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Newsletter 39

15 September 2016

IN THIS EDITION:

Drive In Movie—POSTPONED

Dr Rob Gordon—9 November

Art Project—25 September

New Moorabool Shire Website

Donated goods

Gardening workshop—2 October

Protecting water supplies with sediment

fences

Floods and storms after a fire

Moorabool Recovery—Scotsburn Fire

Date Event Time Location

TBC Drive in Movie 6pm-9pm Garibaldi Hall

25 September Art Project 10am—2pm Scotsburn Public Hall

2 October Garden Workshop 6pm-9pm Scotsburn Public Hall

12 October Ladies Morning Tea 10.30am to 12pm Village Place, 309 Learmonth

Street Buninyong

October TBC Family Day Trip TBC TBC

DONATED GOODS

AVAILABLE

The following items have been donated from an aged care facility.

The items available are a single bed (with controls to raise the back of the bed), computer desk and chair, a fibreglass bath and shower stool.

If you are interested in these items please contact Phil Allen on 0439 626 808 or Graham Shearer on 0427 413 675.

DRIVE IN MOVIE NIGHT

POSTPONED

Due to the recent heavy rains and the inundation of Garibaldi Hall grounds, the Drive In Movie night has been postponed.

We will provide a new date for this event as soon as we can.

FLOODS AND STORMS

AFTER A FIRE

To read the SES factsheet visit

https://www.moorabool.vic.gov.au/

sites/default/files/MOORABOOL-

RECOVERY-VOL-10.pdf

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FUNDING BOOST FOR

SCOTSBURN COMMUNITY

RECOVERY

We were pleased to welcome Minister James Merlino, Deputy Premier and Minister for Emergency Services to the Scotsburn Community Dinner and fire planning workshop on Friday 2 September.

The Minister announced a $924,000 package of support for key projects for the community.

The Government will provide $624,000 to the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority to restore and revegetate bushfire affected areas. The CMA will work alongside the community and farmers to deliver this.

Moorabool Shire Council will receive a $300,000 grant to deliver the Clarendon Community Hub Project, located on the Clarendon Recreation Reserve in Scotsburn. The community hub will include a new building with kitchen facilities, a social area, additional toilets and amenities to cater for large community groups for a variety of activities.

Plans for the hub are part of the Clarendon Recreation Reserve Masterplan, developed by the Clarendon Recreation Reserve Committee in consultation with the community.

Image left:

Trevor Smith,

Minister Merlino,

Julie Petrov,

Cr Comrie and

Craig Lapsley

OUTREACH VISITS

Outreach visits will begin again on

Wednesday 12 October

What are Outreach Visits?

Outreach visits are a visit to your property or business to provide information and emotional support to fire affected residents.

The outreach visits enable Council to gath-er information to help identify if additional services are required and whether any is-sues need to be addressed.

Who will be doing the Outreach?

The Victorian Council of Churches (VCC) will lead the outreach, supported by the Red Cross.

What happens to the information they

gather?

Your information is kept confidential. Only the information you ask to be provided to Council will be passed on. The information provided to us will assist Council to ad-dress issues you may have and to coordi-nate any additional services for you and your family.

For further information please call

Michelle on 0400 324 551

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RETURN OF

DR ROB GORDON

Wednesday, 9 November

We are pleased to announce that Dr

Rob Gordon will return on Wednesday

9 November.

Dr Gordon will be discussing how the

community is travelling 9 months after

the fire and preparing for the coming fire

season.

Further details will be provided closer to

the date.

NEW WEBSITE FOR

MOORABOOL SHIRE COUNCIL

This week Moorabool Shire Council was

pleased to switch to a brand new website

designed to meet the needs of the community

and to be responsive to mobiles and new

technology.

One of the changes you will note is that the

Scotsburn information is no longer on the home

page. You can access the information and

newsletters by selecting the ‘Residents’ section

at the top of the home page and scrolling to the

bottom of the page where there is a section for

‘Community’ which contains the Scotsburn

information —shown below.

OR search for Scotsburn using the search func-

tion at the top of any page.

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After a fire it is important to protect your water

supply from contamination. The biggest danger

is runoff containing debris, manure, ash and soil

from burnt paddocks. If your dam or waterway is

at risk, a quick and simple way to help keep

your water clean is to build strategically placed

sediment fences at the inflow points. Sediment

fences made out of fabric, shade cloth or straw

should be in place as soon as possible after the

fire so you are prepared before the next rain.

The aim of a sediment fence is to slow runoff

down so that any material drops out before it

reaches the water. Large amounts of soil and

manure with high nutrient content can cause al-

gal growth such as blue-green algae, which is

toxic to stock.

It is worth looking closely at each dam and

making some assessment of what is likely

to wash into it when the first heavy rain

comes. Decide where your fences will go

and how many you will need by assessing

the catchment size, steepness of the slope

and contours of the surrounding area.

Leave the fences in place until ground

cover is established again, when they

should be removed so as not to become a

hazard in long grass. A practical ‘how to’

video on how to build a sediment fence

form wire, straw or mesh is available at:

http://www.depi.vic.gov.au/fireand-

emergencies/recovery-after-anemergency/

farm-and-land-recovery-afterbushfire

PROTECTING WATER SUPPLIES WITH SEDIMENT FENCES

HEATHER FIELD, LAND MANAGEMENT EXTENSION OFFICER,

BALLARAT

Image; example of a sediment fence

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Rob Pelletier is a qualified horticulturist and has had extensive experience in civil and

landscape construction, garden maintenance and fruit tree propagation. He is also well known

to gardeners with over 35 years in horticultural media including radio, national television and

writing for magazines and newspapers. After quitting the big smoke nearly 20 years ago Rob

has farmed on the Mornington Peninsula and for the last 15 years at Beaufort where he

operates a successful nursery selling traditional varieties of fruit trees nationwide. The business

is called Heritage Fruit Trees. Rob can be currently heard on ABC radio every second Tuesday

morning talking with Steve Martin about gardening and farming matters.

This event is hosted by the Scotsburn Fire Community Recovery Committee. Everyone from

the local community is welcome to attend this event. The Workshop will focus on:

If you are interested in attending this event, please RSVP to Scotsburn Recovery Committee

Member, Nick McKinley TEL: 0455 147 398 or EMAIL: leighcg@ncable.net.au

Plant selection

Pruning

Soil care

Where to from here?

Weed Management

Long term recovery measures

Garden design

Opportunities to ask questions

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Moorabool Shire Council

Recovery Phone Number —0400 324 551 Recovery Centre Address—Village Place, 309 Learmonth Street, Buninyong. Principal Office: 15 Stead Street, Ballan Telephone (03) 5366 7100 Postal Address: PO Box 18, Ballan VIC 3342 Email: info@moorabool.vic.gov.au

@mooraboolshire Moorabool Shire Council

Darley Civic & Community Hub:

182 Halletts Way, Darley

Lerderderg Library:

215 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh

Website: www.moorabool.vic.gov.au

SCOTSBURN FIRE RECOVERY

ART PROJECT Sunday 25 September 2016 Scotsburn Community Hall

Community members are invited to attend FREE workshops by professional artists

10:00am-2:00pm

Pastel & Charcoal Drawings - Jewellery – Sculpture – Clay Impressions – Felting

12:00pm Lunch

This is a FREE event open to ALL ages and community members.

Please RSVP your attendance to Donna Hart on 0408 687 678 by

Friday 23 September

FREE BBQ LUNCH PROVIDED