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Apollo
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Edition
50-29 13/12/07 -
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 Music
Festival Community
News Landcare
Health
Letters |
Apollo
Bay Home | Great
Ocean Road Home |
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Carols
by Candlelight
Saturday 15th Dec @ 6pm
Apollo Bay Youth Club Grounds
Moore Street, Apollo Bay
All ages welcome, come and join our wonderful singers
and entertainers, and sing yourself full of Christmas
Cheer. Bring a blanket, and chair, and be entertained.
Santa will arrive during the evening.
Commencing with a fundraising BBQ at 6pm.
Main event to begin at 6.30pm
Anyone wishing to express an interest in performing,
who has not been contacted please contact Lorraine
0408 059978 or Ph 52377480 or Clair or Gary
The President invites members and their partners
to attend the annual Christmas party to be held
on
Wednesday 19th December at 6.30pm at
RSL sub-branch rooms
Karl Francis Walters 20 years' Memorial Walk
from Wild Dog Bridge to Marengo Friday 14 December
2007
Starts at midnight. Bring lanterns. All welcome.
Yvonne & Don 5237 6468
Community Yoga will take a break
Last session Monday 17 December Resume 10am Monday
7 January, Marra Woorn $2 Phone: Ken or Lilly 5237
7134
A.LL ANGLICANS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE,
ARE INVITED TO A FAMILY GET-TOGETHER DINNER.
Where?? St Aidan's Hall
When?? 7.00pm Mon. 17th December
Come along for an enjoyable evening.
A two course meal will be provided at £15
per adult and $8 per child. Please R.S.V.P. for
catering purposes, to Avis Coles bv December I Oth.
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Mum, Aunties & Grannies!
All ages welcome to come and Learn to Surf,
or just practice your skills On Sunday
16th December
at 11.30am -2.30pm
Meet in front of the
Surf Live Saving Club
$20 p.p - includes lesson & show bag
Also: Sausage sizzle & 'Ripcurl' raffle
Book to reserve your showbag! 0405 495 909
All profits for the KINDERGARTEN
YOU ARE INVITED
by the Board of the Apollo Bay A District
Community
Enterprises Limited and Bendigo Bank to
the official launch
of our Prospectus for the proposed
Apollo Bay &. District Community Bank®
Branch
to be held at the APOLLO BAY BOWLS CLUB
6 Moore Street, Apollo Bay,
on Monday 17 December 2007
at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start.
To make it happen, bring your cheque, ABN
and/or Tax File Number on the day.
RSVP to Trish Hokin on 52376347.
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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
5PM on Tuesday (printed weekly) |
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Southern Otway Landcare
Network 'Landtalk' |
| Chemical
Certificate Training Jan 2008
SOLN will be hosting a Chemical Certificate
training course in Apollo Bay from
29th to 31st of Jan 2008 with instructor
Ian Lane. If you are interested in
attending the full course or just
need to update your current certificate
please contact the SOLN office on
5237 6904 / solnanna@vicnet.net.au
before 20th Dec 2007. The full course
will run for 3 days from 29th to 31st
Jan from 10am to 3pm each day. To
update your current chemical certificate
you only need to attend the last day
of the course (31st Jan). The full
course will cost approximately $200
depending on numbers.
For OBCLG members only
Barham River Walks
SOLN and the Otway Barham Catchment
Landcare Group (OBCLG) will be conducting
River Walks for the East Barham on
Sat 15th Dec and for Beauty Gully
on Sun 16th Dec. All OBCLG members
are welcome, particularly those with
river frontage. The focus of these
walks is on the health of the waterways
and on how we can continue to protect
and enhance their natural environment.
Greg Peters (River Health, CCMA) will
also be joining us. These walks will
be from top to bottom and may take
between 3-6 hours each, so you'll
need a good heart and good boots!
When: 15th & 16th Dec 2007
Meet: At the SOLN office at 10am,
a bus will pick everyone
up from there & drop them off
after the walk.
Bring: Packed lunch, water, good walking
boots
(that can get wet!), sunscreen &
a hat Otway Barham Catchment Landcare
Group AGM The OBCLG will conduct their
AGM following the East Barham River
walk on 15* Dec 2007 under the Chestnut
Trees near the Barham River confluence.
The AGM will be kept short and sweet,
and will be followed by open discussion
with representatives from CCMA and
Barvvon Water. The event will begin
at 5.30pm and will be catered. Bring
your own chair, a glass and refreshments.
RSVP through Simon - 0418 575 525
or Denise - 5237 6097.
Townies for Landcare
This week was the last Townies for
Landcare meeting for 2007. The next
meeting will be the 2nd week of January
2008. at the usual time - Wednesday
9th Jan, 2 - 4pm. SOLN would like
to sincerely thank all our dedicated
Townies who have volunteer their time
each week to restoring natural landscapes
across the Southern Otways. We look
forward to working with all of you
again in the New Year! If you have
aspirations to make a contribution
to improving habitat and conservation
in our area, talk to Landcare! Anna
O'Bnen, Greg John. Kristen Lees, Dianne
Lnglis (PH) 5237 6904 69-71 Nelson
St. Apollo Bay. Office hours 9am—lpm
daily
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.Friends
Just a note to all of the wonderful people
who have offered, or are thinking of offering,
their support to the festival as friends
that they are very much in our thoughts.
Jill Spencer (52376408) and Val McLoughlin
(52377535) our friends coordinators are
always on the lookout for more friends and
can also be contacted via the office on
info@apollobaymusicfestival.com .We are
putting together a long list of chores but
don't worry there will be plenty of support
and even a little financial reward for your
efforts. Remember "friendship is a
two way street from which the views are
magnificent!". We will be in touch
with all of you in January but in the mean
time, if you have any questions or ideas,
don't hesitate to get in touch.
A Recipe For Success!
The kinder would love your help
to produce a local Cook Book,
with all proceeds going to the Kinder We
would greatly appreciate donations of your
much loved family recipies which you would
like to share. We are also interested in:
'Kinder Kids' Healthy eating recipes Aussie
'Barbie' cooking tricks and recipes Old
fashioned handy hints The kinder would also
appreciate any donations (copies) of early
settlers photos & old/ new photos of
the area,which would help to make this publication
a wonderful souvenir of our town, and The
Otways. All recipies,tips & photos can
be posted to
PO Box 346 Apollo Bay, or dopped in at the
Kinder, or handed in to Sista Mermaids.
Please include your name and telephone number.
Your support would be greatly appreciated!
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. There will
be no meeting held in January 2008.1 would
like to wish all fishing group members a
Safe and Happy Christmas and New Year. Coordinator
Andrew ORCHARD.
AMBULANCE
If you require an Ambulance please call
000
(Please do not call the Otway Health and
Community Services if you require an Ambulance.)
Preschool News:
As the preschool year draws to a close,
we thank all involved! Whether you have
donated time, money or effort, we thank
you! We could not keep our doors open if
not for our wonderful local community!
This week, we thank Andrew Buchanan at The
Apollo Bay Family Farm to which we enjoyed
a fabulous morning! Milking cows, separating
the cream from the milk, feeding pigs and
goats and cuddling the rabbits, what a great
morning we had! To Rod Mercer at Sea Side
Coaches, for fitting us in in his busy schedule
to drive the children to and from the farm
and down to the foreshore for a picnic lunch,
always a pleasure to have you as our bus
driver! To Ngairie Buchanan for donating
to the preschool the proceeds from her Lingerie
party! We await the visit from the Big Man
in Red next Tuesday for our last celebration
before we farewell all of our 2007 children
and families! Kindest regards Kate Hedrick-Wagstaff!
Room available to Rent. Private room in
fully furnished new unit. Ocean views, five
minutes walk to town and beach. Short or
long term. $150 p.w. Includes full board.
Phone 5237 6646 and leave a message.
Register To Be a Part of Council's Events
Calendar
Tell everyone in the community about your
event by registering to be part of Colac
Otway Shire's Events Calendar.
Registering your event gives you free publicity
via the Shire's website. A free events listing
is also provided to the community via Visitor
Information Centres. Colac Otway Shire Events
Coordinator, Jodie Fincham said the calendar
was great exposure for events, particularly
those with limited marketing budgets. "The
calendar is a one stop resource for the
local community and is a particularly good
reference for event planners who want to
ensure their event doesn't clash with another
event," Ms Fincham said. To register
your event log on to the Shire's website
at www.colacotway.vic.gov.au, or phone Megan
Leersen on 52329 527.
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Colac Otway
Household Waste Collection
Over Holiday Period
Please note that during the holiday period,
all kerbside waste collections, except for
those on a Monday, will occur a day later
than normal.
So if you're bin is normally collected on
a Wednesday, it will be collected on a Thursday
during the Christmas/New Year period.
Residents are reminded to put bins out the
night before.
Collections will return to normal from January
7, 2008.
All Transfer stations will be closed on Christmas
Day only. Drop off facilities are as scheduled.
For more information check your Waste Calendar
or call 03 52329556.
Tracey Slatter
Chief Executive Officer
www.colacotway.vic.gov.au
Draft Detailed Designs - Joint Use Library
(Beechy Centre)
Draft detailed designs have been prepared
for a proposed Joint Use Library at the Education,
Recreation and Community Precinct (Beechy
Centre) in Colac.
The Plans will be on display from Friday,
December 14, 2007 at the Shire's Customer
Service Centres in Rae Street, Colac and Nelson
Street, Apollo Bay, Bluewater Fitness Centre,
Visitor Information Centres in Colac and Apollo
Bay, COPACC, the Colac Community Hub in Miller
Street, via the Colac Otway Shire website
and at the Colac and Apollo Bay libraries.
Feedback forms will also be available at these
locations.
Please note: Council's Colac Customer Service
Centre will be closed from 3pm, Friday December
21, 2007 to 8.30am, Wednesday January 2, 2008.
The Apollo Bay Customer Service Centre will
be closed from 1.30pm, Friday December 21,
2007 to 8.30am, Wednesday January 2, 2008.
The Colac Community Hub will be closed over
the Christmas/New Year period until January
14, 2007. Modified operating hours will also
be in place at the Colac and Apollo Bay libraries
and Bluewater Fitness Centre over the Christmas/New
Year Holiday period.
For a hard copy of the draft designs call
Customer Service on 52329400.
Library
The Library will be closed from 4pm, December
24,
2007. The library will re-open on January
2, 2008.
Local Laws - Animals & Emergencies
All enquiries to 5232 9400. For emergencies
on
Christmas Day please contact the Apollo Bay
Police
Station 5237 6750.
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Any person may make a written
submission in accordance with Council's Community
Consultation and Engagement Policy. Written
submissions should be lodged no later than
Friday, February 8, 2008 and forwarded to
the Chief Executive Officer, Colac Otway Shire,
PO Box 283, Colac 3250.
Persons making a submission should state whether
they wish to be heard in support of their
submission. Any person who has made a written
submission and has requested to be heard will
be given the opportunity to address Council
at 2pm, Wednesday, February 20, 2008.
Community Forum
A Community Forum will be held in COPACC's
Civic Hall on Monday, December 17, 2007 at
7pm to
enable the community to discuss draft detailed
designs
for the proposed Joint Use Library with project
architect Leigh Dicker.
The forum will include:
• Introduction and welcome
• Update on administrative and management
aspects
• Presentation of plans by project architect
Leigh Dicker
• Round table discussion and feedback
• Forum conclusion
To RSVP your attendance, please call Customer
Service on 52329400.
Customer Service Centres
Colac - Closing 3pm, Friday, December 21,
2007 and re-open 8.30am, Wednesday, January
2, 2008. Apollo Bay - Closing 1pm Friday,
December 21, 2007 and re-open at 8.30am, Wednesday,
January 2, 2008.
In case of after hours needs and emergencies
please call the 24-hour number: 5232 9400
Waste Management Services
During the holiday period, all kerbside waste
collections, except for those on a Monday,
will occur a
day later than normal. So if you're bin is
normally
collected on a Tuesday, it will be collected
on a
Wednesday during the Christmas/New Year period.
Don't forget to put your bin out the night
before.
Collections will return to normal from January
7. Check
your Waste Calendars and the website for details.
Marengo Transfer Station
All Transfer stations will be closed on Christmas
Day
only. From Boxing Day the Transfer Station
will be
open 7 days a week 10:00am to 2:00pm.
Visitor Information Centres
Open 9am-5pm daily, closed Christmas day only. |
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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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Good King Wenceslas rings up a
local pizza restaurant to order a pizza.
"Certainly your majesty" says
the Manager" Will it be your usual?
Deep pan, crisp and even!"
APOLLO BAY FIRE BRIGADE
Callouts for November 2007
4/11/07 0323HRS Protected premises alarm
McLachlan St Apollo Bay
4/11/07 1247HRS Assist with road closure
Gt.
Ocean rd Hordern Vale
19/11/07 1058HRS Protected premises alarm
McLachlan St Apollo Bay Bob Mason Secretary
APOLLO BAY YOUTH CLUB Inc
Reg No: A 13287 M
Ho Ho Ho
It's the End of School
DISCO
When: Friday 21rt December
Where: Youth Club Hall - Moore St
D.J Mike Kidd Time: 6.30 - 10 pm
Canteen Open (no hot food as Kitchen is
being renovated)
Supervised Event Parental Drop off &
Pick up Anyone who can help with the event
would be greatly appreciated. Call Gary
or Claire on 5237 6657 if you can help for
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CITIZENS
Sat 15 December Carpet Bowls 2pm
Mon 17 December Carpet Bowls, games, cards
2pm Tues 18 December Carpet Bowls 2pm
Fri 21 December Bingo 1 45
Sat 22 December Carpet Bowls 2pm
Committee Meeting
Seniors Committee Meeting is on Monday 17
December 1pm.
Bingo
Come along and join us on Friday 21 Dec
for a game of Bingo, it starts 1.45pm.
Seniors take this opportunity to wish all
"Bayers" a Happy Christmas and
a lovely new 2008 to come.
C.W.A.
Coming up C.W.A. Fair at the Youth Club
on Wednesday 9th of January 2008 10am -
3pm Hope to see you there.
APOLLO BAY & OTWAY SHOW (A.B.O.D.A.S.)
There will be no show in January 2008 due
to lack of committee members.
There will be a meeting held on Friday 29th
February 2008 at the A.B. Youth Club to
decide on a possible show for 2009 with
a guest speaker. All aspects of the Show
will be discussed including a new time of
the year for the Show. Light food and drinks
will be provided at the meeting.
Tony Webber
Hordern Vale Christmas Tree
Saturday 22nd December 2007 6:30pm
BYO:
Bring a casserole or salad and a sweet to
share.
Drinks Donation for Christmas hamper to
be raffled
Chair Santa will make a visit so bring a
gift for
your children to the value of $15.
Order of Evening
Tea (Main course) at 6:30pm Special Performance
by some local children
7:15pm
Santa will arrive about 7:30pm. Tea (Sweets)
after Santa leaves
PLEASE NOTE:
Santa is very busy this year and will be
arriving to
Hordern Vale around 7:30pm to allow him
time to
visit other children on the same night.
Enquiries: Leanne 5237 9214 Jo 5237 9262 |
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OTWAY
HEALTH NEWS |
Join Us For Christmas
Lunch
Will you be alone on Christmas Day or do you know
someone who will? Otway Health invites residents
of our community who will be alone on Christmas
Day to join us for a traditional Christmas lunch
with all the trimmings. Lunch will be at 12 noon
in the Laura Pengilley wing. Cost: $10.00
To join us for Christmas lunch, or for more details,
please contact Gaye Kelly, Acting Director Clinical
Care on (03) 5237 8500 by Monday 17 December.
Christmas Operating Hours
Over the Christmas and New Year period the Community
Services Centre, including the Marrar Woorn Community
Centre and the Child Care Centre, will be closed
from 5pm on Monday 24 December 2007 and will re-open
on Wednesday 2 January 2008.
Centrelink Services will be available from the Corporate
Services Office, Ramsden Avenue entrance on the
27th, 28th and 31st December 2007.
If you have any enquires or concerns regarding accessing
services between Christmas and News Year please
contact Customer Service.
Christmas Cheer
Christmas cheer was in abundance last Sunday when
residents of Otway Health and their families celebrated
Christmas early with a traditional lunch at the
Apollo Bay Hote
Many thanks to Charles, Merilyn and all the staff
for their efforts; a wonderful time, and a scrumptious
meal, was had by all!
10,000 Steps
Program Celebration
21 November - 14 December 2007
All 10,000 Steps Challenge participants are invited
to join us for a celebratory breakfast, 7.30am on
Wednesday 19 December at the Marrar Woorn Community
Centre.
Be there for the announcement of the Challenge winners
and for the major prize draw of a night for two
at the Saville on Russell!
For catering purposes please RSVP to Customer Service
by 12pm on Friday 14 December.
Vision Australia Calendars
Vision Australia's large print 2008 wall calendars
are now available! These calendars feature art work
by visually impaired or blind artists and have plenty
of room to write notes and appointments. Calendars
are $8.00 each and can be purchased from Customer
Service, Pengilley Avenue.
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| 2008
Apollo Bay Music Festival Program
preview
Local Early Bird Tickets on sale now at the Shire
Offices 9 am — 1 pm Monday to Friday
Featuring:
The Choir Of Hard Knocks, The Whitlams, Vince
Jones, The Stems, Kate Miller-Heidke, Joe Camilleri
& The Black Sorrows, The Silo String Quartet,
Howlin' Wind, Celtic Storm and many more.
The Apollo Bay Music Festival Committee is delighted
to announce a selection of artists for the 2008
Festival.
In keeping with the philosophy with which the
festival began, 2008 will be a true celebration
of music and the community, and we will see some
outstanding artists coming to our town. The festival
will showcase a unique blend of music, from World
to Jazz, Rock, Blues, Country, Folk, Celtic, Classical
and everything in between. It will be a true celebration
of the creative talent that thrives in our community.
The Festival image, which will be unveiled soon
is the result of some terrific workshops which
took place at Apollo Bay P12, with teacher Andrew
Nicholas and renowned artist and performer Jeff
Raglus.
In 2008 we will be welcoming outstanding Canadian
artist Neema, and Martin Stephenson hailing from
the UK. Other artists include The Huckelberry
Swedes with Bill Chambers, The Band Who Knew Too
Much, Sally Dastey,- Nick Barker, CODA, Skipping
Girl Vinegar, Neil Murray, Dog Trumpet, FOGG,
Carino Son, Berts Boogie, Sara Storer, Old Man
River, The Red Eyes, Kid Confucius and a great
variety of our home grown talent.
Local Early Bird tickets are available until
31 January — locals only prices are:
Adult $100, Adult Cone. $80
Youth (13-17 yrs) $50 Kids under 13 free
(accompanied by a ticketed adult)
Program details visit
www.apollobaymusicfestival.com
After January 31 tickets are only available online
via the website
DESIGN COMPETITION
The Apollo Bay News Sheet Inc. has been having
a
competition to find a new Masthead for our front
page. We have been using some of the entries already
received as our masthead over the last few weeks.
This weeks design is by Wil Eyers. Thanks Wil.
The competition closed on Tuesday October 30th
at
5pm. First Prize to the value of $100 will be
awarded to the
best design received.
The Apollo Bay News will seek comments from our
readers
on the best masthead received, but our workers
will decide
the winner at our November meeting.
The winning design may not become our permanent
masthead, as we may decide to alternate them if
the
submitters are happy with this. What do you think?
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Letters
to the Editor
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Chief Executive
Officer,
COLAC OTWAY SHIRE 9 December, 2007
Dear Madam,
Subject: SEALING THE SURFACE OF THE BARHAM RIVER
ROAD
(Petition from local residents, tourist services
providers and visiting tourists) Further to my letter
dated 8 July 07 and your response dated 27 July
07, I have been discussing the content of your response
with local residents and service providers in the
tourist industry. The general feeling is that maintenance
and capital works, conducted by the Shire bring
temporary relief, but conditions deteriorate swiftly
thereafter along the unsealed 4km of the Barham
River Road. It is appreciated that sealing the rest
of the road may be costly but it is believed to
produce overall savings in the long run.
Commercial considerations aside, the unsealed portion
of the road is dangerous. I happen to live in a
location where I observe many tourists just turning
around at the end of the bitumen. Local residents
and service providers felt that the urgency of the
problem needs to be elevated with the Shire and
State Government, and decided to petition the Shire
in the first instance. 123 signatures have been
volunteered, and these are attached for your information.
A copy of this correspondence has been forwarded
to our local member in the Victorian State Government,
Mr.Terry Mulder.
Yours faithfully, Valerie Stahn.
CORRECTION TO LETTER FROM VAL FLITTON.
The last part of the letter should have read:
After the Road was completed, Mr. and Mrs. Mercer
with their two sons, Alf and Brian, set up home
at Grey
River. Hardship struck again during the 1939 bushfires,
they were burnt out and lost everything. They moved
to
Apollo Bay.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack O'Malley moved into Apollo Bay
where Jack worked as a linesman for the P.M.G. They
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N MEMORIAM
ALF GRAY 18/12/2006
It has been one long lonely year since we lost you,
Precious Alfie. How I miss your all-encircling love,
support and laughter. Always Margaret We miss you
so much father and treasure the wonderful memories
we share. Fiona, Mark, Adam, Antony, Deb & Lynne.
Grand-children Bhey, Rhys, Dayn, Aaron, Blake and
Marshal
Dear Editor,
The Community Memorial Service, held last Sunday,
was a most worthwhile and meaningful
experience. I am sure that all who attended
would have found some comfort from the words
which were expressed by various members of
our community.In particular we would like to
thank Banyalla for their music which was
sensitive to the occasion. And also to Otway
Health for organizing the service.
Judy Hagan and Marj Morkham
Feel like supporting a local arts-based
community project this Christmas?
You can buy family and friends a copy of Otway Writers
for a whole Summer's worth of reading pleasure.
Buy your copies from the Sat morning foreshore market
or Paradise bookshop. Here's an excerpt below:
The Wind
Tripping, slipping, hurrying by Through long grass,
under a cloudy sky Through leaves on trees With
hardly a sound
It stirs the dust upon the ground. You hear it when
it comes
Or when something it catches, near by It's a zephyr,
a gentle breeze A gale, or a howling wind on high
Which ever way you hear it What ever form it's in
From hurricanes and tornadoes It is the name it
always goes by The Wind
Vicki Leorke
FOUND Corgi/border-collie cross
male. Black with white markings. Vicinity of Pascoe
and Moore streets, Friday 7 December. Contact Colac
Otway Customer Service Phone: 5232 9400 ASAP |
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