October Reminders and New Events 2009

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Flowerdale Community

Recovery Update

Reminders & New Events

October 2009

As this newsletter is only produced once a month (middle of the month) I will try andsend in between reminders and new events as they come to hand.

We will also be utilising the Flowerdale Flyer produced by the Community House to keeppeople informed. If you want to receive this please contact Brenda Beckett

[email protected] for more updates throughout the month see our blog

http://helpflowerdalenow.blogspot.com/

REMINDERS

Womens Dinner, Wednesday28th October, 7pm-9pm,Flowerdale Hall. Phone:57720349

Fire Ready Meeting &Community Dinner Friday 30th

October, 6pm Flowerdale

Recreation Reserve,Springvalley Road. 31st October Flowerdale

Fundraising Dinner, Brunswick7pm

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Community Dinners, 1st & 3rd Friday of the month, Flowerdale RecreationReserve, Springvalley Road, 5pm onwards

Community Meetings, 2nd & 4th Friday of the month, FlowerdaleRecreation Reserve, Springvalley Road, 8pm

COMMUNICATIONS IN FLOWERDALE

The communications work engine are now working on tv, radio, broadband & mobilephone reception in the area.

They need to know from all of the residents if you experience blackspots in the areawith the above.

It is a critical part of safety warnings in the area.

Please contact Fiona 0422 75 99 72 to provide information so they can have ageographical indication of what services are required in the area.

NEW EVENTS & NEW INFORMATION

OPEN TO PEOPLE LIVING IN THE 3658 & 3717 AREA

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CONTACT LEANNE PLEASH, FLOWERDALE HUB FOR TICKETS, 57802704

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Bush to the Beach is comingback to Lorne in November!

The second womens retreat for thosethat missed out on the event in Junehas been confirmed for 13 - 15November at the fabulous MantraErskine Resort in Lorne.

There will be 350 places for womenaffected by the February 2009Victorian Bushfires. You will need toget in quick as there has been stronginterest in the event.

For more information seehttp://www.wewillrebuild.vic.gov.au/my-community-a-events.html or seeLeanne Pleash at the Hub for

registration form or phone 57802704.

This weekend is run by local womenfor local women and supported byVBRRA. It will be entertaining,inspirational, educational and FUN.

Bound together, we will neverabandon each other. The greater thedanger, the closer the union. Togetherwe can work miracles. Remain firm inyour belief that tomorrow will be morebeautiful..

Rebuilding Together Recovery Planlaunched by Prime Minister in

Flowerdale

On Friday 16th October it was a veryspecial day for Flowerdale and allbushfire communities. The Prime Minister

Kevin Rudd and Premier John Brumbylaunched the Statewide Recovery Planfor the Victorian Bushfire Communities atthe Flowerdale Primary School.

The plan included

The Community House Grant of$1.7m

A new kinder and Maternal/ChildHealth centre at the School $2.2m

A Skate Park, location to be agreed

An upgrade of the CommunityHouse

A Fire Safety Plan and Program

Revegetation

Strategic Land Use Planning acrossFlowerdale and Kinglake Ranges$0.5m (described as "Developmentof Detailed planning and designstrategies..... with close community

consultation)It should be noted that these are the firsttranche of projects. Work is continuing onCommunications and Water/Sewage. Wehave already raised the issue that wewould like transport to be added to thecurrent plan. The FRC is continuing toexplore renewable energy.

Given it is the night before Hoof OverHills the FRC will do a detailedcomparison of the Government Plan tothe Original Recovery plan and reportback over the course of next week.

See online the Community Recovery Planhttp://www.wewillrebuild.vic.gov.au/images/stories/4447_VBRRA_Statewide_Plan_WEB.pdfa Flowerdale Fact Sheet

Also on Youtube is a video put together

of the lauch .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKsmlXxyQdI& on our blog spothttp://helpflowerdalenow.blogspot.com/2009/10/rebuilding-together-recovery-plan.html

Overall it is a good result for Flowerdaleand great recognition for the communityto have the plan launched in Flowerdale

and for the Chairman of the FlowerdaleRecovery Committee, John Burgess to beinvited to stand up front with MessrsRudd and Brumby and Christine Nixon.

A lot of hard work has gone into the plan,with the community meetings and thecompilation of the Recovery Plan by theRecovery Committee. On thegovernment side VBRRA has been doinga lot of work across many areas, a goodexample is driving the "One Postcode"

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project. The relationship with VBRRAdoes reflect the title of the plan"Rebuilding Together"

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V8 SUPER CARS IN FLOWERDALEThe IRWIN Racing team at lunchtime on Thursday 5 November late afternoon,

Flowerdale HotelWe will have the race transporter and race cars etc along with team members.

On the day we will bring some items to donate for auction as well as display at thepub and school. IRWIN will also make a donation to the Tool Library.

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It would be great to get support from the relative Victorian Government agencies toensure a good media roll-up. We will also provide a TV film crew as well as

photographer on the day.

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FLOWERDALE BLACKBERRY BASHJunior Landcare will be holding a blackberry bash day 6 th December to

help eradicate some of our blackberry issues in our area.

The inaugural Flowerdale Blackberry Bash is set for 6 th December. Peter Auty has met with

Terry Hubbard, President of Strath Creek Landcare, and discussed funding for the project.Both Strath Creek Landcare and Peter (for Flowerdale Junior Landcare) have sent offExpressions of Interest for funding for spray chemicals.

Peter has also met with Christine Glassford (CMA) and Peter Mitchell (DPI Broadford) anddiscussed the proposed Bash and funding sources. Some new information about fundinggrants is included in this newsletter. CMA has funding for weed control along waterways, andthere may be some employment possibilities in this. DPI has funding for public land andminor roadways. What this means for our Bash is that we can focus on private land andadjacent areas such as the road and creek edges next to properties.

The proposal for the Bash looks something like this:

We will concentrate on woody weeds such as blackberry, English broom and ivy.The area to be sprayed is from Coonans Bridge in the north to Wallaby Creek in thesouth, minor roadsides, private property and feeder creeks.

As people express interest, a Work Engine will be established to coordinate activities. The Work Engine will set up locations for depots. These will be tanks of water and

supplies of chemical, with one person with a ChemCert card to make sure correctmixes of chemical are used.

People who want to be part of the day will bring small sprayers (knapsacks, hand heldsprays) to get them filled.

We all work towards Moores Road Reserve, and when we get there we have a party(this is Flowerdale, after all).

People who have been spraying will be asked to locate on a map of the valley wherethey have been working. This will allow MSC, DPI, CMA and the Flowerdale communityto identify what has been done and what still remains.

We need to know who will be involved, so if you are interested, please contact Julie Bateman,0418589072 [email protected] with your name, address and what equipment youhave. This will allow the Work Engine to better coordinate the days activities.

Our community is in a pretty unique position here the woody weeds have been given a realknock down by the fire, and we are in a position to keep them there. Many people have saidthat they had never seen large parts of the creek, due to weed infestation, and with a littlework from a lot of people we can maintain this situation.

People who want to be part of the Work Engine are asked to contact Peter Auty, 0422 867949, [email protected], or C/- P.O. Hazeldene, 3658, and well set up a meeting to get thisstarted.

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FLOWERDALE HALL RENOVATIONS

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The hall itself is anold buildingthat holds alot ofcommunityactivities andfunctions such asYouth Groups,Arts and Crafts,Markets, PrimarySchool Activities,

Christmas dinnersand lots more.

The works that were carried out were organised byBovis Lend Lease, Flowerdale Hall and the CommunityHouse which included the demolition of existingVerandas, Construction of new Veranda, Planting ofshrubs, Crushed rock path and hardstand under theveranda, Replacing barge boards and Installation ofJoinery cupboards.

The Planning for the day started back in early Augustwith the Community House Group. We started works at

the Flowerdale Hall on Wednesday afternoon withdigging and pouring the footings for the veranda.It was an early start on site on Thursday Morning whichKicked off at about 6.45am. For most of our Volunteers itmeant that they left home around 5.30 - 6.00am.Morning Tea was provided by the Community Housewhich were some warm party pies and sausage rolls andsome fresh homemade muffins.One of the biggest Challenges for the day was theinstallation of 2 x M20 Tru bolts into the post Stirrupsthat was to hold up the structure. I think there was anallowance plus some for the wind conditions they wehave been experiencing of late.Lorron had been shopping the day before to ensure ourfluids were kept up and the hunger pains stayed away.The Lunch time BBQ come round very quickly and itwould be fair to say we were travelling a couple of hoursbehind program.The structure was erected after lunch and the weatherhadturned alittlenasty. Theraindidn't slowusdown too

much. Theroofsheets

arrived at 4.30pm and at this point there was talk of firingthe BBQ up again as we knew we were going to beinstalling the sheets through to dinner.As dusk set in the team had completed the laying of theroof sheets and only had a couple of trims to finish. Weenjoyed dinner at the hall with some of the locals, before

we all departed for the Journey home.Friday morning was a cleanup and the finishing off of acouple of items.

It was great for our volunteers to be able to chat to someof the local people from the Community House and HallCommittees who had come along to assist us with ourcommunity day. It gave us all more of an idea of whatthe Community had to face on the day of the Bushfiresand the devastation that it had left behind.

Thanks to the following for helping organising and on theday to make it all happen:

Gardner Group - Building Surveyor - Buildingpermit which was required for the Veranda

Webber Design - Structural Engineer -Looked over and signed off the StructuralDesign

Akron Roads - Crushed rock under verandaand pathway

Barden Steeldeck - Roofing material forVeranda

Exar - Timber frame (Also Exars supplier hasdonated materials. Hazelwood and Hill)

Higgins - Paint Warrandale - Plants

KLM - Lights and installation Coates Hire - All terrain Scissor Lift Meridian - Concrete for footings Rickie Nuske Billy Price Wayne and Laine MacDonald Alex and Tanya Jones Jaime Helmot and Ric Stubbings Bob Hearne Paula Turner Alison McDonald Kristen Hanson Chris Stutchbury Gordon Davie John and Ted Burgess Annie Robertson Julie Bateman Deb Odette and family & everyone else who we may have forgotten

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HALL BEFORERENOVATIONS

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To say it has been abusy year at theFlowerdale Kinderwould be an

understatement! Early 2009 had seen the buildingof a new bike path and new shade structure abovethe sand pit, plans and preparations for a newgarden design. All of this was achieved over thesummer break in January, just prior to the February7th when bushfires destroyed the lot!

Not to mention many 3 and 4 year old childrenfrom Flowerdale started the year very excited to beeither returning to kinder or attending for the firsttime on the 3rd of February just days before the

kinder burnt down.

Determined not to fall into dismay and moreimportantly to keep the smiles on the childrensfaces; kinder staff, Raylene Eason and ChrissieGrant took on a nothing-can-stand-in-our-wayapproach and set up a play space for all agedchildren in a large army tent on the oval at SpringValley Recreation Reserve. This was also achance for all the mums and dads to gather andtalk through their experiences; a very importantprocess.

It was not long before the group migrated from thetent to the club rooms at the Recreation Reserve.Along the way we had daily visits from the Savethe Children play bus and other special visitorssuch as singer Barry Williams who had childrensmiling and singing as they reunited with their playmates.

Towards the end of term one there was yet anothermove. We were fortunate enough to be offered aspace at the Flowerdale Primary School library.With the welfare of our vulnerable children and

parents in mind we soldiered on through the term inthe very cozy library with a play-focused group runby Raylene and Chrissie. Parents were stillrequired to stay for the duration of the sessions sostrong friendships were forged and caffeine levels(of the parents) increased dramatically. Thechildren who attended were just happy to havesome stability in their days which had to date beenturned upside down.

With help from the Flowerdale Primary School andthe Department of Early Childhood and Education a

portable kinder was delivered to the primary schoolgrounds. It was finally ready for occupancy at the

start of term two when loud squeals of excitementwere heard throughout the school as the childrenran in for the first time to explored their new kinderspace.

The kinder staff, parents and friends of the kinderhave worked tirelessly to have the kinder up andrunning. We have been extremely fortunate to havereceived many donations from all over Australia;some new furniture, toys, play equipment and craftstocks have either been donated or purchased withthese donated funds. The children have alsoreceived many gifts including hand made quilts,hand knitted beanies and teddy bears, sunglassesand new water bottles.

Although is has been a difficult year for everyone,we are constantly amazed and enlightened by theresilience of the children who run up the path eachday happy to be arriving at their new kinder.

After lengthy consultation it has been agreed that

the best place for the kinder is to remain on theschool grounds. We look forward to welcomingmany new children in 2010 as we continue on ournext phase of building our brand new kinder.Flowerdale Kinder is currently taking enrolments forboth 3 year old and 4 year old kinder for 2010 andwe are looking forward to running more successfuland exciting programs for the rest of the year andonwards in 2010.

Flowerdale Kinder are currentlyrunning a Recovery Raffle in aneffort to raise funds for the on-going needs of the kinder.Prizes include:1. One nights accommodation atBalgownie Estate Yarra Valley2. A Akira Bright massagepackage at Piaf in Healseville3. A 45 minute massage atIndulge Retreat Yarra Valley4. A chocolate and wine hamperRaffle tickets are available forpurchase at Hazeldene generalstore, Flowerdale Hotel, Flyingtarts, Pheasant Creek Fitness oryou can contact Flowerdale kinderon 57802020 to purchasetickets/books. Please support us bybuying a ticket or 3.

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FOR REGISTRATION FORMSCONTACT FLOWERDALE

HUB 57802704

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There will be places for both men and women inthis program, with the retreats to be held over threedays in October and November.The package provides specific support for men withthe Men Building Bridges program, which offersgrants to shared community facilities such as MensSheds.Grants of up to $20,000 will be available forworking bees where men can work on projectssuch as repairing community buildings orconstructing community playgrounds. Grants of upto $5,000 will be available for workshops forrebuilding in fire prone areas. The working beesand workshops will be used as a conduit forencouraging men to talk about their experiencesand share ways of coping.Women from bushfire-affected communities will beable to come together for friendship, fun andsupport as part of the Women Gathering after theFires project, which will provide leadership trainingto help women cope with ongoing stress.Ms Neville said the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fundpackage built on ongoing counselling and supportservices the Government had mobilised in theimmediate aftermath of the February fires.A key priority for our Government has beenproviding primary health care services to thepeople most affected by these tragic fires andsupport to the professionals providing thoseservices, Ms Neville said.In the days after the fires we announced an extra

$561,000 for additional counselling and mentalhealth support services in affected areas and todate there has been more than 200 speciallytrained counsellors working on the ground tosupport bushfire communities through thechallenges of the recovery process. This has beensupported by an additional $1.8 million to fundadditional specialist mental health services, griefcounselling and training.There are also 363 case managers who haveassisted more than 500 households to addressissues such as accommodation, finance,

employment, education, counselling, health careand legal advice. This is assistance will be ongoingfor two years for those who need it.Case managers are assisting families get back ontrack through access to a range of services such asfinancial assistance, accommodation, counsellingservices including trauma counselling, educationfor children, access to health services andemployment.Community information sessions have been heldin affected areas and community meetings led by atrauma expert held in over 20 communities since

the fires. The Appeal Funds latest allocation willhelp further support bushfire affected people when

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they need it most and I thank Mr McNamara andhis team for their decision, Ms Neville said.

Heartless Thieves Clean Out Bushfire Victim

Local resident Troy Burns lost everything in the Black Saturday Bushfires. Troy was afamiliar sight at the Rec Reserve in the early days with his dog Red, helping out around

the Village. Troy moved back to his block and had been living for some months in acaravan on his block.

"Troy and Red at the village in the early days"

On 2nd October Troy was away to attend a family funeral. When he came back the nextday the caravan had been ransacked and thieves had stolen what little he had such aschainsaws, pumps, tools, gardening equipment, wood splitters and the like. After theloss he had already suffered this was a massive kick in the guts. When you look at whathe had it was the things that enabled him to live on his block or to prepare to rebuild. Itis hard to comprehend how people can do this. I think one thing we have sen as a result

of the bushfires is that it has brought out the best in people but to a lesser extent thereexamples like this where it brings out the worst.

If you see Troy around give him some support but also be vigilant as many people havevaluable items being brought onto their blocks as they rebuild but aren't always inattendance. If you are going to be away let your neighbours know and if possible try tosecure any valuables.

If you know anything call Yea Police on 57972630.
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