn
6 Pengilley Avenue
When: Wednesdays, commencing 13 February 6.30pm
- 7.30pm
Cost: $48 for 6 weeks or $10 per session; $34 for
6 weeks or $7 per session for concession card holders.
Dog Obedience
Improve your relationship with your pooch! Regardless
of whether your dog is a puppy or fully mature this
is course will help you gain the respect of your
best friend.
When:Fridays, commencing 15 February
5pm - 7pm
Cost:$50 for five sessions,or $35
for concession
card holders
Bookings and payment prior to commencement essential.
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Group
Join the group for this moderate 3 hour walk from
Triplet Falls to New Little Aire Falls and see
these stunning falls set in a ferny rainforest.
When: Monday 25 February, the bus will leave
Marrar Woorn at 9am and return at
approximately 3pm. Cost: $8 per person.
Please wear suitable clothing and footwear and
BYO lunch.
Marrar Woorn Advisory Group
Do you have some great ideas for programs and
activities we could run through the neighbourhood
house? If so come along to our Marrar Woorn Advisory
Group Meeting on Wednesday 13 February at 3pm
and share ideas for your neighbourhood house.
Oki-Do Yoga
If you're looking for a yoga class with a difference
this is it! Inspired by the knowledge that we
each have an inner life force, Oki-Do is a unique
form of yoga that emphasises one of life's greatest
gifts, laughter. Where: Apollo Bay Senior Citizens
Centre Whelan Street
When: Wednesdays, commencing
13 February 5.45pm - 7pm
Cost: $68 for six sessions or
$48 for concession card holders.
Bus Trip to the NGV
Join us for a day trip to the National Gallery
of Victoria (NGV) to view two visiting exhibitions,
'Role Play' and 'Great Exhibitions'. Where: Bus
departs Marrar Woorn 6 Pengilley Avenue
When: Monday 11 February
Bus leaves at 9am and returns approximately 7pm
Cost: $20.00 for the bus, admission
to the
Gallery is free.
Bookings essential, contact Customer Service on
(03) 5237 8500.
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Letters
to the Editor
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Sir,
Demands for Enquiry into Council Process
I must applaud Mr John Spencer's tenacity in unravelling
the web of complexity called C.29 and C.55 as reported
in last weeks News Sheet. The document titled 'Amendment
C55 - Colac Otway Planning Scheme Review' is no
light read. It's half an inch thick and refers to
other documents equally sized. It is currently on
public exhibition and open for comment and submission,
which close today. To understand the document requires
hours of reading and for those who do not have a
town planning background it can be quite daunting.
A well intended idea - Tidy up the Planning Scheme
and bring all the other relevant schemes and plans
under one heading. The one thing that is apparent
when reading the article in your newspaper and the
documents concerned is that there seems to be a
clear absence in C 55 of anything to do with C.29.
Even to the point that the area on the map in C.55
where the controversial C.29 housing estate is proposed
is annotated 'Revegetate the Barham River valley,
enhance the ecological values of the floodplain
and estuary and improve public access. Ensure a
landscape dominated outlook from the Great Ocean
Road' To provide clarity and transparency for the
reader and the public, Council could have done two
things
1. Tagged it 'Existing floodplain. Currently the
subject of proposed housing development application'
after all C.29 was so advanced when C.55 was being
prepared Council were trying to vote it though in
October 2007.
2. Postpone voting on C.29, a site-specific amendment,
until their major strategic study the Municipal
Strategic Statement [C.55] was approved and passed
into law. This would make absolute sense given the
cost in producing C.55 and it's express purpose.
On reading the above a more cynical person could
be forgiven for thinking that Council intend to
muddy the waters in this area as outlined by Mr
Spencer but hey, watch how quick Council put C.29
to the vote now they have a quorum with two new
councillors.
If C.29 goes ahead a number of people will get a
very big payday and that's what this is all about.
Terry Redmond Apollo Bay
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Dear Editor
Christmas has again come and gone, but controversia
development issues remain with us. This is evidenced
by senior Colac Otway Shire Sustainable Planning
and Development personnel having been sighted last
Friday reviewing both the proposed Harbour Redevelopment
site, and the Great Ocean Green Development site
on the Barham River floodplain.
It is vitally important that anybody wishing to
commen on such development proposals or any proposed
Planning Scheme Amendments should seize every opportunity
to make submission, whether it be supportive of,
in opposition to, or just plain constructive. Nothing
in this life comes without cost or effort, and no
comment is unfortunately all too often construed
as being tantamount to acceptance or tacit approval.
Democracy, if it is to be truly representative,
comes with, and issues each of us with responsibility.
Public notifications of such recent amendments as
Amendment C55 and the Draft Victorian Coastal Strategy
invite us all to have our say. Many would sa that
making the effort is a waste of time, but leaving
comment to the dedicated vocal minority in fact
does nothing whatsoever to give the responsible
authorities a true indication of public support
for or opposition to such issues.
Murray Champion
THANK YOU
Very many thanks to all my good friends for their
prayers and good wishes. After a very long time,
about 5 months, I am so happy to be back in the
Bay. I am being looked after by our wonderful Dr
Meg. Shirley Mason is doing a fantastic job running
the house and Lorraine Baulch and Edna Arnold keep
me supplied with treats to tempt my appetite and,
occasionally, act as Gofers. At Cape Otway Cottages,
Meredith and Anna solve my problems (and there are
many), whilst helping as Super Gofers. My lovely
new Labrador, Aster, will come home as soon as I
can care for her.
Meals on Wheels are a luxury, wonderful menus and
excellent food and the volunteers who deliver are
wonderful. Please call in to say hello if you're
down this way. Kaye Harrop
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